Was Khadija a Christian??

BigAk

Junior Member
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Some friend of mine just mentioned to me that Khadija (our prophet's wife) was a Christian.. Although I have heard this before, I did not pursue it to verify it. Could someone please enlighten us? .. Thank you.
 

BigAk

Junior Member
My gut feeling is that he mentioned it to convey to me "indirectly" that Muhammad (PBU) copied Islam from Christianity then altered it. He did not come out and say it, but he also said claimed that Khadiga's sister Waraqa was actually a Nesperian Theologist.

Any information is appreciated.
 

nyerekareem

abdur-rahman
:salam2:

Some friend of mine just mentioned to me that Khadija (our prophet's wife) was a Christian.. Although I have heard this before, I did not pursue it to verify it. Could someone please enlighten us? .. Thank you.

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i do not know if KHADIJA (RA) was ever a christian. i do know that she had a cousin named WARAQAH, who was believed to be a christian. i think even if she was a christian at one time or another is irrelevant because she died a muslim woman.

this person should also note that KHADIJA ( ra ) died pretty early during the revelation of the quran. it took 23 years for the quran to be revealed in it's entirety. these revelations were being given long after KHADIJA'S RA passing.
:wasalam:
 

cmelbouzaidi

Junior Member
:salam2: i got the below from islamonline:

The First Revelation*





Ramadan and the Qur'an
Starting Afresh With the Qur'an
Why Ramadan is the Month of the Qur'an?

By Sheikh Safiur Rahman Al-Mubarakfuri
Indian Muslim Scholar

When Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was nearly 40, he had been wont to pass long hours in retirement meditating and speculating over all aspects of creation around him.

This meditative temperament helped to widen the mental gap between him and his compatriots. He used to provide himself with simple food and water and then directly head for a cave named Hira', in the Mount An-Nur. It was only 2 miles from Makkah, a small cave 4 yards long and 1.75 yard wide. He would always go there and invite wayfarers to share his modest provision. He used to devote most of his time, and Ramadan in particular, to worship and meditation on the universe around him. His heart was restless about the moral evils and idolatry that were rampant among his people; he was as yet helpless because no definite course, or specific approach had been available for him to follow and rectify the ill practices around him. This solitude attended with this sort of contemplative approach must be understood in its divine perspective. It was a preliminary stage to the period of grave responsibilities that he was to shoulder very soon.

Privacy and detachment from the impurities of life were two indispensable prerequisites for the Prophet's soul to come into close communion with the Unseen Power that lies behind all aspects of existence in this infinite universe. It was a rich period of privacy which lasted for three years and ushered in a new era, of indissoluble contact with that Power.

When he was 40, the age of complete perfection at which prophets were always ordered to disclose their message, signs of his prophethood started to appear and twinkle on the horizons of life; they were the true visions he used to experience for 6 months. In Ramadan, in his third year of solitude in the cave of Hira', Allah desired His mercy to flow on earth and Muhammad was honored with prophethood, and the light of revelation burst upon him with some verses of the Qur'an.

As for the exact date, careful investigation into circumstantial evidence and relevant clues point directly to Monday, Ramadan 21 at night, that is, August 10, 610 CE, with Prophet Muhammad exactly 40 years, 6 months and 12 days of age, that is, 39 Gregorian years, 3 months and 22 days.

`A'ishah, later the Prophet's wife, gave the following narration of that most significant event in the Prophet's life:

Forerunners of the Revelation assumed the form of true visions that would strikingly come true all the time. After that, solitude became dear to him and he would go to the cave, Hira', to engage in devotion there for a certain number of nights before returning to his family, and then he would return for provisions for a similar stay. At length, unexpectedly, the Truth (the angel) came to him and said, "Recite." "I cannot recite," he (Muhammad) said. The Prophet described: "Then he took me and squeezed me vehemently and then let me go and repeated the order 'Recite.' 'I cannot recite' said I, and once again he squeezed me and let me till I was exhausted. Then he said, 'Recite.' I said, 'I cannot recite.' He squeezed me for a third time and then let me go and said [the first revelation]:

(Read! In the name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists), has created man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood). Read! and your Lord is the Most Generous.) (Al-`Alaq 96:1-3)

The Prophet repeated these verses. He was trembling with fear. At this stage, he came back to his wife, Khadijah, and said, "Cover me, cover me." They covered him until he restored security. He apprised Khadijah of the incident of the cave and added that he was horrified. His wife tried to soothe him and reassured him saying, "Allah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your kith and kin; you bear the burden of the weak; you help the poor and the needy, you serve your guests generously and assist the deserving calamity-afflicted ones."

