my great love for jesus led me to islam

2. My Love for Jesus
Great Led Me to Islam
By
Alfredo Curuballo
Simon Caraballo
M.5., S., Texas A&M, M, USA
Abo Maryam
Marvam

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Contents
I . Int roduct ion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4. . . .
I I . Exper iencien theU ni tedS tateos f Amer ica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8. . . . . . .
I I I . TheG ospels . . . . . . . . .1.1
TheA uthent ici toy f theQ ur 'dn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
TheL i fe andM issiono f Jesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
VI . PropheMt uhammad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3. .3. .
VI I . Doct r ineos f Chr ist iani tayn d[ s1am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5. .l. .
TheT r ini ty. . . . . . . . . . . .5.2
TheD ivini tyo f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.6. . .
DivineS onship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.l.
TheO r iginalS in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6. .3
T he MonotheisticR eligiono f Prophets........,. ...73
VIll. Step'l'oivardIs ldnt:Thcl nfluenceO f JesusO n ConversioTno 1s1ant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 7. .8.
I X . H o r v l s / a r r A l l e c t e d M l , L i f - e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1
I'lorvM y ConversionA ffcctedO ther'sL ives ........8. 5
XL WhenR el igionI s Inculcate8d1 'C ompu1sion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8. .8. . . . . . . . .
OpenI nvitationt o Popea ndT he RestO f Leadcrs
Appendix- ComparisonC hart...
Islam W
I. Introduction 4
II. My Experience in the United States of America 8
III. The Gospels I I
IV. The Authenticity of the Qur'dn 21
V. The Life and Mission of Jesus 26
VI. Prophet Muhammad 33
VII. Doctrines of Christianity and Isliim 51
The Trinity 52
The Divinity of Jesus 56
The Divine Sonship 61
The Original Sin 63
Islam: The Monotheistic Religion of All the Prophets 73
VIII. My Final Step Toward Islam: The Influence Of Jesus On My
Conversion To Islam 78
IX. How Islam Affected My Life 81
X. How My Conversion Affected Other's Lives 85
XI. When Religion Is Inculcated By Compulsion 88
XII. An Open Invitation to the Pope and The Rest Of The World
Leaders . 95
Appendix - Comparison Chart 99

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I. Introduction
believe that Catholicism
was only a
As a Catholic, I was led to was the only true religion, and that Judaism preparation for Christianity. were all false. In fact, I only Islam for time in 1978. I had learned that believed in divine origin of Christianity and Judaism. Qur 'an
indicates that Allah language) had sent people to the path oftruth and righteousness.
Hence the other religions
heard about Isldmfor the first
learnedt hat Muslims believedi n the
The Qur'dn
(the proper name for God in the Arabic
prophets to every land in order to guide
carvet he Christianm essagein to the depths
In order to carve the Christian message into subconscioust,h e Church designeda
of my subconscious, the Catholic designed a
program which, when applied high probability of retention. people's beliefs and their behavior lives. In this scheme, the central figure Jesus and rites are mostly related to events supposed death and resurrection; from birth, to be in December, to his alleged crucifixion These religious rites were many centuries after Jesus' departure rather than Revelation.
from childhood, had a very
This program affected
for the rest of their
t he centralf igure is Jesusa nd the
surrounding his birth,
supposedd eatha nd resurrectionf;r orl his birlh, assumed
t o allegedc rucifixion on Easter.
introduced by human beings
manyc enturiesa fterJ esusd' epafturera thert han by Divine
Venezttelaa, t midnight on
According to tradition in Venezuela, at December 24th I used to wait for bring the gifts that I had requested in my letter. Being from a family, brothers and sisters, I understood that for "Child Jesus" to bring me what was often confused and puzzled because perfonned so many miracles as and priests, why was he able Wasn't that request easier for Him 24'" nsed rvait the arrival of Jesus to
requestedin rny yearly wish
frorn poor and having several
brothersa nd understoodt hat it was very difficult
rvhat I had asked for. But I
if Jesus had
performed so I had learned from nuns
not to bring me a tricycle?
Wasrr't requcst easier fbr than bringing dead

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people life? years, l eft As Easterw as approaching, I used to watch how Jesus was until he wanted TV set and help him somehow. I asked God to help him,
asked Him not let His 'son' crucified. In I becauseI was taughtt hat do not I couldn ot understanrdv hy suchb rutalityw as
on good rnan. As a this incident
cultivatedi n intensel ove for greatp ropheto f
for perhaps toys Christmas- answert o theirw ish letters- their If objective the was infuse
of reverencef or Jesus, i n my case they were
I learnedt o love Jesusm ore than my own
parents. H owever,r vhiles till a I startedt o question
porvero f corrceptth at I had aboutG od was
r.vhateveHre rvantedI.{ e had createdt he
universet,h e earth.t he sun, t he rnoon.t he stars, a ndl tuman
wondeled rvhy He could not save Jesus from
resolve this
I clirnbed small wall in the
house cliallenged God, saying: "lf
arer eally porvcrful,a nd cand o u'hateverY ou like,
thenr naken ie f1yr .vhenIj ump {romt hisr vall.O therrviseI ,
believet hat are pou'crfll, becauseY ou
from the either." Fofiunately,
n'as l the ground. With
attemptt o fl1' becarner .norea nd rnorec onvinced
rvas porveriul alier all. A childish analysis
indee!d
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back to Thus, for several the concept of
"Child Jesus" left me disappointed.
Easter was televised
stories of abused was hung on a
cross to be crucified. I really to climb inside the
and to 'son' be the
end, would hide and cry because I taught that "men
cry." could not understand why such brutality was
inflicted such a man. child, cultivated in me an intense love this great prophet of
God. As other children, the they received
on Christmas - as an answer to their wish letters - was the
cause of affection towards Jesus.
the of Church to somehow a feeling reverence for in successful. learned to Jesus more However, while still child, stal1ed to the power of God. The concept that about God that He could do whatever He wanted. He created the
universe, the earth, the the moon, the and human
beings. I wondered why being crucified on the cross. In order to dilemma, on one occasion climbed a backyard of my and challenged If
You are really so powerful, and can do whatever You then make me fly when I jump from this wall. Otherwise, I
will not believe that You arc so powcrful, because You
could not save Jesus cross Fortunately,
the wall was not so high and I fell to every attempt to fly I became more and more convinced
that God was not so powcrful after indeed!

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I
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Great Love For Jesus Led Me To lslAm
parents
allowed me to work with an old man who was a
photographer and I accompanied him to many places. It
turned out that he was also a very famous fortuneteller.
Wherever we went, many of his female clients would ask
him about events that would happen in their future. For
this task, he used to smoke brown tobacco, and as it was
being consumed and the ashes fell, he would ''reveal'
reveal'
information to his clients. r also learned that he used to
hypnotize people in order to learn hidden things about
their lives and would then respond to their Later on in life when I started high school, my I queries.
All of these experiences were stored in my
subconsciouas t D uring period, m y
subconscious at a very early age. During this my
parents were attending a center that specialized in
parapsychology. parapsychologyI. r accompanied accompaniedth them em several severalt times imes to see
what was happening and it was in this center that I about the concepts of meditation, spirits, possession and
what I thought was dead people speaking to the livingl
learned
conceptso f s pirits,p ossessiona nd
living'.
.
my
Here I learned to pray twice daily at a small altar that father had built with great care and dedication, dedication. At one of
the gatherings I attended, the tlie leader of the session
prepared a talisman for me, which he said would protect
me, so I took it with me wherever whereverI I went.
Meanwhile, I continued continuedt to o think about aboutt the he crucifixion
A t time. mv fatherh ad read
of Jesus. At the time, my father had a book that he r t he dcadd o living: d evils imitatet he
voiceso f deada nd communicateth rought hc living. ] In reality, the dead do not talk to the living; rather, devils imitate the
voices of the dead and communicate through the living, On the other
hand, Qur 'an recitation and Prophetic supplications are effective ridding people of all evil spirits. The fact that any Muslim can such acts is clear proof of the miraculous nature of the Qur 'an. As for
those who supplicate to other than Allah or usc the Bible to rid others of
possession by devils, it is no more than a cooperation with those evil
spirits or using other evil spirits to get rid of other ones.
Qur'an in
peoplc spirits.'fhe lact perform
naturc the Qur
'rin. fbr
thosc whcrs upplicatet o oth0r thanA Iliih otherso f
posscssionb y dcvils, morc a cooperationrv ith thosee vil
spiritso r usingo there vil spiritst o getr id ofother ones.

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frequently. It was entitled "The Life of Jesus Dictated by
Himself." He once told me that according to this book,
Jesus had traveled to places away from Jerusalem, which
made me a little optimistic about finding an answer to my
question regarding his crucifixion.
crucifi xion.
When I graduated from high school, I was granted a
scholarship to study engineering in the USA, which I
happily happilya accepted. cceptedH. However, owever,before b eforet traveling ravelingi in n 1977, I had
a bad experience that affected my belief in Christianity. I
saw two Christians help a man who had suffered from an
epileptic attack attacko on n the street. But B ut afterwards, they t hey searched
his wallet and stole stoles some omeo of f his money.rnoney.1 rI In n spite spiteo of f the fact
that individual acts cannot by any means rleans be considered
indicative of the validity or invalidity of a religion, this
incident greatly affected affectedm me. e. Perhaps Perhapst to o many people this
event might seem insignificant, but b ut I had witnessed witnessedm my
y
father fatherp punish unishm my y brother brothers severely everelyw when hen he brought broughth home
ome
the equivalent equivalento of f twenty-five fivec cents entsa and nd could not provide
him with a satisfactory satisfbctorve explanation xolanationa as s to where he got eot it
from.
1 SomeB iblical tcxtsc lcarlyl orbid stealinga nclo thera ctso f evil, as in
1 Some Biblical tcxts clcarly forbid stealing and other acts of the ten commandments: commandments": "Antl And God spake all these words, wot'ds, saying, I
am the LORD thy God...Thou shalt other gods me...Thou shalt not make unto thee image, likeness of any thing that is in heaven above ...Thou bow
down thyself to them, them: for God Thou shalt not take the name vain Honor thy father and thy mother...Thou Thou shalt commit adultery. Thou shalt not Thou not bear false witness against neighbor. Thou thy neighbor's wife...nor neighbor's." Exodus 1-tcxts are considered to be section of the Bible vith QUI' 'an, only their impact people's lives almost due to the existence of other texts in the Bible that allow their Out of mercy to humankind. God revealed the QUI' '(In as criterion
over its predecessor:;.
arn thc have no othcr before
rne...Thou rnake thec any graven irnagc, or any
ofany hcaven above...'fhou shalt not borv
thern, nor serve thcm: lbr I the LORD thy
God...rrarne of the LORD thy God in
vain...Honol thv lathcr thv rnothcr...Thou shalt not kill.
not ionunit adtrltcr.y.-Thous ltalt rtot steal. T hou shalt
f,rls^cw itncn^sa gainst thy neig-hbor.T hou shalt not covet
ncighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's
rvifc...rnr any thing that is thy neighbot's." (irxodus 20: l-17) These
tcts consiclcrctdo bc a scctiono 1'theB iblc that is in line ith the
Qur'an. only' that thcir irnpact on pcoplc's livcs has alntost vanished
tluet o cxistcncco l otherl extsi n thc Iliblc thata liorvt heir violation.
OLrto 1'rnr'rc)'toh unrankincl(.l od rcvealcdt hc Qirr'rirra s a critcrion
or c l i t s prcrlcccssols.

