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Stories of the Prophets | Episode (34) | The story of Jesus, peace be upon him (2)
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Stories of the Prophets,
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Stories of the Prophets,
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peace be upon them.
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May the blessings of Allah,
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followed by His
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peace,
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be upon the best
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of all creation,
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the resolute Messengers
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whose rank
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is exalted.
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The Story of Jesus,
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peace be upon him.
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation,
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and may peace and blessings
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be upon our Prophet Muhammad,
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and upon his family and Companions
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all together.
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To proceed:
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The speech of the Prophet of Allah, Jesus,
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peace be upon him,
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while he was still in the cradle,
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was a miracle demonstrating
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the power of Allah Almighty
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and His choosing of him
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from among mankind.
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Yet it was not
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the only miracle granted to him,
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peace be upon him;
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for Allah Almighty supported him
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with numerous clear
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signs and wondrous,
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dazzling miracles.
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When Jesus, peace be upon him, grew up
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and reached the age of moral responsibility,
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Allah Almighty sent him
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to the Children of Israel,
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calling them to Allah Almighty,
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enjoining what is right,
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forbidding what is wrong,
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and making lawful for them
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that which had previously been forbidden to them
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because of their wrongdoing,
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disbelief, and transgression.
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As Allah Almighty said concerning them:
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"For the wrongdoing
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of the Jews,
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We made unlawful for them
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good things
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that had been lawful to them,
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and for their hindering
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from the path of Allah
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so much,
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and for their taking of usury
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while they had been forbidden from it,
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and for their consuming the wealth of people
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unjustly;
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and We have prepared
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for the disbelievers among them
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a painful punishment."
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Allah Almighty brought
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Jesus, peace be upon him, into existence through a word
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from Him, which is His command:
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"Be!"
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Thus, he is the Word of Allah.
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He was given the title of the Messiah (al-Masih)
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due to his frequent wandering
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in the land and worshipping within it;
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and it is also said:
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because whenever he wiped
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over someone afflicted with an ailment,
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they were cured by the permission of Allah Almighty.
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Allah gave him the patronymic
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"the son of Mary,"
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which indicates that his lineage
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is established solely through his mother and no one
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else,
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and that he is not the son of Allah Almighty
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as the misguided ones
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among the Christians claim.
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Allah Almighty bore witness
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to the high standing of Jesus, peace be upon him,
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and his exalted status in this world,
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and that is
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because of his immense impact
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in guiding people,
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bringing them out of darkness
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into the light,
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calling them to the oneness of Allah Almighty
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and to noble
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character,
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and upholding the Torah after
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they had differed over it.
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And in the Hereafter,
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by accepting his intercession
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and granting him high rank therein;
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He chose him
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and made him among those brought near
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to Him, Blessed and Exalted is He.
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What a magnificent attribute that is,
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the ultimate aspiration
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of all souls
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and the deepest longing of hearts!
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Allah described Jesus,
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peace be upon him, as being
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among the righteous in his words
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and deeds,
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and that he would speak to people
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as an infant before his time,
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and speak to them as a mature man
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after his descent at the end
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of time,
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addressing them with what rectifies
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their religious and worldly affairs.
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Above and beyond that, Allah Almighty taught him
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writing
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and script,
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and granted him wisdom, which is
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understanding the inner secrets of the divine law
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and placing things in their proper places.
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He also taught him
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the Torah and the Gospel:
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the Torah being the scripture
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that Allah revealed to
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Moses, peace be upon him,
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and the Gospel
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being the scripture that Allah revealed
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to him. Thus, Jesus,
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peace be upon him, memorized both this
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and that.
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Allah bestowed immense favor
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upon Jesus, peace be upon him,
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choosing him as a Messenger to the Children of
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Israel,
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and making him among the Messengers of Strong Resolve,
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alongside Noah, Abraham,
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Moses, and Muhammad,
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may peace and blessings be upon them all.
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All the aforementioned
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were glad tidings with which Allah gave good news
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to Mary, peace be upon her,
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and comforted
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her heart, she who
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had said in heartbreak:
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"Oh, would that I had died
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before this
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and become a thing completely forgotten!"
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Allah,
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the Exalted, said:
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"[And mention] when the angels said,
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'O Mary,
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indeed Allah gives you glad tidings
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indeed Allah gives you glad tidings
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of a word from Him,
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whose name will be the Messiah,
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Jesus, the son of Mary,
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whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus,
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the son of Mary,
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held in honor
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in this world
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and the Hereafter,
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held in honor
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in this world
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and the Hereafter,
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and among those brought near [to Allah].
