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Rebuttal to Sam Shamoun's "Was Muhammad
the Last Messenger?" article:
This article is a rebuttal to Sam Shamoun's article that is located at: http://www.answering-islam.org/Quran/Incoherence/last_messenger.html.
He wrote:
The Incoherence and Incompleteness of the Quran:
Was Muhammad the Last Messenger?
Sam Shamoun
The Quran teaches that Muhammad is the seal of the prophets, with the implication being
that he is the last prophet:
Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the messenger of Allah
and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah is ever Aware of all things. S. 33:40
Pickthall
Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Apostle of Allah and
the Last of the prophets; and Allah is cognizant of all things. S. 33:40 Shakir
Note, however, that this verse does not say that he is the last messenger, or the seal
of apostleship. That will become important in this discussion.
My response:
Wrong! In Islam, anyone can be a messenger of GOD Almighty, but only the ones
that were selected by GOD Almighty were His Prophets, because the Prophets brought with
them:
1-
Prophecies, proving that they are from GOD Almighty and not liars. See: The Prophecies of Islam.
2- Miracles,
which again prove that they were from GOD Almighty. See: The Scientific Miracles
of the Noble Quran.
To further prove this, let us look at the following Noble Verses:
"Say: "Behold all that is in the heavens and on
earth"; but neither Signs nor Warners profit those who
believe not. (The Noble Quran, 10:101)"
"And the Unbelievers say: "Why is not a sign sent down
to him from his Lord?" But thou art truly a warner, and to
every people a guide. (The Noble Quran, 13:7)"
"O Prophet! Truly We have sent thee as a Witness, a Bearer
of Glad Tidings, and Warner,- (The
Noble Quran, 33:45)"
"Never did We send a warner to a population, but
the wealthy ones among them said: "We believe not in the (Message) with
which ye have been sent." (The Noble Quran, 34:34)"
In these Noble Verses, and in the many others that I have not listed here, Allah
Almighty clearly talked about the Warners. Every Prophet is a Warner. Every
Messenger is also a Warner. But not every Messenger nor Warner is a Prophet!
Also, notice in Noble Verse 10:101 above when Allah
Almighty Said "but neither Signs nor Warners".
This clearly further proves that Warners are not necessarily Prophets from GOD
Almighty, since not all of them can perform Signs or Miracles.
I am a warner and a messenger of GOD Almighty through my web site. I take what
Islam taught 1500 years ago and teach it to as many people as I could. However, I am
definitely not a Prophet, because GOD Almighty never chose me to carry new Revelations
from Him and to spread them to Mankind. But however, He did command me to spread His
Noble Quran to Mankind, which is what makes me both his humble messenger and warner:
"Verily this Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right
(or stable), and giveth the Glad Tidings to the Believers who work deeds of righteousness,
that they shall have a magnificent reward; (The Noble
Quran, 17:9)" The believers in this Noble
Verse could be from any nationality.
"We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that which is a
healing and a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it causes nothing but loss after
loss. (The Noble Quran, 17:82)" The Noble Quran in this Verse is a heal to those who
believe. It is not limited to Arabs only.
"Say: "If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather
together to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof, even
if they backed up each other with help and support. (The
Noble Quran, 17:88)" Why would Allah
Almighty challenge Mankind to produce a Quran like it if the Noble Quran wasn't meant to
be for all of Mankind and all of the Jinns too. Jinns have Prophets too; see Noble Verse 6:130.
"And We have explained to man, in this Qur'an, every kind of
similitude: yet the greater part of men refuse (to receive it) except with ingratitude!
(The Noble Quran, 17:89)" Allah Almighty in this
Noble Verse is referring to man or mankind. Not mention of just Arabic people.
"We have explained in detail in this Qur'an, for the benefit
of mankind, every kind of similitude: but man is, in most things, contentious. (The Noble Quran, 18:54)"
"Verily in this (Qur'an) is a Message for people who would
(truly) worship God. (The Noble Quran, 21:106)" Here Allah Almighty is sending a
Message to all of mankind.
