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Da wah to Christians
There are two main sects of Christians: Catholics and Protestants, and three main
heretical sects: Jehovah’s Witness, Seventh Day Adventists, and Mormons.
Catholics are the oldest – the earliest split was the Eastern Orthodox (Greek and Russian
Orthodox churches have different organizational structure, but essential beliefs the same).
Protestants split over Catholic hierarchy: Pope, bishops, etc and saint worship. Martin
Luther (1483-1546) and Calvin (1509-1564) lead a reform movement, which later
became known as the Protestant movement. It rejected the accumulated rites, rituals and
hierarchy of Roman Catholicism in an attempt to return to a purer form of Christianity.
After a bitter struggle with church leaders leading to the excommunication of many
reformers, a number of communities throughout Europe broke off and formed new
churches in which Mary, the mother of Jesus, was no longer worshipped, and intercession
through saints was no longer sought. Priests were allowed to marry, and the infallibility
of the authority of the Pope was totally rejected. Rites like communion, in which little
pieces of bread were served to the congregation in the belief that the pieces were
somehow transformed into the body of Jesus Christ, were dropped along with the use of
Latin in church rites.
Scriptural Difference
The Protestant Bible has seven less books than that of the Catholics.
Mormons (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

4.5 Million followers with 30,000 missionaries gathering 200,000 converts yearly
(1980 figures)
Founder: Joseph Smith (1805-1844 killed)

1822 Angel Moroni came
Book of Mormon published 1830
Smith’s closest disciple, Brigam Young (1801-1877), took followers to Utah, and took 25
wives and promoted unrestricted polygamy, until the USA government threatened to
revoke statehood. Mr. Young received revelation that polygamy was abrogated.
Unusual Beliefs
Adam actually God incarnated who came to Eden (in Missouri) with one of his heavenly
wives, Eve. Had sexual relations with Mary to produce Jesus.
God physically a huge man along with mother-wife begat all human spirits
Until 1978 blacks could not enter the priesthood (age 14 males enter Aaronic priesthood
and at age 20 they enter the higher office of Melchezdec), thus all 17 temples of the sect
were off-limits to blacks. Then First President, Spencer Kimball got revelation to include
blacks.
Seventh Day Adventism
William Miller (1782-1849) calculated end of the world between 21March 1843 and 21
March 1844 (followers called Millerites)
Samuel Snow later recalculates the date as Oct. 22, 1844.
After the “Great Disappointment” remnants gather under Hiram Edson, Joseph Bates and
Ellen White (1827-1950)
Unusual Beliefs
1844 Christ entered heavenly sanctuary to judge sins of living and dead
Ellen White a true prophet
Sabbath – Seventh day (Saturday)
No pork, alcohol or tobacco
Jehovah s Witness
4.1 million followers, 200,000 converts yearly
Founder: Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916) a former Millerite and Christadelphian

Rejected eternal punishment
Started Watchtower 1879 – informal following in the millions, but organized only a
distributorship of tracts (100,000 books and 800,000 magazines printed daily)
Followers called: Bible Students
Joseph F. Rutherford (1869-1942) lawyer took over and officially named group
“Jehovah’s Witnesses” in 1931
Unusual Beliefs
Jesus not God, but son of God and His first creation.
Souls not separate from body
No hell
Tithing
World’s end predicted in 1914, 1918, 1920, 1925, 1941, 1975
(6,000 year to the end of the world recalculated from Eve’s creation who’s date of
creation unrevealed currently)
The term “Jehovah” is not found in the Hebrew Bible – only in the Jehovah’s Witness
translation “The New World Bible”.
Jewish custom to avoid pronouncing the divine name led them to write yhwh (Yahweh) in
texts and read adonai (the Lord). In ignorance, later the vowels of adonai combined with
the tetragrammaton to get Jehovah.
Born Again Christians

Among Mainstream Christians the most active in missionary work are the Charismatic
Groups Commonly know as “Born Again” Christians – emphasize the gifts of the Holy
Spirit
Stress is laid on reading the Bible
They consider mainstream Christians as not true Christians because they are not “born”
of the Holy Spirit
First appeared among Protestants in 1960 and among Roman Catholics in 1966
Origins in Pentecostalism (1901 John Wesley and John Fletcher) in which Baptism in the
Holy Spirit was stressed, and Glossalia (speaking in tongues) was practiced.
Approved by Pope Paul VI in 1973.
Consequently, one should be familiar with whom one is inviting to Islaam.
The Unifying Belief: Trinity

The unifying belief of mainstream Christianity is the Trinity: God the Father, God the
Son and God the Holy Ghost/Spirit, three Gods in One. It is officially called the Nicene
Creed and was agreed upon in a meeting of bishops in Nicea which took place in 325 CE.
Bishops, like Arius, and others who supported Unitarianism and opposed the Trinitarian
concept and the divinity of Jesus, where subsequently declared heretics, their followers
hunted down, tortured and burned at the stake, and their gospels burned.
The Bible
Most Christians have not read the Bible, many have read small parts, most have only
heard sections or verses mentioned in Church sermons. Their belief in Christian theology
is most often very weak. Often times they have their own interpretations, thus, it is best to
find out the status of their beliefs prior to beginning discussion, if possible.
The basic concept of Christianity: God bore a son who was Himself and He allowed
Himself to be sacrificed to Himself to free humankind of their sins.
A Simple Approach
Logic: A=B, B=C, therefore A=C
Ask the Christian: “Could you ever become God?”
He should reply: “No, because I am a human being.”
Ask the Christian: “Was Jesus a human being?”
He should reply: “Yes.”
Inform the Christian: “Therefore, he could never be God.”
The Baby God

