Is Quran the Word of God?

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Is Quran the Word of God?





2 Tim 3:16-17, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work."
Paul tells us in these verses about the Bible that it is "God breathed" or given by God Himself. Bible study notes say, "Part of the term translated "inspired" (pneustos, Gk.) is derived from pneuma (Gk.), meaning "spirit." Peter says how prophets of God received prophecy in 2nd Peter 1:21, "holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." Paul further writes to Timothy why Scripture was given. He gives the reason that Scripture is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
The bottom line is, 'Scripture is given to equip a person for every good work' and given by Holy Spirit or Spirit of God. Holy Spirit is holy and there is no sin in Him. So when we examine anything which people call word of God, should be examined whether it leads to holiness, good work, profitable for doctrine, for correction and useful for making a person godly.
Now let us look whether Quran fulfills these criteria or not?
1. Inspired by God or given by Holy Spirit?:
If you look at the life of Muhammad the founder of Islam, we see that he was willing to marry his adopted son's wife. So he got these words from Allah in
Surah 33:50, "O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast paid their dowers; and those whom thy right hand possesses out of the prisoners of war whom Allah has assigned to thee; and daughters of thy paternal uncles and aunts, and daughters of thy maternal uncles and aunts, who migrated (from Makka) with thee; and any believing woman who dedicates her soul to the Prophet if the Prophet wishes to wed her;- this only for thee, and not for the Believers (at large); We know what We have appointed for them as to their wives and the captives whom their right hands possess;- in order that there should be no difficulty for thee. And Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful."
In other words, marrying his adopted son's wife was made legal as we read in Surah 33:37. Behold! Thou didst say to one who had received the grace of Allah and thy favour: "Retain thou (in wedlock) thy wife, and fear Allah." But thou didst hide in thy heart that which Allah was about to make manifest: thou didst fear the people, but it is more fitting that thou shouldst fear Allah. Then when Zaid had dissolved (his marriage) with her, with the necessary (formality), We joined her in marriage to thee: in order that (in future) there may be no difficulty to the Believers in (the matter of) marriage with the wives of their adopted sons, when the latter have dissolved with the necessary (formality) (their marriage) with them. And Allah.s command must be fulfilled.
So we can easily understand that Quran is not given by Holy Spirit and Quran is not inspired by God because the Bible tells us that God cannot tolerate any kind of sin, adultery, fornication and any kind of wrong doings. Bible is very clear about sin and its consequences. But through the above Surahs, Quran does not warn a sinner from committing sin. Instead Allah encourages sin with his words.
Can Holy God command to commit adultery or sin?
Last week we saw that Bible was given by Holy Spirit and Holy Spirit is Holy and so He cannot give an unholy command. We also looked at the unholy marriage between Muhammed and Zainab the wife of his adopted son.
Can Holy God command to commit adultery or sin?
History tells us that once Zainab was tanning leather in her home when Muhammed came to her house. Zaid her husband was not at home at that time. Muhammed saw her when she was not in her proper clothing and he was stunned seeing her beauty. The day he saw her, he wanted to marry her. When Zaid the adopted son of Muhammed knew the will of Muhammed, he divorced his wife Zainab. Quran 33:36-40 says that Allah gave permission to Mohammed for this marriage.
We read almost similar incident in Bible when David the king of Israel saw a beautiful woman taking bath in her house. David asked about her and people told him that she was Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite. David committed adultery with her, used his power to kill Uriah and later Bathsheba became his wife. David was doing all these things in secret but Bible tells us in 2 Sam 11:27, "the thing that David had done displeased the LORD." God sent Nathan to expose his sin and to face the consequences of his sin.
God is Holy and the whole Bible tells us that God cannot tolerate sin. One of the commandments of God which was given to Moses was, "You shall not commit adultery." God who gave this commandment cannot contradict Himself and why He will tell Muhammed to go ahead and commit adultery? Yes, God cannot do that.
Not only this but when we read in Surah 4:3 og Quran it says, "If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice."
If you show these Surahs of Quran to Muslims they will tell you immediately that Allah has limited the number to four which was one thousand in the Bible. They will show you the example of Solomon who had many wives. But God of the Bible never commanded Solomon or any other prophet to marry as many as they wanted. Those who married many wives did so according to their own will. In fact Solomon's wives became the reason of his fall. They made him to commit sin against God who gave him wisdom and made him this great. Nehemiah says about Solomon in Neh 13:26, "Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things?" Further the verse tells us that there was no king like him among many nations who was beloved of his God and God made him king over all Israel. But those women whom he married caused him to sin.
