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Analysis of the Social Characteristics of the Jews … B.M.R. al-Nakhli, A. al-Salman/ 49

               that  are  not  in  the  dignity  of     The Jews were not satisfied
               God;  Such  as  deficiency,           with  this  issue;  but  they
               weakness, ignorance and lies.         worshiped gods other than the
                  They  also  believed  in           one God to whom the prophets
               pluralism  and  polytheism  and       were called; Like worshiping a
               embodied other things:                calf made of gold.
                      “The Jews say: “Allah's               God says :
                      hand is tied up. Be their              “Then  he  brought  out
                      hands  tied  up  and  be              (of  the  fire)  before  the
                      they  accursed  for  the              (people) the image of a
                      (blasphemy)  they  utter.             calf:  It  seemed  to  low:
                      Nay, both His hands are               so  they  said:  This  is
                      widely outstretched: He               your god, and the god of
                      giveth  and  spendeth  (of            Moses;  But  (Moses)  has
                                                                    !
                      His bounty) as He pleaseth;           forgotten ”. (Quran, 20: 88)
                      But  the  revelation  that
                      cometh  to  thee  from            As  for  the  Jewish  belief  in
                      Allah increaseth in most       the  prophets,  the  Jewish  sects
                      of  them  their  obstinate     believe in the greater prophecy
                      rebellion and blasphemy.       of the prophets; but this belief
                      Amongst  them  we  have        is tainted with deviant beliefs.
                      placed     enmity     and         Another  deviant  belief  of
                      hatred  till  the  Day  of     the Jews is that prophecy is for
                      Judgment.  Every  time         the Israelites and not for other
                      they  kindle  the  fire  of    human beings; because they do
                      war, Allah doth extinguish     not know the prophets who are
                      it; but they (ever) strive     outside of Israel, like the Prophet
                      to do mischief on earth,       of Islam (Prophet Mohammad).
                      And  Allah  loveth  not           Another  point  is  that  their
                      those who do mischief”.        view  of  prophecy  in  terms  of
                      (Quran, 5: 64)                 relative  competence  and  its
                                                     relationship with the Israelites
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