19 QUESTIONS FOR MUSLIM SCHOLARS

Edip Yuksel
(Copyright © 1990 by Edip Yuksel
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internet and similar electronic communication).
These 19 Questions were presented to "Muslim Scholars" at an international
conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 7-8,1989. The title of the
conference was "World Conference on Finality of the Prophethood &
Significance of Hadith".
The scholars who participated in the conference were:
From India:
Maulahum Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
Maulahum Hameeduddin Aqil
Maulahum Yousuf Islahi
Maulahum Mohammad Nayeem
Maulahum Syed Hamid Ali
From Pakistan:
Maulahum Khan Mohammad Khan
Maulahum Mohammad Taqi Usmani
Maulahum M. Yousuf Ludhyani
Maulahum Mufti Ahmed-ur-Rahman
Maulahum Aziz-ur-Rahman
Maulahum Ghazi Mohammad Ahmad
From Saudi Arabia:
Imam Haram Makkah
Secretary General Rabita Islami
Dr. Abdullah Turki
Dr. Mustafa Azmi
From Jordan:
Sheikh Nasiruddin Alabani
From Egypt:
Sheikh-ul-Azhar
From U.S.A:
Imam Warith Deen Mohammad
Imam Siraj Wahaj
Dr. Muzamil Siddiqi
Dr. Jamal Badawi
Dr. Ahmad Zaki Hammad
Dr. Fathi Usman
Dr. Ahmad H. Sakr
CONTENTS

New Era
1. Which Hadith do you believe besides the Quran?
2. Do this verses require a mishmash of narrations?
3. How reliable is your most authentic hadith?
4. Why are you so belligerent?
5. Why do you sanctify those who . . . ?
6. When did a hungry goat eat the "stoning verse"?
7. Why do you prohibit gold and silk for men?
8. Why do you prohibit pictures, music, and chess?
9. Which animals are lawful?
10. Why do you insult and oppress women?
11. Why do you force women to cover their hair?
12. Why do you make distinction among messengers?
13. Was Muhammad illiterate?
14. Who is the messenger mentioned in 3:81?
15. Will Jesus come back?
16. What is the crucial age?
17. How do you pronounce "Shahadah"?
18. What About Religious practices?
19. Can you see the mathematical miracle?
Summary: The Quran versus Hadith and Sunnah

QUESTION 1

Which Hadith Do You Believe Besides The Quran? (45:6)

"The Prophet never urinated in standing position" (Hanbel 6/136,192,213).
"The prophet urinated in standing position" (Bukhary 4/60,62). "A group
from the Ureyneh and Uqayleh tribes came to the prophet and the prophet
advised them to drink urine of camels. Later on, when they killed the
prophet's shepherd, the prophet seized them, gouged out their eyes, cut
their hands and legs, and left them thirsty in the desert" (Bukhary 56/152,
Hanbel 3/107,163). "Moses was scared by the angel of death, thus Moses
slapped him and blinded one of his eyes". "I am the most honorable
messenger, on the day of the judgment only I will think of my people"
(Bukhary 97/36). "Do not make any distinction among the messengers; I am
not even better than Jonah" (Bukhary 65/4,5; Hanbel 1/205,242,440). "Bad
luck is in the woman, the horse, and the home" (Bukhary 76/53). "If a
monkey, a black dog or a woman passes in front of a praying person, his
prayer is nullified." (Bukhary 8/102; Hanbel 4/86). "The prophet gave
permission to kill children and women in war" (Bukhari, Jihad/146; Ebu
Davud 113). "The earth is carried on a giant bull; when it shakes its head
an earthquake occurs" (Ibni Kathir 2/29; 50/1). "Leaders have to be from
the Quraish tribe" (Bukhary 3/129,183; 4/121; 86/31). "You shall kill all
black dogs; because they are devils" (Hanbel 4/85; 5/54). "God is the time"
(Muwatta 56/3). "To prove His identity, God opened his legs and showed the
prophet His thigh." (Bukhary 97/24, 10/129 and the comment on the Sura 68.)
"The parchment that the verse about stoning to death for adultery was
written on was eaten and abrogated by a goat." (Ibni Majah 36/1944; Ibni
Hanbal 3/61; 5/131,132,183; 6/269). "A tribe of monkeys arrested an
adulterous monkey and stoned it to death, and I helped them" (Bukhary
63/27). "When the prophet died his armor had been pawned to a Jew for
several pounds of barley." (Bukhari 34/14,33,88; Hanbal 1/ 300;
6/42,160,230). "The punishment for cutting the fingers of a woman is to pay
her: 10 camels for one finger, 20 camels for two fingers, 30 camels for
three fingers, and 20 (twenty) camels for four fingers" (Hanbel 2/182;
Muvatta 43/11). "The prophet had been bewitched by a Jew, and for several
days he did not know what he was doing" (Bukhari 59/11; 76/47; Hanbel 6/57;
4/367). "Muhammad possessed sexual power of 30 men" (Bukhary). "Do not eat
and drink with your left hand, because Satan eats and drinks with the left
hand" (Hanbel 2/8,33). "The prophet said:'Do not write anything from me
except the Quran. Whoever wrote, must destroy it" (Muslim, Zuhd 72; Hanbel
3/12,21,39). "The prophet ordered Amr Ibn As to write everything that he
speaks" (Hanbel 2/162). "Omar said: Quran is enough for us, do not write
anything from the prophet" (Bukhary, Jihad 176, Gizya 6, Ilim 49, Marza 17,
Megazi 83, Itisam 26; Muslim, Vasiyya 20,21,22).
(If you want to check the references presented above, please note that,
after the name of each hadith collection the first number is the number of
the book (chapter), and second number is the number of hadith. For
instance, 152nd hadith in the 56th book of Bukhary is expressed as: Bukhary
56/152. In few references, however, we gave the name of the book (chapter),
instead of its number, such as: Bukhary, Jihad 176).
These are only a minute sample of hadiths which Muslim scholars accept as
their second religious source and they accuse the people who do not accept
these teachings of being diverted from the truth. The above hadiths are
their truth. Now let's see what is the Quranic truth.
Quran, the whole Quran, and nothing but Quran
God revealed the Quran to Muhammad, His messenger and last prophet (27:6).
The only book that the messenger delivered to the world is the Quran
(6:19). The sole mission of the messenger is to deliver the message
(16:35). We must obey God's messengers (3:31-32; 24:56). Anyone who
disobeys God and His messenger is a disbeliever (72:23). We have been
commanded to follow the Quran alone (7:2-3; 17:46). The Quran contains
everything that we need for guidance (16:89). God did not leave anything
out of the Quran (6:38). Wisdom (hikmah) is in God's Quran; not necessarily
in men's hadith (17:39; 36:2). Anything that is not commanded in the Quran,
God left it up to our minds and intelligence to decide (5:101). The Prophet
Abraham was the founder of Islam and a good example for us (22:78; 2:135;
60:4). Muhammad was the follower of Abraham (3:68; 16:123). All religious
practices; daily prayers, obligatory charity, fasting, and pilgrimage come
through Abraham (21:73; 2:43,127-128; 2:183; 3:43; 19:31-59; 20:14). We
should not follow any hadith besides the Quran as the source of God's
religion (45:6). There are those who use vain hadith to mislead people,
without knowledge (31:6). We do not need fabricated hadith, because the
Quran is fully detailed (12:111). The best hadith is the Quran (39:23).
The only sunnah (law) is God's sunnah (33:38,62; 35:43). Those who decree
religious laws never authorized by God, and their followers, are idol
worshipers (42:21). The Quran is fully detailed, not vague (30:28; 41:3).
Quran has been explained and detailed by God Himself (11:1; 75:19). God is
the teacher of the Quran (55:1). The Quran is easy to understand for
believers; while it is impossible for idol worshipers (54:17,22,32,40;
17:46; 18:57). The Prophet Muhammad, as a good example, did not accept and
follow any other source besides the Quran (5:48-49; 6:114; 10:15). God
guaranteed the preservation of the Quran, not the hadith (15:9; 36:69;
38:87; 41:42; 43:4; 56:78). God's word is perfect (6:115). Those who follow
conjecture are diverted (6:112). God does not forget (19:64). God does not
run out of words (18:109). Those who are not certain about the hereafter,
are not satisfied with the Quran, they want to amend it with other books
(10:15). Those who divide their religion into sects are not followers of
Muhammad (6:159). The complaint of the messenger in the hereafter will be
about the desertion of the Quran, not hadith (25:30).
The same mistake
The Jews had received the Torah which was complete and fully detailed like
the Quran (6:154; 7:145). However, they were not satisfied with the word of
God, and asked irrelevant questions. When they could not find answers to
their petty questions, they started to invent. This satanic attitude led
them to produce Mishnah (oral) and Gemarah (traditions).
Just like the Jews, the Muslims fabricated many lies and attributed them to
the prophet. It is significant that they called their fabrications Hadith
(oral) and Sunna (traditions), similar to Jews. The ignorant people asked
many irrelevant and absurd questions which have been criticized in the
Quran (2:67-70; 5:101). For instance, which hand shall we use while eating?
Which side shall we lay while sleeping? Which foot shall we enter with into
the bathroom? Which hand shall we start to wash for ablution? How long
shall we grow our beards? Which sequence shall we follow when we cut our
nails? Which vegetables are most holy? These foolish questions encouraged
many hypocrites to fabricate hadiths and attribute them to the prophet
(6:112-116). It is significant that the most reliable books, for instance
that of Bukhary, was written at least two centuries after the prophet died.
The Quranic prophecy about 'hadith' and 'sunnah'
The Quran prophesied that enemies of the prophet Muhammad would fabricate
lies and attribute them to him(6:112-116). The Quran has named these
fabrications "hadith" while naming the Quran "ahsanal hadith" (best hadith)
(39:23). Obviously, God knew that the idol worshipers would call those
fabrications "Hadith". It is interesting that they did not call their lies
"Aqwal = sayings", "Akhbar = narrations", "Hikam = Aphorisms", or any other
word from the rich Arabic language. They unwittingly termed their
inventions "Hadith.". This is a fulfillment of the Quranic projection:
"This is not a fabricated Hadith. It is a confirmation of previous
scriptures, detailing everything, and a guide and mercy for those who
believe." (12:111)
They claim that the Quran is not fully detailed!! They thus reject God's
repeated assertion that the Quran is "complete, perfect, and fully
detailed" (6:19,38,114), and justify the creation of 60 volumes of Hadith,
and thousands of nonsensical teachings that are supposed to complete the
Quran. By reflecting on 12:111 above, one can see God's answer to those
fabrications.
God informs us that we do not need fabricated hadith; that the Quran is all
we need. Almighty God rejects both "Hadith" and the basic excuse for
accepting it as a source of Islam. No excuse is accepted from the followers
of hadith in this world, nor on the Day of Judgment. God asks them:
In which hadith, besides God and His revelations do they believe? (45:6)
They reply: "We believe in Bukhary, Muslim, Tirmizy, Ibn Hanbal, Kafi,
Nahjul Balaga, and more besides God's revelations."
God challenges the idol worshipers:
"Let them produce a hadith' like this, if they are truthful." (52:34)
As a response, they slander the prophet in one of their holy hadith books
(Abu Dawood): "The prophet, peace be upon him, said, 'I was given the Quran
and a hadith like it'."
According to the Quran, there is only one valid sunna (law): God's law
(Sunnatullah) (33:38,62; 35:43; 40:85; 48:23).
Unlimited hadith books besides the Quran
In both Sunni and Shiah sects the exact number of accepted hadith books is
not known. However, Sunnis generally agree on six hadith books which are
called "Kutubi Sitteh" (Six Books). These are Bukhary, Muslim, Tirmizy,
Ibni Majah, Nesaiy and Abu Dawud. Additionally, they respect Muwatta,
Darimy and Ibn Hanbal. Muslim scholars in many cases preferred Bukhary to
the Quran. So much so that Hanafi scholars claimed publicly that hadith can
abrogate Quranic verses. For example, according to them, 2:180 and 4:24
have been invalidated by hadith. In fact, all other sects also do not
accept the judgement of these verses but they are not so frank.
a) What is your opinion on the hadiths I presented in the beginning? How
many of them are correct?
b) How many centuries after the prophet's death was your most holy hadith
book, Bukhary, written?
c) In how many correct hadiths do you believe?
d) If hadith is one of the most important sources of Islam, then why did
not God preserve it like the Quran?
e) In which hadith do you believe besides words of God?
f) Why does not Bukhary narrate a single hadith through Abu Hanifah, but
narrates from Marwan b. Hakam, a notorious murderer and drunkard who
destroyed the original copy of the Quran?
g) Is the Quran perfect, clear, complete, and fully detailed?
h) Is the Quran easy or difficult to understand?
i) Why do you change the place of the word "alone" in 17:46: "... and when
you preach your Lord, using the Quran alone, they run away in aversion"?

