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Say: "<strong>The</strong> soul is by the command<br />
<strong>of</strong> my Lord:<br />
and <strong>of</strong> the knowledge <strong>of</strong> it very<br />
little is communicated to you, (0 Men!)"<br />
(HOLY QUR'AN 17:85)<br />
I cannot help over-emphasising the fact that THE RECITATION OF THE HOLY<br />
QUR'AN IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER BOOK ON EARTH. IT SPEAKS STRAIGHT<br />
AND TO THE POINT. THERE ARE NO IFS AND BUTS, NO PREVARICATIONS,<br />
NO BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH. In the whole vast volume you will not get the type<br />
<strong>of</strong> script out <strong>of</strong> which a "box-<strong>of</strong>fice hit," or a record breaking film like the "Ten<br />
Commandments", "Samson and Delilah", or a "David and Bethsheba" can be<br />
produced for the silver screen - the cinema. In this regard the Holy Bible is the script<br />
writer's delight. It is all there for easy transmuting into pots <strong>of</strong> gold!<br />
While we are at it, let me remind my readers that search as you may you will not find<br />
within the covers <strong>of</strong> the Holy Qur'an even the name <strong>of</strong> Muhummed's (pbuh) father or<br />
mother. You will not discover the names <strong>of</strong> his wives or the names <strong>of</strong> his daughters, nor<br />
the names <strong>of</strong> his beloved companions. Amazingly! though you will find a whole chapter<br />
dedicated to Mary, the mother <strong>of</strong> Jesus Christ (pbuh) ... Sura Maryam, or Mary, chapter<br />
19 <strong>of</strong> the Holy Qur'an. Jesus (pbuh) is mentioned in this Book <strong>of</strong> God no less than<br />
twenty-five times, whereas the name <strong>of</strong> the Prophet (pbuh) only five times. Reason?<br />
Are Jesus and his mother more important than Muhummed and his<br />
mother (peace be upon them all)? "No! not at all" <strong>The</strong>n why this inordinate coverage?<br />
Simply because the integrity <strong>of</strong> Jesus and his mother (peace be upon them) was at stake.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were various false charges, insinuations and innuendoes against mother and son<br />
which had to be cleared. Hence the story <strong>of</strong> the annunciation, the immaculate conception<br />
and the birth <strong>of</strong> Jesus (pbuh) had to be recorded. Nobody ever questioned the genealogy<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Prophet <strong>of</strong> Islam at any time, therefore not a word was wasted in the whole Book<br />
about the Prophet's birth or parentage. <strong>The</strong> Qur'an is not a biography <strong>of</strong> Muhummed<br />
(pbuh)! This is difficult for the unbeliever to understand.<br />
Let us give one more example <strong>of</strong> the telegraphic communication from the Holy Qur'an on<br />
the subject <strong>of</strong> the Last Day, the End <strong>of</strong> Time, that is -<br />
5. THE FINAL HOUR<br />
<strong>The</strong>y ask thee (0 Muhummed!) about<br />
the (final) hour - when will<br />
be its appointed time?<br />
Say: "the knowledge there<strong>of</strong> is<br />
with my Lord (alone): none but He<br />
can reveal as to when it will occur.<br />
Heavy were its burden through the<br />
heavens and the earth.<br />
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