{"id":318,"date":"2015-02-26T00:25:52","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T00:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azmi.co\/cust\/ngba-wp\/?page_id=318"},"modified":"2018-09-30T01:52:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T01:52:19","slug":"jesus-and-mohammad-cures-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=318","title":{"rendered":"Jesus-and Mohammad cures & war"},"content":{"rendered":"

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><\/p>\n

\n

There are instances where the Qur\u2019an differs from the Bible, such as the Bible stating that Jesus was born in a stable\/manger whereas All\u0101h revealed in His Qur\u2019an that Mary had birthing pains by a date-palm (though it is not necessarily so that Mary gave birth by the palm tree)\u2013(Luke 2:7; Qur\u2019an 19:22-23).
\nIn such matters where the Qur\u2019an differs with the Bible, the Christian argues that the Biblical account is to be taken as correct; seeing that the Bible preceded the Qur\u2019an. But age\/antiquity is no guarantee of authenticity or accuracy. <\/span><\/p>\n

Also, Christians make all kinds of fancy claims from the Bible in their effort to prove that Jesus was greater than Mohammad. However, the\u00a0<\/span>Bible<\/a><\/span>\u00a0not only contains \u201cmonumental errors\u201d and was \u201ctampered with\u201d as Christians have admitted \u2013a Book from God would not have \u201cerrors\u201d\u2013<\/span> the Books of the Old Testament \u201cwere written in several languages over a period of more than nine hundred years<\/span>, based on oral traditions;\u201d<\/span> and the Gospels were written more than a hundred years after Jesus; and are \u201caccording to\u201d Matthew, Mark, Luke and John <\/span>\u2013not according to God or Jesus\u2013<\/span> who \u201cwere not eye-witnesses<\/span> of the data they recorded\u201d and is the King James \u201cVersion\u201d <\/span>\u2013not God\u2019s or Jesus\u2019 Version<\/span><\/span>.<\/span> And, initially Jesus\u2019 teachings were transmitted \u201corally\u201d and the current four Gospels did not acquire official status until \u201c170 A.D.\u201d (some 140 years after Christ)<\/span> and not until \u201cexcisions\u201d were made from the prevailing \u201cabundance of literature\u201d on Jesus and after numerous other \u201cGospels were suppressed.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So unless Christians have the original <\/span><\/span>HEBREW<\/span><\/span> text of the Old Testament and the original <\/span><\/span>HEBREW<\/span><\/span> or <\/span>ARAMAIC<\/span><\/span> text (as Jesus was said to have spoken Aramaic) of the Gospels to support their claims their submissions are useless. Judge Julie would not blink twice to throw such \u201chearsay\u201d materials and its submitter(s) out of Court.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

JESUS AND MOHAMMAD
\n<\/span>CURES & WAR<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 1.<\/span> One of the arguments used by Christians as proof that Jesus was greater than the Prophet Mohammad is that Jesus fought no war whereas Mohammad fought wars.<\/span><\/p>\n

(And how do you know Jesus did not fight any war[s]? The Gospels record Jesus at his birth; at his circumcision at eight days old; at the age of twelve arguing with the Jewish Elders at the temple; and then again at the age of thirty being baptized by John the Baptist. So where was Jesus for these<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>18 missing years<\/a><\/span>?
\nIt is rather mind-boggling that after all the fanfare of angels coming all the way from heaven to sing at his birth and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three wise men<\/a><\/span>\u00a0travelling in cold winter weather some five hundred miles from Persia\/Iran to Palestine to bring him gold, frankincense, and myrrh there is not a syllable recorded of this God and son of God for a staggering eighteen years. <\/span>
\nLuke says that the child \u201cwaxed strong.\u201d But where did this Christians\u2019 God and son of God \u201cwaxed\u201d strong for these eighteen years? in his father\u2019s carpenter\u2019s shop making Trojan horses or was he fighting as a mercenary someplace or busy slaughtering all his enemies who did not want him to rule [Luke 19:27] or was this Christians\u2019 God and son of God still busy eating butter and honey in the bush so that he may know to distinguish between good and evil [Isaiah 7:14-15] or was this Christians\u2019 God and son of God taking lessons from the Hindu priests in Kashmir on how to heal and cure?).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus may not have fought any war(s) but there is nothing docile or pacifistic about the leader who tells his followers to sell their coats and buy swords and to slay his enemies who did not want him to rule over them. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

