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Allah.
The Koran describes Allah being perfect and active: "Allah, there is no
god except He. The Living, the Everlasting. Neither dozing nor sleep
overtakes Him. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth.
Who is he that shall intercede with Him except by His permission? He
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knows what will be before their hands and what was behind them, and they
do not comprehend anything of His knowledge except what He willed.
His Seat embraces the heavens and earth, and the preserving of them
does not weary Him. He is the High, the Great." Koran 2:255.
Islam rejects the notion that Jesus, peace be upon him, was the son of
God. Rather it honors and respects him as one of the great messengers
and prophets of Allah to the children of Israel. Islam rejects the Pauline
The Koran describes Allah being perfect and active: "Allah, there is no
god except He. The Living, the Everlasting. Neither dozing nor sleep
overtakes Him. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth.
Who is he that shall intercede with Him except by His permission? He
9
knows what will be before their hands and what was behind them, and they
do not comprehend anything of His knowledge except what He willed.
His Seat embraces the heavens and earth, and the preserving of them
does not weary Him. He is the High, the Great." Koran 2:255.
Islam rejects the notion that Jesus, peace be upon him, was the son of
God. Rather it honors and respects him as one of the great messengers
and prophets of Allah to the children of Israel. Islam rejects the Pauline