Jesus, Prophet of Islam - The Islamic Bulletin

Jesus in Qur'an 313

Surely God knows what is hidden in your hearts. Ifgood

cornes to you it grieves them, and if bad strikes you it

makes them glad, but if you are patient and fear God,

then their cunning will not harm you at all-surely God

encompasses whatever they are doing. (Qur' an3:118-120).

God tells the followers of the Prophet Muhammad how to treat
those from among the People of the Book who are openly opposed
to the Muslims:

Fight those from among those who have been given the

Book who do not believe in God or in the Last Day, and

who do not forbid what God and His Messenger have

forbidden, and who do not follow the true life-transac­

tion -until they pay the jizya of their own accord, after

they have been subdued. (Qur'an 9: 29).

In spite of sustained opposition throughout the last fourteen cen­
turies to God, and to the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him
and grant him peace, and to the Qur'an, the invitation to the Peo­
ple of the Book in every age to obey God and His Messenger has
always remained the same:

o People of the Book, now has Our Messenger indeed

come to you, making clear to you much of what you

usedto hide in the Book,andforgiving much. Now there

has indeed come to you from God a Light and a clear

Book, whereby God guides whoever seeks His pleasure

to paths of peace -and He brings them out of darkness

into light by His decree, and guides them to a straight

path. (Qur'an 5: 15-16).

And:

o People of the Book, now has Our Messenger indeed

come to you to make things clear to you after an inter­

valbetweenMessengers,lest you shouldsay,'Neithera

bringer of good news nor a warner ever came to us.'

And now a bringer of good news and a warner has in­

deed come to you - and God has power over everything.

(Qur'an 5: 19).