السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
WAKEUP! The main reasons for this post, we found there are several groups comparing Prophets of Allah (SWT), such as who is greater? Jesus (PBUH) or Muhammad (PBUH)!
First let see Islamic status of the prophets in perspective from the Holy Quran, Surah 2:285 Al-Baqarah, “THE MESSENGER HAS BELIEVED IN WHAT WAS REVEALED TO HIM FROM HIS LORD, AND [SO HAVE] THE BELIEVERS. ALL OF THEM HAVE BELIEVED IN GOD AND HIS ANGELS AND HIS BOOKS AND HIS MESSENGERS, [SAYING], “WE MAKE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN ANY OF HIS MESSENGERS.” AND THEY SAY, “WE HEAR AND WE OBEY. [WE SEEK] YOUR FORGIVENESS, OUR LORD, AND TO YOU IS THE [FINAL] DESTINATION.”
The Muslims make no distinction between any of the Prophets of Allah (SWT), be it Moses, Jesus, Abraham, Lot, Noah, David, Solomon or Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Them All).
Christian peoples pose these types of devious questions and they have always used deceptive information to trick Muslims, but Alhumdulilah (praise be to Allah) in very few cases has this type of abominable and unpardonable tactics worked.
These peoples say: Jesus (PBUH) name is mentioned 25 times in the Holy Qur’an and Muhammad (PBUH) is mentioned by name only 5 times, so who is greater?
On the issue of Jesus (PBUH) mentioned by name 25 times 147 in the Holy Qur’an and Muhammad PBUH) mentioned 5 times in the Holy Qur’an:
1. There were allegations against Jesus (PBUH) during the time he was on earth and more so after Allah (SWT) raised him up. There were no allegations against Muhammad (PBUH).
2. Suppose I have to address a person who is present, I just have to say... you, he, him, her, she, my cousin, my brother, my father and so on. I need not take his name each time I refer to one of them.
As the Holy Qur’an was being revealed directly to the Prophet via the archangel Gibraeel (A-S), Allah (SWT) addressed the Prophet as: “O NABI, O PROPHET, AND O MESSENGER”- and hundreds of time Allah (SWT) says to the Prophet: “QUL”, which means: “SAY TO THEM”.
Remember the Holy Qur’an was being revealed gradually and each time revelation came it was being communicated directly to the prophet himself and he repeated the words to the people.
In certain specific places the Prophet (PBUH) was addressed by name, and when one refers to those particular 5 verses in the Qur’an where the Prophet (PBUH) was addressed by name, one will see why it was necessary to address the Prophet (PBUH) by name. There was no need to take his name all the time.
It is vital for Christians of every denomination to recognize that Islam is the only non- Christian faith, which makes it an article of faith to believe in Jesus (PBUH). We part from the Christians and the Church on the issue of divinity. We believe he is a great (human) messenger of Allah (SWT) and we have presented plenty of proof in this book from the Bible and the Holy Qur’an on this. Only the most inflexible dogmatic of Christians will reject the arguments that have been displayed.
Next we ask the Christians: If being raised up alive is a criteria to judge greatness then that means Christians must accept Elijah to be greater than Jesus (PBUH) on the basis of that argument; as the Bible states Elijah was raised up alive without dying first. So according to their standard Elijah is greater.
According to the Holy Qur’an (chap 4, v, 157) Jesus (PBUH) was not crucified… ‘THEY KILLED HIM NOT, NEITHER DID THEY CRUCIFY HIM’. We believe in the Holy Qur’an but even according to your interpolated Bible also, if properly analyzed, it says he was not crucified and neither was he killed (see our previous post in The Message of Islam page). His own people to whom he was sent did not accept him to be a messenger of God. (Matt 10:5-6 and Matt 15: 22-26).
The Holy Qur’an says in Chapte. No. 4, Verse No. 171 ‘O PEOPLE OF THE BOOK - DO NOT GO TO EXTREMES IN YOUR RELIGION’.
1. Jews said he was an imposter
2. Christians said that he was son of God/ God Almighty.
These are extremes. Islam says: speak not of God but the truth, and speak only the truth.
Jesus (PBUH) was an Israelite prophet. No Israelite will ever worship another Israelite as they know that he is a human being / mortal as they are, and subject to the same needs as food etc. God alone is without a need.
