The symbols { } are used for clarification purposes only!
(This is) a Book (the Quran) which WE have sent down to you, full of blessings that they may ponder over its Verses, and that men of understanding may remember. Quran (38:29)
… What kept men back {in any age} from {TRUE} belief when Guidance came to them, was NOTHING BUT THIS: they said, “Has ALLAH sent {JUST AN ORDINARY} MAN (like us) to be (HIS) Messenger?” Q (17:96)
“By the Soul, and the {precise} proportion and order given to it,
and its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
and he fails that corrupts it!” Quran (91:7-10)
We have been entertained and enlightened by the necessary exploits of people like Dr. Shabir Ally and Dr. Bart Denton Ehrman when they engaged in debates with people like Douglas Jacoby and other emissaries of their positions. Who can forget Dr. Zakir Naik going against Dr. William Campbell and all of those other classic debates?
They were needed at that time due to the machine gun-like falsified or myopic information being presented by ‘the other side’ at a rapid and maddening pace. Defaming Islam is nothing new!
Cleverly learning how to defame Islam (thus casting doubt on the knowledge that Islam actually IS THE WAY) is fairly recent, however. We would have thought that ‘normal‘ men would have seen reason and become open to the ‘LIGHT’!
But lo! They couldn’t even see how their own Holy Book was going against them! And the saying of there ‘once was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile’ came flush forward from the ‘Holy Books’ themselves.
The biggest ‘religious’ assault against Islam comes from the Christian so-called conservative ‘born agains’. These people, unbeknownst to themselves, are castigated in the strongest terms by Paul and Jesus. What is behind this is imbedded in the Quran in a simple phrase showing a universal TRUTH whether we understand it or not!:
Those who believe, then reject faith, then believe (again) and (again) reject faith, and go on increasing in unbelief, ALLAH will NOT forgive them nor (show them guidance) nor guide them on THE WAY. Quran (4:137)
If a believer (a person born on Fitra* (the right way) in the beginning of his creation billions of years ago and operating as (‘one harmonious body (community) of believers’) turns to unbelief and then turns towards belief but then returns to unbelief and continues on that pathway, ALLAH will cut that person off from the LIGHT!
And there is NO WAY* and under NO circumstances will that person be able to find true Faith meaning that person is barred from SALVATION! That person will, of course, NOT think about it that way and may even believe that he or she is blessed by the ALMIGHTY. That delusional way of thinking is NOT a blessing; it is a CURSE!
{*The WAY can be opened again BUT ONLY BY ALLAH’S PERMISSION AND NOT JUST FROM THE DESIRE OF THE SINNER FOR ALLAH IS LORD and not the sinner.}
If they say, “Sure, your religion says so.” You can say, “And so does yours!”
The New Testament peoples are warned that Paul (an honest and hard worker in the cause for Salvation back in those times) will be very difficult to understand (even in those times when others might have been able to explain his peculiar approach on some issues). And if they carry corruption within side themselves and miss the boat on him, it will invariably lead to their undoing and or damnation.
Paul, himself, declares that THE ONE GOD is not fooling around but ‘Purposefully’ keeps people away from salvation and keeps them in a state of perpetual delusion FOR A REASON. And the reason (found in 2 Thessalonians (2: 10-12) that he gives is the same reason that the Quran gives Quran (40:75)***in that ‘these people’ took delight in their ‘treasonous’ behavior against the Truth and the breaking of the most important of Commandments in going off the pathway of truth joyfully as well as worshiping many gods or some gods or self or a corrupted Creed together with or without acknowledging the ONE AND ONLY GOD.
{***And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness {found} in them that perish {in the secret recesses of the heart or that seat of blessedness of the soul}; because they did not receive {believe in or fight for} the love of the truth that they might be saved.
And for this cause {reason – contempt for GOD’s TRUTH so that they will be rejected by GOD}, GOD shall send {upon} them STRONG DELUSION that they should believe {in} a lie {focus not on doing what is right – the real food for the soul}:
That they all might be damned who didn’t believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness {took their comfort in doing other than the truthfull WAY with the highest example of believing in joining partners with GOD}. 2 Thessalonians (2: 10-12) – words accredited to Paul.
