Transcript What is Islam all about? - Christ Centered Lessons

ISLAM:
From God or Man?
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There are Different Kinds of Muslims
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The secular Muslim
- They believe in the nice parts of Islam,
but reject the call to jihad
- They take on the cultural trappings
- The majority of Muslims in both the West and
the East fall into this category
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The traditional Muslim
- They study and practice Islam
- But they have a stumbling block with the concept of jihad
> Some consider jihad to be a spiritual battle
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The fundamentalist Muslim
- These are the ones practicing terrorism
But which category Muslim’s truly fall into is hard to say because they
are allowed to lie…
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Islam is a religious package containing a theology, and
ideology, a civil law and political worldview that demands
complete control of the lives of its adherents.
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the ‘holy books’ of Islam

The “Quran” (Koran)
Islamic Bible
- collection of revelations supposedly given by Allah to
Muhammad (through the angel Gabriel)
and preserved as the Islamic scripture.
- Absolute, infallible, and eternal to
Muslims

Note: It is significant that the “revelations” did
not all come at the same time
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The QUR’AN

“A book which we have revealed to you
(Muhammad) so that you may lead the
people from out of the darkness into the
light by their Lord's leave to the path of the
All-Mighty, the Praiseworthy." (14:1)
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The QUR’AN – Muslim View
The qur'an is the holy scripture of
Muslims.
The Angel Gabriel dictated this
revelation from Allah to Allah’s last
messenger, prophet Muhammad
(peace be upon him) about 1400
years ago.
The qur'an is a guide to a way of
life
 and it is recited as a form of
worship to the originator, the AllMighty Allah.
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The QUR’AN – Muslim View
 It has been preserved word-forword since it was revealed to the
last and final messenger.
 Many people memorized it when
it was revealed, and millions of
people today also have the qur'an
memorized.
 The qur'an mentions how Allah,
out of his mercy, sent many
messengers in the past as
warners and conveyors of the
message that there is only one
God and to do righteous deeds in
order to please him.
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The QUR’AN – Muslim View
 The qur'an mentions specific stories
of prophets such as Adam, Noah,
Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Jacob,
Joseph, Jonah, Job, Aaron, Moses,
Jesus, and Mohammad.
 The qur'an confirms that Allah
revealed a scripture called
Torah to Moses,
Psalms to David,
and Gospel to Jesus.
 They all preached Islam, which
literally means “submission to God”.
 This is the theme of the qur'an and
the theme of the lives of Muslims.
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The QUR’AN – Muslim View
o Its predecessors –
Torah, Psalms, and Gospels
have all been superseded.
The Qur'an of today is the
same as the Qur'an revealed
to Muhammad.
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The QUR’AN – Muslim View
(3:16)
“People of the Book (i.e. Jews &
Christians), now there has come to you
Our Messenger (Muhammad), making
clear to you many things you have been
concealing of the Book, and effacing
many things.”
“O believers (Muslims), take not Jews
and Christians as friends; they are
friends of each other. Who so of you
makes them his friends is one of them.”
(3:56)
“O believers, take not as your friends
those of them, who were given the Book
before you” (3:62)
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Qur’an
Called the “book of
heaven,” supposedly
dictated to Muhammad by
angel Gabriel.
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Divided into
114 chapters called
suras,
arranged from
longest to shortest;
a little shorter
than the NT.
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The Qur’an refers to
the Torah,
the Psalms,
and “Gospel” (only the
sayings of Jesus – ‘red
letters’)
as “Scripture.”
but retells some biblical stories
inaccurately.
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The Qur’an
mentions Jesus
many times,
but declares
that Jesus is only
a prophet
and that he was
not crucified.
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60% of the verses in the
Qu'ran talk about Jihad
EXAMPLE: Muhammad told to make war on
unbelievers – Surah 9:73
“O Prophet! Strive hard against the Unbelievers and thee
Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell, an evil refuge indeed.”
EXAMPLE: Slay aggressors – Surah 2:190-191
“Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not
trangress limits; for Allah loveth not transgressors. And
slay them wherever ye catch them.”
o Muslims believe that the qur’an is a divine book. It is styled “The Holy
Qur’an.” It consists of 114 sections called Suras, each of which is divided
into verses.
o Each Sura (except 9) begins with: “In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.”
o It is alleged that the Qur’an was revealed to Mohammed verbatim by the
angel Gabriel over a period of 23 years (but compiled after his death). One
passage asserts: “Praise be to God, Who hath sent to His Servant
[Mohammed] The Book [the Qur’an], and hath allowed Therein no
Crookedness” (18:1).
