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Dear Muslim, Let Me Tell You Baqarah[2]:112). The Bible on the other hand declares; "Produce
your cause saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons saith
Why I Believed the King of Jacob." (Isaiah 41:21). And In respect to both requests
and as commanded by both, I will ponder these issues, and weigh
Walid each claim on the scientific scale.
I dedicated several years studying this very issue, comparing both
the Bible and the Quran, and share my experience as I pondered
into the Bible attempting to find the alleged corruptions its charged
Note: Considering readers with English as their second language, with. The results of this comparison are astonishing. Readers will
this book is written using simple and basic English. For Muslim increase their knowledge with the evidence I gathered in the areas
readers many names have been translated into Arabic. of Prophecy, History, and Science.
Introduction The issues will include a comparison between the Bible and the
Quran on subjects, events and persons like; Peace and War in
Today over half the population of the world claims to be either Islam, Science in the Bible and the Quran. Israel and the Muslim
Muslim or Christian, with two separate religious books and two nations in prophecy. Prophecy in the Quran. The Historical,
separate faiths which teach that someday everyone will stand Manuscript, Prophetic and Archaeological evidence of the Bible.
before God and be judged. Each claim to believe they alone have
the true message from God. Muslims claim that the Bible we have My aim is to show the problems of how Muslims view the
today is a corrupted version from the original, while the Christians Christian faith and to provide hundreds of facts and evidences to
claim that God never will allow his word "the Bible" to be prove to Muslims why Christianity is the only way.
corrupted. Yet God's judgment which will decide our eternal
destiny heaven or hell, depends on whether we accepted His With 18 years living in the Holy Land, growing up as a Muslim, I
truth. Islam claims that the way to heaven is to declare Allah as the lived, breathed, and walked in the Islamic path, studying the Quran
one and only God and Muhammad as His last and final messenger and practicing the faith. I hope the reader keeps an open mind and
for mankind. Christianity claims that faith in Christ's redemption heart as he reads this. Praying that God will open our hearts and
by dying on the cross alone as the final act from God, and is the minds to better understand His truth. May God be with you as you
only way to heaven. The bottom line is that one of the choices has ponder into this. To Him we give glory, and to Him we submit.
to be correct and the other is wrong. The right choice leads to
eternal heaven, and the other leads to eternal hell. I will share with
you why I believe that the Christian choice is the only way to
heaven.
Take the Bible Challenge
To understand the differences one must spend ample time
searching through the evidence for each claim. As the Quran
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Several years ago, I passed by a stand with a sign that read "Take since both Muslims and Christians believe in eternal destiny (hell
the Pepsi Challenge". I thought to myself, why not, I have been or heaven), the choice one needs to make becomes the most
drinking Coke all my life, I wonder if I can find out if I still prefer important struggle for truth and life. If you are afraid to read this, it
it. Since the two cups laying on the table had no labels, I could not is perhaps you do not have a strong knowledge in your faith. You
know which is which, I tasted each and made my decision. Its a should have no fear if you know what you believe to be true is true
simple choice of course, and it probably would not make a bit of indeed.
difference to my life if I choose Pepsi or Coke. On the other hand,
I would have never found out weather I prefer Pepsi or Coke, On the other hand, one could choose for some reason to ignore this
without tasting both. issue altogether, thinking that it does not matter what one believes,
since we will find out at the end which is true. That is your choice,
I realize that this comparison is by no means the best, but there is and no one including God will force you, but if you were wrong,
no way to know which is better, the Bible or the Quran, unless we and end up in eternal torment, do not blame me. I did my job, I
taste the words. We do not have to swallow them, just taste and offered you the challenge.
decide whether we want to swallow or reject. One day a great
desire in my heart caused me to open the Bible and compare it with The "Quran" Challenge to the JudeoChristian Faith: In Islam
the Quran, I set them side by side and started to study. The study as the Quran states it clearly; "And they say: `None shall enter
lasted many months, as God overwhelmed me with His truth. paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian.' Those are their
desires. Say: `produce your (Evidence) if you are really truthful'."
I vowed not to stop until a found out if they are really equal when (AlBaqarah[2]:112).
weighed side by side on the scientific scale. It was the only way...
to take the Bible Challenge. I have documented all I learned from The "Bible" Challenge: "Present your case, says the Lord. Bring
this experience, which I am forwarding to you. I urge you to take forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob. Let them bring
the Bible Challenge. forth and show us what will happen; Let them show us the former
things, what they were, That we may consider them, And know the
Note: Try to respond to the questions presented here, they all end latter end of them; Or declare to us the things to come. Show the
with "?" in bold. These are questions directed to you. If you are things that are to come hereafter, That we may know that you are
able to answer them, then indeed you have faith based on facts. gods; Yes, do good or do evil, That we may be dismayed and see it
Please send the answers back to me. I will be waiting patiently for together. Indeed you are nothing, And your work is nothing; He
your response. who chooses you is an abomination." (Isaiah 41:2124).
So, for that challenge which was ordered by both books, and since
both encourage us to produce "proof", or evidence to each claim, I
will respond to answer each challenge. As Christians need to be in
What's Faith? obedience to God, they are required to respond, and fulfill the
commission, to defend the faith, to fight the battle, the real war for
Regardless to what we believe in, all of us have faith in someone souls, not by the Sword but by the Word.
or in something which dictates the way we live. In our case here,
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We are ordered by God to produce evidence, and witness to those deny the Biblical claim that the Devil is an angel, one cannot
lost in darkness, to the world that we seek for Christ. As the Bible ignore the Quranic verse; "And as we told the Angels to bow down
said: "In your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to Adam, All did except Iblees (Satan), refused. He was one of the
to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for jinn" (AlKahf[18][18]:50). One could ask, why would God order
the hope that you have." (1 Peter 3:15). the Angels only to bow then expect Satan who as the Quran
declares as being from the jinn (jenie)? That would logically refer
In the Old Testament, God encourages debate and challenge; to jinn (jenie) as fallen angels and not another creature made from
"Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord." (Isaiah 1:18a). fire as the Quran claims in other verses.
Both challenges assure us, that there is no need to pick up stones In the Quran devils are found doing the work of Solomon by
and fight, no need for anger or fits of rage. Just let us reason Allah's command. Allah is also found protecting them as declared
together, and prove with evidence each his claim. in the Quran: "And sundry satans who should dive for him and
perform other work beside: and it was We who guarded them."
The Bible claims that the true Christian faith is the only way to (Alanbya[21]:82). These devils are also found in the Quran to be
God, while Islam's Quran says its the other way around. I have Solomon's messengers: "He said (Solomon),: "Ye Chiefs! which of
seen many debates concerning this issue, and the problem with you can bring me her throne[Queen Sheba's] before they come to
these debates is that no side was able to fully express their opinion. me in submission? Said an `Ifrit, of the Jinn (devils): "I will bring
The time element was always a factor, and the heated arguments it to thee before thou rise from thy council: indeed I have full
would always upset Muslims as they were too quick to throw strength for the purpose, and may be trusted." (AlNaml[27]:38
shouts of "Allahu Akbar' (God is greater). We need to see how 39). Such claims are rejected by Christianity, no where in the Bible
God is great and not just shouting it. We need patience by avoiding devils are used to do any physical work, especially building God's
quick judgments. temple, which God used Solomon and his people, (God's chosen
people). The most interesting part in the Quran's description of
The bottom line is that one of the two (Muslims or Christians) is devils is in Surah Saba[34]:14, were Allah declares: "Then we
deceived, to understand deception one must understand the nature decreed Solomon's death, nothing showed them (the devils) that he
of Satan. The Bible gives the best explanation about him, and in was dead as the termites gnawed the staff which supported his
general he is the most intelligent, smart, beautiful being God ever corpse. And when it fell, the devils perceived that if they had
made. He deceived 1/3 of the angels. He deceived Adam and Eve. known ..." Muslim interpreters say that Solomon died suddenly
He can even deceive the very elect. You stand no chance to his while he was leaning on his staff. A full year had passed while his
tricks without God and his spirit being in you. He is the best con corpse was still leaning on his staff. Finally when the termites ate
artist. He appears as an "Angel of Light". He created all false part of his staff, it broke and Solomon fell to the ground. It wasn't
theology, as he claims to be God. The Bible describes him to be until then, the devils realized that Solomon was dead. And we ask:
the false God of this world, the one who wants to rule the world. What did Solomon's servants, wives, and army do while Solomon
was dead leaning on his staff for a year? Muslim scholars
The Quran on the other hand gives some different descriptions concluded that demons are stupid beings who's main job is only to
about Satan. The Quran calls him "Iblees" which is a fiery creature whisper in peoples ears to sin, a description unlike the Bible's
"jin", which the English derived the word "genie" from. Muslims
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which warn us that demons are fallen angels, able to mix a bunch mentioned in many false religions. Though we are unaware of this
of truth with a tiny amount of lies just enough to kill. battle, God in the Bible warns: "We do not wrestle against flesh
and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the
Jamal Badawi, a well known Muslim apologist debating Christians rulers of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the
always accuses the Christian Trinity with evolving from ancient heavenly places" (Ephesians 6:12). The Bible describes Satan as
pagan beliefs such as mithraism.[1] What Mr. Badawi ignores to "The ruler of darkness", "The father of lies", and "The prince of
mention is that the idea of pagan trinities did not evolve from this world". He imitates to be the real God. Eventually he will
Persian, Roman or any ancient empire, but all the way back from manifest himself in the body of the Antichrist to rule earth for a
the story of the Fall of Man in the Garden of Eden. Satan defied while. He will be represented by a false prophet. This false trinity
God and deceived Adam and Eve. He then formed a false trinity (Satan, Antichrist, False Prophet), is the false set up by Satan to
Satan , The future coming Antichrist (AlMaseeh AlDajal), and imitate the True God and seduce man to worship him, thinking
the False Prophet. The first prophecy in the Bible was concerning they are following God.
this very issue. In Genesis 3:15, God's judgment was declared:
"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between This imitation started from the beginning when Satan exalted
your seed and her seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall himself to be better than God: "I will ascend above the tops of the
bruise His heel." In this prophecy we find the promise of the virgin clouds, I will make myself like The Most High." (Isaiah 14:14). The
birth of Christ from the seed of the woman (her seed). The woman Bible clearly shows that Satan is a counterfeit, he claims to be God
representing Eve and her seed representing Christ since Christ was The Most High. If he is doing that today, through which religious
not the seed of Adam as He did not have a human father. This was system and to who do you think he is lying to?
the first prophecy in the Bible of the coming Christ. This prophecy
foresaw the crucifixion of Christ when Satan was able to "bruise The Bible gives the opposing names to the true God, and attributes
His heel" who was pierced in His hands and feet (heels). The verse them to the Antichrist. Christ is called "The Truth", while
also reveals the Antichrist as the seed of Satan. Just as Christ the Antichrist is called "The lie". Christ is called the "Holy One", while
son of Mary, was uniquely the "seed" of the woman", the Antichrist is called "The lawless one". Christ is called "The Son of
Antichrist in some mysterious way will be the "seed" of Satan. God", while Antichrist is called "The Son of Perdition". Christ is
Christ will ultimately bruise Satan's head who will manifest called "The Mystery of Godliness", while Antichrist is called "The
himself in the body of the Antichrist. The Antichrist will be Satan's Mystery of Iniquity". God allows Satan to continue although He
seed. False trinities and false gods were introduced throughout the could destroy him. The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ will finally
centuries by Satan as an attempt to cover the truth. He is the crafty destroy Satan's Son of Perdition (The Antichrist) "by the
deceiver who will ultimately introduce his son, the Antichrist to brightness of His coming". Satan's main tactic to destroy God's
take on the most deceptive mission to make man worship Satan plan is to counterfeit the biblical prophecies concerning the coming
and declare himself as the God of man. Christ. Over the centuries, Satan tried to destroy God's plan by
burning, banning, and attacking the Bible and persecuting
While all false religions believe that Satan and his devils are Christians and Jews. He introduced false doctrines, false books,
simple beings who promote sin and discord, the Bible reveals them and false prophets. Covering God's Truth with lies has been the
as intelligent beings who never ceased to introduce Satan's agenda major mission for Satan and his demons. Consequently Satan has
in the real battle between Satan and God, a battle that is not
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always failed in his missions to destroy and conquer since God's To summarize the supposed miracles of today's world religions, we
plan is indestructible. shall give a few examples; A Mormon has a strong feeling in his
heart that Joseph Smith is the prophet of God, the feeling by itself
God gave many warnings in the Bible concerning Satan and his was the first response I got from every Mormon I encountered. A
works: Hindu uses meditation, concentration and contemplation, likewise
a New Age teacher (A modern version of Hinduism), use
"Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt meditation, and focuses on concentrating on the inner self, the New
and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies Age religion teaches which is not new matches it's ancient origin
against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been (Hinduism) which seduces followers by offering the ability to
accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done" communicate with the forces out in the cosmos, that we can travel
(Daniel 11:36). The Antichrist's will is his fathers will (The Father beyond what the eye can see. Using a technique called Yoga, man
of lies or the Devil), while Christ's will is His Father's will (The can perform incredible powers to control his body, and produce
God of Truth). The mystery of God's nature is presented in the mystical experience and spiritual insight.
Bible as One God in a Holy Trinity: "Behold O Israel, the Lord
your God is One". The unity of God is supported in both the Old Similar to Yoga, a Muslim sect called Darweesh or Dervish. A
Testament as well as in the New Testament. member of this sect has the ability to control his body to the point
that when the skin is pierced, there is no pain or bleeding.
When Elijah (Elias), encountered the prophets of Baal (false
prophets), Elijah stood before the people and cried out "How long In the west, Millions of Catholics believe in the apparition of Mary
halt you between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him: but as thousands of Catholics go to a mountain place and watch the
if Baal, then follow him." (I Kings 18:21). Elijah won the battle, as virgin Mary appear in the sky, they are praying to her, waiting on
he was on the side of God, the false prophets standing with Satan her instructions.
lost their lives and their souls forever. God even sent fire from
heaven, cooked the beef and consumed it. Elijah prayed like I did A Muslim can demonstrate fantastic classical Arabic language in
"O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." God reveals to us the Quran, and some scientific evidences that the prophet of Islam
the truth, just ask him and say "O Lord the God of Abraham, Isaac, could not have known, he meditates concentrates and contemplates
and Jacob, reveal to me your truth", he is faithful and just. while he recites the Quran and during prayer, he is filled with
unexplainable joy "Khoshu'a", he believes that the Quran is a
miracle from God to man that was given to change the World.
The Summary On World Religions
Today many people believe in prophets like Nostradamus, Jean
Where's the Beef?
Dickson, Edgar Cayce, and others who predicted several things
like the death of J. F. Kennedy, the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler etc.
Despite what most people of all the world religions believe, if one
...many today believe these predictions as a definite miracle. We
thinks that he fully used his heart and mind, believing a lie, does
will cover some answers to these so called modern prophets later.
not make what he believes in to be the truth from God, in fact the
Bible declares them as satanic, a plan by Satan to rule the world
through confusion by using his false theologies.
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The Bible on the other hand warns us not to believe in these man Both Muslims and Christians claim that protected transmission is
made religions, we must follow carefully the plan set by God from sufficient evidence to prove a divine revelation. That alone is a
the beginning, the Bible warns us even if one can let fire come problem, since we still teach and memorize many of the pagan
down from heaven, and claim he is Christ, we should not believe poetry in all of the Arabic countries, yet none of these writings are
him. We should follow God's unchangeable Word which was considered to be divine by either Muslims or Christians. In the East
already set, the Bible tells us how we can tell when the true Christ there still exists most of the preIslamic pagan poetry, and in the
comes back, how we can tell true prophets from false ones, how West preChristian pagan philosophy is still intact. However, we
we can tell wolves from lambs. must also keep in mind that divine revelation must "always" be
protected by God regardless of the time it was inspired. To claim
The Bible is the compass for a lost world, the very map, lamp, and that man can get away with corrupting God's word is against what
guide for man to see and know which path to take in this dark God said he will do from the beginning; "For assuredly, I say to
world. you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no
means pass from the law till all is fulfilled." (Matthew 5:18). In
The Bible makes it clear for man. Man has two choices only in the another verse, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words
issue of destiny. Two places man will go; eternal hell with Satan, will never pass away." (Matthew 24:35). "For I am the Lord I
or eternal paradise with God. Two sides to choose from "God" or change not" (Malachi 3:6). Even the Quran in Surah 6:115 "The
"Satan". words of the Lord are perfect in truth and justice; there is none
who can change His words". Both religions agree that God never
Some falsely think they are going to paradise because they have changed and will never change, even so his Words, they never
convinced themselves of that. Some think they are following the were or ever will be lost, it is just impossible. For any religion or
true God because their prophet or book said so, not knowing that prophet to claim a single change in his Words would be in
Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. One could stand on contradiction to God's nature, and must be dismissed as false. It is
top of a building, come close to the edge, and believe 100% that if as simple as that, without apology or fear. God knew that man can
he takes a leap of faith and jumps, that he will fly, this believe does protect historical writings, for that God chose a different method of
not make "suicide" to be safe or the way to "fly". It is eternally challenge, and that challenge is Bible prophecy, which is still
dangerous to think you are going to heaven, just because you holding, since all fulfilled prophecy proves that God keeps his
believe or feel it. Thank God my eternal destiny does not depend promises to the smallest detail, as we shall cover.
on what I feel, as some days I feel I am going to Hell, and some
days I feel I am going to heaven. My eternal destiny should depend Most world religions claim to have the necessary divine miracles,
on what real "evidence" my theology can provide. yet when these miracles are studied carefully they will not be able
to stand as we shall clearly see in Islam. When the Pharaoh's
magicians cast their staves and turned them to snakes, Moses cast
his and destroyed all. They presented there evil tricks, God
responded with his evidence, which was much more powerful.
Is Protected Transmission Sufficient
Having some scientific information in a holy book, or excellent
Evidence? language is also not enough proof. Satan knows more science than
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any man, and could perform signs and wonders and deceive even To the people the idea of raining was crazy, since it has never
the very elect. Although if areas of scientific matter is included in a rained before the flood. Christ, in a similar way, was the plan of
religious book, it needs to be proven as the evidence is weighed in man's salvation, his cross is the bridge between the sinful man and
the scientific scale, which we shall examine in the final chapter. the Holy God. Many on the other hand still reject this plan as being
absurd, they consider it ridiculous, since they believe that each has
God in the Bible warns us of false prophets; "Beware of false to carry his own burdens and sins. What Muslims do not
prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are understand is that our sins, no matter how small we think they are,
ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes are great in God's eyes, we are so drowned by our sins that the
gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?" (Matthew 7:1516). flood of sins covers every man. The only way to escape that flood
is to first trust in God's plan and jump on the wooden bridge which
is the cross, and accept what God did for man, and not what man
can do for himself. No man was able to escape the flood, unless he
jumped on the wooden ship. No sword, might, or science was able
Does Believing There Is a God Take You to to rescue the ones that are perishing, only the wooden boat, which
was God's way, so it is with Christ's cross.
Heaven?
The Bible presented hundreds of these parallels in the Bible for His
Some might think they are worshipping the true God, but one must
plan for man's salvation, the exodus, Israel, the temple sacrifices,
know who the true God is. To claim that believing there is a One
the biblical customs, all have been directed to focus on one issue
True God will take you to heaven is a dangerous fallacy, since
the salvation for man through Christ.
even Satan, "An Angel of Light", his demons, and all the religions
of the world believe that God created everything. The only
difference is the means that qualify us to reach to God. Some
religions use fire as a medium between man and God. Other
religions, like Islam, claim that works (like praying five times The Quran's Challenge to NonMuslims
daily, fasting, and giving alms) can take them to heaven. It is what
or who you trust in as the means to reach to God for forgiveness
The well known challenge in the Quran has been and still is to
and reconciliation what matters in all the main religions.
write something like it. Muslims till today could not produce
anything like the Bible, which they accuse of being corrupt and
In the Bible it calls for man to know, believe and trust God and His
man made. Nevertheless one could argue this point by simply
work. To believe His attributes, His nature, and His plan for
challenging the world to produce similar poetry like Shakespeare,
salvation, and to accept and trust Him and His plan only. When
Ahmad Shawqi, Gubran Khalil Gubran, AlMutanabi and others.
Noah started to build a ship, and when he presented God's plan to
The Ability to produce beautiful classical Arabic or poetry does
his people, to save them from the coming flood that will destroy
not entitle the poets the gift of prophecy. Even some of the greatest
everyone, the people responded by laughing. They laughed at
scholars in the Arabic language did not see any miracle in the
God's salvation (rescue mission), but at the end, when it started
eloquence of Quran's Arabic language; AbulAla Al Ma'arri,
raining, no one was laughing anymore.
Ibrahim AlNazzam, Ibin Hazm, AlKhayat and many other
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modern scholars like Taha Hussein, who was the pressured and his the Quran has the last (Science), which I challenge later in this
material was banned concerning this issue. writing.
I would like to address the prophetic evidence for now, and ask the
reader to examine it as Islam encourages.
Evidence from Bible Prophecy The Bible is the only religious book in existence that dared to
detail thousands of prophecies. These prophecies varied, some
Sometime in 1992 I was fascinated when I read a book titled concerning the rise and fall of world empires. many prophecies of
Armageddon, Appointment With Destiny, by Grant Jeffrey. the Bible have already been fulfilled.
Some of the things explained in this book had many detailed In no other religious literature will you find hundreds of detailed
prophecies about Jesus: his birth, life, death and resurrection; and predictions that have been fulfilled precisely as they were
the recreation of the state of Israel. Many of these prophecies predicted. No human has ever presented such detailed predictions
came to pass as God put down in the Bible! What also amazed me, of future events. Those who point to the occasional lucky guess of
is to find out that the chances for a man to predict hundreds of Nostradamus, Jean Dickson, and other false prophets ignore the
historic events written hundreds and thousands of years before hundreds of totally incorrect predictions they also made. Henry C.
their occurrences are one in zillions... what is more fascinating is Roberts, the editor of The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus,
that the margin of error had to be zero, especially when the (Jericho NY: Nostradamus, Inc. 1976) and one of the strongest
fulfillment of many of these prophecies are happening in my supporters of Nostradamus admitted in his introduction that these
generation. This kind of evidence had to come from a divine prophetic writings are "unintelligible and garbled to the
origin, that origin had to be God Almighty. uninitiated. The strange, broken, and often incoherent nature of the
quatrains, both in French and English, is the hallmark of prophetic
media." Edgar Cayce, the socalled American sleeping prophet,
who made many false claims on locating oil wells or mineral
deposits.
Here's the Beef
Even today forecasting the near future markets is an unpredictable
I understood Islam, and believed in the teachings of the Quran, yet gamble. All man made prophecy and attempt to predict future has
after examining these evidences, I knew that the Quran in the been fruitless, the best man have made can be obtained at your
balances was found to be wanting. It does not match the required local Chinese restaurant when you get a bill with Chinese fortune
evidence demanded by the Bible to be warranted as divine. The cookies.
Quran does not compare when it comes to Biblical evidence. Since
God is 100% Truth, he sent the Bible with four different elements, God claims that the ability to predict and fulfill prophecy is a
that no other book in the world has. These elements are: unique attribute of His nature, as He said: "For I am God, and
Manuscript evidence, Archeological evidence, Prophetic evidence, there is no other; I am God and there is none like Me, declaring
and the evidence of science in the Bible (MAPS). Muslims claim the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are
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not yet done, saying, `My council shall stand, and I will do all my shadow of doubt that the infinite God was revealing Himself. This
pleasure'" (Isaiah 46:910). irrefutable verification is reserved to only the JudeoChristian
Scriptures alone. No honest person can remain an unbeliever after
In this passage, the prophet Isaiah declares that only God foreknew even a brief study of prophecy, and prophecy is the missing
future events, He also declares them and then brings them to pass. element in ALL other sacred scriptures of the world's religions.
Also God said: "For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth Although they are claimed to be in the Quran, an honest research
pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law and comparison with the Bible will surely prove this point.
till all is fulfilled." (Matthew 5:18).
Not even the Hindu Vedas, the BhagavadGita, the Book of
The idea of Bible Prophecy is that God have drawn out his plan Mormon, the sayings of Buddha, the writings of Mary Baker Eddy,
prior to it's execution (from the beginning), as to prove when they can match Biblical prophecy. By contrast, prophecy comprises
happen, that God is in control, and that's real evidence. about 25% of the Bible (8,352 verses). No other religious book can
produce the same, or in simple terms, where's the beef?
