Love for Jesus

GreatLove
My Great Jesus
Led Me
Led Me to Islam
to Islam

By
Simon Curuballo
Simon Alfredo Caraballo
TexasA&M,
M.5., Texas
M.S., A&M, USA
USA

Marvam
Abo Maryam
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For Jesus Led Me
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Contents
Contents

II.. IIntroduction
ntroduction................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4. . . .
III.
I. My
M Experience
yE x p e r i e n ciin
en tthe United
h eU States
n i t e dS tateosoff A m e r i c a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8. . . . . . .
America
IIII.
II. The
T Gospels
heG ospels . . . . . . . . .1
I.I1
IIV.
V. The
T Authenticity
h eA of
y f tthe
u t h e n t i c i to Qur'dn
h eQ ur'dn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
......21
V..
V The
T Life
h eL and
ife a Mission
n dM off JJesus
i s s i o no esus........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
....26
VI.
V Prophet
I. P Muhammad
r o p h eM
t uhammad.... 33
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3. .3. .
VII.
V Doctrines
II. D octrineosoff C
Christianity
h r i s t i a n i tand
ay n d[Isliim
s1am..... 51
.............5
. .l. .
The
T Trinity
h eT rinity.... . . . . . . . .52
5. 2
The
T h e Divinity
D i v i n i t yof
o f Jesus
Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
5. 6. . .
The
T h e Divine
D i v i n eSonship
Sonship........... . . . . . . . . . .61
6. l.
The
T h e Original
O r i g i n a lSin
Sin.................. . . . . . . . .63
6. .3
Islam:The
Islam: The Monotheistic
MonotheisticReligion
Religionof All the
the Prophets
Prophets......... 73
..,....73
VIII.
VIll. My Final
Final Step Toward Islam: The Influence
Isldnt:Thc
Step'l'oivard lnfluenceOf Jesus
Jesus On
On My
Conversion
C o n v e r s i oTo
n o Islam
T 1s1ant......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...78
7. .8.
IX.
I X . HHow s / a r rAffected
o r v lIslam A l l e c t eMy
d M lLife
,Lif-e.......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
.......81
X.
X. How
I'lorvMy Conversion
ConversionAffected
AffcctedOther's
Other'sLives
Lives .........85
85
XI.
X L When
W h e nReligion
R e l i g i o nIs I n c u l c a t eBy
I s Inculcated 8d1 'Compulsion 8. .8. . . . . . . . .
C o m p u 1 s i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
XII. An Open
OpenInvitation
Invitationto
to the
the Pope
Popeand
andThe
The Rest
RestOf The World
The World
Leaders
Leadcrs . 95
Appendix
Appendix- Comparison
ComparisonChart
Chart... 99
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I frfyGreat Love
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I. Introduction
I. Introduction
As a Catholic,
Catholic, II was was led to believe
believe that Catholicism
Catholicism
was the only true
was true religion,
religion, andand that Judaism was
that Judaism was only a
Christianity. Hence
preparation for Christianity.
preparation Hence the other religions
the other religions
were all false.
were fact, II only heard
false. In fact, heard about Islam for the
about Isldmfor the first
time in 1978.
time 1978.II had had learned that Muslims
learned that Muslims believedbelieved in the the
divine origin
divine origin of of Christianity
Christianity and Judaism. The
and Judaism. Qur 'an
The Qur'dn
thatAllah (the
indicates that
indicates (the proper name for God in the
proper name the Arabic
language) had
language) sent prophets
had sent prophets to everyevery land order to guide
land in order guide
people to the
people the path
path oftruth
oftruth andand righteousness.
righteousness.
order to carve
In order carve thethe Christian message into
Christian message the depths
into the depths
of my subconscious,
subconscious,the the Catholic
Catholic Church
Church designed
designed a
program which,
program which, when
when applied from childhood,
applied from childhood, had had a very
high probability of retention.
high probability retention. ThisThis programprogram affected
affected
people's
people's beliefs
beliefs andand their
their behavior
behaviorfor for thethe rest their
rest of their
lives.
lives. In In this
this scheme,
scheme,the the central
centralfigurefigure is is Jesus
Jesusand and the
the
rites
rites are
are mostly
mostly related
relatedto to events surroundinghis
eventssurrounding birth,
his birth,
supposed
supposeddeath deathand and resurrection;
resurrection; frorl his
from his birth, assumed
birlh, assumed
to be
be inin December,
December,to to his allegedcrucifixion
his alleged crucifixion on Easter.
on Easter.
These religious
These religious rites
rites were
were introduced
introduced by
by human
human beings
beings
many
manycenturies
centuriesafterafterJesus'
Jesus'departure rather than
depafturerather than by Divine by Divine
Revelation.
Revelation.
According
According to tradition in
to tradition in Venezuela,
Venezttela,at midnight on
at midnight on
th
December
December24 24'" I usednsedto to wait
rvait for the arrival
for the arrival of JesusJesusto to
bring
bring thethe gifts
gifts that
that I had requestedin
had requested in my yearly wish
rny yearly wish
letter.
letter. Being
Being from frorn aa poorpoor family,
family, and and having several
having several
brothers
brothers and
and sisters,
sisters, I
I understood
understood that
that it
it was
was very
very difficult
difficult
for
for "Child
"Child Jesus"
Jesus"to to bring
bringme rvhatII had
me what hadaskedaskedfor. But II
for. But
was
was often
often confused
confusedand and puzzled
puzzled because if
becauseif Jesus hadJesus had
perfonned
performedso so many
many miracles
miraclesas as II had learnedfrom
had learned nuns
from nuns
and
and priests,
priests,whywhy was was he not able
he not ableto bring me
to bring tricycle?
me aa tricycle?
Wasn't
Wasrr'tthatthat request
requcsteasier easierforfbr Him
Him than than bringing
bringing deaddead
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peopleback
people life? Thus,
back to life? Thus, for several years,the
severalyears, the concept
conceptof
"Child
"Child Jesus"
Jesus"left
left me
me disappointed.
disappointed.
Easterwas
As Easter was approaching,
approaching,I used used to watchwatch televised
televised
storiesof how
stories how Jesus
Jesuswas was abused
abuseduntiluntil he he was
was hung
hung on on aa
cross
crossto be be crucified.
crucified.I really wantedto
really wanted to climb
climb inside
insidethe the
TV set set and
and help
help himhim somehow.
somehow. I asked askedGod God toto help
help him,
him,
and askedHim not
and asked not toto letlet His 'son' be
His 'son' crucified. In
be crucified. In the
the
end, I would hide and
end, would hide and cry because cry because I was
was taught that
taughtthat "men "men
do not
do not cry." could not
cry." I could not understand
understand rvhy such
why suchbrutality
brutalitywaswas
inflicted
inflicted on on such
such aa goodgood man. rnan. As As aa child, this incident
child, this incident
cultivatedin
cultivated in me
me an an intense
intenselove love forfor this greatprophet
this great prophetof
God.
God. As for other other children, perhapsthe
children,perhaps toys they
the toys they received
received
on
on Christmas
Christmas- as as an
an answer
answerto to their
their wish
wish letters
letters- waswas thethe
cause
causeof their their affection
affectiontowardstowardsJesus.
Jesus.
If the objectiveof the
the objective the Church
Churchwas was to to somehow
somehowinfuse infuse
reverencefor
feeling of reverence
aa feeling for Jesus,
Jesus,in in mymy casecase they were
they were
successful.
successful.I learnedlearnedto to love
love Jesus
Jesusmoremore thanthan my my own own
parents. However,
parents. However,while rvhilestill a
a child,
still child, I started
stal1ed to
to question
question
the porverof God.
the power God. The The concept
corrceptthat had about
that I had aboutGod God waswas
that
that He He could
could do r.vhatever
do whatever He wanted.
He rvanted.He I{e had
had created
createdthe the
universe,
universe,the the earth,
earth.the sun,the
the sun, the moon,
rnoon.thethe stars,
stars,and
and human
ltuman
beings. wondeled why
beings. I wondered rvhy He He could
could not not save
save Jesus
Jesusfromfrom
being
being crucified
crucified on on the cross. In
the cross. In order
order to resolve this
to resolve this
dilemma, on one occasion
dilemma, on one occasion clirnbeda I climbed a small
small wall
wall in
in the
the
backyardof my house
backyard houseand cliallengedGod,
and challenged God, saying:
saying: "If "lf
You are are really
really so porvcrful,and
so powerful, and cancan do u'hateverYou
do whatever You like,
like,
then
thenmake
rnakeme nie fly r.vhen
f1ywhen IIjump {romthis
jump from rvall.Otherwise,
thiswall. Otherrvise, I
will notnot believe
believethatthat YouYou arc are so pou'crfll, because
so powcrful, becauseYou You
could
could notnot save
save Jesus
Jesusfrom from the
the cross
crosseither." Fofiunately,
either." Fortunately,
the
the wall
wall wasn'as not
not so so high
high andand Il fell
fell to
to the ground. With
the ground. With
every attempt
every attempt to
to fl1'
fly I became
becarne r.nore
more and
and rnore
more convinced
convinced
that
that God
God wasrvasnot
not so porveriulafter
so powcrful all. A childish
alier all. childishanalysis
analysis
i n d e e !d
indeed!
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",
Later on in life when when II started
started high school, my parents
high school, parents
allowed
allowed me me to work with an
an old man
man who was a
was
photographer and
photographer and II accompanied
accompanied him to many many places.
places. It
turned out that he was
turned was also
also a very famousfamous fortuneteller.
fortuneteller.
Wherever we went,
Wherever went, many
many of of his
his female
female clients
clients would ask ask
about events
him about events thatthat would
would happen
happen in their future.future. For
this task,
this task, hehe used
used to smoke brown tobacco,
smoke brown tobacco, andand as was
as it was
being consumed
consumed and and the
the ashes
ashes fell,
fell, he 'reveal'
he would 'reveal'
being
information to his
information clients. rI also
his clients. also learned
learned that
that hehe used
used to
hypnotize
hypnotize people
people in order
order to learn
learn hidden
hidden things
things about
about
their lives
lives and
and would
would then
then respond
respond to theirtheir queries.
queries.
All
All of of these
these experiences
experiences were were stored
stored in my
subconscious
subconscious at
at aa very
very early
early age.
age. During
During this period,my
this period,
parents
parents were were attending
attending aa centercenter thatthat specialized
specialized in
parapsychology.
parapsychology. rI accompanied
accompanied them
them several
severaltimes
times to seesee
what
what was
was happening
happeningand was in this
and it was this center
centerthat learned
that I learned
about
about thethe concepts
conceptsof meditation,
meditation,spirits, possessionand
spirits,possession and
l
what
what I thought
thought waswas dead
dead people
people speaking
speakingto the living'.
the living .
Here
Here I learned
learned to pray
pray twice
twice daily
daily at
at a
a small
small altar
altar that
that my
father
father had
had built with great greatcare
careand and dedication,
dedication. At one one of
the
the gatherings
gatherings I attended,
attended, the tlie leader
leader of the the session
session
prepared
preparedaa talisman
talisman for for me,
me, which
which he he said
said would protect
would protect
me,
me,soso I took
took it with
with meme wherever
whereverI went. went.
Meanwhile,
Meanwhile,I continuedcontinuedto to think
think about
aboutthe
the crucifixion
crucifixion
of Jesus.
Jesus.At the the time,
time. my
mv father
fatherhad had aa book
book that
that he read
he read

]r In
In reality,
reality,the
the dead
dcaddodo notnot talk
talk to
to the
the living;
living: rather,
rather,devils imitatethe
devilsimitate the
voicesof
voices of the
the dead
deadandand communicate
communicate through
throughthe living. On
thc living, On the
the other
other
hand, Qur
hand, 'an recitation
Qur'an recitation andand Prophetic
Prophetic supplications
supplicationsareare effective in
effective in
ridding peoplcof
riddingpeople of all
all evil
evil spirits. The fact
spirits.'fhe thatany
lactthat Muslim can
anyMuslim perform
canperform
'rin.
such
suchacts
acts is
is clear
clearproof
proof of of the
the miraculous
miraculousnaturenaturcof
of the Qur 'an. As
the Qur fbr
As for
those
thoscwhowhcrsupplicate
supplicatetoto other
oth0rthan AIliih or
thanAllah or usc
uscthe Bible to
the Bible rid others
to rid of
othersof
possession
posscssion by
by devils,
dcvils,itit is
is no
no more
morc than
thanaa cooperation
cooperation rvith those
with thoseevil
evil
spiritsor
spirits or using
usingother
otherevil
evil spirits
spiritsto getrid
to get rid of ones.
other ones.
ofother
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frequently.It was
frequently. was entitled
entitled "The
"The Life of of Jesus
JesusDictated
Dictated by
Himself." He He once told me
once told me that
that according
according to this book,
this book,
Jesus
Jesushad
had traveled
traveledto to places
placesaway
away from
from Jerusalem,
Jerusalem,which
made
madememe aa little
little optimistic
optimistic about
about finding
finding an an answer
answerto my
question
questionregarding
regardinghis his crucifixion.
crucifixion.
When I graduated
When graduatedfromfrom high school, I was
high school, was granted
granted a
scholarship
scholarshipto to study
study engineering
engineeringin in the
the USA, which I
USA, which
happily
happilyaccepted.
accepted.However,
However,before
beforetraveling
travelingin 1977, had
1977,I had
aa bad
bad experience
experiencethatthat affected
affectedmy belief in Christianity.
Christianity. I
saw
saw two Christians
Christianshelphelp aa man
man who
who hadhad suffered
sufferedfrom an
from an
epileptic
epilepticattack
attackon on the
the street.
street.But
But afterwards,
afterwards,they
they searched
searched
his
his wallet
walletand
andstole someof his
stolesome his money.1
rnoney.rIn In spite
spiteof the
the fact
fact
that
that individual
individual acts
acts cannot
cannot by
by any
any means
rleans be
be considered
considered
indicativeof the
indicative the validity
validity or invalidity
invalidity of aa religion, this
religion, this
incident greatly affected
incident greatly affectedme.
me. Perhaps
Perhapsto manymany people
people this
this
event
event might
might seem
seem insignificant,
insignificant,but had witnessed
but I had witnessedmy
father punishmy
fatherpunish my brother
brotherseverely when he
severelywhen broughthome
he brought home
the equivalent of twenty-five
the equivalent twenty-five cents
cents and
and could
could not provide
not provide
him
him with
with aa satisfactory
satisfbctorvexplanation
exolanationas as to
to where
where he eot it
he got
from.
from.

1 SomeBiblical
1 Some Biblical tcxts
tcxtsclcarly
clcarlyforbid
lorbid stealing
stealingand otheracts
anclother actsof evil,
evil, as
as in
the
the ten
ten commandments:
commandments:"And "Antl God spake these words,
spake all these wot'ds, saying,
saying, I
am
arn thethc LORD LORD thy God ... Thou shalt have
God...Thou have no otherothcr gods before
me ... Thou shalt
rne...Thou rnake unto thee
shalt not make thec anyany graven irnagc, or any
graven image, any
likeness
likenessof any thing that is
ofany hcavenabove
is in heaven above...'fhou shalt not borv
... Thou shalt bow
down thyself thern, nor serve
thyself to them, serve them:
thcm: for lbr I the LORD LORD thy thy
God
God...Thou shalt not take
Thou shalt take the rrarneof the LORD thy God in
the name
vain
vain...Honol Honor thy thv father
lathcr and and thy rnothcr...Thou
thv mother ... Thou shaltshalt not kill.
Thou shalt ionunit adultery.
shalt not commit adtrltcr.y.-Thou rtot steal.
sltalt not
Thou shalt steal. Thou
Thou shalt
shalt
not bear f,rls^cwitness
bear false witncn^sagainst neig-hbor.Thou
against thy neighbor. Thou shalt not covet
ncighbor's house,
thy neighbor's house, thou shalt shalt not covet covet thy neighbor's
neighbor's
wife ... nor any
rvifc...rnr any thing that is is thy neighbor's." (irxodus20:
neighbot's."(Exodus 1-17) These
20:l-17) These
tc\ts are
tcxts consiclcrcd
areconsidered to be
to bc aa section
scctionofo1'the Biblc that
the Bible is in
that is in line
line \\ith
\vith the
the
QUI'
Qur'an.'an, onlyonly'that
that their irnpacton
thcir impact pcoplc's lives
on people's livcs hashas almost
alntostvanished
vanished
tlueto
due to thethe existence
cxistcnccofol other
othertexts
lextsinin the Iliblc that
thc Bible that allow their violation.
aliorvtheir violation.
Out
OLrtof hunrankincl.
mercy to humankind.
o1'rnr'rc)'to (lod revealed
God rcvealcdthe thc QUI' as a criterion
'(In as
Qirr'rirr critcrion
o r c l its
over prcrlcccssols.
i t spredecessor:;.
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II. My
II. My Experience
Experience in in the United
United States of America
of America
In 1977,
ln arrived in the
1977, I arrived the United
United States
Statesof America to
of America
begin studies
begin studiesat oneone of
ofthe universities. First,
the universities. had to go
First, I had go to
a school learn English,
school to learn English, and
and there
there I met many people
met many people ofof
different beliefs various parts
beliefs from various parts of the world. In Seattle,
of the Seattle,
Washington, at the
Washington, the English
English language
language school,
school, I had had a
roommate
roommate from Saudi
Saudi Arabia
Arabia who was
was working on his
master's
rnaster'sdegreeand whose name was Fouad. One day, he
degree and whose name was Fouad. One day, he
asked
asked meme if if it was
was alright pray in
alright for him to pray in the
the room.
room. I
told
told him that JI did
him that did not
not have problem with it.
have aa problem it. JI was
was
surprised, since it was
surprised, since was the
the first
first time
time JI saw
saw aa Muslim
perform
perform hishis prayers.
prayers. Before
Before starting pray, he
startingto pray, performed
he performed
ablution.
ablution. He He washed
washed hishis hands,
hands, rinsed
rinsed his
his mouth,
mouth, andand
washed
washedhis his face
face and
and arms
arms'1 in
in the
the small
small sink
sink in our room.
room. It
was
was the
the first
first time
time I had
had seen
seensomeone
someonewashwash hishis feet
feet in aa
sink
sink meant
meant for washing
washing hands.
hands. Then
Then I observed
observed the the
movements
movements of his
his prayers.
prayers. He
He stood
stood up,
up, bowed,
bowed, knelt
knelt
down,
down, andand prostrated.
prostrated.At that
that point
point I remembered
rememberedhow how wewe
used
usedto pray
pray inin the
the church
churchbyby only
only kneeling
kneelingdown
down andand what
what

t Islam assigns
I Isliim assigns great
grcat importance
importanoe to to the
the issue
issue of cleanliness.
cleanliness.For
example,
example,the the cleanliness
cleanlincssof the the dress,
dress,body,
body, and place in addition
and place addition to
making
making ablution
ablution aa requirement
requircmentfor 1br the
the validity
validity of performing formal
ol performing formal
prayer.
prayer. Ablution
Ablution is is also
also recommended
recommendedbefore before recitation the Qur
recitationof the 'an,
Qur'6n,
and
and going
going toto bed.
bed. Washing
Washingthe the entire
entire body
bodf isis an
an obligation after sexual
obligation after sexual
intercourse
intercourse and and is
is aa commendable
commendableact act before
bclore the the attending
attending of the the
congregational
congregationalFriday
Friday prayer.
prayer. Other
Othcr acts,
acts,such
such as as washing
washing the mouth,
the mouth,
brushing
brushingteeth,
teeth,trimming
trimming nails,
nails. removing
removingthe pubic and
thc pubic and armpit hair,
armpit hair,
trimming
trimming the the moustache.
moustachc.using perfume.tidying
using perfume, tidying upup living places,
living places,
removing
rernoving harmful
harmful objects
objccts from
from the
the way
u'ay of others,
others, abstaining from
abstaining from
polluting
pollutingpublic
publicplaces
placesand
andutilities,
utilities.keeping
kccpingshady placesclean,
shadyplaces clean,etc. are
etc.are
-l'hcsc
all
all acts
actsencouraged
encouragcdand and enjoined
enjoinedby Islum.These are
b5'Islam. arealso
alsoacts that bring
actsthat bring
one
one nearer
ncarerto to God,
God. and
anclfor
for which
which one
one is
is rewarded
reuardedby by Him.
l{im. NoNo other
other
religion
religion comes
comes anywhere
anyrvherencar lsldm as
near Islam as hlr
fbr as
as clcanliness
clcanlinessof the body
the body
and
andsoul
soul is
is concerned.
conccrncd.
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Fouad did was
Fouad different. A short
was different. short time
time later
later hehe left thethe
institute,
institute, and several months,
and for several months, I did not not see another
see another
Muslim pray.
pray.
During breakbreak time
time at the English institute,
the English foreign
institute, foreign
students
studentsfrom variousvarious countries
countriesused used to meetmeet and discussa
and discuss
variety of
variety topics. I clearly
of topics. clearly remember
remember that that on one occasion,
on one occasion,
as
as we
we were discussing the
were discussing the origin
origin of religions
religions and prayersI
and prayers
them: "You pray
told them: pray the
the wayway youyou do do because
becausethat that isis the
the
way your
your ancestors
ancestorsusedusedto do." do." I went
went on them that
on to tell them that
their
their ancestors
ancestorsusedusedto worship
worship the the sun, the moon
sun, the moon and and the
the
stars,
stars, and
and since
since then,
then, that
that tradition
tradition has has been
been transmitted
transmitted
through
through all the generationsup
the generations up to the present.I had
the present. had even
even
started
startedto have have doubts
doubts about
about the the origin
origin of belief in God. God.
However,
However,due due to my deep deepChristian
ChristianrootsrootsI diddid not
not become
become
an
an atheist.
atheist.
One
One day
day I went
went toto visit mosqueand
visit aa mosque and I observed
observedmany many
people
people praying
praying the the same
sameway rvay that
that I hadhad seen
seen Fouad
Fouad praypray
previously.
previously.After After the prayer,they
the prayer, they all remainedseated
all remained seatedon on
the floor which
the floor which was
was very
very cold
cold to
to listen
listen to
to a
a sermon.
sermon. Since
Since
the rest of the
the rest people were
the people u'ere sitting, joined them
sitting, I joined thern andand
listened
listenedto to all
all that
that the
the imam
imam had had to say. His
to say. His name
name was was
Jamil
Jarnil Abdul-Razzaq
Abdul-Razzaqfrom lraq, and
from Iraq, and he was giving aa talk
he was talk in
English
Englishabout
about"Backbiting."
"Backbiting."I rememberrememberthat that his voicewas
his voice was
high pitched and
high pitched and emotional.
emotional.As As he spoke, he
he spoke, looked
he looked
around
around the the audience
audienceas as if if somebody
sornebodyhad had spoken
spoken ill of
someone
someone else,
else, but
but he
he did
did not
not point
point out
out anyone
anyone specifically.
specifically.
I think his objective
think his objectivewas was to
to instill
instill a
a I'eeling
feeling of guilt
guilt in those
in those
involvedin
involved in backbiting.
backbiting.
That
That same
same day,
day, someone
someonesent sent me me anan envelope
envelopewith with
some
some booklets
booklets comparing
comparing Islam Islam and Christianity. They
and Christianity. They
took
took meme aa long
longtime
time toto read
readas rvasthen
asI was thenbusy
busystarting
starlingas asaa
freshman
freshman at
at Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
State University.
University. It r'vas
was through
through the
the
comparative booklets that
comparatir"ebookletsthat learned I learned that
that Islunt
Islam and
and the
the
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message
messageof Jesus Jesuswere were both
both revelations
revelationsfrom from God.
God. Jesus
Jesus
said that the
said that the message
messagehe he was
was conveying
conveying was was not
not his
his but
but
God's: "...for
God's: "... for I have
have not spoken spoken on my own, own, but the
Father who sent sent me has has Himself
Himself given me aa
commandment about what to say say andand what to speak."speak."
(John 12:49).
(John 12:49). Likewise,
Likewise, the
the revelation
revelation that
that Prophet
Prophet
Muhammad
Muhammadconveyedconveyedto the the rest
restof humanity,
hurnanity,was was sent
sentby
God
God through
throughAngel
Angel Gabriel:
Gabriel:"And indeed, indeed,the the Qur'an
Qur'6n is is
the revelation
revelation of the Lord Lord of the the worlds. The
Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., [i.e., Gabriel]
Gabriel] has has brought it down down
upon heart, [0
upon your heart, [O Muhammad]
Muhammad] - that you
you may be
be of
the
the warners
warners .•." (Qur'dn 26:192-194)
..." (Qur'an 26:192-19 4)
Therefore,
Therefore,the the truth
truth of every
everyreligion
religion and and the
the proof
proof of
its
its divine
divine origin
origin depends
dependsfundamentally
fundarnentallyon on the
the accuracy
accuracy
with
with which
which thethe original
originalrevelation
revelationfrom fronr GodGod was preserved
was preserved
and
and transmitted
transmittedto to the rest of humankind.
the rest l'rurnankind. The level
The level of
deviation
deviation and and uncertainty
uncerlainty dependsdepends on on thethe degree
degree of
precision
precisionwithwith which
rvhicheveryeveryword revealecl
rvord revealed to
to the prophets
the prophets
was
was transmitted
transmittedto to others.
others.If thesethesewords
words have have not
not been
been
accurately
accurately transmitted
transmitted and and havehave insteadinstead suffered
suffered
adulteration,it is
adulteration, is highly
highly likely
likely that
that thethe essence
essenceof the the
original
original message
rnessagewould would be be lost forever.Consequently,
lost forever. Consequently,in
order
order toto make
make aa just just and
and unbiased
unbiasedcomparison
cclr.uparison between
between
Christianity
Christianityand Islctnt,it is
and Islam, is necessary
necessaryto to determine
determinethe the
extent
extentto to which
which the the original
originalGospels
Cospels and and thethc Qur 'an
Qur'dn have
have
been
been kept
kept free
fice from
f}om adulterations,
adulterations. additions
aclditionsor deletions.
deletions.
What
What follows
follows in in this
this book
book is is aa brief comparison between
briel'cornparison between
Christianity
Christianity and
and Islam;
Isldm; the
the two
two most
most influential
irtf-luetttial religions
religions
in
in the
the world
rvorldwith
with the thc highest
highestnumber
nurrberof followers from
ol'fcrllowers frorn all
all
races
races and
and nations,
nations,and and thethe two
tn,o 1110st
n.rostclosely
closely associated
associated
faiths.
faiths. I hope
hopethat
that by by the
the will
rvill of God
Cod this
this book
book will assist
assist
the seeker
the scekerof truth
trLrthin irrhis
his or her
lrcl search
searchforlbl the
the true
true religion.
relision.
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III.
III. The Gospels
Gospels
The
The four well-known
well-known GospelsGospels of Matthew,
Matthew, Mark, Mark,
Luke
Luke and
and John
John are
are found
found in thethe New Testament
Testamentsectionsectionof
the
the Bible.
Bible. They
They were
were written
written between
between70 70 CE
CE and 115CE;
and 115 CE;
decades
decadesafterafter Jesus
Jesus hadhad departed,
departed,and and were
were supposedly
supposedly
based
basedon on documents
documentsthat that have
have since
sincebeen
been lost.
lost. The
The Gospel
Gospel
according
according to Mark was
was the
the first
first one
one written
written in the
the Greek
Greek
language
languagein Rome,
Rome, at at least
least40 yearsafter
40 years after Jesus'
Jesus'departure.
departure.
The
The Gospel
Gospel according
accordingto Matthew
Matthew was was written
written in Greek
Greek
about
about 9090 CEo
CE. The
The Gospel
Gospelaccording
accordingto Luke Lr.rkewas
was written
written in
Greek
Greek approximately
approximately 80 80 CEo
CE. These
These three
three Gospels
Gospels areare
called
called Synoptic
Synoptic because
because theythey are are supposed
supposed to have have
originated
originated from
from thethe same
same lost
lost documents.
documents.The The Gospel
Gospel
according
according to to John!,
Johnr, on on the
the other hand, is
other hand, profoundly
is profoundly
different
different from
from the
the Synoptic
SynopticGospels.
Gospels.It is is in
in this
this Gospel
Gospel
that the divinity
that the divinity andand preexistence
preexistence of Jesus
Jesus was
rvas expressed,
expressed,
even
even though
though Jesus
Jesusnever
never confirmed
confirmed this this in
in the
the statements
statements
attributed
attributedto to himself.
himself.This
This gospel
gospelwas rvrittenbetween
was written between110110
and I 15CEo
and 115 CE.
The
The Gospels
Gospelswere
werecomposed
composedafter afterthe
the first
first followers
followersof
Jesus
Jesus hadhad been
been divided
divided into
into several sects. It can
several sects. be
can be
confirmed
confirmed thatthat they
they were
were written
written in in order
order to reflect
reflect the
the
conception of the
conception the practical
practical needs
needs of the the community.
community.
Although traditional sources
Although traditionalsourceswere were r.rtilized
utilized to write them
to write them
down,
down, thethe writers
writers did
did not
not exercise
exercisegreatgreat care keep the
care to keep the
original
original content
contentfree
free from
from additions,
additions,deletions
deletionsand and other
other
forms
forms of corruption,
corruption,as as the
the content u,asmeant
contelttwas meantto to serve the
servethe
writers'
writers' personal
personalinterests.
interests.This fact was
This fact was confirmed
confirrnedby

'Ihis
' This
I John
John is
is not
not onc
onc of Jesus'
Jesus'disciples. Accordingto
disciples.According to Encyclopedia
Ency'clopedia
Britannica,
llritannica,which uas co
u'hichwas co written
rvrittenby
by 500 Chrislianscholars.
500 Christian scholars. "the Gospcl
"the Gospel
according
accordingtoto John
Johnis is detinitcly
definitclyand
and undoubtcdly
undoubtedly aa j~lbrication."
labrication."
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the Qur'dn had stated
stated it more
more
than 14 centuries ago.
than 14 centuriesago.
mentioning tl-rat
It is worth mentioning these four Gospels
that these Gospels were
were
the only documents
not the documents written
written in thethe centuries
centuries following
the departure
the departure ofof Jesus.
Jesus. There
There were many others
were many others such as the
such as the
Gospels of
Gospels of Jacob,
Jacob, Peter,
Peter, Thomas,
Thomas, Philip, and Barnabas.
Philip, and Barnabas. lfIf
consider the
we consider the "The Gospel
Gospel According
According to the the Hebrews,"
Hebrews,"
for example,
example, it waswas a document written in Aramaic,
documentwritten Aramaic, the
the
same
same language
language spoken
spoken by Jesus.
Jesus. It was
was utilized
utilized by the
the
Nazarenes who
Nazarenes who negated
negated the divinity of
the divinity of Jesus
Jesus and
and
considered
considered him no more than
no more than a great
great prophet.
prophet. In the fourth
the fourth
century
century CE,CE, the
the Gospels
Gospels According
According to Mark, Mark, Matthew,
Matthew,
Luke
Luke and
and John
John were
were included
included in in the body of
the body of the
the main
main
Biblical
Biblical text,
text, and
and the
the Church
Church declared
declared the the remaining
remaining
existent
existentdocuments
documentsto to be
be heretical. However, additional
heretical.However, additional
changes
changescontinued
continued to be made in
be made in thcse
thcse Gospels even
Gospels even
though
thoughthey
they had
hadalready
alreadybeen
beendeclared
declaredto to be "The Word
be 'The Word of
God."
God." And as as years
yearspassed
passedby,by, the
the same Gospelsappeared
sameGospels appeared
with different texts from
with different texts from their their predecessors,
predecessors, which
which is
is
undisputed
undisputedevidence
evidenceof the the kind cot'rttptionaffecting
kind of corruption affecting
these
thesebooks.
books.

I
r According
According to to Encyclopedia
llncl'clopedia Britannica. "lmpofiant intentional
Rritannicir. '"Important intentional
changes,
changes,such such as as the
the inseliion
inserlionand and addition
aclditionof ol-whole paragraphs
*'holc paragraphs look
took
place
p l a c c...
. . ."" V2,
V 2 , pp.
p p 519-521.
5 1 9 - 5 2 1 In
.l n the i n l r o c l u c l i oto
t h e introduction t h c Catholic
tno the Bible
C a t h o l i cBible
(p.
(p.1 3), itit is
13), is stated
statedthat
thatthat
thatthethe copyists
copl istshad hadclearly inscrtcdthings
clcarlyinserted thingsover over
the
the centuries
centuricsthat thtrtwere
u'crcnot pilrtof
not part the Scriptures,
o1'thc Scriptures. andas
and asaa result
resultof ofthat
that
the
thc text
tcxt thatthat we
ne have
havenow norv hashasreached
reachcclus prcgnantwith
us pregnant rvith all
all kinds
kinds of of
corruption,
corruption"which rvhichis is manifest
mani{'est in
in all
all copies.
copics.Also, Also.in in Preface
Prefoceto to the King
theKing
James
James Version,
lersion produced
ploduccdby by 32 32 Christian
Christianscholarsscholarsbacked backedup up by by 5050
consultative
consultativebodies, bodies.we *'e read:
read:"Yet,"Yet. the
the King
King James Versionhas
.latnesVersion hasgravegrave
defects
defects... ... and
anclthese
thcsedefects
clci'ects are
areso somany
martvand trnclso scriotts..."
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Among the the many
many factors
factors to be be considered
considered when
when
analyzing
analyzingthethe veracity
veracity of
of the
the Four
Four Canonized
Canonized Gospels
Gospels and
and
the authenticity of the messages that
the ar.rthenticity the messagesthat carne along came along with
them, are
them, are the
the following:
following:
1. The original
1. The original Gospel
Gospel asas was
was revealed
revealed to Jesus
Jesus and
and is
is
mentioned in the
mentioned the Qur 'an. l as
Qur'dn.' as well
well as
as in the
the contemporary
contemporary
Gospels, does
Gospels. does notnot exist
existtodal
todayr
2.
2. The
The first
first records
recordsabout
about the the sayings
sayingsof Jesus
Jesuswhich
which
were
were made
made shortly
shortly following his his ascension
ascensionto heaven
heavenhave
have
been
beenlost.
lost.
3.
3. The
The Gospels
Gospelswere were written
written between
between70 70 and
and 115
115 CE,
CE,
decades
decades after
after Jesus'
Jesus' departure,
depafture, and
and were
were based
based on
on lost
lost
documents.
documents. As aa consequence,
consequence? there was a
there was a loose loose
manipulationof the
manipulation the content.
content.
4.
4. None
None of the the Gospels'
Gosoels'authors
authorssaw saw Jesus
Jesusor heard
heardhimhim
speak.
speak.Hence,
Hence,theythey were
u'erenot
not eyewitnesses.
eyewitnesses.
5.
5. The
The Gospels
Gospelswere werewritten
writtenin in the
the Greek languagewhile
Greeklanguage while
Jesus
Jesusspoke
spokeAramaic.
Aramaic.
6.
6. The
The present
presentGospels
Gospelsandand most
mostof the Epistleswere
the Epistles were not
not
chosen
chosen and
and validated
validated until
until the
the fOUlih
fourlh century
century CE,
CE, when
when aa
resolution
resolutionby by aa minority
minority of the the Council of
CoLrncil Nicea was
Nicea was
enforced
enforcedin in 325
325 CEo
CE. Before
Beforethis this date
datethe Gospelsdid
the Gospels not
did not
have
have any
any canonical
canonicalauthority,
authority,and and were
were changed
changedby the the
writers
writers of different
different sects
sectsin itt order
order toto comply with their
conrplv with their

' GGod
1
o d said
s a i dabout J e s u s" . . . .and
a b o u tJesus a n d We
W e gave
g a v e him
h i m the
t h e Gospel,
G o s p e l ,in
i n which
which
was
w a sguidance
g u i d a n c eand
a n d light ( O u r'dn
l i g h t . . ". "(Qllr ' a n5:46)
5:16)
2 "Verilv I say unto you, \Vhcrcsocvcr this gospel
2 "Verily gospcl shall be be
say trnto you, Whcrescrcvcr
preached
preachctl throughout
throughout the thc whole rvhole world,
uorld, this
this alsoalso that she she hath
hath
done
donc shall
shall be bc spoken
spoken of for fil'a a memorial
rttcnroli:rlof her."
her." (Mark
(lV1ark14:9 and
l:1:9 and
Matthew
lvlatthuv 26: 13). And
26:13). And whoever
rvhocver \vants wants to to learn about the
lcarn about thc original
original
conccptsof Jesus'
concepts teachings should
Jesr.rs'tcachings shouldread rcadthe
l|'tcQur ·(In.
Qur'drt.
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personalinterests
personal interestsand and desires.
desires.Up to to the presentday
the present day the
the
practiceof tampering
practice tamperingwith the the text
text is
is still prevalent.
still prevalent.
7.
7. The
The vast
vast majority
majority of thethe New Testament
Testamentis is composed
composed
of
of the
the writings
writings of of Paul
Paul and
and his
his students.
students.Paul,
Paul, who never
never
saw
saw or heard
heard Jesus
Jesusspeak,
speak,waswas initially one one ofof the
the most
most
prominent enemies
prominent enemies of of Jesus'
Jesus' ministry.
ministry. He He killed manymany
followers of
followers of the
the Messiah
Messiah and and imprisoned
imprisonedthem (Acts 8:3,
them (Acts 8:3,
9: 1-2). He
9:1-2). He afterwards
afterwardsforced
forcedthem
them to confess
confessto lieslies against
against
Jesus (Acts 26:
Jesus (Acts II). But when
26:11). when Saul (later called
Saul (later called Paul)
Paul)
supposedly
supposedlyconverted, assayed to join
convefted, "he assayed join himself
himself to
the disciples:
disciples: but they were all afraid of of him, and and
believed not that he was was aa disciple.
disciple. But Barnabas
Barnabas took took
him, and
and brought
brought him to the apostles..." (Acts 9:26-
apostles..." (Acts 9:26-
27).
27). This
This event occurred
event occurred after after Paul
Paul claimed that
claimed that JesusJesus
appeared
appeared to him and and spoke
spoke to him on on the
the way to
Damascus.
Damascus. He He borebore witness
witness for himself!
himself' without
without
presentingany
presenting any evidence
evidenceestablishing
establishingthe truth of his
the truth his claim
claim
(Acts 9:3-8).
(Acts 9:3-8). Surprisingly,
Surprisingly,he he suddenly
suddenlybecame
becamethe the chief
chief
spokesman
spokesmanin in the
the name
name of Jesus
Jesusclaiming
claiming thatthat hehe was
was
appointed
appointedby Jesus preachto the
Jesusto preach the world (Acts (Acts 9:3-6)?
9:3-6).'
Paul
Paul also·accused
also accusedthose thosewho
who "believed not that that he was
was aa