o Islam insists the Qur’an was a complete when delivered to Mohammed.
o The Yemen papers show that claim to be completely false.
o What are the Yemen papers?
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 Are Allah's decrees changed or not?
 "Rejected were the messengers before thee: with patience and constancy
they bore their rejection and their wrongs, until Our aid did reach them:
there is none that can alter the words (and decrees) of Allah. Already hast
thou received some account of those messengers," (6:34).
 "The word of thy Lord doth find its fulfillment in truth and in justice: None
can change His words: for He is the one who heareth and knoweth all,
(6:115).
 None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, but We
substitute something better or similar: Knowest thou not that Allah Hath
power over all things?" (2:106).
 When We substitute one revelation for another,- and Allah knows best
what He reveals (in stages),- they say, "Thou art but a forger": but most of
them understand not," (16:101).
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 In 1972 workers in Yemen were restoring the ancient ‘Great Mosque at
Sana’a’.
 According to early sources, “the Prophet Muhammad” commanded the
construction of this mosque, including its location and dimensions,
sometime around 630. The mosque remains one of the first architectural
projects in Islam.
 The workers uncovered a hidden loft. Inside the loft was a mound of
parchments of Arabic texts that were melded together by centuries of
exposure to the elements. On-site examination suggested that the
parchments were fragments of early manuscripts of the Koran. The
Yemeni Antiquities Authority permitted no one to study the entire
collection.
 As scholars were allowed to view and study portions of the collection, it
was determined that a significant percentage of the parchments dated
back to the 7th and 8th centuries- Islam’s first two centuries. They would
have been the earliest known pieces of the Koran known to man. They
were fragments, in other words, of perhaps the oldest Korans in existence.
 But the “new-found” parchments contained aberrations that differ from
Islamic dogma! Such aberrations are troublingly at odds with the orthodox
Muslim belief that the Koran as it has reached us today is the perfect,
timeless, and unchanging “Word of God.”
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 The first person to spend a significant amount of time examining the
Yemeni fragments was Gerd Puin, a specialist in Arabic calligraphy and
Koranic paleography based at Saarland University, in Saarbrücken,
Germany.
 Puin recognized the antiquity of some of the parchment fragments.
Enticing, too, were the sheets of the scripture written in the rare and early
Hijazi Arabic script: pieces of the earliest Korans known to exist, they were
also palimpsests -- versions very clearly written over even earlier, washedoff versions. What the Yemeni Korans seemed to suggest, Puin began to
feel, was an evolving text rather than complete text revealed in its entirety
to Muhammad in the seventh century A.D.
 More than 15,000 sheets of the Yemeni Korans have painstakingly been
flattened, cleaned, treated, sorted, and assembled; they now sit in
Yemen's House of Manuscripts, awaiting detailed examination. That is
something the Yemeni authorities have seemed reluctant to allow,
however.
 "They want to keep this thing low-profile", Puin explains. "They don't want
attention drawn to the fact that there are Germans and others working on
the Korans. They don't want it made public that there is work being done
at all, since the Muslim position is that everything that needs to be said
about the Koran's history was said a thousand years ago."
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In a January 1999 Atlantic Monthly article, Gerd Puin is quoted as saying
that:
“The Qur’an claims for itself that it is ‘mubeen,’ or clear, but if you
look at it, you will notice that every fifth sentence or so simply doesn’t
make sense. Many Muslims will tell you otherwise, of course, but the
fact is that a fifth of the Qur’anic text is just incomprehensible. This is
what has caused the traditional anxiety regarding translation. If the
Qur’an is not comprehensible, if it can’t even be understood in Arabic,
then it’s not translatable into any language. That is why Muslims are
afraid. Since the Qur’an claims repeatedly to be clear but is not—
there is an obvious and serious contradiction. Something else must
be going on.”
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o Muslims believe the inspiration of the qur’an but there is no profound
literary style. It is characterized by numerous grammatical aberrations.
it is exceedingly incoherent and is without any logical order of thought
either as a whole or in its parts.
o The chapters of the qur'an are not arranged in importance, continuity,
sacredness, biography, chronology, significance or sequence of any
sort, but are arranged simply by length - the longest chapter, followed
by the next longest chapter and the last chapter with just 6 lines. Verses
are disorderly arranged and jumbled up in unrelated subjects/topics.
o The so-called “prophecies” are merely vague political speculations that
do not even begin to rival biblical prophecy — either in precision or in
chronological proximity to the events they supposedly depict (cf. 30:24).
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o Scientific accuracy can hardly be claimed when the Qur’an suggests
that the human fetus results from “sperm” that changes into “a clot of
