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A Common Word It is part of the very foundational principles of both faiths: love of the One God, and love of the neighbour. These principles are found over and over again in the sacred texts of Islam and Christianity. The Unity of God, the necessity of love for Him, and the necessity of love of the neighbour is thus the common ground between Islam and Christianity. 18 The letter continues by citing verses from both the Bible and the Qur'an to demonstrate the manner in which these principles are underlined in scripture: Of God’s Unity, God says in the Holy Qur’an: Say: He is God, the One! / God, the Self-Sufficient Besought of all! (Al-Ikhlas, 112:1–2). Of the necessity of love for God, God says in the Holy Qur’an: So invoke the Name of thy Lord and devote thyself to Him with a complete devotion (Al-Muzzammil, 73:8). Of the necessity of love for the neighbour, the Prophet Muhammad said: None of you has faith until you love for your neighbour what you love for yourself. In the New Testament, Jesus Christ said: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. / And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. / And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. (Mark, 12:29–31) 19 acw then calls for dialogue and cooperation based upon these two principles—love of the One God and love of the neighbor— which it refers to as the two “Greatest Commandments” of the Bible. In this vein it states: 20
The Uncommonality of ‘A Common Word’ Whilst Islam and Christianity are obviously different religions—and whilst there is no minimizing some of their formal differences—it is clear that the Two Greatest Commandments are an area of common ground and a link between the Qur‘an, the Torah, and the New Testament. 20 The letter concludes by saying: So let our differences not cause hatred and strife between us. Let us vie with each other only in righteousness and good works. Let us respect each other, be fair, just and kind to one another and live in sincere peace, harmony and mutual good will. 21 The title of the letter derives from a Quranic verse that commands Muslims to issue the following call to Christians and to Jews—the “People of Scripture” as they are known in the Qur'an: Say, “O People of Scripture! Come to a common word between us and you: that we shall worship none but God, and that we shall ascribe no partner unto Him, and that none of us shall take others for lords beside God.” (Aal ‘Imran 3:64) A similar verse is cited at the beginning of the letter: Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and fair exhortation, and contend with them in the fairest manner. Truly thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way and He is Best Aware of those who go aright. (Al-Nahl, 16:125) Drawing upon these and other verses, acw proposes that dialogue and even contention in the fairest manner are incumbent upon Muslims, and that the principles of devotion to the one God 21
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