Why Did They Become Muslims

Efendi, [1] contains the following information concerning the three
heavenly books:
“After serving Shuayb (Jethro) ‘alaihis-salâm’ for ten years in
Medyen (Midian), he [2] left for Egypt to visit his mother and his
brother. En route to Egypt, on Mount Tûr (Sinai), he was notified
that he was the Prophet. He went to Egypt, where he invited
Pharaoh and his tribe to his religion. On his way back he made a
visit to Mount Sinai again and talked with Allâhu ta’âlâ. The Ten
Commandments (Awâmir-i-’ashara) and the Torah, which
consisted of forty books, were revealed to him. Each book
contained a thousand chapters, of which each comprising a
thousand verses. To read one book would take a year. With the
exception of Mûsâ (Moses), Hârûn (Aaron), Yûsha’, Uzeyr, and
Îsâ (Jesus) ‘alaihim-us-salâm’, no one was able to memorize the
Tawrât (Torah). After Mûsâ (Moses) ‘alaihis-salâm’ various
copies of the Torah were written. With the command of Allâhu
ta’âlâ, Mûsâ ‘alaihis-salâm’ made a chest from gold and silver and
placed in it the Torah that had been revealed to him. He was one
hundred and twenty years old when he passed away somewhere in
the vicinity of Jerusalem. In 668 [1269 C.E.] the Egyptian Sultan
Baybars had a tomb built over his grave. Yûsha’ ‘alaihis-salâm’
captured Jerusalem from Amâlika. In a long process of time the
Israelites were degenerated religiously and morally. Buhtunnasar
(Abuchadnezzar) came from Babel and invaded Jerusalem. He
demolished the Masjîd-i-Aqsâ, which had been built by Suleymân
(Solomon) ‘alaihis-salâm’. He burnt all the copies of the Torah. He
slew two hundred thousand people. He captivated seventy
thousand men of religion. He transported them to Babel. When
Behmen became the king he emancipated the slaves. Uzeyr
‘alaihis-salâm’ recited the Torah. Those who listened to him wrote
it down. After Uzeyr ‘alaihis-salâm’ Jewry degenerated again.
They martyred one thousand Prophets. They lived under Iran’s
domination until the time of Alexander. After Alexander they
lived under the governors appointed by the Greek.
“As for the Bible; neither was it preserved in its original
purity. For one thing, no one knew the Bible by heart. There is
not a single record showing that the Apostles knew the Bible by
heart. Detailed information is given about the Bible in the initial
[1] Nişanc›zâde passed away in Edirne in 1031 [1622 C.E.].
[2] Mûsâ (Moses) ‘alaihis-salâm’
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