That Jesus did not fight a war is no distinction; Buddha, Guru Nanak, and Baha\u2019ullah did not fight either.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The greatest man must fight wars of justice.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Except for the trumped up charge against Jesus, Jesus was not pushed into war: he was not persecuted; besieged; under the shadow of the assassin; forced into exile; and pursued. Even if he was his disciples, who were always doubting and was of little and no faith and always forsaking him and fleeing, were hardly military material. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus was a realist as is evident in the garden of Gethsemane when the soldiers came to arrest him; telling his disciples to put away their swords (though he<\/i> had instructed them to buy swords and to stand guard to protect him as he prayed).<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus saying those who take up the sword would perish by the sword<\/i> was no philosophy,it was fact-of-the-moment;<\/span> their \u201ctwo\u201d novice swords against a band of military-skilled swordsmen were instant death; what Jesus was saying is: if you take up the sword we being out-sworded they will shred us.
\n<\/i><\/span>Jesus was being practical.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus booted the money-changers and bird-sellers from the temple; ordered his enemies be slain; that he came not to send peace on earth but a sword and fire and division; and instructed his followers to sell their coats and buy swords. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 These are not the words and actions of a pacifist or non-violent individual. And yet Jesus had no military power. Imagine the carnage if this Christian\u2019s God and son of God had military capability.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Though Jesus did not fight directly in a war, compar<\/span>ed to the five or so defensive wars Mohammad fought to end persecution and the conservative number of casualties of these wars, Jesus, according to Christians that he is God, and as Biblical prophets obeyed the dictates of God, Jesus was instrumental in the bloodiest episodes in Scriptural history: Jesus was complicit in all the wars and killings \u2013from Moses, Joshua, Saul, Gideon, David, to Solomon\u2013 where not even the \u201cox, and sheep, and ass\u201d were spared the \u201cedge of the sword\u201d\u2013(Deut; 7:1-2; Josh. 10:40, 12:6).<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 As Prof. Abdul Ahad Dawud <\/span>B.D. \u2013\u201cthe former Reverend David Benjamin Keldani, B.D., a Roman Catholic priest of the Uniate-Chaldean sect\u201d\u2013 <\/span>points out in his revealing book Muhammad in the Bible<\/i>: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201call the blood shed in the wars of Badr, Ohud, and other campaigns led personally by the Prophet Muhammad, could not exceed one-hundredth of the blood shed by Joshua.<\/span> Yet not a single instance of cruelty or injustice can be proved against the Apostle of All\u0101h. He was clement, noble, magnanimous, and forgiving.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After all, the Christians\u2019 God \u201cJesus\u201d \u201cis a man of war\u201d: \u201cThe Lord is a <\/span>MAN OF WAR<\/span>: the Lord is his name\u201d\u2013(Ex. 15:3). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Moreover, whereas Mohammad only took war captives and then either ransomed them or set them free (which was the course he generally took) the Christian\u2019s God, Jesus, had all the males and matron women killed and had the little \u201cvirgin\u201d girls taken as <\/span>sex slaves<\/a>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThen the Lord spake unto Moses, saying\u2026
\nAnd they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses, and they slew <\/span>ALL THE MALES<\/span>\u2026.
\nAnd they brought the <\/span>CAPTIVES<\/span> and the prey and the spoil to Moses, and Eleazar\u2026
\nAnd Moses said unto them\u2026Now therefore kill every <\/span>MALE<\/span> among the <\/span>LITTLE ONES<\/span> (of the captives), and kill <\/span>EVERY WOMAN<\/span> who hath known man by lying with him, but <\/span>ALL THE WOMEN CHILDREN<\/span>, that have not known a man by lying with him (virgin girls)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>KEEP ALIVE FOR YOURSELVES\u2026..
\n(<\/span><\/span>To know if these little girls were virgins, the Israelites would have had to physically examine them -give them the finger, so to speak; and as Jesus is said to be God, this is what Jesus allowed).
\n<\/span>And the Lord spake unto to Moses, saying, Take the sum of the <\/span>PREY (BOOTY<\/span>) that was taken, both of <\/span>MAN<\/span> and of beast, thou and Eleazar\u2026And divide the <\/span>PREY<\/span> into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation And <\/span>LEVY A TRIBUTE UNTO THE LORD<\/span>\u2026.
\nAnd the <\/span>BOOTY<\/span>, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught was 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, and 61,000 asses, and of <\/span>WOMEN<\/span> that had not known man by lying with him (virgin girls), were 32,000. And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was 337,500 sheep; 36,000 cattle, 30,500 asses, and 16,000 persons (virgin girls. And of the congregation\u2019s half portion of these 16.000 virgin girls, 320 were given to the Levite priests, as \u201cthe Lord commanded Moses.\u201d And the <\/span>LORD\u2019S TRIBUTE<\/span> (of the (booty) was 675 sheep; 72 cattle; 61 donkeys; and 32 persons<\/span> \u2026.the men of war had taken <\/span>SPOIL<\/span> (<\/span>BOOTY<\/span>), <\/span>EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF<\/span>\u201d\u2013(Numbers 31:1-53). (See\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Christianity-sex slaves & prepubescent girls<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

