Islam and Christianity
ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY This book is written in the nature of a “key” for those Muslim brothers of ours who have just a smattering of knowledge on how the Islamic religion has developed, and it has been written for those non-Muslims willing to know the fundamentals of Islam. Islam, the most up-to-date and the most immaculate of the world’s existing religions, is based upon very humane and very logical principles. Without going into details, this book touches upon the fundamentals of Islam and makes a comparison of Islam with other religions. It answers criticisms raised against Islam by its adversaries and explains as compendiously as possible the qualifications essential for being a good Muslim. For those who would like to read valuable books on Islam written by Islamic scholars (rahimahumullâhu ta’âlâ) after learning the facts contained in this book, we advise that they read books published in different languages by the Hakîkat Kitabevi (Bookstore) in Istanbul. The names of these books are appended to our books. Read this book slowly and with reflection! Encourage others to read it, too! An ignorant person cannot be a good Muslim. Indeed, it is impossible for a person not to attach all his heart to Islam after learning its fundamentals. After reading this book, you will also realize what a lofty, sacred, logical, and perfect religion Islam is, and you will attach all your heart and soul to it in order to attain salvation and repose in this world and in the hereafter. Islam that abrogated celestial religions of Judaism and Christianity along with their validity is explained first. That Qur’an-ı Karîm is word of Allah; miracles of Muhammad ׳alayhissalâm, his virtues, moral practices and habits; how to be a true Muslim; a comparison of Islam and Christianity; that Muslims are scientifically powerful; are explained next.
ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY
This book is written in the nature of a “key” for those Muslim brothers of ours who have just a smattering of knowledge on how the Islamic religion has developed, and it has been written for those non-Muslims willing to know the fundamentals of Islam. Islam, the most up-to-date and the most immaculate of the world’s existing religions, is based upon very humane and very logical principles. Without going into details, this book touches upon the fundamentals of Islam and makes a comparison of Islam with other religions. It answers criticisms raised against Islam by its adversaries and explains as compendiously as possible the qualifications essential for being a good Muslim.
For those who would like to read valuable books on Islam written by Islamic scholars (rahimahumullâhu ta’âlâ) after learning the facts contained in this book, we advise that they read books published in different languages by the Hakîkat Kitabevi (Bookstore) in Istanbul. The names of these books are appended to our books. Read this book slowly and with reflection! Encourage others to read it, too! An ignorant person cannot be a good Muslim. Indeed, it is impossible for a person not to attach all his heart to Islam after learning its fundamentals. After reading this book, you will also realize what a lofty, sacred, logical, and perfect religion Islam is, and you will attach all your heart and soul to it in order to attain salvation and repose in this world and in the hereafter.
Islam that abrogated celestial religions of Judaism and Christianity along with their validity is explained first. That Qur’an-ı Karîm is word of Allah; miracles of Muhammad ׳alayhissalâm, his virtues, moral practices and habits; how to be a true Muslim; a comparison of Islam and Christianity; that Muslims are scientifically powerful; are explained next.
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Allâhu ’anhâ’ to make him lie on his bed <strong>and</strong> to cover him tightly<br />
with something thick, <strong>and</strong> did not recover for a long time. Is this<br />
the way that a person who assumed exceptional spirituality <strong>and</strong><br />
great superiority <strong>and</strong> who wished to prepare a new religious book<br />
for the humanity would be? First of all, would not he have<br />
acquired knowledge ample enough to write such a tremendous<br />
work of art, reading volumes of books <strong>and</strong> making the long<br />
preliminary studies? As a matter of fact, Muhammad ‘alaihissalâm’<br />
was taken along in two different business expeditions to<br />
Damascus as he was a child, was charged only with the protection<br />
<strong>and</strong> security of the commercial goods <strong>and</strong> the management of the<br />
caravans in these expeditions, <strong>and</strong> accomplished these duties<br />
owing only to HIS EXCEEDINGLY LOFTY MORAL<br />
QUALITY AND INTEGRITY <strong>and</strong> unbelievably high<br />
intellectual merits. This sudden, unexpected revelation, which he<br />
had not even imagined, frightened, rather than pleased him.<br />
However, as the events of revelation recurred, he gradually<br />
realized that Allâhu ta’âlâ had decreed to assign him a<br />
considerably important <strong>and</strong> heavy task, committed all his<br />
existence to obeying the comm<strong>and</strong>ments of Allâhu ta’âlâ, <strong>and</strong><br />
began to publicize the <strong>Islam</strong>ic religion, which He had<br />
communicated to him <strong>and</strong> which was based on the ‘Unity of<br />
Allah’. Muhammad’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ spreading <strong>Islam</strong> provided<br />
him no worldly benefits, but on the contrary all the Meccans<br />
became his enemies. He is known to have stated, “No other<br />
Prophet suffered so much as I have, nor did any one of them<br />
experience the same distresses as I have.” This hadîth-i-sherîf is<br />
recorded in books. These facts show that Muhammad ‘alaihissalâm’<br />
did not seek any worldly advantages or any personal<br />
aspirations in spreading a new religion. In fact, as we have already<br />
pointed out, his educational background <strong>and</strong> the social<br />
environment he had found himself living in would hardly promise<br />
him any success in the realization of so great a dream.<br />
Then, it would be impossible to quite out of the question to<br />
believe that Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ might have arranged the<br />
Qur’ân al-kerîm by himself. So let us now reason on the conjecture<br />
that the Qur’ân al-kerîm may be a stupendous masterpiece<br />
revealed by Allâhu ta’âlâ.<br />
When a new Prophet appears, people around him anticipate<br />
miracles from him. Both Mûsâ (Moses) ‘alaihis-salâm’ <strong>and</strong> Îsâ<br />
(Jesus) ‘alaihis-salâm’ had to display miracles to prove their<br />
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