In Bible vs. Quran, Jesus denied that He is God (8) When is the Hour?

In the Bible, Jesus admits that he does not know when will be the Hour.

In the Quran, Muhammad admits that he does not know when will be the Hour.

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The verse Mark 13:32 determined the limitation of Jesus’ knowledge in comparison to God’s knowledge.

God gives His Angels and His Messengers their knowledge to carry on their Jobs.

God did not give His Angels and His Messengers the knowledge about when is the Day of Judgment which is called “the day” or “the hour”.

It seems likely that the people asked Jesus about the timing of the Hour.

In Mark 13:32, the Lord Jesus (Peace be upon Him) made this point clear and He declares that “nobody knows when that day or hour will come”. 

And to shut down any door of misinterpretations of His Word, He further said: “not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father”.

The verse Mark 13:32 according to Contemporary English Version says:

“No one knows the day or the time. The angels in heaven don’t know, and the Son himself doesn’t know. Only the Father knows”.

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the top Jewish Rabbis: Ask the Expert

On the other hand, the assembly of unbelievers of Mecca sent some of them to the top Jewish Rabbis telling them that there is a man (Muhammad) emerged in Mecca and he announces a new religion and that few people followed him and they are confused about this man; is he a true Prophet as he claims or he is a liar.

Why the people of Mecca asked the top Jewish Rabbis? Because they knew that they are the people of book and they are familiar with the prophets; it is a kind of asking the “Expert”

What the top Jewish Rabbis told them? Ask him four questions!

If he knows the answers, he is a Prophet and the vice versa. The first question was: “when will be the Hour”

Many people of Mecca which used to deny the Prophet Muhammad and to treat him and his followers in very bad manners went to the Prophet asking him:

O Muhammad, if you are really a Prophet, tell us when is the Hour!

The Angel Gabriel revealed unto Him this answer:

“The knowledge of the Hour is only with my Lord. He alone shall reveal it at its predetermined time. It weighs tremendously heavy both in the heavens and the earth (upon their inhabitants) because of its awesomeness; it will come all of a sudden” 

The Rabbis told the people of Mecca the questions and their answers, and Muhammad’s answer of their first question (and the other three ones) was more than enough to prove that He is a Real Prophet! However, the two parties, the Jews and the people of Mecca kept denying Him and start fighting Him by sword!

After revealing the answer of when is the Hour, some people every now and then (especially the new comers to Islam) used to ask Muhammad: when is the Hour!

Muhammad used to tell them: Allah only knows, and what have you prepared for it?

The verse 7:187 of the Quran according to Yusuf Ali translation:

“They ask thee about the (final) hour – when will be its appointed time? Say: “the knowledge thereof is with my lord (alone): none but he can reveal as to when it will occur. Heavy were its burden through the heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it come to you.” they ask thee as if thou wert eager in search thereof: say: “the knowledge thereof is with Allah (alone), but most men know not.”

 

Written by Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil, Articlebase.com

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In Bible vs. Quran, Jesus denied that He is God? (3) Sender vs. sent

Both the Bible and the Quran agree that the Lord Jesus was sent from a Sender who is the one True God

Also, the Lord Jesus accurately determined the difference between the Sender and the sent while the Quran announces the First Miracle of the Lord Jesus-

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The Sender vs. the Sent in the Quran

Required background to understand Jesus Word:

1. Jesus was Jewish and sent to the Jews.

In Matthew 15:24, the Lord Jesus said: “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”

2. The audiences of the Lord Jesus’ Word were almost always Jewish; most of them were non-religious normal people while some of them were top religious leaders.

The top religious leaders which used to attend Jesus teaching were sent by the chief great official Jewish Leaders in order to put Jesus down.

3. Mark 12:13 says:” And they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words” hoping to catch him saying something incriminating; as regards the religious Law.

It is interesting that Mark did not say who they were. But definitely, they were the chief great official Jewish Leaders which were not happy with Jesus who appeared as a religious leader although He never ever attended their teachings or their schools.

4. It seems likely that the Jewish religious leaders used to compare between Moses and Jesus; their faith is that none among the Jews is greater than Moses; Moses is the greatest messengers in all the Israelite history!

