Are Christians "Unbelievers" according to the Quran?

"kleinecke" wrote:-
Re: > > You are telling us what you believe, not what the Quran says.

Absolutely Right. I am telling you what I believe the Qur'an says. My
opinion is exactly as valid as yours. No more and no less.

Comment:-

I do not agree.
I reject the idea that everyone's opinion is equally valid.
It is obvious to anyone that the opinion of someone who has greater
knowledge has greater validity.
You have demonstrated that you do not know enough about the Quran.
Even if my knowledge is not as great as that of some others it is greater
than that of many others.

I am making no attempt to define what is or what is not allowable in
Islam. I am merely trying to understand what the Qur'an says and to
point out some of the consequences of what I conclude it says.

I am aware that in the earliest days of Islam there was a strain of
thought that the Qur'an was a secret book which should be kept away
from all but professed Muslims. I believe that strain was not accepted
by Islamic tradition as a whole.

Comment:-

Correct.
That is because the Quran speaks at several levels from that which can be
understood by the simplest person to that which can be understood by the
most sophisticated. There are literal verses giving instructions and
allegorical ones. And there are many similitudes and examples.

As it says it is a revelation in the hearts of believers.
It is not understood by those who have a negative attitude.

Hamid S. Aziz

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