“You have met this fate because you rejoiced on the earth in things OTHER THAN THE TRUTH, and then EXULTED {REVELED} in it.” Q (40:75)
Life is not all sackcloth and ashes but it is not a gay jamboree either. So, the ‘we hear and we obey‘ set go about their business in ‘believing in ALL of the Blessed Books or Testaments, ALL of the sent Prophets, the Truthfulness of Paradise and the Hell-Fire, the Last Hour-Day of Judgment, the final meeting FACE to face with our CREATOR LORD and of course HIS IMPREGNABLE DIVINE DECREE ALL PUT IN A SIMPLE PHRASE: ALLAH IS ONE WITHOUT PARTNERS AND MUHAMMAD IS ALLAH’S PROPHET!
This is indeed a hard pill to swallow if one can’t overcome the tragic vice of personal pride or ‘my god is greater than your god’ bit! or a huge chunk of money for my lifestyle and a pittance for the poor. Indeed! The choices are hard, the way is long and arduous and the immediate gains seem insignificant for the impatient.
For the Religious Set:
You have Books but these books can be both a helpmate or a poison! And no person will be allowed to ‘cheat’ GOD. In fact, that would be an impossibility! So, people will be thrown off track by two simple devices repeated amongst the various ‘faithful’ as if in a pattern:
{It is ALLAH WHO has sent down to you the BOOK: In it are verses BASIC or FUNDAMENTAL, clear (in meaning); they are the FOUNDATION of the BOOK: others are NOT entirely clear. BUT THOSE IN WHOSE HEARTS IS PERVERSITY {will} FOLLOW THE PART THEREOF THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR. Seeking discord {while at the same time} searching for its interpretation but no one knows its true meanings except ALLAH. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: “We believe in it {in its entirety}, the whole of it is from our LORD {for HIS PURPOSES}” and no one will grasp the MESSAGE {of such} except men of understanding. Q (3:7)
WE settled the Children of Israel in a beautiful dwelling-place, and provided for them sustenance of the best: it was {ONLY} after knowledge had been granted to them, that they fell into schisms. Verily ALLAH will judge between them as to the schisms amongst them, on the Day of Judgment. Q (10:93)}
Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists {DECEIVERS} have come. This is how we know it is the last hour {for us}.
They {those who fell into schisms AFTER KNOWLEDGE came to them} went out from us, but they did not really belong to us {for they were destined to make this evil for what was in their hearts}. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us {were of our community}. 1John (2:18-19)
These ‘documents’ orTestaments, which contain within their pages ‘spiritual healings’, can also act as ‘swords’ primed to kill especially when they are abused! The Book Revelation in the New Testament mentions the symbolic Babylon and its evil causing ways/philosophy. In the Quran the reference is more direct yet subtle:
They {the humans bent on making mischief} followed what the evil ones gave out (falsely) against the power of Solomon: the blasphemers were, not Solomon, but the evil ones {who twisted the teachings of the two angels – Harut and Marut}, teaching men Magic, and such things as came down at babylon to the angels Harut and Marut. But neither of these taught anyone (Such things) without saying: “We are only for TRIAL; SO DO NOT BLASPHEME.” They learned from them the means to sow discord between man and wife. But they could not thus harm anyone except by ALLAH’s Permission. And they learned what harmed them, not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers of (magic and other falsehoods) would have no share in the happiness of the Hereafter. And vile was the price for which they did sell their souls, if they but knew! Q (2:102)
Now, as we currently see the ‘Islamic World’ crumbling backwards in on itself (as reported in hadith literature), we turn to the simplicity of the Pure Quran to actually find solace in its teachings. Knowledge is good but it is ONLY SECONDARY IN FOLLOWING ALLAH’s Prophet (pbh)! Still, it does provide us with a basis by which we can see some of the Wisdom brought forth.
ALLAH is NOT guilty of hyperbole or any other grandiose claims that exaggerates the truth. Simply stated, the Quran reaches back into history with great depth and simplicity that is completely unmatched by anything that men could ever invent.
Basically, concerning the other Books, the Quran is telling us that sincere, open minded and serious students of the relevant scriptures will be able to come to a realization that the Quran is indeed that ‘Perfect Revelation from the CREATOR LORD’!:
If you were in doubt as to what WE have revealed unto you, then ask those who have been reading {in earnestness as seekers of truth} the Book from before you: the Truth has indeed come to you from your LORD: so be in no wise of those in doubt. Q (10:94)
And WHEN {members of other faiths whose hearts have been opened} they listen to the REVELATION received by the Messenger, you will see their eyes overflowing with tears, FOR THEY RECOGNIZE THE TRUTH: they pray: “Our LORD! we believe; write us down among the witnesses.
