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Help one another in righteousness and pity; but do not help one another in sin and rancor (Q.5:2). The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. (Edmond Burke). Oh! What a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive! (Walter Scott, Marmion VI). If you are not part of the solution …. Then you are part of the problem. War leaves no victors, only victims. … Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; it is our gift to each other.– Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, 1986.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

PROPHECIES AND FULFILLMENT: THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN


 Isaiah 29:12.
“Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying, “Read this, please.” And he says, “I am not literate.”

Qur’an: 7:157.
“Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (Scriptures)[1], in the Law[2] and the Gospel[3]; for he commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; …..”

Qur’an: 29:48.
“And you were not (able) to recite a book before this (Book), nor are you (able) to transcribe it with your right hand:  in that case, would the talkers of vanities have doubted.”

Hadith (Sayings of the Prophet)
“The Angel said to him: “Recite!” and he said: “I am not a reciter” whereupon, as he (Muhammad) himself told it, “the Angel took me and whelmed me as his embrace until he had reached the limit of mine endurance. …Then a third time he whelmed me as before, released me and said[4]:
Read! In the name of your Lord and Cherisher, who created,
Created man, of a (mere) clot of congealed blood;
Proclaim! And your Lord is Most Bountiful.  (Q.96:1-4)[5]
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Deut. 18:18
“I will raise up for them a Prophet like you (Moses)
from among their brethren, And will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command Him.” 

Q. 53:3-5. 
“Nor does he say (anything) of (his own) desire.
It is no less than inspiration sent down to him:
He was taught by one Mighty in Power.”
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Deut. 5:1-2.
“And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them,
Hear O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day,
That ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.”

Q. 2:83.
“And remember We took a covenant from the children of Israel (to the effect):
Worship none but Allah; treat with kindness your parents and kindered,
And orphans and those in need; speak fair to the people, be steadfast in prayer
And practice regular charity.” 
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 Isaiah 53:7.  
“He was oppressed, and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter;
And as a sheep before her shearers is dumb,
So he openeth not his mouth.”

Matt. 26:56. 
“But all this was done,
that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.”

Matt. 27:35. 
“And they crucified him and parted his garments, casting lots;”

Q. 4:157. 
“That they said (in boast), “We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah”, but they did not kill him, 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 did not kill him.”
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John 14:16. 
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever”.

Q. 61:6. 
“And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: ‘O Children of Israel! I am the Messenger of Allah (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me, and giving Glad Tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad.’  But when he came to them with clear signs, they said, “This is evident sorcery!”

Q. 33:40.
“Muhammad is not the father of any of your men,  but (he is) the messenger of Allah, and the seal of the Prophets and Allah has full knowledge of all things.”
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John 16:13.  
“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of Truth is come,
He will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself;
But whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:
And he will shew you things to come.”

Q.53:1-5. 
“By the star when it goes down –
Your companion is neither astray nor being mislead.
Nor does he say (anything) of (his own) desire.
It is no less than Inspiration sent down to him:
He was taught by one Mighty in power.”
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John 15:26.   
“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you
From the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from The Father, he shall testify of me.”

Q. 37:37. 
“Nay! He has come with the (very) Truth, and he confirms (the Message of) the Messengers (before him).”

Q. 62:2 
“It is He Who has sent amongst the unlettered a Messenger from among themselves, to rehearse to them His Signs, to sanctify them, and to instruct them in Scripture  and wisdom, although they had been, before, in manifest error;”
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John 16:13.   
“However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come.
He will guide you into all truth; for he will not
Speak on his own authority, but whatever he
Hears he will speak; and he will tell you
Things to come.”           

Q.53:3-5. 
“Nor does he say (anything) of (his own) desire.
It is no less than inspiration sent down to him:
He was taught by one mighty in power.”  
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John 16:14.
“He will glorify me, for he will take of what is mine
And declare it to you.”  

Q. 3:48. 
“And Allah will teach him (Jesus Christ) the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel.”

Q. 3:50. 
“I (Jesus Christ) (have come to you), to attest the Law which was before me. And to make lawful to you part of what was (before) forbidden to you;  I have come to you with a sign from your Lord. So fear Allah, and obey me.”
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John 16:7.  
“Nevertheless I tell you the truth;
It is expedient for you that I go away:
For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you;
but if I depart, I will send him unto you.”

John 14:26. 
 “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit,
He shall teach you all things,
And bring all things to your remembrance
Whatsoever I have said unto you.” 

Q.61:6.
“And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: ‘O Children of Israel! I am the Messenger of Allah (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me, and giving Glad Tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad.’  But when he came to them with clear signs, they said, “This is evident sorcery!”
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Matt. 21:43. 
“Therefore, I say unto you (Jews)
The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you,
and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.”      

Q. 6:89. 
“They were the men[6] to whom We gave the Book, and authority, and prophethood:  if these (and their descendants) reject them, behold! We shall entrust their charge to new people who do not reject them.”


Q. 47:38. 
“If you turn back (from the path), He will substitute in your stead another people; then they would not be like you!”
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Matt. 5:17.  
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law (Torah)
Or the prophets; I am come not to destroy but to fulfill.”

Q. 3:50.
“I (Jesus Christ) (have come to you), to attest the Law which was before me. And to make lawful to you part of what was (before) forbidden to you;  I have come to you with a sign from your Lord. So fear Allah, and obey me.”
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P.S.      Eng. Trans. of the Bible taken from ‘The Holy Bible’ King James Version (Red Letter Edition),           pub.by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Nashville, 1984.      
            Eng. Trans. of the Qur’an taken from ‘The Qur’an: Text, Translation and    Commentary’ by        Abdullah Yusuf Ali, pub. Tahrike Tarsile Qur’an, Inc., New York.





[1] Isaiah 29:12
[2] Old Testament, the Hebrew Scripture.
[3] New Testament,  the Christian Scripture.
[4] Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, (Life of the Prophet), Dar al-Qalam, Beirut, Vol.1, p. 252.
[5] Saying of the Prophet; Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari, Book 3.
[6]  Abraham,  Isaac,  Jacob,  Noah,  David,  Soloman,  Job,  Joseph,  Moses,  Aaron,  Zakariya,  John,  Jesus,  Elias,  Ismail,  Elisha,  Jonas,  and Lot. (See in Q.chap. 6, verses 83-86).

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