Solomon the wisest man, the beloved of God but in his last days fell in sin. 1 Ki 11:6 says, "Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully follow the LORD, as did his father David." God Himself warned him but he did not listen to God and did not turn from his evil ways. Then prophet Ahijah prophesied and said to Jeroboam that because Solomon did not walk in the ways of God, God was about to take ten tribes of Israel from him and give it to Jeroboam. When Solomon knew this he sought Jeroboam to kill him. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
All these things tell us that God cannot command evil thing to be committed by anybody. When you read something called Scripture or Word of God, you must be very careful. If those so called word of God is not helpful in making you a better person but push you in more sin then it cannot be from God. Bible says in Jer 29:11, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."
God wants to give you a better future and a hope. He wants to fill your life with peace and joy not with evil things. The whole Bible is designed to make us better people by giving solution for the problem of sin. David says in Psa 119:11, "Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You!" Word of God protects us from sinning against God. But contrary to it Quran does not give any solution for coming out of sin.
Crucifixion of Christ and Quran
From the last two weeks we were looking on the topic whether Quran is Word of God or not. We meditated on the verse where Paul and Peter says that Bible was inspired by God or given by the Spirit of God or Holy Spirit. We also looked that Holy Spirit cannot give unholy command and we studied the example of David's marriage to Bathsheba and Mohammed's marriage to Zainab. Both David and Mohammed married almost in the same way yet David received severe punishment and consequences of his sin but Mohammed's sinful marriage was appreciated by Allah. David's several pleading and repentance to the Lord could only exempt him from being punished and still he had to face the consequence. But the opposite was of Mohammed's case.
Today we are going to see what Quran says about the crucifixion of Christ.
Quran says in Surah 4:157-158, That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah., but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not. Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise."
Now if Allah's words are correct and Jesus was really not crucified then of course the whole Bible is a fake book or man-made doctrine and not given by God himself. The above statement of Allah nullifies the whole Bible and the messages spoken by all the prophets including Jesus who claimed His sufferings, death and resurrection.
Someone has explained that Jesus is mentioned in every book of Bible. Here are a few of that explanation:
In the book of Genesis, Jesus is The Seed of the Woman
We read in Gen 3:15 about the curse which came on the serpent, "And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel."
Genesis chapter 3 tells us the distortion of the creation whom God created. When Adam and Eve sinned against God, God promised to give a solution for this problem. The above verse says that the seed of the woman will crush the head of the evil one. Jesus came by virgin Mary and suffered and died on the cruel cross for the redemption of our souls. By doing this He crushed the head of devil. By doing this Jesus gave a great defeat to devil by overcoming death. But Allah says in Quran that it never happened.
In the book of Exodus, Jesus is The Passover Lamb
God who spoke through Moses gave the Law of Passover. God commanded Moses to bring a sacrificial lamb and to eat it. God redeemed Israel by the blood of the lamb which was applied on the door posts. The same God not only redeemed Israel from the mighty hands of his enemy but also brought them to the promised land. The same God who sent His Son to die for us is a liar according to the Quran and according to Allah. Because Quran says that Jesus never died on the cross.
In the book of Leviticus, Jesus is The High Priest
What was the duty of High Priest? Bible tells us that once a year High priest entered in the holies of holy with the blood of lamb or goat and pleaded for the sins of the people. Jesus did the same thing on the cruel cross by shedding His own blood on the cross. Bible says in Heb 2:17-18, "Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted."
Bible also says in Lev 17:11, "For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul."
But according to the Quran it never happened.

In the book of Zechariah, Jesus is The Pierced Son
God said in Zec 12:10 "And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.
The above verse is very clear that God Himself came to die for us and gave His life for us. He was pierced for our salvation. The wounds which we had to be in our body, He took Himself. But Quran denies all these things.
Jesus the Messiah
In the New Testament we read about Jesus' birth, sufferings, death and resurrection. Jesus Himself told the purpose of His coming in this world. Jesus spoke about His sufferings in Mat 17:12 "But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands."
Jesus spoke about His suffering, death and resurrection in Luke 24:46, "Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day."
Jesus declared His death in John 2:19-22, "Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." Then the Jews said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?" But He was speaking of the temple of His body. Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said."
So if Jesus did not die on the cross then all Old Testament and New Testament books are having no meaning and those millions of people who believed in the Son of God generation after generation are doomed in their own sin without having any hope for the future.
But not only the Bible tells us that these events happened as spoken by Jesus but History is witness of these events. The Writings of Flavius Josephus the Historian and other documents prove that Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection took place and Bible account is accurate.
So it is not possible that Quran was really given by the Spirit of God or Holy Spirit? God cannot contradict Himself nor His word. God cannot speak lies. All these things prove that Allah is not the all knowing god and it was a deliberate attempt to shake the whole foundation of Bible, that is, salvation of mankind, forgiveness of sin, redemption of soul through shed blood of Christ and Eternal life.
