257. God is the guardian of those who believe. He brings them out of the darkness into the light; and (as to) those who disbelieve, their guardians are satan who take them out of the light into the darkness; they are the inmates of the fire, in it they shall abide» (Sura 2).

With all this Koran in its own text is characterized as an “Arab law book” (sura 13:37 – “true judgment in Arabic”). That means that Koran doesn’t oblige those who don’t speak Arabic to accept the ritual forms of Islam profession, created in Arabic culture and existing nowadays, because of the fact that God gives the right to everybody to appeal to Him in his native language.

«135. And they say: Be Jews or Christians, you will be on the right course[22]. Say: Nay! (we follow) the religion of Ibrahim (Abraham), the Hanif[23], and he was not one of the polytheists.

136. Say: We believe in God and (in) that which had been revealed to us, and (in) that which was revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub (Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob) and the tribes, and (in) that which was given to Musa and Isa (Moses and Jesus), and (in) that which was given to the prophets from their Lord, we do not make any distinction between any of them (i.e. all of them taught the same), and to Him do we submit.

137. If then they believe as you believe in Him, they are indeed on the right course, and if they turn back, then they are only in great opposition, so God will suffice you against them, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing» (Sura 2, – marked with bold by us when citing, our commentaries are given in italic).

There is inevitable the following question:

If the Koran is really sent from the God in order to confirm the truth of earlier Revelations – Torah and New Testament[24], what are the reasons of centuries-old conflicts between those who believe that they are the true followers of Moses’, Christ’s and Muhammad’s creeds?

The answer for this question is given in Koran. Koran accuses the historically set Judaism and Christianity of backsliding from the Unified Testament expressed in various versions by Moses, Jesus Christ and other God’s missioners.

It is said in Koran about the historically set Judaism and its followers:

«The likeness of those who were charged with the Taurat (Torah), then they did not observe it, is as the likeness of the ass bearing books, evil is the likeness of the people who reject the communications of God; and God does not guide the unjust people!» (Sura 62:5).

«It is not meet for a mortal that God should give him the Book and the wisdom and prophethood, then he should say to men: Be my servants rather than God's; but rather (he would say): Be worshippers of the Lord because of your teaching the Book and your reading (it yourselves) » (Sura 3:79) [25].

That’s why law-abiding Jews as well as rabbinate will have to answer for Torah distortion and for the following of the distorted Torah in the everyday life. And even “kashrut[26]” won’t absolve them of this responsibility – historical (“karmic”) and religious (before God Himself).

It is said in Koran about the historically set Christianity the following:

«45. When the angels said: O Marium (Virgin Mary), surely God gives you good news with a Word from Him (of one) whose name is the '. Messiah, Isa (Jesus) son of Marium, worthy of regard in this world and the hereafter and of those who are made near (to God).

46. And he shall speak to the people when in the cradle and when of old age, and (he shall be) one of the good ones.

47. She said: My Lord! when shall there be a son (born) to I me, and man has not touched me? He said: Even so, God creates what He pleases; when He has decreed a matter, He only says to it, Be, and it is.

48. And He will teach him the Book and the wisdom and the Taurat(Torah) and the Injeel (Evangelium – Gospel).

49. And (make him) a messenger to the children of Israel: That I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that I determine for you out of dust like the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird with God's permission and I heal the blind and the leprous, and bring the dead to life with God's permission and I inform you of what you should eat and what you should store in your houses; most surely there is a sign in this for you, if you are believers.

50. And a verifier of that which is before me of the Taurat and that I may allow you part of that which has been forbidden t you, and I have come to you with a sign from your Lord therefore be careful of (your duty to) God and obey me.

51. Surely God is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve Him; this is the right path.

52. But when Isa perceived unbelief on their part, he said Who will be my helpers in God's way? The disciples said: We are helpers (in the way) of God: We believe in God and bear witness that we are submitting ones (to God) .

53. Our Lord! we believe in what Thou hast revealed and we follow the messenger, so write us down with those who bear witness.

54. And they planned[27] and God (also) planned, and God is the best of planners» (Koran, Sura 3 – underlined by us when citing, our commentaries are given in italic).

That’s why the adherents of Christianity in all its modifications also have the ground for thinking, as the words from Koran are similar to the cited above words of Jesus Christ.

But the natural question arises: Why should one agree with Koran in these issues and reject other faith traditions, perceiving them as false? What if Koran is actually a “satanic verse”, as Salmon Rushdie stated, with the purpose to turn away from the true faith tradition (Judaism – in the perception of Jews, or Christianity – in the perception of Christians and etc.) and to disorientate?

In attempt to answer this question all the texts seem to be equally unconvincing if not compared to the life itself.

3. Conjecture will not avail aught against the truth…

“One who is going to lead somebody to the belief needs an ability to speak nicely and to reason correctly, but he doesn’t need a skill of making violence and threatening” – this is another citing from Manuel II Palaiologos used by Benedict XVI during his speech in . In the context, which it is used in, it is understood like a reproach to Muhammad with spreading Islam using force, and so this should mean that all Muhammad’s teaching is surely false. Well, but making such blame Manuel II as well as Benedict XVI[28] forgot to tell and comment the following fact: before starting the first jihad – a holy war Muhammad preached peacefully for ten years. And during that time everyone, who wanted, was able to get to know the meaning of his teaching and agree with it or not.

During that ten years Islam spread in the Arabian society peacefully since Muhammad’s preach met a demand of Manuel II and Benedict XVI. Muhammad reasoned righteously and spoke nicely and earnestly. And Islam that time wasn’t a kind of (if to use modern terms) “totalitarian sect”. Because Muhammad answered essentially all vitally important questions, which Islam followers as well as others asked him. However not everybody liked that, what Muhammad taught.

But Manuel II and Benedict XVI as well haven’t remembered about the morality: neither generally nor concerning specifically those morals, which are cultivated in the society by each of the historically formed traditional religions. And all theological talks and preaches become a kind of atheism without such specification. This is so because God himself has His own morality[29], and every man who wants to be in harmony with God should follow Gods own morality ignoring (or even breaking) historically formed cultural traditions. And this is a meaning of man becoming like God[30].