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88 <strong>With</strong> <strong>Love</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn<br />

otherwise of certain things and that by their iniquities<br />

and transgressions they had deprived themselves of<br />

certain divine blessings. Jesus thus came as a judge <strong>to</strong><br />

decide in what matters the Jews had deviated from<br />

the right path and <strong>to</strong> tell them that the blessings of<br />

which they had been deprived would be res<strong>to</strong>red <strong>to</strong><br />

them, if they followed him.<br />

Among Islāmic sources the following well-known<br />

Commentaries support our interpretation of the<br />

verse: “Jesus did not abrogate any portion of the<br />

Torah; he simply made lawful <strong>to</strong> the Jews those<br />

things about which they used <strong>to</strong> disagree among<br />

themselves through error” (Kathīr, under present<br />

verse). Again, “The words, that which was forbidden <strong>to</strong><br />

you, refer <strong>to</strong> those things which the learned men after<br />

Moses had declared <strong>to</strong> be unlawful, giving the<br />

innovation the force of Law; Jesus res<strong>to</strong>red the true<br />

commandments of the Torah, as they had been<br />

revealed by God” (Muhīt). Yet again, “Jesus followed<br />

the Law of Moses. He used <strong>to</strong> observe the Sabbath,<br />

and turn his face <strong>to</strong> the Temple and he used <strong>to</strong> say <strong>to</strong><br />

the Jews, I do not teach you even a single word<br />

which is not in accord with the Law of Moses; I only<br />

remove from you the burden laid on you as a result<br />

of the innovations you made after Moses” (Fath). 77<br />

In other words, it is ridiculous <strong>to</strong> assume that Jesus as had the<br />

authority <strong>to</strong> modify the law and this also shatters the argument<br />

of Farhan Khan who should pay more attention <strong>to</strong> the study of<br />

77<br />

The Holy Quran with English Translation and Commentary (Islāmabad, Islām<br />

International Publications Ltd., 1988), Volume 1, Page 404

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