13. THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE QUR’AN’S CHALLENGE
(4)
Allah says in the Qur’an:
مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ
أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَرَمَادٍ اشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍ
لَا يَقْدِرُونَ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا عَلَى
شَيْءٍ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الضَّلَالُ الْبَعِيدُ (إبراهيم:18)
The parable of those who
disbelieved in their Lord
is that their works are as ashes, on which the
wind blows
furiously on a stormy day;
they shall not be able to get
aught of what they have earned. That is the
straying,
far away (from the Right Path). (Q. 14:18)
According
to this verse, the good deeds of disbelievers in Allah would not benefit them
in the Hereafter, and save them from the torment of Hell. Out of 22 words of
this verse, two words are replaced by the True Furqan and put in its sūrat al-Thālūth (Triune God), also in verse 18. The
two words are, بِرَبِّهِمْ with وَكَذَّبُوا
بالإنْجِيل الحَقِّ,
and الْبَعِيدُ with الأَكِيْد . So, the words الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ meaning “those who disbelieved in their Lord” is replaced with الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بالإنْجِيل
الحَقِّ meaning “those who disbelieve and denied the True Gospel”,
but in this True Furqan, it is translated as “of those who rebelled and
rejected the Truth as revealed in The True Gospel.” It runs as follows:
مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا
بالإنْجِيل الحَقِّ أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَرَمَادٍ اشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي يَوْمٍ
عَاصِفٍ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا
عَلَى شَيْءٍ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الضَّلَالُ الأَكِيْد (الثالوث:18)
The example of those who rebelled and rejected the
Truth as revealed in The True Gospel, their
deeds are,
more or less, like the
ashes which are blown away by
a stormy wind. They can
never receive any reward
for their labors for
their effort is only vanity of
vanities (The True Furqan, Triune God:18)
In the True Furqan, sūrat al-Gharānīq (Idols),
verse 1-3 are copied with some changes from sūrat al-Najm (Q. 53),
verse 2-5 as follows:
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَى
“Your companion (Muhammad)
has neither gone astray nor has erred" (Q. 56;
2) ; is replaced with
قَدْ ضَلَّ رَائِدُكُمْ وَ قَدْ
غَوَى “Your leader (Muhammad)
has gone astray and has erred (Idols:1)
وَمَا
يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى. إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَى . “Nor does he speak of (his own) desire. It
is only a Revelation revealed.” (Q. 56:3-4), is replaced with وَمَانَطَقَ عَنِ الْهَوَى. إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا
وَحْيٌ إِفْكٌ يُوحَى “His
denunciations are his own whims which are fabrications inspired by beguiling
spirit.” (Idols:2)
عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَى “He has been taught (this Qur’an) by one
mighty in power (Gabriel).” (Q. 56:5), is replaced with عَلَّمَهُ مَرِيْدُ الْقُوَى " Who taught him to declare these, but the strong and vile one? "
(Idols:3)
So,
according to the True Furqan, it was the Devil,
Satan, rather than Allah who revealed the Qur’an to Muhammad s.a.w. through the angel Gabriel. The Qur’an’s teachings are considered those of Satan, and therefore are rejected in the True Furqan, such as the concept of fighting. It said:
Satan, rather than Allah who revealed the Qur’an to Muhammad s.a.w. through the angel Gabriel. The Qur’an’s teachings are considered those of Satan, and therefore are rejected in the True Furqan, such as the concept of fighting. It said:
وَزَعَمْتُمْ بِأَنَّا قُلْنَا قَاتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ حَرِّضوُا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
عَلَى الْقِتَالِ
وَمَا
كَانَ الْقِتَالُ سَبِيْلَنَا إن ذَلِكَ إلاّ تَحْرِيْضُ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيْمٍ
لِقَوْمٍ مُجْرِمِيْن
(الموعظة:2)
You have concocted that We
have commanded,
“Fight in the cause of God and urge on the
believers to fight.”
However, fighting is neither Our method nor is fighting
urged
on the believers. Such
decrees originate from none other
than the cursed Devil and were given to
a
lawless people (Sermon:2)
This verse is referring to the
Qur’anic verses as follows:
وَقَاتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ
وَلَا تَعْتَدُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ (البقرة:190)
And fight in the Way of Allah those who fight
you, but
transgress
not the limits. Truly, Allah likes not the
transgressors (Q. 2:190)
This verse shows that fighting is only
for self-defence, and not as an aggression.
وَلِيَعْلَمَ الَّذِينَ نَافَقُوا وَقِيلَ
لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا قَاتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوِ ادْفَعُوا
قَالُوا لَوْ نَعْلَمُ قِتَالًا لَاتَّبَعْنَاكُمْ
هُمْ لِلْكُفْرِ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهُمْ لِلْإِيمَانِ
يَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ مَا لَيْسَ
فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَكْتُمُونَ
(آل عمران:167)
And that He
might test the hypocrites, it was said
to them: “Come, fight in the Way of Allah or (at least)
defend yourselves.” They said:
“Had we known that
fighting will take place, we
would certainly have followed
you.” They were that day, nearer
to disbelief than to Faith,
saying with their mouths what
was not in their hearts.
And Allah has full knowledge of what they
conceal. (Q.
3:167)
This
verse deals with hypocrites who did not want to join the Muslims in fighting in
self-defence.
