Quoted
from the "ISLAM REVEALED"
ISLAM
UNVEILED
THE
TRUE SOURCES OF ISLAM
And they say: Fables of
the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated
to him morn and evening.
"And you shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free."
E. Stanley Jones, the famed Christian apostle
to India for sixty years, explained the types of religion
in the world. Dr. Jones declared
that the first type of religion is the word made word—God revealing himself
primarily through a written revelation in a holy book. The second
type is the word made law, in which God is view as revealing Himself primarily
in a set of rules to follow. The third is the word made flesh.
If humans were libraries, the best way to communicate with them would be
through a book. If humans were constitutions and by-laws, they would
respond best to a set of laws. Because we are human, God chose to
make the word flesh. 3
The Muslims seem to believe that
in the beginning was the "Word" and the "Word" became a "Book"! Muslims
assert that Allah has revealed himself most clearly in a book, not in Muhammad
the person. Indeed, according to my count, the word book occurs 259
times in the Quran. In contradistinction, Christians believe that
in the beginning was the "Word" and the "Word" became a human being! 4
Here ware some verses worth our consideration:
That (this) is indeed a noble Qur’an
in a Book kept hidden which none toucheth save the purified, a revelation
from the Lord of the Worlds. It is this Statement that ye scorn.
…
And they say: If only he would bring
us a miracle from his Lord! Hath there not come unto hem the proof
of what is in the former Scriptures?…
…And thou (O Muhammad) wast no
a reader of any Scripture before it, nor didst thou write it with thy right
hand, for then might those have doubted who follow falsehood.
In contrast, we must study John 1:1-15,
especially verse 14 which is among the most unique statements to be found
in all of literature: "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among
us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,
full of grace and truth."
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