Answering Islam - Sam Shamoun Theology (Page 67)

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JESUS IN ISLAMIC TRADITION

In this post I will quote specific Muslim expositors in regards to particular Quranic texts concerning ‘Isa and Maryam, Islam’s counterfeit Jesus and Mary. All emphasis will be mine. AL-QURTUBI The following citations are taken fromTafsir al-Qurtubi, translated by Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley, published by Diwan Press, 2019. Isrā‘īl

ISAIAH 49:1-10 IS NOT ABOUT NATIONAL ISRAEL!

In this post I will present the evidence showing that the Servant of Isaiah 49:1-10 is not the nation, but a specific Israelite whom the inspired [N]ew [T]estament writings identify as Jesus. Here’s the prophecy in question: “Listen to me, O coastlands, and hearken, you peoples

REFORMERS ON MK. 16:9-20, JN. 7:53-8:11, ACTS 8:37 & 1 JN. 5:7

In this post I will be citing from specific reformed sources for the express purpose of showing how these reformed authorities accepted the textual veracity of passages found in the Received Text (Textus Receptus), which is the collated Greek text employed by the King James Version translators in producing their

MUHAMMAD: ARIUS’ DISCIPLE

Specific ahadith testify that Muhammad (allegedly) thought of himself as a defender and promulgater of Arianism, meaning the views held by the 4th century AD heretic Arius who taught that Christ as the Logos was the first creature of God, through whom he created the ages and everything else. This

NOTES FOR THE ANTHONY ROGERS’ REBUTTAL

DID MARY HAVE BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN? In their zeal against and hatred of Mary’s perpetual virginity, rabid anti-Catholic calvinists such as Anthony Rogers will cite Psalm 69:8 to prove that the blessed Mother of our Lord (Cf. Luke 1:43) had biological children after giving birth to Christ. This

JESUS AND MUHAMMAD CONTRASTED

In the following chart I show how both God’s Word, the Holy Bible, and Islamic tradition confirm that Jesus is superior and infinitely better Muhammad, whom the Muslim sources depict as an imperfect, inconsistent, immoral, sinful, doubting hypocrite whose deity often threatened to humiliate and murder if he didn’

THE PAGAN GODS ALLAH AND AHAD

MORE PROOF OF ISLAM’S PAGAN ROOTS The following references are all taken from Ahmad Al-Jallad’s book, The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia: A Reconstruction Based on the Safaitic Inscriptions, published by Brill, Leiden/New York, 2022. All emphasis will be mine. RODAW: ALLAH THE

AHAD: A PRE-ISLAMIC PAGAN DEITY?

In this post I will be citing snippets from the fabulous work of epigrapher Ahmad Al-Jallad in respect to some of the pre-Islamic Arabian inscriptions he and his colleagues have discovered, which prove quite devastating to the traditional Muslim narrative. Ahmad Al-Jallad is a philologist, epigraphist, and historian of language.

ISLAMIC SADISM: PUNISHMENT OF THE GRAVE

According to the hadiths Muhammad believed that unbelievers are tormented in their graves. Believers, however, are given respite: Narrated Masruq: ‘Aisha said that a Jewess came to her and mentioned the punishment in the grave, saying to her, “May Allah protect you from the punishment of the grave.” ‘Aisha then

FRANCIS TURRETIN ON THE PERPETUAL VIRGINITY OF MARY

This post is courtesy of Perry Robinson of energetic procession: https://energeticprocession.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/sometimes-you-feel-like-a-nut-francis-turretin-on-the-perpetual-virginity-of-mary/. The perpetual virginity of Mary often comes up in Protestant and Catholic arguments. When I was Reformed, I didn’t think much of it. I didn’t think it ought to be