Are other religions right?

Question

Since Islam had canceled all other religious, in some verses of Quran why does it considers all the people and communities of the world – whether Muslims, Jews and Christians etc. if they believe in Allah and do virtuous deeds they are people of salvation and says:

whoever believes in Allah and the Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.[36]

Does not this mean that all communities of the world even after the advent of Islam, as per above-mentioned conditions (belief and action) would get salvation? And still their religions exist with their own strength and they are not annulled on the basis of credence?


(1) “Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews and the Christians and the Sabeans whoever believes in Allah and the Last day and does good they shall have their reward from their Lord, and those is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.”

(2) Surely those who believe and those who

are Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who associate (others with Allah) — surely Allah will decide between them on the day of resurrection; surely Allah is a witness over all things.”[39]

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When the angels said, 'O Mary, Allah gives thee glad tidings of a son through a Word from Him; his name shall be the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, honoured in this world and in the next, and of those who are granted nearness to God;

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[3:43] And remember when the angels said, 'O Mary, Allah has chosen thee and purified thee and chosen thee above all women of the time.'

[3:44] 'O Mary, be obedient to thy Lord and prostrate thyself and worship the one God with those who worship Him.'

[3:45] This is of the tidings of things unseen which We reveal to thee. And thou wast not with them when they cast their arrows, as to which of them should be the guardian of Mary, nor wast thou with them when they disputed with one another.

[3:46] When the angels said, 'O Mary, Allah gives thee glad tidings of a son through a Word from Him; his name shall be the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, honoured in this world and in the next, and of those who are granted nearness to God;

[3:47] 'And he shall speak to the people in the cradle, and when of middle age, and he shall be of the righteous.

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[3:50] And will send him as a Messenger to the Children of Israel with the Message, 'I come to you with a Sign from your Lord, which is, that I will fashion out for you a creation out of clay after the manner of a bird; then I will breath into it a new spirit and it will become a soaring being by the command of Allah; and I will heal the night-blind and the leprous, and I will quicken the dead, by the command of Allah; and I will announce to you what you will eat and what you will store up in your houses. Surely, therein is a Sign for you, if you are believers.

[3:51] 'And I come fulfilling that which is before me, namely, the Torah; and to allow you some of that which was forbidden unto you, and I come to you with a Sign from your Lord; so fear Allah and obey me;'
[3:52] 'Surely, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship him this is the right path.'"

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[3:53] And when Jesus perceived their disbelief, he said, 'Who will be my helpers in the cause of Allah?' The disciples answered, 'We are the helpers of Allah. We have believed in Allah. And bear thou witness that we are obedient;'

[3:54] 'Our Lord, we believe in that which thou hast sent down and we follow this Messenger. So write us down among those who bear witness.'

[3:55] And Jesus's enemies planned and Allah also planned, and Allah is the Best of Planners.

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Answer 1

That is exactly why I don't believe in God...
there are so many religion and obviously they cannot all be right...chances are they are all wrong!!!

Answer 2

There is a problem with the question. It assumes Islam is the true religion. There exists a serious contradiction in this.

Islam accepts the ORIGINAL scriptures of Christianity and the Jews. This is supported by the Quran:

Sura 5:69
Sura 10:94

Since it is said the Quran is the spoken words of Allah. And Allah can not lie to us in the Quran. Then why does Allah advocate using the sciptures of the Christians and the Jews? .. It must mean at the time the Quran was written tha tthere was no corruption in the Jewish an dChristian scriptures.

At the time the Jewish and Christian scriptures were used around the foundation of Islam (approximately the 600-700AD) by Muhammad. The Quran was written at this time, and it recommended a Muslim to refer to the scriptures of the Jews and Christians (the peopl eof the book) for guidance on a matter. So, since Islam teaches that the scriptures of the Jews and Christian are corrupted, then the corruption MUST have occured AFTER Islam was founded in the 7th century. After Allah recommended to reference the Christian and Jewish scriptures.

The problem comes apparent when we today have historically authenticated the modern day Jewish and Christian scriptures using ancient documents. For example, the Dead Sea scrolls predate Jesus by about 300 to 500 years. These findings along with other findings confirm that the scriptures (example: over 20,000 copies before Islam) that the Christians and Jews have today, are the same scriptures that they had at the time of Christ and even before Christ.

