The Prophets (peace be upon them) are those great, pure, and pious personalities whom Allah Almighty sends for guidance and enlightenment, and He endows them with praiseworthy attributes befitting their status. Their sanctity and reverence are expressed. Even the slightest disrespect towards their sacred status is considered disbelief. Let alone labeling them as robbers, adulterers, drunkards, idol worshippers as Christianity’s Holy Bible does.العياذ بالله !
In the following lines, we will discuss incidents in which the Holy Bible has shown disrespect towards the great personalities of the Prophets (peace be upon them), and alongside, we will mention the philosophy of Islam. This will also allow a comparison between the teachings of Islam and Christianity. All these references are taken from the Holy Bible (Revised version 2000) published by the Pakistan Bible Society (Lahore). Christianity’s teachings cannot protect the honor and respect of the Prophets (peace be upon them); how then can it teach morality to the whole world?
God’s Regret:
The book “Genesis” chapter 6, verse 6 states:
“And the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.”
Similarly, the book “Samuel” First Book, chapter 15, verse 11 states:
“I regret that I have made Saul king, because he has turned away from following me and has not obeyed my command.”
Additionally, in the same book “Samuel,” First Book, chapter 15, verse 35, it is stated:
“And the Lord was sorry that He had made Saul king over Israel.”
Islam:
In those self-made verses of the Bible, the concept and belief expressed is that Allah regrets His actions, feels sorrow sometimes, as He did when He made Saul king. Whereas in the Holy Quran it is stated:
قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَاءُ وَتَنزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَاءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَاءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَاءُ ۖ بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
“Say, O my Allah! Owner of the true kingdom! You give the kingdom to whom You will, and You take the kingdom away from whom You will, and You honor whom You will, and You humble whom You will. In Your hand is all good. Indeed, You are over all things competent.”
That is, Allah is the Owner of all, the Absolute Owner, and the True Owner. In His dominion, He disposes of whom He wills, creates, destroys, kills, gives life, grants punishment or reward. No one is His partner nor can anyone prevent Him. He makes whom He wills king, because true kingship is in His hands, honor and humiliation are in His hands, and all good is in His hands.
Allah is weak:
The book “Qudat” in chapter number 1, verse number 19 states:
“And the Lord was with Judah. So he drove out the mountain people, but he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots.”
Islam:
In the view of the Bible, Allah is so weak that He cannot overcome iron chariots or help His followers prevail over their opponents.
Whereas in the view of Islam, Allah is very powerful and dominant. The incident of the destruction of the People of the Elephant is clear evidence of this. When Abraha the Abyssinian, intoxicated with his power, advanced to demolish the Kaaba, by Allah’s command, small flocks of Ababeel birds came carrying pebbles in their beaks and claws and began striking him and his army. It is narrated that the blows of these pebbles caused itching in their bodies, and as they scratched, their flesh began to fall off, and all of them perished in the valley of Muhassir and its surroundings. Abraha fled to save his life but died after reaching Yemen.
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ ﴿١﴾ أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ ﴿٢﴾ وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ ﴿٣﴾ تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ﴿٤﴾ فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ ﴿٥﴾
“O Prophet! Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant? Did He not make their plan fail? And He sent against them flocks of birds, striking them with stones of baked clay. Then He made them like eaten straw.”
In this blessed Surah, Allah, the Lord of Glory, showing favor upon the people of Quraysh, the Noble Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Have you not witnessed Allah’s power, His grandeur, His mercy upon His servants, His Oneness, and the proof of His Prophet’s truthfulness in the incident of the People of the Elephant? How He thwarted the conspiracy of the People of the Elephant against the Kaaba and sent flocks of birds from the sea side to destroy and annihilate them. The people of Mecca (who had climbed the mountain peaks) witnessed with their own eyes how these birds came upon Abraha’s army and began showering the pebbles they carried in their beaks and claws upon them, and soon piles of their corpses were seen, and they became like eaten straw.
Insult to the Status of Adam and Eve (peace be upon them):
In the book “Genesis,” chapter 2, verse 25, it is stated:
“And Adam and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.”
