Do Muslims believe there is eternal life for people outside of Islam?

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Do Muslims believe that there is salvation for people outside of Islam? By this I mean as you revere Christ Jesus as a prophet, do you believe those of us who follow Christ Jesus will receive mercy from God? Catholics believe there is salvation outside of the Catholic faith as God is merciful and any heart that turns to Him will be treated with mercy.

I truly believe that all faiths will find themselves in heaven if they truly love God in the deepest way they can as led by the Holy Spirit; as a Catholic I believe that the fullness of truth is found in the Catholic faith but that there is truth in other faiths…what do Muslims believe about this?

Thank you kindly for any replies

As sala’amu alaikum

God Bless you and much love and peace to you

Teresa
 
Salam and peace

Its a debatable issue in Islam , but in my opinion, only unitarians believers would have salvation outside islam . I am no scholar but Islam as a legislation is different from Islam as a faith .

Islam = Submission to God . Thus any submitter to God is Muslim.

Muslims believe that God is what is manifested in the Torah and what Moses and Abraham anbd Jesus worshipped. We dont believe God to be a part of a trinity or that he would have equals or semi devine partners or sons.

Simply in islam there is the creator and the creations .

The creator is God . With the understanding of teh Jews at the time of Moses . And everything else including Jesus and Muhammed are mere creations .

All this is mandatory to believe in order to be saved . But some excuses are given to some people. These people can be tested on Judgement day .

People who were Medically insane in this life, people who never heared of the Call of Islam , people who had a distorted idea of Islam due deviant sects and biased media for example.

Some shia and some Sufis can actually be excluded from teh above explanation fo faith . As they also associate other dieties with the lord of Moses .

Muslims believe that True Judaic christianity is the Ultimate and correct followers of Jesus Christ the Messiah . Those people were called Ebionites .

Best thing is to ask a Muslim scholar about this

www.islamonline.net

Go to sectyion called “Ask about Islam”

Peace
 
Its unfortunate that muslims do not read the Bible except to find errors.

They would understand the need for salvation and the Truth of Gods plan then.
 
I truly believe that all faiths will find themselves in heaven if they truly love God in the deepest way they can as led by the Holy Spirit; as a Catholic I believe that the fullness of truth is found in the Catholic faith but that there is truth in other faiths…what do Muslims believe about this?
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🙂 Peace Teresa

I dont believe there is such a thing as relative truth. What is true is clear and what is false is also clear. Truth is not mixed with falsehood. Having said that, it is either that God is one in one, or that He is 3 in one. It is either that he is separate from His creation, or that he became a part of His creation and was killed for the sins of mankind.

Both ideas can not coexist in truth. One must be false. What we believe about God is pretty much what makes me Muslim and what makes you Christian.

Having said all of that, i believe that everyone on this forum who has read the posts posted by the muslims here…doesnt have an excuse. They know about Islamic beliefs, the idea of a pure concept of the oneness of God, and they know about Prophet Mohamed peace be upon him and the message that he preached.

Whether they choose to accept or not is ofcourse up to them, and they will be held responsible for that decision on the day of resurrection.

It’s up to all of us, as intelligent creations, to research and investigate. To ask God for His guidance in seeking the truth and to keep an open mind and heart to it…even if the truth turns out to be against every concept we were ever taught. And Allah is the most Just.

Allah knows best
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thank you for your question
As sala’amu alaikum
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wa 'alaikum
 
Faith101 said:
🙂 Having said that, it is either that God is one in one, or that He is 3 in one. It is either that he is separate from His creation, or that he became a part of His creation and was killed for the sins of mankind.
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Christians, of course, are also monotheist. There can be but one God.

The phrase “one in one, or 3 in one,” does not accurately summarize Christian belief about the Trinity.

We do not believe that there are three Gods in one God, or that there are three Divine Persons in One Divine Person, or that there are three Divine Natures in One Divine nature.

Rather we believe that there is one God, one Divine Nature, who has made Himself known to us in three Persons–Father, Son, and Spirit.

We only believe this of God because He has revealed it.
 
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Faith101:
Having said all of that, i believe that everyone on this forum who has read the posts posted by the muslims here…doesnt have an excuse. . . . .
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This sounds kind of like a Catholic of the “no salvation outside the Church” variety, who would say that anyone reading these Catholic forums obviously doesn’t have an excuse for not joining the Church!
 
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JimG:
This sounds kind of like a Catholic of the “no salvation outside the Church” variety, who would say that anyone reading these Catholic forums obviously doesn’t have an excuse for not joining the Church!
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I guess its similiar then. It’s up to us to investigate and find the truth. Allah calls the disbelievers “people who dont understand.” It is required of us to use our brains to ponder, reflect, think about what is going on around us…and finally submit ourselves to the will of the One who Created the earth, everything in it, and everything around it.