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There was no eye-witness
eye-rvitnessto support
support Paul's
Paul's claim
clairn except
cxcept for himself. Such
Such
testimony
testimony for fbr one's
one's self is rejected
rejected according
according to the
the Bible
Biblc itself.
itself. John
John 5:31
5:31
states:
states: "If
"If I bear witness
rvitness ofof myself, mymy witness is not not true:'
true." Added to
this is the
the fact that
that therc
therc are
are several
several other
other contradictions
contradictions in the
the narrative.
narrative. For
example,
example, in Acts 9:7 "And "And the men which 'rvhich journeyed
joulneyed withwith him
him stood
stood
speechless,
speechless, hearing
hearing a voice, but but seeing no man," while in Acts 22:9, 22:9, we
read:
read: "but
"but they
they heard notnot the voice of of him
him that
that spoke to to me:'
me." With
With this
claim, Paul managed to achieve
Paul managed achieve what
nhat he
he could not achieve
achieve by force
force
2
2 According to 1 Jolmiohn 4:1
4:l "Beloved,
"Belovecl, believe not
not every
cvefy spirit,
spirit, but
but try
try the
spirits
spirits whether
whether they they are
ale ofof God: because
because many
rnany false prophets
prophets are
gone out
out into
into the world."
rvorld." Paul
Paul himself confessed to lying in his preaching
hirnselfconfessed preaching
"For
"Fol ifif the truth
truth of
of God
Gotl hath
hath more
rnore abounded
aboundcd through
tlu'ough mymy lie unto
unto his
glory;
glory; why
why yet am I also judged as
alsojudged as a sinner?"
sinnerP" (Romans
(Romans 3:7).
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disciple" of of erring
erring concerning
concerningthe the faith
faith (l(1 Timothy 6:20-
6:20-
2l). He
21). He described
describedBarnabas,
Bamabas,who had had been good to him,
beengood him, as
as
"...carried away with
" ... carried away with their (Galatians
their dissimulation," (Galatians
2:13).
2: Paul even
13). Paul even gave
gave himself
himself the the right
right to propagate
propagate
teachingsthat
teachings were contradictory
that were contradictoryto those
thosetaught
taught by Jesus
Jesus
Christ
Christ and went against
and went against "the
"the law" whichwhich Jesus
Jesuscame
came to
fulfill! (Acts 21
fulfill' (Acts :20 and
21:20 and Romans
Romans 7:6). "Thus, we
7:6). "Thus, we find:
find:
"When
"'When Paul would would have entered in unto unto the people,
the disciples
disciples suffered
suffered him not" (Acts (Acts 19:30).
19:30).He
He also
also
declared
declared that, "All they which are
that, "All are in Asia be turned
away
away from me" (2 Timothy
rne" (2 Timothy 1: 15), and
1:15), and "No man stoodstood
with
with me,me, but all men forsook me" (2 (2 Timothy
Timothy 4: 16).
4:16).
8.
8. The The oldest
oldestBiblical
Biblical manuscripts
manuscripts we
we have
haveaccess
accessto,
to, are
are
Codexes
Codexes Vaticanus, Sinaiticus and Alexandrinus; all
Vaticanus, Sinaiticus and Alexandrinus; all
th th
dating
dating back
back to between
betweenthe
the 44tl' and centuriesAD. The
and 55tr'centuries The
extent of
extent of alteration
alterationthe
the Gospels
Gospelswere were subjected
subjectedto prior to
these
thesedates
datescan hardly be
can hardly be determined, consideringthat
determined,considering that the
the

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1 "Think
"Think notnot that
that I am come to destroydestroy the law, larv, or
or the prophets:
prophets: I am
not
not come
comc to destroy,
destroy, butbut to fulfill.
fulfill. For
For verily
verily I say untounto you, TillTill
heaven and earthearth pass,
pass, one jotjot or
or. one tittle
tittle shalI
shall in no wise pass from from
the
the law,
larv, till
till all
all be fulfilled."
fulfrlled." (Matthew
(Mattherv 5:17-18). Paul Paul sought to gather
round himself
himself as
as many followers as as possible
possible even
even ifif his means
means to do so so
happened
happened to go against
against the
the teachings
teachings of of Christ or hishis ways ofof propagation.
propagation.
In
ln 1 Corinthians
Corinthians 9: 19-23, Paul
9:19-23, Paul confesses
confesses to horrendous
horrendous actsacts of
of cheating
cheating
lying and
and deceit
deceit to achieve
achieve his purposes.
purposes. He says: "tg. For
says: "19. For though
though I be
free
fi'ee from
fi'om all men, yet have I made myself myself servant
serwant unto
unto all, that
that I
might
might gain the more. 20. go. And
And unto
unto the
thc Jews
Jcrvs I became as as a Jew, that
that I
might
might gain
gain the Jews;
Jervs; to them
them that
that are
ale under the law, as as under
under the law,
larv,
that
that I might
might gain them
thern that
that are under
undel the law; 91. To
larv; 21. To them
them that
that are
without
without law, as as without
rvithout law, (being not not without
rvithout lawIarv to
to God,
God, butbut
under
under the law to to Christ,)
Christ,) that
that I might
might gain them them that
that are without
without law.
qe, To
22. To the weak
rveak became I as as weak,
rveak, that
that I might
nright gain the weak: I am arrr
made alIall things
things to all men that that I might
might by all means save some. 23. 93.
And
And this
this I do for
for the gospel's sake,sake, that
that I might
nright be partaker
partaker thereof
thereof
with
rvith you."
you."
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language
language of the Gospels
of the Gospels was was Greek
Greek while JesusJesus spoke
spoke
Aramaic.
Aramaic.
9. There are
9. There are many
many discrepancies
discrepancies in severalseveral places
places
between
betweenthethe fourth and
and fifth century
century manuscripts.'
manuscripts.!
10. The Gospels,
10. The Gospels, seen
seen as as a whole, together with the
whole, together the
Epistles, contain
Epistles,contain many
many errors
effors and
and contradictions?
contradictions.2 There
There is
is
also
also great
great uncertainty
uncertaintyamong
among Biblical scholars
scholarsasas to who
the
the authors
authorsof thethe Gospels
Gospelsactually
actuallywere.
were.
These
These facts
facts are
are mentioned
mentionedhere here as as evidence
evidence that
that the
the
Gospel
Gospel of Jesus
Jesusasas revealed
revealedby God God hashas not reached
reachedus us in
its
its original
original form.
form. In this
this way,
way, it can
can bebe affirmed
affirmed that
that the
the
four
four Gospels
Gospelsincluded
includedin today's
today's Bible
Bible and
and the
the Epistles
Epistles
that
that accompany
accompany them them cannot
cannot be be considered
considered similar
similar or
equivalent to the Gospel revealed
equivalent the Gospelrevealed Jesus. to Jesus. As proof of
of this
this
assertion, the
assertion,the following information
informationis is presented:
presented:
The
The New Testament,
Testament. on on which
which modern
modern Christian
Christian
doctrines
doctrinesrest,
rest, has
has undergone
undergoneradical
radical changes
changesandand almost
almost
every
every new
new edition
edition differs
differs from
from the
the others.
others. Some
Some of thethe
changes
changes thatthat are
are nownow beingbeing implemented
implemented are are soso
fundamental
fundamental thatthat they
they strike
strike at
at the
the very foundation of
very foundation
Christianity.
Christianity. For
For example,
example,the referencesto the
the only two references the

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I Some
Some Biblical
Biblical scholars
scholars point
point toto the
the existence
existence of thousands
thousands of
manuscripts
manuscripts from from the
the Gospels
Gospels butbut what
what is
is the
the true value of these
true value these
manuscripts if
manuscripts if amongst
amongst the
the thousands,
thousands,wewe cannot find two that
cannot find are
that are
alike?!.
alike?!. According
According to to the
the International
International Translation
Translation of the the New
Testament
Testament... ... "All the
the versions
versionsof the
the New
Nerv Testament
Tcstamentthat reachedus
that reached us
were
werenotnot similar."
similar."
2 The numerous
2 The numerouserrors
errorscontained
containedinin the
the Bible
Bible led
led Robert Kehl Zeller
Robert Kehl to
Zeller to
say
say in
in his
his "The
"The Authenticity
Authenticityof the Bible" that
the Holy Bible" no other
that no other book ever
book ever
suffered
sufl-eredasas many
many changes,
changes,errors
enors and
and corruptions
corruptionsas as the Bible.
the Holy Bible.
This
This isis inin clear
clear contrast
contrasttoto William
William Muir's
Muir's and and Laura
l,aura Vaglieri's
Vaglieri's
statement
statementabout the Qur
about the 'an (see
Qur'dn (seefootnote
footnote2,
2, Page
Page21 21 and footnoteI,
andfootnote Page
l, Page
22.)
22.)
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ascension
ascensionof of Jesus
Jesusthat that were
rvere found fbund in irr the
the Gospels
Gospels of of Mark
and
and Luke have have now been been deleted deleted from the Revised Revised
Standard
Staridard Edition (RSV), 1952. 1952. TheseThese passages
passagescontained contained
evidence
eviderrcecited cited to support support Jesus' Jesus' ascension
ascensior.r as
as follows:
So thenthen after the Lord Lord had spoken to them, them, he was
received up into into heaven,heaven, and sat on the right right hand of of
God. ( M a r k \6:
G o d . (Mark l 6 : 19)
l9)
And
And it it came to pass; pass; while rvhile he blessed them, them, he
was
rvas parted
parted from from them, and carried up to to heaven.
heaven.
(Luke
( L u k e 24:51).
24:51).
'flre
The aforementioned
aforernentionedverse verse from fl'on.rMark 16: l6: 19,
19, hashas been
been
removed
rernoved along along with rvith a number numbel of of otherother verses verses that that
immediately
irnrnediately preceded preceded and and succeeded
succeeded it. it. As for Luke
24:5\,
2 4 : 5 1 , the
t h e words, " c a r r i e d up
u , o r d s ."carried u p tot o heaven"
h e a v c n " werew e r e removed.
removed.
In
In Matthew
M a t t h e r ' v16:27-28,
1 6 2 1 - 2 8 , we
w e read:
r e a d : " F
"For o r the
the Son
S o n of o f man
man
shall come in the glory glory of of his FatherFather with rvith his angels;
and thenthen he shall reward rervard every ever).man man according
according to his
works.
rvorks. VerilyVerily I say say unto unto you, There There be some sorne standing
standing
here, whichrvhich shall not not taste of of death,
cleath, till till they
they see see the
Son of of man coming corning in his kingdom." kingdorn." As this prophecy prophecy
never
n e v e r came
c a r n e true,
t r u e , it i t can
c a n only
o n l y be b e concluded
c o r r c l u d e dthatt h a t iti t was
was a
fabrication
labrication ascribed ascribedto Jesus JesusChrist Christ who rvlto was r,vasa true true prophet
prophet
of
o f God
G o d and a n d whose
w h o s e prophecy
p r o p h e c ycannot
c a n n o tbeb e mistaken.
mistaken.
The Gospel
Gospel of of Matthew
Mattherv contradicts
contradicls itself on the the samesame
page
p a g e when
r v h e n talking
t a l k i n g about
a b o u t Peter.
P e t e r .While
W h i l e Jesus s a y s of
. l e s u ssays o f him:
him:
"And
"And Jesus Jesus answeredansrvered and said said unto him, hirn, Blessed art art
thou,
thou, Simon Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood blood hath hath not not
revealed
r e v e a l e d it i t unto
u n t o thee t h e e .... . . That
T h a t thou
t h o u arta r t Peter
P e t e r .... And I
. . And
will
rvill give unto unto thee the keys kevs of of the kingdom
liingdom of of heaven:
heaven:
and whatsoever
rvhatsoever thou thou shalt bind bintl on earth shall be
bound
bound in
i n heaven:
h c a v e n : and
a n d whatsoever
* ' h a t s o e v e r thou
t h o u shalt s h a l t loose
l o o s e on
on
earth
e a r t h shall
s h a l l be b e loosed
l o o s e d in i n heaven." ( M a t t h e r v 16:
h e a v e n . " (Matthew l 6 : 1\7-\9).
7-19).
Matthew
M a t t h e r , v \6:23
l 6 : 2 3 stands
s t a n d s in i n total
t o t a l contrast
c o n t l a s t tot o all
a l l this
t h i s as
a s it
it
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states: "But
states: "But he he (Jesus) .urned, and
(Jesus) .urned, and said unto Peter,
said unto Peter,
Get thee
Get thee behind
behind me, Satan: thou
me, Satan: art an
thou art offence unto
an offence unto
me: for
me: for thou
thou savourest
savourest not not the things that
the things that be
be ofof God,
but those
but those that
that be
be of
of men."
men."
During the
Durirrg the alleged crucifixion events,
alleged crucifixiort Matthew 27:44
events, Matthew 27:44
says: "The
says: "The thieves also, which rvere
thieves also, were crucified with with
him, cast
him. cast the same teeth." Here
same in his teeth." the two thieves
Here the thieves
are mentioned
are mentioned as as acting together. However.
acting together. Luke 23:39-40
However, Luke 23 :39-40
states:
states: "And one
one of
of the malefactors
malefactors rvhich
which were hanged
hanged
railed on hirn,
him, saying,
saying, If If thou be Christ, save save thyself
thyself
and us.
and us. But the other answering
answering rebuked
rebuked him, saying,
saying,
"Dost not thou fear seeing thou art in the same
God, seeing
fear God, same
condemnation?" lrr
condemnation?" In tlre
the latter the two thieves
example, the
latter exatnple, are
thieves are
not acting
not rather they
together; rather
acting together, are in
they are opposition to each
in opposition each
other.
other.There
Therearearetoo
too many
rnarryother contradictions
othercontradictions in the Bible
in the Bible
to record
record here.
here.
The
The changes,
changes,alterations
alterationsand and contradictions,
contt'adictiotts, are not
are not
found only in
found only in the
the New
New Testament
Testatttetlt but also in the
but also in the Old Old
'lcstamentl.l
we are
8:26, we told:
are told:
Testament For example,
. For exal.rtple, in Kings 8:26,
irt 2 Kings
"Two
"Trvo andand twenty years years old was when
Ahaziah when he
was Ahaziah he
began
began to reign."
reign." This contradicts:22 Chronicles
This contradicts Chlonicles22:2,22:2,
which
which states: "Forty and
states:"Forty and two t'ivo years was Ahaziah
old was
years old Ahaziah
when
when he he began
beqan to reign"
reign" Another contradictionis
Attothercontradiction is found
found

I
I Vatican
V a t i c i r nEcumenical
I : c u r n c n i c aCouncillC o u n c i l III l (1962-65)
( 1 9 6 2 - ( 1 5admitted i)r c l m i t t c d to
t o the t h e existence
c x i s t c n c eof o{'
'l " N o u the in
errors
c r r o r s ini n the t h c OldO l , : 1Testament.
c s t a r n e n t ."Now t h c books
b o o k s of o l ' tthe
h c Old O l d Testament,
I ' e s t a m e n t .in
accordance
a c c o l d a n c e \v'ith n i t h the t l r c state
s t a t c of o f mankind
m a n k i n d hefore b c l i l r e the t h e timet i l n e of o f salvation
salvatiott
e s t a b l i s h c d by
established b v Christ.
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r c v c a l to 1 o all
a l l ment l c n the t h c klHmkdge
k t r o u l c d g c of o f GodG o d and a n d ofof
man
n r a n anda n c l the t h c waysu a v s in i n which
r i h i c h God. C o d . .justi t r s t andl r l l d mercirul.
n l c r c i l i r l . dealsc l c a l swithr v i t h men.
rnen.
'l
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h c s e books.b o o k s . though t h o t t g h they t l t c r also a l s o contain
c o n t a i n some s o l l l c things
t h i n g s which r ' r ' h i c h arc
ars
incomplete
i n c o m J re f t e anda n d temporary
t e m n o r a r y ....· . . . " In tl t] st ' l r son
l ' r o t ' i t l e t t l i s s i r t t DeliS
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' I ) o p cLeol . c oXIII X l l l oon r r Ig 1 8 " November
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is
stated...
statcd. " l
[t t is true. no douht. that
i s t t u c . t t o c i o L r b tt.h a t copyists
c o p r i s t s hale
h a r c made
t t t l t r l emistakes
r n i s t a k c sin i n thet h c text
tcxt
of
o 1the
' t h cBible:
t l i b l c :.....
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in 22 Kings
Kings 24:8:
24:8: "Jehoiachin
"Jehoiachin was was eighteen
eighteen yearsyears old
when he he began
began to reign, and and he reigned in Jerusalem
Jerusalem
three
three months
months...,"... ," when
when compared
comparedto 2 Chronicles
Chronicles36:936:9
"Jehoiachin was was eight years years old when he began to
reign, andand he reigned three months and and ten days
days in
Jerusalem."
Jerusalem."
22 Samuel
Samuel6:23:6:23: "Michal the daughterdaughter of of Saul
Saul had
no child unto the day day of
of her death" stands
standscontradictory
contradictory
to
to 22 Samuel
Samuel21 :8, which
27:8, which reads: "But the king
reads:"But took the
king took
two sons
sons of of Rizpah
Rizpah the daughter of of Aiah, whomwhom she she
bare
bare unto Saul, Saul, Armoni
Armoni and and Mephibosheth; and the
five
frve sons
sons of of Michal
Michal the daughter of of Saul,
Saul, whom she she
brought
brought up for Adriel Adriel the son son of of Barzillai
Barzillai the
Meholathite."
Meholathite." In the the New Standard
StandardAmerican Version of
American Version of
1973,
1973, the name Michal,
the name Michal, as as in 2 Samuel
Sarnuel21 :8, which
21:8, which
appears
appearsin in both
both King James Version and
JamesVersion and thethe New World
Translation
Translation of Jehovah's
Jehovah's Witnesses,
Witnesses,was was replaced
replaced by
Mirab
Mirab to to conceal
concealthe the contradiction.
contradiction. Addressingthe
Addressing the issue
issueof
of
seeing
seeingGod God as as stated
statedin in both the old
both the old and
and new
new testaments,
testaments,
John
John 1: 18 teJls
1:18 us: "No man
tells us: hath seen
man hath seen God at any any
time." ThisThis isis also confirmedby 1I John
also confirmed John 4: 4:12. However,
12. However,
Genesis
Genesis32:30 32:30 teJls
tells aa different story "And Jacob
differentstory Jacob called
called
name of
the name of the place
place Peniel: have seen
Peniel: for I have seen God face
face
to face,
face, andand my life is preserved." Strangely enough,
preserved." Strangely enough,
this
this isis also confirmedby
also confirmed Exodus33:
by Exodus 33:lIII "And the Lord Lord
spoke unto Moses
spoke Moses face face, as
face to face, as aa man speaketh
speaketh
unto his his friend."
friend." And And inin Exodus 24:9-11,we
Exodus24:9-11, we are
are told:
told:
"Then went went up Moses,Moses, and Aaron.....
and Aaron also they saw
..... also saw
God, and
God, and did eat and drink."
eat and
We also
We find in
also find in John
John 3: 13 "And no man
3:13 man hath
ascended up to heaven,
ascended heaven, but he he that came
came down from
heaven.even
heaven, even the Son Son of rnan which
of man heaven."This
rvhich is in heaven." This
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"t
again contradicts
again contradicts Genesis
Genesis 5:24,
5:24, which states: "And
which states: "And Enoch
Enoch
walked with God:
walked with God: and and he
he was
was not;
not; for
for God
God took
took him,"
him,"
as well
as well as
as 22 Kings
Kings 2:12:1 "And
"And itit came
came to pass, when
to pass, when the the
Lord would
Lord would take
take upup Elijah into heaven
Elijah into heaven by by a whirlwind
whirlwind
..." Thus,
..." Thus, was Christ who was
was it only Christ taken up to heaven
was taken heaven
or Enoch
Enoch andand Elijah as Additionally, there
as well? Additionally, there areare
numerous
numerous conflicting
conflicting versions
versions of
of the
the Old Testament
Testament
(Hebrew, Greek,
(Hebrew, Greek, Samarian,
Samarian, etc.)etc.) whose authors are
whose authors are in
many cases
many cases unknown
unknown to Biblical authorities.authorities. The same
same
applies to "the great
situation applies
situation great majority
majority of authors and
of authors and
editors ofthe
editors of books of
the books ofthe Bible, who were
the Bible, presumed to be
were presumed be
God's representatives
God's representatives by their their people
people and and werewere alsoalso
anonymous", according
anonymous", according to the the French
French version.
version.
Islam's position
Isldm's position relative
relative toto the Bible is
the Bible one of
is one fairness
of fairness
and unbiased
and unbiased judgment.
judgment. It
lt views
views the
the Bible
Bible as
as clearly
clearly aa
book that
book that contains
contains some
some truth;
truth; however,
however, some
some falsehood
falsehood
has
has tainted
tainted its
its noble
noble origin.
origin. The The Islamic criteria for
Islamic criteria for
distinguishing
distinguishing truth
truth from
froni falsehood
falsehood are the
are the Qur Qur'dn and
'an and
teachings
teachingsof the the Prophet
ProphetMuhammad.
Muhamn-rad. In simple
In terms,
simple terms,
whatever
whatevercontents
contentsof the the Bible
Bible that
that are
are in in agreement
agreementwith
the
the Qur 'an and
Qur'dn Sunnah are
and Sunnah are acceptable
acceptableand what is
and what is in
in
disagreement
disagreement is
is rejected.
rejected. Other
Other statements
statelnents in
in it
it are
are not
not to
to
be
be either
either believed
belibved or or discredited.
discredited.As As forfbr the original
the original
scriptures that God revealed
scripturesthat God revealedto to His
llis prophets,
prophets, Abraham,
Abraham,
Moses,
Moses, David,
David, Jesus
Jesusand and others,
others,firmflrm belief
belief in them is
in them is
among
arnongthethe pillars
pillarsof of faith
faith without rvhichone
without which cannotbe aa
one cannot be
Muslim.
Muslim.
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IV.
IV. The Authenticity of the Qur'an
Authenticity of Qar'An
The final
The final scripture
scripture revealed
revealed to humankind
humankind by God God
(whoseproper
(whose propername
name is is Allah),
AllAh),|1 the
the Qur 'an,
Qur'dn,has has remained
remained
unaltered
unaltered and free from
and free from human
human changes
changesfor more more than
than
1400
1400 years.
years. This
This final messagefrom God was revealedto
final message from God was revealed
Prophet
Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad during period of
during aa period of almost
almost twenty-
twenty-
three years. It
three years. lt was revealed in
was revealed in segments
segmentsof of different
different
lengths.
lengths.As soon soonas he received
as he receivedaa segment
segmenthe he recited
recitedit to to
his
his companions,
companions,who who wrote
wrote it down
down and and memorized
mernorizedit. it. In
addition,
addition, thethe Prophet
Prophet indicated
indicatedto his his scribes
scribesthe precise
the precise
location
locationwhere
whereeach eachsegment shouldbe
segmentshould placedin
be placed in the
the body
body
of the
the text.
text. In this
this way, the QUI'
way, the 'an
Qur'dn in
in its
its entirety
entirety had
had been
been
written
written and and memorized
memorized by hundreds of
by hundreds of Prophet
Prophet
Muhammad's
Muhammad'sfollowersfollowersduring
duringhis lifetime.Abu Bakr,
his lifetime. Bakr, the
the
first
first Caliph,
Caliph,assigned
assignedZaid bin Thabit
Zaidbin Thabitthe responsibilityof
the responsibility
compiling
compilingthe the first
first copy
copy of the
the Qur
Qur'an 'an in aa single
singletext
text after
after
Prophet
ProphetMuhammad
Muhammaddied. died. Then,
Then, following
follor.vingthe ordersof
the orders
the
the third
third Caliph,
Caliph,Uthman,
Uthrnan,Zaid
Zaid later preparedseven
laterprepared sevencopies
copies
which
which werewere sent
sent toto the
the different
diflerent centers
centersof the the Islamic
Islamic
world.
world.
The existenceof the
The existence the QUI'
Qm"dn'an inin its
its original
originalArabic
Arabic text,
text,
the
tlre existence
existenceof millions people
rnillions of people who who memorized
memorized it
verbatim
verbatim in different parts of the
different parts the world
world through
through the the
succeeding generations
succeedinggenerations and
and the
the complete
completeagreement
agreementof all all
2
its
its copies
copiesandand manuscripts testify to
manuscripts'testify to the
the authenticity
authenticityof the the

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1 is the
the same
sameword
*ord that
that Arabic-speaking
Arabrc-speakine Christians
Christiansand
and Jews
Jews
use
usefor God. It is
fbr God. is aa unique rvorclgrammatically,
uniqueword granrnralicallr'.sinceit cannot
since cannotbebe made
made
plural or
plural giren aa gender
or given (i.e. masculine
gender (i.e. masculinc or rvhich is
ferninine). which
or feminine), is
consistent
consistent with the
with the Islamic
Islamicconcept
conccptof God.
God.
t ln his
2 In
''lhc rcf-erence
his book,
book."The Life Lif'cof Mohamed",
Mohamed".William
\\jilliam Muir
N,luirstates
statesin
in reference
to
to the Qrrr'rin."There
thc QUl'lil1. "'|here is probablyno
is probably no other book in
otherbook in the u'orld which
the world which has
has
remained
remaincdtwelve
trrelvecenturies (norvfourteen)
ccnturies(now fburtecn)with
rvithso purcaa text."
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last and final revelation
last and revelation sentsent as as guidance
guidance to humankind.
humankind.
entire Qur'dn
The entire Qur'an is the the literal
literal Word of of God without the the
least addition
least addition or omission.
omission. WhenWhen God God says
says ininthe
the Qur'dn,
Qur 'an,
"Say, o'He
"Say, "He is Allih,
Allah, [who
[who is] is] One," Prophet
Prophet Muhammad,
Muhammad,
the conveyor of the message,
the conveyor of the message, would not have
have been able
been able to
change a single
change single letter
letter or a word from from that
that divine
divine statement.
statement.
had to say
He had say what
what hehe was
was commanded
commanded to: "Say, "He "He is
Allah, [who
Allah, [who isl is] One," without omitting the
without omining the imperative
imperative
verb "say.,,1
verb "say."l
Also, thethe Prophetic
Prophetic narrations (called hadiths),
narrations (called hadiths), which
are the
are the second
secondsource
sourceof of Islamic
Islamic legislation
legislation andand were
were also
also
revealed
revealed by God, God, in meaning
meaning but not in word,
but not word, were
were
recorded
recordedand and kept separatein the
kept separate the books Hadith. On
books of Hadith. On the
the
other hand,
other hand, the the Bible cannot
cannot claimclaim such
such an
an untarnished
untarnished
existence,
existence,being
being aa mixture
mixture of words words allegedly
allegedlysaidsaid by God,
God,
others
othersascribed
ascribedto the prophetswhile still others
the prophets othersspoken
spokenby
people.
people.
It is
is clear
clear to anyone
anyone who who reads the Qur
reads the that this
'an that
Qur'dn this
Book focuses
Book entirelyon
focusesentirely on the
the oneness
onenessof God. God. It doesdoesnot
not
depict the life of Prophet
depict the ProphetMuhammad
Muhammador his his heroism
heroism like
most
most people
people tend
tend to to believe.
believe.Any person personwho who reads
readsthe
the
Qur
Qur'dn'an will clearly
clearly see
see that
that its
its aim
aim is
is to
to promote
promote belief
that
that God
God is is one,
one, alone, glorifying Him,
alone, glorifying following His
Hirn, following His
commands,
commands,and and abstaining
abstainingfrom what He
frorn what has forbidden.
He has forbidden.
The
The Qur 'an
Qur'dn refers
refers to
to Muhammad
Muhammad as
as a
a messenger
messenger God,
of God,
like
like all
all the
the other
other messengers
messengers who precededhim.
who preceded Verse
him. Verse

' Dr. Laura Veccia her book "Apologia dell'

dell'
I Dr. I-aura Vcccia VaglieriVaglicri states
statesin
in her book "Apologia
Islamismo",
Islamismo","But "But there
thereis
is another prool'of
anotherproof of the Divinity of
theDivinity theQur
of the 'an: itit
Qur'dn:
is
is the
the fact
lbct that
that itit has
has been preset'vcdintact
bcen preserved intact through tl.reages
through the sincethe
agessinee the
time
timeof of its
its Revelation
Revelationtill till the
thepresent
presentday.
da1. And
And so lvill always
soitit will remain,
alwaysremain,
by God's
by God'swill,
rvill,as
aslong
longas
asthetheuniverse
universeexists."
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3:144
3: reads: "Muhammad
144 reads: "Muhammad is is not
not but
but aa messenger.
messenger.
[Other] messengers
[Other] messengers have passedon
havepassed on before
beforehim.him. SoSo if
if he
he
was to
was to die
die or be be killed,
killed, would
would you you turn back back on on your
heels[to
heels unbeliefl?And he
[to unbelief)? he who
who turns
turns back
back onon his
his heels
heels
never harm Allah
will never AIIah at all; but Allah will reward
at all; reward the the
grateful."
grateful."
The Prophet
The Prophetis is also
alsodescribed
describedas one who
asone who is is unable
unableto to
benefitanyone,
benefit includinghimself~
anyone,including hirrrself.without
lvitl-routthe permission
the permission
God.Verse
of God. Verse7:1887:188tells
tellsus:
us:"Say,
"Say,"I hold not
"I hold not for myself
myself
[the power of)
[the power of] benefit harm, except
benefit or harm, cxceptwhat Allah Allih hashas
willed. And if I knew
willed. knew the unscen,I could
the unseen, could have
have acquired
acquired
much wealth,
much wealth, and and nono harm
harm would
lvould have
have touched
touched me. me. I
am not
am not except
except aa warner and and aa bringer
bringer of goodgood tidings
tidings
peoplewho believe.
to aa people believe."
In fact,
In fact, there
thereareare even
evenverses
versesreproaching
reproachingthe the Prophet
Prophet
fbr ceftair-r
for celiain actions.There
actions. There is is an
an incident
incidentwherein
whereinaa blind
blind
rnan interrupted
man interrupted him him as as he he was
rvas calling
calling aa group
group of
influentialMakkans
influential Makkansto to Islam
Isldrrrand pleadedwith
and pleaded u,ith the
the Prophet
Prophet
to give him
to give him somc
sorrereligious
religiousknowledge.
knowledge.In In his
his eagerness
eagerness to
to
guide others.
guide others.the the Prophet
Plophet frowned
fi'orvnedand ignored him for he
and ignored he
knervthat
knew that the
the blind Inan was
blind man was of strong 1aith.and
strongfaith, and that
that there
there
rvould
would be be no harm if
no harm he q'aited
if he waited i.urtil
until hehe finished
finished hishis
meeting.
meeting. Horvever,
However, the Prophet was
the Prophet was reproached
reproached by God God in
Ihe Qur
the Qur'dn'un (80:
(80:1-ll),
I-II), rvhere
wherc He "'The Prophet
says: "The
He says: Prophet
frorvned and
frowned and turned
turned awav
away because
because the the blind man man came
came
to him, [interrupting].
Iinterrupting]. But rvhat
what rvould
would make
make you
perceive, 10
perceivc, lO Muhammadl,
Muhammadl, that
that perhaps
perhaps he
he might be
be
purificd?
purified? Or Or be be remindecl
I'eminded ancl and thc
the rentembrance
remembrance would
benefit
benefit him?
him? As for he he who thinksthinks himself
himself without
without
need,
need, to him vou you givc
give attention.
attention. And not upon you
not upon you [is[is
:rny
any blanrel
blame] if he will not bc
if he be puriliecl.
purified. But as as for hehe who
came to you striving [for
camc [for knowledgel
knowledge] while he he fears
fears
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[Attahl, from him
him you
you are distracted. No!
are distracted. Indeed, these
No! Indeed, these
[verses]
[verses] are a reminder."
reminder."
reader of
The reader of the
the Qur'dn will also
Qur 'an will verses that
also find verses that
Muhammad in strong terms
Prophet Muhammad
warn Prophet terms and even
threaten him
threaten him with
with death fabricate any saying
death ifif he were to fabricate
the name
in the name of of God.
God. Verses 69:44-47 read:
Verses 69:44-47 "And ifif he
read: "And
[Muhammad]
[Muhammad] had made
made up about Us some
some [false]
[false]
sayings, We would have
sayings, seized him by the right hand;
have seized right
Then We would have cut from him the aorta. And
would have And
there is no one
there of you who could
one of could prevent [Us] from
prevent [Usl
him."
him.tt
The Arab
The Arab pagans
pagans at at the
the time
time of of the Prophet accused
the Prophet accused
him ofof forging
forging thethe Qur
Qur'dn.'an. At that
that point,
point, God
God revealed
revealed to
him various
various verses
verses in which which He challenged them
He challenged them to
produce 'c?n. Verse 17:88 reads:
17:88reads:
produceaa bookbook similar
similar to the the Qur'an.
Qur Verse
"Say,
"Say, o'If
"If mankind and
and the
the jinn gathered
gathered in order to
produce
produce the the like of thisthis Qur'an,
Qur'in, they could not
they could not produce produce
the like of it, even
even if if they werewere to each assistants."
each other assistants."
And verses
verses 52:33-34
52:33-34read: read: "Or"Or do do they say, "He has
they say, has
made
made it up"? Rather, Rather, they they do do notnot believe. Then let
believe. Then
them produce
produce aa statement
statement like it, if they should be
they should be
truthful."
truthful." But
But they
they failed
failed to
to do
do so.
so. The
The challenge
challenge was
was
later
laterreduced
reducedto to 1010 chapters
chaptersas as isis clear
clearfromfrom Verse
Verse 11: 1l:13,
13,
which reads: "Or
which reads:"Or do they do they say,
say, "He invented
invented it"? Say'
Say,
'oThenbring
"Then bring tenten surahs
siirahs likelike itit that
that havehave been invented
been invented
and
and callcall upon
upon [for [for assistance]
assistance]whomeverwhomever you can you can
besides
besidesAllah,
Allah, if if you
you should
shouldbe be truthful."
truthful." But But they failed
theyfailed
in
in this
this also.
also. ItIt was
was finally reducedto
finally reduced to aa single chapter.
singlechapter.
Verses 2:23-24
Verses 2:23-24 infonn
infonn us:
us: "And
"And if
if you
you are
are in
in doubt
doubt
about what We
about what We have sent have sent down
down upon
upon Our
Our Servant
Servant
[Muhammad],
[Muhammad], then then produce
produce aa surah siirah the like thereof
the like thereof
and
and call
call upon
upon your
your witnesses
witnessesother other than AllAh' if
than Allah, you
if you
should
should be be truthful.
truthful. But But if you do
if you not, and
do not, and you you will
will
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never be able
able to, to, then
then fear
fear the
the Fire
Fire whose
whose fuelfuel is
is men
men
and stones,
and stones,prepared
preparedfor for the
the disbelievers."
disbelievers."Verse Verse10:38l0:38
says: "Or
says: "Or do do theythey say say [about
[about the the Prophet],
Prophet], "He ..He
invented it?"
invented it?" Say, Say, "Then
"Then bringbring forth
forth aa siirah
siirah like
like itit
and call
and call upon
upon [for [for assistance]
assistance] whomever
whomever you
you can
can
besidesAllah,
besides Allah, if you should
if you should be be truthful."
truthful." They They failed
failed toto
accomplishthis
accomplish this asaswell.
well. This provesthat
This proves thatthe
the bitter
bitter enemies
enemies
Islam, although
of Isliim, although very very eloquent
eloquent in in Arabic,
Arabic, failed
failed to to
compose a single
compose a single chapter chaptersimilar
similar to that in
to that in the
the Qur 'an.
Qur'dn.
Had they
Had they been
been ableable toto stand
stand up up toto the
the challenge,
challenge,they they
would have
would have saved
savedthemselves
themselvesmuch much timetime and
and effort
effort spent
spent
in trying
in trying to put an
to put an end
endto to Islam
Islamby by force.
force.
Unlike the
Unlike the Bible,
Bible, thethe Qur
Qur'dn'an is
is free
free from
from all
all kinds
kinds of
error, discrepancy,
error, discrepancy,contradiction
contradiction or conflict conflict with reason
reason
and science.
and science.In In the
the Qur'an, Verse
Verse 4:82,
4:82, we
we read:
read: ,,Thendo
"Then do
Qur'dn,
they not reflect
they reflect uponupon thethe Qur'an?
Qur'dn? If
If it had
had been
been from
[any] other than Allah, Alliih, they would have have found within
within it
much contradiction."
much contradiction."
The Qur
The 'an, which
Qur'cin, which was was revealed
revealed fourteen
foufteen centuries
centuries
ago, mentions
ago, mentionsfacts facts only recently
recentlydiscovered
discoveredor proven proven by
scientists with the
scientists the help
help of of sophisticated equipment and
sophisticatedequipment and
advanced scientific research.
advanced scientific research. For For example,
example, God God speaks
speaks
vividly about
about the the phases
phases of man's
man's embryonic development,
embryonicdevelopment,
saying:
saying: "And"And certainly did We create create man from from an
extract of clay.
of clay. Then We placed placed him as as a sperm-drop
sperm-drop in
a firm
firm lodging.
lodging. Then We made made the the sperm-drop
sperm-drop into a
clinging
clinging clot,
clot, and We made made the clot into a lump [of [of
fleshl,
flesh], and We made made [from]
[from] the lump, bones, bones, and We
covered
covered the bones bones with
with flesh;
flesh; then We developeddeveloped him
into another
another creation.
creation. So So blessed
blessed is Allih,
Allah, the bestbest of of
creators."
creators." (Qur'(Qur'an 6n 23 : 12-| 4)
23:12-14)
The Qur'dn
Qur 'an also refers to the
alsorefers the formation
formation of of the universe
universe
and
and thethe big bangbang which
which began
oegan thethe process.
process. Verse
Verse 2l:30
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reads: "Have those
those who disbelieved
disbelieved not considered
considered that
that
heavens and the earth were a joined
the heavens joined entity, and We We
separated them and made from
separated water every living
from water living
thing? Then will believe?" The topic of
will they not believe?'o of this
this
verse was
verse was the
the subject
subject of
of the
the Nobel Prize
Prize in 1973.
1973. Modern
Modem
science also
science also proved
proved that
that 80%
80% of the cytoplasm
of the cytoplasm ofof the
the
actually water.
living cell is actually such precise
water. For such knowledge to
precise knowledge
reach Muhammad.
reach Muhammad, an an illiterate man l , more
illiterate man', more than
than 14 14
centuries ago
centuries ago is
is manifest
manifest proof that
that the Qur 'an is
the Qur'dn is aaword
word
of God,
of God, and
and that
that Muhammad
Muhammad was was His Messenger.
Messenger.
The Life
V. The Life and Mission of Jesus
of Jesus
is known
Very little is known about
about the early years
the early years ofof Jesus'
Jesus'
The Virgin Mary gave
life. The gave birth Palestine. All
birth to him in Palestine. All
Muslims believe in and
Muslims believe and respect
respect Jesus
Jesus because
becauseof the the
referencesto him in the
references lhe Qur 'an
Qur'dn and
and the
the prophetic
prophetic sayings
sayings
as one of
as one the greatest
ofthe greatestProphets
Prophetsof Allah.
Allah.
The
The essence
essence of his
his teachings
teachingswaswas based
basedon on the belief in
the belief
aa unique
uniqueGod
God and
andworshipping
worshippingno no one
onebut Him in
but Him in addition.
addition.
He
He also
also preached
preachedlovelove and peace.He
and peace. perforrnedseveral
He performed several
miracles,
miracles,never
never crediting
creditingthem
them to himself, but
to himself, indicating
but indicating
always
alwaysthat
that it was
was byby God's
God'swill? In John
will.' In John 5:30, Jesusis
5:30, Jesus is