Islam:
In this verse of the Bible, there is disrespect shown towards the status of Adam and Eve (peace be upon them). Whereas, according to the Quran, Allah expelled Iblis from Paradise or from among the angels, and made all the blessings and fruits of Paradise lawful for Adam (peace be upon him) and his wife Eve, except forbidding them from eating from one tree, warning them that if they approached it, they would wrong themselves. When Satan saw them in this state, the fire of envy ignited in him, and he devised deceit and trickery against them so that they would lose the blessings they were enjoying and the beautiful garments they were wearing. Thus, he slandered Allah by saying that your Lord forbade you from this tree because if you eat from it, you will become angels, then you will no longer need to eat or drink, or you will not die and will live forever in Paradise. The rejected Satan swore by Allah to convince them of his sincerity, saying that he was their utmost well-wisher, and that is why this divine secret was revealed to them.
The rejected Satan deceived both and brought them down from a high place to a low one. So when they ate from the forbidden tree, deceived by Satan, the consequence of this disobedience immediately appeared before them: their garments separated from their bodies, so they began to stick leaves of the trees of Paradise on their bodies to cover themselves.
وَيَا آدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ ﴿١٩﴾ فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ لِيُبْدِيَ لَهُمَا مَا وُورِيَ عَنْهُمَا مِن سَوْآتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهَاكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّا أَن تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ أَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ الْخَالِدِينَ ﴿٢٠﴾ وَقَاسَمَهُمَا إِنِّي لَكُمَا لَمِنَ النَّاصِحِينَ ﴿٢١﴾ فَدَلَّاهُمَا بِغُرُورٍ ۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا الشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْآتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ
“And O Adam! You and your wife dwell in Paradise and eat freely wherever you wish, but do not approach this tree, lest you become among the wrongdoers.” Then Satan whispered to them to reveal to them what was hidden from them of their private parts, and said, “Your Lord only forbade you this tree lest you become angels or become of the immortals in Paradise.” And he swore to them both, “Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors.” So he deceived them by his deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise.
Prophet Noah (peace be upon him) used to drink wine:
In the book “Genesis,” chapter 9, verses 20 to 25, it is stated:
“And Noah began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard. He drank of the wine and became drunk, and he was uncovered within his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it upon their shoulders, and walked backward, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backward, and they did not see their father’s nakedness. When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him and said, ‘Cursed be Canaan; he shall be the servant of his brothers.'”
Islam:
The Bible states that Prophet Noah (peace be upon him), one of the resolute prophets, drank wine and became intoxicated. However, the teaching of the Holy Quran is:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْأَنصَابُ وَالْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ﴿٩٠﴾ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَاءَ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَعَنِ الصَّلَاةِ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّنتَهُونَ ﴿٩١﴾
“O you who have believed! Indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful. Indeed, Satan only wants to cause between you animosity and hatred through intoxicants and gambling and to avert you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. So will you
إِنَّمَا :
رجس
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ ۖ قُلْ فِيهِمَا إِثْمٌ كَبِيرٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَإِثْمُهُمَا أَكْبَرُ مِن نَّفْعِهِمَا ۗ وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ قُلِ الْعَفْوَ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ
فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّنْتَهُونَ
Prophet Harun (Aaron) made a golden calf and declared it a deity:
The book “Exodus” chapter 32, verses 1 to 6 states:
“And when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, ‘Come, make us gods who will go before us, for this Moses, the man who brought us out of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ Aaron said to them, ‘Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons, and your daughters are wearing and bring them to me.’ So all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron. He took the gold from their hands and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. Then they said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’ When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it and proclaimed, ‘Tomorrow there will be a festival to the Lord.’ So the next day they rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings. Then the people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”
It is written in one place that God’s punishment was about to come upon Aaron:
“And the Lord was very angry with Aaron and wanted to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron as well. And I took your sin, that is, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it until it was as fine as dust and threw its ashes into the stream that flowed down from the mountain.”
Islam :
معاذ اللهThe prophets who came to invite to monotheism and to forbid idolatry are described in the Bible as idol-makers. However, the reality is the opposite. When Moses (peace be upon him), by Allah’s permission, went to Mount Sinai for forty days, Satan led the Children of Israel into polytheism. It appears that during their slavery in Egypt, they had become so accustomed to worshipping other than Allah and engaging in polytheistic acts that even after being saved from Pharaoh, whenever an opportunity arose, they immediately resorted to polytheistic matters. Thus, when they saw a people worshipping idols on the way to Mount Sinai, they demanded from Moses (peace be upon him) to make a god for them as well.
