Beauty All Around Us

Some times I drive from Fresno, in the geographical center of
California, across the western side of the San Joaquin Valley and up
into the mountains, to Casa de Fruta. It is such beautiful country,
SubhanAllah. The San Joaquin Valley is a part ofCalifornia's great
Central Valley, a vast agricultural breadbasket that runs 450 miles
(720 km) from north to south.
Right now in March, the fields are on fire with orange poppies and
yellow mustard flowers. The almond trees have been blossoming for a
month, and the white petals fall to the ground like rain. On my way
home, I sometimes pull over and park under the almond trees. I have a
snack, listen to the radio, then get out and practicemartial arts
moves beneath the trees. When the irrigation pumps are running I use
the water to wash my face or perform wudu'.
The grapes are just coming up – the slender stems are like the idea of
a grape vine. Corn, cottonand lettuce are newly planted, and birds
with long white necks flock to the fields. The fields are full of huge
herds of white sheep and black cows, and our unique local cows with a
large white stripe down the middle.
The green grass sweeps up into the mountains, where it becomes forest
and finally snow.
The years-long drought isover. The San Luis Reservoir is setting a
newhigh water mark. It is normally full of islands, but now they have
all disappeared as the wateris a solid sheet of deep blue from one
side to theother, with fingers of water stretching into surrounding
valleys. I've never seen it so high. TheEastside Bypass, which is a
flood control channel and is normally dry as dust, is running with
water.
The San Joaquin River is running to the Pacific Ocean for the first
time indecades. In coming years the Chinook salmon may return to the
river, Insha'Allah. This is a type of fish that swims upriverfrom the
sea. There has not been a Chinook run on the San Joaquin River since
the 1940′s.
The skies in this part of the Valley are huge, with vast expanses of
clouds sweeping the sky like ships. Late in the day, thesky is a giant
palette of blue, yellow, orange and red.
The world is amazing. Never think that beauty is gone from the world.
Open your eyes and look at the majesty around you. All this was not
created in vain. It is a miracle, a blessing, and a sign pointing to
the Most Merciful God.
SubhanAllah, glory to Allah The Provider, The Creator, The One.

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Muslims, Christians and Jews believe in the same Allah

The three revealed faithssent down as a blessing by our Lord through
trueprophets and true scriptures, Islam and the uncorrupted, genuine
forms of Christianity and Judaism, share many common beliefs. Although
the Torah and the Injil were gradually corrupted over the course of
time, the essence and moral values of the true faith are still to a
large extent preserved in these bookssent down from the Presence of
Allah. These uncorrupted parts can clearly be seen when looked at
using the Qur'an and the hadith asa guide. These three revealed faiths
all believe in the absolute existence of Allah, that He is eternal,
that He created the universe from nothing and that He rules all matter
with His almighty power. Muslims, Christians and Jews also oppose the
same intellectual errors. They share the same intellectual struggle
against atheism, irreligion, racism, fascism and moral degeneration.
All three faiths strive to preach the existence of Allah in the same
way. Members of all three faiths aim fora world full of justice in
which everyone will know Allah, sincerely believe in and submit to
Him, and live in peace and compassion. Members of all three faiths act
out of a fear and love of Allah, follow in the path of His messengers
and abide by His revelation.
In essence, the members of these three faiths believe in and worship
the same, one Allah. Our Almighty Lord has revealed His power and
might, His creative artistry, His sublimity, that He is the Lord of
theworlds, that He is All-Powerful and the soleCreator of all things
in allthree faiths. He is the Lord of the heavens and the earth and
all things belong to Him, He knowsall, is Almighty and is thePossessor
of all. His might, sublime power and majesty pervade all things and
all places. He is unfettered by any flawor deficiency, though He is
needed by all beings.
Our Almighty Lord revealed His faith with the religion of the Prophet
Abraham (peacebe upon him):
We revealed to you: "Follow the religion of Abraham, a man of pure
natural belief. He was not one of the idolaters." (Surat an-Nahl, 123)
The word "haneef" means "someone who believes in and serves only
Allah." This is the attribute of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) that is
emphasized in the Qur'an as being "haneef," for he believed in and
submitted to Allah as theone and only. This devout servant of Allah
distanced himself from his tribe's superstitious beliefs and turned
solely to Him. He also called on his tribe to abandon their pagan
beliefs and idolatry, and to believe in Allah.
The true religion revealed by Allah to the Prophet Abraham (pbuh)was
kept alive by other prophets from his line and by true believers. This
is revealed in the Qur'an as follows:
Who would deliberately renounce the religion of Abraham except someone
who reveals himself to be a fool? We chose him in the world and in the
Hereafter he will be one of the righteous. When his Lordsaid to him,
"Become a Muslim!" he said, "I am a Muslim who has submitted to the
Lord of all the worlds." Abrahamdirected his sons to this, as did
Jacob: "My sons! Allah has chosen this religion for you, so do not die
except as Muslims." Or were you present when death came to Jacob and
he said to his sons, "What will you worship when I have gone?" They
said, " We will worship your God, the God of your forefathers,
Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac – one God. We are Muslims submitted to Him.
