The Quran revered the prophets of the Jews and Christians—but the Jews and Christians, in turn, needed to believe in the message of the Prophet Muhammad: “You cannot deny any of the Prophets. They believe in their own Prophets, just as we do, but they cannot deny Muhammad and his Message. Otherwise, it is just holding on to the religion of their ancestors.” Clinging blindly to the faith of your forefathers, the Quran asserts, is arrogant. Noah’s 950 years of warning didn’t persuade pagans to forsake their idols, and so they were drowned. Moses warned the Pharaoh and his cronies, but they
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