And when Moses (peace be upon him) began speaking with Allah on the mountain, they were misled by Satan and started worshipping the calf that Samiri had made for them from the jewelry of the Egyptians. This jewelry had come into the possession of the Children of Israel as a loan, but after the destruction of the Egyptians, they became its owners. Samiri put into that calf the dust he had taken from under the hoof of Gabriel’s horse. Thus, Samiri deceived them and said that this was their god who had saved them from Pharaoh. So they all accepted this claim and, despite the many admonitions of Aaron (peace be upon him), began worshipping that calf.
Allah informed Moses (peace be upon him) about this idolatry while he was still on the mountain. When the period was over and he returned, in anger, he threw down the tablets given by Allah to the ground and grabbed Aaron (peace be upon him) by the hair of his head, rebuking him, asking why this had happened under his watch. Aaron explained his helplessness, saying that despite his thousand efforts, the Children of Israel remained steadfast in polytheism, and their rebellion had reached such a level that they were close to killing him. When Moses (peace be upon him) was convinced of Aaron’s innocence, he prayed to Allah for forgiveness for himself and his brother:
وَاتَّخَذَ قَوْمُ مُوسَىٰ مِن بَعْدِهِ مِنْ حُلِيِّهِمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُ خُوَارٌ ۚ أَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّهُ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَلَا يَهْدِيهِمْ سَبِيلًا ۘ اتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُوا ظَالِمِينَ ﴿١٤٨﴾ وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ وَرَأَوْا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوا قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ ﴿١٤٩﴾ وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ غَضْبَانَ أَسِفًا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِي مِن بَعْدِي ۖ أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ وَأَلْقَى الْأَلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُ إِلَيْهِ ۚ قَالَ ابْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ اسْتَضْعَفُونِي وَكَادُوا يَقْتُلُونَنِي فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِيَ الْأَعْدَاءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِي مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ ﴿١٥٠﴾ قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِأَخِي وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِي رَحْمَتِكَ ۖ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ ﴿١٥١﴾
“And the people of Moses, after he went up to the mountain, made a calf from their ornaments, a body that spoke. Did they not consider that it neither spoke to them nor guided them? They took it as their god, and they were clearly wrongdoers. And when they repented of their sin and realized that they had gone astray, they said, ‘If our Lord does not have mercy on us and forgive us, we will surely be among the losers.’ And when Moses returned to his people in anger and sorrow, he said, ‘You have committed great mischief after I left you, before the command (Torah) of your Lord came to you.’ And they threw down the tablets to one side and began to pull their brother by the hair of his head towards themselves. His brother said, ‘O my brother! The people have made me weak, and they were about to kill me. So do not give the enemies a chance to mock me, and do not make me among the wrongdoers.’ Moses said, ‘O my Lord! Forgive me and my brother and admit us into Your mercy, for You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.'”
The accusation against Prophet Yaqub (peace be upon him) of marrying two sisters at the same time:
The book “Genesis,” chapter 29, verses 15 to 30, states:
“Then Laban said to Jacob, ‘Because you are my relative, should you serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?’ Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored. Jacob loved Rachel. So he said, ‘I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.’ Laban said, ‘It is better that I give her to you than to another man; stay with me.’ Thus Jacob served seven years for Rachel, but they seemed to him only a few days because of his love for her. Then Jacob said to Laban, ‘Give me my wife, for my time is completed, that I may go in to her.’ So Laban gathered all the people of the place and made a feast. When evening came, he brought Leah his daughter to Jacob, and Jacob went in to her. Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a servant. In the morning, when Jacob discovered it was Leah, he said to Laban, ‘What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why then have you deceived me?’ Laban said, ‘It is not the custom in our country to give the younger daughter before the older. Complete her week, and we will give you the younger also, for another seven years of service.’ Jacob did so, completing Leah’s week, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel also and gave his maid Bilhah to Rachel as a servant. Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. He served Laban another seven years.”
In Islam, marrying two biological sisters at the same time is not permissible and is forbidden. Allah Almighty says:
Islam:
وَأَن تَجْمَعُوا بَيْنَ الْأُخْتَيْنِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا
“And [prohibited to you are] two sisters simultaneously, except for what has already occurred. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.”
And in the Bible, at another place, marriage with two sisters is also declared forbidden. As it is written:
“Do not marry your sister-in-law while your wife is living, to uncover her nakedness while she is alive.”