1I In the Qur
In the 'an, Verse
Qur'dn, Verse 29:48,
29:48, God
God says:
says:"And you you did not recite
did not recite
before
before it it any
any scripture,
scripture, nor
nor did you inscribe
did you inscribe one one with your right
with your right
hand.
hand,Otherwise
Otherwisethe the falsifiers
falsifierswould havehad
would have had [cause
[causeforI doubt."
forl doubt."
2 In spite
2 In spiteof of this
this we
rvefind
flnd Christian preachers
Christianpreachers insistingon
insisting goingagainst
on going against
the teachingsof
the teachings of Christ
Christ and
and considering
consideringhis his miracles
miraclesas rcasonsto
as reasons to
believe
believein in his
his divinity.
divinity. One
One may, thcretbre,be
ma1,therefore, entitledto
be entitled ask them:
to ask them:
"Why do
"Why do you
you not
not consider
considerMoses
MosesGod Ciodsince
sincehe hc hit the sea
hit the rvith his
seawith staff
his staff
and
anditit parted?"
parted?"(Exodus
(E,xodus14:16-29). stafI rvasalso
His statTwas
14:16-29).llis transfbrmedinto
alsotransformed into aa
reptile
reptile(Exodus
(Exodus4:2-5).
4:2-5)."Why
"Why did
did you
)'ounot JoshuaGod
considerJoshua
not consider God though
though
he
he ordered
ordered the the sun
sun and
and the
the moon
moon to stop and
to stop and they obeyed his
they obeyed his
command?"
command?"(Joshua (Joshua10: "Wh1'rvas
12-13). "Why
10:l2-13). F)li.iah
was Elijah not considered
not considered God
God
though
thoughhe he quickened
quickenedthe thc dead'I"
dead?"(I (l Kings l7:20-22)"And
Kings 17:20-22) "And what
what about
about
Elisha
E,lisha who
rvhoalso
alsobrought
broughtthethedead
clead back
backto lil'e'?"
to life?" (2 Kings
(2 4:32-35).Even
Kings4:32-35). Even
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quoted as saying: "I can"I can ofof mine
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self do
do nothing."
nothing."
Luke 11
Luke 11:20
:20 reads: "But if II with the
reads:"But the finger
finger of God God cast cast
devils." Jesus
out devils." Jesusused
usedto to supplicate
supplicatetoto God,
God, Creator
Creator of
the Heavens
the Heavens and and Earth.
Earth. Upon
Upon bringing
bringing Lazarus
Lazarus back back toto
life, John
life, John 11:41-42
ll:41-42 states: "And Jesus
states:"And Jesuslifted
lifted up his his eyes,
eyes,
and said,
and said, Father, I thank thee thee that thou hast hast heard
heard
me. And I knew that thou hearest
me. hearest me me always:
always: but
because of
because of the people
people which stand stand by I saidsaid it, that
they may believe believe that thou hast hast sent
sent me." Simon Simon
(Peter),aa major
(Peter), major disciple
disciple says: "Ye men of
says:"Yemen of Israel,
Israel, hearhear
these words; Jesus
these Jesus of Nazareth,
Nazareth, aa man approved
approved of
among you by miracles
God among miracles andand wonders
wonders and and signs,
signs,
which God did by him in the midst of of you, as as ye
yourselves also
yourselves (Acts 2:22)
also know." (Acts 2:22) Even
Even the
the people
peoplewho who
witnessedthose
witnessed thosemiracles
miraclesknew
knew that
that they
they were
were approved
approvedby
God and
God that Jesus
and that Jesuswas prophet of God.
was aa prophet God. In the the case
caseof
the widow's son,
the son, whom
lvhom Jesus
Jesusbrought
brought back
back to life,
life, those
those
presentproclaimed:
present proclaimed:"... "...that
that aa great
great prophet is risen risen up
among us;
among us; and,
and, that God hath visited his people." people."
(Luke7:
(Luke 7:1 6).
16).
lnthe
In the Qur
Qur'dn,this great Prophet
'an, this great Prophetof GodGod is is referred
referredto
as "Isa ibn
as ibn Maryam" (Jesus,the
Maryam" (Jesus, the son
son of Mary)
Mary) 25 25 times,
times,
whereas
whereas the the name
name of Prophet
Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad himselfhimself is is only
only
mentioned
mentioned 5 times.
times.
In Chapter
Chapter 3 of the Qur
of the 'an, called
Qur'dn, Aali- 'Imraan (The
called Aali-'Imraan (The
Family
Family of Imran)we
ofImran) we read:
read:
42.
42. And [mention] when the
[mention] when the angels said, "0
angels said, Mary!,
"O M"ryt,
indeed
indeed Allnh
Allah has chosen you and
has chosen and purified you and
chosen you above
chosen above the
the women
women of the the worlds.
worlds.

E,lisha's
Elisha's bones
bones after
after his
his death
death raised
raised the dead, (2
the dead, (2 Kings
Kings l3:20-21).
13:20-21). As
fbr Ezekiel (37:7-10),
for E,zekiel (37:7-10), he brought a whole
he brought whole arml'
army of
of thousands
thousands of
of people
people
back to life,
back life. Still
Still none
none ofthem
of them is considercd
considered God even a god.
God or even god.
'
Maryam (Mary),
I Maryam the mother
(Mary), the mother of
of thc
the Prophet Jesus, is the
Prophet Jesus. the onty
only woman
woman
mentioned
mentioned by name name in lhethe Qur'an
Qur 'an. Her
Her name
name appears
appears 34 times.
times. In
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43. Mary, be devoutly obedient
O Mary, obedient to your your Lord
Lord and
prostrate and bow with with those
those who bow [in [in prayer]."
prayer]."
44. That is from
44. That from the news news of unseen which
of the unseen which We
reveal to you, [0
reveal [O Muhammad]. And you were not with with
them when they cast their pens
cast their pens asas to which of of them
responsible for Mary.
should be responsible Mary. Nor Nor were you with with
disputed.
them when they disputed.
45. [And
45. [And mention]
mention] when when thethe angels
angelssaid, "O Mu.y'
said, "0 Mary,
Allah gives
indeed Alliih
indeed gives you good good tidings of word l from
of a word' from
Him, whose
Him, whose name
name will will bebe the Messiah, Jesus, the son
Messiah, Jesus, son of
of
distinguished in this world and the Hereafter
Mary, distinguished
Mrry,
and
and among those brought
among those brought nearnear [to Allah].
46. He will speak
46.He speak to the peoplein the
the people cradle and
the cradle and in
maturity
maturity and willwill bebe of the righteous."
righteous."
47.
47. She saido"My
She said, 'oMy Lord, how how will I have have a child
when
when no no man has has touched
touched me?" me?o' [The angel] said,
[The angel] said'
'oSuch is
"Such is Allah; He creates
creates what He wills. When He
decrees
decreesa matter,
matter, He only only says
saysto it, 'Be,' and
itr'Ber' is.
and it is.
48.
48. And He will teach teach him writing and wisdom'2
and wisdom
and
and the
the Torah and and the
the Gospel
Gospel
49.
49. And [make
[make him] him] a messenger
messengerto the Children of
the Children
Israel, [who 'Indeed I have with a
[who will
will say],
say], 'Indeed have come
come to you with
sign
sign from your Lord
Lord in that I design
design for you from clay
3
[that which
[that which is]
isl like
like the
the form
form of a
a bird
bird., , then
then I breathe
breathe

addition,
addition,therc
therc is
is no
no single
singlechapter
chapterin in the tliblc by
thc Bible by her name,whereas
her name, rvhereasan an
entire
entire chapter
chaptcr inin the
the Qur 'an is
Qur'dn is named
named after hcr. In
aftcr her. fact, no
ln fact, no Qur'anie
Qur'dnic
chapter
chapter mentions
mcntions the the names
names of Prophet
Prophet Muhammad's mother, his
Muharrrnad'smother, his
daughters
daughters or
or his
his wives
rvivesby by name.
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the prophet Jesus,who rvho was
rvas conceived merely by
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rvord"Be."
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2 i.e. of
of the
theProphets
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the teachings
I This miracle
3 This miracleplus
plus the
the miracle
miracleof ol AI-Maa (thetable
'idah (the
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of food that
descended
descendcdfrom from the
the heaven)
heaven)and and others
othcrs arcarc mentioned
ntcntionedonlyonly inin the
the
Qur 'an, but
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notin
in the
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into it and
and itit becomes
becomesaa bird bird byby permission
permission of Allah.
And II cure
And cure the the blind
blind and
and thethe leper,
leper, and
and I give
give life to the
the
dead -- by
dead permissionof
by permission of Allah.
Allah. And I inform you you of
what you
what you eateat and
and what
what you you store
store in your houses.
houses.Indeed
Indeed
in that
in that is is aa sign
sign for you, if
for you, you are
if you are believers.
believers.
50. And
50. And [I [I have
have come]
come] confirming what was was before
before
me of
me of the
the Torah
Torah andand to to make
make lawful for you you some
some of
what was
what was forbidden
forbidden to to you.
you. And I have have come
come to you
with aa sign
with sign from your Lord, so so fear Allnh and obey
fear Allah and obey me.
me.
51. Indeed, Allah
51. Indeed, Alleh is is my Lord and and your Lord, so so
worship Him. That is
worship is the
the straight
straight path."
52. But when
52. when Jesus
Jesus felt [persistence
[persistence in] inl disbelief
them, he
from them, he said,
said, "Who
"Who are are my supporters
supporters for [the [the
cause of]
cause of] Allah?" The The disciples
disciples said,"
said," We are
supporters for Allah.
supporters Alllh. We have have believed
believed in Allah
Allah and
testify that we
testify we are
are Muslims
Muslims [submitting
[submitting to Him].
53. Our Lord,
53. Lordo we we havehave believed
believed in what You
revealed and
revealed have followed
and have followed the messenger
messenger Jesus,
Jesus, so so
registerus
register us among
among thethe witnesses
rvitnesses [to truth]."
[to truth]."
54. And the
54. the disbelievers
disbelievers planned,planned, but Alleh Allah
planned.And Allah is
planned. is the
the best planners.
bestof planners.
55. [Mention]
55. [Mention] whenwhen Allah Alldh said,
said, "0 Jesus,indeed
"O Jesus, indeed I
take you
will take you and
and raise
raise you!
you' to Myself and and purify
purify you
those who disbelieve
from those disbelieve and make those those who follow
submission to AllAh
you [in submission Allah alone]
alone] superior
superior to those
those
who disbelieve
disbelieveuntil the the Day of Resurrection.
Resurrection. Then to
Me is is your return,return, and and I will will judge between
between you
concerning that in which you used
concerning used to differ.
56. And as
56. as for those
those rvho who disbelieved, will punish
disbelieved, II will punish
them with a severe
them severepunishment
punishment in this this lvorld
world and the
Hereafter, and
Hereafter, and they
they will havehave no no helpers."
helpers."

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I God
God sar,ed Jesus and
saved Jesus and raised
raised him
him to hcaven alive, in body
heaven alive, body and
and soul
soul
rvithout
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57. But as as for
for those
those whowho believed
believed andand diddid righteous
righteous
deeds, He
deeds, He will will give them
them in
in full
full their
their rewards,
rewards, and
and
Allah does
All6h does not not like
like the wrongdoers.
wrongdoers.
58. This
This is what
what We We recite to you,
recite to you, [O [0 Muhammadl'
Muhammad],
of [Our]
of [Our] verses
verses and the precise [and wise] message.
precise [and message.
example of
59. Indeed, the example Jesus to AllSh
of Jesus Allah is like
like that
that
of Adam.
of Adam. He createdcreated Him from dust; then He said to
Him from
him, ttBertt
himr "Be," and he was. was.
60. The truth truth is from your Lord, so do not be
your Lord,
doubters.
among the doubters.
61. Then whoever argues
61. argues withwith you about itit after after
[this] knowledge
[this] knowledge has come to you -- say'
has come say, "Come, let us us
call our sons
call sons andand your sons, sons' our womenwomen and your
yourselves, then supplicate
ourselves and yourselves,
women, ourselves supplicate
earnestly [together]
earnestly [together] and invoke the curse
curse of
of AIInh
Allah upon
the liars [among
the liars [among us]."
us]."
62.
62. Indeed,
Indeed, this is is the true narration. And there is
no
no deity except
except Allah. And indeed, indeed, Allah is Exalted
is the Exalted
in Might,
Might, the Wise.Wise.
And inin chapter
chapter19, calledMaryam,
19,called Maryam,,God revealed:
God revealed:
16.
16. And mention,
mention, [0 [O Muhammad],
Muhammad], in the
the Book [the
[the
story of)o{l Mary,
Mury, when when she she withdrew from her family to
aa place
place toward the the east.
east.
17. And she
17. she took,
took, in seclusion
seclusionfrom them, screen.
them, aa screen.
Then
Then We sent sent toto her Our Angel, Angel, andand he he represented
represented
himself
himselfto to her
her as
asaa well-proportioned
well-proportionedman. man.
18.
18. She
She said,
said, "Indeed,
"Indeed, II seek refuge in
seek refuge in the Most
the Most
Merciful
Merciful from from you,you, [so[so leave
leave me],
mel, if you should
if you should be be
fearing
fearingof of Allah."
AII5h."
19.
19.He
He said,
said,"I "I am
am only
only thethe messenger
messenger of your Lord
of your Lord
to
to give
giveyou
you [news
[newsof) ofl aa pure
pure boyboy [i.e., sonl."
[i.e.'son]."
20.
20. She
Shesaid,
said,"How
"How can haveaa boy
can II have while no
boy while no man
man
has
hastouched
touchedme me and
and 1I have
havenot not been unchaste?"
beenunchaste?"
21. He said, o(Thus[it will
said,"Thus your Lord
Lord says, 'It isis
says"It
21.He [it will be];
be];your
easy
easyforfor Me,
Me, and.
and.WeWe willwill make
makehim sign to the
him aa sign to the peoplepeople
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and aa mercy from Us. Us. And it is is aa matter [already]
[already]
decreed."
decreed."
22.
22. So
So she
she conceived
conceived him, him. and
and sheshe withdrew with
withdrew with
him to aa remote
remote place.
place.
23. And the
23. the pains
pains of childbirth
childbirth drove her to the
trunk
trunk of aa palm tree.tree. She
She said,
said, "Oh,
"Oh, I wish I had died
before
before this andand was
was in oblivion, forgotten."
24.
24. But he he called
called her from below below her, 66Donot
hero "Do
grieve;
grieve; your Lord has has provided
provided beneath
beneathyou a stream.
stream.
25.
25. And shake
shake toward you the trunk trunk ofof the palm
tree;
tree; it will
will drop upon
upon you ripe, freshfresh dates.
dates.
26. So eat
26. So eat and
and drink
drink and be contented.
and be contented.And if if you
see
seefrom amongamong humanity anyone, anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have
say, 'Indeed, have
vowed
vowed to the Most Merciful Merciful abstention,
abstention, so so I will
will not
speak
speaktoday
today to [any]
[anyl man."
27. Then she
27. Then she brought
brought him him to her people,
people,carrying
him. They said,
him. They said, "0"O Mary,
Mury, youyou have
have certainly
certainly done
done a
thing unprecedented.
unprecedented.
28.
28. 0O sister
sisterof Aaron,
Aaron, your father
father was
was not a man of of
evil,
evil, nor was mother unchaste."
was your mother unchaste.tt
29.
29. So
So she pointed to him.
she pointed him. They
They said,
said, "How can we
"How can
speak
speakto to one
one who is is in the cradle aa child?"
the cradle
30.
30. [Jesus] 'olndeed,I am
said,"Indeed, the servant
ser-vantof Allah.
[Jesus]said, am the
He has given me
hasgiven me the
the Scripture
Scripture and
and made
made meme a prophet.
prophet.
31.
31. And He has has made
made me me blessed
blessedwherever
wherever I am
and has
and has enjoined
enjdined upon
upon me me prayer and and Zakah,l
ZakAh,r as
as long
long
as remain alive
as I remain alive
32. And [made
32. [made me] me] dutiful to my mother,
mother, and He
has not
has not made
made meme aa wretched tyrant.
wretched tyrant.
33. peaceis
33. And peace is on
on me
me the day I was
the day was born andand the
the
day
day I will die and the day I am raised
die and the day am raised alive." alive."

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specified to be givento
bc given to deserving poor and
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34.That is Jesus,
Jesus, the the son
son of Mary the
of Mary word of
the word oftruth
truth
about which they are
about which they are in disPute. in dispute.
35. ItIt is
35. is not
not [befitting]
[befitting] for Allah to
for Allnh take aa son;
to take son;
exalted is He!
exalted is He! When When He
He decrees
decrees an
an affair,
affair, He
He only
only says
says
to it, "Be,"
to itr "Ber" and and it
it is.
is.
36. [Jesus
[Jesus said],
said], "And"And indeed, Allah is my
indeed, Allah Lord and
my Lord
your Lord,
your Lord, so worship
worship Him. Him. That straight palh.'.'
That is a straight path."
Further, the words
Further, words of of Prophet Muhammad also
Prophet Muhammad also include
include
references to Jesus.
references Jesus. ln In one
one narration, Prophet Muhammad
narration, Prophet Muhammad
says: "Both
says: "Both in this world world and in the Hereaftel Hereafte-:, lI am the
nearest of
nearest of people
people to Jesus, Jesus, the son son of Mary. The
of Mary.
prophets are paternal brothers;, brothers; their their mothers are
different but their
aiffirent their religion is one."r one."l
In another hadith, Prophet
another hadith, Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad says: says: "When
"When
any human being being is born, Satan touches him at both
Satan touches
sides
sides ofof the body with with his fingers, except
his two fingers, for Jesus,
except for Jesus,
the son of
son Mary, Mary, whom Satan
Satan tried to touch but failed'
failed,
for he
he touched
touched the placenta-cover
placenta-coverinstead.,,2
instead."' This was aa
This was
response
response to the
the supplication
supplication of his
his grandmother
grandmother "the
"the wife
of Imran"
Imrdn" whenwhen according
accordingto the the narration
narrationin the the Qur 'an,
Qur'dn,
she
she said:
said: " ...And
"...And I have
have named
named her
her Maryr
Mary, and
and I seek
seek
refuge
refuge for her in You and and [for] descendantsfrom
[forl her descendants
Satan,
Satai, the
the expelled
expelled[from [from the
the mercy
mercy of Allahl."3
Allah].,,3
The
The Qur 'an
Qur'rirz considers
considers the
the characters
characters Jesus and
of Jesus and
Muhammad
Muhammad equally equally pure, pure, immaculate,
immaculate,and and noble since
noble since
bothof
both of them
them areareprophets
prophetsfrom from the the same
sameAlmighty God.
Almighty God.

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byAl-Bukhari,
Al-Bukhari, hadith
hadithno.
no.3370.
3370.
22Al-Bukhari,
A l - B u k h a r i3216.
3, 2 1 6 .
3r3:36.
3:36. Both
Both the
the Qur 'an and
Qur'dn andProphct
ProphctMuhammad
Muhammadhonored Jesusby
honoredJesus by
stating
statingthat
thathe
hewas
wasguarded
guardedfrom
fiom the
thecvils
cvils of Satan.Actually,
of Satan. this isis aa
Actually, this
refutation
refutationof
of the
theBiblical
Biblicalclaim
claiminin Luke
Luke4:2
4:2that
thatJesus
Jesuswas "temptedby
rvas"tempted by
the
thedevil."
devil."
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VI. Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad
Jesus
Jesus had had told the Jews
the Jews that that after after him no prophet prophet
would appear
appearamong among them,
them, and
and that that thethe Kingdom of of God
would be be taken
taken from from them
them and
and given given to a nation nation more more
worthy of of it (Matthew 21 :43). This nation
(Matthew 21:43). nation was the
descendentsof
descendents Ishmael who had
of Ishmael had been been rejected
rejected by the
l
Jews.r The
Jews. The Qur'dn
Qur'dn (61:6)
(61:6) states,
states, "And
"And [mention]
[mentionl when
Jesus,
Jesus, the the sonson of Mary, said, said, "0 "O children
children of Israel'
of Israel,
indeed
indeed I am the messenger messengerof Allah to you confirming confirming
what came came before
before me the Torah and bringing good
me of the good
tidings of a messenger
tidings a messenger come to come after me, whose name is
me, whose name
Ahmad." But when when he he came
came to them them with clear clear
evidences,
evidences,they they said, ooThis
said,"This is
is obvious
obviousmagic." magic."
In
In the
the New
New Testament,
Testarnent, Jesus prophesizes
Jesusprophesizes the
the coming
coming
of Muhammad
Muhammad in in these
thesewords: "Nevertheless I tell
words: "Nevertheless tell you
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the truth;
truth; It It is fr " -.. for you that I go away: away: for if if
I go not away, away, il not
il not come
come untounto you;
you;
but if if I depart
depart unto
Jnto you. And And whenwhen he
is
is come,
come, he he ,: world
world of of sin, and of of
righteousnes~
righteousness .t:
.t: ... Howbeit
Howbeit when when he,
the Spirit of ?:, ~: will
rvill guide
guide youyou into
into allall
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this[/r, . ,e
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readerof lhc Qur
ol-the 'an finds that
finds that
Qur'dn
Allah favored11
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or period (Qur
certainperiod 'an 2:47).
(Qur'dn 2:47).
Many
Many stories
stories lk
rk of them and
o1' them and their Prophets,
their Prophets,
especially
espccialll'MeMc nanre136
b,vname
by 136times
timesinin the
the Qur 'an,
Qur'6n.
Not
Not on Iv thaI
onlv thal radencouraged
lad encouraged Muslimsto
Muslims faston
to fast on
the lOth"
the lOthof
of itil rth of
:1th of the Islamiccalendar)
the Islamic calendar)andand the
the
day
day before
belbrc ji ec to
to Allah firr saving
,lllah for Moses and
savingMoses and the
the
Children
Childrenof oj of Pharaoh
of Pharaohby parling the
by parting the Red
Red Sea.
Sea.
Muslims hh
Muslims mn commemoration
commcnlorationof this this event for
event for
morc than
more than also hold
also great respect
hold great respectforfor all
all the
the
Prophets
Prophcts
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namethe'
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himself; but
but
hear, that
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:
speak: and he
will
will show you things to come...
come...He shall glorify
glorify me..."
me..."
(John16:7-14).
(John 16:7-14).Since
Sincethat
that time,
time, who
who has glorifiedJesus
hasglorified Jesusas
as
much
much asas Muhammad
Muhammaddid]?
did'?
In the
the Gospel
Gospel of Barnabas,
Barnabas,oneone of the
the Gospels
Gospels not
not
recognized
recognizedby thethe Church,
Church, Jesus
Jesussays:
says: "since men have
called
called me "God," and "Son of
and "Son of God," God, in order
that
that I be not mocked of of the demons
demons on the day of of
judgment, hath willed
judgment, willed that I be mocked of of men in this
world
world by the death of of Judas;
Judas,o making all men to
believe that I died upon the cross.
cross. And this mocking
mocking
shall continue until
until the advent
advent ofof Mohammed,
Mohammed. the
messenger
messenger of of God, who, when rvhen he shall come,
come, shall

t
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people went
went to extremes
extremesregarding
regardingthe the person
personof Jesus
JesusChrist.
Christ.
Some
Some rejected
rejectedhim and and spared
sparednono cffort
el'fort to
to discredit
discredithim,
him, while
while others
others
later
latcr denied
denied his
his existence
existcncealtogether
altogethcrconsidering
consideringhim to to be
be aa fictional
fictional
character.
character.As for fbr Jesus'
Jesus'teachings
teachingsregarding
rcgardingthe the belief inin only one
one true
true
God,
God, his
his so-called
so-calledfollowers rvent off in
follorverswent in another
anotherdirection.
direction. It was
rvasonly
Islam
Islam that
that declared
declaredhis his prophethood
orophethoodand and defended
defendedhis his character
character
2 According to the
2 According the Gospels,
Gospeli, Christ
Chrisl was
rvasbetrayed
hetrayer.l for 30
30 pieces
piecesof silver
silver
by
b1' his
his treasurer.
trcasurer. However,
Horvever, Ibn Kathir, in
Ibn Kathir, in his
his Qur'anic
Qur'6nic exegesis
cxegesis(Q. (Q.
4: 157) and
4:157) and others
otherssay
say that
that the
the disciple '"vhoallegedly
disciplewho allegedlybetrayed
betrayedChrist
Christ did
not
not actually
actually do
do so;
so; instead
insteadhe he sacrificed
sacrillcedhimselffor
himself fbr Christ.
Christ. After he he had
had
heard
heardChrist
Christ say
say"On
"On the day day of danger, whom shaH
ofdanger, shall I cause
cause to look
look
like
like me, and he shaH shall be
be my companion
cornpanion in Heaven?"
Heaven?" that that disciple
disciple
. expressed
expressedhis his willingness
rvillingnessto be be so,
so, and
and soso it was.
ri'as.Such
Such selfless
selflessact
act is
is
worthy
rvorthyof thethe disciples
disciplesof JesusJesusChrist.
Christ.On On the
the other
other hand,
hand,the
the act
act of
betrayal
betrayalcommitted
committed by Judas,
Judas,according
accordingto to the
the Gospels,
Gospels,is is contradictory
contradictory
to
to other
other gospel
gospelnarrations
narrationssuchsuchasas Matthew
lvlatthew19:28
I 9:28 "... when the Son of of
man shaH
shall sit in the thc throne of his gIOl'y,glory, ye also also shaH
shall sit upon
judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
twelve thrones, judging So, if
Isracl." So, if Judas
Judas
was
rvas aa traitor,
traitor, Jesus
Jesus would
rvould have
havc said "cicvcn thrones"
said "cleven thrones" notnot "twelve
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reveal this to those who believe in in God's
law." (Barnabas220).
(Barnabas 220).
Prophet Muhammad
Prophet Muhammad is mentioned mentioned several times in
several times
various places
various places in the the Old Testament.
Testament. Such mention has
Such mention has
survived distortion
survived distortion and corruption. For example
and corruption. example in
Deuteronomy 18:18-19,
Deuteronomy 18:18-19,we read: read: "I
"I will
will raise
raise them up a
Prophet from
Prophet from among their their brethren, like like unto
unto thee,
will put
and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall
speak
speak unto them all that that I shall command him. And And it it
shall come to pass, whosoever will
pass, that whosoever will not hearken
unto my words which he shall speak speak in my name, name, 1I
will require it
will it of him."
of him."
Makkah
Makkah (Baca),(Baca), where
where Prophet
Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad receivedreceived
his
his divine
divine revelations,
revelations,is is mentioned Psalms84:6,
mentionedin Psalms which
84:6,which
says: "Who passing
says:"Who passing through
through the valley of of Baca
Baca make it it
aa well; the rain also also filleth the pools."
pools."
The Qur
The Qur'dn'an states
statesin Chapter
Chapter3, verse96,
3, verse 96, "Indeed, the
first House
House [of [of worship]
worship] established
established for mankind was
mankind was
that at Baca
Baca (Makkah), blessed,
blessed, and
and a
a guidance
guidance for the
the
worlds." Prophet Abraham
ProphetAbrahamalso also mentioned
mentioned the
the same
same place
place
where
wherehe he raised
raisedthe the foundation
foundationof the the sacred
sacredHouse
Houseof God God
(the Ka
(the 'bah) there,
Ka'bah) there,indicating
indicatingthat was an
that it was an arid area.In
arid area. ln
the Qur
the 'an,
Qur'tin, v.
v. 14:37,
74:37, we
we read:
read: "Our
"Our Lord, I have
have settled
settled
some
some of my descendants
descendantsin in an
an uncultivated valley near
uncultivatedvalley near
Your sacred
sacred House."House." In In addition, Isaiah 21:
addition, Isaiah 2l:13 also
13 also
mentions
mentionsrevelation
revelationfrom from Arabia.
Arabia.
The
The factfact that
that Prophet
ProphetMuhammad
Muhammadwould would be be illiterate
illiterate
and
and could
could not not read
read is is mentioned
mentionedin Isaiah
in Isaiah 29:29.12, "And'
12, "And
when
when they give give the the book
book to one rvho cannot
one who cannot read,read,
saying,
saying,"Read
"Read this,"
this," hehe says,
says,"I"I cannot
cannot read." (ESV)
read."(ESY)
ln Sahih
In Sahih Al-Bukhari,
Al-Bukhari, hadith hadith no.no. 3,3, we find the
we find the
following, about the first revelation
following, about the first revelation the to
to the prophet
prophet of
of
Isliim: ... He
Islam'.""... He (Muhammad)
(Muhammad) was was inin the
the cave when the
cavewhen the
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came to him. He (the (the angel)
angel) said
said to him "Read."
"Read."
He (Muhammad) said said "I "I cannot
cannot read." He
(Muhammad) reports reports "So,"So, hehe (the
(the angel)
angel) held me so so
tightly that 1I felt exhausted,
exhausted, then let go
go ofof me and said
"Read." '6I cannot
"Read." 1I said
said "I cannot read." He held held me again
again so so
tightly that 1I felt exhausted,
exhausted,then then let gogo ofof me and said
ttRead.tt 1I said
"Read." said "I ttl cannot
cannot read."
read.tt So,
So, hehe held me so so
tightly for thethe third
third time,
time, then let go go ofof me and said
"Read
"Read in the the name
name of your Lord who created created ...
created
created man from aa clinging clot. clot. Read
Read and your your Lord
Lord
is
is the
the Most
Most Generous
Generous..." ..."
In
In Chapter
Chapter7, 7, Verse
Verse 157,157,the
the Qur 'an states:
Qur'iin states:"Those
"Those
who follow the the Messenger, unlettered prophet
Messenger, the unlettered
whom theythey find written
written in what they have have of of the Torah
and
and the
the Gospel."
Gospel.'o
In
In the
the year 571 CE,
year 571 CE, in Arabia,
Arabia, the prophesyof
the prophesy of Jesus
Jesus
and
and his
his predecessors
predecessorswas was fulfilled.
fulfilled. The Comforter was
The Comforter was
born
born amongst
amongstthe Childrenof Ishmael
the Children Ishmael(Ismaa who
'eel), I who
(lsnaa'eel),t
were
were polytheists
polytheistsand and idolaters.
idolaters. Muhammad
Muharnmad stood stood out out
among
amonghis his people
peopledue due to
to the genuineness
the genuineness of his
his character,
character,
his
his love
love for
for truth
truth and
and hishis compassion
compassionfor the poor
for the poor andand
weak.
weak. He He came
came to to bebe known
known as "Al-Ameen" (The
as "AI-Ameen" (The
Trustworthy) amongst his
Trustworlhy) amongst people. He
his people. He waswas chosen
chosen by
Almighty Allah at at the
the age forty to be
ageof forty be His last messenger
His last messenger
and prophetto
and prophet to all
all humankind.
humankind.He preachedbelief
He preached belief in thethe

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son of the Prophet
I In spite the lact that
that Ishmael
Ishmael was thc oldest Prophet
Abraham
Abrahamas as isis clear liom Genesis
clcarfrom Gcncsis16:16: "And Abram was
l6:16: "And was fourscore
fourscore
and years old, when Hagar bare
and six years Ishrnacl to Abram,"
barc Ishmael Abram," and
and
Genesis
Genesis22l:5,
I :5, "And
"And Abraham was aa hundred years
Abraharn was years old, when his
son
son Isaac
Isaac was him," the
was born unto him," the Bible
Bible comes
comesto contradictitself by
to contradict
claimingotherwise
claiming othenviscin in Genesis
Gcncsis22:2,
22:2,"An<l
"And he said, Take now thy son,
he said, son,
thinc only son
thine Isaac, whom
sorr Isaac, whorn thou Iovest."
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oneness of Allah, the the Creator,
Creator, who alone alone deserves
deserves to be be
worshipped, Sustainer
worshipped, Sustainerof of the
the whole
whole universe
universe and and all that
that it
contains.
contains.
God supported
God supported ProphetProphet Muhammad
Muhammad with many many
miracles that
miracles that were
were confirmed
confirmed by eye-witnesses,
eye-witnesses, such
such as the
as the
splitting
splitting ofof the
the moon
moon (Q.
(Q. 54:
54:l)I) and
and the
the hurricane
hurricane that
that He
sent
sent to counter a full-scale
counter full-scale assault assault by the enemy
the enemy on on
Madinah
Madinah(Q. (Q. 33:9).
33:9). Such
Such miracles
miracleswere were mentioned
mentionedin in the
the
Qur'iin after
Qur'lin after their
their occurrence,
occurrence,and and the the unbelievers
unbelieversof the the
time,
time, who were were eager
eagerto find faults in
find faults in the Qur'dn did
the Qur'lin not
didnot
find any
any contradiction
contradictionbetweenbetrveenthe narrationin
the narration the Qur'lin
inthe Qur'dn
and
and actual
actual events.
events.As aa result,result,manymany willingly embraced embraced
Islam.
Islam. As for the the believers,
believers,those those miracles
miracles strengthened
strengthened
their
their faith
faith and
and belief in Allah and and His His Messenger.
Messenger.Many
other
other miracles
miracles werewere also mentionedin the
also mentioned hodith, such
the hadith, such asas
the
the flowing of
of the
the water
u,ater from
froru between
between the
the fingers
fingers of
of
Prophet
ProphetMuhammad,
Muharnmad,the the increase
increasein in the
the amount
amountof food food
during
during thethe digging
digging of the the trench
trench aroundaround Madinah,
Madinah, the the
telling of things
telling things to to come,
come, and and of things
things unknown,
unknown,which which
Allah revealed
revealedto to him.
him. However,
Horvever,the the living
living miracle
miracleof the the
Prophet
Prophetis is the
the Qur'lin.
Qur' dn. It
lt mentions
mentions linguistic,
I ingLr i stic, scientific
scientifi c and
and
legislative
legislativeissues
issuesof aa miraculous
miraculousnature. nature.
Prophet
ProphetMuhammad
Muharlmad lived lived among
arnonghis his companions,
companions,his his
family
farnily and
and people.
people.There
There was r.vasnothing
notliing about
about him that was
hirn that was
unknown
unknownor kept kept aa secret.
secret.His itis life was an
life was openbook.
an open The
book.The
most
most minute
minutedetails
detailsabout
abouthis his entire
entirelife wereknown
lifb were known to all all
those
thosewhorvho believed
believedin in him
him as as the
tlie Messenger
Messengerof God God and
and
sacrificed
sacrif-icedfor for the sake of their
the sake their belief
belief in in God, while
God, while
Muhammad
Muhammad had had nothing
notliing to give them
to give them except
except the the
revelations
revelationshe he received
receivedfrom fiorn the
the Lord
l-ordof all all beings.
beings.
He
He preached
preachedaa message messageof brotherhood
brotherhoodunder under the
the
bannerof hlum,
banner Lsl7m,in in which
r.vhichthere
therewas r'vasno distinctionbased
no distinction based
on
on race,
race,color,
color, language,
language,wealthwealthor or sex.
sex.ThisThis isis confirmed
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words ofof God
God in the the Qur
Qur'dn'an (49:13):
(49: 13): "O"0 mankind,
mankind,
indeed
indeed We have have created
created you from male and female female and
made
made you peoples
peoples and tribes that you may know one
another.
another. Indeed,
Indeed, the most most noble
noble of of you in the sight of of
Allah is the most righteous of
most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah Allah is
Knowing and and Acquainted."
Acquainted."
The
The Prophet emphasized that
Prophet,emphasized that lineage
lineage has
has no value
value in
the sight of God.
the sight God.' He said:
I He said: 'oYour
"Your Lord is One,
One, and your
your
father (Adam) is is one.
one. An Arab
Arab is not better than a non-
Arab and aa non-Arab is not better than an Arab. Arab, and a
white person
person is is not better than a black person person and a
black person
person is is not better than a white person person except
except
through
through pietypiefy and
and righteousness.,,2
righteousnesr."tThis means that
Thir means that piety
piety
and
and righteousness
righteousnessare are the
the criterion which Allah judges
criterion by which judges
people,
people,regardless
regardless of color or race.
ofcolor race.
Slavery
Slavery waswas widespread throughout the
widespreadthroughout the world,
world, and
and
was sanctioned by the
was sanctionedby the man-made man-made religions
religions of
of the
the time and
and
by
by the
the Bible
Bible itself,
itself,as as in
in Genesis
Genesis9:25-27, Exodus21:2-12
9:25-27,Exodus 21:2-12
and
and Ephesians
Ephesians6:5. 6:5. When
When God God sent
sent Muhammad
Muhammadwith the the
last
lastof HisHis messages,
messages, the
the freeing
freeingof slaves
slavesbecame
becameone one of
of
the
the greatest
greatestacts goodnessthat
actsof goodness would bring
that would bring oneone nearer
nearer
to
to God.
God. Also,
Also, it became praiseworthymeans
becameaa praiseworthy meansto gain gain His
His
approval, pleasureand
approval,pleasure expiatesins
and expiate sinsand
and errors.
errors.God saysin
God says
the
the Qur 'an (90:
Qur'iin (90:l11-13)
l-13) "But he he has
has not broken
broken through
the
the difficult pass.And what can
difficult pass. can make you know what what
is
is [breaking
[breaking through] the the difficult pass?It
difficult pass? is the freeing
It is freeins
tu!rc."
of a slave."

