Jesus, Prophet of Islam - The Islamic Bulletin

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Jesus in Qur'an 305

good - whether male or female -and is a believer, then
they will enter the Garden, and they will not be wronged
(even as much as) the speck on a date-stone.

And who is better in their life-transaction than whoever
submits their will to God while doing good and follows
the way of Abraham, the naturally pure? -And God
chose Abraham as an intimate friend. And whatever is
in the heavens and whatever is in the earth belongs to
God, and God is always encompassing everything.
(Qur'an 4: 122-126).

Thus it is the pure and simple life-transaction embodied by Abra­
ham to which all believers today are called :


And they say, 'Be Jews or Christians,' and you will be
rightly guided. Say: 'No, rather the way of Ibrahim, the
naturally pure - and he was not one of the idol wor­
shippers.'

Say: 'We believe in God and in what has been revealed
to us and in what was revealed to Abraham and to
Ishmael and to Isaac and to Jacob and to the tribes (of
Israel), and in what Moses and Jesus were given and in
what the Prophets received from their Lord; we make
no distinction between any of them, and to Him we have
surrendered.' And ifthey believe in the like of what you
believe in, then they are rightly guided; and if they tum
away, then they have separated; and God is enough for
you; and He is the Hearer, the Knower. '(We take our)
colour from God -and who is better than God at giving
colour? - and we are His worshippers.'

Say: ' Are you going to argue with us about God, when
He is our Lord and your Lord? We have our actions,
and you have your actions, and we are being sin cere to
Him - or do you say that Abraham and Ishmael and
Isaac and Jacob and the tribes (of Israel) were Jews or
Christians?' Say:'Do you know best, or does God? (Qur'an
2: 135-140).
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