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seeks honour should realise that all honour belongs to. God. (35:11). All holiness belongs to God alone, as is said;. And, behold one came and said unto him, Good. Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good?. There is none good but One, that is, God: But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. (Matt. 19:16-17). Jesus disclaimed absolute power. When Zebedee asked him to grant that her two sons may sit, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left hand, in his kingdom, the reply given by him was:. To sit on my right hand, and on my left is not mine 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 Great. (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: 40