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A Call for Unity

Their Prophet said to them: "Allah has appointed Saul to
be your king." They asked: "How can he have kingship
over us, when we have much more right to kingship than
he does? He has not even got much wealth!" He said:
"Allah has chosen him over you and favored him great-
ly in knowledge and physical strength. Allah gives king-
ship to anyone He wills. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-
Knowing." (Surat Al-Baqara: 247)
Why was this Qur'an not sent down to one of the great
men of the two cities? (Surat Az-Zukhruf: 31)

The Gospel

When the Sabbath came, he [Jesus] began to teach in the syna-
gogue, and many who heard him were amazed. "Where did this
man get these things?" they asked. "What's this wisdom that has
been given him that he even does miracles! Isn't this the carpen-
ter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas,
and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took of-
fense at him. (Mark, 6: 2-3)
Because of this, God in his wisdom said, 'I will send them
prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they
will persecute.' (Luka, Bap 11, 49)

The Torah

But they mocked messengers of God, despised His words and
scoffed at His prophets until the wrath of the Lord was aroused
against His people and there was no remedy. (2. Chronicles, 36:
16)

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