01-15-2005, 03:57 PM
Assalamu aleikum,
Sorry mod for putting this question in, it has nothing to do with the subject, but since it came up
Hi Reepicheep,
''Many portions of the New Testament describe events which occur many years after the death of Jesus (for example, the letters that Paul wrote). Obviously, these events couldn't have been written down during the "time of Jesus" since the events hadn't occurred yet.''
When I read this I come up with the following.
IF it is revelation from Allah, SWT - WHY could future events not have been known and written down in beforehand? The Qur'an describes many future events that is being fulfilled continously. And IT was revealed and written down over 1400 years ago. And we are still counting the fulfillments being done, one by one. Of course when it is the words of Allah, SWT it is so. He KNOWS what man does not know.
Allah, SWT is All Knowing, that means He knows ALL things, past, today and future. Here you are saying that He does not know the future. So then the conclusion must be that the NT is written by MEN since common MEN cannot KNOW the future events. It is only Allah, SWT that does.
Regards