Christian insists that Jesus was the son of God, but that he and God are one and the same.
Inform the Christian: “Cows have calves; little cows. Cats have kittens; little cats.
Humans have children; little humans. When God has a son, what is he? A little God? If
so, you have two Gods.”
For Catholics (Most Filipinos) who say: Jesus was the son of God and not God.
Ask the Catholic: “Don’t you say: Holy Mary Mother of God in your novena?”
He should reply: “Yes”
Ask the Catholic: “If Mary was the Mother of God, what was her son but a god?”
Ask the Catholic: “Where is Mary referred to as Mother of God in the New Testament?”
Ask the Catholic: “Can God have a mother?”
Distinguish between Jesus and God

Ask the Christian: “When Jesus prayed, to whom did he pray? Himself?”
Ask the Christian: “When Jesus was resurrected, according to your beliefs, where is he
now? Sitting on the right hand of God? If so, how could he be God?”
If God is able to do anything, He could become a Man and have a Son

Logically speaking, the answer is no because the concept of God becoming man
contradicts the basic meaning of the term “God.” People commonly say that God is able
to do all things; whatever He wants to do, He can do. In the Bible of Christians it is said,
“… through God all things are possible (Matthew, 19: 26; Mark 10: 27, 14: 36).” The
Qur’aan of Muslims states, “Indeed, Allah (God) is able to do all things (Qur’aan, 2:
20),” and the Hindu scriptures carry texts of similar meanings.
All the major religious texts contain general expressions regarding the basic concept
of God’s omnipotence. He is Greater than all things, and through Him all things are
possible. If this general concept is to be translated into practical terms, one has to first
identify and understand the basic attributes of God. Most societies perceive God as an
eternal being without beginning or end. If, on the basis that God is able to do all things,
and it were asked whether God could die, what would be the answer? Since dying is part
of “all things,” can it be said, “If He wants to?” Of course this cannot be said. So, there is
a problem here. God is defined as being ever-living, without end, and dying means
“coming to an end.” Consequently, to ask if He can die is actually a nonsensical question.
It is self-contradictory. Similarly, to ask whether God can be born, is also absurd because
God has already been defined as eternal, having no beginning. Being born means having
a beginning, coming into existence after not existing. In this same vein, atheist
philosophers enjoy asking theists: “Can God create a stone too heavy for Him to lift?” If
the theist says yes, it means that God can create something greater than Himself. And if
he says no, it means that God is unable to do all things.
Therefore, the term “all things” in the phrase “God is able to do all things”
excludes the absurdities. It cannot include things that contradict His divine attributes;
things that would make Him less than God, like, forgetting, sleeping, repenting, growing,
eating, etc. Instead, it includes only “all things” that are consistent with Him being God.
This is what the statement “God is able to do all things” means. It cannot be understood
in the absolute sense; it must be qualified.
The claim that God became man is also an absurdity. It is not befitting of God to
take on human characteristics because it means that the Creator has become His creation.
However, the creation is a product of the creative act of the Creator. If the Creator
became His creation, it would mean that the Creator created Himself, which is an obvious
absurdity. To be created, He would first have to not exist, and, if He did not exist, how
could He then create? Furthermore, if He were created, it would mean that He had a
beginning, which also contradicts His being eternal. By definition creation is in need of a
creator. For created beings to exist they must have a creator to bring them into existence.
God cannot need a creator because God is the Creator. Thus, there is an obvious
contradiction in terms. The claim that God became His creation implies that He would
need a creator, which is a ludicrous concept. It contradicts the fundamental concept of
God being uncreated, needing no creator and being the Creator.
Jesus Miracles
Many Christians are under the impression that Jesus’ miracles were unique to himself and
thus constitute evidence for his divinity. However, the majority of Jesus’ miracles are
recorded in the Old Testaments as having been done by earlier Prophets.
Jesus fed 5,000 people with five Elisha fed 100 people with twenty barley loaves
loaves of bread and two fishes. and a few ears of corn (II Kings 4:44)
Jesus healed lepers. Elisha cured Naaman the leper (II Kings 5:14).
Jesus caused the blind to see. Elisha caused the blind to see (II Kings
6:17&20).
Jesus raised the dead. Elijah did the same (I Kings 17:22). So did
Elisha (II Kings 4:34). Even Elisha’s bones
could restore the dead (II Kings 13:21).
Jesus walked on water. Moses and his people crossed the dead sea
(Exodus 14:22).
Furthermore, there are also texts in the New Testament which confirm that Jesus
did not act on his own. Jesus is quoted in John 5:30, as saying: “I can of mine own self
do nothing...” and in Luke 11:20, as saying, “But if I with the finger of God cast out
devils, no doubt the Kingdom of God is come upon you.” In Acts 2:22, Paul writes:
“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with
mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst, as you
yourselves know...”
Jesus the Son of God

