Meaning: It is incumbent upon us to obey Lord Christ—peace be upon him—in annulling the Outward as Allah commanded him, [doing so] more than the people who believe in it [the Outward] and do not annul it.

As for his saying: "To give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins,"

Meaning: By his teaching to them the annulment of the Outward and the affirmation of the Inward, through his annulment of the Outward Law and by manifesting the crucifixion upon himself, and then his ascension and transcendence, to indicate the affirmation of the Inward and the annulment of the Outward.

Among that which contradicts this statement is what was declared in the Torah, stating:

"Cursed of God is everyone who is hanged on wood [a tree]."

Similar to it is what was reported in the twenty-first chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy, which said:

"If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death and you hang him on a tree [wood], his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, for he who is hanged is cursed by God."

Similar to it is what was reported in the third chapter of Galatians: