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@Zubair –
Dear Zubair Bhai Saheb,
I hope you are my old friend and brother from the WDC area. I still remember with much gratitude your noble participation as one of the honorable advisers in the QXP project in 2001-2003.
The Almighty has endowed you special gifts of mind and heart. Your presence in this project will be a blessing for all.
May Allah reward you and your family in both lives!
@Zubair –
Even God won’t have an offspring since He never had a mate (6:101).
Respected Brothers Zubair and Shakeel,
Humbly, let me share a little more info on the myth of “Virgin Birth”.
VIRGIN BIRTH: One of the important injunctions of the Qur’an is that Allah makes Laws as He wills in the World of Command and enforces them in the World of Creation i.e. the Universe (7:54, 85:16). And then, He never changes them. The grand empire of human learning, development, invention, science and technology would have failed to come off ground if Allah’s physical Laws in the Universe were to keep changing. Pregnancy requires the union of the male and the female chromosomes. Allah never changes His Laws. Therefore, the idea of a virgin birth, although popular among the Christians and Muslims, is non-Qur’anic and absolutely erroneous.
Jesus is referred to as son of Mary because his mother was more prominent and also because his father, Joseph the carpenter, died at an early age. The Bible also refers to Jesus as son of man and as son of David. In fact three of the four Gospels in their genealogies name Joseph as the father of Jesus. Mary was the first revolutionary and that too, a feminine voice, against the man-made institution of monasticism. Let us note here a few salient points for the sake of clear understanding.
Mary was a descendant of Prophet Aaron. Even generations after a prominent person, it was customary to call the descendants by his or her name. In Luke 1:5 Elizabeth, the wife of Prophet Zachariah, is referred to as, “One of the daughters of Aaron”. Similarly, Mary is referred to as sister of Aaron in the Qur’an 19:28.
In 19:22-23 Mary is shown grieving, then talking to her husband. Marrying him in violation of the sanctuary rules, lack of shelter and labor pains all add to her grief which she is expressing.
Now a few more important concepts given in the Qur’an that strongly negate the fallacy of the “virgin birth” of Jesus:
Allah does all things according to His Laws (3:40,19:9) You will never find Allah’s Laws changing or deviating (6:34, 6:116, 10:64, 17:77, 18:27, 33:38, 33:62, 35:43, 40:85, 48:23)
The example of Jesus, as far as God is concerned, is the same as that of Adam. He created him from dust, then said to him, “Be!”, and he was (3:59)
By Adam is meant all mankind (7:11)
All humans are created from dust, then from a zygote, the union of male and female gametes. (Verses too many to mention).
The Qur’an emphatically and repeatedly states that all human beings are procreated from both male and female chromosomes, without exception. (Again, verses too many to mention, but Surah Al-Baqarah should suffice).
Even God won’t have an offspring since He never had a mate (6:101).
Verse 19:22 narrates of Mary moving far off from her village. Since Mary had broken the rules of the shrine, she and her family kept the marriage with Joseph carpenter confidential. [Incidentally, much of this information also appears in The Apocalypse of Peter, Gospel of Mary and The Secret Book of James]
The Qur’an describes Zechariah and wife begetting Yahya a. s. against some odds but not against Allah’s Laws. 3:40 Zechariah prayed to Allah, but then wondered, “My Lord! How could I have a son when old age has overtaken me already and my wife is barren?” He said, “So it will be, Allah does everything according to His Laws.” (The infertility in his wife was cured 21:90).
3:43 She (Mary) was told by angels to gather courage, quit monasticism, submit to the Command of her Lord and join her family for leading a normal life bowing to the design that Allah has ordained for people.
3:45 Angels said, “O Mary! Allah gives you the good news through a word from Him. —-.
3:47 Mary exclaimed! “O My Lord, How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?” He said, “Just as Allah creates everyone according to His Laws (3:40). When Allah decrees a matter, it starts happening.”
19:20 She said, “How can I have a son when no man has ever touched me? For, never have I been a loose woman!” (3:46, 19:28).
About 3:45-47 please note that Mary is only engaged and not yet married to Joseph.
@Shabbir Ahmed, M.D. –
Dear Brother Shsbbir and brother Zubair! I am sorry, I have failed to understand whether uyou are a Muslim or Christian. Please identify yourselves. I know Quraan is word Of Allah As well as Injeel and Torah and Zamboor. The most Resent is Quraan. We all know In automobile Cars ,Aircrafts ,There are always four to five gear shift or speed variations, Gear no 1 is to start from stationary condition , then second gear , third , fourth and finnaly 5th gear when car or aircraft is required to cruise , in order to save fuel. So is the religion. Islam has the Last book of Guidance for human race. where most of the researches which have been carried out now they were revealed to Muslim 1432 years ago. Geo physics and sciencetists learnt now about the universe , when Muslim knew it 1432 years ago. S.T.D are spread throgh sex , so is A.I.D.S, Now doctors are saying , the circimsised males have less chances to those infections as compared to un- cicumsised. There are thousand more examples about personel hygene. Some few abnoxious Mullahs can’t stain Islam or its true followers. I want to ask you , is it possible for completely normal man and woman not able to produce a child. And Test tube baby can be produced, or is it not possible for a woman to concieve withou having physical sex with a man, for example, If a man has infested his under- garments with his sperm and it remains under such condition that the sperms remain alive, Now if the woman puts on that under- garment and she happen to insert accidentely( as if she was scraching her genital) that part of cloth into her genital , Can’t she concieve. If it is not possible then I am wrong . I am not a doctor please educate me in this regard. How do they also clone babies?.
