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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why don’t we consider religious knowledge <strong>and</strong> science on<br />
separate platforms? As a matter of fact, we should not forget that<br />
in the west religious <strong>and</strong> scientific matters were separated from<br />
each other afterwards <strong>and</strong> it was with considerable difficulty that<br />
Christian priests were curbed from exploiting the religion in their<br />
political machinations. It was not a smooth business that Christians<br />
realized the evils of exploiting the religion in worldly occupations.<br />
Yes, the comm<strong>and</strong>ments of Allâhu ta’âlâ cannot be changed. The<br />
principles of worship, justice <strong>and</strong> morals communicated have to be<br />
maintained. For instance, the Church of Scotl<strong>and</strong> declared that it<br />
would be sinful to play the organ in a church <strong>and</strong> announced that<br />
those who allowed the organ in their church would go to Hell. This<br />
reaction of the church shows that it would be wrong to attenuate<br />
the solemnity of the religious matters with scientific instruments<br />
that are used for worldly pleasures. On the other h<strong>and</strong>, the<br />
Ottoman counterparts of the European hidebound conservatives<br />
resisted against scientific <strong>and</strong> cultural renovations, rejected every<br />
new scientific discovery by saying that it was ‘a devilish<br />
contrivance’, <strong>and</strong> thus sl<strong>and</strong>ered the <strong>Islam</strong>ic religion. In the course<br />
of time, Muslims will certainly rid themselves of these ignorant<br />
bigots.<br />
“Europeans consider themselves as cruel <strong>and</strong> truculent people.<br />
However, all the stories told for the purpose of demonstrating<br />
their so-called cruelties come from mediaeval sources. Now let us<br />
put our h<strong>and</strong> on our heart <strong>and</strong> do some conscientious reasoning:<br />
Did not Europeans perpetrate cruelties in the Middle Ages? In<br />
my opinion, we Europeans were rough barbarians in those years.<br />
Our history teems with blatant examples of cruelty <strong>and</strong> torture.<br />
The Qur’ân al-kerîm, on the other h<strong>and</strong>, comm<strong>and</strong>s that<br />
prisoners of war should be treated well <strong>and</strong> priests, old people,<br />
women <strong>and</strong> children should not be hurt even during process of a<br />
battle. There were some Muslim comm<strong>and</strong>ers who violated these<br />
restrictions enjoined by the Qur’ân al-kerîm. Yet they were<br />
people who had not read the Qur’ân al-kerîm <strong>and</strong> who had<br />
learned religious knowledge from ignorant tutors. It will be very<br />
useful to have the Qur’ân al-kerîm translated <strong>and</strong> explained in all<br />
religions. However, I think some more time is needed for the<br />
realization of that task. For, in all Muslim countries it is<br />
considered sinful to use any language except Arabic in religious<br />
practices. Some years ago a Muslim in Madras in India was<br />
condemned because he had recited a couple of Koranic verses in<br />
Hindi instead of in Arabic in a mosque. [For it was done not as an<br />
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