Some Similar Passages from the Gospel and the Qur’an

God being the Eternal:

GOSPEL: He also says, "In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But You remain the same, and Your years will never end. (Hebrews, 1:10-12)

QURAN: Everyone on it will pass away; but the Face of your Lord will remain, Master of Majesty and Generosity. (Surat ar-Rahman, 26-27)

God being the Creator of all things:

GOSPEL: For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen. (Romans, 11:36)

QURAN: That is Allah, your Lord. There is no god but Him, the Creator of everything. So worship Him. He is responsible for everything. (Surat-al-An'am, 102)

God being the Giver of Form:

GOSPEL: But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as He wanted them to be. (1 Corinthians, 12:18)

QURAN: It is He Who forms you in the womb however He wills. There is no god but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. (Surah Al 'Imran, 6)

God heeds the prayers of those who pray:

GOSPEL: Ask [from God] and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. (Matthew, 7:7-8)

GOSPEL: If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. (Matthew, 21:22)

QURAN: Your Lord says, 'Call on Me and I will answer you. Those who who are too proud to worship Me will enter hell abject.' (Surah Ghafir, 60)

QURAN: If My slaves ask you about Me, I am near. I answer the call of the caller when he calls on Me. They should therefore respond to Me and believe in Me so that hopefully they will be rightly guided. (Surat al-Baqara, 186) 

He who obeys the messenger of God obeys God Himself:

GOSPEL: [Jesus:] "... He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the One [God] Who sent me." (Matthew, 10:40; Mark, 9:37)

GOSPEL: [Jesus:] "... he who rejects you rejects me; but he who rejects me rejects Him [God] Who sent me." (Luke, 10:16)

QURAN: Whoever obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah... (Surat an-Nisa', 80)

QURAN: Those who pledge you their allegiance pledge allegiance to Allah. Allah's hand is over their hands. He who breaks his pledge only breaks it against himself. But as for him who fulfils the contract he has made with Allah, We will pay him an immense reward. (Surat al-Fath, 10)

Prophets do not speak of their own desires, but spread the revelation of God:

GOSPEL: Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from Him [God] Who sent me." (John, 7:16)

GOSPEL: So Jesus said, "... then you will know that I am the one I claim to be and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what God has taught me." (John, 8:28)

QURAN: Nor does he speak from whim. It is nothing but Revelation revealed. (Surat al-Najm, 3-4)

QURAN: [I am] transmitting my Lord's Message to you and giving you good counsel, and I know from Allah what you do not know. (Surat al-A'raf, 62)

God loves those who obey His messenger:

GOSPEL: Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My God will love him... He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to God Who sent me." (John, 14:23-24)

GOSPEL: [Jesus:] "Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my God, and I too will love him..." (John, 14:21)

QURAN: Say, 'If you love Allah, then follow me and Allah will love you and forgive you for your wrong actions. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.' Say, 'Obey Allah and the Messenger.' Then if they turn away, Allah does not love the unbelievers. (Surah Al 'Imran, 31-32)

Believers being tested by difficulties:

GOSPEL: [Jesus] "... Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me [for God's sake]. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven [in the hereafter], for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you." (Matthew, 5:10-12)

GOSPEL: ... "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God [paradise]" they said. (Acts, 14:22)

QURAN: Or did you suppose that you would enter the Garden without facing the same as those who came before you? Poverty and illness afflicted them and they were shaken to the point that the Messenger and those who believed with him said, 'When is Allah's help coming?' Be assured that Allah's help is very near. (Surat al-Baqara, 214)

Everyone being tested only as much as he can bear:

GOSPEL: No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. (1 Corinthians, 10:13)

QURAN: ... We impose on no self any more than it can bear; that you are equitable when you speak–even if a near relative is concerned; and that you fulfil Allah's contract. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hopefully you will pay heed. (Surat al-An'am, 152)

QURAN: ... Call two upright men from among yourselves as witnesses and they should carry out the witnessing for Allah. This is admonishment for all who believe in Allah and the Last Day. Whoever has fear of Allah–He will give him a way out. (Surat at-Talaq, 2)

Selling one's self and property for God:

GOSPEL: Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: "If people come to me and are not ready to abandon their fathers, mothers, wives, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as their own lives, they cannot be my disciples." (Luke, 14:25-26)

