Endnotes

1. Fitrah: The Islamic Concept of Human Nature, by Yasien Mohamed, Ta-Ha Publishers, 1996, p. 31.  See also the Shorter  Encyclopedia of Islam, “Fitrah”.

2. Salvation Through Repentance, by A.A. Bilal Philips, Tawheed Publications, 1990, p. 1.

3. Ibid., p. 3.

4. Reported by Anas ibn Maalik, collected by Ibn Maanah. Referred to in Philips, ibid., p. 3.

5. Major Themes of the Qur’an, by Fazlur Rahman, Bibliotheca Islamica, 1980, p. 25, summing up S. 4:128; 17: 11,100; 21:37; 59:9; 64:16; 70:19-21; 75:20.

6.  Colin Chapman in Cross & Crescent, IVP, 1995, p. 221.

7.  Manfred T. Brauch in Hard Sayings of the Bible, IVP, 1996, p. 550.

8.  International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1988, volume 4, page 120.