Another of the evidences used for Jesus’ divinity is the application of the title “Son of
God” to Jesus. It should first be noted that nowhere in the Gospels does Jesus actually
call himself “Son of God”.1 Instead, he is recorded to have repeatedly called himself
1
In the New Testament Book of Acts, there are several outlines of speeches of the early disciples of Jesus,
speeches which date from the year 33 CE, almost forty years before the Four Gospels were written. In one
of these discourses, Jesus is referred to specifically as andra apo tou theou: “a man from God.” (Acts 2:22).
Not once do these early confessions of faith use the expression wios tou theou: “Son of God”, but they do
speak several times of Jesus as God’s servant and prophet (Acts 3:13, 22, 23, 26). The significance of these
speeches is that they accurately reflect the original belief and terminology of the disciples, before the belief
and terminology were evolved under the influence of Roman religion and Greek philosophy. They reflect a
tradition which is older than that used by the Four Gospels, in which Jesus is not invested with godship or
divine sonship. (Bible Studies From a Muslim Perspective, p. 12).
“Son of man” (e.g. Luke 9:22) innumerable times. And in Luke 4:41, he actually rejected
being called “Son of God”: “And demons also came out of many, crying, ‘You are the
Son of God!’ But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they
knew that he was the Christ.” However, there are numerous places in the Old Testament
where this title has been given to others.
God called Israel (Prophet Jacob) His “son” when He instructed Prophet Moses to
go to Pharaoh in Exodus 4:22-23, “22 And you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord,
“Israel is my first-born son, 23and I say to you , ‘Let my son go that he may serve me.’ ”
’ ”2
In 2nd Samuel 8:13-14, God calls Prophet Solomon His son, “13 He [Solomon]
shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
14I will be his father, and he shall be my son.”
God promises to make Prophet David His son in Psalms 89:26-27, “26 He shall
cry unto me, ‘Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation,’ 27Also I will
make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.”3
Angels are referred to as “sons of God” in The Book of Job 1:6, “Now there was a
day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also
came among them.”4
In the New Testament, there are many references to “sons of God” other than
Jesus. For example, when the author of the Gospel according to Luke listed Jesus’
ancestors back to Adam, he wrote: “The son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam,
the son of God.”5
Some claim that what is unique in the case of Jesus, is that he is the only
begotten6 Son of God, while the others are merely “sons of God”. However, God is
recorded as saying to Prophet David, in Psalms 2:7, “I will tell the decree of the Lord: He
said to me, ‘You are my son, today I have begotten you.’ ”
The Way of Jesus