) Abu
I Abu Lahab,
Lahab.an uncleofProphct
an uncle Muhammad.rejected
of ProphctMuhammad. rc'iected
God's message.
Cod's message.
As aa result,
As result,Qur'anic verscswere
Qur'dnicverses wererevealed
revcaledcondemning him and
condemninghim and he
he was
was
promised Hellfire.
promised IIis relationship
Hellfire. His relationshipto thc Prophet
to the provided no
Prophet provided no
protectionfor
protection fbr him
him against
againsteternal punishrnent.
eternalpunishment.
2 Narratcdby
2 Narrated by Ahmad,
Ahnad. 23\
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Prophet sent as
was sent as 66a"a mercy to the
stated in the
worlds." This is stated Qur 'an (21:107).
the Qttr'dn (21: 107). Prophet
Prophet
Muhammad said:
Muhammad merciful are treated with
"The merciful
said: "The with mercy
AlHih. Thus, have
by Allih. have mercy upon those those on earth'
earth, so
that He who is in Heaven
that Heaven may have have mercy upon you."' yoU."l
hadith states:
Another hadith states: "Whosoever does does not havehave mercy
upon the people
people will
will not receive
receive mercy from from Allah."'
Allah.,,2
Prophet Muhammad
Prophet Muhammad was was the living example
the living example of of
mercy. Allah states
mercy. statesin thethe Qur'dn (3: 159): "So by mercy
Qur 'an (3:159): mercy
Allah, [O
from Altdh, Muhammad], you were
[0 Muhammad], were lenient
lenient with
with
them. And if
them. if you had
had been
been rude
rude [in speech]and harsh
[in speech] harsh
heart, they
in heart, they would
would have disbanded from about
have disbanded about you.
you.
So pardon them and ask forgiveness
So forgiveness for them and
consult
consult them
them in thethe matter..."
The
The Prophet
Prophetwaswas compassionate
compassionate even to
even to his
his enemies.
enemies'
A clear example
clear example of his
his compassion
compassion was
was shorvn
shown when he
when he
conquered Makkah. The
conqueredMakkah.The Makkan Makkan pagans
pagans \\'ere
were sure
sure that
that he
he
would
would exact
exact his
his vengeance
vengeanceon on them. How'ever,
tltetn. However, when he when he
stood
stoodatat the
the door
doorof thethe Ka'bah
Ka'bahand saidto
andsaid to them:
them:"How do do
you
you think 1I should
should actact toward
toward you?" "With kindness,
"With kindness,
gracious
graciousand and merciful
merciful brother,"
brother," they replied."Be it so,"
they replied. sor"
declared
declaredthe Prophet."I
the Prophet. "I say
say unto
unto you
you as
as Prophet
Prophet Joseph
Joseph
said
saiclunto
unto his
his brothers:
brothers: "No blame blamc will there there bebe upon
upon
you today.
you today. Allah will forgive
forgive youl
you; and
and He
He is
is the
the most
most
merciful
merciful of the
the merciful.'"
merciful."r Then he saici to them:
Therthe said to them: "Go, "Go,
for you
you are
are free.,,4
free."4 ItIt would
would havehave been
beeneasy easyfor hirn to
for him to
seek
seek revenge
revengefor fbr all
all the
the tOliure
tofture and death he
and death he and
and his
his
followers
follorverssuffered
sufferedat at their
theirhands, yet he
ltands.yet paldonedthem
lrepardoned themall.all.

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N a r r a t e lw
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A t - l i r r n i d h i 1928.
.1 9 2 8 .
I Narrated b)'
2 Narratcdbl Muslim. ivluslirn. 5983.
5983.
t lhcQur'an.
3 These
j
l'hcscwords
rrordsarc arequoted
quotccl in
in the Qur'un.v.t'. 12:92.
1292
4 Narrated
r'\arratcd by
by al-Bayhaqi,
al-lSayhaqi. 18648,
Itt648.18647.
Itt647.
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clearly proves that he
he was
was indeed
indeed aa mercy
mercy to
humankind.
humankind. In so so doing,
doing, hehe was
was following the the Qur'anic
Qur'dnic
instruction
instructionto be be of those
those""...who
...who restrain
restrain anger
anger and
and who
people and
pardon the people and Allah
Alliih loves
loves the doers
doers of good."
(3:134)A/liih
(3:134) Allah also
alsosays
saysin thethe Qur'an
Qur'6n (41:34-35):
(41:34-35): "Repel
"Repel
[evil]
[evill by that [deed]
[deed] which is is better;
better; and
and thereupon
thereupon the
one
one whom between between you and and him is is enmity [will[will
becomel as
become] as though he he was
was aa devoted
devoted friend. But none none isis
granted it except
except those
those who are patient,
patient, and none none is is
granted it except
granted exceptone
one having great portion
having aa great portion [of good]."
[ofgood]."
When his
When his companions
companionsappealed
appealedto him hirn to ask
ask for the
the
descentof God's
descent God's wrath
wrath on on his
his enemies
enemiesafterafter they
they had
had
broken
broken hishis tooth
tooth and
and injured
injured his
his head,
head,hehe refused
refusedandand said,
said,
"Oh Lord,
"Oh Lord, have
have mercy on my people people for they know not
what they
they are
are doing.'"
doing."'
He
He never got angry
never got angry over personal matters.
over personal matters. All
All his
his
anger
anger waswas for the sake of Allah.
the sake Allah. He
He used
used to say:
say: "The
truly strong person is
strong person is not
not one
one who fights
fights others
others andand
defeats
defeatsthem,
them, rather it is is the
the one
one who restrains
restrains himself
himself
when
when angry.,,2
angry."2 HeHe was
was anan exemplary
exemplarymodelmodel of humility.
humility.
Once
Once aa manman came
cameto to him
him trembling
trernblingwith
with fear
f'earthinking
thinking hehe
was
was about
about to meet greatking.
meet aa great king. The
The Prophet
Prophetmet met him with
all
all humility
humility andand said
said to him: "Calm down,
to him: down, I am not aa
king.
king. I am the the son
son of aa woman
woman who used used to eat cured
eat cured
meat
meat in Makkah."j
Makkah."'' In In another
another hadith,
hadith, the
the Prophet
Prophet said:
said:
"Whoever
"Whoever has has in his
his heart
heart anan ant's
ant's weight
rveightof arrogance
arrogance
will not enter
enter Paradise.,,4
Paradise.'o*

'
I Ibn Hibban.949.
Ibn Hibban. 949.
2
2 Muslim,
M u s l i m ,6595.
6595.
t l b n Majah.
3 Ibn M a . i a h3391.
,3391.
a M u s l i m ,225.
4 Musli~, 225.
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When a solar solar eclipse occurred at the time of
eclipse occurred of the
Prophet's son,
Prophet's son, Ibrahim's death, people
Ibrahim's death, began to say
people began say that
eclipse was
the eclipse was duedue to his son's son's death. However, he
death. However,
summoned them
summoned them andand proclaimed:
proclaimed: "The"The sun and the moon
are two of of Allnhos signs. They do not eclipse
Allah's signs. eclipse forfor the
death or
death or birth
birth ofanyone."'
of anyone.,,1
In yet another hadith, Prophet
another hadith, Muhammad instructed
Prophet Muhammad instructed
his followers: "Do not praise
his followers: praise me excessively as
me excessively as the son
son
of Mary
of Mary was praised praised by the Christians.
Christians. I am only a
slave Allah. So
slave of Alleh. call me
So call me the
the slave Allah and His
slave of Allnh
?
messenger.,,-
messenger."2
One companion
One companion once said to him:
once said him: "You are our
master and have have more power and favor over all of of us."
The
The Prophet,
Prophet,angry angry at
at such thought,-- and
suchaa thought, his anger
and his angerwaswas
only
only for
for the Allah - answered:
causeof Allah
the cause answered:"Only Allah is is the
the
Master!
Master! I am no
no one's
one's master.
master. Do not
not let the
the devil
devil
deceive
deceiveyou. you. I do do not
not want youyou to raise me to aa status
raise me status
higher than where
higher than where Alllh Allah has
has placed
placed me.
me. I am only
Allah's slave
Alliih's slaveand and His messenger.,,3
messenger.'''
The Shari'ah
The Shari'ah (divine(divine legislation)
legislation) that Prophet
that Prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad brought, brought,madernadecaring
caring for for the weak, the
the weak, poor,
the poor,
the
the indigent,
indigent, and and orphans
orphansan an integral parl of Islam.
integral pali Islam. Allah
says
says in the Qur'an
in the (107:1-3):"Have
Qur'tin (107:1-3): "Have you you seen
seen the one
the one
who denies the Recompense?
who denies the Recompense? For that
that is
is the
the one
one who
who
drives
drives away
away the the orphan
orphan and and does
does notnot encourage
encouragethe the
feeding
feedingof the the poor."
poor." Neglecting
Neglectingthe the needy rnayalso
needymay lead
alsolead
one
one to
to the Hellfire.Allah
the Hellfire. AllAh says
saysin in the
the Qur
Qur'iin (69:33-34):
'an (69:33-34):
"Indeed,
"Indeed, he he diddid not
not used
usedtoto believe
believein Allflh, the
in Allah, Most
the Most
Great,
Great, nornor diddid hehe encourage
encouragethe the feeding
feedingof of the poor."
the poor."

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Al-Bukhari. 1044.
10,1,1.
2
2AI-Bukhari.
Al-Bukhari. 3372.
3372.
3r Ahmad,
A h m a d12295.
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Islam condemnsall all kinds
kinds of injustice,
injustice,aggression
aggressionand and
terror
terror against
against thethe innocent.
innocent. Allah says: says: ""...and
...and do do not
transgress.
transgress. Indeed,Indeed, AllahAlllh doesdoes not like aggressors."
aggressors."
(Qur'dn
(Qur 'an 2:2:190)
190)
The Qur
The Qur'dn'an also
alsosays:
says:"Because
"Because of that, We decreed decreed
upon
upon the the Children
Children of Israel Israel that whoever
whoever kills aa soul soul
unless
unlessfor aa soul soul or for corruption
corruption [done]
[done] in the the land
land it
is
is as
as if if he
he had
had slain
slain mankind entirely. And whoever
saves
savesone one - it is is as if he
as if he had
had saved mankind entirely..."
savedmankind entirely..."
(Qur'dn
(Qur 'an 5:32).
5:32). Such
Such is is the
the brutality
brutality of murder
murder in in Islam.
Isldm.
Muslims
Muslims are are even
even encouraged
encouraged to
to be
be kind
kind toto animals
animalsand and
are
are forbidden
forbidden to to harm
harm them.
them. On On oneone occasion
occasion Prophet
Prophet
Muhammad
Muharnmadsaid: said: "A'oA woman
woman was punished because
was punished becauseshe she
tied
tied up a cat
a cat until it died.
died. On account of this,
account this, she was she was
doomed
doomed to Hell. Hell. She
She imprisoned
imprisonedit, not giving it food
not giving food or
drink, nor did she she let
let it free
free to eateat the
the vermin of the the
earth.,,1
earth.tt'
He
He alsoalso reported
reporledthe the case prostitutewho
caseof aa prostitute who gavegave
water
water to aa dog dog dying
dying of thirst,
thirst, for which
which Allah forgave
forgaveherher
sins?
sins.'. TheThe Prophet
Prophetwas 'oMessengerof God,
asked:"Messenger
was asked: God, areare
we rewarded
rewarded for kindness kindnesstowards
towards animals?"
animals?" He said: said:
"There
"There is
is a
a reward
reward for kindness
kindness shown
shorvn to every
every living
animal
a n i m a lor
o r human
h u m a nbeing.'"
being."l
The
Tlre message
messageof Isliim promotestolerance
Islam promotes toleranceand and
respect
respectfor the the rights
rightsof non-Muslims.
non-Muslims.In In aa hadith,
hadith,Prophet
Prophet
Muhammad
Muharnmadsaid: said:""...Whoever
...Whoever does injustice to another
tloesinjustice another
having
having aa covenant protection (i.e.
covenantof protection (i.e.aa non-Muslim),
non-Muslim), or
falls
falls short in giving giving one
one hishis l'ight,
right, or burdens
burdens one one with
more
more than than hehe cancan bear
bear or takes
takes from one one something
something

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1 Muslim, 580,1.
2AI-Bukhari.
2 A1-Bukhari. 3392.
3392.
I A l - B u k h a r2323.
J AI-Bukhari, 2i .3 2 3 .
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will bebe his
his opponent
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Day ofof
Judgment."]
Judgment."t
message of
The message of Islam calls for
Isliim calls for fulfilling
fulfilling trusts
trusts and
and
shunning
shunning all acts
acts of
of betrayal.
betrayal. One
One hadith
hadith states:
states: "Give
"Give
back what
what you have been been entrusted with with to to whoever
whoever
entrusted you ^with with it, and do not betray betray one who who has
has
betrayed you."'
betrayed yoU.,,2
Isliim also
Islam strongly disapproves
alsostrongly disapproves of of selfishness
selfishness and
calls
calls for man
man to lovelove for others
others what
what hehe loves
loves for himself.
himself.
The
The Prophet said, "A
Prophet said, "A man is not considered
considered a believer
until
until he
he loves
loves for others what he he loves
loves for
for himself."3
himself.,,3
Good
Good morals
morals and
and respect
respect for women
women are
are also
also part
part of
of the
Islamic message.
Islamic message.The The Prophet
Prophet said:
said: "The believer
believer with
with
the most complete
the most complete faith is the one
is the one who has
has the best
best
moral behavior.
behavior. And the the best among the
best among believers are
the believers
those
thosewhowho are are best
best in treating
treating their women"'o
women.,,4 Also,Also, a
man
man came
came to to the
the Prophet
Prophetand and said,
said, "0 Messenger of
"O Messenger
Allah, who is is most
most entitled
entitledto my best companionship?"
bestcompanionship?"
The
The Prophet
Prophet said,
said, "Your
"Your mother."
mother." The man
The man asked,
asked,
"Who is next?"
"'Who is next?" The The Prophet
Prophet replied,
replied, "Your
"Your mother."
The
The manman asked
asked again, 'oWho is
again, "Who next?" The
is next?" The Prophet
again
againreplied, "Your mother."
replied,'oYour mother." When the man
When the man asked askedfor
the
the fourth
fourth time,
time, thethe Prophet replied, "Your
Prophet replied, father."5
"Your father."s
According
Accordingto to Islamic
Islamicteachings,
teachings, the for serving
rervardfor
thereward and
servingand
looking after one's
looking after one's mother
mother is Paradise.The
is Paradise. The Prophet
Prophet
instructed
instructedaa manman who who had consultedhim
had consulted aboutgoing
him about going for
for

1
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A b uDawud.
D a r v u d3054.
.3054.
2
2At-Tirmidhi.
A t - T i r m i d h i1261.
.1 2 6 1 .
3I AI-13ukhari,
Al-Bukhari,13. 13.
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4 Ahmad,
Ahmad.7374. 737'1.
5 M u s l i m 6452.
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jihad
jihad while he he had
had aa mother
mother to take
take care
care of by saying
saying
o'Staywith her because
"Stay becauseParadise
Paradiseisis under her feet."!
feet."'
The
The Prophet
Prophet also
also said:
said: "Whoever
"Whoever hashas a daughter and
does
does not humiliate
humiliate her or favor his his son
son over
over her will
will
enter Paradise.,,2
Paradise."2 Prophet
Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad also also stated:
stated:
"Whoever
"\ilhoever hashas two daughters
daughters or two sisters,
sisters,and treats
them
them well willwill be
be my close
close companion
companion in Paradise.,,3
Paradise."3
Thus,
Thus, it is clear that
is clear kindnessto
that kindness to women
women is is strongly
strongly
emphasized
emphasizedin Islamic
Islamic teachings and is
teachingsand is aa major good act
major good act
that
that may
may take
take one
one to Paradise.
Paradise.
According
Accordingto the Shari
to the 'ah, males
Shari'ah, malesareare responsible
responsible
for the welfare of
the welfare of females,
females,whether
whether hehe happens
happensto be be aa
father,
father,son, brother
son, brother or even
even a
a ruler.
ruler. She
She entitledto her
is
is entitled to her
share
share of the
the inheritance,
inheritance,to to aa dowry
dolvry atat the
the time
time of
marriage,
mariage. toto choose
choosewhomwhom sheshe wishes
wishes to
to marry,
marrv. and
and to

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1 An-Nasa'i. 3106.
2 Ahmad. 1966.
2 Ahmad. 1966.
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3 Ibn A b i Shaibah.
S h a i b a h21179.
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and the like.t
remarry after divorce and like. Allah says in the
Allah says
Qur 'an
Qur'dn (2:228):
(2:228): "And
"And due to the wives is similar
similar to what
what
of them, according to what
expected of
is expected what is reasonable."
reasonable."

lI I nIn Leviticus 15:19-30, we ffind:

L e v i t i c u s l 5 : 1 9 - 3 0 , r v e i n d : ""And A n d iif f a w woman
o r n a n hhave a v e aan n iissue,
s s u e , aandnd
her
her issue issue in in herher flesh flesh be be blood,
blood, she shall shall be be put put apart apart seven seven days: days:
and whosoever
and whosoever toucheth toucheth her her shall
shall be unclean unclean until until the the even.even. And And
every thing
every thing that that she lieth lieth upon upon in in her her separation
separation shall shall be be unclean:
unclean:
every thing
every thing also also that that she sitteth sitteth upon upon shall shall be unclean. unclean. And And
whosoever toucheth her
whoioever-toucheth her bed bed shall shall *'ash wash his his clothes,
clothes, and and bathebathe
himself in
himself in water,
water, and and be be unclean
unclean until until the the even' even. And And whosoever
whosoever
toucheth any
toucheth any thingthing that that she shc sat upon upon shall shall wash wash his his clothes,
clothes, and and
bathe himseif
bathe himself in in water,
water, and and bc be rrnclean
unclean until until the the even. And And ifif itit be be
on her
on her bed, bed, or or on on any any thing thing whereon whereon she sitteth, sitteth, when when he he
toucheth it,
toucheth it, he shall shall be unclean unclean until until the the even. And And ifif any any man man lie lie
with
with her her at at all,all, and and her her flowers
flowers be be upon upon him, hin, he shall shall be trc unclean
unclean
seven
seven days; davsr and and all all the the bed bed whereon
whereon he lieth lieth shall shall be unclean. unclean.
And
And if if aa i"o-att
woman have an issue of of her her bloodblood many many days out out of of the
the
time
time of of her her separation,
separation, or or if if it it run run beyond beyond the the time time of of herher
separation;
separation; all all the the days of of thethc issue issuc of of herher uncleanness
uncleanness shall shall be as
the
the days of of her her separation:
separation: she shall shall be unclean. unclean. Every
lvery bed
whereon
whereoin she lieth lieth all the the days clays of ofher her issue shall shall be unto unto her her as as the
the
bed
bed of of herher separation:
separation: and whatsoever rvhatsoever she sitteth sitteth upon upon_ shall shall be
unclean,
unclean, as as the tlre uncleanness
uncleanncss of of her hcr separation.
scparation. And And whosoeverwhosoever
toucheth
toucheth those thosc things things shall shall be unclean, unclean, and shall shall wash his clothes, clothes,
and
and bathe bathe himself himself in iri water,
water, and be unclean unclean until until the thc even. But But if if
she
shc be bc cleansed
clcansed of of her issue, then then she shall number nurnber to herself herself
seven
seven days, days, and arrd after after that that she shall be clean.. And And on on.the the eighth
eighth
day
tlay she she shall
shall take take unto unto her her two two turtles,turtles, or or two trvo young young pigeons, pigeons, and
bring
bring them thern unto unto the thc priest,
priest, to to the the door door of of the the tabernacle
tabernacle of of thethe
congregation.
cong'rcgation. and and the thc priest
priest shall shall make rnakc atonementatonement for fbr her her before
before
the
t h e LORD L O R D fO!' f b r the t h e issue
i s s u e of o f herh e r uncleanness."
u n c l e a r u r e s s " ' The l - h e BibleB i b l e notn o t only
only
condemns
condemns the thc woman
rvoman to lil'etirne of
to aa lifetime of uncleanness
uncleanness and ilnd treatstreats her her like
like aa
s o u r c c of
source o f impurity:
i m p u r i t y ' : iti t also
a l s o treats
t r e a t sher
h e r like l i k e an
a n offender
o l J ' e r l d ewho r$ ' h o hash a s committed
committed
aa crime
c r i m c that
t h a t needs
n e e d . satonement
a t o n c m c n t as a s if i f iti t were
n e r c her h c r choice.
c h o i c o . The T h c Bible
B i b l e depicts
depicts
-l-imothy
the r v o m a n in
t h c woman i n thet h e most
I n o s t debasing
d e b a s i n g and a n d humiliating
h u l r - r i l i a t i n gway.
n ' a 1 ' .In I n 1I Timothy
5: 1 0 , iti t is
5 : I0, i s considered
c o n s i d c r c d ai i "good" g o o d work"
\ \ ' o r k " for l b r aa widow
\ \ i d o w to t o wash
r i a s h thet h e feet
1 ' e c tof
of
saints.
s a i n t s .SheS h c is i s wicked
* i c k e d (Zachariah
( Z a c h a r i a h 5:8)5 : 8 ) and a n d should
s h o u l d be b c forced
l b r c c d to t o marry
m a r r y ' her
her
husband's
h u s b : m d ' sbrotherb r o t h e raftera f t e rhis
h i s death
d e a t h(Deuteronomy
( D e t r t e r o n o r n25:5). l ' 2 5 : 5 )She, h e is
S i s ineligible
ineligible
for i n h e r i t a n c ein
f o r inheritance i n the
t h e presence
p r e s e n c eof o f male
r n a l crelatives
r c l a t i v e s(Deuteronomy
( D e u t e r o n o n r l 21: 15 - i 7
2 I :15-17
and
a n d Numbers
N u m b e r s 27: 2 7 .1-1 ) and
1 - l l J) a n d aa manr n a n reserves
r c s e l ' \ ' e sthe
t h c right
r i g h t to t o sell
s c l l his
h i s daughter
daughtcr
(Exodus
( E x o d r . r s21 2 l :7).
: 7 ) . Furthermore,
F u r r h e t ' l l t o r e .aa female
l c l n a l e divorcee
d i v o r c c e is i s prohibited litrnl
f r o h i b i t c c l from
remarrying
rcmarrying (Matthew (Nlatttreu 5:32) 5 : 32)
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Isldm also
Isliim also encourages
encourageskindness
kindness to parents parents andand
treating
treating them
them with compassion
compassioneven even when
when they they happen
happento
be opposition to Islam.
be in opposition Islam. Allah says: says: "And"And We have have
enjoined
enjoined upon
upon man [care] [care] for his parents. His mother
his parents.
carried
carried him, [increasing
[increasing her] her] in weaknessweakness upon upon
weakness,
weakness,and and his
his weaning
weaning is is in two years.
years. Be grateful
to Me and to your parents; parents; to Me is is the [final]
[final]
destination.
destination. "But66But if if they
they endeavor
endeavor to make you
associate
associate with Me that of which you have have no
knowledge, do not obey
knowledge, obey them
them but trut accompany
accompany them in
[this]
[this] world with appropriate
appropriatekindness
kindness..." ..." (31:14-15).
(31:14-15).
Islctm also
Islam also calls
calls for lenient
lenient andand compassionate
compassionate
treatmentof others.
treatment Another hadith
others.Another hadith states
statesthat:
that: "the Fire is is
forbidden from everyone everyone who treats treats peoplepeople with
with
kindness,
kindness, understanding,
understanding, and and compassion
compassion and and is is
approachable."l
approachable.t''As As for
for those
thosewho
who areare harsh,
harsh,arrogant
arrogantandand
inconsiderate,
inconsiderate, the the Prophet
Prophet counted
counted them them among among the the
dwellersof the
dwellers the Hellfire.
Hellfire.'
Islam
Islam honors
honors and and respects
respectshuman
human rights,
rights, and
and the
the
applicationof
application of Shar 'iah laws
Shar'iah guararltees
laws guarantees Iife of
aa life peaceand
of peace and
harmony
harmony between people. The
between people. Prophet said:
The Prophet said: "The
bankrupt from my nation nation is is one
one who comes comes to the the
Judgment
Judgment with prayers prayers and and fasting
fasting and and charity.
charity.
However,
However, he he also
also brings
brings with him (heinous(heinousdeeds) deeds)asas he
he
has
has insulted,
insulted, abused,
abused, stolen
stolen from, beaten beaten or killed killed
others.
others. SoSo those
those whom he he wronged
wronged take take of his good
his good
deeds
deedsto make
make up for the the wrong he he did to them. them. When
his good deeds
his good deedsare are finished
finished and and hehe still
still owes
owesthem,
them, then
then
their bad
bad deeds
deedsare are added
added to his his until he he isis thrown into
the
the Fire.'"
Fire."3
Islam
Islantalso
alsocalls
callsfor justiceand
for justice andtolerance
tolcranceeven evenwith
with
the
the enemy. Allah says:
enerny.A/Nih says:"0 "O you1'ou who
rvho have
have believed,
believed, be
be

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I Ahmad, 3937.
? Muslim,
2 M u s l i m ,7136.
7136.
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3 Muslim,
M u s l i r n 6531.
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persistently standing firm firm for
for Alldh,
Allah, witnesses
witnesses in in
justice, and do not let the hatred hatred of of aa people
people preYent
prevent
from being
you from just. Be just;
being just. just; that
that is is nearer
nearer to to
righteousness. And fear Alllh."
righteousness. (Qur 'an 5:8).
Allah." (Qur'dn 5:8).
comprehensive religion that caters
Islam is a comprehensive
Islam caters toto the
the
needs of
needs of the
the mind,
mind, body
body andand soul,
soul, and
and is suitable
suitable forfor all
all
people
people at
at all times.
times. It enjoins
enjoins all good
good deeds
deeds and
and orders
orders
abstention from
abstention from all evil deeds.' Before his
deeds. I Before his mission,
mission, the the
Prophet was married
Prophet was manied to Khadijah, a wealthy
Khadijah, wealthy lady from
Makkah,
Makkah, for whom whom he he had
had worked
worked as as a merchant.
merchant. When
the news of
the news his prophethood
of his prophethood was was made
made public, his people
public, his people

1t Among the the many

many proofs
proofs of the prophethood
of the prophethood of Muhammad is the fact
of Muhammad fact
that
that he he was
was an an illiterate
illiterate man man living in an environment that
an environment that lackedlacked
education.
education.In spitc of this,
In spite this, he he brought
brought aa complete
completelaw larv that
that addresses
addresses
every
every aspect
aspect of human human life at at all
all times
times in terms tel'ms of ol' belicf,
belief, acts acts ofof
worship,
rvorship, dealings,
dealings,morals, morals, etc. etc. He introduced perfect
He introduced perfect systems
systems in
marriage.
marriage.divorce,
divorce,pregnancy,
pregnanc)',parenting,parenting.alimony, inheritance,family
alimonl. inheritance, family
and
and neighborly
neighborlyrelations,
relations,criminal punishmcnt,human
crirninalpunishment, hurnanrights, politics,
rights, politics,
economy,
econom)',social social life,
life, etiquette
ctiquetlcof and and how hori' toto conduct
conductoneself oneselfwhen rvhen
eating,
eating, drinking,
drinking. getting getting dressed,
dressed. traveling, slecping' waking
traveling, sleeping, rvaking up, up'
yawning,
yawning, sneezing,
sneezing,seeking permission.visiting
seekingpermission, r'isiting the the sick, personal
sick' personal
hygiene,
hygiene,etc, etc.He He did
did not not bring
bring all all this himsell.and
f}om himself:
this 1i'om neverclaimed
and never claimed
t h a tsuch
that s u c hknowledge
k n o u l c d g ewasr v a shis.
his.
Had
Had Muhammad's
Muhammad'saim aim been personalgain
beenpersonal gainor glorl'.itit would
or glory, rvouldhave havegone gone
against
againsthim him to to command
commanclhis his followers
fbllorversto pcrfornl certain
to perform ccrtain actsacts such such asas
having
having to
to perform
perform ablution
ablution and
and praler
prayer llve
five tirnes
times a
a da1
day. .lashing
\vashing after
after
sexual
scxualintercourse,
intercourse. fasting~- without
fasting u'ithouteven drinking water
cvcn drinking \\'ater-- aa whole rvhole
month
monthfrom from dawn da*'n to to sunset
sunsetevery evcr)'1ear. cspeciallrin
year. especially in Arabia.
Arabia.which rvhichis is
mainly
mainll desert
desertwith ri'ithunbearable
unbearable heat;let
heat; lct alone fbrbiildingthem
aloncforbidding themfrom liom actsacts
that
that are desiredby
are desired b1' the rnaiolitl' such
the majority such as as drinking, adultcrl, usury,
drinking. adultery, usury'
gambling,
garrbling.etc. etc.ItIt isis stated
statedin in Deuteronomy
l)cuteronornl'18:20 l8:20 and .lcremiah14:15
and Jeremiah l4:15
thatGod
that Godcondemns
condentns rrhoeverfalsely
whoever l'alsell' claims plopheslas
clirimsprophesy ashe hc condemned
condemncd
Hananiah
H a n a n i atoht o death
d e a t hin
i n less t h m aa year
l e s sthan (r J e r e m i a28:
1 ' c a(Jeremiah 2hf t15-17).
: 1 5 - 1 7The mei s s i o n
) . ' l ' hmission
ofof Prophet
ProphctMuhammad
ll'luhamnrad on the
on tltcother hand,lasted
othcrhand, lastedfor firr 23
23 years.
1'ears. and his
and his
religion
rcligiontodaytodal isisthe lirstest
thclilstest grorvingreligion
growing rcligionin in the
theworld. Duringhis
worlcl. During his
lifetime
lif'etime he\Ias
he uassupported
supported byGod
by Godatatall alltimes.
1imes.
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offered him
offered him enormous
enormouswealthwealth andand even
even to to crown
crown him him as as
their king
their king if if he
he would
would abandon
abandon his his call
call to Allah.
Allah. He He
refused and
refused and continued
continued on on the path chosen
the path chosen for him him by
path that
Allah; aa path that entailed
entailed allall kinds
kinds of suffering
suffering for the the
sake of spreading
sake spreadingthe the Word
Word of God. God. In In spite
spite of all all the
the
power and
power and authority
authority that
that were
were at at his
his fingertips
fingertips after
after thethe
spreadof his
spread his message,
message, he
he still
still led
led aa very
very simple
simplebasic
basiclife,
life,
free from
free from luxuries,
luxuries,which
which he he could
could have possessed
have possessed if
if he
he
had wanted.
had wanted. Instead,
Instead,he he slept
slept onon aa rough
rough straw
straw matmat andand
lived in
lived in aa mud
mud house.
house.As As related
relatedby his wife, "There
his wife, "There were were
many
many times
times when
when thethe Prophet
Prophet and and hishis family went for
successivenights
successive nights without any any food.
food. Most of the the bread
bread
they contented
they contented themselves
themselveswith was was made
made of barley."]
barley."l
At the time of his
the time his death,
death,his
his shield
shieldhad had been pawnedto aa
beenpawned
Jew in exchange
Jew exchangefor barleybarleyto to make
make bread
breadfor his his family.
family.
He dedicatedall of his
He dedicated his life and efforts
and efforts to enable
enable
humarrkindto believe
humankind believein Allah as as the
the only
only true
true God.
God. He He
said in
said in the
the Qur
Qur'dn:'an: "And
"And I did not create create thethe jinn
jinn andand
mankind except
mankind except to worship
worship Me." (51 (51:56)
:56) This
This waswas in in
order guide them
order to guide them to true happir,essand
true happiness and rescue
rescuethem them
from
fiom the calamitiesofthis
the calamities of this world
rvorldandandthe the Hereafter.
Hereafter.
Prophet
Prophet Muhammad,
Muhammad, last last of the prophets and
the prophets and
messengers
messengers of God,
God, died
died inin the year 632
the year 632 CE, leaving with
CE,leaving
us the
liS Qur'i)n, God's
the Qur'an, God's final
final message,
rnessage, and
and hishis teachings
teachingsto
guideall
guide all of humanity
humanityup up until
until the
the Day
Day of Resurrection.
Resurrection.
An American
Arnericanwriter,
writer, Michael
Michael Hart, Hart, states
statesin in his
his
book "The 100:
book "The 100: A Ranking
Ranking of ofthe Most Influential
the Most Influential Persons
Persons
in lfistury"
History" that Muhammad - rvho
that Muhammad who topped
topped the list -- "Was
the list "Was
the only man
the only man in in history who r,vas
history who was supremely successful
supremelysuccessfulon on
both the
botli the secular
secular and and religious
religious level."
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combination entitled entitled him to be classed
classed as as the greatest,
greatest,
most
most influential character in the
influential character the world. William Muir, Muir, the
Scottish historian previously
Scottishhistorian previously mentioned,
mentioned, praised
praised the clarity
of
of the
the words
words of of Prophet
Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad and and thethe ease
ease of
of his
religion.
religion. He also also stated
stated that that the
the Prophet
Prophet accomplished
accomplished
wonderful
wonderful deeds deeds and and that
that there
there waswas no other other man
man in
history
history who
who succeeded
succeeded in wakening
wakening souls
souls and
and reviving
reviving
good
good morals
moralsand and virtue
viftue in suchsucha shoft
short time
time as as he
he did.
did.
The
The famous
famous historian,
historian, GeorgeGeorge Bernard
Bernard Shaw,Shaw, in
his book
his book "The
"The Genuine
Genuine Islam
Islam", ", Vol.
Vol. 1,
1, No.8, 1936,
1936, said
said
that the
that the world was
was in desperate need
desperateneed of man of a man who had
had
Muhammad's
Muhammad'sintellect, intellect,as as he he was
was the Prophetwho
the Prophet who always
always
placed
placedhis faith in
his faith placeof respect
in aa place and honor.
respectand honor. He added
added
that Islam
that Islam was was the the religion
religion most most able
able to accommodate
accommodateall
civilizations
civilizationsat at allall times,
times, and and that would claim
that it would claim more
more
ground
ground in EuropeEurope in spite spite of the fact that
the fact that thethe clergy
clergy of of
medieval
medievaltimes paintedaa dark
times painted pictureof Muhammad
dark picture Muhammadand and
considered
consideredhim hirn an an enemy
enemyto to Christianity.
Christianity.ShawShawgoes goeson on to
add: "I have
add: have studied studied him
him - the
the wonderful
wonderful man
man -
- and
and in my
opinion,
opinion,far far from
from beingbeing an an anti-Christ, he must
anti-Christ,he must be calledbe called
the
the Savior
Saviorof Humanity."
Humanity."He He continues:
continues:"I "l believe
believethatthat ifif aa
man
man likelike him
him were were to assumethe
to assume dictatorshipof the
the dictatorship the
modern
modernworld world he he would succeedin
would succeed in solving
solvingits problemsin
its problems
aa way
way thatthat would
would bring bring it the the much needed peace
rnr,rchneeded peace andand
happiness
h a p p i n e ...
s s". . . "
Alphonse
Alphonsede de Lamartine,
Lamarline,the famousFrench
the famous poet
French poet
says in his
says in his book, book, Histoire
Ilistoire de
de la
la Turquie,
Turquie, (1854):
(1854): "Never
"Never
has
has aa man
man set set forfor himself, voluntarilyor
himself,voluntarily involuntarily,aa
or involuntarily,
more sublime aim,
rnore sublime aim, since
since thisthis aim was beyond
airn was beyond humanhuman
grasp: undermine
grasp: undenninethe the superstitions
superstitionsplaced placed between
betweenthe the
creature
creature and
andthe Creator,...
theCreator, Neverhas
... Never manaccomplished
hasaa man accomplished
in suchaa short
in such shorltime suchaa huge
time such hugeand lastingrevolution
and lasting revolutionin in
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the world ... If the
the grandeur
grandeur of of the
the aim,
aim, the
the frugality
frugality of of the
the
means, the
means, the immensity
immensity of of the
the result
result are
are the
the three
three criteria
criteria of of
man's genius,
a man's genius, who would dare dare to compare
compare a greatgreatmanman of of
modem history
modern history with Mohammad?,..
Mohammad? .. He moved moved souls.
souls. He
founded upon
founded upon a book,
book, ofof which
which each
each letter
letter has
has become
become
law, a unifying spiritual
spiritual factor embracing people
factor embracing people of of all
languages and
languages and races...
races... hishis forbearance victory, his
forbearance in victory,
ambition, which was
ambition, was entirely
entirely devoted
devoted to oneone idea and in no
idea and
manner striving
manner striving for an empire;.. . As regards
an empire;... regards all the the
standards
standardsby which human human greatness
greatness may
may be measured, we
be measured,
may well ask:
may ask: "is there
there any man greater
any man greater than
than he?"
he?"
Dr. Vaglieri
Vaglieri states "Apologia dell' Islamismo":
statesin "Apologia Islamismo":
"Muhammad,
"Muhammad, as preacherof the
as aa preacher the religion
religion of God,God, was was
gentle
gentleand
and merciful
mercifuleven
eventowards
towardshis personalenemies.
his personal enemies.In
him were blendedjustice
were blended justice andand mercy,
mercy, twotwo of the noblest
the noblest
qualities which
qualities which a a human
human mind
mind can
can conceive.
conceive. It is not
is not
difficult to support this
supporlthis with many examples
many examples that
that are
are to be
be
found
found in
in his
his biographies."
biographies."
Dr.
Dr. Gottlieb
Gottlieb Wilhelm
Wilhelm Leitner, renowned
Leitner, aa renowned
orientalist
orientalistsaid:
said:"1
"l cannot
cannotconclude
concludethisthis address betterthan
addressbetter than
by
by expressing
expressingaa hope hope thatthat the
the day rvill come
day will come when when
Christians
Christians will honorhonor Christ
Christ moremore by also honoring
by also honoring
Muhammad.
Muhammad.There There isis aa common
commonground groundbetween "Islam"
between"Islam"
and Christianity,
and Christianity, and
and he
he is
is a
a better
better Christian
Christian who
who reveres
reveres
the truths enunciated by
the truthsenunciatedby the the Prophet
Prophet Muhammad."]
Muhamutad."l

