From: hra2@Lehigh.EDU (Hibatur Rahman Ahmad)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK (Part 6)
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:05:29 GMT


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The following article is taken from a booklet title "The Light of Revelation
-A Glimpse of The Meanings of The Final Divine Revelation To Humankind- The
Quran" published by Islamic Outreach-ABIM 3402 Jalan Ampang Hilir 2, 55000
Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA.  Tel: 6-03-457-4608  There is NO COPYRIGHT for this
booklet.  Any organisation or individual wishing to reproduce the booklet may
do so freely.  An acknowledgement would be appreciated.
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FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK (Part 6)

                        Prophet Jesus (Peace be upon him)

When God said: Jesus son of Mary, have you told people:
"Take me and my mother as two gods along with God?"
He said: "Glory to You!.....
I have told them nothing except what you commanded me:
"Worship God as my Lord and your Lord".....
                                                    (Maidah 5: 116-117)

Lo! the likeness of Jesus with God
Is as the likeness of Adam.
He created him of dust, then He said to him:
Be! and he is.
                                                    (Ali-Imran 3: 59)

And they say: God hath taken unto Himself a son.
Be He glorified!  No!  But whatever is in the
heavens and the earth is His.  All are subservient
to Him.  The Originator of the heavens and the
earth!  When He decrees a thing, He says to it
only:  Be! and it is.
                                                    (Baqarah 2: 116-117)

They surely disbelieve who say:
Lo! God is the third of three;
When there is no God save the One God.
If they desist not from so saying
a painful doom will fell on those of them who disbelieve.

Will they not rather turn unto God
and seek forgiveness of Him?
For God is Forgiving, Merciful.

The Messiah, son of Mary was no other than a Messenger,
Messengers the like of whom had passed away before him
and his mother was a saintly woman.
They both used to eat earthly food.
See how we make the revelations clear for them.
See how they are turned away!
                                                    (Maidah 5: 73-75)

    Prophet Jesus (p.b.u.h.) was as human as any man.  He ate, slept, fought
the Romans, worshipped God, wept and cried to God for assistance and
salvation!  If we read the Bible with an open heart, we can find in not less
then 60 verses, statements as clear as daylight, that God is one and that
Jesus is a human being and a prophet.  He was never worshipped as God by his
Disciples.  The mission of Prophet Jesus was the same as all the 124,000
prophets sent to mankind.  Jesus said of his and our God:

"And Jesus answered him.  The FIRST of all
commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord OUR
God is ONE Lord."
                                                    (Mark 12: 29)

    Sincerely ponder over the aboved verse and Isaiah 43: 10 and ask yourself
whether there is any place for the believe in Trinity.  God says:

"Beside me there is NO OTHER God; there
NEVER WAS and NEVER WILL BE."
                                                    (Isaiah 43: 10)

    Truth will stand out!  Today many leading Christian Theologians are
realizing this truth and coming closer to the Islamic belief.  In one of the
most revealing book in this century, seven leading Theologians among them Rev.
Don Cupitt, Dean of Emmanuel College, Prof. Maunce Wiles of Oxford University
and Prof. John Hick of Birmingham University wrote "The Myth of God
Incarnate".  Based on Biblical, historical, archaeological and scientific
evidences, they conclude:-

    *That Jesus was possibly the most wonderful human being who had ever lived.
     (In islam all Prophets are sinless and wondurful human beings)

    *That the Christian concept of Jesus as God incarnate second person is the
    Holy Trinity, Living a human life is "MYTHOLOGICAL".

    *That Jesus was NOT God in human form, but a man APPROVED BY GOD, for a
    special role in the divine purpose.  (A Prophet)

    We pray that God Almighty will bring Christians and Muslims together on
one great faith.  We pray that God Almighty guides us to the ETERNAL TRUTH.
Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) said that "God is nearer to us then our jugular
veins".  God invites you to reach out to Him directly, without any
intermediaries.  Direct your prayers to GOD ALONE and ask Him for GUIDANCE TO
THE TRUTH.  You will definitely see the TRUTH.  You will surely see the
reality of PEACE, HAPPINESS and SALVATION you never saw before.

TO BE CONTINUED (God Willing)

***KNOW that Islam is a universal religion as a way of life.  It governs every
aspect of human life, from individual's behaviour to living in community, from
social and economic principles to political system, from government justice to
international relation, and above all, from relation between human being to
human being up to relation between human being and his creator, the One and
Only One God.

***KNOW that the term traditionalist, conservative, extrimist, fundamentalist,
radicals or similar labels DO NOT originate from Islam.  In Islam it is either
to be a Believer or a Non-Believer, either to be a True Believer or a Hypocrite,
either to practise Islam as a whole or leave it all.

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