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It is impossible to produce another such an equivalent. There-
fore we are forced to admit that Shalom is the same as
"salam" or "peace" in the abstract, and "Islam" as a religion
and faith in the concrete.
4. As the Koran in chap. ii expressly reminds us that
Abraham and his sons and grandsons were the followers of
Islam; that they were neither Jews nor Christians; that they
preached and propagated the worship and the faith in the
one God to all the peoples among whom they sojourned or
dwelt, we must admit that not only the Jews, but several
other nations that descended from the other sons of Abraham
and many tribes converted and absorbed by them, were also
Muslims; that is to say, believers in Allah and resigned to
His Will. There were the people of Esau, the Edomites, the
Midianites, and numerous other peoples living in Arabia, who
knew God and worshipped Him like the Israelites. These
fore we are forced to admit that Shalom is the same as
"salam" or "peace" in the abstract, and "Islam" as a religion
and faith in the concrete.
4. As the Koran in chap. ii expressly reminds us that
Abraham and his sons and grandsons were the followers of
Islam; that they were neither Jews nor Christians; that they
preached and propagated the worship and the faith in the
one God to all the peoples among whom they sojourned or
dwelt, we must admit that not only the Jews, but several
other nations that descended from the other sons of Abraham
and many tribes converted and absorbed by them, were also
Muslims; that is to say, believers in Allah and resigned to
His Will. There were the people of Esau, the Edomites, the
Midianites, and numerous other peoples living in Arabia, who
knew God and worshipped Him like the Israelites. These