In another verse God challenges you from the Bible: "Present your
case, says the Lord. Bring forth your strong reasons, says the King Read the following samples in your Bible to understand some of
of Jacob. Let them bring forth and show us what will happen; Let these prophecies:
them show us the former things, what they were, That we may
consider them, And know the latter end of them; Or declare to us
the things to come. Show the things that are to come hereafter,
That we may know that you are gods; Yes, do good or do evil, That
we may be dismayed and see it together. Indeed you are nothing, On the Coming and Death of Christ
And your work is nothing; He who chooses you is an
abomination." (Isaiah 41:2124). It is astonishing when we examine only the following 8 prophecies
concerning Jesus Christ.
So, the God of the Bible challenges you, will you accept the
challenge? And he continues in chapter 42 verse 9: "Behold, the The First Prediction: (Birth in Bethlehem)
former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before
they spring forth I tell you of them." God sees all of history; past _Old Testament Prophecy: "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though
present and future. He does not guess what the future holds, he you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall
knows! come forth to Me the One to be ruler in Israel, whose going forth
have been from of old from everlasting." (Micah 5:2).
God said that the only way to know his true message is predictive
prophecy, and if that very element is missing then do NOT believe _New Testament Fulfillment: "Now after Jesus was born in
that prophet. These prophecies have to be very unique, not just a Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold wise men
general guess as you see all false prophets do. For God to manifest from the east came to Jerusalem" (Matthew 2:1).
His love and will for mankind, he must make Himself known
personally in such a way that a finite man would realize beyond a The Second Prediction: (preceded by a messenger)
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_Old Testament Prediction: "The voice of one crying in the _The New Testament Fulfillment: "And when they had come to the
wilderness: `Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals,
desert a highway for our God;'" (Isaiah 40:3). one on the right hand and the other on the left." (Luke 23:33).
_The New Testament Fulfillment: "In those days John the Baptist The Sixth Prediction: (Be wounded by His enemies)
came preaching in the wilderness of Judea saying, "Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand!;" (Matthew 3:1,2). _The Old Testament Prediction: "But He was wounded for our
transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities" (Isaiah 53:5).
The Third Prediction: (He would enter Jerusalem on a colt)
_The New Testament Fulfillment: "Then he released Barabbas to
_The Old Testament Prediction: "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered [Him] to be
Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold your King is coming crucified" (Matthew 27:26).
to you; He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a
donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey" (Zechariah 9:9). The Seventh Prediction: (His betrayal for 30 pieces of silver)
_The New Testament Fulfillment: "Then they brought him to _The Old Testament Prediction: "Then I said to them, `If it is
Jesus. And they threw their own garments on the colt, and they set agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.' So they
Jesus on him. And as he went, they spread their clothes on the weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver'" (Zechariah
road" (Luke 19:3536). 11:12).
The Fourth Prediction: (He would be betrayed by a friend) _The New Testament Fulfillment: "What are you willing to give
me if I deliver Him to you? And they counted out to him thirty
_The Old Testament Prediction: "Even my own familiar friend in pieces of silver" (Matthew 26:15). Note: This was predicted 500
whom I trusted, who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against years in advance when silver was not used for money but gold.
me" (Psalm 41:9).
The Eighth Prediction: (He will be spat on and beaten)
_The New Testament Fulfillment: "And while He was still
speaking, behold Judas, one of the twelve, with great multitude _The Old Testament Prediction: "I gave My back to those who
with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I
the people. Now His betrayer had given them a sign saying, did not hide My face from shame and spitting" (Isaiah 50:6).
"Whomever I kiss, He is the One; seize Him; " (Matthew 26:47,48).
_The New Testament Fulfillment: "Then they spat in His face and
The Fifth Prediction: (His hand and feet pierced) beat Him; and others struck Him with the palm of their hands"
(Matthew 26:67).
The Old Testament Prediction: "For dogs have surrounded Me;
The assembly of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My _Other prophecies like these we can quote like:
hands and My feet." (Psalm 22:16).
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Silent in front of accusers, prophecy in Isaiah 53:7; fulfilled in estimates were worked out by twelve different classes of 600
Matthew 27:1214. college students. The students carefully weighed all the factors,
discussed each prophecy at length, and examined the various
Crucified with thieves, prophecy in Isaiah 53:12; fulfilled in circumstances which might indicate that men had conspired
Matthew 27:38. together to fulfill a particular prophecy. They made their estimates
conservative enough so that there was finally unanimous
People gamble with His garments, prophecy in Psalm 22:18; agreement even among the most skeptical students. But when
fulfilled in John 19:23, 24. professor Stoner took their estimates and made them even more
conservative. He also encouraged other skeptics or scientist to
His side would be pierced, prophesied in Zechariah 12:10; fulfilled make their own estimates to see if his conclusions were more than
in John 19:34. fair.
None of His bones would be broken, prophesied in Psalm 34:20; Finally, he submitted his figures for review to a Committee of the
fulfilled in John 19:33. American Scientific Affiliation. Upon examination, they verified
that his calculations were dependable and accurate in regard to the
His body would not decay, prophecy in Psalm 16:10; fulfilled in scientific material presented. For example, concerning Micah 5:2,
Acts 2:31. where it states the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, Stoner
and his students determined the average population of Bethlehem
His burial in a rich man's tomb, prophecy in Isaiah 53:9; fulfilled from the time of Micah to the present; then they divided it by the
in Matthew 27:5760. average population of the earth during the same period. They
concluded that the chance of one man being born in Bethlehem
The darkness covering the earth, prophecy Amos 8:9, fulfilled in was one in 2.8 x 10 to the 5th power or rounded, one in 300,000.
Matthew 27:45. For more on this read the Historical Evidence
section. After examining eight different prophecies, they conservatively
estimated that the chance of one man fulfilling all eight prophecies
Note: There are 456 prophecies fulfilled in Jesus alone written in was one in 10 to the 17th power. To illustrate how large the
the Bible. number 10 to the 17th power is (a figure with 17 zeros), Stoner
gave this illustration. Imagine covering the entire state of Texas
with silver dollars to a level of two feet deep. The total number of
silver dollars needed to cover the whole state would be 10 to the
17th power. Now, choose just one of those silver dollars, mark it
The Law of Probability and drop it from an airplane. Then thoroughly stir all the silver
dollars all over the state. When that has been done, blindfold one
After examining only eight different prophecies even though we man, tell him he can travel wherever he wishes in the state of
could use 456, professor Emeritus of Science at Westmont College Texas. But something he must do, stop and reach down into the
and Peter Stoner, has calculated the probability of one man two feet of silver dollars and try to pull up that one specific silver
fulfilling the major prophecies made concerning the Messiah. The dollar that has been marked. Now, the chance of his finding that
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one silver dollar in the state of Texas would be the chance the electrons reaching the length of 6 billion light years long in all
prophets had for eight of their prophecies coming true in any one directions and multiply it by 6 x 10 to the 28th power! How big is
man in the future. that? It's the length of the space required to store trillions and
trillions and trillions of the same gigantic balls and more. In fact
In financial terms, is there anyone who would not invest in a the space required to store all of these balls combined together
financial venture if the chance of failure were only one in 10 to the would just start to "scratch the surface" of the number of electrons
17th power? This kind of sure investment we are offered by God we would need to really accurately speak about 10 to the 157th
for belief in Christ His Messiah. Professor Stoner concludes: "The power.
fulfillment of these eight prophecies alone proves that God
inspired the writing of those prophecies to a definiteness which But assuming you have some idea of the number of electrons we
lacks only one chance in 10 to the 17th power of being absolute". are talking about, now imagine marking just one of those electrons
in that huge number. Stir them all up. Then appoint one person to
Another way of saying this is that any person who minimizes or travel in a rocket for as long as he wants, anywhere he wants to go.
ignores the significance of the biblical identifying signs concerning Tell him to stop and segment a part of space, then take a high
the Messiah would be foolish. But, of course, there are many more powered microscope and find that one marked electron in that
than eight prophecies. In another calculation Stoner used 48 segment. What do you think his chances of being successful would
prophecies (even though he could have used 456) and arrived at be? It would be one in 10 to the 157th power. Remember, this
the extremely conservative estimate that the probability of 48 number represents the chances of only 48 prophecies coming true
prophecies being fulfilled in one person is 10 to 157th power. How in one person.
large is the number on in 10 to the 157th power? 10 to the 157th
power contains 157 zeros ! All this illustrates why it is absolutely impossible for anyone to
have fulfilled the Messianic prophecies by chance. In fact, a
Let us try to illustrate this number using electrons. Electrons are leading authority on the probability theory, Emile Borel, states in
very small objects. They are smaller than atoms. It would take 2.5 his book Probabilities and Life, that once we go past one chance in
times 10 to the 15 power of them, laid side by side, to make one 10 to the 50th power, the probabilities are so small it's impossible
inch. Even if we counted four electrons every second and counted to think they will ever occur. Here is one last illustration of the
day and night, it would still take us 19 million years just to count a immensity of the number 10 to the 157th power and why the
line of electrons oneinch long. science of probability shows we are dealing with the miraculous.
But how many electrons would it take if we were dealing with 10 Imagine one ant traveling at the speed of only one inch every 15
to the 157th power of electrons? billion years. If he could only carry one atom at a time, how many
atoms could he move in 10 to the 157th power of years? He could
Imagine building a solid ball of electrons that would extend in all even at that incredibly slow speed, be ale to move all the atoms in
directions from the earth of 6 billion light years. The distance in 600,000 trillion trillion trillion trillion universes the size for our
miles of just one light year is 6.4 trillion miles. That would be a big universe, a distance of 30 billion light years! Again, all of this
ball! But not big enough to measure 10 to the 157th power of means it is impossible for 48 prophecies to be fulfilled by chance.
electrons. In order to do that, you must take that big ball of
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This is the kind of proof that there must be a God who Arabic countries can prove that honesty and integrity was lacking
supernaturally gave this information. Let's keep in mind that's only by the Arabic writers of the education manuals on history. It is
48 out of over 456 Messianic prophecies out of over 8000 total amazing to watch the distortion and twisting of history, to serve the
verses in Bible prophecy, of which thousands of verses have been growing hate of the Jews, a common trend today in many eastern
fulfilled already. God challenges us! and European countries.
The Holocaust for example is being denied, despite tons of
evidence in The Yad Vasheem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.
Similar attempts are made by certain politicians to blot any Jewish
On the Restoration of Israel claim to the land of Israel. In an interview between Zola Levit and
Mr. Husseni, a right hand man to Yasser Arafat, in a Zola Levit
The Jews and the Arabs Television program, Mr. Husseni bluntly claims that the
Palestinians originated from the Jebusites before Abraham moved
As I grew under the Israeli Government, the school curriculum was to Israel, he clearly changed the historic fact to an American
set by the country of Jordan. History, political science, and social audience who lacks in Eastern History to the fact that today's
studies never included the Jews. A major mistake by the Israeli Palestinians are immigrants from the surrounding nations. I grew
Government in the school system. up well knowing the history and origins of today's Palestinians as
being from Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Christian from
Regardless to the claims made by Palestinians that accuses Israel to Greece, Muslim Sherkas from Russia, Muslims from Bosnia, and
be unfair to the local Arabs, the freedom to study our religion and the Jordanians next door. The well known civil and tribal wars
history was something that was protected by law. All the history between the Yemmenite (from Yemen) and Kessites (from Banu
we learned concerned only the Islamic, Arabic, and European Kais of Saudi Arabia) was ignored by Mr. Husseni which is a well
nations. The atrocities of the Moguls and the Crusaders in known amongst the Palestinians.
Jerusalem, never included the Jews, but the Muslims only. The
study of ancient history in Arabic schools has no mention of Jews My grandfather who was a dignitary in Bethlehem, almost lost his
living in the land. The main focus was on the Canaanites who life by Abdul Qader AlHusseni, the leader of the Palestinian
Palestinians today claim to descend from. revolution after being accused of selling land to the Jews. He used
to tell us that his village Beit Sahur (The Shepherds Fields) in
As I lived in Palestine everyone I knew could trace there heritage Bethlehem county was empty before his father settled in the area
back to the original country their great grandparents came from. with six other families. The town now has grown to 30,000
Everyone knew his origins was not from the Canaanites, but inhabitants.
ironically, that is the kind of stuff our education included in the
Middle East. Muslims and Arabs alike lack the understanding of the Jewish
history. An unbiased brief study on Jewish History should ease the
The writers of our history in the Middle East, intentionally blotted tension Muslims and Arabs have against the Jewish people. The
out the Jews. I never knew the history of the Jews until I started Jewish nation, as a political entity, started at the great exodus of
looking into the Bible. One look at the curriculum they teach in the Israel from Egypt about 1,500 B.C. Israel was a land promised by
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God. Even the Quran admits to this incident; "And after him letter; "Not one stone shall be left upon another." In 130 A.D.
(Moses), we said to the children of Israel, dwell Ye in the promised under Emperor Hadrian, who provoked the Jews by building a
land, and when the time of the promise of the latter days comes, we pagan temple on the Temple Mount to another rebellion, which
shall bring you out of various peoples." (AlIsra[17]:104). ended Israel with the Jews dispersed throughout the whole world
(The Diaspora). This remained until 1948. Since then the Jews
Under the leadership of David (Daud) and his son Solomon have become an enemy of almost every country of the world. This
(Sulaiman), the Jewish nation progressed to world importance. will remain until attacked by armies from every nation in what the
King Solomon constructed the magnificent Temple of Jerusalem. Bible calls "The Battles of Armageddon."
The Jews being the first people worshipping the one and true God,
followed after their father Abraham (Ibrahim). As Israel grew, No one could totally vanquish the Jews as promised in the Bible,
pagans to the north were gaining strength and military skills, and yet they were slaughtered like animals during the Spanish
the Jews, relaxed in their success. Inquisition, they were starved and murdered endlessly in forced
conversions throughout Europe. Persecution followed them to the
The prophet Jeremiah warned of the coming invasion of the ends of the earth. Much of the Islamic success and its prosperity is
Babylonians by Nebuchadnezzar (Nabukhath Nassar) and the to be credited to the Eastern Jews. It was the oppressed Persian
Chaldeans (AlCaldanieen). Instead of heeding to God's warning, Jews who helped the Muslims to subdue and conquer the Persians.
the Jews jailed the prophet to shut him up. The relationship between the Jews and the Muslims was constantly
changing. At the time of AlMutawakil, in the beginning of the
Daniel, another prophet of Israel studying Jeremiah's prophecies of eighth century, was very hard upon the Jews and Christians alike.
the soon coming invasion and exile to Babylon (Babel), prophesied He was a persecutor of the Jews and Christians. The Muslim
the return of Israel, The first coming of the Messiah (AlMaseeh) Kaliph AlMamun (813832), He and the rest of the Muslim rulers
including the exact date of his coming, the great nations of the new how much from all that they desired could be learned from the
world and their destruction, and the establishment of God's Jews in their midst. Jewish physicians, teachers, and merchants
Kingdom under the rulership of the Messiah (AlMaseeh). became quite the fashion. Fleets of trading vessels commanded by
Jewish captains were sailing in the Mediterranean. In the beginning
After the captivity in Babylon (Babel), the Jews were released by of the Ninth century the Jews called the Gaonim contributed many
Cyrus (Darius), as prophesied by Isaiah and Jeremiah, and once scholars and schools, the Bible was translated for the first time into
again they rebuilt Jerusalem and the Temple in 516 B.C. Arabic by a Jew, Saadia ben Joseph (892942).
Coexisting with Persia, Greece, and Rome. The Jews held on while
being invaded several times. Rome in the time of Christ had heavy Rabbi Menachim ben Saruk, compiled and completed the first
taxes on the Jews in Israel, which always plotted a rebellion, but Bible dictionary. The Gaonim schools flourished until 997 A.D.
with no chance against Rome. Rejecting their Messiah and Hai was the last of the Gaonim when the Kaliph got jealous of the
depending on their own power, plotted a rebellion in 66 A.D. wealth of the Gaonim, he made up some false charges and
imprisoned Hai and his father, and confiscated their wealth. Hai
This was a devastating war for the Jews, they suffered more than a escaped, and a little later, the last attempt was made to reconstruct
million casualties in five months alone. The Messiah (AlMaseeh) the Gaonim schools failed by a Hezekiah. The last Gaonim was
predicted the destruction of the temple, which was fulfilled to the executed (1036) by the order of the Kaliph. All Jewish schools
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were closed, and the scholars were scattered. Palestine and the The Bible has been the most accurate source for Middle Eastern
whole of the Byzantine Empire became almost deserted by Jews. History, Archaeology, and the study of the future developments of
In Spain, the Kaliphs had great interest in their scholarly Jews, in the world. It is the compass to know the future, and has been 100%
the reign of Kaliph Abderahman III, had a Jewish minister, Hasdai accurate. It is not included in the educational curriculum in the
ben Issac, whom he greatly valued; the whole Jewish nation was east, and is taken out of the schools in the west. I challenge my
historically judged by single specimens, which in this case reader to test it, and I plead to you for your eternal destiny.
influenced the Kaliph in his general policy towards the Jews.
Hanoch ben Moses, another Jew who had great powers and
privileges had the title of Nagid, or prince, of the Jewish
community in Spain. Just like Daniel in Babylon and Joseph in Israel a Prophecy in the Quran
Egypt, God appoints a Jew for the purpose of preserving His
chosen people. The Quran speaking on the restoration of Israel; "And after him
(Moses), we said to the children of Israel, dwell Ye in the promised
Another Jew, Samuel haLevi ibinNagrela, or Samuel HaNagid, land, and when the time of the promise of the latter days comes, we
as he was called, was a firstrate theologian, a poet and the minister shall bring you out of various peoples". Some Muslim scholars like
for the Kaliph. Later the Jews were accused with false charges of Mustafa Mahmud in his book, The Quran a Modern
converting their neighbors, 1,500 families were persecuted and had Understanding, explains a Quranic verse concerning Israel; "And
to leave Granada (1066) to other cities. We gave (clear) warning to the children of Israel in the Book, that
twice would they do mischief on the land and be elated with mighty
In Almohade Dynasty (AlMahdeyeen), who were fanatic warriors. arrogance (And twice would they be punished)!" (AlIsra[17]:4).
AbdelMumen, gave two choices to both Jews and Christians,
Islam or Exile. Many Jews and Christian secretly preferred to Exile According to Mr. Mahmud, this verse as a prophecy in the Quran,
than convert. he comments; "And here we see today the Jews reaching might and
power and doing iniquity in the land for the second time" What
Many other notable Jewish men contributed to the Islamic world. Mr. Mahmud ignored is a very important historical and Biblic.al
Solomon Ibn Gabirol (10211070) in poetry and philosophy, fact that Israel had two well known historical events were they did
Maimonaides (11351204) and many others. iniquity, both events are well recorded in history, and both events
God made them pay for by allowing the destruction of Israel.
Many of my Christian friends advised not to mention Israel in this
writing, but I must warn my beloved people, whom I always pray The first; The Babylonian destruction (Nebuchadnezzar 586 B.C.),
for. It is beyond me to sit down and watch my people perish for the the Israelites were carried into captivity. This punishment was
lack of knowledge. The Biblical knowledge is God's, and I must given as they rebelled against God and disobeyed his
share it as He commanded, trusting God to soften the hearts and commandments. This was the first destruction of the Temple in
minds of men. Jerusalem.
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The second; The Roman destruction (Titus A.D. 70), they The Egyptians tried to finish them by enslaving them and killing
disobeyed again, and the Temple was destroyed. The Jews were their male newborn babies, then the Assyrians, then by
dispersed throughout the world (The Diaspora). This was the Nebuchadnezzar in 588 B.C.
second destruction to the Temple in Jerusalem. Twice disobeyed,
and twice destroyed. This is clearly not a prophecy but repeating In 170 B.C. Antiochus Epiphanes sought their destruction and also
what the Bible and history already told us. The Muslim scholar failed.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali interprets the Quran for these verses correctly
agreeing with the facts documented in history, and in total Titus destroyed the Temple in 70 A.D. and killed over one million
agreement with the truth, (see page 674, The Meaning of The Holy Jew and carried 97,000 into captivity to Rome.
Quran).
Christ made the startling prophecy; "Verily I say unto you, there
shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be
thrown down." (Matthew 24:2). Which to the amazement of His
followers was literally fulfilled.
Is God Through With the Jew?
The Jewish blood flowed down the temple steps like water.
Islam teaches a form of replacement theology unlike the West has Thousands upon thousands of Jews perished and the studded
ever known. Some believe that the Church is the Israel the Bible crosses on the mountains of Jerusalem were as far as the eye can
was speaking about. The replacement of all the promises that God see. For several centuries they were labeled as "Christ killers",
gave to Israel is now forwarded to the Church. burned on the stake and enslaved by the order of dictators and
tyrants.
To the replacement theology followers, there was no need for
Israel anymore. No one can honestly deny the frightening holocaust that took place
under Hitler. The world has always tried, even King Ferdinand and
This idea however was shattered by the establishment of Israel Queen Isabella who became idolized in history by equipping
exactly as the Bible foretold. Muslim fanatics however teach that Columbus for his journey, they also made 500,000 Jews homeless.
Israel needs to be annihilated. The Jew in the Bible is
indestructible. This unassimilated people have gone through long, The Soviet Union let several pogroms of torment and humiliation
intense and awful suffering. Palestine, the land of God which has to the Jews. The challenge is to find a single nation or people in
been given to the Jew has been fought over like no other on earth. history that has suffered a fraction of what the Jews went through.
Ever since the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, that place has The ironic thing is that all was done in the name of God and
told many tales of horror and bloodshed. The Jew has been an justice. No where in the Bible this hate to the Jew was justified.
object of extermination in one country after the another, and many Yet from the small remnants put forth as the result of all the
times they have been on the verge of annihilation. Several attempts attempts to exterminate the Jews, the Jewish population today grew
in history has ended with absolute failure, as God has promised to to several millions, fulfilling God's promise in the Bible; "Hath
preserve them. An unconditional agreement between God and God cast away His people? God forbid. God hath not cast away
Abraham. His people whom He foreknew." (Romans 11:12). And this should
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settle the question forever. To ensure this God declared in the No one in the world today can ignore amazing Israel, although
Bible; "Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for a light by day, many promises were made in the Old Testament to her restoration,
and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by as God said:
night, who divideth the sea when its waves roar; The Lord of hosts
is His name: If those ordinances depart from before Me, saith the "I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places
Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the
before Me forever. Thus saith the Lord, If heaven above can be place from which I cause you to be carried away captive."
measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I (Jeremiah 29:14). If one is asked a Christian in 1943, how could
will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, these prophecies be true when the Jews were dying by the masses
saith the Lord.". in the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Treblinka? One
would only have to wait a few more years to be stunned by God's
Many civilizations throughout history rose, prospered and died. shocking surprise when he made good His promises.
Babylon, Greece, Rome and others. However, the nation of Israel
persisted to live against all odds. While the Arabic nations occupy No serious person should question God's eternal and unchangeable
land five hundred times larger than Israel, yet they persisted on Bible, the very living and speaking God who never ceased to talk
destroying her. The tiny Jewish nation survived against all odds. to the whole world. He is the same God who parted the Red Sea,
Why? destroyed the walls of Jericho, and gathered his scattered Jews
from all over the globe.
Men throughout the ages, have criticized the Bible with it's
multiple prophecies about the restoration of Israel, how could the It is a mockery to God when man by his foolish pride dictate how
poor Jew make a state and be regathered? Yet man can finally God His maker should operate the world, it is He who chooses the
conclude that the Bible can be proven beyond any shadow of a way He wants to be honored through. The following prophecies
doubt to be true Gold, not only by hundreds of ancient prophecies are so simple to understand, that they needed no interpretation for
that came to pass, but by one ancient word created by God from anyone who witnesses the recent historical events on Israel; "Thus
the time of Jacob until our generation, for all who doubt, and that says the Lord: "Against all My evil neighbors who touch the
word was and still is 'Israel'. inheritance which I have caused My people to inherit behold, I
will pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah
Israel's existence today, and the regathering of the Jews from all from among them. "Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out,
parts of the world, is an irrefutable proof, that the holy Bible is the that I will have compassion on them and bring them back everyone
true word of God, as God scattered them throughout the whole to his heritage and everyone to his land." (Jeremiah 12:1415).
world, and regathered them again from ALL nations back to their "Therefore behold, the days are coming says the Lord, that it shall
original land in fulfillment of his promises in the far past, until our no more be said, The Lord lives who brought up the children of
present. Israel is the only nation in the world which ceased to exist Israel from the land of Egypt, but The Lord lives who brought up
and returned to play such an important roll in world history. the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the
lands where He had driven them. For I will bring them back into
their land which I gave to their fathers." (Jeremiah 16:1415).
