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olabowale (m)
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@Nwando and Pilgrim.1: Please read what I wrote in response to Pilrim above! Never mind how presented it, is the content that matters.
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nwando
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Olabowole,you're still getting it wrong. Write your own texts after the quote not within it. It's still confusing.
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cgift (m)
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Olabowole,you're still getting it wrong. Write your own texts after the quote not within it. It's still confusing.
I mostly encourage myself to read his rejoinders. they seem to be lost inbetween other people's responses.v 
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nwando
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I've since moved from patience to longsuffering
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olabowale (m)
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If you are not patient with me, who will then, among your Christian folks? Thank God, your long suffering ala carte, me is over. But am worried about your early preparation for the hereafter!
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Nwando, thank God for you. Although please make sure you are right with God. Because it is worthless warring against the devil "allah" with God.
Secondly, it is rather sad that just like the baal worshippers muslims are ready to defend an obvious plagarism of the bible as their own truth.
The devil just gave them good ways of fufilling the lust of their flesh in mad and logical way that their conscience would agree with.
I recently keep saying this, God is not Allah. simply because Allah is the devil trying to counterfeit (again) what God has done through Christ.
Terrorist and Virgins. Mohammed and Sex and Four Wives + x Confusiong about who Ishmael and Isaac is , Blind hate for the Isrealites , because they their ancestor (ishmael) was not the promised child and was sent away with his mother Haggar.
, Demonic desire for blood of unbelievers, power, etc somehow similar to what jezebel and baal worshippers did in the time of elijah.
I like the explanation that "SOMETHING THAT IS FALSE AND FAKE IS TRYING ITS BEST TO DISCREDIT THE TRUTH WHILE AT THE SAME USE THE TRUTH TO JUSTIFY ITSELF BY SHOWING THAT IT CONTAINS THE SAME THINGS LIKE THE TRUTH" islam (baal worship version 2.1), allah (devil), mohammed (sex maniac) doing their best to make sure those already indotrinated never ask questions or change. e.g. Death to Muslims that convert to "other thing'. E.g. Holy war "cult attack"
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SysUser (m)
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olabolawale , although I recently got to know of your present on this post and others.
I will simply tell you that , do you really believe everything you are talking about. It doesn't matter whether or not you are born into islam. Once you know the truth it becomes your responsibility to act on the truth.
So you see since only either of the Bible or the Quran is true, then it means that any reference by either of them to each must then be wrong.
You know that Quran refers to Biblical individuals while the Bible makes no such references , Yet for only one of them to be the Truth no reference must be made from either to another or else it simply exposes as false that one that makes the reference.
I can only hope that GOD (of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) would open your eyes , because whether or not you are practising something for 1 million years makes no difference because must effort doing the wrong never makes it the right thing.
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olabowale (m)
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@SysUser: Bababadon. I know that city very well! Thanks for puffing Nwando up. Her case and indeed of everyone is with Allah. But are free to call Him any thing you wish. All of your effort and my effort will not increase or decrease His Position, whatsoever! Nwando, thank God for you. Although please make sure you are right with God. Because it is worthless warring against the devil "allah" with God. Secondly, it is rather sad that just like the baal worshippers muslims are ready to defend an obvious plagarism of the bible as their own truth. The devil just gave them good ways of fufilling the lust of their flesh in mad and logical way that their conscience would agree with. I recently keep saying this, God is not Allah. simply because Allah is the devil trying to counterfeit (again) what God has done through Christ. Terrorist and Virgins. Muhammad and Sex and Four Wives + x Confusiong about who Ishmael and Isaac is , Blind hate for the Isrealites , because they their ancestor (ishmael) was not the promised child and was sent away with his mother Haggar. , Demonic desire for blood of unbelievers, power, etc somehow similar to what jezebel and baal worshippers did in the time of elijah. I like the explanation that "SOMETHING THAT IS FALSE AND FAKE IS TRYING ITS BEST TO DISCREDIT THE TRUTH WHILE AT THE SAME USE THE TRUTH TO JUSTIFY ITSELF BY SHOWING THAT IT CONTAINS THE SAME THINGS LIKE THE TRUTH" islam (baal worship version 2.1), allah (devil), mohammed (sex maniac) doing their best to make sure those already indotrinated never ask questions or change. e.g. Death to Muslims that convert to "other thing'. E.g. Holy war "cult attack" SysUser; who are the worshippers of baal, or reconstituted baal here, Muslims who have no imagery, physical or implied, or the Christians, which its catholic branch worship more of Mother Mary and the Protestant branch worship the Son Jesus? I hope you have not conveniently blotted the status of Mary and other saints, and unfortunately, the catholic even included Fatima, and obvious Arab name borne by female, nor forgetting the millions of crosses/crucibles hanging around the necks of Christians and the figurines and morals and stain windows in churches? Plagiarism, you said? The Christians have been struggling for hundreds of years, without success to bring Qur'an down to the level of the 'Bible,' which is the combinations of what was revealed to Moses, OT, what was revealed to David, Psalm and what was revealed to Jesus, NT. They also try to bring the Bible up to par with the Qur'an. But in either case they can not be successful. The reasons are that they do not have a singularly Bible that is acceptable to the many groups that call themselves Christians. They are always updating, editing, revising, etc, what the call the word of God. But God has put a barrier between these groups so they will never unite, a commitment from God, stated in the Qur'an, which in itself as a statement proofs the valid superiority of Qur'an over all other religious Texts. How can a plagiarised material be inferior to what what plagiarised it? Except that what you think was plagiarised did not provide complete details, whereas the newer material provides complete details, hence in your subjectively underdeveloped thinking process you can not see that a Ph. D Holder in Physics or any field for that matter will have a thorough knowledge of the subject than a high school leaver on the same subject. Qur'an is the Ph. D/D. Sc Holder here. You have proved my point by simply saying that God is different and separate from Jesus. We have been saying that to everyone, but it seems as if, the elevator does not rise to the top, when it comes to this point and indeed religion, in general. God had done before Christ jesus, major wonders; through Noah, he perished a people who inhabited the earth, except the few that were saved in the vessel. Through Moses, He perished a major kingdom, Egypt under Pharaoh and saved a people who turned around and build a bull to worship instead of this Awesome God! This is just