QUESTION 2

Do These Verses Require Us To Follow a Mishmash of Narrations?

Distorting the meaning of the Quranic verses, taking them out of context,
claiming that some verses abrogate others are some of the tactics used by
the followers of Hadith and Sunna. Monarchistic theocratical kingdoms use
the ulama to divert "Muslim" masses. The fabricated satanic teachings have
transformed the religion of God into a mishmash liturgy and a ritual
torture. Here, God willing, we will expose their true colors by evaluating
some verses most often abused by them.
A good example has been set for you by the messenger of God (33:21).
The falsifiers have presented medieval Arab culture and traditions as good
examples of the messenger. However, if you look at the context, the good
example has been described as the messenger's courage and his constant
remembrance of God. They extended this good example to irrelevant
individual or cultural behaviors. For instance, they sanctified the beard
and turban, ignoring the fact that the Meccan idol worshipers, such as Abu
Lahab and Walid b. Mugiyra also had long beards and wore turbans.
What is worse, the actions and words ascribed to prophet Muhammad have
depicted him with a character that is far from exemplary. The Hadith books
portrays the prophet as a phantasmagoric character with a multiple
personality. That character is more fictitious than mythological gods and
goddesses, such as Hermes, Pan, Poseidon and Aphrodite. He is a pendulous
character, both bouncing up to deity, and down to the lowest degree. He is
both wise and moron. He is sometimes more merciful than God and sometimes a
cruel torturer. He is both perfect and criminal, humble and arrogant,
chaste and sex maniac, trustworthy and cheater, illiterate and educator,
rich and poor, a nepotist and a democratic leader, caring and a male
chauvinist, a believer and a disbeliever, prohibiting Hadith and promoting
Hadith. You can find numerous conflicting personalities presented as an
exemplary figure. Choose whichever you like. This peculiar aspect of Hadith
collection is well described by the prophetic verses of the Quran: "Shall
we treat the Muslims (Submitters) like the criminals? What is wrong with
your judgement? Do you have a book where you can find anything you wish?"
(68:35-38).
Furthermore, a similar statement is made about Abraham: "A good example has
been set for you by Abraham and those with him" (60:4, 6). If verse 33:21
requires Muhammad's hadith, then why would not the verses 60:4,6 require
Abraham's hadith? Which books narrate hadiths from Abraham? Obviously, the
only reliable source for both examples is the Book of God, which narrates
the relevant exemplary actions. It also warns us not to repeat the mistakes
committed by Muhammad (33:37; 80: 1-10).
Obey God and His Messenger (4:59)
Obeying Bukhari, a narrator of lies, is not obeying the messenger. Obeying
the messenger is obeying the complete, perfect and fully detailed Quran.
Verse 25:73 describes the attitude of believers towards God's revelations.
But the followers of Hadith and Sunna are very good in ignoring them. They
do not see 6:19, 7:3, and 50:45 which say that the only teaching delivered
by God's messenger was the Quran. They do not think that Muhammad practiced
the Quran, and the Quran alone (5:48, 49). They do not hear Muhammad's only
complaint about his people (25:30). They do not understand that Muhammad
disowns those who do not understand that the Quran is enough and fully
detailed (6:114).
The first verse of Chapter 9 states that an ultimatum is issued from God an
His messenger. We know that the verses about the ultimatum are entirely
from God. God did not consult Muhammad about the ultimatum. Muhammad's only
mission was to deliver God's message (16:35; 24:54). Thus, the reason that
God included the messenger in 9:1 is because he participated as deliverer
of the ultimatum. Similarly, because people receive God's message through
messengers we are ordered to obey the messengers. We also know that the
Quran is a permanent messenger (65:11), and the Quran is a reminder and
deliverer of good news (41:4; 11:2).
Nor is he speaking out of personal desire. It is a divine inspiration (53:3,4).
Meccan idol worshipers claimed that Muhammad was the author of the Quran
(25:5; 68:15). The beginning of Chapter 53 is about the revelation of the
Quran. It states that "the Quran is from Him". It is not Muhammad's
personal claim; it is a divine statement. Therefore, claiming that the
pronoun "it" in the verse 53:4 refers to the words of Muhammad, not of God,
is an obvious distortion. According to the above verse "it" is revelation,
without exception. This can be valid only for the Quran. It is nonsense to
claim that Muhammad's daily conversation was entirely revelation. For
example, God firmly criticizes Muhammad's words to Zayd (33:37). Obviously,
the criticism was not about revelation. The beginning phrase of Chapter 97
informs us about the revelation of the Quran: "We revealed it in the Night
of Destiny". The "it" in this verse is the same as the "it" in 53:4.
. . . And we sent down to you this message, to proclaim (litubayyena) for
the people everything that is sent down to them, perhaps they will reflect
(16:44).
People who establish Hadith and Sunna as another source of religious
teachings besides the Quran, opted the irrelevant meaning of the Arabic
word "BYN". The word "'lituBaYyeNa" is a derivative of "BYN", which is a
multiple-meaning word. It means: 1) To reveal what is concealed. 2) To
explain what is vague. The first meaning is the antonym of "hide", the
second is the antonym of "make vague". God orders Muhammad to proclaim the
revelation which is revealed to him personally. Indeed, this is the whole
mission of the messengers (16:35). Prophets sometimes experience difficulty
in proclaiming the revelation (33:37, 20:25). If the Quran is a profound
Arabic book, if it is explained by God, and if it is simple to understand
(5:15; 26:195; 11:1; 54:17; 55:1-2), then the prophet does not have an
extra mission to explain it. Furthermore, the verse 75:19 does not leave
any room for an extra human explanation. Thus, the word "litubayyena" of
16:44 is similar to the one in 3:187. Verse 3:187 tells us that the people
who received the revelation should "proclaim the scripture to the people,
and never conceal it."
The Quran is simple to understand (54:11). Whoever opens his/her mind and
heart as a monotheist and takes the time to study it, will understand it.
This understanding will be enough for salvation. Beyond this, to understand
the multi-meaning verses you do not need to be a messenger of God. If you
have a good mind and have studied the Quran as a believer, that is, if you
have a deep knowledge, then you will be able to understand the true
meanings of multiple-meaning verses. The verse 3:7, which is about the
multiple-meaning verses, points this fact in a multiple-meaning way (this
is an interesting subject which warrants another article): ". . . No one
knows their true meaning except God and those who possess knowledge. . ."
O you who believe, do not place your (opinion) above God and His messenger
(49:1).
Followers of hadith and sunna claim that God is represented by the Quran,
and the messenger is represented by his opinion on the Quran. Thus, they
claim that the Quran is not enough for salvation. Some people may not utter
this claim straightforwardly. They may even claim that the Quran is
complete and enough for our guidance. However, further questioning will
reveal that their quran is not "the Quran". The Quran is the one that
consists of 114 Chapters and 6346 verses. It is a mathematically coded
book. However, their minds are confused, and their quran is contaminated
with human speculations and limited by a snap-shot interpretation. They try
to scare the believers by saying "you do not like the messenger". The
belief that God is represented by the Quran, and the messenger by his
teaching is a satanic claim. There are several points to remember:
** Quran represents God and His messenger.
** Obeying the Quran is obeying God and the messenger.
** Quran never says: "Obey God and Moses," or "Obey God and Muhammad." But,
Quran consistently states: "Obey God and the messenger." This is because
the word messenger (rasul) comes from the "message" (risala). The message
is entirely from God; messengers cannot exist without the message.
** Messengers as humans make mistakes. Thus, when believers made a covenant
with prophet Muhammad they promised to obey him conditionally, i.e., his
righteous orders (60:12). Moreover, God specifically orders Muhammad to
consult the believers around him (3:159). If nobody can object to the
personal decision of the messenger, then consultation is meaningless.
However, whenever the final decision is made, it should be followed.
** During their lifetimes, messengers are community leaders. In this regard
messengers are not different than the believers who are in charge (4:59);
both should be obeyed. But, this obedience is not absolute. It is open for
consultation and discussion.
** The position of messengers are different during their lives; they are
interactive teachers and curious students as well. We have the chance to
ask them further questions, discuss issues, learn their intention, and even
correct their mistakes. On the other hand, they have the opportunity to
correct our misunderstandings. However, when they pass away their teaching
becomes frozen and looses its advancing three-dimensional character. The
frozen, snap-shot fragments of knowledge is a dangerous weapon in the hand
of ignorant people to stop God's teachings. They defend every plain error
in the name of the messenger. They insult every sincere students of God's
revelation.
"Say, 'I do not ask you for any wage. But, what I ask from each of you is
to take care of the relatives'" (42:23).
This verse is mostly abused by Shiite Muslims. They claim that prophet
Muhammad was ordered to ask help for HIS relatives. This distortion created
a class of blood sucking people surviving on charity. Hundreds of thousands
of people in Iran, Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries claim that they
are descendents of prophet Muhammad (Sayyeed or Shareef) and they are
entitled to obligatory financial help. They abuse the verse mentioned above
to exploit people economically. However, the verse does not say "my
relatives". The context of the verse is plain enough to state that Muhammad
does not need a wage from the believers and if they can help somebody they
should help their own relatives. Indeed, helping the relatives is a divine
command repeated in 2:83; 4:36; 8:41; 16:90.
The special status given to the descendents of Muhammad through Fatima and
Ali has created a privileged and "sacred" religious class.
An analogy
The Quran broadcasts a very clear message. However, the problem is with our
receivers. If our receiver does not hear the broadcast or cannot understand
it well, then something is wrong with our receiver and we have to check it.
If the signal is weak, we need to recharge our batteries, or reset our
antennas. If we do not receive a clear message, we need to tune into the
station, to the station of Quran alone, in order to get rid of the noises
and interference from other sources. We may ask some help from
knowledgeable people or experts for this task. If the receiver does not
work at all, then we have to make a sincere effort to fix the broken parts.
However, if we believe that the problem is in the broadcast, then nobody
can help us. The divine broadcast can be heard in detail only by those who
sincerely tune in, i.e., those who take it seriously and act accordingly.
The condition of our receiver and the antenna, the power of the battery,
and the precision level of our tuning are very important in getting the
divine message properly.
a) If the verse 33:21 requires Muhammad's hadith, then why would not the
verses 60:4,6 require Abraham's hadith? Which books narrate hadiths from
Abraham?
b) You try to justify your collections of hadiths by using 33:21.
Ironically, your collections do not provide an exemplary character. How can
you claim that an eye-gouger, a urine-prescriber, a sex maniac is a "good
example"?
c) The Quran states "Obey God and the messenger." How can you twist this
commandment and make Bukhary, or Al-Kafy and many other story books as the
second source of Islam? According to verse 4:59 we have to obey the people
in charge too. Thus, does it mean that Islam is a co-authored religion by
at least three sources?
d) The first verse of Chapter 9 states that an ultimatum is issued from God
an His messenger. We know that the verses about the ultimatum are entirely
from God. Muhammad was not the co-author of the ultimatum. Muhammad's only
mission was to deliver God's message (16:35; 24:54). Thus, the reason that
God includes the messenger in 9:1 is messenger's participation as a
deliverer of the ultimatum. Why don't you apply this explanation to other
verses where the word "messenger" is mentioned after God?
e) Why do you distort the meaning of 53:3,4 by taking it out of context?
f) By claiming that it is the mission of the messenger to explain the
Quran, you contradict 16:35; 55:2; 75:19 and many other verses. In order to
support your claim you opt a different meaning of "litubayyena" in 16:44.
In fact, the word "litubayyena" of 16:44 is no different than the one in
3:187. This verse tells us that the people who received the revelation
should "proclaim the scripture to people, and never conceal it." How can
you claim that the meaning of "litubayyena" in 16:44 is "to explain", but
not "to proclaim"?
g) You have created a privileged class out of descendents of the prophet
Muhammad by misinterpreting 42:23. What are the Arabic equivalence of "the
relatives" and "my relatives"? Which one is mentioned in that verse?

