“A man who strays from the path of understanding comes to rest in the company of the dead”      Proverbs (21: 16)

The author wishes to declare that the symbols { } are used for clarification purposes.

We must take the consequences of our actions. And we must learn that all things in some way are connected. This explains how certain events, perhaps completely separated from each other, conspire to bring about certain other events. These events are NOT magical or by luck but they are tied all together in a perfect and coordinated Plan.

It is hardly a secret except for those who are careless with their souls that consequences must result from actions. A stone hits the water and the results can be seen as a small geyser erupts. A Jewish philosopher (Hegel) is reported to have said something to the effect that ‘History teaches man that man learns nothing from history.’ In other words, if swallowing a pound of heroin would kill a person today, perhaps if one were to swallow the same amount in ten years’ time the outcome would be different.

The Old Testament and the Quran give a lot of evidence about the LOVE THAT GOD has had for HIS devotees (yes they are tried and tested) as well as HIS actions that HE brought forth against HIS arrogant, forgetful and wayward beings who had at one time pledged their earnest faith but instead turned on their heels. The lesson here is that one can’t grab the ‘brass ring’ (in this case the ticket to eternal greatness and happiness and avoidance of Hell-Fire) and at the same time act as if the CREATOR LORD is basically deaf, blind and incompetent!

Yet it is NOT in the hands of the general public to coerce people to change their ways of thinking. It is from discussing and open appeals by the use of logic and by taking the ‘moral high-ground’ that people should engage with others for the purpose of taking a common ground. One might say, “I do not believe in or have been convinced by your philosophy but I respect that a person has that philosophy” and, while without creating mass disturbances, withdraw from the proximity of those who are antagonistic to one’s way of thinking or one who would become insulting and moved to physical confrontation.

A personal belief is a personal choice. Either one gets it or one doesn’t. The people in charge of the ‘state’ are the ones who have been appointed, for good or for bad, to set ‘standards’ for society based on moral beliefs. It should not be a problem to question the law makers for the reasons of their positions and the basis of their beliefs but it becomes a problem when people seek out discord (Fitnah) for the purpose of letting chaos reign.

An example of such dastardly chaos occurs when some deranged individual tries to blow up a Mosque, Church or Synagogue or other place of worship just because one doesn’t hold to those worshipers’ points of view. That is definitely an anti-Islamic action which should be looked upon as murder in the first degree.

As for those who divide their religion and break up into sects, you have NO PART in them in the least: Their affair is with ALLAH: HE will in the end tell them the TRUTH of all that they did.     Q (6: 159)

So what has mankind done now? Well, besides encouraging all sorts of licentious and filthy behavior, man has, in his greed, carelessness and forgetfulness, had a great impact at destroying his environment.

Whenever the religious ‘bright lights’ of guidance became dim, thus causing society in general to lower the human, moral bar, THE GOD sent torment and destruction ‘eventually’ on the people. The key word is ‘eventually’. HE gives them a chance to reform or return to their natural inborn commonsense (Fitra) but if they do not do so then…

Since this torment and humiliation doesn’t happen right away, the populace generally thinks that they caught GOD sleeping! But the foolish amongst them, in times gone by, would soon pay the horrible price for their folly and the Children of Israel do know that as a fact as they bore the brunt of many a humiliating setbacks. They know this because they have become a great example of backsliders.

Whether it is floods, earthquakes, mass starvation, dynamic whirlwinds or conquering armies humiliating the population, the once proud people of faith had their collective noses rubbed in the stench of turmoil and brutality.

The lesson learned is that for that faithless generation if one steps over a certain line, it will be the end of one’s days of joyous abandonment and general romping. So in the past, one nation or peoples had their one prophet or prophets and they were taken to task if they degenerated. Now, however, we have been visited by the man Muhammad (pbh) who functions by GOD’s DECREE as a PROPHET TO THE WHOLE WORLD. Hence, the punishments to come will be ‘collective and all-inclusive in nature’ and not just for one set of peoples or one nation or city.

