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In the name of All\u0101h,
\n<\/span>the Beneficent, the Merciful.
\n<\/span>Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.
\n<\/span>DEDICATED TO
\n<\/span>All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High,
\n<\/span>Lord of the worlds
\n<\/span>AND TO
\n<\/span>Mohammad\u2013who brought the world
\n<\/span>to our feet and eternity to our arms
\n<\/span>*<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

MOHAMMAD\u2013& MOULOOD<\/span><\/p>\n

MOHAMMAD<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(Proofs are yet to be advanced to substantiate the charge that Mohammad was an \u201cimpostor.\u201d In fact, of all the claimants to prophethood, Jesus included, Mohammad is the only one who, through the inimitable Qur\u2019an, can substantiate his claim to Divine Messengership). <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

All\u0101h created us because He loves to be known, said Prophet Mohammad. To let us know His reason for creating us, All\u0101h raised prophets among all peoples, and gave them one common message: There is no God but All\u0101h, He alone is to be worship-ped <\/i>(God is known by a name according to the language of the people)\u2013(Qur\u2019an 21:25). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad came to the Arabs who were yet to receive Divine guidance\u2013(Qur\u2019an 28:46; 32:3; 34:44; 36:6), and to unite all peoples under one system\u2013(Qur\u2019an 7:158; 13:7; 21:107; 34:28). \u00a0(See <\/span>MOHAMMAD\u2013DID NOT EXIST<\/span><\/span><\/span>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mohammad, descended from Abraham and Lady Hajra (Hagar) through their son, Ishmael, was born in the year 570 C.E (Christian Era), in Makkah, Arabia. His father, Abdullah, died before Mohammad was born. His mother, Amenah, died when Mohammad was six years old. Mohammad\u2019s caretaker and grandfather, Abdul Muttalib, died soon afterwards. Nursed by Lady Halimah from birth till the age of six, Mohammad was raised by his uncle Abu Talib.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 At twenty-five, Mohammad married his employer, Lady Khadijah, who was then forty years of age.
\nAt the age of forty Mohammad received the first revelation of the Qur\u2019an from All\u0101h God through the Angel Gabriel. It was during the month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and during one of his usual meditating moments in a cave in Mount Hira, on the outskirt of Makkah.<\/span><\/p>\n

The revelation of the Qur\u2019an lasted for a period of twenty-years. And covers all aspects of human life \u2013social, moral, intellectual, and spiritual.
\nThe Qur\u2019an comprises of the best teachings from previous Scriptures that are applicable for all times, and also contains teachings not met with in past Scriptures. Thus the Qur\u2019an exceeds, and supersedes all Scriptures. And is the Criterion between Truth and Falsehood in Religions.
\nThrough His Qur\u2019an All\u0101h also gave prophecies, scientific pronouncements, and events of the Doomsday. (See\u00a0Qur\u2019an-prophecies<\/a>;\u00a0\u00a0Qur\u2019an-science<\/a>). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Forced to flee Makkah because of persecution, Mohammad migrated to Madinah, formerly Yathrib<\/i>. The Muslim calendar is dated based on this migration known as the Hijrah<\/i>.
\nThe Prophet Mohammad died at Makkah in 632. He was sixty-two years of age. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 One of the allowances of Islam is the institution of polygamy; maximum four wives\u2013(Qur\u2019an 4:3). This allowance was given following the battle of Uhud, as Muhammad Ali notes, in which \u201c70 men out of 700 Muslims had been slain, and this decimation had largely decreased the number of males, who, being the breadwinners, were the natural guardians and supporters of the females.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Polygamy in Islam is an exception rather than the rule. It is only recommended as a remedial measure. It is a fact that females mature earlier than males1<\/span><\/sup> and women live longer than men do; and the flames of war usually leave in its ashes many widows. While some women may be financially independent, they have feminine needs, which can be met either in the unceremonious cot of concubinage or in the honorable bed of wifehood.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 It is not morally healthy for men to have half a dozen paramours than to have women in the dignity of polygamous marriages. To prevent the moral decay of society, Islam allows a limited polygamy to alleviate the problem of female preponderancy.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 That Islam allows polygamy even though Allah knows that man is not capable of \u201cimpartiality.\u201d This is so because the preservation of the moral standards of society, which Islam strives to foster, is of a greater importance than man\u2019s inability to be impartial with his affections. (And it is morally and socially better that man live with this partiality in polygamous marriage than in promiscuity). <\/i>However, the man must make all efforts to minimize this partiality.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Polygamy is no vice, but a virtue when practiced in accordance with the Qur\u2019an. It is doubtful that a decent woman would not prefer to be a second or even third or fourth wife in the Divine sanctuary of marriage but to be a \u201ckept woman\u201d in the immoral parlor of concubinage. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Though the Prophet Mohammad had some \u201cfifteen\u201d wives; it is significant to know his reasons for his multiple marriages. Which reasons are manifold: <\/span><\/p>\n

