The Holy Prophet’s harsh stand against

the Christian and Jew lovers

The Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) constantly prohibited the Muslims from interacting with the ‘people of the Book’, and from questioning them and showing humility before their annulled traditions, and warned all those who respected and honoured the ‘people of the book’ and their falsified books; as it was the era of the arrival of Islam and with the reviving, illuminating, and enlightening teachings of Islam, there was no place for such beliefs.

The following instances depict some of the stands taken by his holiness:

It has come in the ‘Tasfeer e Durr al-Mansoor’ that some of the companions of the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) used to note down texts from Torah. This news reached the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) and he said:

“The stupidest of all the stupid and the most misguided people are those who distance themselves from the Book that has been sent down by the Almighty on them, and show interest in the book that was sent down by Allah on other Prophets and for other nations”.

          It was this incident when this verse was revealed:

(أَوَلَمْ یَکْفِہِمْ أَنَّا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَیْکَ الْکِتَابَ یُتْلَی عَلَیْہِمْ ِانَّ فِیْ ذَلِکَ لَرَحْمَةً وَذِکْرَی لِقَوْمٍ یُؤْمِنُونَ)

“Is it not enough for them that We have sent down unto thee the Scripture which is read unto them? Lo! Herein verily is mercy, and a reminder for those who believe”[1].[2]

Many interpreters are of this belief that the mentioned verse is revealed regarding those who wrote texts that were mixed with the superstitious beliefs of the prior books and used to trust them, and the Almighty reminded them that the Holy Quran is sufficient for them.[3]

          The author of ‘Khashf ul-Asraar’ wrote that this verse is sent down regarding Umar bin Khattab who was busy reading a text from Torah before the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.), which enraged the Prophet and thereupon this verse was sent down[4].[5]