section 7 invitation to the followers of the book to unity of allah as a common basis of faith 65. "o' people of the book! way do you dispute about abraham when the torah was not sent down, neither the evangel, but after him? have you then no sense ? " commentary: both jewish people and christian people considered abraham exclusively theirs. these kinds of statements were so current that the qur'an says: " abraham was neither (a) jew nor (a) christian ..." 1 hence this verse, to refer to the absurdity of their claim, addresses them both and says how do you know abraham (a.s.) the follower of the torah and the evangel while he lived before those two books. surely, the book which was not revealed had not any follower. so, do you not contemplate at least thus far that your speech be adapted to the history ? " o' people of the book! why do you dispute about abraham when the torah was not sent down, neither the evangel, but after him ? have you then no sense ? " 1 sura al-i-'imran, no. 3, verse 67.