(1) Social<\/i>\u2013married Safiyyah, a high-born Jewess captive of war to maintain her social status.
\n(2) Federal<\/i>\u2013to effect unity between tribes; one such marriage was to Hafsa; the Prophet\u2019s marriage to \u2018Aisha was three-fold: Divine revelation\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 7, # 15; to effect unity between tribes; and to put an end to marriages with pre-teen girls (see ‘<\/a><\/span>\u2018Aisha & Mohammad<\/span><\/a>).
\n(3) Diplomatic<\/i>\u2013accepted Mary, the Coptic, as gift from ruler of Egypt, (Solomon also engaged in diplomatic marriages: \u201cTo secure diplomatic and commercial treaties Solomon contracted marriage with various princesses\u201d\u2013Ency. Brit;<\/i> 15th Ed; Vol. 2, p. 913).
\n<\/span><\/span>(4) Religious expediency<\/i>\u2013married many widows of war, (5) Divine instructions<\/i>\u2013married Zainab as per Qur\u2019an 33:36-37. (Regarding the critics so-called \u201cscandal\u201d see\u00a0Mohammad-Zainab scandal<\/a>,<\/span> <\/span>and\u00a0Mohammad-Hafsa scandal (& Mary)<\/a><\/span>. <\/span>And for the critic\u2019s charge that Mohammad was a \u201cchild molester\u201d see\u00a0\u2018Aisha & Mohammad<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 For twenty-five years Mohammad lived a life of celibacy. For twenty-nine years, from 25-54, he lived in a monogamous marriage with a woman fifteen years his senior. Only from 54 did he enter into multiple marriages. After the death of his first wife, Khadijah, Mohammad married Saudah, \u201ca widow of advanced age;\u201d then \u2018Aisha; Hafsah, a widow; Zainab, \u201cdaughter of Khuzaimah,\u201d a widow; Umm Salmah, a widow; Zainab, the former wife of Zaid; Umm Habibah, a widow; Juwairiyah, Maimunah, and Safiyyah, three widows taken as war captives, whose marriages \u201cin each case\u201d \u201cled to the union and pacification of a whole tribe;\u201d and in the case of his marriage to Juwairiyah \u201ca hundred families\u201d of her tribe, \u201cthe Bani Mustaliq\u201d \u201cwas at once liberated by the Muslims;\u201d and Mary, the Coptic. (Muhammad Ali, comm. Qur\u2019an 33:50).<\/span><\/p>\n

Mohammad was the first and the only prophet to declare that All\u0101h God raised messengers in all nations\u2013(Qur\u2019an 10:47); and made it a command that Muslims believe in all these messengers and in the message given to them by All\u0101h\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:136, 285; 4:152). <\/span><\/p>\n

As Mohammad embraced these messengers he declared through Revelation that all messengers of the world foretold his coming\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:80). The last of these prophets to foretell the coming of Mohammad was the prophet Jesus Christ\u2013(Qur\u2019an 61:6).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Whereas Mohammad does not need any other Scripture to substantiate his status as Divine Messenger \u2013the Qur\u2019an, with its style and diction, and prophecies that have already manifested<\/i>, scientific pronouncements that have been verified<\/i>, and events of the Doomsday that have found resonance in the scientific community<\/i> being sufficient\u2013<\/span> Abdul Haque Vidyarthi, in his monumental work Muhammad In World Scriptures<\/i>, \u201chad adduced 3000 incontrovertible arguments and signs proving the truthfulness of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and his Divine mission.\u201d He has shown that the Prophet Mohammad was foretold in \u201cMystic Syllables Of Egyptian Book Of The Dead, and in Zoroastrian, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish and Christian Scriptures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In Vol. 1, he has shown that the Prophet Mohammad is: <\/span><\/p>\n

-the Mahadeo Arab of the Bhavishya Purana\u2013Prati Sarg Prev iii; 3.3.5-6<\/span><\/p>\n

