Share The Gospel With Muslims

Share the Gospel
with Muslims
By Daniel Scot & Michael Abdulhaq

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Copyright © 2009 by Ibrahim Ministries International Inc.
Share the Gospel with Muslims
by Daniel Scot and Michael Abdulhaq
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ISBN: 978-0-9803244-1-9
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Share the Gospel with Muslims - 4
Preface
Welcome in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. We hope and pray that
you will find this book and accompanying tracts useful for strengthening
your own faith and those around you and instrumental in equipping you
to reach out to Muslims with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
This work has been several years in the making and is born from our
desire to see Christians reach out to Muslims, people whom the Son of
God died for, sinners like us.
This book will be berwildering to many and sometimes a point just
doesn’t seem to be substantiated. As you can imagine with a work this
detailed, points are bound to be overlooked and so we ask that you work
with us to create a second edition with more tracts and refined tracts. If
you have a tract and would like to see it included in the next edition or
would like to aid in translation, please contact us at office@imi.org.au or
write to us at the address below.
Daniel and Mariat Scot, founders of Ibrahim Ministries International
(IMI), have been equipping and training evangelists for more than 40
years. Daniel and Mariat fled from Pakistan after Daniel was charged
with blasphemy against Muhammad for merely quoting the Qur’an and
asking the question, “How can Muhammad save me?”. Students at the
university where Daniel taught, sought to kill him, but God’s soverign
protection kept him and his family of five children safe. They endured
several years of separation before settling in Australia where Daniel’s
love for the Lord and his desire that Muslims know Jesus Christ and him
crucified compelled him to reach out to them and equip Christians to do
the same.
The work of teaching and training takes Daniel and Mariat all over the
world. Many countries where they teach are countries where teaching the
truth about Muhammad is a death sentence. We greatly value your
prayers and support, especially to help Christians in Islamic nations to
receive books like these to help them grow and be fruitful in their faith.
May the peace of Jesus Christ guide you,
Daniel Scot and Michael Abdulhaq

July, 2009
Table of Contents
Preface .......................................................................................................4
Part 1 – Pre-Evangelism for you................................................................7
How to use the Tracts ............................................................................9
Sharing the Gospel...............................................................................13
Preparing your testimony.....................................................................19
Part 2 – Social Issues ...............................................................................25
The Straight Path .................................................................................27
Sin in Christianity and Islam ...............................................................33
Islam and Christianity..........................................................................45
Jews and Christians in Islam................................................................53
Jihad.....................................................................................................59
Truth in Islam ......................................................................................63
Dhimmitude .........................................................................................71
Women in Islam...................................................................................77
Part 3 – Theological Differences .............................................................85
The Crusades .......................................................................................87
Authenticity of the Bible .....................................................................93
Contrasting Jesus and Muhammad ......................................................99
The Life of Muhammad.....................................................................119
Allah vs. Yahweh...............................................................................129
Contradictions in the Qur’an .............................................................141
Jesus in the Qur’an.............................................................................153
The Messiah in Prophecies ................................................................163
Glorified Messiah in Prophecies........................................................177
The Messiah & His Deity ..................................................................191
Reference Index .....................................................................................202
Hadith References..............................................................................203
Bible References................................................................................205
Qur'anic References ...........................................................................215
Part 1 – Pre-Evangelism for you
How to use the Tracts
Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. We hope and pray that this series of tracts will be
uplifting to you and to those with whom you share the truth. Allow us to explain our purpose in
publishing these tracts and to give you some general guidelines in our approach.
Purpose
Our approach and purpose have many facets:
• To bring awareness of various aspects of Islamic teachings from the Qur’an, ahadith [plural
for Hadith], Muhammad’s practice and life, and their outworking in the lives of Muslims
today, and to contrast these with the teachings and practice of Jesus, and their outworking in
the lives of Christians today.
• To challenge the notion of pluralism and multiculturalism. Not all beliefs teach the same
things but everyone’s beliefs about good and bad and right and wrong, are the primary
motivations behind our actions. Where these differing beliefs are incompatible, conflict will
result. It is important to identify these areas and to attempt to resolve areas of potential
conflict. In the long run society will self-destruct if the real issues are covered up in the name
of pluralism, tolerance and multiculturalism.
• To stimulate the hearts and minds of Christians and Muslims to know and follow the real
Jesus—the Jesus of the Bible.
• To answer questions about Islamic faith, teaching and practice in an objective fashion.
General Information
Each chapter in this book corresponds to a tract; the text is almost exactly the
same however the book contains all the references in full. Please make sure you read
the tract and book and assiociated references carefully before you give it to your
Muslim friend. Each tract contains a disclaimer at the start, please read and take
notice as it contains vital information that will assist you in your evangelism.
These tracts are an attempt to show the real teaching of Islam and of the real Muhammad, the founder
of Islamic faith, in the light of the teachings of the Qur’an, Hadith (plural is ‘ahadith’), and earliest
biographies of Muhammad by classic Muslim scholars. This is important because, just as Christians
are told to follow the example of Jesus Christ, so too, Muslims are told to follow the example of their
prophet Muhammad. Islam teaches that Muhammad did everything by inspiration and in obedience to
Allah (Sura 53:2-41); thus obedience to Muhammad is obedience to Allah (Sura 4:802). Obviously
then, it will be necessary to observe the life and practice of Jesus and of Muhammad if we are truly to
understand Christianity and Islam.
Just as Christians differ in their devotion and zeal to become like Jesus, Muslims differ in their
devotion and zeal to become like Muhammad. Just as some Christians have much Biblical knowledge
whilst others have little, Muslims also vary in their knowledge of the Qur’an, ahadith, and
Muhammad’s life and practice.
Additionally, it is important to recognize that, just as Christians have different denominations, varying
in orthodoxy and practice, so do Muslims. Islam is not a monolithic faith; there are a variety of
beliefs, teachings and practices amongst Muslims. There are many sects: Sunni (approx. 80%), Shia
(approx. 15%), Alawi, Alevi, Ismaili, Druze, Bohra and Ahmedi. Sufis are not a sect as such, but are
mystics and represented in all sects. Ummah refers to the Islamic community in general. Islam means
‘submission to Allah,’ and a Muslim is someone who has submitted.
NOTE: Islam and Christianity share many similar teachings. However, the majority of these
teachings have only a superficial similarity. The real difference comes in the practices and examples
set by Muhammad and Jesus. The only effective way to evaluate a religion is not to look at its
followers who differ in their zeal and knowledge, but to look at the teaching and example set by their
founder. To differentiate between the real and counterfeit currency you need to focus on the
differences, because focusing on similarities and ignoring the difference can be very deceptive.
The Authoritative Texts

Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an, Hadith and earliest biographies of Muhammad. Muslims
believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah (verse numbers differ slightly in different
translations). A Sura (or Surah) is identical to the concept of a chapter so a reference to Sura 1:6 is a
reference to chapter one, verse (aya) 6: ‘Guide us to the Straight Way.’ The Qur’anic chapters are not
organized according to chronology, but to the size of the chapter, with the exception of Sura 1. Within
each chapter, there is minimal organisation. This means that careful study is required and caution
must be applied as some passages have been abrogated (cancelled out) by later revelations, and there
is rarely an indication from the text itself that this is the case.
Muslims believe that Muhammad is the perfect example to be followed by all Muslims. Whatever he
said, practiced or approved is called a Hadith. There are six authentic ahadith (Hadiths): Bukhari,
Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. There are many other lesser
ahadith that are not considered authoritative. The majority of Muslims believe the “authentic” ahadith
as true accounts of the sayings and practices of Muhammad, but there is a small minority who
consider them myths.
The Framework of Islamic Living

The framework of a Muslim’s life is directed by the five pillars: confession of faith (the Shahada),
prayer (Salat—5 times a day), alms (Zakat) to purify their earnings and help the poor, fasting (Swam),
and pilgrimage (Hajj). Some Muslims believe Jihad to be another pillar of Islam, however one must
always remember that Muslims are not a monolithic, united, group. They vary in their understanding
and commitment to Islamic faith, teaching and practice.
How to use these tracts

1. Pray. Prayer is vitally important to protect your own mind and heart; for getting wisdom; and
remembering that it is the righteousness of Jesus Christ that redeems and clothes you. Pray
also for the commitment that it will take to follow this through. Pray for love (I Corinthians
13:13) for the person with whom you share the Gospel.
2. Read carefully the tract that you intend to use; read all the accompanying references. In
this way, you can identify the context and are less susceptible to charges of context wresting.
3. Ask us to clarify any point, and get more information and related material. It is impossible to
include all the relevant references, examples, arguments, and other material in a two-page
tract. Be as equipped as you possibly can.
4. Know the Biblical position intimately and spend more time in Scripture and prayer, rather
than studying Islamic material.
5. Pray that the Holy Spirit will:
• enlighten the mind of your friend to the truth;
• free them from spiritual, cultural and social bondages that will prevent them from
following the truth;
• convict them of their need of a saviour, and the righteousness of Jesus Christ;
• free you from fear of Muslims and give you a love for them; and
• give you boldness, wisdom and opportunity in sharing the truth.
Be prepared to explain Christianity

Just as there are myths about Islam, so to Muslims have many misconceptions about Christianity, the
concepts of the Trinity and Mary being chief among them. Be prepared to explain these concepts in
detail. It would be helpful, when talking to your friend, to find out his views on Christianity and
understanding of its basic truths. At the same time, get to know his/her level of understanding of
Islam; get to know how seriously they follow Islam and what their beliefs and traditions are.
Always be prepared to share the Gospel

Presenting one of these tracts is no substitute for sharing the Gospel; these tracts are designed to
strengthen believers in Jesus and to challenge Muslims about their faith and understanding of Islam
and Muhammad. Lift Jesus high - by your attitudes, words and deeds and do not fear, because no one
can compare with Him, even from the Qur’an!
Do not distribute these tracts indiscriminately. The ideal way is that the Muslim first comes to know
you and witnesses Christ working through you first hand. These tracts are intense, and a person needs
considerable motivation to read one. They will challenge core beliefs and the person will throw the
tract away without a motivating factor of your witness pressing them to read. Discuss the topic,
explore the issues; do not simply hand out a tract and think that your work is done.
Your motivation is love …

The love of Jesus Christ compels us to share the Gospel with Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and
everyone else who lives and breathes. Remember that, whilst they reject the Gospel of Jesus Christ, so
did you at one stage. Our goal is to make Jesus Christ not just acceptable, but irresistible. He is the
only Saviour for the entire human race. The tracts attempt to highlight the standard of Allah/
Muhammad and the standard of Jesus Christ.
Some other pointers:

• Do not enter a debate - for the simple reason that it becomes a contest of wills. Discuss,
answer his/her questions, but do not argue; in winning an argument, you may lose a soul.
• In general share with people of the same sex (i.e., male to male and female to female).
Muslims often already view Christians as sexually immoral, so do not put yourself in such a
compromising position; we are to avoid even the appearance of evil.
• Train yourself to answer from the Qur’an and not just from logic or the Bible. Provoke
him/her to think.
• When asked what you think about his/her beliefs, be very wise and ensure you don’t
compromise the Gospel. Avoid insulting Muhammad, Islam, Allah etc.
• Show respect even though you may not agree with what he/she believes. Muslims usually
want to know God; this is your opportunity to share the love of God.
• Do not be arrogant; it is not the strength of your arguments that will win the person, but the
conviction of the Holy Spirit.
• Discuss and do not preach. Muslims have many misunderstandings, so clarify rather than
preach. Remember that most Muslims will not have the years of learning, teaching and
terminology that you have, so don’t use complicated terms.
May you grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ; may He grant you wisdom and boldness in
sharing the life-changing Gospel of God. We hope and pray that you will be blessed by reading and
using these tracts and that the Lord Jesus will draw many people to Himself through these tracts and
your love for Muslims.
References
1
Sura 53:2-4, “Your comrade errs not, nor is deceived; Nor does he speak of (his own) desire. It is
nothing save an inspiration that is inspired.”
2
Sura 4:80, “He who obeys the Messenger (Muhammad), has indeed obeyed Allâh, but he who turns
away, then we have not sent you (O Muhammad) as a watcher over them.”
3
I Corinthians 13:1, “If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am
become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.”
Sharing the Gospel
Sharing your faith is essential as a believer, it is not an optional extra. Jesus commanded his disciples
to go into all the world and make disciples (Matthew 28:18-201). Additionally you are, along with
Timothy, told to preach the Gospel in season and out of season (II Timothy 4:22) and told to have
“your feet shod with the Gospel of Peace” (Ephesians 6:153). There are many other passages that
make it abundantly clear that you are required to share the Gospel. Of course, beyond all that, the love
of Jesus compels you to share the grace of God with others.
Let us say at the outset that there is no ‘saving formula’ - no special rules, sayings, arguments, tracts
or prayers that will guarantee that an unbeliever becomes a Christian. Secondly, people are not saved
through the earnestness of your beliefs, fervor, or arguments, but as the Holy Spirit convicts them of
their need for a saviour, and the righteousness of Jesus. These are not things that you can do; it is a
sovereign work of God - which leads us to ponder how to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with
Muslims.
How to Share the Gospel with Muslims

• Prayer. Because only the Holy Spirit can save someone, we need to spend time in prayer.
Revivals in a country or in a heart never came without prayer.
• Love. You must love the person with whom you want to share the Gospel. If you don’t love
them, remembering that, while you were an enemy of God, Christ loved you enough to die for
you, then go back to step one and ask that the love of Jesus will fill your heart and also fill
you with compassion for the lost and dying.
• Hospitality. There are numerous examples in Scripture where people were hospitable. In fact,
through the example and teachings of Jesus, we know that God expects us to be hospitable.
Being hospitable, welcoming people into our homes, sharing our lives, is exactly what Jesus
wants to do with Muslims. Share male to male, and female to female, or else you open up the
charge of immorality! Do not make friends just to share the Gospel, be genuine in your desire
to care for them. Remember that we are to be a blessing to the world in word and deed.
• Understand them. Seek to understand their customs, beliefs, food, clothing and values.
Understand that how they communicate is probably very different from the way you do. Seek
to understand their attitude to Christ and Christianity, Allah, Muhammad and Islam. Where
are they in their search for truth?
• ‘Know thyself.’ Understand your own culture from a Biblical perspective. How close is our
“Christian” country to the standard that Jesus demands? Prepare your testimony.
• Identify points in common. Islam and Christianity do have some common teachings due to
Muhammad’s exposure to Judaism and Christianity.
• Dialogue not debate. Do not preach! Debating pits you against him. Remember you are for
him and are praying for him. Arguments that you win are likely to be souls that you lose.
• Pray continually. Salvation is a sovereign work of the Holy Spirit; it cannot be timed, rushed
or manipulated. Overcoming decades of false teaching is an extremely difficult thing you are
asking them to do; coupled with the fact that, if they convert, there is the strong possibility
that their own families will reject them, and in some cases attempt to kill them. This is a
monumental hurdle, something through which only the Holy Spirit can carry them. Pray that
He will guide them and protect them.
Salvation
As you engage with the Muslim in love, and as they learn that they can trust you completely, ask
probing questions regarding salvation:
1. On what basis do you expect to go to heaven?
2. If you have sinned, how should a just and moral God deal with you?
3. What does the Qur’an teach about forgiveness?
4. Do you have assurance that God will accept you?
• Muhammad had no assurance (Sura 46:8-94)
• Abu Bakr had no assurance
• Allah only forgives whom he wants to forgive (Sura 2:2845; 3:1296 etc)
• Allah sends astray whom he wants (see tracts on The Straight Path, Sin, and Truth)
• Good deeds bring no assurance (Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No. 5777 and Vol. 8, Hadith
No. 4748)
5. May I tell you what the Bible says on these things?
God and Spirit

Muslims do not like to attribute any earthly characteristics to Allah. Thus, to say that Allah must act
in a righteous manner is to limit Allah’s sovereignty. The God of the Bible, on the other hand, says
that He only acts in a righteous manner, in love, truth, holiness, and justice.
God desires to know us and wants us to call Him ‘Father.’ He wants fellowship and goes to great
lengths to have fellowship with us because He is love. This concept is completely foreign to a
Muslim.
The Christian God is Spirit, infinite, uncreated, uncaused, eternal, omniscient, omnipotent and
omnipresent. His nature is always and completely love, justice, holiness and mercy. He cannot be seen
or comprehended by sinful man.
When differences emerge

When entering topics that have potential for argument, agree on the following rules.
• Listen, without interruption, unless there is something that isn’t clearly understood. Ask
genuine questions related to the topic under discussion.
• Do not criticize each other despite differences.
• Only agree with each other when you believe the point being made is true.
• Discussions of this nature are often complex, so only deal with one topic at a time – write
other topics or questions down to discuss later.
• Summarize what you have learnt from each other at the end of the discussion.
Other Challenges
Logical: Westerners and many others do not follow the same reasoning patterns as Muslims. This is
important to understand. Westerners follow logic laws: a + b = c, whereas Muslims usually follow
associative laws. For example: Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country; you come from Saudi Arabia; you
must be a Muslim. Or, Christianity is a Western religion; you are a Westerner; you must be a
Christian.
This different way of thinking will cast many a spanner in your discussions with him, through no fault
of his. Remember to keep praying and ask that the Lord will open the eyes of his heart.
Theological: Muslims do not accept that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. That is not to say they don’t
respect Him, but in their mind, to associate someone with Allah is blasphemy and unforgivable (Sura
4:489, 11610). It is critical to gently teach your friend that no Christian believes that Jesus is the result
of a physical, sexual union between God and Mary. In fact, Christians, will find this just as abhorrent
as Muslims will. The sonship of Jesus refers to an eternal intimate relationship between the Father and
Jesus. If your friend calls himself ‘a son of the oneness of Allah,’ they will have a similar idea. Thus,
it is very important to understand the doctrine of the Trinity and how to explain it in such a way that it
opposes the idea of belief in three (3) gods. Also, you need to understand the Muslim’s views on
Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Muslims do believe that Jesus was sinless and that He ascended into heaven (unlike Muhammad), and
will return at the end of the age. Even though they believe that Jesus was sinless, they also believe that
all the prophets were sinless. You need to gently show them that Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jonah,
David, and Muhammad all sinned (Sura 2:35-3711; 7:22-2312; 26:8213; 28:15-1614; 37:14215; 38:24-
2516; 47:1917; 48:1-218; 33:36-3819). The Qur’an records Jesus as being sinless (Sura 19:1920),
therefore do not be afraid to exalt Jesus.
Our Scriptures, Muslims believe, have been corrupted. (See our tract on the Authenticity of the Bible
for further insight and help.) They believe that the Qur’an is perfect and infallible because it was
revealed letter by letter by Allah to an illiterate prophet. Thus, they believe that the Qur’an is perfect
in every way, although they will allow that some of the ahadith may contain errors.
In Islam the concept of original sin and the gravity of sin are completely different from that of
Christianity. In Islam, there is no inherited sin and sin is a relatively minor thing that is easily
forgiven. The idea of someone atoning for your sins is repugnant to Muslims, and especially the idea
of a sinless person dying in your stead.
Finally, be genuine and prayerful in your approach. It is important that Muslims see the character of
Christ Jesus in you. Give them a copy of the Gospel according to Luke or John and encourage them to
read it for themselves. Do not denigrate the Qur’an, Allah or Muhammad, as we would not like it if
they denigrated Jesus. Above all, trust that Holy Spirit will work in your friend’s life— in His time,
not yours! We hope and pray that these tracts will be useful in understanding Islam and evangelism.
References
1
Matthew 28:18-20, “And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been
given unto me in heaven and on earth. 19Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations,
baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost: 20teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of
the world.”
2
II Timothy 4:2, “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with
all longsuffering and teaching.”
3
Ephesians 6:15, “And having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace.”
4
Sura 46:8-9, “Or say they: He hath invented it? Say (O Muhammad): If I have invented it, still ye
have no power to support me against Allah. He is Best Aware of what ye say among yourselves
concerning it. He sufficeth for a witness between me and you. And He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
Say: I am no new thing among the messengers (of Allah), nor know I what will be done with me or
with you. I do but follow that which is inspired in me, and I am but a plain warner.”
5
Sura 2:284, “Unto Allah (belongeth) whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth;
and whether ye make known what is in your minds or hide it, Allah will bring you to account for it.
He will forgive whom He will and He will punish whom He will. Allah is Able to do all things.”
6
Sura 3:129, “Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. He
forgiveth whom He will, and punisheth whom He will. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.”
7
Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No. 577, “Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The
good deeds of any person will not make him enter Paradise." (i.e., None can enter Paradise through
his good deeds.) They (the Prophet's companions) said, 'Not even you, O Allah's Apostle?' He said,
"Not even myself, unless Allah bestows His favor and mercy on me." So be moderate in your
religious deeds and do the deeds that are within your ability: and none of you should wish for death,
for if he is a good doer, he may increase his good deeds, and if he is an evil doer, he may repent to
Allah."”
8
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 474, “Narrated 'Aisha: The Prophet said, "Do good deeds properly,
sincerely and moderately, and receive good news because one's good deeds will not make him enter
Paradise." They asked, "Even you, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "Even I, unless and until Allah
bestows His pardon and Mercy on me."”
9
Sura 4:48, “Lo! Allah forgiveth not that a partner should be ascribed unto Him. He forgiveth (all)
save that to whom He will. Whoso ascribeth partners to Allah, he hath indeed invented a tremendous
sin.”
10
Sura 4:116, “Lo! Allah pardoneth not that partners should be ascribed unto Him. He pardoneth all
save that to whom He will. Whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah hath wandered far astray.”
11
Sura 2:35-37, “And We said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye freely (of
the fruits) thereof where ye will; but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrong-doers. But Satan
caused them to deflect therefrom and expelled them from the (happy) state in which they were; and
We said: Fall down, one of you a foe unto the other! There shall be for you on earth a habitation and
provision for a time. Then Adam received from his Lord words (of revelation), and He relented
toward him. Lo! He is the relenting, the Merciful.”
12
Sura 7:22-23, “Thus did he lead them [Adam & Eve] on with guile. And when they tasted of the
tree their shame was manifest to them and they began to hide (by heaping) on themselves some of the
leaves of the Garden. And their Lord called them, (saying): Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell
you: Lo! Satan is an open enemy to you? They said: Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If thou
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forgive us not and have not mercy on us, surely we are of the lost!”
13
Sura 26:82, “And Who, I [Abraham] ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of
Judgment.”
14
Sura 28:15-16, “And he [Moses] entered the city at a time of carelessness of its folk, and he found
therein two men fighting, one of his own caste, and the other of his enemies; and he who was of his
caste asked him for help against him who was of his enemies. So Moses struck him with his fist and
killed him. He said: This is of the devil's doing. Lo! he is an enemy, a mere misleader. He said: My
Lord! Lo! I have wronged my soul, so forgive me. Then He forgave him. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the
Merciful.”
15
Sura 37:142, “And the fish swallowed him [Jonah] while he was blameworthy.”
16
Sura 38:24-25, “(David) said: He hath wronged thee in demanding thine ewe in addition to his
ewes, and lo! many partners oppress one another, save such as believe and do good works, and they
are few. And David guessed that We had tried him, and he sought forgiveness of his Lord, and he
bowed himself and fell down prostrate and repented. So We forgave him that; and lo! he had access to
Our presence and a happy journey's end.”
17
Sura 47:19, “So know (O Muhammad) that there is no God save Allah, and ask forgiveness for thy
sin and for believing men and believing women. Allah knoweth (both) your place of turmoil and your
place of rest.”
18
Sura 48:1-2, “Lo! We have given thee (O Muhammad) a signal victory, That Allah may forgive
thee of thy sin that which is past and that which is to come, and may perfect His favour unto thee, and
may guide thee on a right path,”
19
Sura 33:36-38, “And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His
messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any say in their affair;
and whoso is rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verily goeth astray in error manifest. And
when thou saidst unto him on whom Allah hath conferred favour and thou hast conferred favour:
Keep thy wife to thyself, and fear Allah. And thou didst hide in thy mind that which Allah was to
bring to light, and thou didst fear mankind whereas Allah hath a better right that thou shouldst fear
Him. So when Zeyd had performed that necessary formality (of divorce) from her, We gave her unto
thee in marriage, so that (henceforth) there may be no sin for believers in respect of wives of their
adopted sons, when the latter have performed the necessary formality (of release) from them. The
commandment of Allah must be fulfilled. There is no reproach for the Prophet in that which Allah
maketh his due. That was Allah's way with those who passed away of old - and the commandment of
Allah is certain destiny.”
20
Sura 19:19, “He said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless
son.”
Preparing your testimony
Your testimony is not a story about you as much as it is about how God met you, and is and has been
molding you. In other words, you are privileged to have the living God working in your life and
should be eager to share that good news with others.
Jesus told His disciples to bear witness of Him to all the earth. Be honoured to be a witness of the
grace of God! Furthermore, Jesus says in Matthew 10:33, ‘But whoever denies Me before men, I will
also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.’ In Matthew 10:32 Jesus promises, ‘Therefore
everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.’
The disciples undoubtedly were called upon frequently to testify how Jesus had changed them; Paul
frequently told what God had done. Jesus himself told people to testify about what He had done
(Mark 5:191). And you are commanded to always be ready to answer unbelievers. In short, your
testimony is a testimony to the power and faithfulness of God in your life (I Peter 3:152).
Your testimony is not a substitute for the Gospel even though it may concisely contain the Gospel.
There are numerous dangers in confusing the two. If your testimony is particularly spectacular or
powerful, and the person with whom you are sharing doesn’t have a similar experience, they may
think they are not saved.
• Read numerous examples of testimonies from Scripture (Acts 26:2-293; I Samuel 1:9-2:4; II
Kings 5:2-34; Daniel 3:16-305; John 1:38-426; Mark 5:19-207; etc).
• Ask God for guidance and wisdom (James 1:5-68);
• Talk about your past—things that people can relate to and understand. Find an interesting
opening line to capture attention.
• How did you come to know that you were in need of a Saviour? How did you know that only
Jesus could be that Saviour? Quote relevant Scripture verses.
• What were the main hindrances for you to become a Christian?
• How has God changed your life? What are the differences now?
• How do you know that you have the forgiveness of sins? How does God enable you to
overcome sin? How are you aware that you have fellowship with God? How do you know
that you are going to heaven when you leave this earth?
• Ensure God gets the glory, not you!
• Practice, practice, practice. Prepare two or three different versions that emphasize different
aspects of your life and conversion. Then practice, practice, practice.
• Introduce this material to a few people from your Church/Bible study/cell group or other
Christian friends, and have people prepare and share their testimony with each other. Later
extend your group and again have each one share his/her testimony.
Possible Pitfalls
There are some potential pitfalls in developing a personal testimony. Consider the following tips
carefully:
• Don’t speak negatively about other Christians, the Church or Christian organizations.
Remember you aren’t a perfect Christian. Do mention false assumptions or beliefs that you
had about the Church if this is appropriate.
• This is your testimony and not a sermon. It should be natural, concise and yours. Remember it
is the Lord working in your life; it doesn’t matter whether it is spectacular or not. (1 Kings
19:7ff 9cf. Mark 1:16-1810).
• Try to avoid jargon. Words that you may think are easy to understand, i.e., Bible. (There are
many people today, even in the West, who do not know what a Bible is, nor that Christians
consider it the Word of God.)
• Make sure it is not more than 3-5 minutes.
• Use your testimony at appropriate times and junctures. Do not foist your testimony on people
who are unwilling to hear it.
Generally speaking, strangers, acquaintances and friends do not ask for your testimony without you
letting them know that you are a Christian and speaking to them in such a way as to impart a
knowledge of God and His love for them. This is frequently done through times of struggle,
encouragement, kindnesses, practical help etc.
Living your testimony is not the same, and will never be the same, as telling someone. Imagine that
your neighbour’s house is on fire. Do you first run inside your home, have a shower and put on clean
clothes, have a shave etc., and then parade up and down outside their house, trying to entice them out
by your lifestyle? NO! If you have concern for them you will shout at the top of your voice that they
are in danger and need to get out. Simply being good will never bring someone into the Kingdom; you
must have the testimony as a Christian who is led by Jesus. Without the Gospel, no one can be saved.
The Bible says that God has chosen the “foolishness” of the Gospel to save (I Corinthians 1:1811, 2112
etc) so that, apart from the presentation of the Gospel, the conviction of their sin and the righteousness
that comes through Jesus, they cannot be saved.

The general structure of your testimony should provide a before and after snapshot—how you were
convicted of your sin, how you knew that Jesus alone could atone for you, plus how God is working
in you today.
Final points:
Pray that God’s holiness and glory will be revealed through your testimony both in words and deeds.
This is to be our priority as we have been bought at a great price and are no longer our own. It must be
evident in our lives or we make God a liar and the Gospel becomes fiction to your hearer.
Be humble. You are also a sinner. The difference between you and them is that God has opened your
heart. Pray that He will open their hearts.
God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble (I Peter 5:513). When Jesus was confronted with
someone who was proud of their status, achievements etc, He always used the law. When Jesus was
confronted with someone who knew of their state before God, He used grace. Pray that the Lord will
show the person his/her need for Jesus Christ and convict him/her that righteousness is found in Jesus
alone—He is the only Saviour for all!
It is God who works in you and through you. You cannot live a life that is pleasing to God apart from
His enabling. Since the God of this universe lives in you, He can and will give you the courage and
ability to testify about Him since that is His revealed will for everyone. God is glorified most when
we are weak and rely on His grace and power!!
Pray that the Lord will give you boldness, wisdom and the opportunity to share what He has done!
Be genuine.
Refresh your memory by reading the example of Paul before King Agrippa (Acts 26:2-2914). Paul
appealed to the knowledge that Agrippa had of the law; he told some positive aspects of his own life
before conversion – such as his strict observance of the law. But he also told some of the negative
aspects as well, i.e. that he killed the saints! He told of his conversion and his subsequent life after
seeing Jesus—an inspiring and courageous presentation! Use this page to make notes and prepare
your own testimony. Write Scriptural references that you know that will support your story.
Remember! Your testimony should be only 3-5 minutes and is about how Jesus has been faithful to
His Word.
References
1
Mark 5:19, “And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell
them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had mercy on thee.”
2
I Peter 3:15, “But sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every
man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear.”
3
Acts 26:2-29, “"I think myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am to make my
defense today against all the accusations of the Jews, because you are especially familiar with all
customs and controversies of the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently. "My manner of
life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem, is known by all
the Jews. They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest
party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee. And now I stand here on trial for hope in the promise
made by God to our fathers, to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night
and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king! Why is it thought incredible by any of you
that God raises the dead? "I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the

name of Jesus of Nazareth. And I did so in Jerusalem; I not only shut up many of the saints in prison,
by authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them. And I
punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme; and in raging fury
against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities. "Thus I journeyed to Damascus with the
authority and commission of the chief priests. At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from
heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who journeyed with me. And when we had
all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, `Saul, Saul, why do you
persecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.' And I said, `Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord
said, Ì am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to
you for this purpose, to appoint you to serve and bear witness to the things in which you have seen me
and to those in which I will appear to you, delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles -- to
whom I send you to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of
Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by
faith in me.' "Wherefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared
first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the
Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance. For
this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. To this day I have had the help that
comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the
prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Christ must suffer, and that, by being the first to
rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles." And as he thus
made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are mad; your great learning is turning
you mad." But Paul said, "I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking the sober truth. For
the king knows about these things, and to him I speak freely; for I am persuaded that none of these
things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner. King Agrippa, do you believe the
prophets? I know that you believe." And Agrippa said to Paul, "In a short time you think to make me a
Christian!" And Paul said, "Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who
hear me this day might become such as I am -- except for these chains."
4
II Kings 5:2-3, “Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little maid from the land of
Israel, and she waited on Na'aman's wife. She said to her mistress, "Would that my lord were with the
prophet who is in Sama'ria! He would cure him of his leprosy."”
5
Daniel 3:16-30, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego answered the king, "O Nebuchadnez'zar, we
have no need to answer you in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us
from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known
to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up."
Then Nebuchadnez'zar was full of fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed'nego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was wont to be
heated. And he ordered certain mighty men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego,
and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound in their mantles, their
tunics, their hats, and their other garments, and they were cast into the burning fiery furnace. Because
the king's order was strict and the furnace very hot, the flame of the fire slew those men who took up
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego, fell
bound into the burning fiery furnace. Then King Nebuchadnez'zar was astonished and rose up in
haste. He said to his counselors, "Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?" They answered the
king, "True, O king." He answered, "But I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and
they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods." Then Nebuchadnez'zar
came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace and said, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego,
servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here!" Then Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed'nego came out from the fire. And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king's
counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those
men; the hair of their heads was not singed, their mantles were not harmed, and no smell of fire had
come upon them. Nebuchadnez'zar said, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego,
who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set at nought the king's

command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.
Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins; for
there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way." Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed'nego in the province of Babylon.”
6
John 1:38-42, “Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What do you seek?" And
they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?" He said to them, "Come
and see." They came and saw where he was staying; and they stayed with him that day, for it was
about the tenth hour. One of the two who heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon
Peter's brother. He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah"
(which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "So you are Simon the
son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter).”
7
Mark 5:19-20, “But he refused, and said to him, "Go home to your friends, and tell them how much
the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you." And he went away and began to
proclaim in the Decap'olis how much Jesus had done for him; and all men marveled.”
8
James 1:5-6, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and
without reproaching, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who
doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.”
9
I Kings 19:7, “And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said,
Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.”
10
Mark 1:16-18, “And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of
Simon casting a net in the sea: for they were fishers. And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and
I will make you to become fishers of men. And straightway they left the nets, and followed him.”
11
I Corinthians 1:18, “For the word of the cross is to them that are perishing foolishness; but unto us
which are being saved it is the power of God.”
12
I Corinthians 1:21, “For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not
God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.”
13
I Peter 5:5, “Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with
humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.”
14
Acts 26:2-29, "I think myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am to make my
defense today against all the accusations of the Jews, because you are especially familiar with all
customs and controversies of the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently. "My manner of
life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem, is known by all
the Jews. They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest
party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee. And now I stand here on trial for hope in the promise
made by God to our fathers to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night
and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king! Why is it thought incredible by any of you
that God raises the dead? "I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the
name of Jesus of Nazareth. And I did so in Jerusalem; I not only shut up many of the saints in prison,
by authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them. And I
punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme; and in raging fury
against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities. "Thus I journeyed to Damascus with the
authority and commission of the chief priests. At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from
heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who journeyed with me. And when we had
all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, `Saul, Saul, why do you
persecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.' And I said, `Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord
said, Ì am Jesus whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to
you for this purpose, to appoint you to serve and bear witness to the things in which you have seen me

and to those in which I will appear to you, delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles -- to
whom I send you to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of
Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by
faith in me.' "Wherefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared
first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the
Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance. For
this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. To this day I have had the help that
comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the
prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Christ must suffer, and that, by being the first to
rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles." And as he thus
made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are mad; your great learning is turning
you mad." But Paul said, "I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking the sober truth. For
the king knows about these things, and to him I speak freely; for I am persuaded that none of these
things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner. King Agrippa, do you believe the
prophets? I know that you believe." And Agrippa said to Paul, "In a short time you think to make me a
Christian!" And Paul said, "Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who
hear me this day might become such as I am -- except for these chains."
Part 2 – Social Issues

The Straight Path
Sometimes, in the busyness of our daily lives, we forget that our lives are mere wisps in the span of
time. We forget that there is an eternity and a God to whom we must give an account.
On Judgment Day, who are you trusting to gain your entry to heaven? Where will you be? The path
you are treading, will it take you to Heaven or Hell? Scripture says:
“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man
give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26).
All People Are Sinners

All have sined and come short of the glory of God1. This is why Muhammad was commanded by
Allah to pray for his own sins and the sins of others.
So know (O Muhammad) that there is no God save Allah, and ask forgiveness for your sin and for
believing men and believing women. Allah knows (both) your place of turmoil and your place of rest.
(Sura 47:19)
Q. Sura Muhammad (47:19) says that Muhammad committed a sin. What sort of
sin?
A. Muhammad committed various sins. Some Muslims will try and argue that they
weren't real sins. But Sura 47:19 which says "“So know (O Muhammad) that Lâ
ilâha ill-Allâh (none as the right to be worshipped but Allâh), and ask forgiveness
for your sin [this is a big sin - lithanbika], and also for (the sin of) believing men nd
believing women…." This is possibly alluding to the time when Muhammad was trying
to entice converts but not many were coming. So he received a "revelation" that
allowed his followers to worship other gods alongside Allah (Life of Muhammad,
Ibn Ishaq, pp.165-167). The revelation was later recanted and Muhammad was told
that Sura 22:52 "Never did We send a Messenger or a Prophet before you, but;
when he did recite the revelation or narrated or spoke, Shaitân (Satan) threw
(some falsehood) in it. But Allâh abolishes that which Shaitân (Satan) throws in.
Then Allâh establishes His Revelations. And Allâh is All-Knower, All-Wise."
Al Bukhari, Vol. 8 Hadith No. 407: Narrated by Abu Musa: “The prophet used to call upon Allah
saying: “O my Lord! Forgive my sins and my ignorance and my exceeding the limits (boundaries) of
righteousness in all my deeds and what you know better than I. O Allah! Forgive my mistakes, those
done intentionally or out of my ignorance or (without) or with seriousness, and I confess that all such
mistakes are done by me. O Allah! Forgive my sins of the past and of the future which I did openly or
secretly. You are the One Who makes things go before, and You are the One Who delays them, and
You are the Omnipotent.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari in Vol. 8 Hadith No. 319: Narrated by Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying,
"By Allah! I ask for forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a
day."
You cannot save yourself

Even Muhammad, knew that obedience does not guarantee entry to heaven. We read in the Qur’an:
Say: I am no new thing among the messengers (of Allah), nor know I what will be done with me or
with you. I do but follow that which is inspired in me, and I am but a plain Warner.” (Sura 46:9)
Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 266: ...He [Muhammad] said, "As to him, by Allah, death has overtaken
him, and I hope the best for him. By Allah, though I am the Apostle of Allah, yet I do not know what
Allah will do to me." By Allah, I will never assert the piety of anyone after him.
Muhammad Cannot Save You

The word ‘saviour’ does not appear in the Qur’an. For someone to save a drowning person, the
saviour must be able to swim. Not just passably well, but well enough for two people. From the above
quotes we have seen that Muhammad couldn’t “swim” for himself, so he can’t save you either.
When we read in Sura 26:214, “And warn your nearest kindred”, we see that Muhammad was
commanded to warn his relatives. To understand this verse let us look at the following Hadith:
Muslim, Vol. 1, Hadith No.398 and Muslim, Vol. 1, Hadith No.402: Abu Huraira reported: When this
verse was revealed:
“And warn your nearest kindred” (26:214), the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) called
the Quraish; so they gathered and he gave them a general warning. O sons of Hashim (name of
Muhammad’s great grand father), rescue yourselves from Fire; O sons of ‘Abd al Muttalib (name of
Muhammad’s grand father), rescue yourselves from Fire; O Fatimah (name of Muhammad’s most
beloved daughter), rescue yourself from Fire, for I have no power (to protect you) from Allah in
anything except this that I would sustain relationship with you. O Safiya (aunt of the Messenger of
Allah) I can’t avail you at all against Allah; O Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad, ask me whatever you
like, but I can’t avail you at all against Allah.
The nature of Allah makes assurance of salvation even more difficult. Abu Baker the first
RightlyGuided Caliph said: “I swear to Allah that I do not feel safe from Allah’s cunning (deceit) even
if one of my feet is already in Paradise.” (Khalid Muhammad Khalid, Successors of the Apostle, p.
114, quoted by Anwar al-Jundi, Mizan al-Islam, p. 170).
Muhammad tells people to rescue themselves from fire, but as we have already seen, Muhammad
could not save himself; he did not know what Allah would do to him.
Who is sinless, who can save us?

The Qur’an says that Jesus was sinless: “The angel said: I am only a messenger from the Lord that I
am bestowing on you (Mary) a sinless/pure (Zakia) son.” (Sura 19:19) Satan did not touch Jesus and
His mother Mary (Sura 3:36).
The Holy Bible says: “For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses,
but One [Jesus] who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. 16 Therefore let us
draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help
in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:15-16)
“Therefore He [Jesus] is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since
He always lives to make intercession for them.” (Hebrews 7:25)
The Qur’an says that Jesus is the Word of God and Spirit of God (Sura 3:452; 4:1713; 19:344; 21:915);
as such, He has immense value! God creates everything through His Word (Sura 2:1176; 3:477, 598;
6:739; 16:4010; 19:3511; 36:8212; 40:6813). The Holy Bible confirms the same in Psalm 33:614.
Therefore, The Word is both creative and eternal. Furthermore regarding the Word of God, the Holy
Bible says:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)
Before you say that the Holy Bible has been corrupted, you need to ask yourself: Can a mortal man
change the words of the Almighty? Before you say that Christians worship three gods, you need to ask
yourself; Do Christians really worship three gods? Have you ever read the Holy Bible? A suspect
should be considered innocent until proven guilty!
Salvation in the Holy Bible

...But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
(Romans 5:8)
If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the
dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9)
But as many as received Him [Jesus], to them gave he power to become the sons of God, to them that
believe on his name. (John 1:12)
Jesus said: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no one comes to the Father except through Me.”
(John 14:6)
But even though we are sinners, guilty before a Holy God, God loves us very much, and has lavished
His love upon us by sending Christ Jesus, the Word of God, into this world to identify with us as a
man, and to die in our place as payment for our sins! Even while we were still in our sins, enemies of
God, He did this for us! What a marvellous love God has for us; He paid our ransom by the voluntary
death of Jesus on the cross!
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans
6:23)
The penalty for our sin is death, but Jesus, being sinless, and the eternal Word of God, came into this
world to die for our sins. Were Jesus only sinless and a perfect prophet, He could only have died for
the sin of one person. But being the eternal Word of God, his sacrifice is able to pay for the sins of all
mankind. He also offers us the gift of eternal life and invites us to live with Him for eternity!
Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sins and rose again on the third day, victorious over death,
winning the ultimate victory in history; but each one of us must choose to receive this free gift. If you
refuse to receive this gift, you cannot enjoy the benefits of the gift. A gift is given, not earned –
indeed, the giver would have the right to be offended if you attempted to offer some form of payment.
You cannot put God in your debt! God desires us to humbly receive this gift with a thankful heart.
To “confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord” means that you must agree with God that: 1) you are
a sinner and that you deserve to die; 2) You cannot save yourself from hell fire; 3) The Lord Jesus
paid the penalty for your sins on the cross and He bought you with His precious blood; and 4) You
need Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour. If you wish to receive the forgiveness of sin through Jesus
Christ by faith, you need only to open your heart and ask God in your own words, similar to the
following:
Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner. I admit that my good works can’t take away my sins and I
receive You as my
Lord and Saviour. Cleanse me from my sins with your precious blood, and help me to walk
according to your will. Thank you for providing a way for me to draw near to You. Amen.
References
1
Romans 3:23 “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
2
Sura 3:45, “(And remember) when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a
word from him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, illustrious in the world and the
Hereafter, and one of those brought near (unto Allah).”
3
Sura 4:171, “O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your religion nor utter aught
concerning Allah save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a messenger of Allah, and
His word which He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in Allah and His
messengers, and say not "Three" - Cease! (it is) better for you! - Allah is only One Allah. Far is it
removed from His Transcendent Majesty that He should have a son. His is all that is in the heavens
and all that is in the earth. And Allah is sufficient as Defender.”
4
Sura 19:34, “Such was Jesus, son of Mary: (this is) a statement of the truth concerning which they
doubt.”
5
Sura 21:91, “And she who was chaste, therefore We breathed into her (something) of Our Spirit and
made her and her son a token for (all) peoples.”
6
Sura 2:117, “The Originator of the heavens and the earth! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto
it only: Be! and it is.”
7
Sura 3:47, “She said: My Lord! How can I have a child when no mortal hath touched me? He said:
So (it will be). Allah createth what He will. If He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it
is.”
8
Sura 3:59, “Lo! the likeness of Jesus with Allah is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust,
then He said unto him: Be! and he is.”
9
Sura 6:73, “He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in truth. In the day when He saith: Be! it

is. His Word is the Truth, and His will be the Sovereignty on the day when the trumpet is blown.
Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, He is the Wise, the Aware.”
10
Sura 16:40, “And Our word unto a thing, when We intend it, is only that We say unto it: Be! and it
is.”
11
Sura 19:35, “It befitteth not (the Majesty of) Allah that He should take unto Himself a son. Glory
be to Him! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.”
12
Sura 36:82, “But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that He saith unto it: Be! and it
is.”
13
Sura 40:68, “ He it is Who quickeneth and giveth death. When He ordaineth a thing, He saith unto
it only: Be! and it is.”
14
Psalms 33:6, “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all
their host.”
Sin in Christianity and Islam
Many people think that all religions teach the same set of moral values with only minor variations.
Factual understanding of the major doctrines of Jesus and Allah/Muhammad reveal superficial
similarities but also that the teachings are often very different. As a result, the actions that stem from
these beliefs are also different.
The Source of Sin

In Islam, the origin of sin is Allah. Islam claims that humans were created in a state of equilibrium;
sinless at birth (Sura 16:781; Pickthall 30:302 & 98:53) and with pure Islamic faith (Bukhari, Vol. 8,
Hadith No. 5974). The Qur’an makes it perfectly clear that no person is really free to choose good or
evil, Allah leads people astray.
Sura 7:178, ‘Whomsoever Allâh guides, he is the guided one, and whomsoever He sends astray, those!
They are the losers.’ (see also Sura 7:1795; 13:316 95:4-57; 4:1428; 39:579).
Thus, in Islam, Adam did not bring sin into the world. Indeed Allah had destined Adam to sin—40
years before he created him (Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 61110; see also Sura 9:5111).
In Christianity, humans are believed to be born sinners by virtue of Adam’s sin We inherit a sinful
nature (Romans 5:1212), and so people commit sin because they are sinners.
Definition of Sin
In Islam, sin is sometimes intention of heart (except unbelief) (Sura 33:513; Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith
No. 114; cf 2:28415); but other times it is only wrong actions (Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith 49816).
The Qur’an recognizes that all living persons are inherently good, and it is their actions and devotion
to Allah that enables them to obtain salvation. Even demons are capable of regaining salvation (Ibn
Kathir on 55:7117)
In Christianity, sin includes actions, but is primarily wrong thoughts, desires and inclinations, a
rebellious defiance of God (Exodus 20:1718; Matthew 5:2819; Romans 1:2120; I John 2:1521) as these
are the source of your actions (Matthew 12:3422; Luke 6:4523).
The Seriousness of Sin

In Christianity, there is no changing standard regarding sin: the standard is always God’s holiness.
Be holy for I am Holy (Leviticus 11:4524; 19:225; I Peter 1:1626); I the Lord do not change (Malachi
3:627; Hebrews 13:828); and All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:2329).
For example, adultery is completely forbidden (Matthew 5:27-2830), whereas in Islam, limited
prostitution is permitted (Sura 24:3331; 4:2432; 33:3733).
Unlike Christianity Islam does not consider all sin equally wrong. Sins are divided into different
categories, but are most usefully separated into greater and lesser sins. There are several lists of great
sins (albeit conflicting), which can be summarized as:
1. To join partners in worship with Allah;
2. To practice sorcery;
3. Murder without just (legal) cause;
4. To charge usury (money lent at high interest);
5. To consume the property of an orphan;
6. To be a coward in battle;
7. To be undutiful to one's parents;
8. To give a false witness (lying);
9. To kill your child lest he should share your food with you (i.e. poverty);
10. To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbour (a.k.a., adultery);
11. Alcohol; and
12. Gambling.
Even though these are listed as great sins, they are obviously not seen as very serious according to
Muhammad’s teachings.
As seen above, though adultery is forbidden, prostitution (Sura 24:3334) and limited (temporary)
marriage are permissible (Sura 4:2435). Thus, in Islam, the seriousness, and even the definition of sin
varies. For example, alcohol is forbidden on earth (Sura 5:90-9136) but in Islamic Paradise, alcohol is
allowed (Sura 56:1837; 76:538, 1739; 78:3440). On earth, Islam forbids more than 4 wives (excepting
temporary wives, and concubines) and adultery (Sura 4:341), but in Islamic Paradise, 72 virgins (at-
Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 106742, 149443 [Alim Software]; see Sura 56:22-4044; Ibn Kathir on 55:72**45)
and boys (Sura 52:2446; 56:1747; 76:1948).
Lying is generally forbidden, but the doctrine of Al-Taqiyya [legal right of a Muslims to deceive non-
Muslims] permits lying. Muhammad believed that lying was acceptable and said,
‘Allah willing, if ever I take an oath to do something, and later on I find that it is more beneficial to do
something different, I will do the thing which is better, and give expiation for my oath.’ (Bukhari,
Vol. 4., Hadith No. 361). Allah had taught in the Qur’an that, Muslims are not bound by their oaths
(Sura 66:249).
Lying is permitted because Allah can deceive. In fact, Allah calls himself the greatest of deceivers
[Allaahu Khayrul-maakiriin]. (Sura 3:5450; 8:3051) and leads people astray (Sura 4:8852, 14353;
7:17854,18655; 13:2756, etc). Murder, even though it is a great sin, is actually commanded to prevent or
remove al- Fitnah [opposition (Sura 2:19157 and 2:21758) or disbelief (Sura 8:3959)]. Muslims are even
commanded to slay unbelievers if they do not convert (Sura 9:560 etc.). Thus, the great sin of murder
is commanded if unbelievers do not convert or when Al-Fitnah exists. No Muslim should be put to
death for murdering an unbeliever (Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 28361).
Muhammad permitted sorcery although it is listed as a great sin (Muslim, Book 26, Hadith No.
544962, 545263, 545664). In keeping with this attitude to the great sins, Muhammad forbade children
from obeying or even being near their parents, if their parents were unbelievers (Sura 9:2365).
Despite all these irregularities, Allah sought to emphasize the necessity of sin when his messenger
said:
‘By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if you were not to commit sin, Allah would sweep you out of
existence and He would replace (you by) those people who would commit sin and seek forgiveness
from Allah, and He would have pardoned them’ (Muslim, Vol. 4, Book 37, Hadith No. 662266 &
662167).
This shows how serious Allah regards sin. If you do not sin, Allah will wipe you out and replace you
with people who will sin. It is then incumbent upon Muslims to sin, so that they will repent and seek
Allah.
How then, can Muslims get into Heaven? Allah weighs their sins and good deeds in a balance (Sura
7:868, 969; 21:4770; 23:101-10371). If the good deeds outweigh the bad deeds, then entry is assured.. To
aid a Muslim in this venture, Allah proclaims: ‘Those who avoid great sins (see Sura 4:3172) …except
the small sins, verily, your Lord is of vast forgiveness …’ (Sura 53:32). Good deeds remove sinful
deeds (Sura 5:3973; 11:11474; Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 50475). Punishment now, means no
punishment after death (Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No.1776).
Additionally, every letter of the Qur’an that is read in Arabic, accredits the reader with ten good deeds
recorded (at-Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 318 [Alim Software] and others77). Good deeds can be multiplied
many times, up to 700 times (Sura 4:4078; 6:16079; Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 4080) and are easily
obtained (Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 11281, 51482; Vol. 8, Hadith No. 33583, 41284, No. 9, Hadith No.
50785). Reciting the confession of faith is recorded as ten good deeds (at-Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 308
[Alim Software]86).
All this gives the impression that sin is easily forgiven and seems to convey the certainty of entry into
heaven. However Muhammad, under Allah’s inspiration, revealed that good deeds will never get you
into heaven (Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No. 57787 and Vol. 8, Hadith No. 47488) for Allah may not
forgive you (Sura 4:11689). The last Rightly Guided Caliph said: “I swear to Allah that I do not feel
safe from Allah’s cunning (deceit) even if one of my feet is already in Paradise.” (Khalid Muhammad
Khalid, Successors of the Apostle, p. 114, quoted by Anwar al-Jundi, Mizan al-Islam, p. 170).
Summary
As we have seen, sin is not a serious issue in Islam, and even great sins are forgiven easily.
Christianity, however, never changes the standard, and forgiveness is never obtained by doing good
works. It is the heart and mind that needs to be changed. In Christianity, forgiveness of sin is only
available through the atoning death of Jesus Christ (Islam forbids atonement, Sura 4:11290; and see
17:1591 etc). The God of the Bible and the God of Islam too often have different standards regarding
holiness; Allah has an arbitrary standard and requires Muslims to sin; Yahweh (Jehovah) requires
perfection of heart, mind, soul and body (Matthew 5:4892) —they can never be contaminated by sin
and still enter heaven without atonement by the blood of Lord Jesus.
Only faith in the righteousness of Christ offers forgiveness now and a certain hope of heaven.
References
1
Sura 16:78, “And Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers knowing nothing, and
gave you hearing and sight and hearts that haply ye might give thanks.”
2
Sura 30:30, “So set thy purpose (O Muhammad) for religion as a man by nature upright - the nature
(framed) of Allah, in which He hath created man. There is no altering (the laws of) Allah's creation.
That is the right religion, but most men know not.”
3
Sura 98:5, “And they are ordered naught else than to serve Allah, keeping religion pure for Him, as
men by nature upright, and to establish worship and to pay the poor-due. That is true religion.”
4
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 597, “Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle was asked about the
offspring of the pagans. He said, "Allah knows what they would have done (were they to live)."
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "No child is born but has the Islamic Faith, but its parents
turn it into a Jew or a Christian. It is as you help the animals give birth. Do you find among their
offspring a mutilated one before you mutilate them yourself?" The people said, "O Allah's Apostle!
What do you think about those (of them) who die young?" The Prophet said, "Allah knows what they
would have done (were they to live)."”
5
Sura 7:179, “Already have We urged unto hell many of the jinn and humankind, having hearts
wherewith they understand not, and having eyes wherewith they see not, and having ears wherewith
they hear not. These are as the cattle - nay, but they are worse! These are the neglectful.”
6
Sura 13:31, “Had it been possible for a Lecture to cause the mountains to move, or the earth to be
torn asunder, or the dead to speak, (this Qur'an would have done so). Nay, but Allah's is the whole
command. Do not those who believe know that, had Allah willed, He could have guided all mankind?
As for those who disbelieve, disaster ceaseth not to strike them because of what they do, or it dwelleth
near their home until the threat of Allah come to pass. Lo! Allah faileth not to keep the tryst.”
7
Sura 95:4-5, “Surely We created man of the best stature Then we reduced him to the lowest of the
low.”
8
Sura 4:142, “Lo! the hypocrites seek to beguile Allah, but it is He Who beguileth them. When they
stand up to worship they perform it languidly and to be seen of men, and are mindful of Allah but
little.”
9
Sura 39:57, “Or should say: If Allah had but guided me I should have been among the dutiful!”
10
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 611, “Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Adam and Moses
argued with each other. Moses said to Adam. 'O Adam! You are our father who disappointed us and
turned us out of Paradise.' Then Adam said to him, 'O Moses! Allah favored you with His talk (talked
to you directly) and He wrote (the Torah) for you with His Own Hand. Do you blame me for action
which Allah had written in my fate forty years before my creation?' So Adam confuted Moses, Adam
confuted Moses," the Prophet added, repeating the Statement three times.”
11
Sura 9:51, “Say: Naught befalleth us save that which Allah hath decreed for us. He is our
Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust!”
12
Romans 5:12, “Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and
so death spread to all men because all men sinned.”
13
Sura 33:5, “Proclaim their real parentage. That will be more equitable in the sight of Allah. And if
ye know not their fathers, then (they are) your brethren in the faith, and your clients. And there is no
sin for you in the mistakes that ye make unintentionally, but what your hearts purpose (that will be a
sin for you). Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.”
14
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 1, “Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab: I heard Allah's Apostle saying,

"The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to
what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his
emigration was for what he emigrated for.”
15
16
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 498, “Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet narrating about his Lord I'm
and said, "Allah ordered (the appointed angels over you) that the good and the bad deeds be written,
and He then showed (the way) how (to write). If somebody intends to do a good deed and he does not
do it, then Allah will write for him a full good deed (in his account with Him); and if he intends to do
a good deed and actually did it, then Allah will write for him (in his account) with Him (its reward
equal) from ten to seven hundred times to many more times: and if somebody intended to do a bad
deed and he does not do it, then Allah will write a full good deed (in his account) with Him, and if he
intended to do it (a bad deed) and actually did it, then Allah will write one bad deed (in his account).”
17
Ibn Kathir, commenting on Sura 55:56-74, “Allah said, (whom never deflowered a human before
nor Jinn) meaning they are delightful virgins of comparable age who never had sexual intercourse
with anyone, whether from mankind or Jinns, before their husbands. This is also a proof that the
believers among the Jinns will enter Paradise. Artat bin Al-Mundhir said, "Damrah bin Habib was
asked if the Jinns will enter Paradise and he said, `Yes, and they will get married. The Jinns will have
Jinn women and the humans will have female humans.''”
18
Exodus 20:17, “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's
wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.”
19
Matthew 5:28, “But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already
committed adultery with her in his heart.”
20
Romans 1:21, “for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him,
but they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened.”
21
I John 2:15, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for
the Father is not in him.”
22
Matthew 12:34, “You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the
abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”
23
Luke 6:45, “The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man
out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”
24
Leviticus 11:45, “For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your
God; you shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.”
25
Leviticus 19:2, “Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the
LORD your God am holy.”
26
I Peter 1:16, “Since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."”
27
Malachi 3:6, “For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.”
28
Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.”
29
Romans 3:23, “Since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
30
Matthew 5:27-28, “You have heard that it was said, `You shall not commit adultery.' But I say to
you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his
heart.”
31
Sura 24:33, “And let those who cannot find a match keep chaste till Allah give them independence
by His grace. And such of your slaves as seek a writing (of emancipation), write it for them if ye are

aware of aught of good in them, and bestow upon them of the wealth of Allah which He hath
bestowed upon you. Force not your slave-girls to whoredom that ye may seek enjoyment of the life of
the world, if they would preserve their chastity. And if one force them, then (unto them), after their
compulsion, lo! Allah will be Forgiving, Merciful.”
32
Sura 4:24, “And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your
right hands possess. It is a decree of Allah for you. Lawful unto you are all beyond those mentioned,
so that ye seek them with your wealth in honest wedlock, not debauchery. And those of whom ye seek
content (by marrying them), give unto them their portions as a duty. And there is no sin for you in
what ye do by mutual agreement after the duty (hath been done). Lo! Allah is ever Knower, Wise.”
33
Sura 33:37, “And when thou saidst unto him on whom Allah hath conferred favour and thou hast
conferred favour: Keep thy wife to thyself, and fear Allah. And thou didst hide in thy mind that which
Allah was to bring to light, and thou didst fear mankind whereas Allah hath a better right that thou
shouldst fear Him. So when Zeyd had performed that necessary formality (of divorce) from her, We
gave her unto thee in marriage, so that (henceforth) there may be no sin for believers in respect of
wives of their adopted sons, when the latter have performed the necessary formality (of release) from
them. The commandment of Allah must be fulfilled.”
34
35
36
Sura 5:90-91, “O ye who believe! Strong drink and games of chance and idols and divining arrows
are only an infamy of Satan's handiwork. Leave it aside in order that ye may succeed. Satan seeketh
only to cast among you enmity and hatred by means of strong drink and games of chance, and to turn
you from remembrance of Allah and from (His) worship. Will ye then have done?”
37
Sura 56:18, “With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring.”
38
Sura 76:5, “Lo! the righteous shall drink of a cup whereof the mixture is of Kafur.”
39
Sura 76:17, “There are they watered with a cup whereof the mixture is of Zanjabil.”
40
Sura 78:34, “And a full cup.”
41
Sura 4:3, “And if ye fear that ye will not deal fairly by the orphans, marry of the women, who seem
good to you, two or three or four; and if ye fear that ye cannot do justice (to so many) then one (only)
or (the captives) that your right hands possess. Thus it is more likely that ye will not do injustice.”
42
Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 1067, “Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma’dikarib: Allah’s Messenger (peace be
upon him_ said, “The martyr receives six good things from Allah: he is forgiven at the first shedding
of his blood; he is shown his abode in Paradise; he is preserved from the punishment in the grave; he
is kept safe from the greatest terror; he has placed on his head the crown of honour, a ruby of which is
better than the world and what it contains; he is married to seventy-two wives of the maiden with
large dark eyes; and is made intercessor for seventy of his relatives.”
43
Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 1494, “Narrated AbuSa’id: Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said,
“The lowliest of the inhabitants of Paradise will be he who has eighty thousand servants, seventy-two
wives, and for whom a round pavilion of pearls, chrysoprase and rubies as large as the distance

between al-Jabiyah and San’a will be set up.” By the same isnad he said, “Those who are to go to
Paradise, who die whether young or old, will come into Paradise aged thirty and never grow older.
The same applies to those who will got to Hell.” By the same isnad he said, “They will wear crowns,
the smallest pearl of which will illuminate the space between the east and the west.” By the same
isnad he said, “When a believer in Paradise wishes for a child, its conception, delivery and growth to
full age will be accomplished in a moment as he wishes.” Ishaq-ibn-Ibrahim said regarding this
tradition that when a believer in Paradise wish for a child it would come in a moment, “But he will not
wish for one.”
44
Sura 56:22-40, “And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes, Like unto hidden pearls, Reward
for what they used to do. There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination (Naught) but the saying:
Peace, (and again) Peace. And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand? Among
thornless lote-trees And clustered plantains, And spreading shade, And water gushing, And fruit in
plenty Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden, And raised couches; Lo! We have created them a (new)
creation And made them virgins, Lovers, friends, For those on the right hand; A multitude of those of
old And a multitude of those of later time.”
45
46
Sura 52:24, “And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden
pearls.”
47
Sura 56:17, “There wait on them immortal youths.”
48
Sura 76:19, “There wait on them immortal youths, whom, when thou seest, thou wouldst take for
scattered pearls.”
49
Sura 66:2, “Allâh has already ordained for you (O men), the dissolution of your oaths. And Allâh is
your Maula (Lord, or Master, or Protector, etc.) and He is the All-Knower, the All-Wise.”
50
Sura 3:54, “And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is
the best of schemers.”
51
Sura 8:30, “And when those who disbelieve plot against thee (O Muhammad) to wound thee
fatally, or to kill thee or to drive thee forth; they plot, but Allah (also) plotteth; and Allah is the best of
plotters.”
52
Sura 4:88, “What aileth you that ye are become two parties regarding the hypocrites, when Allah
cast them back (to disbelief) because of what they earned? Seek ye to guide him whom Allah hath
sent astray? He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him thou (O Muhammad) canst not find a road.”
53
Sura 4:143, “Swaying between this (and that), (belonging) neither to these nor to those. He whom
Allah causeth to go astray, thou (O Muhammad) wilt not find a way for him.”
54
Sura 7:178, “He whom Allah leadeth, he indeed is led aright, while he whom Allah sendeth astray -
they indeed are losers.”
55
Sura 7:186, “Those whom Allah sendeth astray, there is no guide for them. He leaveth them to
wander blindly on in their contumacy.”
56
Sura 13:27, “Those who disbelieve say: If only a portent were sent down upon him from his Lord!
Say: Lo! Allah sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth unto Himself all who turn (unto Him).”
57
Sura 2:191, “And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they
drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter. And fight not with them at the Inviolable Place

of Worship until they first attack you there, but if they attack you (there) then slay them. Such is the
reward of disbelievers.”
58
Sura 2:217, “They question thee (O Muhammad) with regard to warfare in the sacred month. Say:
Warfare therein is a great (transgression), but to turn (men) from the way of Allah, and to disbelieve
in Him and in the Inviolable Place of Worship, and to expel His people thence, is a greater with Allah;
for persecution is worse than killing. And they will not cease from fighting against you till they have
made you renegades from your religion, if they can. And whoso becometh a renegade and dieth in his
disbelief: such are they whose works have fallen both in the world and the Hereafter. Such are rightful
owners of the Fire: they will abide therein.”
59
Sura 8:39, “And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is all for Allah. But if they
cease, then lo! Allah is Seer of what they do.”
60
Sura 9:5, “Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them,
and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and
establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.”
61
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 283, “Narrated Abu Juhaifa: I asked Ali, "Do you have the knowledge
of any Divine Inspiration besides what is in Allah's Book?" 'Ali replied, "No, by Him Who splits the
grain of corn and creates the soul. I don't think we have such knowledge, but we have the ability of
understanding which Allah may endow a person with, so that he may understand the Qur'an, and we
have what is written in this paper as well." I asked, "What is written in this paper?" He replied, "(The
regulations of) blood-money, the freeing of captives, and the judgment that no Muslim should be
killed for killing an infidel."”
62
Muslim, Book 26, Hadith No. 5449, “Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) granted him sanction to use incantation (as a cure) for the, influence of an evil eye, the sting of
the scorpion and small pustules.”
63
Muslim, Book 26, Hadith No. 5452, “Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) granted a special sanction for incantation in case of the snake poison to a tribe of 'Amr.
Abu Zubair said: I heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah as saying that the scorpion stung one of us as we were
sitting with Allah's Messenger (may peace upon him). A person said: Allah's Messenger, I use
incantation (for curing the effect. of sting), whereupon he said: He who is competent amongst you to
benefit his brother should do so.”
64
Muslim, Book 26, Hadith No. 5456, “Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
prohibited incantation. Then the people of Amr b. Hazm came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) and said: We know an incantation which we use for curing the sting of the scorpion but
you have prohibited it. They recited (the words of incantation) before him, whereupon he said: I do
not see any harm (in it), so he who amongst you is competent to do good to his brother should do
that.”
65
Sura 9:23, “O ye who believe! Choose not your fathers nor your brethren for friends if they take
pleasure in disbelief rather than faith. Whoso of you taketh them for friends, such are wrong-doers.”
66
Muslim, Vol. 4, Book 37, Hadith No. 6622, “Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) having said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if you were not to commit sin, Allah
would sweep you out of existence and He would replace (you by) those people who would commit sin
and seek forgiveness from Allah, and He would have pardoned them.”
67
Muslim, Vol. 4, Book 37, Hadith No. 6621, “Abu Ayyub Ansari reported that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: If you were not to commit sins, Allah would have swept you out of
existence and would have replaced you by another people who have committed sin, and then asked
forgiveness from Allah, and He would have granted them pardon.”
68
Sura 7:8, “The weighing on that day is the true (weighing). As for those whose scale is heavy, they

are the successful.”
69
Sura 7:9, “And as for those whose scale is light: those are they who lose their souls because they
used to wrong Our revelations.”
70
Sura 21:47, “And We set a just balance for the Day of Resurrection so that no soul is wronged in
aught. Though it be of the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We bring it. And We suffice for
reckoners.”
71
Sura 23:101-103, “And when the trumpet is blown there will be no kinship among them that day,
nor will they ask of one another. Then those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful. And
those whose scales are light are those who lose their souls, in hell abiding.”
72
Sura 4:31, “If ye avoid the great (things) which ye are forbidden, We will remit from you your evil
deeds and make you enter at a noble gate.”
73
Sura 5:39, “But whoso repenteth after his wrongdoing and amendeth, lo! Allah will relent toward
him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.”
74
Sura 11:114, “Establish worship at the two ends of the day and in some watches of the night. Lo!
good deeds annul ill-deeds. This is reminder for the mindful.”
75
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 504, “Narrated Ibn Mas'ud: A man kissed a woman (unlawfully) and
then went to the Prophet and informed him. Allah revealed: And offer prayers perfectly at the two
ends of the day and in some hours of the night (i.e. the five compulsory prayers). Verily! good deeds
remove (annul) the evil deeds (small sins) (11.114). The man asked Allah's Apostle, "Is it for me?" He
said, "It is for all my followers."”
76
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 17, “Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit: who took part in the battle of
Badr and was a Naqib (a person heading a group of six persons), on the night of Al-'Aqaba pledge:
Allah's Apostle said while a group of his companions were around him, "Swear allegiance to me for:
1. Not to join anything in worship along with Allah.
2. Not to steal.
3. Not to commit illegal sexual intercourse.
4. Not to kill your children.
5. Not to accuse an innocent person (to spread such an accusation among people).
6. Not to be disobedient (when ordered) to do good deed."
The Prophet added: "Whoever among you fulfills his pledge will be rewarded by Allah. And whoever
indulges in any one of them (except the ascription of partners to Allah) and gets the punishment in
this world, that punishment will be an expiation for that sin. And if one indulges in any of them, and
Allah conceals his sin, it is up to Him to forgive or punish him (in the Hereafter)." 'Ubada bin As-
Samit added: "So we swore allegiance for these." (points to Allah's Apostle).”
77
Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 318 [Alim Software] and others, “Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:The Prophet
(peace be upon him) said: Whenever a person recites one letter from the Book of Allah, one good
deed is recorded for him. One good deed is equal to ten good deeds the like of it. I do not say that
Alif-Lam-Mim is a letter, but A is a letter L is a letter and M is a letter.”
78
Sura 4:40, “Surely! Allâh wrongs not even of the weight of an atom (or a small ant), but if there is
any good (done), He doubles it, and gives from Him a great reward.”
79
Sura 6:160, “Whoso bringeth a good deed will receive tenfold the like thereof, while whoso
bringeth an ill-deed will be awarded but the like thereof; and they will not be wronged.”
80
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 40, “Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If any one of you
improve (follows strictly) his Islamic religion then his good deeds will be rewarded ten times to seven
hundred times for each good deed and a bad deed will be recorded as it is.”
81
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 112, “Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Horses are kept

for one of three purposes; for some people they are a source of reward, for some others they are a
means of shelter and for some others they are a source of sins. The one for whom they are a source of
reward, is he who keeps a horse for Allah's Cause (i.e. Jihad) tying it with a long tether on a meadow
or in a garden with the result that whatever it eats from the area of the meadow or the garden where it
is tied will be counted as good deeds for his benefit, and if it should break its rope and jump over one
or two hillocks then all its dung and its foot marks will be written as good deeds for him; and if it
passes by a river and drinks water from it even though he had no intention of watering it, even then he
will get the reward for its drinking. As for the man for whom horses are a source of sins, he is the one
who keeps a horse for the sake of pride and pretence and showing enmity for Muslims: such a horse
will be a source of sins for him. When Allah's Apostle was asked about donkeys, he replied, "Nothing
has been revealed to me about them except this unique, comprehensive Verse: "Then anyone who
does an atom's (or a small ant's) weight of good shall see it; And anyone who does an atom's (or a
small ant's) weight of evil, shall see it.' (101.7-8).”
82
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 514, “Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If one says one-
hundred times in one day: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Alone Who has no
partners, to Him belongs Dominion and to Him belong all the Praises, and He has power over all
things (i.e. Omnipotent)", one will get the reward of manumitting ten slaves, and one-hundred good
deeds will be written in his account, and one-hundred bad deeds will be wiped off or erased from his
account, and on that day he will be protected from the morning till evening from Satan, and nobody
will be superior to him except one who has done more than that which he has done.”
83
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 335, “Narrated Shaddad bin 'Aus: The Prophet said, "The most
superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allah is: 'Allahumma anta Rabbi la ilaha illa anta.
Khalaqtani wa ana 'abduka, wa ana 'ala 'ahdika wa Wa'dika mastata'tu abu'u Laka bi ni 'matika wa
abu'u Laka bidhanbi; faghfirli fa'innahu la yaghfiru-dh-dhunuba ill a ant a. A'uidhu bika min sharri ma
sana'tu.' If somebody recites this invocation during the night, and if he should die then, he will go to
Paradise (or he will be from the people of Paradise). And if he recites it in the morning, and if he
should die on the same day, he will have the same fate.”
84
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 412, “Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said," Whoever says:
"La ilaha illal-lah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahu-l-hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli shai'in
qadir," one hundred times will get the same reward as given for manumitting ten slaves; and one
hundred good deeds will be written in his accounts, and one hundred sins will be deducted from his
accounts, and it (his saying) will be a shield for him from Satan on that day till night, and nobody will
be able to do a better deed except the one who does more than he.”
85
Bukhari, Vol. 9, Hadith No. 507, “(quoted in part:) The Prophet added, "There will come out of
Hell (Fire) everyone who says: 'La ilaha illal-lah,' and has in his heart good equal to the weight of a
barley grain. Then there will come out of Hell (Fire) everyone who says: ' La ilaha illal-lah,' and has
in his heart good equal to the weight of a wheat grain. Then there will come out of Hell (Fire)
everyone who says: 'La ilaha illal-lah,' and has in his heart good equal to the weight of an atom (or a
smallest ant).”
86
Tirmidhi, No. 308 [Alim Software], “Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: He who recites ten
times before getting up (from the place of worship) and bending his steps back from the sunset and
the dawn prayers: "There is no god but Allah, the One, having no partner with Him, to Him belongs
sovereignty and to Him is praise due; in His hand is the good; He gives life and causes death; and He
is Potent over everything," for him are recorded for every recital ten good deeds and ten of his sins are
obliterated and he is increased ten ranks. He is safeguarded against every unpleasantness, he is
safeguarded against Satan, the accursed, and no sin destroys him except associating anything with
Allah and he will be the most excellent amongst men in regard to good deeds except the person who
excels him in uttering something more excellent than that which he has uttered. Tirmidhi
commented: This is a hasan sahih gharib hadith.”
87
Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No. 577, “Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The

good deeds of any person will not make him enter Paradise." (i.e., none can enter Paradise through his
good deeds.) They (the Prophet's companions) said, 'Not even you, O Allah's Apostle?' He said, "Not
even myself, unless Allah bestows His favor and mercy on me." So be moderate in your religious
deeds and do the deeds that are within your ability: and none of you should wish for death, for if he is
a good doer, he may increase his good deeds, and if he is an evil doer, he may repent to Allah.”
88
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 474, “Narrated 'Aisha: The Prophet said, "Do good deeds properly,
sincerely and moderately, and receive good news because one's good deeds will not make him enter
Paradise." They asked, "Even you, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "Even I, unless and until Allah
bestows His pardon and Mercy on me.”
89
90
Sura 4:112, “And whoso committeth a delinquency or crime, then throweth (the blame) thereof
upon the innocent, hath burdened himself with falsehood and a flagrant crime.”
91
Sura 17:15, “Whosoever goeth right, it is only for (the good of) his own soul that he goeth right,
and whosoever erreth, erreth only to its hurt. No laden soul can bear another's load, We never punish
until we have sent a messenger.”
92
Matthew 5:48, “You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
Islam and Christianity
Islam and Christianity have many similar teachings, such as to not commit adultery, murder, lie, steal,
etc. This leads many people to think that Islam and Christianity are equally good, or equally true; even
the Qur’an proclaims that the God of the Bible (Yahweh) and the God of the Qur’an (Allah) are the
same (Sura 29:461). However, just as different words can mean different things to different people, so
too, when a Muslim and Christian talk, even though they use the same terminology, their meanings
are substantially different.
For example, in Christianity, adultery starts in the heart. Jesus said that, “whoever looks at a woman
with lust in his heart has committed adultery with her.” (Matthew 5:282).
Adultery refers not only to the physical act, but also to the heart attitude. In Islam, adultery is having
sex with someone whom your right hand doesn’t possess (Sura 4:33; 33:504; 4:245 etc). Thus a
Muslim is allowed to have up to four wives, temporary marriages, exchange wives, and have sex with
slave girls, without having committed adultery.
In Christianity, sin is rebellion against God’s rightful place of authority; it pains and grieves God
(Ephesians 4:306). All sinners will go to the lake of fire, unless they have their sins atoned for. In
Islam, although sin is transgression of Allah’s law, sin has no impact on Allah (Sura 3:1447, 1768;
4:1119; 47:3210). Muslim, records, “Allah's Messenger said: If you were not to commit sins, Allah
would have swept you out of existence and would have replaced you by another people who have
committed sin, and then asked forgiveness from Allah, and He would have granted them pardon.”
(Book 37, Hadith No. 6621, 6622).
The Nature of God

Beyond attitudes to sin, there are completely different ideas about the nature of God. The Christian
God is a personal God, who reveals His name, expresses a desire to live in us and through us;
Christians are God’s children and His friends. In Islam, everyone is a slave to Allah (Sura 19:92-9311;
2:9012; 3:7913; 5:11814; 6:1815, 6116; 7:19417; 8:5118). Allah cannot be your Father; it is unforgivable to
associate anyone with Allah (4:4819, 11620). So to consider yourself a child of Allah, to call him
‘Father,’ in a real and personal way, is to blaspheme.
Furthermore, the concept of the “Trinity” is abhorrent to Muslims, who believe that the Trinity is:
God, Jesus and Mary (Sura 5:11621) rather than the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as Christians believe.
As a result, they completely misrepresent and misunderstand the Christian understanding of the
Trinity. The Muslim concept is akin to 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 (simple unity). Because God is infinite not
finite, the Christian concept is a complex unity like infinity + infinity + infinity = infinity.
Trust
The God of the Bible does not change (Numbers 23:1922; Jeremiah 4:2823; Hebrews 7:2124); but Allah
is not bound by anything (2:10625; 16:10126; 7:9927). As a result, the God of the Bible, Yahweh can be
trusted and desires us to trust Him (Proverbs 3:528 etc.), but no one can trust Allah: Even Abu Bakr,
the first Rightly Guided Caliph, said, “I swear to Allah that I do not feel safe from Allah's cunning
even if one of my feet is already inside paradise...." (Khalid Muhammad Khalid, Successors of the
Apostle, p. 114, quoted by Anwar al-Jundi, Mizan al-Islam, p. 170).
Since Allah is not bound by any form of morality and the life of Muhammad exemplified this, sin is
an elastic and relativistic concept (for more information, see our tract on Sin in Christianity and
Islam). Christianity forbids all forms of lying and deceit, all liars will be in hell (Psalm 15:1-329;
Revelation 22:1530). Islam permits deception in certain circumstances because Allah claims thirty
times in the Qur’an that he misleads/sends astray people and that he is the greatest deceiver [Allaahu
Khayrulmaakiriin] (Sura 3:5431; 8:3032). Allah says that he leads people astray (Sura 4:8833, 40:33-
3434 etc).
Christianity requires that believers keep the oaths they made, even if it hurts (Psalm 15:435).
Muhammad believed that lying was acceptable and even taught how to expiate [make amends for] an
oath, ‘Allah willing, if ever I take an oath to do something, and later on I find that it is more beneficial
to do something different, I will do the thing which is better, and give expiation for my oath.’
(Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 361)
Revelation
The purposes of the Bible and the Qur’an are substantially different. The Bible, although it contains
many commands, is only a means to an end; the theme throughout is that mankind cannot be righteous
without the help of God (Ecclesiastes 7:2036; Hebrews 11:637; Ezekiel 34:1138). Thus, Christians run
to Jesus for atonement of sin and a transformed heart which hates sin in the inner most place. The
function of the Qur’an is, as many Israelites thought and think about the Torah, is to show one how to
earn favour with Allah/God through obedience. Thus, the Bible records God reaching down to save
man from their sin, whereas Islam testifies that men are responsible for their own salvation.
Muhammad implored, ‘...O Fatimah (name of Muhammad’s most beloved daughter), rescue yourself
from Fire, for I have no power (to protect you) from Allah in anything...’ (Muslim, Book 1, Hadith
No. 398 and Muslim, Book 1, Hadith No. 402).
The Law in Christianity teaches our helpless condition, and tells us where to get the necessary
righteousness; the Law in Islam tells you to jump higher with no assistance at all.
Salvation
Christianity teaches that there is a broken relationship between God and mankind that needs
restoration. Any soul that sins shall die in the lake of fire. The only way is through atonement, a life
given to redeem your own. In Christianity, the only sinless one, the Son of God, Jesus Christ was
given as that atonement:
“This is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for
our sins.” (I John 4:10).
“...if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One, and he
himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.” (I
John 2:1-2).
Islam offers guidance, but not salvation. In Islam, there is no broken relationship and no need of a
mediator. Atonement is something you do to atone for sin (such as broken, intentional oaths, having
sex during a fast etc), usually a “payment” of some nature, including punishment imposed by others
who caught you. Thus atonement is limited to this world, so if you are punished now, or provide your
own atonement via some payment, Allah will not punish you in the hereafter (Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith
No. 1739; Muslim, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 423540). So, for a sinless, innocent prophet like Jesus [Isa] to
atone for your sin is an insult to Allah and forbidden in the Qur’an (Sura 4:11241; 17:1542 etc).
Thus, the God of the Bible guarantees salvation, but Allah saves who he wills (see earlier section on
trust). In fact, Allah guarantees that every Muslim will pass through hell (Sura 19:71-7243).
In Christianity, you cannot truly follow God unless He has changed what is in your heart (Mark 7:21-
2344; Ezekiel 36:2645). In Islam, you cannot truly follow Allah, until you change your own heart (Sura
13:1146).
Heaven and Hell

Heaven, to a Christian, is to be with Jesus. While an actual place, the Christian cherishes the fact that
it is with Jesus they spend eternity. In the Christian Heaven, there is no sin or sinner. The lake of fire
is reserved for Satan and his angels, and sinners (Matthew 25:4147). Islamic Heaven [Paradise], has
seventy-two (72) virgins for the lowliest person (Sura 56:22-4048; Ibn Kathir on 56:22-4049). There
will be free-flowing wine in abundance (Sura 56:1850; 76:551,1752; 78:3453). Demons [Jinn], will also
be in Paradise (Ibn Kathir, commenting on Sura 55:56-7454).
Obedience to Governments
Christians are commanded to obey the government because they have been ordained by God (Romans
1355). Muslims on the other hand are required to disobey, and not to submit to non-Muslims (Sura
25:5256; 26:15157; 33:158; 68:859 etc). They are not to take infidels/kafir [unbelievers/non-Muslims] as
friends or Allah’s wrath will be upon them (Sura 3:2860; 4:14461; 5:5162, 80-8163; 9:2364, 12365; 58:14-
1566).
Summary
These differences are only the proverbial, tip of the iceberg. Although there are superficial similarities
on some teachings, the fundamentals of the faiths of Christianity and Islam couldn’t be more different;
they are mutually exclusive and diametrically opposed. Although many people think that Christians,
Jews and Muslims worship the same God, exploring the natures of Allah and Yahweh (Jehovah),
reveals them to be completely different beings. As a result, the practices of its followers are
completely different.
References
1
Sura 29:46, “And argue not with the People of the Scripture unless it be in (a way) that is better,
save with such of them as do wrong; and say: We believe in that which hath been revealed unto us
and revealed unto you; our Allah and your Allah is One, and unto Him we surrender.”
2
Matthew 5:28, “But I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath
committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
3
Sura 4:3, “And if ye fear that ye will not deal fairly by the orphans, marry of the women, who seem
good to you, two or three or four; and if ye fear that ye cannot do justice (to so many) then one (only)
or (the captives) that your right hands possess. Thus it is more likely that ye will not do injustice.”
4
Sura 33:50, “O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou hast paid
their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesseth of those whom Allah hath given thee as
spoils of war, and the daughters of thine uncle on the father's side and the daughters of thine aunts on
the father's side, and the daughters of thine uncle on the mother's side and the daughters of thine aunts
on the mother's side who emigrated with thee, and a believing woman if she give herself unto the
Prophet and the Prophet desire to ask her in marriage - a privilege for thee only, not for the (rest of)
believers - We are Aware of that which We enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those
whom their right hands possess - that thou mayst be free from blame, for Allah is ever Forgiving,
Merciful.”
5
Sura 4:24, “And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right
hands possess. It is a decree of Allah for you. Lawful unto you are all beyond those mentioned, so that
ye seek them with your wealth in honest wedlock, not debauchery. And those of whom ye seek
6
Ephesians 4:30, “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of
redemption.”
7
Sura 3:144, “Muhammad is no more than a Messenger, and indeed (many) Messengers have passed
away before him. If he dies or is killed, will you then turn back on your heels (as disbelievers)? And
he who turns back on his heels not the least harm will he do to Allâh, and Allâh will give reward to
those who are grateful.”
8
Sura 3:176, “Let not their conduct grieve thee, who run easily to disbelief, for lo! they injure Allah
not at all. It is Allah's Will to assign them no portion in the Hereafter, and theirs will be an awful
doom.”
9
Sura 4:111, “Whoso committeth sin committeth it only against himself. Allah is ever Knower,
Wise.”
10
Sura 47:32, “Lo! those who disbelieve and turn from the way of Allah and oppose the messenger
after the guidance hath been manifested unto them, they hurt Allah not a jot, and He will make their
actions fruitless.”
11
Sura 19:92-93, “But it is not suitable for (the Majesty of) the Most Beneficent (Allâh) that He
should beget a son (or offspring or children). There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes
unto the Most Beneficent (Allâh) as a slave.”
12
Sura 2:90, “Evil is that for which they sell their souls: that they should disbelieve in that which
Allah hath revealed, grudging that Allah should reveal of His bounty unto whom He will of His
slaves. They have incurred anger upon anger. For disbelievers is a shameful doom.”
13
Sura 3:79, “It is not (possible) for any human being unto whom Allah had given the Scripture and

wisdom and the prophethood that he should afterwards have said unto mankind: Be slaves of me
instead of Allah; but (what he said was): Be ye faithful servants of the Lord by virtue of your constant
teaching of the Scripture and of your constant study thereof.”
14
Sura 5:118, “If Thou punish them, lo! they are Thy slaves, and if Thou forgive them (lo! they are
Thy slaves). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, the Wise.”
15
Sura 6:18, “He is the Omnipotent over His slaves, and He is the Wise, the Knower.”
16
Sura 6:61, “He is the Omnipotent over His slaves. He sendeth guardians over you until, when death
cometh unto one of you, Our messengers receive him, and they neglect not.”
17
Sura 7:194, “Lo! those on whom ye call beside Allah are slaves like unto you. Call on them now,
and let them answer you, if ye are truthful!”
18
Sura 8:51, “This is for that which your own hands have sent before (to the Judgment), and (know)
that Allah is not a tyrant to His slaves.”
19
sin.”
20
21
Sura 5:116, “And when Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Didst thou say unto mankind: Take me
and my mother for two gods beside Allah? he saith: Be glorified! It was not mine to utter that to
which I had no right. If I used to say it, then Thou knewest it. Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I
know not what is in Thy Mind. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower of Things Hidden?”
22
Numbers 23:19, “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent;
Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?”
23
Jeremiah 4:28, “For this the earth shall mourn And the heavens above be dark, Because I have
spoken, I have purposed, And I will not change My mind, nor will I turn from it.”
24
Hebrews 7:21, “Those who formerly became priests took their office without an oath, but this one
was addressed with an oath, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'Thou art a priest for
ever.'”
25
Sura 2:106, “Nothing of our revelation (even a single verse) do we abrogate or cause be forgotten,
but we bring (in place) one better or the like thereof. Knowest thou not that Allah is Able to do all
things?”
26
Sura 16:101, “And when We put a revelation in place of (another) revelation, - and Allah knoweth
best what He revealeth - they say: Lo! thou art but inventing. Most of them know not.”
27
Sura 7:99, “Are they then secure from Allah's scheme? None deemeth himself secure from Allah's
scheme save folk that perish.”
28
Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.”
29
Psalm 15:1-3, “A Psalm of David. O LORD, who shall sojourn in thy tent? Who shall dwell on thy
holy hill? He who walks blamelessly, and does what is right, and speaks truth from his heart; who
does not slander with his tongue, and does no evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his
neighbor.”
30
Revelation 22:15, “Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers,
and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.”
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32
plotters.”
33
34
Sura 40:33-34, “A day when ye will turn to flee, having no preserver from Allah: and he whom
Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide. And verily Joseph brought you of old clear proofs, yet
ye ceased not to be in doubt concerning what he brought you till, when he died, ye said: Allah will not
send any messenger after him. Thus Allah deceiveth him who is a prodigal, a doubter.”
35
Psalm 15:4, “In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD;
who swears to his own hurt and does not change.”
36
Ecclesiastes 7:20, “Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.”
37
Hebrews 11:6, “And without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to
God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”
38
Ezekiel 34:11, “For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep, and will
seek them out.”
39
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 17, “Bukhari Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit: who took part in the
battle of Badr and was a Naqib (a person heading a group of six persons), on the night of Al-'Aqaba
pledge: Allah's Apostle said while a group of his companions were around him, "Swear allegiance to
me for:
1. Not to join anything in worship along with Allah.
2. Not to steal.
3. Not to commit illegal sexual intercourse.
4. Not to kill your children.
5. Not to accuse an innocent person (to spread such an accusation among people).
6. Not to be disobedient (when ordered) to do good deed."
The Prophet added: "Whoever among you fulfills his pledge will be rewarded by Allah. And whoever
indulges in any one of them (except the ascription of partners to Allah) and gets the punishment in
this world, that punishment will be an expiation for that sin. And if one indulges in any of them, and
Allah conceals his sin, it is up to Him to forgive or punish him (in the Hereafter)." 'Ubada bin As-
Samit added: "So we swore allegiance for these." (points to Allah's Apostle).”
40
Muslim, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 4235, “Ubida b. as-Samit reported: While we were in the company of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) he said: Swear allegiance to me that you will not
associate anything with Allah, that you will not commit adultery, that you will not steal, that you will
not take any life which it is forbidden by Allah to take but with (legal) justification; and whoever
among you fulfils it, his reward is with Allah and he who commits any such thing and is punished for
it, that will be all atonement for it And if anyone commits anything and Allah conceals (his faults), his
matter rests with Allah. He may forgive if He likes, and He may punish him if He likes.”
41
Sura 4:112, “And whoso committeth a delinquency or crime, then throweth (the blame) thereof
upon the innocent, hath burdened himself with falsehood and a flagrant crime.”
42
Sura 17:15, “Sura 17:15 Whosoever goeth right, it is only for (the good of) his own soul that he
goeth right, and whosoever erreth, erreth only to its hurt. No laden soul can bear another's load, We
never punish until we have sent a messenger.”