QUESTION 3
How Reliable Is Your Most Authentic Hadith?
It is the alleged final sermon (Khutba) of the Prophet (Khutbat Al-Wadaa').
This great and historic event is reported in many important books of
hadith, including Muslim, Muwatta, Ibn Majah, Abu Dawud, Ahmed Ibn Hanbal.
The big problem is: these books report three vastly different doctrines
from this historic sermon which was witnessed by 100,000 witnesses (most
hadiths were supposedly witnessed by 1 or 2 people). In fact, the main
topic in that all-important sermon gives three contradicting commandments.
Here is what the prophet allegedly said:
1) "I am leaving for you two things that you must uphold, the Quran and my
Sunnah" (According to Muwatta 46/3).
2) "I am leaving for you the Quran and my relatives (Ahl Al- Bayt)"
(According to Muslim 44/4, Nu 2408; Ibn Hanbal 4/366; Darimi 23/1, Nu
3319).
3) "I am leaving for you the Quran; you shall uphold it" (According to
Muslim 15/19, Nu 1218; Ibn Majah 25/84, Nu 3074; Abu Dawud 11/56, Nu 1905).
As you see, the LAST words of the LAST sermon of the LAST prophet which had
been witnessed by the greatest number of his friends, have been reported in
three different versions.
a) What did the prophet leave for us according to your most authentic
hadith? Which one of the three reports is correct?
b) What did the prophet leave for us according to the best hadith, i.e.,
the Quran? (6:19,38,114; 5:48-49; 12:111; 39:23).
c) How can we trust those hadith books which can change the most important
words, though witnessed by thousands of people? Which hadith can we trust
beside the Quran(45:6)?

QUESTION 4

Why Are You So Belligerent?

The Quran states frequently that there is no compulsion in religion (2:256;
10:99; 88:21,22). The Quran advocates perfect freedom of belief and
expression (18:29). The basic law regulating relations with unbelievers is
stated in 60:8,9. Apostates can not be killed unless they fight against the
believers (4:90). However, according to hadith and sunnah, a person who
leaves Islam should be killed.
The vicious laws that exist in hadith books altered Islam into a tyrannical
religion. According to hadith and sunnah, if a muslim does not practice
daily contact prayers (salat), he or she should be warned and if they still
do not pray; they should be put in prison or killed. The perfect, complete,
clear and fully detailed Quran (6:19,38,114,115,116; 11:1; 12:111; 54:17),
nowhere tells us to punish those who do not obey this commandment. A
careful study will show that all punishments decreed by God involve social
and individual relations; not religious belief and practices. However,
scholars produced myriad vicious laws and attributed them to God (6:21;
42:21). According to the Quran, violence an belligerence are signs of
disbelief (22:72).
a) Do the laws that exist in Hadith books commanding of killing apostates
conflict with the Quran?
b) The greatest sin is setting up idols besides God (4:116), and those who
commit such a sin can not be forced to worship God alone (18:29). Daily
prayers should be observed only for God (20:14). Is it not a fact that
wherever such a tyrannical rule is practiced, hypocrisy, oppression and
ignorance become widespread among the people?
c) The Quran mentions theft, slander, homicide, and other crimes and also
decrees punishments for each of them. Why does it not command us to punish
people who do not observe prayers, although prayers are mentioned 90 times
in it?

QUESTION 5

Why Do You Sanctify Those Who Eliminated Chapters From, Or Added Chapters
To The Quran?
According to the books of hadith, Abdullah Ibn Masood was one of the top
companions of the prophet Muhammad. His hadith narrations are among Sunni
Muslim's most cherished sources of jurisprudence. Many hadith and narration
books, including Bukhary and Ibn Hanbel, report that Ibn Masood had a
personal copy of the Quran and he did not put the last two chapters in it.
According to those books he was claiming that those two chapters do not
belong in the Quran.
Apparently, another companion of the prophet, Ubayy Ibn Kaab, also had a
different personal Quran. He added two chapters called "Sura Al-Hafd" and
"Sura Al-Khal", and claimed that these were from the Quran. (These
"chapters" are still being recited by Hanafies in the "Salat el Witr",
after night prayers.
a) What is your opinion concerning books of hadith and Suyuty's Al-Itqan
which narrate this information? Are these books slandering the companions
of the prophet? Why do you accept such books as your religious sources?
b) If those books that narrate the above claims are correct, then how can
you rely on the hundreds of hadiths which are narrated by Ibn Masood and
Ubayy Ibn Kaab?
c) Here is a man who eliminated two chapters from, and another man who
added two chapters to the Quran without proof. Yet, you still consider them
as your most authoritative sources of knowledge. Why do you not proclaim
Ibn Masood and Ubayy Ibn Kaab "apostates"?

QUESTION 6

When Did A Hungry Goat Eat Your "Verse Of Stoning To Death"?

God states in His fully detailed book, the Quran, that the adulterer and
adulteress should be punished by one hundred lashes. The profound verses of
Quran do not make any distinction between married and single adulterers
(24:1,2).
Whether those who commit adultery are married or unmarried, white or black,
rich or poor, their punishment must be one hundred lashes if they are
proven guilty by four eye witnesses (24:4). The only exceptions are
slaves, whose punishment is half of the free (4:25). This is the law of God
who does not run out of words (31:27), is the best law maker (5:50), never
forgets (19:64), and has detailed the Quran (11:1). Whoever looks for other
sources of law disobeys the messenger (6:114). Believers do not subscribe
to any religious source other than God's revelation (45:6).
Unfortunately, after the death of the prophet Muhammad, the hypocrites
fabricated hadiths and attributed them to the prophet and distorted God's
law. The people who are described in 6:112 produced lie after lie to change
the punishment of adultery to death by stoning for married adulterers. They
adopted this law from the Jews and their idol worshipping ancestors (11:91;
44:20; 36:18; 26:116) claiming that the words of God are not complete and
clear in 24:1-2. It is significant that the Almighty God stated in the
beginning of Chapter 24, that this law is profound and clear!!!
The satanic theory of abrogation in the Quran
By declaring the word of God to be vague and ambiguous, Sunni and Shiah
scholars opened a satanic gate for every kind of abuse and distortion.
Additionally, by distorting the meaning of 2:106, they claimed that many
verses of the Quran had been abrogated (amended) by other verses or by
hadith. By this "abrogation theory", they amended every verse which they
did not understand or which did not suit their interest or contradicted
their hadith. But, like everything else, they disagreed on the number of
abrogated verses; some of them abrogated 5 Quranic verses, some 20 verses
and some 50 ...
"The verse that has been abrogated by a goat"!
The Arab idol worshipers fabricated hadiths and claimed that prophet
Muhammad stoned a couple (Maiz and Gamidiyye) to death. Since they realized
that hadiths are not enough to abrogate the clear verses in chapter 24,
they even fabricated a "verse" supporting stoning and attributed it to God.
They tried to inject this satanic verse into Quran. When they failed, they
fabricated foolish stories which only the people who are described in
10:100 believe. According to their story, the 'stoning verse' was recorded
in Quran during the time of Muhammad; but just after his death, a goat
entered Aisha's house and ate the page on which that verse was inscribed.
Thus, the stoning verse has been abrogated physically. This story can be
found in Ibn Magah, Nikah, 36/1944 and Ibn Hanbal, 5/131,132,183; 6/269.
How can a verse of a perfect scripture, which was completed during
Muhammad's lifetime, be abrogated by a goat? As an answer to this
question, Ibn Qutayba, a famous scholar, in his book entitled "Solving the
Contradictions Among Hadiths" stated that "the goat is a holy animal". And
he asked a counter question: "Why not believe in God's power? As He
destroyed the people of Aad and Thamud, He is also able to destroy His
revelations by using even a goat!"
"Omar was a hypocrite!!!"
The slanderers of God and the prophet supported their lies with other lies.
They slandered Khalif Omar by attributing these words to him: "Because in
the future some people will appear and deny the punishment of stoning, by
claiming that they can not find it in the Quran, if I did not fear that
people will say that Omar is adding to the Quran, I would add the stoning
verse into the Quran!!" (Bukhary 93/21; Muslim, Hudud 1691; Tirmizi, Hudud
8/1431; Abu Dawud 41/1; Itkan 2/34). So, if Omar feared God, instead of
people, the "stoning verse" would not have existed in all books of hadith
as "the verse eaten by a goat"!
"The adulterer monkeys!"
The scholars of hadith and sunnah were not content with these stories; they
also stated that "a tribe of monkeys arrested an adulterer monkey and
stoned it to death" (Bukhari, 63/27). Those who slandered even monkeys, in
order to set them up as an example of following hadith and sunnah, have
been described by verses 2:65 & 7:179!
These professional liars also did not spare other believers. For instance,
Abu Hanifa was persecuted and tortured in prison by Amawy and Abbasy
religious officials due to his rejection of hadith and accepting the Quran
alone. He was such a popular figure that following his death, those
officials used his popularity for their decrees. Finally, they attributed a
whole Sunni sect to him.
"Lie factories" and their managers
In the second Hijrah century, hundreds of thousands of hadiths were
fabricated. Attributing lies to God and His messenger became fashionable.
For example, Bukhary states that he selected his seven thousand narrations
out of seven hundred thousand narrations. According to Bukhary's own
confession, 99% of the hadiths he collected were fake.
Muslim scholars were aware of the fact that none could understand a
religion which had been distorted by narrations, stories, superstitions,
conflicting instructions and cruel laws. Thus, they called and even forced
people to follow them blindly, without reasoning and reflecting. They were,
and are, always uneasy because of fear that, one day, reasonable people
would remove their satanic veil and expose their ignorance. They do not
realize that Quran condemns following anyone blindly (2:170; 5:50,104;
10:78, 100; 17:36; 26:74; 31:21; 43:22,23).
"Joint Stock Company Religion"
Our ancestors, just like the Jews and the Christians, invented massive
religious concepts and wrote enormous religious books and accepted them as
the foundation for their religion (23:52-56; 42:21). They changed the
Religion of God into a joint stock religion established by God + messenger
+ family of the messenger + friends of the messenger + their generations +
leaders of sects + scholars of sects....
After this information and criticism, let us ask our questions:
a) What is the punishment of adultery according to the Quran?
b) When did the goat eat the "verse of stoning to death" as is claimed by
Bukhary, Muslim, Tirmizy, Ibn Hanbal ?
c) How was the verse eaten by the goat removed from the Quran after the
prophet's death?
d) The six famous books of hadith (kutubi sitta) claim that Omar wanted to
put the "stoning verse" into the Quran; but he could not do this because of
his fear of people. Don't these books insult Omar as being a hypocrite?
e) This terrible punishment which contradicts 24:1,2 and 4:25, is mentioned
throughout th e Quran as the idol worshiper's practice (11:91; 19:46;
36:18; 18:20). Is not this a fact?
f) Do you claim that the "stoning verse" which has been removed from the
Quran by a holy goat, is still valid in jurisprudence? And what is your
proof that this "verse" was literally abrogated, yet is still legally
valid?
g) Your "stoning verse" is narrated by all your holy books as "esheyhu
wesheyhetu iza zanaya farcumuhuma elbettete...." Is this consistent with
the Quranic prose? You all accept this so called verse concerning married
adulterers. What Arabic words does the Quran use for married people? What
does "esheyhu wesheyhetu" mean in Arabic? (11:72; 12:78; 28:23; 40:67).
According to your literally abrogated but legally valid verse, can a young
married adulterer be stoned to death? When is one considered old?
h) Let's accept your terrible claim for awhile that some verses of the
Quran have been abrogated. The verse 2:106, according to your
misunderstanding states: "Whenever a verse is abrogated, God will
substitute a better one or at least a similar one". So, if the "stoning
verse" has been abrogated as claimed; God must substitute a better one or a
similar one. So, which verse has been substituted for the "goat eaten
verse"? According to your abrogation theory, how many kinds of abrogations
exist?
i) According to your sectarian belief, even abrogated verses remain in the
Quran physically. Why has a verse about such an important issue, i.e.,
stoning to death, been removed from the Quran physically? Why has the small
punishment remained in the Quran and the capital punishment been abrogated?
j) According to your own history, many believers had memorized the Quran by
heart during the prophet's time. When the goat ate your verse, what
happened to the memorized versions?
k) Why do you slander animals, i.e., monkeys, by following Bukhary who
narrates many foolish stories?
l) How many verses have been abrogated in the Quran? Do you agree on their
numbers? Do you know these verses: 4:82; 15:90-99; 2:85 ?

QUESTION 7

Why Do You Prohibit Gold & Silk For Males?