(This is) a Book (the Quran) which We have sent down to you, full of blessings that they may ponder over its Verses, and that men of understanding may remember. (Quran 38:29)

Thus doth Allah Make clear His Signs to you: In order that ye may understand. (Quran 2:242)
 
DOUBLE STAND

Sura 5:69 Jews, Christians, Sabeans and Muslims will be saved.

Sura 98:6 Salvation is only for the Muslims. Alla will accept no religion from humanity other than Islam.

Muslims believe which one I don`t know.

In Christ,
selvaraj
 
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JimG:
Christians, of course, are also monotheist. There can be but one God.

The phrase “one in one, or 3 in one,” does not accurately summarize Christian belief about the Trinity.

We do not believe that there are three Gods in one God, or that there are three Divine Persons in One Divine Person, or that there are three Divine Natures in One Divine nature.

Rather we believe that there is one God, one Divine Nature, who has made Himself known to us in three Persons–Father, Son, and Spirit.

We only believe this of God because He has revealed it.
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Don’t bother with this. They’re completely aware of the Trinity doctrine already. Pretending they forget every now and then is just their way of delaying the inevitable. Have you read all these posts lately? Look carefully behind all the flowery language in these latest rebuttals and it will become clear that we’ve at long last come to the common theme in all of this: “The Quran is from God, because the Quran says so.” Aside from various conspiracy theories, this blind assumption is the very core of all Muslim teaching.
 
Three persons in one God.
Hmmm, what human mind can grasp that. That’s because the idea didn’t come from simple human mind. It can only comes from God because He had revealed it to us.

There is no religion that has such complex understanding of God. That shows how simple creature like us can’t make up something as complex as that. It’s either God as one person or many gods.

Why would Christians make up the Trinity… so complex that we can’t fully understand. If we want followers, we would simplify our God just like any other God.

Our simple mind is most inferior against God.
 
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cathgal:
Three persons in one God.
Hmmm, what human mind can grasp that. That’s because the idea didn’t come from simple human mind. It can only comes from God because He had revealed it to us.

There is no religion that has such complex understanding of God. That shows how simple creature like us can’t make up something as complex as that. It’s either God as one person or many gods.

Why would Christians make up the Trinity… so complex that we can’t fully understand. If we want followers, we would simplify our God just like any other God.

Our simple mind is most inferior against God.
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SubhanAllah. Ever talk to a hindu? Their idea of God is much more complex than yours, and some of them would argue with you night and day in defending the idea that they believe in one God

hmm…looks like according to your logic Hinduism is the true religion, being that it is sooo complex and hard to understand.

May God guide us all
 
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selvaraj:
DOUBLE STAND

Sura 5:69 Jews, Christians, Sabeans and Muslims will be saved.

Sura 98:6 Salvation is only for the Muslims. Alla will accept no religion from humanity other than Islam.

Muslims believe which one I don`t know.

In Christ,
selvaraj
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THe verse is referring to those people who followed the prophets before Mohamed (peace be upon him). the people who did not make partners with God and only worshipped God.

The people who believe God is trinity, even after truth has come to them…their destination is explained in another verse.
 
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exoflare:
What? Which prophet came from the Sabeans?
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In all honesty, i dont know much about them. InshAllah, another Muslim on the forum more knowledgble than me can explain.
 
The sabeans are a monotheistic sect of the People of the book . That is the information we have about them . Basicly somthing like the Unitarian chrisyians or Judaic christianity which didnt believe in divinity of jesus or sonship or stuff. same belief as the jews i guess.
 
I think the title of this thread should have been the other way around. Anyway that’s another story.
 
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Faith101:
SubhanAllah. Ever talk to a hindu? Their idea of God is much more complex than yours, and some of them would argue with you night and day in defending the idea that they believe in one God

hmm…looks like according to your logic Hinduism is the true religion, being that it is sooo complex and hard to understand.

May God guide us all
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Yes, a Hindu’s idea of God is more complex, and I think they believe in one divinity, but Hindus actually claim to believe in different gods. However, us Catholics believe in One God in three persons. Why would a fraud want to make up the idea of the Trinity?
Show me one case where a Hindu argues that he/she believes in one God.
 
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Faith101:
THe verse is referring to those people who followed the prophets before Mohamed (peace be upon him). the people who did not make partners with God and only worshipped God.
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How do you know the verse meant that? For all we know, the Koran may have very well contradicted itself. Why didn’t Muhhamad simply add to that belief, "the Christians who did not hear my message will be saved’? Even if an “expert” in Islam came up with that theory, how are you sure that person was right?
 
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PMV:
Yes, a Hindu’s idea of God is more complex, and I think they believe in one divinity, but Hindus actually claim to believe in different gods. However, us Catholics believe in One God in three persons
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"One God in three persons" !!!!    could someone please explain this to me.
    thanx
 
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