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All the praise is due to All=C3=A2h, Who has guided us to His straight
path. We seek His forgiveness and we seek refuge in Him from the evil
of our own selves and our bad deeds.
=E2=80=98Christianity =E2=80=93 the Original and the Present Reality=E2=80=
=99 is a brief
treatise in which the author has attempted to open the Christians=E2=80=99
eyes to the true reality of their erroneous beliefs and to guide them
to the Truth.
All the Messengers of All=C3=A2h had tried their best, to convey the
correct creed to their peoples. Prophet =E2=80=98Isa, or Jesus, was also
among those upright Messengers who strove hard to guide his people to
the Truth, but most of them followed their whims and desires and thus
went astray.
Believing in the Oneness of All=C3=A2h is a basic fundamental in Islam.
This belief establishes the relationship between human beings and their
Rubb (Lord). As Muslims we firmly believe that All=C3=A2h is our Creator,
Sustainer and the true God; only He has the right to be worshipped.
There is no partner with Him. He has the free hand in the disposal of
all affairs.
I am thankful to Br. Muhammad bin =E2=80=98Abdullah As-Saheem who has writt=
en
this booklet in the Arabic language and given us permission to
translate it into English. I pray to All=C3=A2h to render this booklet
beneficial and be a source of guidance and blessing in both this world
and the Hereafter.
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complete this work in a very good manner.
Abdul Malik Mujahid
General Manager
Introduction
All praise and thanks are due to All=C3=A2h, Who has not taken any creature
as a son, nor does He have any partner in His dominion, nor has He any
protector from among the lowly creatures. His Greatness is greater than
all else. I bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship in
truth besides All=C3=A2h Alone Who is singular and without partner, and I
bear witness that Muhammad =EF=81=B2 is His slave, servant and Messenger.
This is a very brief summary in which I intend to clarify the origin of
Christianity (Nasraaniyah) and its current reality. It is principally
intended for a Christian in order that he may be aware of the roots of
his belief. He will perhaps come to understand how Christianity has
undergone change and substitution to the point that it has evolved into
a man-made composition =E2=80=93 this, after having once been a Divine
message. I have made it a point to bring forth, within this summary,
those evidences that brought forth the truth of the matter from actual
texts of the Torah (Tawrah) and the Injeel. This was done to
illustrate, to every Christian reader, my intention to point out the
truth and to guide towards that which is correct. Thus I write, seeking
All=C3=A2h=E2=80=99s help.
The Origin of Christianity
The origin of Christianity is like that of other Divine revelations
such as the messages of Noah (Nuh), Abraham (Ibrahim) and Moses (Musa)
.. Every Divinely revealed message is unanimous in its fundamental
religious creed such as: Belief in All=C3=A2h as Singular and Alone and
without any associate; Belief that He was neither born nor does He give
birth, Belief in Angels and the Day of Judgement in the Hereafter;
Belief in Divine predestination, and the good and bad of it; Belief in
the Messengers and Prophets.
There is nothing in recorded history, since the time of Adam up
through the last of the Prophets, Muhammad , indicating that any known
Divine revelation differs in these beliefs. Indeed, the differences
found among them are connected to the forms of worship and their
various conditions or appearance. Also, those things that were
forbidden or permitted differed for various reasons as legislated by
All=C3=A2h to the Prophets, each of whom was ordered to explain and clarify
the law to the respective peoples.
Therefore, [original] Christianity can be termed as a Divine message
that calls for Belief in All=C3=A2h as Singular and without associate, and
that He is neither born nor does He have offspring. It confirms that
All=C3=A2h indeed sends Messengers and Prophets from among men whom He has
chosen from the best of people. This, in order that no one can have any
argument before All=C3=A2h after having thus been sent a Messenger.
The question that one is obliged to ask is: Has Christianity remained
in the state in which it was originally revealed by All=C3=A2h to His
servant and Messenger Jesus (=E2=80=98Iesa )?