two of prophets before Jesus. After Jesus, the same God defeated the Confederate army, singly through the hand of Muhammad. You want me say more? Jesus, is just one out of many that Allah used to enact His Power! I will not respond to your petty list. But in the case of Ismail and Isiaq, we find that it is true, that Ismail was the first son and he did not sell his birth right, which is what Jacob did to his brother Essau, with the aid of their mother! Who wants a mother like that? We see that the observance of the dream of Ibrahim slaughter of his son, is kept alive by the Muslims, without breaking it, from the time of Muhammad. Tell me if it was truly Isiaq, do you think the Muslims will be dishonest about it, considering that Mariam is written in the Qur'an as the best woman on earth. That included all Arab women, yet she is from the children of Israel? Do you see the fallacy in the Bible and the combine mindset of the Jews and Christians? I see that the Bible call Ismael a wild man. What I need to ask is that does anyone sincerely believe that God will curse the first son of His friend Prophet Ibrahim, while that son has done no single evil yet? Is this the God of the Jews and Christians, cursing innocent people? Finally, could anyone tell me what evil or wild behaviour Ismail ever committed? What evil did his direct children on the same level of decendency with Ibrahim committed, while we see that Jacob deceived his brother, out of his birth right and covetting another in a strange land of livestocks. Blind hate for Israelites you said? Did you know anything about the Palestinian openness with the Jews/ Israelites, before the first war? I advice you go study the history and come back. In the maintime please watch in You Tube video, the evil of Israeli government and its military over the Palestinians; If Americans knew What Israel is doing! (Video is censored). Knock yourself out! Palestinian , although I recently got to know of your present on this post and others. I will simply tell you that , do you really believe everything you are talking about. It doesn't matter whether or not you are born into islam. Once you know the truth it becomes your responsibility to act on the truth. So you see since only either of the Bible or the Quran is true, then it means that any reference by either of them to each must then be wrong. You know that Quran refers to Biblical individuals while the Bible makes no such references , Yet for only one of them to be the Truth no reference must be made from either to another or else it simply exposes as false that one that makes the reference. I can only hope that GOD (of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) would open your eyes , because whether or not you are practising something for 1 million years makes no difference because must effort doing the wrong never makes it the right thing. It is my knowledge of the truth that has kept me in Islam. Otherwise, the Christian women would have seduced me from it. They are playing the Jezebel. But Allah is enough as my Protector! I remember that the Science that i studied in Primary school is very inferior to the same science that i studied in the university. For example, Sound in elementary school science, will just be covered by probably the first few sentences in Engineering Physics. Since University Physics comes in the life of the student later than Primary school science, and even though it has more information can we then say that it copied/plagiarised Primary school science and hence it is inferior to it? The answer by reasonable minds will be No. This is the case of Al Qur'an with what you have, 'The Bible!' Biblical personality you claimed? Noah and Ibrahim never praciced Judaism or Christianity. Infact, even Jacob and his 12 sons and the daughters who were never mentioned, never practiced either religion. Hence you can not claim these people for Judaism and/or Christianity exclusively away from Islam! Further the God who created is not a God who discriminates against His craetion, based on gender, ethnicity, except on belief, God consciousness and piety! Ibrahim is still the father of the Arabs, which is the group Muhammad is from. Israelites/Israelis/Jews and their offshoot, the christians do not have priority on him, over the arabs. We must not forget that Ibrahim was from Iraq. Why don't you see on the You Tube video the evil of the Christian Misssionary atrocities. You will be proud of your leadership, the Missionaries.
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babs787 (m)
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@SysUser I will simply tell you that , do you really believe everything you are talking about. It doesn't matter whether or not you are born into islam. Once you know the truth it becomes your responsibility to act on the truth. What truth are you referring to sister? So you see since only either of the Bible or the Quran is true, then it means that any reference by either of them to each must then be wrong. You are getting yourself confused. The Quran came after the original messages revealed to earlier prophets were tampered with. It came to correct all what they have been saying about Jesus, early prophets and to accept the last book and the last prophet. You know that Quran refers to Biblical individuals while the Bible makes no such references , Yet for only one of them to be the Truth no reference must be made from either to another or else it simply exposes as false that one that makes the reference. Sister, point of correction, reference can be made from one to another since the same creation sent all the prophets with one message. Go through the bible and you would learnt it has similar story in some aspects just like the Quran. The original message has been distorted hence the coming of the last book to correct those mistakes. I can only hope that GOD (of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) would open your eyes , because whether or not you are practising something for 1 million years makes no difference because must effort doing the wrong never makes it the right thing. His eyes is already opened but you need to search yourself if you are really doing God's will which is Islam. You also need to know the essence/purpose of creation, mankind etc in which I know you will never find the answer in your bible and when you do, you will know that life without Islam and not being a muslim is a wasteful life because God said that he did not create human beings and Jinn except to worship him.So if you are aware of this, you will quickly get reverted to Islam so that you benefit on that Day.
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ismailys20
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you called the whole book or say 95% plagiarism but have u took time to compare the two books(bible and quran) . take for example sURAT YUSSUF(JOSEPH) read this with open mind and i bet u will realise the difference urselve and do not forget u accused the muslims of copying the bible , the jews accused the christians of the same too.
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ismailys20
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And if i may ask which of the conflicting versions of Bible did Mohammed(SAW) copied, the Goodnews, KIng JAmes and several others. I wonder which one of this conflicting sects we claimed true believer of Jesus when he comes
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ismailys20
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IT is like most non muslims have nostalgia hearing the word ALLAH . can u give me another word for "God ". Allah is not just and arabic word meaning GOD but a word depicting no other being except the creator of heaven and earth as against the English word GOD which can be used to substitute for Jesus , semi gods and other idols that are takig as a form of worship by mankind. so ALLAH means ( the one that exists without which nothing else can exist).