Today you can choose either to live in sin and die in your sins without having hope for eternal life or get forgiveness of your sins and enter into eternal life. Choice is yours.
Holy Spirit in the Quran
2 Tim 3:16-17, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work."
Before we explore whether Quran was given by Holy Spirit or not let us find out who Holy Spirit is. The whole Bible tells us that Holy Spirit is none other than the Spirit of God.
Holy Spirit has all the qualities of God for example:
Holy Spirit gives life - as we read in Job 33:4 The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life."
Holy Spirit is Spirit of Truth(God) - John 14:17, "the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you."
Holy Spirit is resurrection - Rom 8:11, "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you."
Grieving Holy Spirit is sin and Holy Spirit dwells in those who walk in the ways of God as we read in Isa 63:10-11, "But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit; So He turned Himself against them as an enemy, And He fought against them. Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying: "Where is He who brought them up out of the sea With the shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within them."
But Quran has confused so much regarding Holy Spirit. Quran says that Holy Spirit is called angel Gabriel and Muhammad. Let us look why angel Gabriel and Muhammad could not be Holy Spirit.
Angel Gabriel cannot be Holy Spirit:
1. Angels are creation of God but Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God whom God never created. Bible tells us that Holy Spirit is life giving. Not only the Bible but Quran also tells us that Holy Spirit breathed in the nostril of Adam and he became a living creature. But angel Gabriel is only an angel and he is not God. Angels do not have the power to create or give life to anybody. God alone can give us life.
God cannot be brought low to the level of angels or God's creation. It is blasphemy to say that angels are God or Holy Spirit.
2. When God breathed in the nostril of Adam and when he became a living creature, does it mean that God breathed angel Gabriel in Adam's nostril? I do not think so. Bible tells us that Holy Spirit came and dwelt in the lives of prophets and those who walked in the ways of God. They got filled with the Holy Spirit or Spirit of God. We do not read in the Bible as if God filled people with angel Gabriel.
3. Angels have limited power but God has unlimited power. Holy Spirit has all power as the Bible tells us that Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead, (Romans 8:11). Angels do not have power over life and death but God has.
Muhammad cannot be Holy Spirit:
1. Bible tells us that Spirit of God is the creator as we read in Job 33:4, "The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life." Spirit of God has made us but we all know that Muhammad was just a human being. Muhammad cannot create anybody.
2. Jesus said in John 14:17, "the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you."
In this verse Jesus clearly spoke that Spirit of Truth is invisible and that the world does not know Him. Muhammad was visible to people and Muhammad was not with Jesus or His disciples and Muhammad did not live in them after the ascension of Jesus.
Holy Spirit lived in and with the people not only in New Testament times but also in the days of Old Testament. Joseph, Moses, David, Saul, Samson, Daniel and all the prophets were filled with Holy Spirit. Dan 4:8 tells us that Daniel had the Spirit of the Holy God in him. When David sinned against God he prayed in Psa 51:11, "Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me." When Saul sinned against God, God's spirit left him as we read in 1 Sam 16:14, "Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul."
So we can understand that Muhammad is not Holy Spirit or Spirit of God.
3. Holy Spirit is the living water Himself as we read in John 7:37-39, "On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
In Old Testament we read that God is the Living Water in Jer 2:13, "For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns; broken cisterns that can hold no water." And in Jer 17:13, "O LORD, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You shall be ashamed. "Those who depart from Me Shall be written in the earth, Because they have forsaken the LORD, The fountain of living waters."
Jesus was ofering Living Water to the woman whom He met on the well in John 4th chapter. John 4:10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
God, Jesus and Holy Spirit all are mentioned as Living Water. But Mohammad was a mere man, he wasn't Holy Spirit.
4. Jesus said in John 14:26, "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you."
God the father never sent Muhammad as he denied the fatherhood of God. Jesus called God, Father and Jesus told His disciples, "when Holy Spirit will come, He will bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." But Muhammad's teachings were entirely different from the message of Jesus. Jesus also said in John 16:13-14, "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you."
Muhammad never glorified Jesus but tried to distort the message of Jesus, the work of Jesus on the cruel cross and His shed blood for mankind for the remission of sin. So of course Muhammad was not Holy Spirit.
All these things prove that angel Gabriel and Muhammad have no qualities of God or Holy Spirit and they are not Holy Spirit or Spirit of God.

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Part Two - Is Quran the Word of God?


Is Quran the Word of God? Part 5
From whom Muhammad got his revelations?