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II. My Experience in the United States of America
I *, Great Love For Jesus Led Me To lsldm
II. In 1977, I arrived in the United States of America to
ln studiesa t of the F irst, go begin studies at one ofthe universities. First, I had to to
a school to learn English, and there I met many people of
different beliefs from various parts of the world. In Seattle,
Washington, at the English language school, I had a
roommate from Saudi Arabia who was working on his
master's rnaster's degree and whose name was Fouad. One day, he
asked me if it was alright for him to pray in the room. I
told him that J I did not have a problem with it. J I was
surprised, since it was the first time J I saw a Muslim
perform his prayers. Before starting to pray, he ablution. He washed his hands, rinsed his mouth, and
washed his face and arms1 in the small sink in our room. was the first time I had seen someone wash his feet a
sink meant for washing hands. Then I observed movements of his prayers. He stood up, bowed, knelt
down, and prostrated. At that point I remembered how we
used to pray in the church by only kneeling down and what
performed
arms' It
in the
A t rememberedh ow t Islam grcat importanoe For
example, cleanlincss place in addition to
making requircment 1br ol performing formal
I Isliim assigns great importance to the issue of cleanliness. example, the cleanliness of the dress, body, and making ablution a requirement for the validity of prayer. Ablution is also recommended recommendedb before efore recitation recitationo of f the Qur Qur''6n,
an,
and going to bed. Washing the entire body bodf is an obligation after sexual
intercourse and is a commendable act before the attending of congregational Friday prayer. Other acts, such as washing the brushing teeth, trimming nails, removing the and armpit trimming the moustache. using perfume, tidying up removing harmful objects from the way of others, abstaining polluting public places and utilities, keeping shady places clean, etc. are
all acts encouraged and enjoined by Islam. These are also acts one nearer to God, and for which one is rewarded by Him. No other
religion comes anywhere ncar Islam as hlr as clcanliness of the and soul is concerned.
intercourse bclore the
congregational Othcr mouth,
brushing nails. thc pubic hair,
trimming moustachc. perfume. living places,
rernoving objccts u'ay from
pollutingp ublicp lacesa nd utilities.k ccpings hadyp lacesc lean,e tc.a re
actse ncouragcda nd enjoinedb 5'I slum.
-l'hcsc
that bring
one ncarer God. ancl reuarded l{im. anyrvhere near lsldm fbr body
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left Fouad did was different. A short time later he the
institute, and for several months, I did not see another
Muslim pray.
During break time at the English institute, foreign
students from various countries used to meet and discuss a
variety of topics. I clearly remember that on one occasion,
as we were discussingt discussing the he origin of religions and prayers prayersI
I
told them: "You pray the way you do because that is the
way your ancestors ancestorsu used sedt to o do." I went on to tell them that
their ancestors ancestorsu used sedt to o worship the sun, the moon and the
stars, and since then, that tradition has been transmitted
through all the generations generationsu up p to the present. I had even
started to have doubts about the origin of belief in God.
However, due d ue to my deep deepC Christian hristianr roots ootsI I did not become
an atheist.
wentt o mosquea nd observedm any
One day I went to visit a mosque and I observed many
rvay pray
people praying the same way that I had seen Fouad previously. After the prayer, they all on
the floor which was very cold to listen a sermon. the rest of the were sitting, them listened to all that the imam had to say. His name Jamil Abdul-Razzaq from Iraq, and he was English about "Backbiting." I remember that his voice was
high pitched and emotional. As he around the audience as if somebody had spoken of
someone else, but he did not point out anyone specifically.
I think his objective was to instill a feeling of involved in backbiting.
remained seated to Since
people u'ere I joined thern and
was
Jarnil lraq, giving a talk in
Englisha bout" remembetrh at voicew as
spoke, he looked
sornebody ill someonee lse,b ut anyones pecifically.
objectivew ast o I'eelingo f guilt in those
with
They
That same day, someone sent me an envelope some booklets comparing Islam and Christianity. took me a long time to read as I was rvas then busy starting starling as a
freshman at Oklahoma State University. It was through the
comparative booklets that I learned that Islam the
freshmana t OklahomaS tateU niversity.I t r'vasth rought he
comparatir"eb ookletst hat learnedt hat Islunt and

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message messageo of f Jesus Jesusw were ere both revelations revelationsfr from om God. Jesus
said that the message he was conveying was not his but
God's: "...for I have not spoken on my own, but the
Father who sent me has Himself given me a
commandment about what to say and what to speak."
(John 49). 12:49). Likewise, the revelation that Prophet
Muhammad conveyed to the rest of humanity, hurnanity, was sent by
God through Angel Gabriel: ""And And indeed, the Qur'an Qur'6n is
the revelation of the Lord of the worlds. The
Trustworthy Spirit [[i.i.e., e., Gabriel] has brought it down
upon your heart, [[O 0 Muhammad] - - that you may be of
the warners .•." Qur'an 26:192-194)
..." (Qur'd n 192-149)
t he everyr eligion Therefore, the truth of every religion and the proof of
its divine origin depends dependsf fundamentally undarnentallyo on n the accuracy
with which the original originalr revelation evelationfr from onr God was preserved
and transmitted transmittedt to o the rest of humankind. l'rurnankindT. The he level of
deviation and uncertainty uncerlainty depends on the degree of
precision precisionw with ith which rvhiche every veryr word vord revealed revealectlo to the prophets
was transmitted transmittedt to o others. If I f these thesew words ords have not been
accurately transmitted and have instead suffered
adulteration, it i t is highly likely that the essence essenceo of f the
original message rnessagew would ould be lost forever. Consequently, C onsequentlyi,in
n
order to make a just and unbiased unbiasedc comparison clr.uparisobne between
tween
Christianity and Islam, Islctnt,it i t is necessary necessaryto to determine determinet the
he
extent extentt to o which the original originalC Gospels ospels and the thc Qur Qur'dn 'an have
been kept free fice from f}om adulterations, adulterationsa.additions c lditionso or r deletions.
What follows in this book is a brief briel'cornparisonb comparison between
etween
Christianity Christianitya and nd Islam; Isldm; the two most influential irtf-luetttiarel religions
ligions
in the world rvorldw with ith the thc highest highestn number urrbero of l'fcrllowersfr followers from orn all
races and nations, and a nd the two tn,o 1110st n.rostc closely losely associated
faiths. I hope that by the will rvill of God Cod this book will assist
the seeker scekero of f truth trLrthir in rh his is or her lrcl search searchlb for l the true religion.
relision.

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III. The Gospels
The four well-known Gospels of Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John are found in the New Testament section of
the Bible. They were written between 70 CE and 115 CE;
decades after Jesus had departed, and were supposedly
based on documents that have since been lost. The Gospel
according to Mark was the first one written in the Greek
language in Rome, at least 40 years after Jesus' departure.
The Gospel according to Matthew was written in Greek
about 90 CEo CE. The Gospel Gospela according ccordingt to o Luke Lr.rkew was as written in
Greek approximately 80 CEo CE. These three Gospels are
called Synoptic because they are supposed to have
originated from the same lost documents. The Gospel
according to John!, Johnr, on the other hand, is profoundly
different from the Synoptic Gospels. It is in this Gospel
that the divinity and preexistence of Jesus was expressed,
even though Jesus never confirmed in the statements
attributed to himself. This gospel was written between 110
and 115 CEo
preexistencoef Jesusr vase xpressed,
this attributedto T his gospelw as rvrittenb etween1 10
I 15 CE.
The Gospels Gospelsw were erec composed omposeda after ftert the he first followers followerso of
f
It be
Jesus had been divided into several sects. can confirmed that they were written in order to reflect the
conception of the practical needs of the community.
Although traditional traditionals sources ourcesw were ere utilized r.rtilizedto to write them
down, the writers did not exercise great care to keep the
original content free from additions, deletions and other
forms of corruption, as a s the content contelttu was ,asm meant eantt to o serve servet the
he
writers' personal personali interests. nterests.This T his fact was confirmed confirrnedb by
y
' 'Ihis
Jesus'd isciplesA. ccordingt o Ency'clopedia
I This John is not onc of Jesus' disciples. According to Encyclopedia
Britannica, which was co written by 500 Christian scholars. "the Gospcl
according to John is detinitcly and undoubtcdly a j~lbrication."
llritannica,u 'hichu as rvrittenb y Chrislians cholars".t he Gospel
accordingto Johni s definitclya ndu ndoubtedlya labrication."

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Christian authorities! after the Qur 'an had stated it more
than 14 centuries ago.
!2 ruv Great Love For Jesus Led Me To lst6m
authoritiesr Qur'dn centuriesa go.
It is worth mentioning tl-that rat these four Gospels were
not the only documents written in the centuries following
the departureo departure of f Jesus. T There herew were ere many otherss others such uch as the
Gospels of Jacob, Peter, Thomas, Philip, and Barnabas. lf
If
we consider the "The Gospel According to the Hebrews,"
for example, it was a document written in Aramaic, the
same language spoken by Jesus. It was utilized by the
Nazarenes who negated the divinity of Jesus and
considered him no more than a great prophet. In the fourth
century CE, the Gospels According to Mark, Matthew,
Luke and John were included in the body of the main
Biblical text, and the Church declared the remaining
existent documents to be heretical. However, additional
changes continued to be made in thcse Gospels even
though thought they hey had hada already lreadyb been eend declared eclaredto to be '"The The Word of
God." And as years passed by, the same Gospels appeared
with different texts from their predecessors, which undisputed evidence of the kind of corruption affecting
these books.
yearsp assedb y, sameG ospelsa ppeared
predecessorsw, hich is
undisputede videnceo f cot'rttptiona ffecting
r llncl'clopedia Rritannicir. "lmpofiant intentional
changess, uch inserliona nd aclditiono l-* 'holc paragraphslo ok
placc . . . " pp 521.ln inl roclucl iotno thc Cathol icB ible
p.13 ), statedt hat copli stsh ad clcarlyi nscrtcdt hingso ver
I According to Encyclopedia Britannica. '"Important changes, such as the inseliion and addition of whole paragraphs took
place ... " V2, pp. 519-521. In the introduction to the Catholic Bible
(p. 13), it is stated that that the copyists had clearly inserted things over
the centuries that were not part of the Scriptures, and a result of that
the text that we have now has reached us pregnant with corruption, which is manifest in all copies. Also, Preface to the James Version, produced by 32 Christian scholars backed up consultative bodies, we read: "Yet, the King James Version has defects ... and these defects are so many and so serious "
centuricsth trtu 'crcn ot pilrt o1'thcS cripturesa. nd as resulto fthat
thc tcxt ne norv reachccul s prcgnantr vith all kinds of
corruptionr"v hichi s mani{'esitn copics. Also. in Prefocet o King
lersion ploduccd Christians cholarsb ackedu p by 50
consultativeb odies.* 'e read:" Yet. .latnesV ersionh as grave
defects. .. anclt hcsec lci'ectasr es o martvt rncsl o scriotts. .."

