In this post I will share another of Islam’s fairytales, one that focuses on Muhammad’s alleged night journey where he was taken by night from the Kabah to the Temple in Jerusalem, and from there throughout the seven heavens where he supposedly met his lord.
The fable will expose Islam’s blasphemies and attack on the Lord Jesus, by highlighting how Muhammad and/or the Muslims elevated Allah’s “messenger” to divine status and turned him into a Christ figure in order to displace the one true Christ and rob him of his glorious status.
These details will provide further evidence that Islam is a blasphemous and irrational religion, and that Muhammad was a false prophet and antichrist.
MUHAMMAD: ISLAM’S OTHER ILAH
(Al-Shami added:) As he went on he was met by some of Allah’s creatures who said: “Peace be upon you, O First One! (Ya Awwal). Peace upon you, O Last One! (Ya Akhir). Peace be upon you, O Gatherer! (Ya Hashir).” Gibril said to him: “Return their greeting,” and he did. Then he saw them another time and they said the same thing. Then he saw them a third time and again they greeted him. He said: “Who are they, O Gibril?” He replied: “Ibrahim, Musa, and Isa.”
The Prophet then passed by Musa as he was praying in his grave at a place of red sandhills. He was tall, with long hair and brown complexion, similar to one of the Shanu’a – the [Yemeni] men of pure lineage and manly virtue. He was saying with a loud voice: “You have honored him and preferred him!” Then the Prophet greeted him and he returned his greeting. Musa said: “Who is this with you, O Gibril?” He replied: “This is Ahmad.” He said: “Welcome to the Arabian Prophet who acted perfectly with his Community!” and he made an invocation for blessing on his behalf. Then he said: “Ask ease for you Community.”
They continued travelling and the Prophet said: “O Gibril! Who was this?” He replied: “This was Musa ibn ‘Imran.” The Prophet asked: “Who was he reprimanding?” He said: “He was reprimanding his Lord.” The Prophet said: “He reprimands (his Lord) and raises his voice against his Lord?” Gibril said: “Allah the Exalted well knows Musa’s bluntness.” (The Prophet’s Night Journey and Heavenly Ascent: Gibril Fouad Haddad, p. 13; bold emphasis mine)
To begin with, notice how the Islamic tradition seeks to denigrate Moses in order make Muhammad look better. Unlike Moses who has the audacity to rebuke and argue with Allah, Muhammad is a humble and grateful servant who would never speak in such a manner to his lord.
More importantly, by identifying Muhammad as the gatherer and the first and the last, the Muslims are faced with major problems since the Quran attests that it is Allah who is al-Hashr (“the gatherer”):
“Our Lord! Verily, it is You Who will gather mankind together on the Day about which there is no doubt. Verily, Allah never breaks His Promise”. S. 3:9 Hilali-Khan
And on the Day when We shall gather them (nahshuruhum) all together, We shall say to those who joined partners in worship (with Us): “Where are your partners (false deities) whom you used to assert (as partners in worship with Allah)?” S. 6:22 Hilali-Khan
And on the Day when He will gather them (yahshuruhum) (all) together (and say): “O you assembly of jinns! Many did you mislead of men,” and their Auliya’ (friends and helpers, etc.) amongst men will say: “Our Lord! We benefited one from the other, but now we have reached our appointed term which You did appoint for us.” He will say: “The Fire be your dwelling-place, you will dwell therein forever, except as Allah may will. Certainly your Lord is All-Wise, All-Knowing.” S. 6:128 Hilali-Khan
And he whom Allah guides, he is led aright; but he whom He sends astray for such you will find no Auliya’ (helpers and protectors, etc.), besides Him, and We shall gather them together (wanahshuruhum) on the Day of Resurrection on their faces blind, dumb and deaf, their abode will be Hell; whenever it abates, We shall increase for them the fierceness of the Fire. S. 17:97 Hilali-Khan
So by your Lord, surely, We shall gather them together (lanahshurannahum), and (also) the Shayatin (devils) (with them), then We shall bring them round Hell on their knees. S. 19:68 Hilali-Khan
The Day We shall gather (nahshuru) the Muttaqun (pious – see V.2:2) unto the Most Beneficent (Allah), like a delegate (presented before a king for honour). S. 19:85 Hilali-Khan
Islamic tradition also attests that the First and the Last are among Allah’s unique names:
Al-Awwal, Al-Akhir: The First and the Last
Al-Akhir is He who remains after all His creatures have perished.
Al-Awwal is the First, preceding all others.
Al-Awwal and Al-Akhir are two of the Ninety-Nine Names.
