Comparative Religion Studies

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2010-01-08T23:00:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum.. It's been about 8 months since i last updated this blog.. I have been really really busy these past few years; u know how hard being in med school is.. Since writing in Comparative Religion field requires lots of reading and analyzing, i have decided to focus on writing random stuffs in my new blog with no specific theme.. It's easier and more fun to write (and probably read, too)..

So, i'm sorry to tell u guys that i'm officially closing down this blog.. It's still there if u wanna read it, but i'm no longer updating it.. It's been an honour sharing all the info with you guys.. Thank u to all readers, and don't forget to check out my new blog

www.effysaiful.blogspot.com

Fadel Exposing Nonie Darwish and Walid Shoebat

2009-04-26T01:38:00.003+08:00

Fadel Soliman, Director of Bridges Foundation exposing Nonie Darwish and Walid Shoebat; apostates trying to defame Islam. The debate was held at Oxford Univ on 5th Feb 2009, it ended by the house voting in favor of the Muslims 147 votes against 52 in favor of the apostates, a sweeping VICTORY, alhamdulillah~

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4

Fadel Soliman

2009-04-02T00:55:00.006+08:00

The Meaning of Jihad

Why Muslim Women wear Hijab

Fadel Soliman is the Director of Bridges Foundation. Located in Cairo, Egypt, this international foundation aims to bridge peoples from different religious and ethnic backgrounds through educational interfaith activities, like power point presentations, gatherings, discussions etc…

Fadel Soliman is also a member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars who received his Masters degree in Shariah in 2008. Fadel is an international speaker and presenter of Islam, he gave his presentations to more than 65,000 in the U.S.A. and other countries throughout the world in churches, universities and governmental departments, such as the American Department of Defense, as well as in international events, such as the Frankfurt International Book Fair, 2004. Fadel also trained more than 6500 Muslim youths in 16 countries through his workshops on how to present Islam to non Muslims and refute misconceptions on Islam.

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I personally was given the opportunity to join one of his workshops during his visit to Malaysia back in 2006, which was held at the Islamic Information Service, Setiawangsa. He is the most convincing & talented speaker I've ever met in my life.

I wish that someday, our Malaysian Medical Student in Egypt (PERUBATAN) would invite him for a short talk regarding refuting misconceptions about Islam, which i think is more suitable & vital for all Muslims to master, rather than a typical "Introduction-to-Islam" program.. [no offence]

Al-Quran dalam Excel

2009-03-19T12:18:00.000+08:00

Terjemahan Al-Quran ke dalam bahasa Melayu dalam format Microsoft Excel.. Sangat mudah dan praktikal.. Juga terdapat indeks Al-Quran menurut tajuk dan topik-topik tertentu..

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Media and Islam, War or Peace? ~ Published

2009-03-05T04:03:00.005+08:00

Media and Islam, War or Peace?

A talk given by a well-know scholar in Comparative Religion studies, Dr. Zakir Abdul Karim Naik in Dubai back in 2003. Alhamdulillah, with the blessings of Allah, I've completed translating his talk into Malay language and published it under a well-known website, Iluvislam.com

Book cover (designed by the author himself) =p

Those who are interested in purchasing this book online can refer to this link

Price:
(Malaysia) RM 10 + RM 1 (postal charge)

(Egypt) LE 12

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I'm working on getting the list of the dealers from universities in Malaysia. I'll let you guys know once i got it.. Don't miss this golden opportunity! ;)

Polyandry

2009-02-05T00:16:00.001+08:00

Question:
If a man is allowed to have more than one wife, then why does Islam prohibit a woman from having more than one husband?

Answer by Dr. Zakir Naik:

A lot of people, including some Muslims, question the logic of allowing Muslim men to have more than one spouse while denying the same ‘right’ to women. Let me first state emphatically, that the foundation of an Islamic society is justice and equity.

Allah has created men and women as equal, but with different capabilities and different responsibilities. Men and women are different, physiologically and psychologically. Their roles and responsibilities are different. Men and women are equal in Islam, but not identical. Surah Nisa’ Chapter 4 verses 22 to 24 gives the list of women with whom Muslim men can not marry. It is further mentioned in Surah Nisa’ Chapter 4 verse 24 “Also (prohibited are) women already married.”

The following points enumerate the reasons why polyandry is prohibited in Islam:

1. If a man has more than one wife, the parents of the children born of such marriages can easily be identified. The father as well as the mother can easily be identified. In case of a woman marrying more than one husband, only the mother of the children born of such marriages will be identified and not the father.

Islam gives tremendous importance to the identification of both parents, mother and father. Psychologists tell us that children who do not know their parents, especially their father, undergo severe mental trauma and disturbances. Often they have an unhappy childhood. It is for this reason that the children of prostitutes do not have a healthy childhood.

If a child born of such wedlock is admitted in school, and when the mother is asked the name of the father, she would have to give two or more names! I am aware that recent advances in science have made it possible for both the mother and father to be identified with the help of genetic testing. Thus this point which was applicable for the past may not be applicable for the present.

2. Man is more polygamous by nature as compared to a woman.

3. Biologically, it is easier for a man to perform his duties as a husband despite having several wives. A woman, in a similar position, having several husbands, will not find it possible to perform her duties as a wife. A woman undergoes several psychological and behavioral changes due to different phases of the menstrual cycle.

4. A woman who has more than one husband will have several sexual partners at the same time and has a high chance of acquiring venereal or sexually transmitted diseases which can also be transmitted back to her husband even if all of them have no extra-marital sex. This is not the case in a man having more than one wife, and none of them having extra-marital sex.

The above reasons are those that one can easily identify. There are probably many more reasons why Allah, in His Infinite Wisdom, has prohibited polyandry.

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Please note that the more precise term for a man having more than one wife is 'Polygyny' (Poly=many Gyny=Women), not 'Polygamy' (Poly=many Gamos=marriage). The term 'Polygamy' refers specifically to those who have more than one spouses at the same time despite of their sex (man or woman).

Muslim Missionaries VS Christian Missionaries

2009-01-03T16:09:00.005+08:00

I was reading John Grisham's The Testament when I had my paradigm shift about how different Muslim missionaries & Christian missionaries are... It's a story about a dying old man who named a Christian missionary who is now on a religious mission at the Brazilian border as the beneficiary of his eleven-billion-dollar fortune instead of his own children and 3 ex-wives..

According to John Grisham, World Tribes Missions is an organization who has four thousand missionaries spread around the world working exclusively with native people. Its sole purpose and goal is to spread the Christian Gospel to every remote tribe in the world.

Most of the missionaries are those who'd backpacked into the tribe's village with a vocabulary limited to 'Hello' and 'Thank you'. Their missionary work is not as simple as it might seem. Five years passed before the tribe began to trust them. They were well into their sixth year before they told their first Bible story. They are trained to be patient, to built relationships, learn language and culture, and slowly, slowly, begin to teach the bible.

One of the missionaries once wrote that the tribe did not accept him until they realized he wasn't leaving. He had chosen to live with them, forever. He loved them and wanted to be one of them. What kind of person could possess enough faith and commitment to forsake modern society and enter such a prehistoric word? But they do..

It made me thinking that no wonder they succeed in spreading the words of the Bible throughout the world and we don't.. We muslims lack the qualities of a true missionary.. We are not well trained, not patient, not willing to sacrifice our time and wealth, not ready to put our religion before ourselves and put aside all worldly passions..

Muslim missionaries only know how to talk, talk, talk, and talk.. They were trained very well on how to talk about religion & how to invite people to do what they are doing.. It's not like I'm against it or something, but spreading Islamic Dakwah is not about talking all the time..

People around the world nowadays need more that that.. They need food, health care, shelter, money, someone who takes care of them and many more.. But all we could offer them is talking.. We don't mingle, build relationships, get involved and build trust in them.. We want them to magically listen to the words we're saying and expect them to accept Islam without first setting examples and showing what Islam is all about..

Just tell me which one of us is professionally trained to do dakwah and dedicate his/her life (and I mean his/her whole life, not just 10 days or 40 days or 4 month) to the field of dakwah to any tribes in Malaysia (our own country, not in Africa or Europe like those Christian missionaries)? None.

Allah doesn't need me or you or any of us to keep His promise i.e. to make Islam overcome the religions, all of them, though the polytheists may be averse. But Allah is offering us the best trade one could possibly offer, with the payment of Jannah (paradise).

But sadly, muslims prefer to be in the safe and confortable zone.. And suddenly get mad & feel extremely offended when Islam is defamed by other people..

Salam Maal Hijrah 1430H & Selamat Tahun Baru 2009

2008-12-29T18:21:00.002+08:00

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Islamic Method of Slaughtering Animals Appears Ruthless?

2008-12-12T07:30:00.005+08:00

Question: Why do Muslims slaughter the animal in a ruthless manner by torturing it and slowly and painfully killing it?

Answer by Dr. Zakir Naik:

The Islamic method of slaughtering animals, known as Zabiha has been the object of much criticism from a large number of people. One may consider the following points, which prove that the Zabiha method is not only humane but also scientifically the best:

1. Islamic method of slaughtering animal

Zakkaytum is a verb derived from the root word Zakah (to purify). Its infinitive is Tazkiyah which means purification. The Islamic mode of slaughtering an animal requires the following conditions to be met:

a. Animal should be slaughtered with sharp object (knife) - The animal has to be slaughtered with a sharp object (knife) and in a fast way so that the pain of slaughter is minimised.

b. Cut wind pipe, throat and vessels of neck - Zabiha is an Arabic word which means ‘slaughtered’. The ‘slaughtering’ is to be done by cutting the throat, windpipe and the blood vessels in the neck causing the animal’s death without cutting the spinal cord.
c. Blood should be drained - The blood has to be drained completely before the head is removed. The purpose is to drain out most of the blood which would serve as a good culture medium for micro organisms. The spinal cord must not be cut because the nerve fibres to the heart could be damaged during the process causing cardiac arrest, stagnating the blood in the blood vessels.

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2. Blood is a good medium for germs and bacteria - Blood is a good media of germs, bacteria, toxins, etc. Therefore the Muslim way of slaughtering is more hygienic as most of the blood containing germs, bacteria, toxins, etc. that are the cause of several diseases are eliminated.

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3. Meat remains fresh for a longer time - Meat slaughtered by Islamic way remains fresh for a longer time due to deficiency of blood in the meat as compared to other methods of slaughtering.

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4. Animal does not feel pain - The swift cutting of vessels of the neck disconnects the flow of blood to the nerve of the brain responsible for pain. Thus the animal does not feel pain. While dying, the animal struggles, withers, shakes and kicks, not due to pain, but due to the contraction and relaxation of the muscles deficient in blood and due to the flow of blood out of the body.

Aidil Adha Special- The Sarifice of Abraham: Ishmael or Isaac?

2008-12-03T18:38:00.006+08:00

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Christianity & Islam are mostly the same, but not identical Semitic religions. There are so many aspects that are similar between these two religions which have the most followers worldwide. One of them is that Muslims and Christians both believe in the story of the sacrifice of Abraham pbuh.

But the Christian version, despite the extensive similarity to the Islamic version, does not believe that Ishmael was the sacrificed one; but instead believe that Isaac was the one that was chosen by God to undergo the sacrifice.

The Story of Abraham's Sacrifice

When we open the Bible, we can find the story of the sacrifice of Abraham in the book of Genesis chapter 22 verse 1 to 13:

Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."

...But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son." Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

Meanwhile, the Quran narrates the story of these two great prophets in surah As-Saaffaat verse 101 to 107; only the ransomed one was not Isaac, but Ishmael:

"So We gave him the good news of a boy, possessing forbearance. And when he attained to working with him, he said: O my son! surely I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice you; consider then what you see. He said: O my father! do what you are commanded; if Allah please, you will find me of the patient ones. So when they both submitted and he threw him down upon his forehead, And We called out to him saying: O Ibrahim! You have indeed shown the truth of the vision; surely thus do We reward the doers of good: Most surely this is a manifest trial. And We ransomed him with a Feat sacrifice."

Ishmael or Isaac?

When we ask a Christian scholar, who was the ransomed one? Ishmael or Isaac? They will definitely tell us that it was Isaac; Abraham's only son, based on Genesis 22:2 "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah."

But when we analize the Bible carefully, we can find that Isaac was not the only son of Abraham at that time, and that Ishmael was born way before Isaac. I'm referring to the book of Genesis 16:15-16

"So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael."

The scripture says that Abraham was 86 years old when he had Ishmael, while in chapter 21 of the same book, verse 5 it says:

"Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him."

I'm asking you, if Ishmael was born when Abraham is 86 years old and Isaac was born when Abraham is 100 years old, doesn't that make Ishmael older than Isaac? Why does the Bible describe Isaac as Abraham's only son then, when he clearly had a brother at that time?

The Christians will tell you that this is because they only recognize Sarah (Isaac mother) as Abraham's true wife, while Hagar (Ishmael's mother) was only his concubine.

When we ask where did the Bible say that Hagar was only his concubine, Christian scholars always give us the verse from Genesis 16:3, where the word 'Concubine' is now nowhere to be found, for it was changed by the Biblical scholars to the word 'Wife':

"Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife..."

Some of them might say that there is no difference between wife and concubine when the Bible is concerned, because the system at that time did not differentiate between a wife and a concubine, based on the inconstancy of the Bible in describing Keturah when she is described as Abraham's concubine in 1 Chronicles 1:32 ~ "The sons born to Keturah, Abraham's concubine..." but as his wife in Genesis 2:1 ~ "Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah."

But the Bible itself begs to differ when it stated in 1 Kings 11:3 that Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines:

"He (Solomon) had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray."

This verse is a vivid evidence that the Bible knew the differences between a wife and a concubine. If not, why didn't the Bible just say that Solomon had a thousand wives / a thousand concubines instead of differentiating between wives and concubine. Thus, their arguments about Ishmael was not the elder son do not hold.

Islamic version

The Islamic version of the story of Abraham's sacrifice does not state clearly who was the ransomed one, but most of the Islamic scholars interpret that Ishmael was the person that is mentioned in Surah as-Saaffaat verse 101 to 107 according to several aspects.

There are equally strong evidences to support both arguments, thus some of the scholars give permission to believe in either one of the stories. "No matter either one of the stories one does believe in, they (Ishmael and Isaac) are both pure and pious to God," says the author of Tafseer Hadaaiq ar-Ruh wa ar-Raihan.

YouTube: Aidil Adha

2008-11-30T07:30:00.002+08:00

Above is a very interesting and informative video about an interview with Shabir Ally, a famous comparative religion scholar and also an author of the 101 Clear Contradictions in the Bible, discussing about the celebration of Aidil Adha among Muslims.. Just thought that this would be a great video for all of u to watch for the becoming celebration of Aidil Adha which is just around the corner..

I'm planning to write a post regarding 'The Sacrifice of Abraham: Isaac or Ishmael?", a methodological study of the Quran & the Bible on this issue. Don't forget to look forward to it (^_^)

10,000 unique visitors..

2008-11-26T04:31:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum..

Just dropping by to say thank u to all visitors for supporting this blog until it reached the count of 10,000 unique visitors since it was first establish in April 2007..

Even though it's not as much as other blogs like www.saifulislam.com or www.zaharudin.net etc which has approximately 6,000 viewers per day, but I'm still grateful for this opportunity.. This is obviously a good indicator, indicating that our community is avid for this kind of thing..

I humbly ask all of you to pray to Allah, may He bless this little work and reward me for whatever good this blog has brought to people and forgive me for all mistakes and sins I have done in the past.. Amiin

Why are non-Muslims not allowed in the Holy Cities of Makkah and Madinah

2008-11-20T05:10:00.004+08:00

Question:
Why are non-Muslims not allowed in the Holy cities of Makkah and Madinah?

Answer by Dr. Zakir Naik:

It is true that non-Muslims are not allowed in the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah, by law. The following points will serve to elucidate the possible reasoning behind such a restriction.

1. All citizens are not permitted in the cantonment area

I am a citizen of India. Yet, I am not permitted to enter certain restricted areas like the cantonment. In every country there are certain areas where a common citizen of that country cannot enter. Only a citizen who is enrolled in the military or those who are connected with the defence of the country are allowed in the cantonment area.

Similarly Islam is a Universal Religion for the entire world and for all human beings. The cantonment areas of Islam are the two holy cites of Makkah and Madinah. Here only those who believe in Islam and are involved in the defence of Islam i.e. the Muslims are allowed. It would be illogical for a common citizen to object against the restriction on entering a cantonment area. Similarly it is not appropriate for non-Muslims to object against the restriction on non-Muslims against entering Makkah and Madinah.

2. Visa to enter Makkah and Madinah

a. Whenever a person travels to a foreign country he has to first apply for a visa i.e. the permission to enter that country. Every country has its own rules, regulations and requirements for issuing a visa. Unless their critera are satisfied they will not issue a visa.

b. One of the countries which is very strict in issuing a visa is the United States of America, especially when issuing visas to citizens of the third world. They have several conditions and requirements to be fulfilled before they issue a visa.

c. When I visited Singapore, it was mentioned on their immigration form - death to drug traffickers. If I want to visit Singapore I have to abide by the rules. I cannot say that death penalty is a barbaric punishment. Only if I agree with their requirements and conditions will I be permitted to enter the country.

d. The Visa – The primary condition required for any human being to enter Makkah or Madina is to say with his lips, La ila ha illallah Muhammed ur Rasulullah meaning that ‘there is no God but Allah and Muhammed (pbuh) is His Messenger.’

NB: Taken from 20 Most Common Questions About Islam by Dr Zakir Naik

Ya babi, ya babi...

2008-11-08T02:12:00.003+08:00

Satu perkara yang saya tidak faham dengan perangai umat Islam hari ini ialah bagaimana mereka suka mencari-cari maksud yang terkandung dalam satu-satu perkataan itu dan akhirnya mewarwarkan kepada orang ramai melalui internet bahawa perkataan tersebut maksudnya begini dan begitu dan hendaklah dijauhi atas alasan menjaga akidah...Antara yang selalu saya jumpa di E-mail2 yang selalu saya terima dan juga forum-forum seperti iluvislam.com ialah perkataan 'Hello' yang dikatakan berasal daripada perkataan 'Hell-Low' yang membawa maksud 'neraka yang paling bawah' (iaitu neraka jahannam), perkataan 'Pikachu' (watak dalam kartun Pokemon) yang berasal daripada perkataan 'Pick-a-Jew', dan perkataan 'Bye-bye' yang berasal dari perkataan Arab 'Fi Hifzil Baba' yang bermaksud 'Di bawah jagaan Pope'..

Maka perkataan-perkataan ini -bagi mereka- perlulah dijauhi penggunaannya oleh umat Islam; bimbang-bimbang akan terpesong akidah...

Walaupun saya berpegang pada konsep bahawa bahasa merupakan salah satu wasilah/cara bagi satu kelompok tertentu untuk menyampaikan apa yang terkandung di dalam fikiran mereka kepada individu yang lain, saya ingin membawa satu contoh yang mudah untuk memahami perkara ini..

Di Mesir, tempat di mana saya belajar sekarang, kita selalu berjumpa dengan anak-anak kecil yang memanggil ayah mereka, "Ya babi, ya babi", yang bermaksud, "Ayah, ayah..." Perkataan asal bagi 'ayah' dalam bahasa Arab sebenarnya ialah 'Abi', tetapi anak-anak di sini selalu menyebutnya dengan bunyi manja sehingga bertukar bunyi seperti yang saya katakan tadi..

Jadi, adakah kita boleh mengatakan kepada mereka bahawa haram hukumnya memanggil ayah-ayah mereka dengan panggilan itu, kerana 'Ya babi' dalam bahasa Melayunya bermaksud... (well, u know what it means.. it's obvious, isn't it?)