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The great exodus from Egypt in the time of Moses is small It is indeed a warning to anyone who harms the Jews. Notice how
compared to the regathering of the Jewish people from all over the even the Lord (God) speaks to God as He says; "He sent Me", how
world. The mighty God of Israel is still bringing them from all the could God send God unless God The Father sends God The Son?
lands and from the land of the north (former Soviet Union). This As He continues in verse 10; "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of
reference of the land of the north is also referred to by the prophet Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst, says
Jeremiah; "Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and the Lord." (Zechariah 2:10). This is a literal coming of the Lord
gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind (God in the flesh) to dwell in Jerusalem. This was prophesied by
and the lame, the woman with child together: a great company the prophet Zechariah long before Christ came.
shall return thither." (Jeremiah 31:8). The great outpouring of
Jews from Russia (far north of Israel) to the promised land is one How could the Jews who today do not believe in Christ be accused
of the most exciting events God made for His people. Russia has of corrupting His word? Yet they kept these verses despite their
persecuted the Jews since the time of the Czars until the recent rejection of Christianity. Even the name of the city He promised to
breakup of the Soviet Empire. give them was included in the deal; "I will bring them back, and
they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. They shall be My
Against all odds the miracles fulfilled by God to restore their people and I will be their God, in truth and righteousness."
identity, language, and land is still part of what is about to come. (Zechariah 8:8).
Russia's 40% Muslim population which belongs to the Turkish
Mongol tribes, who are seeking greater autonomy still are Even the language Israel spoke thousands of years ago is today the
appointed for their destiny for destruction with other Islamic main language of Israel after it has been dead all these years. No
nations as prescribed in Ezekiel 38. The accuracy of Bible other nation in history lost it's language then later restored it except
prophecy is a warning to the Muslim nations that God will fulfill the nation of Israel. That is a big statement to make, yet the
the rest of His promises to the enemies of Israel. It is not a joking prophet Zephaniah prophesied exactly of this; "For then will I turn
matter when The Awesome God speaks, but a message to be to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the
delivered for man to heed. Not only God was specific about the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent" (Zephaniah 3:9).
regathering but He named the very name the land shall be called, They eventually will call on God when Christ comes the second
as it was called Palestine for over a thousand years He declared; time.
"Therefore say, `Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from
the peoples, assemble you from the countries where you have been Even the abundance of fruits today in Israel which allowed her to
scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.'" (Ezekiel 11:17). export to Europe 90% of Europe's citrus fruit. God said through
Isaiah the prophet; "He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take
It must be known that God declared the name for that land, anyone root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world
who changes this name or harms His people will end up paying a with fruit" (Isaiah 27:6). Even the desert in Israel is blossoming
heavy price for He said speaking of Israel; "For thus says the Lord due to the increasing rain in the last days, a 10% increase in rain
of hosts: He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; fall is measured every decade, millions of trees were planted, and
for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye." (Zechariah God transformed the whole environment of the land which God
2:8). through Isaiah prophesied of; "Be glad then, ye children of Zion,
and rejoice in the Lord your God: for He hath given you the
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former rain moderately, and He will cause to come down for you On the recent ongoing exodus of the Jews from Russia to
the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month" Israel
(Joel 2:23). To study the Law of probability of these and many
other prophecies would again prove beyond any shadow of a doubt Read Jeremiah 16:1415, Jeremiah 31:8, and Zechariah 2:6.
that God exists and His name is Jehovah the redeemer of Israel as
He declared. To anger God is to ask for the wrath of God, as the
prophet Joel declares; "For behold, in those days and at that time,
when I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem, I will
also gather all nations, and bring them down to the valley of Bible Prophecy on the Defeat of the Arabic
Jehoshaphat; and I will enter into judgment with them there on
account of My people, My heritage Israel, whom they have
Alliances Against Israel
scattered among the nations; they have also divided up My land."
While I was a young boy in Jericho, I still remember The
(Joel 3:12). The Bible tells us of the restoration of Israel and after
American Council came from Jerusalem just as they had
is Judgment day for the world why? information on a war about to erupt. They started to evacuate all
the Americans in the area, since my mother was an American, they
The world pressure against Israel who divided the land to a came to the rescue, but my father refused and had to turn them
Palestinian state and a Jewish state is temporal, it is not without down because he loved his country.
repercussions as it angers God. This is the judgment that Muslims
ignore to understand when Christ comes back again, and do not The Six Day War began. The Jews captured old Jerusalem and the
understand the consequences of. This is a warning from God to the rest of Palestine. This was a great disappointment to Arabs and
nations of the world, yet the world is sleeping to His warnings. Muslims worldwide. I still remember many things during the war;
the thunder of the bombs and chatter of machine guns that went on
In few previous verses; "And I will show wonders in the heavens day and night for six days. Many Arab citizens in Jericho started
and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. he sun shall looting stores and houses as people ran and crossed the Jordan
be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the river from fear of the Israelis. The Israeli soldiers announced
coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord." (Joel 2:31). "Every house with a white flag on it's gate will be spared, and
whoever does not have the white mark will be broken in by force"
This is also similar to the borrowed prophecies of Muhammad (see The war was called the six day war because it was won in six days,
Muhammad's greater prophetic signs), which are but an it was interesting that on the seventh day a Rabbi by the name of
infinitesimal fraction if compared to Bible prophecy, which we are Goren blew the ram's horn on the wailing wall in Jerusalem
covering but a few in this book: Zechariah 8:8, Jeremiah 29:14, declaring the victory. Many Jews claim that this was a parallel to
Jeremiah 30:3, Jeremiah 30:16 & 30:24, Jeremiah 31:810, Joshua when he went around the walls of Jericho six times, then on
Jeremiah 31:3133, Jeremiah 32:3738, Ezekiel 34, Ezekiel 37, the seventh day seven times, and on that day the priests blew the
Ezekiel 39:2527. Isaiah 11:1112, Isaiah 46:13, Isaiah 49:3, and trumpets and everyone shouted with one voice, then the walls
Zephaniah 3:910. came tumbling down, and the Israelites took the city. To my father
in Jericho it seemed that the walls have tumbled down on him,
during the war he was always listening to the Jordanian radio
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station, he used to say that the Arabs are wining the war, but he It is fascinating as it names all the nations that opposed Israel in
was listening to the wrong station, the Israeli station who was the last 50 years. The nations mentioned are: Edom, Moab,
announcing the truth of their soon coming victory, instead my Amalek, Ammon, children of Lot (Jordan), Ishmaelites and
father chose to believe the Arabs who claimed that the Israelis are Hagarites (The Arabs), Gebal (Beirut), The inhabitants of Tyre
promoting propaganda. (People of Lebanon), Philistines (Palestinians and Syrians),
Assyria (Iraq). Notice it said "The inhabitants of Tyre", since God
The Arabs have been loosing the wars against Israel exactly as the already knew that the city of Tyre itself will be destroyed and
Bible prophesied in the examples I have showed. The Quran totally removed (Ezekiel 26). How did David (Daud) know of this
teaches "My people inherits the land", which are Muslims, this was if he wrote the Psalms (AlZabur) from his own mind. Why didn't
also not true in the case here. I lived in Israel during the Six Day the Quran mention these truths?
War, the P.L.O resistance, the Jordanian Black September civil
war, the bloody wars in Lebanon, and the war of Yom Kippur, Also notice the most important verse "Cover their faces with
with more blood spilt among ourselves and with no hope to destroy shame, That they may seek Your name, O Lord." (Psalms 83:16).
Israel, all these losses and we still hoped for that one victory, since This is a declaration to the enemies of Israel, that the God of the
that is all what it takes to destroy them. Bible does not hate the Arabs or the Muslims, but is requesting
them to repent and turn to him, and believe in his salvation, he is
Muslims claim Israel is God's punishment to them for allowing bad like a loving father to his children, that when they go against his
government to rule the Islamic world. That's why we see attempts will he would have to inflict some pain as to redirect them his
to topple governments with majority Muslim population. The way.
Islamic world is on its way to destroy Israel. The best way to prove
this is to quote the Syrian president Hafez Asad "There are still The same God did for the Pharaoh of Egypt, he bid him to let His
one hundred wars to come with Israel. All we need to defeat Israel people go, then started with simple punishments of frogs, hail, and
is One." other stuff, he loved the Egyptians who many of them went along
with Moses.
The God of Israel promised in this second restoration declaring ;
"and they shall not be pulled up", yet the Arab and Muslim world God is like a father to us, he loves us all, we need not to have a
will try again. hangup when Christians pray "Our Father", Muslims always
understood this to mean a physical father, that accusation is not
God in the Bible promised that they will fail. The Psalms of David correct, it is by adoption which is symbolic of his love towards
(AlZabur), in chapter 83. Notice in verse 4 "They have said, man. In verse 18 of Psalms 83 it says, "That men may know that
"Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name You, whose name is the Lordthat you alone are the Most High
of Israel may be remembered no more." Which sounds like a over all the earth."
speech by Jamal AbdelNaser, and every Arabic leader who
declared war on Israel and lost, exactly what the Bible foretold Here the Lord wants to redirect the Arabs and Muslims to himself
thousands of years ago. (the true God), and Him Alone is the true God, that is the God of
Israel, and no one else.
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God's promises never changes, and he fulfills them to the letter. According to these verses this gate is reserved for the coming
Muslims think that the God of the Bible Christians are calling for Messiah. Many attempts have been made to open it. In 1917
is bias towards the Jews, but we cannot avoid the many verses of Muslim leaders in control of Jerusalem tried and failed to break the
punishment declared on Israel in the Bible; After rejecting Christ prophecy and open the gate. Each time, on the exact day the
the great "Diaspora" started and they were scattered into all the workmen were preparing to demolish the ancient stone, the hand of
earth, separated from their homeland, and far from Jerusalem. God God intervened and the city of Jerusalem passed out of Muslim
allowed them to be killed and tormented more than any other control into the hands of the British.
people in the world. No other people in history tasted the agony of
war and pain more than the Jews, they have been in known in In 1967, the same story all over again. Israel took over Jerusalem
history to be the refugees of the world. The world must drop this on the same day. More important, these verses are referring to The
ridiculous notion that the Palestinians only are the ones who suffer, Lord God of Israel who entered by the Eastern Gate. And again he
when the facts are that the Palestinians suffered more from their will enter by it a second time. This prophecy cannot be speaking
brothers than their cousins. about no other but The Messiah (AlMaseeh). It plainly calls Him
the God of Israel. He is declared as "The God". The Bible declares
· On the destruction of the city of Tyre: read Ezekiel 26. that He is God in the Flesh. Who came to the Temple, left and will
· On the destruction and rebuilding of the city of Amman, come back again.
Jordan: read Jeremiah 49:36.
· On the desolation of Petra: Jeremiah 49. (Fulfilled) The Gate he entered by, shall be reserved for him just before the
· On Babylon: read Jeremiah 50. (Fulfilled) second coming. Muslims doubt the Bible by accusing the Jews or
the Pharisees of corrupting the Old Testament. That would be
On the Eastern Gate impossible since the Jews like the Muslims, do not believe God
came or will come in the flesh. The Jews would love to erase
In the book of Ezekiel 44:13; "Then He brought me back to the anything that speaks of Jesus or God being in the flesh, since this is
outer gate which faces toward the east, but it was shut. And the the Christian claim. The Jews always regarded their sacred texts of
Lord said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and the Bible to be Holy. They never changed it, and the existence of
no man shall enter by it, because the Lord God of Israel has these verses just adds to the evidence.
entered by it; therefore it shall be shut. "Now see Ezekiel 43:1
"Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward These verses of the eastern gate prophecy also ties to the Book of
the east. And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the Zechariah chapter 14 verses 3 to 4; "Then the Lord will go forth
way of the east". And in chapter 43: verse 4; "And the glory of the And fight against those, nations, As He fights in the day of battle.
Lord came into the temple by the way of the gate which faces And on that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which
toward the east." This is referring to the beautiful Eastern or faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall split in
Golden Gate, located 1,035 feet north of the Southeast corner of two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the
AlHarm or Temple Mount area. Which Muslim Khaleefeh Abdel mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the
Malek binMarwanl build the Dome of the rock in A.D. 691, the south." Now, when did "The Lord" God have feet? The Mount of
gate had already been sealed. It has been sealed almost a thousand Olives which faces directly the Eastern Gate, which will be opened
years ago. by his coming.
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These biblical prophecies are remarkable and astonishing. How did Gog & Magog (The Judgment of the
these prophets predict all of this to match with a "sealed Eastern
Gate?" Coming Russian Islamic Invasion on
Israel)
On the Rebuilding of the Third Temple
The Quran alluded to Gog and Magog in Surah AlKahf[18];
In Jerusalem (Future), read Amos 9:11, Revelation 11:12. Since "They said: "O Dhu al Qarnayn! The Gog and Magog people do
Christ will enter in the Eastern Gate to go into the temple The great mischief on earth: Shall we then render thee tribute in order
Bible clearly promises that Israel will build the Third Temple. Yet that thou mightest erect a barrier between them?...Bring me blocks
the Muslim Dome of the Rock is on the Temple Mount (AlHaram of iron at length, when he had filled up the space between the two
AlShareef). steep mountainsides, He said, `Blow with your bellows', then when
he had made it red as fire, he said: `Bring me, that I may pour over
Despite all the problems that are going on in the area concerning it, molten lead.' thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig
the holy sites. A Jewish Temple will be built according to God's through it. he said this: `this is a mercy from my Lord: but when
promise. Many question the possibility of the Jewish Temple being the promise of my Lord comes to pass, he will make it into dust;
rebuilt sidebyside with the Muslim Dome of the Rock, since The and the promise of my Lord is true. On that day we shall leave
Tomb of Abraham (Machpela) in Hebron includes worship sites them to surge like waves on one another; the trumpet will be
for both Muslims and Jews. The prophet John (Yohanna) was blown, and we shall collect them together. And we shall present
given a vision of the rebuilt Temple during the Tribulation; "Rise hell that day for unbelievers to see, all spread out.'" (Al
and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship Kahf[18]:94100).
there. But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do
not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will Heated controversies as to precise dates, peoples, and personalities
tread the holy city under foot for fortytwo months" (Revelation seem to be evident when trying to research the Islamic writings
11:12). concerning these passages. Most Muslim scholars and
commentators agree on the difficulty to interpret these verses, as a
Since the Dome of the Rock was built in the area called "The Court great deal of literature have been piled up among Muslim writers.
of the Gentiles", it is possible that the Temple will be side by side The most common interpretation of the person of (Dhu al
with a wall separating the two. When the Messiah will come, (And Qarnayn) has been Alexander the Great, since the name (Dhu al
He will come). He will descend on the Mount of Olives, cross the Qarnayn) in Arabic means "The two horned". Evidence from
Kidron Valley, enter the Eastern Gate, and go into the Temple. historical and archaeological accounts depict Alexander the Great
with ram's horns on his head. Although the name Alexander is not
mentioned here, Muslim interpreters generally agree that these
verses are speaking of him. The problem with accepting Alexander
the Great as the personality in these verses is that Alexander the
Great is known in history as a pagan, he considered himself "The
Son of Jupiter".
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While the Quran addresses him as "The man of Faith" if Alexander fulfillment of this took place at the time of Alexander the Great, he
is the person of this story, verse 88 addresses Alexander saying gets into a debate with the different interpretations on several iron
"but who believes, and works righteousness, he shall have goodly gates, assuming that the "blocks of iron" are gates he says; "The
reward", and in verse 98 Alexander is saying; "This is a mercy Abbasi Khalifa Wathiq (842846 A.C.) sent a mission to Central
from my Lord...and the promise of my Lord is true." The question Asia to report on this Iron Gate...Nothing could correspond more
is, who could Alexander's Lord be? And which God is he exactly with the description in Surah 18:9596)".
addressing when he says "a mercy from my Lord"? If Muslims
choose this interpretation, then Alexander the Great becomes the The trap Mr. Ali sets himself into is that when reviewing verses
channel of inspiration to reveal this prophecy to the people referred 98100 above, one cannot escape the fact that the event will take
to in verse 93. Some interpreters conclude this as a historic event, place on Judgment day, since a trumpet will sound and Hell is
and not a prophecy, concluding that Gog might rise again in the presented. The conclusion that these verses are prophetic are
future, a claim not written in the Quran. While this represents a beyond question. The reason Muslim scholars try to conclude this
dilemma to most Muslim scholars, the general point of view in the as fulfilled is obvious since Alexander the Great died long ago.
Islamic world unanimously accept Alexander the Great as "Dhu al Either "Dho alQarnayn (Double horned) be Alexander, Good
Qarnayn". A definite "double horned" problem found in the major Angel, or the Devil presents a problem, no serious scholar can
commentaries of the Quran. And to avoid Alexander as the figure deny.
of the story will create a problem of identifying "Dhual Qarnayn",
since this name is a historical identification to Alexander the Great. The Bible on the other hand concerning the prophecy of Gog and
Magog, gives the missing elements not mentioned in the Quran.
Another dilemma that faces the Muslims in accepting Alexander as The additional detail is quite astonishing; "And the word of the
"Dhu alQarnayn", is that Omar IbnAlkhattab, the second Khalifa Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Gog,
of Islam, and a close friend of the prophet, in defending the the land of Magog, the chief prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal
Prophet calls Dhu alQarnayn as "an angel". and prophecy against him, and say, This saith the lord God: I am
against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: and I
This dilemma directed Muslim scholars to many other mixed, and will turn thee back and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring
different conclusions, all making a saint out of him, neglecting the thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them
historical fact of Alexander burning a Phoenician city as the people clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company with
rejected him offering sacrifices to his pagan deities. He died an bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: Persia,
alcoholic and a pagan. It is practically agreed among Muslim Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
scholars, that Gog and Magog were wild tribes of Central Asia Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north
known as "Scythians", but the detail of the events of this prophecy quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee...And you
is vaguely known. will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north...a
mighty army." (Ezekiel 38:16). The majority of the scholars on
Numerous assumptions have been made concerning the blocks of Bible prophecy identify Russia with these names before Russia
iron and the mountain sides, a Muslim can read some of these in became a super power.
any commentary on the Quran like Abdullah Yusuf Ali's
commentary. Mr. Ali gets himself in a trap, when he concludes a
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C. I. Scofield in 1909, and before Russia had any significance in Ashkenaz, Gomer Soviet block (Eastern Europe)
world power during the Czars of Russia commented; "That the Togarmah Southern Russia
primary reference is to the northern (European) powers, headed
Many nations with you Other nations allied to Russia
up by Russia, all agree....The reference to Meshech and Tubal
(Moscow and Tobolsk) is a clear mark of identification. Russia and
the northern powers have been the latest persecutors of dispersed We ask: How come there is a difference in clarity in the Biblical
Israel." In Genesis 10 these names are given to sons and prophetic verses concerning Gog and Magog, when compared to
descendants of Noah. Josephus, one of history's great historians the vague and somewhat distorted verses of "Dho al Qarnayn"?
notes that Magog is called the Scythians by the Greeks. Gesenius'
Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon, a major authority on the precise Why is God telling us this information?
meaning of Hebrew and Chaldee words regard Magog as a real
country to the extreme north of the Holy Land. What religion comes to mind, that permits (halal) and encourages
booty (Alghana'em) and plunder (ghazuat), which would be
Professor G. Rawlinson also identifies them with modern Russia. permissible (halal)?
Secular history also trace the Scythians, who lived in the northern
regions above the Caucasus Mountains, as forerunners of modern What is the religion of Russia's allies referred to in these passages,
Russia. The Bible confirms this conclusion by giving the location which has the names Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya?
three times calling it "the uttermost north" (Ezekiel 38:6, 15, 39:2
KJV). Drawing a straight line north of Jerusalem on the map How could the Bible know that these nations will be Russia's best
almost hits Moscow. allies if Russia desired to attack Israel? How did the Bible predict
by name "Libya", since Libya at the time of the prophecy was an
The Hebrew lexicon of Brown, Driver, and Briggs indicates that
insignificant place?
Rosh here is the proper name of a people, and a country "Russia"
"Russians". Arabic writers confirm that the great wall of China is
Today Russia maintains a major buildup of Libya's fourteen air
called the wall of Magog (Hait AlMa'ajooj), to protect China from
bases with more than five hundred and fifty Russian combat
the invading Russians. Certain Muslims might disagree that Magog
aircraft. Russia also has propositioned a staggering sixteen
refers to Russia, but China. This disagrees with many Arabic
thousand tanks and armored cars in Libya. The tank force Libya
historians. The following will give the nations ancient names and
has is greater than the tank forces of France, Britain, and Germany
the modern nation that now occupies that territory.
combined, Why? It is interesting that Ezekiel referenced these
nations which are the most antagonistic nations to Israel.
The Ancient Nations The Modern Nations
Gog and Magog Russia The most important thing I would like to warn my Muslim friends
Meshech and Tubal Moscow and Tobolsk is that the allied nations to Russia in this prophecy are Muslim
Persia Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan nations seeking the Islamic form of Government. Islamic
Ethiopia Ethiopia and Sudan fundamentalism is the greatest enemy to the Jews. The evidence on
this issue is overwhelming. What I fear the most is that the Bible
Libya Libya
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concludes the destruction of these nations, God in the Bible warns; verses 12 of the same chapter; "to take plunder and to take booty,
"I am against you", and he includes these nations. to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are
inhabited, and against a people gathered from the nations, who
An interesting article in the Insight magazine reports; have acquired livestock andgoods, who dwell in the midst of the
"Fundamentalist Islam, looking to Iran for inspiration and land." And we ask: How did a corrupted Bible know that Israel
support, is spreading across the Middle East and North will be regathered from the nations of the world?
Africa...Shimon Peres recently stated: "Since the collapse of
communism in the Soviet Union, we consider Khomeinism the The conclusion of the battle is described clearly in the Bible. The
greatest danger the Middle East is facing...It has many of the Bible in the Book of Ezekiel concludes the destruction of the
characters of communism. It is fanatic, it is ideological, it is enemies of Israel; "Surely in that day there will be a great
religious and claims, like communism, that the end justifies the earthquake in the land of Israel" (Ezekiel 38:19). "Every man's
means. Most of all, it has the same inclination to export its ideas. It sword will be against his brother." (Ezekiel 38:21b). "And I will
does not respect national borders. The Iranian example already bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed..." (Ezekiel
has spread to Sudan ...Algeria...Tunisia...Palestine. The overall 39:22a). "You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all
aim of these efforts apparently is to create an Islamic belt your troops..." (Ezekiel 39:4a) "And I will send fire on Magog and
stretching from Iran through the Middle East to North Africa. on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they shall
Ironically, many Arabs attribute their defeats in wars with Israel to know that I am the Lord". (Ezekiel 39:6). "So I will make My holy
religion: While Israel was built upon religion." (Insight magazine, name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let
9, 6, 1993). them profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall
know that I am the Lord the Holy One in Israel." (Ezekiel 39:7).
In addition to the nations the Ezekiel mentions are the coastlands.
Could this be referring to Algeria, Tunisia, AlMaghrib, and other In the 1993 peace accord the West Bank (Mountains of Israel)
cities on the cost of the Mediterranean? I repeat, many of my have been given to Yasser Arafat, making it possible for such an
friends advised not to mention these prophecies concerning Israel, army to set bases in the West Bank which is the Mountains of
but I must warn my people, whom I always pray for. It is beyond Israel. Also notice that Israel would not profane God's name
me to sit down and watch my people perish for lack of knowledge. anymore. It is no wonder that the majority of Israel today has no
The Biblical knowledge is God's, and I must share it as he concern to their God. And we ask: Could it be that Islam is not
commanded, trusting God to soften the hearts and minds of men. from God? If Islam is not from God, who is it from? If Islam is
from God, why their destruction here? In Ezekiel 39:2324, the
The Bible has been the most accurate source for Middle Eastern God of the Bible sums up the story of Israel; "The Gentiles shall
History, Archaeology, and the study of the future developments of know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity;
Israel and the world. It is the compass to know the future, and has because they were unfaithful to Me, therefore I hid My face from
been 100% accurate. I challenge my reader to test it, and I plead to them. I gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they all fell
you for your eternal destiny. The Islamic understanding to Gog and by the sword. According to their uncleanness and according to
Magog has been misinterpreted, I have explained the evidence on their transgressions I have dealt with them, and hidden My face
their main arguments. the following evidence should be ample to from them."
prove to Muslims the fact I am saying here. Take for example in
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Now, can it be more clear? there need to be little or no slaughter. This prophecy in fact is documented in Mohammed's
interpretation for these verses, they speak for themselves. Israel Traditions (AlHadith) which states the following: "The day of
was unfaithful to God, for that they have been paying for 2000 judgment shall not come to pass until a tribe of Muslims defeat a
years, they got what they deserved. Israel was their land which tribe of Jews." When Mohammed was asked of the place this will
God made a covenant with, and a deal is a deal, especially with take place he said: "In Jerusalem and the surrounding nations."
God. It does not get annulled no matter how long ago it was made.