She set out with the Prophet to her cousin Waraqah ibn Nawfal, who had embraced Christianity in the pre-Islamic period, and used to write the Bible in Hebrew. He was a blind old man.

Khadijah said, "My cousin! Listen to your nephew!"

Waraqah said, "O my nephew! What did you see?"

The Prophet told him what had happened to him. Waraqah replied, "This is the angel who is entrusted with Divine Secrets that Allah sent to Moses. I wish I were younger. I wish I could live up to the time when your people would turn you out."

Muhammad asked, "Will they drive me out?"

Waraqah answered in the affirmative and said, "Anyone who came with something similar to what you have brought was treated with hostility; and if I should be alive till that day, then I would support you strongly." But after a few days Waraqah died.
 

Munawar

Striving for Paradise
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i do not know if KHADIJA (RA) was ever a christian. i do know that she had a cousin named WARAQAH, who was believed to be a christian. i think even if she was a christian at one time or another is irrelevant because she died a muslim woman.

this person should also note that KHADIJA ( ra ) died pretty early during the revelation of the quran. it took 23 years for the quran to be revealed in it's entirety. these revelations were being given long after KHADIJA'S RA passing.
:wasalam:

:salam2:
Well said brother nyerekareem,
Khadijah (RA) was not a Christian but she had a cousin Waraqah who converted to Christianity.

Here is what I have read in Tafheem-ul Quran:

Holy Messenger (upon whom be peace) would take provisions with him and stay in the Cave of Hira for several days, then would return to Khadijah (RA) who would again provide for him for a few more days. One day when he was in the Cave of Hira, Revelation came down to him unexpectedly and the Angel said, to him: "Read". After this Aishah (RA) reports the words of the Holy Prophet himself, to the effect, "I said: I cannot read! There upon the Angel took me and pressed me until I could bear it no more. Then he left me and said: Read. I said: I cannot read! He pressed me a second time until I could bear it no more. Then he left me and said: Read. I again said: I cannot read! He pressed me for the third time until I could bear it no more. Then he left me and said: Iqra bismi Rabbi kal- ladhi khalaqa: (Read in the name of your Lord Who created) till he reached ma lam ya lam (what he did not know).

Aishah (RA) says: "Then the Holy Messenger (upon whom be peace) returned home to Khadijah (RA) trembling with fear, and said to her: `Cover me, cover me', and he was covered. When terror left him, he said: `O Khadijah, what has happened to me?' Then he narrated to her whatever had happened, and said: 'I fear for my life'. She said; 'No never! Be of good cheer. By God, never will God debase you: you treat the kindred well, you speak the truth, you bear the burden of the helpless, you help the poor, you entertain the guests, and you cooperate in good works.' Then she took him to Waraqah bin Naufal, who was her cousin. He had become a Christian in pre-Islamic days, wrote the Gospel in Arabic and Hebrew, and had become very old and blind. Hadrat Khadijah said: `Brother, listen to the son of your brother.' Waraqah said to the Holy Prophet: `What have you seen, nephew?' The Holy Prophet described what he had seen. Waraqah said; 'This is the same Namus (the Angel of Revelation) which Allah had sent down to Moses. Would that I were a young man during your Prophethood! Would that I were alive when your tribe would expel you!' The Holy Prophet said: `Will they expel me?' Waraqah said; `Yes, never has it so happened that a person brought what you have brought and was not treated as an enemy. If I live till then I would help you with all the power at my command.' But not very long after this Waraqah died."

This narrative is explicit that even until a moment before the coming Angel the Holy Messenger of Allah (upon whom be His peace) was without any expectation that he was going to be appointed a Prophet. Nothing to say of any such wish or expectation, he did not even have any idea that he would meet with such an experience. Coming down of the Revelation and appearing of the Angel face to face was an unexpected accident for him, the first effect of which on him was precisely the same as could naturally be on a person meeting with such a tremendous experience, in the absence of any preparation. That is why when he proclaimed the message of Islam, the people of Makkah raised all sorts of objections, but no one said that they were already apprehending that he would make a claim, for he had been making preparations since long to become a Prophet.

From this narrative another thing which also becomes obvious is how pure was the Holy Prophet's life and how sublime was his character before Prophethood. Khadijah (RA) was no young lady: she was 55 years old at the time this event took place and had been the Holy Prophet's life companion for 15 years. No weakness of the husband can remain hidden from the wife. She had during this long period of married life found him to be such a generous and noble man that when he told her of his experience in the Cave of Hira', she admitted without the least hesitation that it was indeed Allah's own Angel who had come to him with Revelation. Likewise, Waraqah bin Naufal also was an old inhabitant of Makkah, who had seen the Holy Prophet grow up from childhood. Particularly, for the past 15 years because of the close relationship he was even more intimately aware of his life, his Affairs and dealings. When he also heard of his experience, he did not regard it as an evil suggestion, but immediately said that it was the Namus (angel) who had descended on Moses (peace be upon him). This meant that even according to him the Holy Prophet was such a sublime person that there was nothing surprising in his being elevated to the office of Prophethood.