5. Certainly, Jesus knew the Torah and He knew that Moses has three titles in the Torah; they are:

§  Moses is God and Sender “The Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet” [Exodus 7:1]  Here, Moses is God to Pharaoh and the Sender of Aaron

§  Moses is the greatest Messenger in the history of the Jews. [Deuteronomy 34:10 says: “No messenger like Moses has yet emerged in Israel”]. 

§  Moses is the slave of God (Moses is a slave of God is mentioned some 20 times in Torah).

The Lord Jesus knew all of that if not more than that!

And this is the required background to understand the verse John 13:16

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In John 13:16, the Lord Jesus is clearing up the relationship between the slaves (messengers) of God and God who sent them.

According to the Lord Jesus’ teaching, this relation is very simple and very clear; it is that: the messenger (Slave) of God is never ever greater than God.

In other word, the Lord Jesus explains that there is a Sender and a sent; and the sent is never ever greater than the Sender.

This is what the Lord Jesus says in John 13:16

John 13:16 according to Good News Translation

“I am telling you the truth: no slaves are greater than their master, and no messengers are greater than the one who sent them.’

In the Bible, the Lord Jesus said “the One who sent me or Him that sent me” 34 times.

For 34 times, Jesus declares that the Lord God is the Sender and He is the Sent.

For 34 times, Jesus declares that He is but like Moses; just a slave of God and a Sent Messenger!

According to the Biblical versions, the Lord Jesus began his statement, to confirm this meaning and make it rock-hard, by 

Verily, verily or

Truly, truly, I say to you or

I assure you or

Yes, indeed! I tell you for certain etc.

Finally, I will repeat unto you smart reader what the Lord Jesus has said for eight times in the Bible:

“Let the person who has ears, hear” or

“He that has ears to hear, let him hear”.

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The Sender vs. the Sent in the Quran

The Quran absolutely agrees that the Lord Jesus is but a messenger sent by the one true God, Allah.

You may have no idea about the First Miracle of the Lord Jesus that is mentioned only in the Quran; it is:

Jesus talked while He was few months old!

What He said:

This will be discussed in the next article:

To be continued.

Written by Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil, Articlebase.com

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Chapter 6 of the Quran (86) the unbelievers want to be messengers

Why they said that? Because, as they thought: “we were wealthier than Muhammad and we are more senior age-wise than him” In other word, each one of the chief leaders and wealthy among the unbelievers of Mecca wanted to be a messenger of Allah

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In the previous article, the chief leaders and wealthy among the people of any and evry Prophet sent by Allah were the top leading unbelievers and the great sinners men.

This constant historical law of mankind was also workable in respect to the Prophet Muhammad. The chief leaders and wealthy among the people of Mecca were the top unbelievers and the great sinners ones; they used to mock and participate in severe transgression and corruption. They vigorously deny the prophet Muhammad and did their best to impede the faith and the truth.

 

Ayah 6:124 says:

And when a sign of the truth of the Prophet Muhammad comes to the unbelievers of Mecca, they say: “We will not believe in Muhammad until we were given the like of what Allah’s messengers were given”

They were looking to be inspired like Muhammad.

“We will not believe in Muhammad until we were given a message and inspiration to us, like him”

Why they said that? Because, as they thought: “we were wealthier than Muhammad and we are more senior age-wise than him”

In other word, each one of the chief leaders and wealthy among the unbelievers of Mecca wanted to be a messenger of Allah

 

Allah, exalted be He, says:

Allah knows best where to place His Message

Allah knows the right place for His Message to be placed in, and He thus places it there.

These unbelievers of Mecca, however, were not worthy of it.

Humiliation from Allah and a terrible chastisement shall smite those who have sinned, by saying this, for their plotting.

Heavy punishment will smite the guilty for their denial of Allah’s messengers.

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The verse 6:124 in different translations

QARIB:

When a sign came to them they said: ‘we will not believe in it unless we were given that which the messengers of Allah have been given. ‘ but Allah knows best where to place his message. humiliation with Allah shall befall the sinners as well as a terrible punishment for what they devised.

