Incredible Falsification Tests – “Prove Me Wrong”, says the Quran.
The Quran is a unique book in that it offers falsification tests.
One - The Quran is the only scripture to assert that there is no contradiction in it. Indeed, close examination fails to reveal one single contradiction in the Book.
2:176 … God has revealed the Book in absolute truth; therein is no contradiction. …
4:82 Will they not then, try to understand this Quran? If it were from other than God they would have found in it much contradiction and inconsistencies.
Two - It also challenges the entire mankind to get together and produce one chapter like this. [2:23, 4:82, 17:88]
2:23 (For the real skeptic, here is a reason-friendly offer.) If you are still in doubt concerning what We have revealed to Our servant (Muhammad), call and set up (a committee, commission, organization, association of the highest order) all your helpers besides God, and then produce just one Surah (Chapter) like this, if you are truthful.
10:38 Or, do they say, “He has invented it”? Tell them, “Bring one Surah like this and call for help everyone you can besides God, if you are truthful.” [2:23, 11:13]
Three - The Quran presents another beautiful and most pragmatic falsification test. It invites the people among which the exalted Prophet lived, to reflect on his spotless character. The people of Arabia used to call him Al-Amin (the trustworthy) and As-Sadiq (the truthful) even before he was commissioned to the prophetic office.
7:184 Has it never occurred to them that there is no fault whatsoever in their fellow-man? He has lived a whole life among you ….
10:16 Say, “…I have dwelt among you a whole lifetime before this. Will you not, then, use your sense?”
Not a single person rose to deny this noble proclamation of the Quran. None could point out a single fault in his character.
35 Questions & Objections:It is interesting to learn that throughout history the smartest people have been able to conjure up only 35 questions or objections against the glorious Book. From Abu Jahl of the seventh century to the opponents in 2010, the same 35 Qs & Os have been circulating and re-circulating for fourteen centuries. How is it that every one of these 35 has directly and convincingly been answered from right within the Book?
Four - Over the last 14 centuries, advancing human knowledge has been proving the truth of the Quran again and again.
41:53 In time We will show them Our signs in the utmost Horizons and within themselves, so that it will become clear to them that this Quran is certainly the truth. Is it not enough for them to know that your Lord is Witness to all things (including this proclamation)? [9:31-33, 13:31, 14:48, 18:48, 41:53, 48:28, 51:20-21, 61:9]
Whenever science proves and establishes some theory as fact, people notice with amazement that it has been present in the Quran for fourteen centuries! For example,
51:47 And it is We Who built the Universe with power, and certainly, it is We Who are steadily expanding it.
[The expansion of the Universe was first proposed by the Belgian cosmologist Georges Lemaitre and the Russian scientist A. Friemann. In 1929, it was observed for the first time by the American astronomer Edwin Hubble. 55:5, 36:38-40]
36:38 And the sun: it is running to its appointed destination. That is the measure of the Almighty, the Knower.
[Until the 19th century, it was thought that the sun was static. But, the celebrated Russian philosopher, astronomer and mystic, P.D. Ouspensky (1878-1947, author of Tertium Organum), had maintained that any science that contradicted the Quran would turn out to be false. Then, during Ouspensky’s lifetime, it was discovered that the sun is moving towards a specified destination at 12 miles per second, 43,200 miles per hour! This destination has even been assigned names, the Solar Apex, the Constellation of Hercules]
Who taught such knowledge to the exalted Prophet in the middle of a barren desert centuries ago? Much detail on the subject is given in my book, “Who Wrote The Quran?” [The research minded reader may consult the following mind-boggling references in the Quran, especially my rendition, QXP since there the subject flows smoothly for the reader of this book. 2:29, 5:17, 6:125, 10:61, 10:92, 11:37, 12:54, 13:2, 16:15, 16:68-69, 19:65, 21:30-33, 22:5, 23:13-14, 24:40-45, 25:53, 25:61, 34:3, 34:15-16, 36:36, 36:40, 39:5, 43:12, 44:10, 55:19-20, 75:4, 79:30, 89:6-7, 96:15-16 etc.
QXP and Who Wrote The Quran? - are available online. www.ourbeacon.com]
EID-UL-ADHA: THE MANMADE, IMAMIST ANIMAL SACRIFICE
Muslims become a laughing stock and waste billions of dollars every year when they slaughter animals, generally on streets. This pagan practice is nowhere ordained in the Qur’an.
Slaughtering millions of animals on a single day grievously hurts the productivity of potential animal generations, an important food and industrial resource.
Udhia = Qurbani = Animal Sacrifice. Blood sacrifice is strictly a Pagan and Biblical ritual supposed to please God. He does not prescribe it at all. Only camels may be slaughtered at Hajj, and only in Makkah for the pilgrims to host one another (22:36). NAHR strictly refers to the sacrifice of a camel.
IS ANIMAL SACRIFICING THE COMMEMORATION OF HAZRAT IBRAHIM? There is a rampant belief among Muslims that they slaughter animals, sheep, goat, cow, camel in memory of Ibrahim’s a. s. attempted slaughter of his son Ismail a.s. - That Allah saved Ismael a. s. by replacing him with a ram sent from heaven. Does Allah play games with His servants? How much more Biblical can one get?
