The Jews, hundreds of years after Moses's
death created Mishnah and Gemarrah and uphold them and the invented laws in
them rather than the TORAH (revealed word of God). Thus, the Jews give up on
the Old Testament and never recognize the New Testament.
In the city of Nicene 300 years after the
death of Jesus, the pagan Trinity was accepted, and is now the primary source
of a Christian's belief in defiance of the Bible which advocates the absolute
worship of God Alone. By believing in trinity the Christians denied the Father
and the Son. They forbid the Holy Scripture and “speak great words against the
most High … and changed times and laws… (Dan 7:25) So, the Christians ignored
the Bible and went astray.
The Muslims 150- 200 years after the death
of Muhammed created another source of their religion with the Qur’an,
"Hadith and Sunnah", falsely attributed to the prophet Muhammed, and
in defiance of the Qur’an. Today most Muslims have discarded the Qur’an in
favor of Hadith and Sunnah. Some Muslims claim that the "Hadith &
Sunnah" are divine revelations. Obviously, they are not aware of the
criterion of divine revelations. Since the so-called Hadith & Sunnah of the
Prophet have been vastly corrupted, they can never meet the criterion of divine
revelation. It is an acknowledged fact that the vast majority of Hadiths are
false fabrications. With small research and study you will find that as much as
99% of the Hadiths alleged for the prophet were lies and fabrications.
Among the books of hadith
regarded as 'Sahih' (authentic), we read the following:
"The prophet said : "Do not write down anything from me except the Quran. Whoever wrote other than that should delete it." [Sahih Muslim, Book 42, Number 7147, also Ahmed, Vol. 1, Page 171]
Abu huraira said that the prophet said, "The 'Ummam' (nations/peoples) that preceded you have gone astary when they wrote books and upheld them besides God's scripture" (Ahmed Ibn Hanbal).
The same message is documented in other Islamic references of repute:
"Abu Huraira said : The messenger of God came to us while we were writing his sayings and said: "What is it you are writing?" we said "sayings (hadith) we hear from you messenger of God" he said, "A book other than God's book?" then Abu Huraira said, "so we gathered what we had written and burnt it all" (Taqyeed Al-Ilm, by Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdady) also (Oloom Al-Hadith, by Ibn Salah).
Most of the Muslims ignore many verses in
the Qur’an talk about the veracity of the Bible and believe that the Bible has
corrupted and they suppose to keep away from it. And I even witnessed a Turkish
Imam ask Muslims in one of his preach not to read the Bible. He said; “reading
the Bible is sin, for the Bible has undergone substantial changes”.
And he even claimed to be said so in the Qur’an! However, the Qur'an does not
support this claim unanimously! We see in Qur'an 3:61 and 3:64 Muslims are
asked for a discussion with people of the Book and invited to investigate ways
to the truth. And here we see the Muslims also ignore what the Qur’an teaches
about the Bible and walk hand in hands with the Jews and the Christians and so
they all agreed NOT to follow the Bible.
Let us leave the Jews and the Christians a
side and see what the early Muslims think about the veracity of the Bible.
Tabari (he died in 923 AD), was one of the
greatest Muslim scholars. He has written many Qur'an commentaries. Tabari asks:
what were Ibrahim's faults? He sums up three lies of Ibrahim (Abraham):
“By saying: 'I am ill' to avoid worshipping
idols (Qur'an 37:89).
Isn't this a white lie?
When he denied that he destroyed statues of
idols, because he said God did it (Qur'an 21:63).
Again an innocent lie.
When he said that Sar'ai was not his wife,
but his sister.”
You will not find event number three in the
Qur'an. It is in the Bible, in Genesis 12:11-13. The great Muslim scholar was
reading the Bible to answer the question!
Like Tabari, some Muslims read the Bible,
because it gives a much fuller knowledge. There is a call in the Qur'an to
examine and an opening to use the Gospel as source (Qur'an 10:94). We can not
say the Qur'an claims to give the absolute truth about Jesus, the whole story
of his life, or a definitive pronouncement. Yes, indeed, the Qur'an propounds
statements of faith about Jesus, but with the intention to stimulate human
study, not to give the final answer. In other words: every Muslim should
overestimate his capacity by saying he has the absolute truth about Jesus. Even
Mohammed was asked to question those who received the Scriptures before him:
“If you (Mohammed) doubt what we have
revealed to you ask those that have read the Scriptures before you” (Qur'an 10:94).
For better understanding and for more
details we must sit down with those who read the Scripture and study the
Scripture with them.
