Does Islam condemn other religions?

Question

Does this sound like condemnation, or exhortation to kill Jews and Christians? These are different interpretations of the same Quranic verse...





English Translation of Ayah/Verse 2:62 in different Editions

1. Yusuf Ali
Those who believe (in the Qur'an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians,- any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

2. M.M. Pickthall
Lo! those who believe (in that which is revealed unto thee, Muhammad), and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabaeans - whoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doth right - surely their reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.

3. Noble Qur'an (Muhsin Khan/Hilali)
Verily! Those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and do righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

4. Saheeh International
Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad] - those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.

5. M. Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Rest Assured that Believers (Muslims), Jews, Christians and Sabians - whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and performs good deeds - will be rewarded by their Rabb; they will have nothing to fear or to regret.

6. M. Asad
Verily, those who have attained to faith [in this divine writ], as well as those who follow the Jewish faith, and the Christians, and the Sabeans - all who believe in God and the Last Day and do righteous deeds - shall have their reward with their Sustainer; and no fear need they have, and neither shall they grieve.

7. A. Bewley
Those with iman, those who are Jews, and the Christians and Sabaeans, all who have iman in Allah and the Last Day and act rightly, will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow.

8. T.B. Irving
Those who believe and those who are Jews, Christians and Sabeans, [in fact] anyone who believes in God and the Last Day, and acts honorably will receive their earnings from their Lord: no fear will lie upon them nor need they feel saddened.

9. M.H. Shakir
Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabians, 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.

10. A.J. Arberry
Surely they that believe, and those of Jewry, and the Christians, and those Sabaeans, whoso believes in God and the Last Day, and works righteousness, their wage awaits them with their Lord, and no fear shall be on them, neither shall they sorrow.

11. N.J. Dawood
Believers, Jews, Christians and Sabaeans - whoever believes in God and the Last Day and does what is right - shall be rewarded by their Lord; they have nothing to fear or regret.

12. Ahmed Ali
Surely the believers and the Jews, Nazareans and the Sabians, whoever believes in God and the Last Day, and whosoever does right, shall have his reward with his Lord and will neither have fear nor regret.

13. M. Daryabadi
Surely those who believe and those who are Judaized and Nazarene and Sabaean, whoso believes in Allah and the Last Day and works righteously - their wage is with their Lord, and no fear shall come on them nor shall they grieve.

14. S. Mawdudi
Rest assured that whosoever from among the Muslims or the Jews or the Christians or the Sabaeans believes in 'Allah and the Last Day, and performs good deeds, he will have his reward with his Lord and he will have no cause for fear and grief.

15. Allamah Nooruddin
Surely, those who (profess to) believe (in Islam), and those who follow the Jewish faith, the Christians and the Sabians, whosoever (of these truly) believes in Allah and the Last Day and acts righteously shall have their reward with their Lord, and shall have nothing to fear, nor shall they grieve.

16. Zidan & Zidan
Surely, those who believe in God and follow the Qur'an (Muslims) and those who (before Islam) were guided from among the Jews, and those who (before Islam) followed Jesus' true message from among the Christians, and those who (before Islam) were Sabeans (montheists), whoever believes in God and the Last Day and performs deeds of righteousness, they shall have their reward with their Lord, no fear shall be on them, nor shall they grieve

Ross, typical answer from someone who refuses to admit they are wrong! You MUST be .....american?

Answer 1

The first few verses are concerning the communities that had gone by, the people before Islam.

If a person hears about Islam now and rejects it after he was given every chance to except, he studied it etc, then this person has no excuse others who don't know have an excuse.

So it depends if the message has reached him or not. Here these concern the ones who were true to the message of that time and place.

Answer 2

The Islam doesn't condemn any religion. The only thing is that the other religions went wrong and a prophet was send. First the jews and Moses(as). Then they went wrong and Jesus(as) came. Finally the christians went wrong and Muhammed(saw) came. To every prophet a book was revealed to guide the people.
Alsp In the Islam we believe that everyone who believes in the existence of God and his books will be seen as a true believer. It doesn't matter if he is Jewish, Christian or Muslim.

Allah know best

Answer 3

see, whatever you say there will always be someone to contradict. just because a few muslims are extreme in their beliefs doesn't make them all bombers. christians are just as bad.....look at mr bush.....a christian ??? i have my doubts and yet this is how other faiths know him...not good advertising is it ??? the difference is religion and politics are like gunpowder and a match.
let them get on with it.... you know your god and you have your faith, which is obviously really important to you.....spend your time in your relationship with those that matter, and ignore faceless individuals who want to use the internet for a slanging match....remember....what goes around comes around.
sorry about all those rude and silly comments which were made to you before by that mong head.

Answer 4

Islam, like each religions is very subjective and internally inconsistent. that's the character of religions that have been based a protracted time in the past and are continuously concern to re-interpretation of activities and scriptures. There are factors of Islam that are VERY opposed in direction of 'infidels', and those factors have been used to justify the Muslim conquests that bring about the religion transforming into so super. yet there are different factors that are between the main tolerant of the religions, exceptionally in direction of Jews and Christians whom Mohammed referred to as fellow people of the e book. certainly, Mohammed based Islam partly with the aid of fact he replaced into envious of the experience of community that Jews had as against Arabs who on the time have been warring tribes. Makes the popular hatred of Jews ironic. the actual subject is financial/civic. those persons are between the worst ruled in the worldwide, yet in assessment to undesirable governments in many the worldwide, oil gross revenues makes their tyrants almost impossible to overthrow. in case you insurrection, the state intelligence business enterprise will probabyl song down your loved ones and execute them. a touch diverse from the guidelines of engagement we had with the U. S./uk in 1776.

Answer 5

This is a selective and lying interpretation of the Koran - The general thrust of which is to kill Jews and Christians for the greater good of their Prophet. Muslims believe Christians are infidels. Christians believe Muhamed is the AntiChrist.
There's not a great deal of common ground there.

Answer 6

Who cares what that crowd condemns or not, anyway? 'Condemned by mice' shouldn't bother a cat who lives in Pittsburgh. Nor a dog who lives in Phoenix.

Answer 7

Maybe Islam doesn't condemn other religions, but many Muslims do. Get them to understand this and you'll find you won't have to explain it to us.

Answer 8

1 is not accurate and express the translators opinion, also 4, 5,7,15,16. the rest are more accurate.

Answer 9

Right. "People of the Book", yes?

And what does it say about people who are not "of the Book"? Or does it mention them at all?

Answer 10

let us practice what we practice and let others practice what they want as Allah knows best