Wait !!! this their Jesus, which Arabian tribe is he even from? because the Jesus of the Bible is Jewish.

wait again. why isn't Muhammed the great apostle of Allah not the one coming back to finish the atrocities he started? why Jesus? isn't Jesus a mere slave of Allah?
I would have hoped that, Allah would send his Muhammed back to the world to finish his work.


Another version of the LUCIFERIAN DOCTRINE.

turning the truth upside down.

APCLyingBastard:
Summary

Now let’s review the various defining characteristics and actions of the Muslim Jesus upon his return to the earth:
 
1.      Jesus is said to return to the earth in the last-days near a mosque in Damascus.
2.      He will arrive at a time when the Mahdi and his army will be preparing to pray.
3.      He will be offered to lead the prayer by the Mahdi, but will decline in direct deference to the Mahdi who Jesus declares to be the leader of the Muslims.
4.      He will then pray behind the Mahdi as a subordinate.
5.      He will be a faithful Muslim
6.      He will make pilgrimage to Mecca.
7.      He will visit Muhammad’s grave, and salute Muhammad, whereby Muhammad will return the salute from the grave.
8.      He will destroy Christianity.
9.      He will repeal the jizyah tax thus causing the only option for Jews and Christians to convert to Islam or die.
10.  He will establish Islamic Shari’ah (Law) throughout the entire earth.
11.  He will kill the Antichrist and his followers made up largely of Jews and women.
12.  He will remain on the earth for roughly forty years, during which time he will marry, have children and then die.
 
As we have clearly seen, the Muslim Jesus, in both his nature and actions is far different than the biblical Jesus.  Rather than coming to reign as King and Messiah over all the earth from Jerusalem, Jesus instead comes to convert the world to Islam or kill those who refuse to do so.  Instead of coming to save and deliver faithful Christians and Jews, he comes instead to kill and slaughter them.  We will discuss a bit more about what the Bible has to say about the return of Jesus in a later chapter.

This here, is the Islamic version of the Luciferian Doctrine.

let ur hearts not be troubled. Satan knows his end.

APCLyingBastard:

It is my thread assh0le

then stick to the topic

Annunaki:


Ok let's stick to the topic, the quoran heralds and promotes the anti christ going by it's satanic and blasphemous writings, what do you have to say about it?

that's assuming if your bible is true

tartar9:
then stick to the topic

I am

ode

tartar9:
that's assuming if your bible is true

The same Bible that your Mohammed stole from to write his Koran?

APCLyingBastard:


Did Christianity declare war on Judaism?

Did Christ declare jihad on the Jews to submit to his authority as the Messiah?

Really?
Christians have persecuted jews for centuries

Christians took their message to South America by force
Millions were killed
People were burnt at stake in Europe
Christians fought themselves for 30 years
Google "doctrine of necessity"
Google the "Spanish inquisition"
http://www.britannica.com/topic/Spanish-Inquisition


You are either posting without knowledge or
Posting inspite of knowledge

APCLyingBastard:


The same Bible that your Mohammed stole from to write his Koran?

How come The Qur'an insists that
1. God does not have a child?
2. Jesus was not crucified

And
BTW The Quran's account of what happened are always more befitting than the Bibles'
CF Stories of Joseph in the two books
stories of the birth of Jesus in both books

1 & 2 are fundamental differences between Islam and Christianity

If I am going to copy a book, I will copy the most important parts, not just the footnotes

And we now have Christians publishing fake versions of the Quran
We know that it is the Bible that has had different versions
Yet you say APC is lying

BetaThings:


How come The Qur'an insists that
1. God does not have a child?
2. Jesus was not crucified

And
BTW The Quran's account of what happened are always more befitting than the Bibles'
CF Stories of Joseph in the two books
stories of the birth of Jesus in both books

1 & 2 are fundamental differences between Islam and Christianity

If I am going to copy a book, I will copy the most important parts, not just the footnotes

And we now have Christians publishing fake versions of the Quran
We know that it is the Bible that has had different versions
Yet you say APC is lying

How can a photocopied document be better in quality than the original?

