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304 Jesus, Prophet of Islam

Indeed, and as for whoever submits his will to God while

doing good, then his reward is with his Lord - and they

shan not be afraid and they shan not be sad. And the

Jews say,'TheChristiansdo not have anything,' and the

Christians say, 'The Jews do not have anything,' - and

theybothrecite the Book!Thatis howthose whodo not

know speak - and God will judge between them, con­

ceming what they used to disagree about, on the Day of

Standing. (Qur'an 2: 111-113).

And:

And the Jews and the Christians say, 'We are sons of

God and His loved ones.' Say: 'Then why does He pun­

ish you for your wrong actions?' - Certainly you are

humanbeingswhomHe has created. He forgives whom­

ever He wishes, and He punishes whomever He wishes,

and dominion over the heavens and the earth and what

is between them belongs to God -and the journeying is

to Him. (Qur'an 5: 18).

And certainly God makes it clear that He can forgive anything ex­

cept shirk, which is worshipping other than Him instead of Him:

Surely God does not forgive partners being associated

with Him, but He forgives whomever He wishes any­

thing other than that - and whoever associates partners

with God has certainly gone far astray. (Qur'an 4: 116).

And certainly God makes it clear that it is He Who decides who is

for the Fire and who is for the Garden, and not anyone else:

And as for those who believe and do good, We shan

bring them into Gardens underneath which rivers flow,

in which they will dwell for ever. lt is a promise from

God which is true, and who can be more truthful than

God in what is said? lt will not be as you wish, and it

will not be as the People of the Book wish: Whoever

does evil will receive its reward - and will not find any

friend or any helper other than God. And whoever does

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