At 09:58 PM 3/13/00 -0500, George Murphy wrote:
This is incorrect. See, e.g., Sura IV of Qur'an, vv.157-158 (in Abdullah
Yusuf
>Ali's translation):
> [The Jews have incurred divine displeasure in] ...
> "That they said (in boast)
> 'We killed Christ Jesus
> The son of Mary,
> The Apostle of God'; -
> But they killed him not,
> Nor crucified him,
> But so it was made
> To appear to them,
> And those who differ
> Therein are full of doubts,
> With no (certain) knowledge,
> But only conjecture to follow,
> For of a surety
> They killed him not: -
>
> Nay, God raised him up
> Unto Himself; and God
> Is Exalted in Power, Wise; - "
>
I stand corrected here. I couldn't find my copy of the Koran when I wrote
what I wrote. You are correct. And I think a relative has a poor
understanding of his book.
glenn
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