The only source of God's religion, Quran, does not prohibit gold and silk
for males. On the other hand, it declares that nobody has the right to
prohibit the nice things that God produces for His creatures (7:30-32). God
decrees that these things are reserved exclusively for believers on the day
of resurrection (18:31; 22:23; 35:33), and they are also lawful for them in
this world.
a) Are not those who prohibit gold and silk for male believers addressed by
7:30-32 and 42:21?
b) What is your comment on the hadith which narrates that prophet Muhammad
had granted permission for one of his companion to wear a golden ring?

QUESTION 8

Why Do You Prohibit Pictures, Music, and Chess?

The Quran as the fully detailed word of God does not prohibit drawing
pictures, making artistic statues, playing music and chess. On the
contrary, it states that there were statues in the mansion of Prophet
Solomon (34:13). It also states that a discordant and out-of-tune voice is
not good (31:19).
According to hadith, "The worst people in the hereafter will be the
painters and the sculptors, because they imitated God's creatures and for
this reason they became idol worshipers. In the hereafter, God will ask
them to give life to their pictures or statues. When they fail, God will
put them in hell". According to another hadith, "musical instruments with
strings and reeds are satanic appliances".
a) Why are pictures and statues unlawful, even if they are made only for
artistic purposes?
b) The statues in the mansion of Solomon are the result of the biggest sin,
according to the hadith, and this sin leads people into idol worship. How
could a prophet of God commit such a sin? Why does God not criticize
Solomon for the statues in his mansion?
c) Constructing airplanes is an imitation of one of God's creatures i.e.,
birds. According to your books, constructing airplanes is a sin, isn't it?
d) According to the hadith and sunnah, the traditional Arab's musical
instruments like the tambourine and drum are lawful; but all non-Arabic
musical instruments are unlawful. How can you explain this situation? What
was the nationality of the majority of hadith narrators?

QUESTION 9

Which Animals Are Lawful?

The verse 6:145 clearly states that only four kinds of animal products are
prohibited for eating: animals that die of themselves, running blood (not
that trapped within the meat), the meat of pigs, and animals dedicated to
other than their Creator. Verse 146 informs us that such prohibition are
very specific; God prohibits either "the meat" or "the fat", or both, if He
so wills. The following verses 6:147-150 state that whoever prohibits other
than those four items, is a follower of conjecture and human opinion.
The Quran also states that those who invent prohibition and attribute them
to God, are idol worshipers. Ironically, those who idolize their scholars
by accepting their opinions as a divine law are not aware of their idol
worship. They will assert that God is the source of their idol worship by
saying that these laws were from God (6:148 and 6:23).
The Quran prohibits only the meat of one animal, the pig. God left eating
other animals up to our taste. We cannot prohibit animals that we do not
like and claim that God prohibited them. But the religious scholars
invented many prohibition and consequently disagreed on them.
a) Why is the eating of clam, shrimp, crab, and mussel unlawful according
to the Hanefy sect and lawful according to Shafiiy and Maliky? What about
the Quran and Muhammad?
b) Do the differences between Sunni sects on the dietary prohibition
originate from hadith or the Quran?
c) What food is lawful and what is unlawful in Islam?
d) According to the Quran, division into sects is a behavior of idol
worshipers and it is the result of following man-made books (23:52-56;
6:159). How can you accept this satanic division as a mercy from God?
e) According to the Quran, only the meat of pig is prohibited, not its fat.
God does not prohibit pigs, but prohibits only the meat of pigs. What is
your proof that pig's fat is unlawful in Islam? Did the hadith inventors
forget to fabricate a hadith to prohibit pig's fat?

QUESTION 10

Why Do You Insult And Oppress Women?

Books of hadith and Sunni jurisprudence are full of narrations and laws
against women, insulting them and looking down upon them:
"The intelligence and the religion of women are incomplete." "If a monkey,
a black dog, or a woman passes in front of a praying person, his prayer is
nullified." "To find a good woman among women is similar to finding a white
crow among a hundred crows." "The marriage commitment is a kind of slavery
for women." "If anybody has been required to prostrate before others beside
God, the woman should prostrate before her husband." "I have been shown the
dwellers of hell; the majority of them were women." "If the body of the
husband is covered with pus and his wife licks it with her tongue, she
still will not be able to pay her debt to him."
Baseless hadiths
These are only a few examples from the most popular satanic books, Bukhary
and Muslim, which in many cases are preferred over Quran. The six
"authentic" books (Bukhary, Muslim, Ibn Hanbal, Tirmizy, Ibn Majah, and
Nesaiy) are full of many fabricated hadiths against women. Those who
accepted the narrations reported by the professional liars of Amawy and
Abbasy as their religious source, have unfortunately created a terrible
male oppression of females for centuries. According to the Quran, those who
are not content with Quran and fabricate lies and attribute them to the
prophet, are the enemy of the prophet (6:112-116). Those who uphold
baseless hadith, and thus divert others from the path of God without
knowledge, and take it in vain, have incurred a shameful retribution
(31:6).
According to God's law, women have the same rights as men (2:228). Women
can divorce their husbands (2:230, 233, 228; 4:35). Women cannot remarry
until they have three menstruation but men have no such obligation and this
is the only difference (2:228). On the other hand, The Arabs who are
described as "the worst disbelievers" by the Quran (9:97), fabricated many
religious laws parallel to their despicable attitude towards women.
According to the Sunni religion, the woman has no right of divorce . The
husband can divorce his wife whenever he wants, but a woman cannot divorce
her husband, even if she hates him.
a) Do you accept the hadiths we quoted above from Bukhari and Muslim?
b) What is the Quranic description of those who produce lies and attribute
them to the prophet?
c) Quran has given women equal rights (2:228). Why do you not give them
the right of divorce?
d) According to the Quran, divorce is a case that takes at least four
months to be put into effect (2:226; 4:35; 65:6). After divorce, women must
wait at least three menstruation before remarriage (2:228-230). A couple
can divorce one another twice and can remarry, but after the third divorce
they cannot remarry consecutively (2:229, 230). Whoever says that he
divorced his wife merely by verbal announcement of the divorce (talaq)
three times, is simply a liar. How can a husband divorce his wife three
times only by saying, "I divorce you by three talaqs (divorces)"?
e) According to your sectarian religion, if a husband utters certain
words, even by mistake or in anger, he gets divorced. He cannot marry his
wife anymore. How many couples have been forced to divorce since this rule
was presented as a divine law? How much money have your scholars made for
finding tricky ways to reunite the "divorced" couples?
f) Because you have not given women their right of divorce, sometimes you
encounter very serious social problems. To solve these problems, Hanafi
scholars decreed that a woman should be considered divorced even if her
husband divorces her under pressure. What is your opinion on this Sunni
law?

QUESTION 11

Why Do You Force Women To Cover Their Hair, And Even Their Face?
One of the most abused and distorted subjects after Muhammad, of course, is
the jurisprudence about women. Like the Christians, the Muslim scholars
also invented hermitism (57:27), and by hadiths and their personal
opinions, they deprived women of their God-given rights. In the muslim
society, women became deaf, dumb and blind creatures. Muslim scholars have
humiliated woman by their satanic teachings, taking away her divorce right,
not allowing her to pray, read Quran, fast, or worship God during her
menstruation, considering her equal to donkeys and black dogs (which
according to hadiths should be killed wherever found), comparing her with
black crows, depriving her of education, not accepting her as a consultant
or a leader of a government...
In addition, Muslim scholars refused to allow women to go out in public,
unless they put themselves in black sacks... Some of them went a step
further and forced them to hide their face with veils.
Distorting the meaning of words
Muslim scholars tried to apply their satanic religion to Quran and change
the meaning of words (4:46; 5:13; 5:41). They tried to change the meaning
of the Arabic word "khumur = covers" in 24:31 into "head covers". The word
"khumur" is a plural noun that comes from the root word of "khamara" which
means "to cover". The singular form of the same word "khamr", has been used
for intoxicants which "cover" the mind (5:90). In verse 24:31, God commands
female believers to maintain their chastity and put their covers on their
chests, not their heads! Additionally, the word "fel yedribne = they shall
put" is significant in that verse. If hadithists were correct, instead of
this word, "fel yudnine = they shall lengthen" (like in 33:59) would have
been used.
a) What does "khamara" mean and why do you change the word "khumur =
covers" in verse 24:31, into "khumurur re's = headcovers" ?
b) Did women believers during the time of Muhammad use veils to cover their
faces or not? If they were not covering their faces how and why did a main
Sunni sect, Shafiiy, invent veils? If they were covering their faces with
veils how and why did a main Sunni sect Hanefy amend it? Those who can
invent veils can also invent head covers. Why not?

QUESTION 12

Why Do You Make Distinction Among Messengers

God commands us not to make any distinction among messengers (2:285).
Believers' attitude towards God's commandments is to say "we hear and we
obey"; but those who manipulate words say "we hear and we disobey" (4:46).
God has blessed His messengers with different peculiarities. In 2:253 He
gives some examples of these peculiarities, such as His speaking directly
with Moses, and giving profound miracles to Jesus and supporting him with
the Holy Spirit. In 17:55 He states that He had preferred some messengers
to others by giving each of them different blessings, such as endowing
David with Psalms. But God did not mention anywhere that He had preferred
this messenger over that messenger. According to 2:285, we do not have the
right to make a preference list for messengers. Otherwise, idolizing
messengers and falling into a baseless dispute is inevitable.
Putting messengers into a satanic competition
While you claim that the last prophet is the highest, someone may claim
that the first prophet deserves this rank. Another may claim that Jesus is
the greatest prophet and can support his claim by Jesus' miraculous birth
(19:19), his title as being "word of God" (4:171), being a prophet from
birth day (19:30), his numerous miracles such as reviving the dead by God's
permission (3:49), and being mentioned in a verse that states God's
blessing to the messengers (2:253). Another person may claim that Moses is
the highest, basing it on the same verse 2:253, and saying that the only
prophet that God talked to was Moses (4:164). If another puts David on the
top of the messengers list based on 17:55 what can you say? If yet another
comes and claims that Abraham is the greatest prophet and supports his
claim by the fact that Muhammad was his follower and God has chosen Abraham
as His beloved friend (4:125), what can you say? If still another comes and
claims that Idris is greater than Muhammad and supports his claim by saying
that God may give Muhammad an honorable rank (17:79); but God exalted Idris
to a lofty rank (19:57), what can you say? If another one arranges the
messengers according to their frequency of occurrence in the Quran, and
puts Moses on the top (136 times), Abraham the second (69 times), and puts
Muhammad as the 19th or 21st prophet from the top of the list, what can you
say?
Innumerable hadiths were fabricated to prove that Muhammad was the greatest
of all the prophets. Although God states that He did not give Muhammad any
miracles except the Quran (29:51; 17:59); the mentality of those who were
not content with Quran fabricated hundreds of miracles for him to compete
with the miracles of Jesus and Moses.
Fabrication of "miracles" to help their idols
Ironically, Muhammad's worshipers sometimes take out an eye when trying to
make an eyebrow! For example, they claimed by several hadiths in Bukhary
that Muhammad cursed a left-handed man who eating with his left hand, and
cursed a child passing in front of him while he was praying and caused both
of them to be crippled! By inventing sexual miracles they insulted the
prophet and his wives with foolish and shameless stories. By inventing
Miraj stories (miraculous ascension to heaven with the body) they present
Muhammad as a union stewart bargaining with God on the number of daily
prayers; but on the other side insulting him, implying that he could not
understand that his followers cannot practice 50 prayers a day (a prayer
per 28 minutes). After taking advice from Moses who was a resident of the
6th heaven, he reduced them to 5 prayers a day- after five times going up
and down between Moses and God! To praise Muhammad, some claimed that in
the generations from Adam to Muhammad there were not any disbelievers among
his ancestors. To justify their lie, they claimed that Azar was not
Abraham's father (6:74). To prove that Muhammad was the greatest prophet
they even claimed that he was created from light, he had no shadow, his
body will not rot in the grave, God created the entire universe for him, he
will have the highest intercession authority in the hereafter, and so on...
Their common attitude
The common attitude of all idol worshipers is to claim that their idols
will rescue them from God's punishment by intercession (2:123,254; 6:70,94;
7:53; 10:3; 39:44; 43:86; 74:48; 82:17-19). Instead of praising God day and
night (33:42; 76:25), and commemorating Him (3:41,191; 73:8; 4:103), they
always praise and commemorate their idols to guarantee the intercession.
They sometimes use the name of God without any praise, but they can never
use the name of their idol without phrases of praise. They even accuse the
true believers who do not act like them as disbelievers.
Muhammadans contradict their own teaching
Those who claim that Muhammad was the greatest messenger are even ignorant
of their contradictory hadiths on this subject. For instance; "I had more
doubt than Abraham had" (Bukhary 60/1). "If I would have been invited to
what Joseph had been invited, I would not reject that invitation" (Bukhary
60:11,19). "Do not give me a higher rank than Jonah, do not make
distinction among messengers" (Bukhary 65/4,5; A.B. Hanbel 1/205,242,440;
2:405,451,468). But they did ignore these hadiths and get stuck on "I am
the most honorable of Adam's children, I am the one who will be resurrected
first." (Hanbal 1/5; 5/540,388).
Distorting the meaning
Muhammadans tried to manipulate the meaning of the verse 2:285 which
commands us not to make distinction among messengers: "The messenger
believes in what was sent down to him from his Lord, and so do the
believers. They believe in God, His angels, His scripture, and His
messengers; 'We make no distinction among any of His messengers; ' and they
proclaim: 'We hear, and we obey. Forgive us. You are our Lord. To you is
the ultimate destiny.'"
Muslim scholars claim that this verse forbids us from disbelieving in some
messengers, not from ranking them.
a) Verse 2:285 states that believers believe in God's messengers. What is
the reason of repeating the same point with a different expression? If this
is stressing the meaning, then why is not the same stress made for angels
and books?
b) Since God knows the weakness of the people who idolize their messengers,
why cannot this verse be a reminder from the Lord of the universe to
prevent people from putting their messengers into competition?
c) We cannot arrange messengers of God according to their position in
heaven. We do not have such a task. Do you know any Quranic commandment
that orders us to make distinction among messengers according to their
righteousness? Can you show us your hierarchical list of the messengers?
d) If a Christian claims that Jesus is greater than Muhammad according to
the Quran, by using verses 2:253; 4:171; 3:49; 19:19, 30; how can you
oppose this claim?
e) Muhammad was a follower of Abraham. Who do you put on the top of your
distinction list, the follower or the leader?
f) Bukhary, which you usually prefer over the Quran, also narrates that
Muhammad was not the most honorable messenger, and believers should not
make any distinction among messengers. Why do you force yourself to accept
the other narrations that contradict the Quran instead?

