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<blockquote data-quote="sirajstc" data-source="post: 8793675" data-attributes="member: 91140">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Misconception 4[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Islam is well-suited only&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; to the Arabs because:[/FONT]
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]most Muslims are Arabs[/FONT]</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]the Qur'an is in Arabic[/FONT]</li>
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</ul>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The first reason for this misconception&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; is far from the truth. Of the more than one billion Muslims around&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the world, only 18% are Arab. The most populous Muslim country in&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the world is Indonesia. The second most populous Muslim country&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; is Bangladesh. Neither of these countries is Arab.[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Islam is the fastest growing major&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; religion in the world (Encyclopaedia Britannica). It has adherents&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; on all the populated continents, and is accessible to Arabs and&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; non-Arabs alike. In the United States, Muslims are expected to become&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the largest religious minority around the turn of the century, outstripping&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the Jews.[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The universal appeal of Islam to&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Arabs and non-Arabs comes in spite of the Qur'an being in Arabic.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Allah states in the Qur'an that this way of life called Islam is&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; for all people (translation follows),[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] And We (Allah) have&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; not sent you (Muhammad) but as a mercy to the worlds.[21:107][/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] We have not sent you&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; but as a universal (Messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and warning them (against sin), but most men understand not.[34:28][/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Moreover, the Creator does not use&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the colour or mother tongue of people to judge them, be they Arab&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; or not. Instead, it is the level of their awareness of Allah which&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; is the criterion,[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] O mankind! We created&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; nations and tribes, that you may know each other (not that you may&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; despise each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).&quot;[49:13][/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The choice of Arabic as the language&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of the Qur'an is explained very simply and clearly (translation&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; follows),[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] And if We (Allah)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; had made it a Qur'an in a foreign tongue, they would certainly have&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; said: &quot;Why have not its communications been made clear? What! a&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; foreign (tongue) and an Arab!&quot; Say: It is, to those who believe,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; a guidance and a healing; and (as for) those who do not believe,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; there is a heaviness in their ears and it is obscure to them; these&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; shall be called to from a far-off place.[41:44][/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]However, it is also important to&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; emphasize that the Qur'an in its revealed form in Arabic is the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; literal Word of the Creator - but any translation is not. Each translation&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; is more accurately called a translation of an interpretation, for&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; every translator includes his or her own bias.[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Misconception 5[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Islam rejects Jesus because:[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jesus is not accepted as `the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Son of God'[/FONT]</li>
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</ul>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Qur'an and Sunnah both teach&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; us emphatically and without any doubt that the Creator considers&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the statement of the Trinity to be a great falsehood. The Qur'an&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; states (translation):[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] They say: &quot;(Allah)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the Most Merciful has begotten a son!&quot; Indeed you have put forth&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; a thing most monstrous! At it the skies are ready to burst, the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; earth to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down in utter&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ruin, that they should invoke a son for (Allah) the Most Merciful.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; For it is not consonant with the majesty of (Allah) the Most Merciful&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; that He should beget a son: Not one of the beings in the heavens&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and the earth but must come to (Allah) the Most Merciful as a servant.[19:88-93][/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]However, the misconception that Jesus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; is rejected does not follow from the reason given above. It is more&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; precise to say that identifying Jesus as `the Son of God' is rejected.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; As a Messenger of Allah, Jesus is accorded the same honour that&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; all the Messengers are given, as the following verse attests to&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (translation),[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][2:136] Say (O Muslims):&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We believe in Allah and that which is revealed to us and that which&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; any of them, and to Him we have surrendered. [Arabic &quot;Muslimoon&quot;][/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Misconception 6[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Islam orders the worship&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of a man because:[/FONT] 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Muslims are also `Muhammadans'[/FONT]</li>
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</ul>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Early non-Muslim quasi-researchers&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of Islam called it `Muhammadanism', implying in some way that Muslims&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; worshipped the Messenger of Allah (saws). Hence, the (false) basis&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; for this misconception really emanates from non-Muslims. However,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; as was described above, a &quot;Muslim&quot; is &quot;one who submits to Allah.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The essence of Islam is pure, pure, pure monotheism. Allah says&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; in the Qur'an (translated):[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Say: He is Allah,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the One and Only; Allah, the One on whom all depend; He begets not,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; nor is He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.[112:1-4][/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Muhammad is no more&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; than a messenger: many Were the messengers that passed away before&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; him. If he died or were slain, will you then turn back on your heels?