They came back, and God is going to redeem and clean their During my youth like my father I was always tuned to Islam and
hearts. This has to be the truth, or why would a people accused of what our Muslim teachers taught. Believing in Muhammad's
corrupting the Bible leave verses saying that Israel was unfaithful, prophecy I offered my life to "Jihad" or "Holy War" as the only
transgressors, unclean, ...They kept their Bible uncorrupted and means to obtain either victory or martyrdom; In Islam martyrdom
included all the embarrassments. is the only way you can ensure salvation and entry to heaven
especially since Allah and his prophet Muhammad promised it, as
On the Coming Destruction of Iraq the Quran states it; "Do not think of whom are killed for the cause
of Allah (in a Holy War), to be dead but living with their lord
Read Isaiah 13:19, Isaiah 13:1922, Jeremiah 50 & 51, and John receiving his blessing".
19:3.
It was always difficult for me to wait all this time to find out at the
Books can be written in detail on each of these prophecies. end if this prophecy was true. I started reading the Bible and began
to wonder why Zechariah prophesied, "For I will gather all the
The chances of some of the fulfilled prophecies to happen by nations to battle against Jerusalem, the city shall be rifled, and the
simple guess is 1 n so many trillions that you can never count, or women ravished." (Zechariah 14:2).
explain and even the law of probability could not handle, which
thousands of Galaxies cannot even hold. I do NOT suggest you In Islam, I was taught that the second coming of the Messiah was
even entertain the thought of counting such a number, using your in Islamic prophecy, he was portrayed as the one to break the cross
computer, or even imagining it. and kill a pig, another setup for Muslims to follow the false
messiah, the Mehdi, the second coming an "Antiochus
Epiphanine.". Contrary to Muhammad's prophecy, The Bible
prepares its readers that the outcome of the siege in the time of
Jacob's trouble will not be the total annihilation of the Jews, but
Islamic Prophecy of Jerusalem that Christ himself will descend on the Mount of Olives for
judgment as he fights the enemies of Israel. Unfortunately, it will
As I grew up in Israel, I attended government school where I grew be too late for repentance and redemption for nonbelievers. Islam
in the faith of Islam. From the early stages of my life I was fed the as we mentioned is determined on conquering the world.
idea that one day a fulfillment of an ancient prophecy by the
Muslim prophet Muhammad will come to pass, this prophecy Similarly, Shintoizm drove the Japanese for the expansion and
foretold a battle in which the Holy Land would be recaptured and world domination, the Japanese had no separation of Church and
the elimination of the Jews would take place in a massive state, conquest was the holy mission of Japan. What tragedy was
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sown when they were defeated in 1945, under the twin blows of (2) A war with the Greeks, and the capture of Constantinople by
the atomic annihilation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The God of seventythousand Jews; during the victory the Antichrist will arise.
Japan whom they believed will never fail them was shattered. Then (3) The Antichrist (AlMasih al Dajjal), with one eye, and the
and only then, they realized that they were betrayed. letters (CFR) or infidel on his forehead, he will appear near Iraq
and Syria riding a colt, and followed by 70,000 Jews and will be
In Islam, hatred towards Jews is not an old outmoded idea from the killed by Jesus.
far past, millions of Muslims today have the idea that one day they (4) A war with Jews involving Muslims and barbarians (Yajuj and
will do the same to all Jews in the Holy Land as Muhammad did to Majuj), Gog and Magog.
the Jews in Saudi Arabia. The only difference is that they have not (5) Jesus descending on Damascus to kill the Antichrist .
gained enough strength to over power Israel. According to the (6) The Arabs returning to pagan worship.
Bible, they too will suffer like the Japanese, and the saddest part, it (7) Gold discovered under the Euphrates river.
will be too late! Let's not forget the attempt to annihilate Israel has (8) The Kaaba destroyed by the Ethiopian army.
been failing has the Arab, nations has already failed in 1948, 1956 (9) Fire in Yemen.
and 1967. (10) The Mahdi's coming (descendent from the prophet
Muhammad).
God was and still is speaking to the Muslims: "Let them be (11) The final trumpets and the end.
ashamed and dismayed forever; and let them be humiliated and
perish, That they may know that Thou alone, whose name is the These unusual prophecies are mixed with borrowed Biblical
Lord, Art the Most High over all the earth." (Psalm 83:1718). The prophecies. Yet one wonders, where are his fulfilled prophecies?
God of the Bible is a jealous God, and want's to direct you to Him. This question has not been answered, so how do we know that
Muhammad is correct? Do we wait till the end? For example; take
The prophet of Islam made some additional prophecies, here they his end time prophecy "When the Muslims defeat the Jews in
are: Jerusalem." Does the Muslim wait till the end to find out if the
Muslims will win the war against the Jews, or will it be as the
The Lesser Prophetic Signs Bible said, which is the opposite than what Muhammad said?
(1) The decay of faith and the rise of sensuality. God does not leave all the evidence to be discovered, he reveals
(2) Tumults and sedition everywhere. the great portion of it so we can be 100% sure. We did not have
(3) A great war with the Turks and great distress throughout the Yemen burning, or Kaaba destroyed, or gold found under the
world. Euphrates, or Arabs returning to pagan worship, on the contrary,
(4) The rebellion of Iraq and Syria. Arabs are returning to Islam, just look in the newspaper and see.
(5) The expansion of the scared city of Medina. Nor did we have a major war between Turks and Jews. Other
verses in prophecy The Quran declared: "Muhammad is a prophet
The Greater Prophetic Signs only; there have been prophets before him. If he dies or is slain,
will ye turn back?" It is interesting as we mentioned before, how
(1) Heavenly signs; sun rising from the west, moon eclipse, and come Allah could not predict the method of death of the prophet,
smoke filling the earth.
to die naturally, or is slain?
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I understand Islam, as well as Christianity, since my father was a to turn them down because he loved his country. The Six Day War
Muslim and my mother was a Christian, they always had heated began The Jews captured old Jerusalem and the rest of Palestine.
debates, my father on one side and my mother on the other. They This was a great disappointment to Arabs and Muslims worldwide.
met over forty years ago in America, fell in love, and decided to I still remember many things during the war; the thunder of the
get married and of course conceived me without my permission. bombs and chatter of machine guns that went on day and night for
On the ninth month sleeping in the comfort of my mothers womb, six days. Many Arab citizens in Jericho started looting stores and
my parents decided to move to the Holy Land. On the first few houses as people ran and crossed the Jordan river from fear of the
days they arrived in Bethlehem, I decided to be born, on the upper Israelis. To my father in Jericho it seemed that the walls have
room of my grandfather's house, which had chicken, lambs, goats, tumbled down on him, during the war he was always listening to
and a donkey. The family and relatives gathered around and my the Jordanian radio station, he used to say that the Arabs are
father since he was celebrating one of the holiest days to Islam, the wining the war, but he was listening to the wrong station, the
birthday of the Muslim prophet Muhammad (AlMauled Al Israeli station who was announcing the truth of their soon coming
Nabawi). victory, instead my father chose to believe the Arabs who claimed
that the Israelis are promoting propaganda.
This was an honor to my father, for that he named me (Walid)
which relates to the Arabic word (Mawled) in English (The Birth), As I grew in my father's faith, and since I was brought up to hate
as to always remember the birthday of the Muslim prophet. My Jews, I was always fascinated with Islamic history, as I learned
father was a Palestinian Muslim who taught English and Islamic that the Muslim prophet Mohammed, defeated the Romans and
studies in the Holy Land, and my mother was an American who extradited the Jewish tribes from Saudi Arabia and ordered the be
married my father during his studies in the United States in the heading of thousands of Jewish men. The women were taken as
year of 1956. concubines. As the Jews of Bani Kuraitha, Bani AlNatheer, and
Bani Qaynaqa'a were accused of collaborating to kill the prophet.
As my father changed jobs we moved to Saudi Arabia for a few Later I learned that this fulfilled a biblical promise, that the "Jew"
years, then back to the Holy Land this time to the lowest place on will always be unwelcomed wherever he goes. I used to believe as
Earth, Jericho. As I grew up in Jericho I learned my first song in Islam taught, only a Khalifah (Islamic ruler) should rule the world,
school just before the six day war titled "Arabs are beloved and since Islam is not a religion for one's personal and moral life only,
Jews are Dogs." In Arabic: "AlArab Ahbabna, Walyahood but a system of law and government to the whole world, if not
Klabna." I used to wonder at that time who the Jews were, but achieved through peaceful means would have to wage war against
repeated with the rest of the kids the words without any knowledge all whom do not submit to Islam, in fact Islam means "submission
of the meaning. It was no problem for the teachers to help us say to Allah', by the Word or by the Sword, and with one billion
the words, to them, it was the right thing to say. Muslims living today I believed that it could happen. When I
graduated from Hi school I left Israel to go to the United States
While I was a young boy in Jericho, I still remember The seeking a higher education, and of course I got involved with many
American Council who came from Jerusalem just as they had antiIsraeli social and political events. I still remember our favorite
information on a major war about to erupt. They started to sick joke we used to like to tell among our antiIsrael friends, that
evacuate all the Americans in the area, since my mother was an we hated Hitler very much because he never got the job done, that
American, they came to the rescue, but my father refused and had is; he never finished the Jewish problem "once and for all".
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I always hesitated to write these harsh things, and I realize that Although one could go on with many similar questions; it is
they are harsh, but I cannot wipe away the past which already evident that we always had wars and atrocities; Muslim Turks
happened, and the truth, that millions think the same way living in killed 1.5 million Christian Armenians, the Germans killed 6
the Middle East. War is bitter, and the life of hatred, always million Jews, and the prophet of Islam Muhammad killed 6,000
blocked the way to love. Revenge and bloodshed were the way of Jews in AlMadina. In many instances in history we even find
life, and that's just how it was. Without true knowledge I saw Muslims killing Muslims, and even today, the atrocities of Saddam
Hitler as my idol, The Quran in one hand and looking up to Hussein killing the Kurds are evident that sin has been the nature
Muhammad, I went on with my life with little regard for Jews, of Man from the beginning of the fall of Adam, when Cain
Christians, or anyone who was not a Muslim. Americans to me (Kaeen), killed Abel (Habeel). Another good way to reply to these
were a pathetic people, selfish, ignorant, naive, and an enemy of problems is to search the source, and motives of each group, and
Islam. I believed that one day the whole World will submit to since the topic is on comparing the Quran with the Bible, two
Islam, and that the whole world owes the Palestinians for their loss important suggestions must be made:
in all the battles with Israel, I also was raised to believe that Jews
were prophetkillers and that they corrupted the Scriptures to serve If Christianity promotes killing innocent people then Christianity
their evil desires. This is what we learned, we also learned that must be questioned. If Islam promotes killing innocent people then
Muhammad is our only redeemer and God's favored prophet. Islam must be questioned.
I cannot find any other option. Are there any? Again I emphasize
on what Islam's Quran teaches, as Muslim governments are to be at
war and carry arms against the world if the world rejects Islam.
Islam and War This is evident the moment one starts looking into the Quran. and
is the main reason why Palestinian teenagers wrap themselves with
In the Islamic world, Islam as the prophet Muhammad spells out, explosives and blow up a Jewish bus, it is the main reason why
the relationships of Muslims towards nonMuslims; "they are in Sheikh Omar AbdullRahman orders the bombing of American
the house of Islam, or the house of war", in Arabic (Dar AlIslam) buildings in New York. The issue is not political only, but a
or (Dar AlHarb). Today in the west Muslims are free to spread commandment from Allah. Some Muslims might object to the
Islam, with the exception of Jihad (Holy War), by the sword. bombing of the World Trade Center building in New York, but no
Christians on the other hand are not allowed to send missionaries Muslim fundamentalist denies that Jihad (Holy War) is not a
or build churches in Islamic countries. It is a well known fact to commandment by Allah. It is part of the Islamic pride that is
Muslims as what happens to Muslim converts in Islamic countries. evident in the world today.
All the facts on the violent acts can be obtained from newspapers,
libraries, UN publications, which no logical mind can deny. The pen is part of the master plan of converting the world then the
Almost two million Christians and Animists have been killed by sword. To some westerners a suggestion that such a plan is in the
Muslims in the last five years alone. Muslims usually reply by a making would be unlikely, but if you search for the words Muslim
asking; "why do the Serbs (Catholics) kill and rape Bosnia's and Jihad in today's world, you will soon find that it is not a new
Muslims in the name of God and justice?" word anymore, it is added daily to our newspapers, journals and
English dictionaries.
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Let's take for example the last five years of the country of Sudan. The most ironic thing is that the destruction that went on in
The Muslim terror has become fiercest since the coming power of Afghanistan was caused by the Afghans themselves after defeating
dictator General Hassan ElBashi. The Muslims attacked Christian the Russians. I watched a video of the Afghan capital Kabul with a
villages. The young between the ages of 13 and 20 were shot Muslim friend from Afghanistan. Every building in site was
without judgment. UN reports say that others were burned alive in demolished, and the city was completely devastated. My friend
their huts. Many churches were closed or destroyed. Sudan is was saddened as he watched the total destruction of his city. Every
forcibly Islamized. Males get circumcised. Leaders of animist man's sword was upon his brother, and every faction claimed to be
tribes were invited by the authorities to a "conference", and then Muslim.
they were shot. Crucifixion and stoning of Christians and torture
with redhot iron bars is a horrifying reality. And we ask these
several questions: What is the real fear Muslims have from
Christian missionaries if Muslims are confident that Islam and the
Quran shall stand on their own? The Diet Problem
If Muslims believe that any logical mind can find the absolute truth One of the booklets I used to promote to substantiate the Muslim
the moment one reads the Quran. Then why should Muslims be claim, was a booklet titled Pig, Possible Reasons for its
"protected" from the Bible? Can the mass murder in Sudan Africa Prohibition, by Ahmad H. Sakr. In the booklet, the author tries to
be considered peace and justice? Why are Muslims throughout the prove his point by a well known proverb; "You are what you eat."
And since our behavior is dictated by what we eat, it is dangerous
whole world so determined on destroying Christianity? Why are
to eat pork, because we will act like, you know...pigs. The author
Muslims throughout the whole world so determined on destroying
with this theory, explains; "Therefore, eating the flesh of the hog
the Jewish people in Israel? Why are Muslims not fighting may affect the personality character of the individual by increasing
countries like Russia, China and Japan which the majority are immorality, including homosexuality, lesbianism, adultery and
atheist? While Muslims are looking forward to destroy Israel, lets prostitution. The free mixing of the sexes that one sees in non
look at some of these recent wars, take for instance the Russian Muslim societies is really a dreadful thing to observe. There is no
Afghan war, at one time 80,000 Muslims were killed by the concept of ethics or morality among many people but their concept
Russians within 48 hours alone, and we ask: Why is there no is sex enjoyment, and free sex interchange. Premarital
condemnation by the Arab and Muslim world for all the Muslim relationships and the increased rate of illegitimate pregnancies are
blood spilt by the hands of the atheist Russians? Why is the hatred predominant features in the western societies. The streakers and
towards Jews in Israel while Muslims in Afghanistan have been the degree of publicity they received, as well as the nude societies
butchered by the masses from the Russians? Is it possible that the that have been established, are among the symptoms of the sick
USSR is the best friend to most Islamic and Arab nations. Since societies that have been polluted by the wrong food that they were
the USSR is the main weapon supplier for many of the Muslim and eating. The degree of rape and the general obsession with sex in
Arab governments. Why is it that every army of these nations carry western societies, are beyond control. The rate of incidence of
Russian made AK47 rifles. Is it possible that the Muslims do not looting, killing, stabbing, shooting, sniping, strangling, robbing,
want to bite the hand that feeds them? Did Israel kill 80,000 stockpiling of arms, and the like are among the many other evils of
Muslims within 48 hours? the modern societies that cannot be tolerated any more."
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And we ask: All this is the result of eating pork? This kind of While many Muslims disagree to some of the fundamentalist
material is being distributed in the west and believed in by most behavior, one cannot avoid the evident commandments by Allah to
Muslims. The poor hog has been taking additional charges that he kill people for simply rejecting the faith of Islam, how about
does not deserve. While it is easier to these unusual conclusions by people who convert from Islam?
Muslim scholars like Mr. Sakr on the reason for bad blame the hog
for our behavior we suggest a second test is necessary, since in It is what Islamic Fundamentalism teach and believe, is what
China one of the main diets is pork, yet for hundreds of years dictates to a Muslim fundamentalists how to live and not pork.
China is considered to be one of the most moral societies in our
world, The author goes on to say that the reason Muslims are hated
in India is the cause of a nonMuslim diet.
According to Mr. Sakr, violence and hatred towards Muslims in The Verse of the Sword
India is attributed to a nonbeef diet. According the 1991 Guinness
book of world records, the lowest murder rate in the world is in the In fact, much of the incitement to violence and war in the whole of
state of Kashmir, India. There are many outlandish so called the Quran is directed against the Jews and Christians who rejected
scientific publications on diet coming out daily. The reason for Islam.
such publications are always to promote products and ideas.
Another main reason to reject the diet idea for the cause of In plain terms the Quran says: "Ye true believers, never regard the
violence is that diet in a Muslim country like Afghanistan can Jews and Christians as your friends...and if any of you befriends
hardy be the cause of stockpiling weapons, shooting and blowing them, surely, he is part of them. And Allah will not guide such
each other to smithereens. It is also evident that Muslim wicked people." (Surahs AlMaa'idah[5]:51 and Al
fundamentalists are aggressive towards Jews when the Jewish and Baqarah[2]:120).
Muslim diets are the same.
In Surah AlTawbah (repentance), the most famous verse on Jihad
It has been evident through the ages that what you believe dictates is called The verse of the Sword. This verse has been known to
how you act, and not eating pork. In India one is left to die because abrogate (cancel) over one hundred other verses in the Quran. It
its their "Karma" and not the diet which has no meat at all. In made null and void of most of the Quranic verses calling for
India, the Hindu's belief in reincarnation forces the people to allow tolerance, forgiveness and peace towards none believers. The Law
rats to eat over 1/4 of their crops, since they view that killing a rat of Abrogation, (AlNasekh WalMansookh), has been given by
is the same as killing someone's uncle. It is evident that sin has Allah in the Quran since some verses came for a specific time and
been the nature of Man from the beginning of the fall. While era.
certain religions especially Islam, attribute sinful behaviors to
godliness, in which we shall cover later. The world today cannot So it was many times, certain verses from the Quran were
avoid the violent nature of growing fundamentalism. In Egypt, the abrogated (Mansookh) by newer ones (Nasekh). The verse of the
killing of tourists are the result of growing fundamentalism. Killing Sword says the following; "When the sacred months are passed,
Christians and westerners all of the sudden is a commandment kill those who join other gods with Allah wherever Ye shall find
from Allah. them, besiege them, and lay wait for them with every kind of
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ambush." (AlTawbah[9]:5). "Make war upon such of those whom be awakened, they cannot ignore what is really taught in the East,
the Scriptures have been given as they believe not in Allah, or the that is; to Islamize the West, the banners one sees in all Islamic
last day, and forbid not that which Allah and His Apostle have rallies and demonstrations proves the point, "Islam to the World."
forbidden..." (AlTawbah[9]:29). And we question; since
Christians do not prohibit pork, according to this verse, do you
think we could have good reasons to promote violence and
bloodshed?
Nazism or Nausea?
When Sheikh Omar Abdullrahman, a blind man who was accused
to be the leader of the bombing of The World Trade Center in New It is nauseating to watch footage on the Holocaust, in some, we see
York, was questioned by one of his followers concerning a fatwa the Nazi laws and policies imposed on Jews in Germany. A
(Religious decree) just before the assassination of president Anwar comparative study between the laws of Islam and Germany in the
Saddat in Egypt. The Muslim follower asked concerning the peace time of the Holocaust should be interesting. According to Islamic
treaty Sadat had with Israel, he responded to the man; "He (Mr. law set forth by the Quran and the Kaliphas (Rulers after
Sadat) shakes hands with monkeys (Jews in Surah 2:66 Sabbath Muhammad) for Ahluldhimma (the Jews and Christians) are
breakers) and pigs (Christians, pork eaters)". The decree was almost identical to the policies in Germany's holocaust era:
passed to kill the president of the largest Arabic country in the
world for making peace with Israel. Nazism: Jews need to wear an identifiable mark on their clothing
to identify them as Jews. The star of David for an identification
In his book, How to Perfect the Science of the Quran (AlItqan), with the word (Jude) on the chest. A yellow banner is to be fixed
writes Mr. AlSyoti, in volume 2 page 37; "The Verse of the Sword around the shoulder or arm, as to be recognized as a Jew. They
has abrogated (annulled) one hundred and twenty four Quranic must live in the Jewish Ghettos.
verses and all what came in the Quran on matters of forgiving and
ignoring, unbelievers have been replaced (Mansookha), by the Islam: Dhimmis (Jews & Christians) must wear identifiable
verse of the sword." clothing and live in a clearly marked house. A yellow banner is to
be fixed around the shoulder or arm, as to be recognized as a Jew.
This is also conferred by the highest of the interpreters of the
Quran, for further evidence refer to the following; Kitab Al Nazism: Jews are not admitted to serve in the army or navy. They
Nasekh WalMansookh, by AlNeesaburi. AlHafeth Ibnu Katheer are not allowed to bear arms.
Ibin Abas. AlTasheel Lulum AlTanzeel. AlHusain Ibn Fadl.
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Hazm. AlMuhaqiq Abu AlQasim Islam: He must not ride a horse or bear arms. He must yield the
Hibatullah Ibn Salameh. AlSudy WaAlDahak. rightofway to Muslims.
Muhammad Abdulsalam Faraj. Nazism: Jews cannot hold public offices, whether national state, or
municipal. salaried or honorary, are closed to Jews. Jews cannot be
The evidence on the abrogation of verses which calls for tolerance Judges in criminal and disciplinary cases. Jews cannot serve on
and patience cannot be refuted. People in the West today need to juries.
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Islam: Dhimmis (Jews & Christians) cannot be a witness in a legal You might say; This sounds harsh, how dare you! But I tell you; Its
court except in matters relating to other "dhimmis" (Jews & one of the tests for true prophets that Jesus himself put as a rule.
Christians) or be a judge in a Muslim court. Would you think that God does not supply his followers with
certain tests and measures needed to test those who claim to be
Nazism: A compensation for the protection that Jews enjoy as prophets? You might ask: what does it mean "you will know them
aliens, they must pay double the taxes the Germans pay. by their fruit?" Its simple; The end result of what these prophets
teach is evil. Lets prove this by a biblical principle; it is your
Islam: A compensation for the protection that dhimmis (Jews & actions that speak about what you really are, and it is what you
Christians) enjoy, they must pay "Jezzieh", a special tax to be believe that produces your actions.
imposed on dhimmis (Jews & Christians) only.
According to Christ your actions are your fruit. Understand! You
Nazism: The marriage with Jews is prohibited. Adoption of Jews might ask; prove that Islam falls under this principle? I answer:
and by Jews is prohibited. Fine. We already proved before that it is what you believe that
dictates your actions and not what you eat (see previous response
Islam: He cannot be the guardian of a Muslim child, the owner of to Mr. Sakr publication on pork).
a Muslim slave.
Let us now look at the fruit of Mr. Tala'at Basha. You ask: Who is
Many modern interpreters of the Quran today are including the Tala'at Basha? A Muslim from Turkey. He was the Minister of
forbidding of marriage between Muslims and Dhimmis (Jews & Interior in the Ottoman Government. In 1915, an order came from
Christians), as they regard them to be (Mushrik), or associationest him to the Governor of the city of Halab Nuri Bek. Do you know
with the one true Allah. We must always keep in mind that a
what he said? Are you ready? This is his letter; "Despite a
Jewish Holocaust occurred in Saudi Arabia, which was carried by
previous decision concerning the elimination of the Armenia Race,
the prophet of Islam Himself. Muslims have always explained this
as the necessities of time did not allow the fulfillment of this holy
away as by claiming that they betrayed the prophet, nevertheless,
intent, and now, after we eliminated all obstacles, and seeing that
the end results was a mass slaughter of 6000 Jews who
the time has come to redeem our nation from the dangerous race.
surrendered.
We have intrusted you, and we insist, that you do not surrender
yourselves to the feelings of pity, as you face their miserable
The killing of the men went on day and night, one by one was be
situation. For the cause of putting an end to their existence, you
headed and thrown into a ditch. The women were split among the need to work with all your strength, to completely destroy the
Muslims, Muhammad the prophet of Islam had (Zaynab), the wife
Armenian name in Turkey, once and for all." (refer to the
of the tribe's leader, after he killed her husband and her brother, he Armenian Atrocities, Na'aeem Bek, page 43). And following this
took his "God given" trophy on the same night. God in the Bible
order, one million and a half Armenians were butchered in 1915.
warns us: "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's It was done to destroy Christianity in an Islamic Ottoman Empire.
clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by
their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from
You might say; Nonsense. Am I getting you angry.... Its the truth.
thistles?" (Matthew 7:1516).
