A Rejoinder to Pope's Allegations Against Islam — Page 16
According to the above statement of Jeremiah, Israelites were given the law but that law was rejected and broken by the Israelites, This is what is also supported by the prophet Isaiah in the Bible; "The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant," (ISAIAH 24:5) The law given to Moses was an excellent law for that time, which was able to fulfill the needs of the time, which is also testified by the Holy Quran; Q ;fJ 0 ,. " ;tJ / J J 1'/ /. "t /. \ ~~ ". ill \. J. \",i',. . u\ 0 -"'~\\ I'. , J ('~~"!' ~ I'. ~ o("-~\\ 8',,\ In J J. ~ J. ~ ~ t""'~ JY J 0 ~ Jy-' J ~ /r "",. ;' ,;" ,; JJ\ ,-,8", \. L,;~~",\ ~ JG-~( 0 ~'G""\( , ~ ~ ,J ' J y! ,J J ,. " /' /' "". . . . "Surely, We sent down the Torah wherein was guidance and light. By it did the Prophets, who were obedient to Us,judgefor the Jews, as did the godly people and those learned in the Law, because they were required to preserve the Book of Allah. " ( HOLY QURAN 5: 45) In reality the Law of Moses was the Divine guidance and light but it was rejected and ignored by his followers. It happened so much so that after Jesus Christ, the Christians not only rejected that Divine guidance but declared it as a curse from God. And still they affirm it; even the Roman catholic Pope cannot decline from this believe. It is the part of the faith of Christianity; 16