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"The Islamic
IslamicReview"
Revinv" May
Mai' 1961. pages66 ~- 10.
196l. pages I0
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VII. Doctrines
VII. Doctrines of of Christianify
Christianity and Islam
and Islhm
denominations of
Many denominations of Christianity believe in the
Christianity believe
doctrines:
following five doctrines:
The Trinity (2) The
(1) The
(l) The divinity
divinity of Jesus (3) The
of Jesus The divine
divine
sonship of
sonship Jesus (4) Original
of Jesus Sin (5) The
Original Sin The Atonement
Atonement
In Isldm, the oneness
Isliim, the oneness ofof Allah, being
being the
the one and only
one and
deserves to be
God who deserves worshipped and
be worshipped and petitioned
petitioned for
help
help is the
the fundamental
fundamental belief of
of every
every Muslim, asas
opposed to the
opposed the triune
triune God
God of of many denominations of
many denominations of
Christianity. It
Christianity. lt sees the deification
seesthe deification ofof Jesus
Jesus asas a reversion
reversion
paganism. l As described
to paganism.t described in the
the Qur
Qur'dn, Jesus was
'an, Jesus was not
not an
an
incarnation
incarnationof God, God, but
but His Prophet
Prophetand and Messenger,
Messenger,and and
like any
any other prophet, he
other prophet, he was human being
was aa human every
being in every
aspect. Islam also
aspect.Islam also rejects
rejectsthe
the divine sonshipof
divine sonship of Jesus and
Jesusand
does
does notnot accept
acceptthe the dogma original sin,
dogma of original sin, the vicarious
the vicarious
sacrifice
sacrificeand and the
the atonement.
atonement.
The
The fundamental doctrines of faith
fundamentaldoctrines in Islam
faith in Islam are six:
aresix:
( I ) Belief
(1) Belief in in the
the oneness
oneness of God
God
(2)
(2) Belief
Belief in in the
the existence
existence of angels
angels
(3)
(3) Belief
Belief in in the
the revealed
revealedscriptures
scriptures
(4)
(4) Belief
Belief in in the
themessengers
messengers God
of God
(5) Belief
(5) in the
Belief in the DayDay of Resurrection
Resurrection
(6)
(6) Belief
Belief in (predestination).
Qadar(predestination),
in Qadar both goodor
the good
both the or
bad aspects
bad aspectsof itof it

I In
I In his book.Story
hisbook. Storyof
of Civilization. 11.p.216.
vol. 11.
Civilization.vol. Durantsaid
Will Durant
p. 276. Will that
saidthat
Christianity
Christianitl'did
did not put an
not put an end
endto paganism:
to paganism: rather.itit adopted
rather. it. This
adoptedit. This
applies
appliestoto the
theChristianity
Christianity of
of Paul
Pauland notthe
andnot trueand
thetrue pureChristianity
andpure Christianity
of
of Jesus
JesusChrist
Christwho
who called
calledfor
for the
theworship
rvorshipof Godalone.
of God alone.
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The Trinity
Trinity
This
This doctrine,
doctrine, adhered
adhered to to by many many Christians
Christians
throughout
throughout the the world,
world, refers
refers to the
the existence
existence of
of three
three
divine,
divine, distinct
distinct and
and separate personsin
separatepersons in God:
God: God
God thethe
Father,
Father, God
God the the Son
Son andand God
God the Ghost. It is
the Holy Ghost. is
astonishing,
astonishing,however,
however, that
that Jesus
Jesushimself nevernever mentioned
mentioned
the
the Trinity.
Trinity. HeHe said
said absolutely
absolutelynothing
nothing about
about three
three divine
divine
persons in a trinity.
persons a trinity. As a matter of fact,
a matter fact, the
the word
word "person"
"person"
itself
itself is
is not
not to
to be
be found anywhere in
found anywhere in the
the Bible.
Bible. The
The
concept
conceptthat
that Jesus
Jesushad aboutAllah was
had about was inin no
no way different
different
from
from the
the concept
conceptthatthat all
all the previousprophets
the previous prophetshad.had. All of
of
them
them preached
preachedthe the oneness
oneness of God,
God, never
neverthe
the Trinity.l
Trinity.r
Jesus
Jesusaffirmed
affirmed the
the tradition
tradition that
that had been revealed
had been revealedto
the prophetswho
the prophets who came
came before
before him.
him. "And one one ofof the
scribes came,
scribes came, and and having
having heard
heard them reasoning
reasoning
together, and and perceiving that he had answered them
had answered
well,
well. asked
asked him,
him. Which is is the first commandment
commandment of of
all?
allP And JesusJesus answered
answered him, him. The first of of all the

' According to Isaiah 44:24, "I am am the Lord that maketh rnaketh all things,"
things,"
I Accordingto Isaiah4424,"1
Isaiah
Isaiah45:5,
45:5, "I "I am the Lord, and and there is none none else,
else, there is no God
beside
beside me." rne." and and Isaiah
Isaiah,l5:l845: 18 "For "For thus thus saith saith the Lord that created created
the
thc heavens;
heavens; God himself hiurself that formed forrned the earth and and made it; he
hath established
establishcd it, he he created
created it not in vain, he he formed
lbrmed it it to be
inhabited:
inhabited: I am arn the Lord; Lord; and and there there is is none elsc." 1I Timothy
none else." 1-imothy6: 6:16
16
also
also states
states about
about God: God: "Who "\Nho only hath immortality." imnrortality." Isaiah Isaiah 46:9 46:9
confirms:
conflrms: "for "for I am God, and and there is is none
nonc else;
clsc; I am God, and
there
therc is is none
rronelike likc me."rnc." The The QUI' Qur'in. 'on, on
on the
the othcr
othcr hand.states:
hand, states:"Allah
"Allih
is
i s the
t h e Creator
C r e a t o r of o f all
a l l things,
t h i n g s ,and
a n d He H e isi s the
t h e Guardian a n d Disposer
G u a r d i a nand D i s p o s e rof
of
all
all affairs."
affairs." (39:62);
(39 62): "That is is Allah,
AIlih, your Lord! There There is is no god but
no god
He,
H e , Creator
C r e a t o r ofo f all
a l l things;
t h i n g s ;then
t h e n worship
w o r s h i p Him;H i m ; and H e has
a n d He p o w e r to
h a s power to
d i s p o s eof
dispose o f all
a l l affairs." ( 6 :I02):
a f f a i r s . "(6: 1 0 2 )"And ": A n d trust
t r u s t in
i n Him w h o lives
H i m who t i v e sand
a n d dies
dies
not." ( 2 5 : 5 t i ) ;and
n o t . " (25:58); a n d "There
" T h e r e is i s nothing
n o t h i n g likel i k e unto H i m , and
u n t o Him, a n d HeH e is i s the
the
Hearing,
H e a r i n g ,the
t h e Seeing." ( 4 2 :11).
S e e i n g . "(42: l l ) . ItI t is
i s only
o n l y reasonable teh a t He
r e a s o n a b lthat ' " v h ois
H e who is
such
suchshould
shouldbc be worshipped
rvorshiooed alone.
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commandments
commandments is,
is, Hear, 0 Israel;
Hear. O Jsrael: The
The Lord
Lord our God
is one
is one Lord: and
and thou shalt love the Lord
Lord thy God
thy
with
with all thy
thy heart, and and with
with all thythy soul,
soul, and with
with all
thy
thy mind, and with with all thy thy strength,
strength, this
this is the
the first
first
commandment."
commandment."(Mark (Mark 12:28-30).
12:28-30).
Other
Otherevidence
evidencein in the
the Bible
Bible shows
showsthat
that Jesus believed
Jesusbelieved
in only one
in only one God,
God, notnot in
in three
threedivine personsin one,
divine persons one, asas in
the
the following saying:
saying: "Thou
"Thou shalt worship the Lord
Lord thy thy
God andand Him
Him only shaltshalt thou serve." (Mattliew4:
serve."(Matthew 10).
4:10).
The
The doctrine
doctrine of thethe Trinity was incorporatedinto
was incorporated into thethe
teachings of Jesus
teachings Jesus more
more thanthan three
three hundred
hundred years
years after
after
Jesus' departure.The
Jesus' departure. The four
four Canonized
CanonizedGospels
Gospels do do not not
contain
containanyany reference
referenceto the Trinity.
to the Trinity. Neither
NeitherJesus
Jesusnornor his
his
disciples
disciplestaught this doctrine.
taughtthis Likewise,none
doctrine.Likewise, noneof the earlier
the earlier
greatscholars
great scholarsoror the followersof Jesus
the followers preachedit.
Jesuspreached it. This
This
doctrinewas
doctrine was established
established by the
by the Nicean
NiceanCouncil
Council after great
after great
controversies
controversies and
and conflict,
conflict,moremore than
than three hundredyears
three hundred years
Jesus'departure.
afterJesus'
after depafture. The Council
The Counciladopted
adoptedthe
the view
view ofofthethe
rninority rather
minority rather than
than the majority who
the majority rvho believed
believed in
monotheism.
rnonotheism.l I

I The ecumenical
1 The ecumenicalcouncils councilsgave gavethemselves
themsclvcsrightsrightsabove
abovetheir authority
their authority
as
asinin thethc F'irst
FirstCouncil•
Council../esus Jcsuswas rv;rsdeified;
deitled:in in the Sccond,the
thc Second, thc Holy
ltoly Ghost
Ghost
was
rias also
alsodeified.
deilled.In In the
thc Third
Third CounciL
Council.the thc same
samewaslas done
donc toto Mary
Mary and
and
in
in the Twelfth CounciL
thc'lu'clfth Council.the thc church
churchwas *as granted
grantedthe thc right
right to forgivesins,
to forgive sins,
while i n the
r v h i l ein t h eTwentieth,
I ' r r c n t i c t hthe
t h. ePope s a s made
l ) o p cwas r n a d einfallible.
infalliblc.
Encyclopedia
EnclclopcdiaAmericana Anrcricirnasays sa1,s that monotheism
that monothcismbegan beganas as a thcological
theological
rroYcmentat
movement at aa veryver)'carl) stagein
early stage in history,
histor'y'. and that
and p|ccedcdthe
that it preceded the bclief
belief
in the
in the trinity
trinitv by bv tens
tensof of)'cars. alsogoes
years. ItIt also goeson on to sa\'1hat
to say Chrislianityrvas
that Christianity was
product01'./
aa product udaism. \vhieh
o1'Judaisnr. nhich was r'"asveryr'crr strict
sLrictas iar as
as far as monotheism
t.nonotl.tcism rvas
was
'l'he
concerned.
c o n c e r n e dThe . i n the
b e l i e fin
belief t h c 'Trinity r i a s only
l r i n i t v \vas o n l l admitted i n tthe
a c l m i t t c din h c fourth
fourth
century
ccntur)AD and anddid did notnot accurately
accuratcllreflectrel'lectthe the original
originalChristian
Clhristian belief
belief in
the true nature
the true natureof God. God. rather.
rather.the the Trinity
Trinity was u'as a deviation
dcviation from fi'om that
that
b .( c . t .V.
l e l i e l (c.f.
o r i g i n a belief
original V . 27, p . 294)
2 7 .p. 291)
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However, when
However, when considered
considered rationally,
rationally, the
the concept
concept of of
the Trinity is unsustainable.
the unsustainable. It means means to believe
believe in three
three
divine persons
divine persons who are are either
either finite
finite or infinite.
infinite. IfIf we
consider them
consider them infinite, then then there
there areare three
three different
infinities, three
infinities, three different
different omnipotent
omnipotent beings, beings, and and
consequently three
consequently three different
different Gods. Gods. However,
However, ifif we
consider them
consider them finite, then neither
finite. then neither thethe Father
Father nor the the Son
Son
nor the
the Holy Ghost Ghost cancan bebe God.
God. Indeed
Indeed thethe concept
concept of of
Trinity came
came intointo being
being as as a result
result ofof falsely ascribing
falsely ascribing
divinity to two "creatures" namely; Jesus
"creatures" namely; Jesus and the Holy
and the
Spirit (Gabriel).
(Gabriel). Owing to the the irrationality
irrationality of of the
the doctrine
doctrine
of
of Trinity, thethe conventional
conventionalresponse
responseof the the Church
Church clerics
clerics
is that
that it isis aa mystery
mystery beyond
beyond human
human comprehension,
comprehension,and and
that
that it doesn't
doesn't havehave to be be understood
understoodas sufficesto just
as it suffices
accept
acceptit as as aa matter
matterof faith.
faith.
Islam
Islam preaches
preaches aa plain
plain and and simple
simple belief in the the
oneness
oneness of God.
God. It affirms
affirms the
the uniqueness
uniqueness of Allah and
and
states
statesthat
that HeHe hashas no
no partners.
paftners.He He isis the
the self-sufficient
self-sufficient
One,
One, on whom all of creation
on whom creationdepends,
depends,and who depends
and who depends
on
on no
no one.
one.He He neither
neithergives
givesbirth nor is
birth nor is born.
born.Nothing
Nothing can can
come
comeout out of Him,
Him, be
be His equal
equalor be be His partner.
His partner.
"I speak
speak of what I have have seenseen with
with my Father, and and
you do do what you have have heard
heard from your father." They They
answered
answered him, him. "Abraham is is our father." JesusJesus said
said to
them, "If "If you werewere Abraham's
Abraham's children, you would do
what Abraham did, did, but now you you seek
seek to kill me' aa
kill me,

The
TheNewNew Catholic
CatholicEncyclopedia
Encyclopedia says: "1'heconcept
says:"The conceptof ofonc
one God in three
God in three
persons
personsdiddid not
not become
become partparl ofof Christian
Christian life
life and
and religious practices
religious practices
until
until near
nearthe end of
the end of the
the fourth
fourth century. This is
century.'fhis is the conceptwhich
the concept which first
first
'l'rinitarian
took
took the name of
the name of Trinitarian Principle.
Principle. WeWc dodo not
not find
find among
among the
the
disciples
disciplesany
anyidea
idearesembling
resembling itit at
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man who
manr who has told
l
told you
you the
the truth
truth which
which II heard
heard from
from
God." (John
God." (John 8:38-40).
8:38-40).
"And this
"And this is eternal
eternal life,
life, that
that they
they know
know thee
thee the
the
only true
only true God,
God, and Jesus Christ
Christ whom
whom thou
thou hast
hast sent.
II glorified
glorified thee
thee on on earth,
earth, having
having accomplished
accomplished the the
work which
work which thou
thou gavest
gavest me
me toto do"
do" (John 17:3-4)
'rirz
The Qur
Qur 'an affirms the oneness
oneness of of God in chapter
112:
t12:
"Say,
"Say, "He is Alllh,
"He is Allah, [who One, Allah, the Eternal
is] One,
[who is]
Refuge. He neither begets
Refuge. begets nor is is born. Nor Nor is there to
Him any equivalent."
Him equivalent." .
And
And Allah has has said
said in the
the Qur 'an: "0
Qur'dn: "O People
People of the
Scripture,
Scripture, do not
not commit excess
excess in your religion
religion say
or say
about
about Allah
Allnh except
except the
the truth. The The Messiah,
Messiah,Jesus,Jesus,the the
son
son of Mary,
Mury, waswas but aa messenger
messengerof Allah Allnh andand His
word which He directeddirected to Mary and and aa soul
soul [created
[createdat
aa command]
commandl from Him. So So believe
believe in Allah and and His
messengers.
messengers. And dodo not
not say,
sayr"Three";
"Three"l desist;desist;it isis better
better
for you.
you. Indeed,
Indeed, Allah is is but one God. Exalted
one God. Exalted is is He
above
above having
having a
a son.
son. To Him belongs
belongs rvhatever
whatever is
is in the
the
heavens and whatever
heavensand whatever is on is on the
the earth.
earth. And sufficient
sufficient is
is
Allah as Disposer of affairs."
Altlh as Disposer affairs." (4:111).
(4: 171). In
In another
another chapter,
chapter,
He says: "They have
He says: have certainly
certainly disbelieved
disbelievedwho who say,say,
"Allah
"Alllh isis the
the third of three."
three." And there there is is no god except
no god except
one
one God.
God. And if they they do
do not
not desist
desistfrom what they they areare
saying,
saying, there
there will surely
surely afflict
afflict the disbelieversamong
the disbelievers among
them
them aa painful
painful punishment.
punishment.So So will they not
lvill they not repent
repent to to
Allah
Allnh and
and seek
seekHis
His forgiveness?
forgiveness?And And Allah
Alllh is Forgiving
is Forgiving
and
and Merciful." (5:73-74)
Merciful." (5:73-74)

r "..for
\" . . f < r r I am God, and not man.."
I a m G o d , a n d n o t r n a n . . " (Hosea ( H o s c u 11 l l ::9)
9 ) "God
" G o d is i s not
n o t aa
man
r n a n.... . .neither
n e i t h c r the
t l t e son
s o n ofo f man
r t t a n...
. . ". " (Numhers
( N u r n b e r s23:
2 . 319)
: 1 9 )"My
" N I y spirit
s p i r i t shall
shall
not
n o t abide
a b i d e ini n mortals
n r o r t a l s for
f o r ever,
e v e r , for
f o r theyt h c y are
a r e flesh;"
f l e s h ; " (Genesis
( C c n e s i s 6:3)
6:3)
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The only text in the the entire
entire Bible thatthat supports
supports the the
doctrine of Trinity was
doctrine of was in the
the first Epistle
Epistle of
of John,
John, chapter
chapter
5, verse
5, 7: "For
verse 7: "For there are are three thatthat bear record in in
heaven, the Father, the Word,
heaven, Word, and the Holy Holy Ghost:
and these three are one." However, it has
one." However, has been
been
eliminated from the
eliminated the New Revised
Revised Standard
Standard Version
Version of of the
the
others l , after
and othersr,
Bible and after it was discovered by the
was discovered the Christian
Christian
scholars that these
scholarsthat these were interpolations made
were interpolations made in the the King
James Version
James Version and
and other
other editions.
editions.
The Divinity
The Divinity of Jesus
of Jesus
Some Christians believe
Some Christians believe that Jesus is
that Jesus is God
God for all
eternity,the
eternity, the second personof the
secondperson the divine who, more
divine Trinity who, more
than
than two thousand
thousandyearsyears ago,
ago, chose human
appearin aa human
choseto appear
body
body and
and was
was born
born ofof the
the Virgin Mary. recordedin the
Mary. As recorded the
Gospels,
Gospels,this
this dogma,
dogma, likelike the
the one previouslydiscussed,
one previously discussed,
contradicts
contradictsthethe words
words attributed
attributedto Jesus. The fact
Jesus.The fact is
is that
that
Jesus
Jesus never
never claimed
claimed divinity,
divinity, instead
instead he he affirmed
affirmed the the
divinity of God
divinity God alone,
alone,saying
sayingto to those
thosearound
aroundhim, "Why
him, "Why
callest
callest thou me me good?
good? There is is none
none good but one, one,
that is
is God" (Mark
(Mark 10: 18). So,
l0:18). So, if Jesus Christ refused
JesusChrist refusedto to
be 'oGod?"
be called
called"good",
"good",would
would hehe accept
acceptto to be called"God?"
be called
When
When Jesus spoke of God,
Jesusspoke God, hehe referred
referred to to Him as: as:
...my Father and
""...my and your Father,
Father, and
and my God and and your
God." (John20:
God." (John 17).
20:17).
Jesus
Jesus also
also rejected
rejected thethe notion
notion that he could
that he could do do
anything
any'thingonon his
his own.
own. HeHe made
madeit very
very clear
clear that all things
that all things

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arebyby the
the will
will of
of God
Godwhowho had
hadsent
senthim.
him. He
He isis recorded
recordedas as
having said:
having said:"I "I can
can ofof mine
mine own
own self
self do
do nothing':
nothing': as as I
hear, II judge: and
hear, judgment is
and my judgment is just; because
becauseI seek seek
not mine
not mine ownown will,
will, but the willwill of the Father which
hath sent
hath sent me." (John5:30).
me." (John 5:30).Again
Again hehe states
statesthat
that the
the words
words
he speaks
he speaksarearenot
not his,
his, but
but revealed
revealedtoto him
him as
as aa prophet
prophetsentsent
by
by God: "For II have
God: "For have not spoken
spoken of myself; but the
Father which sent
Father sent me,
me, hehe gave
gave me me aa commandment,
what I should
what should say, say, and
and what I should speak." speak." (John
(John
12:49).Also,
12:49). Also, in in John
John 7:17-18,
7:17-18,Jesusstates: any man
Jesus states: "If
"If any
will do
will do hishis will, he he shall
shall know of of the doctrine,
whether it be of of God, or whether I speak speak of of myself.
myself.
He that speaketh
speaketh of of himself
himself seeketh
seeketh his own glory:
but hehe that seeketh
seeketh his glory glory that sent
sent him, the same same
is true, and
is and no unrighteousness
unrighteousness is in him." Jesus Jesusalso
also
statedthat
stated the Lord
that the Lord isis greater
greaterthan
than him according
accordingto John John
14:28,which
14:28, which reads,"
reads,"....I
....1 go unto the Father:Father: for my
Father is is greater
greater than I." Jesus Jesusdid things only for the
did things the
pleasureof God,
pleasure God, who who sent hir-n. He
sent him. He states: "And he that
states:"And that
sent me is with
sent with me:me: the Father hath not left left me alone;
alone;
always those
for I do always those things that please please him. As he
spoke these
spoke these words, many believed on him." (John (John 8:29-
8:29-
30). Also,
30). Also, according
accordingto Luke Luke 4:43,
4:43, Jesus came to preach
Jesus came preach
the Kingdom
the Kingdom of of God: "And he said unto
Cod: "And unto them, II must
preach the kingdom
preach kingdom of of God to otherother cities also: also: for
for
therefore am I sent."sent."
In addition,
In addition,JesusJesus stated
stated that
that enterirrg
entering the
the Kingdom
Kingdom of of
Heaven is
Heaven is dependant
dependantupon upon doing the will of
doing the God: "Not
of God: "Not
every one that saith
everyone saith unto me, me, Lord, Lord, shall enter

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1 This is
is what Jesus
Jesus said of himself whereas
said of whereas he said
said about
about Cod. " ... for
God, ".., for
with God all things are
with possible..." (Mark
are possible..." (Mark l0:27)
10:27)
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into the
into the kingdom
kingdom of of heaven;
heaven; but
but he
he that
that doeth
doeth the
the
will of
will of my
my Father
Father which
which is in
in heaven."l
heaven.'" (Matthew
(Matthew 7:21).
Again
Again he he says:
says: "For whosoever shall
"For whosoever shall do
do the
the will
will of
of
God,
God, the
the same is my
my brother,
brother, and
and my
my sister,
sister, and
and
mother.,,2 (Mark 3:35)
mother."'(Mark 3:35)
According
According to Mark 13:32, Jesus is
13:32, Jesus is also
also reported
reported to
have
have denied having knowledge
denied having knowledge of of the
the final hour of of this
world, saying: ""...but
world, saying: ... but of
of that day or hour no man
knoweth, neither the angels heaven nor
angels in the heaven nor the Son
but
but the Father."
In Luke
Luke 13:33-34,
13.33-34,Jesus refers to hirnself
Jesusref'ers himself as as one
one of
of the
the
Prophets:
Prophets: "Nevertheless
"Nevertheless I must walk today, and
tomorrow,
tomorrow, and and the day following: for it it cannot be thatthat
aa prophet perishes
perishes out of Jerusalem. O
of Jerusalem. 0 Jerusalem,
Jerusalem,
Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, prophets, and and stonest
stonest
them that areare sent
sent unto thee .... !"
thee....!"
These
These words
words of Jesus
Jesus asas repOIied
reporled in in the Bible,
the Bible,
demonstrate
demonstratethat
that he,
he, in
in relation
relationto to God, stood like
God, stood like any
any
other
other human
human being.
being. He
He was
was not
not the
the Creator
Creator but
but a
a creation
creation
like
like Adam.
Adam. He prayedto
He prayed to God (Mark I1:35,
God (Mark :35, Mark 14:35and
Mark 14:35 and
Luke
Luke 5: 16), which
5:16), which means conclusivelythat
meansconclusively that he he was a
was
prophet
prophet and
and not
not God,
God, for
for God does not
God does pray to anyone.
not pray anyone.

1
I The word "Rabbi",
The word "Rabbi". translated
translatcdas "Lord'' actually
as "Lord" means"Master."
actualll' means "Master."
John
John 1:38
1:38says:
sa1's: "Then
"Then Jesus
Jesusturned,
turned, andand saw
sarl'thern following, and
them following, and
saith
saith unto
unto them,
them, What
What seekseek ye?
ye? They said rrnto him, Rabbi,
said unto
(which
(which isis to
to say,
say, being
being interpreted,
irrterprcted, Master,) rvhr:rc dwellest
N{astcr',) where dwcllest
thou?"
thou?"
2ln Matthew12:50
2 In Matthew l2:50 we
we read:
read:"For whosoevershall do the will
shall do of my
rvill of.!!U'
"For whosoever
Father
Father which
which isis in hcaven, the
in heaven, sarneis
the same is my brother, and sister,
brothcr, and sister, and
mother."
mother." Matthew herc changes
Matthov here changesthe Word "God"
the Word "God" to to "my Father" for
Father" for
theological purposes. Kisman
theological purposes. that both
said that
Kisrnan said l-ukc and
both Luke Mattherv
and Matthew
deliberately
deliberatelychanged Mark's text
changedMark's text air hundred
hunclredtimes
times forfor theological
theological
purposes.
purposes.
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Jesusalso used to praise God, as is clear as is clear from Matthew
Matthew
11
ll:25, "Jesus answered
:25, "Jesus answered and and said,
said, I thank thee, O 0
Father, Lord
Lord of heaven and
ofheaven and earth."
This
This dogma
dogma of divinity is is not
not supported
supportedby the words
the words
of Jesus
Jesusas as written
written in the the Gospels.
Gospels.Like the the doctrine
doctrine ofof
Trinity,
Trinity, the
the doctrine
doctrineof the the incarnation
incarnationwas was developed
developedafterafter
Jesus'
Jesus'departure.
departure.It was was incorporated
incorporatedinto into Christianity
Christianityfrom
paganism. In
paganism. In the
the mythology
my'thology of religions
religions that preceded
that preceded
Christianity,
Christianity, it can be
can be seen seen how some heroes
some heroes were were
considered
considered to to be gods. Most
be gods. Most of what what was was said
said about
about
Krishna
Krishna by the the Hindus,
Hindus, Buddha
Buddha by the the Buddhists,
Buddhists,Mithra
by the
the Persians,
Persians,Osiris
Osiris by thethe Ancient
Ancient Egyptians, Bacchus
Egyptians,Bacchus
by the
the Greeks,
Greeks,Baal Baal by the
the Babylonians
Babyloniansand and Adonis
Adonis by the the
Syrians,
Syrians,waswas said
said of Jesus
Jesusby the the Christians. Islam, on
Christians.Islam, the
on the
other
other hand,
hand, hashas freed
freed its
its followers
followers fromfrom such
such superstitions
superstitions
by rejecting
rejectingthe the doctrine
doctrineof the the incarnation
incarnationand and of
of God's
God's
embodiment
embodimentin in or
or union
unionwithwith any
any of His
His creatures.
creatures.
Isldm states
Islam statesemphatically
emphaticallythat that neither
neither Jesus
Jesus nor any any
other
other human
human beingbeing maymay be be God. Isldm also
God. Isliim also rejects the
rejects the
notion
notion that
that God
God may may bebe incarnated
incarnatedor unite unite with anyany of
of His
creation.In
creation. In Chapter
Chapter5, verse75,
5, verse 75, the
the Qur 'an tells
Qur'dn us that
tells us that
Jesus
Jesus waswas aa messenger
messengerof God God like like many
many of the
of the
messengers
lnessengerswho who camecame before him; and
before him; and that
that hehe and his
and his
virtuous mother "used
virluous mother "used to eat eat food." The The idea
idea is that
that
anyone
anyonewho who eats
eats cannot
cannotbe be God,
God, be be it Jesus,
Jesus,Muhammad
Muhammad
or
or other prophets and
other prophets and messengers,
messengers,as as eating represents
eating represents
need and dependence
need and dependenceon on external elements,and
externalelements, and God
God is is
neither in
neither in need
need nor nor dependent.
dependent.Also, Also, eating
eating entails
entails
processingof the
processing the food
food inin the
the body
body and and then
then the
the need
need to
defecate. Suchacts
defecate.Such actsdo do not
not befit
befitthe rnajestyof God.
the majesty God.
Many nations,no
Many nations, no matter
matterhow prirnitivethey
how primitive they happen
happen to
rejectthe
be, reject
be, the idea
ideathat
that aa messenger
messenger from God
from God could
could bebe a
beine who
human being
human "eats food"
who "eats food" like
like them.
them. As As such,
such. manv
many
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prophets discredited by their people
were discredited people under
under this
pretext. The Qur'dn
pretext. Qur'an relates
relates that the people
that the people of of Noah
Noah said
said
about him: "This
about "This is not but a man like yourselves. He yourselves.
eats of
eats of that from which you eat and drinks drinks of what you
of what
drink." (23:33).
drink.'o (23:33). The The Qur'dn also quotes
Qur'an also quotes thethe Arabs
Arabs among
among
Prophet Muhammad
whom Prophet Muhammad appeared appeared as as follows: "And
follows: "And
say: 'What
they say: 'What is this messengermessenger that eats eats food and
walks in the markets?r" (25 7). As for those
markets?'" (25:7). those who ascribe
ascribe
divinity to Prophet Prophet Jesus,
Jesus, we find that that they
they took
divergence to a whole
divergence whole new new level degrading God,
level by degrading God, thethe
Almighty,
Almighty, and
and considering
considering Him
Him a hurnan
human who
who eats
eats food.
food.
The divinity of
The divinity of Jesus
Jesusis is rejected
rejectedin in the
Ihe Qur 'an. Allah
Qur'dn.
says:
says:"They
"They have have certainly disbelieved
disbelievedwho say, say, "Allah
"Alliih
is
is the
the Messiah,
Messiah,the the son
son of Mary"
Mary'o while the Messiah has
the Messiah has
said, "0
said, "O Children of Israel, Israel, worship
worship Allah,Alleh' my Lord Lord
and
and your Lord." Lord." Indeed,Indeed, he associatesothers
he who associates others with
Allah,
Alleh, AllahAlllh has has forbidden
forbidden him Paradise, Paradise, and and hishis
refuge
refuge is is the the Fire. And there there are are not for the the
wrongdoers
wrongdoersany any helpers" (5:72)
helpers"(5:72)
Allah also alsorevealed:"Indeed, the
revealed: "Indeed, the example
example of Jesus Jesusto
Allah is is like that of Adam. Adam. He He created
createdHim from dust; dust;
then
then He said said to to him,
him, "Be,"
"Be," and and he he was." (3:59)l In
was." (3:59)1 In the
the
Qur 'an,
Qur'dn, Allah describes
describes Jesus
Jesus as
as His
His Prophet,
Prophet, pure
pure and
and
pious
piouslikelike the
the restrestof His prophets,but
His prophets, but always
alwaysas as aa human
human
being."
being." He He [Jesus]
[Jesus] said:
said: "Indeed,
"Indeed, I am
am the
the servant
servant of
Allah.
Alteh. He has given me
has given me thethe Scripture
Scripture and made me
and made me aa
prophet..."
p r o p h e t . . . '(19:30)
(o1 9 : 3 0 )
Acts 3:
Acts 3:1313 also
alsostates: "The God
states:"The Abraham, and
God of Abraham, and of
Isaac,
Isaac, and and of Jacob, Jacob, the the God of our fathers, fathers, hath

1Even Melchisedec. the "Without father,

him "Without
o1'him rvithout
fathcr',without
1 Even Melchisedec,the Bible llible says sais or
mother,
mother, withoutwithout descent, descent, having having neither neithcr beginning
begirming of of days,
days, nor
nor
end
c n d oflife ( [ I c b r e r v7:3).
o f l i f ' c.... .". "(Hebrews I I o r v ev e rno
7s : 3 ) .However n o one
o n cclaimed h i sdivinity.
c l a i m e dhis divinity.
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glorified
glorified his his servant
servant Jesus."
Jesus." (New
(New Testament,
Testament,Catholic
Catholic
Edition)
Edition)
From
From thethe facts
factspresented
presentedto to the
the reader
readerabove,
above,it is
is clear
clear
that Islam
that Islam is is not
not the
the only
only religion
religion that
that refutes
refutes Jesus'
Jesus'
divinity;
divinity;thethe texts
textsof the
theBible
Bible dodo as
aswell.
well.
In
In aa poll carried
carriedout
out by aa British
British television
televisionshow
show called
called
Credo,
Credo, itit was
was stated
statedby 19 19 out
out of 31 31 Bishops
Bishops of the the
Anglican
Anglican Church
Church that
that Christians
Christians areare not
not obligated
obligated to
believe
believethat
thatJesus
JesusChrist
Christwas
wasGod.!
God.r

The Divine
Divine Sonship
Sonship
This doctrine,
This doctrine,likelike those previouslydiscussed,
thosepreviously discussed, is
is not
not in
conformity
conformitywith with the
the teachings
teachingsandand sayings
sayingsof Jesus.
Jesus.In thethe
Bible, the
Bible, the expression
expression"son "son of God"
God" has
has been
beenused
usedto refer
refer
to
to Adam (Luke 3:38)
Adarn(Luke 3:38)and manyof the
andmany the earlier
earlierprophets
prophetswhowho
preceded
preceded Jesus. Israel,for
Jesus.Israel, for example,
example,was was called
calledthe "Son
the "Son of of
God" inin one
one of the
the books
booksof Moses:
Moses:"And thou shalt say say
Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is My
unto Pharaoh, My sorr,
son,
even My first born." (Exodus
even (Exodus4:22).
4:22).
Also, in
Also, in the Psalms,the
the Psalms, the same r.vasgiven
title was
sametitle given to David:
David:
will declare
"I will declare the decree:
decree:the Lord had had said
said unto me,me,
Thou
Thou art My sorr, this day
My son, day have
have I begotten thee."
(Psalms2:7).
(Psalms 2:7). Likewise,
Likewise,in in I Chronicles,
Chronicles,22:10. Solomon
22: 10, Solomon
was called
was calledthe the Son
Son of God:
God: "He shall
shall build a house
house for
My name:
My name: and he shall be My
and he My S011,
sott, and
and I will
will be his
Father andand I will
will establish
establish the throne of of his Kingdom
over Israel
over Israel forever."
forever."
From the
From the above above statements
statementsandand f}om
from many
many others
others in
the Bible, it has
the Bible, hasbeen
beenestablished
established that
that the word "son"
the rvord "son" really
really
meant nearness
meant neal'ness to God
to God in in love.
love. Even
Even Jesus said in the
Jesus said the