QUESTION 13

Was Muhammad Illiterate?

The verse 7:158 states that Muhammad was a gentile:
"So you shall believe in God and His messenger, the gentile (ummy) prophet."
The Arabic word "ummy" describes people who are not Jewish or Christian.
The meaning of this word, which occurs six times in the Quran, has been
changed to " one who can neither read nor write". This deliberate
manipulation by Muslim scholars has become widely accepted as the true
meaning of the word. For example Yusuf Ali, in his translation, follows
this pattern: "... So believe in God and His Apostle, the unlettered
Prophet,...". Marmaduke Pickthall's translation also reflects the same
manipulation: "... So believe in Allah and His messenger, the prophet who
can neither read nor write,..".
The Quran explains the true meaning of "ummy"
Let's examine the true meaning of "ummy" in the Quran. Anyone can easily
understand that "ummy" does not mean an illiterate person by reflecting on
the verse 3:20 below:
"And say to those who received the scripture, as well as those who did not
receive any scripture (ummyyeen)..."
In this verse the word "ummy" describes Meccan idol worshipers. It is
obvious that "ummy" does not mean illiterate because it has been used as
the antonym of the people of the scripture. If the verse was " ... And say
to those literate and illiterate", then their above translation of "ummy"
would be correct. According to the verse 3:20 the people of Arab peninsula
were two main groups:
1. The people of the scripture, i.e., Jews and Christians.
2. Gentiles, who were neither Jewish nor Christian.
If the people who were neither Jews nor Christians were called "ummyyeen"
(3:20; 3:75), then the meaning of "ummy" is very clear. As a matter of
fact, the verse 3:75 clearly explains its meaning as gentile.
Mecca was the cultural center of the Arabs in the 7th century. Poetry
competitions were being held there. It is a historical fact that Meccans
were not familiar with the Bible, thus they were gentiles. So the verse
62:2 describes Meccan people by the word "ummyyeen":
"He is the One who sent to the gentiles (ummyyeen) a messenger from among
them, to recite to them His revelations, purify them, and teach them the
scripture and wisdom. Before this, they had gone far astray." (62:2)
The Quran does not classify the people of Arab peninsula as the literate
and the illiterate, as Muslim scholars claim. The Quran classifies the
people as people of the book (Jews & Christians) and gentiles. The second
classification is the correct one, and the Quran supports it.
The disbelievers claimed that Muhammad was quoting verses from the Old and
New Testaments (25:5; 68:15). The verse below refutes their accusation and
gives the answer:
"You did not read any previous scriptures, nor did you write them with your
hand. In that case, the objectors would have had reason to harbor doubts."
(29:48)
This verse tells us that Muhammad did not read nor write previous
scriptures. The word "min qablihi = previous" proves that Muhammad read
and wrote the final scripture.
Muhammad was a literate gentile (ummy)
After this examination on the true meaning of the word "ummy", here are the
reasons and proofs for the fact that Muhammad was a literate gentile:
To magnify the miraculous aspect of the Quran, religious people thought
that the story of illiteracy would be alluring.
The producer of the illiteracy story found it easy to change the meaning
of "ummy", which in the entire Quran, consistently means "gentile" (2:78;
3:20; 3:75; 62:2).
The Arabs of the 7th century were using letters as numbers. This
alphabetical numbering system is called "Abjed". The merchants of those
days had to know the letters of the alphabet to record their account. If
Muhammad was a successful international merchant, then he most probably
knew this numbering system. The Arabs stopped using the "Abjed" system in
the 9th century when they took "Arabic numbers" from India.
The Quran's spelling is unique. The mathematical miracle of the Quran,
which proves that Quran is the word of God, confirms the unique spelling of
the Quranic words. The different spellings of some words are not the
personal preference of the scribes. For example, the words "salat",
"zakat", "hayat" are written with "waw" instead of "alif". In verse 3:96
the name of Mecca is spelled as "Bacca". The word "bastatan" is written
with "seen" throughout the Quran, except in 7:69 where it is written with
"saad".
If you write the first verse of the first revelation with Basmalah, you
will conclude that Muhammad was literate. We know that Basmalah has 19
letters, the first revelation i.e., 96:1-5 consists of 76 (19x4) letters,
this first chronological chapter consists of 19 verses and is placed first
of the last 19 chapters and has 285 (19x15) letters. (The code 19 will be
mentioned in the next questions). This information explains the different
spelling of the word "bism" in the beginning of the Basmalah and in the
first verse of chapter 96. You decide; is it reasonable for an illiterate
to dictate two different spellings of the same word which is pronounced the
same?
Traditional history books accept that Muhammad dictated the Quran and
controlled its recording. Even if we accept that Muhammad did not know how
to read or write before revelation of the Quran, we can not claim that he
preserved his illiteracy during 23 years while he was dictating the Quran.
The first revelation was "Read," and the first five verses of that
revelation encourage reading and writing (96:1-5). The second revelation
was "The pen and writing" (68:1).
Now, let's ask our questions:
a) As you can see in verse 3:20 and 3:75, the Quran uses the word "ummy" as
the antonym of the "ehlil kitab = people of the book". Do you believe that
Quran classifies people as literate and illiterate?
b) The Quran describes Meccan people with the word "ummyyeen = gentiles"
(62:2). According to your claim, all Meccan people must have been
illiterate. According to your holy books, who was writing poems in Mecca?
Who was reading the poems hanging on the walls of the Kaba?
c) Which numbering system were the Arabs using in the 7th century? Did
those who were making calculations with those numbers know how to read and
write?
d) Is the unique spelling in the Quran the result of errors and personal
opinions? How do you explain the different spelling of "bism" of the
Basmalah and the first verse of chapter 96?
e) Does God command an illiterate man to "read"? Could Muhammad read after
Gabriel's instruction ? Does this story not contradict your claim that
Muhammad died an illiterate?
f) Let us accept that Muhammad was illiterate before the revelation of the
Quran. Why did he insist on staying illiterate for 23 years after the first
revelation: "Read !"? Did he not obey his Lord's command? Did he receive
another command forbidding him from reading and writing?
g) Was it so difficult for Muhammad to learn to read and write? If a person
still does not learn to read and write after 23 years of careful dictation
of a book, what do you think about such a person? Is he stupid or a liar?
h) Was Muhammad encouraging his followers to read and write? If so, why did
he exclude himself? How do you explain this strange attitude and verse
2:44?
i) How can an illiterate man insure the accuracy of a scribe?
j) You are trying to imitate Muhammad from his eating to his attire, from
his beard to his toothbrush; why do you not imitate his illiteracy? Why do
you not follow his sunnah?
k) You are the people who disagree on almost every subject; but you agree
on the story of the illiteracy of Muhammad. How could you manage this
agreement?

QUESTION 14

Who Is The Messenger Of The Covenant?

The Quran in the verse 3:81 clearly states that after all prophets, God's
Messenger of the Covenant will be sent to confirm all scriptures:
God took a covenant from the prophets, saying, "After I have given you the
scripture and wisdom, a messenger will come to confirm what you have. You
shall believe in him and support him." He said, "Do you agree with this,
and pledge to uphold this covenant?" They said, "We agree." He said, "You
have thus borne witness, and I am with you a Witness (3:81).
Verse 3:81 is enough to understand that the prophet Muhammad was included
in that special covenant about the coming of a messenger after all the
prophets. But in spite of this clear verse, those who idolized the prophet
Muhammad claim that Muhammad was not included. Since God knows everything,
and knew that some would object, God specifically mentioned Muhammad with
the covenant of the prophets in the verse 33:7. Verse 33:7 refers to this
covenant:
Recall that we took from the prophets their covenant, including a pledge
from you (O Muhammad), and from Noah, Abraham, Moses,and Jesus the son of
Mary. We took from them a solemn pledge (33:7).
The definition of "Nabi" and "Rasoul"
Verse 3:81 also provides the definition of "Nabi" (Prophet) and "Rasoul"
(Messenger). Thus, "Rasoul" is a messenger commissioned by God to confirm
existing scripture; he does not bring a new scripture unless he is a
prophet. According to the Quran, every "Nabi" is a "Rasoul", but not every
"Rasoul" is a "Nabi". The word "Rasoul" is more general than the word
"Nabi". For example the word "Rasoul" is used for the messenger of the King
of Egypt in verse 12:50, but "Nabi" is always used for God's messengers.
Also the frequency of the occurrences of these two words in the Quran gives
a hint of this nuance.
Not every messenger was given a new scripture. It is not logical that God
will give a scripture to a prophet, then ask him to keep it exclusively for
himself, as stated by some Muslim scholars (2:42, 146, 159). Those who are
not sufficiently familiar with the Quran tend to think that Aaron was a
"Nabi", as stated in 19:53, who did not receive a scripture. By this claim
they try to exchange the meaning of the "nabi" and "rasoul". However, the
Quran clearly states that the Book was given specifically "to both Moses
and Aaron" (21:48; 37:117).
We learn from the Quran, 33:40, that Muhammad was the last prophet (Nabi),
but not the last messenger (Rasoul):
"Muhammad was not the father of any of any man among you; he was a
messenger (Rasoul) of God and the last prophet (Nabi)." (33:40)
The common human trait
From time immemorial, it has been a human trait to reject a contemporary,
living messenger on the basis that a previous messenger was the last
messenger. Joseph was declared "the last messenger" (40:34). Yet, many
messengers came after him, including Moses, David, Jesus and Muhammad.
"Joseph had come to you in the past with clear signs, but you continued to
doubt his message. And when he died you said, 'God will not send any
messenger after him. God thus sends astray those who are transgressors,
doubtful." (40:34)
The verses before 3:81 give us the most important reason for the rejection
of the Messenger of the Covenant by "Muslims":
Never would a human being whom God has blessed with scripture and
prophethood say to the people, "Be worshipers of me besides God." Instead,
(he would say), "Be devoted to your Lord alone, in accordance with the
scripture you received, and learned. Nor would he command you to set up the
angels and the prophets as lords. Would he order you to disbelieve after
becoming Muslims ? (3:79, 80)
Muslims idolized Muhammad
Today's Muslims, like past generations, fell into the satanic trap of
fabrication, and idolized Muhammad. They accepted him as the source of the
religion, which according to Quran is idol worship (6:114; 9:31; 12:40;
18:26, 109,110; 41:6; 46:9). They put his name next to the name of God in
the "shahadah", and this is idol worship (39:45; 3:18; 37:35). They added
his name in the "Adhan" and disobeyed Quran (72:18; 2:285; 3:18). They
attributed to him many names of God such as Raheem, Raouf, Azeez, Hafeez,
Haseeb, Mujeeb, Awwal, Ahir, Kareem, Hakeem... They put his name right next
to God's name in the mosques. By stories of intercession, they accepted him
as a rescuer from God (2:123,254; 6:70,94; 7:53; 10:3,18,49; 13:16;
39:44,45; 43:86; 74:48; 82:17-19). They praised his name more than God by
abusing the verse 33:56 (For the correct meaning of 33:56 see the verse
33:43 and 9:103 which "salla" means "encourage", not "praise"). They
accepted him as sinless from birth till death (18:110; 41:6; 47:19; 48:2;
33:37; 42:52; 93:7). Ironically, Sunni and Shiite Muhammadans are not aware
of their idolatry. They claim that they are monotheists (6:23).
Mahdi: Satanic diversion
There is absolutely no way around the Quranic prophecy in 3:81 that a
messenger will come after Muhammad. From 3:81 and 33:7, we learn that God's
Messenger of the Covenant is not Muhammad. Why then do we not see any trace
of this messenger in the literature? How did such an important prophecy
disappear? Since it is impossible for Satan to remove the Quranic prophecy,
the devil resorted to a clever diversionary tactic. Through Hadith and
other Muhammadan literature, Satan created a number of figures such as the
Mahdi, Imam Zaman, the reappearance of Jesus, etc., to replace God's
Messenger of the Covenant. Satan even reversed the definitions of "Nabi"
and "Rasoul". Thus, after Muhammad's death, people started to wait for the
expected Mahdi, Jesus, and the 12th Imam, instead of a Messenger.
Satan duped millions of Muslims into waiting for an imaginary, non-existent
figure. There are numerous clues exposing the gradual development of this
Satanic plot. For example, the early narrations called the expected savior
"Mahdi Rasoul". As a second step, Satan removed the word "Rasoul" and
called the expected figure just "Mahdi."
Distinguishing God's messengers from fake ones
The Quran provides straightforward criteria to distinguish the true
messengers of God from the false messengers: 1) God's messenger advocates
the worship of God alone and the abolition of all forms of idol-worship. 2)
God's messenger never asks for a wage for himself. 3) God's messenger is
given divine, incontrovertible proof of his messengership. Anyone who
claims to be God's messenger, and does not meet the three minimum criteria
listed above is a false claimant. Additionally, God's messenger is
supported by God's invisible soldiers (3:124-126; 9:26-40; 33:9;
37:171-173; 48:4-7; 74:31). God's messenger is supported by God's treasury
(63:7-8). God's messenger, as well as the believers, are guaranteed victory
and dignity, in this world and forever (40:51; 58:21).
a) Why do you exclude Muhammad from the covenant which was taken from all
the prophets?
b) What is your proof that the covenant mentioned in 33:7 is a different
covenant?
c) Why does God repeat the words "messenger" and "prophet" one right after
the other in 33:40: "Muhammad was a messenger of God and the last prophet"?

