[Book Review] CHRISTIANITY ACCORDING TO ISLAMIC BELIEFS - Dr Waffie Mohammed
SCORE: 3.65/5.0
The book is structured and straightforward. Easy to navigate. Good for a general understanding of today’s concept of Christianity.
“How can the blood and flesh of one man compensate for the sins committed by all humanity?” - page 80.
The writing on crucifixion is good. Jesus was “sacrificed to cleanse the believers' sins”. I mean, logically speaking, why would we want somebody we RESPECT, ADMIRE & LOVE to suffer for us? We should be responsible for our sins and seek God’s mercy instead, Allahu Rahim! I used to tear up when I read or see “performance” on Good Friday. Today I find that concept of atonement ridiculous.
I appreciate the author’s writings on the following topics:
- The Theories of Inspirations
- Atonement
- Who is Christ? (Paul’s contribution)
- Everything regarding today’s Doctrines.
Good attempt, but the author has biased and weak arguments whenever he tries to “compare & convince” the audience.
He does know the basic concept of Christianity, and he compared it with his Islamic knowledge. But, that’s all. It is not convincing that the author is well-versed and eloquent in this interfaith study.
He may convince those so-called “conservative Muslims”, but not the agnostics and atheists. If he could just present Christianity concepts, and only countered them with Islamic statements, as he did in later parts of the book, is much better. Because of his initial “single-minded” statements, people might find him slightly unreliable afterwards. Especially for truth seekers that are on a spiritual journey and prefer to think critically.
I personally believe that the Bible is a sort of hadith collection and not exactly words of God. Just like a hadith, it can be saheeh, it can be daif, it can be munkar! That is why the Bible contained a lot of contradictions. I am grateful for our Hafeez & Hafeezah, Ahli Tafsir & Ahli Hadith, barakallahu feekum!
Take the example on point #2 under the topic of ‘Contradiction in The Bible’.
👉In Matthew 1:18, Jesus is the child of the Holy Ghost.
👉In John 3:16, it is mentioned that Jesus is the Son of God.
Please bear with me, I want to address what I presume, causing the confusion in Christianity. Read Surah Maryam 19: 16 - 32. This portion of Surah Maryam told the event from how Maryam got pregnant till she gave birth to Jesus. To compare specifically,
👉In verse 17, where Allah SWT said, “… whereupon We sent her Our Spirit…”, The Spirit mentioned is Malaikat Jibreel.
Allah sent Jibreel to bear the news to Maryam that she was pregnant -- verse 19.
So, yeah. The Bible today is tampered with, a distortion of the truth.
Dear Christian fellows, I recommend you read the translation of Surah Maryam with footnotes. I prefer the one from; The Interpretation of the Meanings of the Noble Quran in the English Language by Dr Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilli & Dr Muhammad Muhsin Khan. The abridged version of Tafhum al Quran published by The Islamic Foundation, is good too.
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april 15 Deadline is 8 Nissan the day Nadab & Abihu judged.
This is a very important SHADOW. Day Eight means change, beginnings. Nadab and Abyhu died 8 Nisan. Did they leave the presence of God and come back later drunk? Are we drunk with the world and think we'll go back to God tomorrow? God is not mocked.
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The Prophet ﷺ said,
“Everything has a reality, and the servant will not reach the reality of īmān until he knows that what afflicted him could never miss him, and that what missed him could never have afflicted him”
(Aḥmad)
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This dua is very popular in Kashmir especially during Fajr prayers.
ﺍﮮ ﺧﺎﻟﻖ ﮨﺮ ﺑﻠﻨﺪﯼ ﻭ ﭘﺴﺘﯽ
ﺷﺶ ﭼﯿﺰ ﻋﻄﺎ ﺑﮑﻦ ﺯ ﮨﺴﺘﯽ
ﺍﯾﻤﺎﻥ ﻭ ﺍﻣﺎﻥ ﺗﻨﺪﺭﺳﺘﯽ
ﻋﻠﻢ ﻭ ﻋﻤﻞ ﻓﺮﺍغ ﺩﺳﺘﯽ
"Oh the creator of every high and low of the world
Grant me six favours from your grace
Faith, Contentment and Strength
Knowledge, Practicality and Prosperity"
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catholics I have a question
not to sound like a protestant but do all of you actually use rosaries? there is no shame in any act of prayer, and that's not where this is going! i'd been told that "cAtHoLiCs ArE eViL tHeY uSe IdOlS" and while i think other protestants hating on yall (we are so sorry about the southern baptists) is cringe, why would you pair the physical religious artifact of a crucifix -more often than not with a white Jesus on it- with something as spiritually connecting as prayer? when you look at it formulaically it kinda seems like an idol, but I find it ridiculously hard to believe that someone devout enough to use a rosary would use it in an idolatrous way or in a way disrespectful to the text. and the "catholics are idolators" seems like protestant propaganda anyway
how are you guys praying? if you believe in something we can't scientifically hypothesize about, especially if youre catholic but open to all religions, denominations, sub groups, beliefs, -gnostics how do you reach out to your concept and understanding of God?
tag as many religions as you want, be kind, remember you represent your religion, do to others as you would like them to treat you or get blocked. no cults please- this is strictly spiritual
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Our Creed
Then the Shaykh (Ibn Taymiyyah) may Allah have mercy on him said: Whereas the Ahl al-Sunnah wa ʿl-Jamāʿah follow the Book and the Sunnah,
ثم قال الشيخ - رحمه الله: وأهل السنة والجماعة يتبعون الكتاب والسنة
they obey Allah and His Messenger.
ويطيعون الله ورسوله
Thus, they follow al-ḥaq (ie: the truth) and show mercy towards al-khalq (ie: the creation).
فيتبعون الحق ويرحمون الخلق.
And the first bidaʿh (ie: innovation) to have appeared in al-Islām is the innovation of al-Khawārij wa ʿl-Shīʿah.
وأول بدعة حدثت في الإسلام بدعة الخوارج والشيعة
Ṣāliḥ b. Fawzān al-Fawzān, Aḍwāʾ min Fatāwá Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah 1/125
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