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THE QUR'ÂN.
XLVIII, 28-XLIX, 2.
and the religion of truth to set it above all religion ; for God is witness enough!
Mohammed is the Apostle of God, and those who are with Him are vehement against the misbelievers, -compassionate amongst themselves; thou mayest see them bowing down, adoring, craving grace from God and His goodwill, — their marks are in their faces from the effects of adoration ;-that is their similitude in the law and their similitude in the gospel; as a seedling puts forth its sprouts and strengthens it, and grows stout, and straightens itself upon its stem, delighting the sower !—that the misbelievers may be angry at them;— God has promised those of them who believe and do right-forgiveness and a mighty hire.
THE CHAPTER OF THE INNER CHAMBERS.
(XLIX. Medinah.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
O ye who believe! do not anticipate God and His Apostle, but fear God; verily, God both hears and knows.
O ye who believe! raise not your voices above the voice of the prophet, and do not speak loud to him as ye speak loud to one another, lest your works become vain, while ye do not perceive.
i Or the Pentateuch.
2 Said to refer to a dispute between Abu Bekr and 'Omar, in the course of which they came to high words in the presence of the prophet.
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