The story of Prophet Jacob’s son Judah committing adultery with his mother:
In the book “Genesis,” chapter 35, verse 22, it is stated:
“And while Israel was living in that land, it happened that Reuben
went and lay with his father’s concubine Bilhah
, and Israel
became aware of it.”
Islam:
Here, from this verse, it is understood from the Bible that the son of Jacob (Yaqub) had intercourse with his mother, and Jacob (Yaqub) also found out about it, but he neither reprimanded his son Reuben nor his wife. Although, according to the apparent law, the punishment for adultery is to be burned in fire. As it is written:
“And about three months later, Judah was told, ‘Your daughter-in-law Tamar has been unfaithful to you, and she is pregnant by prostitution.’ Judah said, ‘Bring her out and have her burned.'”
Benefit:
Here, it is a separate matter whether Judah actually burned his daughter-in-law or not, because it was Judah himself who committed adultery.
Besides this, a curse is pronounced on the one who has intercourse with his father’s wife.
As it is written:
“Cursed is the one who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed. All the people shall say, ‘Amen.'”
However, in the end, he curses his son, which is detailed in the book “Genesis” Chapter 49 Verses 2 to 4, as it is written:
“Listen, sons of Jacob, and hear Israel your father. Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the first fruits of my strength. You are unstable as water; therefore, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed and defiled it. Reuben went up onto my couch.”
Prophet Dawud (peace be upon him) committing adultery with Bathsheba:
In the book “Samuel” chapter 11, verses 2 to 5, it is stated:
“And in the evening, Dawud got up from his bed and walked on the roof of the royal palace, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful. Then Dawud sent people to inquire about the woman, and someone said, ‘Is she not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah?’ Dawud then sent for her. She came to him, and he lay with her (because she had purified herself from her impurity), then she returned to her house, and the woman became pregnant. So she sent word to Dawud that she was pregnant.”
Islam:
The teaching of the Bible is that Prophet Dawud (David) عليه السلام was an adulterer, معاذ الله !, whereas in the light of the Holy Quran, Prophet Dawud عليه السلام was very pious, devout, and a messenger of Allah. He would seek forgiveness from Allah even for a small mistake. Once, two men entered the prayer niche where Dawud عليه السلام used to worship Allah, by climbing over the wall instead of entering through the door. When they suddenly saw each other, they became startled, but they said, “Do not be afraid, there is a dispute between us. One of us has wronged the other. We have come to you so that you may judge between us with justice and fairness, neither wronging anyone, and guide us to the right path.” Then the man who considered himself oppressed said, “My Muslim brother has ninety-nine sheep, and I have only one sheep. He says that you give me your sheep so that I may keep it with mine, but by his smooth talk, he has overpowered me and taken my sheep.” Prophet Dawud عليه السلام said: “He wronged you by asking for your sheep; therefore, while having ninety-nine sheep, he had no need to forcibly take your one sheep.” He further said that many participants do not maintain brotherhood and honesty in this way and commit injustice. Whereas the requirement of brotherhood is to prefer your brother over yourself. However, those who have faith and piety do not commit such injustice, and such people are very few. After both had left, Dawud عليه السلام thought that this case was a test from Allah, so he began to seek forgiveness from his Lord, and such fear overwhelmed his heart that he fell into prostration and wept, turning completely towards his Lord, and Allah forgave him. It was further stated that Dawud was very close to Us, and he will be granted high ranks in Paradise.
وَهَلْ أَتَاكَ نَبَأُ الْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَ ﴿٢١﴾ إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَىٰ دَاوُودَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَاحْكُم بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَاهْدِنَا إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الصِّرَاطِ ﴿٢٢﴾ إِنَّ هَٰذَا أَخِي لَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِيَ نَعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِي فِي الْخِطَابِ ﴿٢٣﴾ قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِ ۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الْخُلَطَاءِ لَيَبْغِي بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَّا هُمْ ۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُودُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ ﴿٢٤﴾ فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَهُ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَآبٍ ﴿٢٥﴾
Prophet Solomon’s (peace be upon him) mother was an adulteress:
It is remembered that according to the Bible, it is the same Bathsheba with whom David committed adultery who is the mother of Prophet Solomon. As it is written:
“Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went to her, and she bore a son, and David called his name Solomon, and he was loved by the Lord.”
Additionally, in the “Gospel of Matthew” Chapter 1 Verse 6, it is stated:
“And Solomon was born to David of the wife of Uriah.”
