Did Quran Copy from Bible?

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

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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.

Allah is the God of Jews & Christians

Christian: Judeo-Christian God Yhwh is not the Islamic God Allah. In Hebrew, Alah (אָלָה) means curse/oath.

Muslim: Islamic God's name is Allah (אלוהים), not Alah (אָלָה). In Hebrew bible, the word for God is Elohim (אלוהים). If you translate אלוהים into Arabic using Google translate, you will see it is Allah (الله).

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The Arabic word “إله” is a common noun which means “god”. To make “إله” a proper noun, “ال” is used before “إله”. The Arabic word “إله” means “the”. A proper noun is a noun that refers to a unique entity as distinguished from a common noun. Capitalization is used to mark proper names. When “ال” is used before “إله”, it becomes “الله”. The word “الله” is a proper noun which means “The God”.

Christian: When applied to God, Elohim is used strictly in it's singular form. But when applied to Elohim is used in it's plural form.

Muslim: I know that "Elohim" can mean both "god" (a polytheistic god) or "God" (the monotheistic God). When Elohim is used with singular verbs and adjectives, it means "God". But when Elohim is used with plural verbs and adjectives, it means "god".

How do we know that "Allah" is Elohim (=God) but not Elohim (=god)? Hebrew speaking Jewish and Christian Biblical scholars translated Elohim (=God) as "Allah" in Arabic. Page one of the Arabic translation of the Book of Genesis has the word "Allah" 17 times. The very first verse of the Arabic translation of the Book of Genesis says "Allah" created the heavens and the earth. This proves that "Allah" is Elohim (=God) but not Elohim (=god) in the Bible.

Moreover, when we look up the word "God" in the Aramaic Dictionary, we see that the word for "God" in Aramaic language (the mother tongue of Jesus) is "Aalah". Jesus used to call God by "Aalah".

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