Moga kita menjadi muslim yang terbuka mindanya dan terarah pemikirannya kepada perkara-perkara yang jauh lebih penting dan besar impaknya.. Amiin

Arabic Bible Calligraphy: Expression of Art or Evidence for Deception?

2008-11-06T03:34:00.008+08:00

Arabic calligraphy is well-known art that mostly is attributed to Muslims..

Muslims have been using Arabic Calligraphy to write the Quranic verses as well as the sayings of the Prophet since time immemorial. But in this modern day, we manage to find some flyers and posters distributed among Muslims which look just like the Quranic verse, but they were actually not..

I manage to get these two examples of some verse taken from the Holy Bible which are written in the same manner that we Muslims always do when we write our Quranic verses..

Example #1:

Below is a citation from the Arabic Bible verse of Matthew 5: 44-45

The translation of this verse is:
"But I say to you, Love your enemy and pray for your persecutors, so that you may be sons of your heavenly Father."

Example #2
Below is another citation from the Arabic Bible verse of Matthew 11: 28-30

The translation of this verse is:

"Come to me all you who labour and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls; for my yoke is easy and my burden is the light."

But some might argue that calligraphy is not exclusively an Islamic art. The Arabic language is for the Arabs wether they are muslims, christians, jews etc.

So now, I would like to hear some of my blog readers' thought & opinion about this.. Every answer should be accompanied by a good reason to hold up your argument.. You can do that in the comment section.. Thank u =)

Be Careful In Choosing Your Child's Name

2008-10-24T00:59:00.003+08:00

Dr Yusuf Al-Qardhawi; a well-known Islamic scholar in one of his books, Fatawa Mu'asarah said that it is haraam or prohibited to name ur child Abdul-Masih (meaning the servant of Christ) or anything that give the meaning that there's another Lord other than Allah, including Abdun Nabi (meaning the servant of the prophet), Abdul Uzza (the servant of Uzza), Abdus-Syams (the servant of the sun), and the names of any ulama or sheikhs or scholars + the word 'Abdul' before it, no matter how pious/righteous he/she is.

Hope this benefits all of you..

Kristian atau Barat??

2008-10-23T22:44:00.004+08:00

Perbincangan mengenai isu hukum isteri melakukan oral seks kepada suami satu ketika dahulu di forum iluvislam.com menarik perhatian saya untuk membincangkan satu isu yang sangat penting pada kali ini..

Kebanyakan moderator dan juga user dalam forum tersebut bersetuju bahawa adalah haram jika si isteri melakukan oral seks kepada suaminya sendiri. Alasan pertama yg dikemukakan ialah kerana perbuatan tersebut adalah kotor kerana bersangkut paut dengan najis yg terdapat pada kemaluan suami yg dimasukkan ke dlm mulut isteri.. Maka saya katakan kalau itulah 'illah pengharamannya, maka perbuatan tersebut tidak lagi haram jika si suami memakai kondom ketika oral seks..

Maka sebahagian mereka mengatakan bahawa ia haram kerana meletakkan sesuatu (kemaluan suami) bukan pada tempat yang sepatutnya (di mulut isteri). Maka saya katakan jika begitu, haram juga perbuatan isteri melakukan onani kepada suami ketika si isteri sedang dlm keadaan haid, kerana kemaluan suami juga diletakkan pada tempat yang tidak sepatutnya, iaitu tangan isteri; sedangkan perbuatan tersebut telah disepakati oleh para ulamak tentang keharusannya.

Mereka mengatakan kes ini berbeza kerana dalam keadaan isteri haid, benda yang haram boleh menjadi halal buat sementara. Tetapi bagaimana pula jika saya katakan halal menyetubuhi isteri melalui dubur (anal sex) ketika isteri sedang haid? Adakah ia menjadi halal juga kerana isteri ketika itu sedang haid?

Akhirnya, mereka mengatakan bahawa ianya haram kerana perbuatan tersebut menyerupai perbuatan orang kafir... Berdasarkan sebuah hadis masyhur yg diriwayatkan oleh Abu Daud yang bermaksud, "Barangsiapa yang menyerupai sesuatu kaum itu, maka dia adalah sebahagian daripada mereka."

Maka timbul persoalan, adakah semua perbuatan org kafir tidak boleh dilakukan oleh umat Islam? Jika mereka mengira perbuatan oral seks sebagai 'meniru perbuatan orang kafir', maka mereka juga perlu mengharamkan perbuatan2 tersebut:

1) Makan menggunakan sudu dan garpu
2) Memakai kot, blazer, tali leher, bow-tie, jaket
3) Memakai seluar jeans, T-Shirt, Kemeja
4) Memakan makanan Western spt Chicken Chop, Steak, Sausage, Waffle
5) Bertutur dalam bahasa Inggeris
6) Menaiki kereta atau motorsikal
7) Mencium isteri di mulut
8) Meminum minuman berkarbonat
9) Memakai cap, topi cowboy dll
10) Segala bentuk sukan termasuk bola sepak, tennis, badminton, bowling, swimming, dan video games

Mengapa? Kerana perbuatan2 ini juga dilakukan oleh orang2 kafir di negara2 barat.. Jadi menurut mereka, apa sahaja yang dilakukan oleh orang Barat, perlu dijauhi oleh umat Islam kerana haram hukumnya menyerupai perbuatan mereka berdasarkan hadis riwayat Abu Daud tadi.. Perbuatan2 di atas perlu digantikan kepada:

1) Makan menggunakan tangan sahaja (sebaik2nya 3 jari, walaupun ketika makan mi goreng mamak)
2) Memakai jubah atau baju melayu sahaja sepanjang hari, setiap masa (termasuklah ke pasar dan ketika tidur)
3) Memakai kain pelikat, seluar cotton singkat agar tidak labuh menutupi buku lali.. Seluar slack pun tak boleh
4) Memakan makanan Melayu atau Arab sahaja seperti roti, kebab, nasi dsb
5) Bertutur dalam bahasa Melayu atau Arab sahaja
6) Menunggang unta dan kuda

Macamane? Mengarut bukan? Mengapa?

Inilah yang ingin saya bincangkan pada hari ini.. Umat Islam pada hari ini terlalu kurang ilmu dan maklumat sehinggakan mereka tidak mampu untuk membezakan antara 'Kristian' dan juga 'Barat'. Hadis yang diriwayatkan oleh Abu Daud tadi perlu diteliti dan ditafsir dengan bimbingan para ulamak yang pakar dalam bidang hadir. Adakah benar semua perbuatan orang2 kafir dihukumkan haram untuk dilakukan oleh umat Islam, ataupun bagaimana?

Persoalan ini telahpun dijawab oleh para ulamak, "Apa yang dimaksudkan dengan tasyabbuh/menyerupai orang kafir - seperti mana yang dinyatakan oleh ahli ilmu - ialah melakukan perbuatan yang dikhususkan untuk kaum yang ditiru itu sahaja. Maka semua pakaian2 yang dikhususkan oleh orang2 kafir sahaja diharamkan untuk dipakai oleh umat Islam, seperti sebahagian kain penutup kepala dan juga jubah yang dipakai oleh para rahib dan paderi."

Justeru, hanya perbuatan2 yg mencerminkan ciri2 khas sesuatu agama tersebut sahaja sebenarnya termasuk dalam maksud dan tujuan hadis tersebut, seperti memakai salib, atau pakaian rahib/nun, jubah paderi, jubah sami Buddha, serban orang Sikh, membuat tanda di dahi seperti wanita Hindu, menyentu dahi, dada dan kedua bahu untuk melambangkan salib seperti yang selalu dilakukan oleh paderi Kristian dan sebagainya.

Jubah dan topi yg kebiasaannya dipakai oleh Pope haram dipakai oleh umat Islam

Namun tidaklah termasuk meniru perbuatan orang kafir jika kita melakukan perkara2 yang dinisbahkan hanya kepada sesuatu kaum; tidak kepada agama, seperti makan menggunakan sudu dan garpu, memakai kot, blazer, tali leher, bow-tie, jaket, seluar jeans, T-Shirt, Kemeja, memakan makanan Western spt Chicken Chop, Steak, Sausage, Waffle, bertutur dalam bahasa Inggeris, menaiki kereta atau motorsikal, mencium isteri di mulut, meminum minuman berkarbonat, memakai cap, topi cowboy, honeymoon, termasuklah perbuatan oral seks, kerana perbuatan2 ini sememangnya tidak dilakukan untuk melambangkan syiar mana2 agama.

Jika haram meniru kesemua perbuatan orang Kafir, maka Waffle juga haram, kerana ia rata2nya dimakan oleh orang2 kafir..

Namun, saya menghormati pendapat2 para ulamak yang mengatakan ia adalah haram; cuma tidak boleh menjadikan alasan 'meniru perbuatan org kafir' sebagai illah pengharaman perbuatan ini..

Juga tidak menjadi kesalahan jika perbuatan tersebut telah tersebar di kalangan umat Islam dan tidak lagi disifatkan khusus kepada satu2 kaum itu, seperti menepuk tangan (dahulunya dikhususkan kpd musyrik Mekah yang bertawaf dlm keadaan telanjang di keliling kaabah), memakai seluar jeans dan sebagainya..

Justeru, perlu dibezakan antara perbuatan 'Barat' dan 'Kristian'.. Antara perbuatan yg dilakukan oleh satu2 bangsa, ataupun perbuatan yg dilakukan untuk melambangkan syiar satu2 agama itu.. Jgn terlalu mudah menghukum..

Wallahua'lam

Umat Islam Murtad, salah siapa?

2008-10-16T08:40:00.006+08:00

Kita selalu mendengar bahawa kes murtad di Malaysia pada hari ini telah sampai ke satu tahap yang membimbangkan.. lebih2 lg apabila undang2 negara berkenaan hal ini telah mula dicerobohi oleh golongan bukan islam di malaysia..

Pada pos kali ini, saya ingin mengajak para pembaca sekalian untuk berfikir 'out of the box' sedikit.. Pertama, sy ingin bertanya.. Salah siapakah ini??

Bukanlah tujuan saya untuk meletakkan kesalahan murtad ini ke atas bahu-bahu umat Islam.. Cuma ingin menasihatkan kita semua agar buka mata dan tidak mudah melatah dengan kejadian-kejadian seperti ini..

1) Bantuan kewangan - Apabila umat Islam ditimpa satu2 musibah atau malapetaka, seperti beberapa tahun dulu di Acheh, ketika mana umat Islam sedang hangat bertikam lidah mengkafirkan antara satu sama lain, menuduh Wahhabi, menuduh sesat dsb, bantuan mana yg sampai dahulu di Acheh? Pendakwah Kristian, atau Islam?

Letakkan diri anda di tempat mangsa Tsunami.. Ketika anda kehilangan sanak saudara, harta benda, tempat tinggal, ketiadaan makanan.. Tiba2 dtg satu kumpulan pendakwah Kristian membawa bekalan makanan dan perubatan.. Diberinya kita shelter dan brg2 keperluan lain seperti selimut dan pakaian.. Dibekalkan dengan senaskhah Bible diikuti dengan nasihat berkenaan kasih sayang Jesus kepada umat beliau.. dan barangsiapa yang beriman kepada Jesus, dia akan masuk ke dalam syurga.. Tidakkah anda juga akan terpesona dengan kecantikkan akhlak yang ditunjukkan oleh mereka?

Hati mereka bertanya.. Di manakan saudara2 ku dari negara2 Islam? Aaah, mereka ni langsung tak guna.. Masa aku susah, xde sorg pun datang menolong.. Kini, saudaraku hanyalah org yg menolongku ketika susah.. Iatu paderi2 Kristian ini..

Beberapa minggu selepas itu, barulah ada beberapa kerat bantuan yang smpai dari saudara Islam mereka sendiri.. dengan budget yang sedikit rendah daripada apa yang diterima oleh paderi2 kristian, mereka juga memberi bantuan dari segi makanan dan perubatan dll.. Namun ketika itu sudah terlalu lewat.. Jesus sudah lama bertapak di hati mereka..

Umat islam kemudiannya melenting.. Ustaz2 dan penceramah bebas menjadikannya modal dalam ceramah2 mereka.. Video2 ditayangkan di sekolah2 dan ipt.. Namun apa tindakan seterusnya??

2) Akhlak VS Etika - Rezeki yang dikurniakan oleh Allah kepada keluarga saya membuatkan saya berpeluang untuk menziarahi beberapa buah negara 'Mat Salleh' seperti UK, Switzerland, France dan Australia beberapa tahun dahulu.. Ditambah pula dengan peluang saya melanjutkan pelajaran di Universiti Al-Azhar yang terletak di Kaherah, Mesir; sebuah negara yg masyhur dgn khazanah ilmu Islam..

Atas faktor2 inilah, saya berpeluang melihat perbezaan yang ketara antara akhlak yang ditunjukkan oleh umat islam dan etika yang dimiliki oleh orang2 bukan Islam...

Menepati masa, menepati janji, menjaga kebersihan, sistematik, jujur, amanah, cekap, menolong orang tanpa mengira kenalan atau tidak, maju -- adalah perkataan2 yg saya akan gunakan untuk menyifatkan masyarakat 'Mat Salleh' yang tidak ada iman kepada Allah, Nabi dan kitab-Nya..

Tidak menepati masa, memungkiri janji, pengotor, tidak sistematik, tidak jujur, tidak amanah, tidak cekap, susah nak mintak tolong, mundur -- antara perkataan2 yg saya boleh sifatkan kepada masyarakat Arab Islam yang mengaku beriman kepada Allah, Rasul dan Kitab yang mereka akui sebagai pembimbing umat manusia dari setiap sudut dan aspek..

Tetapi bagaimana kita hendak terangkan kepada penduduk dunia perbezaan antara AKHLAK umat Islam yang dibimbing dengan wahyu Ilahi dengan ETIKA yang dimiliki serta dipraktikkan oleh umat bukan Islam yang sering kita label sebagai 'sesat' dan 'penghuni neraka' ini?

Jika anda merupakan seorang yang asing daripada pengetahuan dan negara Islam, dengan hanya melihat kepada sikap penganut-penganut agama tersebut, agama manakah yang akan anda pilih; Islam atau Kristian?

Golongan moden pada hari ini, kebanyakannya tidak lagi melihat kepada doktrin atau ajaran sesuatu agama itu untuk menilai sejauh mana kebenarannya.. "Between religion and morality, I would choose morality," menurut salah seorang pembaca blog ini yg non-muslim..

Jadi, jika AKHLAK umat Islam dan ETIKA org bukan Islam diletakkan di neraca timbangan, rasa2nya siapa akan menang?

3) Kemajuan dlm bidang keduniaan - Umat Islam sibuk mengatkan, "Al-Quran kami bertepatan dengan fakta sains dan teknologi hari ini.." "Al-Quran kami menggalakkan pembangunan spirituil, keduniaan dan intelektual dalam masa yang sama. Islam adalah agama yang sempurna.."

Tetapi, adakah kata2 seperti ini berjaya dijelmakan ke dalam bentuk realiti? Atau hanya sekadar omong2 kosong yg sampai bila pun tak akan terrealisasi?

Bayangkan jika anda; seorang atheist yang mementingkan moraliti dan juga kemajuan dlm bidang keduniaan yang hendak berhijrah ke negara lain.. negara mana yang akan anda pilih? Mesir, atau US? Anda mgkn akan mengatakan, "Alaa, xpela.. Islam x mementingkan keduniaan.. yg penting akhirat nnti.."

Tp cuba fikir.. Jika org sperti ini menetap di US atau UK kerana tidak mahu menetap di mesir yang jauh lebih mundur dari US atau UK, sampai bila dia akan terus menerus menerima mesej Islam yang sebenar - yang jauh dari putar belit media??

4) Kebersihan - Umat Islam sibuk melaungkan, "Islam agama yg menggalakkan kebersihan.." "Kebersihan sebahagian daripada Iman.." Tetapi pergilah ke mana2 negara Islam.. Siapa boleh beritahu saya satu negara Islam yang majoriti tempatnya bersih? (other than Malaysia, if u consider Malaysia as a clean country)

Rubbish everywhere - a place in Egypt.. Well, i could say almost everywhere in Egypt is like this..

Malah di UK sekalipun.. seorang rakan saya dari UK sendiri mengatakan, "Kalau nak tahu kawasan tu tempat orang Islam ke bukan, tengok je la bersih ke, kotor.. Kalau kotor tu, mmg sah la tu tempat org Islam.."

Di Jepun, di mana kebanyakan penduduknya tidak menganut mana2 agama..Kotor atau bersih? Pakcik saya yg pernah bekerja di Jepun mengatakan, beliau boleh nampak Islam di Jepun walaupun tidak ada umat Islam di sana, tetapi dia tak nampak Islam di negara umat Islam sendiri.. Jgnkan nak jumpa sampah sarap, escalator awam pun dipolish sehingga kilat di Jepun.. Beritahu saya, negara Islam mana yang pernah polish escalator mereka sehingga kilat?

Cuba lihat gambar di bawah.. Kita dpt lihat semua pengguna escalator di Jepun seolah2 telah dididik sejak kecil, sehinggakan menjadi 'second nature' mereka untuk berdiri di sebelah kiri escalator untuk memberi ruangan kepada mereka yg nak cepat..

Belum lagi bincang berkenaan rakyatnya yg menepati masa, menghormati antara satu sama lain, ulat buku, berteknologi tinggi dsb... Sekali lagi, jika anda seorang berbangsa Jepun, anda mahukah memeluk Islam setelah melihat perangai umat Islam sendiri? Atau anda akan rasakan bahawa cara hidup anda di Jepun jauh lebih baik daripada apa yang mampu ditawarkan oleh Islam?

Tepuk dada, tanyalah selera...

What they say about Muhammad?

2008-09-21T14:20:00.002+08:00

If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modem history with Muhammad? The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes This man moved not only armies, legislation, empires, peoples and dynasties, but millions of men in one-third of the then-inhabited world; and more than that he moved the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and souls... As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he?

- Lamartine
Histoire de la Turquie, Pans 1854, Vol. 11, pp. 276-77.

He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue. If ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammad, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports.

- Bosworth Smith
Mohammad and Mohammadanism, London 1874, p 92.

His readiness to undergo persecution for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as leader, and the greatness of his ultimate achievement all argue his fundamental integrity To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves. Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad.

- W Montgomery Watt
Mohammad At Mecca, Oxford, 1953, p 52.

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2008-09-21T14:19:00.001+08:00

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Muslims: The most easily offended people in the world

2008-09-17T00:50:00.003+08:00

Assalamualaikum guys..

I came across a very interesting blog owned by one of my blog viewers.. I believe that he's an atheist.. In his blog, he said something about the bad habits of muslims, particularly here in our country; Malaysia.. Which I agree with him.. Let's have a look at what he's got to say about this... The ones i bolded are which u guys should emphasize..

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Sewaktu saya masih berada di bangku sekolah dahulu, rakan-rakan saya sering bertanya kepada saya, '' Chan, kau makan babi tak?''

Saya ni seorang yang kurang makan daging, kerana saya berpendapat adalah tidak adil untuk kita membunuh binatang yang lemah dan menjadikannya makanan. Saya juga berpendapat bahawa semua binatang pun kotor, binatang mana yang tidak bernajis? Selain itu, saya juga sedang berdiet. Pelbagai alasan saya boleh beri, tetapi saya tidak suka memberi alasan, saya suka membuat provokasi. Jadi, saya pun menjawab, ''mestilah makan! Aku tak boleh hidup tanpa babi!!''

Wajah mereka terus berubah, seolah-olah mereka sedang berhadapan dengan benda yang paling kotor dalam dunia ni! Apa yang lebih menyeronokkan ialah mereka boleh menghebohkan kepada satu sekolah yang saya makan babi! Tak ada lah satu sekolah, gempak satu kelas saja, mahu kasi hiperbola sikit. Saya akan dilabelkan sebagai 'pengotor, 'cina babi', dan macam-macam ada lah!...