43
Sura 19:71-72, “There is not one of you but shall approach it. That is a fixed ordinance of thy Lord.
Then We shall rescue those who kept from evil, and leave the evil-doers crouching there.”
44
Mark 7:21-23, “For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft,
murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All
these evil things come from within, and they defile a man.”
45
Ezekiel 36:26, “A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take
out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”
46
Sura 13:11, “For him are angels ranged before him and behind him, who guard him by Allah's
command. Lo! Allah changeth not the condition of a folk until they (first) change that which is in their
hearts; and if Allah willeth misfortune for a folk there is none that can repel it, nor have they a
defender beside Him.”
47
Matthew 25:41, “Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the
eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.”
48
Sura 56:22-40, “And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes, Like unto hidden pearls, Reward
for what they used to do. There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination Naught) but the saying:
Peace, (and again) Peace. And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand? Among
thornless lote-trees And clustered plantains, And spreading shade, And water gushing, And fruit in
plenty Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden, And raised couches; Lo! We have created them a (new)
creation And made them virgins, Lovers, friends, For those on the right hand; A multitude of those of
old And a multitude of those of later time.”
49
Ibn Kathir, commendint on 56:22-40, Abu Al-Qasim At-Tabarani recorded that Abu Hurayrah
said that the Messenger of Allah was asked, "O Allah's Messenger! Will we have sexual intercourse
with our wives in Paradise'' He said, “The man will be able to have sexual intercourse with a hundred
virgins in one day.”
50
Sura 56:18, “With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring.”
51
Sura 76:5, “Lo! the righteous shall drink of a cup whereof the mixture is of Kafur.”
52
Sura 76:17, “There are they watered with a cup whereof the mixture is of Zanjabil.”
53
Sura 78:34, “And a full cup.”
54
55
Romans 13:1-7, “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority
except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore he who resists the
authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are
not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in authority? Then do
what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do
wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath
on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake
of conscience. For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God,
attending to this very thing. Pay all of them their dues, taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom
revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.”
56
Sura 25:52, “So obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them (by preaching) with the utmost
endeavour, with it (the Qur'ân).”

57
Sura 26:151, “And obey not the command of the prodigal.”
58
Sura 33:1, “O Prophet, Keep your duty to Allâh, and obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites
(i.e., do not follow their advices). Verily! Allâh is Ever AllKnower, AllWise.”
59
Sura 68:8, “Therefore obey not thou the rejecters.”
60
Sura 3:28, “Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to believers.
Whoso doeth that hath no connection with Allah unless (it be) that ye but guard yourselves against
them, taking (as it were) security. Allah biddeth you beware (only) of Himself. Unto Allah is the
journeying.”
61
Sura 4:144, “O ye who believe! Choose not disbelievers for (your) friends in place of believers.
Would ye give Allah a clear warrant against you?”
62
Sura 5:51, “O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends
one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not
wrongdoing folk.”
63
Sura 5:80-81, “If they believed in Allah and the Prophet and that which is revealed unto him, they
would not choose them for their friends. But many of them are of evil conduct.”
64
65
Sura 9:123, “O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you, and let them
find harshness in you, and know that Allâh is with those who are the Al-Muttaqûn (the pious).”
66
Sura 58:14-15, “Hast thou not seen those who take for friends a folk with whom Allah is wroth?
They are neither of you nor of them, and they swear a false oath knowingly. Allah hath prepared for
them a dreadful doom. Evil indeed is that which they are wont to do.”
Jews and Christians in Islam
People everywhere need people! We need to have friends. Our relationships, to a large extent, show
who we really are. How we relate to people with whom we agree, or disagree, shows what is in our
heart; it reflects who we are and what we believe. Islam’s approach to relationships is the very
opposite to Christianity’s.
Jesus said, ‘If you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Do not even tax collectors do
the same? If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the
unbelievers do the same?’ (Matthew 5:46-47).
Islam, and the agents of multiculturalism, present Islam as a tolerant and peaceful faith having the
answers for the world’s problems. However, much of what is presented as ‘true’ Islam, is in fact, a
very limited and distorted view of what the Qur’an, Hadith and the life of Muhammad really teach.
A Brief Overview of Muhammad’s Teachings

Christians and Jews are Believers
In Sura 85:4-111, an historical reference to king Dhu Nawas’ massacring the Christians of Najran, and
in 18:10-272, Christians are called believers; in Sura 2:623 and 5:694 Allah said that Jews, Christians
and Sabaeans [star worshippers] will not grieve in the Last Day [the Day of Judgment]. In Sura 2:1225
and 5:206 Allah said that the children of Israel are preferred above all, prophets and kings among
them.
Christians and Jews are Disbelievers

Sura 5:72-73 ‘They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah
(himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoever ascribes
partners unto Allah, for him Allah has forbidden paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evil-doers there
will be no helpers. They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the third of three; when there is no
God except the One God. If they stop not from so saying, a painful doom will fall on those of them
who disbelieve.’
Sura 4:116 says that Christians cannot be forgiven because they are polytheists [believe in more than
one God]: ‘Lo! Allah pardons not that partners should be ascribed unto Him. He pardons all except
that to whom He will. Whoever ascribes partners unto Allah has wandered far astray.’
Go to Christians and Jews for Wisdom

Sura 10:94: ‘And if thou (Muhammad) art in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto thee, then
question those who read the Scripture [Jews and Christians] (that was) before thee. Verily the Truth
from thy Lord hath come unto thee. So be not thou of the waverers.’
Sura 5:47, ‘Let the People of the Gospel judge by that which Allah hath revealed therein. Whoso
judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are evil-livers.’ Christians and Jews are Deluded
Apes.
Sura 9:30, ‘And the Jews say: 'Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allâh, and the Christians say: Messiah is the
son of Allâh. That is a saying from their mouths. They imitate the saying of the disbelievers of old.
Allah's curse be on them [Jews & Christians]: how they are deluded away from the Truth!’
Sura 98:6, ‘Lo! those who disbelieve, among the People of the Scripture [Jews and Christians] and the
idolaters, will stay in fire of hell. They are the worst of created beings.’ (also see Sura 8:557).
Be Nice to Christians and Jews

Sura 29:46 ‘And argue not with the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), unless it be in (a
way) that is better (with good words and in good manner, inviting them to Islâmic Monotheism with
His Verses), except with such of them as do wrong, and say (to them): "We believe in that which has
been revealed to us and revealed to you; our Ilâh (God) and your Ilâh (God) is One (i.e. Allâh), and to
Him we have submitted (as Muslims).”’ (See also Sura 16:1258).
Fight, Kill, Loot and Despoil Christians and Jews

Sura 3:181, ‘Truly Allah heard the saying of those [Jews in Al-Medina] who said, (when asked for
contributions to jihad): "Allah, forsooth, is poor, and we are rich!" We shall record their saying with
their slaying of the prophets wrongfully and We shall say: Taste you the punishment of burning!’
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 176: “‘Allah's Apostle said, "You (i.e. Muslims) will fight the Jews till
some of them will hide behind stones. The stones will (betray them) saying, 'O 'Abdullah (i.e. slave of
Allah)! There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.'“
Looting and despoiling Christians and Jews are considered good works
(Sura 9:1209; 4:9410).
Early in Muhammad’s career, Allah taught that Jews and Christians were believers; later in
Muhammad’s career, Allah taught they were unbelievers, and could not repent to turn to Allah, even
if Muhammad prayed 70 times for them (Sura 9:8011).
Why Did Allah and Muhammad Change their Minds?

The ‘kind’ teachings about Jews and Christians were made when Muhammad’s followers were few
and poor; when his forces had grown in strength and he had become wealthy, Allah declared that no
other religion would be accepted (thus, Judaism and Christianity were accursed) and he became very
militant.
Allah Accepts No Religion other than Islam

Sura 3:85, ‘If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah) never will it be
accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual
good).’ [Yousaf Ali’s Trans.] (also see Sura 3:8312)
Muslims Must Not Befriend Non-Muslims

Sura 3:28, ‘Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to believers. Whoever
does that has no connection with Allah unless (it be) that you but guard [al-Taqiyya—legal deception]
yourselves against them, taking (as it were) security. Allah bids you beware (only) of Himself. Unto
Allah is the journeying.’ Also see Sura 4:144-4513.
Sura 5:51, ‘O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends one
to another. He among you who takes them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guides not
wrongdoing folk.’
Allah Commands Muslims to Fight Non-Muslim Neighbours

Sura 9:123, ‘O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find
harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto Him).’
Sura 9:5, ‘Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and
take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and
establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.’
Muslims Must Not Obey Non-Muslims

Sura 25:52, ‘So obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them herewith with a great endeavour.’
Sura 26:151, ‘And obey not the command of the prodigal [their chief: leader who were polytheists,
criminals and sinners, The Noble Qur’an]. Sura 33:1-2 ‘… and obey not the disbelievers and the
hypocrites. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise. And follow that which is inspired in you from your Lord. Lo!
Allah is Aware of what you do.’ Sura 68:8, ‘Therefore obey not you the rejecters [unbelievers].’
Did Jesus Preach Such Hatred?

No! In fact, as he was being crucified, He prayed for His enemies, “Father, forgive them.” (Luke
23:34) and Jesus tells his followers, ‘But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you.’ (Matthew 5:44). Christians are told to bless those who curse them, to bless and not to
curse (Romans 12:1414) and are told to obey the government (Romans 13:1-815).
Violence is a by-product of the sinful nature of our humanity, which stems from mankind’s thinking
that someone is better than another. However, Yahweh, the God of the Bible, created man and woman
in His own image and likeness (Genesis 1:2716) and, in Christ, all who accept Him as their Lord and
Saviour, are adopted into His family (John 1:1217). Regardless of race, “there is neither Jew nor
Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” Galatians 3:28.
God condemns partiality (I Timothy 5:2118; James 2:1-1019; 3:1720) and the Prince of Peace, the Lord
Jesus Christ teaches:
Love your enemies (Matthew 5:43-4421)
Live in peace with all men (Hebrews 12:1422)
Obey the governing authorities (Romans 13:1-423).
Do good to all … (Galatians 6:1024)
Now you have an opportunity to find out more for yourself, as God has given you the means and the
ability to search for the truth.
References
1
Sura 85:4-11, “(Self-) destroyed were the owners of the ditch Of the fuel-fed fire, When they sat
by it, And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers. They had naught against
them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise, Him unto Whom belongeth
the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness. Lo! they who
persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell,
and theirs the doom of burning. Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens
underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.”
2
Sura 18:10-27, “When the young men fled for refuge to the Cave and said: Our Lord! Give us
mercy from Thy presence, and shape for us right conduct in our plight. Then We sealed up their
hearing in the Cave for a number of years. And afterward We raised them up that We might know
which of the two parties would best calculate the time that they had tarried. We narrate unto thee their
story with truth. Lo! they were young men who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in
guidance. And We made firm their hearts when they stood forth and said: Our Lord is the Lord of
the heavens and the earth. We cry unto no Allah beside Him, for then should we utter an enormity.
These, our people, have chosen (other) gods beside Him though they bring no clear warrant
(vouchsafed) to them. And who doth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah?
And when ye withdraw from them and that which they worship except Allah, then seek refuge in the
Cave; your Lord will spread for you of His mercy and will prepare for you a pillow in your plight.
And thou mightest have seen the sun when it rose move away from their cave to the right, and when it
set go past them on the left, and they were in the cleft thereof. That was (one) of the portents of Allah.
He whom Allah guideth, he indeed is led aright, and he whom He sendeth astray, for him thou wilt
not find a guiding friend. And thou wouldst have deemed them waking though they were asleep, and
We caused them to turn over to the right and the left, and their dog stretching out his paws on the
threshold. If thou hadst observed them closely thou hadst assuredly turned away from them in flight,
and hadst been filled with awe of them. And in like manner We awakened them that they might
question one another. A speaker from among them said: How long have ye tarried? They said: We
have tarried a day or some part of a day, (Others) said: Your Lord best knoweth what ye have tarried.
Now send one of you with this your silver coin unto the city, and let him see what food is purest there
and bring you a supply thereof. Let him be courteous and let no man know of you. For they, if they
should come to know of you, will stone you or turn you back to their religion; then ye will never
prosper. And in like manner We disclosed them (to the people of the city) that they might know that
the promise of Allah is true, and that, as for the Hour, there is no doubt concerning it. When (the
people of the city) disputed of their case among themselves, they said: Build over them a building;
their Lord knoweth best concerning them. Those who won their point said: We verily shall build a
place of worship over them. (Some) will say: They were three, their dog the fourth, and (some) say:
Five, their dog the sixth, guessing at random; and (some) say: Seven, and their dog the eighth. Say (O
Muhammad): My Lord is Best Aware of their number. None knoweth them save a few. So contend
not concerning them except with an outward contending, and ask not any of them to pronounce
concerning them. And say not of anything: Lo! I shall do that tomorrow, Except if Allah will. And
remember thy Lord when thou forgettest, and say: It may be that my Lord guideth me unto a nearer
way of truth than this. And (it is said) they tarried in their Cave three hundred years and add nine.
Say: Allah is Best Aware how long they tarried. His is the Invisible of the heavens and the earth. How
clear of sight is He and keen of hearing! They have no protecting friend beside Him, and He maketh
none to share in His government. And recite that which hath been revealed unto thee of the
Scripture of thy Lord. There is none who can change His words, and thou wilt find no refuge beside
Him.”
3
Sura 2:62, “Lo! Those who believe (in that which is revealed unto thee, Muhammad), and those
who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabaeans - whoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth
right - surely their reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they

grieve.”
4
Sura 5:69, “Lo! those who believe, and those who are Jews, and Sabaeans, and Christians -
Whosoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right - there shall no fear come upon them
neither shall they grieve.”
5
Sura 2:122, “O Children of Israel! Remember My favour wherewith I favoured you and how I
preferred you to (all) creatures.”
6
Sura 5:20, “And (remember) when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Remember Allah's
favour unto you, how He placed among you prophets, and He made you kings, and gave you that
(which) He gave not to any (other) of (His) creatures.”
7
Sura 8:55, “Lo! the worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the ungrateful who will not believe.”
8
Sura 16:125, “Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and fair exhortation, and reason with
them in the better way. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best
Aware of those who go aright.”
9
Sura 9:120, “It is not for the townsfolk of Al-Madinah and for those around them of the wandering
Arabs so stay behind the messenger of Allah and prefer their lives to his life. That is because neither
thirst nor toil nor hunger afflicteth them in the way of Allah, nor step they any step that angereth the
disbelievers, nor gain they from the enemy a gain, but a good deed is recorded for them therefor. Lo!
Allah loseth not the wages of the good.”
10
Sura 4:94, “O ye who believe! When ye go forth (to fight) in the way of Allah, be careful to
discriminate, and say not unto one who offereth you peace: "Thou art not a believer," seeking the
chance profits of this life (so that ye may despoil him). With Allah are plenteous spoils. Even thus (as
he now is) were ye before; but Allah hath since then been gracious unto you. Therefore take care to
discriminate. Allah is ever Informed of what ye do.”
11
Sura 9:80, “Ask forgiveness for them (O Muhammad), or ask not forgiveness for them; though
thou ask forgiveness for them seventy times Allah will not forgive them. That is because they
disbelieved in Allah and His messenger, and Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.”
12
Sura 3:83, “Seek they other than the religion of Allah, when unto Him submitteth whosoever is in
the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and unto Him they will be returned.”
13
Sura 4:144-45, “O ye who believe! Choose not disbelievers for (your) friends in place of believers.
Would ye give Allah a clear warrant against you? Lo! the hypocrites (will be) in the lowest deep of
the Fire, and thou wilt find no helper for them.”
14
Romans 12:14, “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.”
15
on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake
of conscience. For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God,
attending to this very thing. Pay all of them their dues, taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom
revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due. Owe no one anything,
except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.”
16
Genesis 1:27, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male
and female he created them.”
17
John 1:12, “But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become

children of God.”
18
I Timothy 5:21, “In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to
keep these rules without favor, doing nothing from partiality.”
19
James 2:1-10, “My brethren, show no partiality as you hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Lord of glory. For if a man with gold rings and in fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor
man in shabby clothing also comes in, and you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing
and say, "Have a seat here, please," while you say to the poor man, "Stand there," or, "Sit at my feet,"
have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my
beloved brethren. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of
the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonored the poor man.
Is it not the rich who oppress you, is it not they who drag you into court? Is it not they who blaspheme
that honorable name which was invoked over you? If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the
scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. But if you show partiality, you
commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails
in one point has become guilty of all of it.”
20
James 3:17, “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full
of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or insincerity.”
21
Matthew 5:43-44, “You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your
enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
22
Hebrews 12:14, “Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see
the Lord.”
23
on the wrongdoer.”
24
Galatians 6:10, “So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those
who are of the household of faith.”
Jihad
Sometimes, in the busyness of daily living, we forget that our lives are mere wisps in the span of time.
Life is very uncertain; it can terminate at any time, especially at this time when there are so many
wars and terrorist activities.
Islamic terrorists claim their authority from the Qur’an and Muhammad’s life—though moderates
claim that such teachings are not found in Islam, or are a misunderstanding of the texts.
It is important to evaluate the claims of both these groups and the best way to evaluate the authenticity
of a practice or religion is to examine the teachings, the life and the practice of its founder - in this
case, Muhammad.
Teachings of Muhammad
According to Ibn Is’haq 326, “Allah said, ‘No Prophet before Muhammad took booty from his enemy
nor prisoners for ransom.’ Muhammad said, ‘I was made victorious with terror. The earth was made a
place for me to clean. I was given the most powerful words. Booty was made lawful for me. I was
given the power to intercede. These five privileges were awarded to no prophet before me.’”
When Muhammad was weak and needy, he advocated peace but, when he had money and an army, he
planned and fought at least sixty-seven wars against Christians and Jews and others. A cursory
examination of the explanations of Islamic terrorists almost invariably shows that they are motivated
by jihad—a holy war against unbelievers (infidel or kafir).
Many will argue that jihad means ‘self-struggle,’ but as Walid Shoebat, a former Islamic terrorist,
now Christian, puts it, “so does ‘Mein Kampf,’ by Adolf Hitler”. There are differing types of Jihad,
but many seek to subdue the world to Allah, preferably with its consent, but if necessary, forcibly.
There are many verses in the Qur’an that convey the impression that Allah and Muhammad are
peaceloving. However, the majority of these come from the Meccan period, when Islam was weak.
The later teachings are far more violent, the most famous of which are Sura 9:5 and 9:29—known as
‘the Sword verses’.
Sura 9:5 ‘Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever you find them,
Sura 9:29 ‘Fight against those who believe not (1) in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid
that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the
religion of truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay
the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.’
Noted Islamic scholar, Anwar ul Haqq, in his book Abrogation in the Qur’an, has identified more
than 100 verses abrogated by these two—such as:
Sura 2:256 ‘There is no compulsion in religion...’
Sura 6:108 ‘Revile not those unto whom they pray beside Allah lest they wrongfully revile Allah
through ignorance. Thus unto every nation have We made their deed seem fair. Then unto their Lord
is their return, and He will tell them what they used to do.’
Sura 7:199 ‘Keep to forgiveness (O Muhammad), and enjoin kindness, and turn away from the
ignorant.’
Sura 45:14 ‘Tell those who believe, to forgive those who do not look forward to the Days of Allah: It
is for Him to recompense (for good or ill) each People according to what they have earned.’
Sura 109:6 ‘Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.’
Later Teachings of Muhammad — Jihad is a must!

As Muhammad grew in power, he began to teach that if Muslims do not engage in Jihad they will go
to hell and suffer a painful doom (Sura 48:16-171, 9:812, 9:94-953). Paradise is promised for those
who die for Allah (Sura 3:157-1584). True Muslims take part in Holy War (Sura 49:155, 9:446). There
are said to be as many as 480 exhortations for jihad in the Qur’an. Here are but a few:
Sura 2:216 ‘Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that you
hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that you love a thing which is bad for you.
Allah knows, you know not.’
Sura 8:67 “Allah said, ‘A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is
driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of this world, its goods and the ransom
captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to manifest the religion.’”
Sura 9:44 ‘Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day ask no leave of you lest they should strive
with their wealth and their lives. Allah is Aware of those who keep their duty (unto Him).’
Sura 8:74 ‘Those who believed and left their homes and strove for the cause of Allah, and those who
took them in and helped them - these are the believers in truth. For them is pardon, and bountiful
provision.’
Sura 49:15 ‘The (true) believers are those only who believe in Allah and His messenger and afterward
doubt not, but strive [take part in Jihad] with their wealth and their lives for the cause of Allah. Such
are the sincere.’
Sura 4:76 ‘Those who believe do battle for the cause of Allah; and those who disbelieve do battle for
the cause of idols. So fight the minions of the devil. Lo! the devil's strategy is ever weak.’
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 24, ‘Narrated Ibn Umar: Allah’s Messenger said : ‘I have been ordered
(by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but
Allah and that Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger)…’
According to Sura 2:2177, to turn men away from Allah is worse than killing. So killing an infidel who
turns people away from Islam, is permitted at any time. Furthermore, Timridhi’s Hadith 402 says The
Prophet (peace be upon him and grant him peace) said: A martyr does not suffer when he is slain any
more than one of you suffers from being bitten by an ant.
Muhammad himself wanted over and over again to be martyred, according to Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith
No. 358. Note also Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 2209 that says: ‘Allah’s apostle said, “I have been
made victorious through terror.”’
In al-Tabari IX p.42: An unbeliever, ‛Amr b. Umayyah said, “We have been dealt a situation from
which there is no escape. You have seen what Muhammad has done. Arabs have submitted to him and
we do not have the strength to fight. You know that no herd is safe from him. And no one even dares
go outside for fear of being terrorized.”
These are just a small sampling of passages from the Qur’an; he personally led more than 27 battles in
9 years (Ibn Kathir, Albedayah wa-Nehayah, Vol. 4, p. 179). There are hundreds more verses that
show that Muhammad was a practitioner of what he preached—Violent jihad for Allah.
The Jihad of Jesus is Different

By contrast, as we observe the teachings of Jesus we note immediately that sinners flocked to Him,
and loved to be near Him. They had no fear of death from Him.
It is true that Jesus did say, "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not
come to bring peace, but a sword” (Matthew 10:34). However, he was referring to Christians
becoming victims of the sword of godless men. When a disciple on one occasion used a sword to
attack Jesus’ enemies, Jesus actually healed the injured man, and rebuked his disciple (Luke 22:49-
5110).
Whereas Muhammad sought to force unbelievers to submit, Jesus sought to conquer men’s hearts.
“Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest
by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place."“ (John 18:36). Jesus taught his disciples
not to resist even an evil person (Matthew 5:39), to bless those who persecute you; bless and do not
curse. (Romans 12:14), and to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you (Mathew
5:44).
The message of Allah/Muhammad and the message of Jesus are the complete opposite. Muhammad
offered no assurance of salvation, only the possibility of Allah’s mercy, while Jesus died to offer
salvation for you as a free gift of God; it is not something you can earn. Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “It is by
grace you (have been) saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not
by works, so that no one can boast”.
We have brought you this message because we care about you and would love to see you in heaven.
When you stand before the Lord, you will not be able to plead ignorance. The choice is yours to
make, and you alone are responsible for your decision.
References
1
Sura 48:16-17, “Say (O Muhammad SAW) to the bedouins who lagged behind: "You shall be called
to fight against a people given to great warfare, then you shall fight them, or they shall surrender.
Then if you obey, Allâh will give you a fair reward, but if you turn away as you did turn away before,

He will punish you with a painful torment." No blame or sin is there upon the blind, nor is there blame
or sin upon the lame, nor is there blame or sin upon the sick (that they go not forth to war). And
whosoever obeys Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW), He will admit him to Gardens
beneath which rivers flow (Paradise); and whosoever turns back, He will punish him with a painful
torment.”
2
Sura 9:81, “Those who stayed away (from Tabuk expedition) rejoiced in their staying behind the
Messenger of Allâh; they hated to strive and fight with their properties and their lives in the Cause of
Allâh, and they said: "March not forth in the heat." Say: "The Fire of Hell is more intense in heat", if
only they could understand!”
3
Sura 9:94-95, “They (the hypocrites) will present their excuses to you (Muslims), when you return
to them. Say (O Muhammad SAW) "Present no excuses, we shall not believe you. Allâh has already
informed us of the news concerning you. Allâh and His Messenger will observe your deeds. In the end
you will be brought back to the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He (Allâh) will inform
you of what you used to do." [Tafsir At-Tabari] They will swear by Allâh to you (Muslims) when you
return to them, that you may turn away from them. So turn away from them. Surely, they are Rijsun
[i.e. Najasun (impure) because of their evil deeds], and Hell is their dwelling place, - a recompense for
that which they used to earn.”
4
Sura 3:157-158, “And if you are killed or die in the Way of Allâh, forgiveness and mercy from
Allâh are far better than all that they amass (of worldly wealths, etc.). And whether you die, or are
killed, verily, unto Allâh you shall be gathered.”
5
Sura 49:15, “The (true) believers are those only who believe in Allah and His messenger and
afterward doubt not, but strive with their wealth and their lives for the cause of Allah. Such are the
sincere.”
6
Sura 9:44, “Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day ask no leave of thee lest they should strive
with their wealth and their lives. Allah is Aware of those who keep their duty (unto Him).”
7
Sura 2:217, “They ask you concerning fighting in the Sacred Months (i.e. 1st, 7th, 11th and 12th
months of the Islâmic calendar). Say, "Fighting therein is a great (transgression) but a greater
(transgression) with Allâh is to prevent mankind from following the Way of Allâh, to disbelieve in
Him, to prevent access to Al-Masjid-al-Harâm (at Makkah), and to drive out its inhabitants, and Al-
Fitnah is worse than killing. And they will never cease fighting you until they turn you back from
your religion (Islâmic Monotheism) if they can. And whosoever of you turns back from his religion
and dies as a disbeliever, then his deeds will be lost in this life and in the Hereafter, and they will be
the dwellers of the Fire. They will abide therein forever.”
8
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 35, “Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The person who
participates in (Holy battles) in Allah's cause and nothing compels him to do so except belief in Allah
and His Apostles, will be recompensed by Allah either with a reward, or booty (if he survives) or will
be admitted to Paradise (if he is killed in the battle as a martyr). Had I not found it difficult for my
followers, then I would not remain behind any sariya going for Jihad and I would have loved to be
martyred in Allah's cause and then made alive, and then martyred and then made alive, and then again
martyred in His cause."”
9
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 220, “Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "… and I have been
made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy), and while I was sleeping, the keys of the
treasures of the world were brought to me and put in my hand."”
10
Luke 22:49-51, “When Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, should we
strike with our swords?" And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right
ear. But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him.”
Truth in Islam
The value and importance of truth is proclaimed in almost every religion. In Christianity, all liars will
have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone (Revelation 21:81); Islam lists lying as
one of the great sins (Sura 6:152-1532). But do all religions agree on the importance of truth? Is truth
flexible? Is truth in the eye of the beholder?
The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, (also the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
University in Cairo, the oldest Islamic University), who is seen as the highest spiritual authority by
most Sunnis worldwide has often made contradictory statements: In 2004, he was quoted in the Italian
daily Avennire as saying: “Islam forbids suicide and considers human life a precious gift”. However,
on IslamOnline in 2002, he argued that “Suicide operations and the killing of Israeli civilians, even
women and children, are permitted and indeed should be intensified.”. How can such a highly
regarded scholar, make such statements? He is not the only one.
The former Mufti of Australia, Sheik Taj El-Din Al-Hilali,, on a trip to Egypt in early 2004, he
praised and encouraged martyrdom operations, and then promptly denied it on his return, claiming it
was a mistranslation. Similarly, his comments in 2006 regarding women deserving rape was
dismissed as mistranslation and misunderstanding.
In a weekly sermon in April 2002, Al-Azhar Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi, the highest-ranking
cleric in the Sunni Muslim world, called the Jews “the enemies of Allah, descendants of apes and
pigs.” Yet he is the Patron of the U.K.-based Three Faiths Forum working for mutual understanding
between Muslims, Christians and Jews. The claim that difficulties in translating from Arabic to
English makes communication with non-Arab speakers difficult or impossible, is another tactic used
in subterfuge.
The President of Iran who wants to “push Israel in to the sea,” also claims mistranslation and
misunderstanding. A common thread is beginning to emerge.
Throughout history, Islamic forces have deceived other groups, making them think Islam and
Muslims are peace-loving, only later to find the opposite. For example: in A.D. 635, Damascus fell to
Muslims because they used the Bishop of Damascus to deceive the population opening the city gates
at night.
Many Christians in Egypt welcomed the Islamic forces because Muhammad’s wife was Egyptian (and
they thought they would get preferential treatment), but especially because they would be delivered
from the persecution of the Byzantines. However, 1400 years of severe persecution followed and
continues today where Christians are routinely murdered, kidnapped and tortured.
Rather than pass this off as nothing to be concerned about, we should ask whether there is something
in Islam that allows flexibility in the “Great Sin.” If so, we must look carefully at the teachings of
Allah/ Muhammad and the practices of Muhammad.
Allah claims thirty times in the Qur’an that he misleads/ sends astray people and that he is the greatest
deceiver [Allaahu Khayrul-maakiriin] (Sura 3:543; 8:304). Allah says that he leads people astray (Sura
4:885, 1436; 6:397, 1268; 7:1789,18610; 9:5111; 13:2712, 3113; 14:414; 16:9315; 17:1316, 9717; 30:2918;
35:819; 36:8-1020; 39:2321; 40:3322,3423,7424; 42:4425,4626; 74:3127). Even the first, Rightly Guided
Caliph said, “I swear to Allah that I do not feel safe from Allah's cunning even if one of my feet is
already inside paradise...." (Khalid Muhammad Khalid, Successors of the Apostle, p. 114, quoted by
Anwar al-Jundi, Mizan al-Islam, p. 170).
Muhammad believed that lying was acceptable and even taught how to expiate [make amends for] an
oath, ‘Allah willing, if ever I take an oath to do something, and later on I find that it is more
beneficial to do something different, I will do the thing which is better, and give expiation for my
oath.’ (Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 361)
Muhammad saw nothing wrong in practicing duplicity. It was his common practice to say one thing
and do exactly the opposite if something appealed to him otherwise. He sent men to kill people
unawares in their homes and also gave them permission to tell lies in order to deceive the people
being killed. (A. Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad, Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 143)
Imam Jafar Sadiq said: “You belong to a religion that whosoever conceals it, Allah will honour him
and whosoever reveals it, Allah will disgrace and humiliate him.” (Ahmad Abdullah Salamah, The
Sunni and Shia Perspective of The Holy Qur’an). This is called al-Taqiyya [legal deception].
Sura 3:28 28and others, record that Muslims cannot take unbelievers for real friends (else they will
cease to be true Muslims), ‘Let not the believers take the disbelievers as Auliya^ (supporters, helpers,
etc.) instead of the believers, and whoever does that will never be helped by Alla^h in any way,
except if you indeed fear a danger from them. And Alla^h warns you against Himself (His
Punishment), and to Alla^h is the final return.’ Also see Sura 60:129; 4:14430; 5:5131; 8:7332.
In other words, Muslims can outwardly pretend to be your friend, to guard against you, to strengthen
themselves against you. Some Muslims will argue that this is only in Shi’a Islam, but Ibn Kathir, a
highly regarded Sunni scholar records, as an argument for Taqiyya, “We smile in the face of some
people although our hearts curse them.” (Fath Al Bāri, 10:544, quoted in Ibn Kathir, Tafsir, Vol. 2, p.
141-143). He also argues that Muslims can even deny that they are Muslims and deny Islam, the
Qur’an and Muhammad, in the interest of self preservation. They can lie to promote a social ‘good’
i.e. promote Islam. (Imamovic, Outlines of Islamic Doctrine, p. 346).
As such, treaties are not binding (Sura 47:3533; 2:224-22534; 66:1-235, ccf: 16:9136, 9437) and used to
provide time to regroup and rearm.
Ghazali, the most famous and highly regarded Muslim scholar of all times, states that lying is
obligatory when the goal is obligatory and it cannot be reached by telling the truth (Ahmad ibn Naqib
al-Misri, (1368), Reliance of the Traveller, translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller (1994), r.8.2, p. 745).
Dawah (Islamic evangelism) is obligatory; if Islam cannot be spread with the truth, they are obliged to
lie.
According to Ghazali, Muhammad taught people to retract truthful confessions of sins so they could
avoid punishment; lying is also permissible if the consequences of telling the truth are more damaging
than the damage by lying (ibid., p. 746).
The ultimate purpose of Taqiyya is to confuse and split the enemy, so that they can be conquered for
Allah. A perfect example of this is when Sura 2:25638 is quoted, ‘there is no compulsion in religion,’
but they fail to cite Sura 9:539, 2940, (and others) which abrogate 2:25641. Today, unbelievers only
have the choice of converting, paying protection money or facing humiliation by Muslims or death.
On the one hand, the Qur’an in numerous places condemns falsehood, but as we have seen, not only
do Allah and Muhammad practice lying, but Muhammad also taught his followers how to lie and
deceive. Unfortunately for Muslims, the long history of lying has caused many Muslims to believe
their own lies. (Irshad Manji, The Trouble with Islam, Random House, Sydney, 2003, p.3)
Truth in the Bible

The Bible teaches the exact opposite. It does not condone or allow for deceit of any kind (Revelation
22:1542). Believers are commanded to keep their oaths even to their own detriment (Joshua 9**;
Psalm 15:443). In fact, Yahweh, the God of the Bible, says that He is not a man, that He would not lie
(Number 23:1944). The Bible describes Jesus as Truth (John 14:645), the Holy Spirit as Truth (I John
5:646) and the Father has not the slightest deceit in Him (James 1:1747; 2 Samuel 7:2848; Psalm 31:549).
Jesus IS truth. Believers are to be Holy as God is Holy (Leviticus 19:250; 1 Peter 1:1651 etc.).
In the New Testament period, the seriousness of sin and lying was highlighted when God killed some
people who lied (Acts 5). The Bible declares that: “all liars will have their part in the lake which burns
with fire and brimstone.” (Revelation 21:8)
However, in Islam, if you do not sin, Allah will kill you and replace you with people who will sin
(Muslim, Book 37, Hadith No. 6622 & 662152).
We have brought you this message because we love you and desire to see you know the truth; we
want you to know that you can have your mind, body, heart and soul cleansed by Jesus. For more
information, read our tract on Salvation in Islam.
Now you have an opportunity to find out for yourself, as God has given you the means and the ability
to search for the truth.
References
1
Revelation 21:8, “But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and
immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with
fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
2
Sura 6:152-153, “And approach not the wealth of the orphan save with that which is better, till he
reach maturity. Give full measure and full weight, in justice. We task not any soul beyond its scope.
And if ye give your word, do justice thereunto, even though it be (against) a kinsman; and fulfil the
covenant of Allah. This He commandeth you that haply ye may remember. And (He commandeth
you, saying): This is My straight path, so follow it. Follow not other ways, lest ye be parted from His
way. This hath He ordained for you, that ye may ward off (evil).”
3

4
Sura 8:30, “And when those who disbelieve plot against thee (O Muhammad) to wound thee fatally,
or to kill thee or to drive thee forth; they plot, but Allah (also) plotteth; and Allah is the best of
plotters.”
5
6
Sura 4:143, “Swaying between this (and that), (belonging) neither to these nor to those. He whom
Allah causeth to go astray, thou (O Muhammad) wilt not find a way for him.”
7
Sura 6:39, “Those who deny Our revelations are deaf and dumb in darkness. Whom Allah will
sendeth astray, and whom He will He placeth on a straight path.”
8
Sura 6:126, “This is the path of thy Lord, a straight path. We have detailed Our revelations for a
people who take heed.”
9
Sura 7:178, “He whom Allah leadeth, he indeed is led aright, while he whom Allah sendeth astray -
they indeed are losers.”
10
Sura 7:186, “Those whom Allah sendeth astray, there is no guide for them. He leaveth them to
wander blindly on in their contumacy.”
11
Sura 9:51, “Say: Naught befalleth us save that which Allah hath decreed for us. He is our
Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust!”
12
Sura 13:27, “Those who disbelieve say: If only a portent were sent down upon him from his Lord!
Say: Lo! Allah sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth unto Himself all who turn (unto Him).”
13
Sura 13:31, “Had it been possible for a Lecture to cause the mountains to move, or the earth to be
torn asunder, or the dead to speak, (this Qur'an would have done so). Nay, but Allah's is the whole
command. Do not those who believe know that, had Allah willed, He could have guided all mankind?
As for those who disbelieve, disaster ceaseth not to strike them because of what they do, or it dwelleth
near their home until the threat of Allah come to pass. Lo! Allah faileth not to keep the tryst.”
14
Sura 14:4, “And We never sent a messenger save with the language of his folk, that he might make
(the message) clear for them. Then Allah sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will.
He is the Mighty, the Wise.”
15
Sura 16:93, “Had Allah willed He could have made you (all) one nation, but He sendeth whom He
will astray and guideth whom He will, and ye will indeed be asked of what ye used to do.”
16
Sura 17:13, “And every man's augury have We fastened to his own neck, and We shall bring forth
for him on the Day of Resurrection a book which he will find wide open.”
17
Sura 17:97, “Whomever GOD guides is the truly guided one. And whomever He sends astray, you
will never find for them any lords and masters beside Him. We will summon them on the Day of
Resurrection forcibly; blind, dumb, and deaf. Their destination is Hell; whenever it cools down, we
will increase their fire.”
18
Sura 30:29, “Nay, but those who do wrong follow their own lusts without knowledge. Who is able
to guide him whom Allah hath sent astray? For such there are no helpers.”
19
Sura 35:8, “Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fairseeming unto him so that he deemeth it good,
(other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so
let not thy soul expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do!”
20
Sura 36:8-10, “Lo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are
made stiff-necked. And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have
covered them so that they see not. Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for
them, for they believe not.”

21
Sura 39:23, “Allah hath (now) revealed the fairest of statements, a Scripture consistent, (wherein
promises of reward are) paired (with threats of punishment), whereat doth creep the flesh of those
who fear their Lord, so that their flesh and their hearts soften to Allah's reminder. Such is Allah's
guidance, wherewith He guideth whom He will. And him whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is
no guide.”
22
Sura 40:33, “A day when ye will turn to flee, having no preserver from Allah: and he whom Allah
sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.”
23
Sura 40:34, “And verily Joseph brought you of old clear proofs, yet ye ceased not to be in doubt
concerning what he brought you till, when he died, ye said: Allah will not send any messenger after
him. Thus Allah deceiveth him who is a prodigal, a doubter.”
24
Sura 40:74, “Beside Allah? They say: They have failed us; but we used not to pray to anything
before. Thus doth Allah send astray the disbelievers (in His guidance).”
25
Sura 42:44, “He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no protecting friend after Him. And
thou (Muhammad) wilt see the evil-doers when they see the doom, (how) they say: Is there any way
of return?”
26
Sura 42:46, “And they will have no protecting friends to help them instead of Allah. He whom
Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no road.”
27
Sura 74:31, “And We have set none but angels as guardians of the Fire, and We have fixed their
number (19) only as a trial for the disbelievers, in order that the people of the Scripture (Jews and
Christians) may arrive at a certainty [that this Qur'ân is the truth as it agrees with their Books i.e. their
number (19) is written in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and the believers may increase in
Faith (as this Qur'ân is the truth) and that no doubts may be left for the people of the Scripture and the
believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) and the disbelievers may say:
"What Allâh intends by this (curious) example ?" Thus Allâh leads astray whom He wills and guides
whom He wills. And none can know the hosts of your Lord but He. And this (Hell) is nothing else
than a (warning) reminder to mankind.”
28
Sura 3:28, “Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to believers.
Whoso doeth that hath no connection with Allah unless (it be) that ye but guard yourselves against
them, taking (as it were) security. Allah biddeth you beware (only) of Himself. Unto Allah is the
journeying.”
29
Sura 60:1, “O ye who believe! Choose not My enemy and your enemy for allies. Do ye give them
friendship when they disbelieve in that truth which hath come unto you, driving out the messenger
and you because ye believe in Allah, your Lord? If ye have come forth to strive in My way and
seeking My good pleasure, (show them not friendship). Do ye show friendship unto them in secret,
when I am Best Aware of what ye hide and what ye proclaim? And whosoever doeth it among you, he
verily hath strayed from the right way.”
30
Sura 41:44, “And if We had appointed it a Lecture in a foreign tongue they would assuredly have
said: If only its verses were expounded (so that we might understand)? What! A foreign tongue and an
Arab? - Say unto them (O Muhammad): For those who believe it is a guidance and a healing; and as
for those who disbelieve, there is a deafness in their ears, and it is blindness for them. Such are called
to from afar.”
31
Sura 5:51, “O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends
one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not
wrongdoing folk.”
32
Sura 8:73, “And those who disbelieve are protectors one of another - If ye do not so, there will be
confusion in the land, and great corruption.”
33
Sura 47:35, “So be not weak and ask not for peace (from the enemies of Islâm), while you are

having the upper hand. Allâh is with you, and will never decrease the reward of your good deeds.”
34
Sura 2:224-225, “And make not Allâh's (Name) an excuse in your oaths against your doing good
and acting piously, and making peace among mankind. And Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower (i.e. do
not swear much and if you have sworn against doing something good then give an expiation for the
oath and do good). Allâh will not call you to account for that which is unintentional in your oaths, but
He will call you to account for that which your hearts have earned. And Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most-
Forbearing.”
35
Sura 66:1-2, “O Prophet! Why bannest thou that which Allah hath made lawful for thee, seeking to
please thy wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. Allah hath made lawful for you (Muslims)
absolution from your oaths (of such a kind), and Allah is your Protector. He is the Knower, the Wise.”
36
Sura 16:91, “Fulfil the covenant of Allah when ye have covenanted, and break not your oaths after
the asseveration of them, and after ye have made Allah surety over you. Lo! Allah knoweth what ye
do.”
37
Sura 16:94, “Make not your oaths a deceit between you, lest a foot should slip after being firmly
planted and ye should taste evil forasmuch as ye debarred (men) from the way of Allah, and yours
should be an awful doom.”
38
Sura 2:256, “There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct from
error. And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in Allah hath grasped a firm handhold which
will never break. Allah is Hearer, Knower.”
39
Sura 9:5, “Then when the Sacred Months (the Ist, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islâmic
calendar) have passed, then kill the Mushrikûn (see V.2:105) wherever you find them, and capture
them and besiege them, and prepare for them each and every ambush. But if they repent and perform
As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât), and give Zakât, then leave their way free. Verily, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.”
40
Sura 9:29, “Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid
that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the
religion of truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay
the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.”
41
42
Revelation 22:15, “Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers,
and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.”
43
Psalm 15:4, “In whose eyes a reprobate is despised; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He
that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.”
44
Number 23:19, “God is not a man, that he should lie; Neither the son of man, that he should repent:
Hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?”
45
John 14:6, “Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the
Father, but by me.”
46
I John 5:6, “This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with
the water and the blood.”
47
James 1:17, “Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the
Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”
48
II Samuel 7:28, “And now, O Lord GOD, thou art God, and thy words are true, and thou hast
promised this good thing to thy servant.”

49
Psalm 31: 5, “Into thy hand I commit my spirit; thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.”
50
Leviticus 19:2, “Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the
LORD your God am holy.”
51
I Peter 1:16, “Since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
52
Muslim, Book 37, Hadith No. 6622 & 6621, “Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (may
peace be upon him) having said, By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if you were not to commit sin,
Allah would sweep you out of existence and He would replace (you by) those people who would
commit sin and seek forgiveness from Allah, and He would have pardoned them.”
Dhimmitude
You may have wondered what Dhimmitude it is all about! There are many people both in the West
and in Islamic countries who are unaware of the Islamic teaching about the dhimmi.
Dhimmi is an Arabic word and it means “protected one”. The dhimma provides and details the legal,
social and economic status of free non-Muslims in the Islamic state.
In Islam the world is divided into two “houses”. Dar al-Islam (the house of submission) encompasses
all countries that are under Islamic rule. Dar al-Harb (the house of war) includes all other countries
who are not yet in submission to Allah’s law (Shari’ah). In Reliance of the Traveller (w43.2 and 43.5,
p. 944, 946-7) dar al-Harb is defined as ‘enemy lands.’ Despite modern trends to interpret these two
houses as being situational (i.e., if a Muslim is able to freely practice his religion, then he is in dar al-
Islam, even though the government is not Islamic), the traditional interpretation is that it depends on
whether the government implements Shari’ah or not.
Dar al-Hudna (house of calm) refers to countries or areas under truce, bought by the non-Muslims
(primarily Jews and Christians) at a price. If the harbis (inhabitants of dar al-Harb) refuse to pay
tribute, hostilities resume until they become dhimmi, dead or Muslim! Traditionally, Islam has viewed
the willingness to agree to Hudna as a weakness to be exploited.
When a country moves from dar al-Harb to dar al-Islam, the non-Muslims who surrender (and refuse
to convert) become dhimmi under a ‘pact of protection,’ (dhimma).
Being “protected” may give the impression that Islam has treated Christians and Jews well by virtue
of their being ‘People of the Book’. However, the “pact of protection” imposes severe restrictions on
what a dhimmi can do, wear, say, go or work, etc. In fact, the word dhimma implies that there is a debt
by the dhimmi to the Muslim conquerors.
Al-Mawardi, an 11th century Islamic jurist and theologian, said that the head-tax [Jizyah] on dhimmis
was either a sign of contempt, because of their unbelief, or a sign of the mildness of Muslims, who
granted the dhimmis peace (instead of killing or enslaving them), so that humble gratitude was the
expected response.
Sura 9:29 provides the basis of the dhimma – Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor
in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and
those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews
and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
Some Muslims will argue, from the context of the previous verses, that it was only for a specific
group of people. However, traditional interpretation has shown that Muslim scholars and authorities
have applied it consistently to other groups such as magicians - not just Christians: Bukhari, Vol. 4,
Hadith No. 3841; Malik, Book 17, Number 17.24.422 and others; Muslim, Book 42, Hadith No. 70653;
Abu Dawud, Book 13. Hadith No 29554). Muhammad was commanded by Allah to fight until they
converted or died, or submitted to being a dhimmi (Sura 9:29 etc; Muslim, Book 19, Hadith No.
42945; Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 3866 etc).
The conditions are simple: they must pay the Jizyah willingly, and feel themselves subdued (i.e.,
know that they have fewer rights than Muslims) and feel humbled; Ibn Kathir adds disgraced,
humiliated and belittled. Jizyah is a tribute or tax that is paid to maintain their freedom to practice
their religion and have trade (Abu Dawud, Book 19, Hadith No. 30007). Muslims will often tell you
that it was just a nominal small fee; Muhammad, however, charged 50% of their income (Bukhari,
Vol. 3, Hadith No. 8818 etc; Ibn Ishaq, The Life of Muhammad, p. 515; in Spain, the minimum was
20%, but mostly went as high as 80% (Dozy, Spanish Islam, p. 234).
The Pact of Umar

The Pact of Umar (the second Caliph) was created so that Muslims could retain control of the newly
captured lands, whilst the majority of the population were yet non-Muslims. Below is just a sample of
the dhimma from Ibn Kathir’s account of the Pact of Umar.
Dhimmis:
• Cannot build or restore monasteries, churches, or sanctuaries;
• Are not allowed to teach their children the Qur'an, publicize practices of Shirk (disbelief
in Allah), invite anyone to Shirk (invite to become a Christian by sharing the Gospel) or
prevent any of their fellows from embracing Islam, if they chose to do so [Emphasis
added];
• They must respect Muslims by moving from the places they were sitting in if they chose
to sit in them;
• Must not imitate their clothing, caps, turbans, sandals, hairstyles, speech, nicknames and
title names, or ride on saddles, hang swords on the shoulders, collect weapons of any
kind or carry these weapons;
• Cannot erect crosses on the outside of churches and books, in public, in Muslim fairways
and markets;
• They must cut the front of their hair, wear their customary clothes wherever they are,
wear belts around their waists.
If any of these were broken, Muslims are/were allowed to do with them what they do to people of
defiance and rebellion, i.e. fight, kill and enslave them.
Allah revealed to Muhammad, (Sura 47:4) ‘So, when you meet (in Jihâd in Allâh's Cause), those who
disbelieve smite at their necks till you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond
firmly (on them, i.e. take them as captives). Thereafter (is the time) either for generosity (i.e. free
them without ransom), or ransom (according to what benefits Islâm), until the war lays down its
burden. Thus [you are ordered by Allâh to continue in carrying out Jihâd against the disbelievers till
they embrace Islâm (i.e. are saved from the punishment in the Hell-fire) or at least come under your
protection], but if it had been Allâh's Will, He Himself could certainly have punished them (without
you). But (He lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the
Way of Allâh, He will never let their deeds be lost.’ (Brackets and explanations in the original).
In the face of the ongoing threat of tyranny, many people simply converted to Islam to avoid the
jizyah and the harsh conditions imposed. This practice of dhimmitude was not only practiced in
Muhammad’s time but continued right up to the 19th century. The jizyah tax was finally removed
from Christians in Egypt in 1855 (http://www.coptic.net/EncylopediaCoptica/).
Babur (1483-1530), the founder of the Mughal Empire, who is trumpeted as an example of Muslim
tolerance, recorded the following in his autobiographical “Baburnama,” about infidel prisoners of a
jihad campaign: "Those who were brought in alive [having surrendered] were ordered beheaded,
after which a tower of skulls was erected in the camp." [The Baburnama -Memoirs of Babur, Prince
and Emperor, translated and edited by Wheeler M. Thacktson, Oxford University Press,1996, p. 188.
Emphasis added.]
Is Dhimmitude Found in the Bible?

In fact, we find there is no counterpart in the Christian or Jewish Scriptures to this teaching in Islam.
To the contrary, Jews were commanded to love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of
Egypt (Deuteronomy 10:199). Christians are supposed to consider others better than themselves
(Philippians 2:310). And they feel no compulsion to fight as Muslims do because Jesus’ kingdom is
not of this world (John 18:3611). Christians aim to follow the teaching of Jesus, who told them to love
(their) enemies and do good to those who persecute (them) (Matthew 5:4412). Christians and Jews
may not always have lived up to this ideal but, unlike the teaching of Islam, they have no justification
for discriminatory behaviour. Interestingly, it is reported by Ibn Jubayr that the crusading Franks
treated their Muslim subjects akin to dhimmis—but these Muslim peasants were treated far better by
the Franks than they had been by their own Muslim superiors!
You may have been told that the Injil (Gospels) has been corrupted, and therefore we recommend that
you refer to our tract Authenticity of the Bible. We also recommend that you look at what the Qur’an
teaches about Jesus in our tract Contrasting Jesus and Muhammad.
Muhammad offered the possibility of salvation by means of good works; Jesus died to offer sure
salvation for you, by means of a gift of God; it is not something you can earn.
Jesus claimed to be the Son of God and also said: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one
comes to the Father but by Me.” (John 14:6).
References
1
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 384, “384 Narrated 'Umar bin Dinar: I was sitting with Jabir bin Zaid
and 'Amr bin Aus, and Bjalla was narrating to them in 70 A.H. the year when Musab bin Az-Zubair
was the leader of the pilgrims of Basra. We were sitting at the steps of Zam-zam well and Bajala said,
"I was the clerk of Juz bin Muawiya, Al-Ahnaf's paternal uncle. A letter came from 'Umar bin Al-
Khattab one year before his death; and it was read:-- "Cancel every marriage contracted among the
Magians between relatives of close kinship (marriages that are regarded illegal in Islam: a relative of
this sort being called Dhu-Mahram.)" 'Umar did not take the Jizya from the Magian infidels till
'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf testified that Allah's Apostle had taken the Jizya from the Magians of Hajar.”
2
Malik, Book 17, Number 17.24.42, “Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, "I have
heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took jizya from the
magians of Bahrain, that Umar ibn al-Khattab took it from the magians of Persia and that Uthman ibn

Affan took it from the Berbers."”
3
Muslim, Book 42, Hadith No. 7065, “Amr b. 'Auf, who was an ally of Banu 'Amir b. Luwayy (and
he was one amongst them) who participated in Badr along with Allah's Messenger (way peace be
upon him). reported that, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent Abu Ubaida b. Jarrah to
Bahrain for collecting Jizya and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had made a truce with
the people of Bahrain and had appointed 'Ala' b. Hadrami and Abu Ubaida (for this purpose). They
came with wealth from Bahrain and the Ansar beard about the arrival of Abu Ubaida and they had
observed the dawn prayer along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), and when Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) had finished the prayer they (the Ansar) came before him and
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) smiled as he saw them and then said: I think you have
heard about the arrival of Abu Ubaida with goods from Bahrain. They said: Allah's Messenger. yes, it
is so. Thereupon he said: Be happy and be hopeful of that what gives you delight. By Allah, it is not
the poverty about which I fear in regard to you but I am afraid in your case that (the worldly) riches
way be given to you as were given to those who had gone before you and you begin to vie with one
another for them as they vied for them. and these may destroy you as these destroyed them.”
4
Abu Dawud, Book 13, Hadith No 2955, “Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: A son of Adi ibn Adi al-
Kindi said that Umar ibn AbdulAziz wrote (to his governors): If anyone asks about the places where
spoils (fay') should be spent, that should be done in accordance with the decision made by Umar ibn
al-Khattab (Allah be pleased with him). The believers considered him to be just, according to the
saying of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him): Allah has placed truth upon Umar's tongue and heart. He
fixed stipends for Muslims, and provided protection for the people of other religions by levying jizyah
(poll-tax) on them, deducting no fifth from it, nor taking it as booty.”
5
Muslim, Book 19, Hadith No. 4294, “quoted in part: …If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from
them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay
the tax, seek Allah's help and fight them…”
6
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 386, “When we reached the land of the enemy, the representative of
Khosrau came out with forty-thousand warriors, and an interpreter got up saying, "Let one of you talk
to me!" Al-Mughira replied, "Ask whatever you wish." The other asked, "Who are you?" Al-Mughira
replied, "We are some people from the Arabs; we led a hard, miserable, disastrous life: we used to
suck the hides and the date stones from hunger; we used to wear clothes made up of fur of camels and
hair of goats, and to worship trees and stones. While we were in this state, the Lord of the Heavens
and the Earths, Elevated is His Remembrance and Majestic is His Highness, sent to us from among
ourselves a Prophet whose father and mother are known to us. Our Prophet, the Messenger of our
Lord, has ordered us to fight you till you worship Allah Alone or give Jizya (i.e. tribute); and our
Prophet has informed us that our Lord says:-- "Whoever amongst us is killed (i.e. martyred), shall go
to Paradise to lead such a luxurious life as he has never seen, and whoever amongst us remain alive,
shall become your master."”
7
Abu Dawud, Book 19, Hadith No. 3000, “The Prophet fought with the people of Khaybar, and
captured their palm-trees and land, and forced them to remain confined to their fortresses. So they
concluded a treaty of peace providing that gold, silver and weapons would go to the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him), and whatever they took away on their camels would belong to them, on
condition that they would not hide and carry away anything. If they did (so), there would be no
protection for them and no treaty (with Muslims). They carried away a purse of Huyayy ibn Akhtab
who was killed before (the battle of) Khaybar. He took away the ornaments of Banu an-Nadir when
they were expelled. The Prophet (peace-be-upon-him) asked Sa'yah: Where is the purse of Huyayy
ibn Akhtab? He replied: The contents of this purse were spent on battles and other expenses. (Later
on) they found the purse. So he killed Ibn AbulHuqayq, captured their women and children, and
intended to deport them.”
8
Bukhari, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 881, “Narrated Abdullah bin Umar: Allah’s Apostle gave the land of
Khaibar to the Jews on the condition that they would work on it and cultivate it and they would get

half of its yield.”
9
Deuteronomy 10:19, “Love the sojourner therefore; for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.”
10
Philippians 2:3, “Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than
yourselves.”
11
John 18:36, “Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to
prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place."”
12
Matthew 5:44, “But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
Women in Islam
According to Christian belief, a husband is commanded to “love his wife just as Jesus loves His
Church and gave His life for her” (Ephesians 5:25). But, as people turn away from the Bible, the
suffering of women and others increases. Some have claimed Biblical authority for mistreating
women, but there is not a single passage in Scripture that encourages people to be harsh with their
wives.
The foundation for equality in Western civilisation, irrespective of race, religion or gender is that:
1. Yahweh, the God of the Bible, created man and woman in His own image and likeness
(Genesis 1:271);
2. In Christ, all who accept Him as their Lord and Saviour are adopted into His family (John
1:122, Galatians 3:283);
3. God condemns partiality (I Timothy5:214; James 3:175)
In Islamic teaching Allah claims that he created all human beings as his slaves (Sura 19:936), and as
such, no-one is or can be a child of Allah. As a result, there is no equality of people before Islamic
law in the teachings of the Qur’an and Hadith.
Islamic law considers women as deficient. A woman’s witness [in court] is worth half a man’s (Sura
2:2827; Bukhari, Vol. 3, Hadith 8268); women are deficient in intelligence and religious practices
(Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith 3019; Vol. 3, Hadith 82610; Vol. 2, Hadith 54111); women are referred to as a
possession such as gold, silver, horses and cattle (Sura 3:1412); a woman is to be used like a field
according to the husband’s desires (Sura 2:22313); a man can exchange one of his wives for another
(Sura 4:2014); and a woman comes in the form of a devil (Muslim, Vol. II, Hadith 324015).
The teaching of Islam on women is that:
• women will be the majority in hell (Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith 30116; also Muslim Vol. 4,
Hadith No. 660017);
• the best of women are neither to be seen by, nor to see, a man (Ghazali quoted this Hadith
in Ihya’ ‘Uloum ed-Din Vol. II Kitab Adab al-Nikah. Beirut: Dar al-Kotob al-‘Elmeyah. p.
53);
• A man can marry up to four wives (Sura 4:318, 12919);
• a man can have a child wife (Sura 65:420 ‘The Noble Qur’an’); men can have temporary
wives (Sura 4:2421; Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No. 13A22, 5223; Muslim, Vol. 2, Hadith No.
324724, Bukhari, Vol. 6, 13925);
• men are commanded to beat their wives (Sura 4:3426);
• a man can have any number of concubines (Sura 70:29-3027);
• men are better than women (Sura 4:3428).
The above teaching is a license for Muslim men to oppress women. Some Christian men oppress their
wives also, but they have no Scriptural basis for their actions.
Rape and Adultery

In 1979, Pakistan adopted the Hudood Ordinances which are essentially Sharia law. These laws
almost completely blur the distinction between rape and adultery.
Adultery is proven if a person admits to having sex with someone to whom they are not married.
Under this law non-Muslims cannot testify against Muslims; the witnesses must be adult, male and
Muslim—since a woman’s testimony is of only half the value of a man’s (Sura 24:429). Consequently,
if a woman cannot provide sufficient witnesses, she is admitting (under law) to adultery. The Pakistan
Human Rights Commission (PHRC) estimates that a rape occurs every 8 minutes and that there are
more than 1500 honour killings annually. Former Mufti of Australia, Sheik al Hilali, stated that if a
woman does not cover herself properly, she is the one at fault if she is raped.
The Assyrian International News Agency (Dec 27, 2005) reported that Lebanese Sheik Faiz
Mohammed said that women had no one to blame but themselves; the Islamic mufti of Denmark and a
panel headed by an Egyptian scholar, Sheik Yusaf al-Qaradawi, claimed female rape victims should
be punished if they were dressed immodestly when they were raped: "For her to be absolved from
guilt, a raped woman must have shown good conduct." (Telegraph, 11 July 2004) In Indonesia, in
1998, human rights groups documented the testimony of over 100 Chinese women who were gang
raped during the riots that preceded the fall of President Suharto. Many of them were told: "You must
be raped, because you are Chinese and non-Muslim." This is in accordance with Sura 33:59, ‘O
Prophet! Tell ... the believing women, that they should cast their outer garments over their persons
(when abroad): that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not molested’ [Yusuf
Ali’s Translation].
At one time, Muhammad ordered a man who had committed adultery be given lashes, and the woman
stoned to death (Bukhari, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 86030).
But Jesus tells men that if they so much as look at a woman with lust, they are guilty of adultery
(Matthew 5:2831). In this light, Christians are told to treat younger women as their sisters and older
women as their mothers (I Timothy 5:232).
The Veil
In Saudi Arabia, March 2002 saw 15 girls dead and more than 40 other girls injured at the Girls'
Intermediate School No. 31 in Mecca, the holiest city in Islam. The girls were locked inside when an
accidental fire started. The fire-fighters tried to open the doors but were prevented by the muttawa
(religious police), who wouldn’t let the girls outside the building without their veils (Newsweek, July
22, 2002)!!!
The Qur’an (Sura 24:31) says “that they [women] should lower their gaze and guard their modesty;
that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof;
that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their
husbands”.
Muhammad, the prophet of Allah, told Asma, the daughter of Abu Bakr, that girls past the age of
menstruation must cover themselves, excepting their hands and face (Abu Dawud, Vol. 3, Hadith
409233).
Marriage
Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No. 17: When I got married, Allah's Apostle said to me, "What type of lady
have you married?" I replied, "I have married a matron' ... Allah's Apostle said, "Why didn't you
marry a young girl so that you might play with her and she with you?'
Muhammad said that the silence of a virgin indicates that she wants to marry (Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith
No. 6734). Ayatollah Khomeini said that marrying a girl before menstruation was a “divine blessing”
and that girls should be married before they menstruate (Taheri, 1986, pp. 90-91). Muhammad
married a 6-year-old girl (Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith 6435) and had many wives.
Some say that temporary wives are forbidden but Muhammad permitted temporary marriage when his
warriors needed them (Sura 4:2436; Bukhari Vol; 7, Hadith No. 5137). The first caliph continued to
allow them; only the second caliph forbade the practice, but the last ‘rightly guided’ caliph again
allowed temporary marriages. The price (dowry) of a temporary marriage is two handfuls of dates or
flour (Abu Dawud, Vol. 2, Hadith No. 210538).
General
Women, dogs and donkeys can annul the prayers of a man, according to Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith 490
and 493. But the Bible says that Husbands are to honour their wives and, if they are angry with their
wives, their prayers will not be heard (I Peter 3:739).
Muhammad’s most beloved wife, Aisha, said “O womenfolk, if you knew the rights that your
husbands have over you, every one of you would wipe the dust from her husband's feet with her face.”
[Al-Hashimi, M., The Ideal Muslimah, (1996), chapter 4].
Muhammad taught that, “God permits you to shut them [your wives] in separate rooms and to beat
them, but not severely. Treat women well, for they are [like] domestic animals (awan) with you and
do not possess anything for themselves.” [The History of al-Tabari, Volume IX, pg 113.]
Christians have a completely different view of the value and rights of a woman. The Holy Bible says
that in Jesus Christ, there is neither male nor female, slave nor free... (Galatians 3:2840). All believers
have equal value and rights because men and women are made in the image of God (Genesis 1:2741;
5:242).
Husbands are commanded to: love their wives as Jesus loves the Church and died for her (Ephesians
5:2543); not to be angry with or harsh with them (Colossians 3:1944); love their wives as their own
bodies (Ephesians 5:2845, 3346); and to be kind to their wives (I Corinthians 7:3-547). There is not a
single command that suggests or encourages a husband to beat or be harsh with his wife.
Husbands and wives are commanded to submit to one another in Christ (Ephesians 5:2148), but
husbands must provide for their wives (I Timothy 5:849).
Husband and wife are considered to be one flesh before God (Ephesians 5:3150); as such, God hates
divorce (Malachi 2:1651). The treatment of men and women in the Bible and Qur’an are completely
different.
The content here will probably have raised some questions in your mind. Muslims are commanded to
read and believe the Scriptures that God gave Christians and Jews. If you think they have been
corrupted, doesn’t God say that His word cannot be changed? (Sura 6:11552; 10:64-6553; 18:2754;
48:2355).
References
1
Genesis 1:27, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and
female he created them.”
2
John 1:12, “Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to
become children of God.”
3
Galatians 3:28, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one
in Christ Jesus.”
4
I Timothy 5:21, “I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep
these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism.”
5
James 3:17, “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving,
considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.”
6
Sura 19:93, “There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most Beneficent (Allâh)
as a slave.”
7
Sura 2:282, “O you who believe! When you contract a debt for a fixed period, write it down. Let a
scribe write it down in justice between you. Let not the scribe refuse to write as Allâh has taught him,
so let him write. Let him (the debtor) who incurs the liability dictate, and he must fear Allâh, his Lord,
and diminish not anything of what he owes. But if the debtor is of poor understanding, or weak, or is
unable himself to dictate, then let his guardian dictate in justice. And get two witnesses out of your
own men. And if there are not two men (available), then a man and two women, such as you agree for
witnesses, so that if one of them (two women) errs, the other can remind her. And the witnesses
should not refuse when they are called on (for evidence). You should not become weary to write it
(your contract), whether it be small or big, for its fixed term, that is more just with Allâh; more solid
as evidence, and more convenient to prevent doubts among yourselves, save when it is a present trade
which you carry out on the spot among yourselves, then there is no sin on you if you do not write it
down. But take witnesses whenever you make a commercial contract. Let neither scribe nor witness
suffer any harm, but if you do (such harm), it would be wickedness in you. So be afraid of Allâh; and
Allâh teaches you. And Allâh is the All-Knower of each and everything.”
8
Bukhari, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 826, “The Prophet said, "Isn't the witness of a woman equal to half of
that of a man?" The women said, "Yes." He said, "This is because of the deficiency of a woman's
mind."”
9
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 301, “Once Allah's Apostle went out to the Musalla (to offer the
prayer) o 'Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitr prayer. Then he passed by the women and said, "O women! Give
alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women)." They asked,
"Why is it so, O Allah's Apostle?" He replied, "You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your
husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious
sensible man could be led astray by some of you." The women asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What is
deficient in our intelligence and religion?" He said, "Is not the evidence of two women equal to the
witness of one man?" They replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency in her
intelligence. Isn't it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?" The women
replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency in her religion."”
10
Bukhari, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 826, “Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: The Prophet said, "Isn't the
witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?" The women said, "Yes." He said, "This is because
of the deficiency of a woman's mind."”
11
Bukhari, Vol. 2, Hadith No. 541 - a similar Hadith to Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 301.

