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in Allah and the Last Day and act rightly will feel gogues and mosques, where Allah’s name is
no fear and will know no sorrow. (5:69) mentioned much, would have been pulled down
Those who say that the Messiah, son of Maryam, and destroyed. Allah will certainly help those
is Allah are disbelievers. The Messiah said, ‘Tribe who help Him–Allah is All-Strong, Almighty.
of Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. (22:40)
If anyone associates anything with Allah, Allah
has forbidden him the Garden and his refuge will (TO) CIRCLE
be the Fire.’ The wrongdoers will have no And when We made the House (Kaaba) a place
helpers. (5:72) of return, a sanctuary for mankind: They took the
You will find that the people most hostile to those place where Ibrahim stood (to pray) as a place of
who believe are the Jews and the idolaters. You prayer. We contracted with Ibrahim and Isma‘il:
will find the people most affectionate to those ‘Purify My House for those who circle it, and
who believe are those who say, ‘We are those who stay there, and those who bow and
Christians.’ That is because some of them are who prostrate.’ (2:125)
priests and monks and because they are not arro- And We located the position of the House for
gant. (5:82) Ibrahim: ‘Do not associate anything with Me and
The Jews say, ‘Uzayr is the son of Allah,’ and the purify My House for those who circle it, and
Christians say, ‘The Messiah is the son of Allah.’ those who stand and bow and prostrate.’ (22:26)
That is what they say with their mouths, copying (We said to Ibrahim,) ‘Then they should end their
the words of those who disbelieved before. May state of self-neglect and fulfil their vows and cir-
Allah destroy them! How perverted they are! cle the Ancient House.’ (22:29)
(9:30)
They have taken their rabbis and monks as lords CISTERN
besides Allah, and also the Messiah, son of They made for him anything he (Sulayman)
Maryam. Yet they were commanded to worship wished: high arches and statues, huge dishes like
only one God. There is no god but Him! Glory be cisterns, great built-in cooking vats. ‘Work, fam-
to Him above anything they associate with Him! ily of Dawud, in thankfulness!’ But very few of
(9:31) My servants are thankful. (34:13)
As for those who believe and those who are Jews
and the Sabaeans and the Christians, Magians CITY
and idolaters, Allah will distinguish between What reason could you have for not fighting in
them on the Day of Rising. Allah is witness of all the Way of Allah–for those men, women and
things. (22:17) children who are oppressed and say, ‘Our Lord,
Then We sent Our Messengers following in their take us out of this city whose inhabitants are
footsteps and sent ‘Isa son of Maryam after them, wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give
giving him the Gospel. We put compassion and us a helper from You!’? (4:75)
mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. This is a Book We have sent down and blessed,
They invented monasticism–We did not pre- confirming what came before it, so that you can
scribe it for them–purely out of desire to gain the warn the Mother of Cities (Makka) and the peo-
pleasure of Allah, but even so they did not ob- ple around it. Those who believe in the hereafter
serve it as it should have been observed. To those believe in it and safeguard their prayer. (6:92)
of them who believed We gave their reward but And likewise in every city We set up its greatest
many of them are deviators. (57:27) wrongdoers to plot in it. They plot against them-
selves alone, but they are not aware of it. (6:123)
CHURCH That was because their Lord would never have
... if Allah had not driven some people back by destroyed the cities unjustly while their people
means of others, monasteries, churches, syna- were unaware. (6:131)
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