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56 people that these verses point to Jesus’ life. If anything is proved by the maulaw i ’s deceitful exercise, it is only that his nature pos- sesses some disposition of the traits of [wayward] Jews; otherwise, it does not behove a virtuous person to prove something by alter- ing the apparent composition of the Holy Quran and severing the inextricable connections of [Quranic] verses as well as add- ing some phrases from himself. If this is called ‘proof ’ then there is nothing that cannot be proved. Every heretic and disbeliever can establish their objectives in this way. Who does not know that the meaning of a book is called its meaning only when its sequence, relation of sentences, and context are preserved? But if the sequence of the book is altered and portions of the text are separated from one another, and certain phrases are added auda- ciously, then trying to prove anything from such a self-conceived text is tantamount to the same Jewish interpolation on account of which, those people who indulged in such heretical practices with regard to the Torah were described as swines and apes in the Holy Quran. If these kinds of dishonest manipulations and interpola- tions can be used to prove the life of the Messiah, then it behoves us to admit that his life has indeed been proved; but what is the remedy for the fact that God Almighty has designated such inter- polators as ‘swine’ and ‘apes’, has cursed them, and has enjoined us to abstain from their company? It should be remembered that we are not authorized to make any alteration, substitution, reordering, or restructuring of any verse in the Word of God, except in the case when the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had done so himself, and it is proved that Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, himself had made such an alteration or substitution.