:wasalam:
 

BigAk

Junior Member
Thank you very much for the information.. Just discussed it with my friend. However, now he's claiming that Muhammad (PBU) obviously got his knowledge from the Christians around him mainly Waraqah.... He's saying Muhammd (PBU) got his knowledge from both the jews and christians and came up with Islam.. How do you answer to that???

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yusuf_pal

Junior Member
1.Waraqa was an old man and died shortly after Muhammad(Pbuh) had received the revelation of the Qur'ân.

2.While the revelation of the Qur'ân continued for more than twenty years after the death of Waraqah bin Nawfal, the Prophet(Pbuh) was receiving the revelation in different places and even while he was among his Companions.

3.Also, he was answering direct questions raised later by the Jews in Madinah.

4.In addition, the Jews and the disbelievers of Mecca would be very pleased if they knew for sure that there was a knowledgeable person who was teaching Muhammad(Pbuh) the Qur'ân.

5.And finally Waraqa himself announced in all of the hadîths reported in Sahih al-Bukhârî that he would support Muhammad(Pbuh) strongly if he lived long enough:

"Should I live till you receive the Divine Message, I will support you strongly."

"if I should remain alive till the day when you will be turned out then I would support you strongly."

It is not surprising to see that when these points are brought together, Christian missionaries start to take refuge in the excuses that Waraqa was a heretic or on whose authority he said that he would support Muhammad's(Pbuh) prophethood?
 

BigAk

Junior Member
Now he's saying that it does not matter that Waraqah had died shortly after Muhammad (PBU) received the revelation. Waraqah was with Muhammad (PBU) all along way before then; from the time he married Khadija and that's at least 15 years. So, the argument is that Muhammad learned all about Christianity and used it to form Islam... What's the answer to that??

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um_mustafa

sister in Islam
What's the answer to that??

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Sura Al Kafirun

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

1. Say: O ye that reject faith!
2. I worship not that which ye worship.
3. Nor will ye worship that which I worship.
4. And I will not worship that which ye have been wont to worship.
5. Nor will ye worship that which I worship.
6.To you be your way, and to me mine.
 

Munawar

Striving for Paradise
Now he's saying that it does not matter that Waraqah had died shortly after Muhammad (PBU) received the revelation. Waraqah was with Muhammad (PBU) all along way before then; from the time he married Khadija and that's at least 15 years. So, the argument is that Muhammad learned all about Christianity and used it to form Islam... What's the answer to that??

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:salam2:
But from the story it looks like that Prophet Mohammad :saw: didn't know much about Christianity and Judiaism.
I lived in America for 24 years and I don't know much about the Christian and Jewish faith and practices.
Waraqah died soon after our Prophet :saw: got his first revelation, the 99% of Quran was revealed after he died.

So what he is saying is not practical because there are stories in Quran which nobody around him knew and the beauty is that even when these stories exist in bible they are historically wrong and correct in Quran.

In Bible the Pharoh lived and went back to his palace. In Quran he was drowned, the Christians ridiculed it but now we know that that Pharoh drowned in salt water after testing his lungs, and his body was never mummified by humans but was mummified naturally (by Allah).
Read Surah Rome and see how accurately it pridicts things etc etc.

So there are many many things but if someone is not interested in accepting the truth then no one can do anything.
:wasalam:
 

palestine

Servant of Allah
Now he's saying that it does not matter that Waraqah had died shortly after Muhammad (PBU) received the revelation. Waraqah was with Muhammad (PBU) all along way before then; from the time he married Khadija and that's at least 15 years. So, the argument is that Muhammad learned all about Christianity and used it to form Islam... What's the answer to that??

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akhi can't you see that the person you're trying to convey the message to is being stubborn or should i say arrogant. he's not worth your time. you've told him enough and he seems to only want to ARGUE, NOT EDUCATED. so akhi tell him "to you is your religion, and to me mine" - surah al kafirun. :salam2:
 

nyerekareem

abdur-rahman
Thank you very much for the information.. Just discussed it with my friend. However, now he's claiming that Muhammad (PBU) obviously got his knowledge from the Christians around him mainly Waraqah.... He's saying Muhammd (PBU) got his knowledge from both the jews and christians and came up with Islam.. How do you answer to that???