" (Surat al-Baqara, 130-133)
The Prophet Abraham's (pbuh) "haneef" religionis common to Muslims,
Jews and Christians. He was a sincere prophet who believed in one
Godalone, Allah, who praised Him, and who served Him genuinely and
with all his heart. Our Lord praises those who follow the pure faith
of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) in the Qur'an:
Who could have a betterreligion than someone who submits himself
completely to Allah and is a good-doer, and follows the religion of
Abraham, a man of pure natural belief? Allah tookAbraham as an
intimate friend. (Surat an-Nisa', 125)
The pure faith of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh), whom Allah praised and
sent as a guide for mankind, and the belief in the one Allah that
forms the basisof that faith are commonvalues shared by true faiths
that were sent down later—Islam, Judaism and Christianity.Therefore,
the members of all three faiths have a responsibility to worshipAllah,
the one Lord of all,He Whose All-Powerful might pervades all things
and all places, theCreator of all things.
This common value requires the members ofall three revealed faiths to
come together in a single monotheistic belief and to act together for
a common purpose. People with true faith, who abide by the religion of
the Prophet Abraham (pbuh)and believe in the one Allah must combine
theirstrengths, grow deeper in faith and grow even stronger in unity
in order to wage an intellectual struggle against the atheist,
Darwinist system that is trying to rule the world. Rather than waging
an artificial struggle againstone another, they must be aware of the
real danger, that is the atheistic, Darwinist system of the antichrist
(dajjal), and must not ignore those forces that are striving to set
believers against one another. They must act together to spread
beliefin Allah across the world and must preach the religion of the
Prophet Abraham (pbuh) together. By Allah's leave, that will lead to
the greatest force that will totally eradicate the system of the
antichrist that now rules the worldand will cause atheism to collapse
entirely.
Almighty Allah will bestow a great reward from His Presence on those
who genuinely strive in His name, who unite and praise monotheistic
belief and who combine forces in order for belief in Allah to rule the
world. And Hewill make His religion rule the world. By His leave, that
powerful dominion will definitely come about in the time of the coming
of the Prophet Jesus and HazratMahdi (peace be upon them). That time
is now imminent. The coming ofHazrat Mahdi (pbuh), as revealed in
hadith by our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and in
the statements by religious scholars, has already happened. Hazrat
Mahdi (pbuh) is currently unrecognized, but he is among us. As for the
second coming of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), according to the
information in the hadith, the indications in the verses of the Qur'an
and statements by Islamic scholars, this will take place in the next
10 to 20 years. This will be the Golden Age, when the system of the
antichrist is completely defeated and when well-being, peace,
security, brotherhood, wealth and friendship rule the world entirely.
In that time, belief in Allah will rule the world and people will live
by the "haneef" faith of theProphet Abraham (pbuh)in all its majesty
and beauty. All believers have a duty to prepare for this age, when
Muslims, Jews and Christians will live together as brothers under the
leadership of the Prophet Jesus and Hazrat Mahdi (peace be upon them).
For that reason, all believers in the world must seek to praise the
name of Allah together, in feelings of love and brotherhood, and
establish a fine and powerful union against irreligion.
Belief in the One Allah Was Gradually Misinterpreted in Christianity
ACCORDING TO THE TRUE INTERPRETATION OF THE INJIL, belief in Allah in
Christianity is the same as that in Islam and Judaism. However,
certain passages in the Injil have been interpreted differently from
their genuine meanings, and certain descriptions and ideas stemming
from a failure to properly appreciate the might of our Lord have
entered Christian belief. That false belief isthe error of the
trinity.
The error of the trinity adopts a false view of our Almighty Lord and
is a totally mistaken and corrupt belief that ascribes divine status
(surely Allah is beyond that) to the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), whom Allah
sent to mankind as a prophet. Despite its many internal contradictions
and anti-monotheistic nature, it assumed a veryimportant place in
Christian belief. So much so that someone who does not believe in the
error of the trinity, therefore who does not believe that the Prophet
Jesus (pbuh) is the son ofAllah (surely Allah is beyond that) is not
regarded as a true Christian by those who espouse trinitarian belief.
Although the trinity is a false belief in total opposition to the
monotheistic belief, the true one in the Presence of Allah, and
preached by the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), and EVEN CONTRADICTS VARIOUS
PASSAGES IN THE INJIL, it gradually came to be an obsession that
Christians must never deny. Historyshows that those people and
communities who rejected this erroneous belief and maintained that the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) was merely a human being and a prophet of Allah
have been dealt with harshly. The evidence that such people produced
from the Injil and the life of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)was always
ignored, andpeople were forbidden to discuss such matters. For that
reason alone, the proponents of monotheistic belief werebranded
"infidels," "heretics," or "enemies of the faith" by the Christians in
question, and those who supported them elicited the same reactions.
