Jeremiah 10:6-8 ( NKJV ) read as follows:
"Inasmuch as there is none like You, O LORD (You are great, and Your name is great in might), who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For this is Your rightful due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You. But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish; a wooden idol is a worthless doctrine" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ).
Mark 16:20 ( NKJV ) reads as follows:
"And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen."
John 2:11 ( KJV; with center-column references ) reads as follows:
"This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him."
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 ( NKJV ) read as follows:
"The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ).
1 John 2:22 ( NKJV ) reads as follows:
"Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son."
"Born at Mecca in A.D. 567 or 569. His flight (hijra) to Medina, which marks the beginning of the Muhammadan era, took place on 16th June 622. He died on 7th June 632." [ See THE KORAN, Rodwell, J.M., DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC., Mineola, New York, Bibliographical Note: This Dover edition, first published in 2005, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, in 1909, p. vi. ]
"The Koran admittedly occupies an important position among the great religious books of the world. Though the youngest of the epoch-making works belonging to this class of literature, it yields to hardly any in the wonderful effect which it has produced on large masses of men. It has created an all but new phase of human thought and a fresh type of character. It first transformed a number of heterogeneous desert tribes of the Arabian peninsula into a nation of heroes, and then proceeded to create the vast politico-religious organizations of the Muhammadan world which are one of the great forces with which Europe and the East have to reckon to-day." [ Ibid., p. vii. ]
"That widely different estimates have been formed of Muhammad is well-known. To Muslims he is, of course, the prophet par excellence, and the Koran is regarded by the orthodox as nothing less than the eternal utterance of Allah. The Eulogy pronounced by Carlyle on Muhammad in Heroes and Hero-Worship will probably be endorsed by not a few at the present day." [ Ibid. ]
"Linguistic investigations, poetry, and other branches of literature, also made their appearances soon after or simultaneously with the publication of the Koran; and the literary movement thus initiated has resulted in some of the finest products of genius and learning. The style in which the Koran is written requires some special attention in this introduction. That literary form is for the most part different from anything else we know. In its finest passages we indeed seem to hear a voice akin to that of the ancient Hebrew prophets, but there is much in the book which Europeans usually regard as faulty" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ). [ Ibid., p. ix. ]
"The fault appears, however, to lie partly in our difficulty to appreciate the psychology of the Arab prophet. We must, in order to do him justice, give full consideration to his temperament and to the condition of things around him. We are here in touch with an untutored but fervent mind, trying to realise itself and to assimilate certain great truths which have been powerfully borne in upon him, in order to impart them in a convincing form to his fellow-tribesmen. He is surrounded by obstacles of every kind, yet he manfully struggles on with the message that is within him. Learning he has none, or next to none. His chief objects of knowledge are floating stories and traditions largely picked up from hearsay, and his over-wrought mind is his only teacher" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ). [ Ibid., pp. ix and x. ]
"But the sequence adopted was in the main based on the best available historical and literary evidence; and in following the order of the chapters as here printed, the reader will be able to trace the development of the prophet's mind as he gradually advanced from the early flush of inspiration to the less spiritual and more equivocal role of warrior, politician, and founder of an empire" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ). [ Ibid., pp. x and xi. ]
SURA [ I. ] reads as follows:
"RECITE thou, in the name of thy Lord who created; created man from CLOTS OF BLOOD: recite thou! . . ." [ Ibid., p. 19. ]
SURA [ II. ] reads as follows:
". . . Thus God misleadeth whom He will, and whom He will doth He guide aright: . . ." [ Ibid., p. 23. ]
With all of the above-given information in mind, Muhammad died on June 7th, A.D. 632. He is still dead. Christ "died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures" ( see 1 Corinthians 15:3, 4; NKJV ). Moreover, after Jesus ( see Matthew 1:16; NKJV, for example ) was raised from the dead, He was seen: "by Cephas" ( see 1 Corinthians 15:5; NKJV ), "then by the twelve" ( see 1 Corinthians 15:5; NKJV ), "by over five hundred brethren at once" ( see 1 Corinthians 15:6; NKJV ), "by James" ( see 1 Corinthians 15:7; NKJV ), "then by all the apostles" ( see 1 Corinthians 15:7; NKJV ), and, last of all, He was seen by Saul of Tarsus ( called to be the apostle Paul - see Acts, chapter 9 ( especially verses 4 through 16, for example ), Acts 13:9, 1 Corinthians 1:1, and 1 Corinthians 15:8, for example ). God "raised up Jesus" ( see Acts 5:30; NKJV ), and exalted Him "to His right hand to be Prince and Savior" ( see Acts 5:31; NKJV ).
