Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics

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[ 16 ]⁶Bukhari, vol. 9, book 87, no. 6878.


[ 17 ]As the Koran states: ‘‘Do not the


Believers know, that, had Allah (so)


willed, He could have guided all


mankind (to the right)? But the


Unbelievers: never will disaster cease to


seize them for their (ill) deeds, or to


settle close to their homes, until the


promise of Allah come to pass, for,


verily, Allah will not fail in His


promise’’ (Sura 13:31). This idea


recurs: ‘‘If We had so willed, We could


certainly have brought every soul its


true guidance: but the Word from Me


will come true, ‘I will fill Hell with


Jinns [spirit beings] and men all


together’’’ (Sura 32:13).


[ 18 ]Al Tabrezi, Mishkat AlMessabih,


ed. M. N. Temem and H. N. Temem,

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