And their submission to Him entails sincere devotion to Him, their humility and their submission to His rulings, unlike non-Muslims. Thus He commanded the believers to say:

“We believe in Allah and what has been revealed to us, and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and what Moses and Jesus were given, and what the prophets were given by their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we submit to Him.”

Then He said:

“The colouring of Allah! And whose colouring is better than Allah’s? And we worship Him alone.”

“Say: Do you dispute with us concerning Allah, when He is our Lord and your Lord? We have our deeds, and you have your deeds, and we are sincerely devoted to Him.”

These verses contain profound meanings, which this is not the place to explore fully.

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This disagreement concerning His words, “Say: O disbelievers”—whether they address disbelievers as a whole, as most scholars maintain, or those known to die as disbelievers, as some maintain—relates to what is meant by the terms “disbeliever” and “believer.”