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115-117 God merciful to the faithful; 118 The three recreant Ansars pardoned; 119-121 The people of Madína rebuked for want of loyalty to Muhammad; 122 Some believers excused from going to war; 123 True believers to war against neighbouring infidels and hypocrisy; 124-127 Reproof of those who doubt the revelations of God and Muhammad
Matthew 6:7–16 from the 1845 illuminated book of The Sermon on the Mount, designed by Owen Jones.. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: . For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their
English translations of the verse: [note 1] Sahih International: Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.
Blessed, too, he says, are those grieving, the meek, the merciful and the clean of heart. He’s describing people who are on the edges of things, not those in the center of power or trying to get ...
Augustine: Wherefore God hears sinners; for if He do not hear sinners, the Publican said in vain, Lord, be merciful to me a sinner; (Luke 18:13.) and by that confession merited justification. [10] Augustine: He who in faith offers supplication to God for the necessities of this life is heard mercifully, and not heard mercifully. For the ...
The Greek phrase οἱ ἐλεήμονες, "the merciful" or "the compassionate" (Hebrews 2:17; Homer, Odyssey, Book 5, line 191) [6] does not merely refer to the 'negative quality' ("not dealing harshly, not inflicting punishment when due, sparing an animal or a fellow-man some unnecessary labor"), but also 'active kindness to the destitute ...
The Eastern Orthodox Church views Thomas's initial doubt much less negatively, even praising it in the Vespers service on Thomas Sunday, stating, "O good unbelief of Thomas!" [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] This verse is often used to support the notion that the Bible teaches to value faith over evidence, and is why many Christians continue to shame Thomas ...
The sense of the word woe (Greek: Ου̉̀αὶ, Latin: væ) is commented on by a number of church fathers. John Chrysostom states that it is, "always said in the Scriptures to those who cannot escape from future punishment."