2. Jesus & The Holy Spirit
1. The Holy Spirit is the angel Gabriel
Surah 2:87 - We gave Jesus son of Mary the clear miracles (to
serve as proof of Allah's sovereignty) and strengthened him with the Holy
Spirit (the Angel Gabriel).
Surah 2:97 - "Who is an enemy to Gabriel? For it is he who has
revealed (this scripture) to your heart by Allah's leave, confirming that
which was (revealed) before it…
Surah 2:253 - We gave Jesus son of Mary clear signs, and strengthened
him with the Holy Spirit (the archangel Gabriel).
Surah 26:193 - With [the revelation] came down the Spirit of
Truth (Gabriel).
Surah 53:5,6 - He is taught it by one who is mighty in power…
And vigorous (Gabriel).
Surah 81:19 - Verily this is the word of a gracious messenger
(Gabriel).
[A note following 2:97 explains that when Muhammad was asked who brings
him the revelations, he responded that it was the Archangel Gabriel.]
2. Jesus is not divine nor the Son of God, and it is the unpardonable
sin and foolishness to believe such.
Surah 2:136 - We believe in Allah and that which is revealed
to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and
the tribes; to Moses and Jesus and the (other) prophets by their Lord.
We make no distinction between any of them.
Surah 3:59 - The likeness of Jesus with Allah is as the likeness
of Adam.
Surah 4:48 - Allah will not forgive those who assign partners
to Him. He will forgive all except that to whom He will. Whoever ascribes
partners to Allah is guilty of a monstrous sin..
Surah 5:75 - The messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger,
messengers (the like of whom) had passed away before him. And his mother
was a saintly woman. And they both used to eat (earthly) food.
Surah 5:116 - "O Jesus, son of Mary! Did you say to mankind:
"Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah? he said: "Be glorified!
It was not mine to say that to which I had no right.
Surah 6:101 - The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How
can He have a child, when there is for Him no consort, when He created
all things and is Aware of all things?
Surah 10:68 - They say: "Allah has taken to Himself a son… You
have no authority for this.
Surah 18:111 - Say: "Praise belongs to Allah, Who has never taken
to himself a son, and Who has no partner in sovereignty.
Surah 20:88,89 - They say: "The Compassionate God has begotten
a son! Indeed you (people) have put forth a monstrous falsehood.
Surah 20:92 - It does not behove (the majesty of) the Compassionate
God that He should adopt a son.
Surah 21:22 - If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other
gods besides Allah, there would have been confusion in both.
Surah 21:26 - They say: "The Beneficient has taken a son! Glory
be to Allah! Nay, they are only His honoured servants.
Surah 21:29 - If any one of them were to say, "I am a deity apart
from Him, We would reward him with hell.
Surah 25:2 - No son has He begotten! No partner has He in His
sovereignty!
Surah 29:88 - And cry not unto any other god along with Allah.
There is no God save him.
Surah 39:4 - If Allah had willed to take a son, He could have
chosen anyone He pleased out of His creation: but Glory be to Him! (He
is above such things.)
Surah 52:43 - Or have they a god other than Allah? Exalted be
He above what they associate with Him.
Surah 72:3 - And (we believe) that He… has taken neither wife
nor son.
[Notes following 4:116 and 117 indicate that belief in Christ's divinity
and prayers to him are the worst of all crimes and considered polytheism
by Islam. A note following 5:75 states that it "shows that the birth
of Jesus was miraculous", but that he couldn't be God because he needed
to eat food which God doesn't need.]
Though the unique attributes of Christ are denied, most are eventually
assumed by Muhammad. (See point #16 in the chapter Muhammad.) Also notice
20:92 and its phrase "adopt a son". Christians recognize Jesus as begotten
of God, not adopted, but Muhammad's personal emphasis on orphans (having
been one himself) appears to affect even this issue. Though the Qur'an
discourages assigning partners to Allah, it is interesting to note that
most of the revelations of Allah use the term "We" instead of "I"
implying partners in His divine work. One note following Surah 7:145 says
that I suggests personal concern where We suggests authority.
It may be a remnant of the tribal polytheism of the era, and/or explained
by point #10 in the previous chapter.
3. Islam states that Jesus cannot be the son of Allah. Therefore Allah
is not the same as the Christian God.
Surah 23:91 - Allah has not acquired (or chosen) a son, neither
is there a god with Him, otherwise every deity would have become (an independent)
ruler over its creation, and surely some would raise themselves above others.
Surah 43:81 - Say (O Muhammad): "If (Allah) the Compassionate
had a son, I would be first among his worshippers. (But there is no son).
Surah 112:3 - He begat none. Nor was He begotten.
