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45seashore,” which word “multiply” was used by the Angel to Hagar in the Wilderness: I will multiply thy offspring to an innumerable multitude, and that Ishmael (pbuh)“shall become a fruitful man” (Gen. xvi. 12). Now the Christians have translated the same Hebrew word, which means “fruitful” of “plentiful” from the verb para –identical with theArabic wefera- in their versions “a wild ass”! Isit not a shame and impiety to call Ishmael (pbuh) “a wild ass” whom God styles “Fruitful” or “Plentiful”?It is very remarkable that Christ himself, as reported in the Gospel of St. Barnabas, reprimanded the Jews who said that the Great Messenger whom they call “Messiah” would come down from the lineage of King David (pbuh), telling them plainly that he could not be the son of David (pbuh) , for David (pbuh) calls him “his Lord,” and then went on to explain how their fathers had altered the Scriptures, and that the Covenant was made, not with Isaac (pbuh) , but with Ishmael (pbuh) , who was taken to be offered a sacrifice to God, and that the expression “thy only begotten son” means Ishmael (pbuh) , and not Isaac (pbuh) . St. Paul, who pretends to be an apostle of Jesus (pbuh) Christ (pbuh) , uses some irreverent words about Hagar (Gal. vi. 21-31 and elsewhere) and Ishmael (pbuh) , and openly contradicts his Master. This man has done all he could to pervert and mislead the Christians whom he used to persecute before his conversion; and I doubt very much that the Jesus (pbuh) of Paul may not be a certain Jesus (pbuh) , also son of Mary, who was hanged on a tree about a century or so before Christ, for his Messianic pretentions. In fact, the Epistles of St. Paul as they stand before us are full of doctrines entirely repugnant to the spirit of the Old Testament, as well as to that of the humble Prophet of Nazareth. St. Paul was a bigoted Pharisee and a lawyer. After his conversion to Christianity, he seems to have become even more