Islam:
That is, نعوذ بالله the mother of the prophet Solomon was an adulteress. Whereas the wife of a prophet, who is honored and respected, was never an adulteress, and it was absolutely inappropriate for any prophet’s wife to be an adulteress. As stated in the Bible, نعوذ بالله !
الْخَبِيثَاتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَالْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَاتِ ۖ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَالطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَاتِ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ ۖ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ
“Impure women are for impure men, and impure men are for impure women; pure women are for pure men, and pure men are for pure women. Those pure men and women are free from the accusations of those impure men and women; for them is forgiveness and a noble provision from Allah.”
Further Blasphemy against Sayyid Nuh Dawood (peace be upon him):
The book “1 Kings” in chapter verses 1 to 4 states:
“And King David was old and advanced in years, and they covered him with clothes, but he was not warm. So his servants said to him, ‘Let a young virgin be sought for our lord the king, and let her stand before the king and attend to him, and let her lie beside you, so that our lord the king may be warm.’ Therefore, they searched throughout all the kingdom of Israel and found a beautiful girl, Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. The girl was very beautiful. So she attended the king and served him, but the king did not know her.”
Islam:
The accusation of adultery and then a great insult to the noble person of a prophet is a very serious matter. Some people have narrated a mistake regarding Prophet Dawood (peace be upon him) that he had ninety-nine wives, and a man had only one wife upon whom Dawood (peace be upon him) cast his eye. When her husband was killed in the battlefield, he married that woman. Although this narration mentions marriage due to just a glance, it is still an insult to his dignity, let alone mentioning adultery.
Therefore, Hafiz Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him) writes in his book الفصل that this is the statement of the Jews and Christians, which is a complete falsehood against Dawood (peace be upon him) and entirely contrary to the position of prophethood. Then he has thoroughly refuted it. Hafiz Ibn Hazm’s statement is also supported by Hafiz Ibn Kathir’s words, who writes that the commentators have narrated a story here, most of which is derived from Isra’iliyat. There is no authentic hadith from the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this matter.
The dowry of Syed Na Dawood (peace be upon him)’s wife was 1000 skins of the male organ:
When Saul’s daughter Michal became David’s wife, Saul, who actually wanted to have David killed, set the bride price as the dried foreskins of his enemy, the Philistines
. But David brought two hundred foreskins to him. This is explained in “1 Samuel,” chapter 18, verses 25 to 27.
As it is written:
“Then Saul said, ‘Say to David, “The king desires no bride price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.”‘ Saul’s intention was to have David killed by the Philistines. When his servants told David these words, David agreed to become the king’s son-in-law. Not even a full day had passed when David rose, took his men, killed two hundred Philistines, brought their foreskins, and gave them all to the king so that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave his daughter Michal to him in marriage.”
Islam:
According to Islam, wealth, gold, silver, land, and other things can be given as dowry, but such dowry is neither conceived in Islam nor accepted by common sense. There are hundreds of incidents in the Bible that defame the characters of the Prophets (peace be upon them).
The genealogical insult and disrespect towards Syed Na Isa (Jesus) (peace be upon him):
In the Gospel of Luke, chapter 3, verses 23 to 38, the lineage of Jesus Christ is traced back to Noah, meaning Noah is among the ancestors of Jesus Christ.
In the Old Testament book of Genesis, chapter 9, verses 20-21, it is written:
“And Noah began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.”
This means Noah was a drunkard, and once he became so intoxicated that he stripped off his clothes.
In the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 1, verses 1 to 16, the genealogy of Jesus Christ is described, which we will briefly summarize here:
“From Jacob came Judah and his brothers; and from Judah came Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and from Salmon came Boaz by Rahab; and from Boaz came Obed by Ruth; and from Obed came Jesse; and from Jesse came King David; and from David came Solomon by the wife of Uriah; and from Solomon came Rehoboam; and from Rehoboam came Abijah; and from Abijah came Asa; and from Asa came Jehoshaphat; and from Jehoshaphat came Joram; and from Joram came Uzziah; and from Uzziah came Jotham; and from Jotham came Ahaz; and from Ahaz came Hezekiah; and from Hezekiah came Manasseh; and from Manasseh came Amon; and from Amon came Josiah; and from Josiah came Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon; and from Jeconiah came Shealtiel; and from Shealtiel came Zerubbabel; and from Zerubbabel came Abiud; and from Abiud came Eliakim; and from Eliakim came Azor; and from Azor came Zadok; and from Zadok came Achim; and from Achim came Eliud; and from Eliud came Eleazar; and from Eleazar came Matthan; and from Matthan came Jacob; and from Jacob came Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.”
