The Qur’an says Paul was sent by Allah!

Beloved Muslims demonize Paul, but they will be surprised to learn that the Qur’an makes reference to Paul being sent by Allah:
QS36:13-29
“so We reinforced them with a third> means, ‘We supported and strengthened them with a third Messenger.”

Ibn Jurayj narrated from Wahb bin Sulayman, from Shu’ayb Al-Jaba’i, “The names of the first two Messengers were Sham’un and Yuhanna, and the name of the third was Bulus, and the city was Antioch …

Qatadah bin Di‘amah claimed that they were messengers of the Messiah, peace be upon him, sent to the people of Antioch. (Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged), Volume 8, Surat Al-Ahzab, Verse 51 to the end of Surat Ad-Dukhan, abridged under a group of scholars under the supervision of Shaykh Safiur Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri
“Sham’un” refers to Simon Peter, “Yuhanna” to the apostle John, and Bulus is Arabic for Paul. This source therefore affirms that the apostle Paul was one of the Messengers sent by God!

Al-Suyuti, another renowned exegete, concurs with the Salaf that the three messengers mentioned in S. 36:13-29 were Peter, John and Paul.

If you read Acts 11 and 13 you will also see that Paul did actually visit Antioch, further giving support to him being that third Messenger.
Blessings!

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