So, if Allah endorsed the scriptures of the Jews and Christians at the time the Quran was written, and those scriptures today are the same as the time of Christ and before. Then Allah would be endorsing the scriptures of the modern Christians and Jews today - whose teaching contradict the Quran. So, the teaching in Islam that the Jewish and Christian scriptures are corrupt is a contradiction of facts.

The only conclusion is that Islam is a false religion.
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Answer 3

There is only one truth. Anything that differs from it is false. When two religions say different things, whether about God's nature or about the right way to worship Him, it is possible for both of them to be wrong, but it is not possible for both to be right. At most, only one may be right.

If Islam is right, then Christianity and Judaism are wrong. If Christianity is right, then Islam and Judaism are wrong. If Judaism is right, then Islam and Christianity are wrong.

Of course, it may be that a fourth religion, unrelated to the aforementioned three, is the true religion, with Islam, Christianity, and Judaism all being wrong. In fact, is is possible that the true religion has not yet been found.

How do you know when you have found the truth about anything? The answer is that you never quite know what the truth is, but there are ways that you can be sure what the truth is not. Every statement about God has some meaning that can be tested. If the meaning is true, then a prediction regarding God can be made. If God's nature is such, then He will behave thus in a particular situation. If He does not, then our assumption about God's nature was wrong, and we must discard it and look for a better way to understand Him.

As time goes by, these tests will reveal to us more and more about what God is not. And necessarily what God is must remain among what is left, which has not yet been disproved.

The problem is that people become overly comfortable with the explanation about God which they were taught as children, and because they are comfortable with those ideas, they don't want to do the testing that might prove them to be false. And because different people in different places are taught different things about God when they were children, they step on each other's feet when they come together. The conflicts in the beliefs of different religions cause everybody to feel uncomfortable, and the discomfort leads to anger and fighting.

Fighting about what the truth is, is not the way to learn truth. But religious people don't always remember that.

Anyway, the answer to your question is that only one religion is true; all others are in error. I do not presume to say which one, since I don't know.

Answer 4

Islam is relatively a young religion. Does it mean that before the advent of Islam there was no way of salvation or liberation. The scriptures are full of descriptions of this.

All the religions have many common teachings. The differences are few - the method of worship, the language, the spiritual master.

When you see someone worshipping his God - we must think that he is worshipping my God in his way. If we think like this then we will be at peace with ourselves.

Answer 5

Every religion is "right" in that those who accept it thereafter see the world through the filter of their beliefs.

So what they experience tends to confirm their beliefs.

Religion is like any other strongly-held belief - it changes our perception of the world. If you believe that people are essentially good, you will tend to see the good in people If you believe that people are essentially bad, that's what you'll see.

Where belief goes, attention follows.

And where attention goes, power flows.

It's not that the world actually changes to fit your beliefs, it's that you don't (can't, usually) notice things that don't fit the parameters of your belief.

Answer 6

Right and wrong are debatable. They are a matter for the belief system of the individual. For instance, it might not be raining outside but because I truly believe that it is raining I consider it 'right' to say that it is. As there is no absolute proof as to which religion is 'right' (belief system of the individual) there is neither any reason to believe that any religion is 'wrong'.

Answer 7

You have to laugh. Someone asks a question that suggests perhaps the major mono-theistic religions have something in common, and that perhaps you are all God's children. But then you all start shouting "No, my religion is right and you are wrong!!!".

Honestly, there is no hope for peace so long as this kind of attitude prevails.

Answer 8

Allah has taken flesh from the most pure Virgin, after Allah has become man we do not need any other messenger because He has spoken to us Himself in Jesus.

If you do not believe that Allah can do this you do not believe that He's Almighty.

Answer 9

this verse (1) shows how belief in one and only one God is the message, and that Islam is the truth. It doesn't tell jews or christians to become muslim, but to accept the message. Meaning that was the original message that jews and christians are supposed to follow.

Answer 10

First of all religion depends on the family u were born in...its normal. Religions were all sent by God and all have nearly the same goal so each n everyone of us should go with whatever they have and try to respect their religion and be the best they can be...

Answer 11

No other relgions are right because they do not follow the straight path and worship ONLY ALLAH ALONE. Islam is the only religion that is right.