...Apabila saya balik dari sekolah, baru saya sedar sebenarnya bukan saya seorang saja yang berhadapan dengan 'orang-orang suci' ni. Adik saya 'dibahan' sampai menangis teresak-teresak. Saya bertanya apa yang membuat dia nangis. Dia kata 'kawan-kawan' dia tu mengejek 'tuhan' dia tu gemuk!...

...Tapi apa yang saya tahu, orang-orang yang menggelar mereka ni 'suci' selalu memburuk-burukkan agama orang lain tanpa mendalami agama tersebut. Yang mereka tahu ialah agama mereka yang ter'best'....

Pandai pula 'orang-orang suci' ni, bila mencaci agama orang lain bukan main 'happy' lagi. Bila ada orang mencaci agama mereka berasaplah pula hidung mereka! Siap berperang lagi! Silap-silap kalau saya berperangai macam mereka satu sekolah saya letupkan nanti! Saya tahu mereka yang 'suci' ni mudah tersinggung, dan saya berani mengatakan, saya telah mendalami agama mereka dan saya dapati agama mereka tidak menganjurkan keganasan! Mana pula mereka baca pasal keganasan itu boleh membawa mereka ke syurga pun saya tak tahu lah!

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I think we all agree that Muslims (or should I say pseudo-muslims) are the most easily-offended people on earth! They get offended so easily.. Like i read in some articles.. They said, "Muslims in England are demanding that images of pigs be removed from the workplace because they offend their itty bitty tender sensibilities."

They are several examples i could list here.. but i think we all can figure it out ourselves.. We Muslims love to riot, make protests, boycotts n some other stuffs when we think something or someone offended their religion, when they actually were not. We lack the sense of thinking and analyzing a situation, which makes Islam bears the burden of blames of people from other religion...

Wake up muslims!!

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2008-09-16T13:57:00.003+08:00

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Idris Tawfiq - Ex-Catholic Priest

2008-09-01T18:23:00.002+08:00

This is a video of a famous figure in Islamic World; Idris Tawfiq, an Ex-Catholic British Priest who reverted to Islam after seeing the courtesy & the manners of Muslims, particularly in Egypt, and was shocked with what he see compared to what he heard in the medias..

He'll be in Cairo in the 2nd week of Ramadhan this year giving a talk & launching his new book... You can find more about him at http://www.idristawfiq.com/

Gorgeous Blond Catholic Reverts to Islam

2008-09-01T11:34:00.002+08:00

I like this video sooo much... Plz spend some time watching it... And most importantly, the last part of this video; regarding changing names after reverting to Islam...

I don't understand why is this such a big issue for some people... Is it compulsory to change one's name to so-called 'Islamic' names after reverting to Islam? The answer is a big fat NO!

As long as it has a go0d meaning, it's ok to keep one's former name; be it a Christian name, Chinese name, African name etc... They are reverting to Islam for God's sake, not to Arabs!

You might think that this is a small issue... But it isn't entirely true for some people who's very concerned in keeping their former names... The most disappointing part is when they refused to revert to Islam just because they wanna keep their former name so badly, but some of our Syariah officers insist on this silly terms..

May Allah give them hidayah to the right path.. Amin

Deedat Answering Polygyny

2008-08-30T04:47:00.003+08:00

This video is about Ahmad Deedat answering a question from a Christian girl about polygyny in Islam.. And i must say that I'm so impressed with Deedat's simple yet powerful answer with a clear example & logical explanation.. May Allah bless him n put him amongst His pious servants.. Check it out guys (^_~)

Is Terrorism Muslim Monopoly?

2008-08-28T20:12:00.004+08:00

JEDDAH, 27 September 2006 — Terrorism is not a Muslim monopoly, was the mesage delivered by international dawa activist Dr. Zakir Naik in a lecture delivered at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) auditorium on Monday night.

Speaking after Taraweeh prayers to a packed audience of over 5,000 people consisting of both male and female Saudis and expatriates, Dr. Zakir categorically explained the meaning of terrorism.

Quoting historical facts and figures, he explained how the assumption that “not all Muslims are terrorists but all terrorists are Muslim” was untrue.

Dr. Zakir, who is one of the Muslim world’s leading and most prolific speakers, quoted from the scriptures of other religions and proved that associating killing with Islam is incorrect.

“It says in the Book of Numbers that whoever worships other than god then he should be killed,” he said, referring to the Bible. “This is a media conspiracy and a way of pushing people away from Islam. In every religion there are black sheep and the media keep putting these people forward,” he added.

“We should learn how to turn the tables and convey the real meaning,” said Dr. Zakir, while calling on Muslims to dispel the media’s vilifying of Muslims and the importance of having Muslim television channels and newspapers.

The speech was followed by a lively question-and-answer session in which Dr. Zakir dealt with questions from the audience on terrorism and comparative religion. He also announced that he was more than ready to participate in a theological debate with preachers from other religions.

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p/s: I'm planning on translating this talk to malay language n publish it as a book, so that anybody (particularly malays) can enjoy this talk given by Dr Zakir.. Only the problem is, i always start a project, but then leave it half finished.. (T_T) But statistically speaking, a small project is easier to finish than a big one (^_^) so i do hope that u guys will pray for me, may this dream will come true, sooner or later.. Wassalam

.:Salam Ramadhan:.

2008-08-18T03:16:00.003+08:00

Selamat menyambut bulan ramadhan al-mubarak kepada semua pengunjung blog ini.. jgn lupa doakan agar saya diberi kejayaan dunia akhirat n diampunkan dosa-dosa n dimasukkan ke dalam golongan hamba Allah yang disayangi-Nya.. Amiin

Perwatakan Jesus di dalam kitab Bible

2008-07-13T19:57:00.003+08:00

Perhatikan sikap yang ditunjukkan oleh Jesus kepada para pengikutnya seperti mana yang digambarkan di dalam kitab Bible:-

Gospel Matthew bab 12 ayat 39, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign!...” yang bermaksud, “Generasi yang fasik dan jahat meminta satu mukjizat..” (Jesus menyifatkan generasi umatnya sebagai fasik dan jahat...)

Gospel Matthew bab 15 ayat 25 dan 26, “The woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said. He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs." yang bermaksud, “Wanita itu menghampiri Jesus dan berlutut di hadapannya, lalu berkata, “Tuan, tolonglah saya.” Tetapi Jesus menjawab, “Tidaklah patut mengambil roti kanak-kanak dan melemparkannya kepada anjing-anjing mereka.” (Jesus menyifatkan kaum Kanaan sebagai anjing-anjing bangsa Israel)

Gospel Matthew bab 23 ayat 13, 15, 23, 25, 27 dan 29, “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!” yang bermaksud, “Celakalah kamu wahai guru Taurat dan orang Farisi! Kamu munafik!”

Gospel Matthew bab 23 ayat 16, ” Woe to you, blind guides!” “Celakalah kamu, pemimpin buta!”

Gospel Matthew bab 23 ayat 33, “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?” yang bermaksud, “Kamu (jahat seperti) ular berbisa! Kamu keturunan ular! Bagaimana mungkin kamu dapat melepaskan diri daripada hukuman di neraka?”

Gospel Luke bab 11 ayat 40, “You foolish people!” yang bermaksud, “Kamu bodoh!”

Gospel Matthew bab 16 ayat 23, “Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me...” yang bermaksud, “Jesus berpaling dan berkata kepada Peter, “Pergi engkau ke belakang aku, syaitan! Engkau menjadi penghalang jalanku!”” (Peter metrupakan salah seorang daripada 12 orang pengikut Jesus atau hawariun..)

Anno Domini, A.D.

2008-07-03T10:20:00.004+08:00

"Always use A.C. (After Christ) or C.E. (Christian Era) and not A.D. as Muslims often do unthinkingly."

-Muhummed, THE NATURAL SUCCESSOR TO Christ by Ahmad Deedat.

The abbreviation A.D. or Anno Domini is a Latin word, which means "In The Year of Our Lord", which refers to Jesus Christ. More fully, years may be also specified as Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi ("In the Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ").

So, it is advisable for Muslims to use the abbreviation A.C. which stands for 'After Christ' or C.E. which stands for 'Common Era' or 'Christian Era' instead of Anno Domini, because we call nobody 'Lord' except Allah alone..

Imam Melkisedek, Elisa dan Jesus

2008-07-03T06:41:00.005+08:00

David: Kami menerima Jesus sebagai Tuhan kerana beliau merupakan satu-satunya individu yang dilahirkan secara ajaib dan luar biasa. Beliau dilahirkan tanpa seorang ayah.

Effy: Baiklah. Kalau begitu, saudara perlu juga menerima Imam Melkisedek sebagai Tuhan. Malah beliau lebih hebat daripada Jesus, kerana beliau tidak mempunyai ibu, bapa, tiada permulaan dan tiada pengakhiran.

Kisah beliau dirakamkan di dalam kitab Bible sendiri, di dalam surat Paul kepada orang Ibrani (Hebrews) bab 7 ayat 3, “Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever.”

Ia bermaksud, “Beliau tidak mempunyai ayah atau ibu, tiada salasilah keturunan, tiada permulaan dan pengakhiran hidupnya. Dia seperti anak Tuhan, dan dia kekal menjadi imam selama-lamanya.”

David: Bagaimana pula jika saya katakan bahawa Jesus berkuasa menghidupkan orang yang telah mati. Kisah ini dirakamkan di dalam Lukas (Luke) bab 7 ayat 12 hingga 15,22 dan Markus (Mark) 5:22-43

Effy: Jika ketuhanan seseorang itu bergantung kepada kemampuannya untuk menghidupkan orang yang telah mati, maka Elisa juga perlu diambil sebagai Tuhan. Beliau juga menurut kitab Bible telah menghidupkan orang yang telah mati. Cuba rujuk kisah tersebut di dalam 2 Raja-raja (2 Kings) bab 4 ayat 32 hingga 37.

Malah, Elisa ini lebih hebat daripada Jesus. Jesus hanya boleh menghidupkan orang yang telah mati semasa tempoh hayat beliau sahaja. Tetapi Elisa ini mampu menghidupkan mayat yang telah mati walaupun ketika jasad beliau hanya tinggal tulang sahaja. Cuba bacakan saya kisah tersebut di dalam 2 Raja-raja (2 Kings) bab 13 ayat 21.

David: “Pada suatu hari, ketika orang Israel sedang menguburkan orang mati, mereka nampak gerombolan orang Moab. Oleh sebab ketakutan, mereka melemparkan mayat itu ke dalam kubur Elisa lalu lari. Sebaik sahaja mayat itu terkena pada tulang Elisa, mayat itu hidup semula dan berdiri tegak.”

Effy: Hebat, bukan? Sebenarnya, dalam menilai adakah orang itu boleh diterima sebagai Tuhan atau tidak, kita tidak boleh hanya melihat kepada keajaiban atau mukjizat yang dilakukan sahaja, kerana terdapat banyak individu lain di dalam kitab Bible yang juga boleh melakukan pelbagai jenis mukjizat.

Sedangkan nabi palsu pun boleh melakukan keajaiban dan mukjizat serta memperdayakan manusia, walaupun mereka yang sentiasa melakukan ketaatan kepada Tuhan, seperti mana yang diingatkan oleh Jesus sendiri di dalam Markus (Mark) bab 13 ayat 22 dan 23, “Penyelamat palsu dan nabi palsu akan datang. Mereka akan melakukan mukjizat dan keajaiban untuk menipu orang., jika mungkin umat pilihan Allah juga. Berjaga-jagalah! Semua perkara itu telah aku katakan kepada kamu sebelum semuanya berlaku.”

**Artikel ini merupakan preview kepada satu projek penulisan saya bertemakan dialog mengenai perbandingan agama (terutamanya agama Islam dan Kristian) yg kini masih dalam proses penulisan (20% siap).. Doakan saya agar dipermudahkan menulis & dipermudahkan juga untuk diterima & diterbitkan...

Shah Kirit's Blog

2008-06-28T19:09:00.004+08:00

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Authors of the Bible

2008-06-23T01:30:00.006+08:00

Let me introduce all of you to the authors of most of the books in the Bible with the verdict of those 32 scholars, backed by their 50 co-operating denominations. God had been eliminated from this authorship race long ago. In the Revised Standard Version Bible by "Collins," invaluable notes on "The Books of the Bible" are to be found at the back of their production. I am reproducing only a bit of that information on below:-

GENESIS AUTHOR One of the "five books of Moses."

EXODUS AUTHOR Generally credited to Moses.

LEVITICUS AUTHOR Generally credited to Moses.

NUMBERS AUTHOR Generally credited to Moses.

DEUTERONOMY AUTHOR Generally credited to Moses.

JOSHUA AUTHOR. Major part credited to Joshua.

JUDGES AUTHOR. Possibly Samuel

RUTH AUTHOR. Not definitely known, perhaps Samuel.

FIRST SAMUEL AUTHOR. Unknown.

SECOND SAMUEL AUTHOR. Unknown.

FIRST KINGS AUTHOR. Unknown.

SECOND KINGS AUTHOR. Unknown.

FIRST CHRONICLES AUTHOR. Unknown, probably collected and edited by Ezra.

SECOND CHRONICLES AUTHOR. Likely collected and edited by Ezra.

EZRA AUTHOR. Probably written or edited by Ezra.

ESTHER AUTHOR. Unknown.

JOB AUTHOR. Unknown.

PSALMS AUTHOR. Principally David,though there are other writers.

ECCLESIASTES AUTHOR. Doubtful, butcommonly assigned to Solomon.

ISAIAH AUTHOR. Mainly credited to Isaiah. Parts may have beenwritten by others.

JONAH AUTHOR. Unknown.

HABAKKUK AUTHOR. Nothing known of the place or time of his birth.

...And so the story goes. The authors of these anonymous books are either "UNKNOWN" or are "PROBABLY" or "LIKELY" or are of "DOUBTFUL" origin..

**The above facts are from Collins' R.S.V. 1971. Pages 12-17.
**The facts are adapted from Ahmad Deedat's book: Is Bible God's Word?

Dialogue: Original Sin

2008-06-21T01:49:00.006+08:00

EFFY: From what I’ve heard, Christians believe in the Concept of Original Sin, is that right my friend?

MICHAEL: Yes, we do.

EFFY: What does Original Sin mean actually?

MICHAEL: Well, the Original Sin actually refers to the 1st sin committed by Adam and Eve when they succumbed to the serpent's temptation to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil when God warned them not to. As a result, it causes death and sin to all Adam’s descendant. So, in order to redeem the sins Adam has passed to all human races, God Almighty sent His own son; Jesus to be hung on a cross, so that human will live in salvation rather than go to hell for their sins.

EFFY: Hold on, I’m a little bit confused here. Why would God Almighty send His own son to be sacrificed in order to save humanity? If God love Jesus so much, why would he be held accountable for the sin he never committed?

MICHAEL: It’s simple. It’s because Jesus is the most perfect person among us all. That’s why God picked Him to be sacrificed in order to save humanity. So as a Christian, it’s very important for us to love Jesus with all our hearts for what he has done for us.

EFFY: Isn’t there any other way for a sinned soul to seek forgiveness from God rather than being hung on a cross?

MICHAEL: No, I don't think there is.

EFFY: What about Ezekiel 18:21-23, "But if a wicked man turns away from all the sins he has committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. None of the offenses he has committed will be remembered against him. Because of the righteous things he has done, he will live. Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? Declares the Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?”

MICHAEL: Emm, I will ask my priest about this.

EFFY: Ok, u do that. So, why all human must bear the sin that Adam has committed? Is sin inheritable?

MICHAEL: Well, you see. The answer is given by Jesus himself in the gospel of Matthew 7:18, “A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.” So, if Adam made a sin, he will be bearing a sinful child, for he and his wife are not a good tree. So how can a bad tree bear good fruits?

EFFY: I’m afraid that u have taken the verse out of its context. Sin is actually non-inheritable. It is emphasized in the Bible itself in the book of Ezekiel 18:20, “The soul who sins is the one who will die. The son will not share the guilt of the father, nor will the father share the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous man will be credited to him, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against him.”

MICHAEL: Oh God, I have no idea. But I believe there's some kind of explanation about this...

EFFY: It’s actually illogical. You see, if a man committed a crime here in our country, can the police arrest his children for that crime? Of course not!!

MICHAEL: I can’t deny what you have just said. It’s kinda unfair too.

EFFY: Another thing, does it mean that people that are born and dead before the coming of Jesus will all go to hell?

MICHAEL: Seriously, I don’t know. I’m a little confused right now.

EFFY: Of course you are. You see, In Islam, we believe that sin cannot be inherited. It is mentioned in various places in the Koran, for instance in surah Al-Isra: 15, “Whoever goes aright, for his own soul does he go aright; and whoever goes astray, to its detriment only does he go astray: nor can the bearer of a burden bear the burden of another…” This is how the concept of sin should be. It’s non-inheritable and forgivable. Not by blood; for God is not a blood-sucker, but by repentance. You just have to repent from all sin you’ve committed, feel bad about it, try not to repeat it in the future, and compensate them with good deeds. And just like that, your sin will be forgiven by God Almighty.

MICHAEL: Is that really the teaching of Islam?

EFFY: Yes, it is. It’s never been easier.

MICHAEL: I think that I’ll have to agree with that. Thank you for this nice chat.

EFFY: You’re welcome.

Kategori Agama-agama Di Dunia

2008-06-19T17:15:00.002+08:00

Agama-agama utama di dalam dunia secara kasarnya boleh dibahagikan kepada Semitic Religions (Agama Semitik) dan juga Non-Semitic Religions (Agama Bukan Semitik). Non-Semitic Religions pula boleh dibahagikan lagi kepada Aryan Religions (Agama Aryan) dan juga Non-Aryan Religions (Agama Bukan Aryan).

1) Semitic Religions (Agama Semitik)

Semitic Religions (Agama Semitik) adalah agama yang berasal daripada golongan yang dinamakan ‘Semites’. Menurut kitab Bible, Nabi Nuh mempunyai seorang anak yang bernama Shem. Keturunan Shem inilah yang dikenali sebagai ‘Semites’.

Justeru, Agama Semitik merupakan agama yang berasal dari golongan Yahudi, Arab, Assyria, Phoenician dan sebagainya. Agama-agama Semitik utama adalah Judaisme, Kristian dan Islam. Semua agama ini merupakan agama yang diwahyukan oleh Tuhan melalui perantaraan para nabi-Nya.

2) Non-Semitic Religions (Agama Bukan Semitik)

Agama Bukan Semitik seterusnya dibahagikan lagi kepada Aryan dan Bukan Aryan:

a) Agama Aryan

Agama Aryan merupakan agama yang berasal daripada golongan Aryan, satu golongan besar berbahasa Indo-European yang tersebar di sekitar Iran dan Utara India pada awal kurun ke-2 BC (2000 hingga 1500 BC).

Agama Aryan kemudiannya dikelaskan lagi kepada Vedic Religion (Agama Veda) dan Non-Vedic Religion (Agama Bukan Veda). Contoh Agama Veda ialah Hinduisme dan Brahminisme, manakala contoh Agama Bukan Veda ialah Sikism, Buddism, Jainism dan sebagainya. Hampir seluruh Agama Aryan adalah bukan berasaskan para Nabi.

Agama Zoroastrianisme pula merupakan salah satu agama Aryan yang bukan Veda, yang tidak dikaitkan dengan Hinduisme. Pengikut agama ini melaporkan bahawa agama ini adalah agama yang berasaskan Nabi.

b) Agama Bukan Aryan

Agama Bukan Aryan mempunyai asal usul yang pelbagai. Confucianisme Taoism berasal dari Cina, manakala Shintoism pula berasal dari Jepun. Kebanyakan agama seperti ini tidak mempunyai satu konsep ketuhanan yang tetap. Mereka ini sebaiknya diklasifikasikan sebagai satu sistem kehidupan, dan bukannya agama.