"Verily this Qur'an doth explain to the Children of Israel
most of the matters in which they disagree. (The Noble
Quran, 27:76)" Here we see the People of
Israel are welcomed to praise the Noble Quran and use it to resolve their disagreements.
"And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: 'O Children of
Israel! I am the apostle of God (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me,
and giving Glad Tidings of an Apostle to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad.' But
when he came to them with Clear Signs, they said, 'this is evident sorcery!' (The Noble Quran, 61:6)" In
this Noble Verse we see Prophet Jesus peace be upon him giving glad tidings for Prophet
Muhammad's (peace be upon him) coming.
If the Noble Quran is irrelevant for the People of Israel, then what purpose did this
Noble Verse (61:6) serve? And why is the Noble Verse above (27:76) inviting the
People of Israel to resolve their difference through the Noble Quran, by embracing the
Noble Quran? It is quite clear that the Noble Quran is for all People.
"Blessed is He who sent down the criterion [the Noble Quran]
to His servant, that it may be an admonition to all creatures [Mankind];-
(The Noble Quran, 25:1)"
"We sent thee not, but as a Mercy for all creatures.
(The Noble Quran, 21:107)"
"This is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds.
(The Noble Quran, 38:87)"
"And no reward dost thou ask of them for this: it is no less
than a message for all creatures. (The
Noble Quran, 12:104)"
"Those were the (prophets) who received God's guidance: Copy
the guidance they received; Say: 'No reward for this do I ask of you: This is no less than
a message for the nations.' (The Noble
Quran, 6:90)"
"Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the
Worlds: (The Noble Quran, 81:27)"
"Ye [Muslims] are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind,
enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in God. If only the
People of the Book [Jews and Christians] had faith, it were best for them: among them are
some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors. (The Noble Quran 3:110)"
Here we clearly see Allah Almighty is praising the "Muslims" and not the
"Arabs" for being the "best of the peoples evolved
for mankind". The Muslims are not just Arabs. Muslims are those
who follow the Revelations of Allah Almighty in the Noble Quran. And since this
Noble Verse came to all Muslims of all races (since Arabs alone are not the best of all
peoples), then it is quite clear that the Noble Quran came for all Mankind and not just
the Arabs alone.
"O ye Children of Adam! We have bestowed
raiment upon you to cover your shame, as well as to be an adornment to you. But the
raiment of righteousness,- that is the best. Such are among the Signs of God, that they
may receive admonition! (The Noble Quran, 7:26)"
"O ye Children of Adam! Let not Satan
seduce you, in the same manner as He got your parents out of the Garden, stripping them of
their raiment, to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch you from a position where
ye cannot see them: We made the evil ones friends (only) to those without faith. (The Noble Quran, 7:27)"
"O Children of Adam! wear your beautiful
apparel at every time and place of prayer: eat and drink: But waste not by excess, for God
loveth not the wasters. (The Noble Quran, 7:31)"
"O ye Children of Adam! whenever there come
to you apostles from amongst you, rehearsing My signs unto you,- those who are righteous
and mend (their lives),- on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve. (The Noble Quran, 7:35)"
"Did I not enjoin on you, O ye Children of Adam,
that ye should not worship Satan; for that he was to you an enemy avowed? (The Noble Quran, 36:60)"
Here we see Allah Almighty talking to all Muslims since Adam was the first human being
and we are all his sons.
He wrote:
The Quran distinguishes between a messenger and a prophet:
Never did We send a Messenger or a Prophet before you, but; when he did recite the
revelation or narrated or spoke, Shaitan (Satan) threw (some falsehood) in it. But Allah
abolishes that which Shaitan (Satan) throws in. Then Allah establishes His Revelations.
