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In order to deceive Muslims’ children, these people put
forward various âyats of Qur’ân al-kerîm, e.g. the sixty-second
âyat of Ahzâb sûra, which purports, “Munâfiqs are accursed.
They are to be arrested and killed whereever they are found!
Since the earliest times it has been the divine law of Allâhu ta’âlâ
that people who do so should be killed. You will find no change
in the divine law of Allâhu ta’âlâ.” They say that this âyat-ikerîma
shows that all Prophets ‘salawâtullâhi ta’âlâ alaihim
ajma’în’ taught the same religion. However, this âyat-i-kerîma
shows that it is the divine law of Allâhu ta’âlâ to reward Believers
and torment disbelievers and that this divine law will never
change.
The sixty-sixth âyat of Âl-i-’Imrân sûra purports, “Ibrâhîm
‘alaihis-salâm’ was neither a Jew nor a Nazarite. He was a Muslim
with correct belief. Nor was he a polytheist.” This âyat-i-kerîma
shows that Jews and Christians are not Muslims. Ibni Âbidîn states
in its chapter about the namâz for janâza that the word Islam has
two distinct meanings: (1) the religion brought by Muhammad
‘alaihis-salâm’; (2) obedience. The same definition is written in the
books Kâmûs and Munjid.
It is purported as follows in Hujurât sûra: “Those who came
from the desert said, ‘We believe’. Say unto them: ‘You do not
believe. Yet say that you have entered Islam and obey. Îmân has
not settled in your hearts’.” The word ‘Islam’ in this âyat-i-kerîma
means ‘to obey, to follow’. It does not mean ‘to believe in
Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’. All Ummats had the same îmân. Yet
not all of them are called Muslims. The eighty-ninth âyat of Nahl
sûra purports, “We have sent thee the Qur’ân, which informs with
everything and which is hidâyat and rahmat for everybody and
which gives Muslims the good news of Paradise.” The nineteenth
âyat-i-kerîma of Âl-i-’Imrân sûra purports, “The religion which
Allâhu ta’âlâ approves is the Islamic religion.” The eighty-fifth
âyat of the same sûra purports, “If a person wishes any religion
except Islam, the religion he wishes will be rejected. This person
will be a loser in the Hereafter!” The word ‘Islam’ used in these
âyat-i-kerîmas covers both meanings at the same time; it means
‘belief in the religion brought by Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ and
obedience to him.’ Allâhu ta’âlâ gives Muslims the good news of
Paradise. Each Muslim is a Believer.
19- Our Prophet Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ was born in the
city of Mekka towards a Monday morning on the twelfth night of
the month of Rebî’ul-awwal, that is, on the night between the
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