07-20-2006, 02:58 AM
Bismillah:
Quote:I didn't mean to accuse you of a lie when I said you spoke falsely. Sure, maybe some modern Arabic texts use the word Allah. The original Greek does not say Allah or anything even close. "Allah" the word wasn't introduced to the world to describe God until Mohammed. The spread of Islam effected later Arabic translations. I challenge you, in a friendly way, to show me that Allah is in the bible using the original Greek and Hebrew only.
Ok, first let me clarify something, the word Allah was used even by the pagans before the advent of Islam. This was the proper term to address God Almighty ever since, it was <b>not</b> introduced by Muhammad pbuh as you said. The word Allah is even mentioned in the Hindu scriptures.
If the term Allah is not to be found in the original Greek or Hebrew, then why the Arabic Bibles contains the word Allah in reference to God Almighty in both the OT and the NT?
Now you are challenging me to show you the word Allah in the Hebrew or the Greek Bible. <b>Do you even understand Hebrew or Greek</b>? You are reading your Bible in English, yet the smart Christians missionaries have removed the word<b> Alah</b> from their Bible <b>AV (the Authorized Version of the Bible)</b> and replaced it with the term <b>Elohim</b> instead. which means, <b>Alah is same as Elohim </b> Does the word Alah sounds like Allah? Yes. Alhamdulelah this is enough proof that the word Allah does exist in the Bible.
Quote:I didn't bring up the subject of the Bible in this thread...you did. But I digress.
its ok.
To steer the thread back on topic let me ask the following...
Quote:Did Mohammed always know that he was a prophet of Allah? When he started having his visions and revelations was that a surprise to him? Or did he know of his station as Prophet from childhood? I ask to contrast to Jesus. It's clear from early on Jesus' life that he new his position.
There are many unusual events have been recorded about Muhammad's (pbuh) birth and childhood:
- His mother said <b>"When he was born, there was a light that issued out of my pudendum and lit the places of Syria." </b>
- Also at the time of his birth, <b>"...fourteen galleries of Kisra's palace cracked and rolled down, the Magians' sacred fire died down and some churches on Lake Sawa sank down and collapsed." </b>
-His foster family had many experiences of amazingly good luck while he was in their care. and As a young child, the angel Jibril visited him, ripped his chest open, removed his heart, extracted a blood clot from it, and returned him to normalcy.
Those events indeed have an effect on his life and that's why he was always looking for an answer to what had happened to him, till the Prophet (pbuh) received the first revelation at the age of 40, of course impact of this incident was so great that it literally shook him up. He went to his wife Khadijah his beloved wife, and asked her for support and for her opinion, She responded in the most appropriate manner. She said:
Quote:"Be steadfast and have good news. By the one who has khadijah's soul in His hand, I<b> wish you become the Prophet of the this nation</b>. By God, <b>God will never let you down. You are kind to the kin, you are truthful in your word, you carry the weak, you host your guest, and you support the afflicted." </b>
Salam
Wael.