**Diterjemah dari buku bertajuk Concept of God in Major Religions oleh Dr Zakir Naik.. Insya Allah jika diberi peluang utk menghabiskan terjemahannya, akan diterbitkan dlm bentuk buku.. Doakan saya agar dipermudahkan untuk menyiapkannya ye =)

Congratulating Atheist

2008-06-18T18:22:00.002+08:00

by Dr Zakir Abdul Karim Naik

Normally, when I meet an atheist, the first thing I like to do is to congratulate him and say, " My special congratulations to you", because most of the people who believe in God are doing blind belief - he is a Christian, because his father is a Christian; he is a Hindu, because his father is a Hindu; the majority of the people in the world are blindly following the religion of their fathers.

An atheist, on the other hand, even though he may belong to a religious family, uses his intellect to deny the existence of God; what ever concept or qualities of God he may have learnt in his religion may not seem to be logical to him.

My Muslim brothers may question me, "Zakir, why are you congratulating an atheist?"

The reason that I am congratulating an atheist is because he agrees with the first part of the Shahada i.e. the Islamic Creed, ‘La ilaaha’ - meaning ‘there is no God’. So half my job is already done; now the only part left is ‘il lallah’ i.e. ‘BUT ALLAH’ which I shall do Insha Allah.

With others (who are not atheists) I have to first remove from their minds the wrong concept of God they may have and then put the correct concept of one true God.

God - But Sleeping??

2008-06-17T03:11:00.006+08:00

(I’ve transformed this article into a dialogue form for better understanding)

CHRISTIAN: In Christianity, the Bible clearly mentioned that the creation of the heaven and the earth took place in 6 days.. You can read about that in the book of Genesis, Chapter 1..

EFFY: Yes, I’ve read that… In Islam, we also believe that God create the Heaven & the Earth in 6 days… And by 'days', I mean a relatively longer period... But there is a lil bit difference in the way that God was describe after creating them…

CHRISTIAN: Really, what is it?

EFFY: In The Quran, it is stated that God did not feel tired or sleepy after the work of creation; which is exactly the way God should be, due to His unlimited power. U can read that in Surah Qaaf verse 38: ‘We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six Days, nor did any sense of weariness touch Us.’

CHRISTIAN: What is the difference then? We also believe that too..

EFFY: Not quite... God in the Bible is described as having the tendency to get tired and needs rest on the 7th day; which then makes that day 'holy'… It is stated in the book of Exodus 31:17: ‘... because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day, He took His rest and had pleasure in it.’ Also in the book of Genesis 2:2, ‘And on the seventh day He (God) took His rest from all the work which He had done.

CHRISTIAN: Hmmm, I have no idea..

EFFY: There are also some other verses from the Bible that describe God in an intolerable way; sleeping like humans do. Look at the book of Psalm 78:65 where it says: ‘Then was the Lord like one awaking from sleep, and like a strong man crying out because of wine.’ Also in the same book verse 23, “Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Awake! And come to our help; do not give us up for ever.”

CHRISTIAN: How about God in Islam? How does the Quran describe it? Does He need sleep too?

EFFY: Of course not… It is stated in several places in the Quran that God does not need any rest nor sleep… Have a look at this verse from Surah Al-Baqarah verse 255, ‘Allah. There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumbercan seize Him nor sleep...’

Jesus's Manners Towards His Mother~ Al-Quran VS Bible

2008-06-14T19:40:00.007+08:00

(John 2:3-4) When they had not enough wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.”

#Jesus, in this verse, called his mother using the word 'woman', the same word where he called an adulterous woman in John 8:10~

Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

# It's not like there is no Greek word for 'Mother' (which is mana, mitera) when he used the term 'Woman' (which is gyni).. On the other hand, the Quran described Jesus as dutiful to his mother, which is of course, the way he should be towards his own mother who gave birth to him:

(Holy Quran 19:30-32) ‘Jesus said: Surely I am a servant of Allah; He has given me the Book and made me a prophet; And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on me prayer and poor-rate so long as I live; And dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me insolent, unblessed...’

#Jesus; being the best role model & the most famous figure in the Bible, had an intolarable manner towards his mother. How do you suppose his followers not to follow the examples he has set? Have a look at the next verse, when Jesus pretended not to recognize his own mother and brothers as they came to have a talk with him:-

(Matthew 12:47-50) ‘While he (Jesus) was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him. And one said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside, desiring to have talk with you. But he in answer said to him who gave the news, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?” And he put out his hand to his disciples and said, “See, my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

#Had enough of this?? Check this verse out then:-

[Luke 14:26] ‘And turning round, he (Jesus) said to them, “If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.”

#It's kinda surprising when it is stated in the Bible that Jesus told his disciples to hate their father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, even theirselves in order to be his true disciples when the Quran clearly emphasized the importance of doing good to our parents:

(Holy Quran 46:15) ‘And We have enjoined on man doing of good to his parents; with trouble did his mother bear him and with trouble did she bring him forth; and the bearing of him and the weaning of him was thirty months...’

(Holy Quran 4:36) ‘And serve Allah and do not associate any thing with Him and be good to the parents and to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the neighbor of (your) kin and the alien neighbor, and the companion in a journey and the wayfarer and those whom your right hands possess; surely Allah does not love him who is proud, boastful.’

X-Rated Bible??

2008-06-13T15:43:00.009+08:00

1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother. 3 They became prostitutes in Egypt, engaging in prostitution from their youth. In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin bosoms caressed. 4 The older was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. They were mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

5 "Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians-warriors 6 clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all of them handsome young men, and mounted horsemen. 7 She gave herself as a prostitute to all the elite of the Assyrians and defiled herself with all the idols of everyone she lusted after. 8 She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when during her youth men slept with her, caressed her virgin bosom and poured out their lust upon her.

9 "Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians, for whom she lusted. 10 They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and punishment was inflicted on her.

11 "Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister. 12 She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors in full dress, mounted horsemen, all handsome young men. 13 I saw that she too defiled herself; both of them went the same way.

14 "But she carried her prostitution still further. She saw men portrayed on a wall, figures of Chaldeans [a] portrayed in red, 15 with belts around their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like Babylonian chariot officers, natives of Chaldea. [b] 16 As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

17 Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust. 18 When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister. 19 Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.

20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. 21 So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled.

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Have u read the passages above? What's ur opinion about it? And where do u think the passages are taken from?? Dirty magazines? Yes?

But unfortunately, no.. It's actually taken from the book of Ezekiel chapter 23: 1-21 of the Holy Bible..

It's quite surprising to find some dirty words being used in the word of God (?) I challenge any of u to recite those verses in front of your mother, sister (if u r a guy) your father, brother (if u r a girl) and even your fiancee if he/she is a decent person..

The Bible, being the word of God, is supposed to be clean from any of these elements, for the Bible is read by all kind of people; children, adolescence, grown-ups as well as old people.. And i can assure u that any parents will not allow their children to read passages like this, due to the sexually explicit contents..

Al-Quran on the other hand, being a book of guidance for all mankind, is suitable for all age groups.. So, there is no such thing as 'The Children Quran' as there is 'The Children Bible', or 'The X-Rated Quran' as there is 'The X-Rated Bible' etc.. I can make a list here on every verse containing sexually explicit contents, not to mention incests, but maybe next time, if God wills..

Even when talking about sex, the Quran uses the most beautiful language in describing it, in order to preserve the common courtesy as a word of God:

"Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when or how ye will; but do some good act for your souls beforehand; and fear Allah."
Surah Al-Baqarah: 223

So, if i were to ask any of u, whether u r a Muslim or a Christian, which one of these two books do u prefer to give your own children to be their guidance in their life?? Which one would u choose??

Benarkah Bible sekarang ini sudah diselewengkan??

2008-06-12T00:11:00.006+08:00

Benarkah Bible yang ada di tangan orang Kristian pada hari ini telah diselewengkan? Jika ya, apa buktinya?

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1) Some verses in the Bible were put in and taken out from it.. Not by Muslims scholars, but by 32 Christian scholars of the highest eminence backed by 50 different co-operating denominations..

Contoh 1 (Mark 16:16-21)

16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

19So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

20And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

**Ayat ini terdapat di dalam Bible versi King James, tetapi telah dikeluarkan dari Bible versi Revised Standard Version (RSV) kerana didapati ianya adalah rekaan semata-mata..

Sejak Bible ditulis, tiada seorang pun yang mampu memenuhi 'prophecy' yg disebutkan di dalam ayat ke 17 & 18; iaitu mereka yg benar2 beriman akan dapat berkata-kata dengan bahasa baru, dan jika mereka minum racun, mereka tidak akan mati, dan jika mereka meletakkan tangan mereka ke atas orang yang sakit, akan sembuh penyakit tersebut..

Contoh 2 (1 John 5:7)

7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

**Ayat ini juga terdapat di dalam Bible versi King James, tetapi telah dikeluarkan dari Bible versi Revised Standard Version (RSV) kerana didapati ianya adalah rekaan semata-mata..

Ayat ini merupakan bukti terkuat mereka yg menyokong doktrin trinity, tetapi ianya juga telah dibuang dari Bible atas alasan ianya direka2..

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2) Mereka mempercayai bahawa 5 buku pertama di dalam Bible (pentateuch) iaitu Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers dan Deutronomy merupakan wahyu yg diturunkan kepada Musa a.s. Tetapi jika benar ianya diwahyukan kepada Musa, bagaimana ianya boleh menyebutkan tentang kematian baginda:

Deutronomy 34:5-7

5So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.

6And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

7And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

bersambung....

Why Would Jesus Have to Die on the Cross?

2008-06-11T01:19:00.004+08:00

According to the Christian doctrine, Jesus died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins. The idea here is that every human is born with sins, or that all humans will sin, and therefore it was necessary that someone as pure as Jesus would be the crucified to nullify these sins.

The question is; why does anyone have to die for our sins when God, the All-Merciful, could as easily give us forgiveness if we ask for it? Isn't God the one who makes the rules? Why does He have to make someone suffer for our sins or for someone else's sins? Isn't that unjust of Him? According to the Bible the way to redemption could be obtained without the need for sacrifice.

The Bible says: :

Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Ezekiel 18:21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Clearly the soul that sins shall die. Clearly that no one shall bear the iniquity (sins) of others. So Jesus cannot bear the sins of others either. If one is righteous then it shall be upon him, and if one commits a sin then it shall be upon him, and not on Jesus. Finally, the way to repentance and forgiveness is by turning from all sins, doing what is right, and keeping the commandments, just like in Islam.

Adapted from: Was Jesus Crucified? by Ahmad Deedat

Can God be seen??

2008-06-08T00:29:00.005+08:00

According to the Bible (Exodus 33:20), God emphasized that human cannot see God and live; they will surely die:-

But," he (God) said, "you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live."

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This is kinda logical.. Because u see.. You can't even see the sun and walk away without any damages to your eyes.. how could u see God then??

The Koran stated the same thing as well:

(Holy Quran 6:103) ‘Vision comprehends Him (God) not, and He comprehends (all) vision; and He is the Knower of subtleties, the Aware.’

But it's rather surprising to find some verses in the Bible that mention otherwise.. Some have seen God, but yet still live.. Check these verses out:

(Exodus 24:9-10) ‘Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up. And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.’

(Genesis 32:30) And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.”

Wanita dalam kitab Yahudi

2008-06-05T21:34:00.003+08:00

Leonard J. Swidler melaporkan di dalam bukunya Women in Judaism: the Status of Women in Formative Judaism:

“To the woman He gave nine curses and death: the burden of the blood of menstruation and the blood of virginity; the burden of pregnancy; the burden of childbirth; the burden of bringing up the children; her head is covered as one in mourning; she pierces her ear like a permanent slave or slave girl who serves her master; she is not to be believed as a witness; and after everything--death.”

Ianya bermaksud, “Kepada kaum wanita, Tuhan telah memberi 9 kutukan; iaitu bebanan haid, bebanan pendarahan dara, bebanan hamil, bebanan melahirkan anak, bebanan menutup kepala seperti sedang berkabung, bebanan menindik telinga seperti seorang hamba abdi yang kekal atau hamba perempuan yang berkhidmat kepada tuannya, penyaksiannya tidak akan diterima, dan selepas itu, bebanan menghadapi maut.”

Gereja-gereja Katolik, disamping mengiktiraf 39 buah buku di dalam Perjanjian Lama, mengiktiraf 7 lagi buah buku yang tidak diterima oleh gereja-gereja Protestant. Antaranya ialah Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom of Solomon, Baruch dan Ecclesiasticus.

Buku-buku ini juga tidak terkecuali dalam menghina kedudukan wanita serta meletakkan semua kesalahan kepada kaum wanita. Di dalam Ecclesiasticus bab 25 ayat 19 dan 24 disebutkan,

“No wickedness comes anywhere near the wickedness of a woman.....Sin began with a woman and thanks to her we all must die.”

Ia bermaksud, “Tiada kefasikan yang setanding dengan kefasikan wanita… Dosa bermula daripada wanita, dan kerananya kita semua terpaksa menghadapi kematian.”

Wanita-wanita Yahudi juga tidak diberi hak untuk memiliki sebarang harta. Di dalam Talmud San. 71a, Git. 62a disebutkan, "How can a woman have anything; whatever is hers belongs to her husband? What is his is his and what is hers is also his...... Her earnings and what she may find in the streets are also his…"

Ia bermaksud, Bagaimanakah seorang wanita dibenarkan untuk memiliki sesuatu, kerana apa sahaja yang dimilikinya adalah milik suaminya? Apa sahaja yang dimiliki suami adalah milik suami, dan apa sahaja yang dimiliki isteri adalah juga milik suami… Pendapatan isteri, hinggakan apa yang ditemui oleh isterinya juga adalah milik suaminya..”

p/s: Artikel ini merupakan 'preview' utk buku yg i allah akan saya siapkan pada cuti summer kali ini yg bertajuk: Wanita di Bawah Naungan Islam.. Buku yg membincangkan status wanita di dalam islam berbanding agama2 lain sama ada dalam politik, perkahwinan, keluarga, ekonomi, syariah, persaksian dsb.. Doakan agar sy diberi kekuatan sepanjang proses penyiapannya =)

Quranic VS Biblical reason: Why human speaks different languages

2008-06-03T20:23:00.007+08:00

.....::Biblical reason::.....
(Genesis 11:1-9)

1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.

2 As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

3 They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.

4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth."

5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building.

6 The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."

8 So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

9 That is why it was called Babel [c] —because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

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.....:Quranic reason::....
(Ar-Rum:22)

‘And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and colors; most surely there are signs in this for the learned.’

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Comments: According to the Bible, the reason why God created different languages instead of one common languange to be spoken by human beings is because to 'confuse' them, so that their ability to communicate with each other is restricted by the differences..

The Quran on the other hand stated that the wisdom behind the differences in spoken language among people is to show the sign of the Creator who created the heaven and the earth, as well as the diversity and variety of His creations.. Not because some sort of jealousy or something as described in the Bible..

p/s: Pick your choice.. (^_~)

Is Jesus the only Son of God in the Bible??

2008-05-31T00:52:00.006+08:00

When i once asked a Christian, what makes u think that Jesus was a God when he didn't even once claim divinity? He replied that because in the Bible, Jesus was described as 'Son of God'., by quoting the famous verse from John 3:16:

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

So i asked him, if there is somebody else in the Bible described as a son of God, will u accept him as a god too? He replied, 'Impossible! There is certainly nobody else beside him.'

Check these out:

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1) Adam - the son of God (Luke 3:23-37)

Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli, .............. the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

2) David - the son of God (Psalms 2:7)

I will proclaim the decree of the LORD :
He said to me, "You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.

3) Solomon - the son of God (Psalms 2:7)

He is the one who will build a house for my Name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.

4) Israel - the sons of God (Exodus 4:22)

Then say to Pharaoh, 'This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son."

5) Righteous man - Sons of God (Psalms 82:6)

"I said, 'You are "gods";
you are all sons of the Most High.'

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What does 'Son of God' mean in the Bible?

The term 'Son of God' is a common term in the biblical languange, meaning somebody who is close to God or a righteous man.. St Paul started to preach regarding Jesus using the same exact word, but later on giving it another meaning which totally changed the concept of God in Christianity..

If a Christian is ready to accept Jesus as God just because he is described in the bible as a son of God, so he must also accept other biblical prophets as Gods too..

Lets take a look at what Jesus said when he refused to be called 'good' (which leads to another question, how come he is willing to be called 'God'?) according to Luke 3:17-18:

As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good—except God alone."

Prayers & Worship

2008-05-29T23:55:00.004+08:00

In the previous post, i explained that most of the biblical prophets performed prostration (sujud) in order to worship their God during their lifetime.. I also asked, why Christians nowadays do not worship God in the same way Jesus & Moses did? i mean, if they love Jesus so much, why don't they follow exactly what Jesus has showed them, but instead, Muslims have the more similar way to Jesus in order to worship God..

One of my anonymous readers replied on this matter by saying:

"In praying, y we need to prostrate?if we are dying on the bed, or in space, or when we are in trouble, what if we need to pray in that situation?there is a verse in the bible says that we dont have any limits on how we pray.and where we pray,where we face and so on, but in a respectable manner of course..i'll give it as soon as possible.

Is it that if we dont prostrate ourself God will not help us?think again in an unimaginable situation where we cant prostrate..in a dire situation.its bad rite?if in a normal situation, its like we need to prostrate then God will hear our prayers?God is Almighty. He is Our creator and loves us all.Even if we sitting down praying God can still hear us."

In order to answer this question, we need to understand what are the differences between 'prayer' and 'worship'..

In islam, we can also pray everywhere & anywhere we want, and we strongly believe that God can certainly hear our prayers and respond to them according to our needs and what He thinks best for his servants..

We do not pray ONLY when we are in prostration... We can definitely pray everywhere and in every state we want.. But prostration is part from the worship rituals that we have in Islam, being closest to God in that state, as was practiced by most of the prophets described in the Bible.. And it is described as one of the signs of the true believer as mentioned in Surah Sajdah verse 15 which means:

"Only they believe in Our communications who, when they are reminded of them, fall down making obeisance and celebrate the praise of their Lord, and they are not proud."

Prostration symbolyze humbleness of a servant before his/her God.. If somebody respects and idolize somebody that he is willing to do anything and always perform obeisance before him, why can't we do it to our Creater i.e. God?

I wanna once more emphasize that in Islam, we also don't have any limits in praying to our God, but performing prostration is a way to show our gratitude & appreciation to our God.. and after all, is the least we could do to our God after what he has given us Or, did Jesus & Moses & Abraham etc. do not know that they can also pray everywhere and in every state that they want??

