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verse72

(72) لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ إِنَّ اللّهَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَقَالَ الْمَسِيحُ يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

اعْبُدُواْ اللّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ مَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللّهِ فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ اللّهُ عَلَيهِ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَأْوَاهُ النَّارُ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ

72. " Certainly they are infidels who say: ' Verily Allah, He is the Messiah, son of Mary;' and the Messiah (himself) said: ' O' Children of Israel! worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord, verily whoever associates with Allah anything, then Allah has forbidden to him the Paradise and his abode is the Fire, and there shall be no helpers for the unjust '."

Commentary:
Following to the discussions upon the aberrations of the Jews, which were delivered in the former verses, in this verse and the verses next to it, the words are about the deviations of the Christians. At first, it begins with the greatest swerve of Christianity, i.e. Godship of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. It says:
" Certainly they are infidels who say: ' Verily Allah, He is the Messiah, son of Mary;'..."
They say so while Jesus (a.s.) himself vividly told the Children of Israel to worship Allah, their Lord. The verse says:
"... and the Messiah (himself) said: ' O' Children of Israel! worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord, ..."
Also, for an emphasis on this subject, and in order to prevent any ambiguity and fault, the words of Jesus continue adding:
"...verily whoever associates with Allah anything, then Allah has forbidden to him the Paradise and his abode is the Fire, ..."
And again, for a further emphasis and confirming this fact that polytheism and extremism is a kind of manifest wrongdoing, they were told such:
"...and there shall be no helpers for the unjust '."
What is found in the above mentioned verse regarding the Messiah (a.s.) persisting on the theme of theism,(1) is a subject matter which also adapts to the existing sources of Christianity.(2) This very matter is counted among the evidences for the significence of the Qur'an.

(1) Mark, Chapter 12, No. 29, indicates Jesus invites people to theism and says: "... O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord."
(2) Matthew, Chapter 6, No. 24 is also like that. It speaks of one God.

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