Arabs began a series of conquests in the 7th century AD under the leadership of the Prophet Muhammad during the rise of Islam. Muhammad was born in Makkah (Mecca) in the western part of the Arabian Peninsula, a city on the trade routes connecting Yemen to the south, the Mediterranean to the north, the Persian Gulf to the east, and Africa through the Red Sea port of Jeddah to the west. Muhammad delivered a spiritual and social message based on the unity and oneness of God, derived from Jewish and Christian concepts already well established in Arabia. In 622, Muhammad founded the first Muslim community in Medina. His immensely popular message confronted the weakness of the Byzantine and Sasanian empires and led to the success of a series of dramatic conquests. Within 20 years of Muhammad’s death in 632, Muslim Arabs ruled a territory extending from Egypt deep into Iran.
Palestine was invaded by Muslim Arab armies during this period, capped by the capture of Jerusalem in 638 AD. The invasion was bloody for the long-established Christian and Jewish inhabitants and the countryside was devastated. This was the start of 1300 years of Muslim presence in what the Arabs called Filastin, an Arabic rendition of the name Palaestina assigned by the Romans. Mohammed originally designated that his followers must face Jerusalem when praying, a gesture designed to win support from Arabian Jews. Later, Muslims switched to praying toward Mecca, and the Koran does not mention Jerusalem. In 715 AD, the site from which the prophet was believed to have ascended to Heaven on a night journey was arbitrarily associated with Jerusalem where the Dome of the Rock had been built in 687 AD by Caliph Abd al-Malik. Based on this association, the Al-Aqsa Mosque was built at the same site and the city became, after Makkah and Medina, the third holiest city of Islam. See the topic on Jerusalem for more information.
The Muslim Arabs ruled Palestine under the system of dhimmitude, the rules that apply to non-Muslim populations conquered by jihad. There is a myth that the time of Islamic rule was a “golden age” for Jews and that they were better treated by the Muslims than by the Christians. This myth has been shattered by scholarship that shows continuous persecution of Jews and Christians under Islamic rule.
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Dear Gaolan,
When we talk about God we always do the mistake of having a conception in our mind that it is a Body person with flesh and bones. It is not so. You should change your conception to the spiritual world. In the spirit form God, Son and Holy spirit can merge into one called the trinity and can function separately as Son and the Holy Spirit. The Bible clearly sates that all the Father Son and the Holy Spirit were all there during the creation of the world and again when it was reformed before Adam was created. But man sinned and thus disqualified his soul to enter the heaven the kingdom of God. So God devised a plan to save mankind by sending His only Son Jesus separating Him from the trinity to the earth to transfer all our burden of sin to the Hades which we ought to have done. The only difference is if we enter the Hades with our sins we cannot return back from the Hades and and will have to remain there until the day of judgement after which we will be casted into the lake of fire a more severe place. But Jesus on the cross carried all our sins went to the hell and casted our sins and locked and brought the keys of the Hades to heaven. This wiped away our sins totally by His precious blood and thus we are now qualified to reach the Heaven. This is called resurrection in Christ. For Jesus has said “I am the life and resurrection.
Regarding the Muslims there were no Muslims before AD632. It was Mohammad Nabi who reintroduced Islam and reintroduced the one God as Allah. Earlier there were various tribes like the Philistians, Amorites. Medianites, Jebusites, the Ishmalites etc. Ishmael was the son of Abraham born of the servant maid called Ahar. All the other tribes like the philistines, Amorites,etc joined hand with the Ismail tribe and Mohammed Nabi combined it into one head called Islam. As told in the Bible in Genesis 16:12, their hands are against every one and they are involved in acts of violence and so on.
But the God’s tribe is the children of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. The Muslims will multiply into huge numbers throughout the world and will rule the whole world for 3 1/2 years. After which Jesus will come from Heaven and the day of judgement will come. So read the Bible and understand the God’s plan and submit to the Lord totally and thus be reborn. God Bless U
so technically, ALL PROPHETS WERE MUSLIMS. ONE GOD AND HIS MESSENGER MOHAMMED (PBUH)
The prophets who came before Muhammed PBUH knew that there will be another prophet after them (Prophet Muhammed, the seal of the prophets). They were not ordinary people like you and me, there is a reason as to why they are called prophets. They recieved revalations from God. The prophet Mohammed was mentioned in the scriptures that were revealed to the previous prophets, for example;
Almighty God speaks to Moses in Book of Deuteronomy chapter 18 verse 18:
“I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.”