Holy Bible (Testing - 1st Post in Arabic)

2008-05-27T16:20:00.015+08:00

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

أتعرف ما هي الكتب المقدسة؟ هل قرأتها أو سمعت عنها من قبل هذا؟ هل تعرف ما هي مكوناتها؟

الكتب المقدسة هي الكتب التي يؤمن بها النصرانيون, ويعتقدون أنها كلام الله المقدس البعيد عن الخطأ والإختلاف

الكتب المقدسة هي مجموعة من الكتيب المكتوبة بعد ذهاب عيسى عليه السلام

ويمكننا أن نقسمها إلى قسمين, العهد القديم والعهد الجديد. هناك فرق كبير جدا بينهما, فالعهد القديم يقال أنها أوحي إلى موسى قبل مجيء عيسى, وأما العهد الجديد فيقال أنها أوحي إلى عيسى, ولكنهما ليسا مكتوبَيْن إلا بعد ذهاب عيسى عليه السلام على طريق أتباعه المُلهَم بكتابتهما

الكتب المقدسة ليست إنجيلا, لأنها لو كانت هكذا لوجب علينا الإيمان بها لأن الإيمان بالكتب المنزلة من قبل القرءان ركن من أركان الإيمان

فهناك فوائد كثيرة لتعلم علم مقارنة الأديان لأنه يقوي الإيمان والإعتقاد على أن الإسلام هو دين الحق ويجعلنا مستعدين لمواجهة الدعوة لغير المسلمين وخصوصا النصرانيون

والله أعلم

p/s: If there is any grammatical error, please inform me by leaving comment (^_~)

Polygyny: The Only Way Out

2008-05-27T00:50:00.007+08:00

As i mentioned before, Bible narrates the stories of some biblical prophets who practiced poligyny (having more than a wife), and i'm quoting:

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‘And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.’
(1 Chronicles 14:3)

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‘Solomon had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives...’
(1 Kings 11:3)

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Surprisingly, as time goes by, only Muslims nowadays are allowed to marry more than one woman (but limited to only 4), not the Christians.. As mentioned in surah An-Nisaa verse 3, "..Marry such women as seem good to you, two and three and four; but if you fear that you will not do justice (between them), then (marry) only one..."

But some might say, "Having more than 1 wife is a sickening thing....treating women like that at these days.they are humans too with feelings u know.how would u feel if u are in their shoes...have 1 husband with 3 other women..how would it felt.olden days in the society its accpetable because of its culture. that was last time..now is different.."

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Answer:

Before the Qur’an was revealed, there was no upper limit for polygyny. Islam put an upper limit of four wives. Islam gives a man permission to marry two, three or four women, only on the condition that he deals justly with them.

Why does Islam permit polygyny?

World female population is more than male population. In the USA, women outnumber men by 7,800,000. New York alone has 1,000,000 more females as compared to the number of males, and of the male population of New York 1/3 are gays. The U.S.A as a whole has more than 25,000,000 gays. This means that these people do not wish to marry women.

Great Britain has 4,000,000 more females as compared to males. Germany has 5,000,000 more females as compared to males. Russia has 9,000,000 more females than males. God alone knows how many million more females there are in the whole world as compared to males.

So, restricting each and every man to have only one wife is not practical. Even if every man got married to one woman, there would still be more than 30,000,000 females in U.S.A who would not be able to get husbands.. There would be more than 4,000,000 females in Great Britain, 5,000,000 females in Germany and 9,000,000 females in Russia alone who would not be able to find a husband.

Suppose you happen to be one of the unmarried women in USA. The only 3 options remaining for u are:

1) Marry a man who already has a wife
2) Become 'public property'
3) Not getting married

There is no other option.

So, Islam prefers giving women the honourable position by permitting the first option and disallowing the second, even if it means that they have to share a husband. At least, these 2 or 3 or 4 women have the equal rights among them, not like 'mistresses' in the west countries who don't even have the rights to enherit their husband's possessions..

So, my question is, what does Christianity have to offer in order to solve this problem? You are not going to let all those women to either not get married or be a public property or sleep with another person's husband, are you? Which leads to another important question, whose solution do u think is better? Islamic solution or Christian? (^_^)

**Partially adapted from: 20 Most Common Questions Asked by Non-Muslims

Poll Results!!

2008-05-18T20:58:00.008+08:00

Soalan 1:

Rakyat Malaysia yang beragama Kristian berhak menggelarkan tuhan mereka sebagai 'Allah'. Setuju atau tidak??

1) Setuju. Kerana di dalam Bible versi Arab, Tuhan Bapa diistilahkan sebagai 'Allah'

(23 votes or 29%)

2) Tidak setuju kerana akan membawa impak yang negatif kepada masyarakat Islam yg tidak kuat imannya

(55 votes or 71%)

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Soalan 2:

Setiap lapisan masyarakat di Malaysia harus mendalami ilmu perbandingan agama.. Setuju atau tidak?

1) Setuju.. Agar mereka tidak mudah terpengaruh dgn gerakan Kristianisasi di Malaysia..

(36 votes or 83%)

2) Tidak setuju.. Bimbang ada yg tidak kuat imannya terpengaruh dgn ajaran Kristian..

(7 votes or 17%)

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Komen:

Terima kasih kpd mereka yg sudi mengundi.. apa2pun reason anda, masing2 perlulah menghormati pandangan yg lain..

Ada yg mencadangkan agar mengumumkan pilihan jawapan, i.e. letak setuju atau tidak sahaja.. kerana ada yg terpaksa mengundi kerana 'sebab' yg dinyatakan, dan bukannya kerana dia mmg sbnrnya ingin mengundi pilihan jawapan tersebut.. t kasih atas cadangan..

Kepada mereka yg ingin membincangkan alasan / sebab pilihan jawapan masing2, bolehlah tinggalkan komen di ruangan yg disediakan.. t kasih

p/s: check out the new poll at the right side of the page

6 reasons why muslims are more Christian than they are..

2008-05-15T01:22:00.009+08:00

1) The Bible promotes Monotheism, but only Muslims nowadays believe in one true God, not the Christians..

(Deuteronomy 6:4-5) “Hear O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord,..."

(Mark 12:28-30) ...“Which law is the first of all?” Jesus said in answer, “The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.”

(Isaiah 45:5) “I am Lord, and there is none else, and I am God, there is no one besides me.”

(Exodus 20:3-5) “Thou shall have no other Gods besides Me.”

2) The Bible clarifies Jesus Christ (pbuh) was only a messenger, NOT GOD. But only Muslims nowadays believe so, not the Christians.

(Luke 11:20) “I (Jesus) with the finger of God, cast out devils’.

(John 5:30) ‘I (Jesus) by myself can do nothing - as I hear I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my will, but the will of thy Father, who has sent me’.

(Mathew 5:17-20) ‘Think not that I am come to destroy the law and the Prophets - I am come not to destroy, but to fulfill.’

(John 14:24) “The words that you hear are not mine, but it is my Father’s, who has sent me.”

(John 17:3) ‘This is eternal life, so that you may know there is one true God, and Jesus Christ, who Thou has sent.’

(Mathew 19:16-17) ‘One of the persons approaches Jesus (pbuh), and says ‘Good Master, what good things shall I do, that I shall attain eternal life.’ And Jesus said unto him, ‘Why do you call me good? For there is none good, except One, that is God - And if you want to enter life, keep the commandments’.

3) The Bible narrates the story of the biblical prophets who prostrated in their prayers. But only Muslims nowadays perform prostration in their prayer, not the Christians..

(Genesis 17:3) ‘And Abraham fall down on his face to the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him...’

(Exodus 34:8) ‘Then Moses quickly went down on his face in worship.’

(Joshua 5:14) ‘...Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship...’

(Matthew 26:39) ‘And he (Jesus) went forward a little and falling down on his face in prayer...’

4) The Bible says that wearing hijab is an obligation for women, but only muslim women nowadays wears hijab, not the Christian women..

(1 Corinthians 11:6-10) ‘For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.’

5) The Bible prohibits its followers from eating pork, but only Muslims nowadays prohibit themselves from eating pork, not the Christians..

(Leviticus 11:7) ‘And the pig is unclean to you, because though the horn of its foot is parted, its food does not come back. Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.’

(Deutronomy 14:8) ‘And the pig is unclean to you, because though it has a division in the horn of its foot, its food does not come back; their flesh may not be used for food or their dead bodies touched by you.’

6) Bible narrates the stories of some biblical prophets who practiced poligyny (having more than a wife), but only Muslims nowadays are allowed to marry more than 1 (but limited to only 4), not the Christians..

(1 Chronicles 14:3) ‘And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.’

(1 Kings 11:3) ‘Solomon had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives...’

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All these 6 things make muslims are more Christian than they are (because muslims practice what are commanded in the Bible more than they do).. Of course, Muslims do all this not because they are stated in the bible, but rather because they are commandments from Allah.. but this statement is merely a relative statement; in order to state who follows the bible more, the muslims or the Christians..

It doesn't matter which religion is the older one.. What matters is why don't Christians follow what are stated in their holy book? And even if they want to follow the commandments in the bible, that will make them just like muslims; not eating pork, believing in one true God, believing that Jesus is one of the mightiest messengers of God, wearing hijab, prostrating during prayers etc..

So what's the different between being an obidient Christian who follows all instructions of the bible and being a muslim then?

This is actually a way to persuade them (Christians) to embrace Islam, because most of them (practically proven) fell more confortable when believing in/doing something that their 'saviour' i.e. Jesus do (of course, for a start.. later they will gradually believe & follow all the instructions because of their belief in Allah..)

Again, to all my fellow friend, follow Jesus & make your God pleased, and be a muslim (^_^)

Prophets in the Bible Prostrated like Muslims Do?

2008-05-13T04:14:00.009+08:00

(Genesis 17:3) ‘And Abraham fall down on his face to the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him...’

(Exodus 34:8) ‘Then Moses quickly went down on his face in worship.’

(Joshua 5:14) ‘...Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship...’

(Matthew 26:39) ‘And he (Jesus) went forward a little and falling down on his face in prayer...’

(Holy Quran 32:15) ‘Only those believe in Our Signs, who, when they are recited to them, fall down in prostration, and celebrate the praises of their Lord, nor are they (ever) puffed up with pride.’

(Holy Quran 22:77) ‘O you who believe! Bow down, prostrate yourselves, and adore your Lord; and do good; that you may prosper.’

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So, why don't Christians nowadays pray / worship their God in the same way Jesus did? Muslims on the other hand, worship Allah in a way that is decribed in both, the koran and the bible..

Which leads to a very important question, who follows the Bible most? Christians don't follow the teachings of the Bible.. But we muslims do.. As emphasized by Dr Zakir Abdul Karim Naik, "We muslims are more Christian than they are!"

This might sound a little bit strange, but i think what he was trying to say is, don't bother converting us muslims to Christianity, because we are already more Christian than you do (we practice something that is mentioned in the bible more than u do...)

The teachings of Christianity is almost identical with the teachings of Islam.. except for the trinity & original sin part (and also some other parts in some extent).. So, practicing the teachings of the Bible is actually practicing the teachings of Islam..

So, to my fellow Christians, follow Jesus, please your God, practice the teachings of the Bible and be a muslim =)

Babi oh Babi..

2008-05-02T03:44:00.003+08:00

Ketika mana selangor sibuk dengan kisah babinya, ada mereka2 yg sanggup menggunakan isu ini untuk memburuk2kan lagi kerajaan memerintah sehinggakan ada yg sanggup mengetepikan malah menghina agama Islam yg suci:

Di mana letaknya akal fikiran pembuat banner ini?? tidak syak lg, mereka semuanya adalah org melayu yg beragama Islam.. samalah dosanya, dari tuan punya idea, tukang design, tukang cetak, tukang gantung, semuanya akan sama2 mendapat manfaat daripada 'saham' yg mereka laburkan..

"dan jangan sekali-kali kebencian kamu terhadap sesuatu kaum itu mendorong kamu kepada tidak melakukan keadilan. Hendaklah kamu berlaku adil (kepada sesiapa jua) kerana sikap adil itu lebih hampir kepada taqwa." Al-Maidah: 8

Berbalik kepada cerita si babi.. Some people might think that Islam is the only religion in the world that prohibits swine flesh or pork to its followers.. it might sound like some sort of oppression or anything.. but inspite of the diseases that one might be getting from eating pork, i would like to show u some verses of the bible that prohibits taking swine as foods, for instance:

(Leviticus 11:7) ‘And the pig is unclean to you, because though the horn of its foot is parted, its food does not come back. Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.’

(Deutronomy 14:8) ‘And the pig is unclean to you, because though it has a division in the horn of its foot, its food does not come back; their flesh may not be used for food or their dead bodies touched by you.’

But i'm wondering, until now, not a single Christian, not even those with strong belief in the Bible who claimed that it's the word of God which is infallible, tried to educate their people that the pork is prohibited for them by God.. Is there any verse in the bible that abrogated these 2 verses which made them allowed to have pork as food??

Perkara2 tidak masuk akal di dalam Bible

2008-04-07T04:06:00.006+08:00

(a) Ayam berkaki empat: LEVITICUS 11:20

20All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.

(b) Tempoh kekotoran selepas melahirkan anak perempuan 2 kali ganda lebih daripada anak lelaki: LEVITICUS 12:1-5

1 The LORD said to Moses,

2 "Say to the Israelites: 'A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.

3 On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised.

4 Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over.

5 If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.

(c) Shamgar membunuh 600 orang menggunakan kayu pengembala lembu: JUDGES 3:31

31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an ox goad. He too saved Israel.

(d) Samson membunuh 1000 orang menggunakan tulang rahang keldai: JUDGES 15:15-16

15 Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.

16 Then Samson said, "With a donkey's jawbone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey's jawbone, I have killed a thousand men."

(e)Makhluk berkepala 7: REVELATION 13:1-2

1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Nabi Muhammad seorang 'pedophile'?

2008-03-21T16:03:00.005+08:00

Menurut Microsoft Encarta Dictionary, perkataan 'Pedophile' bererti 'an adult who has sexual desire for children or who has committed the crime of sex with a child..' yang bermaksud 'seorang dewasa yang mempunyai keinginan seksual terhadap kanak-kanak ataupun mereka yang melakukan jenayah seksual terhadap kanak-kanak.'

Musuh-musuh Islam pada hari ini cuba untuk mengelirukan serta memperdaya umat Islam dengan mengeluarkan kenyataan bahawa Nabi merupakan seorang 'pedophile', berdasarkan fakta bahawa Nabi mengahwini isterinya Aisyah r.a. ketika beliau berumur 6 tahun (tetapi hanya duduk bersama Rasulullah setelah baginda berhijrah ke Madinah.. ketika itu, Aisyah berumur 9 tahun dan Nabi berumur 53 tahun..)

Ye ke?

Walaupun terdapat sesetengah pihak yang berusaha membuktikan bahawa umur Aisyah ketika itu bukanlah 6 tahun seperti yang digembar-gemburkan dengan membawa bukti beberapa peristiwa sejarah dan beberapa hadith yang lain, namun kita cuba untuk memberikan jawapan yang memuaskan hati semua pihak.

Anda boleh membaca tentang perbahasan umur Aisyah r.a. di sini

Fadel Soliman, pengasas Bridges Foundation, sebuah pertubuhan yang diasaskan di Mesir bertujuan memberi penerangan tentang Islam kepada masyarakat dunia, terutamanya masyarakat barat, sewaktu mengadakan sebuah bengkel di Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur, pernah memberikan sedikit panduan untuk menjawab persoalan seperti ini jika dikemukakan.

Macam mana nak jawab?

1) Children Marriage, secara umumnya boleh dibahagikan kepada 2 jenis, jenis pertama yang lebih biasa dipraktikkan, iaitu mengahwinkan kanak-kanak perempuan kepada seorang lelaki dewasa, dan kedua, iaitu mengahwinkan 2 orang kanak-kanak sejak kecil, tetapi diasingkan sehinggalah mereka mencapai umur yang sesuai untuk hidup sebagai suami isteri.

2) Perkahwinan jenis pertama dahulunya diamalkan secara meluas di serata dunia, namun ianya semakin berkurangan akibat manusia telah menjalani proses tamadun yang kebanyakannya menekankan hak-hak manusia dan hak-hak kanak-kanak.

3) Di zaman Nabi s.a.w, perkahwinan antara seorang lelaki dewasa dan seorang kanak-kanak perempuan merupakan satu kebiasaan dan telah menjadi adat masyarakat Arab ketika itu. Oleh itu, perkahwinan Nabi s.a.w. dengan Aisyah r.a. ketika beliau masih dalam umur kanak-kanak merupakan perkara biasa ketika itu.. Kebiasaan yang tidak mendatangkan sebarang keaiban mahupun merendahkan martabat Nabi s.a.w. Ianya hanya menjadi janggal jika ianya dilihat dari kaca mata masyarakat dunia hari ini.

4) Perkahwinan Nabi dengan Aisyah tidak melanggar sebarang undang-undang agama Islam, mahupun adat istiadat masyarakat Arab ketika itu. Ianya dijalankan dengan sah dan dengan kerelaaan daripada kedua-dua belah pihak.

5) Nabi dan Aisyah tidak terus hidup bersama sebaik sahaja berkahwin. Perkahwinan mereka berlangsung sebelum hijrah ketika Aisyah berumur 6 tahun, dan hanya duduk bersama Rasulullah setelah baginda berhijrah ke Madinah.. ketika itu, Aisyah berumur 9 tahun dan Nabi berumur 53 tahun..

Apa buktinya?

Cuba kita perhatikan.. Musuh-musuh Islam ketikamana dakwah Nabi berlangsung di Mekah dan Madinah seperti Abu Jahal dan Abu Lahab.. Mereka berusaha sedaya upaya untuk menghina Nabi dan menghentikan dakwah Nabi dengan menyebarkan berita palsu bahawa Nabi merupakan seorang penyair, orang gila, ahli sihir, pembohong besar, inginkan pangkat dan harta dan sebagainya..

Namun pernahkah kita jumpa kisah di mana Abu Jahal dan Abu Lahab menggelarkan Nabi sebagai seorang Pedophile?

Hal ini jelas menggambarkan bahawa adat masyarakat Arab ketika itu tidak menganggap perkahwinan dengan kanak-kanak merupakan satu keaiban atau kejanggalan.. Jika tidak, sudah tentu hal ini menjadi point besar kepada mereka untuk menjatuhkan kredebiliti Nabi s.a.w.

Perkahwinan Kanak-kanak Masih Diamalkan Sehingga Hari Ini

Perkara ini tidak menjadi kehairanan dalam masyarakat Arab 1400 tahun dahulu.. Malah ianya masih lagi diamalkan oleh sebahagian masyarakat di dunia sehinggalah hari ini.

Contohnya menurut wikipedia.org, kira-kira 45% kanak-kanak perempuan di Bangladesh berkahwin sebelum mencapai umur 15 tahun.. Begitu juga di sebahagian kawasan di India dan Afrika.

Justeru, dakwaan ini merupakan dakwaan yang tidak berasas dan hanya berniat untuk mengelirukan umat Islam dan juga menjatuhkan imej Nabi s.a.w.

Sempena Maulidurrasul kali ini, marilah kita sama-sama memuliakan serta membersihkan nama Nabi kita di kalangan masyarakat dunia. Ini merupakan tanggung jawab serta kewajipan setiap individu muslim. Jangan hanya berkobar-kobar menyambut maulid, tetapi melupakan Nabi sebaik sahaja tamat sambutan..

Sebarkanlah artikel ini jika anda benar2 mencintai rasulullah s.a.w..

Incest In The Bible

2008-03-01T13:01:00.005+08:00

Incest according to the New Collins Dictionary means: "Sexual intercourse between two persons who are too closely related." For example, between father and daughter, son and mother, father-in-law and daughter-in-law, brother and sister, etc.

Incest in the Word of God (?)

Eventhough some may claim that the bible is God's word which is holy and infallable, we managed to find some examples from the bible that tell us the story of some closely-related people who had sexual intercourse with each other. And we find it very hard to avoid the feelings that the bible promotes incest to its followers indirectly, for the bible does not describe it as a bad thing and should be avoided, but rather describe it as a normal thing and the only way to preserve the family line in some cases.

1) Incest between Father & Daughter (Genesis 19:31-38)

31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man around here to lie with us, as is the custom all over the earth.

32 Let's get our father to drink wine and then lie with him and preserve our family line through our father."

33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and lay with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, "Last night I lay with my father. Let's get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and lie with him so we can preserve our family line through our father."

35 So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went and lay with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

36 So both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father.

37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today.