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Among the many factors to be considered when
analyzing the veracity of the Four Canonized Gospels and
the ar.authenticity rthenticityo of f the messagest messages that hat carne came along with
them, are the following:
1. The original Gospel as was revealed to Jesus and is
mentionedi mentioned in n the Qur 'an. l Qur'dn.' as well as in the contemporary
Gospelsd. Gospels, does oesn not ot exist existt todal
odayr
2. The first records about the sayings of Jesus which
were made shortly following his ascension ascensionto to heaven heavenh have
ave
been lost.
3. The Gospels were written between 70 and 115 1 15 CE,
decades after Jesus' departure, depafture, and were based on lost
documents. As a consequence, consequence?there th ere was a loose
manipulation of the content.
4. None of the Gospels' Gosoels' authors saw Jesus or heard him
speak. Hence, they were u'ere not eyewitnesses.
5. The Gospels Gospelsw were erew written ritteni in n the Greek Greekl language anguagew while
hile
Jesus spoke Aramaic.
6. The present presentG Gospels ospelsa and nd most mosto of f the Epistles Epistlesw were ere not
chosen and validated until the fOUlih fourlh century CE, when a
resolution by a minority of the Council CoLrncil of Nicea was
enforced in 325 CEo CE. Before this date the Gospels did not
have any canonical authority, and were changed by the
writers of different sects in itt order to comply conrplv with their
'God saida boutJ esus" . . . .and gaveh im Gospel ,i n wasg uidancea nd l ight . . . "( Our 'an5 :16)
2 "Verilv trnto Whcrescrcvcr gospcl shall be
preachctl thc rvhole uorld, donc bc fil'a rttcnroli:rlo f lV1arkl: 1:9 and
lvlatthuv rvhocver wants lcarn about thc original
conccptso f Jesr.rs'tcachinsghso uldr cadl |'tcQ ur'drt.
1 God said about Jesus and We gave him the Gospel, in which
was guidance and light " (Qllr 'dn 5:46)
2 Verily I say unto you, Vhcrcsocvcr this gospel preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath
done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her." (Mark 14:9 Matthew 26: 13). And whoever vants to learn the concepts of Jesus' teachings should read the Qur ·(In.

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personal interests and desires. Up to the present day the
practice of tampering with the text is still prevalent.
7. The vast majority of the New Testament is composed
of the writings of Paul and his students. Paul, P aul, who never
saw or heard Jesus speak, was initially one of the most
prominent enemies of Jesus' ministry. He killed many
followers of the Messiah and imprisoned them (Acts 8:3,
9: 1-2). 2). He afterwards forced them to confess to lies against
Jesus (Acts 26: II). 11). But when Saul (later called Paul)
supposedly converted, convefted, "he assayed to join himself to
the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and
believed not that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took
him, and brought him to the apostles..." (Acts 9:26­27).
26-
27). This event occurred after Paul claimed that Jesus
appeared to him and spoke to him on the way to
Damascus. He bore witness for himself! himself' without
presenting any evidence establishing the truth of his claim
presentinga ny evidencee stablishingt he (Acts 3-8). Surprisinglyh, e suddenlyb ecamet he spokesmani n Jesusc laiming 9:3-8). Surprisingly, he suddenly became the chief
spokesman in the name of Jesus claiming that he was
appointed by Jesus to preach to the world (Acts 9:3-6)?
6).'
Paul also ·accused accusedt those hosew who ho "believed not that he was a
' rvitness support clairn cxcept I There was no eye-witness to support Paul's claim except for himself. Such
testimony for fbr one's self is rejected according to the Bible Biblc itself. John 5:31
31
states: states: "If I bear bear witness rvitness of myself, my witness is not true:' true." Added to
this is the fact that therc are several other contradictions in the narrative. For
example, in Acts 9:7 ""And And the men which 'rvhich journeyed joulneyed with him stood
speechless, hearing a voice, but but seeing no man," while in Acts 22:9, we
read: "but they heard not the voice of him that spoke to me:' me." With this
claim, Paul managed to achieve what nhat he could not achieve by force
2
2 According to 1 Jolm iohn 4:1 l "Belovecl, Beloved, believe not every cvefy spirit, but try the
spirits whether they are ale of God: because many rnany false prophets are
gone out into the world." rvorld." Paul himself hirnselfconfessed confessed to lying in his preaching
"Fol For if the truth of God Gotl hath more rnore abounded aboundcd through tlu'ough my lie unto his
glory; why yet am I also alsojudged judged as a sinner?" sinnerP" (Romans 3:7).

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2l). describedB amabas,w ho beeng ood "...carried fulfill' 21:20 6). "Thus, "'30). "All rne" 1: 15), "No oldestB iblical manuscriptws e havea ccessto , 4tl' 5tr' '
that larv, comc or. shall larv, fulfrlled." Mattherv ln "tg. fi'ee fi'om serwant gain the go. thc Jcrvs Jervs; ale larv,
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disciple" of erring concerning the faith l Timothy 6:20­21).
He described Barnabas, who had been good to him, as
" ... carried away with their dissimulation," (Galatians
2: 13). Paul even gave himself the right to propagate
teachings that were contradictory to those taught by Jesus
Christ and went against "the law" which Jesus came to
fulfill! (Acts 21 :20 and Romans 7:6). we find:
"When Paul would have entered in unto the people,
the disciples suffered him not" (Acts 19:30). He also
declared that, they which are in Asia be turned
away from me" (2 Timothy 15), and man stood
with me, but all men forsook me" (2 Timothy 4: 16).
8. The oldest Biblical manuscripts we have access to, are
Codexes Vaticanus, Sinaiticus and Alexandrinus; all
dating back to between the 4th and 5th centuries AD. The
extent of alteration the Gospels were subjected to prior to
these dates can hardly be determined, considering that the
1 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am
not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till
heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shalI in no wise pass from
the law, till all be fulfilled." (Matthew 5:17-18). Paul sought to gather
round himself as many followers as possible even if his means to do so
happened to go against the teachings of Christ or his ways of propagation.
In 1 Corinthians 9: 19-23, Paul confesses to horrendous acts of cheating
lying and deceit to achieve his purposes. He says: 19. For though I be
free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I
might gain the more. 20. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I
might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law,
that I might gain them that are under the law; 21. To them that are
without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but
under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am
made alI things to all men that I might by all means save some. 23.
And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof
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language of the Gospels was Greek while Jesus spoke
Aramaic.
9. There are many discrepancies in several places
between the fourth and fifth century manuscripts.!
10. The Gospels, seen as a whole, together with the
Epistles, contain many errors and contradictions? There is
also great uncertainty among Biblical scholars as to who
the authors of the Gospels actually were.
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manuscripts.'
c ontain effors contradictions.2T here These facts are mentioned here as evidence that the
Gospel of Jesus as revealed by God has not reached us in
its original form. In this way, it can be affirmed that the
four Gospels included in today's Bible and the Epistles
that accompany them cannot be considered similar or
equivalent to the Gospel revealed to Jesus. As proof of this
assertion, the following information is presented:
equivalentt o Gospelr evealedt o A s assertiont,h e informationi s The New Testament, Testament. on which modern Christian
doctrines rest, has undergone radical changes and almost
every new edition differs from the others. Some of the
changes that are now being implemented are so
fundamental that they strike at the very foundation of
Christianity. For example, the t he only two references referencest to o the
t I Some Biblical scholars point to the existence of thousands of
manuscripts from the Gospels but what is the true value of these
manuscripts if amongst the thousands, we cannot find two that are
alike?!. According to the International Translation of the New
Testament Testament... ... "All the versions versionso of f the New Nerv Testament Tcstamenth that at reached reachedu us
s
were not similar."
2 2 The numerous errors contained in the Bible led Robert Kehl Zeller to
say in his "The Authenticity of the Holy Bible" that no other book ever
suffered sufl-ereda as s many changes, errors e nors and corruptions as the Holy Bible.
This is in clear contrast to William Muir's and Laura l,aura Vaglieri's
statement about the Qur 'an see footnote 2, Page 21 and footnote I, 22.)
statementa bout Qur'dn (seef ootnote2 , Page2 1 footnotel , Page