[A note after 23:91 explains that this Christian polytheism is not compatible
with the creation and order of the universe.]
Though 23:91 errantly ascribes human ambition to Father and Son, a crucial
point here is that Jesus is not considered by Christians to be a Lord besides
God, but is part of the one Godhead which includes Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit. Though Muslims declare that Allah is the same God of the Bible,
this verse (along with others in point #2) indicates that Allah is a different
deity with no messianic son as foretold in the Bible.
4. Despite the monstrous sin of Jesus' followers, they are deemed better
than unbelievers.
Surah 3:55 - Allah said: "O Jesus! I am gathering you and causing
you to ascend to Me, and am cleansing you of those who disbelieve, and
am setting those who follow you above those who disbelieve until the Day
of Resurrection.
Surah 57:27 - We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow, and gave
him the Gospel, and placed compassion and mercy in the hearts of those
who followed him.
[A note following 57:27 qualifies this verse by explaining that many
of Jesus' followers "left the teachings of Jesus, followed the rulers,
distorted the Gospel, inserted trinity and denied the Last Messenger."]
5. The Qur'an recognizes Jesus' as a Messiah, but also claims that
Muhammad alone fulfilled the specific qualities of the prophesied and long-awaited
Messiah.
Surah 3:45 - "O Mary! Allah gives the glad tidings of a word
from Him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, illustrious in
this world and the Hereafter, and one of those who shall be brought near
(to God).
Surah 2:146 - These to whom We gave the scriptures know it (the
Prophet or the Qur'an) as well as they know their own sons. But some of
them knowingly conceal the truth.
[A note following 2:146 states that when this messiah appeared as an
Arab orphan, he was rejected by the Jews because of racism, snobbery, pride,
and stubbornness.]
6. Jesus talks at birth.
Surah 3:46 - He will speak to mankind in his cradle and in his
manhood, and he is of the righteous.
Surah 5:110 - "O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember my favour to you
and to your mother; how I strengthened you with the holy spirit (the archangel
Gabriel) so that you spoke to mankind in the cradle as in maturity…
Surah 19:29 - But they replied, "How can we speak with a babe
in a cradle?
Surah 19:30 - (Whereupon) he (the babe) spoke out: "I am indeed
a servant of Allah. He has given me the scripture and has appointed me
a prophet.
Surah 19:31 - And He has made me blessed wheresoever I may be
and has commanded me to pray and to give alms to the poor as long as I
live.
Surah 19:32 - And (He) has made me dutiful to my mother and has
not made me oppressive, wicked.
Surah 19:33 - So peace be upon the day I was born and the day
that I die and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again).
Surah 19:34 - Such was Jesus, the son of Mary; a statement of
the truth about which they (vainly) dispute.
[After 19:34, a note points out that although accompanied by such miracles,
his was the birth of an ordinary human being.]
This surah presents a serious problem for the Qur'an in that such a
miracle would have been prime material for the New Testament writers as
further justification of Christ's deity, and yet it is totally absent from
even the first-hand accounts of Matthew and John who knew Jesus and Mary.
It also appears to be a blatant revision of the contrived Buddhist account
of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha who walked and talked at birth.
7. Mary's is recognized as a virgin birth.
Surah 3:47 - She said: "My Lord! How can I have a child, when
no man has touched me? He replied: "Such is the will of Allah. He creates
what He will.
Surah 19:19 - [Gabriel] said, "I am only a messenger of
your Lord (to announce) to you the gift of a pure son.
Surah 19:20 - She said: "How can I have a son when no man has
touched me, neither have I been unchaste?
Surah 19:21 - (The angel) replied, "So shall it be; your Lord
says: "This is an easy thing for Me. And We shall make him a sign for mankind
and a blessing from Us.
Islam claims that God begat no son, and yet these verses make clear
that Jesus had no earthly father and that he was born of Mary as an "easy
thing" created by the "will of God". Who then is the father? It is obviously
God.
8. And yet, Islam discourages Christians from believing in Jesus (or
anyone) as a divine savior.
Surah 3:62 - There is no deity but Allah, and He is the Mighty,
the Wise.
Surah 3:64 - "O People of the Scripture! Come to an agreement
between us and you, that we shall worship none but Allah, that we shall
assign no partner to Him, and that none of us shall take others for lords
beside Allah.
Surah 3:151 - We will cast terror into the hearts of those who
disbelieve because they ascribe partners to Allah for whom no warrant had
been revealed.
Surah 5:72 - Whoever ascribes partners to Allah, for him Allah
has forbidden paradise.
Surah 17:39 - Do not associate any other deity with Allah, or
else you are cast into Hell, despised and abandoned.