38 The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.

2) Incest between mother & son (Genesis 35:21)

22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father's concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it.

3)Incest between Father-In-Law & Daughter-In-Law (Genesis 38:15-18)

15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. 16 Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, "Come now, let me sleep with you."
"And what will you give me to sleep with you?" she asked.

17 "I'll send you a young goat from my flock," he said.
"Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?" she asked.

18 He said, "What pledge should I give you?"
"Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand," she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

4) Incest & rape between brother & sister (2 Samuel 13:11-14)

11 But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, "Come to bed with me, my sister."

12 "Don't, my brother!" she said to him. "Don't force me. Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don't do this wicked thing.

13 What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you."

14 But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her.

Penggunaan Nama Allah Oleh Non-Muslim??

2008-02-17T12:25:00.011+08:00

Pada 28 Disember 2007, negara Malaysia gempar dengan kenyataan sebuah akhbar yang dimiliki oleh gerakan Kristian Katolik yang memohon mahkamah untuk membenarkan mereka menggunakan nama Allah kerana yakin mereka juga mempunyai hak untuk menggunakan perkataan tersebut sebagai kata ganti nama kepada Tuhan.

“We are of the view that we have the right to use the word Allah, which right is now sought to be curtailed. We have decided to have our legal position to use the word to be determined by the courts,” menurut kenyataan yang dikeluarkan oleh akhbar Herald - The Catholic Weekly.

Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri telah mengarahkan agar penggunaan perkataan tersebut dihentikan serta merta. Jika tidak, lesen penerbitan mereka tidak akan disambung selepas tamat pada 31 Disember 2007 nanti..

Berita mengenainya boleh dibaca di link berikut:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/12/28/courts/19871126&sec=courts

Relevan Atau Tidak?

Dr. Firdaus Abdullah, Pengarah DBP menyokong tindakan kerajaan mengharamkan penggunaan nama Allah oleh akhbar Kristian itu kerana bagi beliau, perkataan Allah telah bertahun-tahun digunakan untuk merujuk kepada tuhan orang Islam.

Johari Baharum, Timbalan Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri pula menyatakan bahawa penggunaan perkataan 'Allah' untuk merujuk kepada tuhan selain daripada tuhan agama Islam hanyalah akan mengelirukan masyarakat di Malaysia.

Dr. Ng Kam Weng, pengarah penyelidikan di Kairos Research Centre pula berpendapat, bahawa golongan Kristian di Asia Tenggara menurut sejarah sudah lama menggunakan perkataan Allah untuk merujuk kepada tuhan yang mereka sembah. Buktinya sebuah kitab yang ditulis oleh seorang Kristian dalam bahasa Melayu turut menggunakannya di dalam buku yang bertajuk "Kitab salat as-sawai (Christian prayers)", dicetak pada tahun 1514 dan juga Gospel Matthew berbahasa Melayu(1629) dab juga "the complete Malay Bible" (1731-1733).

Bible Versi Bahasa Arab juga, telah menggunakan perkataan Allah dengan banyaknya, sejak beberapa kurun yang lalu untuk merujuk kepada tuhan yang mereka sembah.

Gambar di atas merupakan petikan daripada kitab Bible versi Bahasa Arab yang dipetik daripada Bab Kejadian (Genesis) atau At-Takwiin. Perkataan bergaris merah merupakan perkataan 'Allah' yang digunakan secara meluas di dalam Bible, merujuk kepada Tuhan Bapa yang disembah oleh golongan Kristian.

Gambar ini pula merupakan muka hadapan Kitab Bible Versi Arab yang tertulis padanya:

الله محبة فمن أقام في المحبة أقام في الله وأقام الله فيه

"God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him"
1 John 4:16

Setuju Atau Tidak?

Adakah benar penggunaan perkataan 'Allah' untuk merujuk kepada Tuhan orang Kristian akan mengelirukan masyarakat serta menggugat keimanan mereka agar mudah terpengaruh dengan dakyah Kristian? Ataupun ianya hanya setakat masalah permainan bahasa? Ataupun ianya akan membuatkan dakwah kepada orang Kristian menjadi lebih mudah?

Saya tinggalkan kepada para pembaca untuk memberi komen dan berbincang.. (^_^)

Women In Islam

2008-02-05T22:09:00.001+08:00

Do u think that women in Islam are opressed & need to be liberated?? If u really think so, u should take a look at these verses which are taken from The Holy Bible, and i'm quoting:

Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:34-35

I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.

1 Timothy 2:12-14

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I am now working on writing a book titled "Wanita di Bawah Naungan Islam", discussing about the status of women in Islam compared to other religions, be it in politics, marriage, economy, the sight of God, community etc.. Do pray for me (^_^) May Allah grant me the sincerity through out the writing process.. And may all readers can benefit from it.. Wassalam

Bible dan Alkohol

2008-01-20T00:49:00.001+08:00

Di dalam PROVERBS 31:6-7, Bible secara terang-terangan menggalakkan pengikutnya yang menghadapi masalah dalam hidup untuk meminum arak sebagai salah satu langkah penyelesaian:

6 Give beer to those who are perishing,
wine to those who are in anguish;

7 let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.

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Ayat lain di dalam 1 TIMOTHY 5:23 pula menyarankan pengikutnya untuk menggantikan air kepada sedikit arak sebagai minuman sebagai salah satu cara untuk mengubati kesakitan:

"Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses."

Sebaliknya, agama Islam yang indah dan sempurna ini terang-terangan melarang pengambilan arak walaupun dalam jumlah yang sedikit serta mengibaratkannya sebagai 'perbuatan syaitan', kerana araklah punca kepada lahirnya pelbagai masalah sosial serta berleluasanya jenayah di kalangan masyarakat.

Wahai orang-orang yang beriman, Bahawa sesungguhnya arak dan judi, dan pemujaan berhala, dan mengundi nasib dengan batang-batang anak panah, adalah (semuanya) kotor (keji) dari perbuatan Syaitan. Oleh itu hendaklah kamu menjauhinya supaya kamu berjaya.Sesungguhnya Syaitan itu hanyalah bermaksud mahu menimbulkan permusuhan dan kebencian di antara kamu dengan sebab arak dan judi, dan mahu memalingkan kamu daripada mengingati Allah dan daripada mengerjakan sembahyang. Oleh itu, mahukah kamu berhenti (daripada melakukan perkara-perkara yang keji dan kotor itu atau kamu masih berdegil)?

(Surah Al-Maidah ayat 90 dan 91)

Reply: Comment on "Salahkah Mengkaji Bible?"

2007-11-26T02:01:00.002+08:00

5rul Amir wrote on "Apa Tujuan Mengkaji Bible?"

Pada pandangan saya, sebagai orang awam, cukuplah dengan mendalami dan memahami firman-firman Allah melalui Ayat-ayat suci Al-Qur'an. Tambahan lagi kita juga ada hadith dan sunnah yang boleh dirujuk. Ianya selaras dengan status kita sebagai umat Nabi Muhammad saw diakhir zaman ini. Jangan terlalu extremis dan berbangga dengan kajian-kajian yang dijalankan. Kerana yang hak tetap hak dan yang batil tetap batil!

5rul Amir wrote on "Salahkah Mengkaji Bible?"

Tidak salah untuk kita mengkaji bible. Anda berkata berdasarkan kemampuan diri anda sendiri. Untuk anda, anda mampu. Tapi, mungkin tidak untuk orang lain. Pandangan manusia mengenai apa saja boleh jadi berbeza-beza. Ada orang akan melihat sesuatu objek dari depan. Ada dari belakang, tepi atau atas. Setiap orang akan mempunyai perspektif yang berbeza-beza. Maka, tidak semua orang boleh menjalankan kajian keatas Bible atau kitab keagamaan yang lain. Teras memantapkan keimanan dan ketakwaan manusia adalah ilmu Tauhid. Kemudian daripadanya disusuli dengan ilmu ibadat dan lain-lainnya.

Komen:

Terima kasih atas pandangan saudara.. Pertamanya, untuk memahami artikel ini, saudara perlulah mengetahui tujuan artikel ini ditulis..

Artikel ini ditulis untuk membetulkan salah faham masyarakat umumnya, dan ahli ilmu seperti saudara khususnya, bahawa bidang perbandingan agama ini bukanlah hanya layak didalami oleh golongan agamawan sahaja.. Ianya boleh dan seharusnya didalami oleh setiap lapisan masyarakat..

Selari dengan perintah Allah di dalam surah Ali Imran ayat 64 yang bermaksud:

"Katakanlah : "Wahai Ahli Kitab, marilah kepada satu Kalimah yang bersamaan antara kami dengan kamu, iaitu kita semua tidak menyembah melainkan Allah, dan kita tidak sekutukan denganNya sesuatu jua pun; dan jangan pula sebahagian dari kita mengambil, akan sebahagian yang lain untuk dijadikan orang-orang yang dipuja dan didewa- dewakan selain dari Allah"...

Bagaimana kita ingin mengetahui apakah persamaan antara Islam dan Kristian jika ianya tidak dimulai dengan aktiviti mengkaji isi kandungan Bible?

Ulamak perbandingan agama telah menemui banyak perkara yg bersamaan antara agama Islam dan Kristian melalui pengkajian kitab Bible.. Dan yang menariknya, perkara2 tersebut kesemuanya telah ditinggalkan oleh pengikut agama Kristian, sebalik diteruskan amalannya oleh Umat Islam.. Seperti perintah memakai hijab/tudung, sujud ketika menyembah Allah, larangan memakan daging babi dan sebagainya..

Secara peribadi, saya tidak memaksa SEMUA org utk mengkaji bible.. Benar setiap org ada tahap kemampuannya tersendiri.. Saya hanya memberitahu kelebihannya sahaja.. Sekurang2nya mereka yang telah mengkaji Bible dapat lebih meyakini Islam & meyakini kesalahan agama Kristian, lalu berjaga2 agar tidak terpengaruh dgn dakyah2 yg disebarkan..

Status kita sebagai umat Nabi Muhammad sedikitpun tidak menghalang kita daripada mengkaji Bible.. Apa yg salah adalah mencari kebenaran atau bimbingan daripada kitab tersebut, memandangkan Al-Quran dtg sebagai pelengkap kepada kitab2 terdahulu.. Namun tidak salah jika mengkaji utk menyingkap kesalahan2 kitab tersebut..

Tidak perlu akidah yg mantap utk mengkaji Bible.. Seperti contoh yg saya berikan.. Ahmad Deedat, Dr Zakir Naik, Shah Kirit Kalkulal Govindji, semuanya pakar ilmu perbandingan agama.. Namun tiada seorang pun yg berlatarbelakangkan pengajian agama samada di Al-Azhar dsb.. Kerana melalui pengkajian kitab Bible itulah datang akidah yg mantap..

Buku Baru Terbitan PERUBATAN Mesir Sesi 2007

2007-09-02T01:56:00.002+08:00

Buku Baru Terbit!!!

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Tajuk:
Himpunan 25 Tazkirah

Oleh:
Mohd Effy Saiful bin Mohd Fathil
Pelajar Fakulti Perubatan, Universiti Al-Azhar, Mesir

Terbitan:
Badan Kebajikan Pelajar-Pelajar Perubatan Malaysia-Mesir (PERUBATAN)
Sesi 2007

.:Saiz A5:.

.:54 Mukasurat:.

.: Mengandungi 25 Tazkirah Pelbagai Tajuk:.

.: Diselitkan Bersama2 Sedikit Maklumat Tambahan Mengenai Ilmu Perbandingan Agama :.

.: Ditulis menggunakan gaya bahasa yang mudah :.

Bagi pelajar-pelajar seluruh Mesir, dapatkan buku ini di Markaz Biro Pembangunan Insan (Sayeda Zainab) ataupun di DMAK a.k.a. ARMA - Tingkat 6 Bilik 609
dengan harga LE 6 SAHAJA!!!

Bagi sahabat-sahabat yang berada di Malaysia, anda boleh mendapatkannya dengan cara mengepos sepucuk sampul surat beralamat sendiri + setem RM 1 + wang pos berjumlah RM4.50 atas nama MOHD EFFY SAIFUL MOHD FATHIL ke alamat:

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Bandar Baru UDA,
81200 Johor Bahru, Johor.

.: SELAMAT MEMBACA :.

Perintah Menundukkan Pandangan Di Dalam Kitab Bible

2007-08-01T15:52:00.001+08:00

Di dalam Islam, manusia diperintahkan untuk menundukkan pandangan daripada perkara-perkara yang diharamkan. Perintah menundukkan pandangan disebutkan dengan jelas di dalam surah An-Nur ayat 30 yang bermaksud,

"Katakanlah (wahai Muhammad) kepada orang-orang lelaki yang beriman supaya mereka menyekat pandangan mereka (daripada memandang yang haram), dan memelihara kehormatan mereka."

Namun perintah ini bukan hanya ditujukan kepada kaum lelaki sahaja. Wanita juga sebenarnya tidak boleh melihat lelaki yang diharamkan keatasnya dengan sewenang-wenangnya. Perintah menundukkan pandangan kepada wanita disebutkan dalam ayat seterusnya (ayat 31) dan perintah ini juga diikuti dengan perintah menutup aurat, sebagai langkah untuk mengelakkan perkara yang tidak diingini daripada berlaku.

Kesimpulannya, kaum lelaki dan wanita haruslah saling tolong menolong dalam hal ini. Si lelaki menjaga pandangan, si wanita menutup aurat serta menjaga pandangan. Jika konsep ini diaplikasikan dalam kehidupan masyarakat Muslim, maka tidak timbullah sebarang masalah sepertimana yang dihadapi oleh masyarakat barat pada masa ini.

Di dalam Bible juga sebenarnya terdapat perintah untuk menundukkan pandangan.. Di dalam Bible versi New International (NIV), disebutkan di dalam Matthew bab 5 ayat 27 hingga 28, bahawa Jesus berkata "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

Menurut Alkitab terbitan The Bible Society of Malaysia, ianya bermaksud, "Kamu sudah mendengar ajaran seperti berikut: 'Jangan berzina.' Tetapi sekarang aku berkata kepada kamu: Sesiapa yang memandang wanita dengan perasaan berahi, orang itu sudah berzina dengan dia di dalam hati."

Jelasnya, perbuatan melihat kepada perkara yang menaikkan nafsu syahwat dilarang di dalam Islam. Ianya juga dilarang di dalam Bible. Namun, tidak diketahui mengapakah perkara ini masih berleluasa di kalangan masyarakat Barat yang rata-ratanya beragama Kristian...

Concept of God In Major Religion

2007-07-27T12:26:00.001+08:00

Sekarang ni tgh dalam projek terjemah one of Dr Zakir Naik's writings titled "Concept of God in Major Religions".. Doakan agar dipermudahkan urusan terjemahannya & dikurniakan keikhlasan sepanjang proses penyiapannya..

Risalah kecil ini mengandungi penerangan mengenai konsep ketuhanan di dalam agama-agama utama seperti Kristian, Yahudi, Hindu, Sikhism, Islam dsb serta persamaan antara mereka dari segi konsep tauhid / menyembah tuhan yang satu..

Menariknya, setiap hujah disertakan bersama-samanya dalil daripada kitab suci setiap agama.. Kenali beberapa kitab suci dalam agama lain seperti kitab Bible yang mengandungi Old & New Testament, Bhagawad Geeta, Vedas dll..

Perintah Memakai Tudung dalam Bible

2007-07-24T08:12:00.001+08:00

Hijab atau tudung bukanlah mula diwajibkan ke atas umat Nabi Muhammad s.a.w... Di dalam Bible, terdapat banyak kisah tentang wanita yang bertudung menutup kepala.. Ianya tidak dinafikan, merupakan perintah dalam agama yang dibawa oleh para Nabi sebelum Nabi Muhammad s.a.w..

Contohnya di dalam Old Testament, dalam sebuah buku yang dinamakan Genesis bab 25 ayat 65 ada dinyatakan, "For she had said unto the servant, what man is that walked in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, it is my master: therefore she took a veil, and covered herself."

Di dalam New Testament juga ada disebutkan perintah memakai tudung, dan kali ini, disertakan dengannya peringatan dan ancaman bagi mereka yang meninggalkannya.. Di dalam 1 Corinthians bab 11 ayat 5 dan 6 dinyatakan, "But every woman that prayed or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoured her head. For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered."

Namun kini, hanya umat Islam sahaja yang masih lagi mempraktikkan amalan bertudung ini, seperti mana yang telah diperintahkan di dalam surah Al-Ahzab ayat 59, "Wahai Nabi, suruhlah isteri-isterimu dan anak-anak perempuanmu serta perempuan-perempuan yang beriman supaya melabuhkan pakaiannya bagi menutup seluruh tubuhnya (semasa mereka keluar); cara yang demikian lebih sesuai untuk mereka dikenal (sebagai perempuan yang baik-baik) maka dengan itu mereka tidak diganggu...."

Apa Tujuan Mengkaji Bible??

2007-07-15T15:05:00.001+08:00

Mengkaji bible bukan untuk mencari kebenaran yang terkandung di dalamnya.. Bukan juga kerana ingin membaca kata-kata nasihat yang cantik2 yang terkandung di dalamnya.. Jauh sekali untuk mengetahui perjalanan kisah hidup para Nabi sebelum Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. yang tidak disebutkan di dalam Al-Quran seperti Hosea, Ezra, Ezekiel, Isaiah dan sebagainya..

Mengkaji Bible semata2 bertujuan mencari titik persamaan yang terdapat antara ajaan Islam & Kristian untuk diterangkan kepada mereka sebagai salah satu method dakwah dan juga untuk menyingkap kesalahan serta kelemahan yang terkandung di dalamnya..

Kelemahan-kelemahan yg terkandung di dalam Bible, seperti kesalahan fakta saintifik, pertentangan ayatnya antara satu sama lain, penghinaan para Nabi, gambaran Tuhan yang tidak sesuai, kelucahan isi kandungannya; apabila disingkap, ia bukan sahaja mampu meningkatkan iman kita yang sedia ada, malah meyakinkan kita dengan sebenar-benarnya bahawa agama Kristian adalah agama yang jauh menyimpang dari kebenaran, dan agama Islam merupakan agama yang terbaik sepanjang zaman..

Orang yang tidak kuat imannyalah yg seharusnya mengkaji Bible.. supaya sekurang-kurangnya terbantutlah kemahuannya untuk keluar dari agama Islam yang suci ini untuk menganut agama Kristian..

Orang yang kuat imannya, mengkaji Bible untuk berdakwah kepada golongan yang lemah imannya atau kepada golongan yg not-yet-Muslim...

Tak usah risau.. kajian menunjukkan, setakat ini, tidak ada seorang pun yang murtad dari agama Islam kerana membaca Bible lalu 'terpesona' dengan keindahan kata-katanya... Makin bertambah kebenciannya kepada Bible adalah..

Salahkah Mengkaji Bible??

2007-07-10T05:30:00.001+08:00

"Eh, enta ada simpan Bible?? Enta buat ape dgn bible ni??"

"Eh, enta baca Bible?? Asas agama enta belum kuat lagi ni.. Sesat nanti.."

"Quran pun belum abis kaji, dah nak kaji Bible.."

Begitulah kata-kata yang seringkali saya dengari setiap kali mereka-mereka yang saya anggap kurang mendapat maklumat tentang ilmu perbandingan agama terpandang beberapa buah kitab Bible berlainan versi tersusun rapi di atas rak buku bilik saya..

Bagi mereka, golongan agamawan sahaja yang dibenarkan mengkaji isi kandungan Bible.. Golongan mutakhassisiin / specialist dlm bidang agama sahaja yang berhak bercakap tentang Bible.. Pelajar-pelajar 'tidak kuat asas agama' seperti saya ini, tidak lain hanya bertambah kekeliruan serta keraguan sahaja apabila hendak berjinak-jinak dgn kitab bible..