Jacob married two sisters at the same time, one named Leah and the other Rachel. However, in the book of Leviticus, chapter 18, verse 18, marrying two sisters simultaneously is forbidden. Therefore, adultery is implied. Judah, who is among the ancestors of Jesus Christ, is the offspring of Leah.
Similarly, Jacob is accused of adultery, and Judah is necessarily accused of being the product of adultery. Consider this defamation of the prophet’s character. Judah committed adultery with his daughter-in-law Tamar and fathered Perez and Zerah.
This has already been explained. Although the law commands that both be put to death for relations with a daughter-in-law.
Therefore, adultery is necessarily committed, and Judah is declared an adulterer, and Perez and Zerah are both products of adultery, with Perez among the ancestors of Jesus Christ.
Boaz is also among the ancestors of Jesus Christ, and Boaz’s mother was Rahab, who was a prostitute
, as described in the book of Joshua, chapter 2, verse 1, where it is written:
“Then Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from Shittim, saying, ‘Go, view the land, especially Jericho.’ So they went and came to the house of a woman named Rahab and lodged there.”
Also, in the same book, Joshua chapter 6, verse 25, this is further described. Thus, Boaz, who is among the ancestors of Jesus Christ, was the son of a prostitute.
Obed’s mother Ruth stayed overnight with Boaz before marriage.
Later, they married, although before marriage he called her his daughter.
Then Obed was born, whose description is in Ruth chapter 4, verse 17:
“And the women said to Naomi, ‘Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer; and may his name be famous in Israel! He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.’ And they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.”
Obed is also among the ancestors of Jesus Christ.
David saw Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, bathing naked on the roof of his palace. David summoned her and committed adultery with her, then later had her husband killed deceitfully, and from this woman Solomon was born.
According to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ is from the lineage of Solomon son of David.
Islam :
In light of these Biblical traditions, Dawud (David) عليه السلام is an adulterer, the daughter of Bet Sheba is an adulteress, and Sulaiman (Solomon) عليه السلام is their offspring.معاذ الله
This is the genealogy of Jesus Christ عليه السلام, who is considered by the Christians to be the son of God. These differences reach up to twenty-one in the light of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
In the light of the Holy Quran, Sayyiduna Isa عليه السلام is the Spirit of Allah. Allah Almighty breathed the spirit of Isa عليه السلام into the womb through Jibrael عليه السلام. As Allah Almighty has stated in Surah At-Tahrim, verse (12):
وَمَرْيَمَ ابْنَتَ عِمْرَانَ الَّتِي أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِنَا وَصَدَّقَتْ بِكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّهَا وَكُتُبِهِ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ
“And [the example of] Maryam, the daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her of Our spirit, and she confirmed the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly obedient.”
And in Surah Al-Anbiya, it is stated:
وَالَّتِي أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلْنَاهَا وَابْنَهَا آيَةً لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
“And [mention] the woman who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her of Our spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.”
When Maryam عليه السلام came to her people carrying her child Isa عليه السلام in her arms, the people expressed a mixed feeling of sorrow and astonishment upon seeing the child in her arms, because Maryam belonged to a very noble family. The people reproached her, saying, “O Maryam! You have done a terrible thing by carrying an illegitimate child.” Further scolding, they said, “O sister of Harun! Your father was not a wicked man, nor was your mother an immoral woman.” This refers to Harun, the brother of Musa عليه السلام, because Maryam was from his lineage or because people considered Maryam to be a devout and righteous woman like Harun عليه السلام, so they used his name to shame her.
Sayyida Maryam عليه السلام pointed to the child and said to the people, “Ask him.” The people said, “How can we talk to a child in the cradle?” Isa عليه السلام heard their words and spoke, saying, “Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet. Wherever I am, He has made me blessed and a bringer of good tidings. I will convey the message of my Lord to the people.”
فَأَتَتْ بِهِ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُ ۖ قَالُوا يَا مَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا ﴿٢٧﴾ يَا أُخْتَ هَارُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ امْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا ﴿٢٨﴾ فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا ﴿٢٩﴾ قَالَ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا ﴿٣٠﴾ وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوْصَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا ﴿٣١﴾ وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا ﴿٣٢﴾ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدتُّ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا ﴿٣٣﴾
The commentators write that when Isa عليه السلام spoke for the first time, he declared himself to be the servant of Allah and denied being His son.