Last week we saw that Holy Spirit is none other than the Spirit of the almighty God and Muhammad and Angel Gabriel cannot be the Holy Spirit. Today we are going to see whether Quran is the word of God or not?
Bible tells us that all the prophets were filled with the Holy Spirit and they got revelation from God. But Hadith tells us that Muhammad was bewitched and had been affected by magic or powerful spell.
1. From whom Muhammad got his revelations:
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 490:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Magic was worked on the Prophet so that he began to fancy that he was doing a thing which he was not actually doing. One day he invoked (Allah) for a long period and then said, "I feel that Allah has inspired me as how to cure myself. Two persons came to me (in my dream) and sat, one by my head and the other by my feet. One of them asked the other, "What is the ailment of this man?" The other replied, 'He has been bewitched" The first asked, 'Who has bewitched him?' The other replied, 'Lubaid bin Al-A'sam.' The first one asked, 'What material has he used?' The other replied, 'A comb, the hair gathered on it, and the outer skin of the pollen of the male date-palm.' The first asked, 'Where is that?' The other replied, 'It is in the well of Dharwan.' " So, the Prophet went out towards the well and then returned and said to me on his return, "Its date-palms (the date-palms near the well) are like the heads of the devils." I asked, "Did you take out those things with which the magic was worked?" He said, "No, for I have been cured by Allah and I am afraid that this action may spread evil amongst the people." Later on the well was filled up with earth.
We read the same thing in Volume 8, Book 75, Number 400 where Aisha Muhammad's wife says that Allah's Apostle was affected by magic, so much that he used to think that he had done something which in fact. She also said Allah's Apostle was bewitched... (See Hadith No. 658, Vol. 7)
Hadith also tells us that Muhammad every night prayed a prayer that his devil should be driven away from him in
Book 41, Number 5036:
Narrated AbulAzhar al-Anmari:
When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) went to his bed at night, he would say: in the name of Allah, I have laid down my side for Allah. O Allah! forgive me my sin, drive away my devil, free me from my responsibility, and place me in the highest assembly.
When Muhammad started getting revelations he became suicidal and thought to kill himself. A great fear came in his heart and he was not even sure what he was getting and from whom?
Hadith tells us in Volume 9, Book 87, Number 111: Narrated 'Aisha:
The commencement of the Divine Inspiration to Allah's Apostle was in the form of good righteous (true) dreams in his sleep. He never had a dream but that it came true like bright day light. He used to go in seclusion (the cave of) Hira where he used to worship(Allah Alone) continuously for many (days) nights. He used to take with him the journey food for that (stay) and then come back to (his wife) Khadija to take his food like-wise again for another period to stay, till suddenly the Truth descended upon him while he was in the cave of Hira. The angel came to him in it and asked him to read. The Prophet replied, "I do not know how to read." (The Prophet added), "The angel caught me (forcefully) and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it anymore. He then released me and again asked me to read, and I replied, "I do not know how to read," whereupon he caught me again and pressed me a second time till I could not bear it anymore. He then released me and asked me again to read, but again I replied, "I do not know how to read (or, what shall I read?)." Thereupon he caught me for the third time and pressed me and then released me and said, "Read: In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists). Has created man from a clot. Read and Your Lord is Most Generous...up to..... ..that which he knew not." (96.15)
Then Allah's Apostle returned with the Inspiration, his neck muscles twitching with terror till he entered upon Khadija and said, "Cover me! Cover me!" They covered him till his fear was over and then he said, "O Khadija, what is wrong with me?" Then he told her everything that had happened and said, 'I fear that something may happen to me." Khadija said, 'Never! But have the glad tidings, for by Allah, Allah will never disgrace you as you keep good reactions with your Kith and kin, speak the truth, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guest generously and assist the deserving, calamity-afflicted ones."
Further we read that Khadija accompanied him to her cousin Waraqa and Muhammad told his story to him. Waraqa told him that it is from angel Gabriel who keeps the secret. You can see that Muhammad wasn't sure about his revelation from where he was getting this. Only Khadijah and Waraqa were giving him clues that it may be this and it may be that. Further we read that Muhammad became so disturbed that he tried to kill himself. But every time when Muhammad tried to kill himself the angel who was identified as Gabriel appear before him and said, "O Muhammad! You are indeed Allah's Apostle in truth".
All these Hadith writings suggest that Muhammad was not getting his revelations from God but from devil. If we read the Bible we can understand that none of the Bible prophets felt suicidal or were in deep distress after meeting God ore being in the presence of God. They enjoyed the presence of God everyday in their lives. David says in Psa 16:11, "You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore." Moses enjoyed the presence of God and every time he came out of the presence of God, his face was shining with the glory of God not with fear or depression.