Jika diselidiki pakar-pakar ilmu perbandingan agama dari seluruh dunia, saya dapati mereka ini bukanlah berasal daripada golongan yang dikatakan 'pakar' dalam bidang syariah mahupun usuludin.. Mereka hanyalah individu biasa yang diberi kelebihan ilmu oleh Allah dalam bidang ini..

Ahmad Deedat misalnya, seorang tokoh paling popular yang disinonimkan dengan ilmu perbandingan agama ini, hanyalah seorang penjaga kedai yang dimiliki oleh seorang Muslim ketika beliau mula mengkaji kitab Bible dan berdebat secara kecil-kecilan bersama paderi-paderi kecil sekitar tempat tinggal beliau..

Dr. Zakir Abdul Karim Naik, (idola saya) yang juga diberi gelaran "Deedat Plus" oleh Ahmad Deedat sendiri, hanyalah seorang doktor perubatan yang 'graduate' daripada sebuah universiti sekitar India.. Beliau bukanlah seorang doktor graduan fakulti perubatan Universiti Al-Azhar yang punya silibus agamanya tersendiri.. Namun, beliau tetap muncul sebagai seorang pakar dalam bidang perbandingan agama ini yang telah berjaya mengislamkan -Allah-sahaja-yang-tahu-jumlahnya- manusia..

Shah Kirit Kalkulal Govinji, seorang pakar ilmu perbandingan agama yang tersohor namanya di negara Malaysia, merupakan seorang yang baru sahaja 8 tahun memeluk Islam.. Kuat manalah sangat asas agamanya ketika beliau mula membaca dan mengkaji kitab Bible sehinggakan beliau kini mampu berdiri mengislamkan ramai golongan bukan Islam di Malaysia..

Kesimpulannya, semua individu berhak dan seharusnya mengkaji isi kandungan Bible.. lebih-lebih lagi golongan agamawan hari ini yang semestinya akan berhadapan dengan isu murtad dan dakwah kepada golongan kristian.. tetapi tidak dinafikan, perlu adanya bimbingan daripada yang pakar sebelum mengkajinya dengan lebih lanjut..

Kesalahan Saintifik Bible..

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Tajuk: Quran Saintifik
Oleh: Dr Danial Zainal Abidin
Terbitan: PTS
Jumlah halaman: 336
Harga: RM31.00

Buku ini wajib dimiliki oleh semua pelajar aliran sains khususnya, dan semua lapisan masyarakat umumnya..

Tiba2 Allah ilhamkan kepada aku utk menyambung kembali penulisan aku yg sudah lama tertangguh.. sebagai kesinambungan daripada penerbitan buku ini...

"Kesalahan Saintifik dalam Kitab Bible".. Begitulah lebih kurang tajuk buku yg terlintas dlm kotak fikiranku ketika itu.. Penulisan buku ini pada asalnya hendak digabungkan sekali dgn fakta2 saintifik di dalam Al-Quran.. Tetapi setelah terbitnya buku Dr Danial, aku terfikir.. mampukah aku menghuraikan tajuk ini lebih baik daripada beliau?? =)

Di dalam kitab Bible, sebenarnya terdapat banyak kesalahan fakta saintifik yg tidak disedari oleh ramai individu.. Peliknya, kesalahan2 tersebut boleh didapati seawal muka pertama dlm kitab Bible!!! Dan yang bertambah peliknya, mengapakah para saints yg beragama Kristian seolah-olah membutakan mata utk menyedari kesalahan-kesalahan yang boleh diperbetulkan walaupun oleh pelajar2 sekolah rendah!!

Untuk mengetahui apakah kesalahan-kesalahan tersebut, anda semua kenalah doakan agar saya lulus thn 1 ini dgn cemerlang, agar saya dpt meneruskan projek penulisan buku ini serta menerbitkannya utk dijadikan tatapan para pembaca sekalian..

Seorang Muslim Lebih Kristian Daripada Orang Kristian Sendiri??

2007-05-30T04:03:00.001+08:00

"Seorang Muslim yang mengamalkan segala ajaran Islam dengan baik sebenarnya adalah lebih Kristian daripada orang Kristian itu sendiri..."

Ya, benar... Seorang Muslim yang benar-benar mengamalkan segala ajaran Islam sebagaimana yang diperintahkan oleh Allah di dalam al-Quran sebenarnya adalah lebih Kristian daripada orang Kristian itu sendiri..

Kenyataan ini turut dipersetujui oleh Sheikh Ahmad Deedat; seorang pakar perbandingan agama yang tidak asing lagi dalam dunia umat Islam, di dalam salah satu program dialog beliau bersama paderi Kristian beberapa tahun yang lalu..

Sebagai agama Monotheistic (atau agama Samawi) yang berasal dari sumber yang satu, semestinya terdapat persamaan-persamaan dalam doktrin kedua-dua agama ini...

Tetapi perlu ditekankan di sini bahawa persamaan-persamaan tersebut adalah persamaan2 yang kini hanya dilakukan oleh umat Islam sahaja, tetapi telah lama dilupakan oleh golongan Kristian, walaupun ianya diperintahkan di dalam kitab suci mereka..

Sebagai contoh.. Di dlm bible ada memerintahkan wanita supaya memakai tudung... seperti yg termaktub di dlm 1 Corinthians 11:6-10.. tetapi zaman ni mcmane.. siapa yg melaksanakan perintah bible tersebut?? org islam atau org kristian?? siapakah yg lebih kristian sebenarnya?? Faktor2 seperti inilah yg membuatkan orang Muslim dikatakan lebih Kristian daripada orang2 Kristian itu sendiri.. Inilah yg dimaksudkan oleh Ahmad Deedat..

Namun, ini tidak boleh dijadikan alasan kepada mana-mana individu untuk mempraktikkan ideologi Pluralisme; ideologi yang menyatakan kesamarataan antara semua agama di dalam dunia ini, kerana disamping beberapa persamaan, terdapat banyak perbezaan yang amat ketara antara mereka, sekaligus menjadikan Islam agama yang terbaik sepanjang zaman..

Tidak hairanlah Allah mengiktiraf Islam sebagai agama yang terbaik di sisi-Nya, "Sesungguhnya agama (yang diperakui) di sisi Allah adalah Islam."

Untuk mengetahui apakah persamaan2 yg terdapat antara kedua-dua agama ini; Islam & Kristian, doakanlah agar projek penulisan buku "Islam & Kristian - Persamaan & Perbezaan" ini berjalan lancar dan dikurniakan kesempurnaan serta keikhlasan sepanjang proses penyiapannya.. (",)

Reply to Pope Benedict XVI Statement About Islam

2007-05-15T14:37:00.002+08:00

Pada 12 Sept 2006, umat Islam seluruh dunia telah dikejutkan dgn kenyataan Pope Benedict XVI yang menghina Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. khasnya, dan agama Islam amnya.. Kenyataan tersebut dibuat ketika beliau sedang menyampaikan ucapan beliau di University of Regensburg di Jerman.

Berikut adalah petikan teks ucapan beliau:

"Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."

Walaupun sebenarnya Islam tidak disebarkan melalui mata pedang, namun saya sebenarnya x berhajat nak menjelaskan perkara tersebut dgn lebih lanjut kerana isu ini dah selalu sgt diperbincangkan oleh ramai cendikiawan Islam. (Antaranya rujuk buku 20 MOST COMMON QUEST ABOUT ISLAM by Dr Zakir Naik.. penjelasan yg sgt bagus dan mantap, lengkap dgn bukti sejarah & logik)

Apa yg ingin saya tekankan di sini adalah satu fakta mengenai agama Kristian yg kononnya dibawa oleh Jesus Christ 'Alaihissalam (satu expression yg ramai rasa agak pelik.. sebenarnya Jesus=Isa & Christ=Al-Masih) yg ramai terlepas pandang atau x tahu, termasuklah golongan yg beragama Kristian sendiri; iaitu terdapat satu kenyataan yg dibuat oleh Jesus Christ 'Alaihissalam sendiri di dalam Bible dalam menerangkan tujuan pengutusan Baginda ke atas muka bumi ini:

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"Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword. For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: And a man will be hated by those of his house."

(Matthew 10 :34-36)

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"I came to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!"

(Luke 12:49)

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"And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple."
(Luke 14:26)

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Dalam ayat pertama, Jesus mengingatkan pengikutnya, "Jangan kamu sangka aku datang untuk membawa keamanan di atas muka bumi ini. Aku dtg bukanlah untuk membawa keamanan, tetapi membawa PEDANG....." Jesus secara terang-terangan menyebut perkataan "pedang" dalam menerangkan lawan bagi perkataan KEAMANAN.

Ayat kedua mengatakan bahawa Jesus dtg ke atas muka bumi ini untuk menyalakan api, dan seperti yg dia harap2kan, api tersebut telahpun menyala!!

Dalam ayat ketiga, Jesus menyatakan bahawa sesiapa yg dtg kepadanya tetapi masih belum MEMBENCI ayah, ibu, adik beradik, dll termasuklah diri mereka sendiri, mereka tidak layak utk menjadi pengikut Jesus. Baginda menggalakkan pengikutnya membenci ahli keluarga & diri sendiri untuk melayakkan diri menjadi pengikut Jesus.

Konsep ini berbeza dgn konsep yg diajarkan oleh Nabi Muhammad yg menggalakkan umat Islam mencntai Allah dan Rasul melebihi cinta kepada ibu bapa, anak, diri sendiri dan manusia keseluruhannya; dalam erti kata lain, apabila bertembung perintah Allah & Rasul dgn perintah ibu bapa dan kepentingan diri sendiri, Islam menyuruh umatnya mengutamakan perintah Allah & Rasul.

Dari sini, kita dpt lihat agama mana sebenarnya yg membawa keamanan & kesejahteraan, dan agama mana yg membawa PEDANG, API & KEBENCIAN sepertimana yg dikatakan oleh Pope tersebut.

Kebanyakan golongan Kristian tidak mengetahui maklumat ini, termasuklah Pope tu agaknye.. sbb tu la kalau korang boleh sebar2kan maklumat ni kepada seluruh kawan2 korang; muslim or non-muslim, lagi bagus.. mudah2an yg Islam tu, akan bertambah keimanan dan keyakinan terhadap kebenaran Islam.. dan yg non-muslim tu, semoga terbuka hati diorg nak kenal & rapat dgn Islam..

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Al-Islam Wal Baba - Dr Yusuf Al-Qaradhawi

Seorang ulamak besar yg tidak asing lagi dlm dunia umat Islam zaman ini, Dr. Yusuf Al-Qardhawi merupakan antara ulamak yg tidak teragak-agak lagi untuk bangun dan menentang kenyataan Pope tersebut yg dikira sebagai menghina agama Islam.. Maka terbitlah sebuah buku yg bertajuk, "Al-Islam wal Baba" terbitan Maktabah Wahbah, Mesir.

Alhamdulillah, Allah beri kesempatan utk membaca buku tersebut.. Dr Yusuf di dalam buku tersebut menganalisa serta menjawab semula salah tanggapan yg ditimbulkan oleh Pope tersebut dgn hujah yg amat mantap dan logik, lengkap dgn bukti dan fakta sejarah.. Yg menariknya, Dr Yusuf turut menggunakan dalil daripada kitab Bible (sepertimana yg dinyatakan di atas) utk menangkis segala tuduhan yg dilemparkan serta untuk menyingkap kelemahan serta kecacatan agama Kristian itu sendiri.. Jgn lepaskan peluang utk memiliki serta membaca buku ini :)

Semoga maklumat yg x seberapa ni menjadi manfaat buat kita semua dan seluruh umat manusia di atas muka bumi ini..

INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE

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Kitab Bible

1) ‘Bible’ berasal daripada perkataan Greek ‘Biblos’ yang bermaksud Collection of Books (himpunan beberapa buah buku).

2) Ini adalah kerana kitab Bible merupakan sebuah buku besar yang menghimpunkan beberapa buah buku kecil yang ditulis oleh penulis-penulis yang berbeza.

3) Kitab Bible terbahagi kepada 2 bahagian; The Old Testament (Perjanjian Lama) yang mengandungi 39 buah buku kecil, dan The New Testament (Perjanjian Baru) yang mengandungi 27 buah buku. Maka jumlah kesemua buku-buku kecil di dalam kitab Bible adalah 66 buku menurut mazhab Protestant. Manakala bagi mazhab Roman Catholic pula, mereka menambah 7 buah buku lagi ke dalam kitab Bible mereka dan menjadikan jumlah keseluruhannya 73 buah buku.

4) Kitab Bible mempunyai beberapa versi yang sangat berbeza antara satu sama lain. Antara versi yang terkenal adalah King James Version, Revised Standard Version dan kini, New International Version.

5) Perbezaan versi kitab Bible adalah sangat berbeza dengan perbezaan versi terjemahan Al-Quran, kerana perbezaan versi terjemahan Al-Quran hanyalah melibatkan perbezaaan dalam pemilihan kata yang sesuai dan ianya bergantung kepada penterjemah itu sendiri. Manakala perbezaan versi di dalam kitab Bible pula melibatkan penambahan serta pengurangan ayat yang difikirkan sesuai oleh golongan cerdik pandai mereka.

6) 5 kitab pertama di dalam Old Testament; iaitu Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,Numbers & Deutronomy, dipercayai oleh penganut Kristian sebagai telah diwahyukan kepada Nabi Musa a.s. Namun ianya bukanlah kitab Taurat sepertimana yang diimani oleh umat Islam, kerana jika dikaji dari sudut bahasa, ia merupakan catatan sejarah yang sebenarnya ditulis oleh pihak ketiga, bukannya oleh Nabi Musa a.s. sendiri.

8) Manakala 4 buku pertama di dalam New Testament pula; iaitu Matthew, Mark, Luke & John, dinamakan sebagai Gospels; iaitu kitab yang mencatat perjalanan hidup Nabi Isa a.s.

9) Old Testament yang asal dipercayai telah direkodkan menggunakan bahasa Hebrew (Ibrani), manakala New Testament pula dipercayai telah direkodkan menggunakan bahasa Greek. Kemudiannya ianya telah diterjemahkan kepada pelbagai bahasa dari seluruh dunia, termasuklah bahasa Inggeris, bahasa Melayu, bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Arab.

10) Konsep kepercayaan golongan Kristian terhadap Kitab Bible adalah sangat berbeza jika hendak dibandingkan dengan konsep kepercayaan umat Islam terhadap Al-Quran.

11) Mereka tidak berpegang kepada konsep ‘Verbal Revelation’ (wahyu secara harfiyyah atau perkataan demi perkataan) sepertimana yang umat Islam percaya terhadap Al-Quran.

12) Bagi umat Islam, wahyu yang diturunkan oleh Allah s.w.t. melalui perantaraan Jibrail a.s. dalam bahasa Arab kepada Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. tidak akan berubah kandungannya, mahupun struktur ayatnya walaupun satu huruf sehinggalah hari Kiamat. Perbezaan akan wujud hanya di dalam versi terjemahan yang berbeza, kerana penterjemah yang berbeza semestinya mempunyai pemilihan kata yang berbeza.

13) Namun bagi golongan Kristian, mereka mempercayai bahawa ‘Holy Spirit’ atau ‘Ruhul Qudus’ (dipercayai sebagai elemen ketiga dalam konsep trinity selain Tuhan Bapa & Jesus) telah memberi ilham kepada individu-individu tertentu untuk menulis wahyu yang hendak disampaikan berdasarkan kefahaman masing-masing.

14) Kerana itulah para pengkaji Bible amat pelik melihat persamaan teks (perkataan demi perkataan) yang terdapat antara 2 Kings 19:1-37 dan juga Isaiah 37:1-37. Tidak mungkin 2 individu berbeza yang mempunyai jarak masa yang sangat jauh mempunyai pemilihan kata yang sama dalam mengarang sesuatu teks tertentu secara kebetulan.

15) Dalam undang-undang penulisan dan karangan, ianya dinamakan sebagai ‘Plagiarism’ atau ciplak.

16) Terdapat juga beberapa buah buku di dalam New Testament (seperti Hebrews) yang sehingga kini masih belum dapat dikenal pasti lagi siapakah penulisnya.

Keaslian Bible

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Keaslian Bible

1) Kepercayaan terhadap kitab-kitab suci yang telah diwahyukan kepada para Nabi sebelum Nabi Muhammad s.a.w merupakan salah satu daripada enam rukun iman seseorang muslim:

Katakanlah (wahai orang-orang yang beriman), “Kami beriman kepada Allah dan kepada apa yang diturunkan kepada kami (Al-Quran) dan kepada apa yang diturunkan kepada Ibrahim, Ismail, Ishak, Yaakub serta keturunannya, dan kepada apa yang diturunkan kepada Musa (Taurat) dan kepada Isa (Injil).. (Surah Al-Baqarah:136)

2) Dalam Al-Quran ada disebutkan nama beberapa kitab suci yang diwahyukan kepada sebahagian Nabi, seperti Suhuf Ibrahim, Taurah, Zabur, dan Injil. Suhuf Ibrahim telah lenyap keseluruhannya, manakala sebahagian daripada kitab Taurat, Zabur dan Injil yang asli masih wujud di dalam Bible, tetapi telah ditokok tambah oleh hasil tulisan manusia.

3) Taurah dan Injil yang asli merupakan Kalam Allah s.w.t. yang diwahyukan kepada Nabi Musa dan Isa a.s, sedangkan himpunan kitab di dalam Bible kebanyakannya hanyalah kisah, cerita, kata-kata dan perbuatan para Nabi yang ditulis oleh pihak ketiga seperti sejarawan dan bukannya oleh para Nabi itu sendiri.

4) Contohnya dalam buku Deuteronomy; salah satu buku yang disandarkan kepada Nabi Musa a.s. Jika benar ianya diwahyukan kepada Musa, bagaimana ianya boleh menyebut tentang kematian baginda:

Dan Musa pesuruh Allah telah wafat di Moab, sepertimana yang telah difirmankan oleh Tuhan. Dia mengebumikan Musa di Moab, di lembah yang bertentangan dengan Beth Peor, tetapi hingga hari ini, tiada seorang pun yang mengetahui di mana makamnya. Musa berumur 120 tahun ketika dia wafat.. (Deuteronomy 34:5-7)

5) Banyak Injil palsu telah ditulis setelah kehilangan Kitab Injil asli yang diwahyukan kepada Nabi Isa. Tetapi pihak gereja hanya memilih empat kitab sahaja (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) dan memusnahkan bakinya.

6) Walaupun sebahagian daripada isinya menyamai kitab Injil yang asal, tetapi tidak ada satu pun yang merupakan Injil Nabi Isa a.s, kerana:

· Keempat-empat kitab mengandungi terlalu banyak kesalahan dan perselisihan, sedangkan Injil Nabi Isa merupakan wahyu Allah s.w.t. yang bebas daripada sebarang kesalahan dan perselisihan.

· Kitab-kitab tersebut menyebut tentang perjalanan hidup Nabi Isa a.s seperti kelahirannya, penyalibannya dan kematiannya yang tidak sepatutnya diwahyukan kepadanya ketika berjalannya misi dakwah Baginda.

7) Kesalahan dan perselisihan dalam Bible menyebabkan sebahagian penganut Kristian menolak ajaran Kristian sepenuhnya dan melihat Bible hanya sebagai sebuah buku sejarah. Mereka bukan sahaja akan hilang kepercayaan kepada kewujudan Tuhan, tetapi juga akan menolak semua Nabi termasuk Nabi Isa a.s sendiri.

8) Perkara ini menjadi kejutan kepada umat Islam lebih daripada umat-umat lain, kerana seseorang itu bukanlah Islam sekiranya dia tidak mempercayai kerasulan Nabi Isa a.s.