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ascension of Jesus that were rvere found fbund in irr the Gospels of Mark
and Luke have now been deleted from the Revised
Standard Staridard Edition (RSV), 1952. These passages contained
evidence eviderrcec cited ited to support supportJ Jesus' esus'a ascension scensior.as ars follows:
So then after the Lord had spoken to them, he was
received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of
God. (Mark l 6: 6 : 19)
l 9 )
And it came to pass; while rvhile he blessed them, he
was rvas parted from them, and carried up to heaven.
(Luke 24:51).
51).
'flre
The aforementioned aforernentioned verse from fl'on.r Mark 16: l6: 19, has been
removed rernoved along with rvith a number numbel of other verses that
immediately irnrnediately preceded and succeeded it. As for Luke
24:5, 51, the words, u,ords. "carried up to heaven" heavcn" were removed.
Matther'v 1621-"For In Matthew 16:27-28, we read: the Son of man
shall come in the glory of his Father with rvith his angels;
and then he shall reward rervard every ever).man man according to his
works. rvorks. Verily I say unto you, There be some sorne standing
here, which rvhich shall not taste of death, cleath, till they see the
Son of man coming corning in his kingdom." kingdorn." As this prophecy
never came carne true, it can only be concluded corrcluded that it i t was a
fabrication labrication ascribed ascribedt to o Jesus JesusC Christ hrist who rvlto was r,vasa a true prophet
of God and whose prophecy cannot be mistaken.
The Gospel of Matthew Mattherv contradicts contradicls itself on the same
page when rvhen talking about Peter. While Jesus .lesus says of him:
"And Jesus answered ansrvered and said unto him, hirn, Blessed art
thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not
revealed it i t unto thee ... . . . That thou art Peter Peter... ... And I
will rvill give unto thee the keys kevs of the kingdom liingdom of heaven:
and whatsoever rvhatsoever thou shalt bind bintl on earth shall be
bound in heaven: hcaven: and whatsoever *'hatsoever thou shalt loose on
earth shall be loosed in heaven." (Matthew 16: 7-9).
Matthew 6:23 stands in total contrast to all this as it
Mattherv l6:17-19).
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states: But he (Jesus) .urned, and unto Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art offence me: for thou savourest not the things but those that be of men."
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"But said Peter,
an unto
that be of God,
Durirrg During the alleged crucifixiort crucifixion events, Matthew 27:44
The rvere crucified with
says: "The thieves also, which were him, cast the same in his teeth." are mentioned as acting together. However, Luke 23 :40
states: "one of the malefactors which railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, and us. But the other answering rebuked "Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou condemnation?" In the latter example, the thieves are
not acting together; rather they other. There are too many other contradictions in to record here.
him. Here the two thieves
arem entioneda sa ctingt ogetherH. owever.L uke 23:39-40
states": And malefactorsr vhich were hanged
hirn, save thyself
him, saying,
art in the same
l rr tlre lattere xatnplet,h e two thievesa re
together, are in opposition to each
T herea ret oo rnarryo therc ontradictionisn the Bible
a lterationsa nd contt'adictiottsa,r e not
The changes, alterations and contradictions, are Testatttetlbtu t also in the Old
found only in the New Testament but Testamentl
'lcstamentl.. For F or example, exal.rtpleir,in t 2 Kings 8:26, 26,we w e are told:
Trvo Ahaziah when he
"Two and twenty years old was began to reign." This contradicts :2 Chronicles 22:2,
which states: and two years when he began to reign" Another contradiction is contradicts2 Chlonicles2 2:2,
"Forty t'ivo old was Ahaziah
beqan Attotherc ontradictionis found
I Vat i c i rn I : curncni calC ounc i l I l (1962- (15i)r c lmi t t cdto c x i s t cnceo { '
crrors in thc Ol,:1
I Vatican Ecumenical Council II (1962-65) admitted to the existence of
errors in the Old Testament. 'l
cstarnent. ""Now Nou the thc books of ol'thc the Old Testament, I'estament. in
accordance v'ith the state of mankind hefore the time of salvation
established by Christ. reveal to all men the klHmkdge of God and of
man and the ways in which God. just and mercirul. deals with men.
These books. though they also contain some things which arc
incomplete and temporary ....· In l'I'U'idi'lIlissiIllIlS DeliS on the study
oflloly Scripture issued by Pope Leo XIII on Ig th November 1893, it is
stated... [is true. no douht. that copyists hale made mistakes in the text
of the Bible: ..... And cont'cssion is the master or evidence.
accoldance nith tlrc statc of mankind bclilre the tilne of salvatiott
establishcd bv Clhrist. rcvcal 1o all tlcn thc ktroulcdgc of God and of
nran ancl thc uavs in rihich Cod..itrst lrlld nlcrcilirl. clcals rvith rnen.
'l
hcse books. thottgh tltcr also contain solllc things r'r'hich ars
incomJ ref te and temnorar y . . . " I t l ' rot ' i t let t l i s s i r t t tlt]st ' l r s c lnt hc s tudl
o l ' l l o l v S c r i p t L r ries s u c rhl 1 ' I ) o p cl . c o X l l l o r r 1 8 " 'No v e n l b c r1 8 9 3 ,i t i s
statcd." l t is t t uc. t to cioLrbtt.h at copr ists har c t t t l t r ler nistakcs in thc tcxt
o1' thct l ibl c : . . . " ' nd cot t l c s s iorils t l l c l l l i l s tefo l ' c idenc c .

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MyG reaLt oveF orJ esusL edM eT ol sl6m! y'
8: in 2 Kings 24:8: "Jehoiachin was eighteen years old
when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem
three months... ," when compared to 2 Chronicles 36:9
months...," 9
"Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in
Jerusalem."
2 Samuel 6:23: 23: "Michal the daughter of Saul had
no child unto the day of her death" stands contradictory
to 2 Samuel 21 27::8, 8, which reads: "But the king took the
two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she
bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the
five frve sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she
brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the
Meholathite." In the New Standard American Version of
1973, the name Michal, as in 2 Samuel Sarnuel 21 21::8, 8, which
appears in both King James Version and the New World
Translation of Jehovah's Witnesses, was replaced by
Mirab to conceal concealthec the contradiction. ontradictionA. Addressing ddressingth the e issue issueo of
f
seeing God as stated both John 1: 18 teJls us: man time." This is also confirmed 1 Genesis 32:30 teJls a different the of place to face, and preserved." this is also II "And in the old and new testaments,
18 tells "No hath seen God at any
by I John 4: 12. However,
30 tells story "And Jacob called
name the Peniel: for I have seen God face
my life is Strangely enough,
confirmed by Exodus 33: l I "And the Lord
spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh
And in Exodus 24:9-11, we are told:
unto his friend." 9-11, "Then went up Moses, and Aaron..... also they saw
God, and did eat and drink."
We also find in John 3: 13 ""And And no man hath
ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from
heaven. even the Son of rnan rvhich is in heaven." This
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again contradicts Genesis 5:24, which states: "And walked with God: and he was not; for God took as well as 2 Kings 2:1 it came to pass, Lord would take up Elijah into ..." Thus, was it only Christ who or Enoch and Elijah as well? Additionally, numerous conflicting versions of (Hebrew, Greek, Samarian, etc.) whose authors many cases unknown to Biblical authorities. situation applies to "the editors ofthe books ofthe Bible, who presumed to God's representatives by their anonymous", according to the French version.
QP
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contradictsG enesis5 :states:" And Enoch
him,"
1 "And when the
heaven by a whirlwind
was taken up to heaven
there are
the Old Testament
are in
The same
great majority of authors and
editorso f the bookso f the were presumedt o be
God's representativebs y people and were also
anonymous"a, ccordingto Frenchv ersion.
Isldm's Islam's position relative to the Bible is one of fairness
and unbiasedj udgment. lt Bible as clearly a
book falsehood
and unbiased judgment. It views the book that contains some truth; however, some has tainted its noble origin. The distinguishing truth from falsehood are Qur 'an teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. In whatever contents of the Bible that are agreement with
the Qur 'an and Sunnah are acceptable disagreement is rejected. Other statements in be either believed or discredited. for scriptures that God revealed to His Abraham,
Moses, David, Jesus and others, firm among the pillars of faith without which Muslim.
Islamic criteria for
distinguishing froni the Qur'dn and
teachingso f ProphetM uhamn-radI.n simple terms,
contentso f in agreementw ith
the Qur'dn and and what is in
disagreemenits rejectedO. ther statelnentisn it are not to
be belibved As fbr the original
scripturest hat revealedt o llis prophets, A braham,
flrm belief in them is
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IV. The Authenticity of the Qur'an
Qar'An
final scripture revealed to humankind by God
The (whose proper AllAh),| Qur'dn,has name is Allah),1 the Qur 'an, has remained
free from unaltered and human changes for more than
1400 years. This T his final message messagefr from om God was revealed revealedt to
o
Prophet Muhammad during a period of almost twenty­three
twenty-three
years. lt A s soona s receiveda segmenht e recitedi t It was revealed in segments of different
lengths. As soon as he received a segment he recited it to
his companions, who wrote it down and memorized mernorized it. In
addition, the Prophet indicated to his scribes the precise
location locationw where heree each achs segment egmenst should houldb be e placed placedi in n the body
of the text. In this way, the QUI' Qur'dn 'an in its entirety had been
written and memorized by hundreds of Prophet
Muhammad's followers during his lifetime. Abu Bakr, the
first Caliph, assigned a ssignedZ Zaid aidbin bin Thabit Thabitt the he responsibility responsibilityo of
f
compiling the first copy of the Qur Qur'an 'an in a single text after
Prophet ProphetM Muhammad uhammadd died. ied. Then, following follor.vingth the e orders orderso of
f
the third Caliph, Uthman, Zaid later prepared seven copies
which were sent to the different centers of the Islamic
world.
U thrnanZ, aid laterp repareds evenc opies
diflerent The existence of the QUI' 'an in its original Arabic text,
existenceo f Qm"dn originalA rabic the tlre existence of millions rnillions of people who memorized it
verbatim in different parts of the world through the
succeeding succeedingg generations enerationas and nd the complete completea agreement greemenot of f all
its copies copiesa and nd manuscripts2 manuscripts'testiftyo testify to the authenticity authenticityo of f the
'*.4llah* 1 "Allah" is the same same* word ord that Arabic-Arabrc-speaking speakinCe Christians hristiansa and nd Jews
use usef for br God. It is a unique uniquer word vorcgl grammatically, ranrnralicallrs'i.since n cei it t cannot cannotb be e made
plural or given giren a gender (i.e. e. masculine masculinc or feminine), ferninine). which rvhich is
consistenwt ith the Islamicc onccpto f t ln book.' 'lhc Lif'co f Mohamed". jilliam N,luirs tatesin rcf-erence
consistent with Islamic concept of God.
2 In his book, "The Life of Mohamed", William Muir states in reference
to the QUl'lil1. "There is other the world remained twelve centuries (now fourteen) with so pure a thc Qrrr'rin. "'|here probably no book in u'orld which has
remaincdt rrelvec cnturies(n orvf burtecn)r viths o purca text."

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last and final revelation sent as to humankind.
The entire Qur'an is the literal Word of God without the
least addition or omission. When God says in the Qur 'an,
"Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One," Prophet Muhammad,
the conveyor of the message, would not have been able to
change a single letter or a word from that divine statement.
He had to say what he was commanded to: "Say, "He is
Allah, [who is] One," without omitting the imperative
verb "say.,,1
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guidance Qur'dn inthe Qur'dn,
"Say,
o'He Allih, [who messagew, ould "Say, "He [who isl omining verb "say."l
(called hadiths), which
Also, the Prophetic narrations are the second source of Islamic legislation and were also
revealed by God, in meaning but not in word, were
recorded recordeda and nd kept separate separatein in the books of Hadith. On the
other hand, the Bible cannot claim such an untarnished
existence, being b eing a mixture of words allegedly allegedlys said aid by God,
others ascribed to the prophets while still others spoken by
people.
Qur'dn that this
It is clear to anyone who reads the Qur 'an focusese ntirelyo n onenesso f doesn ot
Book focuses entirely on the oneness of God. It does not
depict the life of Prophet Muhammad or his heroism like
most people tend to believe. Any person who reads the
Qur Qur'dn 'an will clearly see that its aim is to promote belief
that God is one, alone, Him, commands, and abstaining from what He The Qur 'an refers to Muhammad as a messenger of God,
like all the other messengers who preceded him. glorifying Hirn, following His
frorn has forbidden.
Qur'dn referst o Muhammada s messengero f messengerws ho precededh im. Verse
' I-aura Vcccia Vaglicri her "Apologia dell'
Islamismo"," therei s anotherp rool'oft he Divinity of theQ ur'dn: it
I Dr. Laura Veccia Vaglieri states in book Islamismo", "But there is another proof of the the Qur 'an: is the fact that it has been preserved intact the ages sinee time of its Revelation till the present day. And so it will always remain,
by God's will, as long as the universe exists."
lbct bcen preset'vcdin tact through tl.rea ges since the
of its Revelationti ll presendt a1. so it lvill alwaysr emain,
God's rvill, asl ong ast heu niversee xists."