-the Mamah Rishi of the Atharva Veda\u201320:121:3<\/span><\/p>\n

-the Ahmad (\u2018mistakenly\u2019 translated as \u201cAhm at hi\u201d<\/i>) of the Sama Veda\u20132:6.8<\/span><\/p>\n

-the Maitreya (Metteya) Buddha foretold by Gautama Buddha <\/span><\/p>\n

-the \u201cM\u201d in the Hindu and Buddhists\u2019 \u201cOM;\u201d the Jewish \u201cEMET;\u201d and the Christians\u2019 \u201cMARANATHA\u201d-(1 Cor; 16:22).<\/span><\/p>\n

-the sun (who \u201csharpen and refine our intellect\u201d) of Hinduism\u2019s Gayatri mantra <\/i>of the Rig Veda\u20133:62:10.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Regarding the Prophet Mohammad being foretold in the Vedas:\u00a0\u00a0 Abdul Haque has detailed several prophecies about the Prophet Mohammad in the Vedas. The most significant prophecy is the Gayatri<\/i> mantra of the Rig Veda. AHV says the Gayatri <\/i>mantra has also been called \u201cSavitri<\/i>, the mother of all the Vedas.\u201d \u201cIn this translation we shall not adduce anything of our own. The text of the Gayatri<\/i> has been quoted from Rig Veda<\/i>, mandal 3, Sukt 62, mantra 10: and the rendering, too, is not ours but that of the pandits themselves.\u201d The Gayatri<\/i> mantra reads: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cTat Savitur Varenyam Bhargo Devasya Dhi Mahi
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodyat\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIts literal translation is: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat Sun, bright and pure, the god\u2019s great wisdom
\n<\/i><\/span>\u2013may he sharpen and refine our intellect.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 (Abdul Haque notes \u201cObscurities in the translation\u201d and proceeds): \u201cKeeping these perplexities in view, one is naturally tempted to ask: Whom the prayer has been addressed to in the mantra<\/i>. To the Sun, or the Light of the Sun, or to his wisdom and intellect?\u201d Haque points out that to give meaning to this Gayatri mantra<\/i>, \u201cthe pandits prefix these four words which does not exist in the Veda Om<\/i> bhur bhava svaha<\/i>. The word Om<\/i>, <\/i>it may be noted, is not found anywhere in the Rig Veda. These four words they interpolate and insert before the Gayatri mantra<\/i> for the reason that it may yield some significance at least.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 AHV also points out that some pandits, \u201cin order to make the Sun<\/i> the ultimate object, of the term tat<\/i>, add of their accord the word tasya<\/i> after it. In that case, the term tat <\/i>seems to be superfluous and redundant.\u201d AHV shows, through analysis, that the “Sun”<\/i> mentioned in the above mantra is not the physical sun but a spiritual sun. \u201cVerenyam<\/i> means Munira i.e.<\/i> the giver of light; and the meaning of Munira<\/i> is The light-giving Sun<\/i>.\u201d That “Savitur Varenyam”<\/i> of the Gayatri mantra<\/i> is just like \u201cSirajam Munira\u201d<\/strong> (\u201cthe light-giving sun\u201d)<\/i><\/strong> which epithet the Prophet Mohammad is mentioned as in the Qur\u2019an: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cO Prophet, surely We have sent thee as a witness, and a bearer of good news and a warner, And as an inviter to Allah by His permission, and as a light-giving sun\u201d<\/i>\u2013(Qur’an 33:45-46).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWith Hindus the Gayatri mantra<\/i> carries very much the same sacred significance as does the holy kalimah<\/i> (the formula of faith) with the Muslims. This mantra<\/i> (sacred verse) has also been called Savitri<\/i>, the mother of all the Vedas, just as Surah Fatihah<\/i> (the opening chapter of the Holy Qur’an) has been called Umm-al Qur’an<\/i> (the mother or basis of the Qur’an) by the Muslims.\u201d And this \u201cmother of all the Vedas\u201d is a prophecy about the Prophet Mohammad. (pp. 247-266). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 As All\u0101h, God, knowing how many prophets He would send into the world, had the prophets of various nations foretell the coming of His last Prophet, Mohammad, it is reasonable that He would in His first Scripture to mankind, the Rig Veda, make mention of this last Prophet of His through whom His favors to man would be \u201ccompleted,\u201d religion \u201cperfected\u201d and who will give \u201call truth.\u201d One who has brought \u201call truth,\u201d \u201ccompleted\u201d favors\u201d and \u201cperfected\u201d religion, there is no more truth to be given, no more favors to be had, and nothing to supersede perfection. In effect, there is no other light more resplendent, more illuminating than the \u201clight-giving sun\u201d<\/i>\u2013the Prophet Mohammad<\/i>.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Buddha foretold the coming of another Buddha (the Maitreya). This is proof that he, like Jesus, did not give \u201call truth.\u201d If \u201call truth\u201d was given by Buddha then there would be no need for another Buddha. Therefore, complete guidance cannot be obtained by following Buddha or Jesus. Jesus specifically says to follow the Comforter who will guide us into \u201call truth\u201d\u2013(John 14:16; 16:13).<\/span><\/p>\n