Christians call Jesus the son of God , Whereas others as you said call him Joseph carpenter’s son. One can’t be a Christian if he does not belive in Holly Trinity, and it is ” In the name of Father , The Son and Holly Spirit, Then how can they call Jesus son of Joseph the carpenter. I spent 36 years in Uganda and was close to Christians , as to be nature of my job. I also read Holly Bible the old testimon and the New one. When Angel spoke to virgin Marry there was no mullah to tell us But Holly Quraan. I know today we have involved ourselves into the words and lines and figures or modality , But have refuse to understand the message. Remember Car does not Kill But the man behind the wheel does.
ASARULISLAM’S COMMENT: Dear Brother Tahir: Dr. Shabbir Ahmed is a highly learned USA trained physician and a scholar of The Quran. He is an author of one of the best English Translations of The Quran and because of his devotion hundreds of Muslims have benefited in improving their understanding of The Quran. You should go to the website http://www.Galaxydastak.com to read some of his articles. Dr. Shabbir is also an author of some 57 chronicles and Books on Islamic History. Several scholars from Universities worldwide visit with Dr. Shabbir and consult him for guidance. Your knowledge of the Quran at this stage is below that of an elementary school level. Several years ago I was like you, full of ignorance and nonsense. Quran enlightened me because I pursued its study in a humble manner, always respecting those who knew more than me. I have never called anybody a Kafir. I will not even call a Hindu a Kafir because Prophet Muhammad said: “He who says salam alaikum to you, do not ever tell him that he is not a Muslim.” You must learn to respect those who are learned. You can present your viewpoint by all means, but never resort to bad demeaning language. You should never invoke the Wrath of Allah. It is severe. Those will burn in Fire if they behave arrogantly to a Muslim Scholar. This is a Hadith of Prophet Muhammad.
@Zubair –
Dear brother !
When i was young my grandmother use to say it 14th, Hijri centuary, The Quraan pages will get blank , I could not understand at that time. how is it possible for the Quraan pages turning into blank ?. Now i understand , that there will be or are very few Muslims ,who will recite Holly Quraan , and very few will understand it , And very few will follow its preachings or interpret it correctly to others. Another thing she said that there will be 72 sects in Islam. And there will be many scholars who will claim , that they are the only ones , who are on right path, and all others are wrong. There will be very little Tolerance for othars. The Girls will chose their husbands , the cows will eat garbage. Lets look arround ourselves, are we not in that arena,? The era of Dajjal has come or yet to come. Its in Quraan , Imam Mehdi ( hazrat Issa A.S ) will Kill dajjal. Most of the predictions have become true. Mr. Nosterdamus predicted about twin towers. I saw that Film in 1980 while in Uganda, The way i Saw the builings collapsing , In reality it was the same way, all those those thing , Mr.Nosterdamus said became true with little variations. He said there will be 5 misile attacks from the land of Prophet Mohammad (p.b.u.h)
three will hit and 2 will be intercepted,. and you know the whole senario, how it hapened. I know its not allowed to muslims to believe in predictions or to promote or to practice it. I learnt my palmistry though Kero”s books in 1970. but i dicontinued it long time ago.
@SHAKEEL TAHIR – Dear Brother Tahir: Dr. Shabbir Ahmed is a highly learned USA trained physician and a scholar of The Quran. He is an author of one of the best English Translations of The Quran and because of his devotion hundreds of Muslims have benefited in improving their understanding of The Quran. You should go to the website http://www.Galaxydastak.com to read some of his articles. Dr. Shabbir is also an author of some 57 chronicles and Books on Islamic History. Several scholars from Universities worldwide visit with Dr. Shabbir and consult him for guidance. Your knowledge of the Quran at this stage is below that of an elementary school level. Several years ago I was like you, full of ignorance and nonsense. Quran enlightened me because I pursued its study in a humble manner, always respecting those who knew more than me. I have never called anybody a Kafir. I will not even call a Hindu a Kafir because Prophet Muhammad said: “He who says salam alaikum to you, do not ever tell him that he is not a Muslim.” You must learn to respect those who are learned. You can present your viewpoint by all means, but never resort to bad demeaning language. You should never invoke the Wrath of Allah. It is severe. Those will burn in Fire if they behave arrogantly to a Muslim Scholar. This is a Hadees of Prophet Muhammad.