Let me prove it. With proof, you will know The Truth, and with
The Truth, you will be set free. And only then, you will be free
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indeed. Lets look at Omar IbnAlkattab again. Do you remember wicked things. They rely on empty arguments and speak lies; They
who he was?The second Khalifah of Islam. The second main man conceive trouble and give birth to evil. They hatch the eggs of
after Muhammad the Prophet. You are ordered to obey him. That's vipers and spin a spider's web. Whoever eats their eggs will die,
law he set in what he called (The Omar covenant); "The necks of and when one is broken, an adder is hatched...their deeds are evil
dhimmis (Jews & Christians) are to be sealed when collecting the deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. Their feet rush into
Jezzieh (Tax imposed on only Jews & Christians). The method of sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil
sealing is to bind the necks of the person with a collar, in it is a thoughts; Ruin and destruction mark their ways. The way of
peace of lead, stamped on it the amount of his payment, the collar peace they know not; there is no justice in their paths...No one
is not to be broken until the payment is completed. This is in who walks in them will know peace," says the LORD. (Isaiah
accordance to the Quranic verse "Until they pay the Jezzieh by an 59:38).
upper hand, may they be subjugated (humiliated)'...And if the
person was a Jew, he must wear on his shoulder a red or yellow False prophets produce evil fruit. What they say sounds good,
banner, so he is recognized as a Jew. And if the person is a looks good, some of it is good, but only in the beginning. Like a
Christian, he needs to wear harsh clothes, with a large pocket in bad fig tree. It looks like a tree, it has green leaves, you can sit
the chest area like women. As for Christian women, they must wear under its shades, but you never taste good fruit. Do you
shoes with different colors, one black and the other white. And if a understand?
Jew or a Christian goes into a public bath, he must wear an iron,
copper, or lead made collar around his neck so he can be
identified from Muslims. Never a Jew or a Christian can build
their houses higher than a Muslim. They are not to crowed public
roads but need to use narrow alley ways, and small streets. They Christianity and War
are not to be saluted, nor their graves can be extended beyond the
surface of the ground." Refer to: (Faqeeh AlMuluk, volume 2, The Bible tells true believers to prepare for the Muslims for battle.
pages 124136). It encourages them to be ready for the war, Muslims and others are
about to announce; "But I tell you who hear me: Love your
I question; How did Hitler know that a yellow banner must be enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse
fixed to the arms of Jews? Is it possible that the inspiration of such you, pray for those who mistreat you. If one strikes you on one
commandments came from the same source? How could that be if cheek, turn to him the other also." (Luke 6:2728). In another verse
the time span between Hitler and Omar is so long? Why did the in the Bible he foretells this persecution: "A time is coming when
anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God."
Prophet of Islam kill the Jews, after they have surrendered?
(John 16:2b). Does this verse fit Muslims and Nazis, since the
Nazis got the support of the Catholic to support the Nazis on their
Now, taste what God in the Bible said. I know it does not rhyme
like the Quran, and it is not musical. It is not intended for the ear, persecution to the Jews? You might ask: Are not Catholics
but the heart. Read what the Bible says on false prophets and Christian? I say: anyone who follows the teaching of Christ is a
wicked tyrants; "Their hands are stained with blood, Their fingers Christian, "He who has my commandments, and obeys them, it is
with guilt. Their lips have spoken lies, And their tongues mutter he who loves me" (John 14:21). But Anyone who claims to be
Christian who goes around killing Muslims, Jews, and Protestants
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can hardly be called Christian. A Christian follows Christ, that's story of stones crying out is in the Bible (Luke 19:40), they will
why they call them Christians. The principle that you follow cry for Christ if evil men tried to shut up the truth! The Prophet of
should be the title that you hold. To be a Christian you must follow Islam declares: "The last hour shall not come until the tribe of
the Bible. And since the Bible does not promote the kind of Islam defeat the Jews, in Jerusalem and its surrounding places."
violence that the Crusaders did, we must conclude that they did not The Bible is very clear on this issue, "I am about to make
follow good Christian principles. For that, they are responsible for Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the peoples round about; it will
their action, and not Christianity, which is the whole point we are be against Judah, also in the siege against Jerusalem." (Zechariah
trying to make. 12:2).
In another way; It is by faith alone in what God did for man
(Grace) or (Rahma) in Arabic. And not by believing that God
exists, his prophets are true, his Angels exist, and his books are Islam and Revenge
true. I remind you, the Devil knows and (believes) that. What, or
Who are you trusting in to save you from hell (Jahannam)? In 1969, the statistics showed that in Egypt, 1070 murders have
been committed. It was found that 20% of the crimes were
In our world today there is no real peace, even if Muslims achieved committed for family honor, while 30% was attributed to a
what they are hoping for (to convert the world to Islam). Do you mysterious desire to kill, and the rest were attributed to revenge for
think that a country like Iran which by revolution changed the murders committed against a family member. An old Arabic
government to follow Islamic legislation really works? In my proverb says the following; "The Arab took his revenge after 40
homeland, the land of Abraham, Moses and Jesus. One might refer years." Revenge is an old Arabic custom which is also found in the
to short intervals in history where rulers and governments had Quran; "And whosoever harms you, harm him with the same
truces, but never in history, our land has ever achieved real peace, portion as he harms you" (AlBaqarah:193). In another verse; "As
and I can guarantee you that if Arafat is kicked out of office in the We have ordained for you; A self for a self...and a nose for a nose,
West Bank, and an Islamic government takes over, peace will still and an ear for an ear..." (AlMaidah:45).
be the number one goal. Also, I will be honest, I would still prefer
to live with Jews in Israel, than to live in Iraq (as a Kurd),
Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Libya, or any other Muslim
country. When Russia attacked Afghanistan, many of its people
left to America during the war. The war is over between the Are You Listening to the Wrong Station?
Russians and the Afghans, why are they not going back. Do you
think that the Afghan Americans found a better way to live among Truth is so important that it is a matter of eternal life or eternal
pork eating people? It doesn't matter if you install a (Hammas) death! After we lost the Six Day War over Israel, to my father in
system in Palestine, bloodshed and hate will still fill the land and Jericho it seemed that the walls of Jericho have tumbled down on
the people, just like Iran, Afghanistan, and every country striving him, during the war he was always listening to the Jordanian, and
for the Islamic way of life. You might think that I am being absurd, Egyptian radio stations, he used to say that the Arabs are wining
but the coming future will add more evidence to my point. the war, but he was listening to the wrong station. It is important to
check the source and the transmission and know for sure they are
So, to simply say that peace is for Muslims only is contrary to announcing the truth of a soon coming victory, instead my father
logic that Muslims like to promote. Just look around and smell the chose to trust, have faith, and believe the Arabs who claimed that
hummus. My friend, I am not asking you to doubt your faith, and the Israelis are promoting propaganda. Tuning to the wrong station
believe mine blindfolded, but asking you to prove the strength in could be tragic! How much more important is it when the news
involves eternal destiny?
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theology to man. Why should we wonder why we have so many
religions? And that is the real battle.
The Real War
From the beginning of Christianity, and the spreading of the "Good
News" message, all out spiritual war broke loose. The satanic Islam & Mormonism (In the Way of
attacks of all man made religions and deceptive messages began,
and the transmission of false messages and accusations against the Inspiration)
Holy Bible never ceased. The real war is not for land and man's
political gains, but for the souls of men and women. Until this It is interesting to find some similarities between some of these
battle is won, peace will not be achieved. The Bible on God's side, religions. Islam and Mormonism for example have similarities:
and all the satanic world religions on the other, warring to gain the
souls of Man. Islam: Muhammad dissatisfied with the world of different believes
and evil, regularly attended and meditated at "GharHira'a" a cave
Satan on one hand, appealing to man's way of thinking provided a near Mecca seeking God's will. He saw a magnificent bright Angel
false way of salvation by man's works, which is evident in Satan's of light "Gabriel". The Islamic traditions record that his excitement
false religions, and God on the other hand presented His way of took the shape of a trance or vision. The "Wahi" or Angel overtook
salvation by God's work through Christ. Since then, it was Satan's him and then instructed him to "Arise and preach". He was taught
religions against the Bible, and the Bible against all Satan's by the angel that all Christians and Jews at his time were wrong
religions. It is by no coincidence, that all the religions after and Islam was established.
Christianity, use and missquote the Bible.
Mormonism: Joseph Smith as recorded in his testimony was
All these world religions present a new way for salvation by man's dissatisfied with the world of different beliefs, regularly attended
works. Islam, Bahai Faith, Mormons, Jehovah's Witness, Christian the same place alone, and began to offer up his desires to God.
Science, Freemasonry, Sun Yung Moon, Prosperity Theology, Immediately seized upon some power which got him into a trance
Roman Catholicism, Satanism, and The New Age Movement, all like experience, then saw a bright Angel of light "Moroni." He was
claim to believe in Christ in one form or another. Yet all teach a taught that all the current beliefs are wrong and Mormonism was
different salvation message than what Christ gave, which is no established.
salvation at all. All these religions criticize the Christian claim of
Christ's blood for atonement, while Christianity stands alone Islam: Muhammad received revelations that originated from
against all. originals engraved on tablets of stone in heaven. A new book was
established The Quran. It supersedes all the previous God inspired
This war of the "all against Christianity, and Christianity against books.
all" did not start by coincidence. Satan began the war against God
for rulership over the world, he never ceased to introduce false Mormonism: Joseph Smith got his revelation from originals
engraved on tablets of different metals and delivered by the "Angel
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of Light" to Joseph Smith. A new book was established The Book Mormonism: The main arguments Joseph Smith had are with the
of Mormon. It supersedes all the previous God inspired books. JudeoChristian faith revolved around Joseph Smith's prophethood,
and his new revelations. All today's Christians are an abomination
Islam: The Islamic religion that Muhammad promoted redirected and full of error.
the "holy city" from Jerusalem to Mecca with the Kaaba as the
holiest place. Islam: Muhammad received revelations from the Angel of Light
"Gabriel" to take the wife of his adopted son "Zaid." He promoted
Mormonism: Joseph Smith changed the coming of Christ from polygamy, and married several women: Khadija, Sawda, Aesha,
Jerusalem to Independence Missouri, and promoted "Salt Lake Omm Salma, Hafsa, Zaynab of Jahsh, Howarya, Omm Habiba,
city" as the central headquarters for Mormons. Safia, Maymuna of Hareth, Fatema, Hind, Asma of Saba, Zaynab
of Khozaymia, Habla, Asma of Muman, Maria AlKibtia,
Islam: In the Quran, main biblical stories are changed to make Rayhana, Omm Sharik, Maymuna, Zaynab (The 3rd one), and
their prophets country as to be Gods choice for His message. Khawla. Polygamy was promoted in Islam for the believers (4
Abraham is found living in Mecca, and building the Kaaba on it's wives for each man). The prophet only had the privilege of
original foundation with his son Ishmael. The Arabs who are marrying more than 4.
descendents of Ishmael have been chosen to reveal the truth to a
lost world. Both the people of the prophet, there language, and Mormonism: Joseph Smith received revelations from the Angel of
their city became significant. Israel has been replaced from being Light "Moroni" when he desired to take a woman from someone.
the chosen people of God, Israel has no more significance, and He also practiced polygamy and married several women; Louisa
Arabic is now God's chosen heavenly language with the Quran Beman, Fanny Alger, Lucinda Harris, Zina D. Huntington,
superseding the Bible. Muslims now are Gods instrument to Prescindia L. Huntington, Eliza Roxey Snow, Sarah Ann Whitney,
deliver truth to the world. Desdemona Fullmer, Helen Mar Kimball, Eliza M. Partridge,
Emily D. Partridge, and many others. Polygamy was promoted in
Mormonism: Joseph Smith's Book of Mormon has the tribes of Mormonism and a Mormon can marry several wives.
Israel moved to America. Jesus however will come back to
Independence Missouri. The Book of Mormon is an additional Although there are many differences between the two, nevertheless
testament to be added to the Bible. It supersedes the Bible which these obvious similarities are to be questioned. Could the
was corrupted, Mormons are now the chosen people of God to inspiration be from the same source? Both Books The Quran and
deliver truth to the world. The Book of Mormon claimed to believe in the Bible, yet a close
study can reveal that both books reject the most essential teachings
Islam: The main arguments the Quran has are with the Judeo of the Bible.
Christian faith. Most of the arguments revolve around
Muhammad's prophethood, and his new revelations. True
Christianity was lost, and all today's Christians are "Kuffar" or
unbelievers, and are full of error. Muhammad accused the Judeo
Christian believers with twisting God's word which led the Another Gospel?
Christians and Jews astray.
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I was always puzzled when Muslims say that in judgment day the
prophet Muhammad will intercede to redeem all the Muslims. In
the end he will be the intercessor for his people. If Mohammed
claimed all what he claimed than who was Jesus who claimed to be What is "Gospel"?
"The Only Redeemer" and savior, that question troubled me a great
deal, one of the two claims had to be a lie. I know this is a harsh It means "Good News" message that Jesus came down to pay for
word, but I could not find an easier word and remain honest to my the sin by His death on the cross. He was made to be the sacrifice
story. If their was two redeemers this would be association with offered on our behalf. Sacrifice in Arabic means "Fiddieh."
God since God is the only redeemer according to the Bible. Christ Muslims reject the idea of someone being a "Feddieh" for someone
or Mohammed had to be the redeemer and intercessor for mankind, else.
the Bible or the Quran had to be correct, one of them is pure gold
and the other had to be a fake, but which one...? Vowing to make a It is illogical for someone to die on the behalf of someone else.
decision for The Truth, I stayed up late many nights as I compared Everyone has to pay for his own by good deeds. Yet all Muslims
many details between the Quran and the Bible, at some point accept the fact that a suicide bomber can die as a "Fida'ee" or
during my study I prayed saying: "GOD, you are the creator of sacrifice for the cause of Palestine. Does not the word "Fida'ee"
heaven and earth, the God of Abraham, Moses, and Jacob, you are mean "to sacrifice with your life for a cause". Why is it then
the beginning and the end, you are The Truth the only Truth, the difficult to accept that Christ died as a "Fida'ee" for us. His Gospel
maker of the true scripture, the one and only word of God. I suffer is as simple as I read in the Bible. In fact I almost read the Bible
to find your truth, I want to do your will in my life, I long for your from cover to cover, and all of it (Old Testament and New
love and in the name of The Truth I ask, Amen (ameen)!" Testament) talks directly and indirectly about Him, His coming,
His death for us, and His return to rule. It's as simple as that. Now
I really thought with my prayer that God will lead me to the Quran, please read slowly and carefully; The Bible allows for no other
and I will get all the answers to all the evidence and problems I message, book, or revelation. It seals the book with Christ as the
encountered in my research, but that was not the case with me, in final finisher of the plan that he prewrote.
fact it was the other way around, I had to give up my pride and be
open minded to truth. What does "prewrote" mean? Let me help you on this one, read
slowly:
I wanted real gold and would not settle for an imitation, I had to (1) God wrote the whole plan from the beginning.
scratch very hard to look beyond the surface of the worlds plastic (2) He revealed His Plan to man in the Old Testament Bible before
religions. I simply had to lay aside all my social, family, and it happened.
religious pride, open my mind to what is simply the truth. At some (3) He then fulfilled and unfolded the plan of man's redemption,
point I read from the Bible; "But even if we or an angel from which only God by His miraculous works can design and do.
heaven preach unto you Another gospel, contrary or different from (4)Then he completed the New Testament (Gospel) for a proof
that we have preached, let him be accursed, let him be anathema, (evidence) of the Old Testament claim. And He declared that The
completely rejected." (Galatians 1:3, Ampl.). I had a hard time New Testament alone is the last and final revelation to man. It is
with this verse. It openly declared that any other book besides the that simple. Add any more, and you are in big trouble! In the last
Gospel is from Satan! lines of the Bible you can read: "For I testify unto every man that
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heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall The Lamb of God
ADD unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that
are written in this book." (Revelation 22:18). Also read Jude
Dear Muslim: Throughout the whole Bible, the Messiah is
chapter 1,verse 3: "...the faith which was ONCE for ALL delivered
symbolized as and called the "Lamb of God." In the old testament
to the saints." Did you get that, "Once and for all." Its your life,
the Passover lamb symbolized Christ's death. In Israel today all
Heaven or Hell, Any questions? Muslims when building a house kill a Lamb and put it in the
foundation and sprinkle lamb blood on the door post, not knowing
the real meaning behind this practice, which is still common. Also
Muslims throughout the whole world sacrifice a lamb once a year
and call it the day of atonement or sacrifice (Eid AlAdha).
Muhammad's Death
In the Bible, Exodus 12:7, God asked Moses (Musa) to kill a lamb
Muslims differ on Muhammad's cause of death. Many claim as one and sprinkle it on the door posts and lintels as to prevent the angel
possibility for his death is the "Bubonic Plague" or "AlHumma, of death to enter, the blood spots if connected will draw a cross on
AlTaoon" in Arabic. One of the curses written in the Bible for the door to signify that the blood of the lamb will prevent death,
whoever adds to it is to get a plague, this is emphasized in the end since the coming Messiah (AlMaseeh) and his death on the cross
of the Book of Revelation 22:18. The word "Quran" means will prevent eternal death. The reason it was put on the door is to
"Revelations", which is the very name of the last book in the Bible, signify the only entrance to God was the blood of the Lamb. When
which this promise is made. In the EnglishArabic AlMawrid the Egyptians did not have the blood on their door the first born
Dictionary the word "Plague" is translated to be "A curse from the was killed by the angel of death, that day was called Passover since
God of the Bible" or "AlTaoon". The very symptoms described in the angel passed over the homes of the Israelites who had the blood
the history of Muhammad match the symptoms of the Bubonic on the entrance. On that very same day Christ was crucified (on
Plague. Even if this was not true, one can compare the difference Passover), and he was the Passover lamb. On that same day God
between Muhammad's death and the sacrificial death of Christ for asked the Israelites to prepare unleavened bread and eat it. Leaven
our sins. was symbolic in the Bible for sin, and Christ was the Unleavened
bread, because he had no sin. The bread had hole marks on them
The Quran was not able even to predict Muhammad's death "And and burn marks symbolizing him being pierced for our sins, the
if he dies or is killed", in Arabic "Fain mata awo kutila" as stated marks where the bruises from the beating and lashing he had to
in the Quran. It is a choice between a natural death (Mata) or being endure. Read Isaiah 53 for more.
killed by someone (Kutila) has not been determined by Allah. The
God in the Bible was able to predict this kind of future, the Isaiah wrote of this suffering and death hundreds of years before,
prophecies on the death of Christ, in the Bible has been set from and a Jew can read Isaiah 53 from the unleavened bread, since the
the beginning of the Bible thousands of years before He came. holes symbolized him being pierced for our transgressions, and the
bruise marks for the beating he endured. Christ was called in the
Bible as "the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world",
read the Bible in John 1:29, also read Luke 6:48 about the Messiah
(Christ) being the Foundation Rock.
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The Unleavened Bread also was the symbol of the coming Messiah is logical as you know from life in the Holy Land that one must dig
in the Old Testament. This name "Bread" was given to the town of deep until he hits solid ground before building a house. The wise
Bethlehem which means "House of Meat" or "House of Bread", man always builds his house on a solid rock foundation to insure
since the Hebrew word "Lechem" means both meat and bread, this 100% that the house will stand, the Bible symbolizes Christ as
name was given to this town hundreds of years before Christ's Rock Foundation as well as the Lamb of God.
birth. Why?
The sin offering that God asked the Israelites to sacrifice as burnt
Christ claimed that he was the Bread of Life, he also told his offering, was to remind them day and night of His "great offering"
disciples to eat bread in the last supper by saying "this is my flesh", and a "Magnificent offering". In the Psalms of David (AlZabur),
and with drinking the wine it symbolized his blood to be shed on Psalm 40:68 we read; "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
the cross. This is the covenant of trust and faith and by it My ears You have opened; burnt offering and sin offering you did
(accepting his death instead of ours) we have eternal life. He called not require." Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the
the bread flesh and he symbolized his body to be both bread and Book it is written of me." This was fulfilled in Christ and is
flesh (lechem). All this was not by chance, he was the only Bread confirmed in The Book of Hebrews, chapter 10:57; "Therefore
of Eternal Life, let him in and you will have eternal life, he when He came to the world, He said: `Sacrifice and offering You
promised that. It is the only guarantee for eternal life. And please did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. In burnt
do not get hung up on the wine part, I realize that Islam forbids offering and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure.' Then I said,
alcohol, but please keep in mind that it is not the alcohol that is the `Behold, I have come In the volume of the book it is written of
problem, but the abuse of it is. You accept cough syrup for your Me to do your will O God.'" It was the custom for the servant to
cold and it contains a small amount of alcohol that is good for you. have his ears pierced "my ears you have opened" if he desires to
Wine in the Bible is also mentioned for freshly squeezed serve his master for life, which symbolized Christ pierced for our
unfermented grape juice. sins "once for all" (verse 10).
One may refuse to accept that the death of Christ (Lamb of God), No pilgrimage to Mecca can wipe out your sins. Going around a
or (Kurban), can give Eternal Life and wipe sin, but EVERYONE black stone seven times is fruitless, and does not compare to what
in the world accepts the killing of innocent animals and plants to God did for man, nor throwing pebbles at the Devil during the
sustain their life, and if you go to McDonald's and eat a Big Mac pilgrimage to Mecca (AlHajj), will wipe your sins away. Nor
you accept that an innocent animal had to die to sustain your life wrapping yourself with white linen during the pilgrimage will
knowing that it was not fair for the animal to die, but it was the cloth you with purity and righteousness. It is only the "once for
will of God to do it that way, and anyone who rejects that as unfair all" sacrificial death done by the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
can stop eating and is assured 100% death.
Everything I see in nature speaks the Bible message, it is logical
only when we see God's logic. His way not our way, that is why
Christians pray "Your will be done", Not mine or yours but God's. The Sin Question
The big question is how does one know the will of God, and how
does one know for sure his true plan for eternal life in paradise? It
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Now let me respond more to your letter and I will stick with my evidence of revelation; at the time that it is delivered, and until it's
testimony's several issues that you criticized as "riddled with fulfillment. Fulfilled prophecy is as satisfactory as anything can be;
errors' which you said you will be glad to prove and show. Well, for who can know the future except the Ruler who disposes
you have not pointed them out yet, and I shall stand to be corrected future?. The development of Messianic prophecy began in the
and proven wrong, and gladly will apologize for each error you book of Genesis. Immediately upon the Fall of Adam at the Garden
find, but please point them out and do not make general statements of Eden, hopes of recovery and salvation began in Genesis.
without pointing out my mistakes, and also you need to be open
minded if I point some errors to you, please let me know. And All that at first declared is that it shall come through a child of
again My Muslim friend I wish Peace to all of us not just to woman since sin got carried through the blood from Adam,
Muslims, but as you should know peace was never and will never Genesis 3:15. By degrees the area is limited: the Messiah will
be achieved until the Prince of Peace will come (AlMaseeh), that's come through the family of Shem (Sam), Genesis 9:26; through the
what the Bible teaches, the prophet of Islam also confirms the family of Abraham, Genesis 12:3; of Isaac, Genesis 22:18; of
Bible when he said "The hour shall not come until the Messiah Jacob, Genesis 28:14; of Judah, Genesis 49:10; Moses, by a
descends to you to judge fairly, the very Christ whom your prophet prophet like himself, Duet. 18:15 and Nathan's announcement in II
confirms his purity, with no sin, no not a single sin, so tell me, did Samuel 7:16, determines further that the salvation is to come
not the prophet of Islam say; Every son of Adam is a sinner and the through the house of David. This is developed by the prophet
best sinners are the ones who repent", in Arabic "kul ibni Adama David himself in the Messianic Psalms, then John the Baptist came
khatta'aun wa khayrulkhattayeena altawaboon", and the word that to announce his coming, should one wonder why?, and why did
was used here is "kul" which means ALL, that word is very God have to do all of this? Well, the answer is simple, to do away
important and is not used here to say many but all and every with the sin that Adam started, from the beginning of the Fall of
human born on the face of the Earth and is to be born from Adam. Adam and Eve, till he comes again to Judge the world, and that's
the whole story of the Bible, Israel, and all of the prophets. The
Then how could the Messiah be the son of Adam when he had no Messiah was the final messenger to mankind, none after him was
sin? And if he cannot be the son of Adam, than who is his father? necessary since no extra work needed to be done, since God
We both know that he is the physical son of Mary but with no completed his redemptive plan. All what we are waiting for is his
physical father. Spiritually who is his father, and why was he second and final coming to finish the rest of the story, since
virgin born as foretold by Isaiah, born in Bethlehem as foretold by History is HisStory.