THE MOMENTOUS SACRIFICE - NO RAM, NO ANIMAL: 37:102 And when he was old enough to strive along with him, Abraham said, “O My dear son! I have a vision that I must give you to a life of test and tribulation for a Noble cause. So look, what do you think?” He said, “O My father! Do what you are commanded. God willing, you will find me of the steadfast.” [‘Zibh’ & ‘Zabh’ = Sacrifice = Disregarding comfort for a Noble cause]
37:103 As both of them had surrendered themselves (to Allah), he made Ismail prostrate on his forehead in gratitude. [Contrary to popular tradition Abraham never envisioned or intended to slaughter his son]
[Leaving the prestigious office of Chief Priesthood in Babylon and now the comfort of Syria for the wilderness of the valley of Makkah]
37:107 We exchanged his life for a Momentous Sacrifice. [Please notice here the absence of the Biblical and the traditional myth of a ‘ram’ sent from the heavens. Also, note that slaughtering of a sheep or goat, by no means, can be considered a Momentous Sacrifice. 14:37, 37:102]
WHY SHOULD WE CELEBRATE EID-UL-ADHA?
Because it is the culmination of Hajj designed to be the Glorious Annual International Conference of all humanity to foster brotherhood, justice and equity among all nations, and devise ways to make this planet a better place to live. Think of the United Nations with all its failures in justice and equity. How about United Mankind with Divinely directed morality, brotherhood and justice? (2:196-203, 3:96-97, 22:27-28). Currently the high institution of Hajj has been reduced to a senseless ritual involving much chaos, waste of wealth and person with pagan activities going on. Yet, contrary to the Qur’an, most Muslims think that “performing” Hajj will erase all their sins of a lifetime and make them sinless as if they were newly born!
Just have a look at the rank and name of countries which are issued by Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2009. Most Corrupted country in this planet is Somalia as per this report got 180th position in Tranparency, and New Zealand has been ranked as the cleanest country. Check out your country where it is ranked.
From “DOU ISLAM” by Fazil Deeniyaat, Dr. Ghulam Jeelani Barq, translated into English by Shabbir Ahmed, M.D. as DUAL ISLAM.
THE HADITHI PUNCH LINE - NAMAAZ
Let us now deal with the top Hadithi punch line. Cast any doubt on the Hadith literature before any so-called Muslim and the knee jerk response will be, “Oh, how can we pray without Hadith? The Qur’an does not tell us how to perform Namaaz.”
[PARADOX: Less than 5% Muslims ‘perform’ or ‘offer’ Namaaz five times a day, and that too, without understanding. Yet, everybody argues about it. Less than 1% of them have ever tried to understand the Qur’an in full. Hardly 1% ever read its complete translation in their language. True, the Qur’an does not explain the method of Namaaz. Did Allah forget? Or, are we missing something? Does SALAAT mean NAMAAZ? Or, are they two different entities? Is it possible that Namaaz is a minor part of SALAAT? The answers can be found in ISLAM: THE TRUE HISTORY AND FALSE BELIEFS by Dr. Shabbir Ahmed]
THE QUESTION IS: Do the 1.4 million Ahadith give us a complete, unified, method of NAMAAZ (How to pray, ‘perform’ or ‘offer NAMAAZ)? The answer is a resounding NO!
- Please remind yourself of the famous, weird tale of the Prophet (S) ascending to heavens to meet with Allah, the so-called Me’raaj (the word is non-existent in the Qur’an). Is not Allah Omnipresent? If He is present everywhere, then, how does space travel to meet with Him makes any sense?
The “Imams” of Hadith want us to believe that Allah ordained 50 ritual prayers daily for Muslims on that occasion. As the exalted Prophet was descending from the highest sky, Prophet Moses told him of the impossibility of the situation and sent Muhammad (S) back again and again. Imagine the Prophet (S) bargaining with God! Repeated visits to and fro then bring the number down to 40, 30, 20, 10, (elsewhere, from 50 down to half - 25 - and again to another half - 12.5 - and so on - 6.25 Namaaz), finally to 5 (why not 3.125?)! Allah also said, “These are five and these are fifty. I do not alter My Word.” Read again. Moses a. s. wanted him to make one more trip but Muhammad (S) said, “I feel shy of my Lord” (to go back and bargain any further.)
Was this Hadith, in addition to promoting ritualism, fabricated to prove the superiority of Moses a. s. over Muhammad (S) and even God? Only an extremely gullible mind would accept this nonsensical story. (See Bukhari vol 1 Kitab-us-Salaat pg 215 Hadith 339 for exact details.)
So, neither Allah nor Rasool had any idea of human limitations. Had Moses not intervened, the Ummah would be praying a non-stop 24 hours day and night. Thank Moses a. s. for being the instructor of Allah and Rasool. Thank him for saving Islam from their blunder. What mockery! Think:
Allah also said, “These are five and these are fifty. I do not alter My Word.”
But the story has just begun. Let us see a little more closely what Hadith has to offer about teaching us NAMAAZ. [Please note again that Dr. Barq does not give the publishers’ names. So, the page numbers can vary.]