d) Where does Quran state that Muhammad was the last messenger?
e) Why do Christians reject Muhammad? Why did Egyptians reject Moses? Are
you sure that you don't have the same problem?
f) The verse 3:81 which prophecies the messenger that will come after all
the prophets, also defines the difference between "nabi" and "rasoul". Why
do you not accept this definition?

QUESTION 15

Will Jesus Come Back?

For the believers who uphold the Quran alone, the second coming of Jesus is
a simple story which contradicts the Quran. Let's examine the Quranic facts
about this story:
1) Jesus was a prophet of God, and he announced his prophethood as an
infant (19:30).
2) Muhammad was the messenger of God and the last prophet. No prophet will
come after Muhammad (33:40).
If we agree on these two points, we will agree on the third. As the logical
result of the above facts, the third fact is:
3) After the last prophet Muhammad, Jesus will not come back, since Jesus
was a prophet.
To claim that Jesus, in his second coming, will not be a prophet, is
denying the verses about Jesus' prophethood. If Jesus will come back, he
has to believe the Quranic verses that say he is a prophet. If he accepted
that he is a prophet, he would being denying the final prophethood of
Muhammad.
Those Muslims who adopted Christian stories about the second coming of
Jesus, tried to manipulate the meaning of several verses, such as 43:61
and 4:159. For the correct meaning of these verses you can look at "Quran,
The Final Testament" translated by Dr. Rashad Khalifa, Islamic Productions,
Tucson, 1989.
a) If Jesus comes back, as you claim, will he accept the Quranic verses
that state "Jesus is a prophet"?
b) If Jesus will come back as a prophet, then how can Muhammad be the last
prophet?
c) What is your opinion on a hadith which claims that when Jesus comes, he
will make some unlawful things lawful(Bukhary: 34/102; 46/31). Do you
believe in this hadith? What about the verse 5:3 which states that God has
completed the religion by the Quran?
d) How will you recognize Jesus? Will he show the same miracles that he
showed before?
e) Which place will be Jesus' airport; the white minaret in Damascus, or
Bagdad, or Mecca?
QUESTION 16

What Is The Crucial Age?

What is the age of responsibility? If a child dies at the age of 12,
without even hearing about God, does this child go to Heaven or Hell? What
if the child is 15 years old, or 21, or 25? At what age will the human
being be held responsible for his or her beliefs? This question has always
puzzled researchers of all religions.
However, the Quran sets the age of religious responsibility at 40; any one
who dies before this age will go to Heaven:
"We enjoined the human being to honor his parents. His mother bore him
arduously, gave birth to him arduously, and took intimate care of him for
thirty months. When he reaches maturity, and reaches the age of forty, he
should say, "My Lord, direct me to appreciate the blessings You have
bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to work righteousness that
pleases You. Let my children be righteous as well. I have repented to You;
I am now a submitter."(46:15)
If the person believed in God and benefited from belief by nourishing his
or her soul, he or she goes to the High Heaven. Otherwise, the person goes
to the Lower Heaven.
Your first reaction to this piece of information is objection: "What if the
person was really bad, evil, and an atheist, will he go to Heaven if he
died before the age of 40?" This is because you are mean, while God is the
Most Merciful. Our tendency is to "put them in Hell".
People who objected strongly to this Divine mercy cannot come up with a
cut-off age of responsibility. They ask questions like, "What if the person
was really wicked?" The answer is, "Does God know that this person was
wicked?" "Yes." "Does God know that this person does not deserve to go to
Heaven?" "Yes." "Therefore this person will not die before the age of 40."
As simple as that. God is the only one who terminates our lives. He knows
exactly who deserves to go to Heaven and who deserves to go to Hell.
a) What is the age of responsibility according to your sect?
b) If a sixteen year old child dies as a Christian, does he or she go to Hell?
c) Why do you not accept the Quranic decree about the age of responsibility?

QUESTION 17

How Do You Pronounce "Shahadah"?

All God's messengers delivered the same message: "You shall not worship
anybody but God." Throughout the Quran, the most important subject is
worshiping God alone. More than a hundred times Quran repeats this theme.
"La elaaha ellaa Allah" and "La elaaha ella Hu" (No god except He) occur in
the Quran more than thirty times . Nowhere in the Quran can you find any
other names attached to this important phrase.
The Quran states the first pillar of submission:
"God bears witness that there is no other god besides Him, and so do the
angels and those who possess knowledge." (3:18)
This most crucial pillar has been distorted. Millions of Muslims have
adopted Satan's polytheistic version, and insist upon mentioning the name
of Muhammad besides the name of God. However, the Quran's great criterion
in 39:45 exposes such people as disbelievers:
"When God ALONE is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the
Hereafter shrink with aversion. But when others are mentioned besides Him,
they rejoice." (39:45)
a) Why do you feel the need to add the name of Muhammad when you announce
the oneness of God?
b) Why whenever the Quran mentions the oneness of God, it never mentions
any name besides "God"; not even once!?
c) The Quran entails Muhammad and other messengers. Then why do you not say
that "There is no god except the One God, and the Quran is His book"?
d) How many times did you say that "There is no god except the One God, and
Moses (or Salih, or Jesus ...) is His messenger"? Why do you make
distinction among messengers?
e) Did Jesus remove the name of Moses from "shahadah" and put his name next
to God? Did Muhammad remove the name of Jesus from "shahadah" and put his
name next to God? Do you think that all messengers tried to correct the
"shahadah" in this way? Why do we not see any discussion on changing the
second half of your shahadah in the Quran?
f) Is Muhammad other than God or not? If he is other than God, why do you
not think that you are addressed by 39:45?
g) Do you think that idol worshipers accept the fact that they are idol
worshipers? Why do you not reflect on 6:23?
h) Books which are a mixture of truth and falsehood sometimes expose the
truth. For instance, according to a hadith in Tirmizi, Salat 26 and Nasai,
Adhan 4, the prophet taught the Adhan as 19 words. But in your Adhan you
have 24 words. Why do you contradict your own teachings? If you remove your
addition i.e. "Ashadu anna Muhammadan Rasul Allah" from Adhan, the
remaining words are 19. Is this a coincidence?

QUESTION 18

What About Religious Practices?

Contact prayers are decreed at specific times (4:104). The Dawn Prayer
(24:58), the Noon Prayer (17:78), the Afternoon Prayer (2:238), the Sunset
Prayer (11:114), and the Night Prayer (24:58) is mentioned specifically in
the Quran.
Islam is not a name. It is a description, which means Submission. Islam is
called "The Religion of Abraham" throughout the Quran (2:130,135; 3:95;
4:125; 6:161; 12:37-38; 16:123; 21:73; 22:78). And Muhammad was a follower
of Abraham (16:123).
Due to a general unawareness of the fact that Abraham was the original
messenger of Submission, many so-called Muslims challenge God: "If the
Quran is complete and fully detailed (as claimed by God), where can we find
the number of units in each contact prayer (Salat)?" On the other hand, God
tells us that all the religious practices of Submission were already
established before the Quran's revelation (8:35; 9:54; 16:123; 21:73;
22:27; 28:27). All the messengers after Abraham practiced five daily
contact prayers, obligatory charity, and fasting (2:43; 3:43; 11:87;
19:31,59; 20:14). The Meccan idol worshipers used to believe that they were
followers of Abraham. So they were practicing the contact prayers, fasting,
and pilgrimage (2:183,99; 8:35; 9:54; 107:4-6). During the time of the
prophet Muhammad people knew the meaning of "Salat", "Zakat", "Sawm", and
"Hac".
God sent the Quran with their language. God does not command people with
newborn words to do something (16:103; 26:195). If God wants to command
something that people are not familiar with, He explains it in His fully
detailed book. Moreover, If God wants to add a new meaning to a known word,
informs us. ( For instance, the Arabic word "el-din" in 1:4 is explained in
82:15-19).
Verse 16:123 is direct proof that all religious practices in Islam were
intact when Muhammad was born. Thus, he was enjoined to "follow the
religion of Abraham." If I ask you to buy a color TV, it is assumed that
you know what a color TV is. Similarly, when God enjoined Muhammad to
follow the practices of Abraham (16:123), such practices must have been
well known.
There is no dispute concerning the number of units in all five daily
prayers. This proves the divine preservation of Salat. The Quran's
mathematical code confirms the number of units in the five prayers 2, 4, 4,
3, and 4 respectively. For example, the number 24434 is a multiple of 19.
The Quran deals only with practices that were distorted. For example, the
distorted ablution is restored in 5:6 to its original four steps. The tone
of voice during the contact prayers was distorted, and this was corrected
in the Quran, 17:110. The fasting during Ramadan was modified in 2:187 to
allow intercourse during the night. Zakat, the obligatory charity, is
restored in 6:141, and Hajj is restored to the correct months in 9:2,5.
a) Did Muhammad follow the religion of Abraham? Did Abraham practice
contact prayers, fasting, charity and pilgrimage? What is your proof that
Abraham practiced those rituals differently than Muhammad?
b) Did not Moses, Salih, Jesus observe the Salat?
c) Why do you distort the meaning of 8:35? "Their contact prayers (Salat)
at the shrine (Kabah) were no more than a mockery and a means of repelling
others..." Why do you claim that Meccan idol worshipers were not familiar
with the contact prayers, fasting, pilgrimage, etc.? (9:54; 2:199).
d) According to God how many steps are required for ablution? What about
Hanafiy, Shafiiy and other sects?
e) Which one nullifies ablution; bleeding or touching a woman's hand? What
does Quran states on this subject?
f) Why do you disobey 17:110 by reciting Quran silently in daily contact
prayers?
g) Why do you mention Muhammad's name in the contact prayers? Why do you
not obey 20:14 and 72:18?
h) Why do you delay the charity by stating that one is not required to give
charity if he did not hold his savings one full year? Why do you disobey
God's command in 6:141?
i) Why do you cramp millions of pilgrims in one day, while God has given us
four months for this duty? (2:197)
j) Quran condemns idol worshipers who change the sacred months (9:37),
which are consecutive (9:2,5). Why do you distort the Sacred Months?
k) Why do you decree a punishment of 60 straight days of fasting for one
nullified day of fasting? (2:184).