(a) Mohammad is the Prophet to whom the \u201cbook is delivered\u201d and is the Prophet who is \u201cnot learned\u201d as Isaiah has said\u2013(Isaiah 29:12). (When Mohammad received the first revelation\u2013Qur\u2019an 96:1-5, he said to the angel, \u201cI do not know how to read\u201d \u2013Bokhari Vol. 1, # 3). <\/span><\/p>\n

(b) Mohammad is the Prophet who brought us the book of \u201c<\/strong>seven seals\u201d (Opening chapter of the Qur\u2019an, 1:1-7) and the \u201ceverlasting gospel\u201d (the Qur\u2019an), as can be found in Revelation <\/i>5:1; 8:1; 14:6.<\/span><\/p>\n

(c) Mohammad is the \u201cFaithful and True\u201d rider upon the \u201cwhite horse\u201d who \u201cin righteousness he judges and makes war\u201d as can be found in Revelation 19:11. The names of the two horses of the Prophet were \u201cLuhoof\u201d<\/i> and \u201cSanjah.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0 \u201cAnd there was nothing ambiguous about his white horse which he actually possessed for riding.\u201d \u201cIt is strange that no prophet of the Israelite was allowed to ride a horse. God forbade trade with Egypt which was famous for trade in horses (Deuteronomy 17:16), and only Solomon had horses. The judges and princes of Israelites used generally to ride on mules and asses.\u00a0 Therefore in the prophecy the rider of a horse is Muhammad and the rider of an ass is Christ,\u201d notes Abdul Haque, (p. 342). <\/span><\/p>\n

(d) Mohammad is the \u201cShiloh\u201d foretold by the Prophet Jacob: \u201cThe sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a law-giver from between his feet until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be\u201d\u2013(Genesis 49:10). <\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. \u2018Abdul Ahad Dawud B.D. \u2013\u201cthe former Reverend David Benjamin Keldani, <\/span>B.D<\/span>., a Roman Catholic priest of the Uniate-Chaldean sect\u201d\u2013<\/span> in his book Muhammad in the Bible<\/i>, has explained this prophecy in detail to show that it cannot apply to either Moses, David, or Jesus, but, that this prophecy could relate only to the Prophet Mohammad because \u201cMuhammad came with military power and the Qur\u2018an to replace the old Jewish worn-out sceptre and the impracticable and old-fashioned law of sacrifices and of a corrupt priesthood.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Prof. Dawud notes, that the Jewish \u201cinstitutions\u201d of \u201cRoyal Sceptre and the Prophetical Succession\u201d \u201chave been extinct for over thirteen centuries.\u201d And that \u201cthe tribe of Judah also has disappeared together with its royal authority and its sister\u2013the prophetical succession.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Thus, \u201cThe Jews are forced to accept one or the other of the two alternatives, namely, either to admit that Shiloh has come already, but that their forefathers did not recognize him, or to accept the fact that there exists no longer a tribe of Judah from which Shiloh will have to descend.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/i>Moreover, the prophecy clearly states that Shiloh \u201cis to be a total stranger to the tribe of Judah, and even to all the other tribes,\u201d the Prof. points out \u2013the sceptre and the law-giver were to remain with Judah until the arrival of Shiloh. \u201cIf Shiloh be a descendant of Judah, how could those two elements [sceptre and lawgiver] cease to exist in that tribe?\u201d Shiloh \u201ccould not be a descendant of any of the other tribes either, for the sceptre and the lawgiver were for all Israel, and not for one tribe only. This observation explodes the Christian claim as well. For Jesus is a descendant of Judah\u2013at least from his mother\u2019s side.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 It is clear from the above that \u201cthe Jews are vainly expecting the coming of another Shiloh, and that the Christians are obstinately persisting in their error in believing that it was Jesus who was intended by Shiloh.\u201d (pp. 54, 55, 58, 57). <\/span><\/p>\n

