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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Istanbul, proves with sound documents that the Qur’ân al-kerîm is<br />
the Word of Allah <strong>and</strong> that the Christians’ Holy Book, which they<br />
call the Bible, is a history book which was written afterwards. In<br />
addition, Idhâh-ul-merâm, written in Turkish by Hâdji Abdullah<br />
bin Destân Mustafa Efendi of Bosnia (d. 1303 [1885 C.E.]) <strong>and</strong><br />
printed in 1288 [1871 C.E.] in the printhouse owned by Yahyâ<br />
Efendi, who was the Shaikh of the convent of Mustafa Pâsha<br />
situated immediately outside of Edirnekap›, is registered with<br />
number 771 at the Nâfiz Pâsha section of the library of<br />
Süleymâniyye. It proves with various documents that <strong>Christianity</strong><br />
is a religion mangled into utter heresy. Another book we have<br />
borrowed from is Iz-hâr-ul-Haqq, by Rahmatullah Efendi of India.<br />
That book delivered the severest blow on <strong>Christianity</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
divulged the fact that it was a groundless religion.<br />
It is written as follows on the three hundred <strong>and</strong> ninety-sixth<br />
page of the Persian book Maqâmât-i-ahyâr: F<strong>and</strong>er, a Protestant<br />
priest, was very famous among Christians. The Protestant<br />
missionary organization selected a commission of priests under<br />
the presidency of F<strong>and</strong>er <strong>and</strong> sent them to India. Their task was to<br />
try <strong>and</strong> spread <strong>Christianity</strong>. In 1270 [1854 C.E.], scientific debates<br />
were held between that commission <strong>and</strong> Rahmatullah Efendi, a<br />
great <strong>Islam</strong>ic scholar of Delhi. The most heated of those debates<br />
took place sometime during the month of Rabî’ul-awwal <strong>and</strong> on<br />
the eleventh of Rajab. By the end of the long discussions, F<strong>and</strong>er<br />
was altogether beaten out. Four years later, when the British<br />
forces invaded India, [after which they perpetrated horrendous<br />
persecutions <strong>and</strong> torments on Muslims, <strong>and</strong> especially on the<br />
Sultan <strong>and</strong> the men of religion], Rahmatullah Efendi migrated to<br />
Mekka-i-mukarrama. In 1295 [1878 C.E.] the same commission of<br />
missionaries came to Istanbul <strong>and</strong> launched a campaign<br />
propagating <strong>Christianity</strong>. The Gr<strong>and</strong> Vizier (Sadr-i-a’zam) Khayrud-dîn<br />
Pâsha invited Rahmatullah Efendi to Istanbul. Seeing<br />
Rahmatullah Efendi as their opponent was enough to frighten<br />
away the missionaries. This time the debate was no more than a<br />
brief act of formality, <strong>and</strong> the missionaries, unable to answer the<br />
scholar’s questions, took to their heels. The Pâsha congratulated<br />
the great scholar warmly <strong>and</strong> showed him great kindness,<br />
requesting him to write a booklet telling about how he refuted <strong>and</strong><br />
beat down the Christians. So he began to write his book Iz-hâr-ul-<br />
Haqq in Arabic on the sixteenth of Rajab <strong>and</strong>, completing it by<br />
the end of Zi’l-hijja, he left for Mekka. Khayr-ud-dîn Pâsha had<br />
the book translated into Turkish <strong>and</strong> then had both versions<br />
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