What are the various teachings of the Quran regarding the legitimacy of other faiths?
• “There is no compulsion in the Religion. The right way stands there clearly distinguished from the false. Hence he who rejects the false deities and believes in God (as the only Deity, Lord, and Object of Worship) has indeed taken hold of the firm, unbreakable handle; and God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.” (Quran 2:256) • Quran classifies all people into three main categories: • Muslims. • People of the Book, i.e. Christians and Jews. So according to Islam, they are not disbelievers. • Disbelievers. • We believe in the balanced combination of the divine destiny and free will. • Destiny means that God knows our past and future actions. • Free will means that anybody has a freedom of what to do or believe. • If a Muslim chooses to leave Islam, no force can be used to bring that person back to Islam, because there is no compulsion in the religion. “You cannot guide to truth whomever you like but God guides whomever He wills. He knows best who are guided (and amenable to guidance).” (Qura