“He is the First and the Last and the Outward and the Inward.” (57:3)
The Prophet said, “…Allah, You are the First, for there was nothing before You, and You are the Last, for there is nothing after You, and you are the Outward, for there is nothing above You, and You are the Inward, for there is nothing beyond You. Remove our debt, and relieve us from poverty.” (Aisha Bewley, The Divine Names; bold emphasis mine)
It is, therefore, clear that Muhammad is being depicted as a god alongside Allah.
This can be further seen by contrasting these blasphemous assertions with what the only Scriptures that God has ever inspired, the Holy Bible, teaches.
The God-breathed writings proclaim that the First and the Last are names ascribed to Jehovah in the Hebrew Bible and to the risen Christ in the [N]ew [T]estament:
“Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.’” Isaiah 44:6 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
“Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am He, I am the first, and I am the last.” Isaiah 48:12 RSV
“When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one; I died, and behold I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.’” Revelation 1:17-18 RSV
“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.’” Revelation 2:8 RSV
“‘Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end… I Jesus have sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning star.’… He who testifies to these things says, ‘Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!” Revelation 22:12-13, 16, 20 RSV
Jesus is also identified as the only true Hashr, since he is the Shepherd that gathers his people together to himself,
“I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me,as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.” John 10:14-16 RSV
“But one of them, Ca′iaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, ‘You know nothing at all;you do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation should not perish.’He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation,and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.” John 11:49-52 RSV
And is the One before Whom all nations shall be gathered to face him in judgment at the last day:
“When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left.Then the King will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee?And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels;for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?’ Then he will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.’ And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Matthew 25:31-46 RSV
Muhammad is, therefore, being passed off as another or anti-Christ, obviously for the express purpose of supplanting the risen Lord of glory as mankind’s only hope of salvation and as the only true First and Last, besides whom there is no other:
“‘Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way where I am going.’ Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am THE WAY, and THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE; no one comes to the Father, but by me.’” John 14:1-6 RSV
“On the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem, with Annas the high priest and Ca′iaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, ‘By what power or by what name did you do this?’ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, ‘Rulers of the people and elders, if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a cripple, by what means this man has been healed, be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well. This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner. And there is salvation in NO ONE ELSE, for there is NO OTHER NAME under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.’ Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they wondered; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. But seeing the man that had been healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition.” Acts 4:5-14 RSV
MYTHICAL MOSQUE
The fairytale claims that Muhammad went to Jerusalem and entered inside the mosque or temple that was there, where he then led the prophets and angels in prayer:
He continued travelling until he reached the city of the Hallowed House and he entered it by its southern gate. He dismounted the Buraq and tied it at the gate of the mosque, using the ring by which the Prophets tied it before him. One narration states that Gibril came to the Rock and placed his fingers in it, piercing it, then he tied the Buraq using the spot he had hollowed out.
The Prophet entered the mosque from a gate through which the sun and the moon could be seen when they set. He prayed two cycles of prayer and did not tarry long before a large throng of people had gathered. The Prophet recognized all the Prophets, some standing in prayer, some bowing, some prostrating. Then a caller called out to the prayer and the final call to prayer was made. They rose and stood in lines, waiting for the one who would lead them. Gibril took the hand of the Prophet and brought him forward. He led them in two cycles of prayer.23
The following is related from Ka’b: Gibril raised the call to prayer. The angels descended from the heaven. Allah gathered all the Messengers and Prophets. Then the Prophet prayed as the leader of the angels and Messengers. When he left, Gibril asked him:
“O Muhammad, do you know who prayed behind you?” He said no Gibril said: “Every single Prophet whom Allah has ever sent.” (Al-Shami adds:) Abu Hurayra’s narration related by al-Hakim who declared it sound, and by al-Bayhaqi, states that the Prophet met the spirits of the Prophets.” (Ibid., pp. 14-15; bold emphasis mine)
The people said: “Muhammad, describe the Hallowed House for us. How is it built, what does it look like, how near is it to the mountain?” There were some among them who had travelled there. He began to describe it for them: “Its structure is like this, its appearance like this, its proximity to the mountain is such-and such,” and he did not stop describing it to them until he began to experience doubts about the description. He was seized with an anxiety he had not felt before, whereupon he was brought to the mosque itself [in Jerusalem] on the spot and saw it in front of him. He was placed outside the gate of ‘Aqil (or ‘Iqal). The people said: “How many gates does the mosque have?” He had not counted them before. He looked at the gates and began to count them one by one, informing them. All the while Abu Bakr was saying: “You have spoken the truth. You have spoken the truth. I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah (sadaqta sadaqta ashhadu annaka rasulullah).”