And Allah is All-Knower, All-Wise: S. 22:52 Al-Hilali & Khan
One of Islam’s premiere commentators named Al-Zamakhshari commented on the
preceding passage:
We have never sent any messenger or prophet: (This) is a clear proof that a
distinction exists between a messenger (rasul) and a prophet (nabi). (It is
related) from the Prophet that he was asked about the prophets, whereupon he said:
‘(There are) one hundred and twenty-four thousand.’ When he was then asked how
many messengers there were among them, he answered: ‘The great host of three hundred
and thirteen.’ The distinction between the two is that a messenger is one of the
prophets to whom, together with the verification miracle (mu‘jiza), the Book
is sent down. A prophet, on the other hand, who is not a messenger, is one to whom no book
is sent down, but who was commanded only to restrain the people on the basis of the
earlier revealed law (shari‘a). (Helmut G鋞je, The Qur'an and its Exegesis
[Oneworld Publications, Oxford 1996], p. 54)
The Quran does not support al-Zamakhshari’s distinction between a messenger and a
prophet. In fact, the Quran says just the opposite of what Zamakhshari proposes since it
states that prophets are those who receive Scriptures:
(All) people are a single nation; so Allah raised PROPHETS as bearers of good news
and as warners, and He revealed WITH THEM THE BOOK WITH TRUTH, that it might judge
between people in that in which they differed; and none but the very people who were given
it differed about it after clear arguments had come to them, revolting among themselves;
so Allah has guided by His will those who believe to the truth about which they differed
and Allah guides whom He pleases to the right path. S. 2:213 Shakir
That is Our argument. We gave it unto Abraham against his folk. We raise unto
degrees of wisdom whom We will. Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware. And We bestowed upon him Isaac
and Jacob; each of them We guided; and Noahdid We guide aforetime; and of
his seed (We guided) David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses
and Aaron. Thus do We reward the good. And Zachariah and John and Jesus
and Elias. Each one (of them) was of the righteous. And Ishmael and Elisha
and Jonah and Lot. Each one (of them) did We prefer above (Our)
creatures, With some of their forefathers and their offspring and their brethren; and We
chose them and guided them unto a straight path. Such is the guidance of Allah wherewith
He guideth whom He will of His bondmen. But if they had set up (for worship) aught beside
Him, (all) that they did would have been vain. Those are they unto whom We gave the
Scripture and command and prophethood. But if these disbelieve therein, then indeed We
shall entrust it to a people who will not be disbelievers therein. S. 6:83-89 Pickthall
And WE bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and WE placed Prophethood and the Book
among his descendants, and WE gave him his reward in this life, and in the Hereafter he
will, surely, be among the righteous. S. 29:27 Sher Ali
And certainly We gave the Book and the wisdom and the prophecy to the
children of Israel, and We gave them of the goodly things, and We made them excel the
nations. S. 45:16 Shakir
And We verily sent Noah and Abraham and placed the prophethood and the scripture
among their seed, and among them there is he who goeth right, but many of them are
evil-livers. S. 57:26 Pickthall
The preceding citations make it quite evident that all prophets received Scriptures.
Some will try to argue that Aaron is called a prophet and he didn’t receive a Book,
proving that not all prophets were given a scripture to pass on:
And, out of Our Mercy, We gave him his brother Aaron, (also) a prophet. S. 19:53 Y. Ali
Those who would make such an argument have obviously not read the Quran carefully since
it plainly says that he did receive a book along with Moses:
And WE gave Moses and Aaron the Discrimination and a Light and a Reminder for
the righteous, S. 21:48 Sher Ali
And We verily gave grace unto Moses and Aaron…And We gave THEM the clear
Scripture. S. 37:113, 117 Pickthall
To summarize what we have seen thus far, the Quran says that Muhammad is the last
prophet but it does not state that he is the last messenger. It also teaches that there is
a difference between a prophet and a messenger and that Allah gives prophets Scriptures to
pass on.
My response:
I agree with Shamoun's statement above: "The preceding
citations make it quite evident that all prophets received Scriptures."
That is exactly what I just demonstrated above.
