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It’s far easier to imagine Jesus saying, “Do not say Trinity: desist …” or “They do
blaspheme who say: God is one of three in a Trinity: for there is no god except one God”
than to imagine him saying, “Well, sure, I said there was only one God, but what I really
meant was …”
Understandably, some view the clarity of Islamic monotheism, once juxtaposed to
the tangled and indefensible web of Trinitarian ideology, and wonder, “Well, what’s
wrong with Islam then?” Others continue to object, “But Jesus is God!”
Upon the foundation...
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The Protection of Allah's Covenant and
the Protection of His Prophet's Covenant
Allah Almighty said: "And fulfill the Covenant of Allah (Bai'a : pledge for Islam) when you have covenanted, and break not the oaths after...
Ramadan Abedi, father of the suicide bomber, gestures as he speaks in Tripoli, Libya on Wednesday
Police made arrests in the UK and Libya as the investigation into a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a Manchester concert...
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Saying: "O Allah, forgive me if You wish"
It is reported in As-Sahih (Al-Bukhari) from Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) that Allah's Messenger (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him)
said:...
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The days of the unhistorical doctrine of verbal inspiration as held
by Old Protestant theology are over. From now onwards the Bible is
understood as an historical book, written and transmitted by men and
therefore subject to the same laws of tradition, the same errors, omissions
and alterations as any other historical source. The men who produced it
were no automata, instruments of God, but individual writers, men of flesh
and blood who had their own decided aims and tendencies in writing, who lived within the limited horizons of their time and were moulded by the
ideas...
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THE GOSPELS
If you read Luke 1:2 - 3, you will learn, as I did
that Luke (who was not one of the 12 disciples and
never met Jesus) said that he himself was not an
eyewitness to Jesus'...
Yesterday, I was with Ustaadh Kabir Al-asfar, Sirnucy Lafiagi and Ibn Abdillah As-sudaissy. We discussed problems facing the Muslim world. This is a world where we say more and do less.
Given that there are many Muslims out there who...
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Fear of Shirk (Polytheism)
Allah the Almighty said:
"Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with Him in worship, but He forgives except that (anything else) to...
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Given nonconformity in understanding, one comes to grasp the survivalbased
need of the early church to define a belief system, whether true or not. And this is exactly
what was done in 451 CE at the Council of Chalcedon, which declared the dogmatic
definition that has dominated Christology ever since: “One and the same Christ, Son,
Lord, onlybegotten, known in two natures, without confusion, without change, without
division, without separation.”
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Anyone who embraces the evidence of this chapter recognizes the above quote as
a statement, but not a truth. Even if the church fathers conceived the nature of Jesus to be
“without confusion,” the same cannot be...
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So what should we make of the book of Hebrews using monogenes to describe
Isaac as the only begotten son of Abraham? A metaphor, mistranslation, or mistake? If a
metaphor, then literal interpretation of monogenes in relation to Jesus is indefensible. If a
mistranslation, then both the mistranslation and the doctrine deserve correction. And if a
mistake, then a greater challenge surfaces—reconciling a biblical error with the
infallibility of God.
This problem demands resolution, and the most respected modern translations of
the Bible (i.e., the Revised Standard Version, New Revised Standard Version, New
International Version, Good News Bible, New English Bible, Jerusalem Bible and many
others) have recognized “begotten” as an interpolation and...