About Israelites taking little \u201cvirgin\u201d girls as war booty, the Answering Islam<\/i> apologist wrote (on the Internet)<\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<\/strong>Muslims often point to Numbers 31:17-18 to show how the Holy Bible permits the raping of young girls.\u201d Numbers 17-18 states: “The LORD said to Moses, \u2018Avenge the people of Israel on the Mid’ianites<\/strong>; \u2026 They warred against Mid’ian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and slew every male<\/strong>\u2026Moses said to them (his commanders), \u2018Have you let all the women live? Behold, these caused the people of Israel, by the counsel of Balaam, to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Pe’or, and so the plague came among the congregation of the LORD. Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones,<\/span> and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him<\/span>. But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves<\/span><\/strong>.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 The Answering Islam<\/i> Christian critic states: \u201cGod commanded the Israelites to take vengeance on the Midianites, as well as the Moabites, for leading Israel into committing idolatry and sexual immorality:\u201d<\/span> \u201cGod spared the young girls<\/span> as an act of mercy since they did-n\u2019t partake of the sins of the other women who lured the Israelites into committing sexual immorality,<\/span> thereby angering God. Yet the Lord didn\u2019t have to spare them and could have easily demanded that they too be des-troyed with the rest. After all, from God\u2019s perspective all flesh is born sinful which means that it is inevitable that all humans turn out to be rebel sinners who will grow up to defy God: Thus, the foregoing conclusively shows that Numbers 31 did not permit the Israelite men to spare the young virgin girls so as to rape them. They were commanded to spare them as an act of mercy<\/span> since they did not share in the guilt of enticing Israel into commit-ting sexual immorality.\u201d<\/span> (Highlight added). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Response:<\/span><\/i><\/strong> So the little boys and male infants were not deserving of the \u201cact of mercy<\/span>,\u201d they also were guilty of \u201cleading Israel into committing idolatry and sexual im-morality:\u201d<\/span> (???)<\/strong> Is this how the Christian\u2019s God gives justice? These \u201cevery male among the little ones\u201d could have been kept and reared as soldiers or laborers (and men were more needed to fight wars). <\/span><\/p>\n

And why not keep all<\/span> the young girls also who had lain with men; why only the virgins? Isn\u2019t it possible that there were mature women who had not lain with men? And how did these men know that some of these young girls had \u201cnot known man by lying with him\u201d<\/span> (they would have had to physically examine these girls and women; or they only assumed and slaughtered left right and centre and even killing innocent girls and women). <\/span><\/p>\n

And since \u201cfrom God\u2019s perspective all flesh is born sinful which means that it is inevitable that all humans turn out to be rebel sinners who will grow up to defy God,\u201d why then fault people when God, as Christians\u2019 claim, loaded Adam\u2019s sin onto them and they were Divinely destined to commit evil? And there was no \u201cblood\u201d of Christ then to free them. In fact, every non-Israelite of the time should have been killed to prevent them from \u201cinevitable\u201d becoming \u201crebel sinners\u2019 and \u201cdefy God.\u201d Evidently, the Christian\u2019s God is not only unjust (loading Adam\u2019s sin onto everyone) but also ty-rannical (made people into \u201cinevitable\u201d \u201crebel sinners\u201d and then killing them for being \u201csinners\u201d). (Welcome to All\u0101h the God Who created everyone in a pure nature and forgives all sins).<\/span><\/strong>A<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

That these \u201cvirgin\u201d girls were kept for sex is enshrined in the ending words of the verse which clearly says to \u201ckeep (them) alive for YOURSELVES<\/strong>.<\/strong>\u201d (And as Chris-tians say Jesus is God, it was Jesus who commanded that these little virgin girls be taken as sex slaves). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 (Answering Islam <\/i>charges against Islam and the Prophet have already been debunked). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 2.<\/span> Christians also opine that whereas Jesus gave his disciples authority to drive out evil spirits, to heal disease and sickness,1<\/span><\/sup> Mohammad gave his followers the authority to wage war on unbelievers and to be ruthless to them.2<\/span><\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(It is rather intriguing that Jesus raised the literal dead considering that \u201cit is appointed unto men <\/span>ONCE TO DIE<\/span>, <\/span>but after this the judgment;\u201d<\/span> which would mean that the dead Christ raised would have died twice [and was even resurrected without receiving \u201cjudgment\u201d] contradicting the Bible.\u2013Hebrews 9:27).\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 So how many diseased and sick did Jesus\u2019 disciples heal? And non-Christians also do certain healing and cast out evil spirits, and Jesus didn\u2019t give them \u201cauthority.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Modern medicine, which may have been developed by atheists, also heal many diseases. Modern man, who may be atheists, also clone the species, which Jesus and his disciples did not do. Would you say that these scientists\/doctors are greater than Jesus and his disciples? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Whereas healing the physically impaired is admirable (which even false Christs and false prophets can do as Jesus says3<\/span><\/sup>) Mohammad freed us of our moral, social, and mental cankers \u2013drunkenness, gambling, profligacy; backwardness and stagnation; the irrationality of polytheism and the futility and degradation of idolatry\u2013 <\/span>and brought the world to our feet and eternity to our arms: <\/span><\/p>\n