APCLyingBastard:


It is important to show here who Muslims claim is Jesus - Isa


Apart from sharing no linguistic connection to Yeshua which is actually Joshua and the Greek variant Yesus, Isa does not in any way and form represents Jesus of the Bible.

To put this in perspective from the linguistic view, the Arab variant of Abraham is Ibrahim ; Yaccoub or Yakub is Jacob; Marriam is to Mary ; Adamu for Adam; Musa for Moses and so forth.

So where did Mohammed get his Isa from?

The answer lies in both Mohammed's ignorance and the source of his fake doctrine - the devil himself.


For the name of Jesus can not be uttered by the wicked one. woooooooow

I will be posting on the second coming of Jesus according to muslims and you will see striking similarities between the Muslim Jesus and the biblical anti Christ in John's Revelations.

yesu kristi ...

APCLyingBastard:


How can a photocopied document be better in quality than the original?

yesu kristi gbam!!! Bible Original Koran Photocopied & Modified

APCLyingBastard:


How can a photocopied document be better in quality than the original?

proof! rather it is well documented that its your bible that has been photocopied.what does the Quran even says;that God can't have a son or 1+1+1 can't be 1 or that God wasn't murdered on a stick ... are you people such idiots,all these are self evident truths that you don't need the Quran to tell you.so next time you want to open a thread on how anti-christ the Quran is because it differs from your ridiculous beliefs why not address these beliefs and what makes yours any superior coz whether you believe in the Quran or not it doesn't change the fact that xtianity is built on ludicrous ideas.

tartar9:
proof! rather it is well documented that its your bible that has been photocopied.what does the Quran even says;that God can't have a son or 1+1+1 can't be 1 or that God wasn't murdered on a stick ... are you people such idiots,all these are self evident truths that you don't need the Quran to tell you.so next time you want to open a thread on how anti-christ the Quran is because it differs from your ridiculous beliefs why not address these beliefs and what makes yours any superior coz whether you believe in the Quran or not it doesn't change the fact that xtianity is built on ludicrous ideas.

The same Christianity whoose Messiah is mentioned 10 times more than your fake prophet in his own koran?

The same Jesus that you muslims are looking foward to his second coming to join your jihad army in damscus?

How can you hate Christ at the same time revere him?

Isnt that confusion on its own?

BetaThings:


Really?
Christians have persecuted jews for centuries

Christians took their message to South America by force
Millions were killed
People were burnt at stake in Europe
Christians fought themselves for 30 years
Google "doctrine of necessity"
Google the "Spanish inquisition"
http://www.britannica.com/topic/Spanish-Inquisition


You are either posting without knowledge or
Posting inspite of knowledge

'Christian' persecution of the Jews is never in any christian doctrine, and in today's world the christian love the Jews and are always in support of them againt the islamic jihadist. Muslims fighting and killing Jews is completely sanctioned by mohammed\allahh, the hadith and the quran (quran 5:51, quran 9:29). If you are a true muslim, as a religious duty, you must HATE the jews for the sake of mohammed or allahh.

On the issue of inquisition, without islamic jihad against continental europe there will be no spanish inquition against muslims. And without the spanish inquisition, almost all europe would have been islamic. The muslims were the first to invade and colonize spain for over 300 years and were later expelled after the spanish inquisition.
Stop supporting your demon-possessed pedofile prophet mohammed and stop being an arab slave. The arabs, especially the saudis, dont care about you, they only want you to submit to allahh, their ancestoral idol being worshipped in kabbah. Mohammed's father names is abdullah ibn abdulmutallib. Abdullah means slave of allahh and abdulmutallib means slave of mutallib. Both allahh and mutallib are mohammed's family idols even before mohammed was born. Use your brain bro.