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He will speak to the people
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in the cradle
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and in maturity,
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and will be of the righteous.'
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She said, 'My Lord,
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how will
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I have a child
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when no man
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has touched me?'
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He said, 'Such is Allah;
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Allah creates
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what He wills.
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When
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He decrees a matter,
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He only says
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to it: "Be,"
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and it is.
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And He will teach
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him the Book and wisdom
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and the Torah and the Gospel,
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and [make him] a messenger to
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the Children of Israel, [saying]:
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"Indeed,
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I have come to you
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with a sign;
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indeed, I have come to you
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with a sign;
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with a sign
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from your Lord:
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that I design
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for you
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out of clay
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"[fashioned] like the shape
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of a bird, and I breathe
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into it,
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and I breathe
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into it, and it becomes
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a bird
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by Allah's permission;
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and I heal the blind
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and the leper, and I revive [the dead]
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by Allah's permission;
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and I inform you
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of what you eat
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and what you store up
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in your houses.
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Surely in that
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is a sign for you,
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if you are [believers];
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and confirming
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what came before me
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of the Torah,
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and to make lawful for you
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some of
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that which was forbidden
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to you.
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And I have come to you
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with a sign
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from your Lord; so fear
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Allah and obey me.
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Indeed, Allah is my Lord
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and your Lord, so worship Him;
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this
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is a straight
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path.'"
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Jesus,
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peace be upon him, began calling
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his people, the Children of Israel,
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to the worship of Allah alone.
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So he said to them:
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"Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord..."
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“They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah (himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, for him Allah hath forbidden paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evil-doers there will be no helpers.” (5:72)
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"...Allah has forbidden
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Paradise for him,
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and his refuge is the Fire;
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and there are no helpers
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for the wrongdoers."
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But as is the habit of nations that reject
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their messengers,
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they demanded proofs of his truthfulness.
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So Allah supported him
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with extraordinary miracles.
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During the time of Jesus,
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peace be upon him, the science of medicine flourished,
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physicians became widespread,
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and the prevailing topic among
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people was about the latest
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medical discoveries.
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Therefore, Allah Almighty supported Jesus,
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peace be upon him, with miracles
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of the very nature of their interests,
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yet beyond the reach of any
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among them.
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Among these
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was that Jesus, peace be upon him, said
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to them: "I am able
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to fashion for you from clay
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an image in the shape of a bird,
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then I breathe into it,
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and it becomes a real bird
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by Allah's permission."
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So they said to him,
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by way of challenge:
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"Fashion for us a bat
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and impart life into it,
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if you are truthful in what you say."
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And they only
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asked for the creation of a bat
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because it is among the most wondrous of creatures;
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among its wonders
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is that it is made of flesh and blood,
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flies without feathers,
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gives birth just as mammals do,
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and does not lay eggs
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as other birds do;
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and it has udders
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that produce milk.
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So Jesus, peace be upon him, took
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clay and fashioned from it
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the shape of a bat,
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then breathed into it,
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and suddenly it was flying between
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the sky and the earth
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while they were watching.
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Jesus, peace be upon him, said to them:
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"And among the miracles that
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attest to my truthfulness
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is that I heal and restore
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sight to whoever is born
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blind, and I cure whoever
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is afflicted with leprosy.
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Yet I do not do that
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through my own power or knowledge,
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but rather I do it by the permission of Allah."
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And he singled out
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the healing of the blind and the leper
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for mention because they were
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two intractable diseases
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for which medicine, up to that point,
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had found no path to cure.
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A number of them were cured
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after Jesus, peace be upon him,
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supplicated for them
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and wiped over them,
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while the Children of Israel looked on.
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Jesus, peace be upon him,
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also said to them:
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"Indeed, among the miracles with which
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Allah has supported me
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is that I bring the dead back to life by the permission of
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Allah."
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So he revived four persons for them:
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Lazarus,
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who was a friend of his,
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an old woman's son, the tax collector's daughter,
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and Shem, the son of Noah;
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and Allah knows best.
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As for Lazarus,
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he was a friend of his;
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his sister sent word to Jesus,
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peace be upon him,
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saying, "Your brother Lazarus is dying."
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Between them was
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a three-day journey.
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So he came to him and found
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that he had already died.
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He said to his sister,
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"Take us to his grave."
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So she went with them
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to his grave,
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and he supplicated Allah Almighty,
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whereupon he arose from his grave,
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lived on, and had children.
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As for the old woman's son,
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Jesus passed by him as he was being carried
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on his funeral bier,
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so he supplicated Allah for him,
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and he arose and returned to his family.