QURAN: Say: 'If your fathers or your sons or your brothers or your wives or your tribe, or any wealth you have acquired, or any business you fear may slump, or any house which pleases you, are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His Way, then wait until Allah brings about His command. Allah does not guide people who are deviators.' (Surat at-Tawba, 24)

Faith being built on sound foundations:

GOSPEL: [Jesus:] "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash." (Matthew, 7:24-27)

GOSPEL: [Jesus:] "I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete." (Luke, 6:47-49)

QURAN: Who is better: someone who founds his building on fear of Allah and His good pleasure, or someone who founds his building on the brink of a crumbling precipice so that it collapses with him into the fire of hell? Allah does not love wrongdoers. (Surat at-Tawba, 109)

Abundance being bestowed on those who migrate for the sake of God:

GOSPEL: "I tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me [for the approval of God] and the Gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first." (Mark, 10:29-31)

QURAN: Those who migrate in the Way of Allah will find many places of refuge on the earth and ample sustenance. If anyone leaves his home, migrating to Allah and His Messenger, and death catches up with him, it is Allah Who will reward him. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Surat an-Nisa, 100)

Not storing up possessions:

GOSPEL: Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven [for the hereafter], where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (Matthew, 6:19-21)

QURAN: Who has amassed wealth and hoarded it! He thinks his wealth will make him live for ever. No indeed! He will be flung into the Shatterer. (Surat al-Humaza, 2-4)

Not making helping the poor a matter of show:

GOSPEL: So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do... to be honored by men. (Matthew, 6:2)

QURAN: You who believe! Do not nullify your charity by demands for gratitude or insulting words, like him who spends his wealth, showing off to people and not believing in Allah and the Last Day. His likeness is that of a smooth rock coated with soil, which, when heavy rain falls on it, is left stripped bare. They have no power over anything they have earned. Allah does not guide disbelieving people. (Surat al-Baqara, 264)

Believers help the poor even if they are in need themselves:

GOSPEL: As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. "I tell you the truth," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." (Luke, 21:1-4)

QURAN: Those who were already settled in the abode, and in faith, before they came, love those who have migrated to them and do not find in their hearts any need for what they have been given and prefer them to themselves even if they themselves are needy. It is the people who are safe-guarded from the avarice of their own selves who are successful. (Surat al-Hashr, 9)

Not showing off when worshiping:

GOSPEL: "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing... on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your God, Who is unseen. Then your God, Who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. (Matthew, 6:5-6)

QURAN: Who are neglectful of their prayers, Those who show off and deny help to others... (Surat al-Ma'un, 5-6)

QURAN: The hypocrites think they deceive Allah, but He is deceiving them. When they get up to pray, they get up lazily, showing off to people, and only remembering Allah a very little. (Surat an-Nisa, 142)

It is fear of God that draws people close to God, not the flesh of sacrificed animals:

GOSPEL: ... Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an idol, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. But food does not bring us near to God... (1 Corinthians, 8:7-8)

QURAN: Their flesh and blood does not reach Allah but your heedfulness does reach Him. In this way He has subjected them to you so that you might proclaim Allah's greatness for the way that He has guided you. Give good news to the good-doers. (Surat al-Hajj, 37)

Not forgetting oneself when warning others:

GOSPEL: Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. (Matthew, 7:3-5; Luke, 6:37-42)

GOSPEL: Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: "... So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach." (Matthew, 23:1-3)

QURAN: Do you order people to devoutness and forget yourselves, when you recite the Book? Will you not use your intellect? (Surat al-Baqara, 44)

The blinding of the eyes and ears of deniers:

GOSPEL: This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them. (Matthew, 13:13-15)

GOSPEL: Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? (Mark, 8:18-19)

QURAN: We created many of the jinn and mankind for hell. They have hearts they do not understand with. They have eyes they do not see with. They have ears they do not hear with. Such people are like cattle. No, they are even further astray! They are the unaware. (Surat-al-A'raf, 179)

QURAN: Allah has sealed up their hearts and hearing and over their eyes is a blindfold. They will have a terrible punishment. (Surat al-Baqara, 7)

Responding to evil with good:

GOSPEL: [Jesus:] "But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." (Luke, 6:27-28)