In order to answer this question, it is necessary to bring out for our
mutual benefit, the reality of Christianity today and compare it with
what has been transmitted in both the Torah and the Gospels attributed
to Moses and Jesus respectively. This is in order to examine: Is the
present state of Christianity in accord with the original message or
does it differ? Do the texts attributed to these Prophets support the
beliefs that the current Christian nation stands upon? Does what is
related in these books about the life of Jesus correspond to the image
introduced in the churches of today as to the personality and character
of the Messiah? =E2=80=93 A personality which has become mythical in its
proportions to the point that it can hardly be accepted by the mind or
proven to be real. Such beliefs are followed in the next pages.
1=2E Christ, the Messiah =E2=80=94 Son of All=C3=A2h
=E2=80=98The belief of the Christians that the Messiah is the Son of God
(All=C3=A2h).=E2=80=99
This is a belief that is not supported by any statement of the Messiah
In fact, we find the Torah and the Gospels filled with evidence, to the
contrary, that nullifies this belief. We find in the Gospel of John
19:6-8: =E2=80=9CWhen the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried
out, =E2=80=98Crucify him, crucify him!=E2=80=99 Pilate said to them, =E2=
=80=98Take him
yourselves and crucify him, for I find no crime in him.=E2=80=99 The Jews
answered him, =E2=80=98We have a law, and by that law he ought to die,
because he has made himself the Son of God.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D
Matthew begins his Gospel C: 1:1, with what is said to be Jesus=E2=80=99s
family lineage where he (Matthew) states: =E2=80=9CThe Book of the Lineage =
of
Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.=E2=80=9D In this lineage is an
evidence of his being a flesh and blood mortal in contradiction to the
claim of his being divine. It is as if you were to say to me, =E2=80=9CIt h=
as
been attributed to Jesus the description =E2=80=98Son of God,=E2=80=99 so he
therefore claimed to be the Son of God.=E2=80=9D I respond thus: This
description related in the Torah and the Injeel6 is given not only to
other Prophets but to nations and peoples. It is not something peculiar
to the Messiah. To be sure you can look for example in Exodus 4:22,
Psalms 2:7, Chronicles 22:9-10, Matthew 5:9, Luke 3:38, and John 1:12.
In all of these verses are descriptions of the aforementioned groups as
=E2=80=9CSons of God,=E2=80=9D nevertheless they were not elevated to the l=
evel
that you have given to the Messiah .
In the Gospel of John 1:12, we are given a definition of what is meant
by the =E2=80=9CSon of God.=E2=80=9D It shows that it means =E2=80=98a beli=
ever in
All=C3=A2h=E2=80=99 as in the passage =E2=80=93 =E2=80=9CHe came to his own=
home, and his own
people received him not. But to all who received him, who believed in
his name, he gave power to become children of God who were born, not of
blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of
God.=E2=80=9D
2=2E Christ: The Second Element
of the Holy Trinity
=E2=80=98 The belief of the Christians that Jesus , is a god along with
All=C3=A2h, but he is the second element of the Holy Trinity.=E2=80=99
If we examine the New Testament in order to find the basis upon which
this belief is founded, we do not find any statement that can be
attributed to the Messiah , where he makes any such claim. We are, on
the contrary, surprised to find that the New Testament contains what
actually amounts to a rejection of this belief. It proclaims
unambiguously and with utmost clarity that there is no God other than
All=C3=A2h and that the Messiah is but a Messenger of All=C3=A2h sent to t=
he
Children of Israel (the Jews) confirming what was contained in the
Torah and the revelation (Al-Injeel) sent through him. Here are some of
the texts that support what I have just stated:
A=2E Jesus states in the Gospel of Barnabas 94:1: =E2=80=9CAnd havi=
ng
said
this, Jesus said again: =E2=80=98I confess before heaven, and call to witne=
ss
everything that dwelleth upon the earth, that I am a stranger to all
that men have said of me, to wit, that I am more than a man. For I am a
man, born of a woman, subject to the judgement of God; that live here
like as other men, subject to common miseries.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D
B=2E Luke and Cleophus testify to the humanity and mortality of the
Messiah when they state: =E2=80=9CThen one of them, named Cle=E2=80=98opus,
answered him, =E2=80=98Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not
know the things that have happened there in these days?=E2=80=99 And he said
to them, =E2=80=98What things?=E2=80=99 And they said to him, =E2=80=98Conc=
erning Jesus
of Nazareth, who was a Prophet, mighty in deed and word before God and
all the people,=E2=80=9D Luke 24:18,19. Look also at Luke 7:17, and at Acts
of the Apostles 2:22.
