وَقَالُوا کُونُوا هُوداً أَوْ نَصَـرَى تَهْتَدُوا قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِیمَ حَنِیفاً وَمَا کَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِکِینَ(( 135 ))

135- AND (THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK) SAID: ``BE JEW OR CHRISTIAN TO BE GUIDED. SAY: RATHER THE CREED OF ABRAHAM, (AND NOT ANY OF THESE PERVERTED AND MISINTERPRETED RELIGIONS) WHO WAS A MAN OF PURE FAITH (HANIF), AND WAS NOT OF THE POLYTHEISTS.

قُولُوا ءَامَنَّا بِاللهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَیْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِیمَ وَإِسْمَـعِیلَ وَإِسْحـقَ وَیَعْقُوبَ وَالاَْسْبَاطِ وَمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَى وَعِیسى وَمَآ أُوتِىَ النَّبِیُّونَ مِن رَّبِهِمْ لاَ نُفَرِّقُ بَیْنَ أَحَد مِّنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ(( 136 ))

136- SAY YOU: ``WE BELIEVE IN ALLAH, AND THAT WHICH IS SENT DOWN ON US, AND SENT DOWN ON ABRAHAM, ISHMAEL, ISAAC, JACOB, AND ON THE TRIBES, AND TO THAT WHICH WAS GIVEN TO MOSES AND JESUS, AND TO THAT WHICH WAS GIVEN TO THE APOSTLES FROM THEIR LORD. WE MAKE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN ANY OF THEM, AND TO HIM WE SUBMIT. (PERSONAL MOTIVES, PRIVATE INTERESTS, AND RACIALISM, DO NOT PERSUADE US TO MAKE DISTINCTION BETWEEN ANY OF THEM)

فَإِنْ ءَامَنُوا بِمِثْلِ مَآ ءَامَنتُم بِهِ فَقَدِ اهْتَدَوا وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ فِى شِقَاق فَسَیَکْفِیکَهُمُ اللهُ وَهُوَ السَّمِیعُ الْعَلِیمُ(( 137 ))

137- THEN IF THEY BELIEVE AS YOU BELIEVE IN, THEY ARE RIGHTLY GUIDED. BUT IF THEY TURN AWAY, THEY ARE CLEARLY IN SCHISM, AND VERY SOON ALLAH WILL SUFFICE YOU OF THEM; AND HE IS ALL-HEARING THE ALL-KNOWING.