congealed blood,” which then becomes bones, later to be covered with
flesh (23:14).
o The qur’an is morally flawed in numerous respects. For example, those
who oppose Mohammed should be subjected to “execution [i.e.,
decapitation], or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hand and feet from
opposite sides . . .” (5:36). Women are treated shamefully in the Muslim
religion. If a woman is guilty of “ill-conduct,” she may be admonished,
deprived of sex, or beaten — in moderation (4:34).
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CONTRADICTIONS
 What was man created from; blood, clay, dust, or nothing?
 "Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood," (96:2).
 "We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into
shape, (15:26).
 "The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam; He created
him from dust, then said to him: "Be". And he was," (3:59).
 "But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of
nothing?" (19:67, Yusuf Ali). Also, 52:35).
 "He has created man from a sperm-drop; and behold this same
(man) becomes an open disputer! (16:4).
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Contradictions
• Is there or is there not coercion in religion according to the Qur'an?
• "Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error:
whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most
trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth
all things," (2:256).
• "And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger, to the people
(assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,- that Allah and His
Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the Pagans. If then, ye repent,
it were best for you; but if ye turn away, know ye that ye cannot frustrate
Allah. And proclaim a grievous penalty to those who reject Faith," (9:3).
• "But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans
wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for
them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular
prayers and practice regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah
is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful," (9:5).
• Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that
forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor
acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the
Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves
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subdued," (9:29).
The qur'an
• Muslim activists in the West have been using the tactic of claiming
that they worship the same god as Christians in order to gain
legitimacy and acceptance. They have been using the name "God"
in place of "Allah" in many translations of the Qur'an.
• Muslims DO NOT pray to the same God (Yahweh/ Jehovah of Holy
Scripture) of Christians and Jews! Yahweh is transliterated from
the Hebrew.
• Before Muhammad the Arabs had 365 gods - one for each day of
the year. Muhammad picked Allah (the Arab moon god).
• They claim the founder of Islam is a prophet named Muhammad...
• Muhammad was a pedophile, marrying a 6 year old and
consummating the marriage when she was 9 years old (He was
54). The proof is overwhelming.
• Muhammad performed no miracles, spoke no prophecies,
and died like all mortal men.
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The qur'an
• Muslims have searched exhaustively through the Old and New
Testaments for proof that these two books indeed contain
prophecies of the coming of Muhammad.
• The Qur'an seems to suggest that these prophecies would be
found without much difficulty, but when Muslims have applied
themselves to finding these alleged predictions, they have been
unpleasantly surprised to discover that in these two books it is
Jesus who is the subject of the many prophecies in them and not
Muhammad.
• The birth of Jesus, his ministry, parables, miracles, crucifixion,
resurrection, ascension, second coming, deity, glory and honour
are the concerns of the prophetic, and so extensively do these
prophecies herald his advent as the ultimate climax of God's
revealed truth and love towards men.
• One cannot help but be struck by the fact that the Bible makes no
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allowance for a "prophet" to follow him.
Islam claims the Prophet Muhammad was foretold in the Torah
and Bible:
• The coming of Prophet Muhammad had been foretold in the Torah.
God had said to Moses: "I will raise them up a Prophet from among
their brethren, like unto thee, and I will put My words in his mouth;
and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him"
Deuteronomy 18:18
• This was fulfilled in John 1:45, "We have found him, of whom Moses
in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of
Joseph."
• Not Muhammad! It was Jesus of Nazareth!
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EXTENSIVE PROOF THAT
MUHAMMAD IS A FRAUD CAN BE
FOUND IF SOMEONE WANTS TO
LOOK!!!
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Can Muslim’s Lie?
• Absolutely!
• Like most religions, Islam in general, forbids lying. The Quran says,
"Truly Allah guides not one who transgresses and lies." Surah 40:28.
• Most Muslims are familiar with the principles of Islam that will justify
lying in situations where they sense the need to do so.
• In the Hadith, Mohammed was also quoted as saying, "Be honest
because honesty leads to goodness, and goodness leads to
Paradise. Beware of falsehood because it leads to immorality, and
immorality leads to Hell.”