Do not be so zealous for Islam that you do not humble yourself sit down to understand to see the truth in other religions or philosophies.

You and your type can protest and kill as many as you like but mark my word 6000 years from now when the Prophet (SAW) and Jesus reconcile you will eat your words and pay the price for what you have done on Nairaland. I haven't insulted you I only speak the truth as the Prophet did.

UyiIredia:
Do not be so zealous for Islam that you do not humble yourself sit down to understand to see the truth in other religions or philosophies.
You and your type can protest and kill as many as you like but mark my word 6000 years from now when the Prophet (SAW) and Jesus reconcile you will eat your words and pay the price for what you have done on Nairaland. I haven't insulted you I only speak the truth as the Prophet did.

So Mohammed will reconcile with Jesus in 6,000 yrs time from now?


Where they fighting?

Did Mohammed exist at the time of Christ ?


You are a blind and confused adherent of an evil religious sect founded by a highly troubled and mad man.


You Muslims are all sick in the head

The holy Qu'ran not a bad word about prophet Jesus peace be upon him.



قَالَ اِنِّىۡ عَبۡدُ اللّٰهِ ؕ اٰتٰٮنِىَ الۡكِتٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِىۡ نَبِيًّا ۙ‏ 
(19:30) The child cried out: "Verily I am Allah's servant. He has granted me the Book and has made me a Prophet

الَّذِيۡنَ قَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللّٰهُ وَلَدًا‏ 
(18:4) and also to warn those who say: "Allah has taken to Himself a son,


مَا لَهُمۡ بِهٖ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍ وَّلَا لِاٰبَآٮِٕهِمۡ​ؕ كَبُرَتۡ كَلِمَةً تَخۡرُجُ مِنۡ اَفۡوَاهِهِمۡ​ؕ اِنۡ يَّقُوۡلُوۡنَ اِلَّا كَذِبًا‏ 
(18:5) a thing about which they have no knowledge,3 neither they nor their ancestors. Dreadful is the word that comes out of their mouths. What they utter is merely a lie.

meixili:
The holy Qu'ran not a bad word about prophet Jesus peace be upon him.



قَالَ اِنِّىۡ عَبۡدُ اللّٰهِ ؕ اٰتٰٮنِىَ الۡكِتٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِىۡ نَبِيًّا ۙ‏ 
(19:30) The child cried out: "Verily I am Allah's servant. He has granted me the Book and has made me a Prophet

Your prophet declared Christians and Jews as heretics that must pay the jizya or die.

Fact!

His last commandment which he made on his death bed was ; " kill the Jews! Kill the Christian! "

اَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡۤا اَنۡ يَّتَّخِذُوۡا عِبَادِىۡ مِنۡ دُوۡنِىۡۤ اَوۡلِيَآءَ​ ؕ اِنَّاۤ اَعۡتَدۡنَا جَهَـنَّمَ لِلۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ نُزُلًا‏ 

(18:102) Do the unbelievers, then, believe that they can take any of My creatures as their guardians beside Me? Verily We have prepared Hell to welcome the unbelievers.

The Quran gives us the real account of Jesus peace and blessings be upon him.

وَّقَوۡلِهِمۡ اِنَّا قَتَلۡنَا الۡمَسِيۡحَ عِيۡسَى ابۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ رَسُوۡلَ اللّٰهِ​ ۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوۡهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوۡهُ وَلٰـكِنۡ شُبِّهَ لَهُمۡ​ ؕ وَاِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ اخۡتَلَـفُوۡا فِيۡهِ لَفِىۡ شَكٍّ مِّنۡهُ​ ؕ مَا لَهُمۡ بِهٖ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍ اِلَّا اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّ​ ۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوۡهُ يَقِيۡنًا ۢ ۙ‏


