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whosever 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 beside Him, do not respond to them at all'. (ar-Ra'd, 13:15) Jesus had the habit of prayer. As for instance: 'He withdrew himself into the wilderness and prayed'. (Luke 5:16) 'He took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray'. (Luke 9:28) And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive'. (Matt. 21:22) It came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples, and he said unto them, when ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. . . . (Luke 11:1-2) Thus quite rightly all his supplications and those of his disciples were addressed to God. Obviously, therefore, 25