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"Love your
your enemies...
enemies ... that
that yeye may
may bebe
verses:
the children of your
the children of your Father Father who
who is in
in Heaven."
Heaven."
(Matthew 5:44-45).
(Matthew 5:44-45). "Blessed
"Blessed are the the Peacemakers:
Peacemakers: for for
they shall be called the sozs of God."
sons of God." (Matthew 5:9). 5:9).
Analysis of
Analysis of all of
of the
the previous
previous sayings
sayings leaves
leaves no doubt
regarding
regarding the the meaning
meaning that
that Jesus
Jesus assigned
assigned to the word
"son." Therefore,
Therefore, in view of of this,
this, there
there can can be no no
justification to regard
justification regard Jesus
Jesus asas the
the Son
Son ofof God in an
exclusive
exclusive and unique sense
and unique sense asas most
most Christians
Christians do.do. When
When
Jesus
Jesususedused the
the phrase
phrase "Son
"Son of of God",
God", it meant exactly the
meant exactly
same
same as as it meant
meant when
when it was was used Adam, Israel,
used for Adam, Israel,
David,
David, andand Solomon.
Solomon.Jesus
Jesuswas referred to as
was referred the "Son of
as the of
God" 13 13 times
times in the
the Bible whereas
whereas he he was
was refered
referred to asas
the
the "Son
"Son of Man" 83
83 times.
times.
The
The Qur 'an emphatically
Qur'tin emphaticallyand and categorically rejects the
categoricallyrejects the
dogma of "sonship"
dogma "sonship" Chapter in Chapter 2,
2, verse
verse 116:
116: "They say'
say,
"Allah
"Allah hashas taken
taken aa son."
son." Exalted
Exalted is Rather, to Him
is He! Rather' Him
belongs
belongs whatever is is in the heavens and
the heavens and the earth. All All
are
are devoutly
devoutly obedient
obedient to Him."
Him."
Furthermore, attributing aa son
Furthetmore, attributing son to God God would
implicitly
implicitly deny
deny and
and negate
negate the perfection of God
the perfection God andand
imply
imply His
His need
need of another
another being
being beside
beside Himself.
Himself.
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Original Sin
According
According to to the
the explanation
explanationof this this dogma,
dogma, Adam
sinned
sinned whenwhen he he disobeyed
disobeyed Allah by eating eating from the the
forbidden
forbidden treetree (the
(the tree
tree of knowing
knowing good good from evil as as in
Genesis
Genesis2: 1i). As
2:17'). As aa result,
result, and
and according
accordingto Christian
Christian
theology,
theology,all all descendants
descendants of Adam
Adam inherit
inherit the
the sin
sin of Adam,
of Adam,
which
which means
means that that all human
human beings
beings are are born this
born with this
original
original sin.
sin. And
And according
accordingto Christianity, for God's
to Christianity, God's
justice to
justice to be
be satisfied, price must
satisfied,aa price must be paid for every
be paid every sin
sin
that
that has
hasbeen
beencommitted.
committed.
In
ln other
other words,
words, GodGod will notnot let
let any
any sin go unrequited
sin go unrequited
and
and cannot
cannot eveneven forgive
forgive aa simple
simple sin!
sin! Accordingly,
Accordingly, thethe
only
only thing
thing that
that can
can wipe
wipe out sinsis
out sins is the
the shedding
sheddingof blood.
blood.
According
According to to Paul, "Without the shedding of
Paul, "Without blood
of blood
there
there is is no remission." (Hebrews9:22)?
remission." (Hebrews 9:221.2ButBut this
this blood
blood
must
must be be perfect,
perfect, sinless,
sinless.andand incorruptible.
incorruptible. Therefore,
Therefore,
Jesus,
Jesus,alleged
allegedto to be
be the
the son
sonof God,
God, shed
shedhishis sinless blood,
sinlessblood,
suffered
sufferedindescribable
indescribable agony
agony and
and died
died to paypay the
the penalty
penalty
for
for the
the sins
sins of men.
men. Because
Becausehe he was
was the infinite God,
the infinite God, hehe
alone
alonecould
could pay pay the
the infinite priceof sin.
infiniteprice Therefore,no
sin. Therefore, no one
one
can
can bebe saved
saved unless he accepts
unless he acceptsJesus
Jesus as his personal
as his personal
3
savior
savior3. . Moreover,
Moreover, everyone
everyone is is condemned
condemned to suffer suffer
eternally
eternally in Hellfire
Hellfire because of
because his his or her inherent sinful
her inherent sinful

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rvill Adam
Adam he punishedfor
be punished fbr his
] It
It is
is therefore
thereforefittingfitting toto ask:
ask: How his deed
deed
ifhe
if he diddid notnot know
know right rightfrom wrong?
from wrong?
t This very
2 This verl'same
same texttext is in contradiction
is in contradiction n'ith other
with Biblical tcxts
otherBiblical texts w'hich
which
state
state thatthat atonement
atonement could could be be through
through the the offering
o1I'eringof of flour as as in
Leviticus
L e v i t i c u s5:
5 :11, o r money
l l . or m o n e ) as
' a sin E x o d u s30:
i n Exodus o r "of
l 0 : 1155 or " o f j cjewels o f ggold,
r v c l s of old,
chains,
chains, and and bracelets,
bracelets, rings, earrings, earrings, and and tablets." as as in Numbers
Numbers
3 l :50.
31 :50.
3'r Isaiah
Isaiah43: 43:ll11 reads, "I, even
reads,001, even 1, I, am
arn the LORD; and bcside rne
and beside me there
there
is no
is no saviour."
saviour."This verseclearly
This verse clearlvstates
statesthat
that God God is the only
is the onh'savior'
savior
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nature unless
nature unless hehe or she she accepts atonement for his or her
accepts atonement
sins made
sins made by Jesus
Jesus with his blood.blood.
This dogma
dogma cancan be divided into three
be divided three distinct parts: (1)
distinct parls:
the original
the original sin,
sin, (2) the belief that
the justice
God's justice requires
that God's requires
that the penalty
that.the penalty for sin sin must
must bebe paid
paid for by blood,
blood, and and (3)
the belief that
the that Jesus
Jesus hashas paid the price
paid the price for thethe sins
sins ofof men
men
death on
by his death on the
the cross and that
cross and salvation is only for
that salvation
those who
those who believe
believe in his his vicarious
vicarious sacrifice.
sacrifice.' I

Regarding the first nart, part, the Reverend De Groot

the Reverend Groot
(Catholic Teaching, p.
(CatholicTeaching, 1a0) writes:
p. 140) writes: "Scripture teaches us
"Scriptureteaches us
that Adam's
that Adam's sin passed unto
sin passed unto allall men (our Blessed
men (our Blessed lady lady
exempted).
exempted).For For in thethe words
words of St. St. Paul: "Therefore, as
Paul: "Therefore, as
by the offence
offence of of oneone (Adam)
(Adam) all men were taken to
condemnation; so so also
also by the Justice of of one
one (Christ)
many
many shall
shall be made just."
be made (Romans5:
just." (Romans 18-19)." These
5:18-19)." These
words
words make plain that
make it plain that all
all men inheritedAdam's
men inherited Adam's sin. sin.
Like many
many other
other Christian
Christian beliefs,
beliefs, thethe doctrine
doctrine of the the
'InheritedSin'
'Inherited Sin' finds
finds no no support
suppoftin in the
the words
wordsof Jesus Jesusor of
the
the prophets
prophetswhowho came
camebefore
beforehim. They taught
him. They taught that every
that every
man was accountable
man was accountablefor for his
his own
own actions;
actions; children
children would
would
not
not be
be punished
punishedfor for the
the sin
sin of parents.
their parents.
oftheir
No human
humanbeingbeingis is born
born sinful.
sinful.Jesus
Jesushimself regarded
himselfregarded
children
childrenas as innocent
innocentand pure,not
andpure, not born
bornwith
with sin.
sin. It is clear
lt is clear
from
from his
his reported
reportedsaying:
saying:"Suffer not the little little children
to come
come unto
Lrntome,me. andand forbid them not: for such such is is the
Kingdom of God. God. Verily I say say unto you, whosoever
you, whosoever
shall
shall not receive
receivethe the Kingdom
Kingdom of God as as aa little child,
little child,
he
he shall
shall not enter
enter therein." (Mark10:
therein."(Mark l0:14-15).
14-15).

1t If
If the
the belief
bclief in
in the
thc crucifixion
crucifixionof of Jesus
Jesusis
is the
thc only rvayto
only way to salvation for
salvationfor
those
thoseliving
living in
in his
his time
time and
and those
thosewhorvho believe
bclieveinin him
him afterwards, what
afterwards,what
is
is the
the case
case for
lbr the
the sinners
sinnerswhor.r'hodied
died before
bcfbre Jesus
Jesusand
and never had the
never had the
chance
chanceto to know
knorvhimhim oror believe
believeinin the
thecrucifixion?
crucifixion?
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Rationally
Rationally considered,
considered, it would would be be the
the height
height of of
injustice
injustice to to condemn
condemn the the entire
entire human
human racerace for thethe sin
sin
committed
committedthousands
thousandsof years yearsago ago by our first parents. Sin
first parents. Sin
is
is aa willful
willful transgression
transgressionof the the Law of God
of God theor the Law of
of
right and wrong, hence the responsibility
right and wrong, hence the responsibility blame or blame for it
must
must lielie only on on the
the person
personcommitting
committing it, and and not
not on his
his
children. It is
children. is aa grave
grave injustice
injustice to consider
consider manman sinful at
birth.
birth. How unreasonable
unreasonableand and hard-hearted
hard-hearteda man man cancan
become
becomeby believing
believing in in the
the dogma
dogma of the the inherited
inherited sin as
sin as
shown
shown by the the theological
theologicaldictum
dictum of Saint
Saint Augustine that
Augustine that
all
all unbaptized
unbaptizedinfants
infants are
are doomed
doomedto burn burn eternally
eternally in the
the
Fire
Fire of Hell?!
Hell?! Until recently,
recently,the the unbaptized
unbaptizedinfants were
infants were
not
not buried
buried in consecrated
consecrated groundsin Christendom,
grounds because
Christendom,because
they
theywere
werebelieved
believedto to have
havedied 'original
diedin 'original sin.'sin.'
Isldm condemns
Islam condemns the the dogma
dogma of Original
Original Sin and
Sin and
regards
regardschildren
children as pure and
as pure and sinless
sinlessatat birth. Sin, it says,
birth. Sin, says,is
not
not inherited,
inherited,but but is
is something
somethingthat that one
one acquires doing
acquiresby doing
what
what he he or
or she
sheshould
shouldnotnot dodo and
and by failing
failing to do what
to do what he he
or she
sheshould
shoulddo.do.
The second
second part nart of the the Christian
Christian doctrine
doctrine of of
atonement is that
atonementis that God's God's justice
justice requires
requires that
that a price
price be
be
paidfor
paid for the
the original
originaland andall
all other sinsof man.
othersins man. If If God
God were
were
to pardon aa sinner
to pardon sinner without punishment,it would
without punishment, would be be a
denial of His
denial justice, The
His justice. The Reverend
ReverendW. W. Goldsack (Zfte
Goldsack (The
Atonement,p.5)
Atonement, p.5) writes
writes inin this connection:"It
this connection: "lt should
shouldbe be as
as
clear
clear asas daylight
daylight to anyone
anyonethat that God cannotbreak
God cannot break His own
law:
law: He
He cannot
cannotforgive
forgiveaa sinner withoutfirst
sinnerwithout giving him
first giving him an
an
appropriate punishment.For
appropriatepunishment. For ifif He did so,
He did so, who rvould
who would call call
'Just' and
Him 'Just' Equitable."This
and Equitable." view shows
This view shows complete
complete
ignoranceof God's
ignorance justice. God
God's justice. God isis not mere judge
not a mere judge or
king.
king. He He isis asas the
the Qur 'an
Qur'iin describes
describes Him:
Him: "The Most
Gracious,
Gracious, the Merciful. Master of the
the Most Merciful. the Day of
Recompense."
Recompense."He He isis not
not only 'Just' but
only 'Just' but also
also Merciful
Merciful andand
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Forgiving, ...Allah will forgive you; and He is the most
will forgive
merciful ofof the
the merciful." (Qur'an(Qur'dn 12:92).
12:92).IfIf God
God knows
knows
that man
that man is sincerely repentant,
sincerely repentant,having having a real urge to
real urge
conquer the
conquer the evil within himself,
himself, thenthen Almighty God God can can
forgive his failings
forgive his failings and and sins
sins altogether.
altogether.After all, the only
all, the
proper motive for punishment
proper motive punishment is is to check
check evil andand reform
reform
the offender.
the offender. To punish person for his
punish aa person past sins,
his past even
sins, even
after
after he
he had
had repented
repentedand reformed himself is
and reformed is aa sign
sign of of
vengeance,
vengeance,not not justice.
justice. Also,
Also, forgiving person after
forgiving aa person after
punishing
punishing him or her, her, or after
after inflicting punishment on
inflicting punishment on
someone
someoneelseelse instead,
instead,cannot
cannotbe be considered
consideredforgiveness
forgivenessby
any
any stretch
stretchof imagination.
imagination.
The
The God
God we we worship
worship is is aa God
God of mercy.
mercy. If If HeHe
prescribes
prescribesaa law law and
and demands
demandsobedience,
obedience,it is is not for His
not for His
own
own benefit,
benefit,but but for
for the
the benefit
benefitof humankind.
humankind.And And if if He
He
punishes
punishesaa manman forfor his
his faults
faultsand
and sins,
sins,it is
is not for His
not for His ownown
satisfaction
satisfactionor or compensation,
compensation,as as the
the Christian
Christian dogma
dogma
proclaims,
proclaims,but but it isis to
to curb
curb evil
evil and purify the
and purify the sinner.
sinner.God God
forgives
forgives the
the faults
faults and
and sins
sinsof those
thosewhowho have
haveturned
turned awayaway
from
from their
their sins
sinsandandreformed
reformedthemselves
themselves without punishing
without punishing
them
them or any
any other personon
other person on their
their behalf
behalf and this is
and this is not
not
contrary
contrarytoto God's justice.
God'sjustice.
Thus, Allah says:
Thus, A/liih says: ""...Your
...Your Lord has has decreed
decreed upon upon
Himself mercy:
mercy: that any any of you you who does doeswrong out of
ignorance
ignorance and and then
then repents
repents afterafter that and and corrects
corrects
himself
himsetf - indeed,
indeed, He is
is Forgiving
Forgiving and
and Merciful."
(Qur'an
(Qur'dn6:54)
6:54)
The third part of the
The the Christian
Christian dogma
dogrna of the the
atonement
atonementis is that
that Jesus
Jesuspaid
paid the penaltyfor
the penalty for the
the original
original
and
and other
other sins
sinsof menmen by by his
his death
deathon on the
the cross
crossof Calvary,
Calvary,
and
andthat
that salvation
salvationcannotcannotbe be obtained
obtainedwithout
without belief
belief in in the
the
saving
saving power
power of his his blood.
blood. J.F. J.F. De
De Groot (Catholic
Groot (Catholic
Teaching,
Teaching,p. p. 162)
162)writes: "SinceChrist,
writes:"Since Christ,God Incarnate,
God Incarnate, has
has
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takenupon
upon Himself
Himself ourour sins
sins inin order
orderto to atone
atonefor themthem by
giving
giving satisfaction
satisfactionto to God's demandfor jr,rstice,
God's demand justice, He He is
is the
the
mediator
mediatorbetween
betweenGod God and andman."
man."ThisThis dogma
dogmais not only
is not only a
denialof the
denial the mercy
mercyof God God butbut also
alsoof His His justice.'
justice. [
To demand
demandthe the price
price of bloodblood in order
order to forgive the
forgive the
sins
sins of men
men is is to
to show
show aa complete
completelack lack of mercy,
mercy, andand to
punish
punish aa manman who who is is not
not guilty
guilty for
for the
the sins
sins of
of others,
others,
whether the fanner
whether the fonner is rvillingis willing or not, is the height
not, is the height of of
injustice.
injustice.
There
There areare many
rnanyrefutations
refutationswhich which confirm
confinn the the falsity
falsity
of the
the belief
belief in in atonement
atonement and
and crucifixion.
cruciflxion.The The following
following
are
ale only
only aa few fiorn 21l10ng
fbr.vfrom amongthem: them:
First,
First, the
the dogma
dogrnaof crucifixion
crucifixionof Jesus
o1'.fesusChrist
Christto atone
atonefor
the
the original
original sin sin isis based
based on on aa corrupt
cornrpt foundation
fbundation and and
anything
any,thingbuilt
built onon aa corrupt
corruptfoundation
fbundationis is itself
itselfcorrupt.
corrupt.TheThe
idea that Adam's
idea that Adam's sin nas passed
sin was pesseclon or.rto his offspring
to his offspring
-['orah
contradicts
conlratlicts the
the vcrses
verses in
in thc
the Torah ri'hich.
which. accordingto
according to the
the
Bible.
Bible. Jesus
.lesrrs came
carrrenotnot to1o destroy
rlestrorbutbut to firlllll. Also,
to fulfill. Also, inin
Deuteronomy
Deuterortottrl24: l(r we
3-1,16 u'c read: "'[-hc fathers
rcacl:"The shall not be
firthcrs shall
put to death death for ftrr the children,
cltiltlren, neineither shall the
ther shall
children
childrcn be bc put to to death
death for fbr the
the' fathers:
fathers: every
every man man
shall be
shall be put
put to deathdeath forfbr his
his own
o*rt sin."
sin." In Ezekiel18:20
Irr Ezekiel l8:20
we also
we also find: "'l'hc soul
llncl:"The sorrlthat
that sinneth,
sinncth, it shallshall die.
die. The
son
son shall
shall not hear irticlLrit-r'
bear the iniquity f'ather, neither
of the father,
shall the father
shall the father bearbear the thc iniquity
iniquit,v of the son." son." Jesus
Jesus
himself
himselfsaid,
said.according
accordinsto Matlheu'16:27,
to Manhew 16;27."then he shall
he shall

I point itit must bc asked: \\'asAdam's

Adartt'sremorserclnofscand and repcntance
I At this
this point nruslhe askcd:Was repentance to
God. his
God, his departing
deyraltingfrom 1r'ontParadise.
I'aradisc.the thc tlooding
flooding and ancl the the numerous
numerous
sacrilices
sacriliccsmade nraclc[0 tu God(iocl notnot aa price pricc enough
crtoLrghttlr lbr his salration?l)What
his salvation'?') What
about
about the thc sins horrcnclous
rttorc horrendous
sins more thatt Adam's')
than '\dattt's'l And horr could
,\ttd hOlv could this this
m ) ' s t e r of
mystery )o f salvation u. tn k t t o n tto
t c n t i t i runkl101\11
s a l r a t i o nremain t o all
a l l the p r o p l t c l only
t h c prophets o
s n l l ' to bec llater
to b atcr
discovcrccl
diseOVCl'ed by thc church')
bv the church?
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reward every man according to his works." This is in
agreement
agreementwith the the Qur'an
Qur'dn asas it states
states"That
"That no bearer of of
burdens
burdens will bear bear thethe burden
burden of another.
another. And that
there is is not for man except except that [good]
[good] for which he he
strives.And that his
strives. his effort isis going
going to be be seen."
seen." (53:38-
(53:38-
40)
40)
Second,
Second,according
accordingto Genesis
Genesis5:5,5:5, our father, Adam, lived
father,Adam,
with his
his wife after they had eaten from the forbidden
after they had eatenfrom the forbidden tree tree
for
for 930
930 years.
years.This
This proves
provesthe falsehoodof Genesis
the falsehood Genesis2:17,2: 17,
which states""...for
which states ... for in the day that thou thou eatest thereof
eatest thereof
thou shalt surely die" because becauseit did not not occur.
occur. This also also
indicates
indicates that
that Adam
Adam repented
repented fromfrom his
his sin
sin and
and sought
sought
forgiveness
forgiveness and and God God pardoned
pardoned him. him. Ezekiel
Ezekiel 18:21-22
18:21-22
states:
states: "But
"But if
if the wicked will
wicked' will turn
l
turn from all his sins
sins
that hehe hath committed, and and keep
keep all my statutes, and
do that which is is lawful and right, he shall surely live,
and right,
he
he shall not die. die. All All his transgressions
transgressions that that he hath
committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in
committed, in
his righteousness
righteousness that he hath done he shall live." So, So,
as
as Adam
Adam and and hishis wife "lived", they they must
must havehave "turned
"turned
from
from allall the sins
the sins theythey have committed." This means that
have committed." This means that
the
the sin was not
sin was not inherited,
inherited.and thus. there
and thus, there was
was nono reason
reason
that
that Jesus
Jesushad
had to to die
die for
for the anyone.This
sinsof anyone.
the sins This isis in total
total
agreement
agreementwith with thethe Qur'an, which
which states:
states: 'o...And
" ...And Adam
Qur'iin,
disobeyed
disobeyedhis his Lord and erred. Then
and erred. Then his chosehim
his Lord chose
and turned to him in forgiveness
and turned forgivenessand guided [him]."
and guided [himl."
(20:121-122).
(20:121-122).
Third: It is is not
not correct
correctaccording
accordingto to the
the Bible
Bible to say say that
that
Jesus
Jesushad had come
come to to die willinely and
die willingly and deliberately
deliberatelyfor the the

' If is the casewith the ''u'icked". what would be rvhen the sinner
I If this
this is the case the "wicked", what would be when the sinner
happenedto
happened to be
be aa righteous person like
righteous person like Adam?
Adam? Surely,
Surely, he
he would
would be
be
grantedforgiveness
granted forgivenessas as he
he sought repentance.
soughtrepentance.
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sins of men.
men. We read read in the the Bible
Bible that
that hehe did not
not wish
wish to
die
die on
on the
the cross.
cross.For when when he he learnt
learntthat
that his
his enemies
enemieswerewere
plotting
plotting against
against hishis life,
life, hehe declared
declaredthat that his
his "soul
"soul waswas
exceedingly sorrowful
sorrowful unto death." (Mark 14:34). l4:34). After
that
that he
he prayed
prayed to God,
God, saying,
saying,"Abba, Father, all things
are
are possible unto Thee; take away away this cup from me; me;
nevertheless
nevertheless not what I will, will. but what Thou Thou wilt."
wilt."
(Mark 14:36).
14:36).HeHe alsoalso asked
askedhis his disciples
disciplesto to buy
buy swords
swords
(Luke
(Luke 22:36)
22:36) and
and keep
keep watch
watch overover him
him at at night protect
night to protect
him
him from
from his
his enemies.
enemies.
Fourth: TheThe Bible
Bible tells
tells usus in
in Mark
Mark 15 :34 that
15:34 that the person
the person
crucified "cried with
crucified with aa loud voice, voice, saying,
saying, Eloi, Eloi,
lama
lama sabachthani?"
sabachthani?"which which is is being
being interpreted
interpretedas, 66My
as, "My
God,
God, my God, God, why hast hast thouthou forsaken
forsaken me?" me?" SuchSuch
desperate
desperate cries
cries - if
if we
we accept
accept the sake argumentthat
for the sake of argument that
they
they did occur - prove
occur prove that that the person
the person crucified was
crucified was not not
willing toto die
die on
on the
the cross.
cross.More
More importantly
imporlantlythe passage
the passage
contains
containsclear
clearevidence
evidencethat that the personcrucified
the person crucifiedcould not
could not
possibly
possibly have
have been
been JesusJesusChrist,
Christ, as as such
such desperate cries
desperatecries
and
and panic
panic dodo not
not befit prophetof God,
befit aa prophet God, letlet alone one who
alone one who
is
is claimed
claimedto be be God.
God.
Fifth: According
Accordingto to Mark
Mark 14:50,
14:50,the the crucifixion
crucifixion was was not
not
witnessed
witnessedby by anyone
anyoneof the disciples of Jesus
the disciples Jesusas as ""...
... they
all forsook
forsook him, and and fled."]
fled."r Also,
Also, none
noneof the the Gospel
Gospelandand
Epistle
Epistle writers
writers witnessed
witnessedthe the crucifixion;
crucifixion; in in other rvords,
other words,
there
therewere
were no
no credible
credibleeye-witnesses.
eye-witnesses. Thus,
Thus,the sourcesof
the sources
the
the story
story are
are doubtful
doubtful especially
especiallyconsidering
consideringthat the
that the

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to conclude
are to
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oftrvo things:either
eitherthis
this text
text is
is another interpolationand
anothcrinterpolation rvasnot
and was not
part of
part the original
o1'thc text. or
originaltext, or (if it was
was correct)
correct)the
the disciples
disciplesdid leaveas
did leave as
they
they realized
realizedthat the crucified
that the crucifiedone was not
one was not.lcsus himself.Either
Jesus himself. *'a1'.
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the result is the same.
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diff'eramong
arnongthemselves
themselvesas as
the exact
to the exact details
detailsof the the crucifixion
crucifixion from fiom beginning
beginningto to
end.
end.
Sixth:
Sixth: The The ideaidea that
that shedding
sheddingof blood blood is is necessary
necessaryto to
appeasethe
appease the wrath
wrath of God carneinto
God came into Christianity
Christianityfrom from thethe
primitive image
primitive imageof God God as as an
an all-powerful
all-porverfuldemon. dernon.There Thereis is
no logical
no logical connection
connectionbetween betweensin sin and
and blood.
blood. What What wipes
wipes
away
away sins sins isis not
not blood.
blood, but rcrnorse.sincere
but remorse. sincererepentance,
repentance.
persistentresistance
persistent resistanceto tcl evil inclirrationsand
evil inclinations and constant
constant
struggleto
struggle to carry
carr1,' out the
out the wirvill
II ofo1'Cod
God as rer,ealedto
as revealed us by
to us by
the prophets.Furthermore,
the prophets. Furlhermore,when rvhen Jesus Jesuswas rvas asked
asked about
about
the way
the way to eternal
etemal life,
life, his reply was
his reply rvasnot
not belief
belief in in him
hirn as
as
the
the savior
saviorthrough
throughthe sheddingof his
the shedding his blood.
blood. Instead,
Instead,itit
was, ".... but if
was, ...... if thou
thou wilt rvilt enter
entcr intointo life,life, keep
keep the
commandments."
commandrnents."(Matthew (Mattherv19: | 9 : 17).
17).
The Christian
The Christianscheme scherneof salvation salvationis is not
not only
only
morally
morally and
and rationally
rationally unsound.
unsound, but
but also
also contradicts
contradicts the
the
words
words of JesusJesuswho r.vhocame
cameto to rescue
rescuemen lnen from
li'om sin sin byby his
his
teachings
teachingsand and the exampleof his
the example godll' life
his godly lifc rather
ratherthan
than byby
deliberately
deliberatelydying dying on on thethe cross
crossfor lbr them,
therrt.andancloffering
offering hishis
blood
blood for their
their sins.
sins.HisHis mission
rnissiortwas u'asalso
alsc'l to call sinners
to call sitrnerstoto
repent
repentas as was
wasthe the case rvithall
cascwith all the prophctsbefore
tlrc prophets belbrehim. hirn.HeHe
never
never saidsaid that
that hehe came
came for fbr the
thc atonement
atonementof human human sin.sin.
This
This is is emphasized
ernphasized in Mattherv4:
in Matthew 4: 17,
17.as \\e are
as we aretold
told about
about
Jesus: "From that
Jesus:"From that time
time Jesus
Jesusbegan beganto preach,preach,and and to
say, Repent:for the
say,Repent: kingdornof heaven
the kingdom heavcnis is at at hand."
hand."It is
It is
really incornprehensible
reallyincomprehensible that
thatthethe Bible gocsto
Bible goes to the
the extreme
extreme
and
andabuses Jesus by
abuses.lesLrs making him
by'rnaking lrinraa curse. I)aLrl
cursc.Paul says: "Christ
says:"Christ
hath redeemed
hath redeemedus fi'orn the
us from the curse curse of the thc law,larv, being
being
made
made aa curse curse for fbr us: f<rr it is
us: for is written,
rvritten, Cursed Cursed is is
everyone
e v e r y o n ethat
t h a t hangeth
h a n g c t hon
o n aa tree," ( G a l a t
t r e e , "(Galatians 3:i a n s
3 :13)
13)
'fhe
The dogma
dogmaof atonement.
atonemerrt. likc the
Iike pt'cviousChristian
thc previous Christian
dogmas, originatccl fi'om
dogmas, originated lionr ancient
uttcicnl pagan pagiur religions.
religions.
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names were
names were believed
believed by their peoples peoples to have have comecome for for
salvation and
their salvation and atonement.
atonement. Some Some of of them
them were:were: thethe
Egyptian Osiris
Egyptian Osiris (1700
(1700 BC),
BC), the the Babylonian
Babylonian Baal Baal (1200
(1200
BC),
BC), the the Hindu
Hindu Krishna
Krishna (1000
(1000 BC),
BC), the
the Tibetan
Tibetan Andra
Andra
(725 BC),
(725 the Chinese
BC), the Chinese Buddha
Buddha (560 (560 BC),
BC), and
and the the Persian
Persian
Mithra (400
(400 BC).
BC).
The
The dogma
dogma of of atonement
atonement is is t-tot
not only an an insult to
rational thinking, but
rationalthinking, but it also motivates people
also motivates people to abandon
abandon
good
good deeds
deedsand commit evils
and commit evils like
like murder, theft, rape
murder, thell, rape and
and
adultery.
adultery. PaulPaul underestimated
underestimatedthe the importance
importance of of thethe
commandments
commandments preached preached by Jesus, Jesus, and and claimed:
claimed:
"Therefore
"Therefore we conclude conclude that that a man is justified justified by
faith without
without the deeds
deeds of
of the law."
law." (Romans
(Romans 3:28). He
3:28). He
even
even stated
stated that
that Abraham
Abraham was was not not helped b), his
helped by his deeds deeds
(Romans
(Romans4:2). 4:2). It was
was thus
thus Paul
Paul whowho made salvationonly
made salvation
attainable
attainableby by belief
belief inin Christ's crucifixion.What
Christ'scrucifixion. would be
What would be
the
the state
state of mankind
mankind if peoplepeople were were to to believe
believe in in this
this
concept?
concept?
The
The answer
answer to to Paul's claim was
Paul's claim was made
made by Jesus Jesus
himself, "\\rhosoever
himseli "Whosoever therefore shall break one
one of of
these
these least
least commandments,
commandments,and and shall teach
shall teach men so,men so,
he
he shall
shall bebe called least in the
called the least the kingdom of heaven: heaven:
but
but whosoever
whosoever shall shall dodo andand teachteach them,
them, the same same
shall
shall bebe called
called great
great in in the kingdom of heaven."
the kingdom heaven."
(Matthew5:
(Matthew 19).
5;19).
Islam
Islant rejects
rejectsthethe dogma
dogrnaof declaresthat
atonemetrt.ItIt declares
of atonement. that
the
theforgiveness
fbrgiveness of sins
of cannot be obtained by
sinscannot be obtained by the sufferingthe suftering
and
andsacrifice
sacrificeof anyother
of any person,but
otherperson, btttonly
only byby the graceof
the grace
God
Godand person'sown
andaa person's own sincere repentance
sincererepentance with persistent
lvith persistent
efforts
effbrlstoto avoid eviland
avoidevil gooddeeds.
do good
and do Futlhermore,iftl.'
deeds.FUlihermore, if tl .-'
sins
sinscommitted involveinjustice
committedinvolve injusticeto people'srights,
to people's tho:'c
rights.tho:,c
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rights have toto be given back
be given back to
to their
their rightful
rightful owners
ownersand and
one hasto
onehas to seek
seektheir
their forgiveness
forgivenesswhenever
wheneverpossible.
possible.
The Qur'dn
The promises salvation
Qur'dn promises salvation to to all
all those
those whowho
believe in
believe in the
the oneness
onenessof God God and
and dodo good
good deeds: ,.Yes
deeds:"Yes
[on the contrary], whoever
[on the whoever submits
submits himself in Islam Isliim to
Allah while being
being aa doer good will have
doer of good have his reward
his
with his
his Lord. And no no fear
fear will there
there be be concerning
concerning
them, nor will they
them, they grieve." (2:112). Allah also
grieve." (2:112). also says
says in
the Qur'dn,
the "'Whoever would hope
Qur'dn, "Whoever hope for thethe meeting
meeting with
his Lord
his Lord let him do do righteous
righteouswork
work andand not associate
associatein
the worship
the worship of his his Lord anyone." ( 18:11
anyone."(18: 1I 0)
0)
James
James 2: 2:14
14 and
and 1717 complies
complies with both Islam and
both Islam and the
the
commandments,it reads,
commandments, "What doth it
reads, "What it profit,
profit, my
brethren, though aa man say say he
he hath faith, and and have
have
not works? Can Can faith save
save him...?
him...? Even so so faith,
faith. if
if it
it
hath not works, is dead,dead, being alone."
alone."
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Monotheistic Religion
Religion of
of All
Alt the
the Prophets
Prophets
An
An unbiased
unbiasedanalysis
analysisof of the
the aforementioned
aforementionedChristian
Christian
doctrinescan
doctrines can lead
lead to to only
only one
one conclusion;
conclusion;thatthat they
they are
are
both irrational
both irrationalandand contrary
contraryto the teachings of Jesus.
to the teachingsofJesus. It It is
is
sufficient to
sufficient to know
know that that during
during the the years
years immediately
immediately
following Jesus'
following Jesus' ascendance
ascendanceinto into heaven, none of his
heaven, none his
followersconsidered
followers consideredhim him other
otherthan
thanaa prophet
prophetof God.
God. The
The
doctrines mentioned
doctrines mentioned previously
previously were were conceived
conceived manymany
yearslater,
years later,which
which is is aa clear
clear indication
indicationthat that the
the foundation
foundation
of the
of the Christian
Christian ChurchChurch was was based
based on on aa considerable
considerable
deviation from
deviation from thethe original
original message
messageof Jesus Jesusand
and all thethe
other prophetsbefore
otherprophets beforehim. him.
Believingin
Believing in the
the oneness
onenessof God God andand worshipping
worshippingno no
one else but
one else but Him is the
is the rule.
rule.Associating
Associatingothersothersin worship
worship
with GodGod camecame at at aa later
later stage
stage in the the history
history of of
humankind. For
humankind. For ten ten centuries
centuries after after the
the father
father of of
humankind,Adam,
humankind, Adam, human humanbeings
beingsworshipped
worshippedno no oneone but
but
God (AllAQ. It was
God (Allah). was only prior prior to thethe era
era of Prophet Noah
of Prophet Noah
that idol
that idol worship
worshipbeganbeganto to be practiced.It was
be practiced. was the
the result
result of
of
people'sexcessive
people's excessiveendeavors
endeavorsin in revering
reveringsome righteous
some righteous
individuals among
individuals among them them who had had passed
passed away.
away. Noah
Noah waswas
then sent
then sentby GodGod to guideguidehishis people
people backback to the right path
the right path
and call
and call them
them backback to the the worship
worship of of Allah alone.
alone. After
that He sent
that He one prophet
sent one prophet afterafter another
another to various
various nations
nations to
preachthe
preach the same
samebasic
basic message:
message: thatthat there
there is no god
god worthy
of worshipbutAllah.
of worship but Allah.
The primary
The primary missionmission of of all prophets
prophets waswas not to call
people
people to believe
believe in the
the existence
existence of of God
God as
as the
the Supreme
Supreme
Being
Being andand acknowledging
acknowledging Him as as the
the Creator,
Creator, Provider
Provider
and Sustainerof
and Sustainer of the
the worlds
worlds for even the polyheists
even the polytheists knerv
knew
by nature
nature that
that God
God existed
existed and
and never
never doubted
doubted that
that such
such
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was case 1• Only
the case'. Only aa fewfew ofofthem pretended to
them pretended to deny
deny God's
God's
existence. There
existence. There were thosewere those who
who worshipped
worshipped God
God by
by
doing
doing good deeds; they also
deeds; they also devoteddevoted prayers
prayers to
to Him
Him in
in
difficult times.
difficult times. However,
However, duringduring times of ease,
times of ease, they
they did so
did so
through mediators
through mediators and and intercessors.
intercessors. TheThe prophets
prophets calledcalled
them to turn
them tum to God and and supplicate
supplicate toto Him alone without
Him alone without
mediators or intercessors
mediators intercessors in times times of both ease
of both ease andand
hardship. And because
hardship. because monotheism
monotheism is the foremost and
the foremost and
most impofiant
most important obligation
obligation and and the foundation which makes
the fbundation makes
deeds
deeds valid and acceptable,
and acceptable, we find that all the prophets
prophets
began
began by calling calling their peoples and
their peoples and saying: "Worship
saying: "Worship
Allah;
Allah; you have have no deity other than IIim." Him." (Qur'dn(Qur'dn
7:65).
7:65). Allah also also states
statesin in the Qur'dn (1636):
the Qtr'dn (16:36): "And"And We
certainly
certainly sent sent into every nation a messenger'
every nation messenger, [sayingl'
[saying],
'Worship Allah
'Worship Atllh and
and avoid
avoid Taghut (falsedeities)."'And
Taghiit (false deities).'" And
in
in Verse
Verse 21:25
21:25 it states:
states:"And We sent before you
sent not before
any messenger
any messenger except
except that We revealed
revealed to him that
there is
there is no no deity except
except Me, so
so worship Me."
Me." Therefore,
Therefore,
itit is
is clear thatIslam
clearthat Isldm (submission
(submissionto always been
hasalways
to Allah) has been
the religion of all
the religion all the prophetsand
the prophets messengers God,
and messengers of God,
from
frorn Adam
Adam to Muhammad.Islam
to Muhammad. Islam was indeedthe
was indeed religion
the religion
of
of Noah,
Noalr.Abraham,
Abraham,Moses Mosesand andJesus, Accordingto
Jesus.According to Islam,
Islam,

