308 Jesus, Prophet ofIslam
And when God made His covenant with the Prophets,
(He said), 'This is what 1 have given you as a Book and
wisdom, and then a Messenger (Muhammad) will corne
to you confirrning what you have - and you will be
lieve in him and you will help him.' He said, 'Will you
be bound by this and will you accept this obligation?'
They replied, 'We will be bound by it.' He said, 'Then
bear witness to it - and 1 will bear witness with you
and as for whoever turns away after this, then they will
be the ones who disobey,' Do they desire other than the
life-transaction of God, when whatever is in the heav
ens or the earth submits to Him, willingly or unwill
ingly, and to Him they will return?Say: 'We believe in God, and in what has been revealed
to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham and to
Ishrnael and to Isaac and to Jacob and to the tribes (of
Israe1), and in what was given to Moses and Jesus and
the Prophets from their Lord - we make no distinction
between any of them, and to Him we have submitted.'And as for whoever desires a life-transaction other than
Islam, it will not be accepted from him, and in the next
life he will be among the losers. (Qur'an 3: 64-85).The Qur'an also confirms that even though sorne of the People of
the Book know that their teachings have been altered and that the
teachings of the Prophet Muhammad are pure, they still neverthe
less prefer the falsehood to the truth:
And (remember) when God made a covenant with those
who were given the Book to, 'Make it clear to people,
and do not conceal it,' but they hid it behind their backs
and exchanged it for something of little value - and what
they have in exchange is awful. Do not think that those
who exult in what they have given and who love to be
praised for what they have not done - do not think that
they are safe from punishrnent - and theirs will be a
painful punishrnent. And the dominion of the heavens
and the earth belongs to God -and God has power over
everything. (Qur'an 3: 187-189).http://www.islamicbulletin.com