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wrote to Alyun, the ṭāghiya (despot) of Rome, saying,
“Among the revelation that Allah sent down to Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—is His word:
‘Say, O People of the Scripture…’ (Āl ʿImrān 3:64),
that is, the Jews and the Christians:
‘Come to a word that is equitable between us and you’ (Āl ʿImrān 3:64).”
It is also transmitted through his chain from Ibn Jurayj regarding the Almighty’s saying,
‘Come to a word that is equitable between us and you’ (Āl ʿImrān 3:64).
كَتَبَ إِلَى أَلْيُونَ طَاغِيَةِ الرُّومِ،
قَالَ:
فِيمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
{قُلْ يَاأَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ}
[آل عمران: ٦٤]
يَعْنِي الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى
{تَعَالَوْا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ}
[آل عمران: ٦٤]
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وَرُوِيَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى:
{تَعَالَوْا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ}
[آل عمران: ٦٤]
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