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directly supported by the Holy Bible itself. The following from the book of Isaiah (XLV. 6 & 7) is admissible on the point :
"That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and, create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I, the Lord, do all these things.'
RECONCILIATION.
The Italics are ours.
After the battle of Bedr it was said (Al Qur'an, chap. VIII):
"And ye slew not those who were slain at Bedr yourselves, but God slew them."
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This compares well with the following from the Bhagavad Gita (Disc. XI.):
"Conquer thy foes, enjoy the wealth-filled renown.
By me they are already overcome,
Be thou the outward cause, left-handed one.
Drona and Bhishma and Jayadratha,
Karna, and all the other warriors here,
Are slain by me. Destroy them fearlessly. Fight! thou shalt crush thy rivals in the field."
As a personification, the essence of Life, the Living Reality, is only one and indivisible, however much It may manifest Itself through innumerable forms. Hence, whatever is done is done by god, there being no one else to do anything at all. So the Qur'an teaches that there is none to intercede with him, and the Bible propounds :
"I am the Lord, and there is none else."-Isaiah, XLV. 5.
Many a time is the nature of the essence of God described in the Qur'an, but nearly always in the same
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