Some were exiled for that very reason, and others were hanged or burnt
alive by the Inquisition's courts within the history. Through this
repression, BASED NOT ON THE INJIL BUT ON MISINTERPRETATIONS, the
artificial belief in the trinity came to reign supreme through force
and imposition and became a component of Christianity. Many sincere
Christians, unaware of this policy ofimposition, are still blindly
devoted to belief in the trinity, imagining that they are abiding by
the Injil. They are unaware of their error. They do not know this
belief is a total contradiction of the belief in Allah revealed in the
Qur'an, Torah and the Injil. This is a most grave error.
One of the most noteworthy aspects of this subject is that TRINITARIAN
BELIEF DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE BIBLE ITSELF. It appears neitherin the
Old Testament, theholy book of the Jews, nor in the Injil, the
Christian holy text. Rather, it is based on misinterpretations of a
few Injil passages, and the word itself was only used for the first
time byTheophilus of Antioch at the end of the second century.
Acceptance of the belief took place much later. Therefore, NO BELIEF
THAT IS NOT PRESENT IN THE INJIL, ANDWHICH WAS THUS UNKNOWN TO THE
EARLY CHRISTIANS, CAN REPRESENT THE BASIS OF CHRISTIANITY. This is a
grave error that came about after the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) and under
the influence of the established Greek culture.
The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is completely unfettered by this false belief
artificially developed in Christianity. Like all the prophets, the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is a servant created by Allah. He is a sincere
and noble prophet who worships Allah with all his heart and seeks to
earn His approval. He is a chosen, honored messenger of high esteem
(Surah Al 'Imran, 45). Allah reveals the following about the Prophet
Jesus (pbuh):
The Messiah would never disdain to be a servant to Allah nor would the
angels near toHim . If any do disdain toworship Him, and grow
arrogant, He will in any case gather them all to Him. (Surat an-Nisa',
172)
As revealed in the verse, the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)is a very genuine
humanbeing eager to discharge the duty of being a servant to Allah and
who has completely submitted to Him. All the statements made about his
supposed claim to divinity are all nonsense produced subsequently. Our
Lord has absolute sovereignty over all beings. APART FROM OUR LORD
HIMSELF, EVERYTHING ELSE NEEDS HIM IN ORDER TO EXIST AND SURVIVE. The
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) of course appreciated this reality and spent his
life striving with all his heartto be the servant of Almighty Allah.
In the verses of the Qur'an, Allah reveals thatthere is no other Deity
but Him using very wise clarifications:
Everyone in the heavens and the earth belongs toHim. Those in His
Presence do not consider themselves too great to worship Him and do
not grow tired ofit. They glorify Him by night and day, without ever
flagging. Or have they taken deities out of the earth who can bring
the dead to life? If there had been any deities besides Allah in
heaven or earth, they would both be ruined. Glory be to Allah, Lord of
the Throne, beyond what they describe! He will not be questioned
aboutwhat He does, but they will be questioned. Or have they taken
other deities besides Him? Say:"Produce your proof! This is the
message of those with me and the message of those before me." But most
of them do not know the truth, so they turn away. (Suratal-Anbiya',
19-24)
It Is Stated in the Injil that Allah Is One
While the error of the trinity ascribes divine status (surely Allah
is beyond that) to the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), the oneness of Allah and
His infinite dominion over all things is set out in great detail in
the Injil. People are called tomonotheistic faith in both the message
of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) to his people and followers, and in the
words of his disciples. In the Injil, THE PROPHET JESUS (pbuh)
constantly makes it clear that EVERYTHING HE DOES IS THE RESULT OF
ALLAH'S INFINITE POWER AND MIGHT, THAT IT IS ALLAH WHO CAUSES HIM TO
SAY EVERYTHING HE SAYS, AND THAT HE PERFORMS THESE MIRACLES ONLY
BECAUSE ALLAH WILLS THEM TO OCCUR. He also invites those who elevate
him to elevate Allah instead, remember His infinite might, and submit
to Him.
Such statements by the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) calling people to belief
in the one Allah are still to be found in the otherwise corrupted
Gospels of the New Testament. For instance, according to the Gospel of
Saint Mark, the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) gave the following reply to a Jew
who asked him which commandment was the most important:
"The most important one," answered Jesus, "isthis: ' Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God, the Lord isone . Love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all
your strength."(Mark 12:29-30)
The following passage again from the Gospel ofSaint Mark shows that
far from ascribing divinestatus to himself, the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)
even prevented himself being praised:
As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his
kneesbefore him. "Good teacher," he asked,"what must I do to inherit
eternal life?""Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is
good—exceptGod alone." (Mark 10:17-18)
By refusing praise and emphasizing that only Allah is worthy of it,
the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) makes it clear he is just aservant of Allah.
