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Thursday, 12 July 2007 11:31 |
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A concise reply to the Kamil International Ministries and the
“pagan-moon-god myth”.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیمإن الحمد لله نحمده ونستعینھ ونستغفره ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سیئات أعمالنا من یھده اللهفلا مضل لھ ومن یضلل فلا ھادي لھ وأشھد أن لا إلھ إلا الله وحده لا شریك لھ وأشھد أن محمدا عبدهورسولھ
Verily all praise belongs to ALLAH we praise Him and we seekHis protection and we ask His forgiveness. Verily whomsoeverALLAH guides then there is no one to misguide them andwhosoever is misguided then there is no one to guide them. Ibear witness that there is no one worthy of worship exceptALLAH and that Muhammad is His slave and final Messenger.
To every sincere reader or seeker of truth I advise you toresearch Islam from its authentic sources; and to be cautiousof those whom feel the need to fabricate about Islam in orderto promote their own religious or personal beliefs. And whenwe find that the person’s interpretation of Islam is in grosserror and contradiction to what is clearly found in the Koran,and the authentic practice of the Prophet Muhammad, peaceis upon him, and that which is commonly known to thegeneral Muslim population; then we can conclude that eitherthis person is not an authority on the subject in which he orshe is speaking and therefore should take the role of thestudent rather than the teacher; or as we find in many casesthe person is deliberately lying. So why would a person feel theneed to lie about Islam in order to deter people from the pathof Islam? For indeed if one felt that he had the truth with himthen he could simply say to the seeker of truth, “Go to themosque and ask the Muslims what they believe, then return tome and I will tell you why I believe they are wrong”.
Kamil Solomon, founder of the KIMO ministries clearly fits intothe latter category of those who intentionally lie upon Islam inorder to deter people from the truth. I will present the readerwith one clear example of his deception.Mr. Solomon said in his work, Pagan sources of Islam;“Consequently, Islam is basically a mixture of the ancient Arabreligion of the moon god Allah, other pre-Islamic Arab paganrites, with some Jewish and Christian beliefs, heresies, andterminology thrown in.”
Here Mr. Solomon would like for the reader to believe that thename Allah refers to a “moon god”, but what he didn’t tell thereader is that Allah is the name that Arab Christians andMuslims use to refer to the God of Abraham. Surely Mr.Solomon as an Arab Christian has read the Bible in Arabic; isit possible that he missed the very first verse in theOld Testament? Or is it that he assumes the reader cannotread the Arabic language and thus will not notice that the OldTestament and New Testament refer to God as Allah! Take alook for yourself.
The first verse in the book of Genesis reads…
في البدء خلق الله السموات والارض
The above verse translated into English reads, “In thebeginning Allah created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesisverse 1)
The third verse in the book of Genesis reads…
وقال الله لیكن نور فكان نور
The above verse translated into English reads, “And Allah saidlet there be light, so there was light”. (Genesis verse 3)
Now let’s read from the Koran, chapter 112 verses 1and 2…
قُلْ ھُوَ الله أَحَدٌ الله الصَّمَدُ
The above verses translated into English reads, “Say, He isAllah the One, Allah is The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom allcreatures need…”
Examine the underlined words; this word is Allah in Arabic,found in the Christian Bible and in the Koran, even the nonArabic speaker can see that these words are the same.
In the New Testament we read…
فقال لھ یسوع لماذا تدعوني صالحا لیس احد صالحا الا واحد وھو الله
And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one isgood except Allah alone. (Mark 10:18)
In the Arabic Bible the name یسوع is used for Jesus, while inthe Koran the name عیسى (Essa) is used for Jesus; but both theBible and the Koran use the name الله (Allah) to refer to God.
Here is the link where you can find the main page to theChristian Bible in Arabichttp://www.arabicbible.com/index.html this will show thereader that this is a site sponsored by the Christians and notthe Muslims.
And here is the link where you can see the book of Genesis inthe Arabic languagehttp://www.arabicbible.com/bible/ot/gen/1.htm
And here you will find the book of Mark in Arabichttp://www.arabicbible.com/bible/nt/mar/10.htm
(Here is the link to the Koran verses…
http://muttaqun.com/quran/)
Take these verses to any Arabic speaker, Christian, Muslim orotherwise and they will have to tell you that the name Allahappears in both the Bible and the Koran, and it is the nameused to refer to God by all Arabic speakers.
So what does the Koran say about the moon? Allah says inchapter 41 verse 37, “And from among His Signs are the nightand the day, and the sun and the moon. Do not prostrate to thesun or to the moon, but prostrate to Allah Who created themboth, if you (really) worship Him.”
In chapter 10 verse 3 of the Koran we see that the name Allahrefers to the creator of the heavens and the earth; Allah says,“Surely, your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and theearth in six Days and then rose over the Throne, disposing theaffair of all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) exceptafter His Leave. That is Allah, your Lord; so worship Him(Alone). Then, will you not remember?
And Allah says, “Such is Allah, your Lord! None has the right tobe worshipped but Him, the Creator of all things. So worshipHim (Alone), and He is the Trustee, Disposer of affairs, andGuardian over all things.”[Chapter 6:102]
And Allah says, “And your Lord has decreed that you worshipnone but Him, and that you be dutiful to your parents. If one ofthem or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to thema word of disrespect, nor shout at them but address them interms of honor.” [Chapter 17:23]
Muslims worship Allah, the Creator of the Universe, the OneTrue God whom all the Prophets worshipped. Allah says, “Orwere you witnesses when death approached Jacob? When hesaid unto his sons, “What will you worship after me?” Theysaid, ‘We shall worship your God, the God of your fathers,Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac, One God, and to Him we submit.[Chapter 2:133]
The Muslims worship Allah alone and call others, who followdifferent religions to worship Allah Alone, as Allah says,Say[O Muhammad]: ‘O People of the Scripture [Jews andChristians]: come to a word that is just, between us and you,that we worship none but Allah, and we associate no partnerswith Him, and that none of us shall take others as lords besidesAllah.’ Then, if they turn away, say, ‘Bear witness that we areMuslims.’ [Chapter 3:64]
It is Allah alone Whom Noah (peace is upon him) called hispeople to worship, as Allah says,” Indeed, We sent Noah to hispeople and he said: ‘O my people! Worship Allah! None has theright to be worshipped but Him. Certainly, I fear for you thetorment of a Great Day!’ (The Day of Judgment) [Chapter 7:59]
It is Allah alone whom the Messiah Jesus (peace is upon him)called people to worship, as Allah says, “Surely they havedisbelieved who say: ‘Allah is the Messiah [Jesus] son of Mary.’But the Messiah said: ‘O Children of Israel! ‘Worship Allah, myLord and your Lord,’ verily, whosoever sets up partners inworship with Allah, then Allah has forbidden Paradise for him,and the fire will be his abode. And for the polytheists andwrong-doers there are no helpers.” [Chapter 5:73]
Does calling for all mankind to worship their Creator alonesound like pagan worship?
So why does Kamil Solomon seek to deceive the reader? Wewill have to ask him that question; but surely he has lost allcredibility as an authority on comparative religion by not beingforthright and honest. “Thou shall not lie or give falsetestimony”
As for our ethical, respectable Christian neighbors, then wecan discuss the real points of disagreement between theChristians and Muslims in a dignified, truthful manner.
Rasheed BarbeeMTWS
Durham, NC
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