my faith
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he was indeed the most thoughtful.
Everyone who saw little ‘Isa [a]
immediately loved him. Everyone
who knew the lovely child came to
admire him.
And as the wonderful child grew , so
more wonderful indeed did his good
qualities too, the qualities that all
the people of Nazareth, so well now
knew.
Now, the Banu Isra’il, the ancestors
of the Jews, had once believed in
Allah’s Prophets and Messengers,
and there had been many Prophets
among them. They had guidance
and revelation from Allah, and
books filled with goodness.
But because they mixed with idol-
worshipping people, and loved to
imitate their ways, they had become
just like them, and the teachings of