Those who set up other deities together with Allah are called on to
accept monotheism in many passages of the Injil. Some of these read as
follows:
… answered Jesus, "the Lord our God, the Lord isone" … "Well said,
teacher," the man replied. "You are right insaying that God is One and
there is no other butHim ." (Mark 12: 29-32)
… God is one . (Galatians 3:20)
And exchanged the gloryof the immortal God for images made to look
like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.T hey exchanged the
truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather
than the Creator —Who is forever praised. ... (Romans 1:23-25)
… for us there is but One God, from Whom all things came and for Whom
we live ... (1 Corinthians 8:6)
We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is
no God but One. (1 Corinthians 8:4)
And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before
God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying: " We give thanks
to You, Lord God Almighty, the One Who isand Who was, …" (Revelation
11:16-17)
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor
and glory for ever and ever .... (1 Timothy, 1/17)
For there is one God … (1Timothy 2:5)
You believe that there is One God. Good! … (James2:19)
… to the only God our Savior be glory ... (Jude:24)
How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no
effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God ? (John 5:44)
For nothing is impossiblewith God . (Luke 1:37)
It is also described in theInjil how the followers of the Prophet
Jesus (pbuh) went from town to town and from villageto village,
preaching the word and calling on people to be Christians believing in
Allah, the one and only:
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heardof this, they tore their
clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: "Men, why are you
doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you
good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to ... God,
Who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them… He has shown
kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; He
provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.
"(Acts 14:14-17)
"The God Who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven
and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And He is not
served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself
gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man He
made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth;
and He determined the times setfor them and the exact places where
they should live. God did this so that men would seek Him … though He
is not far from each one of us. For in Him we live and move and have
our being…" (Acts 17:24-28)
The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) always praised the glory of Allah and said
that all power belongs to Allah, in such passages as, "I do
exactlywhat God has commanded me," (John 14:31); "The words I say to
you are not just my own," (John 14:10) and "Itell you the truth, the
apostle can do nothing by himself" (John 5:19).
Some passages from the Injil that refer to the infinite might and
power of Allah are as follows:
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the
glory forever! ... (Romans 11:36)
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is
forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered
…. (Luke 12:6-7)
Jesus looked at them and said: "With man this is impossible, but with
God all things are possible. "(Matthew 19:26)
… Who is God over all, forever praised! (Romans9:5)
Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! (Romans 11:33)
Fear [and respect] God and give Him glory, because the hour of His
judgment has come. Worship Him Who made the heavens and earth, the sea
and the springs of water. (Revelation 14:7)
Great and marvellous areYour deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true
are Your ways, King of the ages. Who will not fear [and respect] You,
O Lord, and bring glory to Your name? For You alone are holy. All
nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts
havebeen revealed. (Revelation 15:3-4)
Everything comes from God. (1 Corinthians 11:12).
Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for true and just are
His judgments… For our Lord God Almighty reigns. (Revelation 19:1-6)
There is no authority except that which God has established. The
authorities that exist have been established by God. (Romans 13:1)
…"As surely as I live," saysthe Lord, "every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will confess to God." (Romans14:11)
… God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of
lords, Who alone is immortal and Who lives in unapproachable light,
Whom no one has seen or can see. To Him be honor and might forever. (1
Timothy 6:15-16)
It is revealed in the Qur'an that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) sought
shelter in Allah from the claims of divinity that some people
heretically made regarding him andCALLED ON PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IN THE
ONE AND ONLY ALLAH:
And when Allah says, ''Jesus son of Mary! Did you say to people, "Take
me and my mother as deities besides Allah?" hewill say, "Glory be to
You! It is not for me to say what I have no right to say! If I had
said it, then You would have known it. You know what is in my self but
I do not know what is in Your Self . You are the Knower of all unseen
things. I said to them nothing but what You ordered me to say: '
Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. ' I was a witness against them
as long as I remained among them, but when You took me back to You,
You were the One watching over them. Youare Witness of all things. If
You punish them, they are Your servants. If you forgive them, You are
the Almighty, the All-Wise." (Surat al-Ma'ida: 116-118)
... Tribe of Israel, worship Allah, your Lord and my Lord... (Surat
al-Ma'ida, 72)
The Injil clearly contains a great many true passages that praise our
Almighty Lord as the oneand only and that perfectly express His might
and sublimity. Thecorrupt belief in the trinity, which was addedon to
Christianity subsequently, was developed many years after the Injil
had been sent down and consists of an utterly false misconception.
The essential point is of course this: even if someone who can
properly appreciate the sublimity and greatness of Allah has no
knowledge of the history of Christianity, his own conscience should
still make him strongly doubt the idea of trinity. That is becausethis
false belief fails to properly appreciate the might of Allah, and is
an expression of a failure torecognize Allah and His sublimity. It is
revealed in the Qur'an, sent downconfirming the Injil and the Torah,
that this erroneous belief spread among Christians is actually
"polytheism" and sincere Christians are warned on the subject.
