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Common Ground
\r\n Al-Imran (House of Imran) Chapter 3: Verse 64

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"Say (to them, O Messenger): 'O People of the Book, come to a word common between us and you, that we worship none but God, and associate none as partner with Him, and that none of us take others for Lords, apart from God.' If they (still) turn away, then say: 'Bear witness that we are Muslims (submitted to Him exclusively.)'"

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This call made by Islam 14 centuries ago to the People of the Book, is still being made to the People of the Book and people of learning today; it is of great significance, especially from the following viewpoint:

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1. In conveying Islam to others we should seek a common point on which to meet the audience. If it is worshipping One God without associating any partners with Him in relation to People of the Book, then when dealing with atheists it can be sharing the same human nature and destiny on the earth.

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2. Using an attractive, gentle style, and endearment are of great importance. If we can liken Islam to a magnificent palace that has as many roads to reach it as there are in the whole of creation and as many portals to enter it as there are human beings, then there is a door for each human being to enter it and what we must do is to be able to detect to whom we must show which door.

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3. The verse has shown how various consciences, nations, religions, and books can unite in one essential conscience and word of truth, and how Islam has instructed the human realm in such a wide, open, and true path of salvation and law of freedom. It has been shown fully that this is not limited to Arab or non-Arab people. Religious progress is possible not by narrow consciences or by being separate from one another, but by being universal and broad.

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4. Worshipping God without associating any partners with Him in His Divinity is the primary condition of believing in One God and following His religion.

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Compiled From:
\r\n "The Quran: Annotated Interpretation in Modern English" - Ali Unal, pp. 139-140
\r\n "Kur'an'dan Idrake Yansryanlar" - Fethullah Gulen, pp. 109-110
\r\n "Hak Dini Kur'an Dili" - Elmahh Hamdi Yazir, Vol 2. pp. 1131-1132

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