(4:157) and their saying: 'We slew the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary', the Messenger of Allah - whereas in fact they had neither slain him nor crucified him but the matter was made dubious to them - and those who differed about it too were in a state of doubt! They have no definite knowledge of it, but merely follow conjecture;and they surely slew him not,


Their criminal boldness had reached such proportions that they attempted to put an end to the life of the one they themselves knew to be a Prophet, and subsequently went around boasting of this achievement. The least reflection on the incident of Jesus talking in his cradle (see the preceding note) makes it clear that there was no strong reason to doubt his prophethood. Moreover, the miracles of Jesus which they themselves witnessed (see Surah Al 'Imran 3: 49) had firmly established his claim to prophethood. Thus, whatever treatment they meted out to him was not based on any misconception, for they were fully aware that the person whom they were subjecting to criminal treatment had been appointed by God as the bearer of His message. It seems strange that a people should recognize a man to be a Prophet in their hearts and still try to assassinate him. The ways of degenerate nations are indeed strange. Such people are absolutely unprepared to tolerate the existence of those who reproach them for their corruption and seek to prevent them from evil. Hence the reformers, including Prophets, who arise among corrupt nations are always persecuted; they are imprisoned and even put to death. The Talmud mentions that:

Nebuchadnezzar laid waste the land of Israel. . . when the city had been captured, he marched with his princes and officers into the Temple ... on one of the walls he found the mark of an arrow's head, as though somebody had been killed or hit nearby, and he asked: 'Who was killed here?' 'Zachariah, the son of Yohoyadah, the high priest', answered the people. 'He rebuked us incessantly on account of our transgressions, and we tired of his words, and put him to death.' (The Talmud Selections by H. Polano, London, Frederick Warne & Co.)

The Bible also mentions that when the corrupt practices of Israel exceeded all limits, and Jeremiah warned them that God would have them overrun by other nations in punishment for their wickedness, his warning was greeted by the Jews with the accusation that he was a collaborator with the Chaldeans and hence a traitor. And under that pretext Jeremiah was sent to prison. In the same manner, about two and a half years before Jesus' crucifixion, John the Baptist suffered a cruel fate. On the whole the Jews knew him to be a Prophet, or at least acknowledged him to be one of the most religious people in the nation. But when he criticized the royal court of Herod, the King of Judah, he was first thrown into prison, and then, in response to the demand of a dancing girl, who was Herod's favourite 'mistress', his head was cut off.

If this record of the Jews is kept in mind, it does not seem surprising that, after having subjected Jesus - according to their belief - to crucifixion, they might have been overcome by jubilation and in a fit of self-congratulation might have boastfully exclaimed: 'Yes, we have put a Prophet of God to death!' (For similar incidents see Towards Understanding the Qur'an, vol. I, (Surah 2, n. 79 - Ed.)



This verse categorically states that Jesus was raised on high before he could be crucified, and that the belief of both the Jews and the Christians that Jesus died on the cross is based on a misconception. As a result of a comparative study of the Qur'anic and Biblical versions we are persuaded that, so far as the trial at the court of Pilate is concerned, it was probably Jesus who was tried. Pilate sentenced him to death after the Jews showed their deep hostility to Truth and righteousness by openly declaring that, in their view, the life of a thief was of higher value than that of a man with such a pure soul as Jesus. It was then that God raised Jesus up to heaven. The person the Jews subsequently crucified was someone else who, for one reason or another, was mistaken for the person of Jesus. The fact that the person who had actually been crucified was someone other than Jesus does not in any way detract from the guilt of those Jews, for in their minds it was Jesus whose head they were crowning with thorns, in whose face they were spitting, and whom they were subjecting to crucifixion. We are not in a position now to find out how and why such a confusion arose. As no authentic source of information is available to us, it would be inappropriate to conjecture and speculate about the cause of the misapprehension which led the Jews to believe that they had crucified Jesus, the son of Mary, whereas he had already passed far beyond their grasp.