12
Sura 3:14, “Beautified for men is the love of things they covet; women, children, much of gold and
silver (wealth), branded beautiful horses, cattle and well-tilled land. This is the pleasure of the present
world's life; but Allâh has the excellent return (Paradise with flowing rivers, etc.) with Him.”
13
Sura 2:223, “Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth (have sexual relations with your
wives in any manner as long as it is in the vagina and not in the anus), when or how you will, and
send (good deeds, or ask Allâh to bestow upon you pious offspring) before you for your ownselves.
And fear Allâh, and know that you are to meet Him (in the Hereafter), and give good tidings to the
believers (O Muhammad SAW).”
14
Sura 4:20, “But if you intend to replace a wife by another and you have given one of them a Cantar
(of gold i.e. a great amount) as Mahr, take not the least bit of it back; would you take it wrongfully
without a right and (with) a manifest sin?”
15
Muslim, Vol. 2, Hadith No. 3240, “Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
saw a woman, and so he came to his wife, Zainab, as she was tanning a leather and had sexual
intercourse with her. He then went to his Companions and told them: The woman advances and retires
in the shape of a devil, so when one of you sees a woman, he should come to his wife, for that will
repel what he feels in his heart.”
16
17
Muslim, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 6600, “Imran b. Husain reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Amongst the inmates of Paradise the women would form a minority.”
18
Sura 4:3, “And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphangirls, then marry
(other) women of your choice, two or three, or four but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal
justly (with them), then only one or (the captives and the slaves) that your right hands possess. That is
nearer to prevent you from doing injustice.”
19
Sura 4:129, “You will never be able to do perfect justice between wives even if it is your ardent
desire, so do not incline too much to one of them (by giving her more of your time and provision) so
as to leave the other hanging (i.e. neither divorced nor married). And if you do justice, and do all that
is right and fear Allâh by keeping away from all that is wrong, then Allâh is Ever OftForgiving, Most
Merciful.”
20
Sura 65:4, “And those of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for them the
'Iddah (prescribed period), if you have doubts (about their periods), is three months, and for those who
have no courses [(i.e. they are still immature) their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is three months likewise,
except in case of death] . And for those who are pregnant (whether they are divorced or their husbands
are dead), their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is until they deliver (their burdens), and whosoever fears
Allâh and keeps his duty to Him, He will make his matter easy for him.”
21
Sura 4:24, “Also (forbidden are) women already married, except those (captives and slaves) whom
your right hands possess. Thus has Allâh ordained for you. All others are lawful, provided you seek
(them in marriage) with Mahr (bridal money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage)
from your property, desiring chastity, not committing illegal sexual intercourse, so with those of
whom you have enjoyed sexual relations, give them their Mahr as prescribed; but if after a Mahr is

prescribed, you agree mutually (to give more), there is no sin on you. Surely, Allâh is Ever All
Knowing, All Wise.”
22
Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No. 13A, “I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I am a young man and I am afraid
that I may commit illegal sexual intercourse and I cannot afford to marry." He kept silent, and then
repeated my question once again, but he kept silent. I said the same (for the third time) and he
remained silent. Then repeated my question (for the fourth time), and only then the Prophet said, "O
Abu Huraira! The pen has dried after writing what you are going to confront. So (it does not matter
whether you) get yourself castrated or not."”
23
Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No. 52, “52While we were in an army, Allah's Apostle came to us and
said, "You have been allowed to do the Mut'a (marriage), so do it." Salama bin Al-Akwa' said: Allah's
Apostle's said, "If a man and a woman agree (to marry temporarily), their marriage should last for
three nights, and if they like to continue, they can do so; and if they want to separate, they can do so."
I do not know whether that was only for us or for all the people in general. Abu Abdullah (Al-
Bukhari) said: 'Ali made it clear that the Prophet said, "The Mut'a marriage has been cancelled (made
unlawful)."”
24
Muslim, Vol. 2, Hadith No. 3247, “Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to us and
permitted us to contract temporary marriage.”
25
Bukhari, Vol. 6, Hadith No. 139, “We used to participate in the holy wars carried on by the
Prophet and we had no women (wives) with us. So we said (to the Prophet). "Shall we castrate
ourselves?" But the Prophet forbade us to do that and thenceforth he allowed us to marry a woman
(temporarily) by giving her even a garment, and then he recited: "O you who believe! Do not make
unlawful the good things which Allah has made lawful for you."”
26
Sura 4:34, “Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allâh has made one of
them to excel the other, and because they spend (to support them) from their means. Therefore the
righteous women are devoutly obedient (to Allâh and to their husbands), and guard in the husband's
absence what Allâh orders them to guard (e.g. their chastity, their husband's property, etc.). As to
those women on whose part you see ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share their
beds, (and last) beat them (lightly, if it is useful), but if they return to obedience, seek not against them
means (of annoyance). Surely, Allâh is Ever Most High, Most Great.”
27
Sura 70:29-30, “And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual acts)
Except with their wives and the (women slaves and captives) whom their right hands possess, for
(then) they are not to be blamed.”
28
Sura 4:34, “Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allâh has made one of
them to excel the other, and because they spend (to support them) from their means. Therefore the
righteous women are devoutly obedient (to Allâh and to their husbands), and guard in the husband's
absence what Allâh orders them to guard (e.g. their chastity, their husband's property, etc.). As to
those women on whose part you see ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share their
beds, (and last) beat them (lightly, if it is useful), but if they return to obedience, seek not against them
means (of annoyance). Surely, Allâh is Ever Most High, Most Great.”
29
Sura 24:4, “And those who accuse chaste women, and produce not four witnesses, flog them with
eighty stripes, and reject their testimony forever, they indeed are the Fâsiqûn (liars, rebellious,
disobedient to Allâh).”
30
Bukhari, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 860, “A bedouin came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Judge between
us according to Allah's Laws." His opponent got up and said, "He is right. Judge between us
according to Allah's Laws." The bedouin said, "My son was a laborer working for this man, and he
committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife. The people told me that my son should be stoned
to death; so, in lieu of that, I paid a ransom of one hundred sheep and a slave girl to save my son.
Then I asked the learned scholars who said, "Your son has to be lashed one-hundred lashes and has to

be exiled for one year." The Prophet said, "No doubt I will judge between you according to Allah's
Laws. The slave-girl and the sheep are to go back to you, and your son will get a hundred lashes and
one year exile." He then addressed somebody, "O Unais! go to the wife of this (man) and stone her to
death" So, Unais went and stoned her to death.”
31
Matthew 5:28, “But I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath
committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
32
I Timothy 5:2, “I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep
these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism.”
33
Abu Dawud, Vol. 3, Hadith 4092, “Abu Dawud, Bookl. 3, Hadith 4092 Asma, daughter of
AbuBakr, entered upon the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) wearing thin clothes. The Apostle
of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) turned his attention from her. He said: O Asma', when a woman
reaches the age of menstruation, it does not suit her that she displays her parts of body except this and
this, and he pointed to her face and hands.”
34
Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No. 67, “The Prophet said, "A matron should not be given in marriage
except after consulting her; and a virgin should not be given in marriage except after her permission."
The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! How can we know her permission?" He said, "Her silence
(indicates her permission)."”
35
Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No. 64, “Narrated 'Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six
years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with
him for nine years (i.e., till his death).”
36
37
Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No. 51, “I heard Ibn Abbas (giving a verdict) when he was asked about
the Mut'a with the women, and he permitted it (Nikah-al-Mut'a). On that a freed slave of his said to
him, "That is only when it is very badly needed and women are scarce." On that, Ibn 'Abbas said,
"Yes."”
38
Abu Dawud, Vol. 2, Hadith No. 2105, “Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by
AbdurRahman ibn Mahdi, from Salih ibn Ruman, from AbuzZubayr on the authority of Jabir as his
own statement (not going back to the Prophet). It has also been transmitted by AbuAsim from Salih
ibn Ruman, from AbuzZubayr on the authority of Jabir who said: During the lifetime of the Apostle
of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) we used to contract temporary marriage for a handful of grain.”
39
I Peter 3:7, “Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them
with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing
will hinder your prayers.”
40
Galatians 3:28, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all
one in Christ Jesus.”
41
Genesis 1:27, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male
and female he created them.”
42
Genesis 5:2, “He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he
called them "man.”
43
Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up
for her.”
44
Colossians 3:19, “Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.”

45
Ephesians 5:28, “In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He
who loves his wife loves himself.”
46
Ephesians 5:33, “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the
wife must respect her husband.”
47
I Corinthians 7:3-5, “The husband should fulfil his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife
to her husband. 4The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same
way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. 5Do not deprive each other
except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come
together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.”
48
Ephesians 5:21, “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.”
49
I Timothy 5:8, “If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate
family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”
50
Ephesians 5:31, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh.”
51
Malachi 2:16, “"I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel, "and I hate a man's covering himself
with violence as well as with his garment," says the LORD Almighty. So guard yourself in your
spirit, and do not break faith.”
52
Sura 6:115, “Perfected is the Word of thy Lord in truth and justice. There is naught that can change
His words. He is the Hearer, the Knower.”
53
Sura 10:64-65, “Theirs are good tidings in the life of the world and in the Hereafter - There is no
changing the Words of Allah - that is the Supreme Triumph. And let not their speech grieve thee (O
Muhammad). Lo! power belongeth wholly to Allah. He is the Hearer, the Knower.”
54
Sura 18:27, “And recite that which hath been revealed unto thee of the Scripture of thy Lord. There
is none who can change His words, and thou wilt find no refuge beside Him.”
55
Sura 48:23, “It is the law of Allah which hath taken course aforetime. Thou wilt not find for the
law of Allah aught of power to change.”
Part 3 – Theological Differences

The Crusades
Misunderstanding about the relationship between Islam and Christianity often stems from ignorance
of the Crusades. The West is told that Muslims, Christians and Jews happily and peacefully coexisted
until the Crusades. Is this true?
Conditions in Palestine
Michael the Syrian, the 12th century Jacobite patriarch of Antioch, reproducing earlier contemporary
sources in his famous Chronicle, summarized the prevailing conditions for Christians in Palestine, as
follows:
As the Turks were ruling the lands of Syria and Palestine, they inflicted injuries on Christians who
went to pray in Jerusalem, beat them, pillaged them, levied the poll tax at the gate of the town and
also at Golgotha and the [Holy] Sepulchre; and in addition, every time they saw a caravan of
Christians, particularly of those from Rome and the lands of Italy, they made every effort to cause
their death in diverse ways. And when countless people had perished as a result, the kings and counts
were seized with [religious] zeal and left Rome; troops from all these countries joined them, and they
came by sea to Constantinople [First Crusade (1096-99)]. (The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under
Islam,1996, p. 292-293).
The first Crusade in 1095, 463 years after Muhammad’s death, was a response to the pleas of
Christians in the Holy Land. The Christians, who had once been a majority now found themselves as
oppressed minorities. Given that Muhammad died in the year AD 632, it is worthwhile looking at the
intervening years to see how Christians, Muslims and Jews managed to peacefully co-exist.
Peaceful co-existence with Muslims

As Muhammad lay on his death bed, he commanded his followers to expel non-Muslims from the
Arabian Peninsular (Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 7161). No exception was made.
The Caliph Umar is famous for his Pact of Umar which details, amongst other things, instructions for
humiliating and degrading Christians and Jews if they refused to convert to Islam. The pact was based
on Sura 9:29 and 9:5, commands from Allah and his prophet Muhammad. (See also Ibn Kathir Tafsir,
Sura 9:29).
Sura 9:29 ‘Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath
been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are)
of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya (protection money) with willing submission, and
feel themselves subdued.’
Sura 9:5 ‘Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and
take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and
The states along the edge of the Mediterranean, from the death of Muhammad to the first Crusade,
endured 463 years of bloody incursions by Muslim forces intent on booty (precious stones, metals and
slaves), the spreading Islam and the destruction of churches and Christianity. They overran Syria,
North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia and most of Spain. They had regular incursions into France and Italy
and much of the Adriatic.
Historian Paul Stenhouse lists the following Muslim conquests prior the first Crusade in 1095.
(‘Crusades in Context,’ Annuls Australia, July 2007).
Death of Muhammad (A.D. 632)

633 Mesopotamia Fell
635 Damascus
638 Jerusalem
645 Alexandra
649 Cyprus
673 Constantinople was attacked
693 Whole of Christian North Africa conquered
711 Invasion of Spain
721 Sargossa fell
732 Poitiers
734 Avignon
743 Lyons
813 Port of Rome was sacked
826 Crete (till 961)
837 Naples was sacked
838 Marseilles
842-859 Sicily
846 Rome was sacked again
870 Malta
223 years away from the first crusade
878 Syracuse fell (9 month siege; very few survivors)

889 Toulon (North Italy
902 Sacked and destroyed Thessaly, in Central Greece
In 921 a large band of Englishmen, on pilgrimage to the tombs of the Apostles

in Rome, were crushed to death under rocks rolled down on them by Saracens in
the passes of the Alps.
935 Genoa was attacked

976 Fresh expeditions into Italy
1010 Cosenza (Southern Italy) fell
1015 Sardinia
In 1017, Mujahid bin ‘Abd Allah (Muslim ruler in Sardinia) sent the Pope a
message saying he would attack in the Spring. Rather than waiting, the Pope
took the battle to him and when Benedict arrived in Sardinia he found Mujahid
crucifying Christians. Mujahid fled.
As you can see, the notion that Christians, Jews and Muslims lived in harmony under Islamic rule is a
lie. This list is just a small sampling of events during the “Golden Age of Islam.” Muslims continued
to battle non-Muslims after the first Crusade in 1095, culminating in the battle at the gates of Vienna
in 1683. This shows how far the Muslim armies had advanced; they did not conquer these lands in
peace; there was no peaceful coexistence.
The Caliph Umar instructed ’Arfajah, a commander in his army, “Summon the people to God; those
who respond to your call, accept it from them, (assume their conversion is genuine) but those who
refuse must pay the Jizya (poll tax) out of humiliation and lowliness. If they refuse this, it is the sword
without leniency. Fear God with regard to what you have been entrusted.” (The History of al Tabari,
The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and the Conquest of Syria and Palestine (vol. 12). [2383] p.167).
Some peoples (such as the Christians in Egypt) did welcome the Muslim forces, for they saw them as
a better alternative to their Byzantine (Eastern Roman) oppressors. They were soon proved wrong. In
many places, the Jizya (protection money) payable by non-Muslims was up to 80% of their income
(Muhammad imposed 50% on many conquered peoples) and the Pact of Umar was enforced with
irregular brutality.
As previously mentioned, the first Crusaders were not bent on destroying Islam. They often passed
through Muslim territory and even provided armed escorts to Muslim traders because their goal was
to secure their Holy Sites in Jerusalem, not attack Islam. And although parts of the Crusades were
brutal and even severely criticized by Christians themselves, they did not match the ferocity that
Muslims had shown in the previous 500 years.
The Muslim armies were merely following Allah’s revelation that Islam will conquer all other
religions (Sura 2:1932; 9:333; 61:94 etc). Christians had followed the example of Jesus, turning the
cheek, until it became too much to bear.
Muhammad is well known as the ‘Prophet of the Sword’ (he fought and planed 81 battles) and
commanded the use of the sword, forcing people to become Muslims, even though Allah hates people
who only pretend to be Muslim. Muslim armies killed and conquered in obedience to Allah and the
Qur’an; Christians killed and attacked in disobedience to Jesus.
And Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you have come for." Then they came and laid hands on Jesus
and seized Him. And behold, one of those who were with Jesus reached and drew out his sword, and
struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear. Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back
into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword. - Matthew 26:50-52.
read and believe the Scriptures that God gave Christians and Jews (Sura 10:94-955; 2:416). If you
think they have been corrupted, doesn’t Allah say that His word cannot be changed? (Sura 6:1157;
10:64-658; 18:279; 48:2310).
References
1
Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 716, “Narrated Ibn Abbas: Thursday! And how great that Thursday
was! The ailment of Allah's Apostle became worse (on Thursday) and he said, fetch me something so
that I may write to you something after which you will never go astray." The people (present there)
differed in this matter, and it was not right to differ before a prophet. Some said, "What is wrong with
him ? (Do you think) he is delirious (seriously ill)? Ask him (to understand his state)." So they went to
the Prophet and asked him again. The Prophet said, "Leave me, for my present state is better than
what you call me for." Then he ordered them to do three things. He said, "Turn the pagans out of the
'Arabian Peninsula; respect and give gifts to the foreign delegations as you have seen me dealing with
them." (Said bin Jubair, the sub-narrator said that Ibn Abbas kept quiet as rewards the third order, or
he said, "I forgot it.").”
2
Sura 2:193, “And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and worshipping of others
along with Allâh) and (all and every kind of) worship is for Allâh (Alone). But if they cease, let there
be no transgression except against Az-Zâlimûn (the polytheists, and wrong-doers, etc.).”
3
Sura 9:33, “It is He Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad SAW) with guidance and the
religion of truth (Islâm), to make it superior over all religions even though the Mushrikûn (polytheists,
pagans, idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) hate (it).”
4
Sura 61:9, “He it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad SAW) with guidance and the
religion of truth (Islâmic Monotheism) to make it victorious over all (other) religions even though the
Mushrikûn (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh and in His
Messenger Muhammed SAW) hate (it).”
5
Sura 10:94-95, “And if thou (Muhammad) art in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto thee,
then question those who read the Scripture (that was) before thee. Verily the Truth from thy Lord hath
come unto thee. So be not thou of the waverers. And be not thou of those who deny the revelations of
Allah, for then wert thou of the losers.”
6
Sura 2:41, “And believe in that which I reveal, confirming that which ye possess already (of the
Scripture), and be not first to disbelieve therein, and part not with My revelations for a trifling price,
and keep your duty unto Me.”
7
8
changing the Words of Allah - that is the Supreme Triumph. And let not their speech grieve thee (O
Muhammad). Lo! power belongeth wholly to Allah. He is the Hearer, the Knower.”

9
10
Sura 48:23, “48:23 It is the law of Allah which hath taken course aforetime. Thou wilt not find for
the law of Allah aught of power to change.”
Authenticity of the Bible
From the dictionary we see that ‘authenticity’ means the state or quality of being original or genuine
with this genuineness established beyond doubt. Other synonyms are “real”, “authoritative” and
“trustworthy”, as opposed to being false or a sham. The Bible is not just one book but is a collection
of sixty-six books divided into Old and New Testaments.
How did the various books come to be written? Who wrote them? When? And how did these in
particular come to be found in the Bible? What was Allah’s view regarding the Bible?
Islamic Teaching Concerning the Bible

Islamic teaching is internally contradicting. On the one hand, it gives very high regard to the
Scriptures, and on the other hand, it claims they are corrupted.
The Qur’an gives the Judeo-Christian Scriptures such noble titles as, ‘the Book of God,’ ‘the Word of
God,’ ‘a light and Guidance to man,’ ‘a decision on all matters,’ ‘the Gospel with its guidance and
light confirming the preceding Law,’ and “a Guidance and warning to those who fear God.”
Sura 5:46 teaches that the Gospel and the Torah come from God: ‘And in their footsteps We sent
Jesus the son of Mary, confirming the Law that had come before him: We sent him the Gospel:
therein was guidance and light, and confirmation of the Law that had come before him: a guidance
and an admonition to those who fear Allah.’ (See also Sura 5:471, 682 and 69.) Surah 5:47 commands
Christians to check their own Scriptures concerning the truth of Allah’s teaching.
Sura 4:1713 teaches that Jesus was a Messenger of God.
Allah told Muhammad to go to Christians and Jews for advice, because they had the Scriptures of
God.
Sura 10:94-95 O Muhammad, ‘If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee, then ask
those who have been reading the Book from before thee: the Truth hath indeed come to thee from thy
Lord: so be in no wise of those in doubt’ (See also 2:414).
The Qur’an claims that no one can change the Word of God. (Sura 6:115-1165; 10:646; 18:27-287;
48:238; 50:28-299). In spite of this, Islamic scholars teach Muslims that the Jews corrupted the words
of the Scriptures (Sura 2:41-4210, 5911; 3:7112, 3:7813; 4:4614) and some do not know the Scriptures at
all (Sura 2:7815). An Islamic theologian says, “While Muslims need to believe in the Torah, the Zabur
[Psalms] and the Injil [Gospel], nevertheless they have been tampered with.”
This is contradictory. Allah and Muhammad would not have asked Muslims to refer to and judge with
a corrupted version of the Torah & New Testament. The Gospel and Torah that was available at the
time of Muhammad must have been considered authentic. So now, let’s examine whether the
Scriptures have been changed since A.D. 600.
The Old Testament (OT)

The Old Testament, which contains thirty-nine books of the Christian Bible, is also the Holy
Scriptures of the Jewish People. They were first written down in Hebrew, with minor portions written
in Aramaic, the ancient languages of the Jews.
Until 1947, the oldest manuscripts of the Old Testament (OT) were from the ninth and tenth centuries
A.D. In 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered near Qumran. By 1956, more than 800 scrolls
had been found. These scrolls were dated between 200 B.C. and 68 A.D. These scrolls are virtually
identical to copies of scrolls found in the ninth-century manuscripts. The careful copyists had made
very few, if any, errors or alterations to the text over one thousand years. In other words, the OT that
we have today is the same as the Scriptures Muhammad was encouraged to check against his own
revelation.
The New Testament (NT)

Some Muslims say that the Injil [Gospels] spoken of by the Qur’an is not the New Testament (NT). It
is not the four Gospels now received as canonical, they argue. It is a single gospel which Jesus
received and which He taught. Only fragments survive in the canonical Gospels. They say that the
text has been forged or tampered with.
There are literally hundreds of New Testament copies that predate Muhammad, ensuring an accurate
transmission from the original Gospels. The test for the historicity of the NT surpasses all other
ancient texts. The Gospels available at the time of Muhammad are identical to the Gospels contained
in the New Testament today. Muslim rejection of the New Testament text is contrary to
overwhelming manuscript evidence.
Superior Revelation?
Sometimes there are ambiguities in the views that Muslims have about the Bible. A well known
Muslim reformer, Muhammad Abduh writes, “The Bible, The New Testament and the Qur’an are
three concordant Books; religious men study all three and respect them equally. Thus the Divine
teaching is completed, and the true religion shines across the centuries.” Others say, “Judaism lays
stress on justice and right, Christianity on love and charity and Islam on brotherhood and peace.”
Some reject almost the entire Old Testament while others quote from the Tawrat (Torah) to give bad
reports of the Banu Isra’il as proofs against the Jews and their religion.
There are Muslims that do believe in the accuracy of the Bible, yet claim that the Qur’an superseded
all previous revelations based on the concept of progressive revelation. According to them, the Qur’an
is the last of the God-given Scriptures to have come down.

If that is true, there is a substantial problem for Islam: the Gospels (of Muhammad’s time) proclaim
that Jesus is the Son of God, if the Qur’an contradicts this, then its trustworthiness is in doubt because
the God of the Bible does not change (Numbers 23:1916; I Samuel 15:2017; Malachi 3:618). But, as we
have already shown, the Qur’an internally contradicts itself regarding the Bible.
Reponses to These Islamic Charges

The internal contradiction in the Qur’an can be explained by changes in attitude toward Christians and
Jews. Early in Muhammad’s career, when he was weak and needy, he taught that Muslims should
treat Christians and Jews with respect but, as Muhammad grew in power, his attitude changed and he
sought to kill Christians and Jews. (See our tract: Jews and Christians in Islam.)
Questions to Ask Yourself

1. If the Bible was changed why does the Qur’an call Muslims to believe the Taurat [Torah],
Injil [Gospels], and Zabur [Psalms]?
2. Allah claims that no-one can change his Word. What happened to this statement?
3. When the Bible was changed did God notice it?
4. If God wished, could He have preserved His Word?
5. If God did not, or could not, preserve His Word (the Bible), how and why should we believe
that He has preserved the Qur’an?
6. Where is it expressly written in the Qur’an, that the earlier Holy Books were changed in
their written form?
7. If the Bible was changed why would Allah have commanded Muhammad to judge Jews by
Torah, and judge Christians by the Injil (Sura 5:43-4819)? In other words, how could
Muhammad or Muslims judge them according to the Bible if it wasn’t authentic?
8. With the hundreds of copies and different translations, how could anyone have changed all
of them?
9. When, and up to what time was the true uncorrupted Bible in circulation? Where is the
original one now?
10. If Christians and Jews have two different religions, what’s the purpose of their conspiracy?
Why would Christians corrupt their own Bible?
11. Why would Christians die for a book they know is corrupted?
12. How do you know it was changed?
The Bible says in Psalm 19:7-11, “The Law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul. The
testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing
the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes... in keeping them there is great
reward”.
The Teachings of the TORAH [the Law of God] are God’s system of instructions by which men are
taught the Knowledge of God and they themselves are directed how to walk so as to please God,
redeemed from their crooked paths.
How then can men say that the Great God, the Creator of Heaven and earth, would allow His Laws to
be tampered with? He watches over His Word to make sure that it comes to pass so He cannot be
called a liar; God says that what He says He will do. His testimony and trustworthiness depends on
the authenticity of the Bible.
References
1
Sura 5:47, “Let the People of the Gospel judge by that which Allah hath revealed therein. Whoso
judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are evil-livers.”
2
Sura 5:68-69, “Say O People of the Scripture! Ye have naught (of guidance) till ye observe the
Torah and the Gospel and that which was revealed unto you from your Lord. That which is revealed
unto thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is certain to increase the contumacy and disbelief of many of
them. But grieve not for the disbelieving folk. Lo! those who believe, and those who are Jews, and
Sabaeans, and Christians - Whosoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right - there
shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.”
3
messengers, and say not "Three" - Cease! (it is) better for you! - Allah is only One God. Far is it
4
5
Sura 6:115-116, “Perfected is the Word of thy Lord in truth and justice. There is naught that can
change His words. He is the Hearer, the Knower. If thou obeyedst most of those on earth they would
mislead thee far from Allah's way. They follow naught but an opinion, and they do but guess.”
6
Sura 10:64, “Theirs are good tidings in the life of the world and in the Hereafter - There is no
changing the Words of Allah - that is the Supreme Triumph.”
7
Sura 18:27-28, “And recite that which hath been revealed unto thee of the Scripture of thy Lord.
There is none who can change His words, and thou wilt find no refuge beside Him. Restrain thyself
along with those who cry unto their Lord at morn and evening, seeking His Countenance; and let not
thine eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp of the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart
We have made heedless of Our remembrance, who followeth his own lust and whose case hath been
abandoned.”
8
Sura 48:23, “It is the law of Allah which hath taken course aforetime. Thou wilt not find for the law
of Allah aught of power to change.”
9
Sura 50:28-29, “He saith: Contend not in My presence, when I had already proffered unto you the
warning. The sentence that cometh from Me cannot be changed, and I am in no wise a tyrant unto the
slaves.”
10
Sura 2:41-42, “And believe in that which I reveal, confirming that which ye possess already (of the
and keep your duty unto Me.
11
Sura 2:59, “But those who did wrong changed the word which had been told them for another
saying, and We sent down upon the evil-doers wrath from heaven for their evil-doing.”
12
Sura 3:71, “O People of the Scripture! Why confound ye truth with falsehood and knowingly
conceal the truth?”
13
Sura 3:78, “And lo! there is a party of them who distort the Scripture with their tongues, that ye

may think that what they say is from the Scripture, when it is not from the Scripture. And they say: It
is from Allah, when it is not from Allah; and they speak a lie concerning Allah knowingly.”
14
Sura 4:46, “Some of those who are Jews change words from their context and say: "We hear and
disobey; hear thou as one who heareth not" and "Listen to us!" distorting with their tongues and
slandering religion. If they had said: "We hear and we obey: hear thou, and look at us" it had been
better for them, and more upright. But Allah hath cursed them for their disbelief, so they believe not,
save a few.”
15
Sura 2:78, “Among them are unlettered folk who know the Scripture not except from hearsay.
They but guess.”
16
Numbers 23:19, “God is not a man, that he should lie; Neither the son of man, that he should
repent: Hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?”
17
I Samuel 15:20, “And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have
gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly
destroyed the Amalekites.”
18
19
Sura 5:43-48, ““How come they unto thee for judgment when they have the Torah, wherein Allah
hath delivered judgment (for them)? Yet even after that they turn away. Such (folk) are not believers.
Lo! We did reveal the Torah, wherein is guidance and a light, by which the prophets who surrendered
(unto Allah) judged the Jews, and the rabbis and the priests (judged) by such of Allah's Scripture as
they were bidden to observe, and thereunto were they witnesses. So fear not mankind, but fear Me.
And My revelations for a little gain. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are
disbelievers. And We prescribed for them therein: The life for the life, and the eye for the eye, and the
nose for the nose, and the ear for the ear, and the tooth for the tooth, and for wounds retaliation. But
whoso forgoeth it (in the way of charity) it shall be expiation for him. Whoso judgeth not by that
which Allah hath revealed: such are wrong-doers. And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in
their footsteps, confirming that which was (revealed) before him in the Torah, and We bestowed on
him the Gospel wherein is guidance and a light, confirming that which was (revealed) before it in the
Torah - a guidance and an admonition unto those who ward off (evil). Let the People of the Gospel
judge by that which Allah hath revealed therein. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath
revealed: such are evil-livers. And unto thee have We revealed the Scripture with the truth,
confirming whatever Scripture was before it, and a watcher over it. So judge between them by that
which Allah hath revealed, and follow not their desires away from the truth which hath come unto
thee. For each We have appointed a divine law and a traced-out way. Had Allah willed He could have
made you one community. But that He may try you by that which He hath given you (He hath made
you as ye are). So vie one with another in good works. Unto Allah ye will all return, and He will then
inform you of that wherein ye differ.”
Contrasting Jesus and Muhammad
Many people believe that all religions are equal and that the founders of the religions all taught much
the same thing. Let us take a moment then to examine Christianity and Islam to see if this is true. The
best way, in fact, to evaluate a particular religion is to look at the life, practice and teaching of its
founder.
Jesus: The birth and life of Jesus were foretold by the Old Testament in more than 300 prophecies.
He was born of a virgin and led a pure and sinless life. He commenced his ministry at 30 years of age
and preached a message of repentance, peace and love by pursuing the righteousness of God. His
ministry was attested to by miracles. As He died on a Roman cross 31/2 years later, He asked God to
forgive His enemies; He was buried but came back to life and was seen by more than 500 people
before He ascended into Heaven (1 Corinthians 15:61). Jesus claimed to be the Son of God (e.g. John
5:252; John 11:25-273; Matthew 3:16-174; 17:55), and He received worship due only to God (John
5:236; 20:287; I Timothy3:168; 1 John 5:5-139). Note also the prophecy of Isaiah 9:610.
Muhammad: Muhammad was born about 570 years after the birth of Jesus. At the age of 40 he began
to receive revelations from an angel called Gabriel who had six hundred wings (Bukhari, Vol. 4,
Hadith 45511). He preached a message of peace for the first 13 years of his ministry in Mecca. When
he fled to Medina, he prayed toward Jerusalem (Bukhari, Vol. 6, Hadith 1312; Vol. 9; Hadith 35813;
Vol. 1; Hadith No. 3914) to win the favour of the Jews. However, when the Jews rejected him he
began to receive more violent revelations, e.g. Sura 8:6715. Throughout his life, he planned and
participated in 27 battles (Ibn Kathir, Albedayah wa-Nehayah, Vol. 4, p. 179) and he encouraged his
people to fight in battle (Sura 4:8416; 8:6017; Bukhari, Vol 5. Hadith No. 28818 amongst many others)
and assassinate opponents including nursing mothers (Ibn Ishaq, p. 676; Bukhari, Vol 5. Hadith No.
36919). Muhammad died in A.D. 632.
The following table is a comparative chart of the lives of Jesus and Muhammad. The references given
are not exhaustive.
Jesus Muhammad
Jesus only did what He saw God the Father Muhammad always obeyed Allah’s inspirations
doing (John 5:1920) (Sura 53:2-421)
His birth and death were signified by signs in His birth and death were not signified by signs
heaven (Matthew 2:1-222, 7-1023; Luke 2:4- in heaven and are not even mentioned in the
1524; Matthew 27:4525; Luke 23:44-4626) Qur’an
Jesus was sinless (Matt 27:4,19, 2427; John Muhammad prayed for forgiveness 70 times a
8:4628; 9:1629; see also Sura 19:1930) day (Sura 40:5531, 47:1932; Bukhari, Vol. 8;
Hadith No. 31933 and Abu Dawud Vol. 1;
Hadith 151134)
Jesus forbade violence and preached peace Muhammad commanded peace when he was
throughout his whole life (John 13:3435; weak at the start (Sura 2:25639; 109:1-640;
Matthew 5:4436; Luke 6:27, 3537; I 6:107-10941), but violence when he grew
Thessalonians 5:1538) powerful (Sura 9:2942; 2:21643; 8:3944; 9:545;
5:5146 The Noble Qurán)
Jesus healed all sicknesses (Luke 13:1147; Muhammad performed no miracles, according
17:11-1948; 22:50, 5149; John 4:46-5450; John 9; to the Qur’an (Sura 13:755). Muhammad made
Matt 8:5-1351; 15:29-3152; Mark 3:1-553; 6:5654) people lame (Bukhari, Vol 8, Hadith 79456;
Vol. 9, Hadith 3757 and many others)
Jesus raised people from the dead (John 11**; Muhammad didn’t raise anyone from the dead,
Luke 7:11-1758; 8:49-5659; Sura 3:5060; Sura rather in scores of battles/ holy wars he caused
5:11061) death of thousands.
Jesus ascended into heaven (Luke 24:46-5362; Muhammad stayed where he was buried
Acts 1:1-1163; Sura 3:5564; 19:3365)
Jesus won people by love, truth and miracles Muhammad won people by fear, the sword,
(e.g. Matthew 4:23ff66) violence, threats and booty (Sura 8:3967, 4168,
6769, 56-5770; 2:21671; 59:1372 etc).
Jesus had power over nature (Mark 4:35-4173; Muhammad had no power over nature
John 6:1-2174; Matthew 14:22-3675)
Jesus cast out demons (Mark 5:1-2076; Luke Muhammad was visited by Jinn/demons who
4:31-3777) promised to promote Islam (Sura 46:29-3178;
also see 72:1-1579); he was also afraid of
demons (Sura 114:1-680)
Jesus protected women (Matthew 26:1081, John Muhammad brought pain and suffering to
8:1-1182) women (Sura 4:3483,4:2084; 2:22385; 33:5286;
64:1487; 2:228-23088)
Jesus forgave people’s sins (Luke 5:17-2689) Muhammad didn’t know his eternal destiny or
and intercedes for His people (Romans 8:3490; anyone else’s (Sura 46:992; Bukhari, Vol. 5,
Hebrews 7:2591) Hadith No. 26693; Muslim, Vol. 1, Hadith No.
39894 and Muslim, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 40295);
stoned for adultery (Bukhari, Vol. 2; Hadith
41396; Vol. 8; Hadith 80597)
Jesus guarantees heaven for His people (John Muhammad guarantees hell for His people for
14:298; 1 John 5:1299; Luke 10:20100). an unspecified period of time (Sura 19:71-
72101)
Jesus forbade adultery & violence (Matthew Muhammad married his adopted son’s wife,
26:52,102 5:28103) allowed temporary marriages and commanded
violence (Sura 33:37104; 4:24105, 74106, 76107,
3108, 34109).
Jesus was claimed to be the Word of God the Muhammad was not foretold by the Prophets,
Spirit of God and the Son of God (Sura 3:45110; he performed no miracles, did not ascend into
4:171111; 19:34112; 21:91113); (John 1:1114; John heaven, and he tortured and killed people, but
5:18115 etc) and was foretold by the Prophets still claimed to be the perfect example to
(Daniel 3:25116; Psalm 2:12117; Proverbs follow. (Sura 3:31-33121, 132122; 4:13123, 59124,
30:4118; Luke 1:26-35119; Matthew 17:5120 etc.). 69125, 80126; 5:92127; 7:167128; 8:24, 46129;
24:54130; 33:21131, 36132, 71133; 47:33134;
49:14135; 64:8136, 12137, 68:12138.)
The life, teaching and practice of Jesus Christ and the life, teaching and practice of Muhammad stand
in stark contrast. In fact, it is impossible to follow the teachings of Jesus and Muhammad at the same
time: they are diametrically opposed. Christianity teaches its followers to bless and not to curse
(Romans 12:14139) and that one cannot praise God and curse others with the same mouth (James 3:9-
13140); Muhammad cursed his own uncle for opposing him (Sura 111:1-5141; 3:61142; 108:1-3143;
Muslim Vol. 4; Hadith No. 7150144; Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 397145). Jesus did not even curse
those who crucified Him, but asked the Father to forgive them (Luke 23:34146) while Mohammad
ordered people killed because they mocked him (Muslim Vol. 3; Hadith No. 4436147 and many
others).
Jesus teaches that Christians’ love for one another will show the world that they are His disciples
(John 13:35148). Muhammad taught that he was made victorious through terror (Sura 3:151149;
8:12150; 8:67-68151; 33:26152; Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 220153). Jesus won people through love,
Muhammad won people through fear. The difference cannot be clearer. When it comes to the life,
practice and teachings of Jesus, no one can compare.
Which religion are you following?

Since both Jesus and Muhammad claimed to be following God, they must believe in different Gods.
Which God do you want to follow?
Both Islam and Christianity preach that Jesus will return to judge the living and the dead (II Timothy
4:1154; I Peter 4:5155; John 5:22, 27156 and Bukhari, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 425157) Which standard will
Jesus hold you to? The life and practice of Muhammad or His own life and practice?
Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sins - as affirmed by Matthew 20:28: “the Son of Man did not
come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many”. He did this because we can
never, by our own efforts, reach God’s perfect standard. He died so that our sins may be forgiven. He
rose again after three days, victorious over death, winning the ultimate victory in history; but each one
of us must choose to accept this free gift. If you refuse to accept the gift, you cannot enjoy the benefits
of the gift. A gift is given, not earned – indeed, the giver would have the right to be offended if you
attempted to offer some form of payment. God desires us to humbly receive his gift with a thankful
heart.
“If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9). To “confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord” means
that you must agree with God that:
1. you are a sinner and that you deserve to die;
2. you cannot save yourself from hell fire;
3. the Lord Jesus paid the penalty for your sins on the cross and He bought you with His
precious holy blood;

4. you need Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour.
If you wish to receive the forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ by faith, you need only to open
your heart and ask God in your own words similar to the following:
Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner. I admit that my good works can’t take away my sins and I accept
You as my Lord and Saviour. Cleanse me from my sins with your precious blood, and help me to
walk according to your will. Thank you for providing a way for me to draw near to You. Amen.
References
1
I Corinthians 15:6, “Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of
whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.”
2
John 5:25, “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear
the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.”
3
John 11:25-27, “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me,
though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you
believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is
coming into the world.”
4
Matthew 3:16-17, “And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and
behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and
coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I
am well pleased.”
5
Matthew 17:5, “He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice
from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”
6
John 5:23, “that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the
Son does not honor the Father who sent him.”
7
John 20:28, “Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
8
I Timothy 3:16, “Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the
flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the
world, taken up in glory.
9
I John 5:5-13, “Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the
Son of God? This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the
water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there
are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. If we receive the
testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne
concerning his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does
not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne
concerning his Son. And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these
things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal
life.”
10
Isaiah 9:6, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his
shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince
of Peace.”
11
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 455, “Narrated Abu Ishaq Ash Shaibani: I asked Zir bin Hubaish
regarding the Statement of Allah: "And was at a distance Of but two bow-lengths Or (even) nearer; So

did (Allah) convey the Inspiration to His slave (Gabriel) and then he (Gabriel) Conveyed (that to
Muhammad)." (53.9-10) On that, Zir said, "Ibn Mas'ud informed us that the Prophet had seen Gabriel
having 600 wings."
12
Bukhari, Vol. 6, Hadith No. 13, “Narrated Al Bara, The Prophet prayed facing Bait-ul Maqdis (i.e.
Jerusalem) for sixteen or seventeen months but he wished that his Qibla would be the Ka'ba (at
Mecca). (So Allah revealed (2.144) and he offered 'Asr prayers (in his Mosque facing Ka'ba at Mecca)
and some people prayed with him. A man from among those who had prayed with him, went out and
passed by some people offering prayer in another mosque, and they were in the state of bowing. He
said, "I, (swearing by Allah,) testify that I have prayed with the Prophet facing Mecca." Hearing that,
they turned their faces to the Ka'ba while they were still bowing.”
13
Bukhari, Vol. 9, Hadith No. 358, “Narrated Al Bara: When Allah's Apostle arrived at Medina, he
prayed facing Jerusalem for sixteen or seventeen months but he wished that he would be ordered to
face the Ka'ba. So Allah revealed: "Verily! We have seen the turning of your face towards the heaven;
surely we shall turn you to a prayer direction (Qibla) that shall please you." (2.144) Thus he was
directed towards the Ka'ba.”
14
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 39, “Narrated Al Bara (bin Azib): When the Prophet came to Medina,
he stayed first with his grandfathers or maternal uncles from Ansar. He offered his prayers facing
Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) for sixteen or seventeen months, but he wished that he could pray facing
the Ka'ba (at Mecca). The first prayer which he offered facing the Ka'ba was the 'Asr prayer in the
company of some people. Then one of those who had offered that prayer with him came out and
passed by some people in a mosque who were bowing during their prayers (facing Jerusalem). He said
addressing them, "By Allah, I testify that I have prayed with Allah's Apostle facing Mecca (Ka'ba).'
Hearing that, those people changed their direction towards the Ka'ba immediately.”
15
Sura 8:67, “It is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war (and free them with ransom)
until he had made a great slaughter (among his enemies) in the land. You desire the good of this world
(i.e. the money of ransom for freeing the captives), but Allâh desires (for you) the Hereafter. And
Allâh is All-Mighty, All-Wise.”
16
Sura 4:84, “So fight (O Muhammad) in the way of Allah Thou art not taxed (with the responsibility
for anyone) except thyself - and urge on the believers. Peradventure Allah will restrain the might of
those who disbelieve. Allah is stronger in might and stronger in inflicting punishment.;”
17
Sura 8:60, “Make ready for them all you can of (armed) force and of horses tethered, that thereby
you may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others beside them whom you know not.
Allah knows them.”
18
Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 288, “Narrated Ibn Masud: I witnessed Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad in a
scene which would have been dearer to me than anything had I been the hero of that scene. He (i.e.
Al-Miqdad) came to the Prophet while the Prophet was urging the Muslims to fight with the pagans.
Al-Miqdad said, "We will not say as the People of Moses said: Go you and your Lord and fight you
two. (5.27). But we shall fight on your right and on your left and in front of you and behind you.”
19
Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 369, “Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah: Allah's Apostle said, "Who is
willing to kill Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle?" Thereupon Muhammad bin
Maslama got up saying, "O Allah's Apostle! Would you like that I kill him?" The Prophet said, "Yes,"
Muhammad bin Maslama said, "Then allow me to say a (false) thing (i.e. to deceive Kab)." The
Prophet said, "You may say it." … So Muhammad bin Maslama went in together with two men, and
said to them, "When Ka'b comes, I will touch his hair and smell it, and when you see that I have got
hold of his head, strip him. … When Muhammad got a strong hold of him, he said (to his
companions), "Get at him!" So they killed him and went to the Prophet and informed him.”
20
John 5:19, “So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own
accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does

likewise.”
21
Sura 53:2-4, “Your comrade errs not, nor is deceived; Nor does he speak of (his own) desire. It is
nothing save an inspiration that is inspired,”
22
Matthew 2:1-2, “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king,
behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of
the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
23
Matthew 2: 7-10, “Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what
time the star had appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the
child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” After
listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went
before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they
rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.
24
Luke 2:4-15, “And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the
city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be
registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for
her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and
laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. And in the same region there
were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord
appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And
the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the
people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this
will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to
God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” When the angels went
away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see
this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
25
Matthew 27:45, “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth
hour.”
26
Luke 23:44-46, “It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until
the ninth hour, while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus,
calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this
he breathed his last.”
27
Matthew 27:4,19, 24, “saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is
that to us? See to it yourself.” 19: Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent
word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him
today in a dream.” 24: So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was
beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man's
blood; see to it yourselves.”
28
John 8:46, “Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?”
29
John 9:16, “Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the
Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division
among them.”
30
Sura 19:19, “He said: I am only a messenger of your Lord, that I may bestow on you a faultless
son.”
31
Sura 40:55, “Then have patience (O Muhammad). Lo! the promise of Allah is true. And ask
forgiveness of your sin, and hymn the praise of your Lord at fall of night and in the early hours.”
32
Sura 47:19, “So know that there is no god but Allah, and, ask protection for your fault and for the

believing men and the believing women; and Allah knows the place of your returning and the place of
your abiding.”
33
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 319, “Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "By
Allah! I ask for forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day."
34
Abu Dawud Book 1, Hadith No. 1511, “Ibn ‘Umar said, “We counted that the Apostle of Allah
(…) would say a hundred times during a meeting: “My Lord, forgive me and pardon me; Thou art the
Pardoning and forgiving One”.
35
John 13:34, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved
you, you also are to love one another.”
36
Matthew 5:44, “But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,”
37
Luke 6:27, 35, “27: But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
35: But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will
be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.”
38
I Thessalonians 5:15, “See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to
one another and to everyone.”
39
Sura 2:256, “There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become clearly distinct
from error; therefore, whoever disbelieves in the Shaitan and believes in Allah he indeed has laid hold
on the firmest handle, which shall not break off, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.”
40
Sura 109:1-6, “Say: O disbelievers! I worship not that which you worship; Nor worship you that
which I worship. And I shall not worship that which you worship. Nor will you worship that which I
worship. Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.;”
41
Sura 6:107-109, “Had Allah willed, they had not been idolatrous. We have not set you as a keeper
over them, nor are you responsible for them. Revile not those unto whom they pray beside Allah lest
they wrongfully revile Allah through ignorance. Thus unto every nation have We made their deed
seem fair. Then unto their Lord is their return, and He will tell them what they used to do. And they
swear a solemn oath by Allah that if there come unto them a portent…”
42
Sura 9:29, “Fight against such of those who have been given the Scripture as believe not in Allah
nor the Last Day, and forbid not that which Allah has forbidden by His messenger, and follow not the
Religion of Truth, until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low.;”
43
Sura 2:216, “Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that you
Allah knows, you know not.”
44
45
Sura 9:5, “Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever you find them,
establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free.;”
46
Sura 5:51, “O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as Auliyâ' (friends,
protectors, helpers, etc.), they are but Auliyâ' to one another. And if any amongst you takes them as
Auliyâ', then surely he is one of them. Verily, God guides not those people who are the Zâlimûn
(polytheists and wrong-doers and unjust).”
47
Luke 13:11, “And there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was
bent over and could not fully straighten herself.”
48
Luke 17:11-19, “On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And
as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices,

saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show
yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that
he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet,
giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where
are the nine? 1Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” And he said
to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”
49
Luke 22:50, 51, “And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. 51
But Jesus said, “No more of this!” And he touched his ear and healed him.”
50
John 4:46-54, “So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at
Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. When this man heard that Jesus had come from
Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point
of death. So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” The official
said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The
man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. As he was going down, his
servants met him and told him that his son was recovering. So he asked them the hour when he began
to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” The father knew
that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, and all
his household. This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.”
51
Matthew 8:5-13, “When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to
him, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” And he said to him, “I will
come and heal him.” But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my
roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man under authority, with
soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to
my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who
followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will
come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of
heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will
be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you
have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment.”
52
Matthew 15:29-31, “Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went
up on the mountain and sat down there. And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame,
the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them,
so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame
walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.”
53
Mark 3:1-5, “Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. And
they watched Jesus, [1] to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse
him. And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” And he said to them, “Is it lawful
on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. And he looked
around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your
hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.”
54
Mark 6:56, “And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the
marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as
touched it were made well.”
55
Sura 13:7, “Those who disbelieve say: If only some portent were sent down upon him from his
Lord! You are a warner only, and for every folk a guide.”
56
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 794, “Narrated Anas, “Some people from the tribe of 'Ukl came to the
Prophet and embraced Islam. The climate of Medina did not suit them, so the Prophet ordered them to
go to the (herd of milch) camels of charity and to drink, their milk and urine (as a medicine). They did
so, and after they had recovered from their ailment (became healthy) they turned renegades (reverted

from Islam) and killed the shepherd of the camels and took the camels away. The Prophet sent (some
people) in their pursuit and so they were (caught and) brought, and the Prophets ordered that their
hands and legs should be cut off and that their eyes should be branded with heated pieces of iron, and
that their cut hands and legs should not be cauterized, till they die.”
57
Bukhari, Vol. 9, Hadith No. 37, “Narrated Abu Qilaba: Once 'Umar bin 'Abdul 'Aziz sat on his
throne in the courtyard of his house so that the people might gather before him. …. I said, "By Allah,
Allah's Apostle never killed anyone except in one of the following three situations: (1) A person who
killed somebody unjustly, was killed (in Qisas,) (2) a married person who committed illegal sexual
intercourse and (3) a man who fought against Allah and His Apostle and deserted Islam and became
an apostate." Then the people said, "Didn't Anas bin Malik narrate that Allah's Apostle cut off the
hands of the thieves, branded their eyes and then, threw them in the sun?"
58
Luke 7:11-17, “Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd
went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being
carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town
was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”
Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to
you, arise.” And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear
seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has
visited his people!” And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the
surrounding country.”
59
Luke 8:49-56, “While he was still speaking, someone from the ruler's house came and said, “Your
daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more.” But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do
not fear; only believe, and she will be well.” And when he came to the house, he allowed no one to
enter with him, except Peter and John and James, and the father and mother of the child. And all were
weeping and mourning for her, but he said, “Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.” And they
laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. But taking her by the hand he called, saying, “Child,
arise.” And her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he directed that something should be given
her to eat. And her parents were amazed, but he charged them to tell no one what had happened.”
60
Sura 3:50, “And I [Jesus] have come confirming that which was before me of the Taurât (Torah),
and to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden to you, and I have come to you with a proof
from your Lord. So fear Allâh and obey me.”
61
Sura 5:110, “Then will Allah say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favour to thee and to thy
mother. Behold! I strengthened thee with the holy spirit, so that thou didst speak to the people in
childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught thee the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel and
behold! thou makest out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My leave, and thou breathest into it
and it becometh a bird by My leave, and thou healest those born blind, and the lepers, by My leave.
And behold! thou bringest forth the dead by My leave. And behold! I did restrain the Children of
Israel from (violence to) thee when thou didst show them the clear Signs, and the unbelievers among
them said: 'This is nothing but evident magic.’”
62
Luke 24:46-53, “and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third
day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name
to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I am sending
the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on
high.” Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he
blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him and
returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God.”
63
Acts 1:1-11, “In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach,
until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the
apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs,

appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. And while staying with
them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which,
he said, “you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy
Spirit not many days from now.” So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at
this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons
that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the
end of the earth.” And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a
cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two
men stood by them in white robes, and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven?
This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go
into heaven.”
64
Sura 3:55, “(And remember) when Allah said: O Jesus! Lo! I am gathering thee and causing thee to
ascend unto Me, and am cleansing thee of those who disbelieve and am setting those who follow thee
above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then unto Me ye will (all) return, and I
shall judge between you as to that wherein ye used to differ.”
65
Sura 19:33, “Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!”
66
Matthew 4:23, “And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming
the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.”
67
cease, then lo! Allah is Seer of what they do.
68
Sura 8:41, You should know that if you gain any spoils in war, one-fifth shall go to GOD and the
messenger, to be given to the relatives, the orphans, the poor, and the traveling alien. You will do this
if you believe in GOD and in what we revealed to our servant on the day of decision, the day the two
armies clashed. GOD is Omnipotent.”
69
Sura 8:67, “Allah said, ‘A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy
is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of this world, its goods and the ransom
captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to manifest the religion.’”
70
Sura 8:56-57, “You reach agreements with them, but they violate their agreements every time; they
are not righteous. Therefore, if you encounter them in war, you shall set them up as a deterrent
example for those who come after them, that they may take heed.”
71
Sura 2:216, “Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that you
Allah knows, you know not.”
72
Sura 59:13, “You are more awful as a fear in their bosoms than Allah. That is because they are a
folk who understand not.”
73
Mark 4:35-41, “On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the
other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other
boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that
the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and
said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind
and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to
them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great fear and said
to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
74
John 6:1-21, “After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of
Tiberias. And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the
sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. Now the Passover, the

feast of the Jews, was at hand. Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming
toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” He said
this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii
would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.” One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon
Peter's brother, said to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are
they for so many?” Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place.
So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had
given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted.
And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that
nothing may be lost.” So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five
barley loaves left by those who had eaten. When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said,
“This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!” Perceiving then that they were about to
come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the sea to
Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The sea became rough because a
strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on
the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. But he said to them, “It is I; do not be
afraid.” Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to
which they were going.”
75
Matthew 14:22-36, “Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the
other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the
mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by this time was a
long way from the land, beaten by the waves, for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch
of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea,
they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to
them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.” And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you,
command me to come to you on the water.” He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked
on the water and came to Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he
cried out, “Lord, save me.” Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to
him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.” And when they had
crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret. And when the men of that place recognized him, they
sent around to all that region and brought to him all who were sick and implored him that they might
only touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.”
76
Mark 5:1-20, “They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. And when
Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean
spirit. He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, for he
had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the
shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and on the
mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. And when he saw Jesus from
afar, he ran and fell down before him. And crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to
do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.” For he was
saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” And Jesus asked him, “What is your
name?” He replied, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” And he begged him earnestly not to send
them out of the country. Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged
him, saying, “Send us to the pigs; let us enter them.” So he gave them permission. And the unclean
spirits came out, and entered the pigs, and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the
steep bank into the sea and were drowned in the sea. The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in
the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened. And they came to Jesus and saw
the demon-possessed man, the one who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind,
and they were afraid. And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-
possessed man and to the pigs. And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their region. As he was

getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with
him. And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much
the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” And he went away and began to
proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.”
77
Luke 4:31-37, “And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on
the Sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word possessed authority. And in the
synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud
voice, “Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know
who you are—the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of
him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done
him no harm. And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with
authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” And reports about him
went out into every place in the surrounding region.”
78
Sura 46:29-31, “And when We inclined toward you (Muhammad) certain of the jinn, who wished
to hear the Qur'an and, when they were in its presence, said: Give ear! and, when it was finished,
turned back to their people, warning. They said: O our people! Lo! we have heard a scripture which
has been revealed after Moses, confirming that which was before it, guiding unto the truth and a right
road. O our people! Respond to Allah's summoner and believe in Him. He will forgive you some of
your sins and guard you from a painful doom…”
79
Sura 72:1-15, “Say (O Prophet): It has been revealed to me that a tribe of nomads listened, and
then they said, "Behold, we have heard a marvelous Recital."
72:2, "It shows the way to Enlightenment, so we have come to believe in it. And we shall never
again ascribe a partner unto our Lord."
72:3, "And that Exalted in Glory is our Lord. No wife has He ever taken nor a son."
72:4, "And that the foolish among us uttered such outrageous lies about Allah."
72:5, "And behold, we used to think that people, whether civilized or uncivilized, would never
utter a lie about Allah."
72:6, "And indeed some people of towns used to seek shelter with some of the nomads and
increased them in confusion."
72:7, "And they thought as you nomads thought that Allah would never again send forth anyone."
(As His Messenger, and so, the claimants of the occult sciences would carry on with their
deceptions).”
72:8, "And we tried to feel the heaven but found it well attended by mighty guards and flames."
(The shining Knowledge in the Qur'an dismisses all conjecture of the astrologers, fortune-tellers,
and other claimants of occult sciences).”
72:9, (The nomads continued), "And we used to sit on places listening to the 'heavenly news'. But
now whoever listens will find a flame waiting for him." (The brilliant flame of Divine Revelation
is now ever-ready to torch the conjecture of the astrologers.”
72:10, "And we know not whether harm is intended for the inhabitants of the earth, or whether
their Lord wills for them Enlightenment." (It remains to be seen how people will react to this
revolutionary Message).”
72:11, (The nomads continued their conversation), "And some of us are righteous and others are
far from that, and we follow varying paths."
72:12, "Now we know that wherever we are in the earth, we cannot defy the Laws of Allah nor can
we flee to escape."

72:13, "And as soon as we heard the Enlightenment, we believed in it. And whoever chooses to be
graced with belief in his Lord, need not fear a diminished return, nor unfairness."
72:14, "And some of us have submitted (to Allah) while there are others who are taking a middle
course. And whoever submits - such are they who have resolved to get enlightened."
72:15, "And those who maintain a middle course (between the Right and the Wrong) - they are but
fire-wood for the Hell."
80
Sura 114:1-6, “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, The God of
mankind, From the evil of the sneaking whisperer, Who whispers in the hearts of mankind, Of the
jinn and of mankind.”
81
Matthew 26:10, “But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she
has done a beautiful thing to me.”
82
John 8:1-11, “but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the
temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees
brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him,
“Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses commanded us
to stone such women. So what do you say?” This they said to test him, that they might have some
charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they
continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the
first to throw a stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. But when they
heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the
woman standing before him. Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one
condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and
from now on sin no more.”
83
Sura 4:34, “Men are in charge of women, because Allah has made the one of them to excel the
other, … As for those from whom you fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart,
and scourge them. …”
84
Sura 4:20, “And if you wish to exchange one wife for another and you have given unto one of them
a sum of money … ;”
85
Sura 2:223, “Your women are a tilth for you (to cultivate) so go to your tilth as you will, and send
(good deeds) before you for your souls, … ;”
86
Sura 33:52, “It is not allowed … that you should change them for other wives …, save those whom
your right hand possesses.”
87
Sura 64:14, “O you who believe! Lo! among your wives and your children there are enemies for
you, therefore beware of them. … ;”
88
Sura 2:228-230, “And the divorced women should keep themselves in waiting for three courses;
and it is not lawful for them that they should conceal what Allah has created in their wombs, if they
believe in Allah and the last day; and their husbands have a better right to take them back in the
meanwhile if they wish for reconciliation; and they have rights similar to those against them in a just
manner, and the men are a degree above them, and Allah is Mighty, Wise. Divorce may be
(pronounced) twice, then keep (them) in good fellowship or let (them) go with kindness; and it is not
lawful for you to take any part of what you have given them, unless both fear that they cannot keep
within the limits of Allah; then if you fear that they cannot keep within the limits of Allah, there is no
blame on them for what she gives up to become free thereby. These are the limits of Allah, so do not
exceed them and whoever exceeds the limits of Allah these it is that are the unjust. So if he divorces
her she shall not be lawful to him afterwards until she marries another husband; then if he divorces
her there is no blame on them both if they return to each other (by marriage), if they think that they
can keep within the limits of Allah, and these are the limits of Allah which He makes clear for a

people who know.”
89
Luke 5:17-26, “On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were
sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the
power of the Lord was with him to heal. And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who
was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, but finding no way to
bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through
the tiles into the midst before Jesus. And when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, your sins are
forgiven you.” And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks
blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he
answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven
you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to
forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go
home.” And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went
home, glorifying God. And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with
awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”
90
Romans 8:34, “Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was
raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.”
91
Hebrews 7:25, “Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God
through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.”
92
Sura 46:9, “Say: I am no new thing among the messengers (of Allah), nor know I what will be
done with me or with you. I do but follow that which is inspired in me, and I am but a plain warner.;”
93
Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 266, “Narrated Maimuna bint Al-Harith: I placed water for the bath of
Allah's Apostle and put a screen. He poured water over his hands, and washed them once or twice.
(The subnarrator added that he did not remember if she had said thrice or not). Then he poured water
with his right hand over his left one and washed his private parts. He rubbed his hand over the earth or
the wall and washed it. He rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and blowing it
out. He washed his face, forearms and head. He poured water over his body and then withdrew from
that place and washed his feet. I presented him a piece of cloth (towel) and he pointed with his hand
(that he does not want it) and did not take it.”
94
Muslim, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 398, “Anas reported: Verily, a person said: Messenger of Allah, where
is my father? He said: (He) is in the Fire. When he turned away, he (the Holy Prophet) called him and
said: Verily my father and your father are in the Fire.”
95
Muslim, Vol. 1, No. 402, “Abu Huraira reported: When (this verse) was revealed to him:" Warn
your nearest kinsmen." the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: O people of Quraish,
buy yourselves from Allah, I cannot avail you at all against Allah; O sons of Abd al-Muttalib. I cannot
avail you at all against Allah; 0 Abbas b. 'Abd al- Muttalib, I cannot avail you at all against Allah; O
Safiya (aunt of the Messenger of Allah), I cannot avail you at all against Allah; 0 Fatima, daughter of
Muhammad, ask me whatever you like, but I cannot avail you at all against Allah.”
96
Bukhari, Vol. 2, Hadith No. 413, “Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar : The Jew brought to the Prophet
a man and a woman from amongst them who have committed (adultery) illegal sexual intercourse. He
ordered both of them to be stoned (to death), near the place of offering the funeral prayers beside the
mosque.”
97
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 805, “Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah Al Ansari: A man from the tribe of
Bani Aslam came to Allah's Apostle and informed him that he had committed illegal sexual
intercourse and bore witness four times against himself. Allah's Apostle ordered him to be stoned to
death as he was a married person.”
98
John 14:2, “In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go
to prepare a place for you?”

99
I John 5:12, “Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have
life”
100
Luke 10:20, “Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that
your names are written in heaven.”
101
Sura 19:67-71, But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of nothing? And,
by your Lord, truly We shall assemble them and the devils, then We shall bring them, crouching,
around hell. Then We shall pluck out from every sect whichever of them was most stubborn in
rebellion to the Beneficent. And surely We are Best Aware of those most worthy to be burned
therein. There is not one of you but shall approach it. That is a fixed ordinance of your Lord.”
102
Matthew 26:52, “Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the
sword will perish by the sword.”
103
Matthew 5:28, “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has
already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
104
Sura 33:37, “And when you said to him to whom Allah had shown favor and to whom you had
shown a favor: Keep your wife to yourself and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; and you concealed
in your soul what Allah would bring to light, and you feared men, and Allah had a greater right that
you should fear Him. But when Zaid had accomplished his want of her, We gave her to you as a wife,
so that there should be no difficulty for the believers in respect of the wives of their adopted sons,
when they have accomplished their want of them; and Allah's command shall be performed.”
105
so that you seek them with your wealth in honest wedlock, not debauchery. And those of whom you
seek content (by marrying them), give unto them their portions as a duty. And there is no sin for you
in what you do by mutual agreement after the duty (has been done).;”
106
Sura 4:74, “Those who readily fight in the cause of GOD are those who forsake this world in favor
of the Hereafter. Whoever fights in the cause of GOD, then gets killed, or attains victory, we will
surely grant him a great recompense.”
107
Sura 4:76, “Those who believe are fighting for the cause of GOD, while those who disbelieve are
fighting for the cause of tyranny. Therefore, you shall fight the devil's allies; the devil's power is nil.”
108
Sura 4:3, “If you deem it best for the orphans, you may marry their mothers - you may marry two,
three, or four. If you fear lest you become unfair, then you shall be content with only one, or with
what you already have. Additionally, you are thus more likely to avoid financial hardship.”
109
Sura 4:34, “Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the
other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the
obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion,
admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a
way against them. Lo! Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great.”
110
Sura 3:45, “(And remember) when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of
a word from him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, illustrious in the world and the
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112
Sura 19:34, “Such was Jesus, son of Mary: (this is) a statement of the truth concerning which they
doubt.”
113
Sura 21:91, “And she who was chaste, therefore We breathed into her (something) of Our Spirit
and made her and her son a token for (all) peoples.”
114
John 1:1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
115
John 5:18, “This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he
breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.”
116
Daniel 3:25, “He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire,
and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”
117
Matthew 2:12, “And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own
country by another way.”
118
Proverbs 30:4, “Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his
fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!”
119
Luke 1:26-35, “In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named
Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the
virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with
you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might
be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And
behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be
great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his
father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no
end.” And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” And the angel answered
her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you;
therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.”
120
Matthew 17:5, “He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a
voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”
121
Sura 3:31-33, “Proclaim: "If you love GOD, you should follow me." GOD will then love you, and
forgive your sins. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful. Proclaim: "You shall obey GOD and the
messenger." If they turn away, GOD does not love the disbelievers. GOD has chosen Adam, Noah,
the family of Abraham, and the family of Amram (as messengers) to the people.”
122
Sura 3:132, “You shall obey GOD and the messenger, that you may attain mercy.”
123
Sura 4:13, “These are Allah's limits, and whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, He will cause
him to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them; and this is the great achievement.,”
124
Sura 4:59, “O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority from
among you; then if you quarrel about anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you believe in
Allah and the last day; this is better and very good in the end.;”
125
Sura 4:69, “And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger, these are with those upon whom Allah
has bestowed favors from among the prophets and the truthful and the martyrs and the good, and a
goodly company are they!”
126
Sura 4:80, “Whoever obeys the Messenger, he indeed obeys Allah, and whoever turns back, so
We have not sent you as a keeper over them.”
127
Sura 5:92, “And obey Allah and obey the messenger and be cautious; but if you turn back, then
know that only a clear deliverance of the message is (incumbent) on Our messenger.”
128
Sura 7:167, “And (remember) when your Lord proclaimed that He would raise against them till

the Day of Resurrection those who would lay on them a cruel torment.”
129
Sura 8:24, “O you who believe! answer (the call of) Allah and His Messenger when he calls you
to that which gives you life; and know that Allah intervenes between man and his heart, and that to
Him you shall be gathered. Sura 8:46, “And obey Allah and His Messenger and do not quarrel for
then you will be weak in hearts and your power will depart, and be patient; surely Allah is with the
patient.”
130
Sura 24:54, “Say: Obey Allah and obey the Messenger; but if you turn back, then on him rests that
which is imposed on him and on you rests that which is imposed on you; and if you obey him, you are
on the right way; and nothing rests on the Messenger but clear delivering (of the message).”
131
Sura 33:21, “The messenger of GOD has set up a good example for those among you who seek
GOD and the Last Day, and constantly think about GOD.”
132
Sura 33:36, “And it behoves not a believing man and a believing woman that they should have any
choice in their Matthewer when Allah and His Messenger have decided a Matthewer; and whoever
disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he surely strays off a manifest straying.”
133
Sura 33:71, “He will put your deeds into a right state for you, and forgive you your faults; and
whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, he indeed achieves a mighty success”
134
Sura 47:33, “O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Messenger, and do not make your
deeds of no effect.”
135
Sura 49:14, “The dwellers of the desert say: We believe. Say: You do not believe but say, We
submit; and faith has not yet entered into your hearts; and if you obey Allah and His Messenger, He
will not diminish aught of your deeds; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.”
136
Sura 64:8, “Therefore, believe in Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW), and in the Light
(this Qur'ân) which We have sent down. And Allâh is All-Aware of what you do.”
137
Sura 64:12, “Therefore, you shall believe in GOD and His messenger, and the light that we have
revealed herein. GOD is fully Cognizant of everything you do.”
138
Sura 68:12, “Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger (Muhammad SAW), but if you turn away, then
the duty of Our Messenger is only to convey (the Message) clearly.”
139
Romans 12:14, “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.”
140
James 3:9-13, “With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in
the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought
not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig
tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the
meekness of wisdom.”
141
Sura 111:1-5, “Condemned are the works of Abee Lahab, and he is condemned. His money and
whatever he has accomplished will never help him. He has incurred the blazing Hell. Also his wife,
who led the persecution. She will be (resurrected) with a rope of thorns around her neck.”
142
Sura 3:61, “And whoever disputes with you concerning him, after the knowledge which has come
unto you, say … Come! We will summon our sons and your sons, and our women and your women,
and ourselves and yourselves, then we will pray humbly … and … invoke the curse of Allah upon
those who lie.”
143
Sura 108:1-3, “Lo! We have given you Abundance; So pray unto your Lord, and sacrifice. Lo!
it is your insulter (and not you) who is without posterity.”
144
Muslim, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 7150, “ Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported: … So he marched on after the sun
had passed the meridian and Suraqa b. Malik pursued us and we had been walking on soft, level

ground. I said: Allah's Messenger, we are about to be overtaken by them. … he said: Be not grieved.
Verily, Allah is with us. Then Allah's Messenger … cursed him and his horse sank into the earth. I
think he also said: I know you have hurled curse upon me. So supplicate Allah for me and I take an
oath that I shall turn everyone away who would come in search of you. So he (Allah's Messenger)
supplicated Allah and he was rescued and he came back and to everyone he met, he said: I have
combed all this side. In short, he diverted everyone whom he met and he in fact fulfilled his promise.”
145
Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 397, “Narrated Ibrahim At-Tamimi's father: 'Ali delivered a sermon
saying, "We have no book to read except the Book of Allah and what is written in this paper which
contains verdicts regarding … So, whoever innovates in it an heresy or commits a sin or gives shelter
in it, to such an innovator will incur the Curse of Allah, … And whoever (freed slave) takes as his
master (i.e. befriends) other than his real masters will incur the same (Curse). And the asylum granted
by any Muslim is to be secured by all the other Muslims, and whoever betrays a Muslim in this
respect will incur the same (Curse)."
146
Luke 23:34, “And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they
cast lots to divide his garments.”
147
Muslim, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 4436, “It has been narrated on the authority of Jabir that the
Messenger of Allah … said: Who will kill Ka'b b. Ashraf? He has maligned Allah, the Exalted, and
His Messenger. Muhammad b. Maslama said: Messenger of Allah, do you wish that I should kill him?
He said: Yes. He said: Permit me to talk (to him in the way I deem fit). He said: Talk (as you like).
So, Muhammad b. Maslama came to Ka'b and talked to him, … So they came and called upon him at
night. He came down to them. Sufyan says that all the narrators except 'Amr have stated that his wife
said: I hear a voice which sounds like the voice of murder. He said: It is only Muhammad b. Maslama
and his foster-brother, Abu Na'ila. When a gentleman is called at night even it to be pierced with a
spear, he should respond to the call. Muhammad said to his companions: As he comes down, I will
extend my hands towards his head and when I hold him fast, you should do your job. So when he
came down and he was holding his cloak under his arm, they said to him: …Then he said: Allow me
to do so (once again). He then held his head fast and said to his companions: Do your job. And they
killed him.”
148
John 13:35, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one
another.”
149
Sura 3:151, “We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve because they ascribe unto
Allah partners, for which no warrant has been revealed.”
150
Sura 8:12, “Recall that your Lord inspired the angels: "I am with you; so support those who
believed. I will throw terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved. You may strike them above the
necks, and you may strike even every finger."
151
Sura 8:67-68, “No prophet shall acquire captives, unless he participates in the fighting. You
people are seeking the materials of this world, while GOD advocates the Hereafter. GOD is Almighty,
Most Wise. If it were not for a predetermined decree from GOD, you would have suffered, on account
of what you took, a terrible retribution.”
152
Sura 33:26, “And He brought those of the People of the Scripture who supported them down from
their strongholds, and cast panic into their hearts. Some you slew, and you made captive some.”
153
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 220, “Allah's Apostle said, "I have been sent with the shortest
expressions bearing the widest meanings, and I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the
hearts of the enemy), and while I was sleeping, the keys of the treasures of the world were brought to
me and put in my hand." Abu Huraira added: Allah's Apostle has left the world and now you, people,
are bringing out those treasures (i.e. the Prophet did not benefit by them).”
154
II Timothy 4:1, “I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the
living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom”

155
I Peter 4:5, “but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.”
156
John 5:22, 27, “22 The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 27 And he has
given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.”
157
Bukhari, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 425, “Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, son
of Mary (Jesus) will shortly descend amongst you people (Muslims) as a just ruler and will break the
Cross and kill the pig and abolish the Jizya (a tax taken from the non-Muslims, who are in the
protection, of the Muslim government). Then there will be abundance of money and no-body will
accept charitable gifts.”
The Life of Muhammad
Six hundred years before Muhammad, the Prophet Jesus proved His prophethood by His exemplary
life and teaching. Indeed, the worth of religious belief is dependent on the worthiness of its author. In
the study before us we wish to apply this test to the life of Muhammad, the author of Islam.
Muhammad’s Early Years

Muhammad was said to be born in Mecca on June 8th, 570 AD and died 62yrs. later on June 8th, 632,
(though there is no consensus over these dates). He was orphaned at the age of 6yrs. and reared for
two years by his grandfather until the latter’s death. His uncle, Abu-Talib, then reared him.
At the age of 12, Muhammad was mentored by a Nestorian monk who, it is said, recognised that
Muhammad was to be a prophet—because of a big mole on his back (see Muslim 4:57931; Bukhari
1:1892; Ibn Ishaq in A Life of Muhammad p.803,96,97,726).
Muhammad gained employment with a wealthy merchant widow named Khadijah. He married her at
the age of 25 when she was 40. Together they had 4 sons and 4 daughters. However, only the
daughters survived to maturity.
Birth of Islam
At 40yrs. of age, Muhammad began to retire to a cave in Mount Hira to meditate. This was a popular
custom at that time and, whilst the majority of the population worshipped many idols, Muhammad,
influenced by Zeid-ibn-Amr, a Hanefite (monotheistic worshippers), began to express his hatred of
such idols.
During these times of meditation Muhammad first experienced his revelations, which he claimed were
given to him in a dream by the angel Gabriel. It is said that, in the first revelation, Gabriel gave him a
cloth on which appeared writing and commanded him "read" or "recite".
During these revelations Muhammad claims to have experienced the following:-
the ringing of bells (Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 24; Vol. 4, Hadith 4385); rapid heart beat (Bukhari,
Vol. 1, Hadith No. 36); a red face; (Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith 6187, Vol. 6, Hadith 5088); heavy
breathing (Bukhari, Vol. 6, Hadith 5089); he sometimes suddenly fell down or lay down (Bukhari,
Vol. 4, Hadith 46110, Vol. 5, Hadith 17011); he would sweat profusely (Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No.
212, Vol. 2, Hadith 54413; Vol. 3, Hadith No. 82914); sometimes he dreamt (Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith
No. 315; Vol. 5, Hadith No. 65916).
Because of such experiences Muhammad was of the view that he must have been demon possessed or
that he was going mad. He asked his wife, Khadijah, and her cousin, Waraqa bani Naufal, if this was
the case, to which they replied that these revelations were truly from Allah.
Jesus, by contrast, received his revelations through a life of prayerful dependence upon God. His
opponents accused him of demon possession, but they were themselves opposed to the law of God
(John 7:19-2017).
Rejection of Muhammad
During the first few years, Muhammad was keen to receive the approval of the Jews and began to
pray towards Jerusalem and hold to the fasting of Ashura (Yom Kippur). But the Jews were adamant
that contacting Jinn (demons) was forbidden (e.g. Leviticus 20:618) while Muhammad’s Allah actually
sent demons to him (Sura 46:29-3119 also see 72:1ff20).
Muhammad thereafter changed his position and began praying in the direction of the Ka’bah (in
Mecca) rather than Jerusalem. Fasting during the month of Ramadan replaced the fast of Ashura.
During the course of his ‘received’ revelations he would be in a trance and many Meccans believed at
the time that he actually was possessed by demons or had gone mad—an accusation that had to be
countered (Sura 68:221; 81:22-2522; 52:2923; 34:4624). They subsequently taunted and ill-treated him
and his followers. Because of this and other factors, least of which was Muhammad’s lack of
knowledge of the Bible, the first 3 years of the birth of Islam was seen as a time of compromise. This
period of time, though brief, gave rise to the “Satanic Verses” - and a number of verses that contained
permission for non-Muslims to worship their own gods (Sura 109:1-625; 6:106-10826).
(Jesus, you will note, knew his Bible well and quoted it at will, e.g. Matthew 4.)
Marriage and Muhammad

Muhammad taught that a Muslim man can have up to 4 wives if he treats them justly; otherwise he
should not have more than one wife (Sura 4:327, 12928). Muhammad had more than four wives but did
not marry his second wife, Sawda Bint Zamà, until his first wife had died. He then married a number
of women - mostly widows or divorcees. He married his favourite wife, Aisha Bint Abu Bakr, when
she was only 6years old and consummated this marriage when she was 9. Other wives include Hafsa
Bint Ùmar, Zainab Bint Khuzaima, Ummu Salama, Zainab Bint Jahsh, Juwairiyya Bint al- Harith,
Safiyya Bint Huyay, Ummu Habiba, Mariam the Copt, and the last woman he married was Maimuna
Bint al-Harith.
In addition, Muhammad married other women but, for various reasons, did not consummate some of
these marriages. There were also many concubines and slaves belonging to Muhammad, mostly
gained as spoils of war. His sexual prowess was well known amongst his followers. In fact, the
Ahadith teach that he was as good as thirty men!
Muhammad’s Teachings on Women

His views on women are well documented. For instance, a woman’s witness [in court] is worth half
that of a man’s (Sura 2:28229; Bukhari, Vol. 3, Hadith 82630); women are deficient in intelligence and
religious devotion (Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith 30131; Vol. 3, Hadith 82632; Vol. 2, Hadith 54133); women
are referred to as a possession—along with gold, silver, horses and cattle (Sura 3:1434); a woman is to
be used like a field according to the husband’s desires (Sura 2:22335); a man can exchange one of his
wives for another (Sura 4:2036); a woman comes in the form of a devil (Muslim, Vol. 2, Hadith
324037).
Muhammad’s Jihad
During his first 13 years there were little more than a hundred followers (and these were mostly poor),
so he began raiding the caravans and weaker tribes to gain a quick return. In the desert, "annexing" a
neighbour's property was a quick way to improve one's status. Muhammad called it jihad—"an effort
in the way of Allah", "a means of achieving his mission and establishing Allah's kingdom on earth.”
As noted by Malik in his book, The Qur’anic Concept of War (pp.99-10338), in the next 9 years
Muhammad planned 81 battles, and took an active part in many of these. Continuing rejection by the
Jews caused him to expel them from Medina. Their wealth was divided amongst the Muslims, and the
most beautiful women were taken for the prophet. However, as many as 600-900 of the Jews, such as
of the tribe of Bani Qurayza, were unfortunate enough to be slaughtered rather than exiled!
Salvation and Muhammad

The Qur’an and Hadith make it clear that Muhammad did not have any assurance of eternal salvation.
In Sura 46:939 Muhammad was told to inform people that he did not know what his destiny or that of
anybody else would be. He was commanded to ask for the forgiveness of his sins and the sins of his
followers (Sura 47:1940; 40:5541). Accordingly, Muhammad used to pray for forgiveness more than
seventy times a day (Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 31942) and he did so, even on his death bed
(Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 71543). In spite of such intense and frequent prayers, still he had no
assurance of salvation even for himself or his close relatives (Muslim vol.1, Hadith No. 398-40244).
This is in stark contrast to the legacy of Jesus the Messiah. John 3:1645 makes it plain that God “so
loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but
have eternal life”. The follower of the Lord Jesus Christ is assured of salvation with God whereas the
follower of Muhammad can never have such assurance.
According to Muslim tradition, the Prophet of Islam is the best example to follow but, despite the fact
that he fought many battles for Allah and prayed fervently for the forgiveness of his sins, he had no
assurance of Allah’s favour or of a home in Paradise.
Every true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, on the other hand, has a 100% guarantee of salvation
before a holy God. The testimony of Ephesians 1:746 is that “In him we have redemption through his
blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace”.
The difference is obvious and it is Jesus’ atoning work that is missing in Islam. Whereas Muhammad
left a legacy of jihad, a believer in Jesus Christ can depend on Christ’s perfect redemptive work.
Reader, we urge you to consider Jesus!
References
1
Muslim, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 5793, “Abdullah b. Sarjis reported: I saw Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) and ate with him bread and meat, or he said Tharid (bread soaked in soup). I said to

him: Did Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) seek forgiveness for you? He said: Yes, and for
you, and he then recited this verse:" Ask forgiveness for thy sin and for the believing men and
believing women" (xlvii. 19). I then went after him and saw the Seal of Prophethood between his
shoulders on the left side of his shoulder having spots on it like moles.”
2
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 189, “Narrated As-Sa'ib bin Yazid: My aunt took me to the Prophet
and said, "O Allah's Apostle! This son of my sister has got a disease in his legs." So he passed his
hands on my head and prayed for Allah's blessings for me; then he performed ablution and I drank
from the remaining water. I stood behind him and saw the seal of Prophethood between his shoulders,
and it was like the "Zir-al-Hijla" (means the button of a small tent, but some said 'egg of a partridge.'
etc.).”
3
Ibn Ishaq in Life of Muhammad, Oxford University Press, 1996 (eleventh reprint) p.80 The Story
Of Bahira: When Abu Talib was going in a merchant caravan to Syria, the apostle of God clung to
him, so was taken along. On reaching Busra in Syria a monk Bahira, well-versed in Christian
knowledge, who always ignored them, this year made a feast for them. This was because Bahira saw
a cloud overshadowing Muhammad. Bahira found on the boy the markings his books spoke of. On
being questioned the apostle of God answered as Bahira expected, according to his books; and saw the
seal of prophethood between his shoulders, where it should be. (See also pp.96,97,726)
4
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 2, “Al-Harith bin Hisham asked Allah's Apostle "O Allah's Apostle!
How is the Divine Inspiration revealed to you?" Allah's Apostle replied, "Sometimes it is (revealed)
like the ringing of a bell, this form of Inspiration is the hardest of all and then this state passes ' off
after I have grasped what is inspired. Sometimes the Angel comes in the form of a man and talks to
me and I grasp whatever he says." 'Aisha added: Verily I saw the Prophet being inspired Divinely on a
very cold day and noticed the Sweat dropping from his forehead (as the Inspiration was over).”
5
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 438, “AlHarith bin Hisham asked the Prophet, "How does the divine
inspiration come to you?" He replied, "In all these ways: The Angel sometimes comes to me with a
voice which resembles the sound of a ringing bell, and when this state abandons me, I remember what
the Angel has said, and this type of Divine Inspiration is the hardest on me; and sometimes the Angel
comes to me in the shape of a man and talks to me, and I understand and remember what he says."”
6
Bukhari, Vol. 6, Hadith No. 508, “Narrated Safwan bin Ya'la bin Umaiya: Ya'la used to say, "I
wish I could see Allah's Apostle at the time he is being inspired Divinely." When the Prophet was at
Al-Ja'rana and was shaded by a garment hanging over him and some of his companions were with
him, a man perfumed with scent came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is your opinion regarding a
man who assumes Ihram and puts on a cloak after perfuming his body with scent?" The Prophet
waited for a while, and then the Divine Inspiration descended upon him. 'Umar pointed out to Ya'la,
telling him to come. Ya'la came and pushed his head (underneath the screen which was covering the
Prophet) and behold! The Prophet's face was red and he kept on breathing heavily for a while and then
he was relieved…”
7
wish I could see Allah's Apostle at the time when he is being inspired divinely." Ya'la added "While
the Prophet was at Al-Ja'rana, shaded with a cloth sheet (in the form of a tent) and there were staying
with him, some of his companions under it, suddenly there came to him a bedouin wearing a cloak
and perfumed extravagantly. He said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is your opinion regarding a man who
assumes the state of Ihram for 'Umra wearing a cloak after applying perfume to his body?" 'Umar
signalled with his hand to Ya'la to come (near). Ya'la came and put his head (underneath that cloth
sheet) and saw the Prophet red-faced and when that state (of the Prophet) was over, he said, "Where is
he who as already asked me about the 'Umra?" The man was looked for and brought to the Prophet
The Prophet said (to him), "As for the perfume you have applied to your body, wash it off your body
thrice, and take off your cloak, and then do in your 'Umra the rites you do in your Hajj."”
8

wish I could see Allah's Apostle at the time he is being inspired Divinely." When the Prophet was at
Al-Ja'rana and was shaded by a garment hanging over him and some of his companions were with
him, a man perfumed with scent came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is your opinion regarding a
man who assumes Ihram and puts on a cloak after perfuming his body with scent?" The Prophet
waited for a while, and then the Divine Inspiration descended upon him. 'Umar pointed out to Ya'la,
telling him to come. Ya'la came and pushed his head (underneath the screen which was covering the
Prophet) and behold! The Prophet's face was red and he kept on breathing heavily for a while and then
he was relieved…”
9
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 461, “Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: that he heard the Prophet saying,
"The Divine Inspiration was delayed for a short period but suddenly, as I was walking. I heard a voice
in the sky, and when I looked up towards the sky, to my surprise, I saw the angel who had come to me
in the Hira Cave, and he was sitting on a chair in between the sky and the earth. I was so frightened by
him that I fell on the ground …”
10
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 461, “Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: that he heard the Prophet saying,
"The Divine Inspiration was delayed for a short period but suddenly, as I was walking. I heard a voice
in the sky, and when I looked up towards the sky, to my surprise, I saw the angel who had come to me
in the Hira Cave, and he was sitting on a chair in between the sky and the earth. I was so frightened by
him that I fell on the ground …”
11
Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 170, “Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: When the Ka'ba was rebuilt, the
Prophet and 'Abbas went to carry stones. 'Abbas said to the Prophet "(Take off and) put your waist
sheet over your neck so that the stones may not hurt you." (But as soon as he took off his waist sheet)
he fell unconscious on the ground with both his eyes towards the sky. When he came to his senses, he
said, "My waist sheet! My waist sheet!" Then he tied his waist sheet (round his waist).”
12
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 2, “Al-Harith bin Hisham asked Allah's Apostle "O Allah's Apostle!
How is the Divine Inspiration revealed to you?" Allah's Apostle replied, "Sometimes it is (revealed)
like the ringing of a bell, this form of Inspiration is the hardest of all and then this state passes ' off
after I have grasped what is inspired. Sometimes the Angel comes in the form of a man and talks to
me and I grasp whatever he says." 'Aisha added: Verily I saw the Prophet being inspired Divinely on a
very cold day and noticed the Sweat dropping from his forehead (as the Inspiration was over).”
13
Bukhari, Vol. 2, Hadith No. 544, Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri : Once the Prophet sat on a pulpit
and we sat around him. Then he said, "The things I am afraid of most for your sake (concerning what
will befall you after me) is the pleasures and splendors of the world and its beauties which will be
disclosed to you." Somebody said, "O Allah's Apostle! Can the good bring forth evil?" The Prophet
remained silent for a while. It was said to that person, "What is wrong with you? You are talking to
the Prophet (p.b.u.h) while he is not talking to you." Then we noticed that he was being inspired
divinely. Then the Prophet wiped off his sweat and said, "Where is the questioner?" It seemed as if the
Prophet liked his question. Then he said, "Good never brings forth evil. Indeed it is like what grows
on the banks of a water-stream which either kill or make the animals sick, except if an animal eats its
fill the Khadira (a kind of vegetable) and then faces the sun, and then defecates and urinates and
grazes again. No doubt this wealth is sweet and green. Blessed is the wealth of a Muslim from which
he gives to the poor, the orphans and to needy travelers. (Or the Prophet said something similar to it)
No doubt, whoever takes it illegally will be like the one who eats but is never satisfied, and his wealth
will be a witness against him on the Day of Resurrection."”
14
Bukhari, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 829, “I was a young girl and did not have much knowledge of the
Quran. I said. 'I know, by Allah, that you have listened to what people are saying and that has been
planted in your minds and you have taken it as a truth. Now, if I told you that I am innocent and Allah
knows that I am innocent, you would not believe me and if I confessed to you falsely that I am guilty,
and Allah knows that I am innocent you would believe me. By Allah, I don't compare my situation
with you except to the situation of Joseph's father (i.e. Jacob) who said, 'So (for me) patience is most
fitting against that which you assert and it is Allah (Alone) whose help can be sought.' Then I turned

to the other side of my bed hoping that Allah would prove my innocence. By Allah I never thought
that Allah would reveal Divine Inspiration in my case, as I considered myself too inferior to be talked
of in the Holy Qur'an. I had hoped that Allah's Apostle might have a dream in which Allah would
prove my innocence. By Allah, Allah's Apostle had not got up and nobody had left the house before
the Divine Inspiration came to Allah's Apostle. So, there overtook him the same state which used to
overtake him, (when he used to have, on being inspired divinely). He was sweating so much so that
the drops of the sweat were dropping like pearls though it was a (cold) wintry day. When that state of
Allah's Apostle was over, he was smiling and the first word he said, 'Aisha! Thank Allah, for Allah
has declared your innocence.' (Quoted in part.)”
15
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 3, “Narrated 'Aisha: (the mother of the faithful believers) The
commencement of the Divine Inspiration to Allah's Apostle was in the form of good dreams which
came true like bright day light, and then the love of seclusion was bestowed upon him. He used to go
in seclusion in the cave of Hira where he used to worship (Allah alone) continuously for many days
before his desire to see his family. He used to take with him the journey food for the stay and then
come back to (his wife) Khadija to take his food like-wise again till suddenly the Truth descended
upon him while he was in the cave of Hira. The angel came to him and asked him to read. The
Prophet replied, "I do not know how to read.” (Quoted in part.)
16
Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 659, “Narrated Ibn Abbas: Musailima Al-Kadhdhab came during the
lifetime of the Prophet and started saying, "If Muhammad gives me the rule after him, I will follow
him." And he came to Medina with a great number of the people of his tribe. Allah's Apostle went to
him in the company of Thabit bin Qais bin Shammas, and at that time, Allah's Apostle had a stick of a
date-palm tree in his hand. When he (i.e. the Prophet) stopped near Musailima while the latter was
amidst his companions, he said to him, "If you ask me for this piece (of stick), I will not give it to you,
and Allah's Order you cannot avoid, (but you will be destroyed), and if you turn your back from this
religion, then Allah will destroy you. And I think you are the same person who was shown to me in
my dream, and this is Thabit bin Qais who will answer your questions on my behalf." Then the
Prophet went away from him. I asked about the statement of Allah's Apostle: "You seem to be the
same person who was shown to me in my dream," and Abu Huraira informed me that Allah's Apostle
said, "When I was sleeping, I saw (in a dream) two bangles of gold on my hands and that worried me.
And then I was inspired Divinely in the dream that I should blow on them, so I blew on them and both
the bangles flew away. And I interpreted it that two liars (who would claim to be prophets) would
appear after me. One of them has proved to be Al Ansi and the other, Musailima."”
17
John 7:19-20, “And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated in truth. I
do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word.”
18
Leviticus 20:6, “I will set my face against the person who turns to mediums and spiritists to
prostitute himself by following them, and I will cut him off from his people.”
19
Sura 46:29-31, “And when We inclined toward you (Muhammad) certain of the jinn, who wished
to hear the Qur'an and, when they were in its presence, said: Give ear! and, when it was finished,
turned back to their people, warning. They said: O our people! Lo! we have heard a scripture which
has been revealed after Moses, confirming that which was before it, guiding unto the truth and a right
road. O our people! Respond to Allah's summoner and believe in Him. He will forgive you some of
your sins and guard you from a painful doom”
20
Sura 72:11ff, “Say (O Muhammad): It is revealed unto me that a company of the Jinn gave ear, and
they said: Lo! We have heard a marvellous Qur'an, 72:2 Which guides unto righteousness, so we
believe in it and we ascribe no partner unto our Lord. 72:3 And (we believe) that He - exalted be the
glory of our Lord! - has taken neither wife nor son, 72:4 And that the foolish one among us used to
speak concerning Allah an atrocious lie. 72:5 And lo! We had supposed that humankind and jinn
would not speak a lie concerning Allah - 72:6 And indeed (O Muhammad) individuals of humankind
used to invoke the protection of individuals of the jinn, so that they increased them in revolt against
Allah.”