(e) Mohammad is the \u201cHimada,\u201d <\/i>and Islam is the \u201cShalom\u201d <\/i>prophesied by Haggai 2:7-9. (Prof. Dawud has shown that this \u201cHimda\u201d is \u201cAhmed; that is to say, Muhammad.\u201d (Muhammad In The Bible<\/i>).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

(f) Mohammad is the \u201cComforter\u201d who guided us \u201cinto all truth\u201d (and whose book the Qur\u2019an will abide \u201cforever\u201d) as Jesus has said\u2013(John 16:13; 14:16). (See\u00a0 \u00a0Jesus-Comforter<\/a><\/span>). <\/span><\/p>\n

(g) \u201cI will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee (Moses), and will put my words in his mouth\u2026.\u201d\u2013(Deut; 18:18).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus is not the owner of this prophecy of Deuteronomy. Jesus did not bring a law as Moses did. Jews are \u201cbrethren\u201d not only of one another but are also \u201cbrethren\u201d of the Arabs. (See\u00a0<\/span>Jesus-like Moses<\/a><\/span>). <\/span><\/p>\n

(h) Mohammad is the prophet whom all the prophets have foretold since the world began\u2013(Acts 3:21-23). (Jesus never claimed to be the fulfilment of this prophecy of Acts 3:21-23. In fact, he prophesied the coming of another Comforter who will guide us \u201cinto all truth\u201d-[John 14:16; 16:13]. It is to be noted also that here Jesus, admittedly, did not give \u201call truth\u201d: that, he left for the Comforter to do). (See\u00a0Jesus-only name on earth<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 In his book Muhammad in World Scriptures,<\/i> Vol.1, Abdul Haque has shown that the Zoroastrian Scriptures, Dasatir <\/i>and Zend Avesta<\/i>, contain several prophecies about the Prophet Mohammad. The one most notable in Dasatir<\/i> is that in the epistle of Sasan <\/i>I. Its translation have been summarized thus: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cwhen the Zoroastrian people will forsake their religion and will become dissolute a man will rise in Arabia whose followers will conquer Persia and subjugate the arrogant Persians. Instead of worship\u00adping fire in their own temples, they will turn their faces in prayer towards Ka\u2019bah of Abraham which will be cleared of all idols. They (the followers of the Arabian prophet), will be a mercy unto the world\u2013(Mohammad is a mercy to the world\u2013Qur\u2019an 7:158; 21:107).<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

