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Proceedings—Debate 26 May 1893 87 thing of ours? As Christ said, ‘For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his soul?’ Thus, first and foremost, it is necessary and proper that excel- lence is shown in the Quran regarding salvation. An abode there [in the Hereafter] means no worries if we have one here or not, but if we do not have that, then all is lost. Knowledge about the Unity of God was present even in the Bible. Moreover, what has the phrase regarding the Unity of God to do with salvation? Has it not been said, most correctly and prop- erly, in verse 19 of the Second Letter of James the Disciple, that, Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. There are four parts to the contents of the Torah apart from the confirmatory matters. That is, Commandments about morality, commandments about ceremonies, commandments about juris- prudence, and historical episodes—now all these are matters of typology that is to say, a sort of illustrative signs. Accordingly, the morality shows the needs, the ceremonies illustrate what needs to be done, the jurisprudence illustrates the theocracy—namely the sovereignty which God Almighty exercises Himself without the involvement of anyone else, and historical episodes which are filled with illustrative signs. Now, if we begin to write these matters here, it would take a really long time, so instead, we present our book, Andr u na Bible, which will make all these matters clear. In the Gospel, the Man fulfilling these very signs is shown so how can these [the Torah and the Gospel] be considered to be dif- fering shariah laws [spiritual laws]? However, the Shariah of the Quran is apart from this and is specific to the Quran, and its burden lies upon you—not us. 4) How can truth need any proof ? Is it not itself indicative of its purpose? What further clarity do you wish for it? The verses that