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oyb (m)
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it is doubtful if these 'analysts of islam' are capable of original thoughts. it would seem they have nothing better to do than copy and paste from prophet of doom and recycle christian myths that have existed since the Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammed. fortunately, the internet works both ways - http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Sources/BBbible.htmlQuestion: As-salamu `alaykum First I would like to congratulate you on the wonderful site you have. May Allah bless you and grant you Paradise for that! I have two questions. First, how did Muhammad (peace be upon him) receive the revelation? I ask this because some Christians say that as he received the revelation only in his fortieth year, he must have been memorizing the Bible all that time until he said he had received the revelation. So my question is how can I prove that this allegation is wrong? Also they say (on a Christian Web site) that there is proof for this because the Prophet used to add words to different chapters at different times, as he never completed a surah in one go. What answer can I give them? Secondly, if the Prophet was asked by Allah to seek forgiveness as is mentioned in the Qur’an, how can the Muslims believe that he was sinless? Jazakum Allah khayran. Answer: Salam, Khan. Thank you very much for your questions. It is true that Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) received his first revelation in his fortieth year. And it is true that both the books of the Bible and the Qur’an cover much common ground. It is also true that in the course of 23 years, verses were revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be on him) on different occasions and that he asked his followers to put these verses in particular places in different chapters. All this is true. But the conclusion of the Christian critics that the Prophet had been memorizing Biblical verses during the first 40 years of his life in order to fabricate the Qur’an is untenable for the following reasons: 1. There was no Arabic translation of the Bible available during the Prophet’s time. For a detailed account of this subject, read the article: Is The Bible Really The Source of The Qur’an? Ernst Würthwein informs us in his book, The Text Of The Old Testament: “With the victory of Islam the use of Arabic spread widely and for Jews and Christians in the conquered lands it became the language of daily life. This gave rise to the need of Arabic versions of the Bible, which need was met by a number of versions mainly independent and concerned primarily for interpretation.” (Ernst Würthwein, The Text Of The Old Testament (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1988, pp. 104.) Thus, the first translations of the Hebrew Bible in Arabic appeared after the advent of Islam. In fact, the oldest dated manuscript of the Old Testament in Arabic dates from the first half of the ninth century. What about the New Testament? Sidney H Griffith, who has done extensive research on the appearance of Arabic and the New Testament says: “The oldest dated manuscript containing the Gospels in Arabic is Sinai Arabic MS 72. Here the text of the four canonical Gospels is marked off according to the lessons of the temporal cycle of the Greek liturgical calendar of the Jerusalem Church. A colophon informs us that the MS was written by Stephen of Ramleh in the year 284 of the Arabs, i.e., 897 AD.” (Sidney H Griffith, The Gospel in Arabic: An Enquiry into Its Appearance in the First Abbasid Century, Oriens Christianus, Volume 69, p. 131-132.) 2. It is well-known that the Prophet did not know how to read or write: he was illiterate. So there was no question of his plagiarizing the Bible, even if an Arabic copy did in fact exist in his time. What then of the charge that he was taught by some Christians? Allah the Almighty answered the criticism fourteen centuries ago in these verses, which say what means: *{Your Companion is neither astray nor being misled. Nor does he say [aught] of [his own] desire. It is no less than inspiration sent down to him. He was taught by One Mighty in power.}* (An-Najm 53:2–5) To deny the divine origin of the Qur’an missionaries claim that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) knew all the sources—Christian, Jewish, Zoroastrian, Hanif and ancient Arab beliefs—before he compiled the Qur’an. However, this ignores the simple fact of his illiteracy that was even acknowledged by the enemies of Islam 1400 years ago. Allah the Almighty also answered this in the Qur’an, when it says what means: *{And thou wast not [able] to recite a Book before this [Book came] nor art thou [able] to transcribe it with thy right hand: in that case indeed would the talkers of vanities have doubted. Nay here are signs self-evident in the hearts of those endowed with knowledge: and none but the unjust reject Our signs.}* (Al-`Ankabut 29:48–49) Despite all this, the missionaries have been repeating the same arguments, hoping to mislead the gullible. It was common knowledge in Makkah that the Prophet was illiterate, and there is no record of the pagan Arabs in Makkah accusing Muhammad (peace be upon him) of not being illiterate. The reasons why the whole of the Qur’an was not revealed to the Prophet at one time are well known: (1) It was only reasonable and realistic to reveal the guidance of Allah governing the individual and social lives of the gradually evolving Muslim society at the same pace as its stage-by-stage emergence in space and time. So verses had to be revealed to the Prophet depending upon the contexts demanding divine guidance. (2) It was easier for the Prophet and his Companions to learn and imbibe the Qur’anic message as it was being revealed in small portions. You also ask, “If the Prophet was asked by Allah to seek forgiveness, as is mentioned in the Qur’an, how can the Muslims believe that he was sinless?” Please understand that Muslims do not believe that Muhammad (peace be on him) or any prophet for that matter was anything more than human. In this way we need not have any problem in recognizing any weakness in them that is characteristic of humans. But it is part of our belief that all prophets were protected by Allah from the usual failings of ordinary humans. Bear in mind that this is true not only of Muhammad, but also of all prophets including Abraham, Moses, and Jesus (peace and blessings be on them all). Muhammad (peace and blessings be on him), as well as all other prophets, was a model for all humans in all walks of life. Only a human who is like all other humans can serve as a model for other humans. That is why most Christians who imagine Jesus to be God cannot emulate his life as perceived by the Christians. For instance, Jesus is reported to have fasted forty days and forty nights continuously. Can this form of fasting be an example for others to follow? It is important to note that the fasting of Muhammad is being followed by millions of his followers until today. Allah says in the Qur’an that if He wanted to give humankind what they actually deserved, nobody would remain on the face of the earth. But Allah is All-Merciful. Islam is meant for humans, and it is clearly stated in the Qur’an that Allah created humans as weak creatures. The Qur’an says what means: *{God doth wish to lighten your [difficulties], for man was created weak [in flesh].}* (An-Nisaa’ 4:28) So it is only natural that humans need divine guidance to keep themselves free from sins. And Allah in His infinite mercy allows us to continue to live here even after we disobey Him again and again. Now the life of a prophet is a practical demonstration of how to live according to divine guidance. Allah taught the prophet not only to do good things, but to avoid all bad things and to seek His forgiveness for any mistakes or lapses on his part as a human being. So no one, not even the Prophet, is exempt from seeking Allah’s forgiveness. And that is the reason why Muhammad (peace be upon him) was asked to seek Allah’s forgiveness. May Allah forgive us all and show us the right way! Thank you and please keep in touch. Salam.