They say, "Allah has a son." Glory be to Him! No, everything in the
heavens and earth belongs to Him . Everything is obedient toHim, the
Originator of the heavens and earth. When He decides on something, He
just says to it, "Be!" and it is. (Surat al-Baqara, 116-117)
They say, "The All-Merciful has a son." They have devised a monstrous
thing. The heavens are all but rent apart and the earth split open and
the mountainsbrought crashing down, at their ascription of a son to
the All-Merciful. It is not fitting for the All-Merciful to have a
son. There is no one in the heavens and earth who will not come to
theAll-Merciful as a servant . He has counted them and numbered them
precisely. Each of them will come to Him on the Day of Rising all
alone. (Surah Maryam, 88-95)
Allah Is Praised As the One and Only God in the Torah
The Judaism described inthe Torah sent down to the Prophet Moses
(pbuh) is a monotheistic faith, just like Islam. TrueJews praise our
Lord as the one and only God, genuinely believe that Allah is the Lord
of all, that there is no other Creator but Him and thatall beings are
in need of Him.
Almighty Allah is praised in the Old Testament andreverenced as the
sole Possessor of power, strength and sublimity, the one and only God.
Christians, who believe in the Old Testament as well as the New
Testament must not ignore this fact:
The Lord is God; besides Him there is no other … Acknowledge and take
to heart this day that theLord is God in heaven above and on Earth
below. There is no other.(Deuteronomy 4:35-39)
… Before Me no God was formed, nor will there be one after Me. I, even
I, am the Lord, and apartfrom Me there is no savior... (Isaiah,
43:10-11)
For this is what the Lord says—He Who created the heavens, He is God;
He Who fashioned and made the earth, He founded it; He did not create
it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited—He says: "I am the Lord,
and there isno other." (Isaiah 45:18)
And there is no God apart from Me, a righteous God and a Savior; there
is none but Me. (Isaiah 45:21)
... The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
(Deuteronomy 6:4-5)
… I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me
. (Isaiah 46:9)
So that all the peoples ofthe earth may know thatthe Lord is God and
that there is no other. (1 Kings, 8:60)
This is what the Lord says: " … Surely God is with you, and there is
noother; there is no other God. "(Isaiah 45:14)
The Lord our God, the Lord is one. (Deuteronomy 6:4)
... O Lord; no deeds can compare with Yours. All the nations You have
made will come and worship before You, O Lord; they will bring glory
to Your name. For You are great and do marvelous deeds; You alone are
God. (Psalms 86:8-10)
O Lord Almighty ... You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the
earth. You have made heaven and earth. (Isaiah 37:16)
… so that all kingdoms on earth may know that You alone, O Lord, are
God. (Isaiah 37:20)
This is what the Lord says—your Redeemer, Who formed you in the womb:
I am the Lord, Who has made all things,Who alone stretched outthe
heavens, Who spread out the earth by Myself . (Isaiah, 44:24)
Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has
seen any God besides You, who acts onbehalf of those who wait for him.
(Isaiah 64:4)
… Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no God apart from Me, a
righteous God and a Savior; there is none but Me . (Isaiah 45:21)
"See now that I myself am He! There is no God besides Me. I put to
death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal …
(Deuteronomy 32:39)
"… so that you may know there is no one like the Lord our God." (Exodus 8:10)
O Lord ... there is no God like You in heaven aboveor on earth below
…. (1 Kings 8:23; 2 Chronicles 6:14)
Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, "Lord, there is no one
like You to help the powerless against the mighty…" (2 Chronicles
14:11)
You can access detailed explanations on the subject from here .
True Believers in the OneAllah Must Unite in Order to Spread the Glory
of Our Almighty Lord
Muslims, Christians and Jews are all believing descendants of the
Prophet Abraham (pbuh)and they all believe in the same Allah, strive
to spread the Sublime Gloryof our Lord and eliminate irreligion
fromthe world. At this time when atheism, degeneration, Darwinism,
anarchy, oppression and war are so widespread, it is a great blessing
and support from Allah that there are believers who believe in the one
and only Allah and who eagerly strive to praise Him by adhering to the
"haneef" faith of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh). At this blessed time,
that of the coming of the Prophet Jesus and Hazrat Mahdi (peace be
upon them), we must actbefitting this blessing bestowed on us by our
Almighty Lord and establish an intellectual union to praise His name.
If true believers fall for the traps set by masonic Evangelicals or
masonic Muslims and fallout with one another, if they strive against
one another rather than against atheists and Darwinists, that could
mean their failing to properly appreciate this blessing from Allah.
Our Lord tells all believers to be united, and any efforts to disunite
believers may hinder Allah's bounty. Instead ofbestowing blessings
andvictory, Allah may hold blessings back from believers because of
this attitude. We must act in the knowledge of this and praise His
faith with all our hearts. The most essential condition for this is
not to be deceivedby the snares of the masons, to find the truthby the
use of conscience,reason and faith and to act accordingly.
Almighty Allah is the Lord of all beings, and absolute power and
victory belong to Him alone. Every effort to praise His name is an act
of worship the believers need to draw closer to Him and gain Paradise.
Itis certain that Allah has the power to cause His religion to prevail
without the need for any natural causes.

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It is revealed in the Qur'an that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) did not die and was not killed in any way

Some people maintain that although the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) was not
martyred by the unbelievers of his time, he still died, and that Allah
first caused the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) to pass on and then raised him
into His Presence. This claim is incompatible with the Qur'an and the
belief of ahl al-Sunnah.
