Who are the ‘People of the Book’ in the Glorious Qur’aan?

Part II (Christians)

 

By: Shahid Bin Waheed شاهد بن وحيد

 

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الحمدلله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على اشرف الانبياء وسيدالمرسلين نبينا محمد صل ا لله عليه وعلى آله واصحابه وازواجه اجمعين - امابعد

All the praises and thanks be to Allaah, Sustainer of the Universe, and blessing and salutation to be the most distinguish of the Messengers and foremost among the Prophets, our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allaah be on him and on his wives, children and Companions.

 

In our Part-I about who are the People of the Book mentioned in the Glorious Qur’aan we discussed the Jews proving conclusively that today’s Jews are not the among the People of the Book mentioned in the Qur’aan. In this treatise we will inSha Allaah discuss if “Christians” are among the People of the Book, mentioned in the Glorious Qur’aan?

 

Misguided and ignorant Muslims have heavily contributed to this myth that Christians are “People of the Book.” This disinformation can be witnessed at most Muslims’ websites and Muslims Discussion Forums, which are harboring colonies of ignorant Muslims infesting these websites and forums with absolute non-sense and disinformation.

 

Glorious Qur’an is very clear and explicit while addressing the certain group of  “People” by using the phrase يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ (O’ People of the Book/Scripture). Readers must notice the absolute use of “singular” for Book. Had it been two distinct and different groups of People, Glorious Qur’aan would have used the word (plural) كُتُبٌ instead of كِتَاب (singular). This is the first evidence and/or telltale sign that Qur’aan gives no status to Christianity. This also proves that Isa Ibn Maryam عليه السلام did not bring any different message except a supplement to Taurāt توريت and his message was also for the Children of Israel, like all other Prophets came after Musa عليه السلام with their supplemental books to Taurāt توريت. This also means that the followers and/or helpers of Isa Ibn Maryam عليه السلام must be either (1) Children of Israel (2) Those who were Judaised before the arrival of Isa Ibn Maryam عليه السلام. They simply cannot be Gentiles, because the message of Isa Ibn Maryam عليه السلام was not for Gentiles, thus, the Gentiles Christians are Pagans and not “People of the Book. We find the further evidence supporting this fact in the Qur’aanic Ayaah 61:6,

 

وَإِذْ قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُم مُّصَدِّقاً لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَمُبَشِّراً بِرَسُولٍ يَأْتِي مِن بَعْدِي اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ فَلَمَّا جَاءهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ قَالُوا هَذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

And (remember) when Iesa, son of Maryam, said: "O Children of Israel! I am the Messenger of Allah unto you confirming the Taurāt (which came) before me, and giving glad tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmed. But when he [Ahmed (other name of Prophet of Islaam) i.e. Muhammad صلی الله عليه وسلم] came to them with clear proofs, they said: "This is plain magic."  

 

We further read in the Qur’aan in Ayaah 61:14,

 

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا كُونوا أَنصَارَ اللَّهِ كَمَا قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ لِلْحَوَارِيِّينَ مَنْ أَنصَارِي إِلَى اللَّهِ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنصَارُ اللَّهِ فَآَمَنَت طَّائِفَةٌ مِّن بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَكَفَرَت طَّائِفَةٌ فَأَيَّدْنَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا عَلَى عَدُوِّهِمْ فَأَصْبَحُوا ظَاهِرِينَ

O you who believe! Be you helpers (in the Cause) of Allah as said Iesa, son of Maryam, to AlHawareeoon (the adherents' of Isa Ibn Maryam): "Who are my helpers (in the Cause) of Allah?" AlHawareeeen (the adherents' of Isa Ibn Maryam) said: "We are Allah’s helpers" (i.e. we will strive in His Cause!). Then a group of the Children of Israel believed and a group disbelieved. So We gave power to those who believed against their enemies, and they became the uppermost.

 

We even find the evidence that harmonize with Qur’aanic message, in the Christian Bible that is as follows:

Matthew 10

10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matthew 15

15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

 

The above facts from the Qur’aan and New Testament conclusively prove the plain ignorance and blather of all those Muslims and Christians who parrot the mantra of “Christians are the People of the Book.”

 

We also read in the New Testament:

Mark 12

12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

 

Also see Mark 3:14 and Luke 10:1.

 

Now compare it with the Glorious Qur’aan Ayaah 19:36,

 

وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ هَذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

(Iesa said): "And verily Allah is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him (Alone). That is the Straight Path. (Allah's Religion of Islamic Monotheism which He did ordain for all of His Prophets)." (Tafsir At-Tabaree)  

 

Also read: Top Ten Reasons to Reject Jesus’ Divinity!

 

The European barbarian pagans who were gentiles embraced heretic Christianity in the 7th and 8th century that is based on the Pauline cult. In fact, Islaam was in Europe before Christianity. Thus, Christians cannot be the “People of the Book” for many reasons, such as:

 

  1. The message of Isa عليه السلام was for the Children of Israel and those who accepted the message of Musa عليه السلام before the arrival of Isa عليه السلام and were Judaised. Those are the ones mentioned in the Qur’aan.
  2. These European Christians are gentiles and heretic, who accepted the Pauline Christianity after the advent of Islaam and after the revelation of the Qur’aan. Thus, they are mentioned in the Qur’aan as “Mushrikeen مشركين” (Polytheists) in general sense of Polytheism.
  3. Glorious Qur’aan does not give any status to Christianity, let alone Pauline Christianity.
  4. These European Christians does not even come close to in belief with those who are mentioned in the Qur’aan.
  5. Qur’aan has never used a name/word “Christian/s” what we have is a corrupted concept by changing the Qur’aanic name/term “Nasarani نصرانی” that does not connotes and/or alludes to Christian. As it has been stated earlier that Qur’aan gives no status to Christianity.
  6. The words Nasara نصَارى and/or Nasarania نَصْرَانِيًّا are derived from the root letters ن ص ر . The root with thirty-four forms has been used in the Qur’aan for 158 times. None of the derivation connotes to and/or alludes to Christian/s.

 

Christian missionaries fabricated this myth that Christians are “People of the Book” during the colonization era (around 17th/18th century). The Muslims who parrot this mantra are Christianized Muslims, who have no clue that this myth never existed until 18th century.

 

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

 

Also read:

Who are the ‘People of the Book’ in the Glorious Qur’aan? Part-I (Jews)

 

 

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