Some Christians have claimed that the Qur’an commands Muslims to read and obey the 4 Gospels. First, one of the reasons Allah has sent Islam and the Qur’an was because all the scriptures that came before it were either corrupted or lost. The Qur’an says the following of the books that came before it:
“Know they not Allah Knoweth what they conceal and what they reveal? And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book but (see therein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture. Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say: ‘This is from Allah,’ to traffic with it for a miserable price! Woe to them for what their hands do write, and for the gain they make thereby.” (The Qur’an, 2:77-79)
The Book refers to the book of the People of the Book (aka Men of Faith), which section 9 in Chapter 2 talks about. The Noble Qur’an clearly says that the Book was corrupted by men, i.e., those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say: ‘This is from Allah’. It cannot get any clearer then that!
No, as you can see from the above verses the Qur’an claims the Book of the People of the Book have corrupted their own books. With that in mind let’s move on.
When I asked the Christian how did he get to this conclusion, he gave the following verses:
(The Noble Qur’an, 2:97) “To thee (Muhammad) We sent the scripture(Qur’an) in truth confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it in safety. Say: Whoever isthe enemy of Jibreel — for surely he revealed it to your heart by Allah’s command, verifying that which IS before it and guidance and good news for the believers.”
(The Noble Qur’an, 5:82) “Nearest among them in love to the believers will thou find those who say “We are Christians” because amongst these are men devoted to learning.”
(The Noble Qur’an, 42:15) “I believe in the Book (of the People of the Book) which God has sent down…”
(The Noble Qur’an, 5:46) “And in their footsteps we sent Jesus the son of Mary confirming the Law that had come before him. We sent him the Gospel: therein was guidance and light, and confirmation of the Law.”
(The Noble Qur’an, 5:47) “Let the People of the Gospel judge by what God has revealed therein”
(The Noble Qur’an, 5:48) “To thee (Muhammad) We sent the scripture (Qur’an) in truth confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it in safety.”
(The Noble Qur’an, 10:94) “If thou (Muhammad) are in doubt as to what We have revealed, then ask the People of the Book.”
Let us examine each one.
(The Noble Qur’an, 2:97) “To thee (Muhammad) We sent the scripture (Qur’an) in truth confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it in safety. Say: Whoever is the enemy of Jibreel — for surely he revealed it to your heart by Allah’s command, verifying that which IS before it and guidance and good news for the believers.”
Without knowing that the Noble Qur’an claims that the scriptures before it were corrupted by men (2:77-79), you can easily come to the conclusion that the Noble Qur’an confirms the Bible.
However, the Qur’an talks about the True scriptures He has sent to the prophets before Muhammad (pbuh), not the corrupted Bible.
Let us move on.
(The Noble Qur’an, 5:82) “Nearest among them in love to the believers will thou find those who say “We are Christians” because amongst these are men devoted to learning.”
Let us look at the whole context:
(The Noble Qur’an, 5:82) Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews and Pagans; and nearest among them in love to the believers wilt thou find those who say, “We are Christians”: because amongst these are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and they are not arrogant.
(The Noble Qur’an, 5:83) And when they listen to the revelation received by the Messenger, thou wilt see their eyes overflowing with tears, for they recognize the truth: they pray: “Our Lord! We believe; write us down among the witnesses.
The first verse says that the you will find Jews and Pagans hate the believers (Muslims) the most. Next it says Christians are devoted to learning and they are not arrogant. The next verse says the Christians listen to the revelation(Qur’an) received by the Messenger [Prophet Muhammad, salla allahu alayhi wassallam] and “thou wilt see their eyes overflowing with tears, for they recognize the truth: they pray: “Our Lord! We believe; write us down among the witnesses.”
To sum those verses up, some of the Jews and Pagans are arrogant and harder to show the Truth and only some care to learn about the Truth, but among Christians there are defiantly those who want to learn the Truth.
Anyways, I cannot make any contacts between the Bible and us having to read it in these verses. So let us move on;
(The Noble Qur’an, 42:15) “I believe in the Book (of the People of the Book) which God has sent down…”
Again, Qur’an makes it clear that it is talking about what Allah has sent down, and not the corrupted Bible.
Let us move on.
(The Noble Qur’an, 5:46) “And in their footsteps we sent Jesus the son of Mary confirming the Law that had come before him. We sent him the Gospel: therein was guidance and light, and confirmation of the Law.”
I think we are repeating a cycle. It is obvious the Gospel is not the four gospels. Answer these questions to your self. Are any of the gospels told or narrated or written by Jesus (pbuh) himself? How many Gospels are there in the NT?
August 19th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
CHRISTIANS CLAIM BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD.
I want to ask do the God make mistakes?There are more than 50,000 discrepancies and inaccuracies in Bible. There is not a single verse in the Quran which is incorrect and I challenge any non-muslim to show me a single verse from the Quran which goes astray. Here are some of many discrepancies found in Bible:
1) The names of the twelve apostles given in Matthew 10:2-4 are different from those given in Luke 6:14-16
2) The daughter of Saul,according to Samuel 6:23 at her death left no children and according to Samuel 21:8 she left five children.