If Muhammad had seen the God of the Bible or met the real angel Gabriel, he would have been filled with the peace of God. Bible tells us about the God of the Bible as "God of peace". God gives His perfect peace to a person. He does not keep a person in delusion, confusion or in distress.
A distressing/suicidal/murdering spirit?
Last week we saw that Muhammad was getting his revelations. He was bewitched and powerful magic worked on him. He was under the influence of spell and witchcraft. Moreover his encounter with a so called angel who identified himself as Gabriel made him so distressed that many a times Muhammad tried to kill himself.
After all who this angel was who identified himself as angel Gabriel?
A distressing/suicidal/murdering spirit?:
In Bible we read about Saul that he was once filled with the Spirit of God but when he sinned against God and disobeyed Him the Spirit of God left him and a distressing spirit came and tormented him" (1 Sam 16:14-23). Because of this evil spirit Saul was greatly troubled in his heart. Days, months and years passed by and a day came in his life when he reached to the point where God did not respond to him and it made him really sick. So he turned to medium to know his future. Finally Saul died a tragic death by killing himself.
Bible also tells us that when that distressing spirit came upon Saul he tried to kill David as we read in 1 Sam 19:9-10, "Now the distressing spirit from the LORD came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing music with his hand. Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul's presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night."
1 Sam 22nd chapter tells us that Saul killed the priests of the Lord. What was their crime? Ahimelech the Priest inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine, (1 Sam 22:10).
You can see similarities in Muhammad's inspiration. As I wrote last week and showed how Muhammad was completely distressed after having encounter with an angel at the cave. Muhammad was suicidal. Muhammad killed many innocent people among whom Jews were the main.
Hadith and Quran both says that the angel who identified as angel Gabriel hated Jews. In Hadith we read, "The Prophet said, "Just now Gabriel has informed me about that." 'Abdullah said, "Gabriel?" The Prophet said, "Yes." 'Abdullah said, "He, among the angels is the enemy of the Jews."
Hadith tells us that angel Gabriel visited Muhammad and commanded to kill men of Bani Quraiza. We read in Hadiths that Muhammad and his friends killed those Jews and distributed their women, children and properties among themselves. Bani Quraiza was a Jewish tribe. Here are the Hadith I am quoting.
Volume 5, Book 59, Number 362: Narrated Ibn Umar:
Bani An-Nadir and Bani Quraiza fought (against the Prophet violating their peace treaty), so the Prophet exiled Bani An-Nadir and allowed Bani Quraiza to remain at their places (in Medina) taking nothing from them till they fought against the Prophet again) . He then killed their men and distributed their women, children and property among the Muslims, but some of them came to the Prophet and he granted them safety, and they embraced Islam. He exiled all the Jews from Medina. They were the Jews of Bani Qainuqa', the tribe of 'Abdullah bin Salam and the Jews of Bani Haritha and all the other Jews of Medina.
Volume 5, Book 59, Number 443: Narrated 'Aisha:
When the Prophet returned from Al-Khandaq (i.e. Trench) and laid down his arms and took a bath, Gabriel came and said (to the Prophet ), You have laid down your arms? By Allah, we angels have not laid them down yet. So set out for them." The Prophet said, "Where to go?" Gabriel said, "Towards this side," pointing towards Banu Quraiza. So the Prophet went out towards them.
Volume 5, Book 59, Number 449: Narrated Al-Bara:
The Prophet said to Hassan, "Abuse them (with your poems), and Gabriel is with you (i.e, supports you)." (Through another group of sub narrators) Al-Bara bin Azib said, "On the day of Quraiza's (besiege), Allah's Apostle said to Hassan bin Thabit, 'Abuse them (with your poems), and Gabriel is with you (i.e. supports you).'"
Volume 5, Book 59, Number 725: Narrated Urwa bin Az-Zubair:
'Aisha said, "The Prophet said during his fatal illness, "Allah cursed the Jews for they took the graves of their prophets as places for worship." 'Aisha added, "Had it not been for that (statement of the Prophet ) his grave would have been made conspicuous. But he was afraid that it might be taken as a place for worship."
One another Hadith says, "curse be on the Jews and the Christians, as they took the graves of their prophets as (places of worship)".
All these things show that Muhammad was speaking to an angel who influenced him to commit all kinds of evil things which are abomination in the sight of God.
Was Muhammad a Porphet?:
In the last few weeks we saw how Muhammad was getting revelations from the so called angel Gabriel who was not the real angel Gabriel but rather a distressing/suicidal or murderous spirit.