Asarulislam Syed
@Shabbir Ahmed, M.D. –
Dear Brother Dr. Shabbir,
You are right. What a pleasure to see you working side by side with Brother Dr. Asarulislam. I am humbled by your kind words. They are a source of inspiration. I will try my best to contribute to the project as much as I can. You and Brother Dr. Asarulislam deserve our loud applause.
May Allah Almighty keep you and your family in good health!
@Shabbir Ahmed, M.D. –
Dear brother Shabbir ,
I am sorry if you mis-understood me. Its not my intention to insult or call some one kafir . Its the perspective illusion The way you put the thing , to my understanding it was going against the Muslims and even at a point I felt the scripture was chalenging God , Only to my vision, Dr. AsrarulIslam says you are a great scholar . I know In quraan it is forbidden to call kafir a Kafir, because i have not the knowledge. Its exactely , The way , Dr. Asrarulislam read my script and concluded THAT I WAS BELIEVING IN WHICHCRAFT OR MAGIC. No brother its just mis understanding , I am naieve, my knowledge ig limited almost nothing as Compaired to your. When i was reading your article , It was more inclining towards Christianity , To my understanding ,. I know you are more knowledgeable than me. I cant even think of insulting any one, whether Muslim or non Muslim. Forgive me ,but your views about Mary and Hazrat Issah (A.S) ,Were as If its not possible for Allah to do any miracle, there was more of scientific evidence , which to was as its not possible for woman to concieve without having sexual intimacy. I know the female egg has to be fetilised by any method, under normal conditions woman can concieve. This was my point , were there was a posibility for a woman to concieve without having sexual intimacy with a man, But by sharing under garments, If the woman has released an egg to ovum , and that egg gets fertilized by that act of sharing under special cicumstances , can’ a woman concieve ? . Once again kindly forgive me for any ill feeling I may have caused. Masalam.
ASARULISLAM’S COMMENT: DEAR BROTHER TAHIR: I am delighted to see how sincere and positive you are in trying to understand the Quran. You are our brother and one of us. Masha Allah. Your sincerity of purpose has truly touched my heart. May Allah forgive us and show us the path of Sirat e Mustaqeem, the path of commonsense which leads nations and individuals to success, not the path of those who are lost in delusional beliefs. Please read Surah Maryam. Even if you do not know Arabic, read the verse related to the birth of Yahya. Then read a few verses later the verses describing the birth of Jesus. The same words!!!. Quran, it seems, intends to finish this Christian myth once and for all by ”using the same words” for the natural process of birth of the son of Zachariya as for the son of Maryam. Jazak Allah.
@SHAKEEL TAHIR –
Dear Brother Shakeel,
I humbly suggest taking a time out from writing blogs. Instead focus on reading some books and increasing your knowledge. The alleged prophesy of Nostradamus related to the events of September 11, 2001 is pure hoax. Actually, all prophesies of Nostradamus are nothing but fraud. The blind worshippers of this false prophet modify the quatrains, which are ambiguous; to fit an event after it has already occurred. Nostradamus did not know anything about the future. He used cryptic language to describe events happening during his life time or had already occurred.
Please read James Randi’s book “The Mask of Nostradamus” available at amazon.com.
Also, please get a copy of Brother Dr. Shabbir’s QXP 4th edition and read it with an open mind. If you know Urdu, you can also read Brother Dr. Qamar Zaman’s Urdu translation of the Quran, which is still in progress. You can find it at aastana.com.
Some other books I would highly recommend are:
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
Don’t Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned by Kenneth Davis (In this book the author demolishes all Biblical myths, the same myths Muslim clergy teaches us. For example, Moses parts the Red Sea, Jonah lives in the belly of a whale, King David kills Goliath, and Virgin Mary gives birth to Jesus.)
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
The last two books are written by well known atheists. You will be shocked to learn that these writers know more about Islam and other religions than any Mullah or Mulvi in the world. The later, after pointing out how Ahadith were collected, claims Hadith is nothing but hearsay upon hearsay. Also, you will learn that their real criticism is aimed at man-made religions and a human god, which is nothing but the creation of human mind.
Our real Creator is beyond human imagination or perception. This is because the Creator is not bound by three parameters, i.e. matter, space, and time, which define our universe. For the same reason only our Creator is able to see past, present, and future at the same time. Once the Creator creates laws nobody has the power to change them. Everything in the universe is bound to obey these laws. There is no exception. Hence, all miracles mentioned in the Bible and Tafsirs are just myths. Test tube baby or cloning has nothing to do with alleged virgin birth of Jesus. Dr. Shabbir is right in his interpretation of the relevant verses of the Quran. Prophet Jesus was born exactly like every one of us came into being. He had parents, siblings, a wife, and children. He passed away like all other prophets of God.
ASARULISLAM’S COMMENT: Zubair. You are really a good teacher and guidance counselor. In psychodynamic jargon this method is called ‘flooding.’
@Zubair –
Muhtaram Zubair Bhai Saheb,
In all sincerity, I have known you as the finest gentleman and Mu’min in America.
Allah will reward you in both lives.
Your brother Shabbir,
Eternally indebted for your most valuable suggestions during the rendition of QXP (2001-2003).