Peace be upon you,
Christians use Quran to prove that Muslims are disbelievers because God says in Quran that the followers of Jesus will be superior to those who disbelieve. Since today Christians are superior in materialism than Muslims, therefore Christians are the believers and Muslims are the disbelievers.
• Quran (2:55) [Mention] when Allah said, “O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ.
Please pay attention to the word (“make” which in Arabic is “Ga’elo”, the root of “Ga’elo” is “Ga’ala”) as in (and make those who follow you superior to those who disbelieve). I will explain to you other verses from Quran in which God used the word (make “Ga’ala”) so that you understand what God meant.
God says in Quran that He (“placed” in Arabic “Ga’ala”) affection and mercy between spouses, but there are many spouses who hate each other and sometimes the matter ends in divorce, so the meaning of (placed in Arabic “Ga’ala”) is that God established His law that there shall be affection and mercy between spouses, but left them free to choose.
• Quran (30:21) And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.
God also says in Quran that whoever enters the Sacred House “Ka’ba” in Mecca shall be safe, which means that no harm will happens to him/her, but accidents always happen in it and many Muslims die, so what did God mean in (and whoever enters it shall be safe)!
• Quran (3:97) In it are clear signs [such as] the standing place of Abraham. And whoever enters it shall be safe. And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way. But whoever disbelieves - then indeed, Allah is free from need of the worlds.
God explained the meaning of (and whoever enters it shall be safe) in verse (2:125) which says that He (“made” in Arabic “Ga’al-na”, root of “Ga’al-na” is “Ga’ala”) the house safe. The meaning of (“made” in Arabic “Ga’l-na”), as I explained above, is that God established His law that the Sacred House will be safe, but left the duty of its security to the Muslims because at the end of the verse He said (And We charged Abraham and Ishmael to purify My house). The meaning of “purify My house” is to clean it of all dangers that may lead to harming the Muslims during pilgrimage “Hajj”.
• Quran (2:125) And [mention] when We made the House a place of return for the people and [a place of] security. And take, [O believers], from the standing place of Abraham a place of prayer. And We charged Abraham and Ishmael, [saying], “Purify My House for those who perform Tawaf and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer].”
Let us go back to the verse in which God said that He makes those who follow Jesus superior to those who disbelieve, as I demonstrated above, God established a law that the followers of Jesus, who believed in him that he is God’s servant and His Messenger, will be superior to the disbelievers, but left them free in the choice of to work and excel or fail to work. If they worked and excelled, they will be given their reward, but if they don’t they will be disobedient, not disbelievers. But the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, said that actions depend on the intention behind it, and a person will be rewarded only for what he/she intended. So if you sincerely intend to work and excel and you were not successful because of the oppressor rulers, for example, that they did not secure you an opportunity to excel, then God will judge you for your intention because God looks at our hearts, not our forms.
Also, the meaning of those who follow Jesus, servant and prophet of God, will be superior to the disbelievers does not mean in materialism but in worshipping and morals because God explained in verse (2:212) that He made the life of this world beautiful to the disbelievers and they will ridicule the believers of their inferiority, but God said that the believers will be above them on the Day of Judgment which means that they will enter paradise and be superiors to the disbelievers who will go to hell fire.
• Quran (2:212) Beautified for those who disbelieve is the life of this world, and they ridicule those who believe. But those who fear Allah are above them on the Day of Resurrection. And Allah gives provision to whom He wills without account.