- Hazrat Anas said: The Prophet (S) used to do a new Wudhu (ablution) for every Namaaz. (Bukhari vol 1 pg 35)
- Contradiction - Hazrat Ibn Abbas said: Rasool (S) slept for a while – went to the Masjid and prayed (‘offered’ Namaaz) without Wudhu. (Bukhari, Kitabul Wudhu)
- The Sahaba of Rasool (S) used to ‘perform’ Namaaz without Wudhu after waking up from sleep. (Muslim with Fathil Mulhim pg 500)
Is Ghusl (bath) mandatory after intercourse?
- Hazrat Usman said: If a man withdraws before ejaculation, let him wash the genitals and make Wudhu (No bath necessary). (Bukhari, vol 1 Kitabul Wudhu pg 164 Hadith 176)
- Bath becomes mandatory after penetration. (Muwatta pg 22)
- Rasool (S) said: When a man sits between the woman’s legs and pushes hard, Ghusl (bath) becomes mandatory with or without ejaculation. (Muslim vol 1 Bab-il-Wudhu pg 485, Thanks for being so explicit!)
- Ubbi bin Ka’ab asked Rasoolullah (S), “If a man engages in intercourse and withdraws before ejaculation, should he take bath?” He replied, “He should do Wudhu and pray.”
[Now what conclusion can we reach if any?! Would the great men who conquered 1/3rd of the world and ruled peoples’ hearts in 100 years and became teachers of humanity, indulge in such trivia and nonsense?]
- Rasool (S) said, “Renew Wudhu after eating anything cooked on fire.” (Muslim vol 1 pg 486)
- BUT, Ibn Abbas says, “Rasoolullah ate a roasted goat shoulder and then prayed without ablution.” (Same vol 1 pg 488)
- Hazrat Bilal was ordered to say two Takbeers in Azaan and one in Iqaamat. (Muslim vol 2 pg 2)
Why do Muslims say two Takbeers in Iqaamat? There must be another Hadith contradicting this one.
- When asked what to recite after Surah Fatihah in Namaaz, Abu Hurairah said, “Reciting any Surah is good but Al-Fatihah is sufficient.” (Muslim vol 2 pg 31) The Imams of FIQH maintain that Al-Fatihah alone will invalidate Namaaz.
- Hazrat Umar used to recite “Subhaanakallahumma —” loudly. (Muslim vol 2 pg 38) The Imams tell us to recite it in the heart.
- Hazrat Anas said, “I prayed behind Rasoolullah, Abu Bakr, Umar and Usman. They used to begin Namaaz with Al-Fatihah.” No Subhanakallahumma —. (Muslim vol 2 pg 38)
- When the pulpit was built in Masjid Nabawi, the Rasool (S) climbed on it, turned to the Qiblah, said Takbeer and people got arranged in columns. After recitation, he bowed on his knees, then came down, prostrated on the ground, then again climbed on the pulpit. He did bow (did rukoo’) again and then came down for prostration on the ground. (Bukhari vol 1 pg 53) What! Say that again.
- Rasoolullah picked up his daughter Zainab’s little girl Amama and began praying. When he went into Sajdah (prostration) he placed her on the ground and when he got up, he picked her up again. (Bukhari vol 1 pg 69). Why no Muslim does anything like that? - Contradicting Ahadith and Fiqh.
- If someone passes in front of a praying person, stop him. If he doesn’t stop, kill him because he is Shayitaan. (Bukhari vol 1 pg 68)
- But: Abdullah Ibn Abbas said, “I rode a she-ass to MINA. Rasoolullah (S) was leading the prayer. I passed before some praying ones and got off from the animal and joined the prayers. None objected. (Bukhari vol 1 pg 107)
- Hazrat Sa’d bin Abi Waqaas used to pass from in front when the prayer was on. (Muwatta 55)
- No harm is done to prayers if someone passes from in front. (Muwatta 55)
- Rasoolullah said, “The prayer is broken if a woman, a donkey or a dog come in front.” (Muslim vol 2 pg 111)
AGAIN, THE QUESTION IS: Do the 1.4 million Ahadith give us a complete, unified, method of NAMAAZ (How to pray, ‘perform’ or ‘offer’ NAMAAZ? The answer is a resounding NO!)
- Hazrat Ayesha said, “You (narrators) have made us donkeys and dogs. By Allah! I used to be lying in front on the rug while Rasoolullah prayed. (Muslim vol 2 pg 111)
- Bukhari (Kitab-us-Salaat, vol 1 pg 93) narrates four Ahadith that the Rasool (S) used to raise his hands up to the ears before bowing and also on rising from ‘Attahayyaat –.’ Why don’t the majority of Muslims do it?
- Rasoolullah used to combine Zuhr, ‘Asr, Maghrib and ‘Isha prayers without duress or travel. (Muwatta 51, Muslim vol 2 pg 265) Why can’t we do it? Because of other contradictory Ahadith and the Fuqaha, the ‘Jurists’.
