The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page xxxii
GENERAL INTRODUCTION talked not of God, but of the God of Israel. We read in it again and again: And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me (I Samuel 25:32). And also thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it (I Kings 1:48). Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the Lord (I Chronicles 16:36). And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying. . . . . (II Chronicles 6:4). God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things (Psalms 72:18). Jesus also regarded himself as a teacher for Bani Isrā'il. If others approached him, he would send them away. In Matthew 15:21-26 we read: Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. Jesus also taught the apostles: Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you (Matt. 7:6). Vedas Also A National Scripture Among the followers of the Vedas, the reading of the Vedas had become so exclusive a prerogative of the high castes that Gotama Rishi says: If a Sudra happens to hear the Vedas then it is the king's duty to drop molten lead and wax into his ears; if a Sudra were to recite the Vedic Mantras the king should cut off his tongue and if he try to read the Vedas, the king should cut his body (Gotama Smrti:12). The teaching about "foemen" in the Vedas is extreme and barbarous. In the Atharva-Veda the orthodox are taught to put the non-Vedics in chains and to plunder their houses: vi