3) Similarly Bible gives the two different versions of the death of Judas.Matthew 27:5 states:”And throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple,he departed,and went, and hanged himself.” Act 1:18 states: “Now this man bought a field with the reward of his wickedness,and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.”
4) Another discrepancy can be seen in the following verse of the Bible.According to Matthew 12:40 Jesus, Allah`s blessings be upon him,stated: For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale,so shall the son of the man be three days and three nights in the heart of earth.Jesus(P) was buried on Friday evening and raised on Sunday morning,making it only one day and two nights ,and not three days and three nights .
5) According to Luke 24:51 ascension of Jesus took place on Easter day.But ACTS 1:3,9 states that it took place forty days after resurrection.
6) Furthermore, Genesis 6:3 states:God limited the human life span to 120 years,but Genesis 11:10-32 states: But soon after, people lived 140-600 years.
7) Also,the first born son of God according to Exodus 4:22 is Jacob,but according to Jermiah 31:9 it is Ephraim.
These are just few of the evident discrepancies of the Bible which a casual reader can notice .THanks be to ALLAH that no one has ever found any discrepancy in the QURAN.
DO THEY NOT CONSIDER THE QURAN;HAD IT
BEEN FROM OTHER THAN ALLAH,THEY WOULD
SURELY HAVE FOUND THEREIN MUCH
DISCREPANCY.
(NISA 4:82)
August 19th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Muslim’s Survival Guide to Christmas
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1. CHRISTIANITY, JESUS- AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE
2. SANTA CLAUS, NOT OF CHRISTIAN ORIGIN
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1. CHRISTIANITY, JESUS- AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE
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Christmas holidays come and go each year with a lot of shopping,
hustle and bustle, Santa Claus, Christmas trees, decorations and
lights. The Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus. In this
article, we will address the following questions relying mostly
on quotations from the Holy Quran:
What are the origins of Christianity?
Was Jesus born without a father?
Is Jesus a son of God?
Did Jesus speak as a baby?
Was he crucified?
THE ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
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Historical facts reveal that Jesus did not use the word
Christianity. He and his followers used to worship in the temple
which other Israelites used. The message of Jesus was to call
people back to the religion of Abraham and Moses from which they
had gone astray. After the disappearance of Jesus, Paul declared
that belief in Jesus sufficed for salvation. The Jewish scholars
of that time called the followers of prophet Jesus the misguided
sect of Nazarene or Galilaens. In 43 C.E., when Paul and Barnabas
went to Antioch to preach, they were ridiculed and were called
Christians by the masses. The ones who were called Christians
felt that if they are being given a name in reference to Jesus,
there is nothing wrong in accepting it. A present day analogy may
be the case of Muslims being called Mohammedans in the West and
Muslims giving in to the name.
PAUL ALTERED THE MESSAGE
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At the beginning, Paul was a staunch opponent of prophet
Jesus and remained so for many years after his ascension. When he
did join the followers of Jesus later on, he initiated many
alterations in the teachings of Jesus in hopes of winning over
the Gentiles (non-Jewish people). He introduced the following
concepts into Christianity:
1. the concept of Jesus as son of God;
2. Jesus died on the cross to wash eternal sins of Adam’s
children through his blood; and
3. the Law of Torah was renounced. He eliminated all regulations
concerning food and abrogated the injunctions of circumcision.
The real followers of Jesus opposed these blatant
misrepresentations of the message of Jesus. Their struggle to
reject the notion of Divinity of Jesus continued for about two
hundred years. Since these alterations were very appealing to the
Gentiles, the true believers were unable to stop the misguidance.
In 325 C.E., a council of Christian leaders met at Nicaea
and officiated Paul’s beliefs as their religion. Roman Empire
declared Paul’s religion as the religion of the State and all
those books which denied these beliefs were banned. In 367 C.E.,
the State announced a list of books acceptable to it and fifteen
years later, a council held under the presidency of Pope Damasius
gave its approval to these books. At the end of the fifth
century, Pope Galasius published a list of unauthorized books
(Apocryphal) to further conform with Paul’s religion of
Christianity.
JESUS BORN WITHOUT A FATHER
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The true story of Jesus’ birth from Mary is told in the Holy
Quran. We are told that he was born without a father by the
command of God. Mary was single and a chaste woman.
21:91 And (remember) her who guarded her chastity: We breathed
into her of Our Spirit, and We made her and her son a Sign for
all peoples.
19:16 Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew
from her family to a place in the East.
19:17 She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them: then
We sent to her Our angel, and he appeared before her as a man in
all respects.
19:18 She said: “I seek refuge from thee to (God) Most
Gracious: (come not near) if thou dost fear God.”
19:19 He said: “Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to
announce) to thee the gift of a holy son.”
19:20 She said: “How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has
touched me, and I am not unchaste?”
19:21 He said: “So (it will be): thy Lord saith, `That is easy
for Me: and (We wish) to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a
Mercy from Us’: it is a matter (so) decreed.”