Yes, Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the last Prophet. The reason he is
not the last Messenger or Warner is because the message of Allah Almighty is to be carried
out and spread to all of Mankind till the Day of Judgement. This makes every Muslim
"missionary" a messenger of GOD Almighty, but not FROM
GOD Almighty! Only Prophets are Messengers from GOD
Almighty, because they received His Divine Revelations directly from either Him or from
any of His Angels, peace be upon them.
He wrote:
Based on Muhammad’s statement that there were 124,000 prophets and 313 of them
were messengers (see the commentary by Al-Zamakhshari), the classical understanding is
that messengers are a special subgroup of prophets, and their distinction was that they
came with new revelation, a book, a new law, but the prophets only warned the people and
merely pointed back to an already existing law. Yet this understanding is contrary to what
the Quran actually says, since it repeatedly connects prophets with the scriptures that
were given to them.
My response:
I believe I was once told that this Hadith is a weak one; meaning that the Prophet
never said the narration. This is similar to the Bible and its Apocrypha;
they have lies and they are also have Truth in them. Assuming that this
hadith is true, this would still not contradict the proofs that I provided above from the
Noble Quran about Prophets being chosen by GOD Almighty, while messengers and warners are
only ordinary people, including the Prophets themselves, since the Prophets are also
humans.
Archeology have already proven that man existed on this earth for hundreds
of thousands, if not millions of years ago! So yes, it is quite
possible that GOD Almighty sent 124,000 Prophets in the past. And it is also quite
possible that only 313 of them were warners or messengers to the people outside their
circles. In other words, they were perhaps sent to all of Mankind or to several
nations of Mankind.
To further prove this, let us look at these examples:
1- Prophet
Muhammad was a Prophet and a Messenger sent to all of Mankind:
"And We have explained to man, in this Qur'an, every kind of
similitude: yet the greater part of men refuse (to receive it) except with ingratitude!
(The Noble Quran, 17:89)" Allah Almighty in this
Noble Verse is referring to man or mankind. Not mention of just Arabic people.
"We have explained in detail in this Qur'an, for the benefit
of mankind, every kind of similitude: but man is, in most things, contentious. (The Noble Quran, 18:54)"
"Verily in this (Qur'an) is a Message for people who would
(truly) worship God. (The Noble Quran, 21:106)" Here Allah Almighty is sending a
Message to all of mankind.
"Verily this Qur'an doth explain to the Children of Israel
most of the matters in which they disagree. (The Noble
Quran, 27:76)" Here we see the People of
Israel are welcomed to praise the Noble Quran and use it to resolve their disagreements.
See also the other Noble Verses that I presented above about the Noble Quran being sent
to Mankind.
2- Prophet
Jesus was also a Prophet, but a Messenger with a limited destination:
"A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying
out, 'Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from
demon-possession. Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him
and urged him, 'Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.' He [Jesus]
answered, 'I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.'
The woman came and knelt before him. 'Lord, help me!' she said. He [Jesus]
replied 'It is not right to take the children's [Jews] bread [blessings and miracles
reserved for them] and toss it to their dogs
[the Gentiles].' 'Yes, Lord' she said, 'but even the dogs eat the crumbs
that fall from their masters' table.' Then Jesus answered, 'Woman, you have
great faith! Your request is granted.' And her daughter was healed from that
very hour. (From the NIV Bible, Matthew 15:22-28)"
Further proofs from the Noble Quran:
"And when Jesus the Son of Mary said, O children of Israel,
verily I am the Apostle of God sent unto you, confirming the law which was delivered
before me, and bringing good tidings of an Apostle who shall come after me, and
whose name shall be Ahmed. And when he produced unto them evident miracles,
they said, this is manifest sorcery. (The Noble Quran,
61:6)"
To the reader, please visit: Prophet Muhammad was foretold in the Bible.
Also, Jesus' Disciples' early writings declare that
Jesus never got crucified!
