Thank you

Submitted by Lactantius Jr (United Kingdom), May 15, 2011 at 10:29

To dhimmi no more

Thank you for your helpful contribution. Like 80% of the worlds Muslims, I do not speak Arabic so have to depend on translations http://tinyurl.com/6k7yfj2 and whilst I would love to be able to read Islam's source documents In Arabic, I do believe that all languages are capable of being translated so that the original meaning can be correctly transmitted, and don't believe that 7^th.century Arabic is incapable of being translated, and the "no translations are good enough" folk like sTs are "hoist by their own petard," because if "wrong translations" mean fluency in Arabic is required to understand the Qur'an correctly, then it is confirmed that Islam is not a universal message, and is only for Arabs in line with Surah 14:4 which I now quote, using the Saudi royal family sponsored and supported translation of Hilali and Khan.

"And We sent not a Messenger except with the language of his people, in order that he might make (the Message) clear for them. Then Allah misleads whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise."

and here is Islam's greatest Qur'anic expositor Ibn Kathir's tafsir of 14:4

"And We sent not a Messenger except with the language of his people, in order that he might make (the Message) clear for them. Then Allah misleads whom he wills and guides whom he wills. And he is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.)" http://tinyurl.com/658ks6t

The "sting in the tail" here being that "Allah misleads whom he wills," but then, being the best deceiver, the greatest deceiver of all, the best makr there is, the lexical sources defining the term as:

Miim-Kaf-Ra = To practice deceit or guile or circumvention, practice evasion or elusion, to plot, to exercise art or craft or cunning, act with policy, practice stratagem, and he practised DECEIT, GUILE, or CIRCUMVENTION, desiring to do another a foul, an abominable, or an evil action, clandestinely or without his knowing whence it proceeded. (Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon; http://tinyurl.com/66bthcv)

I can therefore do no other than urge Muslims to abandon Allah, "the best makr" of them all, who attempted to deceive everybody at the Lord Jesus Christ's crucifixion, by claiming to put a "lookalike" on the Cross, and to put their confident trust in the Biblical God Who does not and cannot lie Deuteronomy 32:4; Numbers 23:19;1 Samuel 15:29;Psalms 33:11; 89:35&36; 100:5; John 17:17; Romans 3:4;Titus 1:2;Hebrews 6:18 and these Scriptures can be referred to online at Bible Gateway, which is at http://tinyurl.com/3qtrj but whichever of the English translations are read, they all speak of the utterly trustworthy God Who cannot lie, and Who will give life in all its fullness (John 10:10) and eternal life (John 10:28) to all who ask Him for it. No messing. No ifs, no buts, no if I'm good enough, no if I do enough good things, no if………….., no if……………., no if…………… We're not worth it, we don't deserve it, we can't earn it, and we can't buy it. Do we want it? It's a free gift from the faithful God (Romans 6:23) Who keeps His Word and Who cannot lie.

"God cannot tell lies! And so His promises and vows are two things that can never be changed. We have run to God for safety. Now His promises should greatly encourage us to take hold of the hope that is right in front of us." Hebrews 6:18 http://tinyurl.com/68mo8r7

With kind regards and best wishes

Lactantius Jr

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