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As for the tax collector's daughter,
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her father was a man
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who collected tithes;
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his daughter had died the previous day,
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so Jesus supplicated Allah, Glorious and Exalted,
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and Allah Almighty revived her,
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and she lived on after that
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for a time and bore children.
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When the Children
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of Israel saw that,
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they said, "You only revive
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those whose death was recent;
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perhaps they were not truly dead.
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Revive for us Shem, the son of Noah!"
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So he said to them,
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"Show me to his grave."
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He went out,
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and the people went out with him,
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until he reached his grave;
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he then supplicated Allah for him,
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and he emerged from his grave
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with gray hair.
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All of this took place right before
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their eyes as they watched.
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We notice in these miracles
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how they progressively advanced
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from difficult to even more difficult,
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yet despite that,
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none believed except a few
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of them.
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Then they demanded yet another sign from him,
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saying:
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"Tell us what we eat in our homes
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and what we store up
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of food for tomorrow."
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So he informed them, saying:
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"O so-and-so,
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today you ate such-and-such,
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and you stored up such
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and such;
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and you ate such-and-such,
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and you stored up such-and-such."
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And this too was
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among his miracles, peace be upon him.
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Yet despite that,
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they accused him of sorcery
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and did not believe him.
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Allah Almighty said:
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"[Remember] when Allah will say,
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'O Jesus,
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son of Mary, remember
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My favor upon you and upon
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your mother when
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"I strengthened you
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with the Holy Spirit,
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so that you spoke to the people
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in the cradle
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and in maturity;
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and when I taught you the Scripture,
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wisdom, the Torah,
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and the Gospel;
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and when you designed
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from clay the shape of
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a bird by My permission,
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then breathed
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into it,
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and breathed into it,
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and it became a bird
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by My permission;
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and you healed the blind
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and the leper by My permission;
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and when you brought forth
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the dead by My permission;
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and when I restrained
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the Children of Israel
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from you
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when you came to them
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with clear proofs,
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when you came to them
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with clear proofs,
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and those who disbelieved among them said,
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“When Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My favour unto thee and unto thy mother; how I strengthened thee with the holy Spirit, so that thou spakest unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; and how I taught thee the Scripture and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and how thou didst shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird by My permission, and didst blow upon it and it was a bird by My permission, and thou didst heal him who was born blind and the leper by My permission; and how thou didst raise the dead by My permission; and how I restrained the Children of Israel from (harming) thee when thou camest unto them with clear proofs, and those of them who disbelieved exclaimed: This is naught else than mere magic;” (5:110)
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'This is nothing but clear
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magic!'"
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The Children of Israel stubbornly resisted
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the message of their Prophet Jesus,
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peace be upon him,
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accusing him of sorcery and falsehood,
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as was their customary habit with
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their Prophets:
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a group of them they denied,
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and another group they killed.
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So Jesus said to them,
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peace be upon him,
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"O Children of Israel,
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indeed I am a messenger of Allah
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sent to you; I have come to you
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confirming what came before me with Moses,
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peace be upon him, from the Torah
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and divine laws.
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Were I a false claimant
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to prophethood, I would have brought something contrary,
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yet you read in the Torah
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that it foretold my coming
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and gave glad tidings of me.
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Thus I have come confirming
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it, and I
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bring you glad tidings of a messenger who will come
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after me, whose name
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is Ahmad." For I am like all Prophets:
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every
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one of them confirms the preceding Prophet
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and brings glad tidings of the succeeding
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Prophet.
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Yet they did not believe
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and persisted in their disbelief.
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Then Muhammad was sent,
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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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with clear signs,
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but they said, "This
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is merely the sorcery of previous times."
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Thus they were like cattle,
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nay, even more astray
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from the path.
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It is narrated that a group
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of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah,
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peace be upon him, said to him,
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"O Messenger of Allah,
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tell us about yourself."
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He replied, "Yes;
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I am the supplication of my forefather Abraham
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and the glad tidings of Jesus."
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'Abdullah Ibn 'Abbas,
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may Allah be pleased with them both, said:
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"Allah never sent any Prophet
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except that He took a covenant from him:
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if Muhammad were to be sent
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while he was alive,
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he must believe in him and support him;
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and He commanded him to take
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a covenant from his nation:
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if Muhammad were to be sent
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while they were alive,
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they must believe in him and support him."
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And if all the Prophets,
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peace and blessings be upon them,
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were destined
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to be gathered at one time
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and live alongside our Prophet Muhammad,
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peace be upon him,
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it would not be permissible for them
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to do anything except believe in him and follow him.