He wrote:
After the prior understanding has now been shown wrong, the question remains, what
exactly is the relationship between the group of prophets and the group of messengers?
What makes somebody a prophet? What makes somebody a messenger? The Quran makes a
distinction between prophets and messengers but does not explicitly tell us what the
difference is between them.
Are these two groups completely distinct? Do they have some intersection? Is one even
contained in the other?
Since the foregoing discussion established that it is the prophets who received the
scripture, this suggests that the relationship may be just the opposite of the classical
understanding, i.e. all prophets (the smaller group) are messengers (members of the larger
group) but not vice versa. The only conclusion that we can derive with certainty from the
Quranic data is that there are some people who were both prophets and messengers, e.g.
Jesus is given both titles:
O people of the scripture, do not transgress the limits of your religion, and do not
say about GOD except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was a messenger
of GOD, and His word that He had sent to Mary, and a revelation from Him.
Therefore, you shall believe in GOD and His messengers. You shall not say,
"Trinity." You shall refrain from this for your own good. GOD is only one god.
Be He glorified; He is much too glorious to have a son. To Him belongs everything in the
heavens and everything on earth. GOD suffices as Lord and Master. Sura 4:171 Khalifa
Jesus said, ‘I am a servant of ALLAH. HE has given me the Book, and has made
me a Prophet; And HE has made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and has enjoined
upon me Prayer and almsgiving so long as I live; And HE has made me dutiful towards my
mother, and has not made me arrogant and graceless; And peace was on me the day I was
born, and peace will be on me the day I shall die, and the day I shall be raised up to
life again.’ That was Jesus, son of Mary. This is a statement of the truth concerning
which they entertain doubt. S. 19:30-34 Sher Ali
What makes this interesting is that the Quran asserts that Allah took a covenant from
the prophets to assist an unnamed messenger who was to come:
It is not (possible) that a man, to whom is given the Book, and Wisdom, and
the prophetic office, should say to people: "Be ye my worshippers
rather than God’s": on the contrary (He would say) "Be ye worshippers of
Him Who is truly the Cherisher of all: For ye have taught the Book and ye have studied it
earnestly." Nor would he instruct you to take angels and prophets for Lords and
patrons. What! would he bid you to unbelief after ye have bowed your will (To God in
Islam)? Behold! God took the covenant of the prophets, saying: "I give
you a Book and Wisdom; then comes to you an apostle, confirming what is with you; do
ye believe in him and render him help." God said: "Do ye agree, and take
this my Covenant as binding on you?" They said: "We agree." He said:
"Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses." S. 3:79-81 Y. Ali
Other versions render Sura 3:81 slightly different:
AND, LO, God accepted, THROUGH THE PROPHETS, this solemn pledge [from the followers of
earlier revelation]: "If, after all the revelation and the wisdom which I have
vouchsafed unto you, there comes to you an apostle confirming the truth already in
your possession, you must believe in him and succour him. Do you" - said He
– "acknowledge and accept My bond on this condition?" They answered:
"We do acknowledge it." Said He: "Then bear witness [thereto], and I shall
be your witness." S. 3:81 Asad
Asad noted:
Lit., "the solemn pledge of the prophets". Zamakhshari holds that what is
meant here is a pledge taken from the community as a whole: a pledge consisting in their
acceptance of the messages conveyed through the prophets. (Source)
The late Muhammad Ali translated it similarly to Asad:
And when Allah made a covenant THROUGH THE PROPHETS: Certainly what I have been given
you of Book and Wisdom – then a Messenger comes to you verifying that which is
with you, you shall believe in him, and you shall aid him. He said: Do you affirm
and accept My compact in this (matter)? They said: We do affirm. He said: Then bear
witness that I (too) am of the bearers of witness with you. M. Ali (Source)
Ali explains the reason for his formulation in a footnote:
81a. Mithaq al-nabiyyinmeans literally the covenant of the prophets,
and may therefore signify either the covenant of the prophets with Allahor
the covenant of the prophets with their people. As the words that follow are
plainly addressed to the people, the Jews and the Christians being particularly addressed
in the last two verses, I adopt the latter interpretation, and therefore translate the
words as meaning a covenant through the prophets. Both Moses and Jesus especially
laid an obligation on their people to accept the prophet about whom they prophesied. Thus,
through Moses, Almighty God had warned the Israelites, after promising them "a
prophet from among their brethren like unto thee", and that "Whosoever will not
hearken unto My words which he shall speak in My name, I will require of him" (Deut.