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brother, if that is the case, we could easily say that the writers of the new testament of the bible came about by copying things from the old testament and made it suitable for them to make Christ more than what he really was.

i think about a verse from either surah al baqarah or surah al'imran which says and i am paraphrasing " the jews say that christians are misguided and the christians say that the jews are misguided yet they use the same book.
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BigAk

Junior Member
Brother palestine is correct.. This guy I'm arguing with is arrogent and is not willing to open his ears and mind. I have concluded that it's useless to reason with him.. I'm leaving him alone.

Thank you very much my brothers and sisters for all your input and your help. This is truly an amazing community here..

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muslimah-2k8

Junior Member
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brother, if that is the case, we could easily say that the writers of the new testament of the bible came about by copying things from the old testament and made it suitable for them to make Christ more than what he really was.

i think about a verse from either surah al baqarah or surah al'imran which says and i am paraphrasing " the jews say that christians are misguided and the christians say that the jews are misguided yet they use the same book.
:wasalam:

The Holy Qur'an 2:113

The Jews say: "The Christians have naught (to
stand) upon"; and the Christians say: "The Jews
have naught (to stand) upon." Yet they (profess to)
study the (same) Book. Like unto their word is what
those say who know not but Allah will judge between
them in their quarrel on the Day of Judgment.
 

BigAk

Junior Member
The Holy Qur'an 2:113

The Jews say: "The Christians have naught (to
stand) upon"; and the Christians say: "The Jews
have naught (to stand) upon." Yet they (profess to)
study the (same) Book. Like unto their word is what
those say who know not but Allah will judge between
them in their quarrel on the Day of Judgment.

Thank you sister for sharing this verse.. I shamefully admit to have forgotten it.

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BigAk

Junior Member
Thou might mean 'Nestorian' not 'Nesperian'.

Allahu Ta'ala had answered people who said 'darasta' means from the word darsa with ta, 'you learn from book'.

Rasulullah's received Kalamullah in Arabic while Injil and other book of the prophets are from A'jam language, Allah said in one of His ayat.

Well say to him that the charge is that Al Qur'an copy the knowledge from ahli kitab and their book, say to him that Kitabullah even mention about things that being forgotten by ahlil kitab like Al Kahfi.

And like in Al Buruuj (QS.85): was samaaa'i dzaatil buruuj, wal yaumil mau'ud, wa syaahidiw wa masyhuud, qutila ashhabul ukhduud, annaari dzaatil waquud, wa hum maa yaf'aluuna bil mu'miniina syuhuud, wa maa naqaamuu minhum illaa ay yu'minu billaahil 'aziizil hamiid. huwalladzii lahuu samaawaati wal ardh, innallaha 'alaa kulli syai'in syahiid, innalladziina fatanul mu'miniina tsumma lam yatuubu falahum adzaabu Jahannama wa lahum adzaabul hariiq, Inna bathsya rabbika lasyadiid, dzul 'arsyil majiid, wa huwa ghafuurul waduud, fa'aalul limaa yuriid, hal ataaka hadiitsu Junuud, wa Fir'auna wa Tsamuud, balilladziina kafaruu fii takdziib, wallaahu miw waraa'ihim muhiith, bal huwa Qur'aanum majiid, fii lauhim Mahfuuzh.

The story according to magazine named Al Furqan, from riwayat happen to Nashraniyyun who remain in Tauhid and the real followers of 'Isa as, they were burned alive. Whether they are ruled at that time by Constantine or Nero.
And according to riwayat, Al Kahfi was Nashraniyyun who are in the place being ruled by Roman Empire.
In the chapters there are even shown how the Christians and Jews like to make Church and Synagouges above the grave of their Rabi and priests.

Assalamu'alaikum wa rahmatullaah

Abdul Musa'ir... Jazak Allah Khair brother.. Can you please provide me with more information about Al Kahfi.. I have never heard of them and their story.

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Mohsin

abdu'Allah
:salam2:

Brother for the detailed answer to your question please read the following link.

Could the Qur’an Be a Copy of the Bible?!

Also read this,

By Dr. Zakir Naik


1. QUR’AN PLAGIARIZED FROM THE BIBLE :

Question
Is it not true that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has copied the Qur’an from the Bible?

Answer
Many critics allege that Prophet Muhummad (pbuh) himself was not the author of the Qur’an but he learnt it and/or plagiarised (copied or adapted) it from other human sources or from previous scriptures or revelations.