But we must be very carful here. When God
says “ask those that have read the Scriptures” we must find and ask
those who read the Scripture and do the will of God. Because they
are the true believers and Muslims must study the Scripture with those people
who live their life according to the Bible. Jesus made this very clear in the
Bible when He said: “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven.” (Mat 7:21) There are many Christians who call
Jesus “Lord, Lord”, they have prophesied in His name, and in His name have cast
out devils, and in His name done many wonderful works (Mat 7:22). Yet, Jesus
will “profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work
iniquity” (Mat 7:23). Calling Jesus Lord, Lord means nothing if we do not
do the "will of the Father which is in heaven”.In other words, it’s
not enough to call Jesus Lord but we must do the will of the Father which
revealed to us in the Scripture. We must keep His commandments. Jesus said: If
ye love me, keep my commandments. Joh 14:15 When we try to find the truth
we must go to the Scripture and ask those people who keep God’s commandments.
The Qur’an says:
“Not all of them are alike: Of the People
of the Book are a portion that stand (For the right): They rehearse the Signs
of Allah all night long, and they prostrate themselves in adoration. They
believe in Allah and the Last Day; they enjoin what is right, and forbid what
is wrong; and they hasten (in emulation) in (all) good works: They are in the
ranks of the righteous.” Qur’an 3:113,114
The People of the Book stand for the right; they
rehearse the Signs of God all night long, they enjoin what is right and
forbid what is wrong, they are in the ranks of the righteous. Lets
read from Ellen White: “I met with them, and we studied and prayed
earnestly. Often we remained together until late at night, and sometimes
through the entire night, praying for light and studying the word.”
(White, Ellen G., “Special Testimonies,” Series B, No. 2, p. 57.) How
perfectly match the verse in Qur’an describing the people of the book; Ellen
White and the Pioneers!
Those who “speak great words against the
most High … and think to change times and laws… (Dan 7:25)
are not the People of the Book.
The Bible says:
And I saw the woman drunken with the
blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus … Rev 17:6
The History says:
The Roman Catholic Inquisition was one of
the greatest disasters ever to befall mankind. In the name of Jesus Christ,
Catholic priests mounted an enormous effort to kill all "heretics" in
Europe and Britain. Heretics is defined whichever way Rome wanted it defined.
Since history books have been largely
rewritten, few people know specific details of this murderous campaign that
lasted over 1,200 years, killing 75 million people.
There was a period in history when the
Christian church did not permit the laity to have access to the Bible. Only the
clergy had this privilege. Translation of the Bible into modern languages was
expressly forbidden by the Catholic Church. During the early thirteenth
century, copies of the Bible in the German language were burned by the order of
Pop Innocent III. Several owners of the foreign Bible were imprisoned, whipped
and sent to the galleys by the Roman Catholic Inquisition.
In 1452, the first printed Latin Bible,
known as the Gutenberg Bible, was printed in Germany. An English Protestant
reformer, William Tyndale, made a translation of the New Testament and parts of
the Old Testament into English of exceptional literary quality, but he was
betrayed and arrested near Brussels in 1535. He was burned as a heretic in
October 1536.
The Bible was forbidden by the Christians
church to the true believers for many years. We see the same satanic power now
is trying to forbid the Muslims from reading the Bible by making them believe
that the Bible has been corrupted. And the same Christians church who forbids
the Bible to the true believers plays a big role with their satanic doctrines
to convince Muslims that the Bible has been corrupted. It would be presumptuous
for Muslims to believe that they know full truth about Jesus, and to refuse to
pursue the way opened by the Qur'an in seeking other witnesses.
The Qur'an confirms the Gospel and refers
for more information to it. Such as in 12:111.There is, in their stories,
instruction for men endued with understanding. It is not a tale invented, but a
confirmation of what went before it, a detailed exposition of all things, and a
guide and a mercy to any such as believe”. And 5:48 “To thee
We sent the Scripture in truth, CONFIRMING the scripture that came before it,
and GUARDING it in safety: …” (See also 2:41, 6:92, 10:37, 35:31
etc.) God Himself commanded His prophet Mohammed to “ask those that
have read the Scriptures before” (10:94).
The Qur’an teaches that Jesus is
Kalimatullah, meaning The Word of God, Ruhullah, meaning The Spirit of God
(4:171), Al-Masih, meaning The Messiah (3:45; 4.157; 4.172; 5.17; 5.72;
5.75; 9:31) Wajeeh, meaning worthy of esteem in this world and the next
(3:45), Mubarak, meaning blessed (19:31). We read about His virgin birth in
Qur’an (3:42-47; 19:16-31), His marvelous works (3:49; 5:110), His death,
resurrection and ascension (4:157; 19:33,34; 3:55; 4:158) and we read about His
second coming in (43:57-61). Every Muslim must follow God’s commandments and
examine Jesus in the Gospel to know the full truth about Him.
The sacred Scripture of Islam opens a wide
door for effective witness. The common testimony of both the Christian and the
Muslim Scriptures to Jesus as the long awaited Supremely Anointed One provides
a platform on which Christians can build the message of the Gospel and show
Muslims the real meaning and implications of the title.
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