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Pleasant Words from the Gospel

hearts. And Allah knows best what they are hiding. (Surah Al
'Imran, 167)

QURAN: O Messenger! Do not be grieved by those who rush
headlong into disbelief among those who say 'We believe'
with their tongues when their hearts contain no faith'... (Surat
al-Ma'ida, 41)

Those who espouse the religion of their
forefathers against God's commandments:

GOSPEL: ... [They] asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live
according to the tradition of the elders..." He replied... You
have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the
traditions of men." And he said to them: "You have a fine way
of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe
your own traditions!" (Mark, 7:5-9)

GOSPEL: Then some... came to Jesus... and asked, "Why do
your disciples break the tradition of the elders?... Jesus replied,
"And why do you break the command of God for the sake of

your tradition?" (Matthew, 15:1-3)

QURAN: When they are told, 'Follow what Allah has sent
down to you,' They say, 'We are following what we found our
fathers doing.' What, even though their fathers did not un-
derstand a thing and were not guided! (Surat al-Baqara, 170)

QURAN: Whenever they commit an indecent act, they say, 'We
found our fathers doing it and Allah commanded us to do it
too.' Say: 'Allah does not command indecency. Do you say
things about Allah you do not know?' (Surat al-A'raf, 28)

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