We have not sent you {Muhammad} but as a (Messenger) TO ALL MANKIND, giving them Glad Tidings, and Warning them (against sin), but most men know not.                                      Q (34: 28)

Therefore, we are not looking at one village destroyed by an earthquake but rather a whole slew of misfortunes that will eventually turn nation against nation and peoples against peoples throughout the whole world. At least we can see the inner connected world of today and imagine that what affects one area can easily affect another area.

Speaking of global catastrophes, a global warning has been delivered by Paul Ehrlich and a few others. The threat is that we are headed for a period of mass extinction. And if a person knows anything about mass extinctions, one can imagine much of the world’s population will eventually be forced to be like the Syrian refugees – people on the move with fewer and fewer options except starvation or death by violence or a life of continuous worry and degradation.

A Stanford biologist (Paul Ehrlich) believes we are rapidly approaching or even have approached a period described as ‘The Sixth Period of Mass Extinction’. Ehrlich has done a large body of work on extinction facts and theory and his 1981 book, Extinction: The Causes and Consequences of the Disappearance of Species is still in vogue.

Recently, Ehrlich and his co-authors (Anthony Barnosky, Andres Garcia, Robert M. Pringle and Todd Palmer) of this up-to-date research definitely declare that the ‘Sixth great mass extinction event’ has already begun and that the degrees of extinction have entered unparalleled rates similar to the era of when the dinosaurs died out.

But man is a clever animal and believes he can figure a way out of this morass. Sure, that simple minded creature is positive that he can do it. And how can he do it? Simply by applying science to all of these ills and still keep on celebrating the casting off of ALLAH’s LAWS. It looks like for now, at least, that the ‘Golden Calf’ of old is alive and well and appearing to ‘Low’ at its collective mesmerized audience.

They said: “We broke not the promise to you {Moses}, as far as lay in our power: but we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the (whole) people and we threw them (into the fire) and that was what the Samiri suggested.

“Then he brought out (of the fire) before the (people) the image of a calf: it seemed to low; so they said: ‘This is your god and the god of Moses but (Moses) has forgotten!”     Q (20: 87-88)

There are only a few hadiths giving what looks like some type of evidence concerning ‘extinctions’ per say or about the dying out of species one after the other until it seems that not much is left growing on the Earth. Certainly, these hadiths make it easy to understand part of the appeal that the Anti-christ will have for the people at that time but caution is needed as to whether these sayings would be deemed accurate.

For example, one hadith discusses the disappearance of locusts. The only way to make sense of this hadith is by bringing in the ‘evolutionary’ factor since the number of species mentioned as what we have found in this world is quite inadequate to say the least.

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah, No locusts were seen in one of the years of ‘Umar’s Caliphate which happened to be the last year of his venerable life, and becoming very anxious on this account he sent a rider to  the Yemen, another to Iraq and another to Syria to enquire whether any locusts had been seen. The rider who came from the Yemen brought him a handful and scattered it in front of him and when ‘Umar saw it he said, “ALLAH is Most Great,” and told that he had heard ALLAH’s Messenger (pbh) say, “ALLAH WHO is Great and Glorious creates a thousand species, six hundred in the sea and four hundred on the land. The first species to perish will be the locusts, and when they perish the species will follow one another like beads on a string.”   (Tirmidhi)

With the human beings struggling against the forces of nature, some people will shine forth while others will revert to the laws of the jungle and feed off of the weaknesses of others. With a weakened and desperate world there will always be some tin-horned god who will try to crown himself with glory and enslave others to do his bidding.

Enter now the marriage between statue builders (the Russian Orthodox Church) and Vladimir Putin. The head of this extensive church has called Putin a “miracle’ sent from GOD.” In truth, he is as much of a miracle as a man-eating shark. And in his clever little soul, he intends to teach people a lesson and bring fame and fortune back to Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church, which of course will bless his endeavors for their own shallow purposes, and raise the image of Putin above that of mortal man.

This comes at the most opportune time when the so-called West is seeing its own sunset on its corrupt and bloated civilization and the Arab world is in a topsy-turvy era. All the warning signs are there! For example, if a man can marry another man, somebody might ask why a man can’t marry a dog or chicken. Is this going to be next?

What does Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church bring to the table? What they bring is the return to the GLORY for mother Russia and the lording it over other civilizations that are judged quite a bit below the celebrated Russian mystique. That means those who are NOT Russian are NOT in the same league as the glorious humans as the Russians are and of course that will also shine back towards the saint-worshiping Russian Orthodox Church.