Micah, will be pierced in his hands and feet as foretold by David
(the prophet Daud in Islam), will be stabbed as foretold by It might not sound fair to the carnal man for God to punish Adam's
Zechariah? children for what Adam did, and it might not sound fair for us to
inherit the sin from Adam, but you accept the fact that if a man
I suggest you read what the prophets said. The Quran only contracted a sexual disease, can transform it to his wife and carry it
mentions 25 prophets with very brief information on what they through his children to come, even though it was not the fault of
said. Why do not you read for yourself what these prophets said his wife or children, you also accept the fact that you cannot
and judge for yourself? From the beginning of the fall of Adam survive unless an animal, or a plant has to die for you to survive,
God provided predictive prophecy for the coming redeemer of man since you eat on an average 3 times a day. Why does man resist
(The Messiah), this predictive prophecy was at once a part and an Christ, who died for us to survive eternally if we choose to accept
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him? Curse is the choice man made when he disobeyed God, and He died on the cross; He paid for the sins of the world. He was put
that is the way it is. into the grave. He arose the third day. He is in heaven now. He is
living. He sent out his eyewitnesses of those events to say it
In summary, and in one statement, the reason for all the prophets happened and to go and tell all people that if they want to have a
and all the revelations is to tell us about the most important visit of relationship with God, if they want to be forgiven, they can have it
our history; the Messiah to come down and handle the sin problem immediately. It is free. It is grace.
(salvation) once and for all, and this Messiah is called Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6). The fall of Jesus has done all the work. Jesus can change your life. Jesus will
Adam is the problem of humanity and the solution is salvation (to put the Holy Spirit of God in your life. That is how the Church
get rid of sin), how can one get rid of sin? You can tell me by started and spread across the world and has come down to this day
prayer and fasting and the Bible declares; "NO". How can a and we are preaching that same message. I wonder if you know
woman loosing her virginity by sin regain her virginity? It is that Jesus is alive right now, and I wonder if you have ever asked
impossible, it can only happen through a miracle, and miracles do Him to forgive you of your sins? If not, why not ask him to do that
not happen unless God acts to do it. for you right now? Ask him to come into your life and make you a
Christian. The moment you ask Him to, He promises to save you.
God himself has to act to solve the problem of sin not man, and If you decide to reject this offer, and die, the Bible promised that
good deeds of man need to be as a result of our love to God, not you will enter an everlasting torment. The Bible alone explains the
just a sense of duty and gaining good deeds with God. narrow way of God's salvation: "Enter by the narrow gate; for the
gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and
Skeptics today cannot say that the New Testament books came those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way
down hundreds of years later. as we have just proven that this is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few." (Matthew
theme is out of date and out of style. Skeptics today say: "Jesus 7:1314). Which gate will you enter?
never said he was God. He never said I am God worship me." All
nonChristian religions agree with the phrase, I shall repeat my
statement again "All Religions Against Christianity and
Christianity Against All" Why?
The Reliability of Scripture
Before Jesus was about to be stoned said to the crippled man "your
sins are forgiven in order that you may know that the Son of Man It was reading the Bible that planted the good seed of doubt. I used
has authority on earth to forgive sins, I say unto you, `Take up to think that doubt in the faith is bad. When I started understood
your bed and walk, and the man got up and walked out in front of the Bible I learned that doubt in falsehood is the way to truth. I
all of them and they were all amazed'." Anyone can say that, but to began to understand God in a much different way than I have
heal and to forgive sins, is only God's. There is no other learned of him. He wanted to assure us by supplying us with so
explanation possible except that Jesus claimed to be God in the much knowledge that doubt became impossible, since he promised
flesh. Jesus Christ. He is the Savior. He is the one who can forgive to reside in us by his holy spirit. It is when I studied the Bible the
sins. If your sins are going to be forgiven, he is the only one who struggle began, I was puzzled, how could I doubt the Bible as to be
can do it. It does not happen any other way. He went to the cross, a fake and corrupted by the Jews if the land I grew in spoke and
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cried out, as thousands of pieces of archaeological evidence It was reading the Bible that planted the good seed of doubt. I used
surfaced from the Holy Land, confirming the Bible. The book of to think that doubting my faith is wrong. When I started to study
Isaiah was discovered in the Qumran caves was by a Muslim next the Bible I started to understand and only then I understood that
town from were I lived (AlTa'amreh). The name of the shepherd doubting error is the way to finding truth. I understood God in a
who found it was Muhammad Deib. A Muslim who was looking much different way than I have learned of him. He wanted to
for one of his lost sheep in a high cave in the Qumran valley by the assure us by supplying us with so much knowledge that doubt
Dead Sea. From that discovery they found the rest of the Old became impossible. It is when I studied the Bible the struggle
Testament (except the book of Ester) Yet confirming the Old began, I was puzzled, how could I doubt the Bible when thousands
Testament Bible in our hands today with hundreds of verses of pieces of archaeological evidence surfaced from the Holy Land,
predicting the coming of Jesus Christ. Many times I would take confirming the Bible. The Book of Isaiah was discovered in the
trips to several museums in Israel, and I fell in love with Qumran caves, near the Dead Sea, by a man who was looking for
archaeology, and was fascinated with it, in many arguments with one of his lost sheep. From that discovery they found the rest of the
her I would bluntly tell her that the Jews (prophet killers) and Old Testament. Carbon 14 dating of these manuscripts dates them
Christians (pigs) corrupted the Bible, without realizing the to about 200 years before Christ. Yet confirming the Old
magnitude and slanderous character I've become she responded by Testament Bible in our hands today with hundreds of verses
taking me to the scroll museum in Jerusalem and showed me the predicting the coming of Jesus Christ and these discoveries were
scroll of Isaiah, still intact, except there was no one taking pictures identical to what we have today. I grew in Israel and many times I
of any Bible errors to prove of any corruption and I could not would take trips to several museums, and I fell in love with
respond to my mother. The local Muslim and Arabic population archaeology, and was fascinated with it, The scroll of Isaiah, is still
are seldom interested with such materials, I had to practically beg intact today and can be seen by anyone who doubts, no one on
some friends to be interested in this material, and as usual the earth has produced any proof of any corruption in them, yet the
scales seem to have blocked their eyes from seeing. I rejected scales seem to have blocked the eyes and hearts of many from
despite all the evidence. Why? The pride of being a Muslim, and seeing. Man rejects despite all the evidence. Why? Could pride be
the dependence on flimsy proofs I thought were irrefutable. But the the reason? The world today relies on flimsy proofs to believe
Lord had mercy on my soul. I studied, read and I found out that it evolution and false religions. But God supplied us with ample
was not the lack of evidence that was the problem, but the pride of evidence. It was not the lack of evidence that is the problem, but
being a Muslim, and the blindness that overtook my life. It is only the pride of man. It is only when a miracle happens and the scales
when a miracle happens and the scales that covers the eyes and that covers the eyes and hearts of people are removed. By knowing
heart of a Muslim are peeled off. This scale is the flimsy evidence The Truth, a new transformation takes place. This transformation
each Muslim holds on, once removed, a new transformation takes is not of this world, and can never happen until the runway that is
place. This transformation is nothing of this world. But this can blocked by rocks and debris is cleared. Then planting the good
never happen until the runway that is blocked by rocks and debris seed on soft ground can take place. Fortunately, the evidence is
is all cleared. Then planting the good seed on soft ground can take still here. We do not lack evidence to prove the Christian claim.
place. Fortunately, the evidence is still here. We do not lack
evidence to prove our claim. The Bible is comprised of 66 books, and written by 40 different
prophets, in three different languages, in three different continents
and within the period of 1,500 years. Can anyone choose any 66
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books written by 40 different authors in three different languages, Empire of the Hittites was one of the largest in history, yet man
in three different continents and within a period of 1,500 years, and today did not know of it. It would have saved allot of
find any kind of theme, purpose, harmony, and unity between any embarrassment if they simply trusted the Bible, and believed it. We
of them? II Timothy, chapter 3, verse 16: "All Scripture is inspired didn't have to wait till 1960. We can write volumes and document
by God." All is a big word. In II Peter chapter 1, verse 20 and 21: thousands of recent archaeological discoveries concerning biblical
"But know this first of all, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter accounts to find that the Bible was 100% accurate. We will
of one's own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an mention but a few due to lack of space to cover this subject in this
act of human will, but man moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from book.
God." Christ promised that the end of the world will not happen
until the Bible is transmitted to the whole world. Today the Bible For hundreds of years, many stories and personalities written in the
has been published in over 1,800 languages, and read by more Bible were denied until fascinating archaeological finds confirmed
people than any other book in history. No other book has been the accuracy of the Bible. Today biblical personalities that were
translated to so many languages than the Bible. In it God has the denied for hundreds of years like Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar,
plan of His creation, and it is His revelation of His purpose for our Darius, and King David can be confirmed by the study of the
lives. God fulfilled His promises to the letter in every prophecy, science of archaeology as 100% true and accurate. King David for
and today cities can be excavated to unearth the evidences the example was considered to be a myth by many universities. Yet in
Bible made, every city was found and every geographic, historic, 1993, archeologists dug out a stone tablet at Tel Dan in Israel
and scientific studies proved to be true to the letter. Take any other clearly referring to the "house of David" (Bait Daveed), identifying
sacred book, and compare, all of them will be found wanting, that him as king of Israel. This was the first inscription outside the
is exactly what I did before I surrendered to God. Take for an Bible dated to about the ninth century B.C. Also king Omri,
example the book of Mormon which claims that the American another king of Israel was found recorded in the well known Stela
Indians are originally Jews who came from Israel on rafts, it has of King Mesha of Moab, which also included are three kings of
names of cities and tribes that was never heard of. The challenge is Assyria, TiglathPileser III, Saragon II, and king Shalmanesser III.
to produce a map of anything found in the Book of Mormon. In Other Assyrian inscriptions found in Nineveh (Neenawa) in Iraq
fact The Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., The Museum confirmed kings Ahab, Jehu, Joash, Menehem, Pekah, Ahaziah,
of Natural History, has published a seven page statement Uzziah, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Jehoiachin and Hoshea. And
documenting the fraudulent claim to the book of Mormon. The with such strong evidence, no honest scholar can refute the history
article refutes any historical, archaeological, or scientific claims to of the Bible. The well known Black Obelisk in the ruins of Nimrod
the Book of Mormon. On the other hand the Bible has been the was also found confirms the biblical accounts of the conquest of
most accurate Book in history, a claim which the best the Assyrian King Shalmaneser II over King Jehu of Israel (841
archeologists, historians, and scientist can testify to, as we shall 814 B.C.) confirming the accounts of the Book of Kings. Another
examine some. Every single Biblical site was found. The Hittites stone inscription discovered in the temple of Pharaoh at Thebes in
for example, was denied as a fairy tale. Abraham in Genesis 49 Egypt which mentioned an invasion by the Egyptians against Israel
mentions the Hittites. In 1960 in North East Turkey, the largest confirming the presence of Israel at the time of Joshua which was
archaeological find in the century. 35,000 clay tablets were found, accused by many critics of the Bible as fiction. The countless
and all the books that accused the Bible with this fairy tale had to books written criticizing the Bible were rendered as obsolete and
be cleared from the shelves of book stores and libraries. The worthless, and had to be removed from the scholarly accounts of
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history. Also the well known clay cylinder found in Iraq which Genesis 11:18 as Nebuchadnezzar declared "Since a remote time,
mentioned King Cyrus and his decree allowing the various people had abandoned it, without order expressing their words."
captured natives to be freed back to their homelands confirming
the Book of Ezra 1:13. Other examples can be quoted such as Even the historical account of Joseph and the seven years of
Genesis 14, God in the Bible tells of the story of Abraham famine in Genesis 41 can be confirmed today as a marble tablet
(Ibrahim) of the defeat of the confederation of five kings from the surfaced on the seashore of Hadramaut in Yemen from around
East by the small army of Abraham. While the critics denied the 1,800 B.C. translated in Arabic by Professor Schultens and
historicity of the biblical account Dr. Nelson Glueck, the leading translated by Reverend Charles Foster which states: "Then came
archaeologist of this century reports: "Centuries earlier, another years barren and burnt up: when one evil year had passed away,
civilization of higher achievement had flourished between the 21st then came another to succeed it..." Other inscriptions were found to
and 19th century B.C., till it was savagely liquidated by the kings confirmed Joseph's (Yusuf), careful management of the food
of the East. According to the biblical statements, which have been reserves during the seven years of famine in Egypt. Even the name
borne out by the archaeological evidence, they gutted every city of Joseph was mentioned in one of these inscriptions. The story of
and village at the end of that period from Ashtaroth Karnaim, in the "Walls of Jericho" also was considered for many years as a
southern Syria through all of TransJordan and the Negev to fairy tale until Professor John Garstang found one of the most
KadeshBarnea in Sinai (Genesis 14:17)." And confirming the amazing discoveries of the century as he writes: "As to the main
accuracy of the Bible when it comes to archaeology he stated: "As fact, then, there remains no doubt: the walls fell outwards so
a matter of fact, however, it may be stated categorically that no completely that the attackers would be able to clamber up and over
archaeological discovery have ever contradicted a biblical their ruins into the city." While all digs confirm an inward falling
reference. Scores of archaeological findings have been made of any excavated city as armies pushed the walls, the only walls
which confirms in clear outline or in exact detail historical found to be pushed outwards was the walls of Jericho. Yet
statements in the Bible. And, by the same token, proper evaluation confirming the Bible in the Book of Joshua, chapter 6, verse 20
of biblical descriptions has often led to amazing discoveries. They which reads: "And the walls fell down flat, so the people went up
form tesserae in the vast mosaic of the Bible's almost incredible into the city every man straight ahead, and they took the city." To
correct historical memory" (Nelson Glueck, Rivers in the Desert, confirm check: (John Garstang, Joshua Judges,[London:
[New York: Farar, Straus and Cudahy, 1959], p. 31). Constable, 1931]).
The tower of Babel and the dispersion of the people after changing
their speech which can be confirmed by several language scholars
and archaeological finds as the remains of the Tower of Babel can
still be seen. The greatest oriental language scholar Dr. Max Bible Corruption vs. Quran Corruption
Mueller declared that all human languages can be traced back to
one single original language. The bricks with the story of Who is Doing the Corruption?
Nebuchadnezzar can be confirmed as it has been engraved on the
bricks, which were translated by professors Oppert and William Nowhere in the Quran, the Bible is referred to as being textualy
Loftus, confirming it's first abandonment at the time of Nimrod corrupted. The verses in the Quran that Muslims use to accuse the
(AlNamrood), and the confusion of the languages described in Bible with textual corruption are only attempts used by some
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Muslims to defend Islam. Even if the Quran were to accuse the (1) Muhammad believed that he was mentioned in the Bible. How
Bible of corruption, to substantiate this would be extremely could he refer to a book that was corrupt, and speaking of him.
difficult in light of what we have today in the manuscript and (2) Muhammad was tryingto reach to Jews and some Christian
archaeological evidence. Regardless of the accusations people sects. It would be impossible for these people to be reached if he
make, whether the Quran or the Bible is corrupt, each has to stand accuses their Bible as corrupt.
on its own. The Quran to be proven divine, has to stand under the (3) It would be difficult to say that God's word can be corrupted,
light, and be examined and found reliable historically, since the Quran testifies that God's words are protected by God.
archaeologically, prophetically, scientifically, and textually. The That is why the Bible's integrity and purity is evident the moment
same examination needs to be done on the Bible. These one reads the Arabic Quran.
accusations, however, can be answered by simply examining some
of these verses; "Can ye (O ye men of Faith) entertain the hope You could ask: Why the Arabic only? It is because the translators
that they will believe in you? Seeing that a party of them heard the of the Quran into English and other languages have the intention to
Word of Allah. And perverted it knowingly after they understood export what they believe to the West, and for the West to adopt
it." (AlBaqarah[2]:75). "Of the Jews there are those who displace Islam, they must teach the West to put away their Bible, since the
words from their (right) places, and say: `We hear and we Bible (according to Muslims) is corrupt. So, twisting the words and
disobey'; And `Hear you may not hear'; and with a twist of their applying textual corruption into the translated Quran is the only
tongues and a slander to faith..." (AlNisa[4]:46a). It is a common way. You may say: Such an accusation demands evidence!
thing when debating with Muslims about corruption they will look
for the word "corruption", make a statement and ignore the rest of Since the subject concerns evidence, here it is: Take for example
the context. It is known fact today, people hear the Quran or the Surah AlAhqaf[46] verse 30, in your major translations by
Bible, and change the words that were said by twisting their Muslims. Take the translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. It says:
tongues, but nowhere they changed the text. Interpretations are "They said, "O our people, we have heard a book revealed after
always abused by many, but the text remain protected. Textual Moses, confirming what came before it; it guides (men) to the truth
corruption is easily detected in the Bible since originals are and to a straight path." Look at the words highlighted above that
available. In the case of the verse above, it refers to an argument say "before it." In the Arabic the words are not "before it." Let's do
between Muhammad and the Jews of Madinah. The Quran claims a word for word translation, and I leave it to the Arabic reader to
that the Jews tried to hide the prophecies of Muhammad in the be honest to himself when he reading this word for word
Bible, but perverted it after they heard it (understood it). It is translation:
agreed among Muslims that textual corruption (AlTahreef Al
Lafthi), by adding, deleting, and substituting words to the Quran is ya
impossible. However, making verbal changes, omitting, and kalo inn sami'in kitaba
Arabic: kawman unzila ba'd Musa
twisting verses while reading and reciting the word of God is o a a n
a
possible. No one can find verses in the Quran referring to textual
corruption of the Bible. If that was true, Muslim scholars would English they O our have reveale afte Mose
we a book
: said people heard d r s
have produced them. We could ask: Why was there no reference in
the Quran for textual corruption? There are several reasons for Arabic: Musadekan Lima Bayna Yadayehe
that: English: confirming what is between his hands
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Arabic: Yahdee ela alhak waela tareekin mustakeem according to Luke ... are the accounts of men, they will ask: what
English: it guides to the truth and to a straight path happened to the Gospel of Jesus? (For more, see Fatir:31,
Yunus:37, Yusuf:111, and AlMaida:51).
Look at the highlighted words that say "between his hands."
These words have been replaced by "before it." This is done to We must answer this question of the Gospel of Jesus, it is simple:
override the original words which is "bayna yadayehe" (between If your father in a distant country writes you for many years, and
his hands). If the words are translated correctly, the reader will he sends a message after a message of his soon coming. One day
conclude that the Bible that was at Muhammad's time (between his he knocks on your door. Should he carry a message with him? No,
hands) as being correct and can be used as a guide to the truth, he is the message! And after he comes, and visits, and goes back to
which Muslims want to cover up, since they know that the Bible his distant country, he could send more messages to tell about his
that is at Muhammad's hands, is the same as the Bible we have first visit and his second visit in the future.
today, but Islamic pride forces them to ignore the facts. The words
(between his hands), is all over the Quran, and it has been changed The Gospels of Luke, John, Mark are what the Quran was referring
throughout the whole English Quran to say (before it), putting the to, the Quran, was speaking of the Bible in His (Muhammad's)
Bible at an unknown time in the past before the Quran. Here is time, which He attested to, and respected. We could ask: What did
another one from Abdullah Yusuf Ali; "It is he who sent down to the Quran mean when it referred to the Bible in the following
thee in truth, the Book, confirming what went before it; and he sent verses; "Oh Yahya (John the Baptist) take hold of the Book with
down the Law (Of Moses) and the Gospel (Of Jesus)." (Al might, and We gave him wisdom as a child." (Mary:12). "And he
Imran[3]:3). Here is a word for word translation: (God) will teach him the book and the wisdom and the Torah and
the Gospel." (AlImran[3]:48). "and Mary believed in the words of
her Lord and His books." (AlTahrim[66]:12). Tens of other verses
bel
Arabic nazza alayk alkita musaddek lim yadaye in the Quran speaks highly of the Bible, and not one accuses it with
hakk bayna
: la a bu an a he corruption.
ee
wh
Englis He to the in confirmin betwee his
at
h: sent you book truth g n hands
is
Arabic: waanzala altawratah walenjeel Christ and History
English: and He sent the Torah and Gospel
The fifteenth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica has 20,000
In the way he translates the verse, we have "between his hands' words listed under the person of Jesus Christ. And do you know
translated to "before it', and his addition of (Of Jesus) after Gospel, what? There's not even a hint in all of those words that he did not
insinuates a well known modern Muslim claim, that is: the Gospel exist. There is more words about Jesus Christ than any other
of Jesus is the name of the original Gospel, which was lost, and person in the Encyclopaedia Britannica?
that is why he put the name (Of Jesus) after the word Gospel.
Muslims claim that the Gospel according to Matthew, The Gospel
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Is the West ProChristian? along something that had never happened. As a result, what was
written down cannot be known for truth, myth, legend or cooked
up stories. That is what modern scholars say and, of course, if that
Do you think the media in the West likes to write about Jesus? is what happened, we are in deep trouble. Is that really what
Why is it that every person that has ever lived in the first hundred
happened? In the Gospel according to Luke he says: "Forasmuch
years at the time of Christ and written a book about the history of
as many have taken in hand to set forth a declaration of those
the first one hundred years A.D., whether they be Buddhist, Hindu,
things which are most surely believed among us."
Skeptic, or Agnostic, had no choice but to include Jesus Christ in
Translation: "Forasmuch as many have written by hand in
his book. Why? Answer: Because Jesus Christ was and still is the written form of the events we witnessed and believed among us."
most fascinating historical person. In the west, pickup the Interpretation: Luke declares that many wrote the historical
Newsweek magazine. What do you see? Go to our universities in account. In other words, by the time he were there, there were
the West. What do you see? Professor Avrumm Stroll of the already written reports circulating about Jesus. How is it then
University of Colombia sums it up "Jesus probably did exist. But critics are saying it was oral for the first 200 years.
so many legends have grown up about him that it is impossible for
scholars to find out anything about the real man. The Gospel of In Acts, chapter 1, you will find there that Luke, who wrote his
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were written long after Jesus was second book "The Book of Acts" as well as the Book of Luke says;
crucified, and provide no reliable historical information about "O, Theophilus, the reason I wrote the former book is to tell you of
him. It is almost impossible to derive historical facts from the the things that Jesus said and did in the land of Palestine...even as
legends and descriptions of miracles performed by Jesus." People they delivered them unto us which from the beginning were
like Ahmad Deedat and others have little or no difference at all eyewitnesses and ministers of the word."
from what is said here. Yet they gladly take all this since it Interpretation: "Theophilus, I wrote the book of Luke tell you
supports there claim, that is "The Bible is Corrupt". The Muslims about the things of Jesus' life, which we believed among us, and
are not the only ones accusing the Bible of corruption. In the West absolutely sure that they took place which we believed among." In
Muslims are getting allot of help to promote Bible corruption. Is it the movie "The Last Temptation of Christ" the disciples are sitting
because the West is Muslim? Or is it that any NonChristian is around the fire. They are depicted cooking the food for the 5,000.
AntiChristian? It's exactly what I have been saying "All As to show that the so called miracles of Jesus are false. Without
against Christianity and Christianity against all" This phrase verifying what the scriptures actually said. Agreeing with most of
shall be repeated throughout this book, and shall provide solid the Hollywood stuff, Muslims follow along in the major deception
evidence about Christ for a skeptical world. the world ever had. That is, rewriting the most truthful story man
had ever lived. The story of the Savior of the World. You will read
The scholars, as well as most religions do not deny that Jesus and see lies all over the globe concerning on the history of Christ.
actually lived and talked. What they do have a problem with is the Why? The history records that It was very dangerous to claim that
200 interval between Jesus and the written manuscripts The you are The Messiah. Unfortunately, today anyone can claim he is
beginning "Oral" transmission was good, but as time passed the the Messiah and tricks many, and not even go to jail. One of the
story got corrupted "Orally." Some people did not hear it right, major evidences that surfaced in the 20th century is The Ryland's
others added something of their own or took something away and Papyri, in which are found about eight verses from the Gospel of
passed it on. They were sincere but they were sincerely passing John. Carbon dating proves it to be from the 110 A.D. This
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discovery shattered the Liberal as well as the Muslim scholars who F. F. Bruce, author of the New Testament Documents: Are They
for hundreds of years claimed that the Book of John was written in Reliable, agrees: "The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for
200 A.D. when it is already been copied in 110 A.D.? All the unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar."
books and Bible critic material concerning the date of the New
Testament is being taken off the shelf. Why? Also, keep in mind, that archaeology in the Middle East was not
set by God loving people, but by men with the sole desire to
John Robinson, A liberal writer who wrote the book, Honest to disprove the accounts of the Bible, yet not "One single account in
God was challenged by his colleagues to look at the dates for when the Bible has been disproved" Why? Yet as usual, some
the New Testament books were written. He responded with a book, Universities and Muslim scholars teach this ignoring the facts.
