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153 authorities. This clearly establishes that the Gospel is redundant, while the Holy Quran is being acted upon. A poor and needy old woman who has a piece of barley bread can share a portion of that piece and act upon the teaching of: ْ مِمَّا رَزَقْنٰهُم (they spend out of what We have provided for them). However, even the holiest of priests cannot act upon the teaching of turning the other cheek as taught by the Gospel. �اتس ات ہب اجک ب �ُ ک افتوت ِ راہ از � ی �ب� ہب Observe the distance that exists between these paths. The Gospel is so deficient in this regard that what to talk of others, even the Messiah himself could not fully act upon its teachings. He demonstrated practi- cally that the teaching which he gave himself, was nothing more than words. Oth- erwise, he ought to have handed himself over to his enemies even before he was arrested; what need was there to offer supplications and express such restlessness? If he had handed himself over, this would not only have proven that he practiced what he preached, but would also have demonstrated that he did actually come for no other purpose than to atone for the sins of man. For if the purpose of his life was none other than to commit suicide in order to give salvation to the world, and if—as the Christians say—there was no other way for God to grant salvation, Jesus as ought to have done what he was sent for; why did he bother to preach and teach? Why did he not say as soon as he came: ‘Take me and hang me, so that the people may be delivered. ’ 1 The Teaching of the Quran Perfects Human Faculties In short, the teaching of the Holy Quran proves that Allah the Exalted is All- Wise and all things to the very last shred are in His knowledge; and He has given a teaching that perfects human faculties. You will find no better teaching than this, which instructs the proper and appropriate exercise of forgiveness and retri- bution. Anyone who presents a teaching that is contrary to this, as it were, seeks to overturn the law of God. Certain dispositions naturally require forgiveness, while others are worthy of being chastised. Any court of law can operate in ac- cordance with the teaching of the Holy Quran. However, if the Gospel was used as a standard, everything would shut down immediately, and you would see the 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 13, dated 10 April 1901, pp. 1-4