The people said: “As for the description, then, by Allah, he is correct.” They turned to Abu Bakr and said: “But do you believe what he said, that he went last night to the Hallowed House and came back before morning?” He replied: “Yes, and I do believe him regarding what is farther than that. I believe the news of heaven he brings, whether in the space of a morning or in that of an evening journey (na’am inni la-usaddiquhu fima huwa ab’adu min dhalika: usaddiqu bi-khabari al-sami’i fi ghudwatin aw rawha).” Because of this, Abu Bakr was named al-Siddiq: the Trusting and Truthful. (Ibid., p. 36; bold emphasis mine)
There’s a major problem with the aforementioned fable. There was no temple or mosque at this time, since the temple in Jerusalem had been destroyed in 70 AD, with the mosque known as masjid al-aqsa being constructed around 691-705AD, long after Muhammad’s death!
So, it could not be possible for Muhammad to have entered a mosque and describe what it looked like.
The Muslim woes are far from over.
MUHAMMAD’S FAIRYTALE CONTRADICTS THE QURAN
The fable also states that Muhammad allegedly saw Jesus and John in the second heaven:
Then they ascended to the second heaven. Gibril asked for the gate to be opened. Someone said:
– “Who is this?”
– “GibrÏl.”
– “Who is with you?
– “Muhammad.”
– “Has he been sent for?” – “Yes.”
– “Welcome to him, from his family! May Allah grant him long life, a brother and deputy, and what excellent brother and deputy! What an excellent visit this is!”
The gate was opened. When they came in they saw the sons of the two sisters: ‘Isa ibn Maryam and Yahya ibn Zakariyya They resembled each other in clothing and hair. Each had with him a large company of his people. ‘Isa was curly-haired, of medium build, leaning towards fair complexion, with hair let down as if he were coming out of the bath. He resembles ‘Urwa ibn Masud alThaqafi.26
The Prophet greeted them and they returned his greeting. Then they said: “Welcome to the righteous brother and the righteous Prophet!” Then they invoked for goodness on his behalf. (Ibid., pp. 21-22; bold emphasis mine)
The problem with this assertion is that the Quran itself teaches that Allah raised Jesus physically to himself, to dwell where Allah himself dwells:
And (remember) when Allah said: “O ‘Iesa (Jesus)! I will take you and raise you TO MYSELF and clear you [of the forged statement that ‘Iesa (Jesus) is Allah’s son] of those who disbelieve, and I will make those who follow you (Monotheists, who worship none but Allah) superior to those who disbelieve [in the Oneness of Allah, or disbelieve in some of His Messengers, e.g. Muhammad, ‘Iesa (Jesus), Musa (Moses), etc., or in His Holy Books, e.g. the Taurat (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel), the Qur’an] till the Day of Resurrection. Then you will return to Me and I will judge between you in the matters in which you used to dispute.” S. 3:55 Hilali-Khan
But Allah raised him [‘Iesa (Jesus)] up (with his body and soul) UNTO HIMSELF (and he is in the heavens). And Allah is Ever All-Powerful, All-Wise. S. 4:158 Hilali-Khan
Therefore, if Jesus is in the second heaven then so is Allah. As such, Allah is not above the seventh heaven but, rather, he and his throne are located in the second heaven where he is dwelling with Jesus and John the Baptist!
MOSES: JESUS’ MATERNAL UNCLE!
In Muhammad’s fairytale, hesupposedly ran into Aaron and Moses, who are said to bethe sons of Imran:
Then they ascended to the fifth heaven. Gibril asked for the gate to be opened. Someone said:
– “Who is this?”
– “Gibril.”
– “Who is with you?
– “Muhammad.”
– “Has he been sent for?”
– “Yes.”
– “Welcome to him, from his family! May Allah grant him long life, a brother and deputy, and what excellent brother and deputy! What an excellent visit this is!”
The gate was opened. When they came in they saw Harun. Half of his beard was white and the other half black. It almost reached his navel due to its length. Surrounding him were a company of the children of Israel listening to him as he was telling them a story. The Prophet e greeted him and he returned his greeting and said: “Welcome to the righteous brother and the righteous Prophet!” Then he invoked for goodness on his behalf. The Prophet e asked: “Who is this, O Gibril?” He replied: “This is the man beloved among his people, Harun ibn ‘Imran.”
Then they ascended to the sixth heaven. Gibril asked for the gate to be opened. Someone said:
– “Who is this?”
