By Aisha Bajwa

Part of our Iman, as Muslims, is to believe in Allah’s Books. Why is it Books and not just Book.? I thought Muslims only believed in the Qu’ran. Although it is an essential part of our Iman to believe in Prophet Jesus (Alaih Assalaam) and his revelation, the “Bible” that exists today is, unfortunately, not the same Injeel (Bible) that Prophet Jesus (A.S) preached during his lifetime. It has been distorted and changed over the centuries. There is no doubt that physical/visual proof for this controversial claim exists, however the only proof that Muslims need to prove that the existing Bible has been changed, is the word of Allah, which, AlhamdurAllah, can be found in the Qu’ran. Whatever is in the Qu’ran is the absolute truth and if something in the Bible contradicts something in the Qu’ran than the Bible is the one that is flawed.

Now I would like to shift the focus to disapproving and revealing the falsehood and absurdity of the most essential belief in the Christian Faith. The Christians claim to follow a doctrine of Trinity a.k.a a doctrine of Shirk. The doctrine claims the divinity of Christ and raises his status to that of Allah(S.W.A). The doctrine is nothing but conjecture and blasphemy, as Allah (S.W.A) stated in Surah 4 Verse 171 ,

“O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His apostles. Say not “Trinity” : desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah. Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.”

For any Muslim, the word of Allah (S.W.A) is enough, but for a non-Muslim, further proof might be necessary. And that proof can be found by analyzing the Council of Nicea. The issue of debate at the Council was the idea of the trinity that millions of people today and billions of people in the past had and have accepted blindly and unquestioningly. So in other words, the main belief in the Christian Faith is something that was debated, decided and made by a council of Bishops, leaders and others. Therefore, it can be concluded , that the trinity was a controversial, debatable and unclear matter that was made clear by man. Why was the matter so unclear? If it was the main basis of the religion why would Christ not have made it clear? Once more people can turn to the Qu’ran and find the answer. As stated in Surah 5 Verses 115-119,

“116. And behold! Allah will say: “O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say unto men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah.?” He will say: “Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, Thou I know not what is in Thine. For Thou knowest in full all that is hidden.

117. “Never said I to them aught except what Thou didst command me to say, to wit, ‘worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord’; and I was a witness over them whilst I dwelt amongst them; when Thou didst take me up Thou wast the Watcher over them, and Thou art a witness to all things.

118. “If Thou dost punish them, they are Thy servant: If Thou dost forgive them, Thou art the Exalted in power, the Wise.”

119. Allah will say: “This is a day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,- their eternal Home: Allah well-pleased with them, and they with Allah. That is the great salvation, (the fulfilment of all desires). By worshiping Jesus (A.S) and equating his status to that of Allah’s (S.W.A), Christians are not only disgracing their own Prophet, but they are also receiving no reward or “salvation” from him.

It is a sad reality that so many are going astray and so many have gone astray because they accept blindly, don’t question their faith and try to make sense of something that is nonsense. The Muslim’s job is not to leave their Christians peers in the dark, but instead, their job is to give Da’wah to them and to try show them the light of Islam, while knowing that ultimately all power is in Allah’s (S.W.A) hands and He guides whom he will.

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