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http://www.readingislam.com/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&=1177155820141&pagename=Zone-English-Discover_Islam%2FDIELayouthttp://www.readingislam.com/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&=1177155820141&pagename=Zone-English-Discover_Islam%2FDIELayoutAssalamu-alaikum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu: The scholarship of the Orientalists in regards to the alleged Jewish and Christian sources of the Qur'ân can be at best described as confusing. Their claims that the Qur'ân is borrowed from the Bible stems from the fact that some of the stories in the Qur'ân resemble those found in the Bible, thus the former have been borrowed from latter. This presumption has lead the Orientalists to make diverging comments. Insha'allah, we will deal with the comments of the Orientalists first and then discuss their flaws. A Brief Review Of Bible Borrowing Theories In his Islam and the West: A Historical Survey, Philip K. Hitti says: The sources of the Qur'ân are unmistakable: Christian, Jewish and Arab heathen[1]. He supports this assertion by pointing out that during the Prophet's time, paintings of Jesus and Mary were on the inner wall of the Ka'aba. That the Qur'ânic material is second hand from hearsay is demonstrated by the Qur'ânic statement that Jesus spoke unto mankind in the cradle and fashioned out of clay a living bird. These statements have a parallel in the apocryphal Gospel of Infancy. Mary, the mother of Jesus, is confused with Mary, sister of Aaron. Haman, the favourite of Ahusuerus (Esth. 3:2) is mistakenly made minister of the Pharaoh (Sura 40:38). And the Qur'ânic story of the "two-horned" Alexander the Great. , must have originated in the Romance of Alexander then current among the Syrian Christians.[2] However, according to Richard Bell, , in spite of traditions to the effect that the picture of Jesus was found on one of the pillars of Ka'aba, there is no good evidence of any seats of Christianity in the Hijaz or in the near neighbourhood of Mecca or even of Medina.[3] Hitti's argument is that although certain Qur'ânic passages bear resemblance to Biblical passages, they do not warrant the conclusion of borrowing or quoting. They may be explained on grounds other than direct dependence[4]. His explanation is that , far from being a slavish imitator, Muhammad Islamised, Arabicised and nationalized the material.[5] On the sources of the Qur'ân, J Christy Wilson writes in Introducing Islam: Scholars hold that a number of [Qur'ânic stories] may be traced to Jewish Talmudic sources and apocryphal gospels rather than to the Old and New Testaments.[6] Wilson also mentions the apparent confusion over Haman and Mary. Richard Bell argues in his book, The Origin of Islam in its Christian Environment: , much of the Qur'ân is directly dependent on the Bible, and stories associated with the Bible.[7] Allegedly, Muhammad's(P) knowledge of the Bible was acquired gradually: The key to a great deal both in the Qur'ân and in the career of Muhammad lies , just in his gradual acquisition of knowledge of what the Bible contained and what the Jews and Christians believed , we shall see him, consciously borrowing - he is quite frank about it.[8] Qur'ânic references to the People of the Cave, Moses and al-Khidr and 'Alexander the Great' which were never associated with the Bible are associated by Bell as proof that Muhammad(P) was not working on any real knowledge of the Bible itself but, was dependent on third hand oral sources. Kenneth Cragg says in the Call Of The Minaret: The Biblical narratives reproduced in the Qur'ân differ considerably and suggest oral, not direct acquaintance. There is almost complete absence of what could be claimed as direct quotation from the Bible.[9] Cragg is convinced that the alleged Qur'ânic misconceptions of the Trinity and Jesus(P) indicate that the range and quality of Muhammad's(P) oral contacts was insufficient to enable him to have a firm grasp of Christianity.[10] H A R Gibb in Muhammadism: A Historical Survey, puts forward another possibility concerning the sources of the Qur'ân: In view of the close commercial relation between Mecca and Yemen it would be natural assume that some religious ideas were carried to Mecca with the caravans of spices and woven stuffs, and there are details of vocabulary in the Qur'ân which give colour to this assumption.[11] Linden P. Harries writes in his book Islam In East Africa: Muhammad himself borrowed from the Bible, and Muslims today consciously or not, borrow much from the Christian ideology even in matters which the Qur'ân does not support.[12] According to R A Nicholson the Qur'ân can be traced to the Haneefs and Judeo-Christian sources: We hear much of Christian hermits and also a few persons known as Haneefs, who had rejected idolatry for a religion of their own, ascetic and monotheistic; Muhammad appears to have been in touch with some of them before his call, his journey with the trading caravans of Mecca afforded opportunities for conversation with Jews and Christians of which the Qur'ân preserves the result.[13] But Nicholson could not explain how much a person would learn from occasional chats with these people as well as on his journeys. He went on to say: Muhammad picked up all his knowledge of this kind by hearsay and he makes a brave show with such borrowed trappings- largely consisting of legends from the Haggada and Apocrypha.[14] Concerning the Jewish and Christian influence on the Qur'ân, the New Catholic Encyclopaedia writes: Non-Moslem scholarship has taken a different view of the matter. It has nearly always held that the major influences on Mohammed must have been principally, but not exclusively, Jewish and Christian, and that those influences were coloured by Mohammed's own character and made over to conform to aspects and need of the pre-Islamic Arabian mind.[15] It goes on to say: Very probably Muhammad had improvised translations of the Jewish and Christian scriptures.[16] The problem with all the above statements is that they neither furnish any evidence for the existence of such Biblical texts in Arabia, nor any evidence of the influence of Judaism and Christianity in Mecca where the Prophet(P) spent most of his life. Consequently, this has lead to considerable confusion in pinpointing the source of the Qur'ân.