The New Testament church is not a politico-religious organization: it is the body of Christ ( see Ephesians 1:22, 23 and Romans 12:4, 5, for example ). Furthermore, not only are Europe and the East having to reckon with the great forces of the Muhammadan world, but other areas of the world are having to deal with the spread of the false religion of Islam, and the terrorists associated with it. Additionally, the word "Allah" is not the name of the one, true God. The explanation of the word "Elohim" is as follows:
"Elohim (sometimes El or Elah), English form 'God,' the first of the three primary names of Deity, is a uni-plural noun formed from El = strength, or the strong one, and Alah, to swear, to bind oneself by an oath, so implying faithfulness. This uni-plurality implied in the name is directly asserted in Gen. 1. 26 (plurality), 27 (unity); see also Gen. 3. 22. Thus the Trinity [ the correct word being "Godhead" - see Romans 1:20, for example; NKJV, for example ] is latent in Elohim. As meaning primarily the Strong One it is fitly used in the first chapter of Genesis. . . ." [ See HOLY BIBLE, SCOFIELD STUDY SYSTEM, KJV, SCOFIELD, C.I., D.D., NEW YORK, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, The Scofield Reference Bible, Copyright 1909, 1917; copyright renewed, 1937, 1945 by Oxford University Press, Inc., p. 3. ]
Muslims wrongly attempt to deny the concept of the Godhead; this concept being extremely important in the Holy Bible. Therefore, the name "Allah," is not a reference to God.
The above-given reference to a work, entitled Hereos and Hero-Worship, indicates a practice that is clearly condemned in the Holy Bible. Jesus said the following in Matthew 4:10 ( NKJV ): "Away with you Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.'" We are not to worship any human beings, including the late Muhammad.
With regard to the above-given reference, to much in the Koran being usually regarded as faulty by Europeans, why believe something that is faulty? James, the half-brother of Jesus ( see Mark 5:36-6:4 ( especially Mark 6:3, for example ), Acts 15:23; 23:26, Galatians 1:19, and James 1:1, for example ), records for us the following in James 1:25 ( NKJV ): "But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ). Also, the "chief objects of knowledge" of Muhammad were "floating stories and traditions largely picked up from hearsay"? Jesus IS the truth ( see John 8:58; 14:6, for example ). Muhammad's over-wrought mind was his only teacher? Jesus ( see John 6:43 ) said the following in John 6:45 ( NKJV ): "It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me." Since the late Muhammad was not taught by God, do not believe anything he said.
Muhammad "gradually advanced from the early flush of inspiration to the less spiritual and more equivocal role of warrior, politician, and founder of an empire"? How does one simultaneously advance and become less spiritual? The apostle Paul ( see 1 Corinthians 1:1 ) recorded the following for us in 1 Corinthians 3:1 ( NKJV ): "And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ." See also Hebrews 5:13.