They use the term "I will take you back" from verse 55 of Surah Al
'Imran as evidence, at least in their own eyes, to support this claim.
The verse reads:
[Allah said:] "Jesus, I will take you back [mutawaffeeka] and raise
you up [wa raafi`uka] to Me and purify you of those who are
unbelievers. And I will place the people who follow you above those
who are unbelievers until the Dayof Resurrection..." (SurahAl
'Imran:55)
The words "... I will take you back... " means that the Prophet Jesus
(pbuh)was put in a state resembling sleep and raised into the Presence
of Allah. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) did not die, but merely departed
thisdimension by Allah's choosing.
The word translated intoEnglish as " to die" is the Arabic verb
tawaffaa derived from the root waffaa . This verb does not imply
death, but rather taking the soul, orsurrender. Allah also reveals in
the Qur'an that taking a person's soul does not always imply death.
For instance, Allah uses tawaffaa in another verse to refer not to a
person's death, but to taking his or her soul while asleep:
Allah takes the souls [of people] at death [yatawaffaa] , and those
who do not die [lam tamut] during their sleep. Those on whom He has
passed the decreeof death [al-mawt] , He keeps back [from returning to
life], but the rest He sends [to their bodies] for a term appointed.
Verily in this are signs for those who reflect. (Surat az-Zumar:42)
The word here translated as "taking back" is the same as thatused in
Surah Al 'Imran:55: yatawaffaa . Since a person does not actually die
during the night, the word yatawaffaa here refers not to death, but to
taking the soul at night. If tawaffaa were being used in the sense of
death, then that would mean that all people would be biologically dead
during sleep . Thus, the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)would have died every
night of his life. Such an assertion is both irrational and illogical.
Another instance in which sleep is regarded as a kind of death, but
which does not refer to biological death, is the following hadith:
"'All praise is for Allah, Who has made us alive after He made us die
[sleep] (Al-hamdu li Allah illadhi ahyana ba'da maa amatana; wa ilayhi
al-nushoo)' Our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)
often said this after he woke up." No doubt, he used these wise words
not to refer to biological death when one is asleep, but rather to a
sleeping person's soul being"taken."
STATEMENTS ON THE SUBJECT BY AHL AL-SUNNAH SCHOLARS
Great ahl al-Sunnah commentators on the Qur'an are also agreed when
interpreting the word tawaffaa that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) didnot
die, but was raised into the Presence of Allah and will return to
Earth before the Day of Judgment. These Islamic scholars include:
Ibn Kathir, the famous Islamic scholar and commentator, used this
hadith, along with manyother proofs in his commentary on Surah Al
'Imran, to explain that tawaffaa refers to sleep :
Ibn Abi Hatim says that:"My father told us … from Hassan that the
meaning of the verse 'I will take you back...' is this: Here it means
that 'Ishall kill you with the death of sleep; in other words, I shall
cause you to sleep.' So Allah raised the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)to the
heavens while he was asleep … As an incontrovertible truth, Allah
caused the ProphetJesus (pbuh) to die the death of sleep and then
raised him to the sky, rescuing him from some of the Jews, who were
inflicting suffering upon him at the time. ( Ibn Kathir, Tafsir
al-Qur'an al-'Azim , 1:573-76.)
Imam Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari , another Islamic scholar who examined
the meaning of tawaffaa , stated that it did not mean death, and drew
attention to the use of mawt in Surat az-Zumar:42:
Had the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) died [which is not the case], then the
word mawt revealed in the verse: "Allah takes the souls [of people] at
death" (Surat az-Zumar:42), would not have been revealed… This is
because if, as has been claimed, Allah had referred to normal death[in
the biological sense], then this would have been clearly stated.
SinceAllah refers to the fact that the Jews did not kill the Prophet
Jesus (pbuh), but that he was taken and raised to the sky, then one
must think of a meaning beyond that of ordinary death… (Imam Muhammad
Zahidal-Kawthari, Nazra 'Abirafi Maza'im Man Yankur Nuzul 'Isa 'alyhi
al-Salam aabla al-Akhira (A Cursory Look at the Claims of Those Who
Deny Jesus' Descent before the Next Life) (Egypt: 1980), 34-37.)
Sheikh al-Islam Mustafa Sabri, a contemporary ofal-Kawthari, cites
this verse as evidence and offers the following interpretation: "If we
were to take the word tawaffaa as meaning 'killing,' then souls would
also have to die ." (Sheikh al-Islam Mustafa Sabri, Mawqif al-'Aql
(Beirut: 1992), 4:177-79)
In his commentary on the Qur'an, the Islamic scholar Mawlana Sayyid
Abul A'la Mawdudi makesthe following statement about mutawaffeeka ,
which appears in Surah Al 'Imran:55 (the same word is also used in
Surat al-Ma'ida:117):
The word mutawaffeeka , in the Arabic text comesfrom the word tawaffaa
,meaning "to take the surrender of" and "take the soul," although here
it is used in a figurative sense. Here, it means"relieving from duty."