"Those who differed' refers to the Christians. The Christians have dozens of different versions, rather than one universally agreed view, regarding the crucifixion of the Messiah. This in itself is an eloquent testimony that the Christians were doubtful about the actual event. Some of them held the view that the one who was crucified was someone other than-Jesus and that Jesus himself in fact remained standing somewhere nearby, laughing at their folly. Others were of the opinion that the one who was crucified was certainly Jesus himself, but that he did not die on the cross and was still alive when brought down from it. Others asserted that though Jesus died on the cross, he later returned to life, met his disciples and conversed with them about ten times. Again, some believe that the human body of Jesus suffered death and was buried, while the spirit of godhead in him was taken up on high. Yet others believe that after his death the Messiah was resurrected physically and was subsequently taken up to heaven in physical form. Had the truth been fully known and well-established so many divergent views could not have gained currency

meixili:
The Quran gives us the real account of Jesus peace and blessings be upon him.

The Gospels were written by Jesus' disciples.

How can a demon possessed illiterate Arab Know more than Jesus disciples bearing in mind that your fake prophet was not even born and thousands of miles away?

You deceive on yourselves

GworoChewinMaga:



The Gospels were written by Jesus' disciples.

How can a demon possessed illiterate Arab Know more than Jesus disciples bearing in mind that your fake prophet was not even born and thousands of miles away?

You deceive on yourselves

Brothers your words drip of hate and anger. Be happy OK !
Luke 6:37 ESV

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven

meixili:


Brothers your words drip of hate and anger. Be happy OK !
Luke 6:37 ESV

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven

Mohamed and all you muslims will rot in hell

GworoChewinMaga:


Mohamed and all you muslims will rot in hell

Brother please be kind and gentle. I speak no harsh or ill words of you.

Even though you say this, I turn the other cheek my brother and love you for the sake of God.

In the name of Allah the most gracious , master of the day of judgment

بَلْ رَّفَعَهُ اللّٰهُ اِلَيۡهِ​ ؕ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَزِيۡزًا حَكِيۡمًا‏ 


(4:158) but Allah raised him to Himself. Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.


This is the truth revealed by God. What is categorically asserted here is merely that the Jews did not succeed in killing the Messiah, but that God raised him unto Himself. The Qur'an furnishes no detailed information about the actual form of this 'raising'. It neither states categorically that God raised him from the earthly sphere to some place in heaven in both body and soul, nor that his body died on earth and his soul alone was raised to heaven. Hence neither of the two alternatives can be definitely affirmed nor denied on the basis of the Qur'an. If one reflects on the Qur'anic version of the event one gets the impression that, whatever the actual form of this 'raising', the event was of an extraordinary character. This extraordinariness is evident from three things:

First, the Christians believed in the ascension of the Messiah in both body and soul, which was one of the reasons for large sections of people to believe in the godhead of Jesus. The Qur'an does not refute that idea but employs the same term, raf (i.e. 'ascension'), employed by the Christians. It is inconceivable that the Qur'an, which describes itself as the 'Clear Book', would employ an expression that might lend support to a misconception it seeks to repudiate.

Second, one might assume that either the ascension of the Messiah was of the kind that takes place at every person's death or that this 'ascension' meant merely the exaltation of a Prophet's position, like that of Idris: 'And We raised him to an exalted station' (Surah Maryam 19: 57). Had it been so, this idea would have been better expressed by a statement such as: And indeed they did not kill the Messiah; Allah delivered him from execution and caused him to die a natural death. The Jews had wanted to slight him but Allah granted him an exalted position.

Third, if this raf (exaltation, ascension) referred to in the verse: 'Allah raised him to Himself was of an ordinary kind, the statement which follows, namely that 'Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise', would seem altogether out of context. Such a statement is pertinent only in the context of an event which manifested, in a highly extraordinary manner, by the overwhelming power and wisdom of God.