An alternative approach is to question Christians about the degree to which they actually
follow Jesus Christ. Prophets brought divine laws or confirmed those brought by previous
prophets, and invited people to worship God by obeying the divinely revealed laws.
They also practically demonstrated for their followers how one should live by the law.
Consequently, they also invited those who believed in them to follow their way as the
2
See also, Hosea 1:10, of the King James Version.
3
In the Revised Standard Version, it states: “And I will make him the first-born, the highest of the kings of
the earth.” See also Jeremiah 31:9, “...for I am a father to Israel and Ephraim is my first-born.”
4
See also, Job 2:1 and 38:4-7. Other references to sons of God can also be found in Genesis 6:2,
Deuteronomy 14:1 and Hosea 1:10.
5
Luke 3:38.
6
The term “begotten” in Old English meant ‘to be fathered by’ and it was used to distinguish between
Jesus, who was supposed to be the literal son of God, from the figurative use of the term ‘son’ for God’s
“created sons”.
correct way to come close to God. This principle is enshrined in the Gospel according to
John 14:6: “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to
the Father, but by me.” Although those who worship Jesus commonly quote this verse as
part of the evidence for his divinity, Jesus did not invite people to worship himself
instead of God, or as God. If these words were actually spoken by Jesus, what they mean
is that one cannot worship God except in the way defined by the prophets of God. Jesus
emphasized to his disciples that they could only worship God by the way which he had
taught them. In the Qur’aan, Chapter Aal ‘Imraan, 3: 31, God instructs Prophet
Muhammad ( ) to instruct mankind to follow him if they truly love God:
“Tell [the people]: If you really love Allaah, then follow me and Allaah will love
you and forgive your sins, for Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
The way of the prophets is the only way to God, because it was prescribed by God
Himself and the purpose of the prophets was to convey Allaah’s instructions to mankind.
Without prophets, people would not know how to worship Allaah. Consequently, all
prophets informed their followers of how to worship God. Conversely, adding anything
to the religion brought by the prophets is incorrect.
Any changes made to the religion after the time of the prophets represents
deviation inspired by Satan. In this regard, Prophet Muhammad ( ) was reported to have
said, “Whoever adds anything new to the religion of Islam, will have it rejected [by
God].”7 Furthermore, anyone who worshipped Allaah contrary to Jesus’ instructions,
would have worshipped in vain.
First and foremost, it must be realized that Jesus Christ, the son of Mary, was the
last in the line of Jewish prophets. He lived according to the Torah, the law of Moses, and
taught his followers to do likewise. In Matthew 5:17-18, Jesus stated: “17 Think not that I
have come to abolish the law and the [way of] the prophets; I have come not to abolish
them but to fulfill them. 18For, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota,
not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.” Unfortunately, about five
years after the end of Jesus’ ministry, a young rabbi by the name of Saul of Tarsus, who
claimed to have seen Jesus in a vision, began to change Jesus’ way. Paul (his Roman
name) had considerable respect for Roman philosophy and he spoke proudly of his own
Roman citizenship. His conviction was that non-Jews who became Christians should not
be burdened with the Torah in any respect. The author of Acts 13:39 quotes Paul as
saying, “And by him every one that believes is freed from everything from which you
could not be freed by the law of Moses.” It was primarily through the efforts of Paul that
7
Sahih Al-Bukhari, vol. 3, p. 535, no. 861, and Sahih Muslim, vol. 3, p. 931, no. 4266.
the Church began to take on its non-Jewish character. Paul8 wrote most of the New
Testament letters (epistles), which the Church accepts as the official doctrine and inspired
Scripture. These letters do not preserve the Gospel of Jesus or even represent it;9 instead,
Paul transformed the teachings of Christ into a Hellenic (Greco-Roman) philosophy.
The following are some examples of teachings which Prophet Jesus followed and
taught, but which were later abandoned by the Church. However, most of these teachings
were revived in the final message of Islaam brought by Prophet Muhammad ( ) and
remain a fundamental part of Muslim religious practices until today.
Circumcision
Jesus was circumcised. According to the Old Testament, this tradition began with Prophet
Abraham, who was himself neither a Jew nor a Christian. In Genesis 17:10, it is written,
“9 And God said to Abraham, ‘As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your
descendants after you throughout their generations. 10This is my covenant, which you
shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you
shall be circumcised. 11You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins and it
shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. 12He that is eight days old among
you shall be circumcised; every male throughout your generations, whether born in your
house, or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring,
13both he that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money, shall be
circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant.”
In the Gospel according to Luke 2:21: “And at the end of eight days, when he was
circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in
the womb.” Consequently, to be circumcised was a part of Jesus’ way. However, today
most Christians are not circumcised, because of a rationale introduced by Paul. He
claimed that circumcision was the circumcision of the heart. In his letter to the Romans
2:29, he wrote: “He is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the
heart, spiritual and not literal.” In his letter to the Galatians 5:2, he wrote: “Now I, Paul,
say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.”10
This was Paul’s false interpretation. On the other hand, Jesus was not circumcised by the
heart nor did he say anything about circumcision of the heart; he kept the “everlasting
covenant” and was circumcised in the flesh. Thus, an important part of following the way
of Jesus is circumcision.
Pork
Jesus did not eat pork. He followed the laws of Moses and he did not eat pork. In
Leviticus 11:7-8, “7 And the swine, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but
8
He was beheaded in Rome 34 years after the end of Jesus’ ministry.
9
Biblical Studies From a Muslim Perspective, p. 18.
10
See also Galatians 6:15.
does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. 8Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their
carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.”11 Jesus’ only dealing with pigs
was his permission to the unclean spirits which were possessing a man to enter them.
When they entered the herd of pigs, they ran into the water and drowned. However, most
people who call themselves Christians today not only eat pork, they love it so much that
they have made pigs the subject of nursery rhymes [ e.g. This little piggy went to market
... ] and children’s stories [eg. The Three Little Pigs]. Porky Pig is a very popular cartoon
character and recently a full-length feature movie was made about a pig called “Babe”.
Thus, it may be said that those who call themselves followers of Christ are not in fact
following the way of Christ.
In Islamic law, the prohibition of pork and its products has been strictly
maintained from the time of Prophet Muhammad ( ) until today. Jesus and his early
followers observed the proper method of slaughter by mentioning God’s name and
cutting the jugular veins of the animals while they were living to allow the heart to pump
out the blood. However, Christians today do not attach much importance to proper
slaughter methods, as prescribed by God.
Alcohol
Jesus consecrated himself to God and therefore abstained from alcoholic drinks according
to the instructions recorded in Numbers 6:1-4: “And the Lord said to Moses, 2‘Say to the
people of Israel, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of the
Nazirite,12 to separate himself to the Lord, 3he shall separate himself from wine and
strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and shall not
drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried. 4All the days of his separation he
shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.”
As to the ‘miracle of turning water into wine’,13 it is found only in the Gospel of
John, which consistently contradicts the other three gospels. As mentioned earlier, the
Gospel of John was opposed as heretical in the early Church,14 while the other three
Gospels were referred to as the Synoptic Gospels because the texts contained a similar
treatment of Jesus’ life.15 Consequently, New Testament scholars have expressed doubt
about the authenticity of this incident.
Ablution before Prayer

