﴿ وَقَالُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَٰرَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ حَنِيفًۭا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴾

“AND THEY say, "Be Jews" - or, "Christians" - "and you shall be on the right path." Say: "Nay, but [ours is] the creed of Abraham, who turned away from all that is false, and was not of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God."”

(And they say: Be Jews or Christians, then ye will be rightly guided�) [2:135]. Said Ibn �Abbas: �This was revealed about the Jewish leaders of Medina: Ka�b ibn al-Ashraf, Malik ibn al-Sayf, Wahb ibn Yahudha, Yasir ibn Akhtab, and also about the Christians of Najran. This is because when they argued with the Muslims regarding religion, each one claimed to have a better right to the religion of Allah, exalted is He, than anyone else. The Jews said: �Our Prophet Moses is the best of prophets, and our Scripture is the best of Scriptures and our religion is the best of religions�. They disbelieved in Jesus, the Gospel, Muhammad and the Qur�an. The Christians on the other hand said: �Our Prophet Jesus is the best of prophets, and our Scripture, the Gospel, is the best of Scriptures and our religion is the best of religions�. They disbelieved in Muhammad and the Qur�an. Both the Jews and Christians said to the believers: �Follow our religion, for there is no other true religion except ours�. And they invited the believers to follow their religion�.