21
Sura 68:2, “You are not, for your Lord's favour unto you, a madman.”
22
Sura 81:22-25, “And your comrade is not mad. Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon. And he
is not avid of the Unseen. Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.”
23
Sura 52:29, “Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah you are neither
soothsayer nor madman.”
24
Sura 34:46, “Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I exhort you unto one thing only: that you awake, for
Allah's sake, by twos and singly, and then reflect: There is no madness in your comrade. He is nothing
else than a warner unto you in face of a terrific doom.”
25
Sura 109:1-6, “Say: O disbelievers! I worship not that which you worship; Nor worship you that
which I worship. And I shall not worship that which you worship. Nor will you worship that which I
worship. Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.”
26
Sura 6:106-108, “Follow that which is inspired in you from your Lord; there is no God save Him;
and turn away from the idolaters. Had Allah willed, they had not been idolatrous. We have not set you
as a keeper over them, nor are you responsible for them. Revile not those unto whom they pray beside
Allah lest they wrongfully revile Allah through ignorance. Thus unto every nation have We made
their deed seem fair. Then unto their Lord is their return, and He will tell them what they used to do.”
27
Sura 4:3, “And if you fear that you will not deal fairly by the orphans, marry of the women, who
seem good to you, two or three or four; and if you fear that you cannot do justice (to so many) then
one (only) or (the captives) that your right hands possess. Thus it is more likely that you will not do
injustice.”
28
Sura 4:129, “You will not be able to deal equally between (your) wives, however much you wish
(to do so). But turn not altogether away (from one), leaving her as in suspense. If you do good and
keep from evil, lo! Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.”
29
Sura 2:282, “O you who believe! when you contract a debt for a fixed term, record it in writing.
Let a scribe record it in writing between you in (terms of) equity. No scribe should refuse to write as
Allah has taught him, so let him write, and let him who incurs the debt dictate, and let him observe his
duty to Allah his Lord, and diminish naught thereof. But if he who owes the debt is of low
understanding, or weak, or unable himself to dictate, then let the guardian of his interests dictate in
(terms of) equity. And call to witnesses, from among your men. two witnesses. And if two men are
not (at hand) then a man and two women, of such as you approve as witnesses, so that if the one hears
fails (in forgetfulness) the other will remember. And the witnesses must not refuse when they are
summoned.”
30
31
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33
Bukhari, Vol. 2, Hadith No. 54, “Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: On 'Id ul Fitr or 'Id ul Adha
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) went out to the Musalla. After finishing the prayer, he delivered the sermon
and ordered the people to give alms. He said, "O people! Give alms." Then he went towards the
women and said. "O women! Give alms, for I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-Fire
were you (women)." The women asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What is the reason for it?" He replied, "O
women! You curse frequently, and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more
deficient in intelligence and religion than you. O women, some of you can lead a cautious wise man
astray." Then he left. And when he reached his house, Zainab, the wife of Ibn Masud, came and asked
permission to enter It was said, "O Allah's Apostle! It is Zainab." He asked, 'Which Zainab?" The
reply was that she was the wife of Ibn Mas'ub. He said, "Yes, allow her to enter." And she was
admitted. Then she said, "O Prophet of Allah! Today you ordered people to give alms and I had an
ornament and intended to give it as alms, but Ibn Masud said that he and his children deserved it more
than anybody else." The Prophet replied, "Ibn Masud had spoken the truth. Your husband and your
children had more right to it than anybody else."”
34
Sura 3:14, “Beautified for mankind is love of the joys (that come) from women and offspring; and
stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and horses branded (with their mark), and cattle and land. That is
comfort of the life of the world. Allah! With Him is a more excellent abode.”
35
Sura 2:223, “Your women are a tilth for you (to cultivate) so go to your tilth as you will, and send
(good deeds) before you for your souls, and fear Allah, and know that you will (one day) meet Him.
Give glad tidings to believers, (O Mohammed).”
36
Sura 4:20, “And if you wish to exchange one wife for another and you have given unto one of them
a sum of money (however great), take nothing from it. Would you take it by the way of calumny and
open wrong?”
37
Muslim, Vol. 2, Hadith No. 3240, “Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
saw a woman, and so he came to his wife, Zainab, as she was tanning a leather and had sexual
intercourse with her. He then went to his Companions and told them: The woman advances and retires
in the shape of a devil, so when one of you sees a woman, he should come to his wife, for that will
repel what he feels in his heart.”
38
Malik divides the eighty-one battles into the six regions in which they were fought and gives a brief
description of them. 1. Pre-Badr Raids (eight in all, largely bloodless, and chiefly to guard the
caravan route; 2. Operations between Badr and Ohad (2-3AH – 11 skirmishes); 3. Between Badr
Ohad and Khandaq (3-5AH -11 – mainly involving the defending of Medina from attacks from
various adversaries, especially Meccan); 4. Between Khandaq and Khyber (5-7AH – 19 battles were
fought, repulsing further attacks and gradually gaining new territory); 5. Between Khyber and Mecca
(20 battles between 7 and 8AH – including the bloodless invasion of Mecca); 6. Between Mecca and
Doma (8-9AH - 12 battles culminating in the religious dominance and temporal authority of the entire
Arabian Peninsula and involving two Roman Syria skirmishes).
39
Sura 46:9, “Say: I am no new thing among the messengers (of Allah), nor know I what will be
done with me or with you. I do but follow that which is inspired in me, and I am but a plain warner.”
40
Sura 47:19, “So know (O Muhammad) that there is no God save Allah, and ask forgiveness for
your sin and for believing men and believing women. Allah knows (both) your place of turmoil and
your place of rest.”
41
forgiveness of your sin, and hymn the praise of your Lord at fall of night and in the early hours.”
42
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 319, “Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying." By
Allah! I ask for forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a
day."”

43
Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 715, “Narrated 'Aisha: I heard the Prophet and listened to him before
his death while he was Lying supported on his back, and he was saying, "O Allah! Forgive me, and
bestow Your Mercy on me, and let me meet the (highest) companions (of the Hereafter)."”
44
Muslim, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 398-402, “Anas reported: Verily, a person said: Messenger of Allah,
where is my father? He said: (He) is in the Fire. When he turned away, he (the Holy Prophet) called
him and said: Verily my father and your father are in the Fire. 399 Abu Huraira reported: When this
verse was revealed:" And warn thy nearest kindred (al-Qur'an, xxvi. 214), the Messenger of Allah
(p.b.u.h.) called the Quraish; so they gathered and he gave them a general warning. Then he made a
particular (reference to certain tribes) and said: O sons of Ka'b b. Luwayy, rescue yourselves from the
Fire; O sons of Murra b. Ka'b, rescue yourselves from the Fire: O sons of Abd Shams, rescue
yourselves from the Fire; 0 sons of Abd Manaf rescue yourselves from the Fire; O sons of Hashim,
rescue yourselves from the Fire; 0 sons of Abd al-Muttalib, rescue yourselves from the Fire; O
Fatimah, rescue thyself from the Fire, for I have no power (to protect you) from Allah in anything
except this that I would sustain relationship with you.” (402 repeats the same Hadith)
45
John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him
should not perish but have eternal life.”
46
Ephesians 1:7, “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in
accordance with the riches of God's grace.”
Allah vs. Yahweh
Multiculturalism and tolerance are the slogans of today. Dissenting voices are dismissed with
patronizing half-truths and complete falsehoods. This has happened to the extent that many people
believe that Allah (the god of the Qur’an and Islam) is the same as Yahweh [Jehovah] (the god of the
Bible and Christianity). Although Christians and Muslims claim the God of Abraham as their own,
closer examination reveals that Allah and Yahweh are vastly different.
In the Bible and the Qur’an, both Yahweh and Allah respectively are described as Creator, One,
Ruler, Revealer, Loving and Forgiving, and as Judge. The Qur’an claims that Allah and the God of
the Bible are identical:
“And argue not with the People of the Scripture unless it be in (a way) that is better, save with such
of them as do wrong; and say: We believe in that which has been revealed unto us and revealed unto
you; our God and your God is One, and unto Him we surrender.” [Pickthall’s translation]- Sura 29:46
In the light of this teaching in the Qur’an, Muslims claim that Christians have misrepresented Allah as
a three-fold God and that they should revert to the original simplicity of the oneness (Tawhid) of
Allah.
The Bible is much older than the Qur’an, and numerous proofs exist to show that the Bible has not
been changed/tampered with over the centuries, as many Muslims claim. (For further information,
please read the tract Authenticity of the Bible.) It would be reasonable to expect that what Allah
reveals in the Qur’an and what Yahweh reveals in the Bible should be identical; the Qur’an should
confirm the facts of the Bible and its teachings. However, a study of the Bible and the Qur’an shows
that the apparent similarities mentioned above have very different meanings for each faith.
Yahweh Allah
1
Creates only good (Genesis 1; I Timothy4:4 ;
Creates good and evil (Sura 4:783; 113:24)
James 1:172)
Loves all mankind (John 3:165) Loves Muslims (Sura 2:1956; 2:1907; 2:2768;
3:329)
Does not change (Malachi 3:610; James 1:1711) Changes his mind frequently (Sura 16:10112,
13:3913; 17:8614; 87:6-815 etc.)
Guarantees heaven for believers (John 6:4716; Guarantees hell for a time for believers (Sura
10:2817; Romans 6:2318; 1 John 5:11-1319; etc) 19:71-7220).
Does not lie; He stands by His promises
Lies when convenient (Sura 3:5423; 8:3024)
(Numbers 23:1921; 1 Samuel 15:2922)
Leads people in the path of life (Psalm 2325; Leads astray whom he wills (Sura 7:178-17928;
139:2426; John14:627) 13:3129; 95:4-530; 4:14231; 39:5732; 18:1733)
Is a complex unity: such as infinity + infinity + Is a simple unity (Sura 4:17137; 5:7338)
infinity = infinity (John 10:3034; 14:935;
Romans 8:9-1136)
Demands eternal justice (Ezekiel 18:439; Isaiah Doesn’t demand eternal justice (Sura 7:847;
65:640; Psalm 37:2841; Isaiah 30:1842; 42:1-443; 21:4748; 23:101-10349; 53:3250; 5:3951;
61:844; Jeremiah 9:2445; Matthew 16:2746) 11:11452; Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 17,
50453etc)
Always forgives believers (Colossians 2:1354; 1 Forgives believers when he pleases (Sura
John 1:955) 2:28456; 3:12957; 4:4858, 11659 etc.)
Has a son (Psalm 260; Proverbs 30:461; Matthew Does not have a son (Sura 112:3-464, Sura
3:1762; 17:563) 72:1-565; 19:9266)
Provides atonement and intercession Many times refuses atonement and intercession
(Deuteronomy 32:4367; Isaiah 53:1268; Romans (Sura 2:18671; 6:5172, 9473; 10:1874; 32:475;
8:3469; Hebrews 7:2570) 19:9576 etc)
Hates sin (Romans 3:2577; 1 John 2:278; 4:1079;
Numbers 19:1-280; Exodus 19:681; Psalm Demands sin (Muslim, Book 37, Hadith No.
119:14282, 16083; Matthew. 5:4884; 1 Peter 662286 & 662187; Book 33 Hadith No. 642188)
1:15-1685)
Is a personal God (Jeremiah 24:789; 31:3490; Is unknowable and impersonal; a master of
John 10:1491; 14:992; Romans 8:1593; Galatians slaves (Sura 4:17296; 5:11897; 6:1898; 7:19499;
4:694; Revelation 21:795) 15:49100; 19:93101)
Indeed, as you can see from the table above, Yahweh and Allah are very different in many aspects.
The Christian claims should be examined: Do Christians believe that God, Jesus and Mary are the
Trinity? What are the proofs for the Authenticity of the Bible? (For further information on some
elements in the table, read our tracts on, Sin in Christianity and Islam, Truth in Islam, The Trinity and
The Straight Path.)
Deception and Truth

The God of the Bible has a consistent standard of righteousness. Repeatedly, He tells people to trust
Him because He is a covenant-keeping, faithful God (Genesis 17:7102; Exodus 34:6103; Deuteronomy
7:9104; Psalm 36:5105; 89:33106; 2 Timothy 2:13107; Hebrews 13:20108).
Yahweh’s Word stands forever and does not change (Isaiah 40:8109; Matthew 24:35110; Luke 21:33111;
Numbers 23:19112; Malachi 3:6113); whereas Allah abrogates or changes his words (Sura 28:59114,
16:101115, 13:39116; 17:86117; 87:6-8118). It is difficult to trust a God who changes his preferred people,
his methodology or standards.
Allah does as he pleases, leading people in the right way or leading them astray:
Sura 3:54 And they cheated/deceived and God cheated/deceived, and God (is) the best (of) the
cheaters/deceivers. [Translated by Mohamed Ahmed and Samira Ahmed] (see also Sura
8:30119)
The word used in 3:54 and 8:30, ‘makara’, means to deceive, delude, cheat, double-cross and dupe.
Allah is thus seen as the best of deceivers, the premier schemer and the conniving one. By contrast,
Isaiah, speaking of Yahweh, says that there is no deceit in God’s mouth (Isaiah 53:9120).
Allah has no son, Yahweh has a son

The Bible states that God is triune: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It is a difficult concept to understand;
it is not 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 nor 1 + 1 + 1 = 1; rather it is a complex unity more like: infinity + infinity +
infinity = infinity. Christians do not worship three gods and they consider it blasphemy to suggest it.
Muslims get their understanding of the Trinity from the Qur’an (Sura 4:171121; 5:116122; 21:91123;
66:12124). Muhammad evidently heard about the Trinity from Christian heretics and not from the
Gospels [Injil] themselves (Matthew 28:19125 etc).
Perhaps the biggest and most critical difference is that Allah denies having a son, and will not forgive
people who say that he does (Sura 5:17126, 72127; 3:61128; 9:31129 etc). Yahweh, by contrast, does have
a son, and it is only through the son (Jesus), that people like you and I can become children of God
(John 1:18130; 14:6-9131; Galatians 3:26132; 4:6133; Hebrews 1:1-2134; 1 John 5:1135; Revelation 21:7136
etc) and have eternal life. Jesus’ being called the Son of God is not referring to his parenthood but to
his eternal intimate relationship with the Father.
Summary
Mohammad prayed frequently for the forgiveness of his sins, but there was no assurance that his sins
were forgiven and that he would go to heaven (Sura 46:9137; Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 319138). This
is understandable since Allah does not always forgive sin (Sura 2:284139; 3:129140; 4:48141, 116142
etc.). By contrast, Yahweh reveals,
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. (I John 1:9).
Yahweh is described as a just and holy God (Psalm 51:6143) who punishes all sin because, ultimately,
sin is against God (Numbers 15:31144). In fact, from Yahweh’s perspective, if you have broken just
one law, you’ve broken all of the law (James 2:10145) because you have despised God and put yourself
in His place as ruler of your life. Thus, unlike Allah (Sura 53:32146; 5:39147; 11:114148; Bukhari, Vol.
1, Hadith No. 17, 504149), Yahweh does not allow punishment or good deeds in this life to substitute
for punishment in the next (Revelation 21:8150).
Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sins and rose again on the third day, victorious over death; but
each one of us must choose to receive this free gift. If you refuse to receive this gift, you cannot enjoy
the benefits of the gift. God desires us to humbly receive this gift with a thankful heart. If you wish to
receive the forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ by faith, you need only to open your heart and ask
God in your own words. See our tract, The Straight Path, for more information.
References
1
Timothy 4:4, “For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received
with thanksgiving.”
2
James 1:17, “Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the
Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”
3
Sura 4:78, “Wheresoever ye may be, death will overtake you, even though ye were in lofty towers.
Yet if a happy thing befalleth them they say: This is from Allah; and if an evil thing befalleth them
they say: This is of thy doing (O Muhammad). Say (unto them): All is from Allah. What is amiss with
these people that they come not nigh to understand a happening?”
4
Sura 113:2, “From the evil of that which He created.”
5
6
Sura 2:195, “Spend your wealth for the cause of Allah, and be not cast by your own hands to ruin;
and do good. Lo! Allah loveth the beneficent.”
7
Sura 2:190, “Fight in the way of Allah against those who fight against you, but begin not hostilities.
Lo! Allah loveth not aggressors.”
8
Sura 2:276, “Allah hath blighted usury and made almsgiving fruitful. Allah loveth not the impious
and guilty.”
9
Sura 3:32, “Say: Obey Allah and the messenger. But if they turn away, lo! Allah loveth not the
disbelievers (in His guidance).”
10
11
James 1:17, “For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways,
will receive anything from the Lord.”
12
13
Sura 13:39, “Allah effaceth what He will, and establisheth (what He will), and with Him is the
source of ordinance.”
14
Sura 17:86, “And if We willed We could withdraw that which We have revealed unto thee, then
wouldst thou find no guardian for thee against Us in respect thereof.”
15
Sura 87:6-8, “We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget Save that
which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden; And We shall ease
thy way unto the state of ease.”
16
John 6:47, “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.”
17
John 10:28, “And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them
out of my hand.”
18
Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus
our Lord.”
19
I John 5:11-13, “And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
He who has the Son has life; he who has not the Son of God has not life. I write this to you who
believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.”
20
Sura 19:71-72, “There is not one of you but shall approach it. That is a fixed ordinance of thy Lord.
Then We shall rescue those who kept from evil, and leave the evil-doers crouching there.”

21
Numbers 23:19, “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should repent. Has he
said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfil it?”
22
I Samuel 15:29, “And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or repent; for he is not a man, that he
should repent.”
23
24
plotters.”
25
Psalm 23, “A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want; he makes me lie down
in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in paths of
righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I
fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table
before me in the presence of my enemies; thou anointest my head with oil, my cup overflows. Surely
goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the
LORD for ever.”
26
Psalm 139:24, “And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!”
27
John14:6, “Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father,
but by me.”
28
Sura 7:178-179, “He whom Allah leadeth, he indeed is led aright, while he whom Allah sendeth
astray - they indeed are losers. Already have We urged unto hell many of the jinn and humankind,
having hearts wherewith they understand not, and having eyes wherewith they see not, and having
ears wherewith they hear not. These are as the cattle - nay, but they are worse! These are the
neglectful.”
29
Sura 13:31, “Already have We urged unto hell many of the jinn and humankind, having hearts
wherewith they understand not, and having eyes wherewith they see not, and having ears wherewith
they hear not. These are as the cattle - nay, but they are worse! These are the neglectful.”
30
Sura 95:4-5, “Surely We created man of the best stature Then we reduced him to the lowest of the
low.”
31
Sura 4:142, “Lo! the hypocrites seek to beguile Allah, but it is He Who beguileth them. When they
stand up to worship they perform it languidly and to be seen of men, and are mindful of Allah but
little.”
32
Sura 39:57, “Or should say: If Allah had but guided me I should have been among the dutiful!”
33
Sura 18:17, “And thou mightest have seen the sun when it rose move away from their cave to the
right, and when it set go past them on the left, and they were in the cleft thereof. That was (one) of the
portents of Allah. He whom Allah guideth, he indeed is led aright, and he whom He sendeth astray,
for him thou wilt not find a guiding friend.”
34
John 10:30, “I and the Father are one.”
35
John 14:9, “Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip?
He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?”
36
Romans 8:9-11, “When ye sought help of your Lord and He answered you (saying): I will help you
with a thousand of the angels, rank on rank. Allah appointed it only as good tidings, and that your
hearts thereby might be at rest. Victory cometh only by the help of Allah. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise.
When He made the slumber fall upon you as a reassurance from him and sent down water from the
sky upon you, that thereby He might purify you, and remove from you the fear of Satan, and make

strong your hearts and firm (your) feet thereby.”
37
38
Sura 5:73, “They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the third of three; when there is no Allah
save the One Allah. If they desist not from so saying a painful doom will fall on those of them who
disbelieve.”
39
Ezekiel 18:4, “Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is
mine: the soul that sins shall die.”
40
Isaiah 65:6, “Behold, it is written before me: "I will not keep silent, but I will repay, yea, I will
repay into their bosom.”
41
Psalm 37:28, “For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. The righteous shall be
preserved for ever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.”
42
Isaiah 30:18, “Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you; therefore he exalts himself to show
mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.”
43
Isaiah 42:1-4, “Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have
put my Spirit upon him, he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry or lift up his voice,
or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not
quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not fail or be discouraged till he has established
justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.”
44
Isaiah 61:8, “For I the LORD love justice, I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them
their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.”
45
Jeremiah 9:24, “But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am
the LORD who practice steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I
delight, says the LORD.”
46
Mathew 16:27, “For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then
he will repay every man for what he has done.”
47
Sura 7:8, “The weighing on that day is the true (weighing). As for those whose scale is heavy, they
are the successful.”
48
Sura 21:47, “And We set a just balance for the Day of Resurrection so that no soul is wronged in
aught. Though it be of the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We bring it. And We suffice for
reckoners.”
49
Sura 23:101-103, “And when the trumpet is blown there will be no kinship among them that day,
nor will they ask of one another. Then those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful. And
those whose scales are light are those who lose their souls, in hell abiding.”
50
Sura 53:32, “Those who avoid enormities of sin and abominations, save the unwilled offences -
(for them) lo! thy Lord is of vast mercy. He is Best Aware of you (from the time) when He created
you from the earth, and when ye were hidden in the bellies of your mothers. Therefor ascribe not
purity unto yourselves. He is Best Aware of him who wardeth off (evil).”
51
52

53
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 17, 504, “Narrated Ibn Mas'ud: A man kissed a woman (unlawfully)
and then went to the Prophet and informed him. Allah revealed: And offer prayers perfectly At the
two ends of the day And in some hours of the night (i.e. the five compulsory prayers). Verily! good
deeds remove (annul) the evil deeds (small sins) (11.114). The man asked Allah's Apostle, "Is it for
me?" He said, "It is for all my followers."
54
Colossians 2:13, “And you, who were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God
made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses.”
55
I John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.”
56
57
58
sin.”
59
60
Psalm 2, “Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set
themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and his anointed, saying, "Let us
burst their bonds asunder, and cast their cords from us." He who sits in the heavens laughs; the
LORD has them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury,
saying, "I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill." I will tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to
me, "You are my son, today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your
heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash
them in pieces like a potter's vessel." Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the
earth. Serve the LORD with fear, with trembling kiss his feet, lest he be angry, and you perish in the
way; for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.”
61
Proverbs 30:4, “Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his
fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!”
62
Matthew 3:17, “And lo, a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am
well pleased."”
63
Matthew 17:5, “He was still speaking, when lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice
from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him."”
64
Sura 112:3-4, “He begetteth not nor was begotten. And there is none comparable unto Him.”
65
Sura 72:1-5, “Say (O Muhammad): It is revealed unto me that a company of the Jinn gave ear, and
they said: Lo! we have heard a marvellous Qur'an, Which guideth unto righteousness, so we believe
in it and we ascribe no partner unto our Lord. And (we believe) that He - exalted be the glory of our
Lord! - hath taken neither wife nor son, And that the foolish one among us used to speak concerning
Allah an atrocious lie. And lo! we had supposed that humankind and jinn would not speak a lie
concerning Allah.”
66
Sura 19:92, “When it is not meet for (the Majesty of) the Beneficent that He should choose a son.”

67
Deuteronomy 32:43, “Praise his people, O you nations; for he avenges the blood of his servants,
and takes vengeance on his adversaries, and makes expiation for the land of his people.”
68
Isaiah 53:12, “Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil
with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet
he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
69
Romans 8:34, “Who is to condemn? Is it Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the
dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us?”
70
Hebrews 7:25, “Consequently he is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through
him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.”
71
Sura 2:186, “And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I answer
the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them hear My call and let them trust in Me,
in order that they may be led aright.”
72
Sura 6:51, “Warn hereby those who fear (because they know) that they will be gathered unto their
Lord, for whom there is no protecting ally nor intercessor beside Him, that they may ward off (evil).”
73
Sura 6:94, “Now have ye come unto Us solitary as We did create you at the first, and ye have left
behind you all that We bestowed upon you, and We behold not with you those your intercessors, of
whom ye claimed that they possessed a share in you. Now is the bond between you severed, and that
which ye presumed hath failed you.”
74
Sura 10:18, “They worship beside Allah that which neither hurteth them nor profiteth them, and
they say: These are our intercessors with Allah. Say: Would ye inform Allah of (something) that He
knoweth not in the heavens or in the earth? Praised be He and High Exalted above all that ye associate
(with Him)!”
75
Sura 32:4, “Allah it is Who created the heavens and the earth, and that which is between them, in
six Days. Then He mounted the Throne. Ye have not, beside Him, a protecting friend or mediator.
Will ye not then remember?”
76
Sura 19:95, “And each one of them will come unto Him on the Day of Resurrection, alone.”
77
Romans 3:25, “Whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This
was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.”
78
I John 2:2, “And he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the
whole world.”
79
I John 4:10, “In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the
expiation for our sins.”
80
Numbers 19:1-2, “Now the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron, "This is the statute of the law
which the LORD has commanded: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in
which there is no blemish, and upon which a yoke has never come.”
81
Exodus 19:6, “And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words
which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
82
Psalm 119:142, “Thy righteousness is righteous for ever, and thy law is true.”
83
Psalm 119:160, “The sum of thy word is truth; and every one of thy righteous ordinances endures
for ever.”
84
Matthew 5:48, “You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
85
I Peter 1:15-16, “But as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; (16)
since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."”
86
Muslim, Book 37, Hadith No. 6622, “Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be

upon him) having said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if you were not to commit sin, Allah would
sweep you out of existence and He would replace (you by) those people who would commit sin and
seek forgiveness from Allah, and He would have pardoned them.”
87
Muslim, Book 37, Hadith No. 6621, “Abu Ayyub Ansari reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: If you were not to commit sins, Allah would have swept you out of
existence and would have replaced you by another people who have committed sin, and then asked
forgiveness from Allah, and He would have granted them pardon.”
88
Muslim, Book 33 Hadith No. 6421, “Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Verily Allah has fixed the very portion of adultery which a man will indulge in, and
which he of necessity must commit. The adultery of the eye is the lustful look, and the adultery of the
tongue is the licentious speech, the heart desires and yearns, which the parts may or may not put into
effect.”
89
Jeremiah 24:7, “I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD; and they shall be my people
and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.”
90
Jeremiah 31:34, “And no longer shall each man teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying,
'Know the LORD,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the LORD;
for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
91
John 10:14, “I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me.”
92
John 14:9, “Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip?
He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?”
93
Romans 8:15, “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have
received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, "Abba! Father!"”
94
Galatians 4:6, “And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts,
crying, "Abba! Father!"”
95
Revelation 21:7, “He who conquers shall have this heritage, and I will be his God and he shall be
my son.”
96
Sura 4:172, “The Messiah will never scorn to be a slave unto Allah, nor will the favoured angels.
Whoever scorns His service and is proud, all such will He assemble unto Him.”
97
Sura 5:118, “If Thou punish them, lo! they are Thy slaves, and if Thou forgive them (lo! they are
Thy slaves). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, the Wise.”
98
Sura 6:18, “He is the Omnipotent over His slaves, and He is the Wise, the Knower.”
99
Sura 7:194, “Lo! those on whom ye call beside Allah are slaves like unto you. Call on them now,
and let them answer you, if ye are truthful!”
100
Sura 15:49, “Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that truly I am the Forgiving, the
Merciful.”
101
Sura 19:93, “There is none in the heavens and the earth but cometh unto the Beneficent as a
slave.”
102
Genesis 17:7, “And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after
you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your
descendants after you.”
103
Exodus 34:6, “The LORD passed before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God
merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.”
104
Deuteronomy 7:9, “Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps
covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand

generations.”
105
Psalm 36:5, “Thy steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, thy faithfulness to the clouds.”
106
Psalm 89:33, “but I will not remove from him my steadfast love, or be false to my faithfulness.”
107
II Timothy 2:13, “if we are faithless, he remains faithful-- for he cannot deny himself.”
108
Hebrews 13:20, “Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the
great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant.”
109
Isaiah 40:8, “The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever.”
110
Matthew 24:35, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”
111
Luke 21:33, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”
112
Numbers 23:19, “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should repent. Has he
said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfil it?”
113
114
Sura 28:59, “And never did thy Lord destroy the townships, till He had raised up in their mother(-
town) a messenger reciting unto them Our revelations. And never did We destroy the townships
unless the folk thereof were evil-doers.”
115
116
Sura 13:39, “Allah effaceth what He will, and establisheth (what He will), and with Him is the
source of ordinance.”
117
Sura 17:86, “And if We willed We could withdraw that which We have revealed unto thee, then
wouldst thou find no guardian for thee against Us in respect thereof.”
118
Sura 87:6-8, “He is created from a gushing fluid That issued from between the loins and ribs. Lo!
He verily is Able to return him (unto life).”
119
Sura 8:30, And when those who disbelieve plot against thee (O Muhammad) to wound thee
plotters.
120
Isaiah 53:9, “And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although
he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.”
121
122
123
Sura 21:91, “And she who was chaste, therefor We breathed into her (something) of Our Spirit
124
Sura 66:12, “And Mary, daughter of 'Imran, whose body was chaste, therefor We breathed therein
something of Our Spirit. And she put faith in the words of her Lord and His scriptures, and was of the
obedient.”

125
Matthew 28:19, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
126
Sura 5:17, “They indeed have disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. Say:
Who then can do aught against Allah, if He had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his
mother and everyone on earth? Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is
between them. He createth what He will. And Allah is Able to do all things.”
127
Sura 5:72, “They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah
(himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoso ascribeth
partners unto Allah, for him Allah hath forbidden paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evil-doers there
will be no helpers.”
128
Sura 3:61, “And whoso disputeth with thee concerning him, after the knowledge which hath come
unto thee, say (unto him): Come! We will summon our sons and your sons, and our women and your
women, and ourselves and yourselves, then we will pray humbly (to our Lord) and (solemnly) invoke
the curse of Allah upon those who lie.”
129
Sura 9:31, “They have taken as lords beside Allah their rabbis and their monks and the Messiah
son of Mary, when they were bidden to worship only One Allah. There is no Allah save Him. Be He
Glorified from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!”
130
John 1:18, “No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has
made him known.”
131
John 14:6-9, “Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the
Father, but by me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you
know him and have seen him." Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be
satisfied." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He
who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?”
132
Galatians 3:26, “For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.”
133
Galatians 4:6, “And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts,
crying, "Abba! Father!"”
134
Hebrews 1:1-2, “In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; but in
these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom
also he created the world.”
135
I John 5:1, “Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and every one who
loves the parent loves the child.”
136
Revelation 21:7, “He who conquers shall have this heritage, and I will be his God and he shall be
my son.”
137
Sura 46:9, “Say, I am no new thing among the messengers (of Allah), nor know I what will be
done with me or with you. I do but follow that which is inspired in me, and I am but a plain warner.”
138
Allah! I ask for forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a
day."”
139
140
141

sin.”
142
143
Psalm 51:6, “Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my
secret heart.”
144
Numbers 15:31, “Because he has despised the word of the LORD, and has broken his
commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him."”
145
James 2:10, “For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of
it.”
146
Sura 53:32, “Those who avoid enormities of sin and abominations, save the unwilled offences -
(for them) lo! thy Lord is of vast mercy. He is Best Aware of you (from the time) when He created
you from the earth, and when ye were hidden in the bellies of your mothers. Therefore ascribe not
purity unto yourselves. He is Best Aware of him who wardeth off (evil).”
147
148
149
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith Nos. 17, 504, “Narrated Ibn Mas'ud: A man kissed a woman (unlawfully)
and then went to the Prophet and informed him. Allah revealed: And offer prayers perfectly At the
two ends of the day And in some hours of the night (i.e. the five compulsory prayers). Verily! good
deeds remove (annul) the evil deeds (small sins) (11.114). The man asked Allah's Apostle, "Is it for
me?" He said, "It is for all my followers."”
150
Revelation 21:8, “But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators,
sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is
the second death.”
Contradictions in the Qur’an
Islam teaches that the Qur’an is perfect in every respect. Muslims believe that Muhammad was
illiterate (Sura 7:1571) and that it was therefore not possible humanly speaking for him to produce
such a work. Moreover, Allah teaches that it contains no contradiction, and that these facts prove
that the Qur’an is of divine origin (Sura 4:822).
This tract aims to provide a small and incomplete selection of verses (due to the limited space) to
challenge the assumption that the Qur’an is perfect.
Special note: Within Islam, there is a doctrine called Abrogation (substituting one teaching for
another); but even abrogated verses are, in our view, still examples of contradictions. For more
information on Abrogation in Islam and its contrast with the Old and New Testaments please refer to
our tract Authenticity of the Bible.
Since Muslims the world over consider the Qur’an their book from Allah we need to check out its
claims.
The numerous contradictions it contains can be categorized into six (6) groups:
1. Scientific Contradictions
2. Historical Contradictions
3. Geographical Contradictions
4. Theological / Ethical Contradictions

5. Contradictions with the Biblical statement
6. Internal Contradictions
Scientific Contradictions
Sura 27:18-193 records that King Solomon overheard a conversation between ants. This is
scientifically impossible as ants use smell, not sound, to communicate and the context of the story
indicates that this is not a miracle of Allah!
Sura 51:494 reveals that everything was made in pairs. Whilst there are many things that are made in
pairs, there are many that have no counterpart, and there are species where there is only one gender
such as starfish and sea anemones.
Sura 18:85-865 reveals that the Sun sets in a muddy pool.
Historical Contradictions
Sura 20:85-876, 95-977 reveals that a Samaritan molded the calf that the Israelites worshiped in
Moses’ time. This is an historical impossibility as Samaritans wouldn’t exist for another 500-700
years. Sura 28:388 states that Haman was a chief minister of Pharaoh in Egypt. Historically, Haman
was the minister of a Persian King, Ahasuerus, called King Xerxes I by the Greeks. He lived about a
thousand years after the time of Moses, but the Qur’an says this Persian minister, Haman, lived in
Egypt at the time of Moses.
Sura 66:129 reveals that Mary [the Biblical Miriam and sister of Aaron and Moses] is the same as the
virgin Mary [the mother of Jesus]. Some Muslim scholars try to explain that Mary was only a sister/
daughter in a figurative sense because Aaron and Mary were both saints. To the ill-informed, it
sounds plausible, but in fact this is not the case at all. Sura 3:32-3510 relates that Imran’s [the father of
Aaron] family was one of the preferred above all creation. Imran’s wife fell pregnant and gave birth to
Mary, who became mother of Jesus. More than 1500 years separated Mary the mother of Jesus, and
Miriam [Aaron and Moses’ sister].
Geographical Contradictions
Sura 36:37-3811 reveals that the sun goes to a place of rest at night. Baidawi said that the phrase, ‘the
sun runs to a fixed resting place’, means to a certain limit at which its daily cycle comes to an end.
Sura 18:86 Till, when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring,
and found a people thereabout. Even school children know that it is the earth that moves, not the sun.
Sura 2:18712 commands Muslims to fast between sunrise and sunset. How is this possible near the
North and South Poles when the sun doesn’t go below the horizon for months at a time?
Theological/Ethical Contradictions
Sura 5:11613; 4:17114 and 5:7315 reveal that Christians allegedly believe that there are three gods: God,
Mary and Jesus. Consequently, Muhammad repeated over and over that God is one. However, no
Christian believes that there are three Gods. In fact, they expressly deny it, while affirming their belief
in the Trinity. Sura 6:1216 reveals that people are to be blamed for belief and disbelief but, in Sura
10:10017, Allah is responsible.
In Sura 31:1518, a Muslim is permitted to keep some sort of kindly relation with non-Muslim parents.
However, in Sura 9:2319, a Muslim is not allowed to befriend unbelieving parents.
Sura 4:7820 reveals that both good and evil come from Allah; but in Sura 4:7921 only good comes from
Allah.
Adultery is forbidden in Sura 25:6822 and 60:1223. But in Sura 24:3324, Allah allows non-forced
prostitution and concubines in Sura 70:29-3225.
There is no compulsion in Islam according to Sura 2:25626; but in Sura 9:527, 8:3928, 6529, and 6730,
Allah commands Muslims to fight against unbelievers until they either convert or die.
Murder is forbidden in Sura 5:3031 etc, but murder for the sake of Allah is permitted against
unbelievers, e.g. Sura 9:532; 8:3933, 6534, 6735; 2:19136, 21737.
Contradictions with the Bible

Because Muslims believe that the Christian Bible is corrupt, they have no problem with the Qur’an
contradicting the Bible - but this denies that Allah is capable of protecting his word.
Internal Contradictions
Muhammad claimed to be the first Muslim (Sura 6:1438, 161-16439; 39:11-1240). But in Sura 30:3041
and 7:17242 everyone is born a Muslim and many people are described as Muslims: Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob (2:12743-133; 3:6744); Jesus (Sura 3:5245); the disciples of Jesus (3:5246; 5:110-11147);
Solomon (27:30-3148, 42,4449); Moses the first of believers (7:14350); Moses’ mother (28:751); Aaron
(7:121-12252); others at the same time as Moses and Aaron (40:28-3853) and all Jews before they went
astray (22:7854) etc. In fact, all the prophets were Muslims (see Sura 2:14055; 3:8156).
On the one hand there is a minimum age of marriage (Sura 4:657) [usually regarded as puberty or 15
years of age], but Sura 65:458 contains directives for the divorce of girls who are too immature to
menstruate. Sura 2:22159 forbids Muslims marrying non-Muslims but Sura 5:560 allows it.
According to Sura 2:10661 and 16:10162, Allah changes his revelations with something better; but in
Sura 10:6563, there is no change in the word of Allah. Sura 2:10664 teaches that Allah causes people to
forget his commandments/revelation whereas Sura 6:6865 says the devil causes them to forget Allah’s
command not to sit with disbelievers.
In Sura 2:12266; 2:4767; 44:30-3268; 45:1669; Allah prefers Jews above all people, but in 62:670, it
appears that he disapproves of them, threatening them with death and turning them into pigs and
monkeys (Sura 5:6071; 2:6572; 98:673 etc).
Sura 3:5574 teaches those who follow Jesus [Christians] are above those who disbelieve till the
Last Day and 2:6275 teaches that Christians will not grieve on the Day of Judgment—but in 98:676
Allah reveals that Christians are the worst of all creatures and abide in hell.
In Sura 4:4877, 11678 teaches that Allah can forgive every sin except ascribing a partner to him; but in
6:76-7879 Abraham ascribed a star, the moon, and the sun to Allah, but Allah still forgave him.
Moreover, in 4:15380, the Israelites worshiped the calf and Allah forgave them.
Muslims are to get truth and wisdom confirmed from Christians and Jews (Sura 10:9481 and 5:4782),
but in Sura 9:3083; 2:6584; and 98:685, Christians and Jews are deluded!
The Qur’an claims that none can change the Word of God. (Sura 6:115-11686; 10:6587; 18:27-2888;
48:2389). However, as seen earlier, the Qurán teaches that the Jews corrupted the words of the
Scriptures (Sura 2:41-4290; 3:7191, 3:7892, 4:4693) and even Allah needed to change his words (Sura
2:10694; 16:10195). Sura 22:5296 admits that Satan sometimes influences the content of the revelation,
but Allah abolishes it.
Conclusion
These are just some of a plethora of internal contradictions. If God can so change his mind, his
promises cannot be trusted with certainty. The God of Christians, however, cannot lie (Titus 1:297
etc.) and promises eternal life (Titus 1:2 and others). More than that, he promises that you can become
a child of His (John 1:1298). God makes many promises throughout Scripture, and asks to be held to
them. The most important promise in Scripture is that “all who call on the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ shall be saved.” (Acts 2:21).
References
1
Sura 7:157, “Those who follow the messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, whom
they will find described in the Torah and the Gospel (which are) with them. He will enjoin on them
that which is right and forbid them that which is wrong. He will make lawful for them all good things
and prohibit for them only the foul; and he will relieve them of their burden and the fetters that they
used to wear. Then those who believe in him, and honour him, and help him, and follow the light
which is sent down with him: they are the successful.”
2
Sura 4:82, “Will they not then ponder on the Qur'an? If it had been from other than Allah they
would have found therein much incongruity.”
3
Sura 27:18-19, “Till, when they reached the Valley of the Ants, an ant exclaimed: O ants! Enter
your dwellings lest Solomon and his armies crush you, unperceiving. And (Solomon) smiled,
laughing at her speech, and said: My Lord, arouse me to be thankful for Thy favour wherewith Thou
hast favoured me and my parents, and to do good that shall be pleasing unto Thee, and include me in
(the number of) Thy righteous slaves.”
4
Sura 51:49, “And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.”
5
Sura 18:85-86, “And he followed a road Till, when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he found
it setting in a muddy spring, and found a people thereabout. We said: O Dhu'l-Qarneyn! Either punish
or show them kindness.”
6
Sura 20:85-87, “He said: Lo! We have tried thy folk in thine absence, and As-Samiri [the Samarian]
hath misled them. Then Moses went back unto his folk, angry and sad. He said: O my people! Hath
not your Lord promised you a fair promise? Did the time appointed then appear too long for you, or
did ye wish that wrath from your Lord should come upon you, that ye broke tryst with me? They said:
We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were laden with burdens of ornaments of the
folk, then cast them (in the fire), for thus As-Samiri [the Samarian] proposed.”
7
Sura 20:95-97, “(Moses) said: And what hast thou to say, O Samiri? [Samarian] He said: I
perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful from the footsteps of the messenger, and then
threw it in. Thus my soul commended to me. (Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to
say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of
which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea.”
8
Sura 28:38, “And Pharaoh said: O chiefs! I know not that ye have a god other than me, so kindle for
me (a fire), O Haman, to bake the mud; and set up for me a lofty tower in order that I may survey the
god of Moses; and lo! I deem him of the liars.”
9
Sura 66:12, “And Mary, daughter of 'Imran, whose body was chaste, therefor We breathed therein
something of Our Spirit. And she put faith in the words of her Lord and His scriptures, and was of the
obedient.”
10
Sura 3:32-35, “Say: Obey Allah and the messenger. But if they turn away, lo! Allah loveth not the
disbelievers (in His guidance). Lo! Allah preferred Adam and Noah and the Family of Abraham and
the Family of 'Imran above (all His) creatures.”
11
Sura 36:37-38, “And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the
Mighty, the Wise.”
12
Sura 2:187, “It is made lawful for you to go in unto your wives on the night of the fast. They are
raiment for you and ye are raiment for them. Allah is Aware that ye were deceiving yourselves in this
respect and He hath turned in mercy toward you and relieved you. So hold intercourse with them and

seek that which Allah hath ordained for you, and eat and drink until the white thread becometh
distinct to you from the black thread of the dawn. Then strictly observe the fast till nightfall and touch
them not, but be at your devotions in the mosques. These are the limits imposed by Allah, so approach
them not. Thus Allah expoundeth His revelation to mankind that they may ward off (evil).”
13
14
15
Sura 5:73, “They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the third of three; when there is no Allah
save the One Allah. If they desist not from so saying a painful doom will fall on those of them who
disbelieve.”
16
Sura 6:12, “Say: Unto whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth? Say: Unto
Allah. He hath prescribed for Himself mercy, that He may bring you all together to the Day of
Resurrection whereof there is no doubt. Those who ruin their souls will not believe.”
17
Sura 10:100, “It is not for any soul to believe save by the permission of Allah. He hath set
uncleanness upon those who have no sense.”
18
Sura 31:15, “But if they strive with thee to make thee ascribe unto Me as partner that of which thou
hast no knowledge, then obey them not. Consort with them in the world kindly, and follow the path of
him who repenteth unto Me. Then unto Me will be your return, and I shall tell you what ye used to
do.”
19
20
Sura 4:78, “Wheresoever ye may be, death will overtake you, even though ye were in lofty towers.
Yet if a happy thing befalleth them they say: This is from Allah; and if an evil thing befalleth them
they say: This is of thy doing (O Muhammad). Say (unto them): All is from Allah. What is amiss with
these people that they come not nigh to understand a happening?”
21
Sura 4:79, “Whatever of good befalleth thee (O man) it is from Allah, and whatever of ill befalleth
thee it is from thyself. We have sent thee (Muhammad) as a messenger unto mankind and Allah is
sufficient as Witness.”
22
Sura 25:68, “And those who cry not unto any other god along with Allah, nor take the life which
Allah hath forbidden save in (course of) justice, nor commit adultery - and whoso doeth this shall pay
the penalty.”
23
Sura 60:12, “O Prophet! If believing women come unto thee, taking oath of allegiance unto thee
that they will ascribe no thing as partner unto Allah, and will neither steal nor commit adultery nor kill
their children, nor produce any lie that they have devised between their hands and feet, nor disobey
thee in what is right, then accept their allegiance and ask Allah to forgive them. Lo! Allah is
Forgiving, Merciful.”
24

25
Sura 70:29-32, “And those who preserve their chastity Save with their wives and those whom their
right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy; But whoso seeketh more than that, those are
they who are transgressors; And those who keep their pledges and their covenant.”
26
27
28
29
Sura 8:65, “O Prophet! Exhort the believers to fight. If there be of you twenty steadfast they shall
overcome two hundred, and if there be of you a hundred (steadfast) they shall overcome a thousand of
those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are a folk without intelligence.”
30
Sura 8:67, “It is not for any prophet to have captives until he hath made slaughter in the land. Ye
desire the lure of this world and Allah desireth (for you) the Hereafter, and Allah is Mighty, Wise.”
31
Sura 5:30, “But (the other's) mind imposed on him the killing of his brother, so he slew him and
became one of the losers.”
32
33
34
Sura 8:65, “O Prophet! Exhort the believers to fight. If there be of you twenty steadfast they shall
overcome two hundred, and if there be of you a hundred (steadfast) they shall overcome a thousand of
those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are a folk without intelligence.”
35
Sura 8:67, “It is not for any prophet to have captives until he hath made slaughter in the land. Ye
desire the lure of this world and Allah desireth (for you) the Hereafter, and Allah is Mighty, Wise.”
36
Sura 2:191, “And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they
drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter. And fight not with them at the Inviolable Place
of Worship until they first attack you there, but if they attack you (there) then slay them. Such is the
reward of disbelievers.”
37
Sura 2:217, “They ask you concerning fighting in the Sacred Months (i.e. 1st, 7th, 11th and 12th
months of the Islamic calendar). Say, "Fighting therein is a great (transgression) but a greater
(transgression) with Allah is to prevent mankind from following the Way of Allah, to disbelieve in
Him, to prevent access to Al-Masjid-al-Haram (at Makkah), and to drive out its inhabitants, and Al-
Fitnah is worse than killing. And they will never cease fighting you until they turn you back from
your religion (Islamic Monotheism) if they can. And whosoever of you turns back from his religion
and dies as a disbeliever, then his deeds will be lost in this life and in the Hereafter, and they will be
the dwellers of the Fire. They will abide therein forever."”
38
Sura 6:14, “Say: Shall I choose for a protecting friend other than Allah, the Originator of the
heavens and the earth, Who feedeth and is never fed? Say: I am ordered to be the first to surrender

(unto Him). And be not thou (O Muhammad) of the idolaters.”
39
Sura 6:161-164, “Say: Lo! As for me, my Lord hath guided me unto a straight path, a right
religion, the community of Abraham, the upright, who was no idolater. Say: Lo! my worship and my
sacrifice and my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the Worlds. He hath no partner. This am I
commanded, and I am first of those who surrender (unto Him).”
40
Sura 39:11-12, “Say (O Muhammad): Lo! I am commanded to worship Allah, making religion
pure for Him (only). And I am commanded to be the first of those who are Muslims (surrender unto
Him).”
41
Sura 30:30, “So set thy purpose (O Muhammad) for religion as a man by nature upright - the nature
(framed) of Allah, in which He hath created man. There is no altering (the laws of) Allah's creation.
That is the right religion, but most men know not.”
42
Sura 7:172, “And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the children of Adam, from their
reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea,
verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! Of this we were
unaware.”
43
Sura 2:127, “And when Abraham and Ishmael were raising the foundations of the House,
(Abraham prayed): Our Lord! Accept from us (this duty). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Hearer, the
Knower. Our Lord! And make us submissive unto Thee and of our seed a nation submissive unto
Thee, and show us our ways of worship, and relent toward us.”
44
Sura 3:67, “Abraham was not a Jew, nor yet a Christian; but he was an upright man who had
surrendered (to Allah), and he was not of the idolaters.”
45
Sura 3:52, “But when Jesus became conscious of their disbelief, he cried: Who will be my helpers
in the cause of Allah? The disciples said: We will be Allah's helpers. We believe in Allah, and bear
thou witness that we have surrendered (unto Him).”
46
Sura 3:52, “But when Jesus became conscious of their disbelief, he cried: Who will be my helpers
in the cause of Allah? The disciples said: We will be Allah's helpers. We believe in Allah, and bear
thou witness that we have surrendered (unto Him).”
47
Sura 5:110-111, “When Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! … ; And when I inspired the disciples,
(saying): Believe in Me and in My messenger, they said: We believe. Bear witness that we have
surrendered (unto Thee) "we are Muslims".”
48
Sura 27:30-31, “Lo! it is from Solomon, and lo! it is: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful; Exalt not yourselves against me, but come unto me as those who surrender.”
49
Sura 27:42, 44, “So, when she came, it was said (unto her): Is thy throne like this? She said: (It is)
as though it were the very one. And (Solomon said): We were given the knowledge before her and we
had surrendered (to Allah). Sura 27:44 It was said unto her: Enter the hall. And when she saw it she
deemed it a pool and bared her legs. (Solomon) said: Lo! it is a hall, made smooth, of glass.”
50
Sura 7:143, “And when Moses came to Our appointed tryst and his Lord had spoken unto him, he
said: My Lord! Show me (Thy Self), that I may gaze upon Thee. He said: Thou wilt not see Me, but
gaze upon the mountain! If it stand still in its place, then thou wilt see Me. And when his Lord
revealed (His) glory to the mountain He sent it crashing down. And Moses fell down senseless. And
when he woke he said: Glory unto Thee! I turn unto Thee repentant, and I am the first of (true)
believers.”
51
Sura 28:7, “And We inspired the mother of Moses, saying: Suckle him and, when thou fearest for
him, then cast him into the river and fear not nor grieve. Lo! We shall bring him back unto thee and
shall make him (one) of Our messengers.”

52
Sura 7:121-122, “Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds, The Lord of Moses and Aaron.”
53
Sura 40:28-38, “And a believing man of Pharaoh's family, who hid his faith, said: Would ye kill a
man because he saith: My Lord is Allah, and hath brought you clear proofs from your Lord? If he is
lying, then his lie is upon him; and if he is truthful, then some of that wherewith he threateneth you
will strike you. Lo! Allah guideth not one who is a prodigal, a liar. O my people! Yours is the
kingdom to-day, ye being uppermost in the land. But who would save us from the wrath of Allah
should it reach us? Pharaoh said: I do but show you what I think, and I do but guide you to wise
policy. And he who believed said: O my people! Lo! I fear for you a fate like that of the factions (of
old); A plight like that of Noah's folk, and A'ad and Thamud, and those after them, and Allah willeth
no injustice for (His) slaves. And, O my people! Lo! I fear for you a Day of Summoning, A day when
ye will turn to flee, having no preserver from Allah: and he whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there
is no guide. And verily Joseph brought you of old clear proofs, yet ye ceased not to be in doubt
concerning what he brought you till, when he died, ye said: Allah will not send any messenger after
him. Thus Allah deceiveth him who is a prodigal, a doubter. Those who wrangle concerning the
revelations of Allah without any warrant that hath come unto them, it is greatly hateful in the sight of
Allah and in the sight of those who believe. Thus doth Allah print on every arrogant, disdainful heart.
And Pharaoh said: O Haman! Build for me a tower that haply I may reach the roads, The roads of the
heavens, and may look upon the god of Moses, though verily I think him a liar. Thus was the evil that
he did made fairseeming unto Pharaoh, and he was debarred from the (right) way. The plot of Pharaoh
ended but in ruin. And he who believed said: O my people! Follow me. I will show you the way of
right conduct.”
54
Sura 22:78, “And strive for Allah with the endeavour which is His right. He hath chosen you and
hath not laid upon you in religion any hardship; the faith of your father Abraham (is yours). He hath
named you Muslims of old time and in this (Scripture), that the messenger may be a witness against
you, and that ye may be witnesses against mankind. So establish worship, pay the poor-due, and hold
fast to Allah. He is your Protecting friend. A blessed Patron and a blessed Helper!”
55
Sura 2:140, “Or say ye that Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes were Jews
or Christians? Say: Do ye know best, or doth Allah? And who is more unjust than he who hideth a
testimony which he hath received from Allah? Allah is not unaware of what ye do.”
56
Sura 3:81, “Sura 3:81 When Allah made (His) covenant with the prophets, (He said): Behold that
which I have given you of the Scripture and knowledge. And afterward there will come unto you a
messenger, confirming that which ye possess. Ye shall believe in him and ye shall help him. He said:
Do ye agree, and will ye take up My burden (which I lay upon you) in this (matter)? They answered:
We agree. He said: Then bear ye witness. I will be a witness with you.”
57
Sura 4:6, “Prove orphans till they reach the marriageable age; then, if ye find them of sound
judgment, deliver over unto them their fortune.”
58
Sura 65:4, “And those of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for them the
'Iddah (prescribed period), if you have doubts (about their periods), is three months, and for those who
have no courses [(i.e. they are still immature) their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is three months likewise,
except in case of death] . And for those who are pregnant (whether they are divorced or their husbands
are dead), their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is until they deliver (their burdens), and whosoever fears
Allâh and keeps his duty to Him, He will make his matter easy for him. (The Noble Qur’an Translated
by Al-Hilali and Khan).”
59
Sura 2:221, “Wed not idolatresses till they believe; for lo! a believing bondwoman is better than an
idolatress though she please you; and give not your daughters in marriage to idolaters till they believe,
for lo! a believing slave is better than an idolater though he please you. These invite unto the Fire, and
Allah inviteth unto the Garden, and unto forgiveness by His grace, and expoundeth His revelations to
mankind that haply they may remember.”

60
Sura 5:5, “This day are (all) good things made lawful for you. The food of those who have received
the Scripture is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them. And so are the virtuous women of
the believers and the virtuous women of those who received the Scripture before you (lawful for you)
when ye give them their marriage portions and live with them in honour, not in fornication, nor taking
them as secret concubines. Whoso denieth the faith, his work is vain and he will be among the losers
in the Hereafter.”
61
things?”
62
63
Sura 10:65, “And let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! power belongeth wholly to
Allah. He is the Hearer, the Knower.”
64
things?”
65
Sura 6:68, “And when thou seest those who meddle with Our revelations, withdraw from them
until they meddle with another topic. And if the devil cause thee to forget, sit not, after the
remembrance, with the congregation of wrong-doers.”
66
67
68
Sura 44:30-32, “And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom; (We delivered
them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones. And We chose them, purposely, above
(all) creatures.”
69
Sura 45:16, “And verily we gave the Children of Israel the Scripture and the Command and the
Prophethood, and provided them with good things and favoured them above (all) peoples.”
70
Sura 62:6, “Say (O Muhammad): O ye who are Jews! If ye claim that ye are favoured of Allah
apart from (all) mankind, then long for death if ye are truthful.”
71
Sura 5:60, “Shall I tell thee of a worse (case) than theirs for retribution with Allah? (Worse is the
case of him) whom Allah hath cursed, him on whom His wrath hath fallen and of whose sort Allah
hath turned some to apes and swine, and who serveth idols. Such are in worse plight and further astray
from the plain road.”
72
Sura 2:65, “And ye know of those of you who broke the Sabbath, how We said unto them: Be ye
apes, despised and hated!”
73
Sura 98:6, “Verily, those who disbelieve (in the religion of Islam, the Qur'an and Prophet
Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) from among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and
Al-Mushrikun will abide in the Fire of Hell. They are the worst of creatures.”
74
Sura 3:55, “(And remember) when Allah said: O Jesus! Lo! I am gathering thee and causing thee to
ascend unto Me, and am cleansing thee of those who disbelieve and am setting those who follow thee
above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then unto Me ye will (all) return, and I
shall judge between you as to that wherein ye used to differ.”
75
Sura 2:62, “Lo! Those who believe (in that which is revealed unto thee, Muhammad), and those
who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabaeans - whoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth

right - surely their reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they
grieve.”
76
Sura 98:6, “Lo! those who disbelieve, among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters, will
abide in fire of hell. They are the worst of created beings.”
77
sin. Sura 4:116 Lo! Allah pardoneth not that partners should be ascribed unto Him. He pardoneth all
78
79
Sura 6:76-78, “When the night grew dark upon him he beheld a star. He said: This is my Lord. But
when it set, he said: I love not things that set. And when he saw the moon uprising, he exclaimed:
This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: Unless my Lord guide me, I surely shall become one of the
folk who are astray. And when he saw the sun uprising, he cried: This is my Lord! This is greater!
And when it set he exclaimed: O my people! Lo! I am free from all that ye associate (with Him).”
80
Sura 4:153, “The people of the Scripture ask of thee that thou shouldst cause an (actual) Book to
descend upon them from heaven. They asked a greater thing of Moses aforetime, for they said: Show
us Allah plainly. The storm of lightning seized them for their wickedness. Then (even) after that) they
chose the calf (for worship) after clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) had come unto them. And We
forgave them that! And We bestowed on Moses evident authority.”
81
Sura 10:94, “And if thou (Muhammad) art in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto thee,
then question those who read the Scripture (that was) before thee. Verily the Truth from thy Lord hath
come unto thee. So be not thou of the waverers.”
82
Sura 5:47, “Let the People of the Gospel judge by that which Allah hath revealed therein. Whoso
judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are evil-livers.”
83
Sura 9:30, “And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the
son of Allah. That is their saying with their mouths. They imitate the saying of those who disbelieved
of old. Allah (Himself) fighteth against them. How perverse are they!”
84
Sura 2:65, “And ye know of those of you who broke the Sabbath, how We said unto them: Be ye
apes, despised and hated!”
85
Sura 98:6, “Lo! those who disbelieve, among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters, will
abide in fire of hell. They are the worst of created beings.”
86
Sura 6:115-116, “Perfected is the Word of thy Lord in truth and justice. There is naught that can
change His words. He is the Hearer, the Knower. If thou obeyedst most of those on earth they would
mislead thee far from Allah's way. They follow naught but an opinion, and they do but guess.”
87
Sura 10:65, “And let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! power belongeth wholly to
Allah. He is the Hearer, the Knower.”
88
Sura 18:27-28, “And recite that which hath been revealed unto thee of the Scripture of thy Lord.
There is none who can change His words, and thou wilt find no refuge beside Him. Restrain thyself
along with those who cry unto their Lord at morn and evening, seeking His Countenance; and let not
thine eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp of the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart
We have made heedless of Our remembrance, who followeth his own lust and whose case hath been
abandoned.”
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90
Sura 2:41-42, “And believe in that which I reveal, confirming that which ye possess already (of the
and keep your duty unto Me. Confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth.”
91
Sura 3:71, “O People of the Scripture! Why confound ye truth with falsehood and knowingly
conceal the truth?”
92
Sura 3:78, “And lo! there is a party of them who distort the Scripture with their tongues, that ye
may think that what they say is from the Scripture, when it is not from the Scripture. And they say: It
is from Allah, when it is not from Allah; and they speak a lie concerning Allah knowingly.”
93
Sura 4:46, “Some of those who are Jews alter words from their places and say, We have heard and
we disobey; and (say), Hear without being made to hear, and (say), Raina, distorting with their
tongues and slandering religion. And if they had said, We hear and we obey, and hearken, and
(understand), it would have been better for them and more upright; but Allah has cursed them on
account of their disbelief, so they believe not but a little.”
94
things?”
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96
Sura 22:52, “Never sent We a messenger or a prophet before thee but when He recited (the
message) Satan proposed (opposition) in respect of that which he recited thereof. But Allah abolisheth
that which Satan proposeth. Then Allah establisheth His revelations. Allah is Knower, Wise.”
97
Titus 1:2, “in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago.”
98
John 1:12, “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God,
even to those who believe in His name.”
Jesus in the Qur’an
Jesus has impacted history uniquely. Jesus [‘Isa or ‘Iesa] is claimed to be the promised Messiah by
both Christians (John 1:411, 4:25-302, Acts 3:203, Ephesians 2:12,134) and Muslims (Sura 3:455,
4:171-1726). It is important to understand who Jesus was and who He claimed to be when He took on
the role of Messiah.
Messiah means ‘anointed one’ in Hebrew and Aramaic Even today, Jews still wait for the Messiah,
but Christians and Muslims know who the Messiah is: Jesus, son of the virgin Mary.
The Messiah was unique among all the prophets of God, only He is considered anointed by God - no
other prophet had this type of Divine anointing. In fact, John the Baptist declared that he wasn’t
worthy to untie the Messiah’s sandals (John 1:277). Let’s look at what the Qur’an says about the
qualities of this Messiah.
Jesus was Born of a Virgin

Jesus was born of a virgin. He had no earthly father.
Sura 21:91: ‘And (remember) her [Mary] who guarded her chastity: We breathed into her of Our
spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for all peoples.’ (see Sura 3:45, 478; 4:1719 and Matthew
1:2310; Isaiah 7:1411)
Jesus was Sinless

Sura 3:46, ‘He [Jesus] will speak unto mankind in his cradle and in his manhood, and he is of the
righteous.’
Sura 3:46 says that Jesus was righteous from childhood to manhood. In other words, He never sinned.
The Bible says Jesus challenged His enemies to prove that He had committed even one sin:
John 8:46, “Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me?” (see
Isaiah 53:912; Hebrews 4:1513; 7:2614; I Peter 1:1915; 2:2216; and Revelation 19:1117)
Many Muslims believe that God’s prophets were all without sin, but reading the Qur’an carefully
reveals that this is not the case. Prophets confessed their sins and were asked to repent of them—
prophets such as:
• Adam (Sura 2:33-3718; 7:2319, 189-19020; 20:119-12121)
• Noah (Sura 11:46-4822)
• Abraham (Sura 2:26023; 6:75-7924; 21:57-6525; 26:69-8226)
• Moses (Sura 26:18-2127; 28:15-1628)
• Aaron (Sura 7:150-15129; 20:92-9430)
• Muhammad (Sura 4:105-10631; 40:5532; 47:1933; 48:1-234; Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 31935
and 407)
The Qur’an, however, does record that Jesus was sinless - Sura 19:19, “(The angel) said: ‘I am only a
Messenger from your Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a righteous son.’” (see Sura 3:3636;
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 50637, 64138, 651-65239)
The word “righteous” comes from the word meaning to purify. What purpose did God have in
keeping Jesus sinless? What did Jesus need to purify? In answer to these questions, we read in the
Gospels that Jesus came to save people from their sins (Matthew 1:20-2140).
Jesus Performed Many Miracles

Sura 5:11041 records that Jesus healed lepers and blind people and even raised the dead.
Jesus is a Sign of God for ALL Mankind

See Sura 21:9142; 19:2143 and 43:6144.
Jesus is Illustrious in this World and the Hereafter

Sura 3:45, ‘(And remember) when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah gives you glad tidings of a
Hereafter, and one of those brought near (unto Allah).’
Note this carefully - the Qur’an reveals that Jesus is illustrious in this world and the Hereafter. He has
been highly exalted by Allah!
Jesus is the World of God and the Spirit of God

Look again at Sura 3:45. Note this time that Jesus (‘Iesa) is a word from/of God [kalam-at-ullah]. If
someone is the Word of God, what does this mean?!
Sura 66:12, ‘And Mary, daughter of 'Imran, whose body was chaste, therefore We breathed therein
something of Our Spirit [Ruhullah]. And she put faith in the words of her Lord and His scriptures,
and was of the obedient.’ (see Sura 21:9145 and 4:17146 and Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 64447)
What does it mean to have something of the Spirit of God? Is anyone else called the Word of God or
the Spirit of God? These two unique titles are given to Jesus only and no one else.
Jesus taught what Muhammad was commanded to believe the

Torah and Gospels.
Sura 2:28548 and 4:13649 commands Muhammad and all Muslims to believe in the Scriptures (plural)
that God had sent to the prophets before Muhammad. How can you believe in them without reading
or knowing what is in them?
Sura 5:43-4750 commands Muslims to judge the Christians and Jews by the Gospel [Injil] and the
Torah. How can Muslims evaluate Christians if they haven’t read these books?
Sura 3:50, “And I [Jesus] have come confirming that which was before me of the Taurât (Torah), and
to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden to you, and I have come to you with a proof from
your Lord. So fear Allâh and obey me.” (see Sura 2:4151; 2:9752; 3:353; 6:9254; 43:61-6355; 46:1256)
In Sura 3:50, Jesus says that he came to confirm the Torah for His followers. The Christians have the
Torah in their Bibles and read it and apply the principles to their lives. Do you read the Torah? Do
you obey Jesus? Can you obey Jesus without knowing His teachings? If the commandment to worship
only one God was found in the Scriptures from Moses’ time (Deuteronomy 6:457), what was the new
teaching that Jesus brought? Where can you find the teachings of Jesus?
Allah promises Paradise to Jesus’ Followers

Sura 3:55, “(And remember) when Allah said: O Jesus! Lo! I am gathering you and causing you to
ascend unto Me, and am cleansing you of those who disbelieve and am setting those who follow you
above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then unto Me you will (all) return, and I
shall judge between you as to that wherein you used to differ.”
This aya (or verse) teaches two things:
1. Jesus is in heaven (see also Sura 19:31, 3358).
2. Everyone who follows Jesus will be first in God’s mind.
While Muslims can be sure that Jesus is in Heaven, they cannot be certain that anyone else will surely
go to Paradise because even Muhammad didn’t know what Allah would do with him:
Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 266, “...He [Muhammad] said, "As to him, by Allah, death has overtaken
him [Uthman bin Maz'un], and I hope the best for him. By Allah, though I am the Apostle of Allah, yet
I do not know what Allah will do to me," By Allah, I will never assert the piety of anyone after him....”
The Followers of Jesus

In pledging support for Jesus, the disciples of Jesus said:
Sura 3:53, “Our Lord! We believe in that which Thou hast revealed and we follow him [Jesus]
whom Thou hast sent. Enroll us among those who witness (to the truth).”
Conclusion
Muslims pray many times a day. They repeat and pray Sura 1, al-Fatihah [The Opening], where they
seek guidance for the straight path (see cover). Jesus teaches in His Injil [Gospels] that He is the
straight path.
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."”
The only person whom we know to be in Heaven is Jesus; not even Muhammad was sure where he
would go. If Jesus is the path or the way, and you follow Him, where will you finish?
“And (Jesus) shall be a Sign (for the coming of) the Hour (of Judgment): therefore have no doubt
about the (Hour), but follow ye Me [Allah]: this is a Straight Way. Let not the Evil One hinder you:
for he is to you an enemy avowed. When Jesus came with Clear Signs, he said: "Now have I come to
you with Wisdom, and in order to make clear to you some of the (points) on which ye dispute:
therefore fear Allah and obey me."” - Sura 43:61-62
read and believe the Scriptures that God gave Christians and Jews. If you think they have been
corrupted, doesn’t God say that His word cannot be changed? (Sura 6:11559; 10:64-6560; 18:2761;
48:2362). If you’d like more information regarding the authenticity of the Bible, please contact us.
Perhaps you need to find a copy of the Torah and Injil [Gospels] and read them for yourself.
References
1
John 1:41, “He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which
means Christ).”
2
John 4:25-30, ‘The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ);
when he comes, he will show us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he." Just then
his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, "What do you
wish?" or, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the
city, and said to the people, "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?"
They went out of the city and were coming to him.”
3
Acts 3:20, “and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,”
4
Ephesians 2:12,13, “remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the
commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God
in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood
of Christ.”
5
6
Sura 4:171-172, “O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your religion nor utter aught
and all that is in the earth. And Allah is sufficient as Defender. The Messiah will never scorn to be a
slave unto Allah, nor will the favoured angels. Whoso corneth His service and is proud, all such will
He assemble unto Him;”
7
John 1:27, “even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.”
8
Hereafter, and one of those brought near (unto Allah). Sura 3:47 She [Mary] said: My Lord! How can
I have a child when no mortal hath touched me? He said: So (it will be). Allah createth what He will.
If He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.”
9
10
Matthew 1:23, “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called
Emmanuel" (which means, God with us).”
11
Isaiah 7:14, “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a young woman shall
conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Imman'u-el.”
12
Isaiah 53:9, “And they made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; although he
had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his month.”