This breed of ‘so-called idea’ started to show itself in the Bosnian War but then Russia wasn’t quite itself. However, Putin has demonstrated his muscle flexing in the Ukraine and very tellingly with the Chechen War. According to what happened in Chechnya one can get an inkling of the future.

It was imperative that Russia defeated the Chechens and NOT destroy them but eventually turn the tables through their puppet leader and use them as a kind of ‘war dog’ for future excursions. Putin is clever and has noticed that certain Muslim populations can be used as ‘dogs of war’ to quell other populations. Just look at ISIS!

The Chechens still remain a strong people but a people needed to be unleashed when called in order to show their brutality for their favored master – Putin. For in Chechnya it is a crime to remember the war with Russia but it is deemed magnificent to praise their existence to Putin’s Russia.

The important thing to remember is the ‘blessed marriage’ between the Russian Orthodox Church and Putin. Putin’s move towards immortality, with the blessings and cooperation of the Russian Orthodox Church is to control as much of the world as he can (bring it under his influence much like the American domination of the last 100 years but by Russian Style which if one recalls is quite brutal). That does not bode well for those who would stand in his way and definitely it doesn’t bode well for those of Faith.

The Russian Orthodox Church is building a rather large statue of Putin as he is looked upon as a living saint somewhat equivalent to a godly incarnation. So this marriage between Putin and that church is most definitely NOT for the Glory of ALLAH but rather such self-serving dribble that only deluded men in cahoots with Satan can bring about.

However, don’t be misled into believing that Putin is like Hitler in that the only way forward is to use a blitzkrieg-type of warfare. His magic is more subtle but almost as brutal.

With a weakened and desperate world, there will always be some tin-horned god (whatever name he goes by) who will try to crown himself with glory and enslave others to do his bidding! So we can go back to the Book of Daniel (pbh) chapter 11 with caution and see where it leads.

In continuing a topic from the last article concerning the Shia Imamate, it should be said that the Shia start off their magical Imamate with ‘Ali ibn Abu Talib. He is their first infallible Imam. The question is, ‘What do they think of the first three Caliphs – Abu Bakr, ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattab and ‘Uthman ibn Affan?

Well, I hate to even think of what they think of these excellent friends of the Prophet (pbh). These people are definitely NOT included in the Shia’s package of the ‘holy twelve’ so it is logical to believe that these upright and faithful men are NOT well thought of.

Truth be told, if a former religion talks about any of the first three Caliphs (in a good way or bad way) then that should be a credible standard of judgment because a Holy Book  will most definitely outrank ridiculous forgeries, stupid ideas and evil practices.

Well, guess what? In the Old Testament in the Book of Isaiah (pbh) chapter 19 we do find some startling praise for ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattab. Although his name is not mentioned directly, even a well-balanced, non-biased 10 year old child when presented with the facts could figure out that ‘Umar is being referred to as “a great one and a saviorby no less than the ONE GOD HIMSELF as a prophecy sent down and brought by the Archangel Gabriel to prophet Isaiah (pbh).

Here is what we must work with:

  1. Egypt in its pagan state goes so far as to sacrifice a young virgin to one of their gods to increase the fertility of the Nile River.
  2. Christianity comes to Egypt and they learn about the GOD of the people of Israel and about the Messiah Jesus the son of Mary (pbh) so at least they are now numbered as ‘People of the Book’. They for the most part are Christians but differences between various factions do pose some problems.
  3. Rome comes along as to governing these Egyptian Christian Arabs but in a cruel, oppressive manner. A letter is written by the head Christian Patriarch (Maqauqus – ruler of Egypt) to his people informing them to ‘help’ the soon to arrive Islamic invaders against the oppressive Roman presence. In other words, go along with the Muslims, don’t interfere with them and even help them against the Roman oppressive occupation. This letter, I believe, is still supposed to exist Insha ALLAH.
  4. The people of Egypt see the huge difference between Real Islamic Rule and the harsh rule by the Romans. Most people now desire to change their religion from Christianity to Islam after a period of time of course.
  5. A great area of land has now come under Islamic dominion and the highway robbers working between certain lands have become just about a thing of the past. Pilgrimage (Hajj and ‘Umrah) can now be accomplished without much fear.
  6. The ‘great one and savior’ cannot be considered the Prophet (pbh) because he died before 100% of the Arabian Peninsula came under his control. So Islam was NOT ready to burst out and spread rapidly into ‘foreign lands’ to unify the various peoples.
  7. Abu Bakr becomes the first Caliph after the leadership of the Prophet ended but his reign lasted only two years and his great task was NOT to expand Islamic territories but to consolidate what areas were Islamic within most of the Arabian Peninsula. It is well known that he had to use somewhat of an iron hand at times due to some desert tribes desiring to go renegade and either wanting to dilute the Islamic teachings of the Prophet (pbh) or to even go so far as to renounce their religion. Then, after about 2 years of his reign, he died.
  8. After all things settled down and a new Caliph (‘Umar) was elected to head the Islamic peoples, for the most part the Arabian Muslims became a strong, undefeatable force. It was now time to ‘MARCH FORWARD WITH LIGHT UNTO THE DARKNESS AND SPREAD ISLAM. This is the start of the ‘great expansion’ era of the second Caliph – ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab. Under his leadership, the Islamic Empire spread into many areas including Assyria (the Levant) along with Egypt and Palestine the land of Israel. ‘Umar’s dramatic entrance into Jerusalem when Jerusalem surrendered to the Muslims in total peace is well-known and well documented!
  9. It is here that the Islamic peoples had ONE religion, ONE sect, ONE belief system as opposed to Christianity which showed at that time many different practices depending on the area found. It is here that the Muslims from Egypt, Syria, and Palestine (Israel) were ONE.
  10. Now, to the Victor goes the Spoils as they say and thanks to ALLAH the dynamic and great servant of ALLAH who is believed to be just a tad under the greatness of character shown by Abu Bakr, should be credited (for he is the ‘Commander of the Faithful’) with what the Old Testament in the Book of Isaiah called ‘A GREAT ONE AND A SAVIOR’.

So those people abusing ‘Umar who was a great friend of the Prophet (pbh) actually abuse the Prophet (pbh) also. And in abusing the Prophet (pbh) they attack ALLAH’s Qadr (Divine Plan, Divine Destiny) and in attacking ALLAH’s Qadr, they will be amongst the losers on the Last Day.

 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and HE shall send them a savior, and a great one, and he SHALL DELIVER THEM.

 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.

 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: HE shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and HE shall be entreated of them, and shall heal them.

 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:

 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, “Blessed be Egypt MY people, and Assyria the work of MY hands, and Israel MY inheritance.    Isaiah (19: 20-25)

Let us look at some mysterious statements found in the New Testament that has caused many a people to go astray and have puzzled many a non-Christian as well as Christians. As ALLAH WILLS, the following has already been explained before in my writings but in a different way. Here are some of these verses:

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the FATHER except through me.”    John (14: 6)

HE {GOD} cuts off every branch in me {Jesus} that bears no fruit while every branch that does bear fruit HE prunes so that it will produce even more.   John (15: 2)

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the Fire. Matthew (7: 19)

I {Jesus} am the vine, you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you {by truly following me} you will bear much fruit {but} apart from me you can do nothing.    John (15: 5)

  1. The return of Jesus (pbh) is as a king-leader overall including the Islamic Mahdi who will ask Jesus to be the Imam for prayer. Although Jesus (pbh) refuses, he does so to ‘seal the deal’ that the precedence for faith goes to Islam.
  2. The Fifth Age of man has people who are in the paradise on Earth or what in general can be called ‘THE MESSIANIC AGE’ until a wind comes forward to collect those of the ‘last batch’ who only have a mustard seed of faith in their hearts.
  3. The people who are exceedingly blessed are those born in the time of the Messiah (while he is alive) and then comes those of lesser rank. What comes after the period of the ‘Lifting Up’ by that wind is the removal of the Quran and now the leftovers are the people who behave quite unruly and worse than pack animals.
  4. Now the explanation comes with the understanding of ‘by which system’ shall he (Jesus) rule the Fifth Age people by? Islam states from authentic hadiths that the religion will be Islam, the Book will be the Quran and the Sunnah to follow will be the Sunnah of Muhammad (pbh).
  5. The New Testament really declares the same UNIFIED THOUGHT:

 

For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A PROPHET SHALL THE LORD YOUR GOD RAISE UP UNTO YOU OF YOUR BRETHEREN {from our related peoples}, LIKE UNTO ME {Moses}; HIM SHALL YOU HEAR IN ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER HE SHALL SAY UNTO YOU.