The only Qur'anic argument that can be adduced to controvert this view is the verse in which the expression mutawaffika see (Surah Al 'Imran 3: 55))is employed. But as we have pointed out (see Towards Understanding the Qur'an, vol. I, (Surah 3, n. 51), this word can denote either God's taking a man unto Himself in soul or taking him unto Himself in both body and soul. Arguments based on the mere use of this word are not enough to repudiate the arguments we have already adduced. Some of those who insist on the physical death of Jesus support their argument by pointing out that there is no other example of the use of the word tawaffa for God's taking unto Himself a man in body as well as in soul. But this argument is not tenable since the ascension of Jesus was a unique event in human history and, therefore, the quest for another example of the use of this term in the same context is meaningless. What is worth exploring is whether or not the use of the word in such a sense is valid according to Arabic usage. If it is, we will have to say that the choice of this particular word lends support to belief in the ascension of Jesus.

If we reflect on this verse in the light of the assumption that Jesus died physically, it appears strange that the Qur'an does not employ those terms which would exclude signifying the simultaneous physical and spiritual ascension of Jesus. On the contrary, the Qur'an prefers a term which, since it is liable to both interpretations (i.e. it can mean both spiritual and physical ascension), lends support to belief in the physical ascension of Jesus, even though that notion was used as a basis to support the false belief in the godhead of Jesus.

Belief in the physical ascension of Jesus is further reinforced by those numerous traditions which mention the return of Jesus, son of Mary, to the world and his struggle against the Anti-Christ before the end of time. (For these traditions see our appendix to Surah 33.) These traditions quite definitively establish the second coming of Jesus. Now it is for anybody to judge which is more reasonable: Jesus' return to this world after his death, or his being alive somewhere in God's universe, and returning to this world at some point in time?

meixili:
In the name of Allah the most gracious , master of the day of judgment

بَلْ رَّفَعَهُ اللّٰهُ اِلَيۡهِ​ ؕ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَزِيۡزًا حَكِيۡمًا‏ 


(4:158) but Allah raised him to Himself. Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.


This is the truth revealed by God. What is categorically asserted here is merely that the Jews did not succeed in killing the Messiah, but that God raised him unto Himself. The Qur'an furnishes no detailed information about the actual form of this 'raising'. It neither states categorically that God raised him from the earthly sphere to some place in heaven in both body and soul, nor that his body died on earth and his soul alone was raised to heaven. Hence neither of the two alternatives can be definitely affirmed nor denied on the basis of the Qur'an. If one reflects on the Qur'anic version of the event one gets the impression that, whatever the actual form of this 'raising', the event was of an extraordinary character. This extraordinariness is evident from three things:

First, the Christians believed in the ascension of the Messiah in both body and soul, which was one of the reasons for large sections of people to believe in the godhead of Jesus. The Qur'an does not refute that idea but employs the same term, raf (i.e. 'ascension'), employed by the Christians. It is inconceivable that the Qur'an, which describes itself as the 'Clear Book', would employ an expression that might lend support to a misconception it seeks to repudiate.

Second, one might assume that either the ascension of the Messiah was of the kind that takes place at every person's death or that this 'ascension' meant merely the exaltation of a Prophet's position, like that of Idris: 'And We raised him to an exalted station' (Surah Maryam 19: 57). Had it been so, this idea would have been better expressed by a statement such as: And indeed they did not kill the Messiah; Allah delivered him from execution and caused him to die a natural death. The Jews had wanted to slight him but Allah granted him an exalted position.

Third, if this raf (exaltation, ascension) referred to in the verse: 'Allah raised him to Himself was of an ordinary kind, the statement which follows, namely that 'Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise', would seem altogether out of context. Such a statement is pertinent only in the context of an event which manifested, in a highly extraordinary manner, by the overwhelming power and wisdom of God.