C=2E There is the statement of the Messiah :=E2=80=9CAnd this is eternal l=
ife,
that they know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast
sent.=E2=80=9D John 17:3.
You can see that Christ , in the first text, bears witness before the
heavens and calls to witness all that lives on the earth that he is
absolved of those attributes which elevate him above his mortal status.
What can this be other than that he was no more than a human being?
In the second text, two of his contemporaries testify that he was but
an honest man of God in word and deed.
While in the third text is a resounding declaration of the greatest
truth in this universe which accords everlasting happiness to the one
who declares it. Namely, the acknowledgement that All=C3=A2h is the only
true God and anything falsely worshipped otherwise is utterly spurious
and false. It is an affirmation that Christ was the Messenger of
All=C3=A2h.
3=2E The Divine as one with Humanity
=E2=80=98 The belief that the Divine has mixed with the human.=E2=80=99
If we take a close look at the teachings of Christ , we would see that
he never directs anyone to this. On the contrary, we witness his
teaching to have belief in monotheism (Tawheed) pure from any of the
stains of polytheism (Shirk). A very clear proof are the words of
Christ related in Mark 12:29: =E2=80=9CListen, O Children of Israel, the Lo=
rd
God is but a Single Lord.=E2=80=9D
May be your perusal of the evidences I have referred to in the previous
passages, along with the one I have just shown, will show you whether
those evidences taken from the Christians Book support this belief or
do they conflict with it and nullify it?
4=2E All=C3=A2h is a Holy Trinity
=E2=80=98 The belief that All=C3=A2h is an element of the tripartite co=
mmonly
known as =E2=80=9CThe Holy Trinity.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D
This is a belief held by Christianity alone among all Divine religions.
Is it truly supported by the Holy Book or does it refute such a belief?
One, who honestly gives thought to what is purported from Christ , will
find that the basis of the message of Jesus is a call to Tawheed and a
negation of attributing to All=C3=A2h the similitudes with His creation. It
is stripping away Divine qualities from all else except All=C3=A2h and an
affirmation that worship belongs to All=C3=A2h Alone. Look again closely at
the evidence cited in the second and third passages and you will not
find any ambiguity or vagueness therein. This is from one point of
view. A second is that Christendom has fabricated its claim that All=C3=A2h
is the third of a co-equal Trinity: The Father being a God; The Son a
second; and the Holy Spirit a third. This is incorrect. They believe
that the Holy Spirit emanates from the Father and the Son. It is not
possible that each element could be equal and without a beginning if
the third proceeded from the two before it! As well, each single
element has its own peculiar characteristics which cannot be attributed
to the other. Also, the Father is always at the top of the scheme, with
the Son after, and the Holy Spirit as the third in order. You would
never accept that the Holy Spirit be placed at the fore, with the Son
to follow, and the Father as the third. Indeed you would consider this
as disbelief and apostasy. So how then can they be at all equal!
Looking from even another angle, to even term the Spirit alone as
=E2=80=9CHoly=E2=80=9D points to a lack of equality.