 

AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT EVERY SOUL, WHICH WILL NOT HEAR THAT PROPHET, {obey the dictates as he laid down over 1,400 years ago} SHALL BE DESTROYED {eradicated} FROM AMONG THE PEOPLE.                                            Acts 3: (22-23)

 

These are the verses that show in a nutshell the ‘system’ that will be used during the time of ‘THE MESSIANIC AGE’!

 

  1. So the understanding is that one who follows that system that Jesus (pbh) goes by and after him those numbered Caliphs as prophesied will follow. These are the people delivered up to hopeful Judgment or Salvation.
  2. This is a kingdom given to the one who has the title of MESSIAH. So the saved ones, known only by ALLAH for sure, are delivered up for salvation by that king called Christ Jesus the son of Mary (pbh) to ALLAH for Judgment and HE (ALLAH) of course is the REAL SAVIOR. And to show we are not done yet, Prophet Muhammad is NOW given the task to ‘seal the deal’ as it were by being taught personally from ALLAH HIMSELF certain supplications for the marked off people to be kept safe from ALLAH’s WRATH.

This is part of the explanation of those so-called mysterious verses found in the New Testament as shown above concerning the role and eminence of Jesus the Christ (pbh). Hopefully, one can further appreciate several hadiths explaining that there is NO prophet between Jesus and Muhammad. We can see this in a ‘timeline’ of sorts in this world and in the next.

Narrated Anas: The Prophet said, “On the Day of Resurrection the Believers will assemble and say, {due to the extreme anger of ALLAH}Let us ask somebody to intercede for us with our LORD.’ So they will go to Adam and say, ‘You are the father of all the people, and ALLAH created you with HIS Own Hands, and ordered the angels to prostrate to you, and taught you the names of all things; so please intercede for us with your LORD, so that HE may relieve us from this place {anxiety} of ours.’ Adam will say, ‘I am not fit for this (i.e. intercession for you).’ Then Adam will remember his sin and feel ashamed thereof. He will say, ‘Go to Noah, for he was the first Apostle, ALLAH sent to the inhabitants of the earth.’ They will go to him and Noah will say,

‘I am not fit for this undertaking.’ He will remember his appeal to his Lord to do what he had no knowledge of, then he will feel ashamed thereof and will say, ‘Go to the ‘friend of ALLAH (i.e. Abraham).’ They will go to him and he will say, ‘I am not fit for this undertaking. Go to Moses, the slave to whom ALLAH spoke (directly) and gave him the Torah.’ So they will go to him and he will say, ‘I am not fit for this undertaking.’ and he will mention (his) killing a person who was not a killer, and so he will feel ashamed thereof before his LORD, and he will say, ‘Go to Jesus, ALLAH’s Slave, His Apostle and ALLAH’s Word and a Spirit coming from HIM. Jesus will say, ‘I am not fit for this undertaking, {i.e., this undertaking is above my capacity} go to Muhammad the Slave of Allah whose past and future sins were forgiven by ALLAH.’ So they will come to me and I will proceed till I will ask my LORD’s Permission and I will be given permission. When I see my LORD, I will fall down in Prostration and HE will let me remain in that state as long as HE wishes and then I will be addressed.’ (Muhammad!) Raise your head. Ask, and your request will be granted; say, and your saying will be listened to; intercede, and your intercession will be accepted.’ I will raise my head and praise ALLAH with a saying (i.e. invocation) HE will teach me, and then I will intercede. HE will fix a limit for me (to intercede for) whom I will admit into Paradise. Then I will come back again to ALLAH, and when I see my LORD, the same thing will happen to me. And then I will intercede and ALLAH will fix a limit for me to intercede whom I will let into Paradise, then I will come back for the third time; and then I will come back for the fourth time, and it will be said, ‘None remains in Hell but those whom the Quran has imprisoned (in Hell) and who have been destined to an eternal stay in Hell.’ ”

The timeframe for this activity occurs during the period which ALLAH has set aside for HIS WRATH. And because HIS WRATH is greater than anything or anyone can withstand, FOR HE IS THE GREAT AND UNCOMPAREABLE, the people will, in terror and desperation seek for relief by going to the most blessed and favored peoples (the prophets) for hopeful relief.