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onll'started to spread
spreadonon aa large scalein
largescale in Christian societies
Clhristiansocieties
during
during the
the eighteenth
eighteenthand nineteenthcenturies.
and nineteenth Among the
centurics.Among the reasons
reasonsfor for
that were the injustices
that were the injustices cornmittcd
committed by
by the
the Church
Church manifested
manifested in
in the
the
enslavement,
cnslavcment, humiliation
humiliationandandabuse
abuseof peoplein
of people in the nameof
the name "God'"
of "God."
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conflictedwith rcasonand
r.vithreason nceds.The
hunlanneeds.
anclhuman The Church
Church
fought
foughtscientific
scientillcadvancement
advancement and pcrsecutcd
andpersecuted scicntists.
scientists, resultingin
resulting in aa
dichotomy
dichotomybetween
betrveen man
manand laith.Consequently,
andfaith. Conscquentll', peoplebecame
people bccamemore more
concerned
concerneclwith
with the rvorldand
materialworld
thematerial gavein
andgave in to their natural
to their tendcncy
naturaltendency
toto pursue
pursuc worldly temptations.With
rvorldly temptations. With the absenccof
the absence of reason
rcason and and
compatibility.f~lith
compatibility, fnith disintegrated
disintegratcd religion'srole
and religion's
and lif'e became
in life
role in becamc
nonexistent.
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all prophets arebrothers
brothersandand no distinctionshouldbe
no distinction should be made
made
between them.
between them. As As for
for those people who
those people who followed
followed the the
guidanceof the
guidance prophetof their
the prophet time and
their time andworshipped
worshippedGod God
as He should
as He should be be worshipped,
worshipped,they they areare allall considered
considered
Muslims,and
Muslims, and Paradise
Paradise will be
betheirs.
theirs.
Islam restored
Islam restoredto its original
to its statusthe
original status the same
same eternal
eternal
messagethat
message that GodGod revealed
revealedto all prophets.Islam
His prophets.
all His Islam is is aa
continuationof that
continuation message,which
that message, which is is in
in essence,
essence,one. one.
Althouglr Allah
Although Allclh hadhad originally
originally addressed
addressedit to to aa specific
specific
tribe, people or nation
tribe, people nation through their
through their prophet,
prophet, with
with thethe
passageof time
passage tirne it waswas misinterpreted
rnisinterpreted and
and mixed
mixed withwith
superstitions,false
superstitions, false beliefs
beliefs and rituals invented
and rituals inventedby man. man.
This caused
This caused aa degeneration
degenerationof the the true
true religion
religion intointo
superstitions
superstitions andmeaningless
and meaningless rituals.
rituals.
Islam, as
Islam, revealedto
as revealed to Prophet
ProphetMuhammad,
Muhamrnad,is is aa revival
revival
ofthe
of conceptof
the concept ofmonotheism taughtby
monotheism taught by Jesus
Jesusand and by
by all
all of
the precedingprophets
tlre preceding prophetsof Allah.
Allah. hlam
Islclmis is aa message
rnessage to
to all
all
humanityuntil
of humanity until the
the end
end of time
time and
and not to
not to a a particular
particular
group,as
group, as was
was thethe case with previous
casewith prophets.
previousprophets.
Islam rejects
Islam rejectsall all blasphemous
blasphemous theologicalbeliefs
theological beliefs andand
reinstatesthe
reinstates the true
true concept
conceptof that He
God; that
ol'God; He alone
alone is is the
the
Creator,the
Creator, the Provider
Providerand and Controller
Controllerof everything
every.thingin in the
the
universeand
universe and to whom whom alone perfbctionis
alone perfection is attributed.
attributed.ThisThis
necessitatesthat
necessitates that He He alone
alone is is toto be be worshipped.
worshipped.
Furlhermore,He
Furthermore, He must
must bebe worshipped
worshippedin in the u,ay that
the way that HeHe
ordained and
ordained and not not through
through invented ritr.ralsand
invented rituals and acts
acts of
worship.
worship. I'{e
He is is the
the only one to whon
only one whom prayers
prayers should
should be be
addressed.
addressed. AndAnd justjust as confirming the
as confirming oneness of God
the oneness God is is
the greatest
the and rnost
greatest and irrrportantvirtue,
most impOliant virtue, associating
associating others
others
rvith
with l'lirl
Him is the gravest
is the gravest sin all. It is
sin of all. the only
is the only sinsirr
unfbrgivable
unforgivable by by God
God unless
unless one
one repents
repents to to Him
Him before
before
dcatl-r.
death. HeHe has said in
has said the Qur'cin:
in the Qur'dn:"Indeed,
"Indeed, AlllhAllah does
does not
forgivc
forgive association
association rvith with Him, but He forgives forgives what is is
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less that for
for whom He wills." wills." (4:48).
(4:48). Moreover,
Moreover, itit is is
a sin that deprives
deprives one of of Paradise
Paradise and consequently
consequently
relegates the person
relegates person who commits itit to to eternity in in the
the
Hellfire. This was stated stated by Jesus
Jesus as
as quoted
quoted in the Qur'dn
Qur'an
(5:72): "Indeed,
(5:72): "Indeed, he who associates associates others with Allah --
with Alleh
Allah has
Atllh has forbidden him Paradise, Paradise, and his refuge is the the
Fire. And
And there are not for for the wrongdoers any
helpers."
helpers." Directing any act of of worship to other than God
is the
the one
one sin
sin that
that nullifies
nullifies all good deeds. The Qur'dn
good deeds. Qur'an
confirms: "But
confirms: "But if if they had associated
associated others with
with Allnh,
Allah,
then worthless
worthless for them would be whatever they were
doing."
doing." (6:88)
(6:88)
God
God is indeed
indeed the the one whom all needs
one to whom needs are
are sought
sought
without
without intercessors,
intercessors,the the one
one upon whom all creatures
upon whom creatures
depend,
depend,the the Creator
Creator andand Sustainer
Sustainerof the the entire universe,
entire universe,
the
the Oft-Forgiving,
Oft-Forgiving, the the Most-Merciful,
Most-Merciful, the the Almighty, the the
Omniscient.
Omniscient.
Citing
Citing thethe words
words of the the famous
famous Italian orientalist,Dr.
Italian orientalist,
Laura
Laura Veccia
Veccia Vaglieri
Vaglierir, \ she
she writes: "Thanks to Islam,
writes: "Thanks Islam,
paganism
paganismin in its
its various
various forms
forms was
was defeated.
defeated.The The concept
concept
of
of the
the universe,
universe, the practicesof religion
the practices religion and and social
social
customs
customs were were eacheach liberated
liberated from
from allall the monstrosities
the monstrosities
which
which hadhad degraded
degradedthem, them, and human minds
and human were made
minds were made
free of
free of prejudices.
prejudices. Mankind
Mankind finally
finally realized
realized its
its dignity
dignity and
and
humbled itself
humbled itself before before the
the Creator,
Creator, the
the Lord
Lord and
and Master
Master of
all
all mankind."
mankind." She She continues,
continues,"The spirit was liberated
"The spirit was liberated
from
from prejudice,
prejudice,man's man'swill was set
will was freefrom
setfree from the
the ties which
ties which
had
hadkept
kept him
him bound
boundto to other
othermen or other
men or otherso-called hidden
so-calledhidden
powers.
powers. Priests,
Priests,falsefalse guardians brokers of
mysteries,brokers
guardiansof mysteries,
salvation
salvation and and allall those
those who pretendedto
who pretended to be mediators
be mediators

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as "Interpretation
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dell' Islamismo" translatedinto
Islamismo"translated
ofIslam" by Dr.
of Islam"by Dr.Caselli, pp.33
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betweenGod
between Godand andman
manand andconsequently
consequently believed
believedthat thatthey
they
hadauthority
had authorityover overthethewill
will ofof other
otherpeople
peoplefell fell from
from their
their
pedestals.Man
pedestals. Man became
becamethe the servant
servantof Allah alone
of Allah alone andand
towardsother
towards othermen menhe he had
hadonly
only thethe obligations
obligationsof of one
one free
free
mantowards
man towardsanother
anotherfreefreeman.
man.WhileWhile previously
previouslymen men hadhad
suffered from
suffered from the the injustice
injustice of of social
social differences,
differences, Islam,Islarz
proclaimedequality
proclaimed equality among
among humanhuman beings.
beings.Each Each Muslim
Muslim
was distinguished
was distinguishedfrom from other
other Muslims
Muslims not not by reasonof
by reason
birth or
birth or anyany other
other factor
factor not not connected
connected with his his
personality,but
personality, but byby his greaterfear
his greater fear of God,
God, hishis good
good deeds,
deeds,
his morals
his moralsand and intellectual
intellectualqualities."
qualities."She Shealso
alsostates
statesin her her
book, "It
book, "It was,
was, therefore,
therefore,neither
neitherby by means
meansof violence
violence of of
arrns nor
arms nor through
through the pressureof obtrusive
the pressure obtrusive missionaries
missionaries
that caused
that causedthe great and
the great and rapid
rapid diffusion
diffusion of Islam,
Islam, but but
above all, through
above all, through the the fact
fact that
that this
this Book presented
presentedby the the
Muslims to
Muslims to the
the vanquished,
vanquished,with the the liberty
liberty to accept
acceptit or
reject it,
reject it, was
was the the Book
Book of God, God, the the Word
Word of Truth, the
of Truth, the
greatestmiracle
greatest miracleMohammad
Mohammadcould could show
show to those in doubt
to those doubt
andto
and to those
thosewho who remained
remainedstubborn."
stubborn."She Shecontinues,
continues."The,,The
strengthofthis
strength of this message
messagewas was itsits crystal clear simplicity and
crystalclear and
marvelouseasiness,
marvelous easiness,for for Islam
Islam reached
reached out to the the soul
soul of
of the
the
people without having recourse
people without having recourse to long long explanations
explanations or
involvedsermons."
involved sermons."
And as as one one ofof the
the foremost
foremost historians,
historians, Arnold
Arnold J. J.
Toynbee, observes: "Indeed,
Toynbee, obsenres: "Indeed, II invite
invite the world to adopt adopt the
Islamic principle
Islamic principle of of brotherhood
brotherhood and and equality.
equality. The The
doctrine
doctrine ofof God's
God's oneness
oneness brought
brought by Islam Islam is ofof the
the most
most
wonderful
wonderful examples
examples of of how to unify the the world.
world. The The
continuation of Islam gives hope to the
continuation of Islam gives hope the whole world."r whole world."l

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York, Oxtbrd University press,
Oxford University Press, 1948
1948
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Me To
To lslAm
Islam
VIII. My
VIII. My Final
Final Step
Step Toward
Toward Isltim: Islam: The The Influence
Influence Of Of
Jesus On
Jesus On MyMy Conversion
Conversion To Islam
To Islfim
Even a portion of of thethe information
information containedcontained in in the
the
previous chapters
previous chapters is sufficient
sufficient for for aa seeker
seeker of of truth
truth to to
perceive the authenticity
perceive authenticity of lshim and
of Islam extent to
and the extent to which
which
Christianity has
Christianity has deviated
deviated from and contradicted the
and contradicted the real
real
teachings
teachingsof of Prophet
Prophet Jesus.
Jesus. Yet I
I still could not
not take
take any
any
decisive step
decisive step to distance
distance myself from the the path
path that the the
church had
church had outlined
outlined for me. me. My "talisman" was always
My "talisman" always
with me me wherever
wherever II went. went. Inside Inside this small package
this srnall package II
always
always carried were seven
carried were seven small small silver crosses and
silver crosses and a
supposed
supposedirnage image andand statue
statue of Jesus. II felt
of Jesus. felt that ever put
that ifif II ever
it aside
aside something
somethingbad would happen
bad would happen to r.ne. me. For For thisthis
reason
reason I never
never misplaced
misplaced it;
it; it was
was always
always in rny
my pocket.
pocket.
One
One day, day, when
when I was reviewing the
was reviewing literature that
the literature that had
had
been
beengiven given to me rne in the mosque,I read
the mosque, statements that
read two statements that
'fears
filled
filled my heart heart with greatgreatjoy and happiness.Tears started
and happiness. started
to
to flow from from my eyes eyes and and I said: said: "My"My God, God, this this is is the
the
truth;
truth;this this isis the
the answer
answerthat could never
thatI could neverfind!"
findl"
At this
this point,
point, I must
must admitadrnitto leaderthat
the reader
to the that up up to that that
'cirr'
time
tirne I had had never
never touched
touched or read rcad the Qur ·cin. I had
rl'teQUI' had not not
seen or touched
seenor toucheda copy it a copy of it in
in any
any langtrage,
language, arrd
and the
the nalle
name
QUI'
Qur'dn 'an was was notnot part
parl of my vocabulary.In
lny vocabulary. categorical,
ln aa categorical,
emphatic,
emphatic, clear
clear and
and precisc
precise lrlatlner.
manner, I read
read in
in the study
the study
guide
euide II had had received
received in in the lnosque: "They
the mosque: "T'hey said said [in
6oast], 'We
boast], 'We killed
killed Christ
Christ Jesus, Jesus,the the sonson of Mary, the the
Messenger
Messengerof of Allah.'
All[h.' But But they killed him
they killed him not,
not, nor did
they
they crucify
crucify him him..." (Qtrr'tin
..." (Qur 'an 4:4:157)
157)
Here,
Here,II paused
pausedin in the reading.I repeated
the reading. repeated severaltimes,
several times,
"...lhey
" ... they killed
killed him
him not,
tlot, nor
nor did the.1t crLtcifi'
dicl {hey crucify him. " him'" At rhe
the
precise
precise moment rvas reading those statetrents'
momentII was reading those statements, I felt that I I'elt that
God
bod was wasanswering
answering questionthat
thequestion
the tltatmade
mademe Inchaveltavedoubts
doubts
about
about His
His power
power due
due to
to the
the lack
lack o1'
of a
a logical
logical and
and
convincing
c o n v i n c i nanswer.
a
gnswer.
ItIt was
wasnot not easy
easyto to find
flnd this anslver.II had
this answer. hadto cotnpete
to compete
with
with many rnanyotherotherstudents
studentsto earttaa scholarship.
to earn scholarship. II had
had to to
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travelthousands
travel thousandsof of miles
milesto to the
thestate
stateof of Washington
Washinstonin in the
the
westernmostpart
westernmost part ofof the
the USA.
USA. II had hadto to learn
Iearnto speak and
to*speak and
readEnglish,
read English,and andbeing
beingfrom from LatinLatin America,
America,II had hadto to have
have
aa character
characterthat that was
wasacceptable
acceptableto to the
the rest
restofof the
the Muslims
Muslims
in Seattle
in Seattle in in order
order to to find
find these
these two two statements.
statements.The The
probabilitiesthat
probabilities that this
this information
informationwould would reachreachthe the hands
hands
of aa Venezuelan
of Venezuelanin in 1978
1978were wereremote.
remote.However,
However,what what has has
beendecreed
been decreedby AllAhmust
by Allah mustbe be fulfilled.
fulfilled.In In those
thosemoments
moments
while II was
while was still rejoicingover
still rejoicing over this greatnews,
this great news,II spokespoketo to
God and
God and asked
askedHim Him for for forgiveness.
forgiveness.II wanted wantedto to fly
fly with
with
this newsto
this news to Venezuela
Venezuelaand give itit to
andgive to mymy family
family and andto to the
the
restof the
rest theworld.
world.
ItIt was
was happening
happeningjust just like
like in in the
the movies.
movies. My great great
hero, the
hero, the good
good guyguy in in the
the movie,
movie, my my beloved
belovedprophet,
prophet,
Jesusof Nazareth,
Jesus Nazareth,to to whom
whom I used usedto pray twice
to pray twice aa day day in in aa
smallaltar
small altarinin my house,
house,had hadnot not been
beencrucified!
crucified!
To me me it seemed
seemedas as though
though the weight of the
the weight the cross
cross
allegedlycarried
allegedly carriedby by Jesus
JesLrs to Mount
to Mount Calvary
Calvaryvanished
vanishedand and
disintegratedin
disintegrated in the
the same
sarnemanner
rnannerthat great buildings
that great buildingsand and
firm mountains
mountainscrumble
crumblewhen rvhendemolished
demolishedby dynamite. dynamite.
What followed
What followedthis this discovery
discoverywas was no no less
less significant.
significant.I
reasoned,
reasoned, and said:"If
and said: "lf this
this isis the
the trr.rth,
truth, then
then this
this religion
religion is is
the
the right one." For
right one." twenty years,
For twenty years, I had had beenbeen told
told that
that Jesus
Jesus
had
had been
been killed.
killed. I hadhad been
been taken
taken on on a journey
journey without
without any any
alternate
alternate routes.
routes. Now,Now, another
another avenueavenue had had been
been opened
opened
with a more more logical
logical answer,
answer, and and nou,now things
things r.vere
were getting
getting
clearer
clearer and and the last piece
the last piece of the "Dnzzle"
of the "puzzle" was was available.
available.
This was
This was the
the last
last in thethe sequence
sequence of of miracles
miracles that that Jesus
Jesus hadhad
perfonned
performed by the the power
power of Allah. A
of Atlah. A man
man who, who, by the the will
will
of God,
of God, had had returned
returned sightsight to the blind, rvho
the blind, who had had walked
walked on
lvater,
water, healedhealed a leper,
leper, nlade
made the the lame
lame walk,walk, rnultiplied
multiplied
bread
bread and and fish
fish toto feed
feed thousands
thousands of of people
people and and whowho had had
given
given life back back to to the
the dead.
dead, undoubtedly
undoubtedly could could not not have
have
been
been crucified!
crucified! Once Once again again II reasoned
reasoned and and resolved;
resolved; II
wanted
wanted to to belong
belong to to this
this religion;
religion; II rvanted
wanted to to bebe aa Muslirn!
Muslim!
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the same
In the same mannermanner that the weight of of the
the cross
cross
disintegrated, the resurrection
disintegrated, resurrection of of Jesus
Jesus on Sunday,Sunday, the the
Holy Week
Holy Week (Easter),
(Easter), Good Good Friday,
Friday, the visit visit toto the
the Seven
Seven
Churches (Stations
Churches (Stations of of the
the Cross),
Cross), the fastingfasting on on Fridays,
Fridays,
the eating of
the eating of fish instead
instead of of meat
meat on those alleged 'Holy
those alleged 'Holy
Days' also
also disintegrated
disintegrated all at once once andand II realized
realizedthat they they
were
were all lies.
lies. The
The power
power of
of the
the talisman
talisman vanished.
vanished. The
logical
logical mind of of a young
young man man studying
studying to be an an engineer
engineer
was
was now freefree to reject
reject all of of these
these baseless
baseless traditions
traditions built
built
upon the irrational
upon the irrational concept
concept of of God becoming a man
God becoming man andand
dying
dying for thethe sins
sins ofof men.
men. As a young young man man who had had been
been a
professional
professionalfiremanfireman saving lives and
saving lives and property
property and and who
had
had not acquired
acquiredthe vices of
the vices of smoking
smoking and and drinking even even
though
though these
thesewerewere amongamong the the norms
norms of society, II could
of society, could no
longer
longeraccept
acceptthesetheseimpositions.
impositions.
During the the summer
summerof 1979 1979 I took an optional course
an optional course
at
at Oklahoma
Oklahoma State State University
University that further illuminated
that further illuminated the the
new
new path
path I had had started
started to walk. walk. The The course
course was was called
called
"Islamic
"Islamic Culture."
Culture." At the end of the
the end the summer
summerof 1979 I
of 1979
went
went back
back to Seattle,
Seattle,and and before
before the the same imam who had
same imam had
given
given meme the
the Islamic
lslamic literature, embracedIslam
literature,I embraced officially
Islam officially
by
by pronouncing
pronouncingthe testimonyof faith
the testimony (the Shahiidah).
faith (the Shahadah)'
I can
can still
still remember
rememberthe the imam asking me:
imam asking tne: "Are you you
sure
sureyou
you want
want to embraceIslam?"
to embrace Islam?" I said, said, "Yes." Then Then he he
insisted: "Even if
insisted:"Even if it means
meansthat that it will be written in your
be written
passport
passportthat
that youyou areare aa Muslim?"
Muslim?" I said: "Even so."
said: "Even Then
so." Then
he
he said,
said,"If
"If you
you arearesuresurethat is what
that is what youyou want,
want, then repeat
then repeat
me: I testify
after me:
after testifuthatthat nonenone has
has the the right to to be worshipped
be worshipped
except
except Allah,
AllAh, and and I testify testify that Muhammad is
that Muhammad rs the
the
MessengerojAllah.
Messenger "
of Allah. " II made madethe testirnony in English
the testimony in English and and
then
then in
in Arabic
Arabic by repeatingitit after
by repeating the imam,
afler the thereby
imam, thereby
taking
taking my
my final
final step
step to
to Islam.
Islam.
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IX. How
IX. How Isldm Islam Affected
Affected My My LifeLife
Undoubtedly, changes
Undoubtedly, involve certain
changes involve certain adjustments
adjustments and and
my case
case waswas no no exception.
exception. Once Once I had had embraced
embraced Islam,
Islam, I
prornised
promised Allah that that I rvould
would do do whatever
whatever I could could to learn
learn
as much as
as much as possible
possible about this religion.
about this While I was
religion. While was still
still
relatively young
relatively young havinghaving just completed
completed my first first year
year at at
Oklahoma State University, married
Oklahoma State University, I married a young
young Muslim
Muslim
girl.
girl. In Stillwater, Oklahoma, the
Stillwater,Oklahorna, the Islarnic
Islamic Center
Center assigned
assigned
me
me my firstfirst Islamic
Islamic teacher. Brother Faiz
teacher. Brother from Palestine
Faiz from Palestine
(may Allah bless
(may bless himhim and reward him
and reward him for rvhat
what he he taught
taught
me) dedicated a
me) dedicated a lot
lot of his time to
his tirne teach tnc
to teach the prayer,
me the prayer, thethe
other pillars of
other pillars l~lam, the
of Islam, pillars of
the pillars of f-aith, about life
faith, about life after
after
death,
death,the Resurrectionand
Day of Resurrection
the Day many other
and many topics. I
other topics.
can
can still remember the
still remember great impact
the great in"rpactcaused
caused by by thethe
discussion
discussion of life
life after
after death.
death. During
During my life
life as
as aa
Christian,no one ever taught
Christian, no one ever taught rre
me any'thing
anything sirnilar
similar and
and in
in
such
suchdetail.
detail.Death
Deathwas rvasalways m,v"stery
alu'aysaa mystery tne.
to me.
to
I did not know
did not know what rvould happen
what would happento me once
to me once my my
body
body had had been buried in
been buried grottnd.In
the ground.
in the ln Islelm, found
Islc1rn,I found
detailed
detailedanswers.
answers.When When aa person
persondies,dies.he he or shemust
or she must be be
buried
buried according
according to to the itrstrlrctiotrs of Prophet
the instructions Prophet
Muhammad.
Muhammad.The The bodybodyof the personis
the person rvasltedcompletely
is vvashed cornpletely
and
and perfumed.
perfumed.Then Then it is is wrapped
rvrappedin itt two
ttvo pieces
piecesof whiter.vhite
cloth and the body buried
cloth and the body is
is buried in
in tlte
the grotttrd
ground rvithotrt
without aa coffin
coffin
and
andfacing
facingMakkah.
Makkah.The The dead personvvill
dcadperson u'ill hear the steps
hearthe stepsof
the
the living
living as as they
they walkrvalkaway thc grave
frorrrthe
arval from grare and rvill be
attd will be
aware
awarethat thathe he or slteisis being
or she beingleft alone. Shortly
lcft alone. thereafter,
Shortlythereafter,
two
trvo angels
angelscomecome into into the graveand
the grave ask the
and ask tlte deceased
cleceased the
the
following
follorvingthree questiorts:
threequestions:
( l) Who
(I) Who is yourLord?
is your Lord'?
(2) What
(2) Whatisis yourvoul religion?
religion?
( 3 )Who
(3) W h o is y o u rprophet?
i s your prophet?
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Me To Islam
Prophet Muhammad
Prophet Muhammad discloseddisclosed that that the
the believer
believer would
have no difficulty
have difficulty answering
answering these these questions
questions correctly,
correctly,
while
while thethe unbeliever
unbeliever would would not not be be able
able to answer
answer them.
them.
Furthermore,
Furthermore,dependingdepending on on thethe deeds
deeds the the person
person had had done
done
in
in this
this life,
life, he he or she she wor"rld
would feel feel either cool perfumed
either cool perfumed
breezes
breezes from Paradise or scorching
from Paradise scorching winds winds from from the the
Hellfire.
Hellfire. TheThe deaddead person
person will rernainremain in this this state until the
state until the
Day
Day of Resurrection.
Resumection.
This information provided
This information provided by Brother Brother Faiz Faiz clarified
clarified
some
someof my doubts doubtsabout aboutpeople
people who who cornrnit
commit crimescrimes and and
are
are not
not punished
punishedduring worldly lives.
their u'orldly
duringtheir lives. It also
also explains
explains
why Allah
why givesevery
Allah gives everyhutnan
human being being many opportunities to
many opporlunities
repent
repent and
and start
start a
a new
new life
life while
while lte
he or she
she is
is still alive; a
still alive;
clear
clear portrayal
poftrayal of God's
God's tttmost
utmost jLrstice
justice to
to his
his creatures.
creatures. I
once thought I
once thought had deepty had deeply understood
understood tl-re
the concepts
concepts of
of
temporary
temporaryand and eternal life. While
eternallife. While in in the
the Catholic Church, I
CatholicChurch,
was
was taught
taught that that Jesus
Jesus hadhad dieddied to save us;
to save us; in Islam I
in Islam
learnedthat
learned that every personis
every person is responsible
responsiblefor for hishis own acts
own acts
and
and will
will be be rewarded
rewardedor accorclingly,This
punishedaccordingly.
or punished This
sounded
sounded so
so logical
logicaland andmymy'soLtl
soul was reassured
u'asreassured by it.
by it.
-['his of
all of
This newnervknowledge
krrorvledge was graduallytransforming
u'asgradually translbrrningall
my
my previous
previous information
infbrmation as
as r'vell
well as
as lry
my sense
sense of priorities.
priorities.
beganto
II began to devote
devotemore titueto
tnoretime to study
str-rdy of the religion.
the reI When
igion. When
my
my early
early morning training at
monting training at the gynl began
thc gym began to conflict to conflict
with
with morning prayers, I delayed
rnorning prayers, delayed the the training
training to give
to give
priorityto
priority to my pra)crs.
nly prayers.
For
For several
severalyears etttbracingIslam,
beforeembracing
vears before Isltlnt, I wasrvas anan
aspiring
aspirirrg musician
musician rvho
who had
had pafticipated
p<uiicipated itt
in several
several nrusic
music
concerts playingthe
concertsplaying guitarand
the guitar andsinging
singingmy Iny heart
heartout. But,
out. But,
accepted Islam
once II accepted
once LslcTmI abandoned thern
abartdoncdthem both and both and
dedicated
dedicatecl tiute to
time learuingto
to learning recitethe
to recite thc QUI'
Qar'cin in Arabic;
'(In in Arabic;
the originallanguage
theoriginal language of itsrevelation.
of its revclatiorl. The responsibilities
The responsibilities
of marriedman
beingaa married
of being rnanand
andmy rtt1" engince
engineering rirlgstudies
studiesat the
at the
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age
ageof 21 2l left
left meme with
with no no time
time for
for any
arryother
otheractivities.
activities.But
through
throughthe guidanceof Allah,
the guidance Allah, mymy attachment
attachmentto my new new
religion grew
religion grew to to the
the extent
extentthat
that I wanted
wanted to start teaching
staft teaching
what little I knew.
what little knew.
When I returned
When returnedto to Venezuela
Venezuelamy rny family
farnily did
did not know
not know
anything
anything about about Islam.
Islarn. They used
They used to watch
watch how I
how prayedprayed
without criticizing
without criticizingor or condemning
condemningmy rny actions.
actions.I had been
had been
abroad
abroadin in the
the USA
USA for for more
morethanthanfour
four years,
vears,so thejoy of
so the of aa
reunionwith
reunion with my parents,brothers
my parents, brothersand and sisters
sistersprevailed
prevailedandand
theyaccepted
they acceptedme me as as I was.
rvas.
On my
On my job in in Venezuela,
Venezuela,I asked perrnissionfrom
askedpermission fi'om my
supervisor
supervisorto pray for
to pray for five
five minutes
rninutesin in my
rny office.
office. I was
was
practicallythe
practically the only
only Venezuelan
VenezuelanMuslim Muslirn in in the
the oil industry
industry
in 1982.
in 1982. 1I asked askedAllahAllcth to help me
to help persevereand
me persevere and bebe
steadfast,
steadfast, since
since temptations
temptations appearedeverywhere and
appeared everywhere and
more and
more arrdmorernoreoften.
ofterr.By the graceand
the grace nrercyof Alloh,
and mercy Allah, I
rnanaged
managed to remain
to rcrnainuncorrupted.
uncornrpted.
Today,after
Today, after almost
almostthirty y'earssince
thirty'years sinceI first
llrst embraced
ernbraced
Isltlttt,lI feel
Islelm, increasinglyhappy
f'eelincreasingly happythatthat I decided
dccidedto to become
become a a
Muslim. I feel
Muslim. f'eeleven
evenmorernorecontented
contentedwhen u'hen I seeseehow
how many
many
peoplearound
people aroundme rne are
afe embracing
embracingIs/am Isldnt daily.
dailn.Praise
Praisebe be to
Allalr,the
Allah, the Lord
Lord of all allthat ha'n'e
exists.I have
that exists. fbund that
found that h/am
Islclmisis
the f-astest
the fastest grorvingreligion
growing religionin in the u'orld.It has
the world. hasactually
actuallythethe
greatestnumber
greatest nurnberof practicing
practicingfollowers
fcrllow'ers' in spite
I in spite of thethe
rnodestmeans
modest rreansavailable
availableto to its preachersin
its preachers in comparison
cornparison
rvith other
with religions,especially
otherreligions, especialll, Christianity'.
Christianity. While 1slazr
While Is/am
spreads
spreads rvithease
with easeandandby by simple nreans.
simplemeans. Clrristianitv
Christianity rvould
would

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' p r a c t i c i nMuslims
e l u s l i n e'.ceeds
IV t h c total
rcsr c c c t l sthe t o t u lnumber
n u r r r b cofor i ' people
pcople
p r a c t i c i n gall
practicing o t h e r religions
a l l other r c l i g i o n sput
p u t together. ... \ c c o r d i n g
t o g e t l r c fi\eeording t o the
to t h c Sunday
Sundal
'l
i n r c s the
Times. .t h c number
n u n t t r cof t t t o s q u c - t t o cin
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I l n t a i n one
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l c a s t930.000
least p e o p l ccompared
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c )h L r r c h - g o cThis rI sh.i s is
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aking
p l a c cin
place i n aa supposcdly Cy l r r i s t i acOllntry.
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r v h c r c'Vluslims
\ , l u s l i n r arc
s . r larc minority.
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have been
have been no matchmatch for Islam Islam hadhad it not not been
been for for the
the
enormous resources
enormousresourcesbehind behind their
their missionary
missionary activities.
activities. A
A
simple comparison
simple comparison between between the converts
converts to to Islam
Islam and
and
Christianity, the
Christianity, the two rnajor religions with followers
major religions followers all
over the
over the world
world (unlike
(unlike other religions whose
other religions whose followers
followers are are
mostly confined
mostly confined to specific
specific ttations),
nations), showsshows clearly
clearly that
that
Christianity attracts people
Christianity attracts people of limited means.
of limited means. They They are are
drawn
drawn to the the Church
Church due due to poverty
poverty and and need
need as as the
the
material temptations it offers
rnaterialtemptations offers areare great.
great. What supports this
What supporls
argument
argument is is the
the f'act
fact that
that the churches and
the churches and whatwhat they
they
represent are being
representare being abandoned
abandoned in tlreir
their own wealthy
wealthy home
home
countries
countrieswhile
while being exportedto poor
being expOlied poor countries.
countries. On the the
other
other hand,
hand.we rve find those rvho
that those
find that who embrace
embraceblam Islc1mare are from
among
among thethe untouchables
untouchablesand and thethe poor,
poor, the the rich
rich andand the
the
famous
famousand and from scientistsand
frorn scientists scholars.Even
and scholars. those who
Even those who
stand
standtoto lose
losemuch
much in in terms worldly gain
termsof worldly gain as soon as
as soon as they
they
convert
convefttoto Islam like members
Islam like membersof the Christianclergy
the Christian clergy have
have
done
doneso.so.
Consequently,
Consequently,my faith keeps
my faith getting stronger
keeps getting strongeras as I
witness that
witness that the the prornise
promise of Allah
Allah is
is being
being fulfilled
fulfilled
gradually:"They want to
gradually: to extinguish
extinguish the the light of Allah
with their mouths,
mouths, but Allah Atlah will perfect perfect His light
although
although the the disbelievers
disbelieversdislikedislike it. it. ItIt isis He who sent sent
His
His Messenger
Messengerwith guidance guidanceand and the religion of truth
the religion
to
to manifest
manifest itit overover all all religion, although those
religion, although those who
associate
associate others
others with Allnh
Allah dislikc
dislike it-"
it." (Qur'rin
(QlIr 'lin 6l:8-9)
61 :8-9)
Anyone wlto
Anyone who reads
reads the
the Bible
Bible rnay
may well
well notice
notice that
that
some
some teachings
teachingsfrom frorrr the
the Bible itsclf are
Bible itself are only beingonly being
implemented
implernented by Accorclirtg
Muslims.According
by Muslims. to the
to Bible,Jesus
the Bible, Jesus
and
and the
the Prophets
Prophetsbeforebefbrehim prostratedwhen
hirn prostrated prayingto
rvhenpraying to
God (Genesis
God(Genesis l7:3 and
17:3 26:36),yet
Mattlrew26:36),
andMatthew yet only
only Muslims
Muslims
do
do so
so inin their prayerstoday.
their prayers Likervise.only
today. Likewise, only Muslim
Muslim
womenwear
women wear the head coveritrg rlentionccl
the head covering mentioned in the Bible, irl the Biblc,
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while the vast
vast majority
majority of Christian wornen tend
Christian women tend to
disregardthis
disregard this teaching
teachingin in spite
spiteof the fact that
the fact that Mary
Mary used
used
to wear aa veil
to wear veil over
over her
her head. (Songof Solomon
head.(Song Solorr-ron 4:9 and
4:9 and 1I
Corinthians11
Corinthians I I :5)
:5)
Even
Even the greetingused
the greeting r-rsed by Jesus,
by "Peacebe
Jesus,"Peace be unto you"
unto you"
(Luke 24:36),
(Luke 24:36),is is used
usedby by Muslims while most
Muslirnswhile rnostChristians
Christians
greet with "Hello".
greet "Hello". ThereThere are rnany other
are many other religious
religiousrites
rites
rvhich only Muslirns
which only Muslims practice
practice today,
today, such
such as
as wudhu'
wudhu'
(ablution before
(ablution prayer),circumcision,
befbre prayer), circuurcision, abstainingfrom
abstaining from
eating pig flesh
eating pig flesh and and the nreat of
the meat o1' dead
dead animals,
animals,etc.etc.
Therefbre,it is
Therefore, is crystal clearthat
crystalclear thatthe
the true follor.vers
tnre followers Jesus
of Jesus
and the
and prophetsof God
the prophets God before Ititn are
belbrehim are the Muslims,who
the Muslims, who
follow what
follow what they
they allall taught.
taught.