- Mu’aawiyah bin Hakam was praying with Rasool (S). A praying one sneezed and I said the customary blessing, ‘Yarhamakallah’. The Rasool (S) told me after prayers, “Human words are not permissible during Salaat.” (Muslim vol 2 pg 126)
- BUT – Once, the Satan came before Rasoolullah during Namaaz and the Rasool (S) said three times, “Allah’s curse be upon you!” (Muslim vol 2 pg 131) Human words, how’s that? And how about depicting the “Satan” as a physical entity rather than the Qur’anic ‘selfish desire’?
- The Rasool (S) was praying ‘Isha. After rising from rukoo’ he said, “O Allah! Have mercy on ‘Ayyaash bin Abi Rabia’ah and other poor Muslims. Grasp the Al-Mudhar Tribe and send famine on them.” (Muslim vol 2 pg 236) Human words, aren’t they? Did the exalted Prophet, Mercy for the Worlds, ever pray for doom? He always prayed for guidance of people and wished well for all.
- Rasoolullah never used to raise hands in prayers except when praying for rains. (Bukhari vol 1 page 125)
- He always raised hands during any du’a. (References too many to point)
- Rasoolullah used to offer prayers with shoes on. (Bukhari vol 1 pg 55) [Can we? The Mullah drives out even a non-Muslim from the Masjid if he is wearing shoes]
- Sahaba used to pray even when bleeding from an arrow. (Bukhari vol 1 pg 32, Ibn Majah, Muslim, Nisaai & many other sources)
- Oozing of blood from anywhere in the body nullifies Wudhu and Salaat. (Same sources and Fuqaha)
- Hazrat Anas states that Rasool (S) used to pray the briefest complete Namaaz. (Muslim vol 2 pg 86)
- The Rasool (S) used to scold people who led long prayers. (Two Ahadith, Muslim vol 2 ppg 84, 85)
- BUT, Hazrat Anas states that Rasool (S) stood still so long after bowing (rukoo’) that the watcher thought he forgot to proceed. The same used to happen after Sajdah (prostration). (Muslim vol 2 pg 87)
- Abu Saeed Khadri narrates: Rasoolullah’s prayer used to be so long that supposing the noon prayer has begun. A man walks to the graveyard of Baqee’, comes back home, makes ablution and goes to the Masjid. And he finds him still leading the first raka’at (unit). (Muslim vol 2 pg 48)
Then there are innumerable contradictions in what du’as the exalted Messenger used to recite and teach at each point in Namaaz. (See Bukhari vol 1 ppg 99 to104, Muslim vol 2 ppg 43, 48, 90)
[Dr. Ghulam Jeelani Barq has cited only a very few (2-3%) of the contradictions found in the books of Hadith about Namaaz, but I think, he has made the point.]
So, this is what the Hadith teaches us about Namaaz:
1. If you have been snoring in sleep, you need not do Wudhu. Sorry, you do need Wudhu.
2. Cooked food will break your ablution, but, the roasted goat won’t.
3. Bleeding does not spoil Wudhu and prayers. Sorry, it does.
4. If there is no ejaculation, bath is not necessary. Sorry, it is necessary.
5. You can combine the noon, afternoon, evening and night prayers. Sorry, you cannot.
6. Don’t raise your hands for du’a. Do raise your hands for du’a.
7. Before Rukoo’, raise your hands to the shoulders. No, don’t.
8. Pray two units after ‘Asr. No, don’t.
9. You can pray with your child in your lap. You can’t do that. (FIQH)
10. You can keep climbing up and down the stairs during Namaaz. (No way! FIQH)
11. Only Al-Fatiha is enough for Namaaz. Sorry, it’s not enough.
12. ‘Allahhumma’ can be read aloud. No, it cannot be read aloud. But, you can pray without it. No, never! You can’t pray without it.
13. You may curse the Satan during Namaaz and pray for or curse others. No, never!
14. Say anything after At-Tahiyyat that you want. No, only say this and this.
15. Kill anyone passing in front of the Namaazis, but leave alone Hazraat Abdullah Ibn Abbas and Sa’d bin Abi Waqas.
16. If a woman, donkey, or dog passes from in front, the Namaaz is broken. But if your wife is lying down on your prayer rug right in front, never mind.
So, this is the Salaat or Namaaz of Hadith. Can you pray at all according to Hadith? If you claim Hadith tells you the method of Namaaz, then, which one is the greater riddle; Hadith or your thinking?
Q. Can a Muslim woman marry a Christian man without both of them not converting to each other religion? What is the take of our holy book, the Quran on this?
A. You need to study a great deal. (All of us do.)
“Converting” for the sake of marriage is an oxymoron.
“Iman” is not like the Christian “Faith” that you utter a few words and lo and behold! You are a Muslim. IMAN is to believe in the truth with total conviction of heart and mind only after deep study and reflection.
WE CANNOT DECEIVE GOD
2:9 They wish to deceive God and those who have attained belief. But they deceive none but themselves and do not realize it! [Since reason is a faculty that has to be exercised and they have forsaken it, they are little aware of what opportunity of personal development they are missing. They live in a state of denial]
12:108 Say (O Prophet), “This is my way. Resting my call upon reason, I am calling you all to God, I and those who follow me. Glory to God! And I am not one of those who ascribe divinity in any form besides Him.” [We do not invite through blind faith, vague dogmas or by stunning your intellect with miracles]
Verse 5:5 is the one you requested. It follows below.