2. Was Muhammad a Porphet?:
Muslims call Muhammad a Prophet. Was Muhammad really a prophet? If yes then on what grounds?
a. A Transformed life:
Careful study of the Bible tells us about similarities in the lives of the Prophets of the Bible. At some time or othe their lives would have changed after meeting God. They turned around from their evil ways and walked in holiness. Because no one can sin and stay in the presence of God. When Adam sinned against God, he was driven away from the Garden of Eden or from the presence of God. Take the life of Abraham. Before he came out of his country he was an idol worshipper. But when God called him, he left everything behind and followed the living God. Abraham walked in the ways of God and pleased God. He lived a holy life and was called the friend of God.
Take the example of Moses. He was a murderer before he met God. But when he met God, his life turned around and he became dearer to God. Bible says that God spoke to Moses face to face as a man speaks to his friend" (Exo 33:11).
When Job met God he repented as we read in Job 42:5-6 "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes." When Isaiah met God he repented as we read in Isa 6:5 So I said: "Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The LORD of hosts."
This rule of holiness continued and did not change in the New Testament time. Bible says in Heb 12:14, "Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord." Take the example of Paul who was persecuting Christians and was threatening, torturing and killing innocent people. But when he met Jesus on the way to Damascus his life changed dramatically and completely. The same person who was an enemy of the Christians started preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He left his old job of violence, torture and killing.
But if you look at the life of Muhammad, you cannot see any such transformation. Till his last breath he lived in sin and was struggling with all his sins all the days of his life. Quran and Hadith tells us that he was trying to keep himself sin free yet very often his sins took over him and controlled his life. Not only that, he simply denied the cleansing power of Jesus, His power to forgive sins, Sonship and Fatherhood of God and he missed the great salvation prepared by God for every human being. Hence he could not receive the transformed life which the prophets of the Bible attained in their lives.
b. Direct communication with God:
All the Bible prophets were in constant contact with God and spoke directly back and forth with God. Once God spoke to Abraham and said that he was about to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. Then Abraham could speak back and forth and could ask God whether He will destroy them if fifty righteous people were found and he was able to plead with God to bring the number of righteous people to ten. Further the Bible says in Gen 18:33, "So the LORD went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place." The same is true with Moses and other prophets.
At times God spoke directly to Prophets. But let us look how a person could speak to God directly. Bible tells us that when a person meets God his/her life changes as we saw in the above examples. And when a person gets the experience of salvation, he/she is eligible to receive the Holy Spirit. I want to make it clear that all the Bible prophets were filled with Holy Spirit. Jesus said to His disciples in John 14:26, "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." Also in John 16:13, "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come."
When Holy Spirit comes in one's life He guides, teaches and tells the things to come. Each and every prophet of the Bible was guided by Holy Spirit. They heard from God and spoke those words to people. They got revelation from God Himself.
But Muhammad who claimed himself to be a prophet was never filled with the Holy Spirit. Quran and Hadith both tells us that Muhammad had no such experience. When he spoke, he spoke to the so called angel Gabriel and never had any direct conversation with God. All these things make it clear that Muhammad was not a prophet nor did he bring any revelation from God as other prophets. So it is very clear that Quran is not the word of God!

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Part Three of Is Quran the Word of God?


Was Muhammad foretold in the Bible?
Last week we discussed whether Muhammad was a prophet or not. We studied the lives of Bible prophets who exhibited identical qualities which a prophet should have, but was missing from the life of Muhammad. Though Muslims have claimed that Muhammad was the last prophet etc. but we do not see the basic qualification of a prophet in his life.
3. Was Muhammad foretold in the Bible?:
Muslim Scholars have tried their best to convince the world that Muhammad was the prophet spoken of in the Bible. In their desperate attempts to prove their point, they did not even have any fear to equate Yahweh God - to Muhammad. Dr. Jamal Badawi the Islamic Scholar wrote in his article, "Muhammad in the Bible" like this, "One of the signs of the prophet to come from Paran (Mecca) is that he will come with "ten thousands of saints" (Deuteronomy 33:2 KJV). That was the number of faithful who accompanied Prophet Muhammad to Paran (Mecca) in his victorious, bloodless return to his birthplace to destroy the remaining symbols of idolatry in the Ka'bah."
Now if you have not read Deuteronomy 33:2, from Bible you will think that Dr. Jamal Badawi is right. But let me quote the whole verses here from KJV Bible:
Deu 33:1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
Deu 33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
The above verses are very clear in speaking that LORD came down from Sinai... shined forth from mount Paran. Verses 1-2 of Deuteronomy 33rd chapter clearly says that Moses spoke about his experience that God came down when they camped in the place called Paran. You can also look at Numbers 10:12 where it says, "And the children of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sinai on their journeys; then the cloud settled down in the Wilderness of Paran."
