of your own scholars—their pronouncements and the doctrines they have fashioned for you. In the same vein he is reported to have said:

“I shall gather humankind on the Day of Resurrection, some on My right and others on My left. To the people of the left I will declare: ‘I was hungry and you did not feed Me; I was thirsty and you did not give Me drink; I was a stranger and you did not shelter Me; I was in prison and you did not visit Me; I was sick and you did not care for Me. Away now to the Fire prepared for you before the foundation of the world.’

Then I will say to those on My right: ‘Because you did these very things for Me, proceed to the bliss prepared for you before the foundation of the world.’”

What cast those people into the Fire if not the very sins they committed? And what admitted these others to everlasting bliss if not the righteous deeds they performed by Allah’s enabling grace?

Whoever therefore claims that sin has been abolished is uttering a brazen falsehood, contradicting the words of the Messiah, and is himself among the liars.

He also said:

“O people of intellect and understanding! When you attribute to him lordship, invest him with divinity, and make him the Creator of all creation and your deity—how could that ever be permissible for you, and what proof do you have for it?

Did the prophetic scriptures ever declare such a thing about him? Did he proclaim it of himself? Did any of his disciples or the transmitters from him—those who are the pillars and very foundation of your religion, from whom you received the laws and practices—ever make that claim?

Indeed, the one who wrote and set forth the Gospel makes it perfectly clear, throughout the entire Gospel—­in his words, conversations, and counsels, far too numerous to count—that he was a servant…"