13
Hebrews 4:15, “For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our
infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”
14
Hebrews 7:26, “For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from
sinners, and made higher than the heavens;”
15
I Peter 1:19, “but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the
blood of Christ:”
16
I Peter 2:22, “who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:”
17
Revelation 19:11, “And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat
thereon, called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.”
18
Sura 2:33-37, “He said: O Adam! Inform them of their names, and when he had informed them of
their names, He said: Did I not tell you that I know the secret of the heavens and the earth? And I
know that which ye disclose and which ye hide. And when We said unto the angels: Prostrate
yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He demurred through pride, and so became
a disbeliever.” And We said: O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the garden and eat from it a
plenteous (food) wherever you wish and do not approach this tree, for then you will be of the unjust.
But the Shaitan made them both fall from it, and caused them to depart from that (state) in which they
were; and We said: Get forth, some of you being the enemies of others, and there is for you in the
earth an abode and a provision for a time. Then Adam received (some) words from his Lord, so He
turned to him mercifully; surely He is Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.”
19
Sura 7:23, “They said: Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If thou forgive us not and have not
mercy on us, surely we are of the lost!”
20
Sura 7:189-190, “ He it is Who did create you from a single soul, and there from did make his mate
that he might take rest in her. And when he covered her she bore a light burden, and she passed
(unnoticed) with it, but when it became heavy they cried unto Allah, their Lord, saying: If thou givest
unto us aright we shall be of the thankful. But when He gave unto them aright, they ascribed unto Him
partners in respect of that which He had given them. High is He Exalted above all that they associate
(with Him).”
21
Sura 20:119-121, “And that you shall not be thirsty therein nor shall you feel the heat of the sun.
But the Shaitan made an evil suggestion to him; he said: O Adam! Shall I guide you to the tree of
immortality and a kingdom which decays not? Then they both ate of it, so their evil inclinations
became manifest to them, and they both began to cover themselves with leaves of the garden, and
Adam disobeyed his Lord, so his life became evil (to him).”
22
Sura 11:46-48, “He said: O Noah! Lo! he is not of thy household; lo! he is of evil conduct, so ask
not of Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge. I admonish thee lest thou be among the ignorant. He
said: My Lord! Lo! in Thee do I seek refuge (from the sin) that I should ask of Thee that whereof I
have no knowledge. Unless Thou forgive me and have mercy on me I shall be among the lost. It was
said (unto him): O Noah! Go thou down (from the mountain) with peace from Us and blessings upon
thee and some nations (that will spring) from those with thee. (There will be other) nations unto
whom We shall give enjoyment a long while and then a painful doom from Us will overtake them.”
23
Sura 2:260, “And when Abraham said (unto his Lord): My Lord! Show me how Thou givest life to
the dead, He said: Dost thou not believe? Abraham said: Yea, but (I ask) in order that my heart may
be at ease. (His Lord) said: Take four of the birds and cause them to incline unto thee, then place a
part of them on each hill, then call them, they will come to thee in haste, and know that Allah is
Mighty, Wise.”
24
Sura 6:75-79, “Thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth that he
might be of those possessing certainty: When the night grew dark upon him he beheld a star. He said:
This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not things that set. And when he saw the moon

uprising, he exclaimed: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: Unless my Lord guide me, I surely
shall become one of the folk who are astray. And when he saw the sun uprising, he cried: This is my
Lord! This is greater! And when it set he exclaimed: O my people! Lo! I am free from all that ye
associate (with Him). Lo! I have turned my face toward Him Who created the heavens and the earth,
as one by nature upright, and I am not of the idolaters.”
25
Sura 21:57-65, “And, by Allah, I shall circumvent your idols after ye have gone away and turned
your backs. Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have
recourse to it. They said: Who hath done this to our gods? Surely it must be some evil-doer. They
said: We heard a youth make mention of them, who is called Abraham. They said: Then bring him
(hither) before the people's eyes that they may testify. They said: Is it thou who hast done this to our
gods, O Abraham? He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak.
Then gathered they apart and said: Lo! ye yourselves are the wrong-doers. And they were utterly
confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest that these speak not.”
26
Sura 26:69-82, “And recite to them the story of Ibrâhim (Abraham). When he said to his father and
his people: "What do you worship?" They said: "We worship idols, and to them we are ever devoted."
He said: "Do they hear you, when you call (on them)? "Or do they benefit you or do they harm
(you)?" They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing so.” He said: "Do you observe that which
you have been worshipping, You and your ancient fathers? Verily! They are enemies to me, save the
Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinns and all that exists). Who has created me, and it is He Who guides
me. And it is He Who feeds me and gives me to drink. And when I am ill, it is He who cures me. And
Who will cause me to die, and then will bring me to life (again). And Who, I hope will forgive me my
faults on the Day of Recompense, (the Day of Resurrection).”
27
Sura 26:18-21, “(Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as a child? And thou
didst dwell many years of thy life among us, And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou
wast one of the ingrates. He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray. Then I fled from
you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a command and appointed me (of the number) of
those sent (by Him).”
28
Sura 28:15-16, “And he [Moses] entered the city at a time of carelessness of its folk, and he found
therein two men fighting, one of his own caste, and the other of his enemies; and he who was of his
caste asked him for help against him who was of his enemies. So Moses struck him with his fist and
killed him. He said: This is of the devil's doing. Lo! he is an enemy, a mere misleader. He said: My
Lord! Lo! I have wronged my soul, so forgive me. Then He forgave him. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the
Merciful.”
29
Sura 7:150-151, “And when Moses returned unto his people, angry and grieved, he said: Evil is
that (course) which ye took after I had left you. Would ye hasten on the judgment of your Lord? And
he cast down the tablets, and he seized his brother by the head, dragging him toward him. He said:
Son of my mother! Lo! the folk did judge me weak and almost killed me. Oh, make not mine enemies
to triumph over me and place me not among the evil-doers. He said: My Lord! Have mercy on me and
on my brother; bring us into Thy mercy, Thou the Most Merciful of all who show mercy.”
30
Sura 20:92-94, “He (Moses) said: O Aaron! What held thee back when thou didst see them gone
astray, That thou followedst me not? Hast thou then disobeyed my order? He said: O son of my
mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division
among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.”
31
Sura 4:105-106, “Lo! We reveal unto thee [Muhammad] the Scripture with the truth, that thou
mayst judge between mankind by that which Allah showeth thee. And be not thou a pleader for the
treacherous; And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.”
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forgiveness of thy sin, and hymn the praise of thy Lord at fall of night and in the early hours.”

33
Sura 47:19, “So know (O Muhammad) that there is no God save Allah, and ask forgiveness for thy
sin and for believing men and believing women. Allah knoweth (both) your place of turmoil and your
place of rest.”
34
Sura 48:1-2, “Lo! We have given thee (O Muhammad) a signal victory, That Allah may forgive
thee of thy sin that which is past and that which is to come, and may perfect His favour unto thee, and
may guide thee on a right path.”
35
Allah! I ask for forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day."
36
Sura 3:36, “And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I am delivered of a female - Allah
knew best of what she was delivered - the male is not as the female; and lo! I have named her Mary,
and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast.”
37
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 506, “Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "When any human
being is born. Satan touches him at both sides of the body with his two fingers, except Jesus, the son
of Mary, whom Satan tried to touch but failed, for he touched the placenta-cover instead.”
38
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 641, “Narrated Said bin Al-Musaiyab: Abu Huraira said, "I heard
Allah's Apostle saying, 'There is none born among the off-spring of Adam, but Satan touches it. A
child therefore, cries loudly at the time of birth because of the touch of Satan, except Mary and her
child." Then Abu Huraira recited: And I seek refuge with You for her and for her offspring from the
outcast Satan”
39
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith Nos. 651-652, “Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "I
am the nearest of all the people to the son of Mary, and all the prophets are paternal brothers, and
there has been no prophet between me and him (i.e. Jesus)." Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle
said, "Both in this world and in the Hereafter, I am the nearest of all the people to Jesus, the son of
Mary. The prophets are paternal brothers; their mothers are different, but their religion is one."
40
Matthew 1:20-21, “But as he considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a
dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived
in her is of the Holy Spirit; she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his
people from their sins.”
41
Sura 5:110, “When Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My favour unto thee and unto
thy mother; how I strengthened thee with the holy Spirit, so that thou spakest unto mankind in the
cradle as in maturity; and how I taught thee the Scripture and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel;
and how thou didst shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird by My permission, and didst blow
upon it and it was a bird by My permission, and thou didst heal him who was born blind and the leper
by My permission; and how thou didst raise the dead by My permission; and how I restrained the
Children of Israel from (harming) thee when thou camest unto them with clear proofs, and those of
them who disbelieved exclaimed: This is naught else than mere magic;”
42
43
Sura 19:21, “He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me. And (it will be) that We
may make of him [Jesus] a revelation for mankind and a mercy from Us, and it is a thing ordained.”
44
Sura 43:61, “And lo! verily there is knowledge of the Hour. So doubt ye not concerning it, but
follow Me. This is the right path."
45
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47
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 644, “Narrated 'Ubada: The Prophet said, "If anyone testifies that
None has the right to be worshipped but Allah Alone Who has no partners, and that Muhammad is His
Slave and His Apostle, and that Jesus is Allah's Slave and His Apostle and His Word which He
bestowed on Mary and a Spirit created by Him, and that Paradise is true, and Hell is true, Allah will
admit him into Paradise with the deeds which he had done even if those deeds were few." (Junada, the
sub-narrator said, " 'Ubada added, 'Such a person can enter Paradise through any of its eight gates he
likes.")”
48
Sura 2:285, “The messenger believeth in that which hath been revealed unto him from his Lord and
(so do) believers. Each one believeth in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His messengers -
We make no distinction between any of His messengers - and they say: We hear, and we obey. (Grant
us) Thy forgiveness, our Lord. Unto Thee is the journeying.”
49
Sura 4:136, “O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and His messenger and the Scripture which He
hath revealed unto His messenger, and the Scripture which He revealed aforetime. Whoso
disbelieveth in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His messengers and the Last Day, he
verily hath wandered far astray.”
50
Sura 5:43-47, “How come they unto thee for judgment when they have the Torah, wherein Allah
hath delivered judgment (for them)? Yet even after that they turn away. Such (folk) are not believers.
Lo! We did reveal the Torah, wherein is guidance and a light, by which the prophets who surrendered
(unto Allah) judged the Jews, and the rabbis and the priests (judged) by such of Allah's Scripture as
they were bidden to observe, and thereunto were they witnesses. So fear not mankind, but fear Me.
And barter not My revelations for a little gain. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed:
such are disbelievers. And We prescribed for them therein: The life for the life, and the eye for the
eye, and the nose for the nose, and the ear for the ear, and the tooth for the tooth, and for wounds
retaliation. But whoso forgoeth it (in the way of charity) it shall be expiation for him. Whoso judgeth
not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are wrong-doers. And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to
follow in their footsteps, confirming that which was (revealed) before him in the Torah, and We
bestowed on him the Gospel wherein is guidance and a light, confirming that which was (revealed)
before it in the Torah - a guidance and an admonition unto those who ward off (evil). Let the People
of the Gospel judge by that which Allah hath revealed therein. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah
hath revealed: such are evil-livers.”
51
52
Sura 2:97, “Say (O Muhammad, to mankind): Who is an enemy to Gabriel! For he it [Gabriel] is
who hath revealed (this Scripture) to thy heart by Allah's leave, confirming that which was (revealed)
before it, and a guidance and glad tidings to believers;”
53
Sura 3:3, “He hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture with truth, confirming that which
was (revealed) before it, even as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel.”
54
Sura 6:92, “And this is a blessed Scripture which We have revealed, confirming that which (was
revealed) before it, that thou mayst warn the Mother of Villages and those around her. Those who
believe in the Hereafter believe herein, and they are careful of their worship.”
55
Sura 43:61-63, “And lo! verily there is knowledge of the Hour. So doubt ye not concerning it, but
follow Me. This is the right path. And let not Satan turn you aside. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.
When Jesus came with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), he said: I have come unto you with

wisdom, and to make plain some of that concerning which ye differ. So keep your duty to Allah, and
obey me.”
56
Sura 46:12, “When before it there was the Scripture of Moses, an example and a mercy; and this
[Qur’an] is a confirming Scripture in the Arabic language, that it may warn those who do wrong and
bring good tidings for the righteous.”
57
Deuteronomy 6:4, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.”
58
Sura 19:31, 33, “And hath made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and hath enjoined upon me
prayer and almsgiving so long as I remain alive, Sura 19:33 Peace on me the day I was born, and the
day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!”
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changing the Words of Allah - that is the Supreme Triumph. And let not their speech grieve you;
surely might is wholly Allah's; He is the Hearing, the Knowing.”
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The Messiah in Prophecies
In the quest to know how we ought to live, we need to look carefully to see where God directs our
attention.
The Scriptures record many hundreds of prophecies that point to Jesus [Isa]. Since the Qur’an records
that Jesus told people to “fear Allah and obey Me” [Jesus] (Sura 43:631), and that in Sura 7:1582,
Muslims are told to believe in Jesus and His Scriptures [Torah and Gospels], it is important for
Muslims to know what the prophets in the Torah said about Jesus. It is also important because
Muhammad looked up to Jesus (the sinless one; Sura 19:193 and Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 651-
6524).
So, What about Jesus in the Prophecies?
It was difficult for many Jews to accept Jesus as their promised Messiah. Some claimed he was Elijah,
Jeremiah or one of the prophets (Matthew 16:145). Some tried to make Him king. Others said he was
performing miracles with the help of Satan or that he was John the Baptist who has risen from dead.
Some, however, acknowledged Jesus as whom he claimed to be - the promised Messiah.
Those who were earnestly seeking after God in the Jewish Torah recognized that the Messiah had two
major, yet seemingly contradictory, roles. The first and foremost is the ‘Suffering Messiah’ and the
other is the ‘Ruling Kingly Messiah’. The way to the crown is through the cross. The Messiah being
the Word of God is of infinite magnitude, but He has to suffer for our salvation as was predicted by
the Prophets over centuries before His birth.
The Prophecies fulfilled in the New

The O.T Prophecies about Jesus
Testament
He is descendant of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and
Matthew 1:1-312; Luke 3:33-3413; Acts 3:2514;
Judah, Genesis 12:36; 18:187; 21:128; 26:49;
Romans 9:715; Galatians 3:1616
28:1410; 49:8, 1011
His virgin birth, Isaiah 7:1417 Matthew 1:2318
His birth in Bethlehem, Micah 5:219 Matthew 2:1-620
He came to do the will of the Father, Psalm Hebrews 10:722; John 4:3423; 5:3024; 6:3825,
40:6-821 4026; 8:2927; 12:49-5028; 14:3129; 15:1030
He will do miracles, Isaiah 35:5-631 Matthew 11:4-632; John 7:3133; 15:2434
Shall open the eyes of the blind Isaiah 42:735 Matthew 11:536
He stills the storm Psalm 65:737; 107:24-3038 Matthew 8:2639; Mark 4:35-4140
Christ the light that shines in the darkness,
Luke 1:7942
Psalm 112:441
His ministries in Galilee, Isaiah 9:143 Matthew 4:12-1744
The people who walk in darkness have seen
Luke 1:7946
great light, Isaiah 9:245
He shall speak in parables, Psalm 78:1-247 Matthew 13:348, 34-3549; Mark 3:2350; 4:251
Matthew 9:2-653; Mark 2:6-1054; Luke 5:19-
He heals and forgives sins, Psalm 103:3-452
2555; Ephesians 1:756
Even the suckling will give praise unto Him,
Matthew 21:1658
Psalm 8:257
He is the good Shepherd, Isaiah 40:1159 John 10:1160
Christ the Corner Stone, Isaiah 28:1661 Matthew 21:4262; I Peter 2:6-863
Christ was rejected as the corner stone, Psalm Matthew 21:42-4365; Luke 20:17-1966; I Peter
118:2264 2:6-767; Roman 9:3368; Acts 4:1169
They substitute His love with hate, Psalm
John 1:1171
109:4-570
The Gentiles (non-Jews) will seek Him, Isaiah
John 12:18-2173
11:1072
The Gentiles will believe on Him, Psalm Matthew 28:1976; Philippians 2:10-1177;
22:2774; Isaiah 65:175 Romans 10:2078
A light to the Gentiles, Isaiah 49:679 Luke 2:3280; Acts 26:17-1881
The suffering of Christ on the cross Isaiah
Matthew 27:28-5483; Philippians 2:6-1184
52:13-1482
Forsaken by His Disciples, Zechariah 13:785 Matthew 26:31,5686; Mark 14:5087
False witnesses accuse Him, Psalm 27:1288,
Matthew 26:62-6390; 27:12-1491
35:1189
Betrayed by a friend, Psalm 41:992 Mark 14:10-1193, 17-2194, 43-4695
Sold for 30 pieces of silver, Zechariah 11:12-
Matthew 26:1597; 27:398
1396
Money thrown on the Temple floor, Zechariah
Matthew 27:5100
11:1399
Money to be returned for a potter’s field,

Matthew 27:3-10102
Zechariah 11:13101
Matthew 26:67104; Mark 14:65105, 15:19106;
Smitten and spat upon, Isaiah 50:6103
John 19:1-3107
Crucified with sinners, Psalm 22:13-16108; Matthew 27:38110; Mark 15:27-28111; Luke
Isaiah 53:1-12109 23:33112; John 19:18113
His hands and feet pierced, Psalm 22:16114;
John 19:37116; also see Luke 23:33117
also see Zechariah 12:10115
His severe thirst but given vinegar to drink,
Matthew 27:34119, 48120
Psalm 69:3, 21118
Casting lots for His garment, Psalm 22:18121 John 19:23-24122
His job/mission was completed, Psalm 22:31123 John 19:30124
He shall be cut off, but His death is not for John 18:14126; Matthew 27:50127; II Corinthians
Himself, Daniel 9:26125 5:21128
He poured out His soul unto death, Isaiah
John 10:15-18130
53:12129
His side pierced, Zechariah 12:10131 John 19:34132, 37133; 20:25-27134
None of His bones will be broken, Psalm
John 19:31136, 36137
34:20135
Buried with rich, Isaiah 53:9138 Matthew 27:57-60139
His resurrection is predicted, Psalm 16:10140;
John 20:17142
Acts 2:26-32141
His ascension is foretold, Psalm 68:1143, 18144 Luke 24:51145; Ephesians 4:4,12146
His millennium kingdom, Isaiah 11:1-9147 Revelation 20:1-10148; John 10:16149
Jesus Will Return as a Judge of All

There are many yet unfulfilled prophecies about Jesus. Jesus has promised to return and receive His
followers, but He is also returning as the judge (John 5:22-23150). Where are you today? There is only
one name given to men, by which you can be saved (Acts 4:12151).
Jesus came to save sinners like you and me. God has promised that all who call on the name of the
Lord shall be saved (Acts 2:21152). In fact, the name ‘Jesus’ means ‘God’s salvation.’ (Matthew
1:21153).
We can’t stress enough the importance of understanding that the Bible, the Torah and Gospels, they
are authentic and have not been corrupted as some Muslims claim. For further information, see our
tract on the Authenticity of the Bible.
Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner. I admit that my good works can’t take away my sins and I accept
You as my Lord and Saviour. Cleanse me from my sins with your precious blood, and help me to walk
according to your will. Thank you for providing a way for me to draw near to You. Amen.
References
1
Sura 43:63, “When Jesus came with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), he said: I have come unto
you with wisdom, and to make plain some of that concerning which you differ. So keep your duty to

Allah, and obey me.”
2
Sura 7:158, “Say: O people! surely I am the Messenger of Allah to you all, of Him Whose is the
kingdom of the heavens and the earth there is no god but He; He brings to life and causes to die
therefore believe in Allah and His messenger, the Ummi Prophet who believes in Allah and His
words, and follow him so that you may walk in the right way.”
3
Sura 19:19, “He said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless son.”
4
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 651-652, “Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "I am
the nearest of all the people to the son of Mary, and all the prophets are paternal brothers, and there
has been no prophet between me and him (i.e. Jesus). 652 Allah's Apostle said, "Both in this world
and in the Hereafter, I am the nearest of all the people to Jesus, the son of Mary. The prophets are
paternal brothers; their mothers are different, but their religion is one.”
5
Matthew 16:14, “And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Eli'jah, and others Jeremiah
or one of the prophets.”
6
Genesis 12:3, “I will bless those who bless you and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all
the families of the earth shall bless themselves.”
7
Genesis 18:18, “seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of
the earth shall bless themselves by him?”
8
Genesis 21:12, “But God said to Abraham, "Be not displeased because of the lad and because of
your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your
descendants be named.”
9
Genesis 26:4, “I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give to your
descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall bless
themselves.”
10
Genesis 28:14, “and your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread
abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you and your descendants
shall all the families of the earth bless themselves.”
11
Genesis 49:8, “Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your
enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you. 10: The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the
obedience of the peoples.”
12
Matthew 1:1-3, “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his
brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and
Hezron the father of Ram”
13
Luke 3:33-34, “the son of Ammin'adab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the
son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of
Terah, the son of Nahor”
14
Acts 3:25, “You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God gave to your fathers,
saying to Abraham, Ànd in your posterity shall all the families of the earth be blessed.”
15
Romans 9:7, “and not all are children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but "Through
Isaac shall your descendants be named.”
16
Galatians 3:16, “Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say,
"And to offsprings," referring to many; but, referring to one, "And to your offspring," which is
Christ.”
17

18
Matthew 1:23, “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called
Emmanuel" (which means, God with us).”
19
Micah 5:2, “But you, O Bethlehem Eph'rathah, who are little to be among the clans of Judah, from
you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient
days.”
20
Matthew 2:1-6, “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king,
behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is he who has been born king of
the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him." When Herod the king
heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and
scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, "In
Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet: And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my
people Israel.”
21
Psalm 40:6-8, “Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire; but thou hast given me an open ear.
Burnt offering and sin offering thou hast not required. Then I said, "Lo, I come; in the roll of the book
it is written of me; I delight to do thy will, O my God; thy law is within my heart.”
22
Hebrews 10:7, “Then I said, `Lo, I have come to do thy will, O God,' as it is written of me in the
roll of the book.”
23
John 4:34, “Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish
his work.”
24
John 5:30, “I can do nothing on my own authority; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just,
because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.”
25
John 6:38, “For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who
sent me”
26
John 6:40, “For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him
should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
27
John 8:29, “And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is
pleasing to him.”
28
John 12:49-50, “For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself
given me commandment what to say and what to speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal
life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me.”
29
John 14:31, “but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the
Father. Rise, let us go hence.”
30
John 15:10, “If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my
Father's commandments and abide in his love.”
31
Isaiah 35:5-6, “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then
shall the lame man leap like a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing for joy. For waters shall break
forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.”
32
Matthew 11:4-6, “And Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind
receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised
up, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me.”
33
John 7:31, “Yet many of the people believed in him; they said, "When the Christ appears, will he
do more signs than this man has done?”
34
John 15:24, “If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have
sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.”
35
Isaiah 42:7, “to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the

prison those who sit in darkness.”
36
Matthew 11:5, “the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf
hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.”
37
Psalm 65:7, “who dost still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the
peoples.”
38
Psalm 107:24-30, “They saw the deeds of the LORD, His wondrous works in the deep. For He
commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea. They mounted up to
heaven, they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight; they reeled and
staggered like drunken men, and were at their wits' end. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and He delivered them from their distress; He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were
hushed. Then they were glad because they had quiet, and He brought them to their desired haven.”
39
Matthew 8:26, “And he said to them, "Why are you afraid, O men of little faith?" Then he rose and
rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.”
40
Mark 4:35-41, “On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the
other side." And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other
boats were with him. And a great storm of wind arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the
boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him and said to
him, "Teacher, do you not care if we perish?" And he awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the
sea, "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, "Why are
you afraid? Have you no faith?" And they were filled with awe, and said to one another, "Who then is
this, that even wind and sea obey him?”
41
Psalm 112:4, “Light rises in the darkness for the upright; the LORD is gracious, merciful, and
righteous.”
42
Luke 1:79, “to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet
into the way of peace.”
43
Isaiah 9:1, “But there will be no gloom for her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought
into contempt the land of Zeb'ulun and the land of Naph'tali, but in the latter time he will make
glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.”
44
Matthew 4:12-17, “Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee; and
leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Caper'na-um by the sea, in the territory of Zeb'ulun and
Naph'tali, that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zeb'ulun and
the land of Naph'tali, toward the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles -- the people who sat in
darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has
dawned." From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand.”
45
Isaiah 9:2, “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land
of deep darkness, on them has light shined.”
46
Luke 1:79, “to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet
into the way of peace.”
47
Psalm 78:1-2, “Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old”
48
Matthew 13:3, “And he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow.”
49
Matthew 13:34-35, “All this Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed he said nothing to them
without a parable. This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in
parables, I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
50
Mark 3:23, “And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out
Satan?”

51
Mark 4:2, “And he taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:”
52
Psalm 103:3-4, “who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life
from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,”
53
Matthew 9:2-6, “I will be glad and exult in thee, I will sing praise to thy name, O Most High.
When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before thee. For thou hast maintained my
just cause; thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment. Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou
hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever. The enemy have
vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities thou hast rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.”
54
Mark 2:6-10, “Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, "Why does
this man speak thus? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" And immediately Jesus,
perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you
question thus in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, `Your sins are forgiven,' or to
say, `Rise, take up your pallet and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on
earth to forgive sins" -- he said to the paralytic.”
55
Luke 5:19-25, “but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof
and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. And when he saw their
faith he said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you." And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question,
saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?" When Jesus
perceived their questionings, he answered them, "Why do you question in your hearts? Which is
easier, to say, `Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, `Rise and walk'? But that you may know that the
Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- he said to the man who was paralyzed -- "I say to
you, rise, take up your bed and go home." And immediately he rose before them, and took up that on
which he lay, and went home, glorifying God.”
56
Ephesians 1:7, “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses,
according to the riches of his grace.”
57
Psalm 8:2, “By the mouth of babes and infants, thou hast founded a bulwark because of thy foes, to
still the enemy and the avenger.”
58
Matthew 21:16, “and they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to
them, "Yes; have you never read, Òut of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast brought perfect
praise'?”
59
Isaiah 40:11, “He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms, he will
carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.”
60
John 10:11, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
61
Isaiah 28:16, “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a
stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: `He who believes will not be in
haste.'”
62
Matthew 21:42, “Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: `The very stone which
the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous
in our eyes'?”
63
I Peter 2:6-8, “For it stands in scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen
and precious, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame." To you therefore who believe, he
is precious, but for those who do not believe, "The very stone which the builders rejected has become
the head of the corner," and "A stone that will make men stumble, a rock that will make them fall";
for they stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.”
64
Psalm 118:22, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.”
65
Matthew 21:42-43, “Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: `The very stone
which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord's doing, and it is

marvelous in our eyes'? Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and
given to a nation producing the fruits of it.”
66
Luke 20:17-19, “But he looked at them and said, "What then is this that is written: `The very stone
which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner'? Every one who falls on that stone will
be broken to pieces; but when it falls on any one it will crush him." The scribes and the chief priests
tried to lay hands on him at that very hour, but they feared the people; for they perceived that he had
told this parable against them.”
67
I Peter 2:6-7, “For it stands in scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen
and precious, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame." To you therefore who believe, he
is precious, but for those who do not believe, "The very stone which the builders rejected has become
the head of the corner,”
68
Romans 9:33, “As it is written, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make men stumble, a
rock that will make them fall; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
69
Acts 4:11, “This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of
the corner.”
70
Psalm 109:4-5, “In return for my love they accuse me, even as I make prayer for them. So they
reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.”
71
John 1:11, “He came to his own home, and his own people received him not.”
72
Isaiah 11:10, “In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an ensign to the peoples; him shall the
nations seek, and his dwellings shall be glorious.”
73
John 12:18-21, “The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this
sign. The Pharisees then said to one another, "You see that you can do nothing; look, the world has
gone after him." Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these
came to Philip, who was from Beth-sa'ida in Galilee, and said to him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
74
Psalm 22:27, “All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the families
of the nations shall worship before him.”
75
Isaiah 65:1, “I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by
those who did not seek me. I said, "Here am I, here am I," to a nation that did not call on my name.”
76
Matthew 28:19, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
77
Philippians 2:10-11, “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and
under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
78
Romans 10:20, “Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, "I have been found by those who did not seek me;
I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”
79
Isaiah 49:6, “He says, "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of
Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation
may reach to the end of the earth.”
80
Luke 2:32, “A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to thy people Israel.”
81
Acts 26:17-18, “Delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles -- to whom I send you to
open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that
they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’”
82
Isaiah 52:13-14, “Behold, my servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be
very high. As many were astonished at him -- his appearance was so marred, beyond human
semblance, and his form beyond that of the sons of men.”
83
Matthew 27:28-54, “And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe upon him, and plaiting a crown

of thorns they put it on his head, and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him they
mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they spat upon him, and took the reed and struck
him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe, and put his own
clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him. As they went out, they came upon a man of Cyre'ne,
Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross. And when they came to a place called
Gol'gotha (which means the place of a skull), they offered him wine to drink, mingled with gall; but
when he tasted it, he would not drink it. And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments
among them by casting lots; then they sat down and kept watch over him there. And over his head
they put the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus the King of the Jews." Then two robbers
were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left. And those who passed by derided him,
wagging their heads and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save
yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross." So also the chief priests, with the
scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of
Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God; let God
deliver him now, if he desires him; for he said, Ì am the Son of God.'" And the robbers who were
crucified with him also reviled him in the same way. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over
all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli,
la'ma sabach-tha'ni?" that is, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" And some of the
bystanders hearing it said, "This man is calling Eli'jah." And one of them at once ran and took a
sponge, filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink. But the others said,
"Wait, let us see whether Eli'jah will come to save him." And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and
yielded up his spirit. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and
the earth shook, and the rocks were split; the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints
who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into
the holy city and appeared to many. When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch
over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe, and said, "Truly this
was the Son of God!”
84
Philippians 2:6-11, “who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a
thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of
men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even
death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is
above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under
the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
85
Zechariah 13:7, “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,"
says the LORD of hosts, "Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand
against the little ones.”
86
Matthew 26:31, 56, “Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of me this night; for
it is written, Ì will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'” :56, “But all this
has taken place, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples forsook
him and fled.”
87
Mark 14:50, “And they all forsook him, and fled.”
88
Psalm 27:12, “Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against
me, and they breathe out violence.”
89
Psalm 35:11, “Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.”
90
Matthew 26:62-63, “And the high priest stood up and said, "Have you no answer to make? What is
it that these men testify against you?" But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure
you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
91
Matthew 27:12-14, “But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he made no answer.
Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?" But he gave him
no answer, not even to a single charge; so that the governor wondered greatly.”

92
Psalm 41:9, “Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted his heel
against me.”
93
Mark 14:10-11, “Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order
to betray him to them. And when they heard it they were glad, and promised to give him money. And
he sought an opportunity to betray him.”
94
Mark 14:17-21, “And when it was evening he came with the twelve. And as they were at table
eating, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me." They
began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one after another, "Is it I?" He said to them, "It is one of the
twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me. For the Son of man goes as it is written of
him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man
if he had not been born.”
95
Mark 14:43-46, “And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and
with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Now
the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I shall kiss is the man; seize him and lead him
away under guard." And when he came, he went up to him at once, and said, "Master!" And he kissed
him. And they laid hands on him and seized him.”
96
Zechariah 11:12-13, “Then I said to them, "If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not,
keep them." And they weighed out as my wages thirty shekels of silver. Then the LORD said to me,
"Cast it into the treasury" -- the lordly price at which I was paid off by them. So I took the thirty
shekels of silver and cast them into the treasury in the house of the LORD.”
97
Matthew 26:15, “And said, "What will you give me if I deliver him to you?" And they paid him
thirty pieces of silver.”
98
Matthew 27:3, “When Judas, his betrayer, saw that he was condemned, he repented and brought
back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.”
99
Zechariah 11:13, “Then the LORD said to me, "Cast it into the treasury" -- the lordly price at
which I was paid off by them. So I took the thirty shekels of silver and cast them into the treasury in
the house of the LORD.”
100
Matthew 27:5, “And throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he went
and hanged himself.”
101
Zechariah 11:13, “Then the LORD said to me, "Cast it into the treasury" -- the lordly price at
which I was paid off by them. So I took the thirty shekels of silver and cast them into the treasury in
the house of the LORD.”
102
Matthew 27:3-10, “When Judas, his betrayer, saw that he was condemned, he repented and
brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, saying, "I have sinned in
betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself." And throwing down the
pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he went and hanged himself. But the chief priests,
taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood
money." So they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Therefore
that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by
the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a
price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord
directed me.”
103
Isaiah 50:6, “I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I hid
not my face from shame and spitting.”
104
Matthew 26:67, “Then they spat in his face, and struck him; and some slapped him.”
105
Mark 14:65, “And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him, saying to
him, "Prophesy!" And the guards received him with blows.”

106
Mark 15:19, “And they struck his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and they knelt down in
homage to him.”
107
John 19:1-3, “Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged him. And the soldiers plaited a crown of
thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple robe; they came up to him, saying, "Hail,
King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands.”
108
Psalm 22:13-16, “They open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion. I am
poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax, it is melted within my
breast; my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; thou dost lay me in
the dust of death. Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have
pierced my hands and feet.”
109
Isaiah 53:1-12, “Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the LORD
been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he
had no form or comeliness that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He
was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from
whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was
wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that
made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have
turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was
oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. By oppression and
judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the
land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people? And they made his grave with the
wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in
his mouth. Yet it was the will of the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief; when he makes
himself an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD
shall prosper in his hand; he shall see the fruit of the travail of his soul and be satisfied; by his
knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous; and he shall
bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil
110
Matthew 27:38, “Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.”
111
Mark 15:27, “And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.”
112
Luke 23:33, “And when they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they crucified him,
and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.”
113
John 19:18, “There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus
between them.”
114
Psalm 22:16, “Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have
pierced my hands and feet.”
115
Zechariah 12:10, “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a
spirit of compassion and supplication, so that, when they look on him whom they have pierced, they
shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a
first-born.”
116
John 19:37, “And again another scripture says, "They shall look on him whom they have pierced.”
117
Luke 23:33, “And when they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they crucified him,
and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.”
118
Psalm 69:3, 21, “I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with
waiting for my God.”: 21, “They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to

drink.”
119
Matthew 27:34, “They offered him wine to drink, mingled with gall; but when he tasted it, he
would not drink it.”
120
Matthew 27:48, “And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with vinegar, and put it
on a reed, and gave it to him to drink.”
121
Psalm 22:18, “They divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots.”
122
John 19:23-24, “When the soldiers had crucified Jesus they took his garments and made four
parts, one for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was without seam, woven from top to bottom;
so they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be." This was to
fulfil the scripture, "They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.”
123
Psalm 22:31, “And proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, that he has wrought it.”
124
John 19:30, “When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished"; and he bowed his head
and gave up his spirit.”
125
Daniel 9:26, “And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off, and shall have
nothing; and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end
shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war; desolations are decreed.”
126
John 18:14, “It was Ca'iaphas who had given counsel to the Jews that it was expedient that one
man should die for the people.”
127
Matthew 27:50, “And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.”
128
II Corinthians 5:21, “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we
might become the righteousness of God.”
129
Isaiah 53:12, “Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil
130
John 10:15-18, “As the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the
sheep. And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my
voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay
down my life, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I
have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my
Father.”
131
Zechariah 12:10, “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a
spirit of compassion and supplication, so that, when they look on him whom they have pierced, they
shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a
first-born.”
132
John 19:34, “But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out
blood and water.”
133
John 19:37, “And again another scripture says, "They shall look on him whom they have pierced.”
134
John 20:25-27, “So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them,
"Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place
my hand in his side, I will not believe." Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and
Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said, "Peace
be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your
hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing.”
135
Psalm 34:20, “He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.”
136
John 19:31, “Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from remaining on

the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might
be broken, and that they might be taken away.”
137
John 19:36, “For these things took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, "Not a bone of him
shall be broken.”
138
Isaiah 53:9, “And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although
he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.”
139
Matthew 27:57-60, “When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathe'a, named Joseph,
who also was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate
ordered it to be given to him. And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud, and
laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of
the tomb, and departed.”
140
Psalm 16:10, “For thou dost not give me up to Sheol, or let thy godly one see the Pit.”
141
Acts 2:26-32, “Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh will
dwell in hope. For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades, nor let thy Holy One see corruption. Thou
hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt make me full of gladness with thy presence.'
"Brethren, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and
his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an
oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne, he foresaw and spoke of the
resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This
Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.”
142
John 20:17, “Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go
to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your
God.”
143
Psalm 68:1, “Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let those who hate him flee before him!”
144
Psalm 68:18, “Thou didst ascend the high mount, leading captives in thy train, and receiving gifts
among men, even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.”
145
Luke 24:51, “While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.”
146
Ephesians 4:4, 12, “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that
belongs to your call.” 12“To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of
Christ.”
147
Isaiah 11:1-9, “There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow
out of his roots. And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. And
his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by
what his ears hear; but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek
of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he
shall slay the wicked. Righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his
loins. The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and
the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall feed;
their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The sucking child shall
play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. They shall
not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD
as the waters cover the sea.”
148
Revelation 20:1-10, “Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key
of the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the
Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and
sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years were ended.
After that he must be loosed for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to

whom judgment was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their
testimony to Jesus and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had
not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life, and reigned with Christ a
thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is
the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second
death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him a
thousand years. And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be loosed from his prison and will
come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth, that is, Gog and Magog, to
gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. And they marched up over the broad
earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city; but fire came down from heaven and
consumed them, and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur
where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and
ever.”
149
John 10:16, “And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will
heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.”
150
John 5:22-23, “The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may
honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the
Father who sent him.”
151
Acts 4:12, “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given
among men by which we must be saved.”
152
Acts 2:21, “And it shall be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
153
Matthew 1:21, “She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people
from their sins.”
Glorified Messiah in Prophecies
It is important that we diligently seek after the Truth of His revealed Word and we know that, if we
do, God will guide us. The Scriptures, in fact, record many hundreds of prophecies that point to Jesus
[Isa]. Since the Qur’an records that Jesus told people to “fear Allah and obey Me” (Sura 43:631), and
that in Sura 7:1582 Muslims are told to believe in Jesus and His Scriptures [Torah and Gospels], it is
important for Muslims to know what the prophets in the Torah say about Jesus.
(However, many believe that the Gospel [Injil] has been corrupted—but to find out how we can know
that the Scriptures have not been corrupted, see our tract on the Authenticity of the Bible.)
So, who is the Glorified Jesus?
It was difficult for many Jews to accept Jesus as their Messiah (Greek ‘Christ’). Some of them
thought that He was a great teacher, a prophet, or miracle worker while others said he was performing
miracles with the help of Satan. Still others - such as King Herod - said that Jesus was John the
Baptist who had risen from the dead. While some tried to make Him their earthly king, others
acknowledged Him for who He really was, the promised Messiah.
Those who were earnestly seeking after God and seriously searching the Old Testament, recognized
that the Messiah had two major roles. These might at first appear to contradict each other. The first
and foremost is that of the ‘Suffering Messiah’ and the other is of the ‘Ruling Kingly Messiah’. Most
Jewish teachers of the Law were seeking the Kingly Messiah and so overlooked His role as the
suffering servant who would save. The way to the crown is through the cross! Now, the idea of the
messiah being the Word of God is of infinite magnitude, but He first had to suffer for our salvation -
as predicted by the Prophets over centuries before His birth.
The following references are not an exhaustive list:
The Old Testament Prophecies about The Prophecies fulfilled in the
the Glorified Messiah New Testament
The Messiah is from eternity; Isaiah 9:63 John 1:14
His glory and incarnation shall be seen; Psalm 102:195, 216; Matthew 1:2110; John 1:111,14
Isaiah 35:47; 40:58, 99
The Prophet Isaiah saw His glory; Isaiah 6:512 John 12:40-4113
The Messiah will purify His people; Ezekiel 36:2514; Isaiah Acts 2:38-3916; 22:1617; Titus 3:5-
52:1515 618; Hebrews 9:13-1419
Seed of a woman, and born of a virgin Genesis 3:1520; Isaiah Matthew 1:22-2322
7:1421
Descendent of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and David; Matthew 1:1-333; Luke 3:23-3434;
Genesis 3:1523; Genesis 12:324; 17:1925; 18:1826; 21:1227; Acts 3:2535; Romans 9:736; Galatians
26:428; 28:1429; 49:830,1031; Psalm 132:1132 3:1637; 4:438
The desire of all nations shall come to His temple; Haggai Luke 2:2240
2:739
The salvation which the people were waiting for; Genesis Luke 2:2642,3043; I Peter 1:1044
49:1041
A Prophet like unto Moses; His word must be hearkened to; John 5:45-4746; John 12:48-5047
Deuteronomy 18:15, 18-1945
Kings will come and pay Him homage and bring gifts; Psalm Matthew 2:10-1149
72:1048
The Anointed One, anointed by the Holy Spirit; Psalm 2:2, Matthew 1:2154; 2:255; Luke 4:1856;
650; Psalm 45:551; Isaiah 11:252; Isaiah 60:1-253 Acts 2:3657; 4:2758; Hebrews 1:959;
Revelation 14:160
Birth of The Messiah in Bethlehem; Micah 5:261 Matthew 2:1-662
Christ will do marvelous work among His people; He will do Matthew 8:2667; 11:4-668; Mark 4:35-
miracles; Christ stills the storm; Psalm 65:763; 107:24-3064; 4169; I Corinthians 1:18-2570
Isaiah 29:1465; 35:5-666
Christ will purify His people and bring a new covenant; Acts 2:38-3973; Hebrews 8:6-1374
Jeremiah 31:31-3371; Ezekiel 36:2572
Christ is the salvation which the people were waiting for; Luke 2:26,3077; Romans 10:878; I
Genesis 49:1075; Isaiah 46:12-1376 Peter 1:1079
Christ is the redeemer and mighty to save; Psalm 130:7-880 John 3:1681; Ephesians 1:782
A priest forever after the order of Melchizedek; Psalm 110:483 Hebrews 6:2084
He is the Lord who redeems; Psalm 103:485; Isaiah 25:986; Acts 4:1292; Romans 11:2693; I Peter
43:1187; Isaiah 45:2188; Hosea 1:789; Hosea 13:490; Zechariah 1:18-1994
9:1691
Salvation is given by calling on the name of the Lord; Joel Acts 2:2196
2:3295
He will justify many and bear their iniquities; sins are Romans 5:18-1999; Acts13:38-41100; I
forgiven for His sake; Isaiah 43:2597; Isaiah 53:1198 Peter 2:24101; I John 2:12102
The Redeemer despised; His humiliation and exaltation; John 8:48105; Hebrews 2:9106
Psalm 8:5-6103; Isaiah 49:7104
The resurrection of Christ is seen; Psalm 118:15,17107; Hosea Luke 24:5-7109; I Corinthians 15:54-
13:14108 55110; Ephesians 1:7111
The Messiah will open eyes of the blind; Isaiah 42:7112 Matthew 11:5113
Kiss the Son the kiss of acceptance; Psalm 2:12114 John 1:12115; 3:36116; Revelation
6:16-17117
Elijah the prophet will be sent before the Lord; Malachi 4:5118 Luke 1:17119; Matthew 11:14120;
17:10-13121
The glorified King (the chief shepherd); Psalm 24:7122 I Peter 5:4123
Christ will sit on the throne of David; Hosea 3:4-5124 Romans 11:25-26125
The millennium kingdom; Isaiah 11:1-9126; Ezekiel 37:24127 John 10:16128; Matthew 9:36129
His Kingdom shall be forever; Psalm 89:3-4130,29131,37132 Luke 1:32-33133
Christ the Lawgiver, King and Judge of all the earth; John 5:22-23136
Genesis 18:25134; Isaiah 33:22135
All those who go down to dust shall bow before Him; Philippians 2:10138
Psalm 22:29137
Christ the Son and Lord of David; Psalm 110:1139 Matthew 22:21-45140; Mark 16:19141;
Acts 2:34-35142
All power is given to Him; the Lord’s power; Psalm 2:8143; Matthew 28:18145; Mark 4:38-41146
Psalm 78:65144
Different titles of Christ; The I Am; Isaiah 43:10147; John 6:35; 8:12,28,58; 10:9,12;
Isaiah 47:4148; 48:12149 11:25; 14:6; 15:1; Colossians 1:14150
Christ is the First and the Last; the Intercessor; Isaiah 44:6151; Hebrews 7:25153; Revelation 1:17154
59:16152
Shall be called the Lord Our Righteousness; Jeremiah 23:6155 I Corinthians 1:30156
Christ the Lord of host; the Sun of Righteousness; the Prince Luke 1:78-79160; John 16:33161; I
of Peace; Isaiah 9:6157; Amos 9:6158; Malachi 4:2159 Peter 2:6162
He is God (Make straight in the desert a highway for our Matthew 3:3164; John 20:28165
God); Isaiah 40:3163
It is very clear that the Glorified Messiah is the same as the Suffering Messiah who, according to
Isaiah 52:12, says: He Himself bore the sin of many (Matthew 26:28166; Hebrews 9:28167), and
interceded for the transgressors (Hebrews 7:25168; Ephesians 1:7169). Hebrews 4:15 adds, “For we do
not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in
all things as we are, yet without sin.”
This is great news for those who accept the Messiah as their Lord and Saviour! Furthermore, He has
promised to return and receive His followers, but He is also returning as the judge (John 5:22-23170).
Remember! God has only given one name by which we can be saved (Acts 4:12171). Jesus came to
save sinners such as you and me.
References
1
2
Sura 7:158, “Say (O Muhammad): O mankind! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah to you all - (the
messenger of) Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. There is no
Allah save Him. He quickeneth and He giveth death. So believe in Allah and His messenger, the
Prophet who can neither read nor write, who believeth in Allah and in His Words, and follow him that
haply ye may be led aright.”
3
Isaiah 9:6, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his
shoulder, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince
of Peace.”
4
5
Psalm 102:19, “That he looked down from his holy height, from heaven the LORD looked at the
earth.”
6
Psalm 102:21, “That men may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise.”
7
Isaiah 35:4, “Say to those who are of a fearful heart, "Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will
come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”
8
Isaiah 40:5, “And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the
mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
9
Isaiah 40:9, “Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with
strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold
your God!”
10
from their sins.”
11
12
Isaiah 6:5, “And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for 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!”
13
John 12:40-41, “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their
eyes and perceive with their heart, and turn for me to heal them." Isaiah said this because he saw his
glory and spoke of him.”
14
Ezekiel 36:25, “I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your
uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.”
15
Isaiah 52:15, “o shall he startle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for
that which has not been told them they shall see, and that which they have not heard they shall
understand.”
16
Acts 2:38-39, “And Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the
promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God
calls to him.”
17
Acts 22:16, “And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling
on his name.”

18
Titus 3:5-6, “he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his
own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit, which he poured out upon
us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.”
19
Hebrews 9:13-14, “For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and
with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience
from dead works to serve the living God.”
20
Genesis 3:15, “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.”
21
22
Matthew 1:22-23, “All this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold,
a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel" (which means, God
with us).”
23
Genesis 3:15, “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.”
24
Genesis 12:3, “I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you
all the families of the earth shall bless themselves.”
25
Genesis 17:19, “God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his
name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after
him.”
26
Genesis 18:18, “Seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations
of the earth shall bless themselves by him?”
27
Genesis 21:12, “But God said to Abraham, "Be not displeased because of the lad and because of
your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your
descendants be named.”
28
Genesis 26:4, “I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give to your
descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall bless
themselves.”
29
Genesis 28:14, “And your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread
abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you and your descendants
shall all the families of the earth bless themselves.”
30
Genesis 49:8, “Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your
enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you.”
31
Genesis 49:10, “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet,
until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.”
32
Psalm 132:11, “The LORD swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: "One of
the sons of your body I will set on your throne.”
33
Matthew 1:1-3, “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his
brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and
Hezron the father of Ram,”
34
Luke 3:23-34, “Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as
was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the

son of Jan'na-i, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathi'as, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son
of Esli, the son of Nag'ga-i, the son of Ma'ath, the son of Mattathi'as, the son of Sem'e-in, the son of
Josech, the son of Joda, the son of Jo-an'an, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerub'babel, the son of She-
al'ti-el, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elma'dam,
the son of Er, the son of Joshua, the son of Elie'zer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of
Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eli'akim,
the son of Me'le-a, the son of Menna, the son of Mat'tatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the
son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Bo'az, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, the son of
Ammin'adab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,”
35
Acts 3:25, “You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God gave to your fathers,
saying to Abraham, Ànd in your posterity shall all the families of the earth be blessed.'”
36
Romans 9:7, “And not all are children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but "Through
Isaac shall your descendants be named.”
37
Galatians 3:16, “Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say,
"And to offsprings," referring to many; but, referring to one, "And to your offspring," which is
Christ.”
38
Galatians 4:4, “But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born
under the law.”
39
Haggai 2:7, “And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I
will fill this house with splendor, says the LORD of hosts.”
40
Luke 2:22, “And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they
brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.”
41
42
Luke 2:26, “And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before
he had seen the Lord's Christ.”
43
Luke 2:30, “For mine eyes have seen thy salvation.”
44
I Peter 1:10, “The prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searched and
inquired about this salvation.”
45
Deuteronomy 18:15, 18-19, “ “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from
among you, from your brethren -- him you shall heed.”: 18-19, “I will raise up for them a prophet like
you from among their brethren; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all
that I command him. And whoever will not give heed to my words which he shall speak in my name,
I myself will require it of him.”
46
John 5:45-47, “Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; it is Moses who accuses you, on
whom you set your hope. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote of me. But if
you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
47
John 12:48-50, “He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge; the word that I
have spoken will be his judge on the last day. For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father
who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak. And I know that his
commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me.”
48
Psalm 72:10, “May the kings of Tarshish and of the isles render him tribute, may the kings of
Sheba and Seba bring gifts!”
49
Matthew 2:10-11, “When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy; and going

into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then,
opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.”
50
Psalm 2:2, 6, “The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against
the LORD and his anointed, saying.” :6, “I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
51
Psalm 45:5, “Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you.”
52
Isaiah 11:2, “And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.”
53
Isaiah 60:1-2, “Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon
you. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will
arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you.”
54
from their sins.”
55
Matthew 2:2, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the
East, and have come to worship him.”
56
Luke 4:18, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to
the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set
at liberty those who are oppressed,”
57
Acts 2:36, “Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord
and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
58
Acts 4:27, “For truly in this city there were gathered together against thy holy servant Jesus, whom
thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel.”
59
Hebrews 1:9, “Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has
anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy comrades.”
60
Revelation 14:1, “Then I looked, and lo, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him a hundred
and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.”
61
Micah 5:2, “But you, O Bethlehem Eph'rathah, who are little to be among the clans of Judah, from
you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient
days.”
62
Matthew 2:1-6, “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king,
behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is he who has been born king of
the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him." When Herod the king
heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and
scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, "In
Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet: And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my
people Israel.”
63
Psalm 65:7, “who dost still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the
peoples.”
64
Psalm 107:24-30, “they saw the deeds of the LORD, his wondrous works in the deep. For he
commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea. They mounted up to
heaven, they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight; they reeled and
staggered like drunken men, and were at their wits' end. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress; he made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were
hushed. Then they were glad because they had quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.”

65
Isaiah 29:14, “therefore, behold, I will again do marvelous things with this people, wonderful and
marvelous; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning
men shall be hid.”
66
Isaiah 35:5-6, “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then
shall the lame man leap like a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing for joy. For waters shall break
forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.”
67
Matthew 8:26, “And he said to them, "Why are you afraid, O men of little faith?" Then he rose
and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.”
68
Matthew 11:4-6, “And Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind
receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised
up, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me.”
69
Mark 4:35-41, “On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the
other side." And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other
boats were with him. And a great storm of wind arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the
boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him and said to
him, "Teacher, do you not care if we perish?" And he awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the
sea, "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, "Why are
you afraid? Have you no faith?" And they were filled with awe, and said to one another, "Who then is
this, that even wind and sea obey him?”
70
I Corinthians 1:18-25, “For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us
who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart." Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is
the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom
of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we
preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach
Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both
Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is
wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.”
71
Jeremiah 31:31-33, “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with
their fathers when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant which
they broke, though I was their husband, says the LORD. But this is the covenant which I will make
with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will
write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
72
Ezekiel 36:25, “I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your
uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.”
73
Acts 2:38-39, “And Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the
promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God
calls to him.”
74
Hebrews 8:6-13, “But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry which is as much more excellent than
the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. For if that first
covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second. For he finds fault with
them when he says: "The days will come, says the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with
the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on
the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they did not continue
in my covenant, and so I paid no heed to them, says the Lord. This is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write

them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall not teach
every one his fellow or every one his brother, saying, `Know the Lord,' for all shall know me, from
the least of them to the greatest. For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember
their sins no more." In speaking of a new covenant he treats the first as obsolete. And what is
becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.”
75
76
Isaiah 46:12-13, “Hearken to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from deliverance: I bring
near my deliverance, it is not far off, and my salvation will not tarry; I will put salvation in Zion, for
Israel my glory.”
77
Luke 2:26, 30, “And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death
before he had seen the Lord's Christ.” :30, “For mine eyes have seen thy salvation.”
78
Romans 10:8, “But what does it say? The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart (that is,
the word of faith which we preach).”
79
I Peter 1:10, “The prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searched and
inquired about this salvation.”
80
Psalm 130:7-8, “O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with
him is plenteous redemption. And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.”
81
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according to the riches of his grace”
83
Psalm 110:4, “The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest for ever after
the order of Melchiz'edek.”
84
Hebrews 6:20, “Where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest
for ever after the order of Melchiz'edek.”
85
Psalm 103:4, “Who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and
mercy.”
86
Isaiah 25:9, “It will be said on that day, "Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he
might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
87
Isaiah 43:11, “I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior.”
88
Isaiah 45:21, “Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long
ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other god besides me, a
righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.”
89
Hosea 1:7, “But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will deliver them by the LORD their
God; I will not deliver them by bow, nor by sword, nor by war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.”
90
Hosea 13:4, “I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and
besides me there is no savior.”
91
Zechariah 9:16, “On that day the LORD their God will save them for they are the flock of his
people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land.”
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93
Romans 11:26, “And so all Israel will be saved; as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from
Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob".”
94
I Peter 1:18-19, “You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your
fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like
that of a lamb without blemish or spot.”
95
Joel 2:32, “And it shall come to pass that all who call upon the name of the LORD shall be
delivered; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the LORD has said,
and among the survivors shall be those whom the LORD calls.”
96
97
Isaiah 43:25, “I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not
remember your sins.”
98
Isaiah 53:11, “he shall see the fruit of the travail of his soul and be satisfied; by his knowledge
shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous; and he shall bear their
iniquities.”
99
Romans 5:18-19, “Then as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man's act of
righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men. For as by one man's disobedience many were
made sinners, so by one man's obedience many will be made righteous.”
100
Acts 13:38-41, “Let it be known to you therefore, brethren, that through this man forgiveness of
sins is proclaimed to you, and by him every one that believes is freed from everything from which you
could not be freed by the law of Moses. Beware, therefore, lest there come upon you what is said in
the prophets: `Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I do a deed in your days, a deed you
will never believe, if one declares it to you.'”
101
I Peter 2:24, “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to
righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.”
102
I John 2:12, “I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his sake.”
103
Psalm 8:5-6, “Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and
honor. Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his
feet.”
104
Isaiah 49:7, “Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply
despised, abhorred by the nations, the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they
shall prostrate themselves; because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has
chosen you.”
105
John 8:48, “The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and
have a demon?”
106
Hebrews 2:9, “But we see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, crowned
with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste
death for every one.”
107
Psalm 118:15, 17, “Hark, glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of
the LORD does valiantly.” :17, “I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD.”
108
Hosea 13:14, “Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death? O
Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your destruction? Compassion is hid from my
eyes.”
109
Luke 24:5-7, “And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to
them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? Remember how he told you, while he was still in

Galilee, that the Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on
the third day rise.”
110
I Corinthians 15:54-55, “When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on
immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." "O
death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?”
111
according to the riches of his grace.”
112
Isaiah 42:7, “To open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from
the prison those who sit in darkness.”
113
Matthew 11:5, “The blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf
hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.”
114
Psalm 2:12, “kiss his feet, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way; for his wrath is quickly
kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.”
115
John 1:12, “All who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children
of God.”
116
John 3:36, “He who believes in the Son has eternal life; he who does not obey the Son shall not
see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him.”
117
Revelation 6:16-17, “Calling to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of
him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has
come, and who can stand before it?”
118
Malachi 4:5, “Behold, I will send you Eli'jah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the
LORD comes.”
119
Luke 1:17, “And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Eli'jah, to turn the hearts of the
fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a
people prepared.”
120
Matthew 11:14, “And if you are willing to accept it, he is Eli'jah who is to come.”
121
Matthew 17:10-13, “And the disciples asked him, "Then why do the scribes say that first Eli'jah
must come?" He replied, "Eli'jah does come, and he is to restore all things; but I tell you that Eli'jah
has already come, and they did not know him, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son
of man will suffer at their hands." Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John
the Baptist.”
122
Psalm 24:7, “Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of
glory may come in.”
123
I Peter 5:4, “And when the chief Shepherd is manifested you will obtain the unfading crown of
glory.”
124
Hosea 3:4-5, “For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without
sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or teraphim. Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek
the LORD their God, and David their king; and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his
goodness in the latter days.”
125
Romans 11:25-26, “Lest you be wise in your own conceits, I want you to understand this
mystery, brethren: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles
come in, and so all Israel will be saved; as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will
banish ungodliness from Jacob".”

126
Isaiah 11:1-9, “There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow
out of his roots. And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. And
his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by
what his ears hear; but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek
of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he
shall slay the wicked. Righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his
loins. The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and
the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall feed;
their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The sucking child shall
play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. They shall
not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD
as the waters cover the sea.”
127
Ezekiel 37:24, “My servant David shall be king over them; and they shall all have one shepherd.
They shall follow my ordinances and be careful to observe my statutes.”
128
John 10:16, “And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they
will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.”
129
Matthew 9:36, “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were
harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”
130
Psalm 89:3-4, “Thou hast said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to
David my servant: Ì will establish your descendants for ever, and build your throne for all
generations.'”
131
Psalm 89:29, “I will establish his line for ever and his throne as the days of the heavens.”
132
Psalm 89:37, “Like the moon it shall be established for ever; it shall stand firm while the skies
endure.”
133
Luke 1:32-33, “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God
will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and
of his kingdom there will be no end.”
134
Genesis 18:25, “Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so
that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do
right?”
135
Isaiah 33:22, “For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our ruler, the LORD is our king; he will
save us.”
136
137
Psalm 22:29, “Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all
who go down to the dust, and he who cannot keep himself alive.”
138
Philippians 2:10, “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and
under the earth.”
139
Psalm 110:1, “The LORD says to my lord: ‘Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your
footstool.’”
140
Matthew 22:21-45, “They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the
things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." When they heard it, they marveled; and
they left him and went away. The same day Sad'ducees came to him, who say that there is no

resurrection; and they asked him a question, saying, "Teacher, Moses said, Ìf a man dies, having no
children, his brother must marry the widow, and raise up children for his brother.' Now there were
seven brothers among us; the first married, and died, and having no children left his wife to his
brother. So too the second and third, down to the seventh. After them all, the woman died. In the
resurrection, therefore, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her." But Jesus
answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. For
in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as
for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God, Ì am the God of
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living."
And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching. But when the Pharisees heard that
he had silenced the Sad'ducees, they came together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question,
to test him. "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" And he said to him, "You shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the
great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On
these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets." Now while the Pharisees were
gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son
is he?" They said to him, "The son of David." He said to them, "How is it then that David, inspired by
the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying, `The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thy
enemies under thy feet'? If David thus calls him Lord, how is he his son?"”
141
Mark 16:19, “So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and
sat down at the right hand of God.”
142
Acts 2:34-35, “For David did not ascend into the heavens; but he himself says, `The Lord said to
my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet.'”
143
Psalm 2:8, “Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your
possession.”
144
Psalm 78:65, “Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine.”
145
Matthew 28:18, “And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been
given to me.”
146
Mark 4:38-41, “But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him and said to him,
"Teacher, do you not care if we perish?" And he awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,
"Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, "Why are you
afraid? Have you no faith?" And they were filled with awe, and said to one another, "Who then is this,
that even wind and sea obey him?”
147
Isaiah 43:10, “You are my witnesses,” says the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that
you may know and believe me and understand that I am He. Before me no god was formed, nor shall
there be any after me.”
148
Isaiah 47:4, “Our Redeemer -- the LORD of hosts is his name -- is the Holy One of Israel.”
149
Isaiah 48:12, “Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am He, I am the first, and I
am the last.”
150
Colossians 1:14, “In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
151
Isaiah 44:6, “Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: "I am
the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.”
152
Isaiah 59:16, “He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intervene;
then his own arm brought him victory, and his righteousness upheld him.”
153

154
Revelation 1:17, “When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand
upon me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last,”
155
Jeremiah 23:6, “In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the
name by which he will be called: `The LORD is our righteousness.'”
156
I Corinthians 1:30, “He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom,
our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.”
157
Isaiah 9:6, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his
shoulder, and his name will be called “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince
of Peace.”
158
Amos 9:6, “Who builds his upper chambers in the heavens, and founds his vault upon the earth;
who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the surface of the earth -- the LORD is
his name.”
159
Malachi 4:2, “But for you who fear my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its
wings. You shall go forth leaping like calves from the stall.”
160
Luke 1:78-79, “Through the tender mercy of our God, when the day shall dawn upon us from on
high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the
way of peace.”
161
John 16:33, “I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have
tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
162
I Peter 2:6, “For it stands in scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen
and precious, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
163
Isaiah 40:3, “A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the
desert a highway for our God.”
164
Matthew 3:3, “For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of
one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”
165
John 20:28, “Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my God’!”
166
Matthew 26:28, “for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the
forgiveness of sins.”
167
Hebrews 9:28, “so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second
time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.”
168
169
according to the riches of his grace”
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The Messiah & His Deity
Since the Qur’an records that Jesus told people to fear Allah and obey him [i.e. Jesus] (Sura 43:631),
and Muslims are told to believe in Jesus and His Scriptures [Torah and Gospels] (Sura 7:1582), it is
important for Muslims to know this unique person. Allah teaches that Jesus not only performed
miracles but, being the word of God, raised the dead and created birds (Sura 5:1103; 4:1714; 3:455,
496). Furthermore, Muhammad looked up to Him as the sinless one (Sura 19:197; 3:368; Bukhari, Vol.
4, Hadith No. 651-6529).
So, Who is Jesus?

In our other tracts concerning the Messiah we have listed well over a hundred prophecies from the
prophets of the Old Testament and have shown how those were fulfilled in the New Testament, thus
giving affirmation that Jesus is the long-promised Messiah.
It is not easy to comprehend the complex nature of the concept of Messiah—complex things are
difficult to understand! So, for a better comprehension of the person of Jesus the Messiah, let us
consider the following:
Messiah the Word of God

Jesus is revealed as the “Word of God”, and everything was created by that Word (John 1:1-310, 1411).
It is obvious that the Word of any person is uniquely related to that person. In daily life we express
ourselves by our words in joy, sorrow or hurt, and by our approval or disapproval of things. Our
words show our true self which people cannot know by any other means. Similarly, God expresses
Himself by His Word. He created and sustains the whole universe by His Word (Hebrews 1:1-312).
To believe that there was any time when God was without His Word suggests that God was dumb!
God does everything by His Word and the Bible teaches that the Word of God is eternal and has
always existed with God. In this way, Jesus the Messiah is Eternal (Isaiah 9:613) and through Him all
things were created (Colossians 1:15-1714).
Pre-existence of the Messiah

Jesus the Messiah, the eternal Word of God, not only existed before He was born as a human but also
appeared to many people in Old Testament (O.T.) times. Jesus Himself speaks of His glory with the
Father before the creation of the world (John 17:515), and He told the Jews that “before Abraham was,
I am” and that Abraham was glad to see Him, (John 8:52-5916; see Genesis 18:1-3317). The Apostle
John also records that the Prophet Isaiah saw His glory and wrote about Him (John 12:4118; Isaiah
6:1-1319). These are what are known as theophanies (God manifesting Himself) or epiphanies (the
glory of God manifested) and there are numerous accounts of these manifestations to people, such as:
1. Genesis 2:18-2220; 3:8-921, 2122 - to Adam and Eve.
2. Genesis 32:2823, 3024 - Jacob wrestled with the Lord!
3. Exodus 3:2-6, “The Angel of the LORD appeared to Moses and said: “I am the God of your
father – the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob”
4. Joshua 5:1425 - Joshua worshiped the Captain of the host of the Lord;
5. Isaiah 6:526; John 12:4127 - Isaiah saw Him
6. Ezekiel 1:25-2828 - Ezekiel worshiped the Son of Man
7. Daniel 3:24-2529 - King Nebuchadnezzar saw the Fourth man like the Son of God.
If, as we have seen above, Jesus was indeed known to Abraham and Isaiah, it is reasonable to assume
that these theophanies were visitations of the Messiah who was Deity.
Attributes of the Messiah

We learn from the Scriptures that all God the Father has belongs to the Messiah as well, and that He
therefore deserves the same honor as the Father (John 5:2330;16:1531). There are many characteristics
and attributes of the Messiah which can be associated with God alone—characteristics such as:
The Creator of heaven, the earth and human beings
GOD - Psalm 102:24-2732; Malachi 2:1033; Proverbs 16:434
JESUS - John 1:1-235; Hebrews 1:10-1236; Colossians 1:1637
The Mighty God
GOD - Habakkuk 1:12-1338; Isaiah 10:20-2139
JESUS - Isaiah 9:640
The First and the Last
GOD - Isaiah 44:641; 41:442; 48:1243
JESUS - Revelation 1:7-844; 22:13-1645
The Everlasting God
GOD - Psalm 90:246; Habakkuk 1:1247
JESUS - Micah 5:248
The Unchangeable God
GOD - Malachi 3:649
JESUS - Hebrews 13:850
The Omnipresent – present everywhere
GOD - Psalm 139:751; Jeremiah 23:2452
JESUS - Matthew 18:2053; 28:2054; John 3:1355; Ephesians 4:1056
The Omniscient – the all seeing
GOD - Psalm 147:557; Proverbs 15:358

JESUS - John 21:1759; 16:3060; Colossians 2:361
The Omnipotent – the all powerful
GOD - Genesis 17:162; Jeremiah 32:1763; Matthew 19:26 64
JESUS - Matthew 28:1865; Hebrews 1:366; Revelation 1:867
Worship of the Messiah

In Jewish religion, the True God and none else can be worshipped. However, a study of the New
Testament (N.T.) reveals that many devout Jews who realized that Jesus was the Messiah worshiped
Him - as did many gentiles (non-Jews). The Scriptures also declare that at the end of the ages every
human being will worship Him. We need also to note that Jesus never ever forbade anyone from
worshiping Him. Following is a list of some of the incidents in the Scriptures where Jesus is
worshiped as God:
1. Wise men (Matthew 2:1-2, 1168)
2. A leper (Matthew 8:1-269)
3. A ruler (Matthew 9:18ff70)
4. Disciples (Matthew 14:30f71)
5. A Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:22-2572)
6. A man with an unclean spirit (Mark 5:1-673)
7. After resurrection, the disciples (Luke 24:50-5274)
The Messiah –The Son of God

There are many people who consider only some aspects of Jesus’ life and neglect others, and thereby
conclude that this Man cannot also be God. For this reason we ask you to consider the following table
carefully.
The Messiah as Son of God The Messiah as Man
Eternal Father or Father of eternity (Isaiah He was born as a baby (Matthew 1:21-2:1178;
9:675; Micah 5:276; John 1:1-277) Luke 2:1-1579)
He is always the same (Hebrews 13:880) He grew physically and spiritually (Luke
2:5281)
He was able to feed 5,000 men plus women He was hungry (Matthew 4:283)
and children with five loaves and two fish
(Matthew 14:15-2182)
He gives living water (John 4:1484) He was thirsty (John 19:2885)
He was able to still the storm (Luke 8:22-2586) He was tired and was sleeping during a sea
storm (Mark 4:36-4187)
He raised the dead after four days by He wept at the death of a friend (John 11:3589)
commanding the dead to come out of the grave
(John 11:43-4488)
He answers prayers (John 14:13-1490) He prayed (Luke 22:4191)
He gives rest to all who come to Him (Matthew He was exhausted (John 4:693)
11:28-2992)
He forgave sins (Matthew 9:294; Mark 2:595; He offered Himself as the sacrifice for sins
Luke 5:2096, 23-2497) (Ephesians 5:298; Hebrews 7:2799; 9:14100)
He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords He was a Servant (Philippians 2:7-8102)
(Revelations 19:6101)
The Saviour/Redeemer Messiah

Sin causes separation between God and Man; sin is the cause of all evil, of all suffering and of all
problems in this world. The first step toward solving these problems is restoration of a right
relationship with God. The Bible teaches that people who have not repented of their sins and accepted
Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour are God’s enemies and spiritually dead. Without realizing this,
all religions try to bridge the gap between man and God. One of the very major differences between
the God of the Bible and other gods is His claims to be the only Saviour of the Messiah humankind.
Isaiah 43:11 says, “I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.” Isaiah 53 tells us that
will redeem mankind by His own Holy blood! So the God who claims to be the only Saviour saves
His people by the atoning sacrifice of His Son, because there was no other means of paying the price
of rebelling against the Almighty God, who is absolutely Holy and absolutely Just. This Holy and Just
God always takes sin very seriously and also knows that no sinner can save him/herself. For that
reason, He sent Jesus the Messiah, the Holy Word of God Himself of infinite value, to save mankind.
Jesus came to save sinners such as you and me. God has promised that all who call on the name of the
Lord shall be saved (Acts 2:21103; Romans 10:9104). To receive this salvation, you must confess Jesus
as Lord and agree with God that you are a sinner who deserves death; and that Jesus the Messiah paid
the price for your sins on the cross and bought you with His holy precious blood.
Now you have a further opportunity to find out more, as God has given you the means and the ability
to search for the truth.
References
1
2
Sura 7:158, “Say: O people! surely I am the Messenger of Allah to you all, of Him Whose is the
kingdom of the heavens and the earth there is no god but He; He brings to life and causes to die
therefore believe in Allah and His messenger, the Ummi Prophet who believes in Allah and His
words, and follow him so that you may walk in the right way.”
3
Sura 5:110, “When Allah says: O Jesus, son of Mary! … how I strengthened you with the holy
Spirit, so that you spoke unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; … and how you did shape of clay
as it were the likeness of a bird by My permission, and did blow upon it and it was a bird by My
permission, and you did heal him who was born blind and the leper by My permission; and how you
did raise the dead by My permission.”
4
Sura 4:171, “O followers of the Book! do not exceed the limits in your religion, and do not speak
(lies) against Allah, but (speak) the truth; the Messiah, Isa son of Mary is only a messenger of Allah
and His Word which He communicated to Mary and a spirit from Him; believe therefore in Allah and
His messengers, and say not, Three. Desist, it is better for you; Allah is only one Allah; far be It from
His glory that He should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His,
and Allah is sufficient for a Protector.”
5
Sura 3:45, “Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him:
his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of
(the company of) those nearest to Allah”
6
Sura 3:49, “Then the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary: That Allah gives you
the good news of Yahya verifying a Word from Allah, and honorable and chaste and a prophet from
among the good ones.”

7
Sura 19:19, “He said: I am only a messenger of your Lord, that I may bestow on you a faultless
son.”
8
Sura 3:36, “And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! … and lo! I have named her Mary, and
lo! I crave Your protection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast.”
9
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 651-652, “Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "I am
the nearest of all the people to the son of Mary, and all the prophets are paternal brothers, and there
has been no prophet between me and him (i.e. Jesus).”
10
John 1:1-3, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him
nothing came into being that has come into being.”
11
John 1:14, “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of
the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
12
Hebrews 1:1-3, “God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and
in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things,
through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact
representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made
purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.”
13
Isaiah 9:6, “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest
on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father,
Prince of Peace.”
14
Colossians 1:15-17, “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him
all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is
before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”
15
John 17:5, “Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You
before the world was.”
16
John 8:52-59, “The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did
the prophets; and you say, Ìf any one keeps my word, he will never taste death.' Are you greater than
our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you claim to be?" Jesus answered, "If
I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is
your God. But you have not known him; I know him. If I said, I do not know him, I should be a liar
like you; but I do know him and I keep his word. Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my
day; he saw it and was glad. The Jews then said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you
seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am." So they
took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.”
17
Genesis 18:1-33, “Abraham had three visitors and one of them was Jesus; Abraham pleaded for
Sodom before Jesus…” (for full story, read in the Bible)
18
John 12:41, “These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him.”
19
Isaiah 6:1-13, “In the year that King Uzzi'ah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and
lifted up; and his train filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with two
he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another
and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory." And the
foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with
smoke. And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for 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!" Then flew one of
the seraphim to me, having in his hand a burning coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar.
And he touched my mouth, and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away,

and your sin forgiven." And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will
go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me." And he said, "Go, and say to this people: `Hear and
hear, but do not understand; see and see, but do not perceive.' Make the heart of this people fat, and
their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and
understand with their hearts and turn and be healed." Then I said, "How long, O Lord?" And he said:
"Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without men, and the land is utterly desolate, and
the LORD removes men far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. And
though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains
standing when it is felled." The holy seed is its stump.”
20
Genesis 2:18-22, “Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will
make him a helper fit for him." So out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field
and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever
the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all cattle, and to the
birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for
him. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his
ribs and closed up its place with flesh; and the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man he
made into a woman and brought her to the man.”
21
Genesis 3:8-9, “They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the
day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of
the garden. 9 Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?”
22
Genesis 3: 21, “The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.”
23
Genesis 32:28, “He said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with
God and with men and have prevailed.”
24
Genesis 32:30, “So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my
life has been preserved.”
25
Joshua 5:14, “And he said, "No; but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come."
And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and said to him, "What does my lord bid his
servant?"”
26
Isaiah 6:5, “Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I
swell in the midst of a people unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, The LORD of hosts.”
27
John 12:41, “Isaiah said these things when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.”
28
Ezekiel 1:25-28, “…And from above the expanse that was over their heads was a likeness like a
sapphire stone, the likeness of a throne. And on the likeness of the throne was a likeness looking like a
man on it from above. And I saw Him looking like the color of polished bronze, looking like fire all
around within it. From the likeness of His loins even upward, and from the likeness of His loins even
downward, I saw Him, looking like fire, and it had brightness all around…”
29
Daniel 3:24-25, “Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was amazed. And he rose up in haste and spoke
and said to his advisers, Did we not throw three men bound into the middle of the fire? They
answered and said to the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Behold! I see four men loose,
walking in the middle of the fire, and there is no harm among them. And the form of the fourth is like
a son of the gods.”
30
John 5:23, “so that all should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor
the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.”
31
John 16:15, “All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and
will announce it to you.”
32
Psalm 102:24-27, “I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days; Your years are

through the generation of generations. Of old You have laid the foundation of the earth; and the
heavens are the work of Your hands. They shall perish, but You shall endure; yea, all of them shall
become old like a garment; like a robe You shall change them, and they shall be changed; but You are
He, and Your years shall have no end.”
33
Malachi 2:10, “Is there not one Father to us all? Has not one God created us? Why do we act
deceitfully, each man with his brother, to profane the covenant of our fathers.”
34
Proverbs 16:4, “Jehovah has made all for His purpose; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.”
35
He was in the beginning with God.”
36
Hebrews 1:10-12, “And, "Thou, Lord, didst found the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are
the work of thy hands; they will perish, but thou remainest; they will all grow old like a garment, like
a mantle thou wilt roll them up, and they will be changed. But thou art the same, and thy years will
never end.”
37
Colossians 1:16, “for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities -- all things were created through him
and for him.”
38
Habakkuk 1:12-13, “Are You not from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? We shall
not die. O Jehovah, You have ordained them for judgment; and, my Rock, You have established them
for correction. You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look upon vexation.”
39
Isaiah 10:20-21, “In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no
more lean upon him that smote them, but will lean upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. A
remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.”
40
on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Eternal Father,
Prince of Peace.”
41
Isaiah 44:6, “So says Jehovah, the King of Israel, and His redeemer Jehovah of Hosts; I am the
first, and I am the last; and besides Me there is no God.”
42
Isaiah 41:4, “Who has planned and done it, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I,
Jehovah, am the first and the last; I am He.”
43
Isaiah 48:12, “Listen to me, O Jacob and Israel, My called; I am He; I am the first, I also am the
last.”
44
Revelation 1:7-8, “Behold, He comes with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, and those who
pierced Him will see Him, … I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, says the
Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
45
Revelation 22:13-16, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the
end." Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and that
they may enter the city by the gates. Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and fornicators and murderers
and idolaters, and every one who loves and practices falsehood. "I Jesus have sent my angel to you
with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning
star.”
46
Psalm 90:2, “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the
world, even from everlasting to everlasting You are God.”
47
Habakkuk 1:12, “Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not
die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them as a judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established them for
chastisement.”

48
Micah 5:2, “And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you being least among the thousands of Judah, out of
you He shall come forth to Me, to become Ruler in Israel, He whose goings forth have been from of
old, from the days of eternity.”
49
Malachi 3:6, “For I am Jehovah, I change not. Because of this you sons of Jacob are not
destroyed.”
50
Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever.”
51
Psalm 139:7, “Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your presence?”
52
Jeremiah 23:24, “Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says
Jehovah. Do I not fill the heavens and earth? says Jehovah.”
53
Matthew 18:20, “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there I am in their
midst.”
54
Matthew 28:20, “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always, to the close of the age.”
55
John 3:13, “And no one has ascended up to Heaven except He who came down from Heaven, the
Son of Man who is in Heaven.”
56
Ephesians 4:10, “He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he
might fill all things.”
57
Psalm 147:5, “Great is our LORD, and of great power; There is no limit to His understanding.”
58
Proverbs 15:3, “The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.”
59
John 21:17, “He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was
grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" And he said to him, "Lord, you
know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.”
60
John 16:30, “Now we know that you know all things, and need none to question you; by this we
believe that you came from God.”
61
Colossians 2:3, “in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
62
Genesis 17:1, “And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram and said
to him, I am the Almighty God! Walk before Me and be perfect.”
63
Jeremiah 32:17, “Ah, Lord Jehovah! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great
power and stretched out arm. Nothing is too great for You.”
64
Matthew 19:26, “But Jesus looked on them and said to them, With men this is impossible, but with
God all things are possible.”
65
Matthew 28:18, “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority is given to Me in
Heaven and in earth.”
66
Hebrews 1:3, “who being the shining splendour of His glory, and the express image of His essence,
and upholding all things by the word of His power, through Himself cleansing of our sins, He sat
down on the right of the Majesty on high”
67
Revelation 1:8, “I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, says the Lord, who is
and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
68
Matthew 2:1-2, “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem … wise men came from the east to
Jerusalem, saying, Where is He who is born king of the Jews? For we … have come to worship Him.
Matthew 2:11 And coming into the house, they saw the child … And they fell down and worshiped
Him. …
69
Matthew 8:1-2, “When He had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And

behold, a leper came and worshiped him.”
70
Matthew 9:18 ff, “While He spoke these things to them, behold, a certain ruler came and
worshiped Him”
71
Matthew 14:30f, “But seeing that the wind was strong, he was afraid. And beginning to sink, he
cried, saying, Lord, save me! And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him; and said
to him, Little-faith! Why did you doubt? And when they had come into the boat, the wind ceased.
And those in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, Truly You are the Son of God.”
72
Matthew 15:22-25, “And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, "Have
mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon." But he did not
answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying
after us." He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But she came and
knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me.”
73
Mark 5:1-6, “And they came … to the country of the Gadarenes. … immediately a man with
unclean spirits met Him out of the tombs, who had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one could
bind him, no, not with chains because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains
had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. … he was in the mountains and in the
tombs, crying and cutting himself with stones. And when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped
Him.”
74
Luke 24:50-52, “And He led them out as far as Bethany. And lifting up His hands, He blessed
them. And it happened as He blessed them, He withdrew from them and was carried up into Heaven.
And worshiping Him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.”
75
on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Eternal Father,
Prince of Peace.”
76
Micah 5:2, “And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you being least among the thousands of Judah, out of
you He shall come forth to Me, to become Ruler in Israel, He whose goings forth have been from of
old, from the days of eternity.”
77
He was in the beginning with God.”
78
Matthew 1:21-2:11, Read the Bible for full details of Jesus Christ’s birth, visit of wise men from
the east and reaction of King Herod to Christ’s birth.
79
Luke 2:1-15,. Birth of Jesus Christ and visitation of the shepherds.
80
Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever.”
81
Luke 2:52, “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.”
82
Matthew 14:15-21, “… His disciples came to Him, saying, The place is deserted and the time has
already gone by. Send the crowd away so that they may … buy food for themselves. But Jesus said to
them,… you give them something to eat. And they said …, We have here only five loaves and two
fish. And He said, Bring them here to Me.… He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up
to Heaven He blessed and broke, and gave the loaves to His disciples. And the disciples gave to the
crowd. And they all ate and were filled. And they took up twelve hand baskets full from the fragments
that remained.… were about five thousand men, besides women and children.”
83
Matthew 4:2, “And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterwards hungry.”
84
John 4:14, “but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water
that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”
85
John 19:28, “After this, knowing that all things were now accomplished, …Jesus said, I thirst.”