1. MUHUMMAD LEARNT THE QUR’AN FROM A ROMAN BLACKSMITH WHO WAS A CHRISTIAN
Some Pagans accused the Prophet of learning the Qur’an from a Roman Blacksmith, who was a Christian staying at the outskirts of Makkah. The Prophet very often used to go and watch him do his work. A revelation of the Qur’an was sufficient to dismiss this charge - the Qur’an says in Surah An-Nahl chapter 16 verse 103:
"We know indeed that they say, ‘It is a man that teaches him,’ The tongue of him they wickedly point to is notably foreign, while this is Arabic, pure and clear."
[Al-Qur’an 16:103]
How could a person whose mother tongue was foreign and could hardly speak little but of poor broken Arabic be the source of the Qur’an which is pure, eloquent, fine Arabic? To believe that the blacksmith taught the Prophet the Qur’an is some what similar to believing that a Chinese immigrant to England, who did not know proper English, taught Shakespeare.

2. MUHUMMAD (PBUH) LEARNT FROM WARAQA - THE RELATIVE OF KHADIJAH (RA)
Muhummad’s (pbuh) contacts with the Jewish and Christian Scholars were very limited. The most prominent Christian known to him was an old blind man called Waraqa ibn-Naufal who was a relative of the Prophet’s first wife Khadijah (r.a.). Although of Arab descent, he was a convert to Christianity and was very well versed with the New Testament. The Prophet only met him twice, first when Waraqa was worshipping at the Kaaba (before the Prophetic Mission) and he kissed the Prophet’s forehead affectionately; the second occasion was when the Prophet went to meet Waraqa after receiving the first revelation. Waraqa died three years later and the revelation continued for about 23 years. It is ridiculous to assume that Waraqa was the source of the contents of the Qur’an.

3. PROPHET’S RELIGIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS
It is true that the Prophet did have religious discussions with the Jews and Christians but they took place in Madinah more than 13 years after the revelation of the Qur’an had started. The allegation that these Jews and Christians were the source is perverse, since in these discussions Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was performing the roles of a teacher and of a preacher while inviting them to embrace Islam and pointing out that they had deviated from their true teachings of Monotheism. Several of these Jews and Christians later embraced Islam.

4. THE PROPHET LEARNT THE QUR’AN FROM THOSE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS THAT HE MET OUTSIDE ARABIA
All historical records available show that Muhummad (pbuh) had made only three trips outside Makkah before his Prophethood:
i. At the age of 9 he accompanied his mother to Madinah.
ii. Between the age of 9 and 12, he accompanied his uncle Abu-Talib on a business trip to Syria.
iii. At the age of 25 he led Khadija’s Caravan to Syria.
It is highly imaginary to assume that the Qur’an resulted from the occasional chats and meetings with the Christians or Jews from any of the above three trips.

5. LOGICAL GROUNDS TO PROVE THAT THE PROPHET DID NOT LEARN THE QUR’AN FROM JEWS OR CHRISTIANS
i. The day-to-day life of the Prophet was an open book for all to see. In fact a revelation came asking people to give the Prophet (pbuh) privacy in his own home. If the Prophet had been meeting people who told him what to say as a revelation from God, this would not have been hidden for very long.
ii. The extremely prominent Quraish nobles who followed the Prophet and accepted Islam were wise and intelligent men who would have easily noticed anything suspicious about the way in which the Prophet brought the revelations to them - more so since the Prophetic mission lasted 23 years.
iii. The enemies of the Prophet kept a close watch on him in order to find proof for their claim that he was a liar - they could not point out even a single instance when the Prophet may have had a secret rendezvous with particular Jews and Christians.
iv. It is inconceivable that any human author of the Qur’an would have accepted a situation in which he received no credit whatsoever for originating the Qur’an.
Thus, historically and logically it cannot be established that there was a human source for the Qur’an.

6. MUHUMMAD (PBUH) WAS AN ILLITERATE
The theory that Muhummad (pbuh) authored the Qur’an or copied from other sources can be disproved by the single historical fact that he was illiterate.
Allah testifies Himself in the Qur’an
In Surah Al-Ankabut chapter no.29 verse 48
"And thou was not (able) to recite a Book before this (Book came), nor art thou (able) to transcribe it with thy right hand: in that case, indeed, would the talkers of vanities have doubted."
[Al-Qur’an 29:48]
Allah (swt) knew that many would doubt the authenticity of the Qur’an and would ascribe it to Prophet Muhummad (pbuh). Therefore Allah in His Divine Wisdom chose the last and final Messenger to be an ‘Ummi’, i.e. unlettered, so that the talkers of vanity would not then have the slightest justification to doubt the Prophet. The accusation of his enemies that he had copied the Qur’an from other sources and rehashed it all in a beautiful language might have carried some weight, but even this flimsy pretence has been deprived to the unbeliever and the cynic.
Allah reconfirms in the Qur’an in Surah Al A’raf chapter 7 verse 157:
"Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (Scriptures) in the Law and the Gospel"
The prophecy of coming of the unlettered Prophet (pbuh) is also mentioned in the Bible in the book of Isaiah chapter 29 verse 12.
"And the book is delivered to him that is not learned."
[Isaiah 29:12]
The Qur’an testifies in no less than four different places that the Prophet (pbuh) was illiterate. It is also mentioned in Surah A’raf chapter 7 verse 158 and in Surah Al-Jumu’a chapter 62 verse 2.