The Christians say that this prophecy refers to Jesus (pbuh) because Jesus (pbuh) was like Moses (pbuh). Moses (pbuh) was a Jew, as well as Jesus (pbuh) was a Jew. Moses (pbuh) was a Prophet and Jesus (pbuh) was also a Prophet.
If these two are the only criteria for this prophecy to be fulfilled, then all the Prophets of the Bible who came after
Moses (pbuh) such as Solomon, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Malachi, John the Baptist, etc. (pbut) will
fulfill this prophecy since all were Jews as well as prophets.
However, it is Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) who is like Moses (pbuh):
i)
Both had a father and a mother, while Jesus (pbuh) was born miraculously without any male intervention.
[Mathew 1:18 and Luke 1:35 and also Al-Qur'an 3:42-47]
ii)
Both were married and had children. Jesus (pbuh) according to the Bible did not marry nor had children.
iii)
Both died natural deaths. Jesus (pbuh) has been raised up alive. (4:157-158)
Muhammad (pbuh) is from among the brethren of Moses (pbuh). Arabs are brethren of Jews. Abraham (pbuh) had two sons: Ishmail and Isaac (pbut). The Arabs are the descendants of Ishmail (pbuh) and the Jews are the descendants of Isaac (pbuh).
Words in the mouth:
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was unlettered and whatever revelations he received from Almighty God he repeated them verbatim.
“I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.”
[Deuteronomy 18:18]
iv)
Both besides being Prophets were also kings i.e. they could inflict capital punishment. Jesus (pbuh) said, “My kingdom is not of this world.” (John 18:36).
v)
Both were accepted as Prophets by their people in their lifetime but Jesus (pbuh) was rejected by his
people. John chapter 1 verse 11 states, “He came unto his own, but his own received him not.”
iv)
Both brought new laws and new regulations for their people. Jesus (pbuh) according to the Bible did not bring any new laws. (Mathew 5:17-18).
2.
It is Mentioned in the book of Deuteronomy chapter 18:19
“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not harken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.”
3.
Muhammad (pbuh) is prophesised in the book of Isaiah:
It is mentioned in the book of Isaiah chapter 29 verse 12:
“And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.”
When Archangel Gabrail commanded Muhammad (pbuh) by saying Iqra – “Read”, he replied, “I am not learned”.
4.
prophet Muhammad (pbuh) mentioned by name in the old testament:
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is mentioned by name in the Song of Solomon chapter 5 verse 16:
“Hikko Mamittakim we kullo Muhammadim Zehdoodeh wa Zehraee Bayna Jerusalem.”
“His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters
of Jerusalem.”
In the Hebrew language im is added for respect. Similarely im is added after the name of Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh) to make it Muhammadim. In English translation they have even translated the name of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as “altogether lovely”, but in the Old Testament in Hebrew, the name of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is yet present.
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in the New Testament:
Al-Qur’an Chapter 61 Verse 6:
“And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said, ‘O Children of Israel! I am the messenger of Allah (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me and giving glad tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmed.’ But when he came to them with clear signs, they said, ‘This is evident sorcery!’ ”
All the prophecies mentioned in the Old Testament regarding Muhammad (pbuh) besides applying to the Jews also hold good for the Christians.
1.
John chapter 14 verse 16:
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever.”
2.
Gospel of John chapter 15 verse 26:
“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which
proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.”
3.
Gospel of John chapter 16 verse 7:
“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not
come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you”.
“Ahmed” or “Muhammad” meaning “the one who praises” or “the praised one” is almost the translation of the
Greek word Periclytos. In the Gospel of John 14:16, 15:26, and 16:7. The word ‘Comforter’ is used in the English translation for the Greek word Paracletos which means advocate or a kind friend rather than a comforter.
Paracletos is the warped reading for Periclytos. Jesus (pbuh) actually prophesised Ahmed by name. Even the
Greek word Paraclete refers to the Prophet (pbuh) who is a mercy for all creatures.
Some Christians say that the Comforter mentioned in these prophecies refers to the Holy Sprit. They fail to realise
that the prophecy clearly says that only if Jesus (pbuh) departs will the Comforter come. The Bible states that the
Holy Spirit was already present on earth before and during the time of Jesus (pbuh), in the womb of Elizabeth, and again when Jesus (pbuh) was being baptised, etc. Hence this prophecy refers to none other than Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh).
4.
Gospel of John chapter 16 verse 12-14:
“I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth is
come, he will guide you unto all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me”.
The Sprit of Truth, spoken about in this prophecy referes to none other than Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
NOTE: All quotations of the Bible are taken from the King James Version.
