Approaching the West — Page 169
A pproaching the West—169 Christians to break a covenant made with God by aping other people in worldly pursuits. And We raised high above them the Mount while making a covenant with them, and We said to them, ‘Enter the gate submissively’ and We said to them, ‘Transgress not in the matter of the Sabbath. And We took from them a firm covenant. (4:155) And ask them concerning the town which stood by the sea. When they profaned the Sabbath… (7:164) And surely you have known the end of those amongst you, who transgressed in the matter of Sabbath. So We said to them, ‘Be ye apes, despised. ’ (2:66) … We cursed the people of the Sabbath… (4:48) The punishment for profaning the Sabbath was imposed upon those who differed regarding him, Abraham and his religion, and your Lord will surely judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning wherein they differed. (16: 125) The Holy Qur’ ā n teaches us that All ā h does not need to take rest. All ā h—there is no god but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. Neither