7. ARABIC VERSION OF THE BIBLE WAS NOT PRESENT
The Arabic version of the Bible was not present at the time of Prophet Muhummad (pbuh). The earliest Arabic version of the Old Testament is that of R. Saadias Gaon of 900 C.E. - more than 250 years after the death of our beloved Prophet. The oldest Arabic version of the new Testament was published by Erpenius in 1616 C.E. - about a thousand years after the demise of our Prophet.

8. SIMILARITIES IN THE QUR’AN AND THE BIBLE DUE TO COMMON SOURCE
Similarities between the Qur’an and the Bible does not necessarily mean that the former has been copied from the latter. In fact it gives evidence that both of them are based on a common third source; all divine revelations came from the same source - the one universal God. No matter what human changes were introduced into some of these Judeo-Christian and other older religious scriptures that had distorted their originality, there are some areas that have remained free from distortion and thus are common to many religions.

It is true that there are some similar parallels between the Qur’an and the Bible but this is not sufficient to accuse Muhummad (pbuh) of compiling or copying from the Bible. The same logic would then also be applicable to teachings of Christianity and Judaism and thus one could wrongly claim that Jesus (pbuh) was not a genuine Prophet (God forbid) and that he simply copied from the Old Testament.

The similarities between the two signify a common source that is one true God and the continuation of the basic message of monotheism and not that the later prophets have plagiarised from the previous prophets.
If someone copies during an examination he will surely not write in the answer sheet that he has copied from his neighbour or Mr. XYZ. Prophet Muhummad (pbuh) gave due respect and credit to all the previous prophets (pbut). The Qur’an also mentions the various revelations
given by Almighty God to different prophets.

9. MUSLIMS BELIEVE IN THE TAURAH, ZABOOR, INJEEL AND QUR’AN
Four revelations of Allah (swt) are mentioned by name in the Qur’an: the Taurah, the Zaboor, the Injeel and the Qur’an.
Taurah, the revelation i.e. the Wahi given to Moosa (a. s.) i.e. Moses (pbuh).
Zaboor, the revelation i.e. the Wahi given to Dawood (a.s.) i.e. David (pbuh).
Injeel, the revelation i.e. the Wahi given to Isa (A.S.) ie. Jesus (pbuh).
‘Al-Qur’an’, the last and final Wahi i.e. revelation given to the last and final Messenger Muhammad (pbuh).
It is an article of faith for every Muslim to believe in all the Prophets of God and all revelations of God. However, the present day Bible has the first five books of the Old Testament attributed to Moses and the Psalms attributed to David. Moreover the New Testament or the four Gospels of the New Testament are not the Taurah, the Zaboor or the Injeel, which the Qur’an refers to. These books of the present day Bible may partly contain the word of God but these books are certainly not the exact, accurate and complete revelations given to the prophets.
The Qur’an presents all the different prophets of Allah as belonging to one single brotherhood; all had a similar prophetic mission and the same basic message. Because of this, the fundamental teachings of the major faiths cannot be contradictory, even if there has been a considerable passage of time between the different prophetic missions, because the source of these missions was one: Almighty God, Allah. This is why the Qur’an says that the differences which exist between various religions are not the responsibility of the prophets, but of the followers of these prophets who forgot part of what they had been taught, and furthermore, misinterpreted and changed the scriptures. The Qur’an cannot therefore be seen as a scripture which competes with the teachings of Moses, Jesus and the other prophets. On the contrary, it confirms, completes and perfects the messages that they brought to their people.
Another name for the Qur’an is the ‘The Furqan’ which means the criteria to judge the right from the wrong, and it is on the basis of the Qur’an that we can decipher which part of the previous scriptures can be considered to be the word of God.