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3: 144 reads: is "Muhammad not but a messenger.
messengerhs ave passedo n beforeh im. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he
was to die or be killed, would you heels [to unbeliefl? And he who will never harm AIIah all; Allah grateful."
turn back on your
[to unbelief)? turns back on his heels
Allah at but will reward the
The Prophet Propheti is s also alsod described escribeda as s one who is unable unablet to
o
benefit benefita anyone, nyone,including i ncludingh himself~ irrrselfl.without v itl-routth the e permission
of God. Verse 7:188 188 tells us: "Say, ""I I hold not for myself
power of] benefit or harm, cxcept Allih [the of) except what Allah has
willed. And if I knew unscen, much wealth, and no harm lvould have am not except a warner and good to a peoplew ho believe."
the unseen, I could have acquired
would touched me. I
a bringer of tidings
people who believe. "
In fact, therea re evenv ersesr eproachingth e there are even verses reproaching the Prophet
for fbr celiain ceftair-actions. ar ctions.There T here is an incident incidentw wherein herein a blind
man rnan interrupted him as he was rvas calling a group of
influential influentialM Makkans akkanst to o Islam Isldrrra and nd pleaded pleadedu with ,itht the he Prophet
to give him somc sorrer religious eligiousk knowledge. nowledgeI.In n his eagerness eagernestso
to
guide others. the Prophet Plophet frowned fi'orvned and ignored him for he
knew knerv that the blind man Inan was of strong faith, 1aith. and that there
rvould would be no harm if he q'aited waited i.until urtil he finished his
meeting. H However, orvever,t the he Prophetw Prophet was as reproachedb reproached by y God in
the Ihe Qur Qur'dn 'un (80: I-1-II), ll), rvhere wherc He says: ""'The The Prophet
frowned frorvned and turned awav away becauset because the he blind man came
to him, [Iinterrupting]. interrupting]. But rvhat what rvould would make you
perceivc, perceive, 10 lO Muhammadl, that perhaps he might be
purificd? purified? Or be remindecl I'eminded ancl and thc the rentembrance remembrance would
benefit him? As for he who thinks himself without
need, to him vou you givc give attention. And not upon you [[is
is
:any rny blanrel blame] if he will not bc be puriliecl. purified. But as for he who
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[Allah], from him you are distracted. No! Indeed, [verses] are a reminder."
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[Attahl, these
[verses] Qur'dn that
The reader of the Qur 'an will also find verses warn Prophet Muhammad in strong terms and even
threaten him with death if he were to fabricate in the name of God. Verses 69:44-47 "And [Muhammad] had made up about some [false]
sayings, We would have seized him by the Then We would have cut from him the aorta. there is no one of you who could [Us] him."
any saying
44-47 read: "And if he
[Muhammad] Us [false]
sayings, right hand;
Then And
there prevent [Usl from
him.tt
The The Arab pagans at the time of the Prophet accused
him of Qur'dn. point, revealed to
him of forging the Qur 'an. At that God him various verses in which He challenged them to
produce a book similar to the Qur'an. Qur
Verse 88 reads:
"Say, "If mankind and the produce the like of this Qur'an, they the like of it, even if they were to each And verses 52:33-34 read: "Or do they "He made it up"? Rather, they do not them produce a statement like it, they truthful." But they failed to do so. later reduced to 10 chapters as is clear from 11: which reads: "Or do they say, "He Say,
"Then bring ten surahs like it that and call upon [for assistance] whomever besides Allah, if you should be truthful." failed
in this also. It was finally reduced a single chapter.
Verses 2:23-24 infonn us: "And if you are in about what We have sent down upon Our Servant
[Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof
and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you
should be truthful. But if you do not, and you will
'c?nV. erse 17:88r eads:
"Say, o'If jinn gathered in order to
Qur'in, could not produce
the like other assistants."
And verses 52:33-34 "Or say, "He has
made believe. Then let
them if should be
truthful." The challenge was
laterr educedt o chaptersa s clearf rom Verse 1l :13,
which "Or "He invented it"? Say'
'oThen siirahs have been invented
and call [for you can
besides But they failed
in this to a single chapter.
Verses 2:23-24 infonn us: "And if you are in doubt
about what We have sent down upon Our Servant
[Muhammad], then produce a siirah the like thereof
and call upon your witnesses other than AllAh' if you
should be truthful. But if you do not, and you will

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then fear the Fire whose fuel is men
never be able to, and stones, stones,prepared p repared for the disbelievers." Verse V erse 10:l0:38
says: says: ""Or do they say say [[about about the Prophet], "..He
He
invented it?" Say, ""Then Then bring forth a siirah like it
and call upon [[for for assistance] whomever you can
besides Allah, if you should be truthful." They failed to
accomplish this as well. proves of Islam, although very compose a single chapter Qur'dn.
Had they been able to would have saved in trying to put an Islamby This that the bitter enemies
Isliim, eloquent in Arabic, failed to
similar to that in the Qur 'an.
stand up to the challenge, they
themselves much time and effort spent
end to Islam by force.
Unlike the Bible, Qur'dn the Qur 'an is free from all kinds of
contradiction or conflict with reason
error, discrepancy, and science. scienceI.In n the Qur'an, Qur'dn, Verse Verse4 4::82, 82,we w e read: read:, ",Then Thend do
o
they not reflect upon the Qur'an? Qur'dn? If it had been from
other than Alliih, [any] Allah, they would have found within it
much contradiction."
The Qur'cin, foufteen Qur 'an, which was revealed fourteen centuries
ago, mentions facts scientists with advanced scientific research. vividly aboutt about the he phaseso phases of f man'se man's embryonic mbryonicd development,
evelopment,
saying: ""And And certainly did We create man from an
extract of clay. drop a firm lodging. Then drop clinging clot, and [of
fleshl, flesh], and We made [[from] from] the lump, bones, and We
covered the bones into another creation. Allih, creators." (Qur' Qur'an 6n 23 23:: 12- 14)
| 4)
The Qur'dn only recently discovered or proven by
the help of sophisticated equipment and
For example, God speaks
Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in
We made the sperm-drop into a
We made the clot into a lump [of
with flesh; then We developed him
So blessed is Allah, the best of
Qur 'an also refers to the formation of the universe
and the big bang which begant he V erse 2l:30
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reads: "Have those who disbelieved not considered that
the heavens and the earth were a separated them and made from water every thing? Then will they not believe?" topic of verse was the subject of the Nobel Prize in 1973. Modem
science also proved that 80% of the of living cell is actually water. For such knowledge reach Muhammad, an illiterate manl
I tt Great Love For Jesus Led Me To lslAm
'6llave joined entity, and We
living
believe?'o The this
Modern
cytoplasm the
precise to
Muhammad. man', , more than 14
Qur'dn is aword
centuries ago is manifest proof that the Qur 'an a word
of God, and that Muhammad was His Messenger.
V. The Life and Mission of Jesus
V. years of Jesus'
Very little is known about the early gave in Palestine. All
life. The Virgin Mary birth to him Muslims believe in and respect Jesus because of references to him in the Qur 'an and the prophetic sayings
as one of the greatest Prophets of the
referencest o lhe Qur'dn andt he prophetics ayings
ofthe greatestP rophetso f Allah.
essenceo f teachingsw asb asedo n the belief in
The essence of his teachings was based on uniqueG od andw orshippingn o oneb ut Him in addition.
a unique God and worshipping no one but He also preached love and performed miracles, never crediting them to always that it was by God's will? John 5:30, peace. He perforrned several
himself, but indicating
will.' In 30, Jesus is
I the Qur'dn, 48, "And you not recite
before you one with your right
hand, had [cause forl doubt."
2 spiteo f rvef lnd Christianp reachersin sistingo n going against
the teachings his miracles as rcasons to
believei n ma1, thcretbre,b e entitledt o ask them:
"Why Ciod since hc the sea rvith his staff
and it (E,xodus 14:16-29).llis stafI rvas transfbrmed into a
reptile( Exodus4 :2-5)." )'ou considerJ oshuaG od though
he ordered the sun and the moon to stop and they obeyed his
command?"( Joshua1 0:l2-13)." Wh1'rvas F)li.iahn ot consideredG od
thoughh e quickenedt hc dead?"( l Kings l7:22)" And what about
E,lisharv hoa lsob roughtt he cleadb ackt o lil'e'?("2 Kings4 :32-35).E ven
1 In the Qur 'an, Verse 29:48, God says: did before it any scripture, nor did inscribe hand. Otherwise the falsifiers would have [cause forI 2 In spite of this we find Christian preachers insisting on the teachings of Christ and considering reasons believe in his divinity. One may, therefore, be entitled to ask "do you not consider Moses God since he hit sea with staff
and it parted?" (Exodus 14:16-29). His statTwas also transformed a
reptile (Exodus 4:2-5). "Why did you not consider Joshua God he ordered the sun and the moon to stop and they obeyed his
command?" (Joshua 10: 12-13). "Why was Elijah not considered God
though he quickened the dead'I" (I Kings 17:20-22) "And what about
Elisha who also brought the dead back to life?" (2 Kings 4:32-35). Even