– “Gibril.”
– “Who is with you?
– “Muhammad.”
– “Has he been sent for?”
– “Yes.”
– “Welcome to him, from his family! May Allah grant him long life, a brother and deputy, and what excellent brother and deputy! What an excellent visit this is!”
The gate was opened. The Prophet e passed by Prophets who had with them less than ten followers in all, while others had a large company, and others had not even one follower.
Then he saw a huge dark mass (sawad ‘azim) that was covering the firmament. He said: “What is this throng?” He was told: “This is Musa and his people. Now raise your head and look.” He raised his head and saw another huge dark mass that was covering the firmament from every direction he looked. He was told: “These are your Community, and besides these there are seventy thousand of them that will enter Paradise without giving account.”
As they went in the Prophet saw Musa ibn ‘Imran, a tall man with brown complexion, similar to one of the Shanu’a – the [Yemeni] men of pure lineage and manly virtue – with abundant hair. If he had two shirts on him, still his hair would exceed them. The Prophet greeted him and he returned his greeting and said: “Welcome to the righteous brother and the righteous Prophet!” Then he invoked for goodness on his behalf and said: “The people claim that among the sons of Adam I am more honored by Allah than this one, but it is he who is more honored by Allah than me!”
When the Prophet reached him Musa wept. He was asked: “What is it that makes you weep?” He replied: “I weep because a child that was sent after me will cause more people to enter Paradise from his Community than will enter from mine. The children of Israel claim that among the children of Adam I am the one most honored by Allah, but here is one man among the children of Adam who has come after me in the world while I am in the next world, and is more honored. If he were only by himself I would not mind, but he has his Community with him!” (Ibid., pp. 23-25; bold emphasis mine)
According to God’s inspired Word, the name of Moses’ and Aaron’s father was Amram and they also had an older sister named Miriam/Mary. The Holy Bible further states that Mary was a prophetess and a leader sent along with her brothers to bring Israel out of Egypt:
“Then Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing.” Exodus 15:20 RSV
“These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the He′bronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Ko′rahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram. The name of Amram’s wife was Joch′ebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.” Numbers 26:58-59 RSV
“The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merar′i.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uz′ziel.The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abi′hu, Elea′zar, and Ith′amar.” 1 Chronicles 6:1-3 RSV
“For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of bondage; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.” Micah 6:4 RSV
Here’s where it gets interesting.
According to the Quran, Jesus’ mother Mary (Maryam in Arabic) was the daughter of Imran and the sister of Aaron:
(Remember) when the wife of ‘Imran said: “O my Lord! I have vowed to You what (the child that) is in my womb to be dedicated for Your services (free from all worldly work; to serve Your Place of worship), so accept this, from me. Verily, You are the All-Hearer, the All-Knowing. Then when she delivered her [child Maryam (Mary)], she said: “O my Lord! I have delivered a female child,” – and Allah knew better what she delivered, – “And the male is not like the female, and I have named her Maryam (Mary), and I seek refuge with You (Allah) for her and for her offspring from Shaitan (Satan), the outcast.” S. 3:35-36 Hilali-Khan
Then she brought the child to her folk carrying him; and they said, ‘Mary, thou hast surely committed a monstrous thing! Sister of Aaron, thy father was not a wicked man, nor was thy mother a woman unchaste.’ Mary pointed to the child then; but they said, ‘How shall we speak to one who is still in the cradle, a little child?’ He said, ‘Lo, I am God’s servant; God has given me the Book, and made me a Prophet. S. 19:27-30 Arberry
And Maryam, the daughter of Imran who guarded her private sexual part, so We introduced therein out of Our Spirit. And she testified to the truth of the statements of her Nourisher-Sustainer and His Writings. And she happened to be out of those who are content. S. 66:12 (Dr. Kamal Omar https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/66/st48.htm)
This means that Muhammad confused Jesus’ mother with the sister of Moses, which makes Moses Jesus’ maternal uncle even though they lived approximately 1500 years apart from each other!
USURPING CHRIST
Pay close attention to how Muhammad is, once again, elevated above all the prophets, specifically Christ:
Then they evoked the matter of the Hour and referred it to Ibrahim, but he said: “I have no knowledge of it.” They turned to Musa but he said: “I have no knowledge of it.” They turned to Isa and he said:
As for the time when it shall befall, no one knows it except Allah I. But this is what my Lord has assured me [concerning what precedes it]. The Dajjal or Anti-Christ shall come forth and I will face him with two rods. At my sight he shall melt like lead. Allah shall cause his destruction as soon as he sees me. It will be so that the very stones will say: “O Muslim, behind me hides a disbeliever, therefore come and kill him!” And Allah shall cause them all to die. People shall then return to their countries and nations. At that time Ya’juj and Ma’juj [Gog and Magog] shall come out. They shall come from every direction. They shall trample all nations underfoot. Whatever they come upon, they shall destroy.
