The Truth about Jesus
The Qur'aan is the last version of God's revelation and what it says is the ultimate truth. This might not mean much for those who do not believe in the Qur'aan as such. However, the history of the Qur'aan, modern textual criticism and scientific research of the content of this scripture leave no doubt about the truth it contains. The frequently made statements that the Qur'aan is the word of Muhammad who copied his information from Jewish and Christian sources is made by people who do not know the history of the world, the Qur'aan or Muhammad. The first Arabic translation of the Bible appeared two centuries AFTER Muhammad's mission. If we add to this Muhammad's illiteracy and the scarcity of religious books in any language outside churches and temples in the sixth century we can understand the absurdity of these allegations.
The Qur'aan is the last version of God's revelation and what it says is the ultimate truth. This might not mean much for those who do not believe in the Qur'aan as such. However, the history of the Qur'aan, modern textual criticism and scientific research of the content of this scripture leave no doubt about the truth it contains. The frequently made statements that the Qur'aan is the word of Muhammad who copied his information from Jewish and Christian sources is made by people who do not know the history of the world, the Qur'aan or Muhammad. The first Arabic translation of the Bible appeared two centuries AFTER Muhammad's mission. If we add to this Muhammad's illiteracy and the scarcity of religious books in any language outside churches and temples in the sixth century we can understand the absurdity of these allegations.
2. The oneness and universality of God's message requires
that people accept all the messengers of God. Rejecting one of them amounts to
rejecting them all. The Jews reject Jesus' mission and Muhammad's mission; the
Christian reject Muhammad's mission; whereas the Muslims accept them all, but
reject incorrect historical interpretations and human elements in these
missions.
3. Because of the Qur'aan, Muslims love and respect Jesus as
they love and respect the Prophet Muhammad. Moreover, the Qur'aan reports some
of Jesus' miracles which are not reported in the present gospel. For example,
the Qur'aan tells us that Jesus spoke in the cradle and was able to tell people
what they ate or treasured in their houses, to mention a few.
4. It is common knowledge that the divinity of Jesus was
introduced by Saint Paul
and his followers and was established on the dead bodies of millions of
Christians through history which evoked the Castillo's well known remark, 'To
burn a man is not to prove a doctrine'.
5. The choice of the present four gospels was imposed in the
conference of Nicea 325 CE under the auspices of the pagan Emperor Constantine
for political purposes. Literally hundreds of gospels and religious writings
were considered apocrypha i.e. books of doubtful authenticity. Some of those
books were written by Jesus' disciples. If they were not more authentic than
the four gospels they were of equal authenticity. Some of them still are available
such as the GOSPEL OF BARNABAS and the SHEPHERD OF HERMAS which agree with the
Qur'aan.
6. The Unitarian concept and the humanness of Jesus is not
only held by Muslims but also by Jews and by some early groups of Christianity
such as the EBIONITES, the CERINTHIANS, the BASILIDIANS, the CAPOCRATIANS and
the HYPISISTARIANS to name several early sects. The Arians, Paulicians and
Goths also accepted Jesus as a Prophet of God. Even in the modern age there are
churches in Asia, in Africa, the Unitarian church,
and Jehovah Witnesses who do not worship Jesus as God.