This hadith also confirms the idea that Muhammad (pbh) will be given the ‘KEYS OF PARADISE’ AS WELL AS HOLDING THE BANNER OF PRAISE FOR THE ONE GOD AND THAT ALL OF THE PROPHETS WILL BE BEHIND HIM IN THIS LINE.

Abu Huraira reported ALLAH’s Messenger (pbh) as saying: I am most akin to the son of Mary among the whole of mankind and the Prophets are of different mothers, but of one religion, and no Prophet was raised between me and him (Jesus Christ).  (Muslim)

Abu Huraira reported ALLAH’s Messenger (pbh) said: I am most close to Jesus, son of Mary, among the whole of mankind in this worldly life and the next life. They said: Allah’s Messenger how is it? Thereupon he said: Prophets are brothers in faith, having different mothers. Their religion is, however, one and there is no Apostle between us.  (Muslim)

What is a possible explanation for the verse stating that all things must be accomplished (fulfilled)?

These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”        John (19: 36)

That the guilty should attempt their plan but that the PLAN OF ALLAH should succeed with its long lasting effects. This! So the Word of ALLAH should be upheld and proved against them!!! Dare they trust their own eyes over ALLAH’s PLAN?

So it was deemed that they would put their trust in their own thoughts and as a consequence believed that they killed Christ Jesus (pbh).

So it was made to appear unto them. They took him captive in derision to ALLAH. They beat him severely in derision to ALLAH. They drew lots for his cloths in derision to ALLAH and they were going to kill him (ALLAH’s representative) in a manner that is reserved for the worst of common scum – so lowly did they behold him!

So all things MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED that the records on the Last Day would indict them and those also who sought salvation NOT from ALLAH’s WAY but from their own desires as from a self-willed desire to take a representative from ALLAH as a god. This pertaining to the future time, after Jesus was taken up to the heavens, as ALLAH KNOWS WHAT IS BEFORE MAN AND AFTER MAN’S EXISTANCE.

Therefore, they were confounded in that their self-desired beliefs were shown to be a delusion of fantasy and could NOT withstand the REAL TRUTH. Hence, the ability given to the Messiah Jesus (pbh) to change his features as in being a shape changer so that they took Simon the Cyrenian in his place and crucified that man instead of Jesus (pbh).

This was done in that they (those people) persisted in disbelief even when they had written records showing them the ‘straight way’. So their love for the ‘truth’ was corrupted and as a result of their insisting to follow corruption, they were confounded.

Some {of the people} HE has guided: others {of their own free will} have deserved the loss of their way; in that they took the Satans in preference to ALLAH, for their friends and protectors and think that they receive guidance.     Q (7: 30)

Who is more unjust than one who forges a lie against ALLAH or rejects HIS SIGNS? For such their portion appointed must reach them from the (BOOK of DECREES): Until, when OUR messengers (of death) arrive and take their souls, they say: “Where are the things that you used to invoke besides ALLAH?” They will reply, “They have left us in the lurch,” and they will bear witness against themselves that they had rejected ALLAH.     Q (7: 37)

But those who believe and work righteousness, no burden do WE place on any soul but that which it can bear – they will be companions of the GARDEN {of Paradise} therein to dwell (forever).     Q (7: 42)

Why have so many people down throughout history believed that Jesus was crucified? That question is easy but extremely complicated.

The answer is in the question of ‘WHO is running the show’. WHO controls the creation and enforces HIS LAWS? So, what might be the expression for those who desire other than the truth? Those who earnestly strive for truth and are willing to walk the goodly road are helped along that road but others see a quick ‘buck’ in it for themselves and get off that goodly road while misleading others.

