| Muslims believe
that Allah (Alah in the older version of the
Christian Bibles and Eli/Eloi - as referred to in
all of the current Bibles), is The only True God and
that Jesus is His messenger. Christians however take
Jesus, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him (pbuh), as the son of God or God Himself instead
of Allah though you would find more categorical
references, in the Bibles, that agree with the
Muslim concept of Jesus (pbuh) than those supporting
their ideas of Jesus. Few examples of such
references are:
-
"Men of Israel,
listen to this; Jesus of Nazareth was a man
accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and
signs, which God did among you through him, as you
yourselves know," (Acts 2:22)
- "For The very
work that the Father (the creator) has given me to
finish, and which I (Jesus) am doing, testifies that
the Father (the creator) has sent me." " ... you
have never heard His (Allah) Voice nor seen His
Form." (John 5:36-37)
- "By myself I
(Jesus) can do nothing; I judge only as I hear and
my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself
but Him (Allah) who sent me." (John 5:30)
- "After the
people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they
began to say, Surely this is the Prophet who is to
come into this world." (John 6:14) - "He (Jesus)
answered, I was sent ONLY to the lost sheep of
Israel (i.e. not to the non-Jewish nations; the
Gentiles) .) (Matthew 15:24)
- " I (Jesus)
tell you the truth (no mystery and no myth) ,
whoever hears my word and believes Him Who Sent me
has eternal life and will not be condemned (i.e.
anyone who believes in Allah, The Only True God and
in Jesus only as His Servant, His Prophet and His
last Messenger from the House of Israel would have
attained true Salvation) , has crossed over from
death to life." (John 5:24)
- " The God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers,
has glorified His servant Jesus (i.e. by choosing
him from amongst the people to be His Prophet and
Messenger to the lost sheep of the house of Israel)
." (Acts 3:13)
Allah (s.w.t)
says in the Holy Quran:
"... and the
Christians say'The Messiah is the son of Allah.'
Such are the baseless things they utter with their
tongues, following the footsteps of the former
unbelievers ..." (Interpretation 9:30)
Since the
fourth century Christians have been adopting ideas
found in Pagan beliefs and practices. Many be the
most important of these is the belief that there are
Three God Heads; the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit (which they call the Holy Trinity). This
belief is comparable to beliefs found in previous
religious such as:
* Hindus Triad
(Trinity); Bahama (the creator god), Vishnu (the
preserver god) and Siva (the god of destruction).
Modern Hindus take Krishna the son of Divachi, the
virgin, as Vishnu incarnate. Krishna is the savior,
who, as a sacrifice for their sin, had to suffer. He
was crucified, died and then was raised from death.
* Egyptian
gods; Ra (sun-god and chief deity), Osiris (god of
death), Isis (wife of Osiris, goddess of nature and
the mother of god) and Horus (the son of Osiris and
god of light).
* Babylon gods;
Baal (the sun-god), Samiramis (the virgin mother)
and the Nimrod (the divine son)
* Buddhist
gods; Gautama (the holy spirit), Maya (the virgin
mother) and Buddha, the son (who was conceived when
Maya was filled by the holy spirit) and who is the
savior who died and was raised from death.
* Greek/ Roman
gods; Zeus/Jupiter (king of gods), Artes/ Diana (the
goddess of birth) and Mithra (the god of light).
Some Christian
scholars of theology believe that the worship of
Isis and Diana was transferred to Mary (pbuh). In
the fourth century chapels and churches began to be
built over the tomb of martyrs and the church
suggested that they were in a special position to
hear petitions and present them to God! Each day of
the year was dedicated to a saint or martyr and
prayers were made in his nameon that day! This
teaching is in direct conflict with Galatians 3:20
which reads:
"But a
go-between is not needed when only one is in volved;
and God is one."
and Exodus 20:5 which
reads:
"Do not bow down to
any idol or worship it, because Iam your LORD and
your God I tolerate no rivals...."
Finally,
we remind you that this kind of belief is a serious
form of Shirk (associating partners with Allah) and
blasphemous (Kofr) of the highst degree. Allah (s.w.t)
says in the Holy Quran:
" MOST
CERTAINLY THEY COMMITTED BLASPHEMY, WHO SAID, 'ALLAH
IS ONE OF THREE.', WHEREAS THERE IS NO DEITY OTHER
THAN THE ONE DEITY...."; "THE MESSIAH, SON OF MARY,
WAS NO MORE THAN A MESSENGER: MANY OTHER MESSENGERS
HAD ALREADY PASSED AWAY BEFORE HIM. HIS MOTHER WAS A
RIGHTEOUS WOMAN AND THEY BOTH ATE FOOD. SEE HOW WE
MAKE CLEAR TO THEM THE SIGNS (leading to reality)
AND SEE HOW THEY ARE PERVERTED. SAY TO THEM 'DO YOU
WORSHIP INSTEAD OF ALLAH THAT WHICH HAS NO POWER TO
HARM YOU NOR BENEFIT YOU? INFACT, ALLAH IS HE WHO
HEARS EVERYONE AND KNOWS EVERYTHING.' SAY 'O PEOPLE
OF THE BOOK, DO NOT TRESPASS THE BOUNDS OF YOUR
RELIGION, AND DO NOT FOLLOW THE WILL OF THOSE WHO
THEMSELVES WENT ASTRAY FROM BEFORE AND LED ASTRAY
MANY OTHERS AND STAYED AWAY FROM THE RIGHT WAY.' "
(Interpretation 5:73, 5:75-77)
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