Jesus (peace be upon him) calling his disciple Peter a Satan:
In the book “Gospel of Matthew,” chapter 16, verses 21 to 23, it is stated:
“From that time on, Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised up. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, ‘Far be it from You, Lord; this shall never happen to You.’ But He turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.'”
It is hard to understand how a disciple (apostle) of Jesus Christ could curse and rebuke Jesus, and how Jesus calls His disciple Peter “Satan.” Yet Peter is counted among the twelve disciples of Jesus, and these twelve disciples will support the twelve tribes of Israel at the time of Jesus’ second coming, as explained in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 19, verse 28.
As it is written:
“Jesus said to them, ‘Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne in His new birth, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.'”
Thus, success and salvation are testified in favor of these twelve disciples (apostles), including Peter. It appears that, according to Jesus, these were the most perfect and successful people, to whom Jesus gave glad tidings. Yet, at the time of Jesus’ arrest, Peter denied being His companion and even cursed and rebuked Him. In the above passage, Jesus calls Peter “Satan” and rejects him. What a high standard of success and salvation this is.
Patras Hawari’s Curse on Jesus Christ:
The book “Gospel of Matthew” chapter 26 verses 57 to 58 states:
“And those who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled. But Peter followed him at a distance right up to the courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.”
Then in the same book “Gospel of Matthew” chapter 26 verses 69 to 74 it is written:
“Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him and said, ‘You also were with Jesus the Galilean.’ But he denied it before them all, saying, ‘I do not know what you are talking about.’ When he had gone out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and said to those who were there, ‘This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.’ Again he denied it with an oath, ‘I do not know the man!’ After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, ‘Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.’ Then he began to curse and swear, ‘I do not know the man!’ Immediately a rooster crowed.”
Islam :
Now on one hand, Peter is being guaranteed success and salvation, while on the other hand, he is being rejected as a devil. When the faith and character of the most perfect disciples are in such a state, then it is not difficult to estimate the faith of the rest of the nation.
Consider that when the Jews arrested Jesus and took him to the high priest’s court to get him punished, it was this same Peter, who was counted among the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, who also went to the high priest’s court to hear the verdict. But unfortunately, when the Jews recognized Peter and asked him if he was also a companion of Jesus, he denied having any connection with Jesus. Upon being asked again, he swore and denied, and even cursed Jesus Christ. It is regrettable that the love and devotion of such a close disciple towards Jesus was like this; you can imagine the devotion, love, and faith of the rest of the nation.
The world will always fall short of giving examples of the devotion and love of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) for Muhammad (peace be upon him). By Allah! The incidents of their devotion and love are worthy of being written in golden letters. Furthermore, according to the Holy Quran, the disciples of Jesus (peace be upon him) responded to his call, supported him in the work of inviting to Allah, and pledged to sacrifice their lives for him. Similarly, they are also ready to support Allah and His Messenger in every way.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُونُوا أَنصَارَ اللَّهِ كَمَا قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ لِلْحَوَارِيِّينَ مَنْ أَنصَارِي إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنصَارُ اللَّهِ ۖ فَآمَنَت طَّائِفَةٌ مِّن بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَكَفَرَت طَّائِفَةٌ ۖ فَأَيَّدْنَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَىٰ عَدُوِّهِمْ فَأَصْبَحُوا ظَاهِرِينَ
“O you who have believed, be supporters of Allah, as when Jesus, the son of Mary, said to the disciples, ‘Who will be my supporters for Allah?’ The disciples said, ‘We are supporters of Allah.’ And a faction of the Children of Israel believed and a faction disbelieved. So We supported those who believed against their enemy, and they became dominant.”
Hafiz Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) writes:
“When the disciples said to Jesus (peace be upon him) that we will help you in conveying your message to the people, he sent them to the Israelites and the Greeks with the call to monotheism.”
Dear readers! By the grace of Allah Almighty, the important aspects of Islam of Mustafa (peace be upon him) have been clarified, its distinctions have been explained that Islam is the solution for humanity, and in contrast, the self-made beliefs and unstable systems of religions and sects, especially Christianity, have also been explained, which is evidence of their defect, due to which they cannot be applicable for all mankind.
وصلى الله تعالى على خير خلقه محمد و آله صحبه وسلم
