Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics

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that the children of Adam would do


violence and would shed blood on the


earth. The angels, by contrast, were


doing Allah’s Will, in constant praise


and worship of Allah: ‘‘Behold, thy


Lord said to the angels: ‘I will create a


viceregent on earth.’ They said: ‘Wilt


Thou place therein one who will make


mischief therein and shed blood whilst


we do celebrate Thy praises and glorify


Thy holy (name)?’ [Allah] said: ‘I know


what ye know not’ ’’ (Sura2:30).


[ 6 ] Bukhari, vol. 4, book 60, no. 3409.


[ 7 ]Ibn Kathir’s Commentary on the


Qur’an, Ali Baythony, Dar AlKutub


AlIlmiya, Beirut, Lebanon, 1997.


Vol.IV, p.402.


[ 8 ]It is very interesting to note the


curious similarities that exist between

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