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http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Sources/BBdefense.htmlAssalamu-alaikum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu: The Qur'ân is made up of 114 Surahs: only 27 of them were revealed in Madinah while the remaining 87 were revealed in Makkah or some other nearby locations. It is to be reminded that the Jews were in Madinah and the Christians were in Najran and Yemen. There was no seat of Christianity in Mecca, in al-Hijaz nor in Madinah as stated by Bell: , in spite of traditions to the effect that the picture of Jesus was found on one of the pillars of Ka'aba, there is no good evidence of any seats of Christianity in the Hijaz or in the near neighbourhood of Makkah or even of Madina.[1] Dr. Nabîh Aqel, a Professor of Arabic and Islamic History, University of Damascus, states in his book Tarîkh al-cArab al-Qadîm: The big difference between Christianity and Judaism is that Christianity unlike Judaism didn't have any bases in Hijaz , Christianity was an external source of enlightenment echoed in Hijaz either by missionary activities form Ethiopia, Syria and Iraq or from Alheerah's Christian centres; dair Hind al-Kubra [the order of Hind al-Kubra] - Um Amro al-Mundhir [the order of Um Amro] - Dair Hind al-Sugra [the order of Hind al-Sugra]) or from some of the scattered churches in Bahrain, al-Yamamah and Yemen.[2] Ibn Ishâq narrated also in al-Sîrah al-Nabawiyyah, speaking about four people from Quraysh (Mecca) who were among the generation that preceded the Prophet Muhammad(P) and who had abandoned their people's faith (paganism) and went in search for their Haneefite roots. These four men were Waraqah bin Nawfal, cAbdullâh bin Jahsh, cUthmân bin al-Huarith and Zaid bin Amro who said to each other "you know that your people had deviated from the religion of your father Abraham" and decided to search for their Haneefite roots and they "scattered into different countries seeking the Haneefite religion, the religion of Abraham". Ibn Ishâq said that Waraqah bin Nawfal had converted to Christianity as a result of his search. [3] The migration of these four men out of Mecca shows that the city was completely a pagan society for if there was any significant Christian or Jewish presence in Mecca, it wouldn't be necessary for these men to travel in search for it. Yet another piece of evidence is that during the period of Christian influence and power in Yemen, from Najran to Abyssinia (Ethiopia), history narrates to us the famous attempt of a great Christian army to conquer Mecca. This army from Yemen was supported by elephants and was lead by Abraha, the Abyssinian. The doomed invasion occurred in the same year that the Prophet Muhammad(P) was born ,and later came to be known amongst the Arabs as the Year of the Elephant. The army's aim was to vanquish Mecca, destroy the Ka'aba (the holy shrine built by Abraham(P) and his son Ismâcîl(P)) and then to convert the pagan Arabs to Christianity. Once this was accomplished, they could force them to make pilgrimage to the great church named al-Qulais that Abraha had built in Yemen for this purpose. Ibn Ishâq in al-Sîrah al-Nabawiyyah under the title The Story of the Elephant said: Then Abraha built the "Qulais" in San'a, it was a church that people never saw its like in their time, then he wrote to the Abyssinian king; "I built for you O king, a church that no king had before you, and I'll not stop until I make the Hajj - that the Arabs perform to Ka'aba - shifted to it, "[4] Dr Helmi Mahroos Ismâcîl in his book al-Sahrq al-'Arabi al-Qadîm writes: Abraha worked hard on spreading Christianity among the Yemens, he built many churches there the most important of it all was the "Qulais" in Sana'a which the Abyssinian took as their capital in Yemen. Abraha tried to make the Arabs to perform Hajj to it.[5] This Christian attempt lead by Abraha to destroy the Ka'bah corroborates that Mecca and al-Hijaz, in general, had no Christian or Jewish influence whatsoever even until the time the Prophet Muhammad(P) was born. Abraha had failed in his attempt to destroy the Ka'bah and this was a subject of a Qur'ânic Chapter as a Sign from God (Surat al-Fîl) : Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant? Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray? And He sent against them flights of Birds Striking them with stones of baked clay. Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw (of which the corn) has been eaten up. [Qur'ân: 105] Historians could not explain how this great army of Abraha didn't reach its goals in conquering the weak- and almost surrendered city of Mecca!! The following provides an excerpt from a Yemenite archaeological site that mentions, in part, this incident. Walter W. Muller, a specialized researcher in ancient Arabian history, under the subject Outline of the History of Ancient Southern Arabia, says: Muller says: "Southern Arabia became an Abyssinian dominion, first under the local Christian vassal simyafa then under the former Abyssinian General Abreha (Abraha). In 542 , An inscription dated 547, reporting of a campaign against the rebellious Maadd in Central Arabia (Ry 506). States that Abreha had already styled himself king. The most recently dated inscription of the Himyarite era (CIH 325) is from A.D. 554. It virtually marks the end of the well-documented ancient Southern Arabian epoch and heralds the decline of the Sabeo-Himyarite empire, Towards the end of his reign, Abreha launched yet another military campaign against the North which has been preserved in the memory of the Arabs because of the elephants accompanying it. Abreha failed to take Mecca as he had intended and the operation had to be abandoned." Without giving any reason why Abraha had failed in capturing Mecca even though it had surrendered! Bernard Lewis in his book The Middle East: 2000 Years Of History From The Rise Of Christianity To The Present Day, writes: Newly converted, the Ethiopians were fervent in their Christianity and responded eagerly to Byzantine embassies. Unfortunately for the Ethiopians, they were not able to complete the task assigned to them. They succeeded initially in crushing and destroying the last independent state in southern Arabia, and opening the country to Christian and other external influences, but they were not strong enough to maintain it. They had even tried to advance northwards from the Yemen, and in 507 CE had attacked Mecca, a Yemenite trading post on the caravan route to the north. The Ethiopians failed and were defeated, and a little later the Persians came to the Yemen in their place.[6] For further information on the story of this Christian campaign against Mecca a reference is made in al-Seerah al-Nabawiyyah. Below is a pre-Islamic poem from the same source that preserved the event by a person who had witnessed it. The poet Nufail bin Habeeb was there when the event took place and met with the fleeing soldiers of Abraha's army who asked him the directions to Yemen: The poem can be roughly translated as follows: Greetings Rudainah (A female name) we have been pleased with an early morning view. We had received - a seeker of fire - from your side (the word Qabis is used for a person who seeks fire or wood to be used as a source of light at night) but he could not find anything here. O Rudainah! if you have seen what we have seen near al-Muhasab (a location between Mecca and Mina) you would excuse me and not be saddened with what happened in the past between us. I thanked God when I saw the birds and I was afraid of stones that was thrown on us. And they (Abraha's men) were asking about me (to show them the way) as if I was owing them some previous debts.[7] Bernard Lewis also gave a brief summary on how al-Hijaz looked before the advent of Islam saying the weakness that hit the empires of the north and the south lead to the state that later came to be known to Arabs as al-Jahiliyyah (the days of ignorance). The militant Christian monarchy which had emerged in Ethiopia developed a natural interest in the events on the other side of the Red Sea [Yemen]. Persians were, of course, always concerned to counter Roman or Christian - for them, the two were much the same - influence. By this time even these remote outposts of Mediterranean civilization were influenced by the general economic decline of the ancient world, At least part of the reason for this decline in Arabia must be sought in the loss of interest by both rival imperial powers. During the long period from 384 to 502 CE when Rome and Persia were at peace, neither was interested in Arabia or in the long, expensive and hazardous trade routes that passed through its deserts and oases. Trade routes were diverted elsewhere, subsidies ceased, caravan traffic came to an end, and towns were abandoned. Even settlers in the oases either migrated elsewhere or reverted to nomadism. The drying-up of trade and the reversion to nomadism lowered the standard of living and of culture generally, and left Arabia far more isolated from the civilized world than it had been for a long time. Even the more advanced southern part of Arabia also suffered, and many southern nomadic tribes migrated to the north in hope of better pasturage. Nomadism had always been an important element in Arabian society. It now became predominant. This is the period to which Muslims give the name Jahiliyya, the Age of Ignorance, meaning by that of course to contrast it with the Age of Light, Islam. It was a dark age not only in contrast with what followed, but also with what went before. And the advent of Islam in this, sense may be seen as a restoration and is indeed presented as such in the Qur'ân - as a restoration of the religion of Abraham.