They will become masters of Persia, Madain, Tus, Balkh, the sacred places of the Zoroastrians and the neighbour\u00ading territories. Their prophet will be an elo-quent man telling miraculous things.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The scripture clearly declares that a man will be raised in Arabia, and that he will conquer Persia and the people will pray facing the Ka\u2019ba in Makkah, Arabia. Abdul Haque explains:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the advent of the Holy Prophet (Mohammad), the Zoroastrians had lost most of their scriptures. They had deteriorated both in morality and religion, and all these facts are clearly recorded in the epistle of Sasan. This was the first sign of the appearance of the reformer. The prophecy of his advent was so well-known to the Parsis and Magians and they were so anxious about the appearance of their redeemer, that they flocked with their presents to any place where they heard a reformer had appeared. The author of St. Matthew\u2019s Gospel also heard of this news and in order to apply this famous prophecy on Jesus Christ he coined an imaginary tale and recorded it in the Gospel. The author of this Gospel is well-known for this peculiar trait. Whatever good news he heard of, he at once applied it on Jesus, and he never cared what interpretation he was given to the text of an ancient scripture, but he did his best to prove somehow or other that the text referred to Jesus Christ. A prophecy of the appearance of \u2018the praised one\u2019 was current in Persia, and the Gospel writer having come to know of it at once coined a story, without contemplating that he was recording many unbelievable things and events contrary to actual facts. And the very fact that no other Gospel\u00ad-writer has confirmed this story is enough to reject it. The author of St. Matthew\u2019s Gospel writes that when Jesus was born, some Magians and wise men of the East were directed to him by a star; the star went before them till it came and stood over where Christ was, and thus they came to worship him and offer him their presents (Matt. 2:1-11). St. Luke, on the other hand, claims to \u2018have perfect understanding of all things from the very first\u2019 (Luke 1:3), but he makes no mention at all of the Magians having come to Christ or of the star that directed them to him, although he makes mention of a petty fact of the shepherds having come to see Christ. No star directed the shepherds, the only sign given to them by the angel was: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYe shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes,
\nlying in a manger\u201d\u2013(Luke 2:12).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Nowhere else save in the Gospel of St. Matthew is there a mention of the Magians having come all the way from Persia to present their gifts to Christ or of the star going before them. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Ferrar, in his \u2018Life of Jesus Christ\u2019, writes of these contradictions in the following terms: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing but a mass of confused and contradictory traditions to throw any light either on their rank, their country, their number or their names.\u201d (Dr. Ferrar\u2019s \u2018Life of Jesus Christ\u2019 page 30).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 This tradition in the Christian scriptures, however, proves that a prophecy of the advent of the Holy Prophet was current among the Magians and they were so anxiously waiting for the Promised Prophet that even their anxiety was known far and near. The author of St. Matthew\u2019s Gospel exploited the widespread publicity of this prophecy and at once applied it to Jesus Christ.\u201d(pp. 139-145).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 As noted, the prophecy states that the Promised Prophet will be from Arabia, will conquer Persia, destroy idols and the people will pray facing the Ka\u2019ba in Makkah, Arabia. Jesus was not raised in Arabia, nor destroyed idols, nor did his followers conquer Persia, nor does his people pray facing the Ka\u2019ba. The only prophet born in Arabia who destroyed idols and whose followers conquered Persia and prayed facing the Ka\u2019ba was the Prophet Mohammad<\/i><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad could not be a \u201cfalse\u201d prophet; the proofs of his Divine office are more profound than any other claimant to Divine Dispensation.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Miracles, which can also be performed by false Christs and false prophets, as Jesus declared\u2013(Matt. 24:24), and a few sermons, which can perhaps be delivered by any wise person having oratory skills, are not proofs of prophethood\u2013much less are they proof of Divinity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 That false Christs and false prophets shall show signs and to beware of false prophets who are wolves disguised as sheep\u2013(Mark 13:22; Matt. 7:15), this could easily apply to Jesus. Not only did Jesus leave no written work, even his \u201cmiracles\u201d could arguably be that of a \u201cfalse\u201d prophet. Moreso, in his ministry which lasted only three years, according to the Gospel(s), he wanted to slaughter all his enemies who did not want him to rule even though they may not militate against him<\/i>\u2013(Luke 19:27); compared to Mohammad who faced death for two decades of his twenty-three year ministry; and who yet forgave his horrid ene-mies \u2013Jesus had no captives to forgive; and he prayed for \u201cGod\u201d to forgive his \u201ccrucifiers;\u201d though it is senseless to \u201cforgive\u201d \u201ccrucifiers\u201d if they were fulfilling Scripture by \u201ccrucifying\u201d him. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Also, it may be argued that if Jesus\u2019 birth was miraculous and his miracles were factual or literal, it is doubtful that Jews would dishonor him and want to crucify him considering that the Jewish landscape is multi-colored with miracles, so much so that even Balaam\u2019s ass spoke to him. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 After recording the birth of Jesus, the next Biblical account we hear of Jesus, after his circumcision at eight days old, is at the age of twelve at Jerusalem. Then he disappeared from the Gospels and appeared eighteen years later, at the age of thirty, at the river Jordan. For some twenty-nine of his alleged thirty-three years of his living there is no Biblical account of Jesus. <\/span><\/p>\n

Considering the manner in which the Gospels have reached us\u2013with its \u201cimprobabilities and contradictions\u201d\u2013they can hardly be an adequate guide on the personality of Jesus Christ. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Coupled with the fact that there are disagreements between Christians as to the true identity and mission of Christ \u2013some holding that he is God and some that he is only the son of God; some saying he died for inherited<\/i> sin and others saying that he died for committed<\/i> sin\u2013 <\/span>and also whereas some believed Jesus was killed on the cross, was buried and risen, \u201csome of the early Christian sects did not believe that Christ was killed on the cross. The Basilidans believed that some one else was substituted for him. The Docetae held that Christ never had a real physical or natural body, but only an apparent or phantom body, and that his Crucifixion was only apparent, not real. The Marcionite Gospel (about A.D. 138) denied that Jesus was born, and merely said that he appeared in human form.\u201d3<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Such varied and dubious expositions can hardly be sources of genuine inspiration. But for Mohammad Jesus Christ may have long since been relegated to the bin of myths and legends. It was Mohammad who, through the Divine Revelation of the infallible Qur\u2019an, removed the shroud of calumny wrapped around Jesus and his mother, Mary \u2013that Mary was an \u201cadulteress\u201d and Jesus was of illegitimate birth\u2013<\/span> and appareled them in rubious robes or righteousness; and cleared away the cumulous clouds of conjectures shrouding Jesus and sat him elegantly in the celestial spotlight of Divine Truth\u2013of him being human and a prophet of God \u2013and has secured for him today the unflagging allegiance of more than one billion Muslims. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mohammad was no anti-Christ!
\n<\/span>Mohammad \u201ctestify\u201d of Christ!
\n<\/span>(John 15:26).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(It would be a gross error to view Muslims as \u201cenemies\u201d of Jesus. In fact, considering that Jesus taught the Unity of God, sinless birth, eternal life through obedience to the Commandments of God and to love him requires following the Comforter, (Mohammad), Muslims, who observe these teachings of Jesus, can be said to be the true followers of Jesus). <\/span><\/p>\n