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quoted as saying: "I Luke 11:20 reads: "But out devils." the Heavens life, John ll:41-42 "And and said, Father, me. And I knew because of the people which they may (Peter), a major disciple "Ye men these words; God among by miracles which God did him yourselves (Acts witnessed God and that prophet the widow's lvhom presentp roclaimed": ...that among us; (Luke 7: 1 6).
can of mine own self do nothing."
11 :20 if I with the finger of God cast
Jesus used to supplicate to God, Creator of
and Earth. Upon bringing Lazarus back to
11:41-42 states: Jesus lifted up his eyes,
I thank thee that thou hast heard
that thou hearest me always: but
believe that thou hast sent me." Simon
says: Yemen of Israel, hear
Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of
you and wonders and signs,
by in the midst of you, as ye
also know." 2:22) Even the people who
those miracles knew that they were approved by
Jesus was a of God. In the case of
son, whom Jesus brought back to life, those
present proclaimed: "...a great prophet is risen up
and, that God hath visited his people."
16).
lnthe Qur'dn,this great In the Qur 'an, this Prophet of God is referred to
as "Isa ibn (Jesus, whereas the mentioned 5 times.
stand by I said it, that
Maryam" the son of Mary) 25 times,
name of Prophet Muhammad himself is only
In Chapter Qur'dn, Aali-'Imraan 3 of the Qur 'an, called Aali- 'Imraan (The
Family of Imran) ofImran) we read:
[mention] when the angels said, "0 Mary!,
42. And [mention] "O M"ryt,
indeed Allnh you purified you chosen you Allah has chosen and and
above the women of the worlds.
E,lisha'sb onesa fter deathr aisedt he dead,( 2 l3:21).A s
fbr E,zekie(l3 7:7-10),h e broughta arml' thousandso f backt o life, noneo fthem considercdG od evena god.
' (Mary), mothero f thc ProphetJ esus.onty mentioned lhe Qur'an Elisha's bones after his death raised the dead, (Kings 13:20-21). As
for Ezekiel (37:7-10), he brought a whole army of thousands of people
back to life. Still none of them is considered God or even a I Maryam the mother of the Prophet Jesus, is the only woman
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43. O your 43.0 Mary, be devoutly obedient to Lord and
[in prayer]."
prostrate and bow with those who bow [in 44. That is from the news of the unseen which We
[O you reveal to you, [0 Muhammad]. And were not with
them when they cast their pens as to which of them
should be responsible for Mary. Nor were you with
them when they disputed.
45. [And mention] when the angels said, "0 Mary,
[And "O Mu.y'
Alliih word' indeed Allah gives you good tidings of a wordl from
Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of
Mrry, Mary, distinguished in this world and the Hereafter
and among those brought near [to Allah].
[to 46. He will speak to the people in the cradle and in
maturity and will be of the righteous."
saido 'oMy 47. She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child
me?o' [The angel] said'
when no man has touched me?" [The said,
"Such is Allah; He creates what He wills. decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it 'oSuch When He
itr'Ber' is.
48. And He will teach him writing and wisdom2
wisdom'
and the Torah and the Gospel
[make messengetro Children of
49. And [make him] a messenger to the [who 'Indeed you Israel, [who will say], 'Indeed I have come to with a
sign from your Lord in that I design for you from clay
[that which is] like the form of a bird3
, then I breathe
[that isl bird., t herc singlec hapteri n thc tliblc name, r vhereasa n
addition, therc is no single chapter in the Bible by her whereas an
entire chapter chaptcr in the Qur Qur'dn 'an is named after aftcr her. hcr. In ln fact, no Qur'anie
Qur'dnic
chapter chapter mentions mcntions the names of Prophet Muhammad's Muharrrnad's mother, his
daughters daughterso or r his wives rvivesb by y name. It I t is owing to thc great greatl love ove for Mary
that many Muslims Muslir"nsn name amet their heir daughters daughtersa after fler her.
I Referring to the prophet Jesus, who was conceived command from God - the word "Be."
2 i.e. the teachings of the Prophets
3 This miracle plus the miracle of AI-Maa 'idah the table of that
descended from the heaven) and others arc mentioned only in the
Qur 'an, but not in the Bible.
I Itelbrring rvho rvas merely by a
command lrom - rvord Bc."
2 e.t het eachingso f theP rophets
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into it and Allah.
And I cure to dead - permission into it and it becomes a bird by permission of Allah.
And I cure the blind and the leper, and I give life to the
- by of Allah. And I inform you of
you what eat and what you store in your houses. Indeed
in that is a sign for you, if you are believers.
50. And [I [I have come] confirming what was before
me what was with a sign from your Allnh of the Torah and to make lawful for you some of
forbidden to you. And I have come to you
Indeed, Alleh 51. Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so
worship Lord, so fear Allah and obey me.
Him. That is the straight path."
52. But when Jesus [persistence inl felt [persistence in] disbelief
from them, he said, ""Who Who are my supporters for [[the
the
cause of] Allah?" The disciples said," We are
supporters for Allah. Alllh. We have believed in Allah and
testify that we are Muslims [[submitting submitting to Him].
53. Our Lordo Lord, we have believed in what You
revealed and have followed registeru s among the rvitnesses[t o truth]."
the messenger Jesus, so
register us witnesses [to 54. And the disbelievers planned, Alleh
planned. And Allah is the best planners.
of 55. [Mention] when Alldh O but Allah
[Mention] Allah said, "0 Jesus, indeed I
will take you and raise you' from those who disbelieve and make those you [in submission to AllAh alone] who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Me is your return, and I will judge you
concerning that in which you used to differ.
you! to Myself and purify you
who follow
[in Allah superior to those
Then to
between 56. And as for thoser those who vho disbelieved, I will punish
them with a severe punishment in this lvorld and Hereafter, and they will have no helpers."
world the
'
God sar,edJ esusa nd raisedh im to hcavena live, in body and soul
rvithout any harm or pain
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did righteous
rewards, and
57. But as for those who believed and deeds, He will give them in full their Allah does not like the wrongdoers.
All6h you, [O Muhammadl'
58. This is what We recite to [0 Muhammad],
of of [[Our] Our] verses and the precise [[and and wise] message.
to AllSh is like that
He said to
59. Indeed, the example of Jesus Allah of Adam. He created Him from dust; then him, "Be," and he was.
himr ttBertt your so do not be
60. The truth is from Lord, among the doubters.
among 61. 61. Then whoever argues with you about it after
[this] - say' let us
call sons' and your
women, earnestly [together] of AIInh upon
the liars [among [this] knowledge has come to you - say, "Come, call our sons and your sons, our women women, ourselves and yourselves, then supplicate
earnestly [together] and invoke the curse Allah the liars [among us]."
62. And there is
62. Indeed, this is the true narration. no deity Allah is the Exalted
in Might, no deity except Allah. And indeed, in Might, the Wise.
Maryam,, God revealed:
And in chapter 19, called Maryam, 16. And mention, [0 Muhammad], [the
16. [O in the Book [the
story o{l Mury, her family to
a story of) Mary, when she withdrew from a place toward the east.
17. And a screen.
17. And she took, in seclusion from them, Then he represented
Then We sent to her Our Angel, and himself to her as a well-proportioned man.
18. She "Indeed, in the Most
18. She said, "Indeed, I seek refuge Merciful [so mel, you should be
Merciful from you, [so leave me], if fearing of Allah."
AII5h."
19. "I messengeor f your Lord
19. He said, "I am only the messenger of to give you [news of) a pure boy [i.e., son]."
to give you [news ofl a pure boy [i.e.' sonl."
20. She said, "How can I have a boy while no man
20. She said, "How can I have a boy while no man
has touched me and 1 have not been unchaste?"
has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"
21.He said, o(Thus[ it will be]; your Lord says"is
21. He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is
easy for Me, and.We will make him a sign to the people
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and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already]
decreed."
[already]
22. So she conceived him, him. and she withdrew with
23. And the pains of childbirth drove her to the
trunk of a palm tree. She said, ""Oh, Oh, I wish I had died
before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."
hero 66Do 24. But he called her from below her, "Do not
grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.
25. And shake toward you the trunk of the palm
tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates.
26. So eat and drink and be contented. And if you
'Indeed, him to a remote place.
see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have
vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not
speak today to [any] man."
[anyl 27. Then she brought him to her people, carrying
They O Mury, you O your him. said, "0 Mary, have certainly done a
thing unprecedented.
28. 0 sister of Aaron, father was not a man of
your unchaste.tt
pointed "How evil, nor was mother unchaste."
29. So she to him. They said, "How can we
speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"
[Jesus]s aid,' olndeedI, the ser-vanot f Allah.
given me prophet.
And has made me blessed wherever I 30. [Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am servant of He has me the Scripture and made a 31. He am
has enjdined prayer and ZakAh,r as long
remain and enjoined upon me Zakah,l as I alive
And [made me] dutiful my mother, and He
32. [made to has not made me a wretched tyrant.
And peace is on me the day I was born and the
33. day I will die and the day I am raised alive."
t Zakah is one thc pillarso 1'lslam.I t is a fixcd pcrcentagoef rvealtho n
specifiedp ropertiest o bc given to dcscrvingp oor and nccclvp eople.
I Zakdh the pillars of Islam. It fixed percentage of wealth on
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That is Jesus, the son of Mary the word of truth
34. That is Jesus, the son of Mary the word of truth
about which they are in dispute.
about which they disPute.
not [befitting] Allnh to take a son;
35. It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a exalted exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says
to to itr it, ""Ber" Be," and it is.
[Jesus "And is Lord and
36. [Jesus said], "And indeed, Allah my straight palh.'.'
your Lord, so worship Him. That is a path."
also include
Further, the words of Prophet Muhammad referencest o l n P rophetM uhammad
says: Hereaftel l am the
nearest of Mary. The
references to Jesus. In one narration, Prophet Muhammad
says: "Both in this world and in the Hereafte-:, I nearest of people to Jesus, the son prophets are paternal brothers; their different but their religion is one."l
brothers;, mothers are
aiffirent but r
says: "When
In another hadith, Prophet Muhammad any him at both
sides except for Jesus,
the son to touch but failed'
for he touched cover instead."' This was a
response grandmother "the wife
of Imrdn" in the Qur'dn,
she said: "...And Maryr and I seek
refuge [forl her descendants from
Satai, [from Allahl."3
any human being is born, Satan touches sides of the body with his two fingers, the son of Mary, whom Satan tried failed,
for he touched the placenta-cover instead.,,2 response to the supplication of his of Imran" when according to the narration Qur 'an,
she said: " ...And I have named her Mary, refuge for her in You and [for] Satan, the expelled [from the mercy of Allah].,,3
The Qur'rirz of Jesus and
The Qur 'an considers the characters Muhammad and noble since
both Almighty God.
Muhammad equally pure, immaculate, both of them are prophets from the same I Nan-ated by Al-Bukhari , hadith no. 3370.
2A l -Bukhar i3, 216.
r 3:36. Both the Qur'dn and Prophct Muhammad honored Jesus by
stating that he was guarded fiom the cvils of Satan. Actually, this is a
refutationo f the Biblicalc laim in Luke 4:2 thatJ esusr vas" tempted by
the devil."
] Nan'ated by Al-Bukhari, hadith no. 3370.
2 Al-Bukhari, 3216.
3 3:36. Both the Qur 'an and Prophct Muhammad honored Jesus by
stating that he was guarded from the cvils of Satan. Actually, this is a
refutation of the Biblical claim in Luke 4:2 that Jesus was "tempted by
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VI. Prophet Muhammad
VI. Prophet Muhammad
Jesus had told the Jews that after him no prophet
would appear among them, and that the Kingdom of God
would be taken from them and given to a nation more
worthy of it (Matthew 21:21 :43). This nation was the
descendents of Ishmael who had been rejected by the
Jews. l r The Qur'dn Qur'dn (61:6) 6) states, ""And And [[mentionl mention] when
Jesus, the son of Mary, said, ""O 0 children of Israel'
Israel,
indeed I am the messenger of Allah to you confirming
what came before me of the Torah and bringing tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name is
Ahmad." But when he came to them with evidences, they said, "This is obvious magic."
good
messengetro whosen ame clear
evidencest,h ey o oThisis obviousm agic."
TestarnentJ,e susp rophesizetsh e In the New Testament, Jesus prophesizes the coming
"Nevertheless of Muhammad in these -' words: I tell you
the truth; It is f r
-* "-.. for you that I go away: for if
I go not away,
il not come unto you;
but if I depart
unto you. And when he
is come, he
, world of sin, and of
righteousnes~ righteousness
.t: ... Howbeit when he,
the Spirit of
? ~ will guide you into all
' r,
:1//al 1
espccialllM' c
Not onlv thal
the lOth of il
day belbrc i
Children oj
Muslims h
morc than
Prophcts
name the'
Jnto : t: : rvill :,
r
(
(
.c
. Le ol- lhc Qur'dn finds that
br a certain period (Qur'dn 2:47).
rk o1' them and their Prophets,
b,v nanre times in the Qur'6n.
rade ncouragedM uslimst o fast on
rth of the Islamicc alendar)a nd the
c to ,lllah firr saving Moses and the
of Pharaoh by parling the Red Sea.
n commcnlorationo f this event for
also hold great respect for all the
I Despite this [/
Allah favored 1
Many stories
especially Me
Not onIv thaI
the lOth"of it
day before j
Children of
Muslims h
more than
Prophets
name the'
,e reader of the Qur 'an or (Qur 'an 47).
lk of by name 136 Qur 'an,
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truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he
will show you things to come... He shall glorify me..."
(John 16:7-7-14). 14).Since S incet that hat time, who w ho has hasg glorified lorifiedJ Jesus esusa as
s
much as Muhammad did]?
did'?
In the Gospel of Barnabas, one of the Gospels not
"since recognized by the Church, Jesus says: men have
called me "God," and "Son of God," God, in order
that I be not mocked of the demons on the day of
judgment, of men hath willed that I be mocked ofmen in this
world by the death of Judas; Judas,o making all men to
believe that I died upon the cross. And this mocking
shall continue until the advent of Mohammed, Mohammed. the
messenger of God, who, when rvhen he shall come, shall
t I Many people went to extremes regarding the person of Jesus Christ.
Some rejected him and spared no cffort el'fort to discredit him, while others
later latcr denied his existence existcnce altogether altogethcr considering him to be a fictional
character. As for fbr Jesus' teachings regarding rcgarding the belief in only one true
God, his so-called called followers follorvers went rvent off in another direction. It was rvas only
Islam that declared his prophethood orophethood and defended his character
2 2 According to the Gospels, Gospeli, Christ Chrisl was rvash betrayed etrayer.for flo r 30 pieces pieceso of f silver
by b1' his treasurer. trcasurer. However, Horvever, Ibn Kathir, in his Qur'anic Qur'6nic exegesis cxegesis (Q.
4: 157) and others say that the disciple who '"vho allegedly betrayed Christ did
not actually do so; instead he sacrificed sacrillced himselffor himself fbr Christ. After he had
heard Christ say "On the day of ofdanger, danger, whom shaH shall I cause to look
like me, and he shaH shall be my companion cornpanion in Heaven?" that disciple
expressed his willingness to be so, and so it was. Such selfless act is
worthy of the disciples of Jesus Christ. On the other hand, the act of
betrayal committed by Judas, according to the Gospels, is contradictory
to other gospel narrations such as Matthew 19:28 "... when the Son of
man shaH sit in the throne of his gIOl'y, ye also shaH sit upon
twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." So, if Judas
was a traitor, Jesus would have said cleven thrones" not "twelve
. rvillingness ri'as. rvorthyo f discipleso f JesusC hrist.O n t he lvlatthew I 9:shall thc glory, shall Isracl." rvas rvould havc "cicvcn trvelve * - *

