FORE WORD
Religion has a strong hold in the minds of men from the beginning of the world. It is being handed down from generation to generation in no uncertain terms and has continued and still continues to govern their deeds and behavior. The motive for all religious beliefs or dogmas involved, is towards attainment of salvation. Unlike the teachings of the other religions, Christianity in particular holds ATONEMENT as absolutely necessary for the attainment of salvation. In that case the goal is quite easy to reach and involves no hard and fast rules regulating human behavior towards God Almighty and towards one another. It needs clarification in very detail.
The main reason for undertaking this small work is to invite the discerning readers to examine the truths explained and leave it to their individual discretion and evaluation.
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INTRODUCTION
“BUT THE COMFORTER, WHICH IS THE HOLY GHOST WHOM THE FATHER WILL SEND IN MY NAME, HE SHALL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS. AND BRING ALL THINGS TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE WHATSOEVER I HAVE SAID UNTO YOU”. (John 14:26)
The act of bringing into remembrance becomes necessary only when one forgets completely what he had been exhorted to do or does something else which had not been instructed to him. If one strictly abides by the teachings and follows them meticulously, the need does not arise to bring those teachings into one’s remembrances. Bringing into remembrance in the later case is quite unnecessary whereas it is quite essential in the former case. Therefore, the last part of the above verse, in which Jesus prophesied, focuses considerable light on the need for the followers of Jesus to be reminded by bringing the real teachings of Jesus into their remembrance, WHICH EXPLAINS THE FACT THAT THE REAL TEACHINGS OF JESUS HAD BEEN COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN OR IGNORED as had been testified by Jesus himself in this verse.
If any nation or race or group of people professing any particular religion forgets the real teachings of its founder, then the false dogmas, doctrines and beliefs survive in place of the real teachings. In a situation such as this, a person has to appear to remind and tech as had been prophesied by Jesus in the aforesaid verse, “HE SHALL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS”. Who this person to remind was, is a subject dealt with in another tract under the caption, “THAT PROPHET”, but the arguments taken up here by way of a detailed explanation of the verse from the Qur’an revealed to “THAT PROPHET”. In this verse, the prophet declares that “JESUS WAS NEITHER KILLED NOR CRUCIFIED”, which completely contradicts the doctrines of Atonement, Resurrection and Ascension as made out by the church to be the major factors for the attainment of salvation, the basic theory on which the church is founded.
The Qur’an declares as follows:-
AND THEIR (Jews’) SAYING, “WE DID KILL THE MESSIAH, JESUS SON OF MARY, THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH”, WHEREAS THEY SLEW HIM NOT, NOR CRUCIFIED” HIM, BUT HE WAS MADE TO APPEAR TO THEM LIKE ONE CRUCIFIED; AND THOSE WHO DIFFER THEREIN ARE CERTAINLY IN A STATE OF DOUBT ABOUT IT; THEY HAVE NO DEFINITE KNOWLEDGE THEREOF, BUT ONLY FOLLOW A CONJECTURE; AND THEY DID NOT CONVERT THIS CONJECTURE INTO CERTAINTY”. (Qur’an 4:157)
Bearing the above verse from the Qur’an in mind, a careful study of the points discussed in this book-let written entirely on the basis of biblical scriptures only, one cannot but recognize and accept the truthfulness and authenticity of the Qur’an when it has so boldly declared that ---
JESUS WAS NEITHER KILLED NOR CRUCIFIED.1
We have taken up this small work as a detailed commentary on the verse from the Qur’an under reference in general, and in justification of its claim in the light of the Bible in particular.
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