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 not content itself with the mere expression of the Unity, but assuming the prerogative of God, deals out damnation on all who entertain in its opinion, inconsistent views on the subject. "They are surely infidels who say, Verily God is Christ the son of Mary, since Christ said, O children of Israel! serve God, my Lord and your Lord: whoever shall give a companion to God, God shall exclude him from paradise, and his habitation shall be hell-fire; and the ungodly shall have none to help them. They are certainly infidels who say, God is the third of three: for there is no God besides one God: and if they refrain not from what they say, a painful torment shall surely be inflicted on such of them as are unbelievers. Will they not therefore be turned unto God and ask pardon of him? Since God is gracious and merciful. Christ, the son.of Mary, is no more than an apostle; other apostles have preceded him; and his