The Holy Quran 3:64 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ تَعَالَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ كَلِمَةٍ سَوَآءٍۭ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ أَلَّا نَعْبُدَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ وَلَا نُشْرِكَ بِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا أَرْبَابًا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُولُوا۟ ٱشْهَدُوا۟ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ

Translation

Say, "O People of the Book! Come to (unite on) a word (a matter of belief) that is common between us and You; that we worship none other but Allaah (we proclaim that we are Muslims and monotheists), that we do not ascribe any as equal (as partner) to Him and that we do not take each other as gods besides Allaah (we do not worship any prophet, saint, scholar)." If they turn away (refusing to accept the proposal) then say, "Be witness that we are certainly Muslims (we have surrendered ourselves to Allaah's commands)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The invitation of the People of the Book to a common word of tawhid (the oneness of Allah). It has already been related that when the Prophet ﷺ said to the Najran delegation اَسْلِمُوْا (“Become Muslims”), they replied اَسْلَمْنَا (“We are Muslims”). From this it is clear that, like the Muslims, they too claimed to be Muslim.

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