[8] Although the above excerpt paints a very dark image of how the situation was in Arabia before Islam, it is not totally true. The great amount of cultural heritage left by the Arabs of al-Hijaz represented, for example, by their literature shows that the term al-Jahiliyyah is not descriptive and was mainly used to mean the decline in the social/ethical standards, but nothing else. Furthermore; the failure of the Christian Abyssinian army of Abraha to capture Mecca made the pagan Arabs glorify the city even more. Mecca was mainly a pagan society that worshipped stones and trees, yet still believed in a Supreme God. As the Qur'ân makes clear, they believed that their false gods and idols were a means of getting nearer to God: Is it not to Allah that sincere devotion is due? But those who take for protectors other than Allah (say): "We only serve them in order that they may bring us nearer to Allah." Truly Allah will judge between them in that wherein they differ. But Allah guides not such as are false and ungrateful. [Qur'ân: 39:3] The historical evidence plus the internal evidence of the Qur'ân proves beyond any doubt that there was no Christian nor Jewish influence in al-Hijaz, in general, and in Mecca, in particular. So how was Muhammad(P) borrowing from the Bible when the non-existence of any Arabic Bible or Arabic apocryphal sources has been proven? Again the Qur'ân denies that someone was teaching the Prophet(P) and at the same time points to the fact that the language is foreign. We know indeed that they say "It is a man that teaches him." The tongue of him they wickedly point to is notable foreign while this is Arabic pure and clear. Those who believe not in the Signs of Allah Allah will not guide them and theirs will be a grievous Penalty. [Qur'ân 16:103-104] Had someone been teaching Prophet Muhammad(P), his family and close friends would have eventually known. However, far from being skeptical about his claims to prophethood, these people gave their wealth and lives for Islam. In Sûrah Fussilat, the Qur'ân explains the reason why the revelation is in Arabic. This is to make sure that the people who were experiencing it could not make excuses. Had We sent this as a Qur'ân (in a language) other than Arabic they would have said: "Why are not its verses explained in detail? What! (a Book) not in Arabic and (a Messenger) an Arab?" Say: "It is a guide and a healing to those who believe; and for those who believe not there is a deafness in their ears and it is blindness in their (eyes); they are (as it were) being called from a place far distant!" [Qur'ân 41:44] Now with the absence of Jewish and Christian sources in Mecca, the question remains: who was teaching Muhammad(P) the stories of the old Prophets and Nations which were all revealed in Mecca as the following table shows:
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@Davidylan, TayoD, Nwando, Pildrim.1, Bobbyaf, Backslider, etc, etc.: The above should be enough to stop the maligning. It should also help you to rethink your spiritual life through. Jesus can never be Son, God, or 1/3 God. But a mere Prophet/Messenger of God, sent with great Miracles to the Children of Israel, for the last time. He was their Messiah, before the final Prophet/Messenger, hence messiah of all, all tribes, colors, nations, peoples came, as the person known as Muhammad (as).
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olabowale (m)
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@Nwando, Pilgrim.1, my main man Davidylan, etc: I just came across this piece below on a different thread. You need to Check it out. Then we can discuss the Bible, in details. @Kobojunkie
Ecclesiastes 9:5,10 ~ states that the dead are conscious of nothing (if you are not conscious of anything you cannot be tormented) and Sheol is the place to where man is going.
Psalms 9:17 ~ talks about wicked people going to sheol and Job 14:13 ~ Job prayed that God would not forget him even though he would be in sheol even though in Job 1:8 God himself said that Job was a blameless upright man who turned aside from back Showing that both those considered righteous and unrighteous end up in the common grave/hell.
The Encyclopedia Americana also contains information stating that a lot of the confusion concerning the misconception that hell is a place of torment is due to mistranslation of the orginal Hebrew and Greek terms. ; Pay attention to Job 14;13, Job 1;8 and the explanation thereof. Interesting, eh?
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@Oyb May Allah in His infite Mercies continue to be with u and increase your knowledge. Jazakhullah Khairan @Pilgrim 1, Davidylan, Nwando-Babyosis, Mrpataki, Tayo-D, Dafidizone etc The ball is in your court and the clock is ticking. Accept before its too late and stop deceiving yourself and remember the day when none of your folks will be able to intercede for you. No religion will be accepted except Islam. Lest I forget, if you are ready, I am equally ready to discuss the position of Jesus christ with you all, taking verses from your bible and the Quran will act as the last judge. Welcome to my world  Maa Salam
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Your defense for why quran have some similarities to the Bible is because the same person gave the information in them , and now because the person is trying to correct the mistake in one he/it has now brough the quran as a correction of previos mistakes.
It is very sad , self deceit and self indulgence that you putting your self through , Please :d tell that to a baby or a willing terrorist.
1 .The truth is that THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE GOD cannot make a mistake, so he does not need to correct anything. So he does not need to give you another message later so as to correct mistakes of earlier versions are if na Microsoft Windows Update dey happenk, "God is not man that He should lie neither is He a Son of man that she should repent" "Every single word that comes from the mouth of God shall not go unfufilled." So you see you false god "allah" who has deceived you in believing that Jesus is a prophet , who has deceived you into believing that the quran is a corrected version of the bible that was supposedly corrupted, implies that your allah is not god : , because a. he makes mistakes, b. he is not powerful enough to protect keep his word hence he must employ all kind of tactics to do so eg. employ fanatics to kill in his name, e.g. reprint version 2.0 version 2.1 version 2.2 version 2.3 , versionx.x of his word everytime an ordinary man was powerful enough to overcome him/it that the man was able to change his word into something else. 2. God Almighty and allah are not the same, completely different, what allah promises you , muslims is not what our God Almighthy promised us christians simple . e.g In Christian's Heaven there is no marriage, no given of wife, no terrorist with virgins, no sex In muslims's al'jana/heaven (actually its hell disguised to you as heaven), you promised virgins, sex, etc. hence why a lot of you after suffering yourself through self righteousness are desperate to go there after killing as many people as possible.
My Lord God Almighty , creator of Heaven and Earth, powerful and mighty. His Word is Life. He is Love, He is a loving God and a consuming fire. He said we "Christians" should be at peace and be still to, ", "He is more than able to do abundantly more than we can ever ask for" > He wins our battles for use without us raising a finger. King Herod perished on his throne when he blashphemed, Walls of Jerico came down without the Isrealites using any caterpillar, the Red sea was parted to make way for the Isrealites to pass through. The armies of the pharaoh was destroyed because He made it so. It is true , David is a man after God's own heart yet he comitted a sin and God punised him, Jacob deceived his father , to collect Esau's blessing, yet God still blessed him and made him a father of the nation of Isreal. Abraham through the slave Haggar gave birth to a Son called Ishmeal , yet God still gave him the Promised Child Isaac. through Sarah (Abraham's Wife). Nonetheless God still blessed Ishmeal and Ishmeal is still reaping part of the blessings of Abraham till today. Ishmeal was the oldest (but was not the promised child) . Hagar was not Abraham's wife. Sarah was Abraham's wife, Hagar was Sarah's slave. (This might expliain why muslims have slave mentality , haha, just kidding). Hagar was Ishmeal's mother.
