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these rights have been instituted by God Almighty so that order may be maintained and one group should not create disorder by trespassing against another group. All the rights and penalties that relate to life, property and honour are a manifestation of mercy for mankind. The Gospels do not affirm that theft, embezzlement, robbery, murder and false witness become permissible in consequence of the atonement of Jesus, and that the penalties prescribed therefore are remitted. Every offence carries its own penalty, which is still enforced by the Christian courts. The belief that God, of His infinite mercy, can bestow unlimited reward upon man in respect of his limited righteous action, negates altogether the notion of any one becoming accursed for the purpose of securing man's salvation. The Unity of God has been repeatedly proclaimed in the Bible. Prophet after prophet was raised to establish the Unity of the Divine. Not a single prophet in Israel announced that God had any associate. In the idiom of the Bible men have often been called gods or sons of God. If Jesus has been called the son of God, he occupies no higher status than those who were also called sons of God. God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. He is Self-Existing, and everything else exists only with His support. If His support were to be withdrawn for a second, the universe would be totally upset. This Mighty Being, Who possesses every good attribute and is free from every defect, weakness and fault, can neither suffer death, nor be killed, nor be crucified. The Holy Quran has affirmed the truth by pronouncing that Jesus was delivered from death on the cross, and was safeguarded against an accursed death. The Gospels also bear witness to this truth, inasmuch as Jesus had described his resemblance to Jonah, 22