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It says: "On account of breaking the covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hard; they altered the words from their places and they neglected a portion of what they were reminded of and thou shalt always discover treachery in them excepting a few of them and with those who say we are Christians, We made a covenant but they neglected a portion of what they were reminded of; therefore We excited among them enmity and hatred to the day of resurrection." (5:13-14) (8) Devouring the Unlawful: Love of wealth is the proverbial weakness of a Jew.

Even Shakespeare had to expose this weakness in the notorious character of Shylock. The Qur'an throws light upon this trait of their character in these words: "They are listeners of lies and devourers of what is forbidden." (5:42) Or: "Ye who believe!

Most surely many of the doctors of law and the monks eat away the property of men falsely and turn them from Allah's way." (9:34) (9) Cooperation with the Unbelievers and idol-worshippers: When the Jews, forsaking the path of God, formed themselves into different schisms and when after materialistic attainments, their standard of antagonism eventually underwent a change.

On the one hand they claimed to be the chosen people of God and on the other they made friends with the enemies of God and the enemies of the believers. The Qur'an has pointed out their double-sidedness in these words: "Thou wilt see many of them befriending those who disbelieve." (5:80) When the mind is darkened by animal passions, one loses the talent of distinguishing good from evil.

The Qur'an declares in this connection that: "Thou shalt not find a people who believe in Allah and the latter day be mending those who act in opposition to Allah and His apostle even though they were their own fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kinsfolk." (58:22) But the Jews who professed to believe in God and the Hereafter were foremost in making alliances with the polytheists against the Muslims.

(10) Seeking Pretexts: When man gets overpowered with the influx of passions and loses the fear of God, he sacrifices the injunctions of God on the altar of his worldliness. He beings to seek pretexts to avoid correct performance of his duties forgetting that there is an omnipresent and omniscient God who knows the secrets of his heart. The Sabbath day was declared by the law of Moses as a sacred day and the Jews were forbidden to work for their livelihood on that day.