(Mawlana Sayyid Abul A'la al-Mawdudi, Tafhim al-Qur'an , 1:230-31)
Abu Mansur Muhammad al-Maturidi , regarded as one of the first
Qur'anic commentators, also stated that the verse does not refer to
the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) dying in the familiar biological sense:
The thing being referredto in the verse is not passing on in the sense
of death , but in the sense of the body being taken from this world .
( Abu Mansur Muhammad al-Maturidi, Kitab Tawilatal-Qur'an (Beirut),
67)
The famous commentator and scholar al-Tabari stated that mutawaffeeka
is used in the sense of"removing from Earth" and interpreted the verse
in the following terms:
In my opinion, the soundest thing is to takethis word in the sense
of"to take into one's possession," "draw [away] from Earth." In that
case, the meaning of the verse is: "I shall take you from Earth and
into the heavens." The rest of the verse emphasizes the [believers']
victory over unbelievers in the End Times, which confirms the above
idea. ( Tafsir al-Tabari, 3:290-91. )
Further on in his commentary, al-Tabari included other interpretations
of mutawaffeeka . Islamic scholars are in general agreement that its
correct interpretation is"a kind of sleep." According to Imam
Hasanal-Basri, the Egyptian scholar Muhammad Khalil Herras stated that
the verse means: "I shall put you to sleep and raise you to My
Presence as you sleep ." In his commentary, al-Suyuti said, based on
reliable hadith, that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) did not die, and then
continued:
In that case, the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) was raised to the skies and
will return before the Day of Judgment . (Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, Durr
al-Manthur , 2:225-27.)
Mehmed Vehbi, a commentator who lived during the final years of the
Ottoman Empire , interpreted the verse in the following manner:
O Jesus, I shall put you tosleep and raise you to the skies, the place
of plenty and My sanctity. I shall rescue you from theJews' wickedness
and cleanse you of the unbelievers' impure actions, rescuing you from
their wickedness by drawing you up awayfrom them . (Mehmed Vehbi
Hadimli, Hulasatu'l Beyan-i fi Tefsiri'l Kuran (Tafsir al-Qur'an)
(Istanbul: 1979), 2:613. [emphasis added by the author])
The great Islamic scholarImam Ibn Taymiyya stated that Surah Al
'Imran:55 indicates that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)did not die, but most
likely experienced a kindof "sleep death." He thenwrote:
This verse is proof that the death of the ProphetJesus (pbuh) is not
beingreferred to … The word al-tawaffi [the infinitive form of the
word mutawafeeka used] in the verse requires the death of the soul
without that of the body, or of both, but with the existence of
another piece of evidence explaining the circumstances in this sense.
The meaning may be the death of sleep (as in Surat al-An'am:60). The
words at the end of the verse, to the effect that: "I shall separate
you purified from the unbelievers," are also along these lines. Had
the Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) body been separated from his soul, then his
body would be in the ground, as with the other prophets. (Imam Ibn
Taymiyya, Majmu' Fatawa (The Collected Fatwas), trans. by Abdurrahman
ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim al-Asimi an-Najdi, (Riyadh: 1991), 4:322-23.
[emphasis added by the author])
In his commentary, Hamdi Yazir of Elmali stated that the verse in
question means :
... In my view, a summaryof this interpretation and belief is as
follows: The soul of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), described as a "word
from Allah" and reinforced with the"Purest Spirit", has not yet been
taken. His soul has not come to the hour of death . "The Word" has not
yet returned to Allah. He still has work to do in this world. (Elmali
Hamdi Yazir, Hak Din Kuran Dili (The True Religion, the Language of
the Qur'an),2:1112-13.)

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Why is the trinity creed dangerous?

The creed of trinity and trinitarianism advocated by some Christians
in ourday is a very serious delusion. Apart from being a great slander
against God and the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), it is also a serious threat.
In our previous articles, we dwelled on how this creed that Christians
call trinity or trinitarianism contradicts with the creed of unity of
God explained in the Gospel, and that the trinity creedbecame
widespread dueto the misinterpretationsmade after the Prophet Jesus
(pbuh).
