Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
I recently discovered a book was written by John Paul II titled "Crossing The Threshold of Hope"
In this book, JPII talks about Islam, Muhammad pbuh and the Qur'an. I am not sure if he was able to read the Qur'an during his lifetime or somebody have told him about Allah's attributes in the Qur'an , but he intentionally or unintentionally said the truth about the most High God, Allah. He said:
Quote:"Some of the most beautiful names in the human language are given to the God of the Koran…,
Its true, more than 99 beautiful names and attributes of God were recorded in the Qur'an, there is no other religious book on earth that can compete with the Qur'an in this matter, Alhamdulelah.
But sadly, he then said <b>ONE</b> word which destroys the beauty of his statement, and this word was <b>BUT
</b>, and you know all, that usually, whatever comes after the word <b>BUT</b>, comes in a negative way, and that was the case, he said:
Quote:but he is ultimately a God outside of the world, a God who is only Majesty, never <b>Emmanuel, God-with-us</b>.
Clearly, he meant that although God's names as mentioned in the Qur'an are the most beautiful, <b>BUT</b> that means nothing at all, because according to him, God in Islam is not <b>EMMANUEL, Allah is not with us.</b>
The pope, or other Christians does not really know anything about God's attributes in Islam, and its our duty as Muslims to clarify this misconception, the Christians didn't really know that among these beautiful attributes are <b>The All-Knowing, the Omniscient, The All-Hearing, The All-Seeing, The All-Aware, The Watchful, The Vast, the All-Encompassing, The Witness, The Ever-Living</b>, etc etc… <b>How can God Almighty with these unique attributes not to be with us? </b>
The Pope also didn't know that our God, <b>Allah is also Emmanuel, and that this exact word was mentioned in the Qur'an.</b>
…for Allah did indeed help him, when the Unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion; they two were in the cave, and he said to his companion, "Have no fear, for <b>Allah is with us</b>":
Qur’an 9:40
So here we go, Emmanuel or God with us, is to be found in the Qur'an proving that the Pope was <b>100% wrong when he said that our God, Allah is never Emmanuel</b>.
Salam
Wael.