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to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. (Matt. 20:23) His knowledge was not co-extensive with the knowledge of God. Concerning the day and hour of his second coming, after setting out certain signs, he said: But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. (Mark 13:32) The Quran affirms that God's knowledge comprehends all that is in the heavens and in the earth but that man's, knowledge is limited to that much which God bestows upon him: He knows all that is before them and all that is behind them, and they cannot compass aught of His knowledge, except that which He pleases. His knowledge extends over the heavens and the earth, and the care of them wearies Him not. He is the Most High, the Most Grleat. (al-Baqarah 2:256) Apparently, not only Jesus lacked equality with God he also lacked equality with the third person in the Trinity, the Holy Ghost, as he said: Wherefore I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. (Matt. 12:31-32) The Quran lays down that all prayer is to be addressed to God: Unto Him is the true prayer. Those on whom they call 46