If you read further you will know that God used to come down in a cloud and pillar of fire among the Israelites in their wilderness journey. And Moses is referring to that experience before his death as we read in
Deu 33:1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
Deu 33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them..
So we know that Moses was not talking about the coming prophet using the most respected name of God "LORD" but he was simply sharing his experience that God came down in their midst.
Dr. Jamal Badawi also claimed that, "Habakkuk 3:3 speaks of God (God's help) coming from Te'man (an Oasis North of Medina according to J. Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible), and the holy one (coming) from Paran. That holy one who under persecution migrated from Paran (Mecca) to be received enthusiastically in Medina was none but prophet Muhammad."
No matter how the dictionary twist this verse and make 'God' to appear as "God's help", Bible is very clear in Habakkuk 3.3 that, "God came from Teman as we read, "God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise(Hab 3:3)." If you read further the 4th to 6th verses make it very clear that these verses are talking about God and not about any human being.
Not only that, Dr. Jamal Badawi claimed that the "Parakletos" which was spoken in the book of John 14, 15 and 16 was Muhammad. But is it true? The Greek term Parakletos is used to refer to "Holy Spirit" or "Spirit of Truth". Bible says in John 14:16-17, "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you."
John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you."
As we looked in our previous issues, "Holy Spirit" or "Spirit of Truth" will come and dwell in us and will be a helper, comforter and advocate for us. When Jesus promised to give another Helper, He did not say that Muhammad (or a man) will DWELL IN YOU but He said that "Holy Spirit" or "Sprit of Truth" will come and live in you and guide you, lead you and teach you all things. Spirit of Truth means Spirit of God or Spirit of Jesus as we read in John 14:6, Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." Jesus or God is the Truth and Spirit of truth is called Holy Spirit. These verses do not talk about Muhammad or an ordinary prophet but these verses talk about God's Spirit.
All these interpretations of Islamic scholars tell us that they are desperate to prove Muhammad's identity by twisting the Bible verses. But they forgot that equating an ordinary person called Muhammad with God or Holy Spirit is a great sin. It is very clear that Bible does not talk anything about Muhammad.
Who wrote Quran?
During the last few weeks we discussed on many issues whether Quran was from God or not? From where Muhammad got his revelations? Was Muhammad a prophet or not? What type of life Muhammad lived etc. This week we are going to look at 'who wrote Quran?'
Who wrote Quran?:
Muslims say that Bible is not the word of God because it has no known author or that most of the books of the Bible say, "author - unknown". But careful study of the Bible suggests that there are many evidences which indicate that the writers of the Bible were prophets and apostles themselves. For example the first five books of the Bible were written by Moses.
Moses writes instructions for the kings of Israel in Deu 17:18-20, "Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites. And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes, that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel."
Joshua confirms that there were written Laws with them which was given by God to Moses. In Joshua 1:7-8, "Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success."
Further we read that Joshua made an altar of the LORD God as it was written in the Book of the Law of Moses in Josh 8:30-31, "Now Joshua built an altar to the LORD God of Israel in Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: "an altar of whole stones over which no man has wielded an iron tool." And they offered on it burnt offerings to the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings."
Joshua also made a copy of the Book of Law when they reached the promised land as we read in Josh 8:32, "And there, in the presence of the children of Israel, he wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written."
Further it was confirmed in 2 Chr 17:9 So they taught in Judah, and had the Book of the Law of the LORD with them." And throughout the Bible we read about the confirmation that Bible was written by prophets and apostles who had direct contact with God.
Now the question is, who wrote Quran or who was the author of Quran?
Hadith tells us that Muhammad was illiterate and was unable to read or write. So of course Muhammad did not write Quran. Muslims claim that Muhammad dictated the whole Quran to his followers and many of them memorized the Quranic verses word by word and later they wrote it down. The bottom line is that no one knows for sure who wrote the Quran.
After the death of Muhammad there was a time when Uthman the third Caliph of Islam ordered to burn all the copies of Quran except one. It was believed that there were variations in text and recitation practice of Quran at that time and so Uthman took this step. According to Quran and Hadith, Muhammad was the last prophet of Islam. So Uthman was not a prophet and we do not know whether he kept the valid and original Quran or destroyed it? We also do not know how he determined which one was the correct version of Quran?
Muslims claim that Quran was directly given by Allah and Sheikh Ahmed Deedat the Muslim Scholar and other Muslims have claimed that Quran is the word of God because it was written in first person speech unlike Bible, where third person speech is used. But the very first chapter of Quran is written in the third person speech.
Surah 1:1-7. "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds; Most Gracious, Most Merciful; Master of the Day of Judgment. Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek. Show us the straight way, The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray."