Every one who submits to God is a Muslim. Muslim has been defined as total submission to Allah. All the past prophets are Muslim cos they all submitted themselves to one God including Jesus
Abdul,
I mean no disrespect, but I cannot imagine how you can believe such a statesmen! There were no Muslims when the past Prophets and Jesus were on this earth…
John 1:1-14 says that Jesus is God. The meaning for the word “Word” means He is God. He is width God and is with God. The Father God, the word i.e the son of God Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are Called as the Trinity God. It would be difficuilt to understand these things if we look it at our form of flesh. Because we are preconceived with our notions of living only thinking of a form of flesh. But this word of God who was a spirit with God and was also God descended unto this earth to save man kind from their sins and to redeem them. The need to be born as man is because God is a Holy of the Holiest and He as God will not approach the sin of man. Secondly the wages of sin is Death and resultant of death is the Hell. So for the sins that we have done we are qualified to go to the hell. Therefore Jesus came unto this world and and underwent the sufferings that we ought to suffer and he went to the hell and suffered the sufferings in the hell when He was on the cross. None who go to the hell can come back out of it. But Jesus not only went to the hell but also victoriously came out of it and ascended unto the Heaven. That is why the Bible says “O death where is thy sting? Oh grave where is thy victory? (I Corinthians 15:55).
When Jesus the God came unto this world from Heaven who was there with the Father right from the beginning (John 1:1) He did have all characteristics of human being like hunger, thirst, pain and sufferings and all feelings of mankind. But He sinned not like man. He also had many characterstics of God like Healing others, and knew & predict about the future. Since He was a human when came unto this earth He had to pray to His Father the God and speak to Him because He was in the form of flesh.
This was the method of communication as a man to God and thus He taught mankind how to speak to God.
Therefore when Jesus had resurrected and when Mary came to touch Jesus He said to her that even after resurrection He is still in the form of Man and that He is to ascend unto the Heaven and be with God. He hastened her to communicate this message to all His disciples. (John 20:17.) He did ascend into the Heaven and will again come back to this earth to Judge the earth as mentioned in Mathew 25:31 and before that He will appear amidst the clouds and pick up the righteous of this world (Mathew 24:30). Nothing what is said in the bible has gone to be false and every verse was and is being fulfilled till date and will be fulfilled in future too. Further there is a heirarchy right from Adam and there is a continuous History and one can calculate the years right from the date of creation of Adam upto the global end from the details furnished in the Bible. Of course the word “Allah” stepped in only after 632 AD and only after Mohammad Nabi. The Koran came into existance only after that. And the incidents, names are all picked up from the Bible and projected in different manner. There is no seriatum of incidents mentioned in the koran and it is only scatteredly mentioning the happenings. It is better to read the Bible in full and understand and explore into its truth. We pray that God should lead all in this world including you to the righteous path.
Peace be with you , « and all will bow before him » , WHAT ? We muslims believe in Jesus(Sallalahu alayi wa salam) but he is not GOD, He said it himself people :
JHONN 20 V 17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
Ok , so since when does “God” has a God, come on now. Plus he even prays :
LUKE 6 12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God
Since when Does “God” needs to pray to obtain something, , GOD is allmighty , when HE wants to do something HE doesn’t pray, He just do it , HE doesn’t need help for anything.
Please people go and make your research , We believe in the book of the jew and the christians ( The originals) The ones we have today have been alterned by mankind that’s why GOD ,The one and only, Sent the Qûr’an
May peace be upon you, if you have any comments, opinions , facts or questions, i will be please to listen and learn and help Insha’ALLAH ( If G-D Wants .