{Isaiah (42:5-7): Thus says GOD, the LORD, WHO created the heavens and stretched them out, WHO spread forth the earth and what comes from it, WHO gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:
“I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations,
to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. Isaiah (42:5-7)} as a coming out of the darkness and into the LIGHT; being released from the prison to the ‘freedom for their souls’ – simply known as ‘THE RETURN‘ or colloquially known as being a ‘revert’}. Q (5:83)
What I am getting at is that it is NOT a special ‘secret’ edition of the Bible discussed here or a peoples having only the ‘Synoptic Gospels’ minus John’s and Paul’s writings. Furthermore, it is not claimed that either the Old or New Testaments are, like the Quran, completely pure or in their original language.
What is being implied is that ‘those believers’ can FEEL the humanity and purity of Jesus (pbh) without making him more than a human being. Depending upon how their souls are leaning, it is easy for some to have their eyes opened when ALLAH so WILLS!
They may read Paul and the last Gospel by John without clouding their judgment as to the REAL GREATNESS OF GOD. And it is in the Gospel of John that most of the information about who Jesus (pbh) and Muhammad (pbh) really are – without giving away too many secrets of course!
If you were in doubt as to what WE have revealed unto you, then ask those who have been reading the Book from before you: the Truth has indeed come to you from your LORD: so be in no wise of those in doubt. Q (10:94)
The direction is to go to ‘responsible’ people who have studied the Books for decades and who are not frivolous in their judgments. A twisted soul may study the ‘records’ for years yet come forth like a wolf in sheep’s clothing to circulate falsehoods about GOD and the WAY of enlightenment.
We can weigh, with ALLAH’s Permission, the veracity of the words of Jesus (pbh) as to who he really is, why he came, his actual job and what kind of creature he actually is ‘now’! How is this possible? It is possible because he ‘openly’ declared it!!! Whether a person listens or not that is up to them as there is no compulsion in religion!
As to Jesus’ NON-CRUCIFIXION according to Jesus himself:
{Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign; but NO sign shall be given to it EXCEPT the sign of the prophet Jonah.
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale {ALIVE – not dead}, so {also} will the Son of man be three days and three nights {ALIVE – not dead} in the heart of the earth. Matthew (12:38-40)}
AND:
{For THIS REASON the FATHER loves me {why?}, because I lay down my life, that I may take it {up} AGAIN.
No one {no human being can take} takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord {when the time is made known to me by my LORD}. I have {been given the} power to lay it down, and I have {been given the} power to take it {up} AGAIN; this {COMMANDMENT/GIFT} charge I have received from my FATHER.” John (10:17-18)}
So, either Jesus (pbh) is a liar and a fraud or else he is telling the truth! Let’s see!
Matthew (12:40) and John (10:17-18) declare by DEFAULT that Jesus (pbh) could NOT have been crucified!!! How?
Being ALIVE means he could NOT have suffered the ‘finalities of death’ which equates to the soul leaving the body for good. Secondly, IF no man could kill him, then how could he die? He could only ‘pass on’ according to his words when he, and he alone, with ALLAH’s Permission determines it.
Furthermore, his body could remain in state while his soul could have been ‘raised up’ while he slept and that is a known fact in Islam concerning what happens to the soul at ‘deep’ sleep or at a simulated death!****
****In this life, the soul and the body are together except during sleep when the soul may leave the body and come back in the morning or ALLAH may take the soul at that time.
“It is ALLAH that takes the souls at death; and those that die not (HE takes) during their sleep: those on whom HE has passed the decree of death, HE keeps back (from returning to life), but the rest HE sends (to their bodies) for a term appointed. Verily in this are Signs for those who reflect.” Quran (39:42)
However, and most un-nerving to many would be the idea that this man went up to heaven and came down from heaven and then went up to heaven AGAIN and repeated this process over and over again until ‘the job at hand’ was done! And, if for example, this soul better known as the Christ-soul was at one time adam, Melchizedeck, Joseph son of Jacob (pbh), Joshua son of Nun (pbh) he would be an X returning as a (different) Y for example.
However, NOTICE THAT POINT! (X returning as a Y as we have a different body here in this example which encases that singular soul – the Christ-soul). BUT JESUS DOES COME BACK (HIS SECOND COMING) NOT AS A ‘Y’ BUT STILL AS AN X!!! That means he is coming back as he left so he IS NOT going to be a new being. He returns as he left – being known as Jesus the son of Mary and COMING AGAIN as Jesus the son of Mary!