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; If any did turn back on his heels, not the least harm will he do&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; to Allah; but Allah (on the other hand) will swiftly reward those&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; who (serve Him) with gratitude.[3:144][/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]From the Sunnah, specifically in&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the study of the Sunnah called Sahih Bukhari, we find:[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Narrated Mu'adh bin Jabal:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Prophet said, &quot;O Mu'adh! Do you know what Allah's Right upon&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; His slaves is?&quot; I said, &quot;Allah and His Apostle know best.&quot; The Prophet&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; said, &quot;To worship Him (Allah) Alone and to join none in worship&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; with Him (Allah). Do you know what their right upon Him is?&quot; I replied,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;Allah and His Apostle know best.&quot; The Prophet said, &quot;Not to punish&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; them (if they do so).&quot;[9:93:470] [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Narrated `Umar: I heard&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the Prophet saying, &quot;Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; praised the son of Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Slave of Allah and His Apostle.&quot;[4:55:654] 
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[QUOTE="sirajstc, post: 8793675, member: 91140"] [B][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]Misconception 4[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [INDENT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]Islam is well-suited only to the Arabs because:[/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [LIST] [LIST] [*][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]most Muslims are Arabs[/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]the Qur'an is in Arabic[/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST] [/LIST] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]The first reason for this misconception is far from the truth. Of the more than one billion Muslims around the world, only 18% are Arab. The most populous Muslim country in the world is Indonesia. The second most populous Muslim country is Bangladesh. Neither of these countries is Arab.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]Islam is the fastest growing major religion in the world (Encyclopaedia Britannica). It has adherents on all the populated continents, and is accessible to Arabs and non-Arabs alike. In the United States, Muslims are expected to become the largest religious minority around the turn of the century, outstripping the Jews.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]The universal appeal of Islam to Arabs and non-Arabs comes in spite of the Qur'an being in Arabic. Allah states in the Qur'an that this way of life called Islam is for all people (translation follows),[/SIZE][/FONT] [INDENT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3] And We (Allah) have not sent you (Muhammad) but as a mercy to the worlds.[21:107][/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [INDENT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3] We have not sent you but as a universal (Messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them (against sin), but most men understand not.[34:28][/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]Moreover, the Creator does not use the colour or mother tongue of people to judge them, be they Arab or not. Instead, it is the level of their awareness of Allah which is the criterion,[/SIZE][/FONT] [INDENT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3] O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other (not that you may despise each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things)."[49:13][/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]The choice of Arabic as the language of the Qur'an is explained very simply and clearly (translation follows),[/SIZE][/FONT] [INDENT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3] And if We (Allah) had made it a Qur'an in a foreign tongue, they would certainly have said: "Why have not its communications been made clear? What! a foreign (tongue) and an Arab!" Say: It is, to those who believe, a guidance and a healing; and (as for) those who do not believe, there is a heaviness in their ears and it is obscure to them; these shall be called to from a far-off place.[41:44][/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]However, it is also important to emphasize that the Qur'an in its revealed form in Arabic is the literal Word of the Creator - but any translation is not. Each translation is more accurately called a translation of an interpretation, for every translator includes his or her own bias.[/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]Misconception 5[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [INDENT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]Islam rejects Jesus because:[/SIZE][/FONT] [/INDENT] [LIST] [LIST] [*][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]Jesus is not accepted as `the Son of God'[/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST] [/LIST] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]The Qur'an and Sunnah both teach us emphatically and without any doubt that the Creator considers the statement of the Trinity to be a great falsehood. The Qur'an states (translation):[/SIZE][/FONT] [INDENT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3] They say: "(Allah) the Most Merciful has begotten a son!" Indeed you have put forth a thing most monstrous! At it the skies are ready to burst, the earth to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down in utter ruin, that they should invoke a son for (Allah) the Most Merciful. For it is not consonant with the majesty of (Allah) the Most Merciful that He should beget a son: Not one of the beings in the heavens and the earth but must come to (Allah) the Most Merciful as a servant.[19:88-93][/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]However, the misconception that Jesus is rejected does not follow from the reason given above. It is more precise to say that identifying Jesus as `the Son of God' is rejected. As a Messenger of Allah, Jesus is accorded the same honour that all the Messengers are given, as the following verse attests to (translation),[/SIZE][/FONT] [INDENT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3][2:136] Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed to us and that which was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and to Him we have surrendered. [Arabic "Muslimoon"][/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [B][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]Misconception 6[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [INDENT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]Islam orders the worship of a man because:[/SIZE][/FONT] [/INDENT] [LIST] [LIST] [*][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]Muslims are also `Muhammadans'[/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST] [/LIST] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]Early non-Muslim quasi-researchers of Islam called it `Muhammadanism', implying in some way that Muslims worshipped the Messenger of Allah (saws). Hence, the (false) basis for this misconception really emanates from non-Muslims. However, as was described above, a "Muslim" is "one who submits to Allah." The essence of Islam is pure, pure, pure monotheism. Allah says in the Qur'an (translated):[/SIZE][/FONT] [INDENT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3] Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the One on whom all depend; He begets not, nor is He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.[112:1-4][/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [INDENT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3] Muhammad is no more than a messenger: many Were the messengers that passed away before him. If he died or were slain, will you then turn back on your heels? If any did turn back on his heels, not the least harm will he do to Allah; but Allah (on the other hand) will swiftly reward those who (serve Him) with gratitude.[3:144][/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]From the Sunnah, specifically in the study of the Sunnah called Sahih Bukhari, we find:[/SIZE][/FONT] [INDENT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3] Narrated Mu'adh bin Jabal: The Prophet said, "O Mu'adh! Do you know what Allah's Right upon His slaves is?" I said, "Allah and His Apostle know best." The Prophet said, "To worship Him (Allah) Alone and to join none in worship with Him (Allah). Do you know what their right upon Him is?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know best." The Prophet said, "Not to punish them (if they do so)."[9:93:470] [/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [INDENT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3] Narrated `Umar: I heard the Prophet saying, "Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians praised the son of Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His Apostle."[4:55:654] [/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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