QUESTION 19

Can You See The Mathematical Miracle?

"Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe" (Galileo)
Chapter 74 of the Quran, God's Final Testament, is dedicated to the number
19. The name of that chapter is "Al-Muddassir" (The Hidden Secret). The
number 19 is specifically mentioned in that Chapter as a punishment for
those who state that the scripture is human-made (74:25), and proclaims
that the 19 is "One of the greatest" (74:35). In 74:31, the purpose of the
number 19 is spelled out: to remove all doubt regarding the authenticity of
the Quran, increase the faith of the believers, and to be a scientific
punishment for hypocrites and disbelievers. However, the implication of
this number as a proof for the authenticity of the Quran remained unknown
for centuries. For fourteen centuries, the commentators tried in vain to
understand the function and fulfilment of the number 19.
In 1974, the Lord of the universe unveiled the secret of number 19 to Dr.
Rashad Khalifa, an Egyptian-American biochemist. His four-year long
computerized study on the Quran did not have any expected target.
Surprisingly, he discovered the mathematically intertwined structure by
"chance." This multifold interlocked mathematical design is a message in
universal language. This message, providing a built-in physical evidence of
its divine source, leaves no doubt in our heart that the Quran is The Final
Testament.
Before the secret is decoded
Before the discovery of 19-based system, we knew a symmetrical mathematical
system in the Quran. For example:
© The word "month" (shahr) occurs 12 times.
© The word "day" (yawm) occurs 365 times.
© The word "days" (ayyam,yewmeyn) occurs 30 times.
© The words "satan" (shaytan) and "angel" (malak), both occur 88 times.
© The words "this world" (dunya) and "hereafter" (ahirah), both occur 115 times.
Simple to understand, impossible to imitate
The mathematical structure of the Final Testament is simple to understand
and impossible to imitate. You do not need to know Arabic, the original
language of the Quran to examine it for yourself. Basically what you need
is to be able to count upto19. Dr. Khalifa introduces this supernatural
message as follows:
The Quran is characterized by a unique phenomenon never found in any human
authored book. Every element of the Quran is mathematically composed-the
chapters, the verses, the words, the number of certain letters, the number
of words from the same root, the number and variety of divine names, the
unique spelling of certain words, and many other elements of the Quran
besides its content. There are two major facets of the Quran's mathematical
system: (1) The mathematical literary composition, and (2) The mathematical
structure involving the numbers of chapters and verses. Because of this
comprehensive mathematical coding, the slightest distortion of the Quran's
text or physical arrangement is immediately exposed (Quran The Final
Testament, Translated by Rashad Khalifa, Islamic Productions, Tucson, 1989,
p 609).
Nineteen, as the mathematical code of the Quran, is a challenge for
atheists, an invitation for agnostics and a guidance for believers. It is a
perpetual miracle for the computer generation. It is the light of the
morning promised by God Almighty (74:33).
Physical, examinable divine proof
Here is the summary of this historical discovery:
© The first verse, i.e., the opening statement "Bismillahirrahmanirrahim",
shortly "Basmalah," consists of 19 Arabic letters.
© The first word of Basmalah, Ism (name) occurs in the Quran 19 times.
© The second word of Basmalah, Allah (God) occurs 2698 times, or 19x142.
© The third word of Basmalah, Rahman (Gracious) occurs 57 times, or 19x3.
© The fourth word of Basmalah, Rahim (Merciful) occurs 114 times, or 19x6.
Although this phenomenon (the opening statement consists of 19 letters, and
each word occurs in multiple of 19) represents a minute portion of the
code, it was described by Martin Gardner in the Scientific American as
"ingenious" (September, 1981, p. 22-24)
© The multiplication factors of the words of the Basmalah (1+142+3+6) add
up to 152 or 19x8.
© The Quran consists of 114 chapters, which is 19x6.
© The total number of verses in the Quran including all Basmalahs is 6346,
or 19x334. If you add the digits of that number, 6+3+4+6 equals 19.
© The Basmalah occurs 114 times, (despite its conspicuous absence from
chapter 9, it occurs twice in chapter 27) and 114 is 19x6.
© From the missing Basmalah of chapter 9 to the extra Basmalah of chapter
27, there are precisely 19 chapters.
© It follows that the sum of the chapter numbers from 9 to 27
(9+10+11+12.......+26+27) is 342. This total (342) also equals the number
of words between the two Basmalahs of chapter 27, and 342 equals 19x18.
© The occurrence of the extra Basmalah is in 27:30. The number of the
chapter and the verse add up to 57, or 19x3.
© Each letter of the Arabic alphabet corresponds to a number according to
their original sequence in the alphabet. The Arabs were using this system
for calculations. When the Quran was revealed 14 centuries ago, the numbers
known today did not exist. A universal system was used where the letters of
the Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek alphabets were used as numerals. The
number assigned to each letter is its "Gematrical Value." The numerical
values of the Arabic alphabet are shown below:
A study on the gematrical values of about 200 attributes of God which are
mentioned in the Quran, shows that only four names have gematrical values
which are multiples of 19. These are "Wahid" (One), "Zul Fadl al Azim"
(Possessor of Infinite Grace), "Majid" (Glorous), "Jaami" (Summoner). Their
gematrical value are 19 , 2698, 57, and 114 respectively, which are all
divisible by 19 and correspond exactly to the frequencies of occurrence of
the Basmalah's four words.
© The total numbers of verses where the word Allah (God) occurs add up to
118123, and is 19x6217.
© The total occurrences of the word Allah (God) in all the verses whose
numbers are multiples of 19 is 133, or 19x7.
© The first revelation (96:1-5) consists of 19 words.
© This 19-worded first revelation consists of 76 letters, 19x4.
© Chapter 96, first in the chronological sequence, consists of 19 verses.
© This first chronological chapter is placed ahead of the last 19 chapters.
© Chapter 96 consists of 304 Arabic letters, 19x16.
© The last revelation, chapter 110, consists of 19 verses.
© The first verse of the last revelation consists of 19 letters.
© The word "the Quran" occurs 57 times, or 19x3. (The word in 10:15 is a
different Quran, so it is not counted)
© The key commandment: "You shall devote your worship to God alone" (in
Arabic "Wahdahu") occurs in 7:70; 39:45; 40:12,84; and 60:4. The total of
these numbers adds up to 361, or 19x19.
© The Quran is characterized by a unique phenomenon that is not found in
any other book: 29 chapters are prefixed with "Quranic Initials" which
remained mysterious for 1406 years. With the discovery of the code 19 , we
realized their major role in the Quran's mathematical structure. The
initials occur in their respective chapters in multiples of 19. For
example, Chapter 19 has five letters in its beginning, K.H.Y.A'.SS., and
the total occurrence of these letters in this chapter is 798, or 19x42.
© To witness the details of the miracle of these initials, a short chapter
which begins with one initial, letter "Q" will be a good example. The
frequency of "Q" in chapter 50 is 57, or 19x3. The letter "Q" occurs in the
other Q-initialed chapter, i.e., chapter 42, exactly the same number of
times, 57. The total occurrence of the letter "Q" in the two Q-initialed
chapters is 114, which equals the number of chapters in the Quran. "The
Quran" is mentioned in the Quran 57 times. The description of the Quran as
"Majid" (Glorious) is correlated with the frequency of occurrence of the
letter "Q" in each of the Q-initialed chapters. The word "Majid" has a
gematrical value of 57. Chapter 42 consists of 53 verses, and 42+53 is 95,
or 19x5. Chapter 50 consists of 45 verses, and 50+45 is 95, or 19x5. The
number of Q's in all ver-ses numbered "19" throughout the Quran is 76, or
19x4.
© The Quran mentions 30 different numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 19, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 99, 100, 200, 300, 1000, 2000,
3000, 5000, 50000, & 100000. The sum of these numbers is 162146, which
equals 19x8534.
© If we write down the number of each verse in the Quran, one next to the
other, preceded by the number of verses in each chapter, the resulting long
number consists of 12692 digits (19x668). Additionally, the huge number
itself is also a multiple of 19.
The details of this study is endless. Keeping up with the new discoveries
is a challenging task.
In the original of The Old Testament
Is this mathematical structure unique to the Quran? For a while we thougt
so. But, we were wrong. The same 19-based mathematical composition was
discovered by Rabbi Judah in the 12th century AD in a preserved part of the
Old Testament. Evidently, the prime number 19 is the signiture of God, the
Greatest Matematician.
Below is the copy from Studies In Jewish Mysticism:
"The people (Jews) in France made it a custom to add (in the morn ing
prayer) the words: Ashrei temimei derekh (blessed are those who walk the
righteous way), and our Rabbi, the Pious, of blessed memory, wrote that
they were completely and utterly wrong. It is all gross falsehood, be cause
there are only nineteen times that the Holy Name is mentioned (in that
portion of the morning prayer), . . . and similarly you find the word
Elohim nineteen times in the peri cope of Ve- elleh shemot . . . .
Similarly, you find that Israel were called sons nineteen times, and
there are many other examples. All these sets of nineteen are intricately
inter twined, and they contain many secrets and esoteric meanings, which
are contained in more than eight volumes. Therefore, anyone who has the
fear of God in him will not listen to the words of the Frenchmen who add
the verse Ashrei temimei derekh (blessed are those who walk in the paths
of God s Torah, for according to their additions the Holy Name is mentioned
twenty times . . . and this is a great mistake. Furthermore, in this
section there are 152 words, but if you add Ashrei temimei derekh there
are 158 words. This is nonsense, for it is a great and hidden secret why
there should be 152 words . . ." (Dan, Joseph. Studies In Jewish Mysticism,
Association for Jewish Studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1978, p 88.)
How can we explain this phenomenon?
There are primarily four possible explanations:
1) Manipulation: You may be skeptical about our data regarding the
mathematical structure of Quran. However, you can eliminate this option in
several hours by random checking of our detailed computer print out. We
have published them in several books and they can be obtained from the
Monotheist Production International.
2) Coincidence: This possibility is eliminated by the statistical
probability laws. The consistency and frequency of the 19-based pattern is
much too overwhelming to occur coincidentally.
3) Human fabrication: While fabricating a literary work that meets the
criteria of the document summarized here is a stunning challenge for our
computer generation, it is certainly improbable for the time of initiation
of the document, namely, 610 AD. One more fact augments the improbability
of human fabrication. If a certain person or persons had fabricated this
literary work, they would want to reap the fruits of their efforts; they
would have bragged about it.
In view of the originality, complexity, and mathematical sophistication of
this work, we have to admit that it is ingenious. However, no one has ever
claimed credit for this unique literary code; the code was never known
prior to the computer decoding accomplished by Dr. Khalifa. Therefore it is
reasonable to exclude the possibility of human fabrication.
The timing of the discovery may be considered another evidence for the
existence and full control of Supreme Being: The mystery of the number 19
which is mentioned as "one of the greatest events" in the chapter 74 (The
Hidden Secret) was unveiled exactly 1406 (19x74) lunar years after the
revelation of the Quran. Dr. Khalifa discovered the code 19 in 1974. The
connection between 19 and 74 (the number of the chapter which this code is
mentioned) is significant in the timing of the discovery.
4. Super Intelligent Source: The only remaining possibility is that a super
intelligent source is responsible for this document; one who designed the
work in this extraordinary manner, then managed to keep it a well guarded
secret for 14 centuries, for a predetermined time.
The mathematical code ensures that the source is super intelligent and also
that the document is perfectly intact.
It is not a dream anymore
The following excerpts are from the famous astronomer and science-fiction
writer Carl Sagan's book:
"No, don't you see? This would be different. This isn't just starting the
universe out with some precise mathematical laws that determine physics and
chemistry. This is a message. Whoever makes the universe hides messages in
transcendental numbers so they'll be read fifteen billion years later when
intelligent life finally evolves. I criticized you and Rankin the time we
first met for not understanding this. 'If God wanted us to know that he
existed, why didn't he send us an unambiguous message?' I asked. Remember?"
"I remember very well. You think God is a mathematician."
"Something like that. If what we're told is true. If this isn't a
wild-goose chase. If there's a message hiding in pi and not one of the
infinity of other transcendental numbers. That's a lot of ifs."
"You're looking for Revelation in arithmetic. I know a better way."
"Palmer, this is the only way. This is the only thing that would convince a
skeptic. Imagine we find something. It doesn't have to be tremendously
complicated. Just something more orderly than could accumulate by chance
that many digits into pi. That's all we need. Then mathematicians all over
the world can find exactly the same pattern or message or whatever it
proves to be. Then there are no sectarian divisions. Everybody begins
reading the same Scripture. No one could then argue that the key miracle in
the religion was some conjurer's trick, or that later historians had
falsified the record, or that it's just hysteria or delusion or a
substitute parent for when we grow up. Everyone could be a believer." (Carl
Sagan, Contact, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1985, p 418-419)
Eerily, almost everything exactly has been happening according to Carl
Sagan's prediction with an exception that the code of the divine message is
not pi, it is a peculiar prime number. Also the last statement seems to be
too optimistic, at least for the time being. Already millions of Muslims
have rejected the mathematical code based on the presupposition that the
Creator of the universe won't employ mathematics in his book. And
born-again Christians are ready to coin it as Anti Christ.
However, this mathematically coded message promises a new era in the world
of religions. It does not only provide an examinable evidence for the
existence of God, it also expose the widespread corruption plagued all the
organized religions. This mathematical code suggests (as it is published in
our numerous books) a "Copernican revolution" in theology of religions.
Instead of Krishna-centered, or Jesus-centered, or Muhammad-centered
religions we must turn to the original center, to the God-centered model.
They cannot see the miracle
The "learned Muslim scholars" cannot understand or accept this clear
mathematical composition. Indeed, the verse 74:31 prophecies that
hypocrites will not be able to understand this miracle. Also the verse
7:146 describes those people who are deprived of seeing the miracle:
I will divert from My revelations those who are arrogant on earth, without
justification. Consequently, when they see every kind of miracle they will
not believe. And when they see the path of guidance they will not adopt it
as their path, but when they see the path of straying they will adopt it as
their path. This is the consequence of their rejecting our revelations, and
of being totally heedless thereof. (7:146)
a) Are all of those mathematical facts coincidences?
b) How many letters are there in the opening statement of the Quran i.e.,
Basmalah? Why do your ancient scholars (Fahreddin er Razi, Qurtubi etc.)
who counted the letters of Basmalah agree on 19 letters? Why after the
discovery of the miracle do you refute your respected ancient scholars?
c) 786 is the gematrical value of Basmalah used by Muslims to represent the
Basmalah. How many letters does this famous number represent?
d) Why do you fail in counting the 19 letters of Basmalah which is a very
simple and very obvious physical fact?
e) Almighty God in 74:31 gives us a list of functions of the number "19".
This is what "19" will do: 1) Disturb the disbelievers. 2) Establish
certainty in the hearts of the believers, the Jews, and the Christians,
concerning the divine origin of the Quran. 3) Strengthen the faith of the
faithful. 4) Remove all doubt from the hearts of the believers, and the
Jews, and the Christians. 5) Expose the hypocrites and the disbelievers who
claim with their lip service to be believers; they will not accept the
19-based miracle. The mathematical miracle of the Quran fulfills all these
functions one by one. The question to the Muslim scholars who reject God's
miracle is: How will the number 19 establish certainty in the hearts of
people? How will the number 19 remove all doubt from the people's heart?
How will the hypocrites be exposed? What are the functions of your 19?
f) The reason for your rejection of this great miracle has been explained
in 74:31; 7:146 and 6:25. Why do you not kill your ego, and purify your
heart?
g) How was the prophecy of 10:20; 27:93 & 41:53 fulfilled?
h) Is it not significant that the same 19-based mathematical composition
was discovered by Rabbi Judah in the 12th century AD in a preserved part of
the Old Testament? (See Studies In Jewish Mysticism, Association for Jewish
Studies, Cambridge, Mass., Joseph Dan, page 88, 1982).
i) What do you think about the Quranic prophecy on this discovery which
confirms the mathematical miracle of the scriptures?: "Proclaim: 'What if
it is from God, and you disbelieved in it? A witness from the Children of
Israel has borne witness to a similar phenomenon, and he has believed,
while you have turned too arrogant to believe. God does not guide the
wicked.' " (46:10).
j) What do A.L.M., HH.M., Y.S., Q. mean? Why is the Quranic expression
"These are the miracles --ayaat-- of this book" found ONLY in conjunction
with Quranic initials? (10:1; 12:1; 13:1; 15:1; 26:1-2; 27:1; 28:1-2;
32:1-2).

