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113- THEY ARE NOT ALIKE; OF THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, THERE IS AN UPRIGHT GROUP, THEY RECITE THE AYAHS OF ALLAH BY NIGHT, AND THEY PROSTRATE.

114- THEY BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY, ENJOIN WHAT IS RIGHT AND FORBID WHAT IS WRONG, AND HASTEN TO DO ALL THAT IS GOOD.  THOSE ARE OF THE RIGHTEOUS.

115- WHATEVER GOOD THEY DO, WILL NOT BE REJECT, AND ALLAH KNOWS THE PIOUS ONES. 

These Ayahs are about the People of the book who embraced Islam; they are not like those who did not.  Allah the Highest describes them as an upright people who recite the Ayahs of Allah at night and prostrate. 

Allah’s messenger’s companion Abd Allah Ibn Omar reported: “We sate one night waiting for Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him to pray Esha.  He came out to us after a third of the night or more has passed and said: “You are waiting for a Salah; none of the people of the other religions is waiting for, only you”.  (B: Mawaqeet, 22 & N: Mawaqeet; 21 & a: 6; 199,215,272)

They are not the same in their faith or in their deeds as the others who did not embrace Islam.  They believe in Allah and the last Day, they pray by day and night, they recite Quran, they enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, they are pious.

Allah the Highest reassures them that their good deeds and worship will be rewarded in the Hereafter most generously.  The disbelievers are rewarded for their good deeds in this life for they do not get any thing in the Hereafter.  Allah the Highest said: “THE EXAMPLE OF THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE IN THEIR LORD, THEIR DEEDS ARE LIKE ASHES WHICH IS BLOWN BY THE WIND IN A WINDY DAY, THEY HAVE NO POWER OVER WHAT THEY EARNED”.  (S: 14 A: 18)

Allah the Highest also said: “THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE, THEIR DEEDS ARE LIKE A MIRAGE IN A DRY DESERT, HE WHO IS THIRSTY WILL THINK IT TO BE WATER, UNTIL HE REACHES IT, HE WILL NOT FIND IT TO BE ANYTHING, AND WILL FIND ALLAH THERE WHO WILL RECOMPENSE HIM IN FULL, FOR ALLAH IS SWIFT IN RECKONING”.   (S: 24 A: 39)

Those who embraced Islam after being of the people of the book (Christians or Jews), Allah the Highest rewards more than those who were born Muslims.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said about three kinds of people who will be given twice the reward, of them: “A man who believed in his prophet and then heard about the prophet (Mohamed) and followed him, he has two rewards”.  (M:Eman;24 & T:Nekah;25 & Da:Nekah;48 & N:Nekah;48 & A:4;402,405)

Those who came across Christians or Jews embracing Islam will see the many difficulties and hardships they usually have to go through.  Changing one’s belief is not easy for a start.  One has to be very convinced and strong willed to change his/her faith.  Then they often come under a great deal of family and social pressures, even hostilities from their communities and families. They do not only change their faith, they also change the way their live and think and dress and eat and drink.  Some even prefer to leave their country to live in a Muslim country, which is not easy.

None of the above is suffered by the borne Muslim Muslims.  Allah’s extra reward for them is not for nothing.

B: Bukhari    M: Muslim     Mal: Malek    A: Ahmed   D: Abu Dawood     

Da: Daremy       Ma: Ibn Magah            N: Nesae          T: Termezi