The only Qur'anic argument that can be adduced to controvert this view is the verse in which the expression mutawaffika see (Surah Al 'Imran 3: 55))is employed. But as we have pointed out (see Towards Understanding the Qur'an, vol. I, (Surah 3, n. 51), this word can denote either God's taking a man unto Himself in soul or taking him unto Himself in both body and soul. Arguments based on the mere use of this word are not enough to repudiate the arguments we have already adduced. Some of those who insist on the physical death of Jesus support their argument by pointing out that there is no other example of the use of the word tawaffa for God's taking unto Himself a man in body as well as in soul. But this argument is not tenable since the ascension of Jesus was a unique event in human history and, therefore, the quest for another example of the use of this term in the same context is meaningless. What is worth exploring is whether or not the use of the word in such a sense is valid according to Arabic usage. If it is, we will have to say that the choice of this particular word lends support to belief in the ascension of Jesus.

If we reflect on this verse in the light of the assumption that Jesus died physically, it appears strange that the Qur'an does not employ those terms which would exclude signifying the simultaneous physical and spiritual ascension of Jesus. On the contrary, the Qur'an prefers a term which, since it is liable to both interpretations (i.e. it can mean both spiritual and physical ascension), lends support to belief in the physical ascension of Jesus, even though that notion was used as a basis to support the false belief in the godhead of Jesus.

Belief in the physical ascension of Jesus is further reinforced by those numerous traditions which mention the return of Jesus, son of Mary, to the world and his struggle against the Anti-Christ before the end of time. (For these traditions see our appendix to Surah 33.) These traditions quite definitively establish the second coming of Jesus. Now it is for anybody to judge which is more reasonable: Jesus' return to this world after his death, or his being alive somewhere in God's universe, and returning to this world at some point in time?

Now, what occasioned the persecution and martyrdom of many of Christ's disciples as recorded in Acts and history?

When prophets that came before Jesus prophesied of His death, He also prophesied of the same, why should we abandon that which was thus confirmed by many and stay with the claims of one man? Especially as such claims appeared to agree with the error being peddled by enemies of the Gospel - Gnostics?

Assalamalikum my brother scholar. I hope you and your family are in good health.

لَـقَدۡ كَفَرَ الَّذِيۡنَ قَالُوۡۤا اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الۡمَسِيۡحُ ابۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ​ؕ قُلۡ فَمَنۡ يَّمۡلِكُ مِنَ اللّٰهِ شَيۡـًٔـــا اِنۡ اَرَادَ اَنۡ يُّهۡلِكَ الۡمَسِيۡحَ ابۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ وَاُمَّهٗ وَمَنۡ فِى الۡاَرۡضِ جَمِيۡعًا​ ؕ وَلِلّٰهِ مُلۡكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا​ ؕ يَخۡلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ​ ؕ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ قَدِيۡرٌ‏ 


(5:17) Indeed those who said: 'Christ, the son of Mary, he is indeed God', disbelieved.Say (O Muhammad!): 'Who could have overruled Allah had He so willed to destroy Christ, the son of Mary, and his mother, and all those who are on earth?' For to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them; He creates what He wills. Allah is All-Powerful.



The original mistake committed by the Christians in declaring Jesus to be a combination of human and divine essences turned Jesus into a mystery for them, and the more the Christian scholars tried to solve this mystery by resorting to conjecture and rhetorical extravagance the more involved the whole matter became. Those who were more impressed by the humanity of Jesus stressed his being the son of God and considered him to be one of the three gods. Those who were more impressed by the divinity of Jesus considered him to be none other than God, stressing that he was the human incarnation of God, and worshipped him as God. Those who tried to strike a middle path spent all their efforts hammering out subtle verbal formulations of the Trinity that would allow people to consider the Messiah to be God and man at one and the same time, to affirm that God and the Messiah are independent and simultaneously constitute an inseparable whole see (Surah 4, nn. 212, 213, 215)