If he is not a ‘new being’ then he simply is himself, a person who was raised up to the heavens and did NOT DIE! But being human and following the rules laid down for humans (ALL HUMANS MUST DIE), he must ‘finally’die and be raised up to take part in Judgment – against those who have lied about him!
This is true so that when he FINALLY DIES HE WILL BE PLACED IN THE GRAVE NEXT TO MUHAMMAD AS PROPHESIED IN CORRECT HADITH LITERATURE/and in Isaiah (53: 9)***** And will rise up together with the Prophet (pbh).
*****{And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death,****** although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Isaiah (53:9)}
******Symbolism is not an easy thing to understand. Here, the idea of cash, jewels, furs, stocks and bonds mean nothing to GOD. The quality of ‘richness’ here is the ‘Exulted Standard’ of position/character of the individual known as Prophet Muhammad (pbh).
The first part ‘and THEY made his grave with the wicked’ denotes how the ‘haughty and proud peoples’ made him (the Christ-soul) to be of no account through much of his history.
We cannot penetrate the UNSEEN nor do we have a way to solve all the mysteries of life. We don’t need to for salvation!!! We can only move forward with ALLAH’s PERMISSION and under HIS GUIDANCE to study and reflect upon HIS UNIQUENESS, GREATNESS, GLORY, MAJESTIC MIGHT AND LORDSHIP.
For other multiple ‘proofs’ against the crucifixion of Jesus (pbh), chock full of evidence from the New Testament and Quran, will be found in my various articles on this website.
For other mystifying but realistic concepts of the Christ-soul see the parts begining after the short discussion on Fitra.
Abu Huraira reported ALLAH’s Messenger (pbh) as saying: No child is born but upon Fitra. It is his parents (sometimes called society) who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Polytheist. A person said: ALLAH’s Messenger, what is your opinion if they were to die before that (before reaching the age of adolescence when they can distinguish between right and wrong)? He said: It is ALLAH ALONE WHO knows what they would be doing. (Muslim)
Abu Huraira reported ALLAH’s Messenger (pbh) as saying: No child is born but upon Fitra. He then said. Recite: The nature made by ALLAH in which HE created man, there is no altering of ALLAH’s nature; that is the right religion.” (Muslim)
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (pbh) said, “None will enter Paradise but will be shown the place he would have occupied in the (Hell) Fire IF HE HAD REJECTED FAITH, so that he may be more thankful; and none will enter the (Hell) Fire but will be shown the place he would have occupied in Paradise IF HE HAD FAITH, so that may be a cause of sorrow for him.” (Bukhari)
The elements and the matter of the universe obey their LORD, WHO is THE ORIGINATOR and CREATOR. No thing is able to do anything except by what HE WILLS and all things obey HIS WILL in humble submission to HIS DECREE.
In the matter of Fitra, the soul starts out in a state of blessedness but it has the limited ‘free will’ to choose between right and wrong. Even the Anti-christ’s soul being a man only and not a Jinn or Angel must come into existence as do all men with ‘correct Fitra’.
However, as glorious as he (the Anti-christ’s soul) nearly once was, he turned to evil and this refers to him:
Relate to them the story of the man {the man with the talking donkey – the one-eyed false prophet according to Jewish sources} to whom WE sent OUR SIGNS, but he passed them by: so Satan followed him up, and he went astray.
IF it had been OUR WILL, WE should have ELEVATED him with OUR SIGNS; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires. His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude of those who REJECT OUR SIGNS; So relate the story; perchance they may reflect.
EVIL as an example are people who REJECT OUR SIGNS and {in the process do nothing but} wrong their own souls.
Whom ALLAH does guide,- he is on the right path: whom HE REJECTS from HIS GUIDANCE,- such are the persons who {will indeed} perish. Quran (7: 175-178)
Now mysteries are mysteries and mysteries don’t get people into Paradise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately, more often than not they get people going in the wrong direction if they are not careful. To repeat again and again, ‘the doing is far better for man than the ‘just knowing’. For ALLAH has required compliance to HIS WILL and not made it mandatory to root out mysteries or acquire knowledge just for knowledge sake!
All of the Holy Books contain two types of verses: Muhkamat-type verses and Mutashabihat-type verses. While the Muhkamat-type verses are fairly clear and full of practicalities, the Mutashabihat-type verses tend to have a supernatural-type meaning attached to them and they are extremely complex having a tendency to catch the ‘mischievous reader’ in its perilous hold.
