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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sallam’, will come after me, <strong>and</strong> he will teach you many facts,” was<br />
hidden by the bigoted Christians.<br />
This means to say that the decision that we <strong>and</strong> the Western<br />
men of knowledge reach about the Holy Bible is this: The Holy<br />
Bible is not the Word of Allah. The real Torah <strong>and</strong> the real Bible,<br />
which were the Word of Allah, have been turned into an<br />
altogether different book each. In today’s Bible, alongside the<br />
statements that can be considered to be the Word of Allah, there<br />
are many statements, reasonings, superstitions <strong>and</strong> tales that were<br />
added by other people. Especially those passages referring to<br />
tripartite godhead are fallacies that run quite counter to the<br />
essential belief in the Unity of Allah <strong>and</strong> to people’s common<br />
sense.<br />
As the Torah <strong>and</strong> the Bible were being translated into Greek<br />
<strong>and</strong> Latin, the Roman <strong>and</strong> Greek idolators, who had been<br />
accustomed to worshipping many gods until that time, would not<br />
be contented with one god <strong>and</strong> missed for their polytheistic<br />
practices. According to some scholars, the reason why the original<br />
Biblical credo ‘Unity of Allah’ was bred into ‘Trinity’ during the<br />
process of its translation into Greek was that the Greek people<br />
were adherent to Plato’s philosophy. The Platonic philosophy<br />
would divide everything into three. For instance, good manners<br />
were based on three sensory forces: Morals, reason, <strong>and</strong> nature.<br />
And nature, in its turn, was divided into three: plants, animals, <strong>and</strong><br />
humans. Essentially, Plato thought that there was one creator of<br />
the world, yet he ascribed two possible assistants to the creator.<br />
This gave birth to the dogma of ‘Trinity’, which is acknowledged<br />
by a number of historians. However, as you will see further ahead,<br />
many verses of the Torah <strong>and</strong> the Bible confirm the fact that is<br />
stated, for instance, in the twenty-second verse of the forty-fifth<br />
chapter of Isaiah, “... for I am God, <strong>and</strong> there is none else.” Even<br />
today’s copies of the Holy Bible reject the dogma of ‘three gods’<br />
that was forced into them. It is argued also that ‘Trinity’ was an<br />
error of translation. Upon seeing that the dogma of ‘Trinity’ is<br />
gradually losing its credibility especially in the minds of younger<br />
generations, the Christian church is fumbling for other<br />
connotations for the words ‘Father’ <strong>and</strong> ‘Son’, <strong>and</strong> thus trying to<br />
make a soft l<strong>and</strong>ing on the belief in ‘One Allah’. Later on we shall<br />
dwell on this matter of translation.<br />
Despite the established fact admitted by many Christians that<br />
today’s copies of the Torah <strong>and</strong> the Bible are not the Word of<br />
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