X. How
x. How My My Conversion
Conversion Affected
Affccted Others' Lives
Others'Lives
I-laving receivedthis
I'lavingreceived this great gilt from
greatgift frornAllah (nay He
Alldlt (may He be
be
praisedand
praised glorified),I felt
and glorified), l'eltaa strong
strot'rg desireto
desire to convey
conveyHis His
final message
final messageto to those
thosewho who had haclnot not heard
ltcarclit. I rvas
it. was not very not very
successful
successful at the
at the outset.
outset.Some Sorre people peopletook took itit as joke,
as aa joke,
rvhile others
while others advised advisedme me to to taketake the ntcssageto
the message to the
tlte
childrensince
children sincc older peoplewere
older people r.verealready
alleady'fixed lixcd in in their
their
ways. For
ways. For aa long lorrgtime,
titne,my Ir.ryonly
onll' support
sttpltol'twas was my rtt)'wife,
u'ife, whowho
sharedmy
shared my belief
beliefin in Islam.
Islum.
In
Irr 1990,
1990,I returnedreturnecl to the
to []nitedStates
thc United Statesof ol'AInerica
America to to
do a master'sdegreein safbtycngineerirtg
do a master's degree in safety engineering at
at Te.ras
Texas A&M
A&M
University.
U n i v c r s i t vAndA r v a sduring
. n d iti t was tgh i s trip
d r . r l i n this t h a t Il cdecided
t r i p that l e c i d e dto
to
irrcreascmy
increase rnv efforts
efJbrtsto pfopagateIshlm.
to propagate Isldnr. I followedfblloucd an arl
Islamictraining
Islamic trairtin-u pfograrnwhich
program u'hichI created createdfor rrtvselffrom
fbr myself fl'om
rnaterialavailable
material arailableat at the Bry'artCollege
the Bryan Collegc Station StatiortIslamic Islan-ric
Library.
l,ibrarl. Il used usedto lvritcto
to write to myn'tl family
f arnilf in itt Venezuela
Vcncztrela about
about
r v h a t c r . cIslamic
whatever I sr l a r n i topics
tco p i c sI sstudied.
t t r d i c cHappily u lhen
Il J. a p p i l l\\ t c t tI rreturned
eturned
to
to Venezuela
Vcrrezuela in
in 1992.
1992.after altcr onlyonly'aa few l-etrbrief cliscttssions,
bricf discussions,
my
rn)'parents
parentsand and one onc of o1-mynt\ older brothcrsembraced
olderbrothers ctttbritcccl Lsldrn.
hie/ill.
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fufy Islam
Later on,
Later on, two of of my sisters,
sisters, another
another brother,brother, and and a nephew
nephew
also embraced
also embraced Islam. Islam.
The
The director
directorof of the
the recently
recently opened opened lnosque mosque in Caracas Caracas
approved
approvedmy proposal proposal fbr Sunday prograrx
for a Sunday program to invite invite non-
non-
Muslims
Muslims to visit
visit the
the largest
largest mosque
l.nosque in Latin
Latin America.
America. II
volunteered
volurrteered to coordinate
coordinate this
this prograrn
program with the
the imam
imam of
of
the
the mosque
mosqueand, praisebe
and, praise be to Allah, our
to Allah, our initial effort was
initial effort was a
complete
completesuccess.success. About
About 250 250 people attended what
people attended what was was the
the
first
first public
public lecture
lectureI had ever given
had ever Venezuelans about
given to Venezuelans about
Islam.
Isldm. Perhaps
Perhapsfor for the
the first time in
first tirne Venezuela, a mixture
in Vcnezuela, mixture of of
Jews,
Jervs,Christians,
Christians,atheists atheistsand and others others attended
attended a lecture lecture
aboutIslam.
about Islc1nt.The prograrnwas
The program was such such a greatsuccess
a great success that that by
the grace of Allah,
the grace Allcih. manyrnatryVenezuelans
Venezuclattsembraced embracedIslam. Islam.
The Sunday
The Sunday out-reach
or.rt-reach prograrn
program is
is still
still ongoing
ongoing and
and anyone
anyone
interested
irrterestedin in knowing
knowing about aboutIslalll
Islail can can attend.
attetrd.
When I lecture
Wherr lectureirr different in different places,
places, I noticc
notice thatthat many
many
people
people are are interested
interested in Islum. Many
in Islam. Many people people have have
embraced
embracedthis this religion;
religion; many rnany others othct'stake take the the available
available
literature
literature and
and go go through gradtrally,
throughitit gradually, just as
-iust as I diddid almost
ahnost
thirty
thirty years
years ago. ago. Still others are
Still others are more resisttrnttoward
tttorc resistant toward
Islalll;
Islan. they they say that they
say that thcy havehave too too manyInany vicesviccs that that tltey
they
cannot
cannot get
get rid
rid of.
ol'. At
At this
this poiltt.
point, I \\'altt
want to
to tcllthe
tell the readerthat
reader that
when
wlren a a person
person embraces
ernbraccs Lsltlnr.
Is hllll, his
his or
or her
her lif'e
life may
may not
not
change dranraticallyall
changedramatically all of aa sudden. It rtray,
sttdden.It may, but not but not
always.
always.Often Ofien this this isis aa process
ltrocessthat dcvclclpsas
that develops as the person
the person
learns
learnsand graduallygets
and gradually getscloser
closerand closerto
and closer Allah, to
lo Allah, his
to his
or
or her brothersand
her brothers sistersin
anclsisters in faith
faith and artclto to the lirndatnental
the fundamental
teachings
tcachingsof of the laith. Many
the faith. Many of those tltosewho har"eattended
rvho have attended
rly lectures
my lectures ltavc
have askecl
asked thc
the lbllorving
following clltestiorts:
questions:
Do II have
I.L Do ltaveto to speak Arabicin
speakArabic ittorder
orderto to bebeaa Muslim?
Mtrslirn?
2. Is itit necessary
2. Is necessary to be
to bean Arabif
nnArab i1'I u,atrtto
I want to be Muslim?
be aa Muslim?
3. S h o u l cIllsstop
3 . Should t o p believing i n ..Jesus
b e l i c v i n gin l c s t t sand r e - i c cthe
a t t dreject t th e Virgin
Virgin
Maryto
Mary to bebc aa Muslim?
MLrslint?
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The answers
answersto to all
all of the
the above
above questions
questionsare are in the
the
negative.
negative.Islfim
Islam is is aa universal
universalreligion,
religion, andand Muslims
Muslims are are in
every
every country
country around
aroundthe the world.
world. Language
Languageis is not
not a barrier.
barrier.
To
To be
be aa Muslim
Muslim it is is necessary
necessary to
to believe
believein in Jesus
Jesusas as one of
one of
the
the greatest
greatest prophets
prophets of Allah, and and in Mary as Jesus'
as Jesus'
mother,
mother,whom
whom Allah favored favoredover over all
all other
otherwomen.
women.
The first step to becomea Muslim is indeed
The first step to become a Muslim is indeeda very very
simple and easy one. There are no complexities
simpleand easyone.Thereare no con-rplexities difficult or difficult
requirements
requirements such
suchas as special
specialceremonies,
ceremonies, or the mediation
the mediation
of certain
cefiain agents,
agents,or or anything
an),thingbeyond
beyond one's
one's means.
means.The The
only
only requirement
requirementto to embrace
embraceIslam Islam is is to believe
believesincerely
sincerely
in
in and
and obey
obey thethe one
one andand only
only true
true God,
God, to accept
acceptGod God as as
the
the Creator,
Creator, the Sustainerof the
the Sustainer the universe,
universe,the the One
One in
whose
whosehands
handsis is life
life and
and death,
death,the the Controller
Controllerof all things,things,
the
the only
only One
Oneworthy
worthy of worship,
worship,the the One
One who
who has the most
hasthe most
beautiful
beautiful names,
names, and
and most
most glorious
glorious attributes,
attributes, the
the One
One who
who
has
has no
no associate,
associate,child, rrother or
child, mother father,
or father, and and nothing is
nothing is
comparable
comparableto Hirn. All forms
to Him. paganisrnmust
forrnsof paganism rnust also
also bebe
abandoned.
abandoned.
After
After testifying
testifying that none has
that none has thethe rightright to be be
worshipped
worslrippedin in truth
truth but Allah and
but AINih and that
that Muhammad
Muharnmadis is the
the
Messenger
Messengerof Allah, Alluh, everything
every,thingelse else cancan be learned
be learned
gradually with
gradually patienceand
with patience and dedication.
dedication.If lf anyone
anyone diesdies
after
after accepting
acceptingthis firm beliet~
this firm belief, he he or she is
she is considered
consideredto
be
be aa Muslim
MLrslimand may, by
and may, t:y Allah's Inercy.enter
Alluh's mercy, enterParadise
Paradiseat at
endof this
the end
the this world.
world.
When aa person
When person testifies
testifies that Muhamtrad is
that Muhammad is the
the
Messenger
Messengerof Allah, this does
A//clh,this doesnot meanthat
not mean that he he is
is the
the only
only
prophetof Allah,
prophet Al/ah, butbut that
that he
he isis the
the last rressengerof Allah
last messenger
the last
andthe
and in
lastin the line
the line of prophets going
prophets going back backto Adam.
to Adam.
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XI. When
XI. When Religion
Religion IsIs Inculcated
Inculcated By Compulsion
By Compulsion
Allah Almighty
Allah has revealed
Almighty has revealed that no one
one can
can be forced
to embrace Islam.
embrace Islam. This is a fundamental tenet of
fundamental tenet of His
teachings."There
teachings. compulsion in [acceptance
"There shall be no compulsion [acceptance
of)
ofl the religion. The right
right course
course has
has become
become clear
(Qur 'an 2:256)
from the wrong." (Qur'dn2:256)
And
And Allah has has said:
said: "And
"And say,say, "The
"The truth
truth is from
from
your Lord,Lord, so so whoever wills let him believe; believe; and
whoever wills let him disbelieve...'o (Qur 'an 18:29).
disbelieve..." (Qur'dn 18:29).
Islam
Islam alsoalso calls
calls for establishing dialogue with the others
establishingdialogue others
and
and inviting them them with wisdomwisdom and and beautiful
beautiful exhortation
exhortation
to
to embrace
embracethis this true religion. "Invite
true religion. "Invite to the way of of your
your
Lord with wisdom wisdom and and good
good instruction,
instruction, and argue
argue
with them in aa way that is trest.o'(Qur'an
is best." (Qur'dn 16:125)
16:125)
The
The Catholic
Catholic ChurchChurch attained
attainedthe the position
position it has
has today
today
as a result
as a result of the
the horrendous
horrendous bloodshed
bloodshed of millions
millions of
of
innocent
innocent people.
people.I was was astonished
astonishedwhen learnedthat
when I learned that in
the
the Netherlands
Netherlandsalone, alone,three
threemillion peoplewere
million people were executed
executed
when
when theythey did
did not abideby,
not abide by, and acceptthe
and accept the doctrines
doctrinesof of the
the
Catholic
CatholicChurch.
Church.
"Upon the
"Upon the 16th
L6th February,
February, 1568, 1568, a sentence
sentenceof of the
the
Holy Office
Office condemned
condemned all the inhabitants of
the inhabitants of thethe
Netherlands
Netherlands to
to death
death as
as heretics.
heretics. From this
this universal
universal
doom
doom only a few persons, especially
few persons, named; were
especially named; were
excepted.
excepted.A proclamation ofthe of the King, dated ten
King, dated ten days
days later,
later,
confirmed
confirrnedthis this decree
decreeof the inquisition,and
the inquisition, and ordered
ordered it to to
be
be carried
carried intointo instant
instant execution,
execution,without regard to
without regard lo age,
age,
sex,
sex,oror condition.
condition.This This is probobly the
is probably mostconcise
the most death-
concisedeath-
warrant
warrant thatthat waswas ever
ever framed.
f amed. Three
Three millions of
of people,
people,
men,
n1en,women,
women,and and children,
children,werewere sentenced
senlencedto to the
the scaffold
scaffold
in:
in: three
threelines
lines...... And under
underthis new decree,
this new the executions
decree,the executions
certainly
certainly did did not not slacken.
slacken. MenMen in the highest
in the highest and the the
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humblest positions were daily and hourly
humblest hourly dragged to the
stake. Alva, in a single letter to Philip, coolly
stake. coolly estimated
estimated the
number
number of executions which were to take
of executions take place
place
immediately
immediately after the the expiration of week, "at eight
of holy week,
hundred
hundredheads.heads."',,1

After the
the Nicean
Nicean Council
Council waswas held
held it became
became a capital
capital
offense
offense to possess
possess an
an unauthorized
unauthorized Gospel.
Gospel. As a result,
result,
over a million Christians
over a million Christianswere were killed
killed in the
the years
years following
following
the
the Council's
Council's decision.
decision.This was the
This was the methodology
methodology used used by
Athanasius
Athanasiusto unify the the Christians.
Christians.It may may seem
seem to most
most of of
us
us that
that the
the perpetrators
perpetratorsof these crimes
of these crimes against
against humanity
humanity
were
were bloodthirsty
bloodthirstyindividuals
individualswith no genuinemotives;
no genuine motives; but
I was
was shocked
shockedto find out that the the call to perpetrating
perpetrating these
these
horrendous
horrendouscrimes crimes stems
stemsdirectly
directly from Biblical verse,
from Biblical verse. It
may
may seemseem obvious
obvious to to anyone
anyonewho reads the
who reads the Bible
Bible thatthat
these
theseindividuals
individualswere were implementing
implementingsome some texts
texts ofof some
some
verses
versesof the the Bible.
Bible."And the LORD spake spake unto Moses,Moses,
saying
saying .... .... Now therefore
therefore kill kill every male
every male amongamong the
little
little ones,
ones, andand kill
kill every
every woman that hath known
man
man by lying with him... But all the women women children,
children,
that have
have not known aa man by lying rvith him, keep
lying with
alive
alive for
for yourselves (Nr-rmbers
yourselves(Numbers 17-18).And
31: 17-18).
31: And the Lord
the Lord
said,
said, "Go
"Go through the
the city,
city, and
and smite:
smite: let not your eye
eye
spare,
spare, neither have
have you pity. Slay
Slay utterly
utterly old and
young,
yorrlg, both maids maids and little children, and
and little women..."
and women..."
(Ezekiel9:5-6).
(Ezekiel 9:5-6).Joshua
Joshuasaidsaidto to the peopleof Israel,
the people Israel,"The
Lord
Lord hashas given
given youyou the
the city (of the Canaanites)'..
the Canaanites) ... all
silver,
silver, andand gold,
gold, andand vessels
vessels of brassbrass andand iron, are are
consecrated
consecrated unto
unto the
the Lord:
Lord: The)'
They shall
shall come
come into the
treasury
treasury of of the Lord... The people
the Lord... destroyed
people utterly destroyed

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lslim
all
all that
that was in the
the city,
city, man
man and woman,
woman. young
young and
old,
old. and oxox and sheep,
sheep. and ass,
ass. with
with the
the edge of
of the
the
sword!.
sword'. (Joshua
(Joshua6: 16-21)
6:1 6-21)
The Lord allegedly
allegedly said:said:
-- "Now
"Now go and smite smite Amalek,
Amalek, and utterly utterly destroy
destroy all all
that
that they
they have, and spare them them not; not; but
but slay both
both manman
and
a n d woman,
w o m a n , infant
i n f a n t and
a n d suckling,
s u c k l i n g . ox
o x and
a n d sheep,
s h e e p . camel
camel
and a s s . " (1
a n d ass." ( 1 Samuel
S a m u e l 15:3).
15:3).
"Their children
- 'Their children also shall be dashed to to pieces before
before
their
their eyes; their their houses shall shall be spoiled,
spoiled, and their
their
wives
wives ravished."
r a v i s h e d . " (Isaiah
( l s a i a h 13: 16).
13:16).
- "Samaria
"Samaria shall
shall become
become desolate; for for she hath
hath
rebelled
rebelled against
against her
her God:
God: they
they shall
shall fall
fall by
by the
the sword:
sword:
their
their infants
infants shall
shall be dashed in pieces, and their their
women
women with
with child"
child' shall be ripped
ripped up."
up." (Hosea
(Hosea 13:
13:16).
l6).

' Since some Church officials have recently been so bold as to attack Islam
I Since sonre have rcccntly bcen so as allack [slam
and accuse it of
and accuse of having been been spread spread by the "srvord", it is
the "sword"', is worth
ri,ofth mentioning
mcntioning
that the the word "sword" is actually actually mentioned mcntioned 406 times times in the thc Bible while
not being mentioned mentioned even evcn once once in it the thc QUI'
Qur'in. 'an, So So whichrvhioh religion was was likely
to have
havo been been spread spread by by,thethc sword?
sword?
2
2 Islam
Isldm allowed allored Jihad as as a means means to defend dclend and and protect
protect the the weak
rvcak such such as as
women
w o m e n and a n d children,
c h i l d r e n , and
a n d notn o t killing
k i l l i n g or
o r dashing
d a s h i n g them,t h c r n . "And " A n d what r v h a t isi s [the
[the
matter]
m a t t e r l withw i t h you y o u thatt h a t you
y o u fight
f i g h t not n o t in
i n lhe t h e causc
c a u s e of o f AllahA l l t r h and
a n d [for]
l f o r l the
the
oppressed
o p p r e s s e damong a m o n g men, m e n , women,
w o m c n , and a n d children
c h i l d r e n ... . , , !" ( Q u r 'an
1 " (QUI' ' d n 4:75),
4 : 7 5 ) .Jihad
J i h a dis
is
also
a l s o an
a n acta c t of o f sself
e l f ddefense
e f ' e n s enol
n o t an a n act
a c t ofo f aaggression,
g g r c s s i t x r .AINih . , l / / J isays:
s a 1 ' s"Fight
": F i g h t in i n the
the
way
w a y of o f Allah
A l l l h those t h o s e whor v h o fight
f i g h t you
1 , o ubut b u t do d o not n o t transgress,
t r a n s g r c s s . Indeed. I n d e c d . Allah
Allah
docs
d o c s not n o t like
l i k e transgressor's." ( Q u r ''an
t r a n s g r e s s o r s . " (QUI' d n 2: 2 : 190),
1 9 0 ) . Jihad
J i h a d is i s also
a l s o prescribed
p r e s c r i b c dasas a
means
means to insure insurc the freedonr of
the freedom ol- calling others othcrs to the the way nirl of Allclh and
of Allah and
offering
o f l ' e r i n gthem
t h e m the t h e choice
c h o i c e to c m b r a c e iti t if
t o embrace i f ' tthey
h c 1 'so
s o wish
l ' i s h without
u ' i t h o u t compulsion,
compulsion.
A l l a h says:
Allah s a y s : "There
" - I ' h e r e shall
s h a l l be b e no n o compulsion
c o m p u l s i o n in i n [acceptance
l a c c e p t a n c e of] o f l the
the
religion.
r e l i g i o n . 'The
I ' h e right
r i g h t course
c o u r s e hash a s become
b e c o m c clear c l e a r from
f r o m the t h e wrong..." ( O u r ''an
w r o n g . . . " (QUI' dn
2:256), , l l k l h also
2 : 2 5 6 ) . Alliih a l s o says:
s a 1 ' s :"And
" A n d say, s a y , "The
" - l ' h e tl'Uth
t r u t h is i s fromf r o n r YOU!'v o u r Lord,
L o r d , so so
whoever
r v h o e v e r wills w i l l s letl e t him
h i m believe;
b e l i c v c ; and a n d whoever
w h o e v c r wills n ' i l l s let l c t himh i m disbelieve."
disbelieve."
( O u r ' t i n 18:29)
(Qur'an 18:29\
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It appears
appears that
that the
the Bible is thethe only religious
religious book in
the that sanctions
the world that sanctions the
the killing ofof children,
children, the dashing
dashing
of
of infants
infants and the ripping
and the ripping open
open ofof the
the bellies
bellies of
of pregnant
pregnant
women.
women. The presence of
The presence of such
such verses
verses in the
the Bible andand
ascribing them to God
ascribing them God isis a clear
clear proof that
that the
the Bible was
was
subject
subjectto corruption human hands
corruption by human hands that invented
invented lies
lies in
l
God's name. A/Nih says in the
God's name.'Allah says the noble Qur'dn:noble Qur'an: "So woe to
those
those who write the "scripture"
"scripture" with their own hands,
hands,
then
then say, 'This is
say, 'This is from Allnh,'
Allah,' in order to exchange
exchange it
for aa smalJ
small price.
price. Woe to them them for what their hands hands
have
have written
written and woe woe to them for what they earn."
(2:19\
(2:79)
Compulsion
Compulsionis is incompatible religion because
incompatiblewith religion because religion
religion
depends
depends upon
upon faith
faith and
and resolution, and these
resolution, and these would be be
meaningless
meaningless if
if induced
inducedby force.
force.Men
Men and women must
and women must be
be
given
given the
the opportunity
opportunityto to choose whateverreligion
choosewhatever religion they
they
believe
believein,
in, but
but the
the alternatives
alternativesmust
must be presentedwithout
be presented without
bias
bias and
and without
without compulsion.
compulsion.Guillotines,
Guillotines,saws,
saws,axes and
axes and

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lOwing
Owing to the the fact fact thatthat thethe presence
presenceof of such
such texts tcxts and and others
othors is a cause cause of of
great
great embarrassment
embarassment to to the
the "editors" of ofthethe Bible, they have havc been been interfering
intcrfering
'l'hey
in
in what
what allegedly
allegedly is is the
the Word of God. God. They treated treatcd the the text
text like any other
book
book writtenrwitten by by humans;
humans; and and therefore
tlierefore added added to to andand deleted
delcted from fiorn it, what
they
t h e y deemed
d e e m e dunfit. u n f i t . For
F o r example
e x a m p l c ISamuel
l S a r n u e l6: 6 : 19
1 9 reads:
r e a d s :"And
" A n d he h c smote
s m o t e the thc
men
m e n of o f BBethshemesh,
c t h s h e m c s h , because b e c a u s etheyt h e l ' hhad
a d looked
l o o k e d into i n t o the
t h c ark
a r k of o f tthe Lord,
h c Lord,
even
e v e n he h e smote
s m o t e of o f the
t h e people
p e o p l e fifty
f i f t y thousand
t h o u s a n d and a n d threescore
t h r e e s c o r e and a n d ten ten
men."
men." However, Holever, the the English.
English, French, French. German Gcrman and and Arabic translations translations
decided
decided that that such such an an act act does
does not befit the the Merei
Merci{ul Lorcl. so
ful Lord, so they changed
thel changed
''looking" into
rnerc "looking"
the
the text text to to only (sevent1,men),
only (seventy men). They believed that
1'he1'believcd that the the mere
the
the ark ark of of the the Lord I-ord is is not
not aa crimecrime punishable
punishable by genocide. genociclc. Even Lven at at the the
present
p r c s e n ttime,
t i n . r cwith
.s ' i t h the
t h c Bible's
B i b l e ' s exposure
e x p o s u r cto t o translators
t r a n s l a t o r sand p r i n t i n g tools,
a n d printing t o o l s . it
i t is
is
still
s t i l l being
b e i n g altered,
a l t e r e d .OneO n c wonders
s ' o n d e r show
h o r v thet h e situation r v a s in
s i t t r a t i o nwas i n the
t h c ancient times
a n c i c n t times
when
r v h e nonly
o n l l thet h epriests
p r i e s t shadh a d access
a c c e s stot o the
t h e 13ible.
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fire should
should not havehave been
been the options l given
the optionsr given to those
those who
did not want to acceptaccept doctrines
doctrines being
being enforced
enforced by the
Catholic
Catholic Church. Allah had
Church. AllAh had already
already revealed
revealed in His last last
message humankind: o'There
messageto humankind: "There shall
shall be
be no compulsion
compulsion
in [acceptance
[acceptance ofJ ofJ the religion. The right right course
course hashas
become
becomeclearclear from the wrong" (Qur'dn(Qur 'an 2:256).
2:256).
Today,
Today, we are are witnessing
witnessingthethe results
results of
of compulsion
compulsion in
religion in various
religion various countries. addiction, murder,
countries. Drug addiction, murder,
theft,
theft, prostitution,
prostitution, corruption,
corruption, rapes
rapes and
and homosexuality
homosexuality are
are
some of the consequences of imposing
some the consequences imposing religion a religion on
on people
people
that is
that is not carried
carriedin the heart.
the heart.
Sticking
Sticking to to ancestral traditions will not
ancestraltraditions not necessarily
necessarily
take a nation to success. For this
take a nation to success.For this reason reason I would
would like to
like
offer at at least
least oneone alternative
alternative that
that can
can save lives,
save lives,
rehabilitate
rehabilitate alcoholics,
alcoholics. as as well
well as unite families
as r.rnite families andand
society.
society.

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I The
The Bible attributes attributes heinous heinous acts acts of of genocide
genocidc to Prophet Prophet David, of which
of which
''And David gathered
h e is
he i s totally
t o t a l l y innocent.
i n n o c e n t .In I n 2 Samuel
S a r n u c l12:29-31
1 2 : 2 9 - 3 1we w e find:
f i n c l :"And David gathered
all
all the people together, and went rvent to Rabbah, llabbah, and fought fought against it, and
took
t o o k it. i t . And
A n d he h e took
t o o k their
t h c i r king's
k i n g ' s crownc r o w n fromf r o m off o f f his
h i s head,
h e a d , thet h e weight
weight
whereof
w h e r e o f was w a s aa talent
t a l e n t of o f gold
g o l d with
* ' i t h thet h c precious
p r e c i o u s stones:
s t o n e s : anda n d iti t was
w a s set s e t on
on
David's
D a v i d ' s head.h e a d . And A n d he h e brought
b r o u g h t forth f o r t h the
t h c spoils p o i l of o f the t h e city
c i t y in great
i n great
abundance.
a b u n d a n c e .And A n d he h e brought
b r o u g h t forth
f o r t h the t h e people
p e o p l e that
t h a t were
w e r e therein,
t h c r c i n , and
a n d put put
them
t h e m under u n d e r saws,
s a w s , anda n d under
u n d e r harrows
h a r r o * ' s of o f iron,
i r o n , anda n d under
u n d e r axesa x e s of o f iron,
iron,
and
a n d madem a d c them t h e m passp a s sthrough
t h r o u g h the t h e brick
b r i c k kiln:
k i l n : anda n t l thus
t h u s did d i d he
h e unto
u n t o alla l l the
the
cities
c i t i e s ofo f the
t h e children
c h i l d r e n of o f Ammon.
A m m o n . So S o David
D a v i d and a n d all a l l the p e o p l e returned
t h c people returned
unto
u n t o Jerusalem."
J c r u s a l e m . " Also, A l s o , in
i n I Chronicles
C h r o n i c l c s20:3,2 0 : 3 " it i t is
i s said:
s a i d : "And
" A n d he h e brought
brought
out
o u t the t h c people
p e o p l e that t h a t were
w e r e in i n it, i t , and
a n d cutc u t them t h e m with r v i t h saws,
s a w s , anda n d with with
harrows
h a r r o w s of o f iron,
i r o n , and
a n d with
w i t h axes.
a x e s ,Even [ v e n so s o dealt
d c a l t David
D a v i d withr v i t h all
a l l the
t h c cities
c i t i e s of
of
the
t h e children
c h i l d r e n of o f Ammon.
, { m m o n . And A n d David D a v i d anda n d all n l l the
t h e people r e t u r n e d to
p e o p l e returned to
Jerusalem."
Jerusalem," It It makes
rnakes one one wonder
rvonder how hou the the world*'orld can can ever cver live livc in peace peace
when
when such such inhumane
inhumane acts acts of genocide arc
of genocide arc called
callcd upon upon in irr aa so-called
so-callcd Holy Ho'ly
Book,
Book. and and are arc ascribed
ascribedto to God
God and and His His prophets?
nrophets'l
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The latestlatest heart-breaking
heart-breaking news news of of the year year 20022002
regarding the
regarding the Catholic
Catholic ChurchChurch in the USA relates relates to to the
the
sexual abuse
sexual abuse that
that some
some priests
priests committed
committed againstagainst innocent
innocent
children. Astonishingly,
children. Astonishingly, the the top ranksranks in the the Vatican
Vatican did did
respond as
not respond as though
though such such acts
acts were
were atrocious crimes, but
atrocious crimes,
instead tried to cover
instead cover them
them up by offering money money to silencesilence
the victims.
the victims. I kept kept a report
report from severalseveral years
years ago where itit
ago where
was
was stated
stated thatthat more
more than than five percent
percent of of priests
priests in the
USA were were perpetrators
perpetrators of
of sexual
sexual child abuse.
abuse. However, it
However,
took several years
several years for this news
this news to become
become headlines
headlines on
the
the main
main TV stationsstationsworldwide.
worldwide.
The whole
The whole world was
was shocked
shockedwhen when the the latest news in
latest news
2004 stated
2004 stated that that in the
the past
past 50
50 years,
years, more
more than
than four
thousand
thousandpriests priestsin in the
the USAUSA havehave beenbeeninvolved
involvedin sexual sexual
child
child abuse.
abuse.That That is is an
an astonishing
astonishing statisticto
statistic saythe
to say the least,
least,
but
but notnot at at all
all surprising.
surprising.The undoubtedtruth
The undoubted truth is that if
is that if
there
thereis is anyone
any onefactor
factorto to blame,
blame,then shouldbe
thenit should the Bible
be the Bible
itself. It
itself. It is
is extremely
extremelyimportant
impoftantthat that the readerknows
the reader knows that that
these
these evil
evil acts
acts are
are not
not just carried
carried out
out by pervefts.
perverts. The
The
Bible
Bible itself
itself encourages immorality as
encouragesimmorality as stated
stated in Ezekiel
in Ezekiel
23: 1. Adultery
23:1. Adultery and and incest
incest are
are just
just two
two of the
the evil
evil acts
acts
falsely
falselyattributed
attributedto to some prophets.Of course,
someprophets. as Muslims,
course,as Muslims,
we
we wholly reject reject thethe idea
idea that
that any prophet of Allah was
any prophet was
involved
involvedin in such
suchdespicable
despicable acts.
acts.
II have
haveaskedaskedthethefollowing questionto
followingquestion to some Christians
someChristians
in
in those
those countries
countriesor colrlmunitieswhere
or communities rvhere the Bible is
the Bible is
generally
generallyaccepted
acceptedas Holy Scripture,
as Holy Scripture."Why "Wl]y are are the rates
the rates
of
of murder,
rnurder, rape, rape, theft,theft, alcoholism,] prostittttion,
alcoholism,' prostitution,

r One of
lOne of the rnajorabuses
thc major abusesand fnlscaccusations
and false accusations dircctedagainst
directed the
againstthe
person
pcrsonof of Jesus at the
Jesusat handsof
thc hands of those rvho corrupted
thosewho corruptcdthe the Bible. and
Bible' and
which
n'hichno
no Muslim '"r'ould
Muslimwould tolerate,
tolerate, isishis
hisdescription
description as "rrincbibber"as
asaa '"winebibber" as
isis mentioned
mentionedin in Luke
Luke 7:34
7:34 "The Son of man is courc
"The Son of man is come eating ancl
eating and
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lsldm
"t
homosexuality,
homosexuality, incest incest and and widespread
widespread corruption
corruption
extremely
extremely high high compared
compared to those those countries
countries where
where the the
Qur 'an
Qur'dn is
is the
the scripture
scripture of reference
reference though
though with some
some
variation?"
variation?" Many of of them
them have
have been
been shocked
shocked by this this
questionsince
question sincethey
they have
have never
neverthought
thought about
about making
making suchsuch
compansons.
comparisons.
For example,
example, in aa dialoguedialogue thatthat I had had with aa US US
citizen,
citizen,I cited
cited aa case
casewhere
wherethethe death penaltywas
deathpenalty was imposed
imposed
in Saudi
Saudi Arabia
Arabia on on seven
sevencriminals
criminals who,who, while underunder the the
influence
influence of of alcohol,
alcohol, raped
raped a
a woman.
woman. I told him that
that as
as aa
consequence
consequenceof the the application
application of the the full weight
weight of the the
law hundreds
hundredsof thousands of
ofthousands other women
ofother women had had been
beensaved
saved
from
from other
other potential
potential criminals.
criminals. He He disagreed
disagreedand and felt
felt that
that
the
the law was was tootoo severe
severe and and that
that it couldcould not not be be
implementedin his
implemented his country.
country. Based
Basedon on official
official statistics,
statistics,I
told him that
that in his
his country
country in the the last
last eight
eight months
months more more
than
than half a
a million women
women were
were raped;
raped; an
an average
average of two
thousand
thousandwomenwomen raped raped every
every day!
day! He He waswas shocked
shocked and and
admitted
admitted to to the
the effectiveness
effectivenessof the the application
applicationof the the
Islamic Law. If
IslamicLaw. If I could
could talk
talk to
to him
him again,
again,I would
would tell
tell him
that
that in Islam,
Isldm, even
even if if an imarnwere
an imam were to raperape aa child,
child, asas the
the
priests
priests have
have done
done in the the church,
church, he he would
would be executed
be executed
delay, in order
without delay, order toto save
save the
the rest
rest of the
the children.
children.
How happy
happy I am am to have have embraced
embraced1\1am Islarn and
and I am proud
am proud
to be
tobe a a Muslim.
Muslim.

drinking;
drinking; and ye say,
say, Behold aa gluttonous man, nrarr,and aa winebibber,
aa friend of publicans and sinners!."
ofpublicans The irony
sinrrers!."'fhc irony is
is also
also apparent
apparentwhen
rvhen
one
one finds Proverbs20:1
finds Proverbs 20:1 saying:
saying: "Wine
"Wine is is aa mocker,
rnocker, strong drink
drink is
raging: and whosoever
whosoever is deceived
deceived thereby is is not wise."
wise." One
One can
can
only
only imagine
imagine the stateof humankind
the state hurnankindifit
if it were
werc to
to believe
belicvc that
that one
one of the
the
greatest
greatest prophets
prophetsof God, like
ofGod, like Jesus
JesusChrist,
Christ.was
rvasanan alcoholic.
alcoholic.
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XII. An
XII. An Open
Open Invitation
Invitation to the Pope and and Other
Other
World
World Leaders
II begin
begin in the name name of of Allah, the Most Gracious,
Gracious, the the
Most Merciful. May Allah bless bless all those
those who followfollow the
correct path.
correct path.
hereby extend
I hereby extend thisthis invitation
invitation to the Pope Pope andand all the
leaders of
leaders the world,
of the world, especially those who govern
especially those govern andand rule
over
over millions
millions of of people
people of of other
other religiotts,
religions, sects
sects and
and
ideologies;
ideologies;I invite
invite all of of you to etnbrace
embrace Islam. Come to
Isliim. Come
Islam and
Isldm you will
and you will be be saved
saved from the punishment
from the punishment of of Allah
and
and earn reward in Paradise.
earn His reward Paradise.If If you are are a JewJew or a
Christian,
Christian, Allah will give double reward
you a double
give you reward onceonce you
l
embrace
embrace IslamIslam'.. Prophet Muhammad said:
Prophet Muhammad said: "A "A person
person
from the people of the Scripture (a Jew or Christian)
the people
who believes
believesin his his prophet (Jesus Moses) and then
(Jesus or Moses)
believes
believesin Prophet
Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad (embraces(embracesIsllm) Islam) will
will
have
have aa double
double reward.,,2
reward."'
However,
However,if you you reject
rejectthis invitation,you
this invitation, you will
rvill be
be held
held
accountable
accountable for
for all
all those
thoseunder your influence
underyour influenceand all those
and all those
who
who follow
follow you.
you.
Like
Like allall my
my Muslim
Muslim brothers
brothersand atrd sisters
sistersthe world
the world
over,
over, Allah
Allah hashas charged
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proofs in this book so
this book so
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that whoever
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them and whoever has
and whoever has
intellect
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where the Exalted,
Exalted, calls
calls on
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people to embrace
embrace
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the truth.
truth. Once
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responsibility
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human being,
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who submitted
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free will to to the
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and commands the one and
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invite all
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mankind to give up
to give up the
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deities, whether
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animateand and inanimate
inanimateobjects
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other thing created
thing created
by Allah
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fashionedby man. man. After repenting, they must
repenting,they must
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of Allcth, the only
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true God,
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of the universe.
universe.
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worthy to notenote that
that as
as much money, prestige,
much money, prestige,
position,and
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and power that aa non-Muslim
non-Muslimmight have in this
might have this
life,
life, he
he or
or she
she will never
never have
have enough
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to buy his or her
her
entrance
entranceto to the
the gardens
gardensof Paradise
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the next world.! The
next world.l The
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poorest inhabitantof the the earth who has
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assured
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Verses 123-124,
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guidance will neither
guidance neither go go astray
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the world
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remembrance
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whoever
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those disbelieve if if they
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themselves punishment of the Day of
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for them is is aa painful punishment.
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they to emerge
emerge therefrom,
and
and for them
them is is an
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Allah, the Exalted. If
the Exalted. If repentance
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that none has the
the right
right to be be
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that Muhammad is His
Messenger,
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forms of paganism,
forgive him,
will forgive him, even
even if if hehe should
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minute
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the Hellfire.
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deedsinto good deeds
into good deedsand and allow
allow him or her her
entrance
entrance intointo Jannah
Jannah (the (the garden
garden of Paradise)
Paradise)eternally.
eternally.
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has said:
said: "Except for those those who repent, repent, believe
believe
and
and dodo righteous
righteous work. For them them Allah replace
Allnh will replace
deeds with good.
their evil deeds good. And ever ever isis Allah Forgiving
and Merciful."
and Merciful." (25:70).(25:70).And He has has said:
said: "But ones
"But the ones
believe and
who believe and do do righteous
righteous deeds deeds We lvill will admit themthem
to gardens
gardens beneath
beneath which rivers rivers flow,
flow, wherein
wherein theythey will
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is] the promise of Allah, [which [which isl is]
truth, andand who is is more
more truthful
truthful than than Allah in
statement?"
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whe Allah, the
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magnitude of of their sins, and
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transgressed
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Allah. Indeed, Alleh
Alteh. forgives all sins.
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who is the Forgiving, Merciful. And And return
return [in
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repentance] Lord and submit to Him
your Lord Him before the
punishment comes
punishment comes upon upon you; then then you will will not be be
helped."
helped."
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Here also, Allah informs
informs us us that
that time repentance is
time for repentance is
of limited duration
of limited duration and thatand that when
when death
death arrives
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possibleto obtain
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forgiveness.
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promiseof forgiveness and
mercy
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the believer who
who is
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steadlast in
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faith and
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gooddeeds,
deeds,saying
saying(20:82):
(20:82):
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"But indeed,
indeed, I am am the the Perpetual
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whoever
whoever repents
repents and
and believes
believes and does
and righteousness
does righteousness
and then
and then continues
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in guidance."
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those seekers
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minds are
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and
and to
to improve
improve their
their conditions
conditions according
according to what is
to what is
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