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| Jesus Christ described the Glory of Muhammad(saws) |
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| muahmed |
| 05/09/03 at 13:07:47 |
| [slm] ;-) The following excerpts are from the Bible of Barnabas, called the "most authentic bible". The history of this bible is interesting and a short summary of how this version of the bible survived can be read at: [url]http://www.islam101.com/barnabas/how_survived.htm[/url] [center] How Jesus Christ described the Glory of the Prophet Muhammad [i]by Dr. Ahmad Shafaat (1983)[/i] [/center] We present here some traditions attributed to prophet Jesus (may peace be upon him), in which that great prophet talks about the Chief of all Prophets, Hazarat Muhammad (may God bless him ever more). The traditions are naturally in the form of prophecies, since the Prophet Jesus lived before the time of our Prophet Muhammad. But they have value not merely as prophecies: they also provide one of the most beautiful tributes to the glory of the Prophet of Islam ever written. The traditions are from a version of the Gospel of Barnabas compiled by a thirteenth century Italian on the basis of early Christian sources. "Jesus said, Philip! God is a Good without which there is nothing good: God is a Being without which there is nothing that has existence; God is a Life without which there is nothing that lives. He has no equal. He had no beginning, nor will He have an end, but to everything has He given a beginning and to everything shall He give an end. He has no father nor mother; He has no sons, nor brethren nor companions." Philip answered: "Master, what sayest thou? It is surely written in Isaiah that God is our father: how, then, hath He no sons?" Jesus answered: "There are written by the prophets many parables, wherefore one ought not attend to the letter, but to the sense. For all the prophets, that are one hundred and forty-four thousand, have spoken ambiguously. But after me shall come the Splendor of all the prophets who shall shed light upon the ambiguities of all that the prophets have said, because he is the Messenger of God." "Verily, I say unto you that every prophet when he is come has borne the mark of the mercy of God to one nation only. And so their words were not extended save to the people to which they were sent. But the Messenger of God, when he shall come, will be given as it were the seal of the hand of God, insomuch as he shall carry salvation and mercy to all the nations of the world that shall receive his doctrine. He shall come with power upon the ungodly, and shall destroy idolatry for, so promised God to Abraham, saying: "Behold, in thy seed I will bless all the tribes of the earth; and as thou hast broken in pieces the idols, O Abraham, even so shall thy seed do." "I there fore say unto you, that the Messenger of God is a splendor that shall give gladness to nearly all that God has made, for he is adorned with the spirit of understanding and counsel, the spirit of wisdom and might, of fear and love, prudence and temperance; he is adorned with the spirit of charity and mercy, of justice and piety and gentleness and patience, which he has received from God three times more than He has given to all His creatures combined. Blessed will be the time when he shall come to the world! Believe me that I have seen him and have done him reverence, even as every prophet has seen him. And when I saw him my soul was filled with consolation, saying, O Admirable One! God be with thee, and may he make me worthy to untie thy shoe-latchet for obtaining this I shall be a reat prophet and holy one of God." "As for me, I am now come to the world to prepare the way for the Messenger of God, who shall bring salvation to the world. By the living God, in whose presence my soul stands, I am not the Savior whom all the tribes of the earth expect." Then said the Priest: "How shall the Savior be called, and what sign shall reveal his coming?" Jesus answered: "The name of the Savior shall be the Admirable One, for, God himself gave him the name when he had created his soul, and placed it in celestial splendor. God said, "Wait O Admirable One (=Muhammad), for thy sake I will create paradise, the world, and a great multitude of creatures, whereas I make thee a present, insomuch that whosoever shall curse the shall be cursed. When I send thee into the world, I shall send thee as My Messenger of Salvation, and thy world shall be true insomuch that heaven and earth shall fail but thy faith shall never fail. Admirable One is his blessed name." Then the crowd lifted up their voices, saying: "O God send Thy Messenger. O Admirable One come quickly for the salvation of the world." [hr] [i]First published in Al-Ummah, Montreal, Canada in 1983. Copyright, Dr. Ahmad Shafaat. The article may be reproduced for Da'wah purpose with proper references.[/i] |
| Re: Jesus Christ described the Glory of Muhammad(s |
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| Yasmeena |
| 05/18/03 at 20:32:19 |
| [slm] What is the Bible of Barnabas? I have heard of several extra-Biblical books but never that one! |
| Re: Jesus Christ described the Glory of Muhammad(s |
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| SuperHiMY |
| 05/29/03 at 17:45:28 |