Redating The New Testament. In that book he made the Why?
astonishing claim that Mark was written about 40 A.D. and all of
the New Testament books were written before 70 A.D. More and
more of today's scholarship have no choice but to choose that
route. Why? Keep in mind, Jesus died about 33 A.D.
Historical Evidence
William Ramsay, A world known archaeologist and a scholar who
traveled to disprove the Bible and was overwhelmed by the Throughout history many scholars have attacked the Bible, yet it
evidence ended up as a Christian like me. His books were remained and still stands as the most accurate book ever written.
considered to be classics on the study of the New Testament's The Bible have been confirmed by many historians, friends and
history. foes of Israel. Take for example the Samaritans who hated the Jews
and were sent to Israel around 700 B.C. by the Assyrians. They
A. N. SherwinWhite, Another classical historian at Oxford used the five books of the Torah and accepted them as genuine,
University who studied the extensive evidence against the they jealousy guarded and preserved them for thousands of years
historical accuracy of The Book of Acts writes: "For Acts the despite their hatred to the Jews. The following are some of the
confirmation of historicity is overwhelming...any attempt to reject great historians who confirmed the accounts of the Bible:
its basic historicity even in matters of detail must now appear
absurd." Strabo, 54 B.C., A pagan historian and geographer confirmed the
Jewish history. He documented the escape of the Jews from Egypt
William F. Albright, the world's foremost biblical archaeologist under Moses. He said: "Among many things believed respecting
said "everyone of the books that you've got in your New Testament the temple and inhabitants of Jerusalem, the report most credited
were written by baptized Jews between 50 to 80 A.D." is that the Egyptians were the ancestors of the present Jews. An
Egyptian priest named Moses, who possessed a portion the country
Otto Betz, one of the worlds most respected scholar in his book called Lower Egypt, been dissatisfied with the institutions there,
"What do we know about Jesus?" said; "no serious scholar has left it and came to Judea with a large body of people who
ventured to postulate the nonhistoricity of Jesus." worshipped the divinity." (Starbo, Geography, lib. xvi.,c.2).
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Diorous Siculus, 80 B.C., a Greek historian in his book he of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ; and
recorded: "In ancient times there happened a great plague in when Pilate, at the suggestion of the of the principal men amongst
Egypt, and many ascribed the cause of it to God, who was offended us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the
with them because there were many strangers in the land, by whom first did not forsake him, for he appeared to them alive again in
foreign rites and ceremonies were employed in their worship of the the third day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten
deity. The Egyptians concluded; therefore, that unless all strangers thousand other wonderful things concerning him; and the tribe of
were driven out of the country, they should never be freed from the Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day"
their miseries. Upon this, as some writers tell us, the most enemies (Book 18, 3:3). Josephus also describes in detail the death of James
and enterprising of those foreigners who were in Egypt, and and John the Baptist.
obliged to leave the country...who retired into the province now
called Judea, which was not far from Egypt, and in those times Thallus (A.D. 52), a Palestinian writer, recorded the miraculous
uninhabited. These emigrants were led by Moses, who was darkness on the face of the Earth in his history. Julius Africanus
superior to all in wisdom and prowess. He gave them laws, and records, "Thallus, in the third book of his histories, explains away
ordained that they should have no images of the gods, because this darkness [on the day that Christ died] as an eclipse of the sun
there was only one deity, the heaven, which surrounds all things, unreasonably as it seems to me." We ask Why was it
and the Lord of the whole." (Diodrous Siculus, Library of History, "unreasonable"? Because a solar eclipse could not take place at a
lib. 1., ap Phot.). time of the full moon. It was at the season of the Paschal full moon
that Christ died. Now according to Muslim claim, Christ was never
crucified, but had Judas Iscariot (an evil man) put to death instead
of him. Why would God, who controls nature cause the day to
become night, for an evil man?. This account confirms the Gospel
Christian History that "there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour"
(Mark 15:33).
Flavius Josephus (Yusefus), A.D. 37, writes in the most
significant historical records ever made, The Antiquities of the There are other ancient historical references to the supernatural
Jews about a fellow by the name of Theudas, who claimed to be darkness at the death of Christ. Even the astronomers confirm
God's Messiah and he knew he would have to do a miracle to Africanus's conclusion that a normal eclipse was astronomically
prove his claim. The records show that he was "Stoned to death" impossible at the time of a full moon, which was always the case
after he went down to the Jordan River with a large crowd and during Passover. The position of the moon was calculated to the
prayed for several hours, "Part, Jordan!". Josephus witnessed smallest degree for the required feast days. It must be an awesome,
events leading up to the terrible war of the Jews that ended in the and great event, that God will cover the sun from the world!
destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. These records demanded
extra attention to accuracy, since life and death depend on that. Tertullian, the early Christian writings show fascinating evidence.
Concerning Jesus, Josephus said the following: "Now, there was They mention Tiberius who lived at the time of Jesus, and knew
about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a about his life. Tertullian who was a judge and theologian at the end
man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men of the second century wrote several books in the defense of the
as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many Christian faith. He writes; "Tiberius accordingly, in those days the
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Christian name made its entry into the world, having himself the name, was put to death by Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea
received intelligence from the truth of Christ's divinity, brought the in the reign of Tiberius; but the pernicious superstition, repressed
matter before the senate, with his own decision in favor of Christ. for a time, broke out again, not only through Judea, where the
The senate, because it had not given the approval, rejected his mischief originated, but through the city of Rome also." Tacitus
proposal. Caesar held his opinion, threatening wrath against all was an enemy of Christianity, yet he carefully recorded the story of
the accusers of the Christians." (Apology 5:2). Since Tertullian Jesus. A death penalty was proscribed for anyone who would
allowed people to have access to official government records and tamper with government archives. These historians were accurate
could prove he was lying (which meant death), unless what he to the letter concerning historic events. Concluding from the
wrote here was true. above, How could it be that Muslims claim that Christ never died
on the cross?
Justin Martyr (A.D. 148), a great Christian writer confirms
Tertullian. In his Apology (1:35), writing to the emperor, Pliney, Governor of the Roman province of Bithynia, A.D. 112. In
Antoninus Pius, in an attempt to persuade him of the Christian a letter to the emperor he requested detailed instruction on how he
faith. He urged the emperor to search and examine the existing should interrogate Christians whom he was persecuting. In his
evidence in the imperial governmental archives in Rome that Epistles (X:96) he states that these believers would not worship
contain all the reports from procurators and governors of Trajan and could not be induced with torture to curse Christ.
provinces. According to the Roman Law, every governor must Additionally he said that these Christians were "in the habit of
submit a yearly report of all exceptional events in their jurisdiction. meeting on a certain fixed day before it was light, when they sang
This report had to have detailed explanation of their actions in in alternate verse a hymn to Christ as to a God, and bound
keeping the peace and government. Justin Martyr referred to the themselves to a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to
emperor to the "Acts of Pontius Pilate" specifically to a report for commit any fraud, theft, adultery, never to falsify their word, not to
the year of Christ's death. Justin Martyr writes; "They pierced my deny a truth when they should be called upon to deliver it up."
hands and my feet' are a description of the nails that were fixed in How could it be that most Muslims claim the early Christians
His hands and His feet on the cross; and after He was crucified, didn't worship Christ, who according to them were the (true
those who crucified Him cast lots for his garments, and divided Christians), are found in all history to be worshipping Christ, as
them among themselves; and that these things were so, you may they believed he was (in the flesh)?
learn from the "Acts" which were recorded under Pontius Pilate."
Suetonius, Rome's official historian during the reign of Emperor
In other passages from his letter he writes; "He performed these Haridian (A.D. 125). In his Life of Claudius he refers to the
miracles so you may easily be satisfied from the "Acts" of Pontius Christians as being banished from "the instigation of Chrestus
Pilate". (Christ)."
Again, for him to send a letter to the emperor of Rome with Lucian, during the second century after Christ. Mentions that;
fabrications, would mean the death penalty for Justin Martyr. "Jesus was worshipped by His followers and was the man who was
crucified in Palestine because he introduced this new cult into the
Tacitus (A.D. 112), a Roman historian, accessing the Roman world." His death and his claim of deity was recognized by the best
government archives, of Jesus he said; "Christus, the founder of historians of the ancient world friends and foes alike, Why?
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Conclusion: We have ample evidence that all the disciples world. He was put into the grave. He arose the third day. He is in
appeared between 40 A.D. and 70 A.D. This means that within the heaven now. He's living. He sent out his eyewitnesses of those
lifetime of the people that witnessed Jesus and his teaching, and events to say it happened and to go and tell all people that if they
miracles were still alive. With all the archaeological and historical want to have a relationship with God, if they want to be forgiven,
evidence, scholars today cannot deny the date of the gospel writing they can have it immediately. It's free. It is grace. Jesus has done
and the amount of historical data to prove all the events. Many all the work. Jesus can change your life. Jesus will put the Holy
eyewitnesses and historical writers were on the scene. The Spirit of God in your life. That is how the Church started and
foregoing are but a few examples of the early historians who speak spread across the world and has come down to this day and we are
of Jesus. His life, death and resurrection. He split history between preaching that same message. I wonder if you know that Jesus is
B.C. and A.D. and impacted the world like no one did! alive right now, and I wonder if you've ever asked Him to forgive
you of your sins? If not, why not ask him to do that for you right
now. Ask him to come into your life and make you a Christian.
The moment you ask Him to, He promises to save you. So, my
Muslim friend, if you think about your statement that the Bible that
Did Jesus Claim to be God? we have today is corrupted, a statement you did not substantiate
with evidence and defies logic since logically God will not allow
Muslims and skeptics today cannot say that the New Testament thousands of years to pass without his true word being transmitted
books came down hundreds of years later. as we have just proven and protected. What happened to what all the prophets said all
that this theme is out of date and out of style. Muslims and skeptics these years? What did Moses (Musa), David (Daud), Zechariah,
today like Mr. Ahmad Deedat, a well known Islamic Apologist John (Yohanna) say, and all the rest of the prophets, and what
says in his Muslim Debate with Anis Shorrosh, a Palestinian happened to the revelations God gave to them, and did God not
Christian "Jesus never said he was God. He never said I am God protect his Word (Revelations) he sent to man through them, it is
worship me." Muslims do not stand alone on this claim but "All not logical that God will allow textual corruption to the word
other religions" and I shall repeat my statement again "All spoken through these prophets, and allow these errors to pass
Religions Against Christianity and Christianity Against All" Why? undetected? In the Bible all the revelations for over 40 different
Before Jesus was about to be stoned said to the crippled man "your prophets are still intact today and no evidence till today surfaced of
sins are forgiven in order that you may know that the Son of Man your claim of corruption, on the contrary examine the recent
has authority on earth to forgive sins, I say unto you, `Take up findings in our country of the Dead Sea Scrolls which excavated
your bed and walk, and the man got up and walked out in front of almost all the old testament with no corruption at all. I suggest my
all of them and they were all amazed.'" (Mark 2:912). Muslim friend that you examine the evidence, that's logic,
especially you being a Palestinian and I know how careful we are
Anyone can say that, but to heal and to forgive sins, is only God's. culturally when we buy something, weather its Gold, Oil, or Food,
There is no other explanation possible except that Jesus claimed to we always well examine the product and we refuse to settle for an
be God in the flesh. Jesus Christ. He is the Savior. He is the one imitation. Also My Muslim friend, I remind you that the Quran did
who can forgive sins. If your sins are going to be forgiven, he is not have a single verse in it pointing to textual corruption in the
the only one who can do it. It doesn't happen any other way. He Bible, and bring your evidence if you were really truthful!!! On the
went to the cross, He died on the cross; He paid for the sins of the contrary, the Quran always referred to the Bible as being true, the
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Bible that was in the prophets "hands", or the believers "hands" at Science". It is good when someone points errors and mistakes, but
the time of Muhammad, and if one looks up the translations of the please my Muslim friend do not accuse the Bible to be wrong
Quran one finds that this verse is all over the Quran but before you examine it. I doubt that you did "examine it', and if you
mistranslated to "previous scriptures", as to refer to the so called do, you will find miracles and evidences beyond your imagination,
lost scriptures and books. miracles that the Quran could not and never can produce. The rise
and fall of nations is foretold thousands of years ago, the plan of
That sword cuts both ways, if the Bible is corrupt, then the Quran God for mankind is already established and foretold in the Bible. I
is also corrupt, and if the Bible is not corrupt then the Quran is can tell you from the Bible what will happen, for example; It is
corrupt, you cannot entertain any other solution. I will ask my most impossible to destroy Israel, simply because it is written in the
important question, and if you desire not to respond to anything I Bible and promised by God, go ahead try if you can, and if you try
said, please respond to this one, I will be satisfied if you had the you will be judged by God, Hitler tried to destroy the Jews, look
courtesy to respond to this question only. Was the Bible corrupted what happened to him. I will be glad to show you the evidence if
before Muhammad or after Muhammad? Allow me to help. If you you want, and remember My Muslim friend that our eternal
answer "before", you are in a dilemma because you accuse destiny is at stake here, and if the Bible is true you will go to
Muhammad of being a false prophet, since the Quran clearly refers eternal Hell since the Bible teaches that Hell is never temporary,
to the Holy Scriptures as God's Word. If you say "after", you are you need to examine the truth and do not be close minded. God
still in a dilemma, since the Bible has already been written in many wants us to be logical and does not expect blind faith or faith that
languages and distributed all over the ancient world! And we ask; is not based on factual evidence, present your evidence if you were
who changed it? When was itchanged? What did it say before it really truthful!!!
was changed? How come it was not noticed, since a change like
this need to include leaders and communities world wide, and
every copy needs to be either destroyed or changed, this is an
impossible task. On the other hand, when Khalif Othman Ibin
Afan, decided to collect and burn all the Quran's before his late
What About the Trinity?
edition, the work required was great, and it was well noticed by the
Muslim world, and it could not be hidden. And we ask; What did Let's make it clear that Christians believe in One God. Muslims
simply declare; Trinity is confusing, complicated and illogical. We
these Quran's say. How can you tell it was the same? Do you
simply ask; Why do you accept that God created you from simple
simply have no choice but to trust Othman Ibin Afan? How do you mud, so wonderfully made, complicated and does not sound
expect converts to Islam to accept by faith in Othman Ibin Afan? logical, but both of us accept that why? We believe in God's ability
Lets be fair, before one accuses the Bible translations one need to to defy our logic! For God to be God, and for us to believe in him,
look at the English translations of the Quran and see the abuse of he has to defy logic, he can be everywhere at the same time, and he
the English language to fit the favorable interpretation of Muslims is beyond time. Muslims seem to accept all of that. How does one
some Muslims who adjust the translations for the western mind. answer a child when he asks; where did God come from, I am sure
These translators also, choose words with scientific terms that does you must have asked theses questions to your mother, father, or
not exist in the Quran. As to say to the Quran has scientific teacher when you where a child, but you accepted these illogical
miracles, which we will discuss in the chapter of "Quran and issues once you learned that God is Omnipotent and Omnipresent.
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His ways are not our ways. How can he explain to us things we do and even the Jews whom do not believe in the Trinity, as like
not comprehend. If your child asks you about a word he read, he Muslims "They do not understand", so they reject, yet they never
comes to you and says; Daddy, what is sex. You are astonished at took out the hundreds of references in the Old Testament to the
his question, so you answer; it's something sweet, like honey, one Trinity. Many challenged the Bible to produce a verse in the Old
day when you grow up and the time is right, you can taste it. Testament that included the Trinity. Though the word itself is not
Muslims accept that the egg white is egg, the egg yoke is egg, and found, the teaching of the Trinity is all through the Bible, including
the egg shell is egg, but they are not three separate eggs but one the Old Testament. The following is only one example from Isaiah
egg, I know this is a simple example, we can go a little higher. 48:16,: "Come near to Me, hear this: I have not spoken in secret
from the beginning; from the time that it was, I was there. And now
Muslims seem to accept that a Muslim has one mind, one body, the Lord God, and His Spirit, have sent Me." It is Isaiah who
and one soul, but it is a one Muslim not three Muslims. God is becomes God's messenger. He is pleading with them, and as He
One, a triune and mighty God. For a Mighty, Wonderful, Creator pleads you can hear. F. Delitzsch (p 253) appropriately says,
God to exist he must be complicated, and is beyond our "Since the prophet has not spoken in his own person before;
comprehension. We hear the radio and do not see the whereas, on the other hand, these words are followed in the next
electromagnetic waves and we can never see them but we accept chapter by an address concerning Himself from that servant of
them as fact because we hear the sound and we studied science. Jehovah who announces Himself as the restorer of Israel and light
We would still accept it even if we did not study science, because of the Gentiles, and who cannot be therefore either Israel, as a
we listen to the sound of the radio. The waves have no problem nation." or Isaiah, it can be none other than the Lord Jesus Christ
traveling to all the radios. Your child asks you if there are little Himself. It is obvious that the speaker is God who spoke from the
men in the box making the sound. You tell him, No. It's waves. He beginning and is the one who reveals God to man. And affirms that
asks; but I do not see any beach! You tell him it's a different kind "the Lord God, and His Spirit, have sent Me." A clear reference to
of waves. three distinct personalities yet all are God. The one who is God
was sent by God and the Spirit of God. It is confirmed in the New
We need to listen to the sound of the Bible, understand the logical Testament in I John 4:14; "The Father sent the Son to be the Savior
evidence, and accept what is difficult. And do not get hung up on a of the world." The Bible refers to the trinity over 700 places. It
simple statement that "Trinity is illogical", and Muslims will loose needs only a fraction of this to prove it's of God. In John 1:13
their salvation forever, Muslims accept hundreds of things that are identifies Christ as God and the creator of all; "In the beginning
illogical as I have illustrated some. It is until Muslims can logically was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
explain creation, Godhood, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, then God...all things were made by Him." This absolutely confirms
Christians will be required to explain why God is a triune God. what Isaiah foretold in the previous Old Testament single verse, as
Muslims need to put away the idea of Bible corruption, and accept the speaker was God: "I have not spoken in secret from the
the believe in God, demands also the believe in His Books, His beginning" = "In the beginning was The Word" "from the time
Angels, and all His prophets. Knowing first that man cannot accuse that it was, I was there" = "and the Word was with God" = In
God's books of textual corruption, since man cannot prove it, and it summary, we need to make clear the following:
goes against God's nature; he keeps one of His promises, that is
His Word is forever. Of this great God the Book of Isaiah,
hundreds of years before Christ came, shattered the world's claims,
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Evidence of Science in the Bible Not for example the Bible details the complex weather system far and
beyond the claims of modern Muslim scholars on the areas of
Found in the Quran evaporation, cloud formation and rain. In Job God declares: "For
He looketh at the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole
On The Stars heaven; to establish a weight over the wind, and apportion the
waters by measure. When He made a law for the rain and a path
Many verses relating to science in the Bible are not even for the thunderbolt" (Job 28:2426). The Quran does not record
mentioned in the Quran. In Genesis 15:5, God speaks to Abraham; such a find by Job, which confirms a modern scientific find in the
"Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to last century that the air and the wind patterns are governed by their
number them." And He said to him. "So shall your descendants actual weight. Another discovery by modern science is found in
be." While Abraham thought that his descendants would be over a Ecclesiastes as God declares: "All the rivers run into the sea, yet
thousand the Bible new that out galaxy alone had over 200 million the sea is not full; to the place from which the rivers come, there
stars called the Milky Way. they return again" (Ecclesiastes 1:7). The most recent study by the
United States Department of Agriculture proved that most of the
water that makes the clouds worldwide comes from the
evaporating water found in the oceans which covers 70% of the
On Orion
globe. On another verse God declares through Job: "Do you know
how the clouds are balanced, those wondrous works of Him who is
In the Book of Amos chapter 5 verse 8 which speaks of the
perfect in knowledge?" (Job 37:16). In another verse God describes
constellation known as "Pleiades" it reads; "Seek Him that maketh
the full water cycle which is not mentioned in the Quran as God
the seven stars and Orion." This is referring to the seven star in the
declares: "For He draws up drops of water, which distill as rain
constellation known as Pleiades. In the King James Version the
from the mist, which the clouds drop down and pour abundantly on
translators confirmed that Amos original Hebrew statement about
man. Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds, the
"the seven stars" referred to Pleiades while the modern translators
thunders from His canopy?" (Job 36:2729). In another verse Job
refer to it as "Pleiades and Orion" since the early translators were
describes the springs of the sea: "Have you entered the springs of
puzzled as the assumption was always of a six star constellation of
the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?" (Job 38:16).
Pleiades known to the naked eye. However. modern science today
How did Job over 30 centuries ago have discovered what modern
confirm the existence of a seventh star which can be detected only
oceanic research knew 3 decades ago by underwater exploration of
by the modern telescope. How did a book which is considered less
the very deep ocean? How did King Solomon know that the
than the Quran know this fact?
planetary winds followed a circular pattern from south to north and
south again which determine the weather pattern throughout the
globe, as God revealed through him: "The wind goes toward the
On the Hydrological Cycle and Weather south, and turns around to the north; the wind whirls about
continually, and comes again on it's circuit" (Ecclesiastes 1:6).
Unlike the Quran which claims to be more superior than the Bible,
the Bible claims scientific knowledge in science that no honest
Muslim scholar can deny. On the hydrological cycle and weather
On Medical Knowledge
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The Bible has been the guide for all aspects of life for the Israelites discovery. In recent years many times I researched using a
coming out of Egypt. In The Book of Leviticus, laws have been set computer program for scientific clues in the Bible. To my
by God to guide the people on the dangers of eating animal that astonishment I found every correct "scientific miracle verse" in the
have died naturally or touching dead human bodies was considered Quran which led me and millions of Muslims to believe in the
unclean as they could contain infectious diseases. Sanitation laws Quran. To my astonishment it was already in the Bible. I also
and quarantine laws have already been established long ago by found out more scientific errors than truth recorded in the Quran. It
God. In the Book of Numbers, chapter 19:1417 the washing with shattered my foundation. The solid rock crumbled into sinking
running water was commanded after touching a dead body. In the sand. I was living in a dark cloud of doubt. I realized I cannot just
Book of Leviticus chapter 13:46 God declared concerning plagues trust the so called "Muslim scholars." Why? Because they never
and diseases: "He shall dwell alone: his habitation shall be outside attributed the credit where the credit was due. They dropped out
the camp." Since God knew that infections are carried by germs God's truth inspired in the past. It was dishonest. I was like any
that cannot be seen by the naked eye. The bubonic plague that Muslim "betrayed". Mustafa Mahmud whom I respected more than
killed one third of Europe was called The Black Plague between any scholar, in his book The Quran, A Modern View, comments on
1200 1400 A.D. was finally solved by searching the pages of the several Quranic verses that contain modern science. On the
Bible and finding the Quarantine law set by God. These rules that surface, if one studies these materials, he will find little or no
were set by God for reasons of preserving human life was not Biblical references mentioned by these writers. Why? It would be
known to man until a few centuries ago. simple for Christian scholars to refute theses claims once these
"miracle verses" are matched with Biblical equivalents. All claims
made by Muslim scholars that the Quran includes scientific
miracles is easily refuted by a simple research on comparative
verses. It is obvious why Muslim scholars ignore addressing the
Evidence of Science in the Quran Bible and science. The accuracy of the Bible on matters of science
cannot be matched by any of the ancient writings, especially the
As I was growing up in the Islamic faith, I wanted evidence. I Quran. In this we shall include both Biblical as well as Quranic
started to search. I needed a strong foundation. Many nights while material on science. After examining these materials one can easily
I laid in bed, I would ask myself questions that I would not dare see why Muslim scholars avoid addressing the science in the Bible.
ask my teacher. Some of these questions demanded answers. But The simple answer to the Quranic "miracle verses" is that they
many times when we used to ask questions we got slapped, were unintentionally borrowed from the Bible. No one can deny
mocked, or yelled at. Only certain questions are allowed. that the Bible existed before the Quran. In some cases we can find
Questions that involved topics and doctrines which supported the Quranic verses not mentioned in the Bible. Although exaggerated
Islamic faith. One day and on my own, I started looking in the as scientific, a simple and honest examination of such claims can
Mosque Library, and what I found was the answer I was looking prove that these verses are "scientific errors" and has nothing to do
for. The book was called The Quran, A Modern View, by Mustafa with science. In all cases we need to be open for refutation on both
Mahmud. It was about scientific miracles in the Quran. After sides, since science as a study is based on evidence and research. It
reading it, I believed in the Quran as the word of God because it is fair to say that once we find an equal or better verse in the Bible
had modern scientific laws, and only a book with a divine origin for each Quranic verse, that we can dismiss the verse as a "miracle
can have scientific facts written over a thousand years before their verse", and put aside all scientific commentary credited to the
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Quran, since it should only be fair to attribute them to the Bible My reason: A Frisbee is a disc like object that flies
first, and reference the Bible first. Let us give credit to who
deserves it. Also we need to stick with what the Quran or the Bible The board will immediately look at this as a joke, call security and
say exactly, and avoid additional things not mentioned in these ask them to escort me out.
verses, which most of the Muslim scholars do. Muslims claim that
God inspired revelations to all prophets, and since it's the same Why? Because important missing elements needed to substantiate
God who inspired to all prophets, it would be obvious to find my claim, are missing in my child's letter.
similarities between some. Christians would not disagree on this
issue. Nevertheless the question that will arise is; since the Bible _ First: To prove that the Word "Frisbee" is a flying saucer my
was first, then the argument that the Quranic verses are the original
child's document needed to include an "Electromagnetic Force
will not stand. All Muslims believe that the Bible was inspired fieldthermonuclear Engine".
before the Quran. The other important question is; If the Quran is
inspired by God, then it should have no scientific errors? If the _ Second: the fact that this object called Frisbee is tossed by hand
Quran is more superior than the Bible as it claims "Wa between each other shows that no special engine called "The
Muhayminan A'alayh" than all the supposed Quranic claims to Electromagnetic Forcefiled Engine", is involved.
science also should be superior to the science found in the Bible. It
is very simple to explain the play of words which these Muslim The amazing and sad thing is that millions of Muslims are reading
scholars do. To make an example of that, lets just say that my kid into these so called miracles as they were reality. Books are being
wrote in his school journal the following; "I then made a kite, flew sold by the tons in Islamic countries with such bizarre claims. Any
it. Then we took a round piece of plastic and cut my own Frisbee. I well educated person shall be able to refute these claims by simply
took my younger brother and had a ball as we threw the Frisbee looking up any interpretation of the Quran. Yet I have not met one
between us and watched the a disk like object was spinning and
Muslim who will refute these claims as false. Why? One could
flying back and forth between us." Now, I claim that my 6 year old
ask; why would very educated people consult astrologers,
by a miracle to be a scientist and a genius, I go and apply for a
mediums, palm readers, and fortune tellers. Regardless of there
scholarship so he can go to Harvard. A board is formed to
education. Mrs. Reagan the wife of Ronald Reagan did the very
investigate my claim. I go to meet with them, while smiling at me I
same thing. Sometimes and for some reason logical people will
pull out a report I prepared to prove my case. The report have the
look into illogical matters as fact. My only conclusion is that the
statement my son wrote with my analysis as follows:
power of deception sometimes over powers us as human beings,
and we fall into error. How week are we as people. We look into
My son: I Made A Kite things just because we blindly believe they are true. By no means I
Interpretation: I Made a Flying Object with Wings am blaming the Quran of playing the word tricks, but I do hold
It must have Propellers since it was a Plane responsible the scholars who claim this twisted interpretation as
My reason: a Kite in the dictionary is a "Flying Object ". fact. It is a plain corruption in the interpretation of the Quran, and
Muslims need to object to such things. The following examples
My son: I made a Frisbee shall prove my point.
