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Rebuttals to Anti-IslamicContents
from Answeringislam.com (which is an antiIslamic site run by Christians)…
-Responses By Br.Bassam Zawadi-Compiled By Mohammad T.H.Manna &Adnan T.H.Manna
NOTE: SINCE THESE ARE REBUTTALS TO ANTI-ISLAMIC ARTICLES,THE FORMAT FOLLOWED BY THECOMPILERS IS,THEY HAVE FIRST GIVEN THE QUESTION or ARTICLE,AND THEN HAVE PROVIDED THE ANSWER BELOW IT FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING,AND FOR THE READERS TO HAVE AN EASIER REFERENCE TO THEQUESTIONS.
Any errors in compilation are regretted, please send your comments and suggestions toaskonislam@gmail.com
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 In The Name Of Allah, The Most Gracious,The Most Merciful.
***************Are Christians Dyed or Baptized?********************
Sura 2:138 tells us:(Our religion is) the
Baptism
of Allah: And who can
baptize
better than Allah?And it is He Whom we worship. (Yusuf Ali)(Receive) the
baptism
of Allah, and who is better than Allah in
baptising
? andHim do we serve. (Shakir)Say, "Belief in God and following the guidance of Islam are God's means of  purification for us. Islam is the
baptism
of God. No one is a better 
baptizer
thanHe and we Muslims worship Him." (Sarwar)The word which is translated as baptism is
 sibghah
which, in the literal translation, means"dye". The commentators al-Jalalain and al-Baizawi say that the term refers to baptism.Al-Baizawi says:"the Nasra (Christians) were in the habit of dipping their offspring in yellow water which they called
al-Ma'mudiyah
and said it purified them and confirmed them asChristians."
(Tafsiru'l-Baizawi)
 Two Qur'an translations give this meaning:(We take our)
colour
from Allah, and who is better than Allah at
colouring
. Weare His worshippers. (Pickthall)(Our religion) takes its
hue
from Allah. And who can give a better 
hue
thanAllah. And it is He Whom we worship. (Yusuf Ali, Saudi corrected version)In Matthew 21:24-26, Jesus was tested by the chief priests and the elders of the Temple,and he asked them a question which we Christians can also ask Muslims:Jesus replied, "I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. John's baptism—where did it comefrom? Was it from heaven, or from men?" They discussed it among themselvesand said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why didn't you believehim?' But if we say, 'From men'—we are afraid of the people, for they all holdthat John was a prophet."- 2 -
 
In other words, if Baptism was commanded by God through His Prophet John the Baptist,then why are Muslims not obeying this divine command? If Baptism was the invention of John the Baptist, how can Muslims honestly call him a Prophet of God?
Rebuttal to Answering Islam's Article "Are ChristianDyed or Baptized?"
 byBassam ZawadiTheir article could be located here. Read it first and then my response.
 
Since someChristiansbelieve that baptism is part of salvation, Allah is only using a figure of speech saying that the baptism of Allah is the best and only way for salvation.When Allah says 'baptism of Allah' it is simply referring to the religion of Allah, which is Islam. Refer to
(Tafsir of Suyuti
 
), (Tafsir of  Tabari) and (Tafsir of  Qurtubi
 
).
 
We don't believe that Prophet John ever ordered baptism. Even if he did, then it was probably only meant for thattime. In Islam we have something similar known as Ghusl and someone who becomes a Muslim is obliged to take it.
Muhammad And `Amr b. Jihash
In
The Life of Muhammad 
being A. Guillaume's translation of 
Sirat Rasul Allah
by IbnHisham, on page 438 we read:One of Yamin's family told me that the apostle said to Yamin, 'Have you seen theway your cousin has treated me and what he proposed to do?' Thereupon Yamingave a man money to kill `Amr b. Jihash and he did kill him, or so they allege.- 3 -
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