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32 Jesus, Prophet ofIslam

There is no known eopy of the original revelation whieh

was given to sayyedina 'Isa, peace be on him - the Ingil­

in existence today, whieh perhaps partIy explains why

his teaehings have been rewritten and redefined so of­

ten during the last two millennia. Aeeording to the Gos­

pel of Barnabas, the Ingilwas never actually eontained in

a written form - being more Iike a wel1 of wisdom in

sayyedina ,Isa' s heart from whieh he drew when it was

needed - but it is clear that as weil as speaking Ara­

maie, sayyedina 'Isa also knew Hebrew, since his pur­

pose was to re-establish the original teaehings of Musa

amongtheTribe of Israel, in aeeordanee withthe Taurah,

whieh was written in ancient Hebrew, and whieh had

already been so signifieantly ehanged and eorrupted by

the time of his miraeulous birth, that he was in fact re­

jeeted by the very Jewish priesthood who claimed to be

the rightful eustodians of sayyedina Musa's teachings!

Indeed,perhapsone of the mainreasons why the [ew­

ish priesthood opposed sayyedina 'Isa and wished to

have him kiIled was because he knew exactly which

parts of the Taurah which had originally been revealed

to sayyedina Musa had been subsequentIy changed by

the Jews, having been given direct knowledge of the

original Taurah by Allah.

Sayyedina 'Isa was also most probably equally aware

of the distortions and amendments eontained in the

additional books which had been written after the death

of sayyedina Musa, and whieh purported to faithfully

record the history of the Tribe of Israel thereafter.

In other words, with the eoming of sayyedina 'Isa, all

the misrepresentations and changes to the original teach­

ings of sayyedina Musa which had gradually been intro­

dueed by the Jewish priesthood during the nine centu­

ries that had elapsed after the reign of sayyedina

Sulayman had come to an end were suddeniy in grave

danger of being exposed, and their hierarehy of being

destroyed. This is why they rejected sayyedina 'Isa, peaee

be on him, and this is why they plotted with the Ro­

mans to have him killed. li

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