–\u201c<\/span>See you not that All\u0101h has made
\n<\/span><\/span>subservient to you whatever is in the heavens
\n<\/span>and whatever is in the earth,
\n<\/span>and granted to you His favours
\n<\/span>complete outwardly and inwardly?\u201d
\n<\/span>(which subservience can be effected
\n<\/span>only through knowledge):
\n<\/span>\u201cand say: My Lord, increase me in knowledge\u201d
\n<\/span>(Qur\u2019an <\/span>31:20; 20:114); 4<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

-\u201cSurely the men who submit
\n<\/span>and the women who submit,
\n<\/span>and the believing men and the believing women,
\n<\/span>and the obeying men and the obeying women,
\n<\/span>and the truthful men and the truthful women,
\n<\/span>and the patient men and the patient women,
\n<\/span>and the humble men and the humble women,
\n<\/span>and the charitable men and the charitable women,
\n<\/span>and the fasting men and the fasting women,
\n<\/span>and the men who guard their chastity
\n<\/span>and the women who guard,
\n<\/span>and the men who remember All\u0101h much
\n<\/span>and women who remember \u2014
\n<\/span>All\u0101h has prepared for them
\n<\/span>forgiveness and a mighty reward\u201d
\n<\/span>(Qur\u2019an <\/span>33:35);<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

-\u201cAnd whoever does good deeds,
\n<\/span>whether male or <\/span>FEMALE,<\/span><\/strong><\/span> and he (or she)
\n<\/span>is a believer \u2013these will enter the Garden,
\n<\/span>and they will <\/span>NOT <\/span>be dealt with a whit unjustly\u201d
\n<\/span>Qur\u2019an 4:124)<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/span>\u201cEnter the garden,
\n<\/span><\/span>you and your <\/span>WIVES<\/span><\/span>, being made happy;\u201d
\n<\/span>\u201cSurely the owners of the Garden are
\n<\/span>on that day in a happy occupation.
\n<\/span>They and their <\/span>WIVES<\/span><\/span> are in shades,
\n<\/span><\/span>reclining on raised couches\u201d
\n<\/span>(Qur\u2019an <\/span>43:70; 36:56).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd those who believe and
\n<\/span>whose <\/span>off-spring<\/strong> follow them in faith
\n<\/span>\u2013We unite them with their offspring
\n<\/span>and We shall deprive them of naught of their work.
\n<\/span>Every man is pledged for his work\u201d
\n<\/span>Qur\u2019an 52:21)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad also taught us about medicines\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 7).<\/span><\/p>\n