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Jesus,
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peace be upon him, sensed disbelief
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from the Children of Israel
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and saw their resolve to kill him,
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so he stood among them and said,
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"Who are my helpers
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for the sake of Allah?"
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The disciples answered him—
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and they were his sincere companions
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who believed in him,
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affirmed his truthfulness, and dedicated
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their lives to Allah—
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saying, "We are
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the helpers of Allah,
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and we will stand by your side
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to support the truth.
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For we have truly believed in Allah
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with profound faith,
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and we ask you to bear witness to
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our faith."
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And so they said to their people on the Day of Resurrection...
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and these words of theirs,
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which the Qur'an relates
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regarding them, demonstrate
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that they had reached a
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lofty degree of firm faith
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and sincere certainty.
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They were twelve
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men in number.
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Allah Almighty praised them
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and commanded the Muslims to be
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like them, as helpers of Allah
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and of His religion.
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During the time of Jesus, peace be upon him,
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they said to Jesus, peace be upon him,
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"Can your Lord, O Jesus,
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send down to us
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a feast spread with food from heaven?"
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It was said
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that they only requested this
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due to their dire need and poverty,
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so they asked him to bring down for them
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a table of food from which they could eat
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and gain strength
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for acts of worship.
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Jesus said to them,
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peace be upon him,
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"Fear Allah,
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and do not make such a request,
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for it may prove to be
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a trial for you;
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rather, rely upon Allah
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in seeking your sustenance,
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if you are truly believers."
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The disciples said,
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"We only requested this
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because
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we are in desperate need of eating
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from it,
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especially after our enemies have restricted
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our supply of food;
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and also that
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our hearts may be set at ease when we witness
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its descent from heaven,
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and that we may increase in faith in you
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and in knowledge of your message,
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and bear witness that it is a sign
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from Allah
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and a clear proof
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of the truth of what you have brought."
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When Jesus,
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peace be upon him, heard that
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and understood their intention,
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he consented to their request.
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He stood up and supplicated Allah,
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"O Allah, our Lord,
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“Jesus, son of Mary, said: O Allah, Lord of us! Send down for us a table spread with food from heaven, that it may be a feast for us, for the first of us and for the last of us, and a sign from Thee. Give us sustenance, for Thou art the Best of Sustainers.” (5:114)
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let the time of its descent be
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a recurring festival and an occasion
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through which we commemorate
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this magnificent sign,
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and grant it as sustenance for us."
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So Allah answered
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the supplication of Jesus, peace be upon him,
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and said,
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"I will indeed send down to you
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this feast that you have requested;
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but whoever disbelieves
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among you after it is sent down
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should blame no one
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but himself,
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for I shall punish him with a severe
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torment the like of which I have not inflicted
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upon anyone in the worlds."
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And Allah fulfilled for them
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His promise, and sent it down
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upon them.
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The angels came flying down
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with a feast from heaven,
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carrying seven fish
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and seven loaves of bread,
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Until I placed it between
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their hands,
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so the last of the people ate,
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just as the first of them ate from it.
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And they were commanded not to betray the trust
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nor to save any of it for tomorrow,
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but some of them misappropriated from it
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and said,
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"Perhaps it will not descend tomorrow."
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So they betrayed the trust, hoarded it,
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and stored it away, whereupon the table
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was withdrawn, and they were transformed
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into apes and swine.
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It was said that
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when those who doubted it reached the evening
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and went to their beds
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in the finest form
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with their wives, feeling secure—
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when it was
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the last part of the night,
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Allah transformed them into swine,
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and by morning they were picking through
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offal in garbage dumps.
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They remained in that state for
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three days,
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and then they perished.
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Allah Almighty said:
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"And [remember] when I inspired
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to the disciples,
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“And when I inspired the disciples, (saying): Believe in Me and in My messenger, they said: We believe. Bear witness that we have surrendered (unto Thee) "we are muslims".” (5:111)
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'Believe in Me and in My Messenger.' They said, 'We have believed,
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and bear witness that
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we are Muslims.'
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[Remember] when
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the disciples said,
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'O Jesus,
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“When the disciples said: O Jesus, son of Mary! Is thy Lord able to send down for us a table spread with food from heaven? He said: Observe your duty to Allah, if ye are true believers.” (5:112)
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can your Lord send down
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to us
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a table spread with food
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from heaven?'
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He said,
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'Fear Allah,
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if you are
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if you are
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believers.'
