He
ordered us to worship Allah alone and not to worship anyone or
anything else alongside Him. He ordered us to pray, to give alms, and
to fast. We believe he is right and therefore we follow him and do as
he has commanded us.
The Meccans began to attack us and come between us and our
religion. So we had to leave our homes and we have come to you, hoping
to find justice.'
The king, who was a Christian, was moved by these words. 'Amr had
to think quickly of a way to win the argument. Cunningly he said to
the king, 'These people do not believe in Jesus in the same way as
you'. The king then wanted to know what the Prophet (pbuh) had said
about Jesus. Ja'far replied by reciting a Surah from the Koran which
tells the story of Jesus and his mother Mary. These are a few of the
lines he recited:
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
"And make mention of Mary in the Scripture, |
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when she had
Withdrawn from her people to an eastern place, And had chosen seclusion
from them. Then We sent unto her Our spirit and it assumed for her the
likeness of a perfect man. She said: Lo! I seek refuge in the
Beneficent One from thee, if Thou fearest God. He said: I am only a
messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless son. She
said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I
been unchaste? He said: 'Even so thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me.
And (it will be) that We may make of him revelation for mankind and a
mercy from Us, and it is a thing ordained. And she conceived him, and
she withdrew with him to a far place. Then she brought him to her own
folk, carrying him. They said: O Mary! Thou hast come with an monstrous
thing. Oh sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy
mother a harlot. Then Mary pointed to the child (Jesus); But they
said, 'How can we speak to one who is still in the cradle, a young
child?' He said, 'Lo, I am Allah's servant; He has given me the Book, |
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