18:19). And Jesus was equally emphatic when, prophesying the advent of the Comforter, he
added: "He will guide you into all the truth; for he shall not speak of himself, but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak" (John 16:13). As a matter of fact the
Prophet had his advent foretold by all the prophets of the world. The new Testament bears
testimony to this: "Whom the heaven must receive until the time of restitution of all
things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all of His holy prophets since the world
began. For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise
up unto you of your brethren, like unto me: him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he
shall say unto you" (Acts 3:21, 22). The covenant referred to was made through each
prophet separately as he appeared in the world. And just as all the prophets foretold the
advent of the Prophet Muhammad and laid an obligation upon their people to accept him, so
the Prophet Muhammad also told his followers to believe in all the prophets that had
appeared among different people in different ages, and this is stated in what follows. The
truth of the first statement that all the prophets foretold the advent of the Prophet
Muhammad is borne out by the second statement that the Prophet would bear testimony to the
truth of all the prophets of the world. (Source)
What makes Ali’s comments all the more ironic is that he was an Ahmadiyya, a sect
whose founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed to be another prophet after Muhammad and the
promised Messiah. We will see why this is ironic shortly. Ali’s view is the typical
one espoused by Muslims, that the messenger whom the others had to confirm was Muhammad.
However, what these Muslims fail to mention is that the Quran duly states that Muhammad
happened to be one of these very prophets from whom Allah took a covenant:
The Prophet is closer to the believers than their selves, and his wives are (as) their
mothers. And the owners of kinship are closer one to another in the ordinance of Allah
than (other) believers and the fugitives (who fled from Mecca), except that ye should do
kindness to your friends. This is written in the Book (of nature). And when We
exacted a covenant from the prophets, and from thee (O Muhammad)
and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus son of Mary. We took from them a
solemn covenant; That He may ask the loyal of their loyalty. And He
hath prepared a painful doom for the unfaithful. S. 33:6-8 Pickthall
The only other reference to Allah’s covenant with or through the prophets is Sura
3:81. Therefore, if this text is interpreted in light of what is stated in Surah 3:81 then
it is quite apparent that Allah took a covenant from Muhammad as well, which means that he
too, as well as his community, had to uphold the messenger who would come to confirm the
Scriptures given to all the prophets.
The Quran’s incoherence on this point has allowed for specific Muslims to argue
that Allah intended to send at least one more messenger after Muhammad. One such person
was the late Rashad Khalifa who was murdered by bloodthirsty Muslims. The readers can even
see some of the arguments used by both himself and his followers and read for themselves
how they have been able to successfully use Suras 3:81, 33:7 and 40 to their advantage: http://www.submission.org/messenger/
The author of the Quran could have avoided all this confusion, thereby preventing
individuals from using these references to support their claim, by simply inserting the
name of Muhammad or by saying that Muhammad was the last messenger. In other words, the
author could have written Sura 3:81 to say that a messenger is coming whose name is such
and such, explicitly mentioning that messenger by name, much like the words he put into
the mouth of Jesus:
And call to mind when Jesus, son of Mary, said, ‘O children of Israel, surely, I
am ALLAH's Messenger unto you, fulfilling that which is before me of the prophecies of the
Torah, and giving glad tidings of a Messenger who will come after me, his name being
Ahmad. And when he came to them with clear proofs, they said, this is manifest
sorcery.’ Sura 61:6
(Note: Even this passage’s meaning is debated since it is not certain whether this
is giving the proper name of someone to come, or is simply giving a specific description
of that person. For more on these points please read this article.