10. SCIENTIFIC COMPARISON BETWEEN QUR’AN AND BIBLE
If you glance through the Bible and the Qur’an you may find several points which appear to be exactly the same in both of them, but when you analyse them closely, you realise that there is a difference of ‘chalk and cheese’ between them. Only based on historical details it is difficult for someone who is neither conversant with Christianity or Islam to come to a firm decision as to which of the scriptures is true; however if you verify the relevant passages of both the scriptures against scientific knowledge, you will yourself realize the truth.
a. Creation of the Universe in Six Days
As per the Bible, in the first book of Genesis in Chapter One, the universe was created in six days and each day is defined as a twenty-four hours period. Even though the Qur’an mentions that the universe was created in six ‘Ayyaams’, ‘Ayyaam’ is the plural of years; this word has two meanings: firstly, it means a standard twenty-four hours period i.e. a day, and secondly, it also means stage, period or epoch which is a very long period of time.
When the Qur’an mentions that the universe was created in six ‘Ayyaams’, it refers to the creation of the heavens and the earth in six long periods or epochs; scientists have no objection to this statement. The creation of the universe has taken billions of years, which proves false or contradicts the concept of the Bible which states that the creation of the Universe took six days of twenty-four hour durations each.
b. Sun Created After the Day
The Bible says in chapter 1, verses 3-5, of Genesis that the phenomenon of day and night was created on the first day of creation of the Universe by God. The light circulating in the universe is the result of a complex reaction in the stars; these stars were created according to the Bible (Genesis chapter 1 verse 14 to 19) on the fourth day. It is illogical to mention the result that is the light (the phenomenon of day and night) was created on the first day of Creation when the cause or source of the light was created three days later. Moreover the existence of evening and morning as elements of a single day is only conceivable after the creation of the earth and its rotation around the sun. In contrast with the contents of the Bible on this issue, the Qur’an does not give any unscientific sequence of Creation. Hence it is absolutely absurd to say that Prophet Muhummad (pbuh) copied the passages pertaining to the creation of the universe from the Bible but missed out this illogical and fantastic sequence of the Bible.
c. Creation of the Sun, The Earth and the Moon
According to the Bible, Book of Genesis, chapter 1, verses 9 to 13, the earth was created on the third day, and as per verses 14 to 19, the sun and the moon were created on the fourth day. The earth and the moon emanated, as we know, from their original star, the Sun. Hence to place the creation of the sun and the moon after the creation of the earth is contrary to the established idea about the formation of the solar system.
d. Vegetation Created on the third day and Sun on the fourth day
According to the Bible, Book of Genesis, chapter 1, verses
11-13, vegetation was created on the third day along with seed-bearing grasses, plants and trees; and further on as per verses 14-19, the sun was created on the fourth day. How is it scientifically possible for the vegetation to have appeared without the presence of the sun, as has been stated in the Bible?
If Prophet Muhummad (pbuh) was indeed the author of the Qur’an and had copied its contents from the Bible, how did he manage to avoid the factual errors that the Bible contains? The Qur’an does not contain any statements which are incompatible with scientific facts.
e. The Sun and the Moon both Emit light
According to the Bible both the sun and the moon emit their own light. In the Book of Genesis, chapter 1, verse 16 says, "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night".
Science tells us today that the moon does not have its own light. This confirms the Qur’anic concept that the light of the moon is a reflected light. To think that 1400 years ago, Prophet Muhummad (pbuh) corrected these scientific errors in the Bible and then copied such corrected passages in the Qur’an is to think of something impossible.

11. ADAM (PBUH), THE FIRST MAN ON EARTH, LIVED 5,800 YEARS AGO
As per the genealogy of Jesus Christ given in the Bible, from Jesus through Abraham (pbuh) to the first man on earth i.e. Adam (pbuh), Adam appeared on the earth approximately 5800 years ago:
i. 1948 years between Adam (pbuh) and Abraham (pbuh)
ii. Approximately 1800 years between Abraham (pbuh) and Jesus (pbuh)
iii. 2000 years from Jesus (pbuh) till today
These figures are further confused by the fact that the Jewish calendar is currently on or about 5800 years old.
There is sufficient evidence from archaeological and anthropological sources to suggest that the first human being on earth was present tens of thousands of years ago and not merely 5,800 years ago as is suggested by the Bible.
The Qur’an too speaks about Adam (pbuh) as the first man on earth but it does not suggest any date or period of his life on earth, unlike the Bible - what the Bible says in this regard is totally incompatible with science.

