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§ 106. The Rise and Extension of Islam 715two-thirds of the whole book. It is one of the shortest andmost famous.In the name of the merciful and compassionate God, say:“He is God alone!God the Eternal.He begets not and is not begotten!Nor is there like unto Him any one.”[655]Surah V, 73, 76, 109 ff.The teaching as to the nature and mission of Jesus.[73.] Verily, those who believe and those who are Jews, and theSabæans, and the Christians, whosoever believes in God and thelast day and does what is right, there is no fear for them, nor shallthey grieve.[76.] They misbelieve who say, “Verily, God is the Messiah,the son of Mary”; but the Messiah said, “O Children of Israel,worship God, my Lord and your Lord.” Verily he who associatesaught with God, God hath forbidden him paradise, and his resortis the fire, and the unjust shall have none to help them.They misbelieve who say, “Verily, God is the third of three”;for there is no God but one, and if they do not desist from whatthey say, there shall touch those who misbelieve amongst themgrievous woe.Will they not turn toward God and ask pardon of Him? forGod is forgiving and merciful.The Messiah, the son of Mary, is only a prophet; prophetsbefore him have passed away: and His mother was a confessor.[109.] When God said, “O Jesus, son of Mary! remember myfavors towards thee and towards thy mother, when I aided thee