Muhammad the Greatest

by Ahmad Deedat

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    Jew or Gentile. Arab or 'Ajam {Persian), Turk or
    Tajik, European or Asiatic, White or Coloured;
    Aryan, Semitic, Mongolian, or African: or Ame-
    rican, Australian, or Polynesian. To all men and
    creatures who have any spiritual responsibility,
    the principles universally apply."
      Abdulbh Yusut Ali¹

 
    JESUS {PBUH) DlSCRIMINATES
 
    Muhammad's (pbuh) immediate predecessor advised his
    disciples, "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs"
    (meaning non-Jews}, "Neither cast ye your pearls before
    swine" (meaning non-Jews, Matthew 7:6). The Gospel writers
    are unanimous in recording that Christ lived by the precepts
    which he preached. In his lifetime he did not preach to a
    single non-Jew. In fact he spurned a gentile woman who
    sought his spiritual blessings {"the woman was a Greek''
    Mark 7:26). Then during the "Passover" season in Jerusalem
    when the master with his disciples had congregated for the
    occasion, certain Greeks hearing of his reputation sought an
    audience with him for spiritual enlightenment, but Jesus
    {pbuh} gave them the "cold shoulder''²  as narrated by St.
    John:
 

    And there were certain Greeks
    among them that came up to
    worship at the feast:
 
    The same came therefore to Philip
    . . . and desired him saying, Sir, we
    would see Jesus.

 
    1. Get your copy now of Yusuf Ali's English translation and cornrnentary, with over 6000 annotations. Obtain a copy for your non-Muslim friend, also.
 
    2. Means a deliberately unkind or unfriendly treatment; a slight; a snub.
 

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