A response to those who claim that the Prophet Mohammed was Immoral in his conduct. We ask them to point out this alleged immorality and to answer for the immorality of some of the prophets of the Old Testament
1. z By Dr. Emad Salih
How Does Morality In The
Bible Compare To Morality
In The Quran
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Matthew 7:1-5
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you
pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it
will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in
your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own
eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck
out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You
hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you
will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.”
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Examples of Morals Taught By The
Bible
• “Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who
loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You
shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal,
You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up
in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does
no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the
law”(Romans 13:8-10)
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them,
for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12)
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Examples of Morals Taught By The
Bible
“And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him.
For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts,
sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness,
deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil
things come from within, and they defile a person.” (Mark 7:20-
23)
”Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and
in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that
cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to
shame, having nothing evil to say about us.” (Titus 2:7-8)
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Drunken Naked Noah
The Bible states that after the flood, Noah became a farmer,
(Gen. 9:20-23). He planted a field of grapes. Noah made
wine and drank it. He became drunk and lay naked in his
tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his naked father. He
told his brothers outside the tent. Then Shem and Japheth
got a coat. They walked backwards into the tent, so they did
not see their father naked. The wine made Noah sleep. But
when he woke, he learned what Ham had done. He cursed
Ham, and prayed that he be the slave of his brothers.
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Moses Kills Women And Children
The book of Numbers narrates an incredible story about Moses. He
asked his army to get even with the Midianites. The Israeli army killed
all the Midianite men and burned all their towns and villages. They
took the women, children, and animals and brought them to Moses.
Moses was very angry with the leaders of the army. Moses said to
them "Why did you let the women live." "Now kill all the Midianite
boys and women and spare the women who had not sexual relations
with any man" Numbers 31:15-17. The women who were spared were
32,000! Now imagine how many men, women and boys were killed by
the command of Moses.
Is this the same Moses who preached the commandment "Thou shall
not kill"?
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Lot Commits Incest And Impregnates
His Own Daughters
Lot was the nephew of Abraham, and he is a Prophet in Islam.
However, the Bible (Genesis 19:30-36) tells an unbelievable story. Lot
took his two daughters to live in a cave in the mountain. The
daughters conspired to use their father to grow a family by getting him
drunk and then having sex with their father each in one night. They
did that, and they became pregnant. The older daughter gave birth to a
son called Moab (Hebrew: from my father!), and the younger daughter
gave birth to a son called Ben-Ammi (Hebrew: Son of my father!)
So the Bible tells us that it was not enough for Lot’s daughters to
commit this scandal, but to give their illegitimate children names to
publicize their act!
What is the moral lesson in this story of the Holy Bible?
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Jacob’s Family
The Prophet Jacob was married to two sisters, Leah and
Rachel, at the same time, (Gen. 29 22-30). Leah was the mother
of all his children except Joseph and Benjamin whose mother
was Rachel. Jacob’s daughter Dinah was kidnapped and raped
by the son of the king, Gen. 34:2. Dinah’s brothers, Simon and
Levi, killed the king and his son for revenge, Gen. 34:26.
Jacob’s sons from Leah conspired to throw Joseph into a well,
Gen. 37:20. Jacob’s first son Reuben was accused by Jacob of
sleeping with one of his father’s wives, Gen. 49:4.
This Biblical story does not seem like a family of a Prophet of
God, but a soap opera
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David Commits Adultery And
Treachery
King David was a Prophet of Allah. The Bible tells a story about David
when he was in Jerusalem, (II Samuel 11:1-5). In an evening, David got
up from his bed. He walked around the roof of the king’s house. While
he was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very
beautiful. So David sent for his soldiers and asked them who the
woman was. An officer answered that the woman’s name is Bathsheba
and she was married to one of David’s soldier called Uriah. David sent
messengers to bring Bathsheba to him. When she came to David, he
had sexual relation with her. She washed herself, and then went back
to her house. But Bathsheba became pregnant, and she sent word to
David about her pregnancy. David did not stop at that, but he sent
Uriah to the front line where the fighting was the hardest to be killed in
the battle.
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David Commits Genocide
Saul put David in charge of the Israeli army who went to fight
the Philistines. On the way home after the battles, Israeli
women in every city in Israel came out to meet David. They
enjoyed very much the slaughter of people; they danced and
played music. They sang: "Saul killed thousands of the
enemies, but David killed tens of thousands." It was a
competition of slaughtering people between Saul and David. 1
Samuel 18:5-7.
Did David believe in the Ten Commandments? He killed people
and committed adultery.
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David’s Son Sleeps With His Sister
According to the holy Bible, (II Samuel 13:1-20) Prophet David
had a son named Amnon. Amnon had a half-sister called
Tamar who was very beautiful. Amnon was in love with Tamar
who was a virgin. He pretended to be sick and asked his sister
to bring him food into the bedroom and feed him with her
hand. When she began feeding her brother, he grabbed her
and asked her to sleep with him. Tamar refused, but he forced
her to have sex with him. After that he hated her, and locked
her in a room. In this story, there is a private event in the Holy
Bible between Amnon and his sister. How was this story
revealed to the writers of the Bible?
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David’s Other Son Sleeps With
David’s Wives
Yet another multiple rape episode by Absalom, the brother
of Tamar, on David’s wives, as told in II Samuel 16:20-23.
David left some of his wives to take care of the house.
Absalom was given advice to go and have sexual relations
with them, so all the Israelis would hear that David hated his
son, and the people would be encouraged to give Absalom
more support. Absalom put up a tent on the roof of the
house, and he had sexual relations with his father’s wives.
All the Israelis saw it!
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A Challenge For You
I make a claim that the Quran is
totally free from such immoralities,
indecencies, atrocities, and
perversions.
If you believe otherwise, please,
point out where you may find such
things in the Quran.
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Disclaimer And Conclusion
This presentation is not meant to offend or disrespect anyone or
any faith as we Muslims believe that such indecencies were never
committed by the prophets of the Old Testament.
We Muslims believe in all these prophets, we respect them, we
revere them, and uphold their honor.
We confirm that these awful stories about these honorable prophets
are inconsistent with the divine moral code expected to be revealed
by God.
We conclude from all this that such horrible stories are fabricated
and interpolated in to the bible.
We also conclude based on this that the biblical texts have surely
been tampered with.