Lord God Almighty is Full of Mercy and Grace hence He forgave David , hence he forgave Jacob, hence He forgives all sinners who come to Him through His one and only begotten Son Jesus Christ. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that who so ever believes in Him would not perish but have everlasting life.
your mohammed could not promise you everlasting life becuase he was too , enjoying himself in the flesh and lying to you at every turn. The devil hates man hence the devil "allah" makes sure mohammed tells you muslims that you are servants (slaves) to him. mohammed or allah cannot give salvation for your souls,
At the name of Jesus every knee must bow and every tongue confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord
allah could not do all those hence mohammed has to go to war to physically fight for allah. I find it funny that you know so much about the bible and so little about what you have believe "let me tell you much study does not bring much understanding". You can have brains, eyes, ears and yet still not see, hear, know and understand the truth. As a matter of fact I am happy that you know a lot of the bible because it means that on the day of judgement you cannot , pretend as if you've not heard of Jesus.
Once again In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God and the Word was God, God has given you muslims, hindus, babalawos, etc His Word, for the redemption of your soul.
I am not interested in an an argument because that is not what would save your souls from everlasting destruction, I am interested in telling you about the Good News of Jesus Christ , that he came to shed His blood for you, because blood of ram, water cleansing , self punishment can never save you from your sins. All you have to do is confess your sins and accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour.
We can go on forever , whereby you would tell me a million reasons why the Bible and quran are similar , THE TRUTH THEY ARE NOT , THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIGHT OF THE WORD OF GOD (BIBLE) AND THE DARKNESS OF THE LIES OF THE DEVIL (QURAN).
The Word of God would set you free, DEVIL WILL ALWAYS WANT TO HOLD YOU IN BONDAGE.
I pray that God have mercy on you and will send His Holy Spirit to redeem your soul, because the good thing our my Lord God Almighty is that He is slow to anger , and always ready to forgive you your sins (ignorant sins or not). My God would not stone you to death, My God would not put in bondage because you were worshipping Him.
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olabowale (m)
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@SysUser: You seem to be writing the same thing you wrote on another thread. But God of the OT was correct all along, why there a NT? Then the NT is different fromthe OT? Please explain yout OT God versus your NT God. You have some ways to go, man.
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Please olabowale stop wastin your energy repelling and reject the the Gospel of Christ that is able to save Your Body and Soul and Give you a reborn Spirit. There is nothing like God of Old Testament , there is nothing like God of New Testament, It seems to me that you are frantically looking for excuses to not believe. Excuses or not , it is irrelevant, It is sad the virgins and sex are primary blessings in islam, it just goes to show why and how it is false ,
Muslims that are willing to read a proof of why islam is false and the Bible is True can read the following: It is good that (it seems) you read the bible in your bid to try and disprove the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So I hope you would go back to the same bible and the internet to cross check what I am about to tell you.
A Further proof of why you should consider giving your life to Christ and accepting and believing the truth of the bible can be given when you consider the fufillment of the bible prophesy about the man known as "Alexander the Great".
Daniel the Prophet of the TRUE AND LIVING GOD (GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB) saw a second vision given by the Book of Daniel of (Daniel 8 verses 1 - and (Daniel 8 verses 15 - 22): [ Dan 8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. Dan 8:2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. Dan 8:3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. Dan 8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. Dan 8:5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. Dan 8:6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. Dan 8:7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. Dan 8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. ]
[ Dan 8:15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. Dan 8:16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. Dan 8:17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. Dan 8:18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. Dan 8:19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. Dan 8:20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. Dan 8:21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. Dan 8:22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. ] The summary of what I want to tell you about the vision of Daniel is that IT WAS FUFILLED EXACTLY AND TRUTHFULL AS DANIEL HAS SEEN IT IN THE VISION.
The RAM in the vision was the kingdom of Medo-Persia The GOAT in the vision was the old Grecian Empire The notable/great horn between the eyes of the Goat (which is said to be the First King of the Grecian Empire) was actually the person known as Alexander the Great. The Grecian Empire was founded within the period of 13 years by Alexander the Great who literally conquered the whole Medo-Persian Empire According to the vision when the Great Horn was stong it was broken, this represents the death of Alexander the Great. Do you realise that He died soon, after the conquering of the Medo-Persian Empire. The great horn was broken into 4 parts just like the Grecian Empire was broken into 4 parts after the deathe of Alexander the Great (the 4 parts were Greece, Turkey, Syria, Egypt)
You can confirm what I am telling from the Internet yourself,
So you if you want to sincere with yourself this one example of bible prohesy is enough to make your realise that THE BIBLE ONLY and TRUE WORD OF THE LIVING GOD,
STOP WASTING YOUR TIME AND LIFE WITH THE LIES AND DECEIT OF THE quran, mohammed and other rubbish, , YOU NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE SURE YOUR ETERNITY IS SECURED. PLEASE TAKE IT.
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babs787 i noticed you once asked someone for the prophecies concerning Jesus Christ, here are a few bible verses which I think should answer some of your questions. (Olabowale you can also take note)
The following are verses from the Old Testament even before the birth of Christ telling you about God's plans for my salvation , for your salvation through Jesus Christ the promised "Messiah":
Here prophecies to help realise The Word of God is True and make you realise that you need to really need to give your life to Christ:
About the Virgin Birth: ----------------------- "Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. "
About Salvation of the Gentiles: -------------------------------- Non jews are gentiles, nonetheless God has made a way for us te saved:
" Isaiah 25:6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. " note that all people in this context refers to both Jews and Gentiles.
