He is cautioned against the neglect or disbelief of it, lest he incur the
"ignominious punishment
(عذاباً مهيناً)
which God hath prepared for the unbelievers,"
for them "that believe in a part and reject a part" of God's word.—Art.
CII. He is warned against refusing to acknowledge that "perspicuous
Book," which is "a light to lighten mankind, a guide and a direction,
an admonition to the pious,—to them that fear the Lord in secret and tremble
at the hour of judgment";—that Revelation which is "complete as to
whatever is excellent, and an explanation of every matter, and a mercy, that men
may believe in the meeting of their Lord"; for if he does thus reject it,
according to the verdict of his own Prophet, "verily he hath wandered into
a wide and fatal error,"
قد ضل ضلالاً بعيداً
.
Above all let him beware of blaspheming (like some
of the degenerate Mussulmans of the present day) that holy Book, and of thus
sealing his doom as "a transgressing and flagitious Unbeliever."—Art.
CXXIV.
What fearful audacity is displayed by some of the modern Mahometans (unworthy
disciples in this respect of their Prophet!) who ignorantly and blasphemously
speak against "the Book which God hath sent down, "the holy "Forcân,"
"the Word of God"!
As for ourselves, the People of the Book, it is only in conformity with the
express inculcation of the Prophet of Islâm, that we observe, and hold by, both
the Law and the Gospel (Art. CXXVII.); and that, in accordance with his
challenge, we examine those
