Al-'Imran (The Family of Imran)
Surah 3 · Verse 64
Say, “O owners of the book! come to an equitable word between us and you, that we will not serve (worship) anyone except Allah and we will not associate any partner with Him and some of us will not take others as fosterers, besides Allah.” But if they turn away, then say, “Bear witness that we are those who have submitted (as Muslims).”
“The owners of the book are invited for an argument against polytheism.They are ordered not to dispute about Ibrahim (PBH) without knowledge . The Torah and Injeel were revealed after him therefore he was neither a Jew nor a Christian but a Muslim free from polytheism. Those nearest to Ibrahim (PBH) were his own followers, Prophet Mohammed (PBH) and his followers. The Owners of the book wished to mislead the believers but in the process they misled themselves by not believing in the facts revealed by Allah (SWT).They were hiding the truth that Muhammed (PBH) was the messenger of Allah. Just to confuse the believers, some of the owners of the book believed in the prophethood of Muhammed (PBH) in the morning and rejected him in the evening. Allah (SWT) explains that real guidance is His guidance and as Musa and Isa (PBT) were given the Torah and Injeel, Mohammed (PBH) can be given the Quran and He selects for His mercy (i.e. prophethood) whomever He wills.”