5=2E The Crucifixion
=E2=80=98 The belief of the Christians that Christ was crucified by the
Jews
at the order of Pontius Pilate and that he died on the cross.=E2=80=99
The Holy Book itself provides the refutation of this belief. For in the
old Testament the one crucified is deemed accursed as is shown is
Deuteronomy (22:23). =E2=80=9CAnd if a man has committed a crime punishable
by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body
shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall bury him the
same day, for a hanged man is accursed by God; you shall not defile
your land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance.=E2=80=9D
Think about it! How can the God of the Christians be cursed by their
very own book?
As in the Gospel of Luke 4:29,30 where All=C3=A2h safeguarded and protected
the Messiah from the deception of the Jews and their plotting so that
they were unable to crucify him: =E2=80=9CAnd they rose up and put him out =
of
the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was
built, that they might throw him down headlong. But passing through the
midst of them he went away.=E2=80=9D And it says in John 8:59: =E2=80=9CSo =
they
took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of
the temple.=E2=80=9D Also in John 10:39: =E2=80=9CAgain they tried to arre=
st him,
but he escaped from their hands.=E2=80=9D
These texts =E2=80=93 and there are many like them =E2=80=93 confirm that A=
ll=C3=A2h
protected Christ from the conspiracy of the Jews and their plotting.
Indeed, there are texts which confirm that the Jews were not even sure
of Christ=E2=80=99s identity to the extent that they had to hire someone to
point him out to them. (See Matthew 27:3,4 )
Likewise, Christ said that the disciples would be stricken with doubt
on the night of his being betrayed, for he stated: =E2=80=9CAnd Jesus said =
to
them, =E2=80=98You will all fall away; for it is written: I will strike the
shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D (Mark 14:27)
Then what indeed was the end of Christ upon this earth? All=C3=A2h raised
him unto Himself, and this is written in your book: =E2=80=9CAnd when he sa=
id
this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him
out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went,
behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, =E2=80=98Men of
Galilee, why do you stand looking into the heaven? This Jesus, who was
taken up from you unto heaven.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D(Acts 1:9-11) Also: =E2=80=
=9C=E2=80=A6 for it
is written, =E2=80=98He will give His angels charge of you,=E2=80=99 and =
=E2=80=98On
their hands they will bear you up=E2=80=A6=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D (Matthew 4:5,6=
)=2E
Additionally, this is related in Luke 4:10,11.
Did you not see how the old Testament and the New Testament conveyed
the following facts?
1=2E That whosoever is hanged from a tree is accursed.
2=2E That All=C3=A2h safeguarded Christ and protected him from
crucifixion.
3=2E That Christ said that the disciples would be uncertain on the
night
of his betrayal.
4=2E That All=C3=A2h raised him to heaven.
Now, to you I raise this question: For what reason is the cross
considered as a holy object in Christianity while simultaneously being
the place of Christ=E2=80=99s torture =E2=80=93 as you believe? Is it not =
the
remembrance of an offense? Is it not a symbol of the crime and its
instrument? Furthermore, do you not see that the crucifixion, as
connected with Christ has no historical or religious basis to which it
can be authentically attributed? Why are you so preoccupied with it to
such an extent and why is so much importance placed upon it within your
belief?
If you remain content with these beliefs then honestly answer the
following questions:
=E2=80=A2 Who is it that controlled the heavens and the earth when the=
ir
lord was tied to the wood of the cross?
=E2=80=A2 How conceivable is it that for three days the universe could
continue without a god in control and maintaining its stability?
=E2=80=A2 Who is it that controls such enormous planets and subjects
them as
He so wills?
=E2=80=A2 Who is it that gives life and causes death and who uplifts or
debases whosoever He wills?
=E2=80=A2 Who is it that provides sustenance to mankind and livestock?
=E2=80=A2 How was the state of the whole universe when its =E2=80=9Clor=
d=E2=80=9D was
in
his grave?
=E2=80=A2 Who caused his =E2=80=9Cdeath=E2=80=9D and who then restored =
him to life?
=E2=80=A2 How tremendously far above is All=C3=A2h from what they maint=
ain!