SHAKIR:

And when a communication comes to them they say: we will not believe till we were given the like of what Allah’s messengers were given. Allah best knows where he places his message. there shall befall those who were guilty humiliation from Allah and severe chastisement because of what they planned

PICKTHAL:

And when a token cometh unto them, they say: we will not believe till we were given that which Allah’s messengers were given. Allah knoweth best with whom to place his message. humiliation from Allah and heavy punishment will smite the guilty for their scheming.

YUSUFALI:

When there comes to them a sign (from Allah), they say: “we shall not believe until we receive one (exactly) like those received by Allah’s messengers.” Allah knoweth best where (and how) to carry out his mission. soon will the wicked be overtaken by humiliation before Allah, and a severe punishment, for all their plots.

Chapter 6 of the Quran (85) the persistent Historical Law

The Prophet Muhammad was not an exception; the chief leaders and wealthy among the people of Mecca were the top unbelievers. They intensely deny Him and did their best to impede the faith.  However, they plot only against themselves, because the evil consequences thereof will befall them, though they do not perceive this fact.

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Throughout the history of mankind, there is a determined constant historical law

The law is that: the top leading unbelievers of any and evey Prophet Allah sent are the chief leaders and wealthy among the people of each Prophet.

The history of mankind tells that this determined constant law was true as it shows that:

The chief leaders and wealthy among the people of the Prophet Noah were the top leading unbelievers

The chief leaders and wealthy among the people of the Prophet Hud were the top leading unbelievers

The chief leaders and wealthy among the people of the Prophet Saleh were the top leading unbelievers

The chief leaders and wealthy among the people of the Prophet Abraham were the top leading unbelievers

The chief leaders and wealthy among the people of the Prophet Lot were the top leading unbelievers

The chief leaders and wealthy among the people of the Prophet Shu’aib were the top leading unbelievers

Pharoah and the chief leaders and wealthy Egyptians vs.the Prophet Moses were the top leading unbelievers

The chief Jewish leaders and wealthy among the people of the Prophet David were the top leading unbelievers

The chief Jewish leaders and wealthy among the people of the Prophet Solomon were the top leading unbelievers

The chief leaders and wealthy among the people of the Prophet Elias were the top leading unbelievers

The chief leaders and wealthy among the people of the Prophet Jonah were the top leading unbelievers

The chief Jewish leaders and wealthy among the people of the Prophet Zachariah were the top leading unbelievers

The chief Jewish leaders and wealthy among the people of the Prophet John were the top leading unbelievers

The chief Jewish leaders, priest and Rabbis among the people of the Prophet Jesus were the top leading unbelievers

Ayah 6:123 says:

The Prophet Muhammad was not an exception. The chief leaders and wealthy among the people of Mecca were the top unbelievers and the great sinners ones; they used to sneer and engage in transgression and corruption. They intensely deny the prophet Muhammad and did their best to impede the faith and the truth.

However, the fact is that they plot only against themselves, because the evil consequences thereof will befall them, though they do not perceive this fact.

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The verse 6:123 in different translations

QARIB:

And as such we have placed in every village its archtransgressors to scheme there. but they scheme only against themselves, though they do not sense it.

SHAKIR:

And thus have we made in every town the great ones to be its guilty ones, that they may plan therein; and they do not plan but against their own souls, and they do not perceive

PICKTHAL:

And thus have we made in every city great ones of its wicked ones, that they should plot therein. they do but plot against themselves, though they perceive not.

YUSUFALI:

Thus have we placed leaders in every town, its wicked men, to plot (and burrow) therein: but they only plot against their own souls, and they perceive it not.

Chapter 6 of the Quran (62) the Genuine Torah

Who does greater evil than he who invents falsehoods against Allah by changing his words by either deleting or adding words?  An example is the removal of the Day of Judgment, the Eternal Paradise and the Afterlife and the traits and description of the Last Prophet Muhammad from the genuine Torah.

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It is well known that has revealed the genuine Torah revealed unto the Prophet Moses.

The True Torah was a book of guidance for the Jews to show them the straight path that they have to follow in order to succeed on the Day of Judgment and to win the Eternal Paradise in the Afterlife.

In addition, the True Torah mentioned in full details the entire traits and description of the Last Prophet Muhammad.

That is why many Jewish rabbis like Abdullah ben Salam, who was one of the top rabbis, embraced Islam.

