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YUSUFALI: Those who believe (in the Qur’an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians,- any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
PICKTHAL: Lo! Those who believe (in that which is revealed unto thee, Muhammad), and those who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabaeans - whoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right - surely their reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
SHAKIR: Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the f Christians, and the Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.*
This is a strand in moderate and liberal Muslim thought that holds that all People of the Book ( later extended to Zoroastrians as well as the above groups and, on occasion, others like Hindus, depending on whether or not some version of monotheism could be detected as some sort of core belief or more cynically when it served the purpose of a particular ruler to extend that sort of tolerance ) have the potential to reach heaven and none ( including Muslims ) are guaranteed it.
Various iterations of this thought can be found. Thus this following commentator suggests that any can reach heaven, except those who consciously rejected Muhammed in his lifetime:
http://www.understanding-islam.com/ri/mi-010.htm
This is based, I believe on a hadith where Muhammed is claimed to have said as much: “By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, there is no-one of this Ummah, Jew or Christian, who hears of me then dies without believing in that with which I have been sent, but he will be one of the people of Hell.”
However on the flip side, you can find passages like 3:85:
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*YUSUFALI: If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks of those who have lost (All spiritual good).
PICKTHAL: And whoso seeketh as religion other than the Surrender (to Allah) it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the Hereafter.
SHAKIR: And whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it shall not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he shall be one of the losers. *
A contradiction? Perhaps. The commentator cited above would then probably point to 003:86…
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*YUSUFALI: How shall Allah Guide those who reject Faith after they accepted it and bore witness that the Messenger was true and that Clear Signs had come unto them? but Allah guides not a people unjust.
PICKTHAL: How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and (after) they bore witness that the messenger is true and after clear proofs (of Allah’s Sovereignty) had come unto them. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
SHAKIR: How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their believing and (after) they had borne witness that the Messenger was true and clear arguments had come to them; and Allah does not guide the unjust people. *
…and say aha! That is referring only to those that rejected the message from Muhamed’s own mouth again.
Maybe. But more conservative Muslims have used that passage and a few others to say that ALL non-Muslims are going to hell.
So, as usual, the truth lies in your choice of interpretation :).