The People of the Book in the Qur'an

There are many nations in the world with different colours, creeds, and languages. These differences, as mentioned earlier, have been a cause of enmity throughout history. The perceived wisdom is that people can never manage to co-exist and that disputes arise wherever such differences exist. However, this is a great misconception and the facts are otherwise. In fact, it is God Who created human beings in different communities and in the Qur'an, He calls all people to peace and security:

O You who believe! Enter absolutely into peace [Islam]. Do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. He is an outright enemy to you. (Qur'an, 2:208)

God calls to the Abode of Peace and He guides whom He wills to a straight path. (Qur'an, 10:25)

All divine religions revealed through God's messengers summon people to have faith in God, recommend them to display moral perfection and warn them against bad morals. Despite the fact that all divine religions—except for Islam—are distorted, it is evident today that some of their messages are fundamentally the same. That is why these conflicts, which are stirred up artificially, lack reasonable and logical grounds. As stated in the verse above, the main reason for unrest among people is not complying with God's summoning but following in the "footsteps of Satan."Believers' harbouring hostile feelings to other people who have faith in God is a moral weakness that displeases God, who prohibits all believers from displaying such feelings. He calls on people to establish peace, tolerance and friendship. The Qur'an, revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), the last messenger of God, gives believers explicit commands and recommendations on this subject.