In various places in my past writings, I have dealt with many of these verses that have tended to cause trouble resulting in people being ‘led down an incorrect pathway’. That pathway caused many people to turn away from the ‘pure‘ worship of THE ONE GOD while joining partners with HIM which is considered the biggest of sins.
Islam is NOT fatalism! When a man is drowning does one debate on whether to come to his rescue? Is it right to ‘interfere’ with fate and just let nature take its course? After all, the man is going to die sooner or later so why not let nature take its course!
That is the logic of the ‘cold, indifferent world’. Without a doubt, true Scriptures say something different but as usual, people will have to figure that out for themselves.
Some verses from the Bible that have caused problems:
In the Old Testament, repeated quite a few times, comes a verse like this:
“‘You shall NOT make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
you shall NOT bow down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your GOD am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate ME,
but {I will show} showing steadfast love {having Mercy and Forgiveness on those who believe} to {the} thousands of those who love ME AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. Deuteronomy (5: 8-10)
This ‘visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children’ concept is repeated often in the Old Testament. It is a Mutashabihat-type verse which carries a meaning not readily understandable. It does NOT imply that one can transfer sins to another because, in truth, one is responsible only for his own actions.
Proof of that can come from the Old Testament itself in the form of this verse:
“Fathers shall NOT be put to death for their sons, NOR shall sons be put to death for their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin. Deuteronomy (24:16)
This shows that it is dangerous to just isolate one verse and attach a ‘random’ meaning to it. It, therefore, is important to cross-check these things.
You say, ‘God stores away a man’s iniquity for his sons.’ Let God repay him so that he may know it {feel it on himself}!!!!!! Job (21:19).
So the answer to what seems to be taking place can be shown from this verse: {Be not deceived; God is NOT mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap {in turn upon his own head in some form or manner not needed to be known by man}. Galatians (6:7)}
As for the New Testament:
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.”
So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.“ {existed – and he did because according to the Dead Sea Scrolls Melchiedek was born BEFORE the Great FLOOD of NOAH and was taken up to heaven and of course eventually brought down again}. John (8:56-58)
So also Christ DID NOT exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed {chosen} by HIM who said to him {Jesus}, “Thou art MY son {beloved servant}, today I have begotten {chosen you} you;” {at the baptism by John the Baptist}
as HE says also in another place, “You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.”{BEING MADE A PRIEST BUT NOT A god!}
In the days of his flesh {for human beings need to be in the flesh to interact with other human beings}, Jesus {the Christ-soul as adam} offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to HIM {THE ONE GOD} WHO was able to save him from {spiritual} death {as those other wandering types called cavemen were experiencing – mostly cutoff from the reality of knowing THE ONE GOD}, and he was heard for his godly fear.
{They (adam and eve) said: “Our LORD! We have wronged our own souls {in disobedience to YOU}: If YOU forgive us not and bestow not upon us YOUR MERCY, we shall certainly be lost.” Quran (7:23)}
Although he was a Son {an example of a contrast with the wording calling him THE SON}, he learned obedience {as a faithful servant must} through what he suffered;
and being made perfect {born without sin as Jesus} he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him {including the directive to turn to the Spirit of truth (Prophet Muhammad pbh) to know the Real Truth},
being designated by GOD a high priest {as one who is a leader in religious practices} after the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews (5: 5-10)
The author of Hebrews is not talking to ‘white Christians’ as an audience per say. He is talking to, for the most part, educated Jews who needed to know that a 3 year old mission from a seemingly magical guy (Jesus) was no farce and that he actually was their prophesied Messiah whom they anxiously awaited.
Furthermore, he would have had to explain why the ‘spiritual kingdom’ has already started but that the promise of ‘the Golden Era’ under this Messiah will be delayed. The author of Hebrews can’t just say, “Take my word for it.”
Now we can see the problem which is the condition at the time of this writing (no rebuilding of the completely destroyed Temple after 70 AC, no peace and comfort for the foreseeable future and no peace and harmony for their daily lives. IT IS GOING TO BE A HARD SELL!
So, they are going to have to be awakened to the ‘spiritual realities’ of the Old Testament for the New Testament as we know it today in a bound volume will NOT exist for quite a long time.
As to taking away of ‘Sin’:
The next day he {John the Baptist who was born before Jesus} saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!This is he (Jesus) of whom I (John the Baptist) said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me {as adam was the first MAN’s man as he was the first prophet in that shape of ‘normal man’} John (1: 29-30).