As no religion can be shown to be superior to or equal with Islam, whoever rejects Mohammad\/Islam will go to hell\u2013(cf. <\/i>Qur\u2019an 3:84-85; 9:113. Muslim, Vol, 1; # 284).<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad, through the Blessed Qur\u2019an, brought the world to our feet and eternity to our arms; he gave us to drink of the fountain of knowledge and truth and wisdom and reason, of peace and love and hope and mercy and forgiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad not only embraced all the prophets of all the nations but also removed the cloak of \u201csinfulness\u201d hurled upon those. He removed the shroud of calumny wrapped around Jesus and his mother, Mary, and appareled them all in rubious robes or righteousness.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad not only preached forgiveness but he forgave his most horrid enemies, and he brought peace and mercy to the earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad not only preached peace and he not only made peace with his persecutors, but also guided them into \u201call truth.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad not only preached love of enemies and loved his enemies, but also made them beneficiaries in his kingdom. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad not only preached kindness, but was also the \u201csoul of kindness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad not only preached the giving of charity and gave charity, but also bought slaves their freedom, and assigned a portion of the States\u2019 funds for the poor.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad unshackled the slave from the oars of hopelessness and put in his grasp the scepter of regality. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad extricated Woman from the bog of degradation in which she was mired and enthroned her on the pinnacle of dignity, and gave her rights and honor unparalleled in the history of religions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad lifted the orphan from the dust of despair and sat him on the chair of hope and dignity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad brought man from the isles of bigotry and isolation and circled them in the shrine of brotherhood, and gave justice to all. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad \u201cdisabused our minds\u201d: he made us too cultured to deliver our souls into the hands of gods born of the womb \u2013helpless, defenseless gods; gods who themselves sought nourishment and protection\u2013<\/span> and he hung the millstone of responsibility for our actions snugly around our own necks \u2013that there is no \u201cscapegoat\u201d on which to cruise on into heaven: every person must pave his own pathway into Paradise. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad extinguished the fires of hate and kindled the flames of brotherhood. He crumbled the walls of division and installed the free-way of unity. He mollified the sword of destruction and forged the shears of progress.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad took God from the bosoms of the nations and sat Him aloft on the mount of Universalism.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad liberated man from the degradation of stone-worship, star-worship, sun-worship, spirit-worship, nature-worship, human-worship, and sat us high on the pinnacle of pure worship (that the only presence greater than ourselves is God; the worship) of the One True God \u2013Who has no partner or parent, nor son or daughter; Who was not in the womb of a woman, Who was not born, nor ate, slept, drank, nor answered the calls of nature, nor died or was killed\u2013<\/span> the God Who is Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent, the God Who is the Ultimate in Purity and Perfection \u2013All\u0101h!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\u00a0MOULOOD<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It is claimed that Prophet Mohammad and the Sahabahs <\/em>did not engage in Moulood thus it is bid\u2019ah<\/em> for Muslims to engage in Moulood. <\/span><\/p>\n

(Did Prophet Mohammad and the Sahabahs<\/em> erect walls in the Masjid to shut women away; and even shut women out of the Masjid \u2013isn\u2019t this bid\u2019ah<\/em>?). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Bid\u2019ah<\/em> means innovation or newness. <\/span><\/p>\n

