Quran says God told Jews "Whosoever saves..."

Submitted by Adnan Husain (United States), Dec 6, 2005 at 17:00

"On that account We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever
killeth a human being ... it shall be as if he had killed all humankind…"

So the Quran does not suggest this concept came out of nowhere, or originated in Islam.

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