Section: Rejecting the Christians’ allegation that Muhammad was not sent to them and that he himself doubted the message he conveyed
They argue:
“Moreover, the very words of this man in his own book show that he was not sent to us and that he is unsure about what he has brought. In the surah of Sabaʾ he says,
‘Indeed, either we or you are upon guidance, or in manifest error’ (34:24).
And in the surah of al-Ahqāf he says,
‘I do not know what will be done with me or with you’ (46:9).”
Response:
Their claim that he declared he was not sent to them is a plain falsehood. His book abounds with passages in which he summons them, instructs them to believe in him and follow him, and proclaims the universal scope of his mission to all humanity—even to both jinn and humankind. Nowhere does the book ever state that he was not sent to the People of the Scripture. On the contrary, it explicitly calls them in numerous places, as in the Almighty’s words:
“Say, O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you: that we shall worship none but Allah, associate nothing with Him, and that none of us shall take others as lords beside Allah. But if they turn away, then say: Bear witness that we are Muslims.” (3:64)