This is not the only one example but there are many Surahs which are written in third person speech. So if we take the word of Muslim Scholars, Quran is not the word of God.
Purpose of Scripture Writing
Last week we saw that, no one knows who the author of Quran was and that the copies of Quran were burnt while only one copy was kept. Without a prophet how could any one ever know which copy is legitimate or authorized and which one is not? Today we will look at the purpose of scripture writing.
Purpose of Scripture Writing:
We read in the Bible that when God created this world, He looked and saw that this world was beautiful and wonderful. He was happy with His creation. Proverbs 8:30-31 tells us that God was delighted to have fellowship with the sons of men or human being as we read in, "Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him, Rejoicing in His inhabited world, And my delight was with the sons of men."
Genesis 3rd chapter also tells us that God used to meet them in the garden at the cool of the day. God created human being for having fellowship with Him but He never intended to have this sinful and ugly creation as we have today. Everything went well until the day Adam and Eve sinned against God and fell short of the glory of God. When they sinned against God, they could not stand in the presence of Holy God. They were sent out of the garden of Eden and they were separated from God. But God who created human being for fellowship, had the same longing to bring the human beings back to the first position from where they fell.
So God gave the Law to Moses and that Law contained sacred rules how a person could get forgiveness of their sin, how they could meet God and how they could have fellowship with God and live in His presence forever. The whole Bible's centralized theme is how to redeem the fallen human, how to make them meet God and how to give them eternal life. Jesus came for the very purpose and He gave His precious life for us on the cruel cross. He shed His blood for sinful human being so that we could come out of our sins and live a holy life and have fellowship with living God.
Bible says in 2 Tim 3:16-17, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work."
But if you read the Quran and Hadith you can understand that there is no forgiveness of sin, salvation of soul, fellowship with God or eternal life ever offered in Quran or in Hadith. Quran says in Surah 23:102-104. "Then those whose balance (of good deeds) is heavy,- they will attain salvation: But those whose balance is light, will be those who have lost their souls, in Hell will they abide. The Fire will burn their faces, and they will therein grin, with their lips displaced. "
Also in Surah 7:8-9 The weighing on that day is the true (weighing). As for those whose scale is heavy, they are the successful. Those whose scale will be light, will be their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated Our signs."
In other words there is no way to know whether he or she is going to hell or heaven or whether he or she will get salvation or not until their last breath. In Islam salvation is based on good deeds unlike Bible where God has already paid the price in full for the salvation of our souls. Quran has kept its believers in dark but the Bible says that we can receive salvation or forgiveness of our sins in this world itself by accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Bible says that there is no other name given for our salvation except Jesus as we read in Acts 4:10-12, "let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. This is the 'stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.' Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
Quran does not care about the problem of sin or sinful human being. There is no solution in Quran to deal with our sins. Quran is silent about forgiveness of sin. Our good deeds cannot save us. For example suppose a person kills someone and after killing, he goes to some other place where no one knows him. He starts a fresh life, gives much money to charities, helps poor and needy, does good humanitarian works. Will that erase his past sin? The fact is, no, his guilt of murder will follow him all the days of his life until he gets forgiveness of his sin. If his sins are not forgiven in this world then surely he is going to hell fire because he is a sinner who killed another person and his good works cannot save him. But unfortunately Quran does not have a solution for such person.
Muhammad the founder of Islam also lived in fear until his death, not knowing whether he will get into heaven or not. The same fear creeps in the minds of Muslims. They live in fear without having hope of a blessed future for them. In Hadith Volume 1, Book 12, Number 770, Muhammad was asked whether they could see Allah on the day of Judgment or not? Muhammad replied that on that day, Allah will call them, and As-Sirat (a bridge) will be laid across Hell and I (Muhammad) shall be the first amongst the Apostles to cross it with my followers. Nobody except the Apostles will then be able to speak and they will be saying then, 'O Allah! Save us. O Allah Save us.'
Then further he says that the Muslims will come out of the fire, though the fire would eat away their whole human body yet marks of prostrations will remain intact. At that time they will come out of the Fire as mere skeletons. The Water of Life will be poured on them and as a result they will grow like the seeds growing on the bank of flowing water.
Can you imagine what Allah had promised for Muslims? Hell fire, burnt flesh and body! But today I have a good news to tell you that when you are in this world itself, you can receive eternal life. You can get water of life that is freely given by Jesus.
Jesus said to the Samaritan woman in John 4:10, "Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."" And in John 4:14 "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."
Dear friend, come to Jesus and have this eternal life so that you may never go to hell fire but have eternal life. [source - bibleandquran.org/quran-word-of-god.htm ]

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