The Role Model: Jesus or Muhammad?

Islam Intro to Christians

Speaker: Yusuf Ismail, a student of Ahmed Deedat in South Africa

Biblical Jesus: A Plagiarized Character

Bart D. Ehrman (born 5 October 1955) is an American New Testament scholar, currently the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a leading scholar in his field, having written and edited over 25 books, including three college textbooks, and has also achieved acclaim at the popular level, authoring five New York Times bestsellers. Ehrman's work focuses on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the development of early Christianity.

Sinless Jesus Myth

Jesus came eating and drinking. They said: Look, He is a glutton and a drunkard...(Matthew 11:19)

Narrated Abu Huraira: On the night God's Apostle was taken on a night journey (Miraj) two cups, one containing wine and the other milk, were presented to him at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the cup of milk. Gabriel said, "Praise be to God Who guided you to Al-Fitra (the right path); if you had taken (the cup of) wine, your nation would have gone astray." (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 69, Number 482)

Narrated Ibn 'Umar: God's Apostle said, "Whoever drinks alcoholic drinks in the world and does not repent (before dying), will be deprived of it in the Hereafter." (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 69, Number 481)

God's Apostle said: “Every son of Adam sins, and the best of those who sin are those who repent.” (Al-Tirmidhi, 2499)

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Did Jesus Rise from Death?

Bart D. Ehrman (born 5 October 1955) is an American New Testament scholar, currently the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a leading scholar in his field, having written and edited over 25 books, including three college textbooks, and has also achieved acclaim at the popular level, authoring five New York Times bestsellers. Ehrman's work focuses on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the development of early Christianity.

Best Muslim Christian Debate

Jesus Heals a Blind Man

Gospel of Mark 8:22-25, New International Version (NIV)

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida:

22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man's eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, "Do you see anything?"

24 He looked up and said, "I see people; they look like trees walking around."

25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man's eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

Did Quran Copy from Bible?

A Christian got humiliated by Brother Imran after claiming that the Quran copied from the Bible.

Trinity Explained

Dr. William Lane Craig is considered one of the best Christian scholar of present time.

What are Gospels?

I and the Father are One (John 10:30)

Jesus Didn't Come for Non Jews

Christian: Zakir Naik said Jesus came for the Jews. But Gospel of Matthew 15:25 & 15:28 say Jesus helped a Canaanite woman. Canaanites are not Jews. This proves Jesus came for the Non-Jews too.

Muslim: As brother Zakir Naik mentioned in the video that the direct sayings of Jesus Christ written in red ink in the bible carry more weight than anybody else's sayings. The story you quoted from Gospel of Matthew 15:25 is a saying of Matthew because it is written in black ink. Other people's sayings those contradict sayings of Jesus in red ink has to be false. I could end my reply here because I already dismissed all possible sayings of other people you would come up with to prove Jesus came for everybody. But I won't do that because I want to educate you. I am not here to flush your argument down the toilet and call you a stupid kid. I am here to guide you to the truth, son.

The interesting thing is the story you quoted doesn't contradict the saying of Jesus that he came for the children of Israel only. Jesus helped a woman whom Matthew described as a Canaanite. Let's analyze what a Canaanite really is.

God commanded Children of Israel to destroy the Canaanites. Children of Israel killed ALL Canaanites EXCEPT their VIRGIN daughters because God ordered them to keep virgin Canaanite girls for themselves (Numbers 31:17-18). The virgin daughters of the murdered Canaanites were their ONLY ALIVE OFFSPRING. The sexual intercourse between Israeli men and Canaanite virgin girls gave birth of children who had both Jewish blood and Canaanite blood in their body. Jesus had the Old Testament memorized. He knew he was allowed to help that woman since she had Jewish blood in her body.

Beware of Anti-Christ

I have noticed a very interesting thing. There are Jews pretending to be "Western Christians" on social sites & calling Muslims Anti-Christ for not accepting Jesus as “God”. What do Muslims believe about Jesus? It is true that Muslims don’t accept Jesus as “God” but Muslims have deep respect for Jesus. The Quran says:

·         Jesus is the servant or slave of God (The Quran 19:30)
·         Jesus is a prophet of God (The Quran 19:30)
·         Jesus is blessed (The Quran 19:31).
·         Jesus is the son of Maryam (The Quran 5:46)
·         Jesus is a Messiah or Christ (The Quran 4:157)
·         Jesus is pure (The Quran 19:19)
·         Jesus is the spirit of God (The Quran 21:91)
·         Jesus is the word of God (The Quran 3:45)

Note that all of the titles of Jesus in the Quran sound good to Western Christians except “the servant or slave of God”. The words like “Slave” and “Servant” have negative connotation to the minds of Western people because of the recent history of slavery and colonialism in North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

In the Middle Eastern tradition, “the slave of God” is an honorable term used by people to refer to a pious man or a man of God. For example, Prophet Muhammad’s father name was “Abdullah” which means “the servant or slave of God”. Prophet Muhammad’s family (Quraish) was the most noble and politically powerful family in the City of Mecca. And Prophet Muhammad’s grandfather Abdul Muttalib was the prime leader and the most powerful person of the city. Why did the prime leader name his son “Abdullah” (=the servant or slave of God) if it was an insulting name?

The Wikipedia.com says: Servant of God is a title given to individuals by various religions, and in general it is a person believed to be pious in his or her faith tradition. In the Catholic Church, it designates someone who is being investigated by the Church for possible sainthood. In the Eastern Orthodox churches, this term is used to refer to any Eastern Orthodox Christian. The Arabic name Abdullah (عبد الله, 'Abd Allah "slave of god"); the Hebrew name Obadiah (עובדיה) and the German name Gottschalk mean "servant of god".

To sum up, Jesus has honorable titles in the Quran. But what do Jewish scriptures say about Jesus? It says: “Jesus is in hell, being boiled in hot excrement” (Talmud: Gittin 57a). By the way, did I tell you that Muslims believe in the virgin birth of Jesus but Jews do not? Jews believe the mother of Jesus committed adultery and delivered Jesus as an illegitimate child. Gospel says: "Jesus said (to the Jews): You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire." (John 8, 43-44). The Christian Gospel doesn’t like Jews either. Gospel says: "The Jews killed Jesus. They are displeasing to God and hostile to mankind." (1 Thessalonians 2:15)

Both Jews and Muslims don’t accept Jesus as “God”. But no doubt Jews are not even close to Muslims to honor Jesus. Jewish scriptures insult Jesus, let alone honoring Jesus. On the other hand, the title of Jesus found in Muslim scriptures are very honorable. If not accepting Jesus makes Muslims “Anti-Christ”, then Jews are bigger Anti-Christ than Muslims.