Could Not Answer

divine will of Allâhu ta’âlâ. Christians’ abandoning circumcision,
on the other hand, means disignoring the commandment of Îsâ
‘alaihis-salâm’, which is also enjoined in the Taurah, and obeying
Paul, the cruel hypocrite.
[Paul says in the seventh and eighth verses of the second
chapter of his Epistle to Galatians, “But contrariwise, when they
saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me,
as the gospel of circumcision was unto Peter;” “(For he that
wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision,
the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)” (Gal: 2-7, 8)
Peter, the closest friend who was always with Îsâ ‘alaihis-salâm’,
commands circumcision and observes it himself. Then appears a
Jew, who never saw Îsâ ‘alaihis-salâm’ in his lifetime and who
oppressed bitterly for sixteen years the Nazarenes who believed in
Îsâ ‘alaihis-salâm’. This Jew fabricates a lie and says, “I have been
given the Bible of uncircumcision. Let those people other than
Jews not be circumcised.” And this lie is observed as an injunction
of the Christian religion. Supposing an ordinary person came
forward and said that he had been revealed or inspired that such
and such a thing should be done in such and such a manner, and a
so-called religion accepted his words as an essential document. A
person with discretion would not believe in the heavenliness of
that religion.]
Another criticism that Christians stir up against Islam is based
on the fact that Qur’ân al-kerîm and hadîth-i-sherîfs are in the
Arabic language. The priest says, “Since Qur’ân al-kerîm and
hadîth-i-sherîfs are in Arabic and no studies have been done to
translate it into other languages, Muslims who do not understand
Arabic are deprived of knowing the meaning of Qur’ân al-kerîm.
All the duâs and dhikrs are in Arabic. Muslims recite prayers
without being aware of what they are saying. When people of
other nationalities accept Islam and attempt to penetrate the inner
realities of Qur’ân al-kerîm, they are encumbered with the burden
of learning Arabic. Furthermore, because every Muslim is
obligated to visit Mekka and Medina at least once in his lifetime,
the land of Hidjaz has gained ascendancy over other lands. The
obligation of hajj has become a burden, a trouble for people living
in far away countries.”
ANSWER: An observation of the Old and New Testaments
would be enough to answer his first objection. The Old and New
Testaments were subjected to numerous interpolations each time
they were translated into another language. Allâhu ta’âlâ revealed
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