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been revealed to thee and before thee, those who make 

 prayer and give alms, who believe in God and in the 

 day of judgment, to all them will we grant a glorious 

 reward." Chap. v. verse 7 : " This day you are per- 

 mitted to do all that which is good ; you are per- 

 mitted to espouse the virtuous daughters of the 

 faithful, and of them who have received the Scriptures 

 before, provided that you give them a dowry." 

 Verse 51 : " Let those who hold to the Gospel judge 

 according to its contents. Those who do not judge 

 according to a book of God shall be impious." Chap, 

 xxix. verse 45 : "Do not enter upon any controversy 

 with the men of the Scriptures, save in the most be- 

 coming manner, unless it be with the wicked. Say : We 

 believe in the books which have been sent us, as well 

 as in those which have been sent to you. Our God 

 and your God are one. We submit ourselves wholly 

 to his will." Chap. v. verse 35 : " He who shall kill 

 a man who has committed no murder or done no 

 wrong in a country, the same shall be regarded as the 

 murderer of the whole human race, and he who shall 

 have given back a man his life shall be regarded as 

 having given back the life of the whole human race." 

 It will be seen from these quotations that Mahomet 

 never anathematised the faith sanctioned by the 

 Pentateuch or the New Testament. He never spoke 

 of Moses or Jesus save in the terms of the utmost 

 veneration; he never refused his benevolent protec- 

 tion to Christian priests and monks ; he never com- 