GOSPEL: Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord. On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head. "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (Romans, 12:17-21)

QURAN: A good action and a bad action are not the same. Repel the bad with something better and, if there is enmity between you and someone else, he will be like a bosom friend. (Surah Fussilat, 34)

QURAN: They will be given their reward twice over because they have been steadfast and because they ward off the bad with the good and give from what we have provided for them. (Surat al-Qasas, 54)

Extending greetings on entering a house:

GOSPEL: When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.' If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. (Luke, 10:5-6)

QURAN: You who believe! Do not enter houses other than your own until you have asked permission and greeted their inhabitants. That is better for you, so that hopefully you will pay heed. (Surat an-Nur, 27)

Saying 'if God so wishes':

GOSPEL: Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." (James, 4:13-15)

QURAN: Never say about anything, 'I am doing that tomorrow,' without adding 'If Allah wills.' Remember your Lord when you forget, and say, 'Hopefully my Lord will guide me to something closer to right guidance than this.' (Surat al-Kahf, 23-24)

Keeping one's word:

GOSPEL: Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' (Matthew, 5:33)

QURAN: Be true to Allah's contract when you have agreed to it, and do not break your oaths once they are confirmed and you have made Allah your guarantee. Allah knows what you do. (Surat an-Nahl, 91)

Believers must not fall into disagreement:

GOSPEL: I appeal to you, brothers... that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. (1 Corinthians, 1:10-11)

QURAN: Obey Allah and His Messenger and do not quarrel among yourselves lest you lose heart and your momentum disappear. And be steadfast. Allah is with the steadfast. (Surat al-Anfal, 46)

There is ease in religion:

GOSPEL: [Jesus:] "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you [for the approval of God] and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew, 11:28-30)

QURAN: 'But as for him who believes and acts rightly, he will receive the best of rewards and we will issue a command, making things easy for him.' (Surat al-Khaf, 88)

QURAN: Strive for Allah with the striving due to Him. He has selected you and not placed any constraint upon you in the religion–the religion of your forefather Abraham... (Surat al-Hajj, 78)

The transitory nature of the life of this world:

GOSPEL: Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of God is not in him. For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from God but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. (1 John, 2:15-17)

GOSPEL: ... Live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear [of God]. For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers. (1 Peter, 1:17-18)

QURAN: Allah expands provision to anyone He wills and restricts it. They rejoice in the life of this world. Yet the life of this world, compared to the hereafter, is only fleeting enjoyment. (Surat ar-Rad, 26)

QURAN: There is the enjoyment of this world. Then they will return to Us. Then We will let them taste the terrible punishment because they disbelieved. (Surah Yunus, 70)

The sharpness of sight in the hereafter:

GOSPEL: Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then [in the hereafter] we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known... (1 Corinthians, 13:12-13)

QURAN: [On the Day of Threat, they will be told,] 'You were heedless of this so We have stripped you of your covering and today your sight is sharp.' (Surah Qaf, 22)

The dwellers in hell ask believers for water:

GOSPEL: In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away [in paradise], with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him... 'Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.' (Luke, 16:23-24)

QURAN: The companions of the Fire will call out to the companions of the Garden, 'Throw down some water to us or some of what Allah has given you as provision.' They will say, 'Allah has forbidden them to the unbelievers.' (Surat al-A'raf, 50)

Deniers will never believe, not even if the dead speak:

GOSPEL: He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.' (Luke, 16:31)

QURAN: Even if We sent down angels to them, and the dead spoke to them, and We gathered together everything in front of them right before their eyes, they would still not believe unless Allah willed. The truth is that most of them are ignorant. (Surat al-An'am, 111)

The fate of past peoples being cited as a warning:

GOSPEL: These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. (1 Corinthians, 10:11)

QURAN: In this way We give you news of what has gone before and We have given you a reminder direct from Us. (Surah Ta Ha, 99)

The creation of the first human being:

GOSPEL: ... From one man He [God] made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth. (Acts, 17:26)

QURAN: O mankind! Have fear of your Lord Who created you from a single self and created its mate from it and then disseminated many men and women from the two of them. Have fear of Allah in Whose name you make demands on one another and also in respect of your families. Allah watches over you continually. (Surat an-Nisa', 1)