• But within Islam there are certain provisions under which lying is
not simply tolerated, but actually encouraged.
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Can Muslim’s Lie?
Muslims are permitted to lie:
(1) to save their lives,
(2) to reconcile a husband and wife,
(3) to persuade a woman into a bedroom and
(4) to facilitate one on his journey.
(5) Muslims are even permitted to disavow Islam and Mohammed if it
is not a genuine heart-felt rejection.
Muslims will tell you that concealment of a truth is not an
abandonment of that truth if it benefits Islam.
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Can Muslim’s Lie?
• The principle of Al-Takeyya:
• The Arabic word, "Takeyya", means "to prevent," or guard
against.
• The principle of Al Takeyya conveys the understanding that
Muslims are permitted to lie as a preventive measure against
anticipated harm to one's self or fellow Muslims.
• This principle gives Muslims the liberty to lie under
circumstances that they perceive as life threatening. They can
even deny the faith, if they do not mean it in their hearts.
• The Islamic Doctrine of Takeyya, which is defined as “The principle
of concealment of one’s religious beliefs in order to avoid
persecution or imminent harm,”is one more reason for Christians to
be concerned about Islam.
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Can Muslim’s Lie?
"Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather
than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah:
except by way of precaution (prevention), that ye may Guard
yourselves from them (prevent them from harming you.) But Allah
cautions you (To remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah."
Surah 3: 28
According to this verse a Muslim can pretend to befriend infidels (in
violation of the teachings of Islam) and display adherence with their
unbelief to prevent them from harming him.
Under the concept of Takeyya and short of killing another human being,
if under the threat of force, it is legitimate for Muslims to act contrary to
their faith. The following actions are acceptable:
•Drink wine, abandon prayers, and skip fasting during Ramadan.
•Renounce belief in Allah.
•Kneel in homage to a deity other than Allah.
•Utter insincere oaths.
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Can Muslim’s Lie? The implications of the principle of AlTakeyya
Unfortunately, when dealing with Muslims, one must keep in mind that
Muslims can communicate something with apparent sincerity, when in reality
they may have just the opposite agenda in their hearts. Bluntly stated, Islam
permits Muslims to lie anytime that they perceive that their own well-being,
or that of Islam, is threatened.
The principle of sanctioning lying for the cause of Islam bears grave
implications in matters relating to the spread of the religion of Islam in the
West. Muslim activists employ deceptive tactics in their attempts to polish
Islam's image and make it more attractive to prospective converts. They
carefully try to avoid, obscure, and omit mentioning any of the negative
Islamic texts and teachings.
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Can Muslim’s Lie? The implications of the principle of AlTakeyya
• An example of Islamic deception is that Muslim activists always quote the
passages of the Quran from the early part of Mohammed's ministry while
living in Mecca.
• These texts are peaceful and exemplify tolerance towards those that are
not followers of Islam.
• All the while, they are fully aware that most of these passages were
abrogated (cancelled and replaced) by passages that came after he
migrated to Medina.
• The replacement verses reflect prejudice, intolerance, and endorse
violence upon unbelievers.
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Can Muslim’s Lie?
" Allah will not call you to account for what is futile in your oaths, but
He will call you to account for your deliberate oaths: for expiation, feed
ten indigent persons, on a scale of the average for the food of your
families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom. If that is beyond
your means, fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oaths ye
have sworn. But keep to your oaths. Thus doth Allah make clear to you
His signs, that ye may be grateful." Surah 5:89
"Allah will not call you to account for thoughtlessness (vain) in your
oaths, but for the intention in your hearts; and He is Oft-forgiving, Most
Forbearing." Surah 2:225
"Any one who, after accepting faith in Allah, utters Unbelief, except
under compulsion, his heart remaining firm in Faith - but such as open
their breast to Unbelief, on them is Wrath from Allah, and theirs will be
a dreadful Penalty." Surah 16: 106
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Can Muslim’s Lie?
The noted Islamic commentator, Al-Tabary explained Surah 16:106 as a
verse that had been revealed to Mohammed after he learned that
Ammar Ibn Yasser was forced to deny his faith in Mohammed when
kidnapped by the Banu Moghera tribe. Mohammed consoled Ammar by
telling him, "If they turned, you turn." (Meaning: if they again capture
you, you are allowed to deny me again.)
These and similar passages from the Quran clearly reveal that Muslims'
unintentional lies are forgivable and that even their intentional lies can
be absolved by performing extra duties. It is also clear that if forced to
do so, Muslims can lie while under oath and can even falsely deny faith
in Allah, as long as they maintain the profession of faith in their hearts.
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“But What About…”