Peace be upon You
The land of Israel and Palastein were the occupation of the Canaanites who are the descendents of Canaan the grandson of Noah. Canaan tribes are the tribes cursed by God because Cam the son of Noah had seen the nakedness of his father Noah. They had occupied the land of palastein and other surrounding lands. But the Lord had kept this land prepared for the Israelites the descendents of Abraham. God promised Abraham that He will lead the people to the land of canaan and will deliver the land to the descendants of Abraham.(Genesis 12:7). Ishmael was born to Ahar who was an Egyptian and the hand maid of Sarah the wife of Abraham. The Egyptians are the Medianites (Genesis 37:27&28) who were of the descendants of Caanan the son of Cam. They were the various tribes who were cursed by God. They had settled in the land of Palastein. This land was in fact was prepared and kept by God for the descendents of Abraham. But it was illegally occupied by the various tribes which were cursed by God. But God told Moses “I have said said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.” Exodus 3:17). Now the question araises a to who are these Israelites calledas the children of God. The Bible is clear that these Israelites are the descendents of Abraham. The title Israelites came becauise they were teh descendents of Jacob the Son of Isaac and the Grand son of Abraham. Jacob was renamed as “Israel”(Genesis 35:10). 12 tribes came up from the 12 sons of Israel who were called as the Israelites. The descendants of these 12 tribes were also termed as God’s people. They all were born out of the seed of Isaac the son of Abraham. God did not recognise the descendants of Ishmael as they were born of the hand maid ‘Ahar’ though they were also the seed of Abraham. God made this very clear to Abraham saying “This (Ishmael) shall not be thine heir;but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowls (Isaac) shall be thine heir. In Genesis 22: 1&2 God commanded Abraham and said “Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac whom thou lovest”. Therefore the Israelites are the descendents of Isaac and no of Ishmael. Latter during the time of King Solomon the 12 tribes of Israelites were divided into two viz. the Israelites consisting of 10 tribes of Israel. The descendents of Judha the son of Jacob were called as the Judhas and they were given the land of Judhaea with Jerusalem as the capital. the remaining 10 tribes were given the remaining land of Palastein with Samaria as their capital. The 12 th decendants of Levi were called as the “levites” and they were given the job of the priests and they were in common to the israelites and the Jews. These Israelites were led by God through Moses to the land of Canaan i.e Palastein and the tribes who were illegally occupying the land were chased out by God’s strength. (Joshua chapter-24). But since these Israelites had committed sins during the time of the reign of Israel King Hosea these Israelites were handed over to the hands of King Shalmanesar the King of Assyrua who took the Israelites as slaves to Assyria and they were made to settle in Halah and HHabor by the rivers of Gozan and in the city of the Medes (2 Kings 17:6) Latter since the Jews also committed sins they were also taken as slaves during the time When King Jehoiakim ruled over the Jews in Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon. King Shalmanesar had brought men of Babylon and from Cuthah and Sepharvaim and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel and they possessed Samaria and dwelt there and they feared not the Lord” (2 Kings 17 :24) This how the Muslim brothers came into the land of Palastein. But during the reign of the Persian king Cyrus He liberated the Jews from their 70 years of slavery and the Jews returned back to Judhaea and rebuilt the temple of Jerusalem. But again since they had committed sins of fornication and idol worship they were scattered into the various part of the world during the time of the reign of the reign of the Roman empire (BC 63 to AD 395) and also during the period of the reign of the Muslim rule (AD 638 – AD 1517) But the God had promised that He will gather all his people the Israelites i.e the Israelites and the Jews as one tribe the Israelites unto the land of Canaan again, and a seperate ensign (flag) will be given to them (Isaiah 11:11&12). Accordingly Israel was declared as an independant nation and given a flag for the nation on 5th May 1948. The Israelites scattered throughout the world are now gathering in the land of Israel.
The Quran DOES mention Bani Israel.
There is a WHOLE Surah (chapter) in the Quran for Bani Israel. And in MANY places through out the Quran, it is mentioned.
The Quran even mentions Bani Noah, and Bani Adam.
ALL of the Prophets pbut were Muslim.
They NEVER heard the word “Jewish” or “Christian” in their lifetime.
PROOF:
If you went to ANY of the Prophets pbut, and asked “What is your religion?”
What would be there answer? Jewish? Christian?
No. They never heard those words in their lifetime.
Their answer would be, My religion, is the religion that submits to God.
Islam, by definition, means “Submission” to God.
The prophets were Muslim. ANY human being, who submits to God, is Muslim.
The Biblical prophets were most decidedly NOT Muslim. I know it’s a tenet of the Muslim religion that the whole world was Muslim from the beginning and has strayed, but I’m afraid Islam began with Mohammed and there is absolutely no possibility that anyone born before his time, as all the Biblical prophets were, was a Muslim. Believe what you like, but on the Great Day when Jesus comes again, EVERYONE in the whole world will know that He and He alone is the Saviour, and all will bow before Him. All those who call on His Name will be with Him forever and all who have denied Him, including Muslims, will go to everlasting torment.