You can marry any girl. The question is whether you should mary ‘any’ girl. Restricting ourselves to your question, please know that Muslim men frequently remember that the Qur’an allows them to marry women from People of the Book. But they often forget the other most important criterion mentioned in the same verse (5:5) in the Qur’an. And that criterion is virtue and chastity. At the risk of being critical, I must say the well-known truth that, with the dating practice accepted as the norm in the West, chastity is a rare entity among men and women in the Western society. In fact, this is an ancient sorry phenomenon.
Hazrat Umar, the second Caliph of Islam, had prohibited Muslims from marrying women from among the People of the Book on the same grounds. He used to stress on the word ‘Muhsanaat’ (chaste women).
Additionally, we observe that such mixed marriages seldom have a happy ending due to religious and cultural differences. Moreover, any children born out of such marriages live a confused life in religious and cultural areas.
5:5 ….. And lawful are the virtuous, chaste women of the believers and the virtuous, chaste women of those who were given the Scripture before you (provided they do not associate anyone with God 2:221). But you must give them their marriage portions and live with them in honor, not in fornication, nor as secret lovers. (It must be an honest wedlock 4:24.) ….
[This verse, in addition to some others, excludes Muslim women from marrying men among People of the Book]
The beginning of the physiological cycles in a girl and nocturnal emissions in a boy are commonly believed to be their age of marriage. To the unfortunate Mullah, everything revolves around sex. A Hadith of Bukhari atrociously tells us that a girl can have Nikah (the marital contract) at 6 and the marriage can be consummated at age 9 since the exalted Prophet did that with Hazrat Ayesha! Is there any wonder that the West call him a child-molester? Why don’t then the Sunnah-peddlers “marry off” their daughters at 6 and 9? Many countries set an arbitrary 16 years for the girl and 18 years for the boy. The Divine Wisdom enshrined in the Qur’an makes things so sensible. It sets up three rational criteria:
1 - Sufficient maturity to grant consent.
2 - Ability to sign a legal contract.
3 - Competence to take care of one’s own finances.
4:6 Train and educate the orphans well and test them. When they reach the age of marriage and attain sound judgment, release their property to them. The marriageable age shall mean attainment of physical and mental maturity when one can express free consent and legally make a solemn contract (4:21). —-.
4:19 O You who have chosen to be graced with belief! It is not lawful for you to force women into marrying or holding on to them in marriage against their will. —.
4:21 And how could you take the marital gift back from her after you have lived intimately with each other and after she has taken from you a very Solemn Pledge of the marital contract?
[FROM “ISLAM AS I UNDERSTAND” 1999, by Shabbir Ahmed, M.D.]
THE CURRENT STATUS OF MUSLIMS
Surely you will prevail if you are indeed believers.(Al-Quran 3:139)
1.3 Billion People in 1999, 1.5 b in 2008
Islam is a universal Way of Life (DEEN). Besides Asia and Africa, Europe and North America have substantial populations of Muslims. It is proudly claimed that there are more than one billion Muslims in the world.
However, these more than one billion people are facing a global crisis. The crisis consists of political, economic, social, military, and scientific setbacks.
The great Allama Inayatullah Khan Al-Mashriqi, in the 1940s, depicted the state of the East in general, and that of Muslims in particular, in this way:
“People ask me that having widely traveled the East for years, what have I seen.How shall I tell what I have seen! From this end to that end I saw towns in ruins, broken and shaken bridges, dirt clogged canals, dusty streets, abandoned highways. I saw wrinkled faces, under-nourished bodies, stooping backs, empty brains, insensitive hearts, inverted logic, aberrant reason. I saw oppression, slavery, poverty, pomp and vanity, detestable vices, clusters of disease, burnt forests, cold ovens, barren fields, dirty attire and useless hands and feet. I saw imams (religious leaders) without followings. I saw brothers who were foes unto one another. I saw days without purpose and I saw nights which lead to no dawns.”
Let’s assess the situation from one more viewpoint. The noted Egyptian scholar Mufti Muhammad Abde Rabbuhu (d.1906) visited Paris over a hundred years ago. Upon his return to Egypt he startled the world by declaring, “In Europe I saw no Muslims, I saw Islam. In Egypt I see Muslims, I see no Islam!” (By the way, he termed the rampant, counterfeit, manmade Islam as THE ESTRANGED RELIGION.)
Dear reader, although there are non-Islamic practices in the West, I can hear the echo of that declaration today. The so-called billion plus Muslims are Muslims without Islam! Their political, economic and social conditions paint a complete picture of misery and chaos wherever they live. Apparently the tree bearing such bad fruit should be blameworthy. Isn’t a tree known by the fruit it bears? Let me say at the outset: The tree bearing this bad fruit is what I call THE NUMBER TWO ISLAM. Allama Mashriqi (d.1964) had termed it THE MAULVI’S WRONG RELIGION. Allama Iqbal (d. 1938) called it AJAMI (alien, Persian, non-Quranic) ISLAM. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, (d. 1897) had named it the MANMADE RELIGION.