However, the True Torah has been changed and the Day of Judgment, the Eternal Paradise and the Afterlife are deleted from it and are not found in the today Torah. Also, the entire traits and description of the Last Prophet Muhammad.are deleted too and are written in symbolic forms that are not easily understood.

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In Ayah 6:93, Allah is warning those who change his Word like those who changed the True Torah; it says:

 

And who does greater evil than he who invents falsehoods against Allah by changing his words by either deleting or adding words, that is by deleting Allah’s words e.g. by deleting the Day of Judgment, the Eternal Paradise and the Afterlife and the traits and description of the Last Prophet Muhammad from the genuine Torah.

The expression: who does greater evil than he who invents lies against Allah is an Arabic form of speech that means none does greater evil than he who invents lies against Allah.

 

Ayah 6:93 continues saying:

And also, none does greater evil than he who invents lies by claiming prophethood when he has not been called to it,

And too, none does greater evil than he who says, ‘It is revealed to me’, when nothing has been revealed to him; this was revealed regarding the false prophet.

 

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The verse 6:93 in two translations

 

PICKTHAL:

Who is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth a lie against Allah, or saith: i am inspired, when he is not inspired in aught; and who saith: i will reveal the like of that which Allah hath revealed? if thou couldst see, when the wrong-doers reach the pangs of death and the angels stretch their hands out (saying): deliver up your souls. this day ye are awarded doom of degradation for that ye spake concerning Allah other than the truth, and used to scorn his portents.

 

YUSUFALI:

Who can be more wicked than one who inventeth a lie against Allah, or saith, “i have received inspiration,” when he hath received none, or (again) who saith, “i can reveal the like of what Allah hath revealed”? if thou couldst but see how the wicked (do fare) in the flood of confusion at death! – the angels stretch forth their hands, (saying),”yield up your souls: this day shall ye receive your reward,- a penalty of shame, for that ye used to tell lies against Allah, and scornfully to reject of his signs!”

Chapter 50 of the Quran (4) Revival of Dead Land

In the previous article:

The Quran’s Policy: Study of Nature leads to Allah.

The Quran’s Law: Nature is but Allah’s Open Book.

 

The verses 50:9-10 say:

Look at the Rain and think about it

Allah send down from the sky blessed water, containing much blessing, with which Allah cause to grow gardens, orchards, and the grain that is harvested,

Allah send down from the sky rain blessed that lead to vegetation and benefit from which all things derive life (whereby Allah give growth unto gardens and the grain of crops) all kinds of grain that are harvested,

And look at the lofty date-palms with ranged clusters, with piled cluster of dates sitting on top of the other,

 

The verse 50:11 says:

All of these are Provision made for human beings.

Look how the rain can revive a dead land

Look how Allah quickens a dead land that is with no vegetation and cause it to revive and produce vegetation and think about it.

The Revival of Dead Land is the likeness of men’s Resurrection after death.

In other words, like that manner of reviving of a dead land shall be the rising from the graves.

Even so will be the resurrection of the dead.

This is how they will be brought back to life and raised forth from the graves through water on the Day of Judgment

So how can you deny the Resurrection after death?

 

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The verses 50:9-11 in different translations

 

QARIB:

9) We sent down blessed water from the sky with which we caused gardens and the grains of harvest to grow,

10) And tall palmtrees with compact spathes

11) As a provision for the worshipers; thereby we revived a land that was dead. such shall be the emerging.

 

SHAKIR:

9) And we send down from the cloud water abounding in good, then we cause to grow thereby gardens and the grain that is reaped,

10) And the tall palm-trees having spadices closely set one above another,

11) A sustenance for the servants, and we give life thereby to a dead land; thus is the rising

 

PICKTHAL:

9) And we send down from the sky blessed water whereby we give growth unto gardens and the grain of crops,

10) And lofty date-palms with ranged clusters,

11) Provision (made) for men; and therewith we quicken a dead land. even so will be the resurrection of the dead.

 

YUSUFALI:

9) And we send down from the sky rain charted with blessing, and we produce therewith gardens and grain for harvests;

10) And tall (and stately) palm-trees, with shoots of fruit-stalks, piled one over another;-

11) As sustenance for (Allah’s) servants;- and we give (new) life therewith to land that is dead: thus will be the resurrection.