Prior to making formal prayer, Jesus used to wash his limbs according to the teachings of
the Torah. Moses and Aaron are recorded as doing the same in Exodus 40:30-1, “30 And
11
See also, Deuteronomy 14:8.
12
That is one separated or one consecrated.
13
John 2:1-11.
14
The Five Gospels, p. 20.
15
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 5, p. 379.
he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing,
31with which Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet.... as the
Lord commanded Moses.”
Prostration in Prayer
Jesus is described in the Gospels as prostrating during prayer. In Matthew 26:39, the
author describes an incident which took place when Jesus went with his disciples to
Gethsemane: “And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, ‘My Father, if it
be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.”
Christians today kneel down, clasping their hands, in a posture which cannot be
ascribed to Jesus. The method of prostration in prayer followed by Jesus was not of his
own making. It was the mode of prayer of the prophets before him. In the Old
Testament, Genesis 17:3, Prophet Abraham is recorded to have fallen on his face in
prayer; in Numbers 16:22 & 20:6, both Moses and Aaron are recorded to have fallen on
their faces in worship; in Joshua 5:14 & 7:6, Joshua fell on his face to the earth and
worshipped; in I Kings 18:42, Elijah bowed down on the ground and put his face between
his knees. This was the way of the prophets through whom God chose to convey His
word to the world; and it is only by this way that those who claim to follow Jesus will
gain the salvation which he preached in his Gospel.
Veiling
The women around Jesus veiled themselves according to the practice of the women
around the earlier prophets. Their garments were loose and covered their bodies
completely, and they wore scarves which covered their hair. In Genesis 24:64-5 : “And
Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel, 65and
said to the servant, ‘Who is the man yonder, walking in the field to meet us?’ The servant
said, ‘It is my master.’ So she took her veil and covered herself.” Paul wrote in his first
letter to the Corinthians, “5 But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head
unveiled dishonours her head—it is the same as if her head were shaven. 6For if a woman
will not veil herself, then she should cut off her hair; but if it is disgraceful for a woman
to be shorn or shaven, let her wear a veil.” Some may argue that it was the general
custom of those times to be completely veiled. However, that is not the case. In both
Rome and Greece, whose cultures dominated the region, the popular dress was quite
short and revealed the arms, legs and chest. Only religious women in Palestine,
following Jewish tradition, covered themselves modestly.
According to Rabbi Dr. Menachem M. Brayer (Professor of Biblical Literature at
Yeshiva University), it was customary that Jewish women went out in public with a head-
covering which, sometimes, even covered the whole face, leaving only one eye free.16
16
The Jewish Woman in Rabbinic Literature, p. 239.
He further stated that “during the Tannaitic period, the Jewish woman’s failure to cover
her head was considered an affront to her modesty. When her head was uncovered she
might be fined four hundred zuzim for this offence.”17
The famous early Christian theologian, St. Tertullian (d. 220 CE), in his famous
treatise, ‘On The Veiling of Virgins’ wrote, “Young women, you wear your veils out on
the streets, so you should wear them in the church; you wear them when you are among
strangers, then wear them among your brothers...” Among the Canon laws of the Catholic
church until today, there is a law that requires women to cover their heads in church.18
Christian denominations, such as the Amish and the Menonites for example, keep their
women veiled to the present day.
In Chapter al-Ahzaab (33): 59, the reason for veiling is given. Allaah states that it
makes the believing women known in the society and provides protection for them from
possible social harm.
Greetings
Jesus greeted his followers by saying “Peace be upon you”. In chapter 20:19, the
anonymous author of the Gospel according to John wrote the following about Jesus after
his supposed crucifixion: “Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father
has sent me, even so I send you.’ ” This greeting was according to that of the prophets,
as mentioned in the books of the Old Testament. For example, in 1st Samuel 25:6,
Prophet David instructed emissaries whom he sent to Nabal: “And thus you shall salute
him: ‘Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.’ ”
The Qur’aan instructs all who enter homes to give greetings of peace;19 and those
entering paradise will be greeted similarly by the angels.20 Whenever Muslims meet
each other, they use this greeting.
Fasting
According to the Gospels, Jesus fasted for forty days. Matthew 4:2: “And he fasted forty
days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry.”21 This was in accordance with the
practice of the earlier prophets. Moses is also recorded in Exodus 34:28, to have fasted:
“And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor
drank water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten
commandments.”
The purpose of fasting is clearly defined in Qur’aan (2: 183) as being for the
development of God-consciousness. Only God knows who is actually fasting and who is
17
Ibid., p. 139.
18
Clara M. Henning, “Canon Law and the Battle of the Sexes,” in Religion and Sexism, p. 272.
19
Chapter an-Noor, (24):27.
20
Chapter al-A‘raaf, (7):46.
21
See also Matthew 6:16 and 17:21.
not. Consequently, one who is fasting refrains from eating and drinking based on an
awareness of God. Regular fasting heightens that awareness, which subsequently leads to
a greater inclination towards righteousness.
The believers are required to fast from dawn until dusk for the whole month of
Ramadaan (the ninth month of the lunar calendar). Prophet Muhammad ( ) also said,
“The best fast [outside of Ramadaan] is that of my brother [Prophet] David who used to
fast every other day.”22
Interest
By upholding the Law, Prophet Jesus also opposed the giving or taking of interest
because the texts of the Torah expressly forbade interest. It is recorded in Deuteronomy
23:19 that, “You shall not lend upon interest to your brother, interest on money, interest
upon victuals,23 interest on anything that is lent for interest.”24 Interest is also strictly
forbidden in Chapter al-Baqarah (2):278 of the Qur’aan:
“O you who believe, fear Allaah and give up what interest remains due to you, if
you really are believers.”
In order to fulfill this divine requirement, Muslims developed an alternative system of