Wider than the confession of Maududi is the fact that the dogma of a promised one is found almost in every religion of the world. When the Messiah of the Jews comes he will bestow upon them the everlasting kingdom. When the Messiah of the Christians shows up again, the faithful will be taken up to the heavens while the rest get annihilated at his hand. Likewise when the Meeta, Buddha II, arrives he will make Buddhism dominate all religions and turn every human being into a Mahatma. The Mithra of Zoroastrians will herald the return of the lost Maggian glory for his followers. The “Kalki Awtaar” will revive Hinduism to total victory over the rest of the world. The Tri-Thanker of Jainism will unify all human beings on earth into his religion. Then all people will become ‘Bugs Bunnies’ eating plants only. It is amazing to note that even some ancient tribes of Africa, Australia and the Americas charm themselves with this “redeemer” concept.
Let’s conceive for a moment that dozens of promised ones have appeared in the world for a final round trying to prevail over one another. Violence, wars, massive blood shed and total chaos ensue as far as our imagination can take us.
MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD
(1835? to 1908)
The most interesting claim was made by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadiyan, India in 1888 CE that he was the Mahdi and the Messiah (two in one).
Step One: First he relates that God made him Mary.Then God exercised his power of manhood (i.e. performed sex on Mary Mirza). Mirza as Mary became pregnant. Then Jesus was born. Mary disappeared and now Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is Jesus, the son of Mary. (Ref: Islamic Sacrifie by Qazi Yar Mohammad Qadiyani). Read and enjoy again before going to the next step: How Mirza became Mahdi!
Mirza Ghulam writes in his book Shahadat-ul-Qur’an pg 61- Step Two: It is written in the Bukhari (collection of Ahadith) that a voice will announce from the heavens, “This Mirza is Mahdi, the Caliph of Allah.”
Tragic for Mirza, there is no such thing remotely mentioned in Bukhari. And Mirza was the sole figure to be blessed with that voice!
Mirza Ji went onto claim that he was all in one, the holy Prophet, Mahdi, Jesus, Krishna plus the promised one of all religions.
Countless people have claimed to be the promised one, the Mahdi or the Messiah in the last many centuries. It is a strange paradox that people keep waiting and waiting intently for someone to come. But as soon as some priest, monk, mullah, sufi, yogi, mystic, makes the claim, they raise furor against him.They even attempt to kill him!
THE PROBLEM
The real problem with the dogma of a promised one is that it serves as opium for the masses. It snatches from them the will to strive and struggle. Well, someone will come to solve their problems and raise them to glory. The situation is quite understandable as far as other religions are concerned since they do not have Al-Qur’an, the Criterion between the right and the wrong. But it is strange that the Muslims that regard the Qur’an as their authoritative Book keep groping in the dark. We will see shortly that the Final Word of God very clearly rules out the coming of another promised one after Prophet Muhammad (S). We have documented that Maududi in his Tafheem vol 4 pg 163 admits that there is no place for this utopian dogma in the Qur’an.
SIR SYED AHMED KHAN
(1817 to 1898)
Jesus was never raised to heaven
That great wizard of a genius was a commentator of the Qur’an par excellence. Follow his pen.
“Our (Muslim) commentators of the Qur’an have blindly followed the Christian traditions to forge such Ahadith.These so-called experts have assigned totally erroneous meaning to “Raf’a” or the raising of the prophets Jesus (3:55) and Enoch (19:56). The Qur’an absolutely does not portray the raising of these prophets bodily up into the heavens. It describes raising them in honor. The prophecies of the coming of Mahdi and Messiah have been introduced into our history by non-Muslims. The Qur’an is absolutely free of these ridiculous statements. (Ref. Tafseer vol I part 7 pg 123, vol 2 several pages)
DR SIR ALLAMA MUHAMMAD IQBAL
(1877 to 1938)
The most outstanding scholar of the Qur’an, Sir Iqbal does not subscribe to the view of ascension of Jesus up into the heavens or to his second coming.Nor does Sir Iqbal see Mahdi as a specific person.
“You O Preacher, have placed God on top of the heavens
What kind of God is He that shies away from his servants?”
See another example:
“He whose self wakes up recognizing the human potential
He is the Mahdi and the promise one of the latter times”
And another:
“Look at God appearing on the minaret of your heart
And stop waiting for the advent of Mahdi and Jesus”
In his English writings against the Qadiyanis, Sir Iqbal thrashed the dogma of a promised one as a Magian and a Jewish heritage.
Abulkalam Azad
&
Ubaidullah Sindhi
These two noted scholars of the twentieth century in their respective explanations of the Qur’an very forcefully and convincingly dismiss the notion of the advent of a Messiah or Mahdi. (Ref Tarjamanul Qur’an Urdu and Ilhamur Rahman Arabic, commentary on Verse 3:55)
MUFTI SHEIKH MUHAMMAD ‘ABDUH
(1849 to 1906)
The celebrated scholar of Islam, Muhammad Sheikh Abd-e-Rabbuhu of Egypt maintains that the stories of a living Jesus in the heavens and his second coming were inserted into our Ahadith centuries ago by Christian scholars so that Christianity may seem superior to Islam.