Take away the ‘Sin’ of the world – DOES NOT equal taking away individual sins! Just like the angels have no ‘distractions’ from their feelings of wellness in a complete GOD CONSCIOUSNESS so too is the idea of ‘taking away’ the SIN WHICH CAUSES the lack of an imbedded GOD CONSCIOUSNESS.
For how can a man/woman be in the paradise on Earth if pettiness, lunacy and evil abound in the heart? Therefore, like the ‘lion laying down with the lamb’ in THIS ALTERATION OF CHARACTER SO ALSO IS THERE A ‘TRANSFORMATION’ OF SPIRITUALISM TO COME UNTO THE HEARTS OF THOSE INHABITING THIS KINGDOM!
And you, who were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh {with the constant necessity of being chained to every jot of the LAW until you are to be totally perfect which the great vast majority of you will not be able to do so} , GOD made {in HIS MERCY and FORGIVENESS gave us the chance to be} alive together with him {Jesus in his kingdom on Earth}, having {GOD} forgiving us all our trespasses {on the condition that we but maintain our Faith and truly believe},
having canceled the bond which stood against us with its legal demands not depending so much on GOD’s Mercy and Forgiveness; this he {Jesus} set aside {as was his appointed job to do when he fell from Grace in the Garden}, nailing it to the cross {NOT BY A CRUCIFIXION BUT BY HIS STRUGGLES} appointed for him to overcome as ‘the Representative Man‘ as to giving to us a ‘SIGN’. Colossians (2:13-14) followed up by an understanding of Hebrews (5:5-10) and Isaiah Chapter 53 specifically verse number7}.
{He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth {to defend himself}. Isaiah (53:7)}.
While Jesus (pbh) may have spent a day or two in prison and discussed his innocence with Pilot, Yusef (pbh) spent many years in prison without having even a peep of complaint (some say 5, 7 or 9 years plus). Yusef’s very beautiful prayer is found in the Chapter of the Quran that is called the ‘most beautiful story’ found in the Quran:
“O my LORD! YOU have indeed bestowed on me some power, and taught me something of the interpretation of dreams and events, O CREATOR of the heavens and the earth! YOU are my PROTECTOR in this world and in the Hereafter. Take my soul (at death) as one BOWING DOWN to YOUR WILL (as a Muslim), and unite me with the righteous.” Q (12:101)
When asked by his Companions about who was the NOBELIST of souls the Prophet (pbh) said that it was Yusef. This is technically correct!
In the Gospel of John, Jesus (pbh) in what may appear to be a fairylike manner comes across his ‘Disciples whom he knows about even as they don’t know him’. Yes, its true and it is not by magic as the Messiah knew his own brothers who in jealousy abandoned him but later reconciled with him.
All of this may be so-called big time news or flights of fantasy but Paul has a last taunt to those who are big in ‘book learning’ but incredibly deficient in matters of the spirit.
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made FOOLISH the wisdom of the world?
For since, in the wisdom of GOD, the world did NOT know God through wisdom, it pleased GOD through the folly of what we preach {and the way we preach} to save those who {earnestly desire to} believe.
For Jews {arrogantly} demand signs and Greeks seek {after worldly} wisdom,
but we preach Christ crucified, as a stumbling block to the Jews and folly to the Gentiles, 1 Corinthians (1:20-23)
How are these pieces to the puzzle fitting? GOD ALONE KNOWS and has NOT tasked man with knowing or giving him something beyond his capabilities. All I can add to this formula is the following:
‘If man didn’t complicate things, things would not be so complicated for man. Hence, all have come short of the GLORY OF GOD!
The so-called simple minded peasant may be greater than a Ph.D. graduate as the values of GOD’s Judgments are not man’s values. So, if man has to blame someone, he should first and lastly blame himself!
O thou man! Verily you are EVER toiling on towards your LORD painfully toiling but you shall meet HIM {as promised}. Quran (84:6)
Those who reject OUR SIGNS, WE shall gradually visit with punishment, in ways they can’t perceive; Quran (7:182)
Respite will I grant unto them: for My scheme is strong!!!!!!! (and unfailing). Quran (7:183)
Do they see nothing in the government of the heavens and the earth and all that ALLAH has created? (Do they not see) that it may well be that their terms is nigh drawing to an end? In what message after this will they then believe? Quran (7:185)
To such as ALLAH rejects from HIS Guidance, there can be no guide: HE will leave them in their trespasses, wandering in distraction. Quran (7:186)
Respite {for a stated term} will I grant unto them: for My scheme is strong!!!!!!!! (and unfailing). Quran (7:183)
