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[quote]Verse 2;62 This is my understanding as translated by Moiz Amjad on Understanding Islam web site.

[now] and those, who became Jews and the Nazarenes[23] and the Sabaeans[24], whoever TRUELY believes in God and the Day of Judgment and does good deeds [in keeping with his belief], they shall have their reward with their Lord. There they shall neither fear [the future] nor regret [the past][25]. (62)

Seen in the correct perspective, the verse promises eternal bliss to those who TRUELY believe in God and the Day of Judgment and do good deeds. If a person qualifies on the stated criteria, then whether he be from among the Jews, the Christians, the Sabians or the believers in the new Prophet, he shall be entered into the eternal bliss of paradise[3].

However, it should remain clear that according to the Qur'an, knowingly ascribing partners to God is, in effect, a rejection of God. Thus, if a person believes in God and also ascribes partners to Him, his belief would not be accepted on the Day of Resurrection. The Qur'an (Ghaafir 40: 42) says:

[O my people,] you call me toward rejecting God and to ascribe to Him partners about which I do not have any knowledge, while I call you to [the path of] the Powerful, the Oft-forgiving.

My limited understanding on this matter is that by truely what we mean is they are not knowingly denying the truth. i.e they understand that God cannot have a son but because of cultural, family social and religious bias refuse to accept the Truth when revealed to them. I personally feel that if a prson accepts a monthesisat religion and follows it properly without bias and the haq was either  never revealed to him or with all his heart never enetered his heart he will be judged for the knowledge revealed on him.
for ex. somone living near teh North pole and Islam was never presented to him. The issue is knowingly rejecting the truth.

I wrote before that religion consists of belief and practices. The Quran tells us about beliefs and also about the practices. But what about the practical way of doing those practices. 
What about namaz? Can we decipher from the Qur'an what is its content, what we recite in it what are the timings, how to perform an abulution.

If Islam is a religion that solely consists of beliefs then fine the Qur'an is the sole source of our beliefs. How did we learn to say namaz. We were shown by the Prophet Mohammad pbuh and it was then transferred from generation after generation by the consensus of Ummah. What other proof do we have for saying namaz?

The same for the Qur'an. The Qur'an we have has initially been learnt by heart by sahabhi.later written down by Hazrat Usman rta. WE do not possess a written copy by prophet Mohammad pbuh.[/quote]

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