JAMAL-UDDIN AFGHANI
(1830 to 1899)
This great torchbearer of Muslim unity said, “My intensive research in the Qur’an, Hadith and history has taught me that any human being who tries to save the planet and make it a better place to live is the Mahdi and the Messiah in his own right.”
THE FINAL WORD, AL-QUR’AN
3:55 “O Jesus! I will cause you to die of natural causes and I will exalt you in honor and I will clear you of the slander of the disbelievers. —.
The word Raf’a means honoring or exalting. “Nowhere in the Quran is there any warrant for the popular belief that God has taken up Jesus bodily into heaven.” (The Messageof the Qur’an, Tafseer by Allama Muhammad Asad 3:55 and 4:158)
19:56 And make mention of Idris (Enoch) in the Book. Verily, he was a man of truth, a Prophet.
19:57 And We raised him to a high station of honor. (Allama Muhammad Asad, The Message of The Qur’an)
The great Austrian scholar and exponent Allama Muhammad Asad writes that the very common belief that
Jesus was taken up to the heaven in body is absolutely non-Qur’anic and, therefore, it has no merit.
21:34 We have never granted everlasting life to any human before you. If you die, can they be immortal?
3:144 Remember that Muhammad is only a Messenger. The Messengers before him have passed on. So, if he died or were slain, would you turn about on your heels?
This verse makes clear that Jesus too has died. He has passed away and was not raised to the heavens. When Muhammad (S) died not one of his companions complained why he was not raised to heaven like Jesus and Enoch.
5:3 This Day, I have perfected your DEEN for you, completed My favor upon you, and chosen for you Islam as the System of Life.
6:115 Perfected is the Word of your Lord in Truth and Justice. None can change His Words and His Laws. And He is the Profound Hearer, the Knower.
Hence, no further Divine revelation, no further messenger or ‘promised one’ is to come.
33:40 Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is Allah’s Messenger and the Closing Seal of all Prophets. And Allah, indeed, is Knower of all things.
Hence, there is no room for a Divinely guided one to come.
15:9 Behold! It is We Ourselves Who have sent down this Reminder, and verily, it is We Who shall truly guard it.
Therefore no further prophet, Mahdi or Messiah is necessary.
21:7 For, before you We sent none but men to whom We granted Revelation. Hence, (tell the deniers), “Ask the followers of previous Reminders if you know not.” (12:109, 16:43).
21:8 We gave them not bodies that won’t require food, nor were they immortal.
5:75 The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a Messenger, like other Messengers before him who passed on. And his mother was a woman of truth. Both of them were human beings who had to eat food (like all other mortals). See how clearly We explain Our verses for them and note how they keep wandering in thought! (These ignorant people make human beings that eat and walk about in markets, ascend to heaven with their bodies!)
29:51 Why! Is it not enough of a miracle for them that We have bestowed upon you this Book that is conveyed to them? [The Qur’an must be Sufficient]
48:23 — And never will you find any change in Allah’s Law. (Bodily ascension is not a Law of Allah. Returning from heaven to this world too, is not His law).
13:11 Behold, Allah never changes a nation’s condition unless they change their inner selves.
13:38 And certainly We sent Messengers before you, and We appointed for them wives and children as well.—.
Please stop here and think for a moment: Why would God send Mahdi and Jesus to change the condition of a nation?Doesn’t this dogma collide with the rock-solid Laws of the Qur’an? [13:11 above is sufficient]
With God being Omnipresent, the ascension of Jesus or any other human being, and getting seated at His right hand makes no sense. It confines God to some corner in the heavens. It also gives Him an anthropomorphic manlike image which is obviously Biblical. It is certainly not Qur’anic.
Jamaluddin Afghani, Mufti Muhammad Abduh, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Allama Iqbal, Allama Muhammad Asad, Maurice Buccaille, Allama Inayatullah Mashriqi, the brilliant sons of the Ummah, and countless others believe that bodily ascension of Jesus confines God to a certain heaven while the Qur’an makes it very clear that God is present every where.
Christianity, de facto better called the Pauline Doctrine, revolves around a few dogmas: Trinity, Virgin Birth of Jesus, Crucifixion, Blood Atonement, Ascension and Second Coming of Jesus. But almost every Christian remembers by heart the core belief given in John 3:16.
Gospel of John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
You may find it astonishing that Jesus is in good company. He is not the only Crucified Savior; there are many others! Kersey Graves wrote a very interesting and popular book, “The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors”.
Virgin Births And The Crucified Saviors
On close examination of history, we find Jesus Christ in good company. Contrary to popular belief, Jesus shares some astounding similarities with many figures that were worshiped centuries before he appeared. It is incredible that even Christians are unaware of the SIXTEEN CRUCIFIED SAVIORS this very planet has been worshiping, and all of them were supposedly born to virgins. Jesus happens to be only one of those sixteen. Most definitely, the New Testament writers were influenced by the then circulating myths of the dying and reviving Sun-gods. Does Jesus represent the Sun-god? (Christianity before Christ - Kersey Graves)
Here is a brief resume of these Saviors:
Adonis- Syria
Apollo- Rome
Astarte- Carthage
Attis-Phrygia
Baal- Babylon
Bacchus- Greece
Balder-Scandinavia
Buddha- India
Hercules- Rome
Horus-Egypt
Jesus- Israel
Krishna- India
Mithra- Persia
Osiris- Egypt
Serapis- Alexandria
Yu- China
Osiris was the Sun-god born to Virgin Ceres.