86
Luke 8:22-25, “… on a certain day that He went into a boat with His disciples.… But as they
sailed, He fell asleep. And a storm of wind came onto the lake. And they were being filled with water
… And they came to Him and awakened Him, saying, Master, Master, we are perishing! Then being
aroused, He rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm. …
And being afraid, they marveled, saying to one another, Who then is this One? For He commands
even the winds and water, and they obey Him!”
87
Mark 4:36-41, “… as He was in the boat. … And there arose a windstorm, and the waves beat into
the boat, so that it was now full. And He was … asleep on a headrest. And they awakened Him and
said to Him, Master, do You not care that we perish? And He awakened and rebuked the wind, and
said to the sea, Peace! Be still! And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. … And they feared
exceedingly and said to one another, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey
Him?”
88
John 11:43-44, “And saying these things, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, Here! Outside! And
he who had died came out, bound hand and foot with sheets, and his face was bound with a cloth.
Jesus said to them, ‘Untie him and let him go!’”
89
John 11:35, “Jesus wept.”
90
John 14:13-14, “And whatever you may ask in My name, that I will do, so that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.”
91
Luke 22:41, “And He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw. And He kneeled down and
prayed.”
92
Matthew 11:28-29, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take
my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for
your souls.”
93
John 4:6, “Jesus said …, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by
Me.”
94
Matthew 9:2, “And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on his bed; and when Jesus saw
their faith he said to the paralytic, ‘Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven’."
95
Mark 2:5, “And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, Child, your sins are forgiven to you.”
96
Luke 5:20, “And seeing their faith, He said to him, Man, your sins are forgiven you.”
97
Luke 5:23-24, “Which is easier, to say, `Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, `Rise and walk'? But
that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- he said to the man
who was paralyzed -- "I say to you, rise, take up your bed and go home.”
98
Ephesians 5:2, “And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given Himself for us as an
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor.”
99
Hebrews 7:27, “who does not need, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice daily, first for his
own sins and then for the people's sins. For He did this once for all, when He offered up Himself.”
100
Hebrews 9:14, “how much more shall the blood of Christ (who through the eternal Spirit offered
Himself without spot to God) purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”
101
Revelations 19:6, “And I heard as the sound of a great multitude, and as the sound of many
waters, and as the sound of strong thunders, saying, Hallelujah! For the Lord God omnipotent reigns!”
102
Philippians 2:7-8, “but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Himself the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness of men. And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled
Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”
103

104
Romans 10:9, “because, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
Reference Index
Hadith References
Abu Dawud Book 1, Hadith No. 1511 ..................................................................................................................105
Abu Dawud, Vol. 2, Hadith No. 2105 .....................................................................................................................83
Abu Dawud, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 4092 .....................................................................................................................83
Abu Dawud, Book 13, Hadith No 2955 ..................................................................................................................74
Abu Dawud, Book 19, Hadith No. 3000 .................................................................................................................74
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 1.................................................................................................................................36
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 2........................................................................................................................122, 123
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 3...............................................................................................................................124
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 17...................................................................................................................41, 50, 135
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 39.............................................................................................................................103
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 189............................................................................................................................122
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 301................................................................................................................80, 81, 125
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 504......................................................................................................................41, 140
Bukhari, Vol. 2, Hadith No. 54..............................................................................................................................126
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 651-652 ....................................................................................................159, 166, 195
Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 266..............................................................................................................28, 112, 155
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 319....................................................................................................105, 126, 139, 159
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 335............................................................................................................................ 42
Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 407..............................................................................................................................28

Muslim, Book 1, Hadith No. 398 ............................................................................................................................46
Muslim, Book 1, Hadith No. 402 ............................................................................................................................46
Muslim, Book 19, Hadith No. 4294 ........................................................................................................................74
Muslim, Book 33, Hadith No. 6421 .......................................................................................................................137
Muslim, Book 37, Hadith No. 6621 ................................................................................................................69, 137
Muslim, Book 37, Hadith No. 6622 ................................................................................................................69, 136
Muslim, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 398 ......................................................................................................................28, 112
Muslim, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 398-402.....................................................................................................................127
Muslim, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 402 ..............................................................................................................................28
Muslim, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 402 ............................................................................................................................112
Muslim, Vol. 2, Hadith No. 3240 ....................................................................................................................81, 126
Muslim, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 4436 ..........................................................................................................................116
Muslim, Vol. 4, Book 37, Hadith No. 6621 ............................................................................................................40
Muslim, Vol. 4, Book 37, Hadith No. 6622 ............................................................................................................40
Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 308........................................................................................................................................42
Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 318........................................................................................................................................41
Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 1067......................................................................................................................................38
Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 1494......................................................................................................................................38
Bible References
Genesis 1:27 ................................................................................................................................................57, 80, 83
Genesis 2:18-22.....................................................................................................................................................196
Genesis 3: 21 .........................................................................................................................................................196
Genesis 3:15 ..........................................................................................................................................................181
Genesis 3:8-9.........................................................................................................................................................196
Genesis 5:2 ..............................................................................................................................................................83
Genesis 12:3 ..................................................................................................................................................166, 181
Genesis 17:1 ..........................................................................................................................................................198
Genesis 17:19 ........................................................................................................................................................181
Genesis 17:7 ..........................................................................................................................................................137
Genesis 18:1-33.....................................................................................................................................................195
Genesis 18:18 ................................................................................................................................................166, 181
Genesis 18:25 ........................................................................................................................................................188
Genesis 21:12 ................................................................................................................................................166, 181
Genesis 26:4 ..................................................................................................................................................166, 181
Genesis 28:14 ................................................................................................................................................166, 181
Genesis 32:28 ........................................................................................................................................................196
Genesis 32:30 ........................................................................................................................................................196
Genesis 49:10 ........................................................................................................................................181, 182, 185
Genesis 49:8 ..................................................................................................................................................166, 181
Exodus 3:2-6 .........................................................................................................................................................192
Exodus 19:6...........................................................................................................................................................136
Exodus 20:17...........................................................................................................................................................37
Exodus 34:6...........................................................................................................................................................137
Leviticus 11:45........................................................................................................................................................37
Leviticus 19:2....................................................................................................................................................37, 69
Leviticus 20:6........................................................................................................................................................124
Numbers 15:31 ......................................................................................................................................................140
Numbers 19:1-2.....................................................................................................................................................136
Numbers 23:19 .............................................................................................................................49, 68, 97, 133, 138
Deuteronomy 6:4...................................................................................................................................................161
Deuteronomy 7:9...................................................................................................................................................137
Deuteronomy 10:19.................................................................................................................................................75
Deuteronomy 18:15...............................................................................................................................................182
Deuteronomy 18:18-19 .........................................................................................................................................182
Deuteronomy 32:43...............................................................................................................................................136
Joshua 5:14............................................................................................................................................................196
I Samuel 15:20 ........................................................................................................................................................97
I Samuel 15:29 ......................................................................................................................................................133
II Samuel 7:28 .........................................................................................................................................................68
I Kings 19:7.............................................................................................................................................................23
II Kings 5:2-3 ..........................................................................................................................................................22
Psalm 2 ..................................................................................................................................................................135
Psalm 2:12 .............................................................................................................................................................187
Psalm 2:2 ...............................................................................................................................................................183
Psalm 2:6 ...............................................................................................................................................................183
Psalm 2:8 ...............................................................................................................................................................189
Psalm 8:2 ...............................................................................................................................................................169
Psalm 8:5-6............................................................................................................................................................186
Psalm 15:1-3............................................................................................................................................................49
Psalm 15:4 .........................................................................................................................................................50, 68
Psalm 16:10 ...........................................................................................................................................................175
Psalm 19:7-11..........................................................................................................................................................95
Psalm 22:13-16......................................................................................................................................................173
Psalm 22:16 ...........................................................................................................................................................173
Psalm 22:18 ...........................................................................................................................................................174
Psalm 22:27 ...........................................................................................................................................................170
Psalm 22:29 ...........................................................................................................................................................188
Psalm 22:31 ...........................................................................................................................................................174
Psalm 23 ................................................................................................................................................................133
Psalm 24:7 .............................................................................................................................................................187
Psalm 27:12 ...........................................................................................................................................................171
Psalm 31:5 ...............................................................................................................................................................69
Psalm 33:6 .............................................................................................................................................................31

Psalm 34:20 ...........................................................................................................................................................174
Psalm 35:11 ...........................................................................................................................................................171
Psalm 36:5 .............................................................................................................................................................138
Psalm 37:28 ...........................................................................................................................................................134
Psalm 40:6-8..........................................................................................................................................................167
Psalm 41:9 .............................................................................................................................................................171
Psalm 45:5 .............................................................................................................................................................183
Psalm 51:6 .............................................................................................................................................................140
Psalm 65:7 .....................................................................................................................................................168, 183
Psalm 68:1 .............................................................................................................................................................175
Psalm 68:18 ...........................................................................................................................................................175
Psalm 69:3 .............................................................................................................................................................173
Psalm 69:21 ...........................................................................................................................................................173
Psalm 72:10 ...........................................................................................................................................................182
Psalm 78:1-2..........................................................................................................................................................168
Psalm 78:65 ...........................................................................................................................................................189
Psalm 89:3-4..........................................................................................................................................................188
Psalm 89:29 ...........................................................................................................................................................188
Psalm 89:33 ...........................................................................................................................................................138
Psalm 89:37 ...........................................................................................................................................................188
Psalm 90:2 .............................................................................................................................................................197
Psalm 102:19 .........................................................................................................................................................180
Psalm 102:21 .........................................................................................................................................................180
Psalm 102:24-27....................................................................................................................................................196
Psalm 103:3-4........................................................................................................................................................169
Psalm 103:4 ...........................................................................................................................................................185
Psalm 107:24-30............................................................................................................................................168, 183
Psalm 109:4-5........................................................................................................................................................170
Psalm 110:1 ...........................................................................................................................................................188
Psalm 110:4 ...........................................................................................................................................................185
Psalm 112:4 ...........................................................................................................................................................168
Psalm 118:15 .........................................................................................................................................................186
Psalm 118:17 .........................................................................................................................................................186
Psalm 118:22 .........................................................................................................................................................169
Psalm 119:142 .......................................................................................................................................................136
Psalm 119:160 .......................................................................................................................................................136
Psalm 130:7-8........................................................................................................................................................185
Psalm 132:11 .........................................................................................................................................................181
Psalm 139:24 .........................................................................................................................................................133
Psalm 139:7 ...........................................................................................................................................................198
Psalm 147:5 ...........................................................................................................................................................198
Proverbs 3:5.............................................................................................................................................................49
Proverbs 15:3.........................................................................................................................................................198
Proverbs 16:4.........................................................................................................................................................197
Proverbs 30:4.................................................................................................................................................114, 135
Ecclesiastes 7:20 .....................................................................................................................................................50
Isaiah 6:5 .......................................................................................................................................................180, 196
Isaiah 6:1-13..........................................................................................................................................................195
Isaiah 7:14 .............................................................................................................................................156, 166, 181
Isaiah 9:1 ...............................................................................................................................................................168
Isaiah 9:2 ...............................................................................................................................................................168
Isaiah 9:6 ....................................................................................................................... 102, 180, 190, 195, 197, 199
Isaiah 10:20-21......................................................................................................................................................197
Isaiah 11:10 ...........................................................................................................................................................170
Isaiah 11:1-9..................................................................................................................................................175, 188
Isaiah 11:2 .............................................................................................................................................................183
Isaiah 25:9 .............................................................................................................................................................185
Isaiah 28:16 ...........................................................................................................................................................169
Isaiah 29:14 ...........................................................................................................................................................184
Isaiah 30:18 ...........................................................................................................................................................134
Isaiah 33:22 ...........................................................................................................................................................188
Isaiah 35:4 .............................................................................................................................................................180
Isaiah 35:5-6..................................................................................................................................................167, 184
Isaiah 40:11 ...........................................................................................................................................................169

Isaiah 40:3 .............................................................................................................................................................190
Isaiah 40:5 .............................................................................................................................................................180
Isaiah 40:8 .............................................................................................................................................................138
Isaiah 40:9 .............................................................................................................................................................180
Isaiah 41:4 .............................................................................................................................................................197
Isaiah 42:1-4..........................................................................................................................................................134
Isaiah 42:7 .....................................................................................................................................................167, 187
Isaiah 43:10 ...........................................................................................................................................................189
Isaiah 43:11 ...................................................................................................................................................185, 194
Isaiah 43:25 ...........................................................................................................................................................186
Isaiah 44:6 .....................................................................................................................................................189, 197
Isaiah 45:21 ...........................................................................................................................................................185
Isaiah 46:12-13......................................................................................................................................................185
Isaiah 47:4 .............................................................................................................................................................189
Isaiah 48:12 ...................................................................................................................................................189, 197
Isaiah 49:6 .............................................................................................................................................................170
Isaiah 49:7 .............................................................................................................................................................186
Isaiah 50:6 .............................................................................................................................................................172
Isaiah 52:13-14......................................................................................................................................................170
Isaiah 52:15 ...........................................................................................................................................................180
Isaiah 53:11 ...........................................................................................................................................................186
Isaiah 53:1-12........................................................................................................................................................173
Isaiah 53:12 ...................................................................................................................................................136, 174
Isaiah 53:9 .............................................................................................................................................138, 156, 175
Isaiah 59:16 ...........................................................................................................................................................189
Isaiah 60:1-2..........................................................................................................................................................183
Isaiah 61:8 .............................................................................................................................................................134
Isaiah 65:1 .............................................................................................................................................................170
Isaiah 65:6 .............................................................................................................................................................134
Jeremiah 4:28 ..........................................................................................................................................................49
Jeremiah 9:24 ........................................................................................................................................................134
Jeremiah 23:24 ......................................................................................................................................................198
Jeremiah 23:6 ........................................................................................................................................................190
Jeremiah 24:7 ........................................................................................................................................................137
Jeremiah 31:31-33.................................................................................................................................................184
Jeremiah 31:34 ......................................................................................................................................................137
Jeremiah 32:17 ......................................................................................................................................................198
Ezekiel 1:25-28 .....................................................................................................................................................196
Ezekiel 18:4...........................................................................................................................................................134
Ezekiel 34:11...........................................................................................................................................................50
Ezekiel 36:25.................................................................................................................................................180, 184
Ezekiel 36:26...........................................................................................................................................................51
Ezekiel 37:24.........................................................................................................................................................188
Daniel 3:16-30.........................................................................................................................................................22
Daniel 3:24-25.......................................................................................................................................................196
Daniel 3:25 ............................................................................................................................................................114
Daniel 9:26 ............................................................................................................................................................174
Hosea 1:7...............................................................................................................................................................185
Hosea 3:4-5 ...........................................................................................................................................................187
Hosea 13:14...........................................................................................................................................................186
Hosea 13:4.............................................................................................................................................................185
Joel 2:32 ................................................................................................................................................................186
Amos 9:6 ...............................................................................................................................................................190
Micah 5:2.......................................................................................................................................167, 183, 198, 199
Habakkuk 1:12 ......................................................................................................................................................197
Habakkuk 1:12-13.................................................................................................................................................197
Haggai 2:7 .............................................................................................................................................................182
Zechariah 11:12-13 ...............................................................................................................................................172
Zechariah 11:13.....................................................................................................................................................172
Zechariah 12:10.............................................................................................................................................173, 174
Zechariah 13:7.......................................................................................................................................................171
Zechariah 9:16.......................................................................................................................................................185
Malachi 2:10..........................................................................................................................................................197
Malachi 2:16............................................................................................................................................................84
Malachi 3:6............................................................................................................................................132, 138, 198
Malachi 3:6........................................................................................................................................................37, 97
Malachi 4:2............................................................................................................................................................190
Malachi 4:5............................................................................................................................................................187
Matthew 1:1-3 ...............................................................................................................................................166, 181
Matthew 1:20-21 ...................................................................................................................................................159
Matthew 1:21.........................................................................................................................................176, 180, 183
Matthew 1:22-23 ...................................................................................................................................................181
Matthew 1:23.................................................................................................................................................156, 166
Matthew 2:1-2 .......................................................................................................................................................104
Matthew 2:1-2 .......................................................................................................................................................198
Matthew 2:1-6 ...............................................................................................................................................167, 183
Matthew 2:2...........................................................................................................................................................183
Matthew 2: 7-10 ....................................................................................................................................................104
Matthew 2:10-11 ...................................................................................................................................................182
Matthew 2:12.........................................................................................................................................................114
Matthew 3:16-17 ...................................................................................................................................................102
Matthew 3:17.........................................................................................................................................................135
Matthew 3:3...........................................................................................................................................................190
Matthew 4:12-17 ...................................................................................................................................................168
Matthew 4:2...........................................................................................................................................................199
Matthew 4:23.........................................................................................................................................................108
Matthew 5:27-28 .....................................................................................................................................................37
Matthew 5:28.......................................................................................................................................37, 48, 83, 113
Matthew 5:44............................................................................................................................................................61
Matthew 5:43-44 .....................................................................................................................................................58
Matthew 5:44.............................................................................................................................................55, 75, 105
Matthew 5:46-47 .....................................................................................................................................................53
Matthew 5:48...................................................................................................................................................43, 136
Matthew 8:1-2 .......................................................................................................................................................198
Matthew 8:26.................................................................................................................................................168, 184
Matthew 8:5-13 .....................................................................................................................................................106
Matthew 9:18.........................................................................................................................................................199
Matthew 9:2...........................................................................................................................................................200
Matthew 9:2-6 .......................................................................................................................................................169
Matthew 9:36.........................................................................................................................................................188
Matthew 10:32.........................................................................................................................................................19
Matthew 10:33.........................................................................................................................................................19
Matthew 10:34.........................................................................................................................................................61
Matthew 11:14.......................................................................................................................................................187
Matthew 11:28-29 .................................................................................................................................................200
Matthew 11:4-6 .............................................................................................................................................167, 184
Matthew 11:5.................................................................................................................................................168, 187
Matthew 12:34.........................................................................................................................................................37
Matthew 13:3.........................................................................................................................................................168
Matthew 13:34-35 .................................................................................................................................................168
Matthew 14:15-21 .................................................................................................................................................199
Matthew 14:22-36 .................................................................................................................................................109
Matthew 14:30.......................................................................................................................................................199
Matthew 15:22-25 .................................................................................................................................................199
Matthew 15:29-31 .................................................................................................................................................106
Matthew 16:14.......................................................................................................................................................166
Matthew 16:26.........................................................................................................................................................27
Matthew 16:27........................................................................................................................................................134
Matthew 17:5.........................................................................................................................................102, 114, 135
Matthew 17:10-13 .................................................................................................................................................187
Matthew 18:20.......................................................................................................................................................198
Matthew 19:26.......................................................................................................................................................198
Matthew 21:16.......................................................................................................................................................169
Matthew 21:42.......................................................................................................................................................169
Matthew 21:42-43 .................................................................................................................................................169
Matthew 22:21-45 .................................................................................................................................................188
Matthew 24:35.......................................................................................................................................................138
Matthew 25:41.........................................................................................................................................................51
Matthew 26:10.......................................................................................................................................................111
Matthew 26:15.......................................................................................................................................................172
Matthew 26:28.......................................................................................................................................................190
Matthew 26:31.......................................................................................................................................................171
Matthew 26:50-52 ...................................................................................................................................................90
Matthew 26:52.......................................................................................................................................................113
Matthew 26:56.......................................................................................................................................................171
Matthew 26:62-63 .................................................................................................................................................171
Matthew 26:67.......................................................................................................................................................172
Matthew 27:3.........................................................................................................................................................172
Matthew 27:3-10 ...................................................................................................................................................172
Matthew 27:4,19, 24 .............................................................................................................................................104
Matthew 27:5.........................................................................................................................................................172
Matthew 27:12-14 .................................................................................................................................................171
Matthew 27:28-54 .................................................................................................................................................170
Matthew 27:34.......................................................................................................................................................173
Matthew 27:38.......................................................................................................................................................173
Matthew 27:45.......................................................................................................................................................104
Matthew 27:48.......................................................................................................................................................174
Matthew 27:50.......................................................................................................................................................174
Matthew 27:57-60 .................................................................................................................................................175
Matthew 28:18...............................................................................................................................................189, 198
Matthew 28:18-20 ...................................................................................................................................................16
Matthew 28:19...............................................................................................................................................139, 170
Matthew 28:20.......................................................................................................................................................198
Mark 2:5 ................................................................................................................................................................200
Mark 2:6-10...........................................................................................................................................................169
Mark 3:1-5.............................................................................................................................................................106
Mark 3:23 ..............................................................................................................................................................168
Mark 4:2 ................................................................................................................................................................168
Mark 4:35-41.........................................................................................................................................108, 168, 184
Mark 4:36-41.........................................................................................................................................................200
Mark 4:38-41.........................................................................................................................................................189
Mark 5:1-20...........................................................................................................................................................109
Mark 5:1-6.............................................................................................................................................................199
Mark 5:19 ................................................................................................................................................................21
Mark 5:19-20...........................................................................................................................................................23
Mark 6:56 ..............................................................................................................................................................106
Mark 7:21-23...........................................................................................................................................................51
Mark 14:10-11.......................................................................................................................................................172
Mark 14:17-21.......................................................................................................................................................172
Mark 14:43-46.......................................................................................................................................................172
Mark 14:50 ............................................................................................................................................................171
Mark 14:65 ............................................................................................................................................................172
Mark 15:19 ............................................................................................................................................................172
Mark 15:27 ............................................................................................................................................................173
Mark 16:19 ............................................................................................................................................................189
Luke 1:17...............................................................................................................................................................187
Luke 1:26-35 .........................................................................................................................................................114
Luke 1:32-33 .........................................................................................................................................................188
Luke 1:78-79 .........................................................................................................................................................190
Luke 1:79...............................................................................................................................................................168
Luke 2:1-15 ...........................................................................................................................................................199
Luke 2:4-15 ...........................................................................................................................................................104
Luke 2:22,..............................................................................................................................................................182
Luke 2:26.......................................................................................................................................................182, 185
Luke 2:30.......................................................................................................................................................182, 185
Luke 2:32...............................................................................................................................................................170
Luke 2:52...............................................................................................................................................................199
Luke 3:23-34 .........................................................................................................................................................181
Luke 3:33-34 .........................................................................................................................................................166
Luke 4:18...............................................................................................................................................................183
Luke 4:31-37 .........................................................................................................................................................110
Luke 5:17-26 .........................................................................................................................................................112

Luke 5:19-25 .........................................................................................................................................................169
Luke 5:20...............................................................................................................................................................200
Luke 5:23-24 .........................................................................................................................................................200
Luke 6:27, 35.........................................................................................................................................................105
Luke 6:45.................................................................................................................................................................37
Luke 7:11-17 .........................................................................................................................................................107
Luke 8:22-25 .........................................................................................................................................................200
Luke 8:49-56 .........................................................................................................................................................107
Luke 10:20.............................................................................................................................................................113
Luke 13:11.............................................................................................................................................................105
Luke 17:11-19 .......................................................................................................................................................105
Luke 20:17-19 .......................................................................................................................................................170
Luke 21:33.............................................................................................................................................................138
Luke 22:41.............................................................................................................................................................200
Luke 22:49-51 .........................................................................................................................................................62
Luke 22:50, 51.......................................................................................................................................................106
Luke 23:33.............................................................................................................................................................173
Luke 23:34.......................................................................................................................................................55, 116
Luke 23:44-46 .......................................................................................................................................................104
Luke 24:46-53 .......................................................................................................................................................107
Luke 24:50-52 .......................................................................................................................................................199
Luke 24:51.............................................................................................................................................................175
Luke 24:5-7 ...........................................................................................................................................................186
John 1:1 ...................................................................................................................................................29, 114, 180
John 1:1-2 ..............................................................................................................................................................197
John 1:1-2 ..............................................................................................................................................................199
John 1:1-3 ..............................................................................................................................................................195
John 1:11 ...............................................................................................................................................................170
John 1:12 .....................................................................................................................................29, 57, 80, 151, 187
John 1:14 ...............................................................................................................................................................195
John 1:18 ...............................................................................................................................................................139
John 1:27 ...............................................................................................................................................................156
John 1:38-42............................................................................................................................................................23
John 1:41 ...............................................................................................................................................................156
John 3:13 ...............................................................................................................................................................198
John 3:16 ...............................................................................................................................................127, 132, 185
John 3:36 ...............................................................................................................................................................187
John 4:14 ...............................................................................................................................................................199
John 4:25-30..........................................................................................................................................................156
John 4:34 ...............................................................................................................................................................167
John 4:46-54..........................................................................................................................................................106
John 4:6 .................................................................................................................................................................200
John 5:18 ...............................................................................................................................................................114
John 5:19 ...............................................................................................................................................................103
John 5:22, 27 .........................................................................................................................................................117
John 5:22-23..........................................................................................................................................176, 188, 190
John 5:23 .......................................................................................................................................................102, 196
John 5:25 ...............................................................................................................................................................102
John 5:30 ...............................................................................................................................................................167
John 5:45-47..........................................................................................................................................................182
John 6:1-21............................................................................................................................................................109
John 6:38 ...............................................................................................................................................................167
John 6:40 ...............................................................................................................................................................167
John 6:47 ...............................................................................................................................................................132
John 7:19-20..........................................................................................................................................................124
John 7:31 ...............................................................................................................................................................167
John 8:1-11............................................................................................................................................................111
John 8:29 ...............................................................................................................................................................167
John 8:46 .......................................................................................................................................................104, 154
John 8:48 ...............................................................................................................................................................186
John 8:52-59..........................................................................................................................................................195
John 9:16 ...............................................................................................................................................................104
John 10:11 .............................................................................................................................................................169
John 10:14 .............................................................................................................................................................137

John 10:15-18........................................................................................................................................................174
John 10:16 .....................................................................................................................................................176, 188
John 10:28 .............................................................................................................................................................132
John 10:30 .............................................................................................................................................................133
John 11:25-27........................................................................................................................................................102
John 11:35 .............................................................................................................................................................200
John 11:43-44........................................................................................................................................................200
John 12:18-21........................................................................................................................................................170
John 12:40-41........................................................................................................................................................180
John 12:41 .....................................................................................................................................................195, 196
John 12:48-50........................................................................................................................................................182
John 12:49-50........................................................................................................................................................167
John 13:34 .............................................................................................................................................................105
John 13:35 .............................................................................................................................................................116
John 14:2 ...............................................................................................................................................................112
John14:6 ................................................................................................................................................................133
John 14:6 .............................................................................................................................................29, 68, 73, 155
John 14:6-9............................................................................................................................................................139
John 14:9 .......................................................................................................................................................133, 137
John 14:13-14........................................................................................................................................................200
John 14:31 .............................................................................................................................................................167
John 15:10 .............................................................................................................................................................167
John 15:24 .............................................................................................................................................................167
John 16:15 .............................................................................................................................................................196
John 16:30 .............................................................................................................................................................198
John 16:33 .............................................................................................................................................................190
John 17:5 ...............................................................................................................................................................195
John 18:14 .............................................................................................................................................................174
John 18:36 .........................................................................................................................................................61, 75
John 19:1-3............................................................................................................................................................173
John 19:18 .............................................................................................................................................................173
John 19:23-24........................................................................................................................................................174
John 19:28 .............................................................................................................................................................199
John 19:30 .............................................................................................................................................................174
John 19:31 .............................................................................................................................................................174
John 19:34 .............................................................................................................................................................174
John 19:36 .............................................................................................................................................................175
John 19:37 .....................................................................................................................................................173, 174
John 20:17 .............................................................................................................................................................175
John 20:25-27........................................................................................................................................................174
John 20:28 .....................................................................................................................................................102, 190
John 21:17 .............................................................................................................................................................198
Acts 1:1-11 ............................................................................................................................................................107
Acts 2:21........................................................................................................................................143, 176, 186, 200
Acts 2:26-32 ..........................................................................................................................................................175
Acts 2:34-35 ..........................................................................................................................................................189
Acts 2:36................................................................................................................................................................183
Acts 2:38-39 ..................................................................................................................................................180, 184
Acts 3:20................................................................................................................................................................156
Acts 3:25........................................................................................................................................................166, 182
Acts 4:11................................................................................................................................................................170
Acts 4:12................................................................................................................................................176, 185, 190
Acts 4:27................................................................................................................................................................183
Acts13:38-41 .........................................................................................................................................................186
Acts 22:16..............................................................................................................................................................180
Acts 26:17-18 ........................................................................................................................................................170
Acts 26:2-29 ............................................................................................................................................................21
Romans 1:21............................................................................................................................................................37
Romans 3:23............................................................................................................................................................37
Romans 3:25..........................................................................................................................................................136
Romans 5:12............................................................................................................................................................36
Romans 5:18-19 ....................................................................................................................................................186
Romans 5:8..............................................................................................................................................................29
Romans 6:23....................................................................................................................................................29, 132

Romans 8:15..........................................................................................................................................................137
Romans 8:34..................................................................................................................................................112, 136
Romans 8:9-11 ......................................................................................................................................................133
Romans 9:7....................................................................................................................................................166, 182
Romans 9:33 ..........................................................................................................................................................170
Romans 10:8..........................................................................................................................................................185
Romans 10:9....................................................................................................................................................29, 201
Romans 10:20........................................................................................................................................................170
Romans 11:25-26 ..................................................................................................................................................187
Romans 11:26........................................................................................................................................................186
Romans 12:14............................................................................................................................................57, 61, 115
Romans 13:1-4 ........................................................................................................................................................58
Romans 13:1-7 ........................................................................................................................................................51
Romans 13:1-8 ........................................................................................................................................................57
I Corinthians 1:18....................................................................................................................................................23
I Corinthians 1:18-25 ............................................................................................................................................184
I Corinthians 1:21....................................................................................................................................................23
I Corinthians 1:30..................................................................................................................................................190
I Corinthians 7:3-5 ..................................................................................................................................................84
I Corinthians 13:1....................................................................................................................................................12
I Corinthians 15:54-55 ..........................................................................................................................................187
I Corinthians 15:6..................................................................................................................................................102
II Corinthians 5:21 ................................................................................................................................................174
Galatians 3:16................................................................................................................................................166, 182
Galatians 3:26........................................................................................................................................................139
Galatians 3:28..............................................................................................................................................55, 80, 83
Galatians 4:4..........................................................................................................................................................182
Galatians 4:6..................................................................................................................................................137, 139
Galatians 6:10..........................................................................................................................................................58
Ephesians 1:7......................................................................................................................... 127, 169, 185, 187, 190
Ephesians 2:12,13 .................................................................................................................................................156
Ephesians 2:8-9 .......................................................................................................................................................61
Ephesians 4:10.......................................................................................................................................................198
Ephesians 4:12.......................................................................................................................................................175
Ephesians 4:30.........................................................................................................................................................48
Ephesians 4:4.........................................................................................................................................................175
Ephesians 5:2.........................................................................................................................................................200
Ephesians 5:21.........................................................................................................................................................84
Ephesians 5:25...................................................................................................................................................77, 83
Ephesians 5:28.........................................................................................................................................................84
Ephesians 5:31.........................................................................................................................................................84
Ephesians 5:33.........................................................................................................................................................84
Ephesians 6:15.........................................................................................................................................................16
Philippians 2:3.........................................................................................................................................................75
Philippians 2:6-11 .................................................................................................................................................171
Philippians 2:7-8 ...................................................................................................................................................200
Philippians 2:10.....................................................................................................................................................188
Philippians 2:10-11 ...............................................................................................................................................170
Colossians 1:14 .....................................................................................................................................................189
Colossians 1:15-17 ................................................................................................................................................195
Colossians 1:16 .....................................................................................................................................................197
Colossians 2:13 .....................................................................................................................................................135
Colossians 2:3 .......................................................................................................................................................198
Colossians 3:19 .......................................................................................................................................................83
I Thessalonians 5:15..............................................................................................................................................105
I Timothy 3:16.......................................................................................................................................................102
I Timothy 5:2...........................................................................................................................................................83
I Timothy 5:8...........................................................................................................................................................84
I Timothy 5:21...................................................................................................................................................58, 80
II Timothy 2:13 .....................................................................................................................................................138
II Timothy 4:1 .......................................................................................................................................................116
II Timothy 4:2 .........................................................................................................................................................16
II Timothy 4:4 ........................................................................................................................................................132
Titus 1:2.................................................................................................................................................................151
Titus 3:5-6 .............................................................................................................................................................181
Hebrews 1:10-12 ...................................................................................................................................................197
Hebrews 1:1-2 .......................................................................................................................................................139
Hebrews 1:1-3 .......................................................................................................................................................195
Hebrews 1:3...........................................................................................................................................................198
Hebrews 1:9...........................................................................................................................................................183
Hebrews 2:9...........................................................................................................................................................186
Hebrews 4:15.........................................................................................................................................................157
Hebrews 4:15-16 .....................................................................................................................................................29
Hebrews 6:20.........................................................................................................................................................185
Hebrews 7:21...........................................................................................................................................................49
Hebrews 7:25........................................................................................................................... 29, 112, 136, 189, 190
Hebrews 7:26.........................................................................................................................................................157
Hebrews 7:27.........................................................................................................................................................200
Hebrews 8:6-13 .....................................................................................................................................................184
Hebrews 9:13-14 ...................................................................................................................................................181
Hebrews 9:14.........................................................................................................................................................200
Hebrews 9:28.........................................................................................................................................................190
Hebrews 10:7.........................................................................................................................................................167
Hebrews 11:6...........................................................................................................................................................50
Hebrews 12:14.........................................................................................................................................................58
Hebrews 13:20.......................................................................................................................................................138
Hebrews 13:8...........................................................................................................................................37, 198, 199
James 1:5-6..............................................................................................................................................................23
James 1:17 .......................................................................................................................................................68, 132
James 2:10 .............................................................................................................................................................140
James 2:1-10............................................................................................................................................................58
James 3:9-13..........................................................................................................................................................115
James 3:17 .........................................................................................................................................................58, 80
I Peter 1:10 ....................................................................................................................................................182, 185
I Peter 1:15-16.......................................................................................................................................................136
I Peter 1:16 ........................................................................................................................................................37, 69
I Peter 1:18-19.......................................................................................................................................................186
I Peter 1:19 ............................................................................................................................................................157
I Peter 2:22 ............................................................................................................................................................157
I Peter 2:24 ............................................................................................................................................................186
I Peter 2:6 ..............................................................................................................................................................190
I Peter 2:6-7...........................................................................................................................................................170
I Peter 2:6-8...........................................................................................................................................................169
I Peter 3:15 ..............................................................................................................................................................21
I Peter 3:7 ................................................................................................................................................................83
I Peter 4:5 ..............................................................................................................................................................117
I Peter 5:4 ..............................................................................................................................................................187
I Peter 5:5 ................................................................................................................................................................23
I John 1:9.......................................................................................................................................................131, 135
I John 2:12.............................................................................................................................................................186
I John 2:1-2..............................................................................................................................................................47
I John 2:2,..............................................................................................................................................................136
I John 2:15...............................................................................................................................................................37
I John 4:10.......................................................................................................................................................47, 136
I John 5:1...............................................................................................................................................................139
I John 5:11-13........................................................................................................................................................132
I John 5:12.............................................................................................................................................................113
I John 5:5-13..........................................................................................................................................................102
I John 5:6.................................................................................................................................................................68
Revelation 1:17 .....................................................................................................................................................190
Revelation 1:7-8 ....................................................................................................................................................197
Revelation 1:8 .......................................................................................................................................................198
Revelation 6:16-17 ................................................................................................................................................187
Revelation 14:1 .....................................................................................................................................................183
Revelation 19:6....................................................................................................................................................200
Revelation 19:11 ...................................................................................................................................................157
Revelation 20:1-10 ................................................................................................................................................175
Revelation 21:7 .............................................................................................................................................137, 139

Revelation 21:8 ...............................................................................................................................................65, 140
Revelation 22:13-16..............................................................................................................................................197
Revelation 22:15 ...............................................................................................................................................49, 68
Qur'anic References
Sura 2:33-37 ..........................................................................................................................................................157
Sura 2:35-37 ............................................................................................................................................................16
Sura 2:41....................................................................................................................................................90, 96, 160
Sura 2:41-42 ....................................................................................................................................................96, 151
Sura 2:47................................................................................................................................................................149
Sura 2:59..................................................................................................................................................................96
Sura 2:62..........................................................................................................................................................56, 149
Sura 2:65........................................................................................................................................................149, 150
Sura 2:78..................................................................................................................................................................97
Sura 2:90..................................................................................................................................................................48
Sura 2:97................................................................................................................................................................160
Sura 2:106................................................................................................................................................49, 149, 151
Sura 2:117................................................................................................................................................................30
Sura 2:122........................................................................................................................................................57, 149
Sura 2:127..............................................................................................................................................................147
Sura 2:140..............................................................................................................................................................148
Sura 2:186..............................................................................................................................................................136
Sura 2:187..............................................................................................................................................................144
Sura 2:190..............................................................................................................................................................132
Sura 2:191........................................................................................................................................................39, 146
Sura 2:193................................................................................................................................................................90
Sura 2:195..............................................................................................................................................................132
Sura 2:216................................................................................................................................................60, 105, 108
Sura 2:217..................................................................................................................................................40, 62, 146
Sura 2:221..............................................................................................................................................................148
Sura 2:223................................................................................................................................................81, 111, 126
Sura 2:224-225 ........................................................................................................................................................68
Sura 2:228-230 ......................................................................................................................................................111
Sura 2:256..........................................................................................................................................60, 68, 105, 146
Sura 2:260..............................................................................................................................................................157
Sura 2:276..............................................................................................................................................................132
Sura 2:282........................................................................................................................................................80, 125
Sura 2:284..........................................................................................................................................16, 37, 135, 139
Sura 2:285..............................................................................................................................................................160
Sura 3:129................................................................................................................................................16, 135, 139
Sura 3:132..............................................................................................................................................................114
Sura 3:14..........................................................................................................................................................81, 126
Sura 3:144................................................................................................................................................................48
Sura 3:151..............................................................................................................................................................116
Sura 3:157-158 ........................................................................................................................................................62
Sura 3:176................................................................................................................................................................48
Sura 3:181................................................................................................................................................................54
Sura 3:28......................................................................................................................................................52, 55, 67
Sura 3:3..................................................................................................................................................................160
Sura 3:31-33 ..........................................................................................................................................................114
Sura 3:32................................................................................................................................................................132
Sura 3:32-35 ..........................................................................................................................................................144
Sura 3:36..................................................................................................................................................29, 159, 195
Sura 3:45................................................................................................................................. 30, 113, 154, 156, 194
Sura 3:46................................................................................................................................................................153
Sura 3:47..........................................................................................................................................................30, 156
Sura 3:49................................................................................................................................................................194
Sura 3:50........................................................................................................................................................107, 155
Sura 3:52................................................................................................................................................................147
Sura 3:53................................................................................................................................................................155
Sura 3:54......................................................................................................................................39, 49, 65, 131, 133
Sura 3:55................................................................................................................................................108, 149, 155
Sura 3:59..................................................................................................................................................................30
Sura 3:61........................................................................................................................................................115, 139
Sura 3:67................................................................................................................................................................147
Sura 3:71..........................................................................................................................................................96, 151
Sura 3:78..........................................................................................................................................................96, 151
Sura 3:79..................................................................................................................................................................48
Sura 3:81................................................................................................................................................................148
Sura 3:83..................................................................................................................................................................57
Sura 3:85..................................................................................................................................................................55
Sura 4:3........................................................................................................................................38, 48, 81, 113, 125
Sura 4:6..................................................................................................................................................................148
Sura 4:13................................................................................................................................................................114
Sura 4:20..................................................................................................................................................81, 111, 126
Sura 4:24........................................................................................................................................38, 48, 81, 83, 113
Sura 4:31..................................................................................................................................................................41
Sura 4:34..................................................................................................................................................82, 111, 113
Sura 4:40..................................................................................................................................................................41
Sura 4:46..........................................................................................................................................................97, 151
Sura 4:48................................................................................................................................... 16, 49, 135, 139, 150
Sura 4:59................................................................................................................................................................114
Sura 4:69................................................................................................................................................................114
Sura 4:74................................................................................................................................................................113
Sura 4:76..........................................................................................................................................................60, 113
Sura 4:78................................................................................................................................................................145
Sura 4:79................................................................................................................................................................145
Sura 4:80..........................................................................................................................................................12, 114
Sura 4:82................................................................................................................................................................144
Sura 4:84................................................................................................................................................................103
Sura 4:88......................................................................................................................................................39, 50, 66
Sura 4:94..................................................................................................................................................................57
Sura 4:105-106 ......................................................................................................................................................158
Sura 4:111................................................................................................................................................................48
Sura 4:112..........................................................................................................................................................43, 50
Sura 4:116...................................................................................................................... 16, 43, 49, 54, 135, 140, 150
Sura 4:129........................................................................................................................................................81, 125
Sura 4:136..............................................................................................................................................................160
Sura 4:142........................................................................................................................................................36, 133
Sura 4:143..........................................................................................................................................................39, 66
Sura 4:144................................................................................................................................................................52
Sura 4:144-45 ..........................................................................................................................................................57
Sura 4:153..............................................................................................................................................................150
Sura 4:171..................................................................................................30, 96, 113, 134, 138, 145, 156, 159, 194
Sura 4:171-172 ......................................................................................................................................................156
Sura 4:172..............................................................................................................................................................137
Sura 5:5..................................................................................................................................................................149
Sura 5:17................................................................................................................................................................139
Sura 5:20..................................................................................................................................................................57
Sura 5:30................................................................................................................................................................146
Sura 5:39..................................................................................................................................................41, 134, 140
Sura 5:43-47 ..........................................................................................................................................................160
Sura 5:43-48 ............................................................................................................................................................97
Sura 5:46..................................................................................................................................................................93
Sura 5:47....................................................................................................................................................54, 96, 150
Sura 5:51..............................................................................................................................................52, 55, 67, 105
Sura 5:60................................................................................................................................................................149
Sura 5:68-69 ............................................................................................................................................................96
Sura 5:69..................................................................................................................................................................57
Sura 5:72................................................................................................................................................................139
Sura 5:72-73 ............................................................................................................................................................54
Sura 5:73........................................................................................................................................................134, 145
Sura 5:80-81 ............................................................................................................................................................52
Sura 5:90-91 ............................................................................................................................................................38
Sura 5:92................................................................................................................................................................114
Sura 5:110..............................................................................................................................................107, 159, 194
Sura 5:110-111 ......................................................................................................................................................147
Sura 5:116................................................................................................................................................49, 138, 145
Sura 5:118........................................................................................................................................................49, 137
Sura 6:12................................................................................................................................................................145
Sura 6:14................................................................................................................................................................146
Sura 6:18..........................................................................................................................................................49, 137
Sura 6:39..................................................................................................................................................................66
Sura 6:51................................................................................................................................................................136
Sura 6:61..................................................................................................................................................................49
Sura 6:68................................................................................................................................................................149
Sura 6:73..................................................................................................................................................................30
Sura 6:75-79 ..........................................................................................................................................................157
Sura 6:76-78 ..........................................................................................................................................................150
Sura 6:92................................................................................................................................................................160
Sura 6:94................................................................................................................................................................136
Sura 6:106-108 ......................................................................................................................................................125
Sura 6:107-109 ......................................................................................................................................................105
Sura 6:108................................................................................................................................................................60
Sura 6:115..................................................................................................................................................84, 90, 161
Sura 6:115-116 ................................................................................................................................................96, 150
Sura 6:126................................................................................................................................................................66
Sura 6:152-153 ........................................................................................................................................................65
Sura 6:160................................................................................................................................................................41
Sura 6:161-164 ......................................................................................................................................................147
Sura 7:8............................................................................................................................................................40, 134
Sura 7:9....................................................................................................................................................................41
Sura 7:22-23 ............................................................................................................................................................16
Sura 7:23................................................................................................................................................................157
Sura 7:99..................................................................................................................................................................49
Sura 7:121-122 ......................................................................................................................................................148
Sura 7:143..............................................................................................................................................................147
Sura 7:150-151 ......................................................................................................................................................158
Sura 7:157..............................................................................................................................................................144
Sura 7:158..............................................................................................................................................166, 180, 194
Sura 7:167..............................................................................................................................................................114
Sura 7:172..............................................................................................................................................................147
Sura 7:178..........................................................................................................................................................39, 66
Sura 7:178-179 ......................................................................................................................................................133
Sura 7:179................................................................................................................................................................36
Sura 7:186..........................................................................................................................................................39, 66
Sura 7:189-190 ......................................................................................................................................................157
Sura 7:194........................................................................................................................................................49, 137
Sura 7:199................................................................................................................................................................60
Sura 8:12................................................................................................................................................................116
Sura 8:24................................................................................................................................................................115
Sura 8:30......................................................................................................................................39, 50, 66, 133, 138
Sura 8:39..........................................................................................................................................40, 105, 108, 146
Sura 8:41................................................................................................................................................................108
Sura 8:51..................................................................................................................................................................49
Sura 8:55..................................................................................................................................................................57
Sura 8:56-57 ..........................................................................................................................................................108
Sura 8:60................................................................................................................................................................103
Sura 8:65................................................................................................................................................................146
Sura 8:67................................................................................................................................. 60, 103, 108, 116, 146
Sura 8:67-68 ..........................................................................................................................................................116
Sura 8:73..................................................................................................................................................................67
Sura 8:74..................................................................................................................................................................60
Sura 9:5............................................................................................................................ 40, 55, 60, 68, 88, 105, 146
Sura 9:23....................................................................................................................................................40, 52, 145
Sura 9:29........................................................................................................................................60, 68, 72, 88, 105
Sura 9:30..........................................................................................................................................................54, 150
Sura 9:31................................................................................................................................................................139
Sura 9:33..................................................................................................................................................................90
Sura 9:44............................................................................................................................................................60, 62
Sura 9:51............................................................................................................................................................36, 66
Sura 9:80..................................................................................................................................................................57
Sura 9:81..................................................................................................................................................................62
Sura 9:94-95 ............................................................................................................................................................62
Sura 9:120................................................................................................................................................................57
Sura 9:123..........................................................................................................................................................52, 55
Sura 10:18..............................................................................................................................................................136
Sura 10:64................................................................................................................................................................96
Sura 10:64-65 ............................................................................................................................................84, 90, 161
Sura 10:65......................................................................................................................................................149, 150
Sura 10:94........................................................................................................................................................54, 150
Sura 10:94-95 ....................................................................................................................................................90, 94
Sura 10:100 ...........................................................................................................................................................145
Sura 11:114 .............................................................................................................................................41, 134, 140
Sura 11:46-48 ........................................................................................................................................................157
Sura 13:7................................................................................................................................................................106
Sura 13:11................................................................................................................................................................51
Sura 13:27..........................................................................................................................................................39, 66
Sura 13:31..................................................................................................................................................36, 66, 133
Sura 13:39......................................................................................................................................................132, 138
Sura 14:4..................................................................................................................................................................66
Sura 15:49..............................................................................................................................................................137
Sura 16:40................................................................................................................................................................31
Sura 16:78................................................................................................................................................................36
Sura 16:91................................................................................................................................................................68
Sura 16:93................................................................................................................................................................66
Sura 16:94................................................................................................................................................................68
Sura 16:101 ............................................................................................................................. 49, 132, 138, 149, 151
Sura 16:125 .............................................................................................................................................................57
Sura 17:13................................................................................................................................................................66
Sura 17:15..........................................................................................................................................................43, 50
Sura 17:86......................................................................................................................................................132, 138
Sura 17:97................................................................................................................................................................66
Sura 18:10-27 ..........................................................................................................................................................56
Sura 18:17..............................................................................................................................................................133
Sura 18:27..................................................................................................................................................84, 91, 161
Sura 18:27-28 ..................................................................................................................................................96, 150
Sura 18:85-86 ........................................................................................................................................................144
Sura 18:86..............................................................................................................................................................142
Sura 19:19.......................................................................................................................... 17, 29, 104, 154, 166, 195
Sura 19:21..............................................................................................................................................................159
Sura 19:31..............................................................................................................................................................161
Sura 19:33......................................................................................................................................................108, 161
Sura 19:34........................................................................................................................................................30, 114
Sura 19:35................................................................................................................................................................31
Sura 19:67-71 ........................................................................................................................................................113
Sura 19:71-72 ..................................................................................................................................................51, 132
Sura 19:92..............................................................................................................................................................135
Sura 19:92-93 ..........................................................................................................................................................48
Sura 19:93........................................................................................................................................................80, 137
Sura 19:95..............................................................................................................................................................136
Sura 20:85-87 ........................................................................................................................................................144
Sura 20:92-94 ........................................................................................................................................................158
Sura 20:95-97 ........................................................................................................................................................144
Sura 20:119-121 ....................................................................................................................................................157
Sura 21:47........................................................................................................................................................41, 134
Sura 21:57-65 ........................................................................................................................................................158
Sura 21:91............................................................................................................................... 30, 114, 138, 153, 159
Sura 22:52..............................................................................................................................................................151
Sura 22:78..............................................................................................................................................................148
Sura 23:101-103 ..............................................................................................................................................41, 134
Sura 24:31................................................................................................................................................................79
Sura 24:33..................................................................................................................................................37, 38, 145
Sura 24:4..................................................................................................................................................................82
Sura 24:54..............................................................................................................................................................115
Sura 25:52..........................................................................................................................................................51, 55
Sura 25:68..............................................................................................................................................................145
Sura 26:151 .............................................................................................................................................................52
Sura 26:18-21 ........................................................................................................................................................158
Sura 26:69-82 ........................................................................................................................................................158
Sura 26:82................................................................................................................................................................17
Sura 26:214 .............................................................................................................................................................28
Sura 27:18-19 ........................................................................................................................................................144
Sura 27:30-31 ........................................................................................................................................................147
Sura 27:42..............................................................................................................................................................147
Sura 27:44..............................................................................................................................................................147
Sura 28:7................................................................................................................................................................147
Sura 28:15-16 ..................................................................................................................................................17, 158
Sura 28:38..............................................................................................................................................................144
Sura 28:59..............................................................................................................................................................138
Sura 29:46..................................................................................................................................................48, 54, 129
Sura 30:29................................................................................................................................................................66
Sura 30:30........................................................................................................................................................36, 147
Sura 31:15..............................................................................................................................................................145
Sura 32:4................................................................................................................................................................136
Sura 33:1-2 ..............................................................................................................................................................55
Sura 33:5..................................................................................................................................................................36
Sura 35:8..................................................................................................................................................................66
Sura 33:21..............................................................................................................................................................115
Sura 33:26..............................................................................................................................................................116
Sura 33:36..............................................................................................................................................................115
Sura 33:36-38 ..........................................................................................................................................................17
Sura 33:37........................................................................................................................................................38, 113
Sura 33:50................................................................................................................................................................48
Sura 33:52..............................................................................................................................................................111
Sura 33:59................................................................................................................................................................78
Sura 33:71..............................................................................................................................................................115
Sura 34:46..............................................................................................................................................................125
Sura 36:8-10 ............................................................................................................................................................66
Sura 36:37-38 ........................................................................................................................................................144
Sura 36:82................................................................................................................................................................31
Sura 37:142 .............................................................................................................................................................17
Sura 38:24-25 ..........................................................................................................................................................17
Sura 39:11-12 ........................................................................................................................................................147
Sura 39:23................................................................................................................................................................67
Sura 39:57........................................................................................................................................................36, 133
Sura 40:28-38 ........................................................................................................................................................148
Sura 40:33................................................................................................................................................................67
Sura 40:33-34 ..........................................................................................................................................................50
Sura 40:34................................................................................................................................................................67
Sura 40:55..............................................................................................................................................104, 126, 158
Sura 40:68................................................................................................................................................................31
Sura 40:74................................................................................................................................................................67
Sura 41:44................................................................................................................................................................67
Sura 42:44................................................................................................................................................................67
Sura 42:46................................................................................................................................................................67
Sura 43:61..............................................................................................................................................................159
Sura 43:61-62 ........................................................................................................................................................155
Sura 43:61-63 ........................................................................................................................................................160
Sura 43:63..............................................................................................................................................165, 180, 194
Sura 44:30-32 ........................................................................................................................................................149
Sura 45:14................................................................................................................................................................60
Sura 45:16..............................................................................................................................................................149
Sura 46:8-9 ..............................................................................................................................................................16
Sura 46:9................................................................................................................................................112, 126, 139
Sura 46:12..............................................................................................................................................................161
Sura 46:29-31 ................................................................................................................................................110, 124
Sura 47:4..................................................................................................................................................................72
Sura 47:19................................................................................................................................. 17, 27, 104, 126, 159
Sura 47:32................................................................................................................................................................48
Sura 47:33..............................................................................................................................................................115
Sura 47:35................................................................................................................................................................67
Sura 48:1-2 ......................................................................................................................................................17, 159
Sura 49:14..............................................................................................................................................................115
Sura 49:15..........................................................................................................................................................60, 62
Sura 48:16-17 ..........................................................................................................................................................61
Sura 48:23....................................................................................................................................84, 91, 96, 150, 161
Sura 50:28-29 ..........................................................................................................................................................96
Sura 51:49..............................................................................................................................................................144
Sura 52:24................................................................................................................................................................39
Sura 52:29..............................................................................................................................................................125
Sura 53:2-4 ......................................................................................................................................................12, 104
Sura 53:32................................................................................................................................................35, 134, 140
Sura 56:17................................................................................................................................................................39
Sura 56:18..........................................................................................................................................................38, 51
Sura 56:22-40 ....................................................................................................................................................39, 51
Sura 58:14-15 ..........................................................................................................................................................52
Sura 59:13..............................................................................................................................................................108
Sura 60:1..................................................................................................................................................................67
Sura 61:9..................................................................................................................................................................90
Sura 60:12..............................................................................................................................................................145
Sura 62:6................................................................................................................................................................149
Sura 64:8................................................................................................................................................................115
Sura 64:14..............................................................................................................................................................111
Sura 65:4..........................................................................................................................................................81, 148
Sura 66:12..............................................................................................................................................138, 144, 154
Sura 66:1-2 ..............................................................................................................................................................68
Sura 66:2..................................................................................................................................................................39
Sura 68:12..............................................................................................................................................................115
Sura 68:2................................................................................................................................................................124
Sura 68:8..................................................................................................................................................................52
Sura 70:29-30 ..........................................................................................................................................................82
Sura 70:29-32 ........................................................................................................................................................146
Sura 72:11..............................................................................................................................................................124
Sura 72:1-15 ..........................................................................................................................................................110
Sura 72:1-5 ............................................................................................................................................................135
Sura 74:31................................................................................................................................................................67
Sura 76:17..........................................................................................................................................................38, 51
Sura 76:19................................................................................................................................................................39
Sura 76:5............................................................................................................................................................38, 51
Sura 78:34..........................................................................................................................................................38, 51
Sura 81:22-25 ........................................................................................................................................................125
Sura 85:4-11 ............................................................................................................................................................56
Sura 87:6-8 ....................................................................................................................................................132, 138
Sura 95:4-5 ......................................................................................................................................................36, 133
Sura 98:5..................................................................................................................................................................36
Sura 98:6..................................................................................................................................................54, 149, 150
Sura 108:1-3 ..........................................................................................................................................................115
Sura 109:1-6 ..................................................................................................................................................105, 125
Sura 109:6................................................................................................................................................................60
Sura 111:1-5 ..........................................................................................................................................................115
Sura 112:3-4 ..........................................................................................................................................................135
Sura 113:2..............................................................................................................................................................132
Sura 114:1-6 ..........................................................................................................................................................111
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• Discuss and do not preach. Muslims have many
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Remember that most Muslims will not have the years
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of learning, teaching and terminology that you have,
Islam and Muhammad. Lift Jesus high - by your attitudes,
so don’t use complicated terms.
words and deeds and do not fear, because no one can com-
pare with Him, even from the Qur’an! May you grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ;
may He grant you wisdom and boldness in sharing the life-
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Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. We hope to become like Muhammad. Just as some Christians have The Framework of Islamic Living
and pray that this series of tracts will be uplifting to you much Biblical knowledge whilst others have little, Muslims The framework of a Muslim’s life is directed by the five
and to those with whom you share the truth. Allow us to also vary in their knowledge of the Qur’an, ahadith, and pillars: confession of faith (the Shahada), prayer (Salat—5
explain our purpose in publishing these tracts and to give Muhammad’s life and practice. times a day), alms (Zakat) to purify their earnings and
you some general guidelines in our approach. help the poor, fasting (Swam), and pilgrimage (Hajj).
Additionally, it is important to recognize that, just as Chris-
Some Muslims believe Jihad to be another pillar of Islam,
Purpose tians have different denominations, varying in orthodoxy
however one must always remember that Muslims are not
Our approach and purpose have many facets: and practice, so do Muslims. Islam is not a monolithic
a monolithic, united, group. They vary in their under-
faith; there are a variety of beliefs, teachings and practices
1. To bring awareness of various aspects of Islamic standing and commitment to Islamic faith, teaching and
amongst Muslims. There are many sects: Sunni (approx.
teachings from the Qur’an, ahadith [plural for practice.
80%), Shia (approx. 15%), Alawi, Alevi, Ismaili, Druze,
Hadith], Muhammad’s practice and life, and their
Bohra and Ahmedi. Sufis are not a sect as such, but are How to use these tracts
outworking in the lives of Muslims today, and to con-
mystics and represented in all sects. Ummah refers to the 1. Pray. Prayer is vitally important to protect your own
trast these with the teachings and practice of Jesus,
Islamic community in general. Islam means ‘submission to mind and heart; for getting wisdom; and remembering
and their outworking in the lives of Christians today.
Allah,’ and a Muslim is someone who has submitted. that it is the righteousness of Jesus Christ that redeems
2. To challenge the notion of pluralism and multicultur- and clothes you. Pray also for the commitment that it
NOTE: Islam and Christianity share many similar teach-
alism. Not all beliefs teach the same things but every- will take to follow this through. Pray for love (1 Co-
ings. However, the majority of these teachings have only a
one’s beliefs about good and bad and right and wrong, rinthians 13:1) for the person with whom you share the
superficial similarity. The real difference comes in the
are the primary motivations behind our actions. Gospel.
practices and examples set by Muhammad and Jesus. The
Where these differing beliefs are incompatible, con- 2. Read carefully the tract that you intend to use; read all
only effective way to evaluate a religion is not to look at its
flict will result. It is important to identify these areas the accompanying references. In this way, you can
followers who differ in their zeal and knowledge, but to
and to attempt to resolve areas of potential conflict. In identify the context and are less susceptible to charges
look at the teaching and example set by their founder. To
the long run society will self-destruct if the real issues of context wresting.
differentiate between the real and counterfeit currency you
are covered up in the name of pluralism, tolerance and 3. Ask us to clarify any point, and get more information
need to focus on the differences, because focusing on simi-
multiculturalism. and related material. It is impossible to include all the
larities and ignoring the difference can be very deceptive. relevant references, examples, arguments, and other
3. To stimulate the hearts and minds of Christians and material in a two-page tract. Be as equipped as you
The Authoritative Texts
Muslims to know and follow the real Jesus—the Jesus possibly can.
Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an, Hadith and earli-
of the Bible. 4. Know the Biblical position intimately and spend more
est biographies of Muhammad. Muslims believe that the
4. To answer questions about Islamic faith, teaching and Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah (verse numbers differ time in Scripture and prayer, rather than studying Is-
practice in an objective fashion. slightly in different translations). A Sura (or Surah) is iden- lamic material.
tical to the concept of a chapter so a reference to Sura 1:6 is 5. Pray that the Holy Spirit will:
General Information a reference to chapter one, verse (aya) 6: ‘Guide us to the • enlighten the mind of your friend to the truth;
These tracts are an attempt to show the real teaching of Straight Way.’ The Qur’anic chapters are not organized
Islam and of the real Muhammad, the founder of Islamic • free them from spiritual, cultural and social
according to chronology, but to the size of the chapter, with bondages that will prevent them from following the
faith, in the light of the teachings of the Qur’an, Hadith the exception of Sura 1. Within each chapter, there is mini-
(pl. ahadith), and earliest biographies of Muhammad by truth;
mal organisation. This means that careful study is required • convict them of their need of a saviour, and the
classic Muslim scholars. This is important because, just as and caution must be applied as some passages have been
Christians are told to follow the example of Jesus Christ, righteousness of Jesus Christ;
abrogated (cancelled out) by later revelations, and there is
so too, Muslims are told to follow the example of their • free you from fear of Muslims and give you a love
rarely an indication from the text itself that this is the case.
prophet Muhammad. Islam teaches that Muhammad did for them; and
everything by inspiration and in obedience to Allah (Sura Muslims believe that Muhammad is the perfect example to • give you boldness, wisdom and opportunity in shar-
53:2-4); thus obedience to Muhammad is obedience to be followed by all Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or ing the truth.
Allah (Sura 4:80). Obviously then, it will be necessary approved is called a Hadith. There are six authentic ahadith
(Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Be prepared to explain Christianity
to observe the life and practice of Jesus and of Muham- Just as there are myths about Islam, so too Muslims have
mad if we are to truly to understand Christianity and Ibn Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. There are many other lesser
ahadith that are not considered authoritative. The majority many misconceptions about Christianity, the concepts of
Islam. the Trinity and Mary being chief among them. Be pre-
of Muslims believe the “authentic” ahadith as true accounts
Just as Christians differ in their devotion and zeal to be- of the sayings and practices of Muhammad, but there is a pared to explain these concepts in detail. It would be
come like Jesus, Muslims differ in their devotion and zeal small minority who consider them myths. helpful, when talking to your friend, to find out his views
the Son of God. That is not to say they don’t respect evangelism.
Him, but in their mind, to associate someone with Allah is
blasphemy and unforgivable (Sura 4:48 ,116). It is criti-
cal to gently teach your friend that no Christian believes Notes: Sharing the Gospel
that Jesus is the result of a physical, sexual union between
God and Mary. In fact, Christians, will find this just as
abhorrent as Muslims will. The sonship of Jesus refers to
an eternal intimate relationship between the Father and
Jesus. If your friend calls himself ‘a son of the oneness How to effectively share the
of Allah,’ they will have a similar idea. Thus, it is very
important to understand the doctrine of the Trinity and Gospel with Muslim inquirers
how to explain it in such a way that it opposes the idea of
belief in three (3) gods. Also, you need to understand the
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Mulsim’ s views on Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Muslims do believe that Jesus was sinless and that He
ascended into heaven (unlike Muhammad), and will re-
turn at the end of the age. Even though they believe that
Jesus was sinless, they also believe that all the prophets
were sinless. You need to gently show them that Adam,
Abraham, Moses, Jonah, David, and Muhammad all
sinned (Sura 2:35-37; 7:22-23; 26:82; 28:15-16; 37:142;
38:24-25; 47:19; 48:1-2; 33:36-38). The Qur’an records
Jesus as being sinless (Sura 19:19), therefore do not be
afraid to exalt Jesus.
Our Scriptures, Muslims believe, have been corrupted.
(See our tract on the Authenticity of the Bible for further
insight and help.) They believe that the Qur’an is perfect
and infallible because it was revealed letter by letter by
Allah to an illiterate prophet. Thus, they believe that the
Qur’an is perfect in every way, although they will allow
that some of the ahadith may contain errors.
In Islam the concept of original sin and the gravity of sin
are completely different from that of Christianity. In Is-
lam, there is no inherited sin and sin is a relatively minor
thing that is easily forgiven. The idea of someone atoning
for your sins is repugnant to Muslims, and especially the
idea of a sinless person dying in your stead.
To read the Holy Bible online visit:
Finally, be genuine and prayerful in your approach. It is http://www.ibs.org/bibles
important that Muslims see the character of Christ Jesus
in you. Give them a copy of the Gospel according to To watch the Jesus Film online visit:
Luke or John and encourage them to read it for them- http://www.jesusfilm.org/languages
selves. Do not denigrate the Qur’an, Allah or Muham-
mad, as we would not like it if they denigrated Jesus.
Above all, trust that Holy Spirit will work in your friend’s
Mizan ul Haqq
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these tracts will be useful in understanding Islam and
Sharing your faith is essential as a believer, it is not an and Islam. Where are they in their search for truth? God and Spirit
optional extra. Jesus commanded his disciples to go into Muslims do not like to attribute any earthly characteris-
5. ‘Know thyself.’ Understand your own culture from a
all the world and make disciples (Matthew 28:18-20). tics to Allah. Thus, to say that Allah must act in a right-
Biblical perspective. How close is our “Christian”
Additionally you are, along with Timothy, told to preach eous manner is to limit Allah’s sovereignty. The God of
country to the standard that Jesus demands? Prepare
the Gospel in season and out of season (2 Timothy 4:2) the Bible, on the other hand, says that He only acts in a
your testimony.
and told to have “your feet shod with the Gospel of righteous manner, in love, truth, holiness, and justice.
Peace” (Ephesians 6:15). There are many other passages 6. Identify points in common. Islam and Christianity do
God desires to know us and wants us to call Him
that make it abundantly clear that you are required to have some common teachings due to Muhammad’s
‘Father.’ He wants fellowship and goes to great lengths
share the Gospel. Of course, beyond all that, the love of exposure to Judaism and Christianity.
to have fellowship with us because He is love. This con-
Jesus compels you to share the grace of God with others.
7. Dialogue not debate. Do not preach! Debating pits cept is completely foreign to a Muslim.
Let us say at the outset that there is no ‘saving formula’ - you against him. Remember you are for him and are
The Christian God is Spirit, infinite, uncreated, un-
no special rules, sayings, arguments, tracts or prayers praying for him. Arguments that you win are likely to
caused, eternal, omniscient, omnipotent and omnipres-
that will guarantee that an unbeliever becomes a Chris- be souls that you lose.
ent. His nature is always and completely love, justice,
tian. Secondly, people are not saved through the earnest-
Pray continually. Salvation is a sovereign work of the holiness and mercy. He cannot be seen or compre-
ness of your beliefs, fervor, or arguments, but as the
Holy Spirit; it cannot be timed, rushed or manipulated. hended by sinful man.
Holy Spirit convicts them of their need for a saviour, and
the righteousness of Jesus. These are not things that you Overcoming decades of false teaching is an extremely
When differences emerge
difficult thing you are asking them to do; coupled with the
can do; it is a sovereign work of God - which leads us to When entering topics that have potential for argument,
ponder how to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with fact that, if they convert, there is the strong possibility that
agree on the following rules.
their own families will reject them, and in some cases
Muslims:
attempt to kill them. This is a monumental hurdle, some- 1. Listen, without interruption, unless there is some-
1. Prayer. Because only the Holy Spirit can save something through which only the Holy Spirit can carry them. thing that isn’t clearly understood. Ask genuine
one, we need to spend time in prayer. Revivals in a Pray that He will guide them and protect them. questions related to the topic under discussion.
country or in a heart never came without prayer.
Salvation 2. Do not criticize each other despite differences.
2. Love. You must love the person with whom you As you engage with the Muslim in love, and as they learn
want to share the Gospel. If you don’t love them, 3. Only agree with each other when you believe the
that they can trust you completely, ask probing questions
remembering that, while you were an enemy of God, point being made is true.
regarding salvation:
Christ loved you enough to die for you, then go back 4. Discussions of this nature are often complex, so
to step one and ask that the love of Jesus will fill your 1. On what basis do you expect to go to heaven?
only deal with one topic at a time – write other
heart and also fill you with compassion for the lost 2. If you have sinned, how should a just and moral God topics or questions down to discuss later.
and dying. deal with you?
5. Summarize what you have learnt from each other
3. Hospitality. There are numerous examples in Scrip- 3. What does the Qur’an teach about forgiveness? at the end of the discussion.
ture where people were hospitable. In fact, through
the example and teachings of Jesus, we know that 4. Do you have assurance that God will accept you? Other Challenges
Logical: Westerners and many others do not follow the
God expects us to be hospitable. Being hospitable, • Muhammad had no assurance (Sura 46:8,9); same reasoning patterns as Muslims. This is important
welcoming people into our homes, sharing our lives, • Abu Bakr had no assurance; to understand. Westerners follow logic laws: a + b = c,
is exactly what Jesus wants to do with Muslims. • Allah only forgives whom he wants to forgive
Share male to male, and female to female, or else you whereas Muslims usually follow associative laws. For
(Sura 2:284; 3:129 etc); example: Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country; you come
open up the charge of immorality! Do not make • Allah sends astray whom he wants (see tracts on
friends just to share the Gospel, be genuine in your from Saudi Arabia; you must be a Muslim. Or, Christi-
The Straight Path, Sin, and Truth); anity is a Western religion; you are a Westerner; you
desire to care for them. Remember that we are to be
• Good deeds bring no assurance (Bukhari, Vol. 7, must be a Christian.
a blessing to the world in word and deed.
Hadith No. 577 and Vol. 8, Hadith No. 474).
4. Understand them. Seek to understand their cus- This different way of thinking will cast many a spanner
5. May I tell you what the Bible says on these things? in your discussions with him, through no fault of his.
toms, beliefs, food, clothing and values. Understand
that how they communicate is probably very different Remember to keep praying and ask that the Lord will
from the way you do. Seek to understand their atti- open the eyes of his heart.
tude to Christ and Christianity, Allah, Muhammad Theological: Muslims do not accept that Jesus Christ is
as his strict observance of the law. But he also told some
of the negative aspects as well, i.e. that he killed the Results of Conversion:
Preparing Your Testimony

