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Jesus in Qur'an 283

And furthermore, a time which, as Jesus was well aware, had lim­
its - a time which was bounded by the time before ms time, and by
the time after it:

And (remember) when Moses said to ms people, '0 my

people, why do you persecute me when you well know

that 1 am the Messenger of God to you?' So when they

went astray God sent their hearts astray. And God does

not guide the people who are evil.

And (remember) when Jesus son of Mary said, '0Tribe

of Israel, surely 1 am the Messenger of God to you,

confirming what was (revealed) before me in the Torah,

and bringing good news of a Messenger who will come

after me, whose name is the Praised One (Ahmad).'

('Ahmad' is one of the names of the Prophet Muham­

mad, may God bless mm and grant mm peace, mean­

ing 'the Most Praiseworthy', 'the One who Distinguishes

between Truth and Falsehood', and 'the Comforter'.lts

equivalent inGreek is 'Parakletos' or 'Parakleitos', mean­

. ing 'the Comforter' or 'the Praised One'.)

Yet when he came to them with clear proofs, they said,

"This is clearly magic.'

And who does greater wrong than the one who makes

up a lie against God when he is called to Islam? And

God does not guide people who do wrong. They desire

to put out the Light of God with their words, but God

will perfect His Light however much those who disbe­

lieve detest il. He it is Who has sent His Messenger with

the guidance and the true life-transaction, so that He

may make it overcome all other religions, however much

the idol worshippers detest il.

o you who trust, shall 1 lead you to a bargain that will

save you from a painful punishment? You should be­

lieve in God and His Messenger, and fight in the way of

God with your wealth and your selves. That is better