This is the first sentence in The Koran:
"This book is not to be doubted."
This establishment of infallibility is then followed, all on the first page, by these statements against unbelievers.
"As for the unbelievers...grievous punishment awaits them."
"There is a sickness in their hearts which God has aggravated: they shall be sternly punished for the lies they tell."
"And when they are told: 'believe as others believe,' they reply: 'are we to believe as fools believe?' It is they who are the fools, if they but knew it!"
"When they meet the faithful, they declare: 'we, too, are believers.' But when alone with their devils they say to them: 'we follow none but you: we were only mocking. ' God will mock them..."
On practically every page that follows in the entire book is similar castigation of everything and everything that is non-Muslim:
"Give us victory over the unbelievers." 3:148
"Believers, if you yield to the infidels they will drag you back to unbelief and you will return headlong to perdition." 3:148
"They follow nothing but idle fancies and preach nothing but falsehoods." 6:110
"This book is not to be doubted."
This establishment of infallibility is then followed, all on the first page, by these statements against unbelievers.
"As for the unbelievers...grievous punishment awaits them."
"There is a sickness in their hearts which God has aggravated: they shall be sternly punished for the lies they tell."
"And when they are told: 'believe as others believe,' they reply: 'are we to believe as fools believe?' It is they who are the fools, if they but knew it!"
"When they meet the faithful, they declare: 'we, too, are believers.' But when alone with their devils they say to them: 'we follow none but you: we were only mocking. ' God will mock them..."
On practically every page that follows in the entire book is similar castigation of everything and everything that is non-Muslim:
"Give us victory over the unbelievers." 3:148
"Believers, if you yield to the infidels they will drag you back to unbelief and you will return headlong to perdition." 3:148
"They follow nothing but idle fancies and preach nothing but falsehoods." 6:110
"...Who is more wicked than the man who denies the revelations of god and turns away from them?" 6:157
"Who is more wicked than the man who invents a falsehood about god or denies his revelations?" 7:34
"Their prayers at the sacred house are nothing but whistling and clapping of hands. 'Taste then the scourge, because you disbelieved.' " 8:31
"The basest creatures in the sight of God are the faithless who will not believe..." 8:51
"God and his apostle are under no obligation to the idolaters." 9:1
"How can you trust them? If they prevail against you, they will respect neither agreements nor ties of kindred. They flatter you with their tongues, but their hearts reject you. most of them are evil-doers." 9:6
"Believers, know that the idolaters are unclean." 9:27
"Be they men or women, the hypocritesare all alike. They enjoin what is evil, forbid what is just, and tighten their fists." 9:64
"Have you not seen those who repay the grace of God with unbelief...in hell shall they burn." 14:29
"The day will surely come when those who disbelieve will wish that they were Muslims." 14:3
(first published here May 14, 2003)
"Who is more wicked than the man who invents a falsehood about god or denies his revelations?" 7:34
"Their prayers at the sacred house are nothing but whistling and clapping of hands. 'Taste then the scourge, because you disbelieved.' " 8:31
"The basest creatures in the sight of God are the faithless who will not believe..." 8:51
"God and his apostle are under no obligation to the idolaters." 9:1
"How can you trust them? If they prevail against you, they will respect neither agreements nor ties of kindred. They flatter you with their tongues, but their hearts reject you. most of them are evil-doers." 9:6
"Believers, know that the idolaters are unclean." 9:27
"Be they men or women, the hypocritesare all alike. They enjoin what is evil, forbid what is just, and tighten their fists." 9:64
"Have you not seen those who repay the grace of God with unbelief...in hell shall they burn." 14:29
"The day will surely come when those who disbelieve will wish that they were Muslims." 14:3
(first published here May 14, 2003)
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