banking, commonly known as ‘Islamic Banking’, which is interest-free.
Polygamy
There is no record of Prophet Jesus opposing polygamy. If he did so, it would have meant
that the condemned the practice of the prophets before him. There are a number of
examples of polygamous marriages among the prophets recorded in the Torah. Prophet
Abraham had two wives, according to Genesis 16:13: “So after Abram had dwelt ten
years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and
gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.” So did Prophet David, according to the first
book of Samuel 27:3, “And David dwelt with Achish at Gat, he and his men, every man
with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahin’oam of Jezreel, and Abigail of
Carmel, Nabal’s widow.” In 1st Kings 11:3, Solomon is said to have “...had seven
hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines.” Solomon’s son, Rehobo’am,
also had a number of wives, according to 2nd Chronicles 11:21, “Rehobo’am loved
Ma’acah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines (he took eighteen
wives and sixty concubines, and had twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).” In fact, the
Torah even specified laws regarding the division of inheritance in polygamous
circumstances. In Deuteronomy 21:15-16, the law states: “15 If a man has two wives, the
22
Sahih Al-Bukhari, vol.3, pp.113-4, no.200 and Sahih Muslim, vol.2, p.565, no.2595.
23
Food or provisions.
24
However, in the verse following this one, the Jews made lending on interest to non-Jews permissible: “To
a foreigner you may lend upon interest, but to your brother you shall not lend upon interest.”
(Deuteronomy 23:20)
one loved and the other disliked, and they have borne him children, both the loved and
the disliked, and if the first-born son is hers that is disliked, 16then on the day when he
assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved
as the first-born in preference to the son of the disliked, who is the first-born.” The only
restriction on polygamy was the ban on taking a wife’s sister as a rival wife in Leviticus
18:18, “And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her
nakedness while her sister is yet alive.” The Talmud advises a maximum of four wives as
was the practice of Prophet Jacob.25
According to Father Eugene Hillman, “Nowhere in the New Testament is there
any explicit commandment that marriage should be monogamous or any explicit
commandment forbidding polygamy.”26 He further stressed the fact that the Church in
Rome banned polygamy in order to conform to Greco-Roman culture which prescribed
only one legal wife while tolerating concubinage and prostitution.27
Islaam limited polygamy to a maximum of four wives at one time and stipulated
the maintenance of justice as a basic condition for polygamy Qur’aan (4:3), God states:
“Marry of the women that please you two, three or four. But if you fear that you
will not be able to deal justly, then [marry only] one ...”
Christian Scriptures
Authorship
According to Biblical scholars, even the authorship of the Old Testament books
and the Gospels themselves is in doubt.
Torah
The first five books of the Bible (the Pentateuch)28 are traditionally attributed to
Prophet Moses,29 however, there are many verses within these books which indicate that
Prophet Moses could not possibly have written everything in them. For example,
Deuteronomy 34.5-8 states: “5 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of
Moab, according to the word of the Lord, 6 and he buried him in the valley of the land of
Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no man knows the place of his burial to this day. 7 Moses
was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural
force abated. 8 And the people of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty
25
Women in Judaism, p. 148.
26
Polygamy Reconsidered, p. 140.
27
Ibid., p. 17.
28
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
29
Orthodox Jews claim that the Torah, the Jewish name for the first five books, was created 974
generations before the creation of the world. According to them, God dictated the Torah during the 40 days
Moses was on Mount Sinai, in such a final and irrevocable form that it is sinful to claim that Moses wrote
even one letter of it by himself.
days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.” It is quite obvious that
someone else wrote these verses about Prophet Moses’ death.
In the appendix of the Revised Standard Version entitled “Books of the Bible,” the
following is written concerning the authorship of over one third of the remaining books
of the Old Testament:
Books Authors
Judges Possibly Samuel
Ruth Perhaps Samuel
First Samuel Unknown
Second Samuel Unknown
First Kings Unknown
Second Kings Unknown
First Chronicles Unknown
Esther Unknown
Job Unknown
Ecclesiastes Doubtful
Jonah Unknown
Malachi Nothing known
Apocrypha
More than half of the world’s Christians are Roman Catholics. Their version of
the Bible was published in 1582 from Jerome’s Latin Vulgate, and reproduced at Douay
in 1609. The Old Testament of the RCV (Roman Catholic Version) contains seven more
books than the King James Version recognized by the Protestant world. The extra books
are referred to as the apocrypha (i.e., of doubtful authority) and were removed from the
Bible in 1611 by Protestant Bible scholars.
The Gospels
Aramaic was the spoken language of the Jews of Palestine. Consequently, it is
believed that Jesus and his disciples spoke and taught in Aramaic.30 “The earliest oral
tradition of Jesus’ deeds and sayings undoubtedly circulated in Aramaic. However, the
four Gospels were written in an entirely different speech, common Greek, the spoken
30
Aramaic is a Semitic language which gradually supplanted Akkadian as the common tongue of the Near
East in the 7th and 6th centuries BC. It later became the official language of the Persian Empire. Aramaic
replaced Hebrew as the language of the Jews; portions of the Old Testament books of Daniel and Ezra are
written in Aramaic, as are the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. Its period of greatest influence
extended from 300 BC until 650 CE, after which it was gradually supplanted by Arabic. (The New
Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 1, p. 516)
language of the civilized Mediterranean world, to serve the majority of the Church, which
was becoming Hellenistic (Greek-speaking) instead of Palestinian. Traces of Aramaic
survive in the Greek Gospels. For example, in Mark 5:41, “Taking her by the hand he
said to her, ‘Tal’itha cu’mi’; which means ’Little girl, I say to you, arise.’ ” and Mark
15:34, “And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, ‘E’lo-i, E’lo-i, la’ma
sabachtha’ni?’ which means, ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’ ”31
The New Testament Gospel of Mark, though considered by Church scholars to be
the oldest of the Gospels, was not written by a disciple of Jesus. Biblical scholars
concluded, based on the evidence contained in the Gospel, that Mark himself was not a
disciple of Jesus. Furthermore, according to them, it is not even certain who Mark really
was. The ancient Christian author, Eusebius (325 C.E.), reported that another ancient
author, Papias (130 C.E.), was the first to attribute the Gospel to John Mark, a companion
of Paul.32 Others suggested that he may have been the scribe of Peter and yet others hold
that he was probably someone else.
The same is the case with the other Gospels. Although Matthew, Luke and John
are the names of disciples of Jesus, the authors of the Gospels bearing their names were
not those famous disciples, but other individuals who used the disciples’ names to give
their accounts credibility. In fact, all the Gospels originally circulated anonymously.
Authoritative names were later assigned to them by unknown figures in the early
church.33
Books Authors
Gospel of Matthew Unknown34
Gospel of Mark Unknown35
Gospel of Luke Unknown36
Gospel of John Unknown37
Acts The author of Luke38
31
Encyclopedia Americana, vol. 3, p. 654.
32
The Five Gospels, p. 20, and The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 14, p. 824. For references to
various Marks in the New Testament, see the following: Acts 12:12, 25; 13:5; 15:36-41; Colossians 4:10; 2
Timothy 4:11; Philemon 24; and I Peter 5:13.
33
34
“Although there is a Matthew named among the various lists of Jesus’ disciples...the writer of Matthew is
probably anonymous.”The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 14, p. 826.
35
“Though the author of Mark is probably unknown...”The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 14, p. 824.
36
“The Muratorian Canon refers to Luke, the physician, Paul’s companion; Irenaeus depicts Luke as a
follower of Paul’s gospel. Eusebius has Luke as an Antiochene physician who was with Paul in order to
give the Gospel apostolic authority.” The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 14, p. 827.
37
“From internal evidence the Gospel was written by a beloved disciple whose name is unknown.” The
New Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 14, p. 828.
38
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 14, p. 830.
I, II, III John The author of John39
J.B. Phillips, a prebendary40 of the Chichester Cathedral, the Anglican Church of