That Mohammad gave his followers the authority to wage war on unbelievers and to be ruthless to them.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -Wasn\u2019t Jesus ruthless on his enemies who did not want him to rule, commanding that they be brought to him and slain? (even though these enemies might not militate against him; in contrast to Mohammad\u2019s enemies who for twenty-three years engaged in all forms of machinations to kill him)\u2013(Luke 19:27). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -Wasn\u2019t Jesus ruthless against those parents and children between whom he set \u201cdivision\u201d and \u201chate\u201d?:
\n\u201cSuppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth, Nay; but rather <\/span>DIVISION<\/span>: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; and the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law;\u201d<\/span>
\n\u201cIf any man come to me, and\u00a0<\/i><\/span>HATE NOT<\/span>\u00a0<\/i>his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also,<\/span> he cannot be my disciple\u201d<\/i>\u2013(Luke 12:51:53; 14:26).
\n<\/span>And these parents and family did not do anything against Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -Wasn\u2019t Jesus ruthless to the world in sending it fire and sword and division: \u201cI am come to send <\/span>FIRE<\/span> on the earth;\u201d \u201cSuppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth, Nay; but rather <\/span>DIVISION;<\/span>\u201d \u201cThink <\/span>NOT<\/span> that I am come to send peace on earth: I came <\/span>NOT<\/span> to send peace, but a <\/span>SWORD<\/span>\u201d\u2013(Luke 12:49, 51-53; Matt. 10:34). <\/span>And the world did not do anything against Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 What would you do should someone, even with justification, come to kill you and or your family? would you let them? only a fool would. Not even the savage beast would allow it to himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus was not forced into war. Mohammad was forced into war \u2013the enemy, without justification, persecuted him, besieged him, tried to assassinate, forced him into exile, pursued, and made war on him. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 If you think Mohammad shouldn\u2019t have fought back in self- defense tell this to the Allies of World War II and to Britain (for going against Argentina) and America for chasing after Saddam Hussein and Talibans (though Saddam Hussein and Talibans did not transgress against America and\/or Allies).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Regarding Qur\u2019an 48:29, this verse states: \u201c<\/span>Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those with him are firm of heart against the disbelievers<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0 <\/i>compassionate among themselves \u2026\u201d <\/span>To which\u00a0\u00a0 Muhammad Ali explains:
\n\u201cAshidda\u2019 <\/i>is plural of shadid<\/i>, which means firm, strong, powerful, <\/i>as well as brave, firm of heart <\/i>(LA, Q, LL). Shiddat<\/i>, the root word, also signifies fi<\/i>rmness of heart <\/i>(T). The translation fi<\/i>erce<\/i>,<\/i> or vehement<\/i>, adopted in English translations, is not correct here. The Muslims stood firm against the disbelievers but they were never fierce or hard in their treatment towards them.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>All\u0101h instructs the Prophet Mohammad in His Qur\u2019an 9:6:\u201cAnd if anyone of the idolaters seek thy protection, protect him till he hears the word of Allah, then convey him to his place of safety. This is because they are a people who know not.\u201d<\/span> To which Muhammad Ali comments:
\n\u201cThis verse leaves no doubt that the Prophet was never ordered to kill anyone on account of his religion. \u201cYou shall give him a safe conduct that he may return home again securely in case he shall not think fit to embrace Muhammadanism\u201d (Sale).\u201d
\nClearly, it is not ruthlessness to protect and teach the idolater and return him home safely; it is \u201cmercy.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Again, All\u0101h instructs the Prophet in Qur\u2019an 39:53: to convey to us: \u201cSay, O My servants who have sinned against their souls, despair not of the mercy of All\u0101h; surely All\u0101h forgives all sins. Verily, He is Most Forgiving, Ever Merciful\u201d <\/span>(notably, believers as well as disbelievers are servants of Allah). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 It is not \u201cruthlessness\u201d to implore sinners to forgiveness of all of their sins, and moreover to implore sinners in loving, com-passionate terms; it is \u201cmercy.\u201d In fact, it is not only \u201cmercy\u201d but also love. (All\u0101h loves us. All\u0101h wants to guide us. All\u0101h wants us to be pure. All\u0101h wants us to have a life in Paradise). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Verses of the Qur\u2019an are to be taken in their perspective. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Like other prophets who were a mercy to their people, the Prophet Mohammad was a mercy to his people, Arabs \u2013who were the last people to receive a prophet\u2013<\/span> as well as a mercy to the entire world\u2013(Qur\u2019an 29:46; 32:3; 36:6; 7:158; 21:107; 34:28). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Part of the Prophet\u2019s mission was to enlighten the people to the futility and degradation of idolatry and the irrationality of polytheism. (See\u00a0<\/span>Polytheism and Monotheism<\/a>). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Prophet\u2019s mission was only to preach the Divine Message\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:20; 10:99; 64:12); the people were free to accept or reject this Message\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:256; 6:107; 9:6; 10:99-100; 17:7; 18:6, 29; 42:15; 50:45; 76:3; 109:1-6). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 The Arabs not only rejected the Divine Message, they perse-cuted Mohammad, besieged him, tried to assassinate him, forced him into exile, pursued him, and made war on him. Thus, they became \u201cruthless\u201d on Mohammad. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 In consequence, the Believers became \u201cruthless\u201d against the \u201cdisbelievers\u201d because the disbelievers were \u201cruthless\u201d against the Believers \u2013they are the ones who first took up the sword, and without justification, to annihilate the Believers.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Notably, Muslims were \u201cruthless\u201d only against those who wan-ted to annihilate them. All\u0101h requires Muslims to not even let hatred cause us to transgress; and for us to give justice even if it is against our own selves:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>And let not hatred of a people \u2014 because they hindered you from the Sacred Mosque \u2014 incite you to transgress. And help one another in righteousness and piety, and help not one another in sin and aggression,<\/span>\u00a0<\/i>and keep your duty to All\u0101h. Surely All\u0101h is Severe in requiting (evil)\u201d (Qur\u2019an 5:3). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cO you who believe, be upright for All\u0101h, bearers of witness with justice; and let not hatred of a people incite you not to act equitably. Be just; that is nearer to observance of duty. And keep your duty to All\u0101h. Surely All\u0101h is Aware of what you do\u201d (5:8).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cO you who believe, be maintainers of justice, bearers of witness for All\u0101h, even though it be against your own selves or (your) parents or near relatives \u2014 whether he be rich or poor, All\u0101h has a better right over them both.<\/span>\u00a0<\/i>So follow not (your) low desires, lest you deviate. And if you distort or turn away from (truth), surely All\u0101h is ever Aware of what you do\u201d\u2013(4:135).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 That Mohammad was \u201chard\u201d on the disbelievers only in re-pelling their wars and was \u201cnever fierce or hard\u201d in his treatment of them is evidenced from the fact that Mohammad prayed for his dead enemy, saying: \u201cif I knew that if I asked forgiveness for him more than seventy times, he would be forgiven, I would ask it for more times than that\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 9:84, 113. Bokhari Vol. 6, #193, 194). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>And upon his triumph at Makkah he forgave his rabid enemies of twenty-three grueling years: \u201cIt is related that the Prophet took hold of the two sides of the gate of the Ka\u2019ba on the day of the conquest of Makkah and said to the Quraish: How do you think I should treat you? They said: We hope for good, a noble brother and the son of a noble brother. Then he said: I say as my brother Joseph said: \u201cNo reproof be against you this day\u201d<\/span> (Rz).\u201d
\n<\/span>No inquisition. No incrimination. No confession. No rancor. Only lofty words of benevolence and nobility<\/span>\u2013\u201cNo reproof be against you this day.\u201d<\/span>5<\/span><\/sup>
\n<\/i>Such was the expanse of the mercy and benevolence of this wonderful man, Mohammad.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad even forgave the horrid Hind. The woman who is said to have cut open the body of his uncle, Hamza, as he lay dying on the battlefield and ripped out his liver and chewed it.6<\/span><\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Strikingly, God and the Biblical prophets were \u201cruthless\u201d against the disbelievers:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -The Biblical God (and as Christians say that Jesus is God, Jesus) was \u201cruthless\u201d on Pharaoh and his entourage and merciful to the Israelites. (God was also \u201cruthless\u201d on the Israelites, and even onto the innocent<\/i> fourth generation<\/span>, when they became rebellious and provocative against Him \u2013much as the idolatrous Arabs became rebellious and provocative against Him through Mohammad\u2013 having them wander in the wilderness for forty years till their carcasses were wasted\u2013(Num. 14:1-35).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -The Biblical God (and as Christians say that Jesus is God, Jesus) was \u201cruthless\u201d on more than three dozen mischievous children, sending bears to tear them:
\n\u201cAnd he (Elisha) went up from thence to Bethel\u2026there came forth <\/span>LITTLE <\/span>CHILDREN<\/span>\u2026and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up thou <\/span>BALD HEAD<\/span>\u2026And he (Elisha) turned back, and looked at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth <\/span>TWO SHE BEARS<\/span> out of the wood, and <\/span>TARE FORTY AND TWO CHILDREN <\/span>of them\u201d\u2013(2 Kings 2:22-24). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -The Biblical God (and as Christians say that Jesus is God, Jesus) was \u201cruthless\u201d on Jeshurun and his children for going after false gods:
\n\u201cBut Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked\u2026
\nThey provoked him (God) to jealousy with strange gods\u2026
\nAnd when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. And he (God) said\u2026I will heap <\/span>MISCHIEFS<\/span> upon them; I will spend my <\/span>ARROWS<\/span> upon them\u2026.I will also send the <\/span>TEETH OF BEASTS<\/span> upon them, with the <\/span>POISON OF SERPENTS<\/span> of the dust. The <\/span>SWORD<\/span> without, and <\/span>TERROR<\/span> within, shall destroy both the <\/span>YOUNG MAN<\/span> and the <\/span>VIRGIN<\/span>, the <\/span>SUCKLING<\/span> also with the <\/span>MAN OF GRAY HAIRS<\/span>\u201d \u2013(Deut. 32:15-25.<\/span> This must be the mother of all terrorism!).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>-The Biblical God (and as Christians say that Jesus is God, Jesus) was \u201cruthless\u201d against the disbelievers and merciful to the Israelites; fighting for them; commanding the Israelites to do to the people whose land they were going to possess:
\n\u201cthou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them, thou shalt make no covenant with them, <\/span><\/span>NOR SHEW MERCY UNTO THEM<\/span><\/span>\u201d\u2013(Deut. 7:1-2. See Josh. 12:1-6).
