Response of Faizan Khan

Submitted by A Believer (United States), Feb 17, 2009 at 13:38

This is in response to Mr. Khan's note of Dec 24th. You have denied the deity of Christ and support this by saying, "If considerely He is son of God Then HE never dies and according to nature human dies." Have you not read the koran that Christ never died like mohammad.

[3.55] And when Allah said: O Isa, I am going to terminate the period of your stay (on earth) and cause you to ascend unto Me and purify you of those who disbelieve and make those who follow you above those who disbelieve to the day of resurrection; then to Me shall be your return, so l will decide between you concerning that in which you differed.

[4.157] And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Isa son of Marium, the apostle of Allah; and they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Isa) and most surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure.

According to the Koran, Christ never died like any other human being but instead was taken up to heaven alive. So, Mr. Khan according to your own book, the support you provided for Christ not being God is invalid. But the truth of the matter is that Christ did die to save sinners. He was true God and true man. As God he never died but as man he did. I must say that it is very difficult to understand the two natures of Christ unless God opens your spiritual eyes. It is my hope that God someday, open not only yours but the entire muslim world's eyes to see the truths found His word, the Bible. You also state that, "Quran fully describes Jesus as a Prophet, as a Saviour As Well." Don't you know that a man can not save another human being from the wrath of God, only God can. So if Christ is the Saviour, then he must be God. I hope that even to your own admittance, you might come to the saving knowledge of Christ.

Last comment about Quran as complete code of life. Is you interpertation of complete code of life as follows:

When you meet the unbelievers, smite their necks, then when you have made wide slaughter among them, tie fast the bonds, then set them free, either by grace or ransom, until the war lays down its burdens. - 47:4 (different translation: ) When you meet the unbelievers in the battlefield, strike off their heads, and when you have laid them low, bind your captives firmly.

O believers, take not Jews and Christians as friends; they are friends of each other. Those of you who make them his friends is one of them. God does not guide an unjust people. - 5:54

[4.34] Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great.

Is this the code of life you are asking us to abide by. And these are just a few examples.

If you truely want to seek the truth, then read the Bible.

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