19:22 So she conceived him, and she retired with him to a
remote place.
19:23 And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a
palm-tree: she cried (in her anguish): “Ah! would that I had died
before this! Would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of
sight!”
19:24 But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree):
“Grieve not! for thy Lord hath provided a rivulet beneath thee;
19:25 “And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree: it
will let fall fresh ripe dates upon thee.
19:26 “So eat and drink and cool (thine) eyes. And if thou
dost see any man, say, `I have vowed a fast to (God) Most
Gracious, and this day will I enter into no talk with any human
being.’ ”
JESUS SPOKE AS A BABY
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19:27 At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying
him (in her arms). They said: “O Mary! truly an amazing thing
hast thou brought!
19:28 “O sister of Aaron! thy father was not a man of evil, nor
thy mother a woman unchaste!”
19:29 But she pointed to the babe. They said: “How can we talk
to one who is a child in the cradle?”
19:30 He said: “I am indeed a servant of God: He hath given me
revelation and made me a prophet;
19:31 “And He hath made me Blessed wheresoever I be, and hath
enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live;
19:32 “(He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing
or miserable;
19:33 “So Peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I
die, and the Day that I shall be raised up to life (again)”!
19:34 Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of
truth, about which they (vainly) dispute.
19:35 It is not befitting to (the majesty of) God that He
should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He determines a
matter, He only says to it, “Be,” and it is.
19:36 Verily, God is my Lord and your Lord: Him therefore serve
ye: this is a Way that is straight.
19:37 But the sects differ among themselves: and woe to the
Unbelievers because of the (coming) Judgment of a momentous Day!
HE BEGETS NOT!
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We note that the Holy Quran refers to Jesus as ‘Jesus ibn
Maryam’, i.e., Jesus son of Mary. It is in contrast to the common
usage in which children are referred to by their father’s name
and not by their mother’s name. He is not a son of God. The
following chapter from the Holy Quran explains the position of
Islam in absolute terms:
SAY: “God is Unique!!
God, the Source [of everything].
He has not fathered anyone
nor was He fathered, and there
is nothing comparable to Him!”
(Chapter 112)
JESUS WAS NOT CRUCIFIED
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The Holy Quran also rejects the claim that Jesus was killed on
the cross.
4:157 That they said (in boast), “We killed Christ Jesus the
son of Mary, the Apostle of God”; but they killed him not, nor
crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those
who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain)
knowledge, but only conjecture to follow for of a surety they
killed him not.
4:158 Nay, God raised him up unto Himself; and God is Exalted
in Power, Wise.
4:159 And there is none of the People of the Book but must
believe in him before his death; and on the Day of Judgment He
will be a witness against them.
Based on the statements of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.),
Muslims believe that Prophet Jesus will return to earth at a time
when Muslims will be in a dire need of a leader. He will not
initiate a new religion but rather obey the Holy Quran and the
teachings of Prophet Muhammad and lead Muslims to victory over
the disbelievers.
We hope that this short essay will help our readers
understand the origins of Christianity and Islam’s position on
Jesus. We encourage everyone to read the Holy Quran to obtain a
better understanding of Jesus and Islam. The Holy Quran also
gives a detailed account of the mission and lives of “Jewish”
prophets like Abraham and Moses. Altogether, twenty-five prophets
are mentioned by name in the Quran.
References:
1. Manual of Dawah for Islamic Workers, The Islamic Circle of
North America, 166-26 89th Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432.
(718)657-4090
2. The Message, monthly magazine by ICNA, December 1993 issue is devoted
fully to the Christianity.
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3. SANTA CLAUS, NOT OF CHRISTIAN ORIGIN
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Today in America, Santa Claus is a mythical old man who
brings gifts to children at Christmas time. Today’s version of
Santa originally developed from a real person, Saint Nicholas,
who lived 1700 years ago. He was bishop of Myra, an ancient town
of Lycia, now in Turkey. According to legend, he was only a boy
when he became a bishop. He was extremely kind and often went out
at night, taking presents to the needy. His generosity was not
bound by any particular time of the year. He was much loved by
his community for his kindness and selflessness. After his death
on the 6th day of December, school boys all over Europe
celebrated a feast day every year on the anniversary of his
death. Children were so fond of Saint Nicholas and his habit of
bringing gifts that the custom of celebrating his feast day on
the 6th day of December was maintained for hundreds of years.
In England, Saint Nicholas Day festivities were banned when
Henry VIII founded the church of England. They were later resumed
when Queen Victoria married German Prince Albert, but Saint
Nicholas in his return was changed to Father Christmas and
appeared on Christmas eve, the 24th day of December, not the
originally celebrated date of December 6. The American tradition
of santa Claus was taken from the altered English version.
Santa Claus (a German translation of St. Nicholas) was
modeled after a man of kindness, generosity and compassion. It
was only in the last few hundred years that Santa Claus was
associated with the Christian holiday of Christmas that
celebrates the birthday of Prophet Jesus
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