| . AsalamAlayKum... The word 'Bible' comes from 'Biblioteca' which means '...an encyclopedia of Books...' 'THE' Bible is now commonly understood as the Bible which includes the The Four Gospels According to Four of the Companions of Prophet Jesus, Son of Mary (peace be upon them). Prophet Jesus (pbuh) had MANY companions, just as Prophet Muhammad[saw] had MANY Companions. In both cases, those companions 'recorded' what they saw, heard, witnessed personally about their respective Prophet. Muslims call those records 'Hadith' or '..according to the Sunnah...' Christians call those records, '...The Gospel According to _____...' The Bible which contains the '...four gospels according to...' is ONLY ONE Collection of what Muslims would recognize as '...Hadith Collections of the Sunnah of Prophet Jesus, son of Mary (peace be upon them). For Muslims, the Qur'an is 'The Word'. For Christians, Jesus himself is 'The Word'. For Muslims, Hadith is the sayings and traditions of Prophet Muhammad [saw]. For Christians, the Bible is NOT The Word, only the sayings and traditions of Prophet Jesus (pbuh). There are Many collections of Hadith... such as Bukhari, Abu Daoud, Imam Nawawi and more. There are MANY 'Gospels according to....' which are NOT in 'The' Bible. For Instance... The Trinitarian Catholic Church based in Rome fully accepts 'The Gospel according to Thomas' as the FIFTH Gospel. And one can find such a Bible with all FIVE Gospels at better bible stores. Barnabus, the uncle of Matthew, was a companion of Prophet Jesus, son of Mary (peace be upon them). He recorded some 400 hadith about the Prophet Jesus (pbuh). That 'BOOK' of Hadith about Jesus (pbuh) was found when they discovered the grave of Barnabus and the book was there. Further still, before the Trinitarian Catholic Inquisition and before the 'Unitarian' (aka One God NO Trinity) Christians were wiped out, There were OVER FOUR HUNDRED '...Gospels according to....' that one could pick and choose from to create their own Christian Madhab. ALL OF THOSE Books were Unitarian. That is, ONE GOD, NOT THREE. The existance of those 'Other' Gospels, spelled (pun intended) trouble for the Catholic Church. So like the Empire went and wiped out the Jedi Knights, The Catholic Church Went about eliminating from popular memory, Unitarian Christians and their hundreds of Gospels. Imagine if suddenly EVERY hadith that began '...According to Abu Huraira...' were deleted from the collected memory of the Muslim Ummah, and we can begin to comprehend the magnitude of the loss of those authentic 'Gospels according to...' for the Christian Ummah. They are still out there, those gospels. The Gospel According to Barnabus, The Gospel According to Thomas, Are only two that come to my mind at the moment, I heavily studied all this back around my time at the American Islamic College in Chicago, but InshAllah, this helps and reminds us all that there are MANY Christians who in their heart KNOW there is ONLY ONE GOD, but don't have 'hadith' of their Prophet Jesus, son of Mary (peace be upon them) to back them up. N.B. PLEASE don't shove all these above facts and similar facts into Christian faces that we may meet in daily life. For a Christian to suddenly be presented with the existence of the possibility of more than four gospels, is very much like if a muslim is suddenly presented with a Qur'an translation by a non-muslim, or say a Qadiani translation of the Qur'an. We don't take it well, and they won't either. Hiqmah does NOT mean Wisdom. Hiqmah as proper translation means '...how the Prophet did...'/ As Muslims, we may recognize an echo of this with our Trinitarian Christian neighbours and co-workers, when we hear them say or read on their T-Shirts 'WWJD?' WWJD is an acronym for '...What Would Jesus Do?...' When presenting the Gospel of Barnabus to Christians, ask WWM[saw]D? Salam, ~ HiMY! ~ |
| Re: Jesus Christ described the Glory of Muhammad(s |
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| Nabila |
| 05/30/03 at 11:45:58 |
| [slm] I thought the Gospel of Barnabas was rejected? is this true? does anyone know why it was rejected? ma asalaamah and take care |
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| mar |
| 06/07/03 at 18:52:11 |
| [color=Blue]The bible is the holy book of christians.. and is devided into 2 scriptures..the Old Testament and the New Tastement. The old Testament contains.. Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deutero-Cannonicals/ Apocrypha -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baruch Letter of Jeremiah Prayer of Azariah Susanna Bel and the Dragon Prayer of Manasseh Psalm 151 --------------------[/color] [color=Red] The New testament Matthew..Gospel Mark..Gospel Luke..Gospel John...Gospel Acts Romans 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Titus Philemon Hebrews James 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 John 2 John 3 John Jude Revelation .............. [/color] |
| Re: Jesus Christ described the Glory of Muhammad(s |
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| .sakeena. |
| 06/09/03 at 13:51:09 |
| [slm] all of that was SO very helpful with regards to understanding the christian faith. jazakum Allahu kheir. forgive my ignorance... :) fi aman illah, |
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