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Allah is the One that guides. Some people close their minds to the Quran, then this is their choice nothing we can do.
The Quran is and always has been the best Book for us to use to tell people about Islam. For it is the unchanged word of Allah.
A Christian who is sincere, will see that when they read the Quran. In reality, they would see the error of their ways by just thinking sincerely about Allah and about Christianity.... The early followers of Jesus worshipped Allah alone.
They did not make statues, they did not make images of anyone. They were devout Muslims. a Muslim being someone who submits themselves to Allah alone.
Later, after the Roman Empire started converting to Christianity (Nero's choice was mostly due to economic and political reasons). There was an emergence of Images being made.
The early Christian imagery used for worship were based on their Pagan art! They simply changed the name of those depicted in the images. - Evidence of this is found in the catacombs of Rome. There you will see the first ever images of Jesus that were made. It was at this stage, a few hundred years after Jesus that the Christianity that we see today appeared.
These new "Christians" such as the Roman Catholics tried very hard to eradicate all other older Christian groups and beliefs. There were many Gospels such as Gospel of Mary, Gospel of Barnabas and others... These were all burnt and destroyed. Those who held such parts of the Bible were killed, or burnt to death!!! These gospels mentioned the Prophet Jesus was a Man and a Prophet and the teachings of worshipping Allah alone. They even mentioned the coming of the Prophet Muhammad
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All that were left were 4 Gospels, gospel of Mathew, Luke, John and Paul. These were and still are thought to be written by the aforementioned Apostles of Jesus. In reality these are written by
unknown authors and at different times. Even majority of Bible Scholars will tell you this.
Jesus was slowly turned from the human Prophet that Allah sent to mankind to teach about his Oneness (Tawheed) to a GOD and towards the pagan Trinity that the Romans had been so used to for thousands of years.
So, the Christians are grasping onto what is not the word of God anymore, but a Bible that has been changed, tampered with and mistranslated many many times over. For Jesus and his Companions never spoke any language other than their Semitic Aramaic. -- Yet, much of what we have today is based on Greek or Latin texts. Then those are translated and mistranslated. And we have many different versions of the Bible. i.e what most people think is most accurate bible in English The King James Bible, is from the Greek texts.
I think any Christian can see the various pagan traditions that have come into their beliefs. From the Trinity, Original Sin through to Christmas Trees and Easter Eggs. The latter being more apparent. It is sad, that they might accept these to be wrong but, they do not think it to be wrong at all.
Christian have no idea about what is Shirk. (associating partners with Allah). To fully believe in a One God, we must KNOW that only God has power over all things and God alone can forgive us. He is of no need of a Son on Earth or a Sacrificial Son or any helper of any kind. -- He does not need us to pray to him Via Jesus or Mary or any of the Saints. This is a particular problem of the Catholics.. Nor does God need us to rely on Jesus for our sins to be forgiven.
There were Christians (very few) who followed the truth right up until the day that the First revelation was revealed by Angel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad
Then the Christian at council of Nicae, made concrete their various pagan ideas such as the Trinity.
someone who is sincere and loves Allah and wants the truth, will read the Quran and accept it inshaAllah.
Those who have clouds over their heart and are content to abandon the real truth of Jesus and God will never accept anything, even if it is apparent and right infront of them. -
At end of the day, it is Allah who guides, so we must keep patient and tell people the truth. It is their choice whether to follow or not.
What is important is that they learn Islam properly from Muslims. Not from the books, articles of the orientalists or those who have an agenda against Muslims. For they will never present the truth.
This is what this website is made for alhamdulillah, Allah help us in that.