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They said, 'We wish
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to eat
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from it, that our hearts may be satisfied,
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our hearts,
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and that we may know
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that
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you have indeed told us the truth,
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and that we may be among
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the witnesses to it.'
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Jesus,
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son of Mary, said, 'O Allah,
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our Lord,
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send down to us
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a table spread with food
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a table spread with food
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from heaven
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to be
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for us a festival—
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to be for us
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a festival for the first of us
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and the last of us,
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and a sign from You.
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And provide for us,
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for You are
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the best of providers.'
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Allah said,
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'Indeed, I am
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sending it down to you.
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So whoever
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disbelieves after [that]
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among you—then indeed I will
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punish him with a
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punishment
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then indeed I will
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punish him with a punishment
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such as I have not punished
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anyone among
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the worlds.'"
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'Abdullah
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Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said,
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"Indeed, the most severely punished of people
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on the Day of Resurrection
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will be the hypocrites,
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those who disbelieved among the companions of the table spread with food,
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and the family of Pharaoh."
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After all these signs
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that the Children of Israel had witnessed,
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and this table spread with food
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from which they had eaten,
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along with the punishment of those who disbelieved in it
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right before their eyes—
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namely transformation and destruction—
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it only increased them
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in resentment against the Prophet of Allah,
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Jesus (peace be upon him).
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So they gathered together and plotted
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to kill him, setting out
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determined to carry it out.
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But they plot,
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and Allah plots;
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and Allah is the best of plotters,
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as Allah protected His Prophet
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and raised him up to Himself,
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turning them back in their scheme,
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sinful and disgraced.
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Regarding this,
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Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said:
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"When Allah
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Almighty intended to raise Jesus
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to heaven,
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Jesus (peace be upon him) came out
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to his companions while his head
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was dripping with water.
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In the house there were twelve men
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from among the disciples.
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He said to them,
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'Which of you is willing to have my likeness cast
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upon him,
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so that he may be killed in my place,
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and be with me in my rank
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in Paradise?'
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A young man, the youngest among them, stood up
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and said, 'I will.'
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Jesus said to him, 'Sit down.'
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Then he repeated it to them,
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and the young man stood up and said,
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'I will.'
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So Jesus (peace be upon him) said to him,
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'You it shall be.'
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Thus, the likeness of Jesus was cast upon him,
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and Jesus (peace be upon
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him) was raised through an opening
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in the house into heaven.
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The search party of the Jews arrived,
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took the man made to resemble him,
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thinking he was Jesus,
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and killed him, then crucified him.
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Thus they went astray thereby,
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led many astray,
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and strayed from
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the right path."
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Allah Almighty said:
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"So for their breaking
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of their covenant,
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and their disbelief
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in the signs of Allah,
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and their disbelief
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in the signs of Allah,
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and their killing of
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the prophets,
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and their killing of the prophets
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without right,
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and their saying,
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'Our hearts are
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wrapped'—
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rather, Allah has sealed them
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because of their disbelief,
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so they do not believe,
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except a few—
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and for their disbelief
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and their saying against Mary
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a great slander,
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and their saying,
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'Indeed, we have killed
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the Messiah, Jesus,
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son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah.'
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And they did not kill him,
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and they did not kill him,
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nor did they crucify him,
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but another was made to resemble him to them.
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And indeed,
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those who differ
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over it are in doubt
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about it;
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they have no knowledge of it,
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“And because of their saying: We slew the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, Allah's messenger - they slew him not nor crucified him, but it appeared so unto them; and lo! those who disagree concerning it are in doubt thereof; they have no knowledge thereof save pursuit of a conjecture; they slew him not for certain.” (4:157)
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except the following of assumption.
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And they did not kill him, for certain.
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Rather,
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Allah raised him
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to Himself,
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and Allah is Ever-Mighty,
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All-Wise."
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The Children of Israel split
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after Jesus (peace be upon him)
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into three sects.
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One sect said,
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"Allah was among us as long as He willed,
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then He ascended into heaven."
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Another sect said,
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"The Son of Allah was among us
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as long as Allah willed,
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then Allah raised him up to Himself."
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And the third sect were the Muslims.
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So the two disbelieving factions combined
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against Muslims,
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so they killed her.
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Thus Islam remained
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effaced
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until Allah sent Muhammad,
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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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To be continued,
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Allah willing.
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And another group said:
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"Among us was the servant of Allah
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and His Messenger, for as long as Allah willed."
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To be continued,
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Allah willing.
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And Allah knows best.
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Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
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And may Allah send blessings and peace
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upon our Prophet Muhammad,
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and upon his family and Companions,
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all of them.
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