We hear on TV about the Quran speaking positively
about something – then we hear that the Quran
condemns that same thing!
The Qur’an is filled with contradictions!
+ Christians are complimented!
- Christians are condemned!
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Contradictions in the Quran
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Sura 5:90
“90. O ye who believe!
Intoxicants and gambling,
(dedication of) stones, and
(divination by) arrows, are an
abomination,- of Satan's
handwork: eschew such
(abomination), that ye may
prosper.
91. Satan's plan is (but) to
excite enmity and hatred
between you, with intoxicants
and gambling, and hinder you
from the remembrance of
Allah, and from prayer: will ye
not then abstain?”
So– alcohol is
forbidden!
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Sura 47:15
“(Here is) a Parable of the
Garden which the righteous
are promised: in it are rivers of
water incorruptible; rivers of
milk of which the taste never
changes; rivers of wine, a
joy to those who drink.”
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Contradictions in the Quran
o Scientific accuracy can hardly be claimed when the Qur’an suggests
that the human fetus results from “sperm” that changes into “a clot of
congealed blood,” which then becomes bones, later to be covered with
flesh (23:14).
o The qur’an is morally flawed in numerous respects. For example, those
who oppose Mohammed should be subjected to “execution [i.e.,
decapitation], or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hand and feet from
opposite sides . . .” (5:36). Women are treated shamefully in the Muslim
religion. If a woman is guilty of “ill-conduct,” she may be admonished,
deprived of sex, or beaten — in moderation (4:34).
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Contradictions in the Quran
 What was man created from; blood, clay, dust, or nothing?
 "Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood," (96:2).
 "We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into
shape, (15:26).
 "The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam; He created
him from dust, then said to him: "Be". And he was," (3:59).
 "But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of
nothing?" (19:67, Yusuf Ali). Also, 52:35).
 "He has created man from a sperm-drop; and behold this same
(man) becomes an open disputer! (16:4).
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Contradictions in the Quran
• Is there or is there not coercion in religion according to the Qur'an?
• "Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error:
whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most
trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth
all things," (2:256).
• "And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger, to the people
(assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,- that Allah and His
Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the Pagans. If then, ye repent,
it were best for you; but if ye turn away, know ye that ye cannot frustrate
Allah. And proclaim a grievous penalty to those who reject Faith," (9:3).
• "But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans
wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for
them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular
prayers and practice regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah
is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful," (9:5).
• Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that
forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor
acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the
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Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves
subdued," (9:29).
Contradictions in the Quran
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So, what do Muslims and scholars of Islam say about these contradictions?
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How can “Allah” contradict himself so much!
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Remember the Yemen papers?
 the “new-found” parchments contained aberrations that differ from
Islamic dogma! Such aberrations are troublingly at odds with the
orthodox Muslim belief that the Koran as it has reached us today is the
perfect, timeless, and unchanging “Word of God.”
 versions very clearly written over even earlier, washed-off versions.
What the Yemeni Korans seemed to suggest, Puin began to feel, was
an evolving text rather than complete text revealed in its entirety to
Muhammad in the seventh century A.D.