They shall drink up every body of water. At long last the people shall come to me bewailing about them. At that time I will invoke Allah I against them so that He will destroy them and cause their death until the whole earth will reek of their stench. Allah will then send down rain which shall carry their bodies away and hurl them into the sea. I have been assured by my Lord that once all this takes place then the Hour will be as the pregnant mother at the last stages of her pregnancy. Her family does not know when she shall suddenly give birth – by night or by day. (End of al-Shami’s addition) (Ibid., pp. 17-18; bold emphasis mine)
The Divine Meeting
The Prophet was taken up to a point where he heard the scratching of the Pens [writing the divine Decree]. He saw a man who had disappeared into the light of the Throne. He said: “Who is this? Is this an angel?” It was said to him, no. He said: “Is it a Prophet?” Again the answer was no. He said: “Who is it then?” The answer was: “This is a man whose tongue was moist with Allah’s remembrance in the world, and his heart was attached to the mosques, and he never incurred the curse of his father and mother.”
Then the Prophet saw his Lord, the Most Glorious, the Exalted, and he fell prostrate.34 At that time his Lord spoke to him and said: “O Muhammad!” He replied: “Twice at Your service, O Lord!” Allah I said: “Ask (sal)!” The Prophet said:
You have taken to Yourself Ibrahim as an intimate friend (khalil), and You have given him an immense kingdom. You have spoken to Musa directly, and have given Dawud an immense kingdom and softened iron and subjected the mountains to him. You have given Sulayman an immense kingdom, and subjected the jinn and men and devils to him, as well as the winds, and You have given him a kingdom the like of which no one may have after him. You have taught Isa the Torah and the Evangel, and made him heal those born blind and the lepers, and raise up the dead with Your permission, and You have protected him and his mother from the cursed devil so that the devil had no path by which to harm them!
Allah I said: “And I have taken you to Myself as My beloved and intimate friend (habiban wa-khalila).” The narrator said: It is written in the Torah: Habibullah “Allah’s Beloved.”35… (Ibid., p. 30; bold emphasis mine)
Despite Jesus having qualities that no other prophet had, Muhammad is still made to excel Christ by being described as Allah’s beloved and intimate friend.
This is in stark contrast to the sacred writings, which describe Jesus as God’s very own Love, being the Beloved Son whom God has loved and adored from before creation:
“and a voice came from heaven, ‘Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased.’” Mark 1:11 RSV
“And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, ‘This is my beloved Son; listen to him.’” Mark 9:7 RSV
“This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: ‘Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles.’” Matthew 12:17-18 RSV
“the Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.” John 3:35 RSV
“For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all that he himself is doing; and greater works than these will he show him, that you may marvel.” John 5:20 RSV
“and now, Father, glorify thou me in thy own presence with the glory which I had with thee before the world was made… Father, I desire that they also, whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me in thy love for me before the foundation of the world.” John 17:5, 24 RSV
“to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.” Ephesians 1:6 RSV
“He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation;” Colossians 1:13-15 RSV
The foregoing makes it plainly obvious that Satan raised up Muhammad to be a counterfeit Christ in order to keep Muslims from knowing God’s true and beloved Son, who is mankind’s only hope of salvation.
May the risen Lord of glory send forth his Spirit to open the hearts and minds of Muslims to escape from the snares of this false prophet and his false god, and draw them to the only true God who has revealed himself in the Person of his beloved Son. May the Holy Spirit bring them to the only inspired record of the Son’s revelation of God, the Holy Bible:
“Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me; and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.’ The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, ‘I am the bread which came down from heaven.’ They said, ‘Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, “I have come down from heaven”?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Do not murmur among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, “And they shall all be taught by God.” Every one who has heard and learned from the Father COMES TO ME. Not that any one has seen the Father except him who is from God; he has seen the Father. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.’” John 6:35-47
“‘If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him.’ Philip said to him, ‘Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, “Show us the Father”? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; if you ask anything in my name, I will do it. If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; because I live, you will live also.’” John 14:7-19
“I thank HIM who has given me strength for this, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful by appointing me to his service, though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted him; but I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners; but I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” 1 Timothy 1:12-17
“And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” 1 John 5:20-21
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