saints! He told of his conversion and his subsequent life Fruit of salvation initially:
after seeing Jesus—an inspiring and courageous presenta- _________________________________
tion! Use this page to make notes and prepare your own
testimony. Write Scriptural references that you know _________________________________
that will support your story. Remember! Your testimony _________________________________ Of Him [Jesus] all the prophets
should be only 3-5 minutes and is about how Jesus has
_________________________________ bear witness that through His
been faithful to His Word. name everyone who believes in
_________________________________ Him receives forgiveness of
Introduction:
Think to positively affirm the person with whom you are _________________________________ sins.—Acts 10:43
about to share. Speak truthfully and with appreciation. _________________________________
Before conversion: Fruit of salvation now:
Thoughts about God/Jesus, works, sin, the Church:
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Positive Qualities: How you know that you have peace, fellowship with God
the forgiveness of sins, and assurance of Heaven.
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Negative Qualities:
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Conversion:
How you realised the need for Jesus alone: May the Lord Jesus Christ be glorified
_________________________________ through this testimony and many people
_________________________________ testify that God really is with you! For you will be a witness for
_________________________________ Him to all men of what you have
seen and heard.—Acts 22:15
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_________________________________ To read the Holy Bible online visit:
How you trusted Jesus:
To watch the Jesus Film online visit:
How to prepare an effective
_________________________________ testimony when sharing with
http://www.jesusfilm.org/languages
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Muslims.
_________________________________ Mizan ul Haqq
_________________________________ Email: anymorequestions@gmail.com
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Your testimony is not a story about you as much as it is 8. Ensure God gets the glory, not you! have the testimony as a Christian who is led by Jesus.
about how God met you, and is and has been molding Without the Gospel, no one can be saved. The Bible says
9. Practice, practice, practice. Prepare two or three differ-
you. In other words, you are privileged to have the living that God has chosen the “foolishness” of the Gospel to
ent versions that emphasise different aspects of your life
God working in your life and should be eager to share that save (1 Corinthians 1:18, 21 etc) so that, apart from the
and conversion. Then practice, practice, practice.
good news with others. presentation of the Gospel, the conviction of their sin and
10. Introduce this material to a few people from your the righteousness that comes through Jesus, they cannot
Jesus told His disciples to bear witness of Him to all the
Church/Bible study/cell group or other Christian be saved.
earth. Be honoured to be a witness of the grace of God!
friends, and have people prepare and share their testi- The general structure of your testimony should provide a be-
Furthermore, Jesus says in Matthew 10:33, ‘But whoever
mony with each other. Later extend your group and fore and after snapshot—how you were convicted of your sin,
denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My
again have each one share his/her testimony. how you knew that Jesus alone could atone for you, plus how
Father who is in heaven.’ In Matthew 10:32 Jesus prom-
ises, ‘Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I Possible Pitfalls God is working in you today.
will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.’ There are some potential pitfalls in developing a personal Final points:
testimony. Consider the following tips carefully:
The disciples undoubtedly were called upon frequently to
1. Pray that God’s holiness and glory will be revealed
testify how Jesus had changed them; Paul frequently told 1. Don’t speak negatively about other Christians, the through your testimony both in words and deeds. This
what God had done. Jesus himself told people to testify Church or Christian organizations. Remember you is to be our priority as we have been bought at a great
about what He had done (Mark 5:19). And you are com- aren’t a perfect Christian. Do mention false assump- price and are no longer our own. It must be evident in
manded to always be ready to answer unbelievers. In tions or beliefs that you had about the Church if this is our lives or we make God a liar and the Gospel be-
short, your testimony is a testimony to the power and appropriate. comes fiction to your hearer.
faithfulness of God in your life (1 Peter 3:15).
2. This is your testimony and not a sermon. It should be 2. Be humble. You are also a sinner. The difference
Your testimony is not a substitute for the Gospel even though natural, concise and yours. Remember it is the Lord
it may concisely contain the Gospel. There are numerous dan- between you and them is that God has opened your
working in your life; it doesn’t matter whether it is heart. Pray that He will open their hearts.
gers in confusing the two. If your testimony is particularly spectacular or not. (1 Kings 19:7ff cf. Mark 1:16-18).
spectacular or powerful, and the person with whom you are 3. God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble (1
sharing doesn’t have a similar experience, they may think they 3. Try to avoid jargon. Words that you may think are Peter 5:5). When Jesus was confronted with someone
are not saved. easy to understand, i.e., Bible. (There are many people who was proud of their status, achievements etc, He
1. Read numerous examples of testimonies from Scrip- today, even in the West, who do not know what a Bible always used the law. When Jesus was confronted with
ture (Acts 26:2-29; 1 Samuel 1:9-2:4; 2 Kings 5:2-3; is, nor that Christians consider it the Word of God.) someone who knew of their state before God, He used
Daniel 3:16-30; John 1:38-42; Mark 5:19-20; etc). 4. Make sure it is not more than 3-5 minutes. grace. Pray that the Lord will show the person his/her
need for Jesus Christ and convict him/her that right-
2. Ask God for guidance and wisdom (James 1:5-6); 5. Use your testimony at appropriate times and junctures. eousness is found in Jesus alone—He is the only Sav-
3. Talk about your past—things that people can relate to Do not foist your testimony on people who are unwill- iour for all!
and understand. Find an interesting opening line to ing to hear it.
4. It is God who works in you and through you. You
capture attention. Generally speaking, strangers, acquaintances and friends do cannot live a life that is pleasing to God apart from His
4. How did you come to know that you were in need of a not ask for your testimony without you letting them know enabling. Since the God of this universe lives in you,
Saviour? How did you know that only Jesus could be that you are a Christian and speaking to them in such a way He can and will give you the courage and ability to
that Saviour? Quote relevant Scripture verses. as to impart a knowledge of God and His love for them. testify about Him since that is His revealed will for
This is frequently done through times of struggle, encour- everyone. God is glorified most when we are weak
5. What were the main hindrances for you to become a agement, kindnesses, practical help etc. and rely on His grace and power!!
Christian?
Living your testimony is not the same, and will never be 5. Pray that the Lord will give you boldness, wisdom and
6. How has God changed your life? What are the differ- the same, as telling someone. Imagine that your the opportunity to share what He has done!
ences now? neighbour’s house is on fire. Do you first run inside your
home, have a shower and put on clean clothes, have a shave 6. Be genuine.
7. How do you know that you have the forgiveness of
etc., and then parade up and down outside their house, try- Refresh your memory by reading the example of Paul
sins? How does God enable you to overcome sin?
ing to entice them out by your lifestyle? NO! If you have
How are you aware that you have fellowship with before King Agrippa (Acts 26:2-29). Paul appealed to
concern for them you will shout at the top of your voice
God? How do you know that you are going to heaven the knowledge that Agrippa had of the law; he told some
that they are in danger and need to get out. Simply being
when you leave this earth? positive aspects of his own life before conversion - such
good will never bring someone into the Kingdom; you must
is both creative and eternal. Furthermore regarding the sin of one person. But being the eternal Word of
the Word of God, the Holy Bible says: God, his sacrifice is able to pay for the sins of all man-
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)
kind He also offers us the gift of eternal life and in-
vites us to live with Him for eternity! The Straight Path
Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sins and rose
Before you say that the Holy Bible has been cor-
rupted, you need to ask yourself: Can a mortal man again on the third day, victorious over death, winning
the ultimate victory in history; but each one of us must
change the words of the Almighty? Before you say
choose to receive this free gift. If you refuse to receive
that Christians worship three gods, you need to ask
yourself; Do Christians really worship three gods? this gift, you cannot enjoy the benefits of the gift. A
gift is given, not earned – indeed, the giver would have
Have you ever read the Holy Bible? A suspect
the right to be offended if you attempted to offer some
should be considered innocent until proven guilty!
form of payment. You cannot put God in your debt!
Salvation in the Holy Bible God desires us to humbly receive this gift with a thank-
...But God demonstrates His own love toward us, ful heart.
in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. To “confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord” means
(Romans 5:8) that you must agree with God that: 1) you are a sinner
If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and that you deserve to die; 2) You cannot save your-
and believe in your heart that God raised Him from self from hell fire; 3) The Lord Jesus paid the penalty
the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9) for your sins on the cross and He bought you with His
precious blood; and 4) You need Jesus to be your Lord
But as many as received Him [Jesus], to them gave
and Saviour. If you wish to receive the forgiveness of
he power to become the sons of God, to them that
sin through Jesus Christ by faith, you need only to
believe on his name. (John 1:12)
open your heart and ask God in your own words, simi- Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
Jesus said: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the lar to the following:
Life, no one comes to the Father except through In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner. I admit that my good
Me.” (John 14:6) ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
works can’t take away my sins and I receive You as my
Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
But even though we are sinners, guilty before a Holy Lord and Saviour. Cleanse me from my sins with your Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
God, God loves us very much, and has lavished His precious blood, and help me to walk according to your (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
love upon us by sending Christ Jesus, the Word of will. Thank you for providing a way for me to draw path, The path of those whom You have fa-
God, into this world to identify with us as a man, and near to You. Amen. voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
to die in our place as payment for our sins! Even anger nor of those who go astray.
while we were still in our sins, enemies of God, He
did this for us! What a marvellous love God has for
us; He paid our ransom by the voluntary death of To read the Holy Bible online visit:
Jesus on the cross! http://www.ibs.org/bibles
To watch the Jesus Film online visit: Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of http://www.jesusfilm.org/languages the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Romans 6:23) Mizan ul Haqq
Warning—This pamphlet contains words
The penalty for our sin is death, but Jesus, being
Email: anymorequestions@gmail.com of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
sinless, and the eternal Word of God, came into this
world to die for our sins. Were Jesus only sinless Please use appropriately.
and a perfect prophet, He could only have died for
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. before, and You are the One Who delays them, and (to protect you) from Allah in anything except this
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah You are the Omnipotent.” that I would sustain relationship with you. O Safiya
(verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura al-
Sahih Al-Bukhari in Vol. 8 Hadith #319: Narrated (aunt of the Messenger of Allah) I can’t avail you
ways stands for a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is that
Muhammad is the perfect example to be followed by all Mus- by Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "By at all against Allah; O Fatimah, daughter of Mu-
lims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called Allah! I ask for forgiveness from Allah and turn to hammad , ask me whatever you like, but I can’t
Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith Him in repentance more than seventy times a day." avail you at all against Allah.
(Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn
You cannot save yourself The nature of Allah makes assurance of salvation
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to show
the teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not in- Even Muhammad, knew that obedience does not even more difficult. Abu Baker the first Rightly
tended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have guarantee entry to heaven. We read in the Qur’an: Guided Caliph said: “I swear to Allah that I do not
little real knowledge of what their god, Allah and their prophet feel safe from Allah’s cunning (deceit) even if one of
has said on this topic. “Say: I am no new thing among the messengers (of my feet is already in Paradise.” (Khalid Muhammad
Allah), nor know I what will be done with me or with Khalid, Successors of the Apostle, p. 114, quoted by
Sometimes, in the busyness of our daily lives, we you. I do but follow that which is inspired in me, Anwar al-Jundi, Mizan al-Islam, p. 170).
forget that our lives are mere wisps in the span of and I am but a plain Warner.” (Sura 46:9)
time. We forget that there is an eternity and a God to Muhammad tells people to rescue themselves from
whom we must give an account. Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 5 Hadith #266: ...He fire, but as we have already seen, Muhammad could
[Muhammad] said, "As to him, by Allah, death has not save himself; he did not know what Allah would
On Judgement Day, who are you trusting to gain overtaken him, and I hope the best for him. By Allah, do to him.
your entry to heaven? Where will you be? The path though I am the Apostle of Allah, yet I do not know
you are treading, will it take you to Heaven or Hell? what Allah will do to me." By Allah, I will never as- Who is sinless, who can save us?
Scripture says: sert the piety of anyone after him. The Qur’an says that Jesus was sinless: “The
angel said: I am only a messenger from the Lord that
“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole Muhammad Cannot Save You I am bestowing on you (Mary) a sinless/pure (Zakia)
world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give The word ‘saviour’ does not appear in the Qur’an. son.” (Sura 19:19) Satan did not touch Jesus and
in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26). For someone to save a drowning person, the saviour His mother Mary (Sura 3:36).
All People Are Sinners must be able to swim. Not just passably well, but
well enough for two people. From the above quotes The Holy Bible says: “For we do not have a high
This is why Muhammad was commanded by Allah
we have seen that Muhammad couldn’t “swim” for priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses,
to pray for his own sins and the sins of others. but One [Jesus] who has been tempted in all things
himself, so he can’t save you either.
So know (O Muhammad) that there is no God save as we are, yet without sin. 16Therefore let us draw
Allah, and ask forgiveness for your sin and for be- When we read in Sura 26:214, “And warn your near- near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that
lieving men and believing women. Allah knows est kindred”, we see that Muhammad was com- we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time
(both) your place of turmoil and your place of rest. manded to warn his relatives. To understand this of need.” (Hebrews 4:15-16)
(Sura 47:19) verse let us look at the following Hadith:
“Therefore He [Jesus] is also able to save to the
Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 8 Hadith #407: Narrated Sahih Muslim Vol. 1 Hadith #398 and 402: Abu uttermost those who come to God through Him, since
by Abu Musa: “The prophet used to call upon Allah Huraira reported: When this verse was revealed: He always lives to make intercession for
saying: “O my Lord! Forgive my sins and my igno- “And warn your nearest kindred” (26:214), the Mes- them.” (Hebrews 7:25)
rance and my exceeding the limits (boundaries) of senger of Allah (may peace be upon him) called the
Quraish; so they gathered and he gave them a gen- The Qur’an says that Jesus is the Word of God and
righteousness in all my deeds and what you know
eral warning. O sons of Hashim (name of Muham- Spirit of God (Sura 3:45; 4:171; 19:34; 21:91); as
better than I. O Allah! Forgive my mistakes, those
mad’s great grand father), rescue yourselves from such, He has immense value! God creates everything
done intentionally or out of my ignorance or
Fire; O sons of ‘Abd al Muttalib (name of Muham- through His Word (Sura 2:117; 3:47, 59; 6:73;
(without) or with seriousness, and I confess that all
mad’s grand father), rescue yourselves from Fire; O 16:40; 19:35; 36:82; 40:68). The Holy Bible con-
such mistakes are done by me. O Allah! Forgive my
Fatimah (name of Muhammad’s most beloved daugh- firms the same in Psalm 33:6. Therefore, The Word
sins of the past and of the future which I did openly
or secretly. You are the One Who makes things go ter), rescue yourself from Fire, for I have no power
to death for murdering an unbeliever (Bukhari, Vol. No. 112, 514; Vol. 8, Hadith No. 335, 412, No. 9,
4, Hadith No. 283). Hadith No. 507). Reciting the confession of faith is
Muhammad permitted sorcery although it is
listed as a great sin (Muslim, Book 26, Hadith No.
recorded as ten good deeds (at-Tirmidhi, No. 308).
All this gives the impression that sin is easily
Sin in Christianity & Islam
5449, 5452, 5456). In keeping with this attitude to forgiven and seems to convey the certainty of entry
the great sins, Muhammad forbade children from into heaven. However Muhammad, under Allah’s
obeying or even being near their parents, if their inspiration, revealed that good deeds will never get
parents were unbelievers (Sura 9:23). you into heaven (Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No. 577
and Vol. 8, Hadith No. 474) for Allah may not
Despite all these irregularities, Allah sought to
forgive you (Sura 4:116). The last Rightly Guided
emphasize the necessity of sin when his messenger
Caliph said: “I swear to Allah that I do not feel safe
said:
from Allah’s cunning (deceit) even if one of my feet
‘By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if you were not is already in Paradise.” (Khalid Muhammad Khalid,
to commit sin, Allah would sweep you out of Successors of the Apostle).
existence and He would replace (you by) those
Summary
people who would commit sin and seek forgiveness
As we have seen, sin is not a serious issue in Islam,
from Allah, and He would have pardoned
and even great sins are forgiven easily. Christianity,
them’ (Muslim, Vol. 4, Book 37, Hadith No. 6622 &
however, never changes the standard, and
6621).
forgiveness is never obtained by doing good works.
This shows how serious Allah regards sin. If you do It is the heart and mind that needs to be changed. In
not sin, Allah will wipe you out and replace you with Christianity, forgiveness of sin is only available
people who will sin. It is then incumbent upon through the atoning death of Jesus Christ (Islam
Muslims to sin, so that they will repent and seek forbids atonement, Sura 4:112; and see 17:15 etc). Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
Allah. The God of the Bible and the God of Islam too often
have different standards regarding holiness; Allah In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
How then, can Muslims get into Heaven? Allah ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
has an arbitrary standard and requires Muslims to
weighs their sins and good deeds in a balance (Sura Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
7:8, 9; 21:47; 23:101-103). If the good deeds sin; Yahweh (Jehovah) requires perfection of heart,
mind, soul and body (Matthew 5:48) —they can Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
outweigh the bad deeds, then entry is assured.. To (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
never be contaminated by sin and still enter heaven
aid a Muslim in this venture, Allah proclaims: path, The path of those whom You have fa-
‘Those who avoid great sins (see Sura 4:31) … without atonement by the blood of Lord Jesus.
voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
except the small sins, verily, your Lord is of vast Only faith in the righteousness of Christ offers anger nor of those who go astray.
forgiveness …’ (Sura 53:32). Good deeds remove forgiveness now and a certain hope of heaven.
sinful deeds (Sura 5:39; 11:114; Bukhari, Vol. 1.
Hadith No. 504). Punishment now, means no To read the Holy Bible online visit:
punishment after death (Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. http://www.ibs.org/bibles Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
17). To watch the Jesus Film online visit: the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
Additionally, every letter of the Qur’an that is read
in Arabic, accredits the reader with ten good deeds Warning—This pamphlet contains words
recorded (at-Tirmidhi, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 2327). Mizan ul Haqq of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
Good deeds can be multiplied many times, up to 700
times (Sura 4:40; 6:160; Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. Email: anymorequestions@gmail.com Please use appropriately.
40) and are easily obtained (Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. unbelief) (Sura 33:5; Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 1; cf 11. Alcohol; and
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah 2:284); but other times it is only wrong actions 12. Gambling.
(verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura (Bukhari Vol. 8, Hadith 498).
always stands for a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is Even though these are listed as great sins, they are
that Muhammad is the perfect example to be followed by all The Qur’an recognizes that all living persons are obviously not seen as very serious according to
Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called inherently good, and it is their actions and devotion to Muhammad’s teachings.
Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith Allah that enables them to obtain salvation. Even
(Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn As seen above, though adultery is forbidden,
demons are capable of regaining salvation (Ibn Kathir
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to show prostitution (Sura 24:33) and limited (temporary)
on 55:71 and At-Tabari 23:65)
the teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not marriage are permissible (Sura 4:24). Thus, in
intended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have In Christianity, sin includes actions, but is primarily Islam, the seriousness, and even the definition of
little real knowledge of what their god, Allah, and their wrong thoughts, desires and inclinations, a rebellious sin varies. For example, alcohol is forbidden on
prophet has said on this topic. defiance of God (Exodus 20:17; Matthew 5:28; earth (Sura 5:90-91) but in Islamic Paradise,
Many people think that all religions teach the same Romans 1:21; 1 John 2:15) as these are the source of alcohol is allowed (Sura 56:18; 76:5, 17; 78:34).
set of moral values with only minor variations. your actions (Matthew 12:34; Luke 6:45). On earth, Islam forbids more than 4 wives
Factual understanding of the major doctrines of Jesus (excepting temporary wives, and concubines) and
The Seriousness of Sin
and Allah/Muhammad reveal superficial similarities adultery (Sura 4:3), but in Islamic Paradise, 72
In Christianity, there is no changing standard
but also that the teachings are often very different. virgins (at-Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 1067, 1494 [Alim
regarding sin: the standard is always God’s
As a result, the actions that stem from these beliefs Software]; see Sura 56:22-40; Ibn Kathir on 55:72)
holiness.
are also different. and boys (Sura 52:24; 56:17; 76:19).
Be holy for I am Holy (Leviticus 11:45; 19:2; 1
The Source of Sin Lying is generally forbidden, but the doctrine of Al-
Peter 1:16); I the Lord do not change (Malachi 3:6;
In Islam, the origin of sin is Allah. Islam claims that Taqiyya [legal right of a Muslims to deceive non-
Hebrews 13:8); and All have sinned and fall short of
humans were created in a state of equilibrium; Muslims] permits lying. Muhammad believed that
the glory of God (Romans 3:23).
sinless at birth (Sura 16:78; Pickthall 30:30 & 98:5) lying was acceptable and said,
and with pure Islamic faith (Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith For example, adultery is completely forbidden
‘Allah willing, if ever I take an oath to do
No. 597). The Qur’an makes it perfectly clear that (Matthew 5:27-28), whereas in Islam, limited
something, and later on I find that it is more
no person is really free to choose good or evil, Allah prostitution is permitted (Sura 24:33; 4:24; 33:37).
beneficial to do something different, I will do the
leads people astray. Unlike Christianity Islam does not consider all sin thing which is better, and give expiation for my
Sura 7:178, ‘Whomsoever Allâh guides, he is the equally wrong. Sins are divided into different oath.’ (Bukhari, Vol. 4., Hadith No. 361). Allah had
guided one, and whomsoever He sends astray, those! categories, but are most usefully separated into greater taught in the Qur’an that, Muslims are not bound by
They are the losers.’ (see also Sura 7:179; 13:31 and lesser sins. There are several lists of great sins their oaths (Sura 66:2).
95:4-5; 4:142; 39:57). (albeit conflicting), which can be summarized as:
Lying is permitted because Allah can deceive. In
Thus, in Islam, Adam did not bring sin into the 1. To join partners in worship with Allah; fact, Allah calls himself the greatest of deceivers
world. Indeed Allah had destined Adam to sin—40 2. To practice sorcery; [Allaahu Khayrul-maakiriin]. (Sura 3:54; 8:30) and
years before he created him (Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith 3. Murder without just (legal) cause; leads people astray (Sura 4:88, 143; 7:178,186;
No. 611; see also Sura 9:51). 4. To charge usury (money lent at high interest); 13:27, etc). Murder, even though it is a great sin,
5. To consume the property of an orphan; is actually commanded to prevent or remove al-
In Christianity, humans are believed to be born 6. To be a coward in battle; Fitnah [opposition (Sura 2:191 and 2:217) or
sinners by virtue of Adam’s sin We inherit a sinful 7. To be undutiful to one's parents; disbelief (Sura 8:39)]. Muslims are even
nature (Romans 5:12), and so people commit sin 8. To give a false witness (lying); commanded to slay unbelievers if they do not
because they are sinners. 9. To kill your child lest he should share your food convert (Sura 9:5 etc.). Thus, the great sin of
Definition of Sin with you (i.e. poverty); murder is commanded if unbelievers do not convert
In Islam, sin is sometimes intention of heart (except 10. To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the or when Al-Fitnah exists. No Muslim should be put
wife of your neighbour (a.k.a., adultery);
condition, and tells us where to get the necessary Heaven and Hell
righteousness; the Law in Islam tells you to jump Heaven, to a Christian, is to be with Jesus. While an
higher with no assistance at all.
Salvation
actual place, the Christian cherishes the fact that it is
with Jesus they spend eternity. In the Christian
Heaven, there is no sin or sinner. The lake of fire is
Islam & Christianity
Christianity teaches that there is a broken
reserved for Satan and his angels, and sinners
relationship between God and mankind that needs
(Matthew 25:41). Islamic Heaven [Paradise], has
restoration. Any soul that sins shall die in the lake
seventy-two (72) virgins for the lowliest person
of fire. The only way is through atonement, a life
(Sura 56:22-40; Ibn Kathir on 55:22-40). There will
given to redeem your own. In Christianity, the only
be free-flowing wine in abundance (Sura 56:18;
sinless one, the Son of God, Jesus Christ was given
76:5, 17; 78:34). Demons [Jinn], will also be in
as that atonement:
Paradise (Ibn Kathir, commenting on Sura 55:56-
“This is love, not that we loved God, but that He 74).
loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for
Obedience to Governments
our sins.” (1 John 4:10).
Christians are commanded to obey the government
“...if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with because they have been ordained by God (Romans
the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One, and he 13). Muslims on the other hand are required to
himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not disobey, and not to submit to non-Muslims (Sura
only for our sins but also for the whole world.” (1 25:52; 26:151; 33:1; 68:8 etc). They are not to take
John 2:1-2). infidels/kafir [unbelievers/non-Muslims] as friends
Islam offers guidance , but not salvation. In Islam, or Allah’s wrath will be upon them (Sura 3:28;
there is no broken relationship and no need of a 4:144; 5:51, 80-81; 9:23, 123; 58:14-15).
mediator. Atonement is something you do to atone Summary Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
for sin (such as broken, intentional oaths, having sex These differences are only the proverbial, tip of the
during a fast etc), usually a “payment” of some iceberg. Although there are superficial similarities In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
nature, including punishment imposed by others who on some teachings, the fundamentals of the faiths of ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
caught you. Thus atonement is limited to this world, Christianity and Islam couldn’t be more different; Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
so if you are punished now, or provide your own they are mutually exclusive and diametrically Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
atonement via some payment, Allah will not punish opposed. Although many people think that (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
you in the hereafter (Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 17; Christians, Jews and Muslims worship the same path, The path of those whom You have fa-
Muslim, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 4235). So, for a sinless, voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
God, exploring the natures of Allah and Yahweh
anger nor of those who go astray.
innocent prophet like Jesus [Isa] to atone for your (Jehovah), reveals them to be completely different
sin is an insult to Allah and forbidden in the Qur’an beings. As a result, the practices of its followers are
(Sura 4:112; 17:15 ?? etc). completely different.
Thus, the God of the Bible guarantees salvation, but To read the Holy Bible online visit:
Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
Allah saves who he wills (see earlier section on http://www.ibs.org/bibles
the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
trust). In fact, Allah guarantees that every Muslim To watch the Jesus Film online visit:
will pass through hell (Sura 19:71-72). http://www.jesusfilm.org/languages
In Christianity, you cannot truly follow God unless
Mizan ul Haqq of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
He has changed what is in your heart (Mark 7:21-23;
Ezekiel 36:26). In Islam, you cannot truly follow Email: anymorequestions@gmail.com Please use appropriately.
Allah, until you change your own heart (Sura 13:11).
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. “Allah's Messenger said: If you were not to see our tract on Sin in Christianity and Islam).
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah commit sins, Allah would have swept you out of
(verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura Christianity forbids all forms of lying and deceit, all
existence and would have replaced you by another
always stands for a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is liars will be in hell (Psalm 15:1-3; Revelation
people who have committed sin, and then asked
that Muhammad is the perfect example to be followed by all 22:15). Islam permits deception in certain
Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called forgiveness from Allah, and He would have granted
circumstances because Allah claims thirty times in
Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith them pardon.” (Book 37, Hadith No. 6621, 6622).
the Qur’an that he misleads/sends astray people and
(Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn The Nature of God that he is the greatest deceiver [Allaahu Khayrul-
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to
Beyond attitudes to sin, there are completely maakiriin] (Sura 3:54; 8:30). Allah says that he
show the teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not
intended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have different ideas about the nature of God. The leads people astray (Sura 4:88, 40:33-34 etc).
little real knowledge of what their god, Allah, and their Christian God is a personal God, who reveals His
Christianity requires that believers keep the oaths
prophet has said on this topic. name, expresses a desire to live in us and through us;
they made, even if it hurts (Psalm 15:4).
Christians are God’s children and His friends. In
Islam and Christianity have many similar teachings, Muhammad believed that lying was acceptable
Islam, everyone is a slave to Allah (Sura 19:92-93;
such as to not commit adultery, murder, lie, steal, and even taught how to expiate [make amends
2:90; 3:79; 5:118; 6:18, 61; 7:194; 8:51). Allah
etc. This leads many people to think that Islam and for] an oath,
cannot be your Father; it is unforgivable to associate
Christianity are equally good, or equally true; even anyone with Allah (4:48, 116). So to consider ‘Allah willing, if ever I take an oath to do
the Qur’an proclaims that the God of the Bible yourself a child of Allah, to call him ‘Father,’ in a something, and later on I find that it is more
(Yahweh) and the God of the Qur’an (Allah) are the real and personal way, is to blaspheme. beneficial to do something different, I will do the
same (Sura 29:46). However, just as different thing which is better, and give expiation for my
words can mean different things to different people, Furthermore, the concept of the “Trinity” is
oath.’ (Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 361)
so too, when a Muslim and Christian talk, even abhorrent to Muslims, who believe that the Trinity
though they use the same terminology, their is: God, Jesus and Mary (Sura 5:116) rather than the Revelation
meanings are substantially different. Father, Son and Holy Spirit as Christians believe. The purposes of the Bible and the Qur’an are
As a result, they completely misrepresent and substantially different. The Bible, although it
For example, in Christianity, adultery starts in the misunderstand the Christian understanding of the contains many commands, is only a means to an
heart. Jesus said that, Trinity. The Muslim concept is akin to 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 end; the theme throughout is that mankind cannot
“whoever looks at a woman with lust in his heart (simple unity). Because God is infinite not finite, the be righteous without the help of God (Ecclesiastes
has committed adultery with her.” (Matthew 5:28). Christian concept is a complex unity like infinity + 7:20; Hebrews 11:6; Ezekiel 34:11). Thus,
infinity + infinity = infinity. Christians run to Jesus for atonement of sin and a
Adultery refers not only to the physical act, but also transformed heart which hates sin in the inner most
to the heart attitude. In Islam, adultery is having Trust
place. The function of the Qur’an is, as many
sex with someone whom your right hand doesn’t The God of the Bible does not change (Numbers
Israelites thought and think about the Torah, is to
possess (Sura 4:3; 33:50; 4:24 etc). Thus a Muslim 23:19; Jeremiah 4:28; Hebrews 7:21); but Allah is
show one how to earn favour with Allah/God
is allowed to have up to four wives, temporary not bound by anything (2:106; 16:101; 7:99). As a
through obedience. Thus, the Bible records God
marriages, exchange wives, and have sex with slave result, the God of the Bible, Yahweh can be trusted
reaching down to save man from their sin, whereas
girls, without having committed adultery. and desires us to trust Him (Proverbs 3:5 etc.), but
Islam testifies that men are responsible for their
no one can trust Allah: Even Abu Bakr, the first
In Christianity, sin is rebellion against God’s own salvation. Muhammad implored,
Rightly Guided Caliph, said, “I swear to Allah that I
rightful place of authority; it pains and grieves God do not feel safe from Allah's cunning even if one of ‘...O Fatimah (name of Muhammad’s most
(Ephesians 4:30). All sinners will go to the lake of my feet is already inside paradise...." (Khalid beloved daughter), rescue yourself from Fire, for I
fire, unless they have their sins atoned for. In Muhammad Khalid, Successors of the Apostle). have no power (to protect you) from Allah in
Islam, although sin is transgression of Allah’s law, anything...’ (Muslim, Book 1, Hadith No. 398 and
sin has no impact on Allah (Sura 3:144, 176; 4:111; Since Allah is not bound by any form of morality
402).
47:32). Sahih Muslim records, and the life of Muhammad exemplified this, sin is an
elastic and relativistic concept (for more information, The Law in Christianity teaches our helpless
their friends in preference to believers. Whoever does Violence is a by-product of the sinful nature of our
that has no connection with Allah unless (it be) that humanity, which stems from mankind’s thinking that
you but guard [al-Taqiyya—legal deception] your-
selves against them, taking (as it were) security. Allah
someone is better than another. However, Yahweh,
the God of the Bible, created man and woman in His Jews & Christians in Islam
bids you beware (only) of Himself. Unto Allah is the own image and likeness (Genesis 1:27) and, in Christ,
journeying.’ Also see Sura 4:144-45. all who accept Him as their Lord and Saviour, are
Sura 5:51, ‘O you who believe! Take not the Jews and adopted into His family (John 1:12). Regardless of
the Christians for friends. They are friends one to race, “there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free,
another. He among you who takes them for friends is male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”
(one) of them. Lo! Allah guides not wrongdoing folk.’ Galatians 3:28.
ALLAH COMMANDS MUSLIMS TO FIGHT NON- God condemns partiality (1 Timothy 5:21; James 2:1-
MUSLIM NEIGHBOURS 10; 3:17) and the Prince of Peace, the Lord Jesus
Christ teaches:
Sura 9:123, ‘O you who believe! Fight those of the
disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find Love your enemies (Matthew 5:43-44)
harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those Live in peace with all men (Hebrews 12:14)
who keep their duty (unto Him).’ Obey the governing authorities (Romans 13:1-4).
Sura 9:5, ‘Then, when the sacred months have passed, Do good to all … (Galatians 6:10)
slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take
them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for Now you have an opportunity to find out more for
them each ambush. But if they repent and establish yourself, as God has given you the means and the
worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. ability to search for the truth.
Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.’
MUSLIMS MUST NOT OBEY NON-MUSLIMS Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
Sura 25:52, ‘So obey not the disbelievers, but strive In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
against them herewith with a great endeavour.’ Sura ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
26:151, ‘And obey not the command of the prodigal Notes: Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
[their chief: leader who were polytheists, criminals Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
and sinners, The Noble Qur’an]. Sura 33:1-2 ‘… and (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Lo! Allah path, The path of those whom You have fa-
is Knower, Wise. And follow that which is inspired in voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
you from your Lord. Lo! Allah is Aware of what you anger nor of those who go astray.
do.’ Sura 68:8, ‘Therefore obey not you the rejecters
[unbelievers].’
DID JESUS PREACH SUCH HATRED?
No! In fact, as he was being crucified, He prayed for To read the Holy Bible online visit: Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
His enemies, “Father, forgive them.” (Luke 23:34) http://www.ibs.org/bibles the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
and Jesus tells his followers, ‘But I say to you, love To watch the Jesus Film online visit:
your enemies and pray for those who persecute http://www.jesusfilm.org/languages Warning—This pamphlet contains words
you.’ (Matthew 5:44). Christians are told to bless
those who curse them, to bless and not to curse Mizan ul Haqq of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
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(Romans 13:1-8). .
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah them): "We believe in that which has been revealed to
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah (himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my
(verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura
us and revealed to you; our Ilâh (God) and your Ilâh
Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoever ascribes partners (God) is One (i.e. Allâh), and to Him we have
always stands for a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is that
unto Allah, for him Allah has forbidden paradise. His submitted (as Muslims).”’ (See also Sura 16:125).
Muhammad is the perfect example to be followed by all
Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called abode is the Fire. For evil-doers there will be no
helpers. They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Fight, Kill, Loot and Despoil Christians and Jews
Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith
(Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn third of three; when there is no God except the One Sura 3:181, ‘Truly Allah heard the saying of those
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to show God. If they stop not from so saying, a painful doom will [Jews in Al-Medina] who said, (when asked for
the teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not intended fall on those of them who disbelieve.’ contributions to jihad): "Allah, forsooth, is poor, and
to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have little real we are rich!" We shall record their saying with their
knowledge of what their god, Allah and their prophet has said
Sura 4:116 says that Christians cannot be forgiven
slaying of the prophets wrongfully and We shall say:
on this topic.
because they are polytheists [believe in more than one
Taste you the punishment of burning!’
God]: ‘Lo! Allah pardons not that partners should be
People everywhere need people! We need to have ascribed unto Him. He pardons all except that to whom Bukhari, Vol.4 , Hadith 176: “‘Allah's Apostle said,
friends. Our relationships, to a large extent, show who He will. Whoever ascribes partners unto Allah has "You (i.e. Muslims) will fight the Jews till some of
we really are. How we relate to people with whom we them will hide behind stones. The stones will (betray
wandered far astray.’
agree, or disagree, shows what is in our heart; it them) saying, 'O 'Abdullah (i.e. slave of Allah)! There
reflects who we are and what we believe. Islam’s Go to Christians and Jews for Wisdom
is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.'“
approach to relationships is the very opposite to Sura 10:94: ‘And if thou (Muhammad) art in doubt
Looting and despoiling Christians and Jews are
Christianity’s. concerning that which We reveal unto thee, then
question those who read the Scripture [Jews and considered good works (Sura 9:120; 4:94).
Jesus said, ‘If you love those who love you, what
reward will you have? Do not even tax collectors do Christians] (that was) before thee. Verily the Truth from Early in Muhammad’s career, Allah taught that Jews
the same? If you greet only your brothers, what more thy Lord hath come unto thee. So be not thou of the and Christians were believers; later in Muhammad’s
are you doing than others? Do not even the waverers.’ career, Allah taught they were unbelievers, and could
not repent to turn to Allah, even if Muhammad
unbelievers do the same?’ (Matthew 5:46-47). Sura 5:47, ‘Let the People of the Gospel judge by that
prayed 70 times for them (Sura 9:80).
Islam, and the agents of multiculturalism, present which Allah hath revealed therein. Whoso judgeth not
by that which Allah hath revealed: such are evil-livers.’ WHY ALLAH AND MUHAMMAD CHANGE
Islam as a tolerant and peaceful faith having the
answers for the world’s problems. However, much of THEIR MINDS?
Christians and Jews are Deluded Apes
what is presented as ‘true’ Islam, is in fact, a very The ‘kind’ teachings about Jews and Christians were
Sura 9:30, ‘And the Jews say: 'Uzair (Ezra) is the son of
limited and distorted view of what the Qur’an, Hadith made when Muhammad’s followers were few and
Allâh, and the Christians say: Messiah is the son of
and the life of Muhammad really teach. poor; when his forces had grown in strength and he
Allâh. That is a saying from their mouths. They imitate
had become wealthy, Allah declared that no other
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MUHAMMAD’S TEACHING the saying of the disbelievers of old. Allah's curse be on
religion would be accepted (thus, Judaism and
Christians and Jews are Believers them [Jews & Christians]: how they are deluded away
Christianity were accursed) and he became very
from the Truth!’
In Sura 85:4-11, an historical reference to king Dhu militant.
Nawas’ massacring the Christians of Najran, and in Sura 98:6, ‘Lo! those who disbelieve, among the People
ALLAH ACCEPTS NO RELIGION OTHER THAN
18:10-27, Christians are called believers; in Sura 2:62 of the Scripture [Jews and Christians] and the idolaters,
ISLAM
and 5:69 Allah said that Jews, Christians and will stay in fire of hell. They are the worst of created
beings.’ (also see Sura 8:55). Sura 3:85, ‘If anyone desires a religion other than
Sabaeans [star worshippers] will not grieve in the Last
Islam (submission to Allah) never will it be accepted
Day [the Day of Judgment]. In Sura 2:122 and 5:20 Be Nice to Christians and Jews
of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of
Allah said that the children of Israel are preferred Sura 29:46 ‘And argue not with the people of the those who have lost (all spiritual good).’ [Yousaf
above all, prophets and kings among them. Scripture (Jews and Christians), unless it be in (a way) Ali’s Trans.] (also see Sura 3:83)
Christians and Jews are Disbelievers that is better (with good words and in good manner,
MUSLIMS MUST NOT BEFRIEND NON-MUSLIMS
Sura 5:72-73 ‘They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! inviting them to Islâmic Monotheism with His Verses),
except with such of them as do wrong, and say (to Sura 3:28, ‘Let not the believers take disbelievers for
Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith 24, ‘Narrated Ibn Umar: occasion used a sword to attack Jesus’ enemies, Jesus
Allah’s Messenger said : ‘I have been ordered (by actually healed the injured man, and rebuked his
Allah) to fight against the people until they testify disciple (Luke 22:49-51).
that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah
and that Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger)…’
Whereas Muhammad sought to force unbelievers to Jihad
submit, Jesus sought to conquer men’s hearts. “Jesus
According to Sura 2:217, to turn men away from said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my
Allah is worse than killing. So killing an infidel who servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews.
turns people away from Islam, is permitted at any But now my kingdom is from another place."“ (John
time. 18:36). Jesus taught his disciples not to resist even an
evil person (Matthew 5:39), to bless those who
Furthermore, Timridhi’s Hadith 402 says The Prophet persecute you; bless and do not curse. (Romans
(peace be upon him and grant him peace) said: A 12:14), and to love your enemies and pray for those
martyr does not suffer when he is slain any more than who persecute you (Mathew 5:44).
one of you suffers from being bitten by an ant.
The message of Allah/Muhammad and the message of
Muhammad himself wanted over and over again to be Jesus are the complete opposite. Muhammad offered
martyred, according to Bukhari Vol 1. Hadith 35. no assurance of salvation, only the possibility of
Note also Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith 220 that says: Allah’s mercy, while Jesus died to offer salvation for
‘Allah’s apostle said, “I have been made victorious you as a free gift of God; it is not something you can
through terror.”’ earn. Ephesians 2:8,9 says, “It is by grace you (have
In al-Tabari IX p.42: An unbeliever, ‛Amr b. been) saved, through faith—and this is not from
Umayyah said, “We have been dealt a situation from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that
which there is no escape. You have seen what no one can boast”.
Muhammad has done. Arabs have submitted to him We have brought you this message because we care
Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
and we do not have the strength to fight. You know about you and would love to see you in heaven. When
that no herd is safe from him. And no one even you stand before the Lord, you will not be able to In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
dares go outside for fear of being terrorized.” plead ignorance. The choice is yours to make, and you ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
alone are responsible for your decision. Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
These are just a small sampling of passages from the
Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
Qur’an; he personally led more than 27 battles in 9 (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
years (Ibn Kathir, Albedayah wa-Nehayah, Vol. 4, p. path, The path of those whom You have fa-
179). There are hundreds more verses that show that voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
Muhammad was a practitioner of what he preached— anger nor of those who go astray.
Violent jihad for Allah.
THE JIHAD OF JESUS IS DIFFERENT
By contrast, as we observe the teachings of Jesus we To read the Holy Bible online visit:
note immediately that sinners flocked to Him, and http://www.ibs.org/bibles
To watch the Jesus Film online visit: Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
loved to be near Him. They had no fear of death from the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
Him.
It is true that Jesus did say, "Do not suppose that I Warning—This pamphlet contains words
Mizan ul Haqq
have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come
of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
to bring peace, but a sword” (Matthew 10:34). How- Email: anymorequestions@gmail.com
ever, he was referring to Christians becoming victims Please use appropriately.
of the sword of godless men. When a disciple on one
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. kafir). Sura 109:6 ‘Unto you your religion, and unto me my
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah religion.’
(verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura always Many will argue that jihad means ‘self-struggle,’ but
stands for a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is that as Walid Shoebat, a former Islamic terrorist, now LATER TEACHINGS OF MUHAMMAD—
Muhammad is the perfect example to be followed by all Christian, puts it, “so does ‘Mein Kampf,’ by Adolf JIHAD IS OBLIGATORY
Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called Hitler”. There are differing types of Jihad, but many As Muhammad grew in power, he beagn to teach that
Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith seek to subdue the world to Allah, preferably with its if Muslims do not engage in Jihad they will go to hell
(Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn consent, but if necessary, forcibly. and suffer a painful doom (Sura 48:16-17, 9:81, 9:94-
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to show
There are many verses in the Qur’an that convey the 95). Paradise is promised for those who die for Allah
the teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not intended
to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have little real impression that Allah and Muhammad are peace- (Sura 3:157, 158). True Muslims take part in Holy
knowledge of what their god, Allah and their prophet has said on loving. However, the majority of these come from the War (Sura 49:15, 9:44). There are said to be as many
this topic. Meccan period, when Islam was weak. The later teach- as 480 exhortations for jihad in the Qur’an. Here are
ings are far more violent, the most famous of which but a few:
Sometimes, in the busyness of daily living, we forget
are Sura 9:5 and 9:29—known as ‘the Sword verses’. Sura 2:216 ‘Warfare is ordained for you, though it is
that our lives are mere wisps in the span of time. Life
is very uncertain, it can terminate at any time, Sura At-Tauba 9:5 ‘Then, when the sacred months hateful unto you; but it may happen that you hate a
especially at this time when there are so many wars have passed, slay the idolaters wherever you find thing which is good for you, and it may happen that
and terrorist activities. them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and you love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows,
prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and you know not.’
Islamic terrorists claim their authority from the Qur’an
establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave
and Muhammad’s life—though moderates claim that Sura 8:67 “Allah said, ‘A prophet must slaughter
their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.’ before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is
such teachings are not found in Islam, or are a misun-
derstanding of the texts. Sura 9:29 ‘Fight against those who believe not (1) in driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the
Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that desires of this world, its goods and the ransom
It is important to evaluate the claims of both these
which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to
groups and the best way to evaluate the authenticity of
(4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of manifest the religion.’”
a practice or religion is to examine the teachings, the
truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture
life and the practice of its founder - in this case, Sura 9:44 ‘Those who believe in Allah and the Last
(Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with
Muhammad. Day ask no leave of you lest they should strive with
willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.’
TEACHINGS OF MUHAMMAD their wealth and their lives. Allah is Aware of those
Noted Islamic scholar, Anwar ul Haqq, in his book who keep their duty (unto Him).’
According to Ibn Is’haq 326, “Allah said, ‘No Prophet Abrogation in the Qur’an, has identified more than
before Muhammad took booty from his enemy nor 100 verses abrogated by these two—such as: Sura 8:74 ‘Those who believed and left their homes
prisoners for ransom.’ Muhammad said, ‘I was made and strove for the cause of Allah, and those who
Sura 2:256 ‘There is no compulsion in religion...’ took them in and helped them - these are the
victorious with terror. The earth was made a place for
me to clean. I was given the most powerful words. Sura 6:108 ‘Revile not those unto whom they pray believers in truth. For them is pardon, and bountiful
Booty was made lawful for me. I was given the power beside Allah lest they wrongfully revile Allah through provision.’
to intercede. These five privileges were awarded to no ignorance. Thus unto every nation have We made their
deed seem fair. Then unto their Lord is their return, Sura 49:15 ‘The (true) believers are those only who
prophet before me.’” believe in Allah and His messenger and afterward
and He will tell them what they used to do.’
When Muhammad was weak and needy, he advocated doubt not, but strive [take part in Jihad] with their
peace but, when he had money and an army, he Sura 7:199 ‘Keep to forgiveness (O Muhammad), and wealth and their lives for the cause of Allah. Such
planned and fought at least sixty-seven wars against enjoin kindness, and turn away from the ignorant.’ are the sincere.’
Christians and Jews and others. A cursory Sura 45:14 ‘Tell those who believe, to forgive those
examination of the explanations of Islamic terrorists Sura 4:76 ‘Those who believe do battle for the cause
who do not look forward to the Days of Allah: It is for
almost invariably shows that they are motivated by of Allah; and those who disbelieve do battle for the
Him to recompense (for good or ill) each People
jihad—a holy war against unbelievers (infidel or cause of idols. So fight the minions of the devil. Lo!
according to what they have earned.’
the devil's strategy is ever weak.’
Bāri, 10:544, quoted in Ibn Kathir, Tafsir, Vol. 2, p. Truth in the Bible
141-143). He also argues that Muslims can even The Bible teaches the exact opposite. It does not
deny that they are Muslims and deny Islam, the
Qur’an and Muhammad, in the interest of self pres-
condone or allow for deceit of any kind (Revelation
22:15). Believers are commanded to keep their oaths
even to their own detriment (Joshua 9; Psalm 15:4).
Truth in Islam
ervation. They can lie to promote a social ‘good’ i.e.
promote Islam. (Imamovic, Outlines of Islamic Doc- In fact, Yahweh, the God of the Bible, says that He
trine, p. 346). is not a man, that He would not lie (Number 23:19).
The Bible describes Jesus as Truth (John 14:6), the
As such, treaties are not binding (Sura 47:35; Holy Spirit as Truth (1 John 5:6) and the Father has
2:224-225; 66:1-2, ccf: 16:91, 94) and used to pro- not the slightest deceit in Him (James 1:17; 2 Samuel
vide time to regroup and rearm. 7:28; Psalm 31:5). Jesus IS truth. Believers are to
Ghazali, the most famous and highly regarded Mus- be Holy as God is Holy (Leviticus 19:2; 1 Peter 1:16
lim scholar of all times, states that lying is obliga- etc.).
tory when the goal is obligatory and it cannot be In the New Testament period, the seriousness of sin
reached by telling the truth (Ahmad ibn Naqib al- and lying was highlighted when God killed some
Misri, (1368), Reliance of the Traveller, translated people who lied (Acts 5). The Bible declares that:
by Nuh Ha Mim Keller (1994), r.8.2, p. 745). Dawah
(Islamic evangelism) is obligatory; if Islam cannot “all liars will have their part in the lake which
be spread with the truth, they are obliged to lie. burns with fire and brimstone.” (Revelation 21:8)
According to Ghazali, Muhammad taught people to However, in Islam, if you do not sin, Allah will kill
retract truthful confessions of sins so they could you and replace you with people who will sin
avoid punishment; lying is also permissible if the (Muslim, Book 37, Hadith No. 6622 & 6621).
consequences of telling the truth are more damaging We have brought you this message because we love
than the damage by lying (ibid., p. 746). Sura ‘Al-Fatihah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
you and desire to see you know the truth; we want
The ultimate purpose of Taqiyya is to confuse you to know that you can have your mind, body, In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
and split the enemy, so that they can be con- heart and soul cleansed by Jesus. For more informa- ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
quered for Allah. A perfect example of this is tion, read our tract on Salvation in Islam. Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
when Sura 2:256 is quoted, ‘there is no compulsion Now you have an opportunity to find out for your- (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
in religion,’ but they fail to cite Sura 9:5, 29, (and self, as God has given you the means and the ability path, The path of those whom You have fa-
others) which abrogate 2:256. Today, unbelievers to search for the truth. voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
only have the choice of converting, paying protec-
tion money or facing humiliation by Muslims or
death.
On the one hand, the Qur’an in numerous places
condemns falsehood, but as we have seen, not only To read the Holy Bible online visit: Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
do Allah and Muhammad practice lying, but Mu- http://www.ibs.org/bibles the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
hammad also taught his followers how to lie and To watch the Jesus Film online visit:
deceive. Unfortunately for Muslims, the long his- http://www.jesusfilm.org/languages
tory of lying has caused many Muslims to believe Warning—This pamphlet contains words
their own lies. (Irshad Manji, The Trouble with Is- of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
Mizan ul Haqq
lam, Random House, Sydney, 2003, p.3) Please use appropriately.
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NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. cleric in the Sunni Muslim world, called the Jews hammad Khalid, Successors of the Messenger,
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah “the enemies of Allah, descendants of apes and (2005) p. 99).
(verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura pigs.” Yet he is the Patron of the U.K.-based Three
always stands for a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is Muhammad believed that lying was acceptable
Faiths Forum working for mutual understanding be-
that Muhammad is the perfect example to be followed by all and even taught how to expiate [make amends
Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called tween Muslims, Christians and Jews. The claim that
for] an oath,
Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith difficulties in translating from Arabic to English
(Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn makes communication with non-Arab speakers diffi- ‘Allah willing, if ever I take an oath to do some-
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to cult or impossible, is another tactic used in subter- thing, and later on I find that it is more beneficial
show the teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not fuge. to do something different, I will do the thing which
intended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have is better, and give expiation for my oath.’ (Bukhari,
little real knowledge of what their god, Allah and their The President of Iran who wants to “push Israel in to
Vol. 4, Hadith No. 361)
prophet has said on this topic. the sea,” also claims mistranslation and misunder-
standing. A common thread is beginning to emerge. Muhammad saw nothing wrong in practicing
The value and importance of truth is proclaimed in duplicity. It was his common practice to say one
almost every religion. In Christianity, all liars will Throughout history, Islamic forces have deceived
thing and do exactly the opposite if something ap-
have their part in the lake which burns with fire and other groups, making them think Islam and Muslims
pealed to him otherwise. He sent men to kill people
brimstone (Revelation 21:8); Islam lists lying as are peace-loving, only later to find the opposite. For
unawares in their homes and also gave them per-
one of the great sins (Sura 6:152-153). But do all example: in A.D. 635, Damascus fell to Muslims
mission to tell lies in order to deceive the people
religions agree on the importance of truth? Is truth because they used the Bishop of Damascus to de-
being killed. (A. Guillaume, The Life of Muham-
flexible? Is truth in the eye of the beholder? ceive the population opening the city gates at night
mad, Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 143)
The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Sheikh Muhammad Many Christians in Egypt welcomed the Islamic
Imam Jafar Sadiq said: “You belong to a religion
Sayyed Tantawi, (also the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar forces because Muhammad’s wife was Egyptian (and
that whosoever conceals it, Allah will honour him
University in Cairo, the oldest Islamic University), they thought they would get preferential treatment),
and whosoever reveals it, Allah will disgrace and
who is seen as the highest spiritual authority by but especially because they would be delivered from
humiliate him.” (Ahmad Abdullah Salamah, The
most Sunnis worldwide has often made contradic- the persecution of the Byzantines. However, 1400
Sunni and Shia Perspective of The Holy Qur’an).
tory statements: In 2004, he was quoted in the Ital- years of severe persecution followed and continues
This is called al-Taqiyya [legal deception].
ian daily Avennire as saying: “Islam forbids suicide today where Christians are routinely murdered, kid-
and considers human life a precious gift”. How- napped and tortured. Sura 3:28 and others, record that Muslims cannot
ever, on IslamOnline in 2002, he argued that take unbelievers for real friends (else they will
Rather than pass this off as nothing to be concerned
“Suicide operations and the killing of Israeli civil- cease to be true Muslims),
about, we should ask whether there is something in
ians, even women and children, are permitted and Islam that allows flexibility in the “Great Sin.” If so, ‘Let not the believers take the disbelievers as
indeed should be intensified.”. How can such a we must look carefully at the teachings of Allah/ Auliyâ (supporters, helpers, etc.) instead of the be-
highly regarded scholar, make such statements? He Muhammad and the practices of Muhammad. lievers, and whoever does that will never be helped
is not the only one. by Allâh in any way, except if you indeed fear a
Allah claims thirty times in the Qur’an that he mis-
The former Mufti of Australia, Sheik Taj El-Din danger from them. And Allâh warns you against
leads/sends astray people and that he is the greatest
Al-Hilali,, on a trip to Egypt in early 2004, he Himself (His Punishment), and to Allâh is the final
deceiver [Allaahu Khayrul-maakiriin] (Sura 3:54;
praised and encouraged martyrdom operations, and return.’ Also see Sura 60:1; 4:144; 5:51; 8:73.
8:30). Allah says that he leads people astray (Sura
then promptly denied it on his return, claiming it 4:88, 143; 6:39, 126; 7:178,186; 9:51; 13:27, 31; In other words, Muslims can outwardly pretend to
was a mistranslation. Similarly, his comments in 14:4; 16:93; 17:13, 97; 30:29; 35:8; 36:8-10; 39:23; be your friend, to guard against you, to strengthen
2006 regarding women deserving rape was dis- 40:33,34,74; 42:44,46; 74:31). Even the first, themselves against you. Some Muslims will argue
missed as mistranslation and misunderstanding. Rightly Guided Caliph said, “I swear to Allah that I that this is only in Shi’a Islam, but Ibn Kathir, a
In a weekly sermon in April 2002, Al-Azhar Sheikh do not feel safe from Allah's cunning even if one of highly regarded Sunni scholar records, as an argu-
Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi, the highest-ranking my feet is already inside paradise...." (Khalid Mu- ment for Taqiyya, “We smile in the face of some
people although our hearts curse them.” (Fath Al-
Allah revealed to Muhammad, (Sura 47:4) ‘So, when land of Egypt (Deuteronomy 10:19). Christians are
you meet (in Jihâd in Allâh's Cause), those who supposed to consider others better than themselves
disbelieve smite at their necks till you have killed
and wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly
(Philippians 2:3). And they feel no compulsion to
fight as Muslims do because Jesus’ kingdom is not of
this world (John 18:36). Christians aim to follow the
Dhimmitude
(on them, i.e. take them as captives). Thereafter (is
the time) either for generosity (i.e. free them without teaching of Jesus, who told them to love (their)
ransom), or ransom (according to what benefits enemies and do good to those who persecute (them )
Islâm), until the war lays down its burden. Thus [you (Matthew 5:44). Christians and Jews may not
are ordered by Allâh to continue in carrying out always have lived up to this ideal but, unlike the
Jihâd against the disbelievers till they embrace teaching of Islam, they have no justification for
Islâm (i.e. are saved from the punishment in the discriminatory behaviour. Interestingly, it is
Hell-fire) or at least come under your protection], reported by Ibn Jubayr that the crusading Franks
but if it had been Allâh's Will, He Himself could treated their Muslim subjects akin to dhimmis—but
certainly have punished them (without you). But (He these Muslim peasants were treated far better by the
lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. Franks than they had been by their own Muslim
But those who are killed in the Way of Allâh, He will superiors!
never let their deeds be lost.’ (Brackets and You may have been told that the Injil (Gospels) has
explanations in the original). been corrupted, and therefore we recommend that
In the face of the ongoing threat of tyranny, many you refer to our tract Authenticity of the Bible. We
people simply converted to Islam to avoid the jizyah also recommend that you look at what the Qur’an
and the harsh conditions imposed. This practice of teaches about Jesus in our tract Contrasting Jesus
dhimmitude was not only practiced in Muhammad’s and Muhammad.
time but continued right up to the 19th century. The Muhammad offered the possibility of salvation by
jizyah tax was finally removed from Christians in means of good works; Jesus died to offer sure Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
Egypt in 1855 (http://www.coptic.net/ salvation for you, by means of a gift of God; it is not In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
EncylopediaCoptica/). something you can earn. ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
Babur (1483-1530), the founder of the Mughal Jesus claimed to be the Son of God and also said: “I Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
Empire, who is trumpeted as an example of Muslim am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
tolerance, recorded the following in his comes to the Father but by Me.” (John 14:6). (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
autobiographical “Baburnama,” about infidel path, The path of those whom You have fa-
prisoners of a jihad campaign: "Those who were voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
brought in alive [having surrendered] were ordered anger nor of those who go astray.
beheaded, after which a tower of skulls was erected
in the camp." [The Baburnama -Memoirs of Babur,
Prince and Emperor, translated and edited by
Wheeler M. Thacktson, Oxford University Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
Press,1996, p. 188. Emphasis added.] To read the Holy Bible online visit: the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
Is Dhimmitude Found in the Bible? Warning—This pamphlet contains words
In fact, we find there is no counterpart in the
of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
Christian or Jewish Scriptures to this teaching in
Islam. To the contrary, Jews were commanded to Mizan ul Haqq Please use appropriately.
love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the Email: anymorequestions@gmail.com
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. Islam, the non-Muslims who surrender (and refuse to maintain their freedom to practice their religion and
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah convert) become dhimmi under a ‘pact of have trade (Abu Dawud, Book 19, Hadith No.
(verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura protection,’ (dhimma). 3000). Muslims will often tell you that it was just a
always stands for a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is
Being “protected” may give the impression that nominal small fee; Muhammad, however, charged
that Muhammad is the perfect example to be followed by all
Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called Islam has treated Christians and Jews well by virtue 50% of their income (Bukhari, Vol. 3, Hadith No.
Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith of their being ‘People of the Book’. However, the 881 etc; Ibn Ishaq, The Life of Muhammad, p. 515;
(Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn “pact of protection” imposes severe restrictions on in Spain, the minimum was 20%, but mostly went
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to what a dhimmi can do, wear, say, go or work, etc. as high as 80% (Dozy, Spanish Islam, p. 234).
show the teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not In fact, the word dhimma implies that there is a debt The Pact of Umar
intended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have by the dhimmi to the Muslim conquerors.
little real knowledge of what their god, Allah, and their
The Pact of Umar (the second Caliph) was created
prophet has said on this topic.
Al-Mawardi, an 11th century Islamic jurist and so that Muslims could retain control of the newly
theologian, said that the head-tax [Jizyah] on captured lands, whilst the majority of the
You may have wondered what Dhimmitude it is all dhimmis was either a sign of contempt, because of population were yet non-Muslims. Below is just a
about! There are many people both in the West and their unbelief, or a sign of the mildness of Muslims, sample of the dhimma from Ibn Kathir’s account of
in Islamic countries who are unaware of the Islamic who granted the dhimmis peace (instead of killing or the Pact of Umar.
teaching about the dhimmi. enslaving them), so that humble gratitude was the Dhimmis:
Dhimmi is an Arabic word and it means “protected expected response. • Cannot build or restore monasteries,
one”. The dhimma provides and details the legal, Sura 9:29 provides the basis of the dhimma - Fight churches, or sanctuaries;
social and economic status of free non-Muslims in against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor • Are not allowed to teach their children the
the Islamic state. in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been Qur'an, publicize practices of Shirk
In Islam the world is divided into two “houses”. forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those (disbelief in Allah), invite anyone to Shirk
Dar al-Islam (the house of submission) who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. (invite to become a Christian by sharing the
encompasses all countries that are under Islamic Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Gospel) or prevent any of their fellows from
rule. Dar al-Harb (the house of war) includes all Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing embracing Islam, if they chose to do so
other countries who are not yet in submission to submission, and feel themselves subdued. [Emphasis added];
Allah’s law (Shari’ah). In Reliance of the Traveller Some Muslims will argue, from the context of the • They must respect Muslims by moving from
(w43.2 and 43.5, p. 944, 946-7) dar al-Harb is previous verses, that it was only for a specific group the places they were sitting in if they chose
defined as ‘enemy lands.’ Despite modern trends to of people. However, traditional interpretation has to sit in them;
interpret these two houses as being situational (i.e., shown that Muslim scholars and authorities have • Must not imitate their clothing, caps, turbans,
if a Muslim is able to freely practice his religion, applied it consistently to other groups such as sandals, hairstyles, speech, nicknames and
then he is in dar al-Islam, even though the magicians - not just Christians: Bukhari, Vol. 4, title names, or ride on saddles, hang swords
government is not Islamic), the traditional Hadith No. 384; Malik, Book 17, Number 17.24.42 on the shoulders, collect weapons of any kind
interpretation is that it depends on whether the and others; Muslim, Book 42, Hadith No. 7065; Abu or carry these weapons;
government implements Shari’ah or not. Dawud, Book 13. Hadith No 2955). Muhammad • Cannot erect crosses on the outside of
Dar al-Hudna (house of calm) refers to countries or was commanded by Allah to fight until they churches and books, in public, in Muslim
areas under truce, bought by the non-Muslims converted or died, or submitted to being a dhimmi fairways and markets;
(primarily Jews and Christians) at a price. If the (Sura 9:29 etc; Muslim, Book 19, Hadith No. 4294; • They must cut the front of their hair, wear
harbis (inhabitants of dar al-Harb) refuse to pay Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 386 etc). their customary clothes wherever they are,
tribute, hostilities resume until they become The conditions are simple: they must pay the Jizyah wear belts around their waists.
dhimmi, dead or Muslim! Traditionally, Islam has willingly, and feel themselves subdued (i.e., know If any of these were broken, Muslims are/were
viewed the willingness to agree to Hudna as a that they have fewer rights than Muslims) and feel allowed to do with them what they do to people of
weakness to be exploited. humbled; Ibn Kathir adds disgraced, humiliated and defiance and rebellion, i.e. fight, kill and enslave
When a country moves from dar al-Harb to dar al- belittled. Jizyah is a tribute or tax that is paid to them.
daughter of Abu Bakr, that girls past the age of them, but not severely. Treat women well, for they are
menstruation must cover themselves, excepting their [like] domestic animals (awan) with you and do not
hands and face (Abu Dawud, Vol. 3, Hadith 4092).
Marriage
possess anything for themselves.” [The History of al-
Tabari, Volume IX, pg 113.] Women in Islam
Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith. 17: When I got married, Christians have a completely different view of the
Allah's Apostle said to me, "What type of lady have value and rights of a woman. The Holy Bible says
you married?" I replied, "I have married a matron' ... that in Jesus Christ, there is neither male nor female,
Allah's Apostle said, "Why didn't you marry a young slave nor free...(Galatians 3:28). All believers have
girl so that you might play with her and she with equal value and rights because men and women are
you?' made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27; 5:2).
Muhammad said that the silence of a virgin indicates Husbands are commanded to: love their wives as Jesus
that she wants to marry (Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No. loves the Church and died for her (Ephesians 5:25); not
67). Ayatollah Khomeini said that marrying a girl to be angry with or harsh with them (Colossians 3:19);
before menstruation was a “divine blessing” and that love their wives as their own bodies (Ephesians
girls should be married before they menstruate 5:28,33); and to be kind to their wives (1 Corinthians
(Taheri, 1986, pp. 90-91). Muhammad married a 6- 7:3-5). There is not a single command that suggests or
year-old girl (Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith 64) and had encourages a husband to beat or be harsh with his wife.
many wives.
Husbands and wives are commanded to submit to one
Some say that temporary wives are forbidden but another in Christ (Ephesians 5:21), but husbands must
Muhammad permitted temporary marriage when his provide for their wives (1 Timothy 5:8).
warriors needed them (Sura 4:24; Bukhari, Vol 7.
Husband and wife are considered to be one flesh before
Hadith 51). The first caliph continued to allow them;
God (Ephesians 5:31); as such, God hates divorce Sura ‘Al-Fatihah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
only the second caliph forbade the practice, but the
(Malachi 2:16). The treatment of men and women in In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
last ‘rightly guided’ caliph again allowed temporary
the Bible and Qur’an are completely different. ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
marriages. The price (dowry) of a temporary
marriage is two handfuls of dates or flour (Abu The content here will probably have raised some
Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You (alone)
Dawud, Vol. 2, Hadith. 2105). questions in your mind. Muslims are commanded to we ask for help. Show us the straight path, The
read and believe the Scriptures that God gave path of those whom You have favoured; Not the
General
Christians and Jews. If you think they have been (path) of those who earn Your anger nor of
Women, dogs and donkeys can annul the prayers of a
corrupted, doesn’t God say that His word cannot be those who go astray.
man, according to Bukhari, Vol. 1, Hadith 490 and
changed? (Sura 6:115; 10:64-65; 18:27; 48:23). If
493. But the Bible says that Husbands are to
you’d like more information regarding the authenticity
honour their wives and, if they are angry with
of the Bible, please contact us at the bottom of the
their wives, their prayers will not be heard (1
page.
Peter 3:7).
Muhammad’s most beloved wife, Aisha, said “O the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
womenfolk, if you knew the rights that your husbands To read the Holy Bible online visit:
have over you, every one of you would wipe the dust http://www.ibs.org/bibles
from her husband's feet with her face.” [Al-Hashimi, To watch the Jesus Film online visit: Warning—This pamphlet contains words of
M., The Ideal Muslimah, (1996), chapter 4]. http://www.jesusfilm.org/languages the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
Muhammad taught that, “God permits you to shut Please use appropriately.
Mizan ul Haqq
them [your wives] in separate rooms and to beat
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. Muslims 4:20); and a woman comes in the form of a devil (Sahih said that women had no one to blame but themselves;
believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah (verse numbers Muslim Vol. II, Hadith 3240). the Islamic mufti of Denmark and a panel headed by
differ slightly in different versions). Sura always stands for a chapter
an Egyptian scholar, Sheik Yusaf al-Qaradawi,
in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is that Muhammad is the perfect The teaching of Islam on women is that:
example to be followed by all Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or claimed female rape victims should be punished if they
• women will be the majority in hell (Bukhari Vol. 1,
approved is called Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic were dressed immodestly when they were raped: "For
ahadith (Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn
Hadith 301; also Muslim Vol. 4, Hadith 6600);
her to be absolved from guilt, a raped woman must
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to show the • the best of women are neither to be seen by, nor to
have shown good conduct." (Telegraph, 11 July 2004)
teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not intended to be see, a man (Ghazali quoted this Hadith in Ihya’
offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have little real knowledge of In Indonesia, in 1998, human rights groups
‘Uloum ed-Din Vol. II Kitab Adab al-Nikah. Beirut:
what their god, Allah and their prophet has said on this topic. documented the testimony of over 100 Chinese women
Dar al-Kotob al-‘Elmeyah. p. 53);
who were gang raped during the riots that preceded the
According to Christian belief, a husband is • A man can marry up to four wives (Sura 4:3, 129);
fall of President Suharto. Many of them were told:
commanded to “love his wife just as Jesus loves His • a man can have a child wife (Sura 65:4 ‘The Noble
"You must be raped, because you are Chinese and
Church and gave His life for her” (Ephesians 5:25). Qur’an’); men can have temporary wives (Sura 4:24;
non-Muslim." This is in accordance with Sura 33:59,
But, as people turn away from the Bible, the suffering Bukhari Vol. 7, Hadith 13A, 52; Sahih Muslim
‘O Prophet! Tell ... the believing women, that they
of women and others increases. Some have claimed Vol. 2, Hadith 3247, Bukhari, Vol 6, 139);
should cast their outer garments over their persons
Biblical authority for mistreating women, but there is • men are commanded to beat their wives (Sura 4:34);
(when abroad): that is most convenient, that they
not a single passage in Scripture that encourages • a man can have any number of concubines (Sura
should be known (as such) and not molested’ [Yusuf
people to be harsh with their wives. 70:29-30);
Ali’s Translation].
• men are better than women (Sura 4:34).
The foundation for equality in Western civilisation, At one time, Muhammad ordered a man who had
irrespective of race, religion or gender is that: The above teaching is a license for Muslim men to
committed adultery be given lashes, and the woman
1. Yahweh, the God of the Bible, created man and oppress women. Some Christian men oppress their
stoned to death (Bukhari, Vol. 3, Hadith No. 860).
woman in His own image and likeness (Genesis wives also, but they have no Scriptural basis for their
1:27); actions. But Jesus tells men that if they so much as look at a
2. In Christ, all who accept Him as their Lord and woman with lust, they are guilty of adultery (Matthew
Rape and Adultery
Saviour are adopted into His family (John 1:12 5:28). In this light, Christians are told to treat younger
In 1979, Pakistan adopted the Hudood Ordinances
Galatians 3:28); women as their sisters and older women as their
which are essentially Sharia law. These laws almost
3. God condemns partiality (1 Timothy 5:21; James mothers (1 Timothy 5:2).
completely blur the distinction between rape and
3:17). adultery. The Veil
In Islamic teaching Allah claims that he created all In Saudi Arabia, March 2002 saw 15 girls dead and
Adultery is proven if a person admits to having sex
human beings as his slaves (Sura 19:93), and as such, more than 40 other girls injured at the Girls'
with someone to whom they are not married. Under
no-one is or can be a child of Allah. As a result, Intermediate School No. 31 in Mecca, the holiest city
this law non-Muslims cannot testify against Muslims;
there is no equality of people before Islamic law in in Islam. The girls were locked inside when an
the witnesses must be adult, male and Muslim—since
the teachings of the Qur’an and Hadith. accidental fire started. The fire-fighters tried to open
a woman’s testimony is of only half the value of a
the doors but were prevented by the muttawa (religious
Islamic law considers women as deficient. A man’s (Sura 24:4). Consequently, if a woman cannot
police), who wouldn’t let the girls outside the building
woman’s witness [in court] is worth half a man’s provide sufficient witnesses, she is admitting (under
without their veils (Newsweek, July 22, 2002)!!!
(Sura 2:282; Bukhari Vol. 3, Hadith 826); women law) to adultery. The Pakistan Human Rights
are deficient in intelligence and religious practices Commission (PHRC) estimates that a rape occurs every The Qur’an (Sura 24:31) says “that they [women]
(Bukhari Vol. 1, Hadith 301; Vol. 3, Hadith 826; 8 minutes and that there are more than 1500 honour should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that
Vol. 2, Hadith 541); women are referred to as a killings annually. Former Mufti of Australia, Sheik al they should not display their beauty and ornaments
possession such as gold, silver, horses and cattle Hilali, stated that if a woman does not cover herself except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they
(Sura 3:14); a woman is to be used like a field properly, she is the one at fault if she is raped. should draw their veils over their bosoms and not
according to the husband’s desires (Sura 2:223); a display their beauty except to their husbands”.
The Assyrian International News Agency (Dec 27,
man can exchange one of his wives for another (Sura 2005) reported that Lebanese Sheik Faiz Mohammed Muhammad, the prophet of Allah, told Asma, the
935 Genoa was attacked escorts to Muslim traders because their goal was to
secure their Holy Sites in Jerusalem, not attack Is-
976 Fresh expeditions into Italy
1010 Cosenza (Southern Italy) fell
lam. And although parts of the Crusades were brutal
and even severely criticized by Christians them- The Crusades
selves, they did not match the ferocity that Muslims
1015 Sardinia
had shown in the previous 500 years.
In 1017, Mujahid bin ‘Abd Allah (Muslim ruler in Sar-
dinia) sent the Pope a message saying he would attack The Muslim armies were merely following Allah’s
in the Spring. Rather than waiting, the Pope took the revelation that Islam will conquer all other religions
battle to him and when Benedict arrived in Sardinia he (Sura 2:193; 9:33; 61:9 etc). Christians had followed
the example of Jesus, turning the cheek, until it be-
found Mujahid crucifying Christians. Mujahid fled.
came too much to bear.
As you can see, the notion that Christians, Jews and
Muhammad is well known as the ‘Prophet of the
Muslims lived in harmony under Islamic rule is a lie.
Sword’ (he fought and planed 81 battles) and com-
This list is just a small sampling of events during the
manded the use of the sword, forcing people to be-
“Golden Age of Islam.” Muslims continued to battle
come Muslims, even though Allah hates people who
non-Muslims after the first Crusade in 1095, culmi-
only pretend to be Muslim. Muslim armies killed
nating in the battle at the gates of Vienna in 1683.
and conquered in obedience to Allah and the
This shows how far the Muslim armies had ad- Qur’an; Christians killed and attacked in disobe-
vanced; they did not conquer these lands in peace;
dience to Jesus.
there was no peaceful coexistence.
And Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you have
The Caliph Umar instructed ’Arfajah, a commander
come for." Then they came and laid hands on Jesus
in his army, “Summon the people to God; those who
and seized Him. And behold, one of those who were
respond to your call, accept it from them, (assume Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
with Jesus reached and drew out his sword, and
their conversion is genuine) but those who refuse
struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
must pay the Jizya (poll tax) out of humiliation and
ear. Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
lowliness. If they refuse this, it is the sword without Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
into its place; for all those who take up the sword
leniency. Fear God with regard to what you have Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
shall perish by the sword. - Matthew 26:50-52.
been entrusted.” (The History of al Tabari, The Bat- (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
tle of al-Qadisiyyah and the Conquest of Syria and The content here will probably have raised some path, The path of those whom You have fa-
Palestine (vol. 12). [2383] p.167). questions in your mind. Muslims are commanded to voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
read and believe the Scriptures that God gave Chris- anger nor of those who go astray.
Some peoples (such as the Christians in Egypt) did
tians and Jews (Sura 10:94-95; 2:41). If you think
welcome the Muslim forces, for they saw them as a
they have been corrupted, doesn’t Allah say that His
better alternative to their Byzantine (Eastern Roman)
word cannot be changed? (Sura 6:115; 10:64-65;
oppressors. They were soon proved wrong. In many
18:27; 48:23).
places, the Jizya (protection money) payable by non- Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
Muslims was up to 80% of their income If you have any questions, please contact us. the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
(Muhammad imposed 50% on many conquered peo-
ples) and the Pact of Umar was enforced with irregu- To read the Holy Bible online visit:
lar brutality. http://www.ibs.org/bibles
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not bent on destroying Islam. They often passed Please use appropriately.
through Muslim territory and even provided armed Mizan ul Haqq
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. the year AD 632, it is worthwhile looking at the in- Death of Muhammad (A.D. 632)
According to Islamic belief, the Qur’an is the revealed word tervening years to see how Christians, Muslims and
of Allah (verse numbers differ slightly in different versions) Jews managed to peacefully co-exist. 633 Mesopotamia fell
and Muhammad is the perfect example to be followed by all
Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called Peaceful co-existence with Muslims 635 Damascus
Hadith. There are six authentic ahadith (Hadiths): Bukhari, As Muhammad lay on his death bed, he commanded 638 Jerusalem
Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn Majah and Sunnan his followers to expel non-Muslims from the Arabian
Nasa’i. Sura always stands for a chapter in the Qur’an. This Peninsular (Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 716). No 645 Alexandra
pamphlet is intended to show the teachings and examples of
exception was made. 649 Cyprus
Muhammad, and is not intended to be offensive to Muslims;
many Muslims may have little real knowledge of what their The Caliph Umar is famous for his Pact of Umar 673 Constantinople was attacked
prophet or Allah have said on this topic. which details, amongst other things, instructions for
humiliating and degrading Christians and Jews if 693 Whole of Christian North Africa con-
Misunderstanding about the relationship between quered
Islam and Christianity often stems from ignorance they refused to convert to Islam. The pact was based
of the Crusades. The West is told that Muslims, on Sura 9:29 and 9:5, commands from Allah and his 711 Invasion of Spain
Christians and Jews happily and peacefully co- prophet Muhammad. (See also Ibn Kathir Tafsir,
721 Sargossa fell
existed until the Crusades. Is this true? Sura 9:29).
732 Poitiers
Conditions in Palestine Sura 9:29 ‘Fight those who believe not in Allah
Michael the Syrian, the 12th century Jacobite patri- nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath 734 Avignon
arch of Antioch, reproducing earlier contemporary been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor
743 Lyons
sources in his famous Chronicle, summarized the acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are)
prevailing conditions for Christians in Palestine, as of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya 813 Port of Rome was sacked
follows: (protection money) with willing submission, and feel 826 Crete (till 961)
themselves subdued.’
As the Turks were ruling the lands of Syria and Pal- 837 Naples was sacked
estine, they inflicted injuries on Christians who Sura 9:5 ‘Then, when the sacred months have
passed, slay the idolaters wherever you find them, 838 Marseilles
went to pray in Jerusalem, beat them, pillaged
them, levied the poll tax at the gate of the town and and take them (captive), and besiege them, and pre- 842-859 Sicily
also at Golgotha and the [Holy] Sepulchre; and in pare for them each ambush. But if they repent and
establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave 846 Rome was sacked again.
addition, every time they saw a caravan of Chris-
tians, particularly of those from Rome and the their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.’ 870 Malta
lands of Italy, they made every effort to cause their The states along the edge of the Mediterranean, from 223 years away from the first crusade.
death in diverse ways. And when countless people the death of Muhammad to the first Crusade, en-
had perished as a result, the kings and counts were dured 463 years of bloody incursions by Muslim 878 Syracuse fell (9 month siege; very few sur-
seized with [religious] zeal and left Rome; troops forces intent on booty (precious stones, metals and vivors)
from all these countries joined them, and they came slaves), the spreading Islam and the destruction of
by sea to Constantinople [First Crusade (1096-99)]. 889 Toulon (North Italy)
churches and Christianity. They overran Syria, North
(The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam, Africa, Sicily, Sardinia and most of Spain. They had 902 Sacked and destroyed Thessaly, in Central
1996, p. 292-293). regular incursions into France and Italy and much of Greece
The first Crusade in 1095, 463 years after Muham- the Adriatic.
mad’s death, was a response to the pleas of Chris- Historian Paul Stenhouse lists the following Muslim In 921 a large band of Englishmen, on pilgrim-
tians in the Holy Land. The Christians, who had conquests prior the first Crusade in 1095. (‘Crusades age to the tombs of the Apostles in Rome, were
once been a majority now found themselves as op- in Context,’ Annuls Australia, July 2007). crushed to death under rocks rolled down on
pressed minorities. Given that Muhammad died in them by Saracens in the passes of the Alps.
If that is true, there is a substantial problem for Islam: 9. When, and up to what time was the true
the Gospels (of Muhammad’s time) proclaim that uncorrupted Bible in circulation? Where is
Jesus is the Son of God, if the Qur’an contradicts this,
then its trustworthiness is in doubt because the God
of the Bible does not change (Numbers 23:19; 1
10.
the original one now?
If Christians and Jews have two different Authenticity of the Bible
religions, what’s the purpose of their
Samuel 15:20; Malachi 3:6). But, as we have already conspiracy? Why would Christians corrupt
shown, the Qur’an internally contradicts itself their own Bible?
regarding the Bible. 11. Why would Christians die for a book they
Reponses to These Islamic Charges know is corrupted?
The internal contradiction in the Qur’an can be 12. How do you know it was changed?
explained by changes in attitude toward Christians
and Jews. Early in Muhammad’s career, when he The Bible says in Psalm 19:7-11, “The Law of the
was weak and needy, he taught that Muslims should LORD is perfect, converting the soul. The testimony of
treat Christians and Jews with respect but, as the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes
Muhammad grew in power, his attitude changed and of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the
he sought to kill Christians and Jews. (See our tract: commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the
Jews and Christians in Islam.) eyes... in keeping them there is great reward”.
Questions to Ask Yourself The Teachings of the TORAH [the Law of God] are
1. If the Bible was changed why does the God’s system of Instructions by which men are taught
Qur’an call Muslims to believe the Taurat the Knowledge of God and they themselves are
[Torah], Injil [Gospels], and Zabur directed how to walk so as to please God, redeemed
[Pslams]? from their crooked paths.
2. God claims that no-one can change his Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
Word. What happened to this statement? How then can men say that the Great God, the Creator
3. When the Bible was changed did God notice of Heaven and earth, would allow His Laws to be In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
tampered with? He watches over His Word to make ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
it?
sure that it comes to pass so He cannot be called a liar; Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
4. If God wished, could He have preserved His Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
God says that what He says He will do. His testimony
Word? (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
and trustworthiness depends on the authenticity of the
5. If God did not, or could not, preserve His path, The path of those whom You have fa-
Bible.
Word (the Bible), how and why should we voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
believe that He has preserved the Qur’an? anger nor of those who go astray.
6. Where is it expressly written in the Qur’an,
that the earlier Holy Books were changed in
their written form?
7. If the Bible was changed why would Allah Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
have commanded Muhammad to judge Jews the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
by Torah, and judge Christians by the Injil To watch the Jesus Film online visit:
(Sura 5:43-48)? In other words, how could http://www.jesusfilm.org/languages
Muhammad or Muslims judge them Warning—This pamphlet contains words
according to the Bible if it wasn’t authentic? Mizan ul Haqq of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
8. With the hundreds of copies and different Please use appropriately.
translations, how could anyone have
changed all of them?
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. own Scriptures concerning the truth of Allah’s teaching. words, the OT that we have today is the same as the
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah Scriptures Muhammad was encouraged to check
(verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura Sura 4:171 teaches that Jesus was a Messenger of
God. against his own revelation.
always stands for a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is that
Muhammad is the perfect example to be followed by all The New Testament (NT)
Allah told Muhammad to go to Christians and Jews for
Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called Some Muslims say that the Injil [Gospels] spoken of
Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith advice, because they had the Scriptures of God.
by the Qur’an is not the New Testament (NT). It is
(Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn Sura 10:94-95 O Muhammad, ‘If thou wert in doubt not the four Gospels now received as canonical, they
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to show as to what We have revealed unto thee, then ask those argue. It is a single gospel which Jesus received and
the teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not
who have been reading the Book from before thee: the which He taught. Only fragments survive in the
intended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have
little real knowledge of what their god, Allah and their prophet Truth hath indeed come to thee from thy Lord: so be in canonical Gospels. They say that the text has been
has said on this topic. no wise of those in doubt’ (See also 2:41). forged or tampered with.
From the dictionary we see that ‘authenticity’ means The Qur’an claims that no one can change the Word There are literally hundreds of New Testament copies
the state or quality of being original or genuine with of God. (Sura 6:115/116; 10:64; 18:27/28; 48:23; that predate Muhammad, ensuring an accurate
this genuineness established beyond doubt. Other 50:28-29). In spite of this, Islamic scholars teach transmission from the original Gospels. The test for
synonyms are “real”, “authoritative” and Muslims that the Jews corrupted the words of the the historicity of the NT surpasses all other ancient
“trustworthy”, as opposed to being false or a sham. Scriptures (Sura 2:41-42, 59; 3:71, 3:78; 4:46) and some texts. The Gospels available at the time of
do not know the Scriptures at all (Sura 2:78). An Muhammad are identical to the Gospels contained in
The Bible is not just one book but is a collection of Islamic theologian says, “While Muslims need to the New Testament today. Muslim rejection of the
sixty-six books divided into Old and New believe in the Torah, the Zabur [Psalms] and the Injil New Testament text is contrary to overwhelming
Testaments. [Gospel], nevertheless they have been tampered with.” manuscript evidence.
How did the various books come to be written? Who This is contradictory. Allah and Muhammad would not Superior Revelation?
wrote them? When? And how did these in particular have asked Muslims to refer to and judge with a Sometimes there are ambiguities in the views that
come to be found in the Bible? What was Allah’s corrupted version of the Torah & New Testament. The Muslims have about the Bible. A well known Muslim
view regarding the Bible? Gospel and Torah that was available at the time of reformer, Muhammad Abduh writes, “The Bible, The
Islamic Teaching Concerning the Bible Muhammad must have been considered authentic. So New Testament and the Qur’an are three concordant
Islamic teaching is internally contradicting. On the now, let’s examine whether the Scriptures have been Books; religious men study all three and respect them
one hand, it gives very high regard to the Scriptures, changed since A.D. 600. equally. Thus the Divine teaching is completed, and
and on the other hand, it claims they are corrupted. The Old Testament (OT) the true religion shines across the centuries.” Others
The Old Testament, which contains thirty-nine books of say, “Judaism lays stress on justice and right,
The Qur’an gives the Judeo-Christian Scriptures Christianity on love and charity and Islam on
such noble titles as, ‘the Book of God,’ ‘the Word of the Christian Bible, is also the Holy Scriptures of the
Jewish People. They were first written down in Hebrew, brotherhood and peace.”
God,’ ‘a light and Guidance to man,’ ‘a decision on
all matters,’ ‘the Gospel with its guidance and light with minor portions written in Aramaic, the ancient Some reject almost the entire Old Testament while
confirming the preceding Law,’ and “a Guidance and languages of the Jews. others quote from the Tawrat (Torah) to give bad
warning to those who fear God.” Until 1947, the oldest manuscripts of the Old Testament reports of the Banu Isra’il as proofs against the Jews
(OT) were from the ninth and tenth centuries A.D. In and their religion.
Sura 5:46 teaches that the Gospel and the Torah
come from God: ‘And in their footsteps We sent Jesus 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered near There are Muslims that do believe in the accuracy of
the son of Mary, confirming the Law that had come Qumran. By 1956, more than 800 scrolls had been the Bible, yet claim that the Qur’an superseded all
before him: We sent him the Gospel: therein was found. These scrolls were dated between 200 B.C. and previous revelations based on the concept of
guidance and light, and confirmation of the Law that 68 A.D. These scrolls are virtually identical to copies progressive revelation. According to them, the
had come before him: a guidance and an admonition of scrolls found in the ninth-century manuscripts. The Qur’an is the last of the God-given Scriptures to have
to those who fear Allah.’ See also Sura 5:47, 68 and careful copyists had made very few, if any, errors or come down.
69. Surah 5:47 commands Christians to check their alterations to the text over one thousand years. In other
The life, teaching and practice of Jesus Christ and the life, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9).
teaching and practice of Muhammad stand in stark
contrast. In fact, it is impossible to follow the teachings To “confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord” means
of Jesus and Muhammad at the same time: they are
diametrically opposed. Christianity teaches its followers
that you must agree with God that:
1) you are a sinner and that you deserve to die;
Contrasting Jesus & Muhammad
to bless and not to curse (Romans 12:14) and that one 2) you cannot save yourself from hell fire;
cannot praise God and curse others with the same mouth 3) the Lord Jesus paid the penalty for your sins on the
(James 3:9-13); Muhammad cursed his own uncle for cross and He bought you with His precious holy
opposing him (Sura 111:1-5; 3:61; 108:1-3; Muslim Vol. blood;
4; Hadith 7150; Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 397). Jesus 4) you need Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour.
did not even curse those who crucified Him, but asked the If you wish to receive the forgiveness of sin through Jesus
Father to forgive them (Luke 23:34) while Mohammad Christ by faith, you need only to open your heart and ask
ordered people killed because they mocked him (Muslim God in your own words similar to the following:
Vol. 3; Hadith 4436 and many others). Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner. I admit that my
good works can’t take away my sins and I accept
Jesus teaches that Christians’ love for one another will You as my Lord and Saviour. Cleanse me from my
show the world that they are His disciples (John 13:35). sins with your precious blood, and help me to walk
Muhammad taught that he was made victorious through according to your will. Thank you for providing a
terror (Sura 3:151; 8:12; 8:67-68; 33:26; Bukhari, Vol. 4, way for me to draw near to You. Amen.
Hadith No. 220). Jesus won people through love,
Muhammad won people through fear. The difference Now you have an opportunity to find out more for
cannot be clearer. When it comes to the life, practice and yourself—as God has given you the means and the ability
teachings of Jesus, no one can compare. to search for the truth
Which religion are you following?
Since both Jesus and Muhammad claimed to be following
God, they must believe in different Gods. Which God do
you want to follow? Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
Both Islam and Christianity preach that Jesus will return In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
to judge the living and the dead (2 Timothy 4:1; 1 Peter ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
4:5; John 5:22, 27 and Bukhari Vol. 3, Hadith No. 425) Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
Which standard will Jesus hold you to? The life and Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
practice of Muhammad or His own life and practice? (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sins - as affirmed by path, The path of those whom You have fa-
Matthew 20:28: “the Son of Man did not come to be voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for anger nor of those who go astray.
many”. He did this because we can never, by our own
efforts, reach God’s perfect standard. He died so that our To read the Holy Bible online visit:
sins may be forgiven. He rose again after three days, http://www.ibs.org/bibles
victorious over death, winning the ultimate victory in To watch the Jesus Film online visit:
history; but each one of us must choose to accept this free Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
gift. If you refuse to accept the gift, you cannot enjoy the the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
benefits of the gift. A gift is given, not earned – indeed,
the giver would have the right to be offended if you Warning—This pamphlet contains words
attempted to offer some form of payment. God desires us
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NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. The following table is a comparative chart of the lives of Jesus and Muhammad. The references given are not exhaustive.
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah (verse
numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura always stands for a
chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is that Muhammad is the perfect Jesus Muhammad
example to be followed by all Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or
approved is called Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic • Jesus only did what He saw God the Father doing (John 5:19) • Muhammad always obeyed Allah’s inspirations (Sura 53:2-4)
ahadith (Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn • His birth and death were signified by signs in heaven (Matthew • His birth and death were not signified by signs in heaven and are
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to show the
2:1-2, 7-10; Luke 2:4-15; Matthew 27:45; Luke 23:44-46) not even mentioned in the Qur’an
teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not intended to be
offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have little real knowledge of • Jesus was sinless (Matt 27:4,19, 24; John 8:46; 9:16; see also Sura • Muhammad prayed for forgiveness 70 times a day (Sura 40:55,
what their god, Allah and their prophet has said on this topic. 19:19) 47:19; Bukhari; Vol. 8; Hadith 319 and Abu Dawud Vol. 1;
Hadith 1511)
Many people believe that all religions are equal and that
the founders of the religions all taught much the same • Jesus forbade violence and preached peace throughout his whole • Muhammad commanded peace when he was weak at the start
thing. Let us take a moment then to examine Christianity life (John 13:34; Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:27, 35; 1 Thessalonians (Sura 2:256; 109:1-6; 6:107-109), but violence when he grew
and Islam to see if this is true. The best way, in fact, to 5:15) powerful (Sura 9:29; 2:216; 8:39; 9:5; 5:51 The Noble Qurán)
evaluate a particular religion is to look at the life, practice
• Jesus healed all sicknesses (Luke 13:11; 17:11-19; 22:50, 51; John • Muhammad performed no miracles, according to the Qur’an (Sura
and teaching of its founder. 4:46-54; John 9; Matt 8:5-13; 15:29-31; Mark 3:1-5; 6:56) 13:7). Muhammad made people lame (Bukhari, Vol 8, Hadith
Jesus: The birth and life of Jesus were foretold by the Old 794; Vol. 9, Hadith 37 and many others)
Testament in more than 300 prophecies. He was born of a
• Jesus raised people from the dead (John 11; Luke 7:11-17; 8:49-56; • Muhammad didn’t raise anyone from the dead, rather in scores of
virgin and led a pure and sinless life. He commenced his Sura 3:50; Sura 5:110) battles/ holy wars he caused death of thousands.
ministry at 30 years of age and preached a message of
repentance, peace and love by pursuing the righteousness • Jesus ascended into heaven (Luke 24:46-53; Acts 1:1-11; Sura • Muhammad stayed where he was buried
of God. His ministry was attested to by miracles. As He 3:55; 19:33)
died on a Roman cross 3½ years later, He asked God to • Jesus won people by love, truth and miracles (e.g. Matthew 4:23ff) • Muhammad won people by fear, the sword, violence, threats and
forgive His enemies; He was buried but came back to life booty (Sura 8:39, 41, 67; 9:5, 56-57; 2:216; 59:13 etc).
and was seen by more than 500 people before He ascended
into Heaven (1 Corinthians 15:6). Jesus claimed to be the • Jesus had power over nature (Mark 4:35-41; John 6:1-14; 6:15-21; • Muhammad had no power over nature
Son of God (e.g. John 5:25; 11:25-27; Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 14:22-36)
17:5), and He received worship due only to God (John • Jesus cast out demons (Mark 5:1-20; Luke 4:31-37) • Muhammad was visited by Jinn/demons who promised to pro-
5:23; 20:28; 1 Timothy 3:16; 1 John 5:5-13). Note also the mote Islam (Sura 46:29-31; also see 72:1-15); he was also afraid
prophecy of Isaiah 9:6. of demons (Sura 114:1-6)
Muhammad: Muhammad was born about 570 years after • Jesus protected women (Matthew 26:10, John 8:1-11) • Muhammad brought pain and suffering to women (Sura 4:34,
the birth of Jesus. At the age of 40 he began to receive 4:20; 2:223; 33:52; 64:14; 2:228-230)
revelations from an angel called Gabriel who had six
hundred wings (Bukhari Vol. 4; Hadith 455). He preached • Jesus forgave people’s sins (Luke 5:17-26) and intercedes for His • Muhammad didn’t know his eternal destiny or anyone else’s
a message of peace for the first 13 years of his ministry in people (Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25) (Sura 46:9; Bukhari Vol. 5 Hadith No. 266; Muslim Vol. 1 Hadith
No. 398 and No. 402); stoned for adultery (Bukhari Vol. 2;
Mecca. When he fled to Medina, he prayed toward
Hadith 413; Vol. 8; Hadith 805)
Jerusalem (Bukhari Vol. 6; Hadith 13; Vol. 9; Hadith 358;
Vol. 1; Hadith No. 39) to win the favour of the Jews. • Jesus guarantees heaven for His people (John 14:2; 1 John 5:12; • Muhammad guarantees hell for His people for an unspecified
However, when the Jews rejected him he began to receive Luke 10:20). period of time (Sura 19:71-72)
more violent revelations, e.g. Sura 8:67. Throughout his
• Jesus forbade adultery & violence (Matthew 26:52, 5:28) • Muhammad married his adopted son’s wife, allowed temporary
life, he planned and participated in 27 battles (Ibn Kathir, marriages and commanded violence (Sura 33:37; 4:24, 74, 76, 3, 34).
Albedayah wa-Nehayah, Vol. 4, p. 179) and he encouraged
his people to fight in battle (Sura 4:84; 8:60; Bukhari, Vol • Jesus was claimed to be the Word of God the Spirit of God and the • Muhammad was not foretold by the Prophets, he performed no
5. Hadith No. 288 amongst many others) and assassinate Son of God (Sura 3:45; 4:171; 19:34; 21:91); (John 1:1; John 5:18 miracles, did not ascend into heaven, and he tortured and killed
opponents including nursing mothers (Ibn Ishaq, p. 676; etc) and was foretold by the Prophets (Daniel 3:25; Psalm 2:12; people, but still claimed to be the perfect example to follow. (Sura
Bukhari, Vol 5. Hadith No. 369). Muhammad died in A.D. Proverbs 30:4; Luke 1:26-35; Matthew 17:5 etc.). 3:31-33, 132; 4:13, 59, 69, 80; 5:92; 7:167; 8:24, 46; 24:54;
33:21, 36, 71; 47:33; 49:14; 64:12; 68:4)
632.
Muhammad’s Teachings on Women Vol.8, Hadith 319) and he did so, even on his death
His views on women are well documented. For bed (Bukhari Vol.5, Hadith 715). In spite of such
instance, a woman’s witness [in court] is worth half intense and frequent prayers, still he had no The Life of Muhammad
that of a man’s (Sura 2:282; Bukhari Vol. 3, Hadith assurance of salvation even for himself or his close
826); women are deficient in intelligence and relatives (Muslim vol.1, Hadith 398-402).
religious devotion (Bukhari Vol. 1, Hadith 301;
This is in stark contrast to the legacy of Jesus the
Vol. 3, Hadith 826; Vol. 2, Hadith 541); women are
Messiah. John 3:16 makes it plain that God “so
referred to as a possession—along with gold, silver,
loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
horses and cattle (Sura 3:14); a woman is to be used that whoever believes in him shall not perish but
like a field according to the husband’s desires (Sura
have eternal life”. The follower of the Lord Jesus
2:223); a man can exchange one of his wives for
Christ is assured of salvation with God whereas the
another (Sura 4:20); a woman comes in the form of a
follower of Muhammad can never have such
devil (Sahih Muslim Vol. II, Hadith 3240).
assurance.
Muhammad’s Jihad According to Muslim tradition, the Prophet of Islam
During his first 13 years there were little more than a is the best example to follow but, despite the fact that
hundred followers (and these were mostly poor), so he fought many battles for Allah and prayed
he began raiding the caravans and weaker tribes to fervently for the forgiveness of his sins, he had no
gain a quick return. In the desert, "annexing" a assurance of Allah’s favour or of a home in Paradise.
neighbour's property was a quick way to improve
one's status. Muhammad called it jihad—"an effort Every true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, on the
in the way of Allah", "a means of achieving his other hand, has a 100% guarantee of salvation before
mission and establishing Allah's kingdom on earth.” a holy God. The testimony of Ephesians 1:7 is that
“In him we have redemption through his blood, the
As noted by Malik in his book, The Qur’anic Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of
Concept of War (pp.99-103), in the next 9 years God's grace”. In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
Muhammad planned 81 battles, and took an active ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
part in many of these. Continuing rejection by the The difference is obvious and it is Jesus’ atoning
Jews caused him to expel them from Medina. Their work that is missing in Islam. Whereas Muhammad
wealth was divided amongst the Muslims, and the left a legacy of jihad, a believer in Jesus Christ can (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
most beautiful women were taken for the prophet. depend on Christ’s perfect redemptive work. path, The path of those whom You have fa-
However, as many as 600-900 of the Jews, such as Reader, we urge you to consider Jesus! voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
of the tribe of Bani Qurayza, were unfortunate anger nor of those who go astray.
enough to be slaughtered rather than exiled!
Salvation and Muhammad
The Qur’an and Hadith make it clear that
Muhammad did not have any assurance of eternal To read the Holy Bible online visit: Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
salvation. In Sura 46:9 Muhammad was told to http://www.ibs.org/bibles the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
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forgiveness more than seventy times a day (Bukhari,
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. (monotheistic worshippers), began to express his began praying in the direction of the Ka’bah (in
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah hatred of such idols. Mecca) rather than Jerusalem. Fasting during the
(verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura month of Ramadan replaced the fast of Ashura.
always stands for a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is During these times of meditation Muhammad first
that Muhammad is the perfect example to be followed by all experienced his revelations, which he claimed were During the course of his ‘received’ revelations he
Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called given to him in a dream by the angel Gabriel. It is would be in a trance and many Meccans believed at
Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith said that, in the first revelation, Gabriel gave him a the time that he actually was possessed by demons
(Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn cloth on which appeared writing and commanded or had gone mad—an accusation that had to be
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to him "read" or "recite". countered (Sura 68:2; 81:22-25; 52:29; 34:46).
intended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have During these revelations Muhammad claims to have They subsequently taunted and ill-treated him and
little real knowledge of what their god, Allah and their experienced the following:- his followers. Because of this and other factors,
prophet has said on this topic. least of which was Muhammad’s lack of knowledge
the ringing of bells (Bukhari Vol. 1, Hadith 2; of the Bible, the first 3 years of the birth of Islam
Six hundred years before Muhammad, the Prophet Vol. 4, Hadith 438); rapid heart beat (Bukhari Vol. was seen as a time of compromise. This period of
Jesus proved His prophethood by His exemplary 1, Hadith 3); a red face; (Bukhari Vol. 5, Hadith time, though brief, gave rise to the “Satanic Verses”
life and teaching. Indeed, the worth of religious 618, Vol. 6, Hadith 508); heavy breathing - and a number of verses that contained permission
belief is dependent on the worthiness of its author. (Bukhari Vol. 6, Hadith 508); he sometimes for non-Muslims to worship their own gods (Sura
In the study before us we wish to apply this test to suddenly fell down or lay down (Bukhari Vol. 4, 109:1-6; 6:106-108).
the life of Muhammad, the author of Islam. Hadith 461, Vol. 5, Hadith 170); he would sweat
Muhammad’s Early Years profusely (Bukhari Vol. 1, Hadith 2, Vol. 2, (Jesus, you will note, knew his Bible well and
Muhammad was said to be born in Mecca on June Hadith 544; Vol. 3, Hadith 829); sometimes he quoted it at will, e.g. Matthew 4.)
8th, 570 AD and died 62yrs. later on June 8th, 632, dreamt (Bukhari Vol. 1, Hadith 3; Vol. 5; Hadith Marriage and Muhammad
(though there is no consensus over these dates). He 659). Muhammad taught that a Muslim man can have up
was orphaned at the age of 6yrs. and reared for two Because of such experiences Muhammad was of the to 4 wives if he treats them justly; otherwise he
years by his grandfather until the latter’s death. view that he must have been demon possessed or that should not have more than one wife (Sura 4:3, 129).
His uncle, Abu-Talib, then reared him. he was going mad. He asked his wife, Khadijah, and Muhammad had more than four wives but did not
At the age of 12, Muhammad was mentored by a her cousin, Waraqa bani Naufal, if this was the case, marry his second wife, Sawda Bint Zamà, until his
Nestorian monk who, it is said, recognised that to which they replied that these revelations were first wife had died. He then married a number of
Muhammad was to be a prophet—because of a big truly from Allah. women - mostly widows or divorcees. He married
mole on his back (see Muslim 4:5793; Bukhari Jesus, by contrast, received his revelations through a his favourite wife, Aisha Bint Abu Bakr, when she
1:189; Ibn Ishaq in A Life of Muhammad life of prayerful dependence upon God. His was only 6years old and consummated this
p.80,96,97,726). opponents accused him of demon possession, but marriage when she was 9. Other wives include
Muhammad gained employment with a wealthy they were themselves opposed to the law of God Hafsa Bint Ùmar, Zainab Bint Khuzaima, Ummu
merchant widow named Khadijah. He married her (John 7:19,20). Salama, Zainab Bint Jahsh, Juwairiyya Bint al-
at the age of 25 when she was 40. Together they Harith, Safiyya Bint Huyay, Ummu Habiba,
Rejection of Muhammad Mariam the Copt, and the last woman he married
had 4 sons and 4 daughters. However, only the
During the first few years, Muhammad was keen to was Maimuna Bint al-Harith.
daughters survived to maturity. receive the approval of the Jews and began to pray
Birth of Islam towards Jerusalem and hold to the fasting of Ashura In addition, Muhammad married other women but,
At 40yrs. of age, Muhammad began to retire to a (Yom Kippur). But the Jews were adamant that for various reasons, did not consummate some of
cave in Mount Hira to meditate. This was a popular contacting Jinn (demons) was forbidden (e.g. these marriages. There were also many concubines
custom at that time and, whilst the majority of the Leviticus 20:6) while Muhammad’s Allah actually and slaves belonging to Muhammad, mostly gained
population worshipped many idols, Muhammad, sent demons to him (Sura 46:29-31 also see 72:1ff). as spoils of war. His sexual prowess was well
influenced by Zeid-ibn-Amr, a Hanefite known amongst his followers. In fact, the Ahadith
Muhammad thereafter changed his position and teach that he was as good as thirty men!
Yahweh’s Word stands forever and does not change Summary
(Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 24:35; Luke 21:33; Numbers Mohammad prayed frequently for the forgiveness of
23:19; Malachi 3:6); whereas Allah abrogates or
changes his words (Sura 28:59, 16:101, 13:39;
his sins, but there was no assurance that his sins were
forgiven and that he would go to heaven (Sura 46:9; Allah vs. Yahweh
17:86; 87:6-8). It is difficult to trust a God who Bukhari Vol. 8, Hadith No. 319). This is understand-
changes his preferred people, his methodology or able since Allah does not always forgive sin (Sura
standards. 2:284; 3:129; 4:48, 116 etc.). By contrast, Yahweh
Allah does as he pleases, leading people in the right reveals,
way or leading them astray: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just, and
Sura 3:54 And they cheated/deceived and God will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all un-
cheated/deceived, and God (is) the best (of) the righteousness. (1 John 1:9).
cheaters/deceivers. [Translated by Mohamed Ahmed Yahweh is described as a just and holy God (Psalm
and Samira Ahmed] (see also Sura 8:30) 51:6) who punishes all sin because, ultimately, sin is
The word used in 3:54, ‘makara’, means to deceive, against God (Numbers 15:31). In fact, from Yah-
delude, cheat, double-cross and dupe. Allah is thus weh’s perspective, if you have broken just one law,
seen as the best of deceivers, the premier schemer you’ve broken all of the law (James 2:10) because
and the conniving one. By contrast, Isaiah, speaking you have despised God and put yourself in His place
of Yahweh, says that there is no deceit in God’s as ruler of your life. Thus, unlike Allah (Sura 53:32;
mouth (Isaiah 53:9). 5:39; 11:114; Bukhari, Vol. 1. Hadith 17, 504), Yah-
weh does not allow punishment or good deeds in this
Allah has no son, Yahweh has a son life to substitute for punishment in the next
The Bible states that God is triune: Father, Son and (Revelation 21:8).
Holy Spirit. It is a difficult concept to understand; it Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
is not 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 nor 1 + 1 + 1 = 1; rather it is a Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sins and rose
complex unity more like: infinity + infinity + infin- again on the third day, victorious over death; but In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
ity = infinity. Christians do not worship three gods each one of us must choose to receive this free gift. ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
and they consider it blasphemy to suggest it. Mus- If you refuse to receive this gift, you cannot enjoy Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
the benefits of the gift. God desires us to humbly Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
lims get their understanding of the Trinity from the
receive this gift with a thankful heart. (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
Qur’an (Sura 4:171; 5:116; 21:91; 66:12). Muham-
path, The path of those whom You have fa-
mad evidently heard about the Trinity from Christian If you wish to receive the forgiveness of sin through
heretics and not from the Gospels [Injil] themselves Jesus Christ by faith, you need only to open your
(Matthew 28:19 etc). heart and ask God in your own words. See our tract,
The Straight Path, for more information.
Perhaps the biggest and most critical difference is
that Allah denies having a son, and will not forgive To read the Holy Bible online visit:
people who say that he does (Sura 5:17, 72; 3:61; http://www.ibs.org/bibles Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
9:31 etc). Yahweh, by contrast, does have a son, To watch the Jesus Film online visit: the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
and it is only through the son (Jesus), that people http://www.jesusfilm.org/languages
like you and I can become children of God (John
1:18; 14:6-9; Galatians 3:26; 4:6; Hebrews 1:1-2; 1 Warning—This pamphlet contains words
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his parenthood but to his eternal intimate relation-
ship with the Father.
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. Yahweh Allah
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah
(verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura • Creates only good (Genesis 1; 1 Timothy 4:4; James 1:17) • Creates good and evil (Sura 4:78; 113:2)
• Loves all mankind (John 3:16) • Loves Muslims (Sura 2:195; 2:190; 2:276; 3:32)
Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called • Does not change (Malachi 3:6; James 1:17) • Changes his mind frequently (Sura 16:101, 13:39; 17:86;
Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith 87:6-8 etc.)
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to • Guarantees heaven for believers (John 6:47; 10:28; Ro- • Guarantees hell for a time for believers (Sura 19:71-72).
show the teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not mans 6:23; 1 John 5:11-13; etc)
intended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have • Does not lie; He stands by His promises (Numbers 23:19; • Lies when convenient (Sura 3:54; 8:30)
little real knowledge of what their god, Allah and their
1 Samuel 15:29)
prophet has said on this topic.
• Leads people in the path of life (Psalm 23; 139:24; John • Leads astray whom he wills (Sura 7:178-179; 13:31
Multiculturalism and tolerance are the slogans of 14:6) 95:4-5; 4:142; 39:57; 18:17)
today. Dissenting voices are dismissed with patron-
ising half-truths and complete falsehoods. This has • Is a complex unity: such as infinity + infinity + infinity = • Is a simple unity (Sura 4:171; 5:73)
happened to the extent that many people believe infinity (John 10:30; 14:9; Romans 8:9-11)
that Allah (the god of the Qur’an and Islam) is the • Demands eternal justice (Ezekiel 18:4; Isaiah 65:6; Psalm • Doesn’t demand eternal justice (Sura 7:8; 21:47; 23:101-
same as Yahweh [Jehovah] (the god of the Bible 37:28; Isaiah 30:18; 42:1-4; 61:8; Jeremiah 9:24; Mat- 103; 53:32; 5:39; 11:114; Bukhari, Vol. 1. Hadith No.
and Christianity). Although Christians and Mus- thew 16:27) 17, 504 etc)
lims claim the God of Abraham as their own, closer • Always forgives believers (Colossians 2:13; 1 John 1:9) • Forgives believers when he pleases (Sura 2:284; 3:129;
examination reveals that Allah and Yahweh are 4:48, 116 etc.)
vastly different.
• Has a son (Psalm 2; Proverbs 30:4; Matthew 3:17; 17:5) • Does not have a son (Sura 112:3-4, Sura 72:1-5; 19:92)
In the Bible and the Qur’an, both Yahweh and Al-
lah respectively are described as Creator, One, • Provides atonement and intercession (Deuteronomy • Many times refuses atonement and intercession (Sura
32:43; Isaiah 53:12; Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25) 2:186; 6:51, 94; 10:18; 32:4; 19:95 etc)
Ruler, Revealer, Loving and Forgiving, and as
Judge. The Qur’an claims that Allah and the God • Hates sin (Romans 3:25; 1 John 2:2; 4:10; Numbers 19:1- • Demands sin (Muslim, Book 37, Hadith No. 6622 &
of the Bible are identical: 2; Exodus 19:6; Psalm 119:142, 160; Matthew. 5:48; 1 6621; Book 33 Hadith No. 6421)
Peter 1:15-16)
Sura 29:46, “And argue not with the People of
the Scripture unless it be in (a way) that is better, • Is a personal God (Jeremiah 24:7; 31:34; John 10:14; • Is unknowable and impersonal; a master of slaves (Sura
save with such of them as do wrong; and say: We 14:9; Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6; Revelation 21:7) 4:172; 5:118; 6:18; 7:194; 15:49; 19:93)
believe in that which has been revealed unto us and
revealed unto you; our God and your God is One, please read the tract Authenticity of the Bible.) It What are the proofs for the Authenticity of the Bi-
and unto Him we surrender.” [Pickthall’s trans.] would be reasonable to expect that what Allah re- ble? (For further information on some elements in
veals in the Qur’an and what Yahweh reveals in the the table, read our tracts on, Sin in Christianity and
In the light of this teaching in the Qur’an, Muslims Bible should be identical; the Qur’an should confirm Islam, Truth in Islam, The Trinity and The Straight
claim that Christians have misrepresented Allah as the facts of the Bible and its teachings. However, a Path.)
a three-fold God and that they should revert to the study of the Bible and the Qur’an shows that the ap-
original simplicity of the oneness (Tawhid) of Al- Deception and Truth
parent similarities mentioned above have very differ-
lah. The God of the Bible has a consistent standard of
ent meanings for each faith. righteousness. Repeatedly, He tells people to trust
The Bible is much older than the Qur’an, and nu- Indeed, as you can see from the table above, Yahweh Him because He is a covenant-keeping, faithful
merous proofs exist to show that the Bible has not and Allah are very different in many aspects. The God (Genesis 17:7; Exodus 34:6; Deuteronomy
been changed/tampered with over the centuries, as Christian claims should be examined: Do Christians 7:9; Psalm 36:5; 89:33; 2 Timothy 2:13; Hebrews
many Muslims claim. (For further information, believe that God, Jesus and Mary are the Trinity? 13:20).
Internal Contradictions Muslims are to get truth and wisdom confirmed from
Muhammad claimed to be the first Muslim (Sura Christians and Jews (Sura 10:94 and 5:47), but in
6:14, 161-164; 39:11-12). But in Sura 30:30 and
7:172 everyone is born a Muslim and many people
Sura 9:30; 2:65; and 98:6, Christians and Jews are
deluded! Contradictions in the Qur’an
are described as Muslims: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob The Qur’an claims that none can change the Word of
(2:127-133;3:67); Jesus (Sura 3:52); the disciples of God. (Sura 6:115-116; 10:65; 18:27-28; 48:23).
Jesus (3:52; 5:110-111); Solomon (27:30-31, 42-44); However, as seen earlier, the Qurán teaches that the
Moses the first of believers (7:143); Moses’ mother Jews corrupted the words of the Scriptures (Sura
(28:7); Aaron (7:121-122); others at the same time 2:41/42; 3:71, 3:78, 4:46) and even Allah needed to
as Moses and Aaron (40:28-35, 36-38) and all Jews change his words (Sura 2:106; 16:101) Sura 22:52
before they went astray (22:78) etc. In fact, all the admits that Satan sometimes influences the content
prophets were Muslims (see Sura 2:140; 3:81). of the revelation, but Allah abolishes it.
On the one hand there is a minimum age of marriage Conclusion
(Sura 4:6) [usually regarded as puberty or 15 years These are just some of a plethora of internal
of age], but Sura 65:4 contains directives for the contradictions. If God can so change his mind, his
divorce of girls who are too immature to menstruate. promises cannot be trusted with certainty. The
Sura 2:221 forbids Muslims marrying non-Muslims God of Christians, however, cannot lie (Titus 1:2
but Sura 5:5 allows it. etc.) and promises eternal life (Titus 1:2 and others).
According to Sura 2:106 and 16:101, Allah changes More than that, he promises that you can become a
his revelations with something better; but in 10:65, child of His (John 1:12). God makes many
there is no change in the word of Allah. Sura 2:106 promises throughout Scripture, and asks to be held to
teaches that Allah causes people to forget his them. The most important promise in Scripture
commandments/revelation whereas Sura 6:68 says is that “all who call on the name of the Lord Jesus Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
the devil causes them to forget Allah’s command not Christ shall be saved.” (Acts 2:21).
to sit with disbelievers. In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
In Sura 2:122; 2:47; 44:30-32; 45:16; Allah prefers Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
Jews above all people, but in 62:6, it appears that he Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
disapproves of them, threatening them with death Notes: (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
and turning them into pigs and monkeys (Sura 5:60; path, The path of those whom You have fa-
2:65; 98:6 etc). voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
Sura 3:55 teaches those who follow Jesus
[Christians] are above those who disbelieve till the
Last Day and 2:62 teaches that Christians will not
grieve on the Day of Judgment—but in 98:6 Allah
To read the Holy Bible online visit: Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
reveals that Christians are the worst of all creatures
http://www.ibs.org/bibles the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
and abide in hell. To watch the Jesus Film online visit:
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every sin except ascribing a partner to him; but in Warning—This pamphlet contains words
6:76-78 Abraham ascribed a star, the moon, and the Mizan ul Haqq of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
sun to Allah, but Allah still forgave him. Moreover, Email: anymorequestions@gmail.com Please use appropriately.
in 4:153, the Israelites worshiped the calf and Allah
forgave them.
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. overheard a conversation between ants. This is sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah scientifically impossible as ants use smell, not sound, found a people thereabout. Even school children
(verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura to communicate and the context of the story know that it is the earth that moves, not the sun.
indicates that this is not a miracle of Allah! Sura 2:187 commands Muslims to fast between
Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called sunrise and sunset. How is this possible near the
Sura 51:49 reveals that everything was made in
Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith North and South Poles when the sun doesn’t go
pairs. Whilst there are many things that are made in
(Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn below the horizon for months at a time?
pairs, there are many that have no counterpart, and
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to Theological/Ethical Contradictions
there are species where there is only one gender such
intended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have as starfish and sea anemones. Sura 5:116; 4:171 and 5:73 reveal that Christians
little real knowledge of what their god, Allah and their allegedly believe that there are three gods: God,
Sura 18:85-86 reveals that the Sun sets in a muddy
prophet has said on this topic. Mary and Jesus. Consequently, Muhammad
pool.
repeated over and over that God is one. However,
Islam teaches that the Qur’an is perfect in every Historical Contradictions no Christian believes that there are three Gods. In
respect. Muslims believe that Muhammad was
Sura 20:85-87, 95-97 reveals that a Samaritan fact, they expressly deny it, while affirming their
illiterate (Sura 7:157) and that it was therefore not
molded the calf that the Israelites worshiped in belief in the Trinity. Sura 6:12 reveals that people
possible humanly speaking for him to produce such
Moses’ time. This is an historical impossibility as are to be blamed for belief and disbelief but, in
a work. Moreover, Allah teaches that it contains
Samaritans wouldn’t exist for another 500-700 years. Sura 10:100, Allah is responsible.
no contradiction, and that these facts prove that
Sura 28:38 states that Haman was a chief minister of
the Qur’an is of divine origin (Sura 4:82). In Sura 31:15, a Muslim is permitted to keep some
Pharaoh in Egypt. Historically, Haman was the
sort of kindly relation with non-Muslim parents.
This tract aims to provide a small selection of minister of a Persian King, Ahasuerus, called King
However, in Sura 9:23, a Muslim is not allowed to
verses (due to the limited space) to challenge the Xerxes I by the Greeks. He lived about a thousand
befriend unbelieving parents.
assumption that the Qur’an is perfect. years after the time of Moses, but the Qur’an says
this Persian minister, Haman, lived in Egypt at the Sura 4:78 reveals that both good and evil come
Special note: Within Islam, there is a doctrine
time of Moses. from Allah; but in Sura 4:79 only good comes
called Abrogation (substituting one teaching for
Sura 66:12 reveals that Mary [the Biblical Miriam from Allah.
another); but even abrogated verses are, in our
view, still examples of contradictions. For more and sister of Aaron and Moses] is the same as the Adultery is forbidden in Sura 25:68 and 60:12.
information on Abrogation in Islam and its contrast virgin Mary [the mother of Jesus]. Some Muslim But in Sura 24:33, Allah allows non-forced
with the Old and New Testaments please refer to scholars try to explain that Mary was only a sister/ prostitution and concubines in Sura 70:29-32.
our tract Authenticity of the Bible. daughter in a figurative sense because Aaron and
Mary were both saints. To the ill-informed, it There is no compulsion in Islam according to Sura
Since Muslims the world over consider the Qur’an sounds plausible, but in fact this is not the case at all. 2:256; but in Sura 9:5, 8:39, 65, and 67, Allah
their book from Allah we need to check out its Sura 3:32-35 relates that Imran’s [the father of commands Muslims to fight against unbelievers
claims. Aaron] family was one of the preferred above all until they either convert or die.
The numerous contradictions it contains can be creation. Imran’s wife fell pregnant and gave birth to Murder is forbidden in Sura 5:30 etc, but murder
categorized into six (6) groups: Mary, who became mother of Jesus. More than 1500 for the sake of Allah is permitted against
1. Scientific Contradictions years separated Mary the mother of Jesus, and unbelievers, e.g. Sura 9:5; 8:39, 65, 67; 2:191, 217
2. Historical Contradictions Miriam [Aaron and Moses’ sister].
Contradictions with the Bible
3. Geographical Contradictions Geographical Contradictions Because Muslims believe that the Christian Bible is
4. Theological / Ethical Contradictions Sura 36:37/38 reveals that the sun goes to a place of corrupt, they have no problem with the Qur’an
5. Contradictions with the Biblical statement rest at night. Baidawi said that the phrase, ‘the sun contradicting the Bible - but this denies that Allah
6. Internal Contradictions runs to a fixed resting place’, means to a certain is capable of protecting his word.
Scientific Contradictions limit at which its daily cycle comes to an end. Sura
Sura 27:18-19 records that King Solomon 18:86 Till, when he reached the setting-place of the
In Sura 3:50, Jesus says that he came to confirm the (to the truth).”
Torah for His followers. The Christians have the Conclusion
Torah in their Bibles and read it and apply the
principles to their lives. Do you read the Torah? Do
Muslims pray many times a day. They repeat and Jesus in the Qur’an
pray Sura 1, al-Fatihah [The Opening], where they
you obey Jesus? Can you obey Jesus without seek guidance for the straight path (see cover).
knowing His teachings? Jesus teaches in His Injil [Gospels] that He is the
If the commandment to worship only one God was straight path.
found in the Scriptures from Moses’ time John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the
(Deuteronomy 6:4), what was the new teaching that truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father,
Jesus brought? Where can you find the teachings of except through me."”
Jesus?
The only person whom we know to be in Heaven is
Allah promises Paradise to Jesus’ Followers Jesus; not even Muhammad was sure where he
Sura 3:55, “(And remember) when Allah said: O would go. If Jesus is the path or the way, and you
Jesus! Lo! I am gathering you and causing you to follow Him, where will you finish?
ascend unto Me, and am cleansing you of those who
disbelieve and am setting those who follow you Sura 43:61-62, “And (Jesus) shall be a Sign (for
above those who disbelieve until the Day of the coming of) the Hour (of Judgment): therefore
Resurrection. Then unto Me you will (all) return, have no doubt about the (Hour), but follow ye Me
and I shall judge between you as to that wherein you [Allah]: this is a Straight Way. Let not the Evil One
used to differ.” hinder you: for he is to you an enemy avowed. When
Jesus came with Clear Signs, he said: "Now have I
This aya (or verse) teaches two things: come to you with Wisdom, and in order to make
1. Jesus is in heaven (also Sura 19:31, 33). clear to you some of the (points) on which ye Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
2. Everyone who follows Jesus will be first in dispute: therefore fear Allah and obey me."”
God’s mind. In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
The content here will probably have raised some ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
While Muslims can be sure that Jesus is in Heaven, questions in your mind. Muslims are commanded to Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
they cannot be certain that anyone else will surely go read and believe the Scriptures that God gave Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
to Paradise because even Muhammad didn’t know Christians and Jews. If you think they have been (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
what Allah would do with him: corrupted, doesn’t God say that His word cannot be path, The path of those whom You have fa-
Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith No. 266, “...He changed? (Sura 6:115; 10:64/5; 18:27; 48:23). If voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
you’d like more information regarding the anger nor of those who go astray.
[Muhammad] said, "As to him, by Allah, death has
overtaken him [Uthman bin Maz'un], and I hope the authenticity of the Bible, please contact us at the
best for him. By Allah, though I am the Apostle of bottom of the page. Perhaps you need to find a copy
Allah, yet I do not know what Allah will do to me," of the Torah and Injil [Gospels] and read them for
By Allah, I will never assert the piety of anyone after yourself. Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
him….” the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
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said: of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
Sura 3:53, “Our Lord! We believe in that which Please use appropriately.
Thou hast revealed and we follow him [Jesus] whom Mizan ul Haqq
Thou hast sent. Enroll us among those who witness Email: anymorequestions@gmail.com
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. childhood to manhood. In other words, He never O Mary! Lo! Allah gives you glad tidings of a word
numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura always stands for
sinned. The Bible says Jesus challenged His from him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of
a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is that Muhammad is the enemies to prove that He had committed even one Mary, illustrious in the world and the Hereafter,
perfect example to be followed by all Muslims. Whatever he said, sin: and one of those brought near (unto Allah).’
practiced or approved is called Hadith. There are six different sets
of authentic ahadith (Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, John 8:46, “Which of you convicts Me of sin? And Note this carefully - the Qur’an reveals that Jesus is
Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me?” (see illustrious in this world and the Hereafter. He has
intended to show the teachings and examples of Muhammad, and Isaiah 53:9; Hebrews 4:15; 7:26; 1 Peter 1:19; 2:22; been highly exalted by Allah!
is not intended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have
little real knowledge of what their god, Allah, and their prophet has
and Revelation 19:11) Jesus is the World of God and the Spirit of God
said on this topic. Many Muslims believe that God’s prophets were all Look again at Sura 3:45. Note this time that Jesus
Jesus in the Qur’an without sin, but reading the Qur’an carefully reveals (‘Iesa) is a word from/of God [kalam-at-ullah]. If
Jesus has impacted history uniquely. Jesus [‘Isa or that this is not the case. Prophets confessed their sins someone is the Word of God, what does this mean?!
‘Iesa] is claimed to be the promised Messiah by and were asked to repent of them—prophets such as: Sura 66:12, ‘And Mary, daughter of 'Imran,
both Christians (John 1:41, 4:25-30, Acts 3:20, • Adam (Sura 2:33-37; 7:23, 189-190; 20:119-121 whose body was chaste, therefore We breathed
Ephesians 2:12,13) and Muslims (Sura 3:45, 4:171- • Noah (Sura 11:46-48) therein something of Our Spirit [Ruhullah]. And
172). It is important to understand who Jesus was • Abraham (Sura 2:260; 6:75-79; 21:57-65; 26:69- she put faith in the words of her Lord and His
and who He claimed to be when He took on the role 82) scriptures, and was of the obedient.’ (see Sura
of Messiah. • Moses (26:18-21; 28:15-16) 21:91 and 4:171 and Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No.
Messiah means ‘anointed one’ in Hebrew and • Aaron (Sura 7:150-151; 20:92-94) 644)
Aramaic Even today, Jews still wait for the • Muhammad (Sura 4:105-106; 40:55; 47:19; 48:1-
What does it mean to have something of the Spirit
Messiah, but Christians and Muslims know who 2; Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 319 and 407)
of God? Is anyone else called the Word of God or
the Messiah is: Jesus, son of the virgin Mary. The Qur’an, however, does record that Jesus was
the Spirit of God? These two unique titles are given
sinless.
The Messiah was unique among all the prophets of to Jesus only and no one else.
God, only He is considered anointed by God - no Sura 19:19, “(The angel) said: ‘I am only a Jesus taught what Muhammad was
other prophet had this type of Divine anointing. In Messenger from your Lord, (to announce) to you the commanded to believe the Torah and Gospels.
fact, John the Baptist declared that he wasn’t gift of a righteous son.’” (see Sura 3:36; Bukhari, Sura 2:285 and 4:136 commands Muhammad and
worthy to untie the Messiah’s sandals (John 1:27). Vol. 4, Hadith No. 506, 641, 651-652) all Muslims to believe in the Scriptures (plural) that
Let’s look at what the Qur’an says about the The word “righteous” comes from the word meaning God had sent to the prophets before Muhammad.
qualities of this Messiah. to purify. What purpose did God have in keeping How can you believe in them without reading or
Jesus was Born of a Virgin Jesus sinless? What did Jesus need to purify? In knowing what is in them?
Jesus was born of a virgin. He had no earthly father. answer to these questions, we read in the Gospels
Sura 5:43-47 commands Muslims to judge the
that Jesus came to save people from their sins Christians and Jews by the Gospel [Injil] and the
Sura 21:91: ‘And (remember) her [Mary] who (Matthew 1:20-21).
guarded her chastity: We breathed into her of Our Torah. How can Muslims evaluate Christians if
spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for all Jesus Performed Many Miracles they haven’t read these books?
peoples.’ (see Sura 3:45, 47; 4:171 and Matthew Sura 5:110 records that Jesus healed lepers and blind
Sura 3:50, “And I [Jesus] have come confirming
1:23; Isaiah 7:14) people and even raised the dead. that which was before me of the Taurât (Torah),
Jesus was Sinless Jesus is a Sign of God for ALL Mankind and to make lawful to you part of what was
Sura 3:46, ‘He [Jesus] will speak unto mankind See Sura 21:91; 19:21 and 43:61. forbidden to you, and I have come to you with a
in his cradle and in his manhood, and he is of the Jesus is Illustrious in this World and the proof from your Lord. So fear Allâh and obey
righteous.’ Hereafter me.” (see Sura 2:41; 2:97; 3:3; 6:92; 43:61-63;
46:12)
Sura 3:46 says that Jesus was righteous from Sura 3:45, ‘(And remember) when the angels said:
The O.T Prophecies about Jesus The Prophecies fulfilled in the New Testament
• Smitten and spat upon, Isaiah 50:6 • Matthew 26:67; Mark 14:65, 15:19; John 19:1-3
• Crucified with sinners, Psalm 22:13-16; Isaiah 53:1- • Matthew 27:38; Mark 15:27-28; Luke 23:33; John 19:18
The Messiah in the Prophecies
12
• His hands and feet pierced, Psalm 22:16; also see • John 19:37; also see Luke 23:33
Zechariah 12:10
• His severe thirst but given vinegar to drink, Psalm • Matthew 27:48, 34
69:3, 21
• Casting lots for His garment, Psalm 22:18 • John 19:23-24
• His job/mission was completed, Psalm 22:31 • John 19:30
• He shall be cut off, but His death is not for Himself, • John 18:14; Matthew 27:50; II Corinthians 5:21
Daniel 9:26
• He poured out His soul unto death, Isaiah 53:12 • John 10:15-18
• His side pierced, Zechariah 12:10 • John 19:34, 37; 20:25-27
• None of His bones will be broken, Psalm 34:20 • John 19:31, 36
• Buried with rich, Isaiah 53:9 • Matthew 27:57-60
• His resurrection is predicted, Psalm 16:10; Acts 2:26- • John 20:17
32
• His ascension is foretold, Psalm 68:1, 18 • Luke 24:51; Ephesians 4:4,12 Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
• His millennium kingdom, Isaiah 11:1-9 • Revelation 20:1-10; John 10:16; In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
Jesus Will Return as a Judge of All Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner. I admit that my good
There are many yet unfulfilled prophecies about works can’t take away my sins and I accept You as my
(alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
Jesus. Jesus has promised to return and receive His Lord and Saviour. Cleanse me from my sins with your path, The path of those whom You have fa-
followers, but He is also returning as the judge precious blood, and help me to walk according to your voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
(John 5:22-23). Where are you today? There is will. Thank you for providing a way for me to draw anger nor of those who go astray.
only one name given to men, by which you can be near to You. Amen.
saved (Acts 4:12).
Jesus came to save sinners like you and me. God To read the Holy Bible online visit:
has promised that all who call on the name of the http://www.ibs.org/bibles Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
Lord shall be saved (Acts 2:21). In fact, the name the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
‘Jesus’ means ‘God’s salvation.’ (Matthew 1:21). To watch the Jesus Film online visit:
We can’t stress enough the importance of Warning—This pamphlet contains words
understanding that the Bible, the Torah and Gospels, Mizan ul Haqq of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
that they are authentic and have not been corrupted
as some Muslims claim. For further information, Please use appropriately.
see our tract on the Authenticity of the Bible.
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. The O.T Prophecies about Jesus The Prophecies fulfilled in the New Testament
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah
(verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura • He is descendant of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Judah, • Matthew 1:1-3; Luke 3:33-34; Acts 3:25; Roman
always stands for a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 21:12; 26:4; 28:14; 49:8, 10. 9:7; Galatians 3:16.
Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called • His virgin birth, Isaiah 7:14 • Matthew 1:23
Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith • His birth in Bethlehem, Micah 5:2 • Matthew 2:1-6
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to show • He came to do the will of the Father, Psalm 40:6-8 • Hebrews 10:7; John 4:34; 5:30; 6:38, 40; 8:29;
the teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not 12:49-50; 14:31; 15:10.
intended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have
little real knowledge of what their god, Allah and their prophet • He will do miracles, Isaiah 35:5-6 • Matthew 11:4-6; John 7:31; 15:24
has said on this topic. • Shall open the eyes of the blind Isaiah 42:7 • Matthew 11:5
In the quest to know how we ought to live, we need • He stills the storm Psalm 65:7; 107:24-30 • Matthew 8:26; Mark 4:35-41
to look carefully to see where God directs our
attention. • Christ the light that shines in the darkness, Psalm 112:4 • Luke 1:79
The Scriptures record many hundreds of prophecies • His ministries in Galilee Isaiah 9:1 • Matthew 4:12-17
that point to Jesus [Isa]. Since the Qur’an records • The people who walk in darkness have seen great light • Luke 1:79
that Jesus told people to “fear Allah and obey Isaiah 9:2
Me” [Jesus] (Sura 43:63), and that in Sura 7:158, • He shall speak in parables, Psalm 78:1-2 • Matthew 13:3, 34-35; Mark 3:23; 4:2
Muslims are told to believe in Jesus and His
Scriptures [Torah and Gospels], it is important for • He heals and forgives sins Psalm 103:3-4 • Matthew 9:2-6; Mark 2:6-10; Luke 5:19-25; Eph 1:7
Muslims to know what the prophets in the Torah said
about Jesus. It is also important because Muhammad • Even the suckling will give praise unto Him, Psalm 8:2 • Matthew 21:16
looked up to Jesus (the sinless one; Sura 19:19 and
• He is the good Shepherd, Isaiah 40:11 • John 10:11
Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 651-652).
So, What about Jesus in the Prophecies? • Christ the Corner Stone, Isaiah 28:16 • Matthew 21:42; I Pet 2:6-8
It was difficult for many Jews to accept Jesus as their • Christ was rejected as the corner stone, Psalm 118:22 • Matthew 21:42-43; Luke 20:17-19; I Peter 2:6-7;
promised Messiah. Some claimed he was Elijah, • They substitute His love with hate, Psalm 109:4-5 Roman 9:33; Acts 4:11
Jeremiah or one of the prophets (Matt 16:14). Some • John 1:11
tried to make Him king. Others said he was
• The Gentiles (non-Jews) will seek Him, Isaiah 11:10 • John 12:18-21
performing miracles with the help of Satan or that he
was John the Baptist who has risen from dead. Some, • The Gentiles will believe on Him, Psalm 22:27; Isaiah 65:1 • Matthew 28:19; Philippians 2:10-11; Rom 10:20
however, acknowledged Jesus as whom he claimed
• A light to the Gentiles, Isaiah 49:6 • Luke 2:32; Acts 26:17-18
to be - the promised Messiah.
• The suffering of Christ on the cross Isaiah 52:13-14 • Matthew 27:28-54; Philippians 2:6-11
Those who were earnestly seeking after God in the
Jewish Torah recognized that the Messiah had two • Forsaken by His Disciples, Zechariah 13:7; • Matthew 26:31,56; Mark 14:50
major, yet seemingly contradictory, roles. The first • False witnesses accuse Him, Psalm 27:12, 35:11 • Matthew 26:62-63; 27:12-14
and foremost is the ‘Suffering Messiah’ and the
other is the ‘Ruling Kingly Messiah’. The way to • Betrayed by a friend, Psalm 41:9 • Mark 14:10-11, 17-21, 43-46
the crown is through the cross. The Messiah being • Sold for 30 pieces of silver, Zechariah 11:12-13 • Matthew 26:15; 27:3
the Word of God is of infinite magnitude, but He has
to suffer for our salvation as was predicted by the • Money thrown on the Temple floor, Zechariah 11:13 • Matthew 27:5
Prophets over centuries before His birth. • Money to be returned for a potter’s field Zechariah 11:13 • Matthew 27:3-10
The O.T Prophecies about Messiah, the King The Prophecies fulfilled in the New Testament
• Kiss the Son the kiss of acceptance; Psalm 2:12 • John 1:12; 3:36; Revelation 6:16-17
• Elijah the prophet will be sent before the Lord; Malachi 4:5 • Luke 1:17; Matthew 11:14; 17:10-13 Glorified Messiah in Prophecies
• The glorified King (the chief shepherd); Psalm 24:7 • I Peter 5:4
• Christ will sit on the throne of David; Hosea 3:4-5 • Romans 11:25-26
• The millennium kingdom; Isaiah 11:1-9; Ezekiel 37:24 • John 10:16; Matthew 9:36
• His Kingdom shall be forever; Psalm 89:3-4,29,37 • Luke 1:32-33
• Christ the Lawgiver, King and Judge of all the earth; • John 5:22-23
Genesis 18:25; Isaiah 33:32
• All those who go down to dust shall bow before Him; • Philippians 2:10
Psalm 22:29
• Christ the Son and Lord of David; Psalm 110:1 • Matthew 22:21-45; Mark 16:19; Acts 2:34-35
• All power is given to Him; the Lord’s power; Psalm 2:8; • Matthew 28:18; Mark 4:38-41
Psalm 78:65
• Different titles of Christ; The I Am; Isaiah 43:10; • John 6:35; 8:12,28,58; 10:9,12; 11:25; 14:6; 15:1; Colossians
Isaiah 47:4; 48:12 1:14
• Christ is the First and the Last; the Intercessor; • Hebrews 7:25; Revelation 1:17
Isaiah 44:6; 59:16
• Shall be called the Lord Our Righteousness; Jeremiah 23:6 • I Corinthians 1:30
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
• Christ the Lord of host; the Sun of Righteousness; the Prince • Matthew 11:29-31; Lk 1:78-79; John 16:33; I Peter 2:6 ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
of Peace; Isaiah 9:6; Amos 9:6; Malachi 4:2 Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
• He is God (Make straight in the desert a highway for our God); • Matthew 3:3; John 20:28 (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
Isaiah 40:3 path, The path of those whom You have fa-
It is very clear that the Glorified Messiah is the same as anger nor of those who go astray.
Now you have an opportunity to find out more for yourself.
the Suffering Messiah who, according to Isaiah 52:12,
says: He Himself bore the sin of many (Matthew 26:28;
Hebrews 9:28), and interceded for the transgressors
(Hebrews 7:25; Ephesians 1:7). Hebrews 4:15 adds, “For
we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all
http://www.ibs.org/bibles the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
things as we are, yet without sin.”
This is great news for those who accept the Messiah as To watch the Jesus Film online visit:
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return and receive His followers, but He is also returning of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
as the judge (John 5:22-23). Remember! God has only
given one name by which we can be saved (Acts 4:12). Mizan ul Haqq Please use appropriately.
Jesus came to save sinners such as you and me.
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. The The O.T Prophecies about the Glorified Messiah The Prophecies fulfilled in the New Testament
Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah (verse numbers differ slightly
in different versions). Sura always stands for a chapter in the • The Messiah is from eternity; Isaiah 9:6 • John 1:1
Qur’an. Islamic belief is that Muhammad is the perfect example to
• His glory and incarnation shall be seen; Psalm 102:19, 21; • Matthew 1:21; John 1:1,14
be followed by all Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved
Isaiah 35:4; 40:5, 9
is called Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith
(Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn Majah • The Prophet Isaiah saw His glory; Isaiah 6:5 • John 12:40-41
and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to show the teach-
ings and examples of Muhammad, and is not intended to be offen- • The Messiah will purify His people; Ezekiel 36:25; Isaiah 52:15 • Acts 2:38-39; 22:16; Titus 3:5-6; Hebrews 9:13-14
sive to Muslims; many Muslims may have little real knowledge of
what their god, Allah and their prophet has said on this topic. • Seed of a woman, and born of a virgin Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 7:14; • Matthew 1:22-23
It is important that we diligently seek after the Truth of • Descendent of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and David; Genesis 3:15; • Matthew 1:1-3; Luke 3:23-34; Acts 3:25;
His revealed Word and we know that, if we do, God will Genesis 12:3; 17:19; 18:18; 21:12; 26:4; 28:14; 49:8,10; Psalm 132:11 Romans 9:7; Galatians 3:16; 4:4
guide us. The Scriptures, in fact, record many hundreds
of prophecies that point to Jesus [Isa]. Since the Qur’an • The desire of all nations shall come to His temple; Haggai 2:7 • Luke 2:22
records that Jesus told people to “fear Allah and obey • The salvation which the people were waiting for; Genesis 49:10 • Luke 2:26,30; I Peter 1:10
Me” (Sura 43:63), and that in Sura 7:158 Muslims are
told to believe in Jesus and His Scriptures [Torah and • A Prophet like unto Moses; His word must be hearkened to; • John 5:45-47; John 12:48-50
Gospels], it is important for Muslims to know what the Deuteronomy 18:15, 18-19
prophets in the Torah say about Jesus.
• Kings will come and pay Him homage and bring gifts; Psalm 72:10 • Matthew 2:10-11
(However, many believe that the Gospel [Injil] has been • The Anointed One, anointed by the Holy Spirit; Psalm 2:2, 6; • Matthew 1:21; 2:2; Luke 4:18; Acts 2:36; 4:27;
corrupted—but to find out how we can know that the Scrip- Psalm 45:5; Isaiah 11:2; Isaiah 60:1-2 Hebrews 1:9; Revelation 14:1
tures have not been corrupted, see our tract on the Authen-
ticity of the Bible.) • Birth of The Messiah in Bethlehem; Micah 5:2 • Matthew 2:1-6
So, who is the Glorified Jesus? • Christ will do marvellous work among His people; He will do miracles; • Matthew 8:26; 11:4-6; Mark 4:35-41;
It was difficult for many Jews to accept Jesus as their Christ stills the storm; Psalm 65:7; 107:24-30; Isaiah 29:14; 35:5-6 I Corinthians 1:18-25
Messiah (Greek ‘Christ’). Some of them thought that He
• Christ will purify His people and bring a new covenant; • Acts 2:38-39; Hebrews 8:6-13
was a great teacher, a prophet, or miracle worker while
Jeremiah 31:31-33; Ezekiel 36:25
others said he was performing miracles with the help of
Satan. Still others - such as King Herod - said that Jesus • Christ is the salvation which the people were waiting for; • Luke 2:26,30; Romans 10:8; I Peter 1:10
was John the Baptist who had risen from the dead. While Genesis 49:10; Isaiah 46:12-13
some tried to make Him their earthly king, others ac-
knowledged Him for who He really was, the promised • Christ is the redeemer and mighty to save; Psalm 130:7-8 • John 3:16; Ephesians 1:7
Messiah.
Those who were earnestly seeking after God and seri- • A priest forever after the order of Melchizedek; Psalm 110:4 • Hebrews 6:20
ously searching the Old Testament, recognized that the
• He is the Lord who redeems; Psalm 103:4; Isaiah 25:9; 43:11; • Acts 4:12; Rom 11:26; I Peter 1:18-19
Messiah had two major roles. These might at first appear
Isaiah 45:21; Hosea 1:7; Hosea 13:4; Zechariah 9:16
to contradict each other. The first and foremost is that of
the ‘Suffering Messiah’ and the other is of the ‘Ruling • Salvation is given by calling on the name of the Lord; Joel 2:32 • Acts 2:21
Kingly Messiah’. Most Jewish teachers of the Law were
seeking the Kingly Messiah and so overlooked His role • He will justify many and bear their iniquities; sins are forgiven • Romans 5:18-19; Acts13:38-41; I Peter 2:24;
as the suffering servant who would save. The way to the for His sake; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 53:11 I John 2:12
crown is through the cross! Now, the idea of the messiah
being the Word of God is of infinite magnitude, but He • The Redeemer despised; His humiliation and exaltation; Psalm 8:5-6; • John 8:48; Hebrews 2:9
first had to suffer for our salvation - as predicted by the Isaiah 49:7
Prophets over centuries before His birth. • The resurrection of Christ is seen; Psalm 118:15,17; Hosea 13:14 • Luke 24:5-7; I Corinthians 15:54-55; Ephesians 1:7
The following references are not an exhaustive list:
• The Messiah will open eyes of the blind; Isaiah 42:7 • Matthew 11:5
The Messiah –The Son of God am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.”
There are many people who consider only some Isaiah 53 tells us that the Messiah will redeem
aspects of Jesus’ life and neglect others, and thereby
conclude that this Man cannot also be God. For this
reason we ask you to consider the following table
mankind by His own Holy blood! So the God who
claims to be the only Saviour saves His people by
the atoning sacrifice of His Son, because there was
The Messiah - His Deity
carefully. no other means of paying the price of rebelling
The Messiah as Son of God The Messiah as Man against the Almighty God, who is absolutely Holy
Eternal Father or Father of eternity - was born as a baby - and absolutely Just. This Holy and Just God always
Isaiah 9:6; Micah 5:2; John 1:1-2). Matthew 1:21-2:11; Luke takes sin very seriously and also knows that no
2:1-15 sinner can save him/herself. For that reason, He sent
He is always the same - Hebrews grew physically and spiritu- Jesus the Messiah, the Holy Word of God Himself of
13:8 ally - Luke 2:52 infinite value, to save mankind.
He was able to feed 5,000 men plus was hungry - Matthew 4:2 Jesus came to save sinners such as you and me. God
women and children with five loaves has promised that all who call on the name of the
and two fish - Matthew 14:15-21 Lord shall be saved (Acts 2:21; Romans 10:9). To
He gives living water - John 4:14 was thirsty - John 19:28 receive this salvation, you must confess Jesus as
He was able to still the storm -Luke was tired and was sleeping Lord and agree with God that you are a sinner who
8:22-25 during a sea storm - Mark deserves death; and that Jesus the Messiah paid the
4:36-41 price for your sins on the cross and bought you with
He raised the dead after four days by wept at the death of a friend His holy precious blood.
commanding the dead to come out of - John 11:35
Now you have a further opportunity to find out
the grave - John 11:43-44
more, as God has given you the means and the
He answers prayers - John 14:13-14 prayed - Luke 22:41 ability to search for the truth.
He gives rest to all who come to Him was exhausted - John 4:6 Sura ‘Al-Fatihah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
- Matthew 11:28-29 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merci-
He forgave sins - Matthew 9:2; Mark offered Himself as the sacri- ful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The
2:5; Luke 5:20, 23-24 fice for sins - Ephesians 5:2; Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
Hebrews 7:27; 9:14 Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
Notes:
He is the King of kings and the Lord was a Servant - Philippians (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
of lords - Revelations 19:6 2:7-8 path, The path of those whom You have fa-
The Saviour/Redeemer Messiah anger nor of those who go astray.
Sin causes separation between God and Man; sin is
the cause of all evil, of all suffering and of all
problems in this world. The first step toward solving
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not repented of their sins and accepted Jesus Christ the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
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spiritually dead. Without realizing this, all religions Warning—This pamphlet contains words
try to bridge the gap between man and God. One of of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
the very major differences between the God of the Mizan ul Haqq
Please use appropriately.
Bible and other gods is His claims to be the only
Saviour of humankind. Isaiah 43:11 says, “I, even I,
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. whole universe by His Word (Hebrews 1:1-3). and attributes of the Messiah which can be
numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura always stands for a To believe that there was any time when God was associated with God alone—characteristics such as:
chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is that Muhammad is the perfect without His Word suggests that God was dumb! God The Creator of heaven, the earth and human beings
example to be followed by all Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced GOD - Psalm 102:24-27; Malachi 2:10; Proverbs 16:4
or approved is called Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic
does everything by His Word and the Bible teaches
that the Word of God is eternal and has always JESUS - John 1:1-2; Hebrews 1:10-12; Colossians 1:16
ahadith (Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to show the existed with God. In this way, Jesus the Messiah is The Mighty God
teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is not intended to be Eternal (Isaiah 9:6) and through Him all things were GOD - Habakkuk 1:12-13; Isaiah 10:20-21
offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have little real knowledge
created (Colossians 1:15-17). JESUS - Isaiah 9:6
of what their god, Allah and their prophet has said on this topic.
Pre-existence of the Messiah The First and the Last
Jesus the Messiah, the eternal Word of God, not only GOD - Isaiah 44:6; 41:4; 48:12
Since the Qur’an records that Jesus told people to
existed before He was born as a human but also JESUS - Revelation 1:7-8; 22:13-16
fear Allah and obey him [i.e. Jesus] (Sura 43:63),
appeared to many people in Old Testament (O.T.) The Everlasting God
and that in Sura 7:158 Muslims are told to believe in
times. Jesus Himself speaks of His glory with the GOD - Psalm 90:2; Habakkuk 1:12
Jesus and His Scriptures [Torah and Gospels], it is
Father before the creation of the world (John 17:5), JESUS - Micah 5:2
important for Muslims to know this unique person.
and He told the Jews that “before Abraham was, I The Unchangeable God
Allah teaches that Jesus not only performed miracles
am” and that Abraham was glad to see Him, (John GOD - Malachi 3:6
but, being the word of God, raised the dead and
8:52-59; see Genesis 18:1-33). The Apostle John JESUS - Hebrews 13:8
created birds (Sura 5:110; 4:171; 3:45, 49).
also records that the Prophet Isaiah saw His glory
Furthermore, Muhammad looked up to Him as the The Omnipresent – present everywhere
and wrote about Him (John 12:41; Isaiah 6:1-13).
sinless one—Sura 19:19; 3:36; Bukhari, Vol. 4, GOD - Psalm 139:7; Jeremiah 23:24
These are what are known as theophanies (God
Hadith No. 651-652. manifesting Himself) or epiphanies (the glory of God JESUS - Matthew 18:20; 28:20; John 3:13; Ephesians 4:10
So, Who is Jesus? manifested) and there are numerous accounts of The Omniscient – the all seeing
In our other tracts concerning the Messiah we have these manifestations to people, such as: GOD - Psalm 147:5; Proverbs 15:3
listed well over a hundred prophecies from the 1. Genesis 2:18-22; 3:8, 9, 21 - to Adam and Eve. JESUS - John 21:17; 16:30; Colossians 2:3)
prophets of the Old Testament and have shown how 2. Genesis 32:28, 30 - Jacob wrestled with the Lord! The Omnipotent – the all powerful
those were fulfilled in the New Testament, thus 3. Exodus 3:2-6 - The Angel of the LORD appeared to GOD - Genesis 17:1; Jeremiah 32:17; Matthew 19:26;
giving affirmation that Jesus is the long-promised Moses and said: “I am the God of your father – the JESUS - Matthew 28:18; Hebrews 1:3; Revelation 1:8)
Messiah. God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Worship of the Messiah
Jacob”
It is not easy to comprehend the complex nature of 4. Joshua 5:14 - Joshua worshiped the Captain of the
In Jewish religion, the True God and none else can
the concept of Messiah—complex things are difficult host of the Lord; be worshipped. However, a study of the New
to understand! So, for a better comprehension of the 5. Isaiah 6:5; John 12:41 - Isaiah saw Him Testament (N.T.) reveals that many devout Jews
person of Jesus the Messiah, let us consider the 6. Ezekiel 1:25-28 - Ezekiel worshiped the Son of Man who realised that Jesus was the Messiah worshiped
following: 7. Daniel 3:24-5 - King Nebuchadnezzar saw the Him - as did many gentiles (non-Jews). The
Messiah the Word of God Fourth man like the Son of God. Scriptures also declare that at the end of the ages
If, as we have seen above, Jesus was indeed known every human being will worship Him. We need also
Jesus is revealed as the “Word of God”, and
to Abraham and Isaiah, it is reasonable to assume to note that Jesus never ever forbade anyone from
everything was created by that Word (John 1:1-3,
14). It is obvious that the Word of any person is that these theophanies were visitations of the worshiping Him. Following is a list of some of the
Messiah who was Deity. incidents in the Scriptures where Jesus is worshiped
uniquely related to that person. In daily life we
as God:
express ourselves by our words in joy, sorrow or Attributes of the Messiah
Wise men - Matthew 2:1-2, 11; A leper - Matthew 8:1-2
hurt, and by our approval or disapproval of things. We learn from the Scriptures that all God the Father A ruler - Matthew 9:18ff ; Disciples - Matthew 14:30f
Our words show our true self which people cannot has belongs to the Messiah as well, and that He A Canaanite woman - Matthew 15:22-25
know by any other means. Similarly, God expresses therefore deserves the same honour as the Father A man with an unclean spirit - Mark 5:1-6
Himself by His Word. He created and sustains the (John 5:23;16:15). There are many characteristics After resurrection, the disciples - Luke 24:50-52
thing of eating forbidden fruit had such serious This is an amazing victory! Jesus did not stay in the
consequences. grave, but rose again, as foretold by the prophets
What will you give in exchange for your soul?
(Psalm 49; 16:10; Acts 2:31; etc). No one has ever Sin, Judgement & Righteousnesss
defeated death and hell. Satan thought he had
Any offense is too great for you to pay because it is victory over the Word of God, but Jesus rose to
committed against the Lord God Almighty, the One demonstrate his power over life and death. He now
who dwells in unapproachable light and in whom lives so that you may have life with God.
there is no sin and cannot look upon sin. (Habakkuk You are now faced with a choice: you either repent
1:13). of your sins and defiance against a just and holy God
What can you do to receive forgiveness? and ask Him to accept the sacrifice of the Word of
God in your place OR you reject the sacrifice of
Nothing!! Everything you have has been given to
Jesus and bear the consequences of your sin.
you by God, including your own body and soul. He
already owns them and you have defiled them with But!?!
sin. The Prophet Isaiah said that all our good works Some people think that becoming a Christian is a
are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). Someone might be cheap way out because it costs us nothing. This is
prepared to die in your place, but being created from not true at all; the sacrifice is very costly; the Word
dust, they have limited value too. of God - Jesus Christ - died for our sin (Matthew
The depth of your sin, which is against the infinite 20:28; John 1:29; 11:25-26, 51) All true Christians
God, requires something of immeasurable value. A will hate sin because they know what it cost for their
few pieces of gold or dollars will never appease God sins to be forgiven. They have seen the great love
for what you have done. that Jesus had for them and cannot help but strive
against sin.
There is only one thing that the Qur’an and Bible Sura ‘Al-Fatihiah’ (The Opening) 1:1-7
say that has infinite value, the Word of God. The The content here will probably have raised some
Word of God, because it comes from God, is beyond questions in your mind. Muslims are commanded to
value. Allah says that Jesus is the Word of God read and believe the Scriptures that God gave
(Sura 3:45; 4:171). So Jesus has infinite value Christians and Jews. If you think they have been Judgment, You (alone) we worship; You
because everything seen and unseen is created by the corrupted, doesn’t God say that His word cannot be (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
Word of God. changed? (Sura 6:115; 10:64-65; 18:27; 48:23). If path, The path of those whom You have fa-
you’d like more information regarding the voured; Not the (path) of those who earn Your
The Bible says that Jesus came to redeem you from
authenticity of the Bible, please contact us. anger nor of those who go astray.
the punishment due for your sin. (For more
information about the authenticity of the Bible, see
the publication, The Authenticity of the Bible).
That’s why the prophet Job says, “I know that my
Redeemer lives.” (Job 19:25). He also said that “I Jesus said: “...and you will know the truth, and
know that my body will not remain in hell, because the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
the ransom has been paid.” (Job 33:24). Jesus knew To read the Holy Bible online visit:
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punishment you deserve. Mizan ul Haqq
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. prophets, including Muhammad. battles and still could not be sure to enter paradise
Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah (Sura 46:9; Bukhari Vol. 5 Hadith No. 266). As he
(verse numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura This shows that the small sins have big
lay on his death bed, Muhammad pleaded with
always stands for a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is consequences because sin is against God and that
Allah to forgive his sin (Bukhari, vol. 5, Hadith No.
that Muhammad is the perfect example to be followed by all God hates sin. Like the President who demands
Muslims. Whatever he said, practiced or approved is called 715). He also said that good works won’t get you
justice for the sin against his son and against himself,
Hadith. There are six different sets of authentic ahadith to heaven.
God, who created everything, will demand justice for
(Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Sunnan Ibn sins against other people but, because he made Jesus said: “I say to you that anyone who is angry
Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is intended to
everyone, each sin is also a sin against God. Unlike with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And
intended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have the President, God is holy and has infinite value so whoever insults a brother will be brought before
little real knowledge of what their god, Allah and their your sin against God and the people he has made, is the council, and whoever says 'Fool' will be sent to
prophet has said on this topic. much more serious. That is why no sinner can pay a fiery hell.” (Matthew 5:22). The Bible also says that
ransom for their sin, or another’s sin (Sura 17:15; if you’re angry with your brother, you are the same
Just what will happen on judgment day can be 35:18). as a murderer (see also 1 John 3:15). How many
confusing. In some places, Muhammad said that times do you need to kill to be a murderer?
he will intercede for all Muslims and get them into The prophet Joseph, when tempted by Pharaoh's
heaven; but he also tells his favourite daughter, his wife, declared that he would not commit adultery Sin is very serious and cannot be dismissed lightly.
aunt and uncles that they must save themselves and sin against God. The prophet David, King of The Bible says in Revelation 21:8 that “...all liars
from Hell, because he can’t intercede for them on Israel, committed sin and, although the sin was will have their part in the lake of fire which burns
judgment day (Muslim, Vol. 1, Hadith No. 398- apparently against a human, David confessed his sin with fire and brimstone.” How many times do you
402) and will not assert the piety of anyone to God and said, “against you, and you only, have I need to lie to become a liar?
(Bukhari Vol. 5 Hadith No. 266). sinned.” David knew that the depth of His sin was
Your actions come from within you and
enormous.
How can someone ensure that they will enter demonstrate the state of your soul.
paradise? But it is even worse. ‘Isa [Jesus] says that if you
What will you give in exchange for your soul?
even look at a woman with lust in your heart, you
Before we consider this question, we need to under- have already committed adultery (Matthew 5:28). The Qur’an records that even if the whole world
stand sin because we know that Allah is concerned You have sinned against God and the woman he were burnt as a sacrifice, it could not atone for the
about sin. If you break the leg of an ant, there is a created. God also says “Do not covet.” That means sin of anyone (Sura 39:47; 57:15). No good works
wrong action against the ant, but the sin is small you should not even think about or desire things God can pay for your sin. (Bukhari, Vol. 7, Hadith No.
because the “person” to whom it is directed is doesn’t want you to have. But Muhammad said, 577; Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 470-474; Muslim,
small. But if you break the leg of the son of the “Allah fixed the very portion of adultery which a Book 39, Hadith No. 6769). Allah says in the
President or Prime Minister, the sin is greater; you man will indulge in. There would be no escape from Qur’an that no laden soul can help other sinners
have sinned not just against the son, but you’ve also it. The adultery of the eye is the lustful look and the (Sura 6:164; 17:15; 35:18; 39:7). That means that
attacked the family of the President and the adultery of the ears is listening to voluptuous (song no sinner can intercede or pay the ransom for
President’s honour; he will not be content with a or talk) and the adultery of the tongue is licentious another sinner.
basketful of dates, good works or money. speech and the adultery of the hand is the lustful grip Some people think that their sin is very small. This
According to the Qur’an, the only sin of Satan was (embrace) and the adultery of the feet is to walk (to is because they have not thought about who their
that he refused to bow to Adam, and for that he was the place) where he intends to commit adultery and sin is against. Your sin against an ant is small, your
thrown out of heaven. Satan sinned against God by the heart yearns and desires which he may or may sin against the son of the President is greater; your
refusing to honour His creation. Adam’s only sin not put into effect.” (Muslim, Book 33, Hadith No. sin against the President himself, is greater still.
was to eat the fruit forbidden to him. For that sin, 6422. See also Hadith No. 6421). But because God is infinite and has infinite value,
he was thrown out of the Garden and even after Muhammad prayed more than 70 times a day for the the sin against Him is infinite and every sin is
repentance, was not allowed back into Paradise— forgiveness of his own sin, (Sura 47:19; Bukhari against Him. You are a creation defying your
and not him, but any of his descendants or the Vol. 8 Hadith No. 319, 407), took part in many holy creator whenever you sin. That’s why the simple
Emmanuel – God with us
Christmas Quiz A major prophet in the Old Testament (Isaiah 7:14) gave another name
for the Messiah born of a virgin, Emanuel, which means ‘God with
us.’ (see also Matthew 1:23) Many Muslims believe that Jesus never
claimed to be God. But in the Injeel (John 10:30-33), Jesus said: “I and
the Father are one.” 31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
What does the name “Jesus” mean? 32
Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the
The birth of Jesus was spectacular; angels appeared and there were signs Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews an-
in the heavens that God was doing something special for mankind. swered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you
The Gospel (Injeel) records (Luke 1:31 and Matthew 1:21) that when the but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
angel Gabriel appeared to Mary, the mother of Jesus, she was told that
she should call the child “Jesus, for he will save his people from their
sins.” The name ‘Jesus’ means “God saves”. God’s Word doesn’t change
We all know that it is our sin that will prevent us from seeing heaven. Allah told Christians to follow the Injeel. Sura Al-Maeda (5:68) “Say
Even Muhammad prayed for the forgiveness of his own sin more than (O Muhammad) "O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! You
seventy times a day (Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 8 Hadith #319). Sura Mu- have nothing (as regards guidance) till you act according to the Taurât
hammad (47:19): “So know (O Muhammad) that Lâ ilâha ill-Allâh (none (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel)…”
has the right to be worshipped but Allâh), and ask forgiveness for your Muhammad told Christians that they should judge his words by the In-
sin [this is a big sin - lithanbika], and also for (the sin of) believing men jeel: Sura Al-Maeda (5:47): “Let the people of the Injeel (Gospel) judge
and believing women…. .” Because of his sin, Muhammad didn’t know by what Allâh has revealed therein. And whosoever does not judge by
if he would see Paradise: Sura Al-Ahqaf (46:9) “...nor do I know what what Allâh has revealed (then) such (people) are the Fâsiqûn (the rebel-
will be done with me or with you….” lious i.e. disobedient (of a lesser degree) to Allâh.” (this is reaffirmed in
Muhammad couldn’t save himself and can’t save even his favourite verse 48).
family: Sahih Muslim Vol. 1 Hadith #398 and 402: Abu Huraira re- Allah says his word can’t be changed: Sura Al-Anaam (6:115): “And the
ported: …O Fatimah (name of Muhammad’s most beloved daughter), Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. None can
rescue yourself from Fire, for I have no power (to protect you) from Al- change His Words. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.” Sura
lah in anything.” Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 5 Hadith #266 records: ...He Yunus (10:64): “For them are glad tidings, in the life of the present
[Muhammad] said, “By Allah, though I am the Apostle of Allah, yet I do world (i.e. righteous dream seen by the person himself or shown to oth-
not know what Allah will do to me," By Allah, I will never assert the pi- ers), and in the Hereafter. No change can there be in the Words of
ety of anyone after him.” Allâh, this is indeed the supreme success.”
So, if you can’t save yourself and
If Allah’s words can’t be changed, this means that the Injeel that the
Muhammad can’t save you, who can? Christians read at the time of Muhammad is the same Injeel today.
According to the prophets and the angel
Have you obeyed Allah by reading and believing the Injeel?
Gabriel, Jesus came to save his people from
their sins. Jesus is more than a prophet, he If you have any questions, or would like to know more, please contact
is the Word of God and the Saviour! the person who gave you this pamphlet.
The O.T Prophecies about Messiah, the King The Prophecies fulfilled in the New Testament
• The judgment of God upon Christ: Ps 89:38,40 • II Cor 5:21
• He was despised: Ps 89:41-42 • Mk 15:29

