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Who deserves to be Worshiped ?

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On the other hand, Christianity was named (by its followers) after Jesus Christ,<br />

and Judaism after the tri<strong>be</strong> of Judah. It is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible that<br />

the religion of the followers of Prophets Isaac and Moses (peace <strong>be</strong> upon them) and<br />

their descendants is called Judaism, or that the religion of the followers of Christ 16 is<br />

called Christianity. In other words, the names ‘Judaism’ and ‘Christianity’ had no<br />

divine origin or approval. It was not until long after Jesus’ ascension 17 that the name<br />

‘Christianity’ was given <strong>to</strong> the religion of those claiming <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> his followers. The<br />

same applies <strong>to</strong> Buddhism, which was named after Gautama Buddha; Confucianism,<br />

named after Confucius; Hinduism, named after ‘Hind’ (the Persian word for India);<br />

and so on.<br />

Followers of Christianity and Buddhism are called ‘Christians’ and ‘Buddhists’<br />

<strong>be</strong>cause they worship Christ and Buddha, respectively. However, Muslims cannot <strong>be</strong><br />

called ‘Muhammadans’ <strong>be</strong>cause Muslims do not worship Muhammad (bpuh); they<br />

worship Allah and submit <strong>to</strong> Him alone. In fact, this phenomenon of naming an<br />

ideology after a person has <strong>be</strong>come so common that many mistakenly la<strong>be</strong>l Islam as<br />

‘Mohammedanism’, although Muslims have never used, nor do they accept, such a<br />

la<strong>be</strong>l.<br />

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17<br />

Both the names ‘Jesus’ and ‘Christ’ are derived from Hebrew words, through Greek and<br />

Latin. Jesus is the English equivalent and Latin form of the Greek ‘Iesous’, which in<br />

Hebrew is ‘Yeshua’. ‘Chris<strong>to</strong>s’ is a Greek translation of the Hebrew ‘messiah’ and the<br />

Arabic masaha, which means <strong>to</strong> rub, <strong>to</strong> massage, <strong>to</strong> anoint.<br />

The Quran has mentioned that Jesus was neither killed nor crucified on a cross; rather,<br />

Allah raised him <strong>to</strong> the heavens, and Jesus will come in<strong>to</strong> this world again <strong>be</strong>fore it<br />

ends. This has <strong>be</strong>en discussed in detail in Section 14.11: The second coming of Jesus<br />

(pbuh).<br />

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