Interpretation: My son made the world's first Flying Saucer
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embryological history, origins like those of fishes, indicating the
watery origin of their original habitat."
On the Creation of Man
The evidence: As the reader of the Quranic verses discovers the
Quran: "Do not the infidels see that the heavens and the earth
simplicity of these verses and the play with words these writers do.
were both a solid mass, and we cleave them asunder, and by means
One should translate the verses to what they are saying instead of
of water we give life to every living thing? Will they not then adding things that are not in the verses. It is obvious that these
believe?" (AlAnbiyaa'[21]:30) verses are saying that God created (made) life from water. This
interpretation is fair. The Quran did not say "And Allah made
Bible: "And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the water to be in all living things". What it said is "Allah created life
moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the from water". The Arabic "min almaa" means "from the water" as
earth in the open firmament of heaven. So God created great sea it is written in all the translations of the Quran. Several verses in
creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters the Quran supports this creation from water as we can see later.
abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird These kind of conclusions are obviously tampering with what
according to it's kind. And God saw that it was good." (Genesis Allah was saying. A thing that Muslims always accuse Christians
1:2021). of doing. And we ask: Do you believe that Mr. Ali and Mr.
Mahmud were correct in concluding all of this from the above
Muslim claim: Mustafa Mahmud, an Egyptian scientist concluded verse? What can you conclude from Genesis 1:21 above? Why is
this to refer to a scientific fact not known by Muhammad. That all the Quran given all the credit when these verses were before the
living things have water in them. He explains his claim with the
Quran over 2000 years? It is easy to make assumptions from
evidence; when we examine any living creature and find they
Genesis 1:21 as Muslim scholars do. It is better to stick to the exact
contain water. this includes microscopic life, since the word "every
meaning of what the verse is trying to say. We leave it up to the
living thing" is used. He supports this by other verses; "And Allah
Muslim conscious to conclude which of the above verses provide
has created every animal from water" (AlNur[24]:45). Abdullah
more scientific truths. Muslims are welcome to feed on the Bible's
Yusuf Ali in his commentary on this verse concludes some other
stronger scientific claims. In The Book of Psalms of David (Al
things; "About 72% of the surface of our globe is still covered with
Zabur), Psalm 24:12; "The earth is the Lord's, and all it's fullness,
water, and it has been estimated that if the inequalities of the
the world and those who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon
surface were all leveled, the whole surface would be under water,
the seas, and established it upon the waters."
as the mean elevation of the land sphere level would be 7,000
10,000 feet bellow the surface of the ocean. This shows the
Quran: "Behold thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create
predominance of water on our globe. That all life began in the
man from sounding clay from mud molded into shape." (Al
water is also a conclusion to which our latest knowledge of
Hijr[15]:28).
biological science points. Apart from the fact that protoplasm, the
original basis of living matter, it's liquid or semiliquid, and in a
Bible: "Truly I am as your spokesman before God; I also have
state of constant flux and instability, there is the fact that land
been formed out of clay." (Job[Ayub] 33:6).
animals, like the higher vertebrates, including man, in their
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Muslim claim: Mustafa Mahmud writes: "sounding clay is smelly Evidence: I wonder what is "diffused germs of life" are? Since in
fermented mud. God once mentions that life was created from the whole of the Quran it never mentions any Germs of any sort.
water, and other places he mentions that it was created from dust, This translation is more difficult than the Arabic in the Quran. I
and then he confirms it as from mud that is smelly, mixed with soil. would like to first give a word for word translation of the verse, so
and it is a strange but accurate agreement with the discoveries of we can reach the true intent of what the verse is saying, and I
science after 1,400 years." would leave the Arabic reader to choose which of the three is more
accurate:
Evidence: The human life is created from clay confirms today by
science, after they have been mocking the biblical account of the wa al al
creation of man from the dust of the ground as simple and silly. In Arabic khalaq wal nutfati ith tumn
anah zawjay thakar min
November 1982, The laughing had to take a pause when scientists : a untha n a a
u ni a
at NASA's Ames Research Center were startled to discover that
and
clay and earth contain every single element found in the human Englis And create the the fro as gushe
femal a drop
body. However, if the Quran discovered this which is in agreement h: he d pairs male m it s
e
with science than how do the Muslim scholars explain the Bible in
Job chapter 33 verse 6, which was thousands of years before the
prophet. The Muslims prophet did not come up with something Now, how does Mr. Mahmud come up with his interpretation? The
new. It was all in the Bible which was "between his hands." Can verse does not say "And he determined the sexes male or female
you claim that you discovered the light bulb today? Why all these from the male sperm". The Quran is simply saying that God
created what we already observe in life as male and female from
Muslim scholars avoid quoting these verses in their books?
the fluid that ejects from the male organ. That translation would be
fair, or like we say in computer programming "kiss" (keep it
Quran: "Dost thou deny him who created thee from dust, then out
simple stupid). This idea was already established thousands of
of a spermdrop, then fashioned thee into a man?" (Al
years before the Quran. It was simple; you put sperm in a female
Kahf[18]:37). It is not logical to say that all living things have dust
and you have babies, it could be a male baby, or a female baby.
and sperm. It is better to allow the Quran to say what Allah
two sexes no more. The Quran did not come with anything new or
intended to say, and not add things to it.
miraculous on this point. The ancients knew how to fertilize
female cows and sheep. They also knew how to needier males to
Muslim claim: Mustafa Mahmud comments on the verse "That He
stop the fertilization, as they did with slaves and animals.
did create in pairs male and female, from a seed when lodged."
He says; "We now know that the sperm decides the sex of the new
born, whether it is a male or a female, and not the egg, as it alone
has the factors for sex determination." How did the Quran come up Scientific Discovery or Error? You be the Judge.
with such agreements with scientific results and research through
hundreds of years...coincidence? And if we accept one chance, Quran: "Created man out of a blood clot." (AlAlaq[96]:2).
how do we accept the rest?". Other Quranic translations like J. M.
Rodwell put it this way: "And that He hath created the sexes, male Muslim Claim: Dr. Bucaille says the Quranic verse is a major
and female, from the diffused germs of life." scientific discovery.
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Evidence: How can that be true? Every single translator and from different levels of creatures that came from mud, there is a
interpreter of the Quran translates the "Alaqa" to "blood clot". Yet middle stage between man and mud...these previous stages made
he gets into a play of words from "blood clot" "Alaqa" to "Aliqa" ready modern man... then the Quran tells us about the different
(to stick, or cling), then to a fetus which clings to the uterus creation levels of the fetus as the bones were made before the
through the placenta, How? Especially when the fetus has nothing muscles (out of that lump bones and clothed the bones with flesh).
to do with blood. You might say I am not a doctor. Well, ask one, It is well known in the study of embryology that the spinal cord is
he will be glad tell you with a smile. constructed before the muscles."
In the ancient of times that's how they figured it all out: they Praise Allah, the Muslim responds. So then you take him to a book
married a woman, woman always had the menstrual cycle, blood store and give him a shock. You buy a Bible and turn it to...lets
came out...she got in a bad mood...a week later they made up and see...Job 10:812...it is good old Job again! The verses say: "Your
(Made Love), the male sperm was ejected into the female, to hands have made me and fashioned me, an intricate unity; Yet you
ensure he fertilizes her, he learned that since he watered the plants would destroy me. Remember, I pray, that you have made me like
in the yard...and that's how they had ...well... a boy or a clay. And will you turn me into dust again? Did you not pour me
girl...preferably twin boys...they can heard the sheep, plow the out like milk, and curdle me like cheese, cloth me with skin and
earth, and keep the family name, well...one day the woman did not flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews?" (Job 10:811).
bleed as usual on the end of each month...again..."Walla" the blood You respond, Wow !
did not come out... they waited an extra week or two to make sure
it really clotted inside her...the women gathered around to talk Evidence: How did Mr. Mahmud conclude that the Quranic verses
about it... then an announcement was made "she must be pregnant" mention muscles? Since muscles are constructed after the bones,
with either a boy or a girl ... that will be silly...they just said "a as he writes. We question: Nothing in the Arabic verses says
baby". A scientific error all the sudden became a scientific anything about "muscles", for that Lets go to a "Word for Word"
discovery. In previous verses he created them from: Dust, Water, translation of the last verse:
and Ejected Sperm. Lets add blood to that, and again, we can make
up all kinds of things. But that's not fair the Muslim might ask? Arabic: FaKasawna AlIthama Lahman
what about these verses?: English: We clothed the bones meat
Quran: "Man we did create from a quintessence of clay; then we
placed him as a drop of sperm in a place of rest, firmly fixed. Then No muscles at all! All interpreters and translators of the Quran
We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood; then of that clot agree that "Lahm" means Meat. I was born in the village of "Bait
We made a (fetus) lump; then we made out of that lump bones and Lahm" or Bethlehem, which every one knows means the house of
clothed the bones with flesh; then we developed out of it another Meat. And we ask: How is it that the sperm becomes a "blood"
creature. So blessed be Allah, the best to create." (Al clot? How is it that the Quran have been sent as a "Better book"
Mu'minum[23]:14). than the Bible, especially when the Biblical verses by Job (Ayub)
is more accurate when it mentions "Sinews" which means nerves
Muslim Claim: .Mr. Mahmud expounds on these verses as he and muscles? Why didn't all these scholars and commentators of
says: "Man was not created from mud from the beginning...but
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the Quran not mention these verses, since they already exist in the
Bible? You wouldn't think they could be...you know ...Biased? On Biology
One last question: why all these quotes from good old Job (Ayub)?
The Hebrew word "hannashesh" means tendon, or nerves. There Quran: "The parable of those who take protectors other than
is no word used in the Quran to mean that. But it has no Allah is that of a Spider, who builds a house; but truly the flimsiest
"hannashesh" or "Asab" or "Adal" in the Quranic verse, it is simply of houses is the Spider's house." (AlAnkabut[29]:41).
"meat". That word which Mr. Mahmud needed was simply created
in his interpretation as underlined above, yet it was found in the Muslim Claim: Mustafa Mahmud comments concerning a verse in
Bible only. the Quran This is as he claims a major discovery in Biology, since
modern biology discovered that the spider's family is the cruelest
in all the animal kingdom. Since it is self destructive, as the female
On Fingerprints kill the male and the children eat the female. Defiantly a discovery
in biology not known by Muhammad.
Quran: "Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones? Nay
We are able to put together in perfect order the very finger tips." Evidence: Everyone knew that a spider web is weak, you could
(AlQiyamah[75]:34)" blow on it and it will fall apart, but if Muslims want to conclude
that the Quran discovered this for the first time they should wonder
Muslim Claim: Muslim scholars claim that the Quran foreknew when they read the Book of Job (Kitab Ayub) chapter 7 verses 13
that finger prints are unique to every individual. They use finger 15; "So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the
prints in police work to find criminals. This is a very modern hypocrite shall perish, Whose confidence shall be cut off, And
discovery only God can know at the time of the Quran. whose trust is a spider's web. He leans on his house, but it does not
stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure." (Job [Ayub] 7:13
Evidence: There is no way to substantiate this claim from these 15).
verses. All what this verse is saying is that in judgment day God
will resurrect the dead in perfect order. With flesh and bones, as it More Questions: Why didn't Mr. Mahmud and others quote this
is evident from verse 3 "Does man think we cannot assemble his verse? They always quote Biblical verses out of context. But when
bones?" it comes to the superior knowledge found in the Bible, you will
always find it missing. If we read Mr. Ali's translation of the Quran
Nothing about fingerprints being unique to each individual. The he gets into a deep discussion on the different types of spiders
verse is saying "put together" on the "bones", and not webs that he might have looked up in the encyclopedia to add a
"differentiate between each persons finger tips". For that to happen richness and give strength to the Quran. Again, why do not we let
one must corrupt the verse to say the following; "Does man think the Quran speak for itself? why is this stuff already in the Bible?
that We cannot assemble his bones? Nay we are able to differ his Muslims might claim that there is no problem if one prophet has
fingerprints." Muslims will never accept such corruption to the been inspired similar verses to other prophets. Then the question
text of the Quran, and I will not blame them for rejecting it. will be; what is the new scientific miracles that the Quran brought
to science? We claim "None", what do you claim? Bring forth
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your evidence, if you were truthful. Why not read (Kitab Ayub) in comments that the Quran calls the mountains pillars: "He created
English (The Book of Job) and see what Job was inspired by God. the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; He set on
Also the other question should be asked; does all the material in mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; And He
the Quran agrees with what is in the Bible? And what about tons scattered through it beasts of all kinds." (Luqman[31]:10). And in
of verses borrowed from pagan, apocryphal, and fictitious sources? other verses mountains are described as "pillars". He explains:
That we shall prove later on "The source of the Quran". "that the mountains act as weights that holds the crust of the earth
on it's place, not allowing it to slide over the flaming sea inside the
earth." One wonders how would Mr. Mahmud interpret the Bible
verse: "The Earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I set up its
On Earth and Geology pillars firmly" (Psalms 74:3). Or another verse from the Bible:
"Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the
On the mountains he quotes the Quran: "They ask thee concerning mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and
the Mountains: say, `My Lord will uproot them and scatter them as foam and the mountains quake with their surging." (Psalms 46:2
dust.'" Explosions will take place in Judgment day in the 3). The explanation that Mr. Mahmud wanted to conclude from the
mountains. These "explosions" also are mentioned in the Bible: Quranic verse was already in the Bible. Yet he never quoted the
"He removes mountains, and they do not know when he overturns Bible, Why? On the creation of the Earth, Mr. Mahmud comments
them in his anger." (Job 9:5). Again, Job (Ayub) said all that on the verse "And afterwards stretched forth the earth", to
thousands of years before. Other verses on mountains by Job: "But conclude that the Quran knew a major scientific discovery
as a mountain falls and crumbles away, and as a rock is moved concerning the earth. He says; "This agrees with the most modern
from it's place; as water wears away stones, And as torrents wash views on astronomy of the shape of the earth, since the word
away the soil of the earth; so you destroy the hope of man." (Job "Duhia" means "egg." What Mr. Mahmud concludes is that earth is
14:1819). Job not only mentions mountains, but spoke about more flat on the north pole, than the south poll, making earth in the
erosion. Is this a scientific breakthrough? I say no. They already shape of an egg. Again he twisted the words around to fit his aim,
knew about erosion, that's why they use rock supports around and again we have to go to the "Word for Word" translation:
agricultural land in the east. Now we could lookup an encyclopedia
on erosion and expound like our friends, then, Walla !!! a scientific Arabic: Walardu ba'ada thalika dahaha
miracle. No offense on the (Walla) it has nothing to do with the
name of God (Allah) it's just like saying (Wow). English: and earth after that he extended
More on Job: "He puts his hands on the flint; He overturns the This has nothing to do with eggs. the word "Dahaha" and "Duhia"
mountains at the roots." (Job 28:9c). "The mountains melt like wax are not the same. In fact both translators of the Quran I have, agree
at the presence of the Lord." (Psalms 97:5). In another Quranic with my "word for word" translation. J. M Rodwell translates it:
verse we read concerning man's creation: "We have created man in "And afterwards stretched forth the earth". Mr. Ali translates it:
the best of molds, then do we abase him to be the lowest of low" "And the earth moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse)"
(AlTin[95]:45). In the Bible we read: "My frame was not hidden parenthesis his. We remind our Muslim friends that the Bible
from you, When I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the already made very clear the shape of the earth: "And he (God)
lowest parts of the earth." (Psalms 139:15). Mr. Mahmud stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on
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nothing." (Job 26:7). "It is he who sits above the circle of the And there is nothing hidden from its heat." The accusation was that
earth" (Isaiah 40:22). The Bible has the missing word that Mr. the Bible claimed that the sun moved in an orbit around the earth.
Mahmud was looking for. Why didn't he borrow Bible verses to This ancient false claim was not made by the Bible, since the
prove his point? Again, which is more accurate, the Bible or the words used "in his circuit unto the ends of it (the heavens)." It was
Quran? Another question; When was Isaiah born? I will help you not known until the Hubble Telescope confirmed the accuracy of
since you have enough homework. Isaiah was born about 700 the Bible as scientists proved that the sun moves through space in a
years before Christ, which makes this about 1400 years before the circuit covering an enormous orbit that lasts over two hundred and
Quran...no more questions! On another verse of the Quran were sixty million years.
Allah says, "Coils the day upon the night and the night upon the
day", which is a definite proof to a Muslim that the earth is round, Modern western and Muslim critics alike falsely accused the Bible
since darkness moves over the light and light moves over the of referring to a flat earth in Isaiah 11:12 and Revelation 7:1, as the
darkness with the word "coil" has to refer to a round shape it's expression "four corners of the earth" refers to a flat surface.
moving over. Although one could see that the word coil can be However, this expression was always considered "colloquial". It
referred to coiling over a flat surface, like coiling wire over a flat referred to the four extremities of the globe from a central position,
board. Another important factor needs not to be ignored is that in as God referred to a globe. "It is He who sits on the circle of the
the Quranic verse it refers to the night moving and the day (light) earth..." (Isaiah 40:22a), clearly confirming modern science, as in
moving around the earth, which does not necessarily mean the another verse by the prophet Job: "hangs the earth on nothing."
earth is round, since you can run around the Kaaba and it's square Job also confirms a very modern scientific known fact not known
and stands still while you go around. The fact is, it's the earth is in the Quran when he refers to the area on the north of the axis of
rotating around itself. The word "yukawir" (rotates) was used in the earth towards the polar star is almost empty of stars, this "hole
the ancient for an example of rolling the turban around your head in the space" of a 300 million lightyears gap has taken
"yukawir", and you do not normally rotate your head to roll the cosmologists by surprise and is different than the rest of the other
turban around. It is obvious that the writer of the Quran thought directions which are full of stars, as God through Job declares: "He
that the sun and the moon coil around the earth as it concludes in stretches out the north over empty space" (Job 26:7). For more on
the verse after; "the sun and the moon moves". this refer to Mitchell Waldrop, "Delving the Hole in space, Science
magazine, Nov. 27, 1981).
However, in the Gospel of Luke he describes the coming of Christ
in the daytime: "Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of
man is revealed." While in the few verses that follows Luke Electromagnetic Waves
describes that Christ will come in the night (Luke 17:34). This was
criticized for hundreds of years as a contradiction, how could a On the electromagnetic waves, Mr. Mahmud points out a discovery
single event come to be at both day and night. This does prove that by the Quran; "By the Sky which returns, (Wassama'e That
earth had a side which would be night and another which would be Irrajj'a) And by the Earth which opens out." He comments that; the
day. In the last few centuries many Bible critics denounced some sky acts like a reflector of the electromagnetic waves. Radio waves
verses concerning the movement of the sun. In Psalm 19:6, King bounces back to earth, so we can hear the sound on the radio.
David (Daud) by the inspiration of God writes concerning the sun: Without that we will loose the wave. We agree with the
"Its rising from one end of heaven, and its circuit to the other end, electromagnetic wave theory. On the other hand, on what basis he
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concludes that the Quran was talking about electromagnetic Islamic studies while Christians go to their Christian studies? And
waves? In the Bible: "With him (God) have you spread out the then a Muslim teacher will give the Islamic point of view, and
skies, Strong as a cast metal mirror?" (Job 37:18). Here is not only "his" point of view on Christianity, since the majority of nominal
"sky which returns" but "sky which reflects." This is the word Mr. Christians are too scared to comment when asked "is Jesus God"?
Mahmud was looking for. I shall reserve myself, this time, and not And then a Muslim attends the local Masjid and strengthens his
ask anymore questions. faith listening to Friday prayer speeches, and start educating
himself in Islam without ever hearing the full Christian point of
To the Muslim that the Quran is filled with science, we advise, a view. Now I know that some have an idea or read some books that
close examination of each claim. To prove scientific laws and did not have a good point of view on the Christian faith. Yet the
theories discovered in recent times not known by the prophet of majority of Muslims never spent the time to look and dig deep into
Islam takes more than the play with words. A close examination of the subject. If that is all you did in my opinion it is not enough.
each accurate claim, can easily prove that this knowledge was Since you have not done your homework on really studying the
previously known and already existed in the Bible. Another Bible, the true and only Word of God, I say "the only" because till
reference is Dr. William Campbell's book The Quran, in the Light now no other have surfaced with evidence that can compare.
of Science, examines more of these claims, proving that Dr.
Bucaille was not using scientific methods to determine his
conclusions. As I presented, one must study both claims before
making a decision. The problem that is prevalent in the Islamic
world today is that Muslims do not give a chance to the Christian The Narrow Gate
point of view, and close the door, leaving no opportunity for either
to prove their claim. At last I hope you consider what I have, I really care about
Muslims, believe it or not, for what do I gain from this but the joy
that I found in the King of Truth, the very Christ who died to
redeem you and me back to himself and that is the only reason I
challenge you and the whole World with Gods Bible. The Quran
Conclusion (What About You?) and most of the world religions promote works for salvation.
According to the Bible there is no amount of work man can offer
How solid is your foundation in Islam? What evidence does Islam God to receive salvation, not good deeds, martyrdom, or
provide nonMuslims when they question for evidence on Islam. pilgrimage to a Holy place, but only through what God did for
Why should he believe that Muhammad is a true prophet of God? man. The Bible alone explains the narrow way of God's salvation:
Why is the Quran a true Word of God? And why should he build "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy,
his faith on Islam? What sort of proofs can Islam provide? How that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For
the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those
deep do Muslims dig when building their faith on Islam? Or is it
who find it are few." (Matthew 7:1314). The choice you make is
because the majority of Muslims have Muslim parents, and carry a
either eternal torment in hell, or everlasting glory with God.
birth certificate with "Muslim' stamped on it, and in school are
guided to stand in a long line of Muslims waiting to get in class for Which gate will you choose?
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