12. NOAH (PBUH) AND THE FLOOD
The Biblical description of the flood in Genesis chapter 6, 7 and 8 indicates that the deluge was universal and it destroyed every living thing on earth, except those present with Noah (pbuh) in the ark. The description suggests that the event took place 1656 years after the creation of Adam (pbuh) or 292 years before the birth of Abraham, at a time when Noah (pbuh) was 600 years old. Thus the flood may have occurred in the 21st or 22nd Century B.C.
This story of the flood, as given in the Bible, contradicts scientific evidence from archaelogical sources which indicate that the eleventh dynasty in Egypt and the third dynasty in Babylonia were in existence without any break in civilisation and in a manner totally unaffected by any major calamity which may have occurred in the 21st century B.C. This contradicts the Biblical story that the whole world had been immersed in the flood water. In contrast to this, the Qur’anic presentation of the story of Noah and the flood does not conflict with scientific evidence or archaeological data; firstly, the Qur’an does not indicate any specific date or year of the occurance of that event, and secondly, according to the Qur’an the flood was not a universal phenomenon which destroyed complete life on earth. In fact the Qur’an specifically mentions that the flood was a localised event only involving the people of Noah.
It is illogical to assume that Prophet Muhummad (pbuh) had borrowed the story of the flood from the Bible and corrected the mistakes before mentioning it in the Qur’an.

13. MOSES (PBUH) AND PHARAOH OF THE EXODUS
The story of Moses (pbuh) and the Pharaoh of the Exodus are very much identical in the Qur’an and the Bible. Both scriptures agree that the Pharaoh drowned when he tried to pursue Moses (pbuh) and led the Israelites across a stretch of water that they crossed. The Qur’an gives an additional piece of information in Surah Yunus chapter 10 verse 92:
"This day shall We save thee in thy body, that thou mayest be a sign to those who come after thee! But verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Signs!"
[Al-Qur’an 10:92]
Dr. Maurice Bucaille, after a thorough research proved that although Rameses II was known to have persecuted the Israelites as per the Bible, he actually died while Moses (pbuh) was taking refuge in Median. Rameses II’s son Merneptah who succeeded him as Pharaoh drowned during the exodus. In 1898, the mummified body of Merneptah was found in the valley of Kings in Egypt. In 1975, Dr. Maurice Bucaille with other doctors received permission to examine the Mummy of Merneptah, the findings of which proved that Merneptah probably died from drowning or a violent shock which immediately preceeded the moment of drowning. Thus the Qur’anic verse that we shall save his body as a sign, has been fulfilled by the Pharaohs’ body being kept at the Royal Mummies room in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
This verse of the Qur’an compelled Dr. Maurice Bucaille, who was a Christian then, to study the Qur’an. He later wrote a book ‘The Bible, the Qur’an and Science’, and confessed that the author of the Qur’an can be no one else besides God Himself. Thus he embraced Islam.

14. QUR’AN IS A BOOK FROM ALLAH
These evidences are sufficient to conclude that the Qur’an was not copied from the Bible, but that the Qur’an is the Furqaan - ‘the Criteria’ to judge right from wrong and it should be used to decipher which portion of the Bible may be considered as the Word of God.
The Qur’an itself testifies in Surah Sajda chapter 32 verse 1 to 3
Alif Laam Meem.
(This is) the revelation of the Book in which there is no doubt – from the Lord of the Worlds.
Or do they say, ‘He has forged it’? Nay, it is the Truth from thy Lord, that thou mayest admonish a people to whom no warner has come before thee: in order that they may receive guidance."
[Al-Qur’an 32:1-3]

 

Khalil2u

Junior Member
Kadijah was a Muslim. If she was Christian she left 4 Islam!!!!!!!

Asalaamu alaikum,

I see that there was no come back after that surah. Beautifully done. Kadijah was a Muslim not a Christian. Islam is the fastest growing religion on earth. So many Christians will know people that used to worship with them but now follow Islam. Islam of course has similarities between Christianity and Judaism. Allah is the creator and he created us all. He also has sent his revelations to the earth since we were created. Messenger after messenger. Confirming what the last has said and adding on to the religion or taking away from the religion. Muhammad PBUH was just the last. There is only one true religion and that is Islam. So instead of trying to prove Islam wrong try to follow the prophets all the prophets ways. The point of the religion is not for argument but as a guide to humanity on how to live and how to worship God. All the prophets turned to God for help in times of need and sorrow and he was there for them. Just as he will be there for u if you call out to him for help and guidance. All the prophets were pious merciful and caring. Following in their ways is the point of religion. Religion helps you to be a better person to yourself and those around you. Most importantly it urges and pushes you to have a relationship with the one who created all of humanity. It makes you realize that the world around you is only temporary and that there is a life that u can attain that is much better than this one. The question is do you believe in God and where do you think you will end up. Paradise or hellfire? Heaven or hell? Inshallah it will be paradise for me.:tti_sister:
 
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