Or it could have said in Sura 33:40 that Muhammad was the last prophet and the last
messenger. Unfortunately for orthodox Muslims, the Quran clearly failed to use such
language.
As it stands, certain sects have capitalized (quite successfully we might add) on the
Quran’s incoherence and incompleteness, specifically in its failure to state more
explicitly and clearly that Muhammad was the last messenger.
My response:
I like it when you said "this suggests that the relationship
may be just the opposite of the classical understanding, i.e. all prophets (the smaller
group) are messengers (members of the larger group) but not vice versa."
It's kind of funny how we both reached the same conclusion about Prophets being chosen
from GOD Almighty while Messengers and Warners are ordinary people, which also include the
Prophets themselves, peace be upon them, since they are too ordinary people.
As to the Ahmediyya's false prophet, I don't care about him nor them. They can
believe in whatever garbage they want to believe in. They are no different than the
African-American "Nation of Islam", and the Submitters cult of Rashad Khalifa.
They all have Islam miserably misunderstood, and they certainly do not represent
mainstream Islam. So there is no point in bringing them up, because we do not bring
the Mormons of Joseph Smith up against Christianity. Do you see me using Joseph
Smith against your bible?
I have only used the Mormon's interpretation of the Bible about polygamy, since they
practice it and they justify it using the very same Bible that Shamoun uses, but I never
used Joseph Smith as an authority against Christianity.
To the reader: By the way,
Jesus in the New Testament did indeed allow polygamy through his
parable of the 1 husband and his 10 virgin wives. See the proofs for yourself at: www.answering-christianity.com/ntpoly.htm.
As to Jesus being the Word of GOD Almighty, yes he is GOD Almighty's Word just like
Adam. They both were created from GOD Almighty's Word:
From http://www.answering-christianity.com/founders_rebuttal.htm#jesus_is_word:
2-
Jesus is the Word of GOD Almighty. That is perfectly agreed upon in Islam:
"Behold! the angels said: "O Mary!
God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be
Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (the
company of) those nearest to God; (The Noble Quran,
3:45)"
"She said: "O my Lord! How shall I
have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said: "Even so: God createth what He
willeth: When He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!
(The Noble Quran, 3:47)"
Before we go any further, please visit the following rebuttals to John
1:1:
Answering John
1:1.
The
"God" title in the Bible was given to others in the Old and New Testaments.
Answering Isaiah 9:6. The "El" (God)
title that was given to Jesus in the Old Testament, and the "HOTHEOS"
(God) title in the New Testament, were given to others
before and after Jesus in the Bible. The
only UNIQUE title that exists in the Bible is "Yahweh",
which means "The Eternal".
Emanuel,
Emmanuel, Yahshua, Yeshua, Yashua, Immanuel and Imanuel. These were all
"Godly" names given to others before and after Jesus in the Bible. None of
them is unique. Only "Yahweh" was GOD Almighty's Unique Name.
Jesus, like Adam, was GOD Almighty's Word in the sense that GOD Almighty Said to him "Be" and he became:
"The similitude of Jesus
before God is as that of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him: "Be".
And he was. (The Noble Quran, 3:59)"
"She said: "O my Lord! How shall I
have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said: "Even so: God createth what He
willeth: When He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!
(The Noble Quran, 3:47)"
The Miracle of Adam's creation is far greater than Jesus', because while Jesus, the
Word (part of GOD Almighty's Word), came through a woman to earth, Adam came from nothing,
and his wife, Eve, came from his rib; peace be upon all of them. But both Adam and
Jesus were the same in terms of coming to existence. GOD Almighty Said to them "Be" and they became. Eve
and the rest of humanity have lesser status because Eve came from Adam, and we all are
recycles of Adam and Eve through out parents' sperms and eggs. That is why Allah
Almighty Said:
"O mankind! reverence your Guardian-Lord, who created you from a single
soul