England, wrote the following preface for his translation of the Gospel according to St.
Matthew: “Early tradition ascribed this Gospel to the apostle Matthew, but scholars
nowadays almost all reject this view. The author, whom we can conveniently call
Matthew, has plainly drawn on the mysterious “Q”,41 which may have been a collection
of oral traditions. He has used Mark’s Gospel freely, though he has rearranged the order
of events and has in several instances used different words for what is plainly the same
story.”42 The Fourth Gospel (John) was opposed as heretical in the early church, and it
knows none of the stories associated with John, son of Zebedee.43 In the judgement of
many scholars, it was produced by a “school” of disciples, probably in Syria in the last
decade of the first century.44
39
Ibid., vol. 14, p. 844.
40
A priest who receives income from the revenue of a church, especially a cathedral. (Oxford Advanced
Learner s Dictionary, p. 973.)
41
There are about two hundred identical verses found in both Matthew and Luke (e.g. Matt 3:7-10 & Luke
3:7-9; Matt. 18:10-14 & Luke 15:3-7), with no equivalent in either Mark or John. As a way of explaining
this striking agreement, a German scholar hypothesized that there once existed a source document, which
he referred to as a Quelle (German for “source”). The abbreviation “Q” was later adopted as its name.
The existence of Q was once challenged by some scholars on the grounds that a sayings gospel was not
really a gospel. The challengers argued that there were no ancient parallels to a gospel containing only
sayings and parables and lacking stories about Jesus, especially the story about his trial and death. The
discovery of the Gospel of Thomas changed all that. (The Five Gospels, p. 12.) Thomas contains one
hundred and fourteen sayings and parables ascribed to Jesus; it has no narrative framework: no account of
Jesus’ exorcisms, healings, trial, death, and resurrection; no birth or childhood stories; and no narrated
account of his public ministry in Galilee and Judea. The Coptic translation of this document (written about
350 C.E.), found in 1945 at Nag Hammadi in Egypt, has enabled scholars to identify three Greek fragments
(dated around 200 C.E.), discovered earlier, as pieces of three different copies of the same gospel. Thomas
has forty-seven parallels to Mark, forty parallels to Q, seventeen to Matthew, four to Luke, and five to
John. About sixty-five sayings or parts of sayings are unique to Thomas. (The Five Gospels, p.15).
42
The Gospels in Modern English.
43
Since the late 18th century, the first three Gospels have been called the Synoptic Gospels, because the
texts, set side by side, show a similar treatment of the life and death of Jesus Christ. (The New
Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 5, p. 379).
44
Presented by Abu Zakariya
Agenda
1. Some Important Definitions
2. Dawah Strategy
- Why Jesus is Not God
- Why Jesus is Not the Son of God
- Why Jesus is a Servant of God

What is Christianity?
• Let’s start with a definition as it’s important to understand their beliefs.
Sin is like debt, it can't just be forgiven by God.
God sent His son, Jesus, to die for mankind and settle the debt.
His death is the ultimate sacrifice that paid the penalty for our sins
Summary of Christian Belief
“Salvation is based on a belief of the deity of
Jesus and his death and resurrection.”