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reveal this deception to those who believe in God's
law." (Barnabas220).
Barnabas 220).
Prophet Muhammad is mentioned several times in
various places in the Old Testament. Such mention has
survived distortion and corruption. For example in
Deuteronomy 18:18-19, we read: "will raise them up a
Prophet from among their brethren, unto thee,
and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall
speak unto them all that I shall command him. And shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken
unto my words which he shall speak in my name, 1
will require it of him."
Deuteronomy1 8:18-19w, e read:" I like it
I
Makkah (Baca), where Prophet Muhammad received
revelationsi,s mentionedin Psalms8 4:6,w hich
his divine revelations, is mentioned in Psalms 84:6, which
says: passing through the valley of Baca make a well; the rain also filleth the pools."
"Who it
The Qur 'an states in Chapter 3, verse 96, "Indeed, the
Qur'dn statesin Chapter3 , verse9 6, "Indeed, [of for was
first House [of worship] established mankind that at Baca (Makkah), blessed, and a guidance for the
worlds." Prophet Abraham also mentioned the same place
where he raised the foundation of the sacred House of (the Ka 'bah) there, indicating that it was an arid area. In
the Qur 'an, v. 14:37, we read: "Our Lord, I have settled
some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley Your sacred House." In addition, Isaiah 21: 13 mentions revelation from Arabia.
ProphetA brahama lsom entionedth e samep lace
whereh e raisedt he foundationo f sacredH ouseo f God
Ka'bah) ln
Qur'tin, 74:37,w e read:" Our descendantsin uncultivatedv alley near
2l:also
The fact that Prophet Muhammad would be illiterate
Isaiah 29.12, "And'
rvho read,
and could not read is mentioned in 29: 12, And
when they give the book to one who cannot saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot read." (ESY)
ESV)
ln find the
In Sahih Al-Bukhari, hadith no. 3, we prophet of
following, about the first revelation to the Isliim: " ... He (Muhammad) was in the cave when Islam'. "... the

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angel came to him. He (the angel) said to him ""Read."
Read."
He (Muhammad) said ""I I cannot read." He
(Muhammad) reports ""So, So, he (the angel) held me so
tightly that 1 I felt exhausted, then let go of me and said
"Read." 1 I said "'6I "Read." I cannot read." He held me again so
tightly that 1 I felt exhausted, then let go of me and said
"ttRead.Read." tt 1 I said "ttl I cannot read." read.tt So, he held me so
tightly for the third time, then let go of me and said
""Read Read in the name of your Lord who created ...
created man from a clinging clot. Read and your Lord
is the Most Generous Generous..."
..."
In Chapter 7, Verse 157, the Qur 'an states: "Those
Qur'iin "Those
prophet
who follow the Messenger, the unlettered whom they find written in what they have of the Torah
and the Gospel."
Gospel.'o
In the year 571 571 CE, in Arabia, the prophesy of Jesus
and his predecessors predecessorsw was as fulfilled. The Comforter was
born amongst the Children of Ishmael (Ismaa lsnaa'eel),'eel), I t who
were polytheists and idolaters. Muhammad Muharnmad stood out
among amongh his is people peopled due ue to the genuineness genuinenesosf of his character,
his love for truth and his compassion compassionf for or the poor and
weak. He came to be known as "Al-AI-Ameen" ((The
The
Trustworthy) Trustworlhy) amongst his people. He was chosen by
Almighty Allah at the age of forty to be His last messenger
and prophet prophett to o all humankind. He H e preached preachedb belief elief in the
' lact rvas thc oldcst son of the Prophet
I In spite of the fact that Ishmael was the oldest Abraham as is clear from Genesis 16:"And and six years bare Ishmael Genesis 2 I :5, "And Abraham a years son Isaac was born unto him," the Bible comes to claiming otherwise in Genesis 22:2, "And he Take thine son whom Iovest."
clcar liom Gcncsis l6:16: "And Abram was fourscore
old, when Hagar barc Ishrnacl to Abram," and
2l:5, "And Abraharn was hundred old, when his
contradict itself by
claimingo thenviscin Gcncsis2 2:2,"An<lh e said, T ake now thy son,
thinc only sorr Isaac, whorn thou lovcst."

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oneness of Allah, the Creator, who alone deserves to be
worshippedS, worshipped, Sustainer ustaineor of f the whole universea universe and nd all that it
contains.
God supported Prophet Muhammad with many
miraclest miracles that hat were confirmedb confirmed by y eye-witnesses, witnessess,such u cha as s the
splitting splittingo of f the moon (Q. 54: I) l) and the hurricanet hurricane that hat He
sent to counter a full-scale assault by the enemy on
Madinah Madinah( (Q. 33:9). 9). Such Suchm miracles iraclesw were ere mentioned mentionedi in n the
Qur'lin Qur'iin after their occurrence, and a nd the unbelievers unbelieverso of f the
time, who were eager to find faults in the Qur'lin Qur'dn did didnot
not
find any contradiction contradictionb between etrveenth the e narration narrationi in nthe the Qur'lin
Qur'dn
and actual events. As a result, many willingly embraced
Islam. As for the believers, those miracles strengthened
their faith and belief in Allah and His Messenger. Many
other miracles were also mentioned in the hadith, hodith, such as
the flowing of the water u,ater from froru between the fingers of
Prophet ProphetM Muhammad, uharnmadt,the h e increase increasein in the amount amounto of f food
during the digging of the trench around Madinah, the
telling of things to come, and of things unknown, which
Allah revealed revealedto to him. However, Horvevert,the h e living miracle miracleo of f the
Prophet is the Qur'lin. It mentions linguistic, scientific legislative issues of a miraculous nature.
Propheti s Qur' dn. lt mentionsI i ngLir s tic, and
legislativeis sueso f miraculousn ature.
ProphetM uharlmad arnongh is companionsh, is
Prophet Muhammad lived among his companions, his
farnily T here r.vasn otliing hirn that was
family and people. There was nothing about him unknown or kept a secret. His life an most minute details about his entire life known to those who believed in him as the Messenger of sacrificed for the sake of their belief God, Muhammad had nothing to them except revelations he received from the Lord of all beings.
itis was open book. The
lifb were all
thoser vho believedi n tlie Messengeor f God and
sacrif-icedfo r in while
notliing give the
revelationsh e receivedfi orn l-ord under the
He preached a message of brotherhood banner of hlum, in which there was no distinction based
on race, color, language, wealth or sex. This bannero f Lsl7m,i n r.vhichth erer 'vasn o distinctionb ased
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by the words of God in the Qur Qur'dn 'an (49: 13): ""O 0 mankind,
indeed We have created you from male and female and
made you peoples and tribes that you may know one
another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of
Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is
Knowing and Acquainted."
The Prophet Prophet,emphasized emphasizetdh that at lineage has no value in
God.' 'oYour the sight of God. I He said: "Your Lord is One, and your
father (Adam) is one. An Arab is not better than a non-
non­Arab
and a non-Arab is not better than an Arab, and a
Arab Arab. white person is not better than a black person and a
black person is not better than a white person except
through piety piefy and righteousness.,,righteousnesr."2 This Tt hir meanst means that hat piety
and righteousness are the criterion by which Allah judges
people, regardless of color or race.
righteousnessa re judges
r egardlesos fcolor Slavery was widespread throughout the world, and
was sanctioned by the man-made made religions of the time and
by the Bible itself, as a s in Genesis Genesis9 9::25-25-27, 27,Exodus E xodus2 21:1:2-2-12
12
and Ephesians Ephesians6 6::5. 5. When God sent Muhammad Muhammadw with ith the
last of His messages, messagesth, the e freeing freeingo of f slaves slavesb became ecameo one ne of
the greatest greatesat acts ctso of f goodness goodnessth that at would bring one nearer
to God. Also, it became becamea a praiseworthy praiseworthym means eanst to o gain His
approval, pleasure p leasurea and nd expiate expiates sins insa and nd errors. God G od says saysi in
n
the the Qur Qur'iin 'an (90: 11-l l-13) "But he has not broken through
the difficult pass. And what can make you know what
is [breaking through] the difficult freeing
of a slave."
[breaking pass? It is the freeins
tu!rc."
) Lahab.a n uncleo f ProphctM uhammad.r c'iectedC od's message.
I Abu Lahab, an uncle ofProphct Muhammad. rejected God's As a result, Qur'anic verses were revealed condemning him Q ur'dnicv erscsw erer evcaledc ondemningh im and he was
promised Hellfire. His IIis relationship to the thc Prophet provided no
protectionfb r him againset ternapl unishrnent.
2 Narratcd by Ahnad. 23 105.
protection for against eternal punishment.
2 Narrated Ahmad, 23 05.

