God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him- that is a straight path.”’
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When Jesus realized they [still] did not believe, he said, ‘Who will help me in God’s cause?’ The disciples said, ‘We will be God’s helpers; we believe in God- witness our devotion to Him
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Lord, we believe in what You have revealed and we follow the messenger: record us among those who bear witness [to the Truth].’
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The [disbelievers] schemed but God also schemed; God is the Best of Schemers
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God said, ‘Jesus, I will take you back and raise you up to Me: I will purify you of the disbelievers. To the Day of Resurrection I will make those who follow you superior to those who disbelieved. Then you will all return to Me and I will judge between you regarding your differences
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I will make the disbelievers suffer severely in this world and the next; no one will help them.’
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God will pay those who believe and do good deeds their reward in full; God does not love evildoers
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We relate to you [Muhammad] this revelation, a decisive statement
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In God’s eyes Jesus is just like Adam: He created him from dust, said to him, ‘Be’, and he was
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This is the truth from your Lord, so do not be one of those who doubt
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If anyone disputes this with you now that you have been given this knowledge, say, ‘Come, let us gather our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, and let us pray earnestly and invoke God’s rejection on those of us who are lying
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This is the truth of the matter: there is no god but God; God is the Exalted, the Decider.’
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If they turn away, [know that] God is well aware of anyone who causes corruption
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Say, ‘People of the Book, let us arrive at a statement that is common to us all: we worship God alone, we ascribe no partner to Him, and none of us takes others beside God as lords.’ If they turn away, say, ‘Witness our devotion to Him.’
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People of the Book, why do you argue about Abraham when the Torah and the Gospels were not revealed until after his time? Do you not understand
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You argue about some things of which you have some knowledge, but why do you argue about things of which you know nothing? God knows and you do not
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Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian. He was upright and devoted to God, never an idolater
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and the people who are closest to him are those who truly follow his ways, this Prophet, and [true] believers- God is close to [true] believers
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Some of the People of the Book would dearly love to lead you [believers] astray, but they only lead themselves astray, though they do not realize it
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People of the Book, why do you deny God’s revelations when you can see they are true
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People of the Book, why do you mix truth with falsehood? Why do you hide the truth when you recognize it
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Some of the People of the Book say, ‘At the beginning of the day, believe in what has been revealed to these believers [the Muslims], then at the end of the day reject it, so that they too may turn back
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but do not sincerely believe in anyone unless he follows your own religion’- [Prophet], tell them, ‘True guidance is the guidance of God’- [they say], ‘Do not believe that anyone else could be given a revelation similar to what you were given, or that they could use it to argue against you in your Lord’s presence.’ [Prophet], tell them, ‘All grace is in God’s hands: He grants it to whoever He will- He is all embracing, all knowing
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and He singles out for His mercy whoever He will. His grace is infinite.’
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There are People of the Book who, if you [Prophet] entrust them with a heap of gold, will return it to you intact, but there are others of them who, if you entrust them with a single dinar, will not return it to you unless you keep standing over them, because they say, ‘We are under no obligation towards the gentiles.’ They tell a lie against God and they know it
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