9) Sebagai umat Islam yang berpegang pada ajaran Al-Quran, seseorang itu mestilah mempercayai bahawa Nabi Isa a.s merupakan Rasul utusan Allah yang agung, bahawa Baginda merupakan Al-Masih, bahawa Baginda telah dianugerahkan kitab suci (Injil), bahawa Baginda telah dilahirkan secara luar biasa tanpa bapa, bahawa Baginda telah menghidupkan orang yang mati dengan izin Allah s.w.t. dan menyembuhkan buta dan kusta dengan izin-Nya.

10) Memanglah benar bahawa kesalahan dan percanggahan di dalam Bible jelas menunjukkan bahawa firman Allah telah dicampur adukkan dengan karangan dan ciptaan manusia. Namun begitu, ia tidak bermaksud bahawa Nabi Isa a.s ialah seorang pembohong dan Tuhan itu tidak wujud.

11) Kerana itulah, penting bagi seseorang yang mempelajari ilmu perbandingan agama serta berdakwah kepada golongan Non-Muslim untuk meyakinkan kebenaran Al-Quran dan Islam setelah menerangkan kecacatan serta kepalsuan kitab Bible, kerana bimbang mereka akan hilang kepercayaan kepada Allah dan Nabi Isa a.s. lantas memilih untuk menjadi seorang Atheist.

Keaslian Al-Quran

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Keaslian Al-Quran

-Allah telah berjanji untuk memelihara Al-Quran daripada bercampur-aduk dan musnah ditelan zaman, berdasarkan Firman-Nya:

Sesungguhnya Kami telah menurunkan Al-Quran dan sesungguhnya Kami akan menjaganya.. (Surah an-Nahl:9)

-Seperti mana yang kita lihat, Allah s.w.t. telah memenuhi janji-Nya kerana sejak hampir 1425 tahun, tidak ada satu perkataan malah satu huruf sekalipun yang telah diubah. Al-Quran masih wujud dalam tulisan Arab dan sekali-kali tidak pernah bercampur dengan sabda Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. Ianya tulen dan sepenuhnya daripada Allah s.w.t. Tambahan pula, ratusan malah ribuan para sahabat telah menghafal Al-Quran dengan lancarnya.

-Tidak ada cendekiawan Islam mahupun cendekiawan bukan Islam yang amanah, mempertikaikan keaslian serta ketulenan isi kandungan Al-Quran. Ini kerana Al-Quran telah dipindahkan serta diwarisi dari satu generasi ke satu generasi yang lain dengan cara yang amat efektif serta dipercayai. Ianya telah ditulis, dipelajari serta difahami dengan mendalam oleh ratusan manusia ketika zaman Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. Dan Alhamdulillah, sehingga kini, Al-Quran masih lagi dibaca, dihafal serta dijadikan bahan kajian oleh bukan sahaja ribuan, malah jutaan manusia sama ada mereka yang beragama Islam, mahupun yang bukan beragama Islam.

-Terdapat lebih daripada ratusan ribu kitab yang ditulis sejak puluhan abad yang lalu untuk tujuan menghuraikan isi kandungan serta rahsia Al-Quran yang tidak dapat difahami serta disingkap dengan kemampuan akal manusia yang terlalu cetek ini dari pelbagai aspek; seperti aspek Bahasa & Sastera, Sains & Teknologi, Akhlak & Etika, Undang-undang Syariah & Hukum Feqah, Sejarah & Peradaban Dunia, Motivasi dan sebagainya.

-Menurut Dr. Muhammad Ahmad Mahmud Hasbullah, Ketua Jabatan Sejarah & Peradaban di Universiti Al-Azhar, Kaherah, terdapat banyak dalil yang dapat menyokong dan membuktikan ketulenan Al-Quran, serta mematahkan hujah-hujah musuh Islam, yang mengatakan bahawa Al-Quran itu bukan daripada Allah s.w.t. Taala. Antaranya adalah:

1) Perbezaan yang jelas antara Al-Quran & Hadith; sama ada Hadith Qudsi mahupun Hadith Nabawi

-Semasa hayat Nabi Muhammad saw, Baginda melarang para Sahabat daripada menulis serta mencatat kata-kata yg keluar daripada mulut Baginda, selain daripada Al-Quran, kerana Baginda khuatir isi kandungan Al-Quran akan bercampur aduk dengan Hadith Nabi saw. Ini kerana Al-Quran merupakan wahyu Allah s.w.t. yang diturunkan kepada Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. menerusi perantaraan Malaikat Jibril dan ianya diturunkan dengan lafaz serta susunan yang asal sebagaimana difirmankan oleh Allah s.w.t. Manakala Hadith, maknanya daripada Allah s.w.t., tetapi lafaz serta susunan ayatnya daripada Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. sendiri.

-Nabi Muhammad begitu mengambil berat tentang hal ini, sehinggakan Baginda akan memberitahu para Sahabat bahawa ini merupakan ayat Al-Quran dan ini bukan. Andainya Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. tidak membeza-bezakan antara Al-Quran & Hadith sewaktu hayat Baginda, sudah tentu hal ini akan menjadi masalah kepada umat Islam, serta menjadi senjata bagi golongan kafir untuk mempertikaikan keaslian serta ketulenan Al-Quran.

2) Perbuatan Nabi mendiamkan diri seketika apabila ditanya tentang sesuatu perkara atau masalah

-Nabi Muhammad saw, apabila ditanya tentang sesuatu perkara atau diminta menyelesaikan sesuatu masalah, Baginda tidak menjawabnya secara terus. Tetapi, Baginda mendiamkan diri beberapa ketika sehinggalah turun wahyu daripada Allah s.w.t. yang menerangkan serta menjawab permasalahan tersebut. Kemudian, barulah Nabi S.A.W. bertemu dengan individu yang bertanya tersebut, dan membacakan kepadanya ayat Al-Quran yg baru sahaja turun, sebagai jawapan terhadap persoalannya.

-Andainya Nabi S.A.W. mampu menjawab kesemua persoalan serta masalah-masalah yang baru dengan segera, tanpa menunggu wahyu yang turun daripada hadrat Ilahi, maka mungkin akan timbul di situ sedikit keraguan serta syak wasangka, bahawa agama Islam merupakan rekaan daripada Nabi S.A.W. sendiri.

3) Keadaan Nabi yang buta huruf; tidak tahu membaca dan tidak tahu menulis

-Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. merupakan insan yang ummiy; iaitu tidak tahu membaca dan tidak tahu menulis. Oleh itu, mustahil bagi seorang insan yang buta huruf untuk mengetahui hakikat sejarah melalui pengkajian serta pembacaan daripada dirinya sendiri. Banyak fakta-fakta sejarah serta kisah-kisah para Nabi yang dimuatkan di dalam Al-Quran; antaranya kisah Nabi Yusuf, kisah Firaun, kisah Ashabul Kahfi, kisah umat-umat terdahulu yg telah dimusnahkan oleh Allah s.w.t. seperti Kaum Nabi Lut, Kaum Nabi Nuh, Kaum ‘Ad, Kaum Tsamud dan sebagainya.

-Dan yang menariknya, terdapat juga sebahagian kisah-kisah yang turut dibenarkan oleh golongan Kristian kerana ianya terdapat di dalam Bible mereka, seperti kisah ibu Nabi Musa menghanyutkannya di dalam sungai, kisah Nabi Musa berkahwin dengan anak Nabi Shuib a.s, kisah penciptaan Adam dan Hawa dan sebagainya; walaupun ianya tidak serupa seratus peratus.

-Keadaan Nabi S.A.W. yang buta huruf dapat dibuktikan melalui peristiwa Perjanjian Hudaibiyah, ketika mana berlangsungnya dialog antara pihak Quraisy yang diwakili oleh Suhail Bin Amru dan pihak Muslimin. Rasulullah S.A.W. mewakilkan Ali Bin Abi Thalib r.a. untuk menuliskan perjanjian bagi pihak Baginda. Baginda memerintahkan Ali r.a. utk menulis kalimah ‘Bismillahirrahmaanirrahim’.

-Lalu Suhail pun berkata, “Adapun Ar-Rahman itu, demi Allah s.w.t. aku tidak mengenali siapa Dia. Tulislah Bismikallahumma (dengan nama Engkau Ya Allah).” Lalu Rasulullah S.A.W. pun memerintahkan Ali r.a. lagi untuk menulis, “Inilah yang dipersetujui oleh Muhammad Rasulullah dan Suhail Bin Amru.” Ali r.a. pun menulis sebagaimana yang dikehendaki Rasulullah saw.

-Namun Suhail enggan lalu berkata, “Demi Allah s.w.t., jika kami sudahpun mengakui bahawa kamu adalah Rasulullah, nescaya kami tidak akan menghalang engkau daripada menziarahi Baitullah dan kami tidak akan memerangi kamu. Tulis sahajalah namamu dan nama bapamu.” Maka Rasulullah S.A.W. pun menjawab, “Demi Allah s.w.t., aku merupakan pesuruh-Nya. Tetapi jika engkau masih ingin mendustakannya, tulis sahajalah Muhammad Bin Abdullah…” dan Baginda memerintahkan Ali r.a. agar memadamnya.

-Tetapi, keimanan yang kental dalam hati Ali r.a. menyebabkannya enggan untuk memadam kalimah ‘Rasulullah’ kerana ianya seakan-akan menafian kedudukan Baginda sebagai pesuruh Allah. Lalu Nabi bersabda, “Maka tunjukkanlah aku tempatnya.” Maka Rasulullah S.A.W. pun memadamnya dengan tangan Baginda sendiri, setelah ditunjukkan kedudukan kalimah ‘Rasulullah’ itu oleh Ali r.a.

-Para Ulamak bersepakat dalam menyatakan bahawa keadaan Nabi yang buta huruf itu, bukanlah menunjukkan kelemahan serta kekurangan diri baginda. Tetapi sebaliknya ianya merupakan satu kemuliaan bagi Nabi S.A.W. dan secara tidak langsung telah dapat menangkis hujah-hujah musuh yang mengatakan bahawa Al-Quran ini merupakan hasil tulisan serta karangan daripada diri baginda sendiri, sepertimana yang telah dirakamkan oleh Allah s.w.t. di dalam Al-Quran:Dan orang kafir itu berkata,

“Al-Quran ini tidak lain hanyalah pembohongan yang diadakan oleh Muhammad, serta dia dibantu oleh kaum-kaum yang lain (seperti kaum Yahudi dan sebagainya).” (Surah Al-Furqan : 4)

ISLAM and CHRISTIANITY ~ Similarities and Differences

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Similarities

1) Believe in one true God, not the concept of Trinity.

(Deuteronomy 6:4-5) “Hear O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord, and the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”

(Mark 12:28-30) ...“Which law is the first of all?” Jesus said in answer, “The first is, Give ear, O Israel:The Lord our God is one Lord; and you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.”

(Isaiah 45:5) “I am Lord, and there is none else, and I am God, there is no one besides me.”

(Exodus 20:3-5) “Thou shall have no other Gods besides Me.”

(Holy Quran 112:1-4) ‘Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him.

(Holy Quran 2:163) ‘And your God is One God. There is no God but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.’

2) Confess that Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) was only a messenger, NOT GOD.

(Luke 11:20) “I (Jesus) with the finger of God, cast out devils’.

(John 5:30) ‘I (Jesus) by myself can do nothing - as I hear I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my will, but the will of thy Father, who has sent me’.

(Mathew 5:17-20) ‘Think not that I am come to destroy the law and the Prophets - I am come not to destroy, but to fulfill.’

(John 14:24) “The words that you hear are not mine, but it is my Father’s, who has sent me.”

(John 17:3) ‘This is eternal life, so that you may know there is one true God, and Jesus Christ, who Thou has sent.’

(Mathew 19:16-17) ‘One of the persons approaches Jesus (pbuh), and says ‘Good Master, what good things shall I do, that I shall attain eternal life.’ And Jesus said unto him, ‘Why do you call me good? For there is none good, except One, that is God - And if you want to enter life, keep the commandments’.

(Holy Quran 4:157) ‘That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah,” but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not.’

3) Perform prostration (as-sujud) in their prayers.

(Genesis 17:3) ‘And Abraham fall down on his face to the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him...’

(Genesis 19:1) ‘And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them, he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.’

(Genesis 48:12) ‘Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.’

(Exodus 34:8) ‘Then Moses quickly went down on his face in worship.’

(Joshua 5:14) ‘...Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship...’

(Matthew 26:39) ‘And he (Jesus) went forward a little and falling down on his face in prayer...’

(Holy Quran 32:15) ‘Only those believe in Our Signs, who, when they are recited to them, fall down in prostration, and celebrate the praises of their Lord, nor are they (ever) puffed up with pride.’

(Holy Quran 22:77) ‘O you who believe! Bow down, prostrate yourselves, and adore your Lord; and do good; that you may prosper.’

4) Wearing hijab is an obligation for women

(1 Corinthians 11:6-10) ‘For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.’

(Holy Quran 33:59) ‘O Prophet! Say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers that they let down upon them their over-garments (veil); this will be more proper, that they may be known, and thus they will not be given trouble; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.’

5) Pork is prohibited to eat

(Leviticus 11:7) ‘And the pig is unclean to you, because though the horn of its foot is parted, its food does not come back. Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.’

(Deutronomy 14:8) ‘And the pig is unclean to you, because though it has a division in the horn of its foot, its food does not come back; their flesh may not be used for food or their dead bodies touched by you.’

(Holy Quran 5:3) ‘Forbidden to you is that which dies of itself, and blood, and flesh of swine...’

6) Poligyny (having more than a wife) is allowed (but limited in Islam)

(1 Chronicles 14:3) ‘And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.’

(1 Kings 11:3) ‘Solomon had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives...’

(Holy Quran 4:3) ‘...marry such women as seem good to you, two and three and four; but if you fear that you will not do justice (between them), then (marry) only one or what your right hands possess; this is more proper, that you may not deviate from the right course.

Differences

1) Christians believe that God rests and sleeps, but Muslims believe that God does not need a rest at all, neither does he need a sleep.

(Exodus 31:17) ‘... because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He took His rest and had pleasure in it.’

(Genesis 2:2) ‘And on the seventh day He (God) took His rest from all the work which He had done.

(Psalm 78:65) ‘Then was the Lord like one awaking from sleep, and like a strong man crying out because of wine.’

(Psalm 44:23) “Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Awake! And come to our help, do not give us up for ever.”

(Holy Quran 50:38) ‘We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six Days, nor did any sense of weariness touch Us.’

(Holy Quran 2:255) ‘Allah. There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep...’

2) Christians believe that God can be seen, but Muslims believe that God cannot be seen at anytime and under all circumstances.

(Exodus 24:9-10) ‘Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up. And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.’

(Genesis 32:30) And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.”

(Holy Quran 6:103) ‘Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all) vision; and He is the Knower of subtleties, the Aware.’

3) Muslims have great respect for their prophets and believe that their good manners are above suspicion, but prophets in The Bible were accused of great sins such as adultery, incest & blasphemy.

(Genesis 19:31-36) ‘And the older daughter said to her sister, “Our father is old, and there is no man to be a husband to us in the natural way. Come, let us give our father much wine, and we will go into his bed, so that we may have offspring by our father.”

And that night they made their father take much wine; and the older daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away. And on the day after, the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I was with my father; let us make him take much wine this night again, and do you go to him, so that we may have offspring by our father.”

And that night again they made their father take much wine; and the younger daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away. And so the two daughters of Lot were pregnant by their father.”

(Holy Quran 21:74-75) ‘And (as for) Lot, We gave him wisdom and knowledge, and We delivered him from the town which wrought abominations; surely they were an evil people, transgressors; And We took him into Our mercy; surely he was of the good.

(2 Samuel 11:2-26) ‘Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking
on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was... And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed... then she went back to her house. And the woman became pregnant; and she sent word to David that she was pregnant...

...Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab. And in the letter he said, “Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death”...

...And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she
gave herself up to weeping for him...

(Holy Quran 27:15) ‘And certainly We gave knowledge to David and Solomon, and they both said: Praise be to Allah, Who has made us to excel many of His believing servants.’

(Holy Quran 38:20) ‘And We strengthened his (David’s) kingdom and We gave him wisdom and a clear judgment.’

(Holy Quran 38:25) ‘Therefore We rectified for him (David) this, and most surely he had a nearness to Us and an excellent resort.’

4) Muslims are required to respect their parents & family members, but on the other hand, Jesus Christ in The Bible did not respect his own mother & encouraged his disciples to hate their fathers & mothers.

(John 2:3-4) When they had not enough wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.”

(Matthew 12:47-50) ‘While he (Jesus) was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him. And one said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside, desiring to have talk with you. But he in answer said to him who gave the news, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?” And he put out his hand to his disciples and said, “See, my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

[Luke 14:26] ‘And turning round, he (Jesus) said to them, “If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.”

(Holy Quran 19:30-32) ‘Jesus said: Surely I am a servant of Allah; He has given me the Book and made me a prophet; And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on me prayer and poor-rate so long as I live; And dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me insolent, unblessed...’

(Holy Quran 46:15) ‘And We have enjoined on man doing of good to his parents; with trouble did his mother bear him and with trouble did she bring him forth; and the bearing of him and the weaning of him was thirty months...’

(Holy Quran 4:36) ‘And serve Allah and do not associate any thing with Him and be good to the parents and to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the neighbor of (your) kin and the alien neighbor, and the companion in a journey and the wayfarer and those whom your right hands possess; surely Allah does not love him who is proud, boastful.’

5) Women in Islam do have some rights over their husbands, but women in Christianity don’t have any rights, and they must only be silent.

(1 Timothy 2:12-14) ‘In my opinion it is right for a woman not to be a teacher, or to have rule over a man, but she must be silent. For Adam was first formed, then Eve; And Adam was not taken by deceit, but the woman, being tricked, became a wrongdoer.’

(Exodus 21:7) ‘And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.’

(Holy Quran 2:228) ‘...and their husbands have a better right to take them (women) back in the meanwhile if they wish for reconciliation; and they (women) have rights similar to those against them in a just manner...’

6) Wisdom & knowledge are emphasized in Islam, but not in Christianity.

(Ecclesiastes 1:18) ‘Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is
increase of sorrow.’

(Ecclesiastes 2:15) ‘... As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so what then do I gain by being wise? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.’

(Holy Quran 2:269) ‘He grants wisdom to whom He pleases, and whoever is granted wisdom, he indeed is given a great good and none but men of understanding mind.’

(Holy Quran 58:11) ‘...Allah will exalt those of you who believe, and those who are given knowledge, in high degrees; and Allah is Aware of what you do.’

7) In war, Islam commands Muslims not to kill the enemy’s women or children and to kind & just to innocent people; but in The Bible, Jews are commanded to kill guiltless women and children during war.

(1 Samuel 15:2-3) ‘The Lord of armies says, I will give punishment to Amalek for what he did to Israel, fighting against him on the way when Israel came out of Egypt. Go now and put Amalek to the sword, putting to the curse all they have, without mercy: put to death every man and woman, every child and baby at the breast, every ox and sheep, camel and ass.’

(Deutronomy 20:16) ‘But in the towns of these peoples whose land the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, let no living thing be kept from death.’

(Holy Quran 5:32) ‘For this reason did We prescribe to the children of Israel that whoever slays a soul, unless it be for manslaughter or for mischief in the land, it is as though he slew all men; and whoever keeps it alive, it is as though he kept alive all men...’

8) In Islam, The Holy Quran tells us that the difference of languages is actually one of God’s miracles, but in Christianity, The Bible tells us that the difference is to confuse mankind due to God’s jealousy to them.

(Genesis 11:1-7) ‘And all the earth had one language and one tongue... And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building. And the Lord said, “See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs. Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.”

(Holy Quran 30:22) ‘And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and colors; most surely there are signs in this for the learned.’