Jesus (PBUH) was raised up alive without being killed on the cross to save his life from the treacherous plot of the Jews.
In his second coming he will not teach humanity anything new but will come to set the record straight of his human nature and to destroy the cross which is being worshipped.
Allah (SWT) says in Holy Quran, Chapter 5, Verse 3, ‘ON THIS DAY, I (ALLAH) HAVE PERFECTED YOUR RELIGION FOR YOU AND HAVE CHOSEN FOR YOU ISLAM AS THE WAY OF LIFE’.
As Allah (SWT) has already perfected His religion, Jesus (PBUH) will bring no new revelation. Jesus (PBUH) will come to clarify the misconceptions about him as a huge portion of mankind have gone astray in the wrong belief about him. He will come for the Christians and Jews: not for the Muslims.
Suppose that a person does not have a father and you claim that on account of that he is God Almighty; then the Qur’an gives the answer in Chapter 3, Verse 59 “LO! THE LIKENESS OF JESUS BEFORE ALLAH IS AS THE LIKENESS OF ADAM. HE CREATED HIM OF DUST, AND THEN HE SAID UNTO HIM: BE! AND HE IS.”
Adam (PBUH) and Jesus (PBUH) both did not have fathers; both were created from dust just by a word - ‘Kun’ (Be) during different times. If you claim that a person who does not have a father is God Almighty, then Adam (PBUH) is a bigger God, according to the Christian Church’s criteria as Adam had no father and no mother.
The Bible speaks about another super human - King Malchisedec – he had no ascent, no decent, no beginning, and no end. He is greater than even Adam (PBUH). So on the basis of the missionaries’/ Church / Christian’s criteria, King Malchisedec is greater than Jesus (PBUH). Should they not be worshipping him?
An important point to remember is that Moses (PBUH), David (PBUH) and Jesus (PBUH) had already foretold the coming (see our previous post in The Message of Islam page) of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) hundreds of years before his advent.
Allah (SWT) reminds the Jews and Christians in the Holy Qur’an: chap 61: v 6 to 9 & chap 7: v 157-158) that this is the Prophet that was foretold in their original scriptures.
Did not Jesus (PBUH) also say in John 16:13 HOWBEIT WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, IS COME, HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH: FOR HE SHALL NOT SPEAK OF HIMSELF; BUT WHATSOEVER HE SHALL HEAR, THAT SHALL HE SPEAK: AND HE WILL SHEW YOU THINGS TO COME.
John 16:14 HE SHALL GLORIFY ME: FOR HE SHALL RECEIVE OF MINE, AND SHALL SHEW IT UNTO YOU.
The prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was known as “AL-AMEEN” meaning “The Truthful” by the all the people of Makkah even before prophethood. The above quotation fits only the Prophet of Islam. The Holy Qur’an was revealed orally and the Prophet heard the revelation.
Most definitely the prophet received portions of the same message that was given to Jesus (PBUH) by Allah (SWT), as the message in essence is the same. That is there is only ONE GOD!
John 14:26- BUT THE COMFORTER, ‘WHICH IS THE HOLY GHOST’, WHOM THE FATHER WILL SEND IN MY NAME, HE SHALL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS, AND BRING ALL THINGS TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE, WHATSOEVER I HAVE SAID UNTO YOU.
If one carefully reads the above verse, and scrutinizes it, one will notice that the words ‘which is the Holy Ghost’ are an addition and could not have been part of the original text. The following are convincing reasons for making such a statement.
The Holy Ghost was coming and going all of the time while Jesus (PBUH) was on earth as is stated many times in the Bible. So the Holy Ghost is automatically excluded! This verse is talking about a “Comforter” who is going to come in the future, and who has not yet come into the world, and who will speak to human beings. The Holy Ghost spoke to Jesus (PBUH) only, but Jesus (PBUH) is saying here that ‘’he”-meaning the Comforter - will teach you all things, and “he”- the Comforter-will bring things to all the peoples remembrance.
To re-iterate, it could by no means have been the Holy Ghost that Jesus (PBUH) was referring to! It can only be the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (PBUH) who has brought all things to our remembrance!
The Holy Ghost is neither male nor female, and has always been referred to as the Holy Ghost in the Bible.
