Surah Ibrahim Verse 4 (An analysis)

Submitted by Moderate Muslim (United States), Feb 23, 2007 at 16:14

This ayat says that Muhammad (pbuh) was sent to the Arabs to teach them Islam in their language. You are very astute in pointing out that Arabic is the language of the Arabs. Now, I am almost certain the part your are referring to is when it says "his people" referring to Muhammad (pbuh). This means merely that Muhammad, an Arab, taught his people, the Arabs, Islam, so that they could understand it. It does not say that Muslims have to be Arabs. Many prophets were sent to "their people", many of whom were not Arabs. "Their people" is merely a phrase used to distinguish a group in a certain time and area of history, in this case the Arabs of the time.

Now the slam dunk, the direct quote from the last messenger of God, explicitly saying that NO arab has superiority over a NON arab. This shows positively that Muhammad (pbuh) was a messenger to the entire world. He is explicity mentioning that Muslims are also non Arabs.

"All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood. Nothing shall be legitimate to a Muslim which belongs to a fellow Muslim unless it was given freely and willingly. Do not, therefore, do injustice to yourselves."

On a side note, dhimmi no more is not a open minded debater, he insists that he is only here to mock those who do not agree with him. This is not a positive thing, though no one can or should be able to stop him, I would advise everyone to read carefully what he says and understand that it is meant to be divisive and inflammatory, as well as for the most part false.

To dhimmi,

You can say what ever negative things you want about my religion. It is your Allah given right. However, make the heck sure you triple check every single last ounce of manure that you post, because I am going to expose your little slimeball operation, every single time you say something false, something agonizingly wrong, something so twisted and stupid that you can pass of onto non-Muslims as truth, I will triple check it, and refute it, because I will not tolerate you lying openly about MY religion, and I will wipe the floor with you. So make sure you speak the truth next time, because if it isn't everyone is going to realize you're a fraud, and a fool, and an agonizingly bad one at that.

Also, please do not call me "our dear", I do not respect what you are doing and especially the way in which you are doing it.

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