The Koran is at times confusing because of the law of abrogation that Muhammad introduced mid-stream. That law states that Allah is permitted to change certain teachings as time goes by and as necessity demands. It is important to know, in reading the Koran, which teachings were given first and which later, for the book's order has nothing to do with chronology, rather, with the size of each chapter. The largest chapters come first, and gradually dwindle in size until the last surahs are just a few words long.

Muhammad spends a lot of time condemning those who condemn Koran and Islam. The theme of Islam's purity and the corruption of other religions fairly shouts at the reader throughout.

But there are other lines of thought too, like this one: (V,48) "For each We have appointed a law and a path; and if God had wished He could have made you one people... So vie with one another in good works. Unto God ye will all be brought back and he will then inform you of those things wherein ye differed."

So join whatever religion you like, just keep those good works coming. You'll be all right. If that is the message of Muhammad, it is in contradistinction with the message of Jesus, Who clearly proclaimed, (John 14:6)

"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man comes to the Father, but by Me."

Jesus leaves no one hanging in suspense here. It's Jesus' Way or the highway to hell. This is not a competition for the niceness award. This is life and death. John said, "He that has the Son has life. He that does not have the Son of God does not have life." Period. Discussion closed.