[A note following 9:111 states that the most corrupt form of redemption
is Christianity which thinks that "some other person suffered for our
sins, and we are redeemed by his blood". Rather, it is only our own
merit that redeems us.]
9. In spite of the recorded accounts of Jesus forgiving sins…
Surah 3:135 - Who can forgive sins except Allah only?
10. Despite corroborated Gospel accounts by historically accepted figures,
Jesus wasn't crucified.
Surah 4:157 - They slew him not, nor crucified him, but it appeared
so to them; …they have no knowledge thereof except pursuit of a conjecture;
they slew him not for certain.
Surah 4:158 - There is not one of the People of the Scripture
but will believe in him before his death…
[A note following 4:156 states that Allah saved Noah from the flood,
Abraham from fire, Muhammad from traps, and Jesus from the Jews, and that
it was Judas who was arrested and crucified instead. A note following 4:157
points out that the Gospel accounts of the supposed crucifixion "do
not stand up to historical analysis; their authors are unknown".]
11. There is no Godhead trinity, and to believe so is polytheism (and
bad math*).
Surah 4:171 - The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a messenger
of Allah… So believe in Allah and His messengers, and say not "three Cease!
…Allah is only One God. Far is it removed from His transcendent majesty
that He should have a son.
Surah 5:73 - They surely disbelieve who say: "Allah is the third
of three; when there is no God save One God.
[A note following 4:171 says according to this doctrine, "God is
one, but also three, and one entity of this three has two distinct personalities.
He is Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, which are separate entities, but together
are not separate but entirely united; just as the human and divine natures
of Christ are united but separate. When the trinitarian Christian prays,
he can pray to any of these five*, or to all together. …so the error of
the Christians (is) metaphysical confusion and deification of one who never
claimed to be God".]
12. Jesus' disciples were Muslims.
Surah 5:111 - And when I inspired the disciples, (saying):
"Believe in Me and in My messenger, they said: "We believe. Bear witness
that we have surrendered (to You as Muslims).
[A note following 5:111 points out that the disciples were in the Arabic
state known as islam, the entire submission to God.]
13. On the Day of Judgement, Jesus will protest being named a partner
to Allah and will forsake his followers.
Surah 10:28 - On the day when We gather them all together, then
We shall say to those who ascribed partners unto Us: "Stand back, you and
your (pretended) partners (with Allah)!"
Surah 10:30 - Thereupon each soul will experience what it had
done, and they are returned to Allah, their rightful Lord, and that which
they invented will forsake them.
Surah 16:87 - That day they (openly) proffer (their) submission
to Allah, and all their inventions will forsake them.
[A note following 10:28 states that "the great or good men whose
names were vainly taken in competition with the name of God…would themselves
protest against their names being used in that way".]
14. The Qur'an questions and denies Jesus' divine purpose. (John 1:3,10;
John 14:6).
Surah 10:34 - Say: "Is any one of your partners (that you ascribe
to Allah) able to originate creation then bring it back again?
Surah 10:35 - Say: "Is any one of your partners (that you ascribe
to Allah) able to guide to the Truth?
Surah 17:15 - No soul can bear another's burden.
Surah 21:21 - Or have they chosen gods from the earth who can
raise the dead?
Surah 25:3 - But they take, apart from Him, gods that create
nothing, while they themselves are created. And they possess themselves
neither harm nor benefit, nor do they possess power of death nor of life
nor of raising.
Surah 29:12 - Those who disbelieve say unto those who believe:
"Follow our way (of religion) and we verily will bear your sins (for you).
They cannot bear aught of their sins. Lo! they verily are liars.
Surah 30:13 - There will be no intercessors for them of those
whom they made equal with Allah.
Surah 39:43 - What! Have they taken besides Allah others as intercessors?
Say: "(Will they intercede) even if they have no power whatever, nor intelligence?
Surah 43:86 - And those whom they invoke besides Him have no
power of intercession.
Surah 53:38 - That no soul shall bear another's burden.
[And yet a note following 43:86 states that Jesus will have the power
of intercession "with permission of Allah for the believers who bear
witness to the truth knowingly."] For Muslims only?
15. Jesus will return at his second coming.
Surah 43:61 - And (the second coming of Jesus shall be) a sign
of the hour: therefore do not have any doubt about it, and follow Me.
Though Jesus' New Testament message said to follow him and that he would
return, this verse says he will return and therefore follow Allah.
16. Jesus prophesies the coming of Muhammad.
Surah 61:6 - And remember Jesus, son of Mary, who said: "O Children
of Israel; I am the messenger of Allah to you, confirming that which was
revealed before me in the Torah (Books of Moses) and bringing good tidings
of a messenger who will come after me, whose name is Ahmad (Muhammad).
Chapter 3: JEWS & CHRISTIANS
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