\n\u201cAnd stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and <\/span><\/span>SMITE<\/span><\/span> the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the <\/span><\/span>LORD YOUR GOD<\/span><\/span> hath delivered them into your hand;\u201d
\n\u201cAnd afterward Joshua <\/span><\/span>SMOTE <\/span><\/span>them\u201d \u201cSo Joshua <\/span><\/span>SMOTE<\/span><\/span> all the country\u2026.as the <\/span><\/span>LORD GOD<\/span><\/span> of Israel commanded….because the <\/span><\/span>LORD GOD<\/span><\/span> of Israel <\/span><\/span>FOUGHT<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>FOR ISRAEL<\/span><\/span>\u201d\u2013(Josh. 10:19, 24, 26, 40-42; 6:21. Read Josh. Chs. 10-12; Num. 21:24, 35; 31:17-18; Deut. 20:16-17; 1 Sam. 15:2-3, for slaughters by Joshua, Moses, and Saul). <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -The Biblical God (and as Christians say that Jesus is God, Jesus) was \u201cruthless\u201d even on the infant and fetus: \u201cSamaria shall become desolate; for she hath <\/span>REBELLED<\/span> against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their <\/span>INFANTS SHALL BE DASHED IN PIECES<\/span>, <\/span><\/i>and their <\/span>WOMEN WITH CHILD SHALL BE RIPPED UP<\/span>\u201d\u2013(Hosea 13:16).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -Moses and Joshua were \u201cruthless\u201d against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves \u2013against the some thirty \u201cites\u201d kingdoms they invaded, and against the little males and matron females and cattle that they slaughtered, as well as on the little virgin girls the Israelites were, as already noted, given as\u00a0<\/span>sex slaves<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it<\/i>\u2026thou shalt <\/span><\/span>SMITE THEM<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/i><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>UTTERLY DESTROY THEM<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/i><\/span>thou shalt <\/span><\/span>MAKE NO COVENANT<\/span><\/span> with them, <\/span><\/span>NOR SHOW MERCY UNTO THEM<\/span><\/span>\u201d\u2013(Deut. 7:1-2. See Josh. 12:1-6).\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAnd stay ye not,<\/i> but <\/span><\/span>PURSUE AFTER YOUR ENEMIES, and SMITE THE HINDMOST OF THEM; <\/i>SUFFER THEM NOT TO ENTER INTO THEIR CITIES<\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/i><\/span> for the <\/span><\/span>LORD YOUR GOD<\/span><\/span> hath delivered them into your hand;\u201d
\n\u201cand Joshua called for all the men of Israel\u2026Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings\u2026
\nAnd afterward <\/span><\/span>JOSHUA SMOTE THEM,<\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>SLEW THEM<\/span><\/span>, and <\/span><\/span>HANGED THEM<\/span><\/span> on five trees.\u201d
\n\u201cSo Joshua <\/span><\/span>SMOTE ALL THE COUNTRY<\/span><\/span> of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and <\/span><\/span>ALL THEIR KINGS<\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>HE LEFT NONE<\/span><\/span> remaining, but <\/span><\/span>UTTERLY DESTROYED ALL THAT BREATHED<\/span><\/span>, as the <\/span><\/span>LORD GOD<\/span><\/span> of Israel commanded…
\nAnd all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the <\/span><\/span>LORD GOD<\/span><\/span> of Israel fought for Israel;\u201d \u201cAnd they <\/span><\/span>UTTERLY DESTROYED ALL<\/span><\/span> that was in the city, both <\/span><\/span>MAN AND WOMAN, YOUNG AND OLD, AND OX, AND SHEEP, AND ASS<\/span><\/span>, with the <\/span><\/span>EDGE OF THE SWORD<\/span><\/span>\u201d\u2013(Joshua 10:19, 24, 26, 40-42; 6:21. Read Joshua chs. 10-12; Numbers 21:24, 35; 31:17-18; Deut. 20:16-17; 1 Sam. 15:2-3, for slaughters by Joshua, Moses, and Saul). <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Notably, unlike the Arab idolaters who persecuted Mohammad, tried to assassinate him, forced him into exile, pursued him and warred against him, these little males and matrons and virgin girls and cattle did not take up arms against Moses and Joshua for Moses and Joshua to be on them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus (the Christian\u2019s son of God and even God as Christians say that Jesus is God) was \u201c<\/span>ruthless\u201d against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves. Labeling non-Jews as \u201cdogs\u201d and \u201cswine\u201d and preaching in parables so these \u201cdogs\u201d and \u201cswine\u201d would not understand and be saved: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cGive not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine\u201d\u2013(Matt. 7:6; 15:26); <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -And after relating the parable of the sower to the people Jesus said to them:
\n\u201cHe that hath ears to hear, let him hear;\u201d and, afterwards, when he (Jesus) was alone with the Israelites they asked him about the meaning of the parable:
\n\u201cAnd he said unto them, Unto you (who have God) it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them (non-Jews) that are without (God), all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and <\/span><\/span>NOT PERCEIVE<\/span><\/span>; and hearing they may hear, and <\/span><\/span>NOT UNDERSTAND; LEST AT ANY TIME THEY SHOULD BE CONVERTED, AND THEIR SINS SHOULD BE FORGIVEN THEM<\/span><\/span>\u201d\u2013(Mark 4:9-12)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013the Good News<\/i> Bible put it even more clearly: \u201cYou have been given the secret of the Kingdom of God,\u201d Jesus answered. \u201cBut the others, who are on the outside, hear all things by means of parables, so that, \u2018They may look and look, yet <\/span><\/span>NOT SEE<\/span><\/span>; they may listen and listen, yet <\/span><\/span>NOT UNDERSTAND. FOR IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD TURN TO GOD, AND HE WOULD FORGIVE THEM<\/span><\/span>.\u2019\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>In other words though the non-Jews (who may be sincere seekers of God) have the faculties of sight and hearing and can see and hear, he (Jesus) spoke in parables so that they would not understand his words because he did not want them to accept God and have their sins forgiven.
