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 272 affect, in the least, the main points at issue between the Christian and the Muslim. The Divine Sonship of Christ, the Fatherhood of God, the Crucifixion, Death, and Resurrection of Christ, and the Atonement, are all clearly stated in almost every book of the New Testament, whilst they are rejected by the Qurán.

The most plausible of modern objections urged by Muslim divines is, that the Christians have lost the Injíl which was sent down from heaven to Jesus; and that the New Testament contains merely the Hadís, or Sunna—the traditions handed down by Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, and others. It is, of course, a mere assertion, unsupported by any proof; but it appears to be a line of argument which commends itself to Sayyid Ahmad Khan, C.S.I., and also to Ameer ʾAlí Maulaví, M.A., LL.B. The latter professes to be a Muhammadan