Re: just wonderin
Originally Posted by JeevayPakistan
But Allah also says:
[2:63] Surely, those who believe and the Jews and the Christians and the Sabians - whichever party from among these truly believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good deeds, shall have their reward with their Lord, and no fear shall come upon them, nor shall they grieve.
The context of this ayat is that Allah is talking about Moses:as: and reminding Jews about the convenant that Allah took from them. And then this verse comes. And don’t forget to look at the tense of this verse. It is present and Future. So, yes, this verse could be used for reference to the People of the book at the time of Huzur :saw:, but can also be referred to future.
BTW: there are more ayats that support my argument which are as follows:
Chapter : 3 (Al-`Imran) Verse : 111
You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin good and forbid evil and believe in Allah. And if the People of the Book had believed, it would have, surely, been better for them. **Some of them are believers, but most of them are transgressors. **
Here Quran is saying, although most of them are transgressors, yet some of them are believers. Meaning they have believed in the original message of the book, like there’s none but Allah and have believed in the day of Judgement. This argument is further supported by next few verses, like:
[3:114] They are not all alike. Among the People of the Book, **there is a party who stand by their covenant; they recite the word of Allah in the hours of the night and prostrate themselves before Him. **
and
[3:115] They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and enjoin good and forbid evil, and hasten to vie with one another in good works. **And these are among the righteous. **
In the above verse, Allah is talking about people of the book, meaning, christians and jews.
And for their their good deeds, Allah promises them reward.
[3:116] And whatever good they do, they shall not be denied its due reward, and Allah well knows those who guard against evil.
The whole idea is that Allah knows the hearts of people, not you or me. And only HE has the power and right to send anyone he wishes to heaven and hell and NOT YOU OR ME.
All we can do is pray to Allah to guide us to the right path and to fill our hearts with his Love so that we are saved, and not be from amongst transgressors.
Wassalam…