Islamic scholars use a principle called “naskh’ to determine which verse to
follow when there is a contradiction. (or Islamic exegesis)
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“naskh”

Naskh, an Arabic word meaning "abrogation“ (The abolition or repeal of a
law, institution, custom etc.), is a technical term for a major genre of Islamic
exegesis dealing with the problem of seemingly contradictory verses in the
Quran. It is a term used in Islamic legal exegesis for seemingly
contradictory material within or between the twin bases of Islamic holy law:
the Quran and the Prophetic Sunna.

To solve a contradiction, newer “revelations” override (naskh) previous
“revelations”.

Naskh is based on the fact that the Quran was “revealed” at different times
over a period of 22 years. Muhammad “received” most of Quran after he
left Mecca and that portion is much more forceful!

Opinion as to naskh's technical meaning oscillates between replacement
(ibdāl) and nullification (ibtāl).

Some commentators hold that as many as 540 verses have been
abrogated.
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“naskh”

Three modes of naskh were proposed by the classical exegetes:

naskh al-hukm dūna al-tilāwa: abrogation of the ruling but not the
wording, or supersession. A regulation- embodied within either a
Qur'ānic verse or a hadith report- is replaced but its wording
remains- in the former case, as text within the mushaf.
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naskh al-hukm wa-'l-tilāwa: abrogation of both ruling and wording, or
suppression/erasure. Applicable only to the Qur'ān. A ruling is
voided and its text omitted from the mushaf. Evidence that the verse
ever existed is preserved only within tradition.

naskh al-tilāwa dūna al-hukm: abrogation of the wording but not the
ruling. Again, applicable only to the Qur'ān. The text of a stillfunctional ruling is omitted from the mushaf. Proof of the verse's
existence is preserved within tradition (i.e through a hadith report) as
well as in the Fiqh.
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“mushaf”

The literal meaning of “mushaf” is “collection of pages.” Its technical
meaning is, therefore, the “compiled, written pages of the Qur’an.” In
other words, the term “Qur’an” refers to the specific “revelation that
was read to Prophet Muhammad” whereas the term “mushaf”
denotes the “written form” of that revelation.

In other words, the Qur’an is not contradictory, the pages are just
“updated.”
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Example of “naskh”
Sura 2:62 “Those who
believe (in the Qur'an),
and those who follow the
Jewish (scriptures), and
the Christians and the
Sabians…., shall have
their reward with their
Lord; on them shall be no
fear, nor shall they
grieve.”
Sura 9:5 “fight and slay the
Pagans (Jews and
Christians) wherever ye
find them, an seize them,
beleaguer them, and lie
in wait for them in every
stratagem (of war); but if
they repent, and establish
regular prayers and
practice regular charity,
then open the way for
them: for Allah is Oftforgiving, Most Merciful.”
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the ‘holy books’ of Islam
The Qur’an
 The ‘hadith’
- a set of books that are a record of the things
Muhammad said and did
- Note: The ‘hadith” is a point of division in the Muslim
world
+ The Sunni Muslims accept it all
+ The Shiite Muslims accept most
(they reject those recorded by Muhammad’s second wife)
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Note: The hadith is significant because it establishes
principles of activity that can be (are) practiced today
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The “Sharia”
- All aspects of a Muslim's life are governed by Sharia. Sharia law
comes from a combination of sources including the Qur'an (the
Muslim holy book), the Hadith (sayings and conduct of the prophet
Muhammad) and fatwas (the rulings of Islamic scholars).
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Muslim’s have a powerful P.R. and lobbying firm at work. It is
called C.A.I.R.
Let there be no doubt that the Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR) is a terrorist supporting front organization that
is partially funded by terrorists, and that C.A.I.R. wishes nothing
more than the implementation of Sharia Law in America.
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Ravi Zacharias states in his book, Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith
We Defend, “Muslim scholars state that Islam is an encompassing
system—a sociopolitical system, a socio-religious system as well as
socioeconomic system that governs every aspect of the lives of its
adherents, their relationship among themselves and with those who
are non-Muslims. The vehicle that controls the lives of adherents to
Islam is called Sharia law.”
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In an article by Lisa Gardiner titled “American Muslim Leader Urges
Faithful to Spread Word,” Omar Ahmad, founder of Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said, “Islam isn’t in America to
be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Qur’an
should be the highest authority in America.”
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Ibrahim Hopper, Communications Director of CAIR said, “I wouldn’t
want to create the impression that I wouldn’t like the government of
the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future….”
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Sharia (Islamic) Law is rooted in the Qur’an, the highest authority of
Islam, and claims to have been revealed directly to Muhammad by
the angel Gabriel during the last twenty-three years of the prophet’s
life.
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The Sunna or Hadiths are accounts of the sayings and acts of
Muhammad. Sharia law was put together from those sources after
the death of Muhammad. In Saudi Arabia and other countries
dominated by Islam, Sharia is the law of the land for all things
secular as well as religious, controlling the lives of individuals from
personal hygiene to the court systems.
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As one studies the qur'an, you must first ask yourself
how anyone can take seriously a document that easily
contradicts itself 1/5 of the time.
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Consider the following words of Ibn Umar al-Khattab, a
7th companion of Mohammed, and the 2nd Muslim
Caliph: “Let no one say that he has acquired the entire
Koran, for how does he know that it is all? Much of the
Koran has been lost; thus let him say, “I have acquired of
it what is available.”
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Remember that quote: “Much of the Koran has been
lost”.
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