the civilized nations and modern scholars, who are skillful investigators of the Torah in its current form, and well informed about the myths it contains, can still believe that the Torah is a divine revelation and a heavenly book. Yes, indeed, blind imitation of ones ancestors is like a second instinct, difficult to renounce in order to follow the truth and the reality. God is the Guide, and the Giver of Success.

٩. Chapter ١٢ of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter ٣ of Mark, and chapter ٨ of Luke relate that, while Christ was speaking to the people, his mother and brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him. But he replied to the man who told him [about it], "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" And stretching out his hand to‌ ward his disciples, he said: "Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in the heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother" (Matt. ١٢:٤٦-٥٠).
Consider these words and think of their absurdity. Christ chides his holy and pious mother and forbids her to see him, and he makes light of her and prefers his disciples to her. And those disciples are the ones to whom Christ once said: "Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?" (Mark ٤:٤١); and [Christ] described their faith as having "the weight of a mustard seed" (Matt. ١٧:٢١). These were the disciples whom Christ had asked to spend the night with him when he was attacked by the Jews, but they declined. So when it was made to appear that the Jews detained him, his disciples-all of them-left him and deserted him, as related in chapter ٢٦ of the Gospel ofMatthew. ١٢ Such are the abominable acts which the Gospels have ascribed to them.

١٠. Chapter ٢ of John relates that Christ came to a wedding party, and [at the party] they ran out of wine; but he miraculously produced for them stone jars of wine. Chapter ١١ of Matthew and chapter ٧ of Luke relate that Christ used to drink wine, that he was even a habitual drinker, "drinking a lot of wine."
Far is the sanctity of Christ from this false accusation. Chapter ١٠ of the Book of
Leviticus relates that the Lord said to Aaron: "Drink no wine, nor strong drink, you nor your sons with you, when you go into the tent of the meeting, lest you die; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean" (Lev. ١٠:٨-١١). Chapter ١ of Luke relates in praise of John the Baptist that "he will be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink" (Luke ١:١٥). This and other statements in the two Testaments demonstrate that they prohibited wine-drinking.
These are but a few examples of the absurdities and fallacies, errors and inaccu‌ racies, of the existing forms of the two Testaments that are neither congruent with reasoning nor compatible with correct logic. We have presented these to the reader so that he should study them carefully, and let his reasoning and conscience be the judge. Is it possible to surmise that Mul)ammad (peace be upon him and his prog‌ eny) derived his learning, and took the content of his Noble Quran, from these ilb‌ surdities, when the Quran is such a repository of lofty knowledge and firm teach‌ ings? Moreover, is it possible to maintain that these bizarre books are a heavenly revelation when they tam ish the sanctity of the prophets, as mentioned in those sec‌ tions we cited above and those we have norw