With regard to SURA [ I. ], Adam and Eve were not created from clots of blood. The word "miracles," in John 2:11 ( KJV; with center-column references ), has an equivalent translation, which is the word "signs." Thus, the words "signs" and "miracles" are used interchangeably. Therefore, the word "miracles" can be used interchangeably with the word "signs" in Mark 16:20. From Mark 16:20, we see that the purpose of miracles was to confirm the word. The word that was being preached ( as indicated in verse 20 ) by the eleven apostles ( see Mark 16:14, for example ) was what Jesus of Nazareth ( see Mark 16:6 ) commanded them to preach - the gospel ( see Psalm 119:65-72, 142, 151, Mark 16:15, John 1:1, 14; 7:16; 8:28; 10:30; 14:6; 17:17, Colossians 2:8, 9, and 1 John 5:7, for example ). When the apostle John finished writing the book of Revelation ( circa A.D. 96-98 ), God's word was, thus, completely revealed in written form; there not being any need for miracles after that time. However, at the second coming of Christ, the "dead in Christ will rise first" ( see 1 Thessalonians 4:16; NKJV, for example ). The event of the dead rising from the dead is clearly a miracle. Thus, the Holy Bible teaches that miracles ceased to occur circa A.D. 96-98, and that there will be no miracles until the second coming of Christ. Therefore, since Muhammad was born, and died, after A.D. 96-98 ( and before the second coming of Christ ), there were no miracles occurring then. Thus, Muhammad did not perform any miracles, God did not reveal anything to anyone ( there was nothing left for Him to reveal to mankind ) and, therefore, the Koran is not God's word. With this information in mind, the claim in SURA [ I. ], that man was created from clots of blood, is a lie. Dear reader, please read Genesis 1:26 - 3:24 to get the truth about God's creation of Adam and Eve, through whom the human race has descended.
With regard to SURA [ II. ], God does not mislead anyone. It is "impossible for God to lie" ( see Hebrews 6:18; NKJV ). The Greek word ( Greek [ 5574 ] ) for the word "lie," in Hebrews 6:18, is defined as follows:
"to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood." [ See ABINGDON'S STRONG'S EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE, STRONG, JAMES, S.T.D., LL.D., ABINGDON PRESS, NASHVILLE, Copyright, 1890, by JAMES STRONG, MADISON, N.J., ( A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek/New Testament with their Renderings in the King James Version, p. 106. ). ]
Moreover, the Greek word ( Greek [ 3992 ] ) for the word "send," in 2 Thessalonians 2:11 ( NKJV ), is defined as follows:
"to dispatch (from the subj. view or point of departure, . . .), espec. on a temporary errand; also to transmit, bestow, or wield." [ Ibid., p. 75. ]
The word "dispatch," in the definition given immediately above, is defined as follows:
". . . -n. . . . 6 Obs. Dismissal; deliverance; riddance. . . ." [ See NEW ILLUSTRATED WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY Including THESAURUS of SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS, PMC Publishing Company, Inc., 118 EAST 28th STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10016, dictionary portion: pages 1-1150, Copyright 1992, by J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, p. 282. ]
Perhaps sense 6 of the definition given immediately above applies to 2 Thessalonians 2:10 ( NKJV ). Namely, God allows people to engage in an outright dismissal of the truth. Whatever the case may be, it is impossible for God to attempt to deceive ( mislead ) by falsehood. Therefore, the claim in SURA [ II. ], that God "misleadeth whom He will" is a lie.
Finally, SURA [ II. ] - THE COW, simply refers to Jesus as the son of Mary. [ SEE THE KORAN, Rodwell, J.M., DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC., Mineola, New York, Bibliographical Note: This Dover edition, first published in 2005, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, in 1909, p. 346. ]
Thus, Muslims wrongly deny the deity of Jesus. However, Simon Peter said the following to Jesus ( see Matthew 16:13; NKJV, for example ) in Matthew 16:16 ( NKJV, for example ): "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Therefore, according to 1 John 2:22, all Muslims are liars and antichrists.
Finally, according to Jeremiah 10:8 ( NKJV ), human religion is a worthless doctrine. Thus, Islam, as a human ( and, therefore, false ) religion, is a worthless doctrine. Islam cannot save anyone from his or her sins ( see Acts 2:38; 4:10-12; 8:26-40 ( especially verses 36-39, for example ), Romans 6:1-4 ( especially verses 3 and 4, for example ), 2 Timothy 3:16, 17, James 1:21 and Revelation 1:5, for example ). Muhammad was a false prophet.
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