"A RELIGION NEVER AUTHORIZED BY GOD" (42:21)

The extent to which Islam has been corrupted is illustrated in the following:
In the paranthesis are some of the Chapter:Verse numbers that contradict
the traditional orthodox teaching.
Hadith and Sunna (6:19,38,114; 7:3; 12:111; 17:46; 31:6; 45:6; 69:38-47 .....)
Killing whomever they consider an apostate (2:256; 4:90; 10:99;18:29; 88:21,22.)
Cutting off the hand of the thief (5:38, 12:31)
Stoning the adulterers to death (24:2; 4:25.
Killing muslims who do not observe prayer (2:256; 18:29; 20:14)
Killing one who drinks alcohol for the 4th time ( 2:256; 18:29)
Forbidding menstruating women from worshiping (2:222)
Forbidding women from the Friday prayer (62:9)
Oppressing women and forcing them to wear head-covers and unreasonable
clothes; and depriving them of all rights in marriage, divorce,
inheritance, etc. (3:195; 4:19,32; 9:71; 2:228.)Y
Insulting women by instituting that "if a monkey, or a black dog, or a
woman passes in front of a praying person, his prayer is nullified"
(9:71; 33:35 ...)
Idolizing Muhammad against his will:
Calling him "the most honorable messenger" 2:285
Claiming that he was infallible (4:79; 9:117; 33:37; 40:66; 42:52; 66:1;
80:1-10; 93:7)
Setting up his tomb as a "Sacred Mosque" (2:149-150)
Claiming that he possesses power of intercession (2:48,123,254; 6:70,94;
7:53; 10:3; 39:44; 43:86; 74:48.)
Adding his name in the five daily prayers and Azan (20:14; 72:18)
Adding his name to the First Pillar of Islam, Shahadah (3:18; 37:35; 39:45)
Inventing a funny story about his ascension to the heavens on a horse, and
talking God out of 50 prayers a day, after consulting Moses. (17:1;
53:1-18)
Insulting Muhammad:
Claiming that he advised people to drink urine (7:157)
Claiming that he gouged out people's eyes (3:159; 68:4)
Claiming that he possessed sexual drive of 30 men (33:21)
Claiming that he was illiterate, un-intelligent (96:1-5 and many more)
Claiming that he had been bewitched by a Jew (17:47; 25:8)
Claiming that he cursed a child passing in front of him during prayer and
the child became crippled (3:159)
Nullifying the fact that Muhammad was the last prophet by teaching that
Jesus will come back to this world. This makes Jesus the last prophet
(33:40; 19:30)
A bizarre dietary system with multitudes of prohibition and contradictions
(6:145-150; 16:115,116)
Claiming that hell will not touch them, except for a limited number of
days. (2:80-82; 3:23-25)
Altering the four consecutive Sacred Months. (9:37)
Limiting the pilgrimage to three days (2:197)
Neglecting the Zakat charity through distortion (6:141)
Giving a punishment of 60 straight days of fasting for one nullified day
of fasting. (2:184)
Inventing numerous rules from ablution, to prayer, to sleeping, to cutting
one's nails. (5:101; 42:21; 2:67-71)
Prohibiting gold and silk for men. (5:48,49; 7:31-32; 18:31; 22:23; 35:33)
Prohibiting music, painting, and the arts. (7:32; 42:21; 34:13)
Rejecting writing a will for parents and relatives. (2:180; 4:11-12)
Claiming that the age of responsibility for males starts at 15, for females
starts at 12. Anybody who dies after these ages as a non-muslim, will go
to hell (46:15)
Claiming that some verses contradict some verses and therefore they
abrogate each other. For example they do not believe in 2:180; 2:219.
(4:82; 15:90-92; 2:85)
Claiming that Muhammad added an extra prohibition and abrogated the last
part of 4:24. (17:73-75; 69:40-47)
Changing the meaning of the Quranic words. (Such as nabi -prophet- & rasoul
-messenger-, ayat -miracle,sign- & ayaat -miracles, verses-). (5:41)
Claiming that Muhammad was the last messenger. (33:40; 3:81; 33:7)
Omitting Basmalah and adding a non Quranic word "ameen" to the end of
al-Faatiha in the prayers. (1:1-7)
Reciting al-Faatiha silently in the noon and afternoon prayers. (17:110)
Accepting the division into sects as God's mercy. (6:159; 30:32; 23:52-56)
Changing the number of the letters of the Basmalah to reject the great
mathematical miracle. (1:1; 74:30-37)

AUTHOR'S PUBLISHED BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS

IN TURKISH
Kuran En Büyük Mucize /Quran, the Greatest Miracle
(Inkilab, Fatih-Istanbul, 1983-88, 16 editions, 204 p.)
Yusuf'un 40. Emri /The 40th Commandment of Joseph (Poetry)
(Madve, Cagaloglu-Istanbul, 1984, 72 p.)
Kitab-i Mukaddes Allah Sözü müdür?Is The Bible God's Word?
(Inkilab, Fatih-Istanbul, 1984, 164 p.)
Kuran'da Demirin Kimyasal Esrari/Chemical Secrets of Iron in the Quran.
(Timas, Cagaloglu-Istanbul, 1984, 48 p.)
Kuran Görülen Mucize/Quran: The Visual Miracle
(Timas, Cagaloglu-Istanbul, 1985, 308 p.)
Ilginç Sorular-1/ Interesting Questions-1
(Inkilab, Fatih-Ist., 1985-1987, 8 editions, 214 p.)
(Beyan, Cagaloglu-Istanbul, 1988, 9th edition, 214 p.)
Ilginç Sorular-2/ Interesting Questions-2
(Yüzondört, Fatih-Istanbul, 1987, 190 p.)
(Beyan, Cagaloglu-Istanbul, 1988, 2-3 editions, 190 p.)
Kitap Okumanin Zararlari/ Books Are Dangerous (20% Humor)
(Beyan, Cagaloglu-Istanbul, 1988, 106 p.)
Sakincali Yazilar/Censored Columns
(Devlet, Cagaloglu-Istanbul, 1989, 2 editions,100 p.)
Müslüman Din Adamlarina 19 Soru/ 19 Q. For Muslim Clergy
(Gösterge, Erenköy-Istanbul, 1992, 72 p.)
Türkçe Kuran Çevirilerindeki Hatalar/ Errors In Turkish Quran Trans.
(Gösterge, Erenköy-Istanbul, 1992, 164 p.)
Notlar/ Notes
(Gösterge, Erenköy-Istanbul, 1992, 76 p.)
Üzerinde Ondokuz Var / On It Is Nineteen
(will be published soon, inshallah, 320 p )
IN ENGLISH
19 Questions For Muslim Scholars
(Renaissance Institute, Tucson, 1990, 48 p.)
(Monotheist Productions Int., Tucson, 1992, 66 p.)
TEST your Quranic Knowledge
(Renaissance Institute, Tucson, 1991, 36 p.)
19 Questions For Christian Clergy
(Monotheist Productions Int., Tucson, 1993, 100 p.)
An Unconventional Skirmish On "Unintentional" Lies
(Monotheist Productions Int., Tucson, 1993, 36 p.)
Unorthodox Articles: Usury, Wife-beating, Abortion
(Self, Tucson,1994)
The Prime Argument
(Monotheist Productions Int, Tucson, 1995, 64 p)
Running Like Zebras... (74:50): An Internet Debate
(Monotheist Productions Int, Tucson, 1995, 120 p)
IN NEAR FUTURE, INSHALLAH
Kuran: Son Mesaj/ Quran: The Last Message (Translation of the Q.)
Purple Letters To My Grandchildren
Errors in English Translations of the Quran
Edip Yuksel
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