Krishna - Lord Krishna (Chrish-na) of India was the 8th Avtar of India (1200 BC). His
Virgin Mother Devaki had been overshadowed by the Holy Ghost (Naraan) of the Supreme God, Brahma.
Serapis of Alexandria was born to Virgin Isis.
Buddah was supposedly born to the married but Virgin Maya.
Mithra the Sun-god of Persia belonged to the Church of Nativity (He too was supposedly born through ‘Immaculate Conception’).
Attis of Phrygia was born to Virgin Nana.
Jesus was supposedly born to Virgin Mary through Immaculate Conception.
Hercules, a prominent mythical figure of the Sun-worship cult, was born to Virgin Prudence through Immaculate Conception.
Bacchus was the Only Begotten Son of Jupiter through Virgin Semele. We also find historical references to the Grecian Crucified Savior, Bacchus Son of Virgin Minerva.
The Sun-god Balder was called the Healer the Savior of mankind. VirginFrigga conceived him of the All Father, Odin.
In China, the Sun-god Yu was born to Virgin Shing-Mon, like all others, through Immaculate Conception.
Born in Stables or Caves
The make-believe birth of Jesus in a stable is no co-incidence. Astrologically speaking, at the time of the birth of the sun on Dec. 25th (as in the case of these ‘Saviors’ including Jesus), the constellation directly under the earth is that of Capricorn. This constellation is known as the Stable of Augeus, the famous Augean Stable in relation to Hercules. (Burrit’s Geography of the Heavens)
Now, with extremely slight variations, here are the astounding similarities:
All of them were supposedly born to Virgins.
Their date of birth has been claimed to be about the same i.e. Dec 25 which is related to the birth of the sun in Astrology. So is the birth of the Sun-god according to the Sun-worship cults, around Dec 25.
All of them were born in the isolation of caves, stables or barns.
They toiled in sweat and blood for humanity.
They were the “Alpha and Omega”.
All of them were God-incarnates.
Most of them had twelve disciples.
Most of these figures were betrayed by one of their own disciples.
They were called Healer, Mediator, Light-bringer, Sin-Bearer, Savior,Deliverer, Anointed, and Messiah.
All of them were called “the Lamb of God” that would carry the sins of mankind.
They were vanquished by the “powers of evil and darkness”.
They washed the sins of humanity with their own blood.
A “Passion” story is common to them.
All of them rose again from the dead.
They died on Friday before Easter Sunday.
They rose from the dead on Easter Sunday.
They had weeping virgins coming to their graves.
Their graves were found empty.
They mysteriously vanished from the earth going to the underworld or hell.
Then they ascended to heaven.
Churches and temples were built in their name.
People were received into their religion by Baptism.
All of them were commemorated by eating the God (Holy Communion, Eucharistic meals or Lord’s Supper: “This bread is my flesh; eat it - This wine is my blood; drink it.”)
They were supposed to come back on earth once again. (None has)
The birth of all Sun-gods was announced by a bright star. (In case of Jesus, see Mathew 2:9)
The three wise men following the bright star are called Magi in the Persian and Hindu paganism, and given different names such as ‘The three enlightened, guided, bright, inspired, unique, high ones’ in other cults. The origin of all the ancient Sun-gods is astrological, and not divine. (Burrit’s Geography of the Heavens)
The concept of Madonna and the Child most assuredly came from Alexandria where the Virgin Mother Goddess and the Child Redeemer Horus had been worshiped centuries before Jesus Christ.
Virgin Mother suckling her Child is a very common figure in the Mithraic monuments.
Goddess Hertha was commemorated as a Virgin with Child in the old Teutonic days.
Zoroaster was born in 600 BC of Immaculate Conception to a Virgin by a ray from the Divine Reason. (Malcolm’s History of Persia)
Pagan literature (The “Sky” Scriptures) is full of such “Divine” mythologies and leaves no room for doubt about the origin of the Church mysteries. St. Jerome, Tertullian and other early Church fathers admit: “Mithraism and Christianity are identical in all but name.” (The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors - Kersey Graves)
Jesus was only taken as a substitute for Apollo of Rome - The same Immaculate Conception and Virgin birth, the same Birthday, the same Baptism, the same Eucharist, the Passion story, the Lamb, the same Descent into hell, Resurrection and Ascension, Atonement, the same Festivals, Easter-day merriments, hot cross-buns, eggs, “Sun-Day” the Day of the Sun, the same philosophy and phraseology. How many “sames” can I put in? (Primitive Folk - Elie Reclus)
Since the Apologia of Justin Martyr, the Christian clergy have been trying to dismiss these Sun-gods as representing the Devil, except Jesus. Unfortunately for them, undeniable historical and archaeological evidence survives to date of the existence of these cults and their temples. Still, if all these Crucified Saviors are identical in every respect, and all of them predate Jesus by centuries, we will have to admit plagiarism by early Christians, or conclude that the Supreme God and the Devil are identical as well. (The Sources of Christianity - K. U. Dean)
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