The Suffering Messiah Prophesied
• He did not fight back: Ps 89:43-44 • Jn 18:10-11
• False witness against Him: Ps 109 2-4 • Mk 14:56-57

• They substitute His love hate: Ps 109:4-5 • Jn 1:11
• He was ridiculed: Ps 109:25 • Mt 27:39
• The resurrection of Christ is seen: Ps 118:15,17 • Lk 24:5-7
• Christ was rejected as the corner stone: Ps 118:22 • Mt 21:42-43; Lk 20:17-19; I Pet 2:7; Rom 9:33; Acts 4:11
• The plowers plowed upon His back: Ps 129:3 • Mt 27:26
• Christ the redeemer: Ps 130:7-8 • Eph 1:7

• Rejected by His people: Is 1:4 • Acts 7:51-52
• His virgin birth: Is 7:14 • Mt 1:23
• Anointed by the Holy Spirit: Is 11:2 • Lk 4:18
• Righteousness will be His girdle: Is 11:5 • Rev 1:13-16
• The Gentiles will seek Him: Is 11:10 • Jn 12:18-21

• Christ shall be as rivers of water in a dry place: Is 32:2 • Jn 7:37-38
• He will do miracles: Is 35:5-6 • Mt 11:4-6
• He is meek and humble: Is 42:1-4 • Mt 12:18-21 Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of
• Shall open the eyes of the blind: Is 42:7 • Mt 11:5
(alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight
• He is the only Saviour: Is 43:11 • Acts 4:12 path, The path of those whom You have fa-
Now you have an opportunity to find out for yourself, as God has anger nor of those who go astray.
Throughout history, there have been many mighty people who given you the means and the ability to search for the truth. I am
had done great exploits, won many wars, invented many useful offering you a copy of the Holy Bible and “The Life of the Mes-
inventions or very destructive weapons of mass destruction. siah” DVD absolutely FREE, just by contacting us at the address
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penalty for the sin of all mankind. Every one can have perfect languages
assurance of salvation and peace with God by accepting Jesus as Warning—This pamphlet contains words
Lord and Saviour by praying the following in your own words
Mizan ul Haqq of the Qur’an in Arabic and English.
from your heart.
Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner, I admit that my good works Please use appropriately.
can’t take away my sins and I accept you as my Lord and
“Saviour. Cleanse me from my sins with your precious holy
NOTE: Authoritative Islamic texts are the Qur’an and Hadith. The O.T Prophecies about the Glorified Messiah The Prophecies fulfilled in the New Testament
numbers differ slightly in different versions). Sura always stands for • Christ from the seed of the woman: Gen 3:15 • Gal 4:4
a chapter in the Qur’an. Islamic belief is that Muhammad is the
perfect example to be followed by all Muslims. Whatever he said, • Christ the descendant of Abraham, Isaac, • Mt 1:1-2; Acts 3:25; Rom 9:7; Gal 3:16; Lk
practiced or approved is called Hadith. There are six different sets Jacob and Judah: Gen 12:3; 18;18; 17:19; 21:12 ; 26:4; 28:14; 49:8,10 3:23-24;
of authentic ahadith (Hadiths): Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tir-
mizi, Sunnan Ibn Majah and Sunnan Nasa’i. This pamphlet is in- • Christ the judge of all the earth: Gen 18:25 • Jn 5:22, 23
tended to show the teachings and examples of Muhammad, and is
not intended to be offensive to Muslims; many Muslims may have • Christ is the salvation which the people were waiting for: Gen 49:10 • Lk 2:26,30; I Pet 1:10
little real knowledge of what their god, Allah and their prophet has
• His body will not see corruption (the resurrection of Christ is seen): • Acts 2:31-34 Acts 13:32-38
said on this topic. Ps 16:10
In the quest to know how we ought to behave, we need to
look and see where God directs our attention. Muhammad • The mocking of the crucified: Ps 22:7 • Mt 27:39
and by implication Muslims are commanded to judge Chris- • His agony on the cross: Ps 22:14 • Mt 27:28-54
tians by the Gospel (Sura 5:47-48), but many believe that the
Gospel [Injil] has been corrupted. To find out more about • His severe thirst: Ps 22:15 • Jn 19:28
why the Scriptures have not been corrupted see our tract on
the Authenticity of the Bible. • His pierced hands and feet, His severe agony: Ps 22:16-17 • Jn 19:34; Jn 20:27; Lk 23:33-35
The Scriptures record many hundreds of prophecies that point
to Jesus [Isa]. Since the Qur’an records that Jesus told people • Casting lots for His garment: Ps 22:18 • Jn 19:23-24
to fear Allah and obey Me [Jesus] (Sura 43:63), and that in • His agony from both Jews and Gentiles: Ps 22-20-21 • Heb 2:14
Sura 7:158, Muslims are told to believe in Jesus and His
Scriptures [Torah and Gospels], it is important for Muslims to • His resurrection is predicted: Ps 22:22 • Jn 20:17
know what the prophets in the Torah said about Jesus. It is
also important because Muhammad looked up to Jesus (the • The job was completed: Ps 22:31 • Jn 19:30
sinless one (Sura 19:19; 3:36)) (Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No.
651-652).
• He committed His spirit to the Father: Ps 31:5 • Lk 23:46
What about the Suffering Messiah? • None of His bones will be broken: Ps 34:20 • Jn 19:31-36
For various reasons, it was difficult for many Jews to accept
Jesus as their promised Messiah. Once Jesus asked His disci- • False Witnesses were against Him: Ps 35:11-12 • Mt 26:59
ples what did people say about Him. Matthew 16:14 “And
they [disciples] replied, Some say that thou [Jesus] art John • Hated without a cause: Ps 69:4 • Jn 15:25
the Baptist: some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the
prophets.” There are other opinions listed elsewhere, others • His friends stood afar off: Ps 38:11-12 • Lk 23:49
said he was performing miracles with the help of Satan, others
like king Herod said the Jesus is John the Baptist who has • He opened not His mouth: Ps 38:13-14 • Mk 15:4-5; I Pet 2:22-23
risen from dead. Some tried to make Him king, still other
acknowledged Him who really He was, the promised Mes- • He came to do the will of the Father: Ps 40:6-8 • Heb 10:7
siah. The question arises why all people did not acknowledge
Him who really He was? • His friend has lifted his heel against Him: Ps 41:9 • Jn 13:18
Those who were earnestly seeking after God and seriously • Betrayed by His friend and not an enemy: Ps 55:12-14 • Jn 13:18
searching the Old Testament recognized that the Messiah had
two major roles. These might appear to contradict each other. • Christ’s ascension is foretold: Ps 68:1 • Lk 24:51
The first and foremost role is the ‘Suffering Messiah’ and the
other is the Ruling Kingly Messiah’. The way to the crown is • His severe thirst on the cross: Ps 69:3 • Mt 27:48
through the cross. The Messiah being the Word of God is of
infinite magnitude, but He has to suffer for our salvation as • Hated without a cause: Ps 69:4 • Jn 15:25
was predicted by the Prophets over centuries before His birth.
Let us look at some of the Prophecies concerning HIS • Given vinegar in His thirst: Ps 69:21 • Mt 27:34
sufferings. The references given in the following table are
not exhaustive. • The wrath of God was on Him: Ps 88:4-5,8 • 1 John 2:2

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The Authoritative Texts

The Framework of Islamic Living

How to use these tracts

Be prepared to explain Christianity

Always be prepared to share the Gospel

Your motivation is love …

Some other pointers:

Sharing the Gospel

How to Share the Gospel with Muslims

God and Spirit

When differences emerge

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Preparing your testimony

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Part 2 – Social Issues

The Straight Path

All People Are Sinners

You cannot save yourself

Muhammad Cannot Save You

Who is sinless, who can save us?

Salvation in the Holy Bible

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Sin in Christianity and Islam

The Source of Sin

The Seriousness of Sin

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Islam and Christianity

The Nature of God

Heaven and Hell

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Jews and Christians in Islam

A Brief Overview of Muhammad’s Teachings

Christians and Jews are Disbelievers

Go to Christians and Jews for Wisdom

Be Nice to Christians and Jews

Fight, Kill, Loot and Despoil Christians and Jews

Why Did Allah and Muhammad Change their Minds?

Allah Accepts No Religion other than Islam

Muslims Must Not Befriend Non-Muslims

Allah Commands Muslims to Fight Non-Muslim Neighbours

Muslims Must Not Obey Non-Muslims