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or indeed any created thing that you think is the Purest Spirit. Why then, whenever a
harder still!’ They will say, ‘Who will bring us Messenger came to you with something your
back again?’ Say: ‘He Who brought you into lower selves did not desire, did you grow arro-
being in the first place.’ They will shake their gant, and deny some of them and murder others?
heads at you and ask, ‘When will it happen?’ Say: (2:87)
‘It may well be that it is very near.’ (17:50-51) Say, ‘We believe in Allah and what has been sent
(Dhu’l-Qarnayn said,) ‘Bring me ingots of iron!’ down to us and what was sent down to Ibrahim
Then, when he had made it level between the and Isma‘il and Ishaq and Ya‘qub and the Tribes,
two high mountain-sides, he said, ‘Blow!’ and and what Musa and ‘Isa were given, and what all
when he had made it a red hot fire, he said, the Prophets were given by their Lord. We do not
‘Bring me molten brass to pour over it.’ (18:96) differentiate between any of them. We are
And (in hell) they will be beaten with cudgels Muslims submitted to Him.’ (2:136)
made of iron. (22:21) These Messengers: We favoured some of them
We gave Dawud great favour from Us: ‘O moun- over others. Allah spoke directly to some of them
tains and birds! Echo with him in his praise!’ And and raised up some of them in rank. We gave
We made iron malleable for him. (34:10) Clear Signs to ‘Isa, son of Maryam, and rein-
Those deemed weak will say to those deemed forced him with the Purest Spirit. If Allah had
great, ‘No, it was your scheming night and day willed, those who came after them would not
when you commanded us to reject Allah and as- have fought each other after the Clear Signs
sign equals to Him.’ But they will show their re- came to them, but they differed. Among them
morse when they see the punishment. We will there are those who believe and among them
put iron collars round the necks of those who dis- there are those who disbelieve. If Allah had
believe. Will they be repaid for anything but willed, they would not have fought each other.
what they did? (34:33) But Allah does whatever He desires. (2:253)
We have put iron collars round their necks When the angels said, ‘Maryam, your Lord gives
reaching up to the chin, so that their heads are you good news of a Word from Him. His name is
forced back. (36:8) the Messiah, ‘Isa, son of Maryam, of high esteem
We sent Our Messengers with the Clear Signs in this world and the hereafter, and one of those
and sent down the Book and the Balance with brought near. He will speak to people in the cra-
them so that mankind might establish justice. dle, and also when fully grown, and will be one
And We sent down iron in which there lies great of the righteous,’ she said, ‘My Lord! How can I
force and which has many uses for mankind, so have a son when no man has ever touched me?’
that Allah might know those who help Him and He said, ‘It will be so.’Allah creates whatever He
His Messengers in the Unseen. Allah is All- wills. When He decides on something, He just
Strong, Almighty. (57:25) says to it, ‘Be!’ and it is. He will teach him the
Book and Wisdom, and the Torah and the
IRRIGATION Gospel, as a Messenger to the tribe of Israel, say-
He (Musa) said, ‘He says it should be a cow not ing: ‘I have brought you a Sign from your Lord. I
trained to plough or irrigate the fields–com- will create the shape of a bird out of clay for you
pletely sound, without a blemish on it.’ They and then breathe into it and it will be a bird by
said, ‘Now you have brought the truth.’ So they Allah’s permission. I will heal the blind and the
sacrificed it–but they almost did not do it. (2:71) leper, and bring the dead to life, by Allah’s per-
mission. I will tell you what you eat and what
‘ISA (AS) (JESUS) you store up in your homes. There is a Sign for
We gave Musa the Book and sent a succession of you in that if you are believers. I come confirm-
Messengers after him. We gave ‘Isa, son of ing the Torah I find already there, and to make
Maryam, the Clear Signs and reinforced him with lawful for you some of what was previously for-
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