يَا
أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ حَرِّضِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى الْقِتَالِ... (الأنفال:65)
O Prophet (Muhammad s.a.w.)! Urge the believers
to fight… (Q. 8:65)
The late Shaykh Abū Zahrah in explaining
this verse said:
It means to urge them and to spread among
them
the spirit of self-defence, to arrange equipment, to
prepare for war, to be equipped for fighting, and to
train their children [for self-defence], because
the
non-believers [i.e., the enemy] could not
be trusted,
although they incline to peace,
because preparedness
is the believers’
protection from
being totally crushed
[by the enemy]…
(زهرة التفاسير)
It is, then, for self-defence rather than aggression, that these verses for fighting were revealed.
The allegation that the Qur’an was the
inspiration of Satan who dictated to Prophet Muhammad s.a.w., what to
write in the Qur’an reminds us of the findings of Professor Gary Miller, a
former mathematics and logic lecturer at Toronto University, Canada. He
wondered how could it be so, when the Qur’an itself denies it? It says,
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ.وَمَا يَنْبَغِي
لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ (الشعراء:210-211)
And in no way have Ash-Shayatîn (The ever-Vicious
(ones), i.e.,
the devils) been coming down with it; And
in no way does
it behoove them, And in no way are
they able to do
(that).” (Q 26:209-210)
Moreover,
how could Satan, if he had dictated the Qur’an to him, and told him to seek
refuge from him (Satan) first before reading the Qur’an? The Qur’an said:
فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ
مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ (النحل:98)
So when you read the Quran, then seek refuge in Allah
from the
outcast Shaytan
(The all-vicious, i.e., the Devil).” (Q 16:98)
In
addition the Prophet s.a.w. was asked to seek refuge from the whispers
of Satan. It said:
وَقُلْ رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ
الشَّيَاطِينِ (المؤمنون:97)
And say: “My Lord! I seek
refuge with You from the
whisperings (suggestions)
of the Shayāṭīn
(devils)…” (Q. 23:97)
The response and reaction of the Muslim world towards
this True Furqan have been very strong, among whom are:
1.
Dr. Ṣalāḥ al-Khālidī, in his book, الْإنْتِصاَر لِلْقُرْآن , تَهَافُتُ فُرْقَان مُتَنَبِّئِ
الأمْرِكَان أمَامَ حَقَائِق الْقُرآنِ (“Victory for the Qur’an: the Collapse of the
Furqan of the American self-claimed prophet in front of the truth of the
Qur’an”), published in 1426/2005. The author questioned about the identity of
this mysterious Saffee who claimed to be a prophet and claimed to have received
revelation within seven days (Martyr:2). Nobody knows about him: his life, his
preaching, and when and where did he appear. He was killed by his enemy, the
Muslims (Martyr: 7).
This book contradicts the Christian belief that no
prophet would appear after the departure of Jesus a.s., but it states
that it is revelation to a prophet called Saffee.
This book is directed solely to Muslims calling them
to Christianity, excluding pagans, idolaters, and atheists who are further away
from believing in what the Christians believe, such as the existence of God,
the angels, the prophets, holy books, and the Judgment Day. They deserve more
to be called to Christianity than the Muslims who share many of what they believe with those of the Christians.
On 21 January, 2011, Dr. Jamāl al-Sāmarrā’ī gave his
comment on this issue, as follows: “…What is called the True Furqan, does
not deserve any response, because it is neither a scientific nor a
methodological book, but rather lies and ridiculous Crusade and Zionistic
legends…. Its title itself looked
ridiculous. Have you ever heard something called linguistically “criterion for
the truth” (furqān lilḥaqq)? [What he means is that the criterion is
itself the truth; falsehood cannot make distinction between right and wrong]. This
is not their first efforts to counter the Qur’an, but it has become intensive
with the coming of this Pope. Therefore, al-Azhar stopped the dialogue with the
Vatican for his continuous enmity towards Islam…”
2.
Dr. Shawqī Abū Khalīl in his book entitled, الْفُرْقَاَنُ الْحَقّ: (قُرْآنُ) مُسَيْلَمَة
الْأَمْرِكِي (“The True Furqan: (the
Qur’an of) Musaylamah the American. It was published by Dār al-Fikr, Damascus, 2007.
The original Musaylamah was the one who claimed to be a prophet in Yamamah in
Najd besides Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.
Dr. Shawqī was a
prolific writer. He wrote over fifty books, including this book which contains
64 pages. He explained in this book how Dr. Anis Sorrosh was involved in the
publication of the True Furqan. He passed away in 2010at the age of 69.
Millions of dollars have been spent to
publish and distribute this so-called “21st Century Qur’an”, solely
to convert Muslims into Christianity, but we know the outcome of it: failure.
Allah has predicted it when He said:
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ
لِيَصُدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَسَيُنْفِقُونَهَا ثُمَّ تَكُونُ
عَلَيْهِمْ
حَسْرَةً ثُمَّ يُغْلَبُونَ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ يُحْشَرُونَ (الأنفال:
36)
Verily, those who disbelieve spend their wealth
to hinder (men)
from the Pa th of Allah, and so will they
continue to
spend it; but in the end it will become
an anguish for
them. Then they will be overcome.
And those who disbelieve will be
gathered to
Hell. (Q. 8:36)
يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِئُوا نُورَاللَّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ
وَاللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ (الصف:8)
They intend to put out the Light of Allah with their
mouths. But Allah will bring His Light to perfection
even
though the
disbelievers hate (it) (Q. 61:8)
Next khuṭbah, inshā Allāh, we shall
deal with another scholar who accepted the challenge of the Qur’an, or in other
words, who challenged the Qur’an. (CIVIC, 7 March, 2014)
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