6=2E Christ died on the Cross
=E2=80=98 The belief that Christ died on the cross in order to rid and
erase
from humanity its inherited sins.=E2=80=99
This belief, despite its illogicality and irrationality, contradicts
the basic fundament and major texts contained within the Christians
book. Such are as follows:
1=2E Progenitors are not killed in substitution of their
descendants.
2=2E Everyone dies with his own sin.
3=2E The offending soul dies.
4=2E All=C3=A2h accepts the repentance of those who sincerely repent.
The texts that support these fundamentals are:
1 . =E2=80=9CThe fathers shall not be put to death for the children,
nor
shall the children be put to death for the fathers.=E2=80=9D (Deuteronomy
24:16)
2 . =E2=80=9CIn those days they shall no longer say: =E2=80=98The fat=
hers
have
eaten sour grapes, and the children=E2=80=99s teeth are set on edge.=E2=80=
=99 But
every one shall die for his own sin; each man who eats sour grapes, his
teeth shall be set on edge.=E2=80=9D (Jeremiah 31:29,30)
3 . =E2=80=9CYet you say, =E2=80=98Why should not the son suffer for =
the
iniquity
of the father?=E2=80=99 When the son has done what is lawful and right, and
has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live. The
soul that sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of
the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and
the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. But if a wicked man
turns away from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all my
statutes and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he
shall not die; None of the transgressions which he has committed shall
be remembered against him; for the righteousness which he has done
shall live.=E2=80=9D (Ezekiel 18:19-22)
7=2E The Lord=E2=80=99s Supper
(The Eucharist)
In all that is related in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark on the story
of the Lord=E2=80=99s Supper, there is nothing that is joined with any
command of Christ that makes this a continual act of worship or
religious ritual. You can refer to the story as related in these two
Gospels and you will find it as I have stated.
However, where Paul relates that it should be taken as a continual
ritual, we find the additional statement: =E2=80=9CAnd when he had given
thanks, he broke it, and said, =E2=80=98This is my body which is for you. Do
this in remembrance of me.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D (I Corinthians 11:24)
This is the root of Christianity and its present reality, and this
reality =E2=80=93 as you have seen =E2=80=93 has no link to the Messiah as
established by any verifiable chain. The only link is that it carries
the name of Christ, whereas it fails the slightest historical or
religious investigation. Indeed, the =E2=80=9CHoly Book=E2=80=9D of Christi=
anity
contains texts attributed to the Messiah that contradict and refute the
basic beliefs and important principles on which the Christian religion
is laid.
The thinking person is one who disdains falsehood and hates deceit. You
should be intent on becoming one of those thinkers who have renounced
this profound state of affairs and who took every hardship and
difficulty in searching for the truth, demanding evidence with the
desire to get to the reality of the matter.
So, I say: I shall stick to what was mentioned in the Christians book
that will guide you if you give thought to the truth and what is
correct. Do you not say in your prayer: =E2=80=9CHallowed be thy name. Thy
kingdom come=E2=80=A6=E2=80=9D[Matthew 6:9,10]. Are you up to now waiting a=
nd
saying: =E2=80=9CThy kingdom come?=E2=80=9D Has that kingdom not yet arrive=
d? For
if the kingdom has come and indeed been realized, why do you still make
this entreaty in your supplication?
The kingdom has surely come and reached its realization with the
arrival of the Prophet whom the Messiah himself informed us of when he
said: =E2=80=9CBut the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will se=
nd
in my name, he will teach you all good things, and bring to your
remembrance all that I have said to you.=E2=80=9D(John 14:26) He also said:
=E2=80=9CBut when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send you from the Fathe=
r,
he will bear witness to me.=E2=80=9D (John 15:26). Who is it to bear witness
to the message of the Messiah and declare him free from what the Jews
fabricate about him other than the information about the Messenger of
All=C3=A2h, Muhammad ?
