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  • THE__JEWS__OF__MEDINA, page : 3

In 523CE just 48 years before the birth of Prophet Muhammad (salla Allahu alihi wa
sallam) a Jew named Dhu Nawas cruelly persecuted the Nazarenes of Najran, Arabia
who refused to reject Jesus as their prophet. The Nazarenes were people who believed
in the Oneness of Allah and followed the teachings of Prophet Jesus and should not be
confused with the Christians who followed Paul, the innovator of the trinity. The
Nazarenes did not believe Jesus was the son of God. Dhu Nawas persisted in his cruelty
and those who refused to abandon the teachings of Prophet Jesus were burned to death
in a flaming ditch. The Koran refers to their martyrdom in the chapter 85 verses 4-8.

“The companions of the pit were killed
the fire with its fuel,

when they were seated around it

and they were witnesses of what they did to the believers
and their revenge on them was only because

they believed in Allah, the Almighty, the Praised,