\nWhat a ghastly horribly sickening thing to do.<\/span> As prophet, Jesus could not turn away anyone; this is why he indulged non-Jews; but he could avoid them, which he did, as is evident from his admonition to his disciples not to preach to non-Jews, and from his speaking in parables so that they would not understand. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 This statement by Jesus also proves that Jesus did <\/span><\/span>NOT<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>come to save sinners. Jesus\u2019 mission was wholly and solely to the Jews. (See\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Jesus-only for Jews<\/a><\/span>. <\/span>Please note: This is the Biblical\/Christian\u2019s Jesus. For the Muslim\u2019s Jesus read the Qur\u2019an).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -Jesus was \u201cruthless\u201d on the people of Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum for not heeding him<\/span>\u2013(Matt, 11:20-24. And these people were not \u201cruthless\u201d on Jesus; they only did not believe in him).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -Jesus was \u201cruthless\u201d even on the stubborn Jews, labeling them as \u201cserpents\u201d and \u201cvipers,\u201d \u201cevil and adulterous,\u201d and consigning them to the greater damnation of hell\u2013(<\/span>Matt. 12:34, 39; 23:33).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -Jesus was \u201cruthless\u201d on the bird-sellers and moneychangers: booting them out of the temple\u2013(Matt. 21:12).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -Jesus was \u201cruthless\u201d also on people who were not with him: \u201cHe that is not with me is against me\u201d;<\/span> (and a person can be neutral)\u2013(Matt. 12:30. Again, these people was\/is not \u201cruthless\u201d on Jesus; they only did\/do not believe in him).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 -Jesus was \u201cruthless\u201d to those against his rule, and all the way to the Resurrection, commanding that they all be slain: \u201cBut those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me\u201d <\/span>(and a person can be against Jesus\u2019 rule and yet not militate against him; and thus they would not be against him)\u2013(Luke 19:27. Perhaps these are the verses from which the Popes took their inspiration for their murderous crusades.
\nIf these two last declarations of Jesus were to be enforced some six billion people of the world who does not accept Jesus as Divine or as vicarious atoner would have to be slaughtered.
\nNon-Christians, and even some Christians, need to go down on their hands and knees and foreheads and thank All\u0101h, God, that Jesus\/Christianity is not lording over them or lording any place. For a comparison between Jesus\/Christian rule and Islamic rule see\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Jesus or Mohammad-best system<\/a><\/span>). <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 As noted, Mohammad was\/is a \u201cmercy\u201d to the entire world. And though Mohammad was \u201chard\u201d on the disbelievers that does not mean he was devoid of mercy for them. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 When the disbelievers gave up their \u201chardness\u201d against Mo-hammad mercy was extended to them \u2013much like parents giving \u201ctough love\u201d to a destructive child to reform him; when the child reforms his behavior he is again given \u201csoft love;\u201d the parents have both qualities of mercy and sternness; exercising either as the situation necessitates. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 However, as shown, the Prophet and Muslims\u201cwere <\/span><\/span>never fierce or hard in their treatment towards\u201d the disbelievers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad being \u201chard\u201d against the disbelievers was the direct result of the disbelievers being \u201charder\u201d on Mohammad.\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad was fully justified for being \u201chard\u201d against the disbelievers who wanted to annihilate him \u2013persecuted him; besieged him, tried to assassinate him, forced him into exile, pursued him and made war on him. (See also\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Islam-and torture<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paramountly, as Muhammad Ali points out the verse does NOT say that Mohammad and Muslims were \u201cruthless\u201d but that they were \u201cfirm, strong, powerful, <\/i>as well as brave, firm of heart\u201d <\/i>and that \u201cThe translation fi<\/i>erce<\/i>,<\/i> or vehement<\/i>, adopted in English translations, is not correct here. The Muslims stood firm against the disbelievers but they were never fierce or hard in their treatment towards them.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 The history of the Prophet is testimony that Mohammad was not \u201cruthless\u201d to his enemies. (Muhammad Ali\u2019s translation of the Qur\u2019an can be viewed online: <\/span>www.muslim.org<\/a>)<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

NOTES<\/span><\/p>\n

A.<\/span> \u201cCertainly We created man in the best make;\u201d \u201cAnd no bearer of a burden can bear the burden of another; \u201cSay: O My servants who have sinned against their souls, despair not of the mercy of All\u0101h; surely All\u0101h forgives all sins\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 95:4; 17:15 39:53).<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/span> Matthew 10:1; Mark 6:12-13. <\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/span> Qur\u2019an 48:29.<\/span><\/p>\n

3.<\/span> Matthew 24:24.<\/span><\/p>\n

4.<\/span> There is no such designation as \u201csecular\u201d knowledge in Islam. All knowledge is from All\u0101h\u2013(Qur\u2019an 96:1-5; 55:1-4). Knowledge is grou-ped into two categories: material and spiritual. Muslims are to seek both.<\/span><\/p>\n

5.<\/span> See Qur\u2019an 12:92 for this saying of the prophet Joseph. Quote taken from Muhammad Ali. <\/span><\/p>\n

6.<\/span> Muhammad Husayn Haykal, The Life of Muhammad<\/i>, p. 267.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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