Christ also said: =E2=80=9CI have yet many things to say to you, but you
cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you
into all the truth; for he will declare to you the things that are to
come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it
to you.=E2=80=9D (John 16:12-14)
Muhammad is indeed the Paraclete (the Comforter) to whom Christ
pointed to. His message of Muhammad went forth. The idols fell beneath
his feet (see Isaiah 42:17) , and his message was general to all the
earth. Humanity found happiness in him and thousands upon thousands
believed in him and joined him from among mankind. Be one of them and
achieve true happiness in this world and in the Hereafter.
So, how do you become one of those followers of Muhammad to achieve
for yourself what his followers achieved? Indeed, this is a simple
matter, All that you need to do is cleanse, purify, and rid your body
of all traces of things impure, and afterwards make the two part
declaration: Ashhadu an la il=C3=A2ha ill-all=C3=A2h, wa ashhadu anna
Muhammadar Rasulullah.=E2=80=9D Know the requirements of that declaration,
while understanding its meaning =E2=80=93 that there is nothing worthy of
worship in truth except All=C3=A2h, and that He is Alone in this right to
be worshipped and obeyed, and that He is the Creator and Sustainer.
Also that Muhammad is the Messenger of All=C3=A2h, and therefore follow and
obey him in what he has ordered, and believe in what he has informed us
of. You must stay away from those things which he forbade us from and
rebuked us for. Testify that Jesus was a servant of All=C3=A2h, and the
Messenger and a word from Him as bestowed upon Mary, and a spirit from
Him. Also that Paradise is a reality as is Hell, and that All=C3=A2h will
raise the dead from their graves. If you make this a reality in your
life then you will be welcomed to become of those inheritors of the
Garden of Paradise who are with the Prophets, the truthful ones, the
martyrs, and the righteous.
If you would like even more writings and references to point you toward
the truth and guide you to the Straight Path, for you is a list of some
of the books authored by some Christian clergymen whom All=C3=A2h has
guided to Islam. They have written in these books why they moved from
Christianity to Islam along with the reasons that caused them to leave
Christianity. They include those proofs and evidences by which they
were guided to know that Islam is the Final and Everlasting Message.
Bibliography and References of
Books of Some Christians
Who accepted Islam.
1=2E Religion and State by Ali bin Rabbin At-Tabri.
2=2E Faithful Advice on exposing the Reality of the Religion of
Christianity by Nasr Bin Yahya Al-Mutatabbib.
3=2E Muhammad in the Holy Book, published in Arabic and English by
the
Ministry of Islamic Law in Qatar.
4=2E The Gospel and the Cross, by David Benjamin Kaldani, who
accepted
Islam and adopted the name Abdul-Ahad Dawood.
5=2E Muhammad in the Torah and the Gospels and the Qur=E2=80=99=C3=A2=
n=2E
6=2E Forgiveness in Islam and Christianity by Ibrahim Khalil Ahmed,
a
former Christian minister whose name before Islam was Ibrahim Phillips.
7=2E All=C3=A2h: One or Three?
8=2E Christ: Human Being or God? By Magdy Morgan.
9=2E The Secret of My Islam by Fuad Al-Hashimi.
10. The Radiant Lighthouses in the pitch Darknesses of this World
by
the guided Muhammad Zakiud-Deen An-Najjar.
This is the blessed group who has chosen truth over falsehood and
guidance over misguidance. Do you consider yourself more knowledgeable
of Christianity than them? Then why have you not asked yourself about
the reasons that lead them to abandon their former religion and declare
their migration to Islam? What are those proofs and arguments which
they read that drove them towards guidance and light?
I say to you that this blessed group is not the only one which left its
religion and declared its Islam. They are indeed but a few of those
learned Christians who have accepted Islam. I have mentioned them to
you just as an example. There are many others like them and we witness
caravans of faith in their daily travels on their way towards Islam,
proclaiming that there is no deity except All=C3=A2h and Muhammad is the
Messenger of All=C3=A2h.
Our final prayer is: all praises and thanks are to All=C3=A2h, the Lord of
all the worlds.
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