All of this is found in the Quran and other records. There are the human devils amongst men that mislead for their own aggrandizement (profit, social stature, self-importance and greed) and there are others who have shown careless attitudes in a mild way to an extreme way. These are at risk from self-destruction due to the fact that they do not rule the roost or make the laws. Therefore, a lot of life is an illusion whereby a man puts in 2 cents for worship of his claimed ENTITY but thousands of dollars for amusement and sport and for gain. Did those people expect the ONE GOD to bow down to their silly notions and to make HIS Perfect Laws of no effect?

So HE rewards the good and confuses the careless and throws off the constant rejecters who are in general condemned to never find their way. That is because they have repeatedly been given chances and have thrown them away. So the foolish think that they can overcome THE GOD and that GOD’s Master Plan is WEAK. So much for GOD’s gifts! So as the Quran and other scriptures declare, they are led to delusion by following or believing what is in their dispositions.

If ALLAH were to hasten for men the ill (they have earned) as they would fain hasten on the good, then would their respite be settled at immediately: But WE leave those who rest not their hope on their meeting with US, in their trespasses, wandering in blind distraction.    Q (10: 11)

But how to get them there? By telling the truth but having the truth sound a little complicated. Complicated enough to cause the devils among men to see what is not there and to be rewarded for it ( their selfish aggrandizement) while those who are careless and spurn clear knowledge will tag along after the one who colors the crime as a virtue. Hence, Brother Paul and his unintended mission. Mission accomplished!!! ALLAH ALONE KNOWS BEST!

Not by his smarts but by a Plan set in motion long ago. Truly, the whole world could have been made up of only all believers but that was not meant to be.

If it had been your LORD’s Will, they would ALL have believed – ALL who are on Earth. Will you then compel mankind against their will to believe?    Q (10: 99)

So Paul gives us the notion, which is correct, but terribly misunderstood, that Jesus the son of Mary (pbh) was crucified in the flesh. Of course he was!

However, what does that really mean?

Due to several verses found in the New Testament, we can be positive that Jesus (pbh) is asking his followers to carry their own cross (those weaknesses or perversions that are holding them back from advancing in faith) and because these weaknesses are earthly, they are of the ‘Flesh’. Therefore, if they want to be saved, they also must be crucified in the flesh!

Hence, the man must crucify his own flesh in order to show that he truly has repented by stopping his sin(s). As Jesus was born sinless, but still born in earnest belief, for he was a prophet, he was crucified in the flesh or made clean by that way. That WAY that he showed was by earnest prayer and fasting and of course being fastidious to his CREATOR LORD.

Now one might be able to see the problem when philosophers and phony mystics take over a religion and make ludicrous doctrines. And of course what is planned for those people who happen to form that group of ‘believers’ is planned for them as to their forgiveness or punishment but those things belong to ALLAH’s decision.  So that is all we can say on that topic. History is not by accident and only a delusional person would say, “What would happen if Prophet Muhammad (pbh) was born near the North Pole instead of Makkah?”

The introduction to the populace of the evolution of the notion that Jesus was perhaps more than a man, took nearly 60 to 70 years after the death of Paul. It took another 50 or 60 years to finalize the deal and so one can see according to common sense and what scriptures reveal that Paul was not responsible for destroying the teachings of Jesus (pbh).

O you who believe! Ask NOT QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS WHICH, IF MADE PLAIN TO YOU, MAY CAUSE YOU TROUBLE. But if you ask about things when the Quran is being revealed, they will be made plain to you – ALLAH will forgive those: for ALLAH is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.

Some people before you did ask such questions and on that account {they} lost their faith.   Q (5: 101-102)

This is an admonition: whoever will, let him take a (straight path) to his LORD

But you will NOT {be able to do this} except by the WILL of ALLAH; for ALLAH is full of Knowledge and Wisdom.       Q (76: 29-30)

Those who reject OUR SIGNS and the MEETING {with ALLAH} in the HEREAFTER – vain are their deeds {their deeds will be rendered void}: can they expect to be rewarded except as they have wrought?    Q (7: 147)

All peoples are, of course, imperfect. However, it is those who are trying to honor their ‘pledge’ to the ONE GOD who have the best chance of being guided and forgiven. ALLAH ALONE KNOWS BEST!