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Say: ‘People of the Book! You have nothing to His pleasure. Their mark is on their faces, the
stand on until you implement the Torah and the traces of prostration. That is their likeness in the
Gospel and what has been sent down to you Torah. And their likeness in the Gospel is that of a
from your Lord.’ What has been sent down to seed which puts up a shoot and makes it strong
you from your Lord increases many of them in in- so that it thickens and grows up straight upon its
solence and disbelief. So do not waste your grief stalk, filling the sowers with delight–so that by
on the people of the disbelievers. (5:68) them He may infuriate the disbelievers. Allah has
Remember when Allah said, ‘‘Isa, son of promised those of them who believe and do right
Maryam, remember My blessing to you and to actions forgiveness and an immense reward.
your mother when I reinforced you with the (48:29)
Purest Spirit so that you could speak to people in Then We sent Our Messengers following in their
the cradle and when you were fully grown; and footsteps and sent ‘Isa son of Maryam after them,
when I taught you the Book and Wisdom, and giving him the Gospel. We put compassion and
the Torah and the Gospel; and when you created mercy in the hearts of those who followed him.
a bird-shape out of clay by My permission, and They invented monasticism–We did not pre-
then breathed into it and it became a bird by My scribe it for them–purely out of desire to gain the
permission; and healed the blind and the leper pleasure of Allah, but even so they did not ob-
by My permission; and when you brought forth serve it as it should have been observed. To those
the dead by My permission; and when I held of them who believed We gave their reward but
back the tribe of Israel from you, when you many of them are deviators. (57:27)
brought them the Clear Signs and those of them
who disbelieved said, "This is nothing but down- GOVERNOR
right magic";’ (5:110) Some city women said, ‘The governor’s wife so-
(Allah said, ‘I will prescribe My mercy for) those licited her slave. He’s fired her heart with love.
who follow the Messenger, the Ummi, whom We see that she’s the one to blame.’ (12:30)
they find written down with them in the Torah He said, ‘What was this past affair of yours when
and the Gospel, commanding them to do right you solicited Yusuf?’ Then they said ‘Allah forbid!
and forbidding them to do wrong, making good We know no bad of him.’ The governor’s wife
things lawful for them and bad things forbidden then said, ‘The truth has now emerged. Indeed I
for them, relieving them of their heavy loads and tried to seduce him then and he has simply told
the chains which were around them. Those who the honest truth.’ (12:51)
believe in him and honour him and help him, (Yusuf said,) ‘In this way he (the governor) may
and follow the Light that has been sent down know at last that I did not dishonour him behind
with him, they are the ones who are successful.’ his back and that Allah most surely does not
(7:157) guide the deviousness of the dishonourable.’
Allah has bought from the believers their selves (12:52)
and their wealth in return for the Garden. They
fight in the Way of Allah and they kill and are GRAIN
killed. It is a promise binding on Him in the And when you said, ‘Musa, we will not put up
Torah, the Gospel and the Qur’an and who is with just one kind of food so ask your Lord to
truer to his contract than Allah? Rejoice then in supply to us some of what the earth produces–its
the bargain you have made. That is the great vic- green vegetables, cucumbers, grains, lentils and
tory. (9:111) onions,’ he said, ‘Do you want to replace what is
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those better with what is inferior? Go back to Egypt,
who are with him are fierce to the disbelievers, then you will have what you are asking for.’
merciful to one another. You see them bowing Abasement and destitution were stamped upon
and prostrating, seeking Allah’s good favour and them. They brought down anger from Allah upon
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