لَقَدۡ كَفَرَ الَّذِيۡنَ قَالُوۡۤا اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الۡمَسِيۡحُ ابۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ​ ؕ وَقَالَ الۡمَسِيۡحُ يٰبَنِىۡۤ اِسۡرَآءِيۡلَ اعۡبُدُوا اللّٰهَ رَبِّىۡ وَرَبَّكُمۡ​ ؕ اِنَّهٗ مَنۡ يُّشۡرِكۡ بِاللّٰهِ فَقَدۡ حَرَّمَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيۡهِ الۡجَـنَّةَ وَمَاۡوٰٮهُ النَّارُ​ ؕ وَمَا لِلظّٰلِمِيۡنَ مِنۡ اَنۡصَارٍ‏

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(5:72) And surely they disbelieved when they said: 'Christ, the son of Mary, is indeed God'; whereas Christ had said: 'Children of Israel! Serve Allah, Who is your Lord and my Lord.' Allah has forbidden Paradise to those who associate anything with Him in His divinity and their refuge shall be the Fire. No one will be able to help such wrong-doers.

وَاِذۡ قَالَ اللّٰهُ يٰعِيۡسَى ابۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ ءَاَنۡتَ قُلۡتَ لِلنَّاسِ اتَّخِذُوۡنِىۡ وَاُمِّىَ اِلٰهَيۡنِ مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰهِ​ؕ قَالَ سُبۡحٰنَكَ مَا يَكُوۡنُ لِىۡۤ اَنۡ اَقُوۡلَ مَا لَـيۡسَ لِىۡ بِحَقٍّ​ؕ اِنۡ كُنۡتُ قُلۡتُهٗ فَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتَهٗ​ؕ تَعۡلَمُ مَا فِىۡ نَفۡسِىۡ وَلَاۤ اَعۡلَمُ مَا فِىۡ نَفۡسِكَ​ؕ اِنَّكَ اَنۡتَ عَلَّامُ الۡغُيُوۡبِ‏  



(5:116) And imagine when thereafter Allah will say: 'Jesus, son of Mary, did you say to people: "Take me and my mother for gods beside Allah?" and he will answer: "Glory to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right to. Had I said so, You would surely have known it. You know all what is within my mind whereas I do not know what is within Yours. You, indeed You, know fully all that is beyond the reach of human perception.



The Christians were not content merely with deifying Jesus and the Holy Spirit. They even turned Mary, the mother of Jesus, into a full-fledged object of worship. The Bible does not contain even the remotest suggestion that Mary was in any way either divine or superhuman. During the first three centuries after the Messiah, such a concept was totally alien to Christian thinking. Towards the end of the third century of the Christian era, however, some theologians of Alexandria employed, for the first time, the expression 'Mother of God' in connection with Mary. Subsequently, belief in Mary's divinity and the practice of Mariolatry began to spread among Christians. Even then, however, the Church was not prepared to accord official approval to this belief and denounced the Mariolaters as heretics. It was not until the Council of Ephesus in 431 that the Church officially used the expression 'Mother of God' for Mary. The result was that Mariolatry began to spread fast within the Church itself, so much so that, by the time of the revelation of the Qur'an, Mary had become so important a deity that she obscured even the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Statues of Mary adorned the cathedrals. She became the object of rites and worship. People addressed their prayers to her. She was regarded as the one who responded to people's supplications, who heeded people's grievances and complaints, who relieved them in distress, who provided support and succour to the helpless. For a devout Christian there could be no greater source of comfort and inner strength than the belief that he enjoyed the support and patronage of the 'Mother of God'. In the preamble of his code, Justinian had declared Mary to be the defender and supporter of his empire, and his general, Marses, sought Mary's guidance on the battlefield. Heraclius, a contemporary of the Prophet (peace be on him), had a picture of Mary on his standard and he was confident that by her grace the standard would never be lowered. Several centuries later the Protestants argued strongly against Mariolatry during the movement which led to the Reformation. The Roman Catholic Church has, nevertheless, managed so far to cling to Mariolatry in one form or another.