The Bible speaks about the GOD the LORD who had revealed Himself to Moses defining Himself as “I AM THAT I AM” It was He that created this world and the total universe in a beautiful manner. He first created the earth in a beautiful form. Then He created Lucifer who was placed in Heaven with all power but lesser than that of God’s. This Lucifer planned from the date of his creation to capture the status above that of God and to sit on the throne of GOD right from the day of his creation. Isaiah 14:14. God understanding his mind casted him to the hell in the earth who attempted to destroy the earth God’s creation. As a result the earth became without form and was made void.(Genesis 1:1). God sealed the earth by covering it with water and made His Holy spirit to move upon the face of the earth,. Then perhaps after many thousands of years God set right every thing in the earth and created Adam to rule the earth. Lucifer the Satan interfered attempted to ruin Adam and made him to fall. and commit sin. He latter took Cain and killed Abel the Son of Adam who was faithful to God. Therrefore God created Seth instead of Abel and built his kingdom. On the otherhand Satan also attempted to build his kingdom to take them to Hell with him. When the earth was filled with satanic tribes God brought in the floods in the time of Noah to destroy the satanic tribes and and protected His people i.e. Noah and his family only. Throught his family came in the tribes of God. But Noah’s son Ham sinned and therefore his tribes called as the caananites fell into the cursed generation of God and became the children of satan many tribes such as the Philistians, the jebusites, the sidons and many tribes came out of the tiribe of satan. Abraham who was the servant of God was born out of him Ishmael through the slave servant Ahai. The tribes of canaan and that of Ishmael settled in the Arab countries and in Egypt. They arose against God and His people. Jesus Christ was born to save the people of the earth out of their sins and He was the son of God. Islam and the teachings came in only after Mohammed was born. The ancesters of Jesus Christ tribe is explained in the Bible right from the creation of Adam covering a period of 4150 years . Ane the periods also is mentioned and therei is no confusion. Koran is only a book which brings in certain names from the Bible and has added mohammed and has come into existaence only after 632AD. The desire of Lucifer on the throne of God will not be fulfilled but this desire may occur in the last days when he will sit on the Holy of the holy place in the temple of Jerusalem which will be built shortly. Lucifier will be given a time of 3 1/2 years to rule this world when this will occur and then the day of Judgement of Jesus Christ will come in when Satan and his followers will be casted into the everlasting fire.
The Bible very clearly explains the decendents from Adam to Jesus. Jesus Christ is the only Son of God who came down from heaven to the world for the forgiveness of the sins of men. The word Christianity will come only after the birth of Jesus. None of the prophets were muslim. Muslims hailed from the tribes who did not obey God from the tribes of Canaan the grandson of Noah, the descendents of Ishmael who was born to Abraham through Hagar the handmaid and who hailed from Egypt. God had said that these decendants will not be the heir of Abraham. Further the Lord had witnessed about Ishmael and his tribe (the muslims) that he will be a wild man and his hand will be against every man. He shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. Accordingly they are engaged in terrorism throughout the world and are dwelling also near Israel where the decendents of Abraham and Isaac are dwelling. It is this tribe who after Mohammeds preaching were called muslims.
Your claim that any human who submits to G-d is a Muslim seems overly broad. I believe your Shehada says than one must mot only believe in G-d, but must also acknowledge Muhammad as His prophet. So the Hebrew patriarchs and prophets could not possibly have been Muslims, since Muhammad would not be born for centuries after they had walked the earth. If you want to honor them for their closeness to G-d that is one thing, but changing their identities and putting words in their mouths is sheer arrogance on the part of Muslims like you.
I took a class on Religion and Politics in the Middle East at University of Washington. The first half covered Islam and the second half, covered the politics in the region. IMO, everyone should have a class like this because I had learned so many things about the people, religion, and why things are the way they in that area. It allowed me to take a critical eye on the media that have pro-America, hate-America crowd and sift through the BS. Plus having a close friend who is Sunni from Pakistan (Karachi) helped to answer many questions as well.
I am Christian but I have submitted myself to God. I brought this up to her and said, based on the definition of being a Muslim, that makes me one. She kind of chuckled and said, “yes but do you believe that Mohammed was his prophet?” I said “of course. As much as any of the prophets are be.” Then she followed up, “but you believe that Jesus was God, though. Because of that you cannot be Muslim because nobody can be God but God. There’s no son and no spirit. There is just God.”
This to me is the defining split. We as Christians see God as a triad: The Father (God), the Son (Jesus), and the Spirit (what the Hindus called the param-atma) an all pervading force that is inside of every being. However because God is God He can do what He likes and is fully capable of splitting himself off into a triad.
I personally feel that both religions are equally valid.
I think it’s a stretch to say that all prophets were Muslim as to be Muslim one must believe that Mohammed was his prophet, but the Biblical prophets stopped appearing ~400 years before Jesus.