About the Messiah "Jesus Christ' (Immanuel) ---------------------------------------------- The following are old testament verses concerning some bible verses relating to thing like:
"12 Fold Work of the Messiah" [ Isaiah 49:3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. Isaiah 49:4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. Isaiah 49:5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. Isaiah 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. Isaiah 49:7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. Isaiah 49:8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; Isaiah 49:9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. Isaiah 49:10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. ]
"Fufilled by the messiah" [Isaiah 49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. ]
"Messiah's Healing Power" [ Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. ]
"How the Messiah is received" [Isa 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. ]
"How the Messiah is Stricken" [ Isaiah 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. ]
"Messiah Growing Up" [ Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. ]
"Messiah Astonied" and "Messiah Disfigured" [ Isaiah 52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: ]
"Result of the Messiah's Ministry" [ Isaiah 8:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. ]
"Names of the Messiah" [" Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this" ]
"Suffering of the Messiah" [ Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Isaiah 53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Isaiah 53:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Isaiah 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. ]
Jesus Christ while he was on the heart thing prophesied of Him earlier, of particular note is "Isa 53:5" and "Isa 53:11 - 12" where you can see that he died for the sins of many (you and I, believers and unbelievers). Please don't waste your time trying to provide intellectual argumentst about why you believe in allah, about why mohammed is your , soso and so, it is of no value allah cannot make a way for you. No allah did not give himself for you, allah did not create you, allah is the devil in disguise, allah IS NOT GOD. The TRUE and ONLY LIVING GOD ALMIGTHY is The GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC and JACOB.
mohamMAD/mohammed did not and cannot simply because they are false gods and prophets.
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babs787 and olabowale please note that I am not against you as a person but I am against the spirit that is at work in you, I really pray and hope that the two of you and other muslims , hindus , buddist, False Christians, , etc would come to know Christ as their Lord and Saviour.
Again let me give you bible verse(es) and exhortation that show the false worship and believe as practised by muslims:
Why can't you worship your allah in a simple and normal without first washing yourself with water , facing east, praying five times a day.
Let me talk about the facing EAST issue with muslims, Take note muslims face the east (the sun or at least the rising of the sun) for their prayers and commit violence in the name of their false god called allah, now compare the abomination that muslims are doing to what the bible has to say in the book of Ezekiel.
[ Eze 8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. Eze 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. Eze 8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. Eze 8:18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. ]
So you see that (ignorant or conscious worship of the sun / demons / devil) is what you muslims are doing. Also by your constant jihad and violence you have filled the land with violence, just like in Eze 8:17
Please I beg in you Repent, Confess your sins and accept the Lord Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, it doesn't matter whether or not you are born into Islam at least you now know the truth, don't continue in this abomination and sinful way of life. It is might be possible to forcefully convert people to little islam, yet in the long run it is not sustainable as the TRUTH WILL ALSO PREVAIL (The lies and deceit of islam (via mohammed, allah et al) becomes understandable when one realises that it is very dangerous for the life of someone to convert away from islam. So that fear of repercussion would make people continue in what they blatantly know is a false belief.
It is not a coincidence that the prophecies of the bible about the end of days are coming to pass, it is not a coincidence the Christians still exist and are going to exist and reign with Christ despite the amount of killing, persecution, matrydom, estrangement , jailing , condemnation they have faced and are still facing from either their friends,family, relations, work place, country, government, kingdom.
I am happy to tell you that another prophecy would soon come to pass the prophecy is that about to be fufilled:
[Rev 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. ]
Please babs787 and olabowale , the truth I would rather to you to win the superficial sense of victory in an argument, I am not interested in the superficial sense of victory I am more interested in the salvation of your souls, (as a result my responses to you is not geared towards trying to get any popularity or pety victory) I pray the Holy Spirit ministers to your soul and wins you over for Christ , because at the end of the day, that is really what matters.
All I am just trying to make you see , the falsehood that you have being living in.
There is much joy in heaven for every soul that is saved, your souls are more important that the argment about whether or not you believe that allah, quran, mohammed are false. allah, mohammed is false whether or not you believe is not the point.
I pray that God in His Mercies would have mercy on you and let His Holy Spirit bring you to understanding, repentances and salvation of your souls. Salvation does not come from how many good works you have done , salvation does not come from the excuse of knowing the truth, It is written "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one commeth to the Father except through me" Jesus is only way to God, not mohammed, not allah, not five daily prayers, not saka, saraa, not by going to stone the devil in saudi arabia, not by wearing skimpy trousers, not by keeping long beards, not by not drinking alcohol, not by not smoking, not by not having sex, not by giving people alms, etc all those things are works of righteousness , unfortunately it is written that "they are filthy rags before God". God's free gift of salvation through Christ is free , it cannot be bought or earned through allah, not through mohammed, not through suicide bombing, not through jihad, not through political power, not through being moral, instead it is simlpy through JESUS CHRIST, the one and only begotten of the FATHER.
[Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: ]
Look if you afraid of losing all your comforts, pleasures, pride and priviledges , ask yourself which is more important. Is it your soul or the worldly riches. [Mar 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?]
neither mohammed nor allah has promised you anything that you can trust, the heaven (actually hell) that they have promised you is nothing but false sexual and materialistic desires (virgins for what) (I once read somewhere that he was having revelations while having sex with Aisha, haaaahhaaaaaa was it really revelation or just pure hallucination)
The heaven that My Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is promising you is true, in the heaven Jesus Christ has promise there os no marriage no sex : Consider this bible verses as proof of why there is no sex in the TRUE "HEAVEN" [Mat 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Mat 22:25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: Mat 22:26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. Mat 22:27 And last of all the woman died also. Mat 22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Mat 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Mat 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. ]
[Joh 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. ]
[Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.] Jesus Christ has promised you for a certainty what you are going to have waiting for you as a believer: [Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. ] [Rev 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Rev 21:11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; Rev 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: Rev 21:13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. Rev 21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. Rev 21:15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. Rev 21:16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. Rev 21:17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. Rev 21:18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. Rev 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; Rev 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. Rev 21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. Rev 21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. Rev 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. Rev 21:24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. Rev 21:25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. Rev 21:26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. Rev 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. ]
Please I beg you not to waster your soul , because it is appointment unto man to die once after that judgment. There are a lot of examples and testimonies out there that would convince you about the deceit of islam, mohammed, allah and about the TRUTH OF CHRIST AND THE BIBLE . People like Hitler,mohammed and alexander the great don't have the chance of a salvation that you now have through Christ , please take it, You can get countless fufillment of bible prophesy if you earnestly seek them , so please don't waste your life and soul, Good as given you a free gift of salvation:
[Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. ]
[Rom 5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. ]
[Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. ]
[Rom 5:16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. ]
[Rom 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) ]
[2Co 9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. ]
It find it rather ironic the someone like some muslims have the academic intelligence to understand quantum physics, relativity but yet they can't seem to understand the Truth about their false religion even in the presence of mounting evidence that proves that , they are headed for eternal condemnation if they do not repent, and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour.
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