So the Holy Ghost is excluded as the male gender of “HE” is stated EIGHT TIMES. There is not another verse in the complete Bible that has eight “he’s” mentioned in just one verse, except this particular verse! This proves the words ‘which is the Holy Ghost’ are an addition and could not have been part of the original text.
Further, the words ‘in my name’ are also an interpolation, as God will never send anyone except in God’s name! That is why in the Holy Qur’an all of the chapters begin with: “IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL”.
So here again is a fulfillment of the above prophecy of Jesus (PBUH). It was the deliberate fraud of the scribes that has corrupted the clear words of Jesus (PBUH)!
A very important fact often deliberately overlooked by all the Christians is that in over 2,000 years nobody except PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) has spoken about Jesus (PBUH) and exonerated him from the false accusations of the Jews, and also from claiming divinity as the Church is advocating; as well as the false doctrine of the atonement of sins by crucifiction taught by Paul.
Can any Christian who is sincerely looking for the truth ignore all of the above facts?
Muslims pose the following important questions to the Christians and especially the missionaries and demand answers to:
1. In over 2,000 years has any new laws and teachings been forthcoming from anyone except Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)? Read Holy Qur’an Chapter 61.
2. Has anyone besides Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) spoken of the miraculous birth of Jesus (PBUH) in over 2,000 years? This miracle can only be proven through the Holy Qur’an! Because if one takes the Bible as a witness it cannot prove his miraculous birth as it is full of errors and unscientific data that no reasonable person will accept as a witness. The Bible’s narration of the birth of Jesus (PBUH) is vulgar. Read Holy Qur’an Chapter 3 & 5 about the miraculous birth of Jesus (PBUH) narrated in sublime term sand compare!
3. Has anyone besides Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) exonerated the mother of Jesus (Mary) of the serious accusations of the Jews in more than 2,000 years? Read chaps 3, 5, & 19 of the Holy Qur’an. Chap 19 – is named after the mother of Jesus (PBUH), titled “Surah Maryam” (Mary). Question: Has the Bible a chapter named after her?
4. Has anyone besides Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) exonerated the false accusations against Prophets Noah (PBUH), David (PBUH), Solomon (PBUH), Jesus (PBUH) and many other prophets in more than 2,000 years? Read Chapter 21 titled “The Prophets”.
5. Has anyone besides Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) addressed problems besetting the human race like: the scourge of alcoholism, gambling and idol worship in over 2,000 years with divine scripture? Read Holy Qur’an Chapter 5, verses 90 onwards.
6. Has anyone besides Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) addressed the problem of extra women in the world today? Read Holy Qur’an Chapter 4 titled “Women”.
Taking into account all the above factors, can there be any doubt that it is Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that Jesus (PBUH) spoke about? He has already come and gone, and left behind a perfect and everlasting law, the Holy Qur’an.
In chap 61, verse 6 of the Holy Qur’an the Prophet’s name is spoken by Jesus (PBUH), when he informed his followers that a Prophet by the name of “AHMED” was to come after him, which is a fulfillment of Deut 18:18 where it foretells about a Prophet to come from among the brethren of the Israelites, like unto Moses (PBUH).
The Gospel of Barnabas clearly mentions the name of Muhammad (PBUH) as the person mentioned by Jesus (PBUH) that was to come.
The Vatican has deliberately excluded this Gospel for obvious reasons. Yet in the Bible Barnabas is mentioned as one of the Disciples of Jesus (PBUH) and it says in Colossians, chap 4, verse 10 - “…Barnabas touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him”; also in Acts of Apostles, 4:36 “And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, the son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus”
The Church disowns his Gospels because of vested interests.
To conclude this long post: If I am referring to my brother or a friend who is not in my presence I have to take his name when I speak about him.
In the same manner Jesus (PBUH) was not present when the Holy Qur’an was revealed so his name had to be taken. Prophet Moses (PBUH) is mentioned 132 times in the Holy Qur’an, as he was also not present.
Question- does it mean Moses (PBUH) is greater than both Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Jesus (PBUH) as his name is mentioned more times than both of them put together?
Question: Statistics from the KJV Bibles state: The name of Jesus (PBUH) is mentioned 500 times in 936 verses; and the name of Moses (PBUH) is mentioned 500 times in only 783 verses! Does that make Moses (PBUH) greater than Jesus (PBUH), as his name is mentioned 500 times in 153 verses LESS in the Christian Bible?
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