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—and it is also reported:
"How could a community ever be ruined when I am at its outset and Jesus at its conclusion?"
This shows the special harmony of their pairing, just as Isaiah relates when he says:
"the rider of the donkey and the rider of the camel."
نَبِيٌّ» ،
وَرُوِيَ:
«كَيْفَ تَهْلِكُ أُمَّةٌ أَنَا فِي أَوَّلِهَا، وَعِيسَى فِي آخِرِهَا»
. وَهَذَا مِمَّا يَظْهَرُ بِهِ مُنَاسَبَةُ اقْتِرَانِهِمَا،
فِيمَا رَوَاهُ أَشْعِيَاءُ ; حَيْثُ قَالَ:
" رَاكِبُ الْحِمَارِ وَرَاكِبُ الْجَمَلِ "
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