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215 … and lower thy wing of mercy for the believers. 8 And We are gradually revealing of the Quran that which is a healing and a mercy to the believers… 9 You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in Allah. 10 Hence, the essential teachings of the Holy Quran are based on peace, mercy, and compassion for others. This comparison of the Holy Quran with the Bible in terms of violence has also been done by independent researchers. A software engineer, Tom Anderson, processed the texts of the three holy books - the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Holy Quran - to find out which contained more violence. According to an article on his findings published by The Independent , he used a text analytics software named Odin Text, and categorized words into eight emotions - Joy, Anticipation, Anger, Disgust, Sadness, Surprise, Fear/Anxiety and Trust. The analysis found that “the Bible scored higher for anger and much lower for trust than the Holy Quran”. 11