That the Prophet and Sahabahs did not practice Moulood therefore Moulood is a bad bid\u2019ah. <\/em>From the inception of his mission Prophet Mohammad and his followers were in constant danger of extirpation \u2013he was persecuted, stoned, under the dagger of the assassin, exiled, had to fight some five wars of survival, prayed half the night and until his feet became swollen, cobbled his shoes, helped his wives, preached the Message of All\u0101h, and worked physically to build the Muslim community. <\/span>Who had time to engage in Moulood and celebrate birthdays?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>After the Prophet\u2019s death, the lot of his followers was hardly any better \u2013they had to fight wars, from both external and inter-nal sources, build their community, and go abroad to spread Islam. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As to the <\/span>question is the practice of Moulood a bid\u2019ah<\/em>?<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no report of the Prophet forbidding anyone reciting song\/poetry in honor of him. In fact, there is evidence <\/span>the Prophet encouraged the recitation of poetry honoring him\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 4, # 434, 731)<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Whereas while being in the presence of someone we can demonstrate our love to him through gifts and physical help and extolling his virtue and benevolence, when we are removed from him our only method of expression of love is to educate those who ignorantly revile him and to keep his memory alive through extolling his virtues and benevolence.\u2013this is what is done in Moulood. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 All\u0101h the Glorious and the High instructs us in His Bounteous Qur\u2019an that we are to salute and honor the Prophet: \u201cSurely All\u0101h and His angels bless the Prophet. O you who believe, call for blessings on him and salute<\/em> him with a (becoming) saluta-tion;\u201d \u201cSo\u2026honor<\/em> him\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 33:56; 7:157; 48:9).<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Since to follow the Qur\u2019an is obedience to All\u0101h, and as All\u0101h requires us to salute and honor the Prophet, therefore to salute and honor the Prophet is to obey All\u0101h; and obedience to All\u0101h is worship of All\u0101h. <\/span>Therefore saluting and honoring Prophet Mohammad in Moulood is <\/em>worship of All\u0101h.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 So, whether good or bad, where is the bid\u2019ah<\/em> when one is doing that which All\u0101h enjoins? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 We petition All\u0101h to bless the Prophet in our Darood Shareef<\/em>, but how do we offer \u201csalutation\u201d and \u201chonor\u201d him? While one form of salutation and honor is to send \u201cpeace\u201d\/salaam on him it is not the only form of salutation and honor. We can extol his life, virtues, achievements, mercy etc. While some Muslims may offer their salutation and honor by uttering words silently and solitarily others may prefer to beautify their salutation and honor in melodious renderings, and even with others in audiences. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Whereas Moulood, apparently, is not a bid\u2019ah<\/em> in Islam, the belief of some Muslims that the Prophet\u2019s soul is present or comes during the Moulood function \u2013and if there is more than one Moulood function at the same time it would mean that the Prophet\u2019s soul is present at all these functions at the same time\u2013<\/span> would appear to be in contradiction to the teachings of Islam that only All\u0101h is Omnipresent;<\/span> and that the dead are not sent back\u2013(Qur\u2019an 23:99-100; 39:42). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 The complain that some of the songs praise the Prophet beyond his status, all that needs to be done is to not sing such songs or discard them or write your own songs. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 That women also take part in Moulood functions. Are women not Muslims, and properly attired, and subjected to the injunc-tions of All\u0101h to salute and honor the Prophet? All\u0101h says that the believing men and believing women are friends\/protectors of one another, and will receive mercy from All\u0101h\u2013(Qur\u2019an 9:71; 33:35). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Even if there was no injunction from All\u0101h to salute and honor Prophet Mohammad and no teaching from the Prophet to recite poetry in his honor consider, Mohammad Mustapha, this best exemplar, this greatest of human being the world has known, and will ever know \u2013who, through the grace of All\u0101h, saved us from atheism, polytheism, idolatry, paganism, and spiritism; liberated us from profligacy, drunkenness, and superstition and instills in us chastity, sobriety, and rationality; impels us to moral, social, intellectual, and spiritual excellence; liberated Woman and Slave, ennobled the Orphan, gave us the fountain of truth, peace, love, hope, mercy, knowledge, and wisdom, and brought the world to our feet and eternity to our arms\u2013 <\/span>we are not to mark his birth and life and benevolence with songs of honor in Moulood if we so desire? It is bad bid\u2019ah<\/em> to do so? <\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span><\/p>\n

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1.<\/span> A report in the Toronto Star Tuesday November 7, 2000, under the heading Early puberty, low birth weight linked?<\/i>, Section A18, by Lindsey Tanner of Associated Press, says that in the U.S. \u201cit has been estimated that nearly half of black girls and 15 per cent of white ones start puberty by age 8\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/span> Muhammad Ali, Qur\u2019anic comm; 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n

3.<\/span> Yusuf Ali, Qur\u2019anic comm; 663.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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