We also explained that that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) being a
manifestation of God does not mean that he isthe Self of God, and God
is beyond this . This is certainly contrary to God's ruling, His
might, His attributes, wisdom and rationale. (You can read the other
related articles here and here )
In these articles we show and express that this false creed is a
greatthreat. It is of great importance for our Christian brothers to
be aware of these dangers that the creed of trinity brings forth and
that it may bring forth in the future. Some of these dangers are as
follows:
1. The danger of ascribing partners to God:
According to both the Gospel and the Torah ascribing partners to God
means polytheism. Consequently with the creed of trinity , genuine
Christians inadvertently fall into this great danger of ascribing
partners to God by ascribing the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) to God (Surely
God is beyond that). This danger of ascribing partners to God is not
an issue that should be ignored. All-Mighty God states in the Qur'an,
regarding this dangerous idea as follows: " The heavens are all but
rent apart and the earth split open" (Surah Maryam, 90). Ascribing
partners to God is a great sin in God's Sight. In the Qur'an God
expresses Histhreat against those who commit this sin:
God does not forgive anything being associated with Him but He
forgives whoever He wills for anything other than that. Anyone who
associates something with God has committed a terrible crime. (Surat
an-Nisa', 48)
In the Gospel, Christians are forbidden from ascribing partners to God:
And [they] exchanged the glory of the immortal God for imagesmade to
look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. [Surely God
is beyond that]… They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,and
worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator . [Surely
God is beyond that] — Who is forever praised. (Romans, 1:23-25)
Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve
Him only .'" (Luke, 4:8)
The oneness of God is also clearly and comprehensively stated in the
Gospel. Indeed, in one part of the Gospel, the Prophet Jesus
(pbuh)states that one of the most important commands of God is to
remember God as the One and Only:
One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing
that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the
commandments, which is the most important?". "The most important one,"
answered Jesus, "isthis: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord
isOne. "Well said, teacher,"the man replied. "You are right in saying
that God is One and there is no other but Him. (Mark, 12:28-32)
(You can read the Gospel sections in which faith is preserved for God
as the One and Only and without ascribing partners to Him here .)
In light of these explanations, some Christians may gloss this stating
that they, in fact, have faith in God as the One and Only God; but
that they do not accept the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)as a separate being;
(Surely God is beyond that) since that One Being manifests itself in
three different forms as the body, spirit and consciousness. However,
in its essence, this explanation harbors a very serious contradiction
and error. You can read our explanations related to this here .
2. The danger of all endeavors coming to naught
Another great danger our genuine Christian brothers will face with the
error of trinity is the possibility of all effort they claim to make
in the name of God to come to naught. This is agreat danger for
Christians who, disregarding reminders and warnings, continue to
ascribe partners to God only because of this delusion, and do not
resort to their conscience, but assume themselves to be on the true
path. Such a dangershould not be underestimated. In the Qur'an, God
warns:"Some faces on that Day will be downcast, laboring, toiling
endlessly" (Surat al-Ghashiyya, 3). In the Torah, on the other hand,
the prayers of those who sincerely believe is as follows: Maythe favor
of the Lord ourGod rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for
us—yes, establish the work of our hands. (Psalms 90:17).
Consequently there will be people whose endeavors will come to naught
in the hereafter. A devout believer shouldnot see this danger far from
himself and should resort to his conscience. Right now, God calls our
Christian brothers who were inculcated with thecreed of trinity for
years to search their hearts with these reminders and warnings.
3. The danger of hidden disbelief and atheism
Another danger broughtby the creed of trinity is that it causes hidden
disbelief or that it drifts people into atheism. It isno doubt and not
difficult for any person who is well acquainted with the Gospel to
grasp the irrationality of the creed of trinity . In fact almost all
Christians are aware of this fact. But they make themselves believe in
it putting forth many pretexts or remain silent under the threat that
otherwise "they will abandon the religion."
Some of them, on the other hand, are drifted into disbelief because
consciously and logically they cannot accept this creed and they
inwardly do not believe. This is a great threat. There are hidden
unbelieving people in Christianity who appear devout although they are
awareof the invalidity of the trinity. The hidden unbelievers who lose
their religion due to this superstitious creed constitute the danger
of hypocrisy in Christianity. Hypocrites, on the other hand, are the
main reason of conflict and separation in religion. They are the
source of brand new innovations and superstitious beliefs developed to
render Christians weak and draw them away from worshipping.
Apart from this, growingnumber of Christians totally divert from the
true path and become atheists because they feel that the idea of the
trinity opposes sound logic and rationale. The atheists in question
also openly express their arguments. Our Christianbrothers are, no
doubt, aware of this situation. Of course just because these people
cannot be convinced about the truth of trinity does not justify their
drifting into disbelief, hypocrisy, or atheism. If a person is truly
sincere, he is obliged to turn to God by heart, strive to see and
understand the truth, and abide by whathis conscience guides him
towards. However, no matter how mistakenthese people may be, one
should not ignore that the source of danger from hidden disbelief and
atheism is the idea of trinity .
From the history of Christianity, it is also possible to understand
the great ideological and actual conflicts brought by the idea of
trinity, which have been carried forward to our day. It is impossible
for arighteous creed to be the source of such great conflicts and
tribulations. It is possiblethat until now, some Christians have not
assessed the dimensions of this danger. It is likely that, they try to
uphold afalse belief inherited from their forefathers, assuming that
it is a provision of the Gospel. However, this is a belief definitely
contrary to God's command. When they consider the Gospel in a rational
way and see the tribulations brought by a superstitious belief,
theywill understand this better. Consequently, wecall genuine
Christians totake refuge in God, to think without being under the sway
of inculcations, and to make their decision withtheir purest of
conscience.
It is important for genuine Christians to understand the true
purpose behind the articles about Christianity on this site