One day in the Sight of God being a year:

GOSPEL: But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. (2 Peter 3:8)

QURAN: They ask you to hasten the punishment. Allah will not break His promise. A day with your Lord is equivalent to a thousand years in the way you count. (Surat al-Hajj, 47)

Not attaching importance to line of descent:

GOSPEL: As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than God's work—which is by faith. (1 Timothy, 1:3-4)

QURAN: Those who disbelieve filled their hearts with fanatical rage–the fanatical rage of the Time of Ignorance–and     Allah sent down serenity to His Messenger and to the believers, and bound them to the expression of heedfulness which they had most right to and were most entitled to. Allah has knowledge of all things. (Surat al-Fath, 26)

Hypocrites' external appearance being deceptive:

GOSPEL: Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. (Matthew, 23:27-28)

QURAN: When you see them, their outward form appeals to you, and if they speak you listen to what they say. But they are like propped-up planks of wood. They imagine every cry to be against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah destroy them! How they are perverted! (Surat al-Munafiqun, 4)

Hypocrites using their families as an excuse for not striving on the path of God:

GOSPEL: Still another said, "I will follow you... but first let me go back and say good-by to my family." Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God [His paradise]. (Luke, 9:61-62)

GOSPEL: Another disciple said to him [Jesus], "... first let me go and bury my father." But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead." (Matthew, 8:21-22)

QURAN: And a group of them said, 'People of Yathrib, Your position is untenable so return!' some of them asked the Prophet to excuse them, saying, 'Our houses are exposed,' when they were not exposed; it was merely that they wanted to run away. (Surat al-Ahzab, 13)

How hypocrites say what is not in their hearts:

GOSPEL: You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: 'These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. They worship Me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men. (Matthew, 15:7-9; Mark, 7: 6-7)

QURAN: And (it is) so that He would know the hypocrites. They were told, 'Come and fight in the Way of Allah or at least help defend us.' They said, 'If we knew how to fight, we would certainly follow you.' They were closer to disbelief that day than to faith, saying with their mouths what was not in their hearts. And Allah knows best what they are hiding. (Surah Al 'Imran, 167)

QURAN: O Messenger! Do not be grieved by those who rush headlong into disbelief among those who say 'We believe' with their tongues when their hearts contain no faith'... (Surat al-Ma'ida, 41)

Those who espouse the religion of their forefathers against God's commandments:

GOSPEL: ... [They] asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders..." He replied... You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men." And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!" (Mark, 7:5-9)

GOSPEL: Then some... came to Jesus... and asked, "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders?... Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?" (Matthew, 15:1-3)

QURAN: When they are told, 'Follow what Allah has sent down to you,' They say, 'We are following what we found our fathers doing.' What, even though their fathers did not understand a thing and were not guided! (Surat al-Baqara, 170)

QURAN: Whenever they commit an indecent act, they say, 'We found our fathers doing it and Allah commanded us to do it too.' Say: 'Allah does not command indecency. Do you say things about Allah you do not know?' (Surat al-A'raf, 28)

Believers being one another's family:

GOSPEL: Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you." He replied to him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" Pointing to his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my God... is my brother and sister and mother." (Matthew, 12:47-50)

QURAN: Noah called out to his Lord and said, 'My Lord, my son is one of my family and Your promise is surely the truth and You are the Justest of Judges.' He said, 'Noah, he is definitely not of your family. He is someone whose action was not righteous. Do not, therefore, ask Me for something about which you have no knowledge. I admonish you lest you should be among the ignorant.' (Surah Hud, 45-46)

Believers being compared to seeds sown in fertile ground:

GOSPEL: "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom [paradise] and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful. But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." (Matthew, 13:18-23)

GOSPEL: Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown." (Mark, 4:13-20)

QURAN: Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are fierce to the unbelievers, merciful to one another. You see them bowing and prostrating, seeking Allah's good favour and His pleasure. Their mark is on their faces, the traces of prostration. That is their likeness in the Torah. And their likeness in the Gospel is that of a seed which puts up a shoot and makes it strong so that it thickens and grows up straight upon its stalk, filling the sowers with delight–so that by them He may infuriate the unbelievers. Allah has promised those of them who believe and do right actions forgiveness and an immense reward. (Surat al-Fath, 29)