And to Him do we submit'.

And to Him do we submit'." Similar to Surah Al-Baqarah, No.2, verse 136, that Allah took pledge from the former prophets to believe in their following prophet, and to introduce him and help him, this verse denotes that the following prophet, too, believes in all the former Divine Books recidivously.

It says: "Say: 'We believe in Allah and in what has been sent down to us, and what was sent down to Abraham and, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus and to the prophets from their Lord. We make no difference between any of them. And to Him do we submit'." The purpose of the Qur'anic term /asbat/, mentioned in the verse, is those seven tribes from the Children of Israel among whom there were some prophets.

Explanations We should not ignore the services of others. All prophets had the same aim. Religion and the guidance of Allah have been accompanied with the life of man all the times. Prophets are like the teachers of different classes who, as links of a chain, have been commissioned to guide human beings. The preference of some prophets to some others of them is never a barrier for our general belief in them. "...

we make no difference between any of them..." Surah 'Ali-Imran, Verse 85 وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ 85. "And whoever follows any religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him, and, in the Hereafter he will be among the losers." In the previous verses, the feature of leadership and the theology of Islam was illustrated.

Its general principles are as follows: All the former prophets have been taken pledge to believe in their following prophet. The whole existing world submits to Allah, and no religion can be accepted except the religion of Allah. The followers of Islam believe in all prophets of Allah and the Divine Books. This is the feature of the religion of Islam and its convictions. Now, the Qur'an explicitly announces that whoever accepts besides than that it will not be accepted from him.

"And whoever follows any religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him, and, in the Hereafter, he will be among the losers." Surah 'Ali-Imran, Verse 86 كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللّهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُواْ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ وَشَهِدُواْ أَنَّ الرَّسُولَ حَقٌّ وَجَاءهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ وَاللّهُ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ 86.

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