40. Great Me To Islam ~
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66a mercy to the
Prophet Muhammad was sent as "a Qttr'dn (21: 107). Prophet
worlds." This is stated in the Qur 'an Muhammad said: "The The merciful are treated with mercy
by Allih. AlHih. Thus, have mercy upon those on earth' earth, so
that He who is in Heaven may have mercy upon you."'
yoU."l
Another hadith states:" states: "Whosoever does not have mercy
upon the people will not receive mercy from Allah.,,2
Allah."'
example of
Prophet Muhammad was the living A llah statesin Qur'dn (3: 159):" by mercy
Altdh, [O lenient mercy. Allah states in the Qur 'an 159): "So from Allah, [0 Muhammad], you were with
them. And if you had been rude [in speech] in heart, they would have disbanded from So pardon them and ask forgiveness consult them in the matter..."
[in and harsh
about you.
for them and
Prophetw as compassionateev en to his enemies'
exampleo f compassionw as shorvnw hen he
The Prophet was compassionate even enemies.
A clear example of his compassion was shown when conquered Makkah. The Makkan pagans were sure that would exact his vengeance on them. However, when stood at the door of the Ka'bah and said "How you think 1 should act toward "With gracious and merciful brother," they "Be so,"
declared the Prophet. "I say unto as said unto his brothers: "No blame will you today. Allah will forgive you; merciful of the merciful.'" Then he said "Go,
for you are free.,,4 It would have been easy him seek revenge for all the tOliure and followers suffered at their hands, yet he pardoned them conqueredM akkah.T he Makkanp agans 'eres uret hat he
vengeanceo n tltetn. How'ever,w hen he
to them: do
I you?" kindness,
replied. it sor"
declaredth e Prophet". I you Prophet Joseph
saicl "No blamc there be upon
youl and He is the most
merciful."r Thert saici to them: for are free."4 for hirn to
seek fbr tofture death he and his
follorverss uffereda t theirl tands.y et lrep aldonedt hem all.
I Nar ratecbly At - l i r rnidhi .1 928.
I Narratcdb l ivluslirn5. 983.
t l'hcscr rordsa req uotcciln lhc Qur'un. t'. 1292
j
r'arratcdb y al-lSayhaqiI.t t648.I tt647.
I Narrated lw it-Tirmidhi, 1928.
2 Narrated b)' Muslim. 5983.
3 These words arc quoted in the Qur'an. v. 12:92.
4 Narrated by al-Bayhaqi, 18648, 18647.

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This clearly proves Qur'dnic
instructionto those" ...who pardon the people Alliih good."
(3:134)A llah alsos aysi n Qur'6n (41:34-35):" Repel
[evill by that [deed] whom you [will
becomel as though granted it granted it great [ofgood]."
When his companions hirn "Oh Lord, have people doing."'
got personal was Allah. person angry."2 camet o trernblingw ith f'eart hinking great not cured
Makkah."'' rveight Paradise.'o*
' 2 t lbn Ma.iah,3391.
a Muslim, that he was indeed a mercy to
humankind. In so doing, he was following the Qur'anic
instruction to be of those " ...who restrain anger and who
and Allah loves the doers of 134) A/liih also says in the Qur'an 34-35): "Repel
[evil] [deed] which is better; and thereupon the
one between and him is enmity [will
become] he was a devoted friend. But none is
except those who are patient, and none is
except one having a portion [of good]."
appealed to him to ask for the
descent of God's wrath on his enemies after they had
broken his tooth and injured his head, he refused and said,
mercy on my for they know not
what they are doing.'"
He never angry over matters. All his
anger for the sake of He used to say: "The
truly strong is not one who fights others and
defeats them, rather it is the one who restrains himself
when angry.,,2 He was an exemplary model of humility.
Once a man came to him trembling with fear thinking he
was about to meet a great king. The Prophet met him with
all humility and said to him: "Calm down, I am a
king. I am the son of a woman who used to eat meat in Makkah."j In another hadith, the Prophet said:
"Whoever has in his heart an ant's weight of arrogance
will not enter Paradise.,,4
I Ibn Hibban. 949.
2 Muslim, 6595.
3 Ibn Majah. 3391.
4 Musli~, 225.

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time of the
When a solar eclipse occurred at the people to say that
Prophet's son, Ibrahim's death, began the eclipse was due to his son's death. summoned them and proclaimed: "The sun and the are two of Allah's signs. They do death or birth of anyone.,,1
However, he
"The moon
Allnhos not eclipse for the
ofanyone."'
instructed
In yet another hadith, Prophet Muhammad followers:" praise excessivelya s the son
his followers: "Do not me excessively as of Mary was praised by the Christians. slave of Allah. So call me the slave Allah I am only a
Alleh. of Allnh and His
? messenger.,,-
messenger."2
him: "You are our
One companion once said to power favor over all of us."
master and have more and The Prophet, angry at such a thought, - only for the cause of Allah - answered: "Only Master! I am no one's master. deceive you. I do not want to higher than where Allah has Allah's slave and His messenger.,,3
- and his anger was
causeo f - answered":O nly Allah is the
Do not let the devil
you raise me to a status
Alllh placed me. I am only
Alliih's messenger.'''
(divine that Prophet
rnade for the weak, the poor,
The Shari'ah legislation) Muhammad brought, made caring the indigent, and orphans an integral pali says in the Qur'an 1-3): who denies the Recompense? For that drives away the orphan and does feeding of the poor." Neglecting the needy may also one to the Hellfire. Allah says the Qur 'an 69:33-34):
"Indeed, he did not used to believe Allah, Great, nor did he encourage the feeding of parl of Islam. Allah
the Qur'tin (107:1-3): "Have you seen the one
F or is the one who
not encourage the
feedingo f Neglectingth e needyr naya lso lead
AllAh in the Qur'iin (69:33-34):
"Indeed, in Allflh, the Most
encouraget he feedingo f the poor."
I Al-Bukhari1. 0,1,1.
2A l-Bukhar3i.3 72.
r Ahmad1, 2295.
1 AI-Bukhari. 1044.
2 AI-Bukhari. 3372.
3 Ahmad, 12295.

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Islam condemns all kinds of injustice, aggression and
terror against the innocent. Allah says: " "......and and do not
transgress. Indeed, Allah Alllh does not like aggressors."
(Qur Qur'dn 'an 2: 190)
Qur 'an also says: "Because of that, We decreed
The Qur'dn "Because upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul
unless for a soul or for corruption [[done] done] in the land it
is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever
saves one - - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely..."
Qur 'an 5:32). Such is the brutality of murder Islam.
Muslims are even encouraged to be kind to animals and
are forbidden to harm them. On one occasion Prophet
Muhammad said: "A woman was because she
tied up a cat until it died. On account of this, she was
doomed to Hell. She imprisoned it, not it food or
drink, nor did she let it free to eat the vermin of the
earth.,,1
(Qur'dn 32). in Isldm.
encouragedto animalsa nd
Muharnmad 'oA punished giving earth.tt'
reporled prostitute gave
He also reported the case of a who water to a dog dying of thirst, for which Allah forgave her
sins? sins.'.The T he Prophet Prophetw was as asked: asked:' "oMessengeor Messenger of f God, are
we rewarded for kindness towards animals?" He said:
""There There is a reward for kindness shown shorvn to every living
animal or human being.'"
being."l
Tlre Islam promotes The message of Isliim tolerance and
respect for the rights of non-Muslims. In a hadith, Prophet
Muhammad said: " ...Whoever does to another
having a covenant of e. a non-Muslim), or
falls short in giving one his l'ight, or burdens one with
more than he can bear or takes from one something
respectf or rightso f Muslims.I n P rophet
Muharnmad "...Whoever tloes injustice protection (i.e. Muslim), right, ' Muslim, 5 80,1.
2A 1-Bukhar3i.3 92.
I Al -Bukhar2i .3 23.
1 5804.
2 AI-Bukhari. 3392.
J AI-Bukhari, 2323.

44. My Love For Jesus Led Me To lsldm I
against his will, I will the Day of
Judgment."t
messageo f Islam shunning Give
back entrusted ^with betrayed you."'
Islam alsos trongly disapproveso f selfishnessa nd
The "A until himself."Good part of the
Islamic messageT. he Prophets aid: with
the has the best
the believers are
those women"'o Also, a
O Messenger of
companionship?"
"Your The man asked,
"'Who mother."
'oWho is next?" The Prophet
replied,'oYour When the man asked for
replied, father."5
Accordingt o Islamict eachingst,h e rervardf or servinga nd
looking after Paradise. The Prophet
instructeda consultedh im about going for
I Abu Darvud.3054.
2A t -Ti rmidhi .1 261.
I Al-Bukhari, 13.
r Ahmad. 737'1.
5 Muslim. 6452.
Great Jesus Me To Islam <:$I
against his will, I will be his opponent on the Day of
Judgment."]
The message of Isliim calls for fulfilling trusts and
shunning all acts of betrayal. One hadith states: "Give
back what you have been entrusted with to whoever
entrusted you with it, and do not betray one who has
betrayed yoU.,,2
Isliim also strongly disapproves of selfishness and
calls for man to love for others what he loves for himself.
The Prophet said, "A man is not considered a believer
until he loves for others what he loves for himself.,,3
Good morals and respect for women are also Islamic message. The Prophet said: "The believer the most complete faith is the one who moral behavior. And the best among those who are best in treating their women.,,4 man came to the Prophet and said, "0 Allah, who is most entitled to my best The Prophet said, "Your mother." "Who is next?" The Prophet replied, "Your The man asked again, "Who again replied, "Your mother." the fourth time, the Prophet "Your s
According to Islamic teachings, the reward for serving and
looking after one's mother is instructed a man who had consulted him 1 Abu Dawud. 3054.
2 At-Tirmidhi. 1261.
3 AI-13ukhari, 13.
4 Ahmad, 7374.
5 Muslim. 6452.

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V lvtyG reaLt oveF orJ esusL edM eT ol sl6m
jihad he o'Stayw ith becauseP aradisei s feet."'
while had a mother to take care of by saying
"Stay with her because Paradise is under her feet."!
The Prophet also said: ""Whoever Whoever has a daughter and
does not humiliate her or favor his son over her will
enter Paradise.,,Paradise."2 2 Prophet Muhammad also stated:
""Whoever ilhoever has two daughters or two sisters, and treats
them well will be my close companion in Paradise.,,3
Thus, it is that to women is strongly
emphasized in Islamic teachings and is a major act
that may take one to Paradise.
Paradise."3
clear kindness emphasizedin teachingsa nd good According to the Shari Shari'ah, 'ah, males are responsible
for the welfare of females, whether he happens to be a
father, son, brother or even a ruler. She is entitled to her
share of the inheritance, to a dowry dolvry at the time of
marriage, mariage. to choose whom she wishes to marry, marrv. and to
' 3 106.
2 r lbn 2tl7 9
1 An-Nasa'i. 3106.
2 Ahmad. 1966.
3 Ibn Abi Shaibah. 21179.