Our Focus
• We will focus on the deity of Jesus as this is the biggest obstacle to Tawheed.
The Trinity
• The deity of Jesus is part of a doctrine known as the Trinity.
The Trinity
• The vast majority of Christians in the world are Trinitarians by denomination.
What is the Trinity?
• How would you explain the doctrine of the Trinity in a few short sentences?
• The doctrine of the Trinity defines God as one being who eternally exists as
three distinct Persons — the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
• Put simply, “one God in three persons”.
• All three Persons of the Trinity are said to be co-equal and co-eternal, and
“each is God, whole and entire”.
• One “What” – God.
• Three “Who’s” – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

• Although co-equal, each Person in the Trinity is believed to have a distinct role:
Father – Creates Son – Redeems Holy Spirit – Inspires

The Incarnation of Jesus
• A very important element of the Trinity is the Incarnation.
• This teaches that the second person of the Trinity, the Son, took on bodily form
as Jesus.
• When Mary gave birth to Jesus, God is alleged to have entered into the
creation as a human being.
• Thus the Son, Jesus, is now the god-man, he has two natures – one divine,
one human.
• The Son will forever have an inseparable divine and human nature. Thus
humanity has been permanently incorporated into God’s nature.
Trinity is a Majority Belief
• These are the core beliefs of the Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox and Oriental
Churches, representing more than 95% of Christians worldwide.
The Trinity Confusion
• Confused? So are the majority of Christians.
The Trinity Confusion
• This becomes apparent when you discuss the doctrine with lay Christians and
they try to use elaborate analogies to rationalise it:
The Egg Analogy
“The Trinity is like the three parts of an egg: the shell, the white and the yolk”
The Egg Analogy
• Does this analogy work for the Trintiy?
The Egg Analogy
• The egg analogy doesn’t work because the doctrine of the Trinity states that
each person (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) is fully God. One wouldn’t say that
the shell is fully an egg, the white is fully an egg or that the yolk is fully an egg.
It is only the totality of the three parts (shell, white and yolk) that make a
complete egg.
The Water Analogy
“The Trinity is like three forms of water: ice, liquid and vapour”
The Water Analogy
The Water Analogy
• The water analogy doesn’t work either, because it implies that God first
manifested Himself as Father, then as the Son and then as the Holy Spirit.
These 'forms' are temporary and never co-exist, thus violating the principle of
the doctrine that the persons eternally co-exist.
The Man Analogy
“The Trinity is like a man who can exist as a father, a son and a husband, all at the
same time”
The Man Analogy
The Man Analogy
• The man analogy also fails to encompass the doctrine of the Trinity. The
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit aren't simply three functions or roles of God,
they are said to be three distinct persons.
The Mystery of the Trinity
• All such analogies are problematic. The fact is that it’s a mystery that defies
rationalisation and must be accepted on blind faith.
Strategy
• Now that we have a grounding in their beliefs about God we can move onto
strategies for tackling them.
Strategy
• In practical terms, how can we go about taking them from a belief in the Trinity
to Tawheed?
With a Question…
“Do you believe Jesus is…
God?
The Son of God?
Or a Servant of God?”
With a Question…
Benefits
• Focuses on what is most important, Tawheed.
Benefits
• Bring them closer to Islam in small steps, insha'Allah.
Benefits
• Simple. Vast majority of Christians you engage with will know very little about
the Bible so why complicate things unnecessarily?
Benefits
• Control. Avoid wasted time and side tracking by steering the conversation
toward Tawheed from the outset.
Benefits
• Flexible enough to be applied to virtually any Christian sect.
God, Son of God or Servant of God?
• Let’s go through some techniques for each scenario.
God?
God’s Attributes
• One very effective technique is to get them to agree on the attributes of God:
“Would you agree that God is All Knowing and All Powerful?”
God’s Attributes
• Then proceed to show them that Jesus had neither of these attributes.
God’s Attributes
• According to the Bible, Jesus was not All Knowing as he lacked knowledge of
the Hour:
“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven,
nor the Son, but only the Father.”
[Matthew 24:36]
God’s Attributes
• According to the Bible, Jesus was not All Powerful as authority was given to
him:
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth
has been given to me.”
[Matthew 28:18]
God’s Attributes
• Recall the definition of the Trinity: all persons are “co-equal”
God’s Attributes
• Since Jesus lack’s the Father’s attributes, he can’t be God.
God’s Nature
• Another technique is to get them to agree on the nature of God:
“Would you agree that God is eternal and unchanging?”

God’s Nature
• Bible describes God’s nature as eternal and unchanging:
Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.
[Psalm 93:2]
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of
the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
[James 1:17]
God’s Nature
• Recall that Trinitarians claim that at the Incarnation, God The Son became
flesh.
God’s Nature
• The implication is that in becoming man, the nature of God changed.
God’s Nature
• Conclude that a belief in the Trinity conflicts with the Bible’s portrayal of God’s
eternal and unchanging nature.
God’s Nature
• Another question:
“Was God’s nature more perfect before or after the incarnation?”

God’s Nature
• You can see that the doctrine of the Incarnation puts Trinitarians in a
blasphemous predicament.
Jesus Affirms Monotheism
• There is an interesting conversation between Jesus and a Jewish teacher of
the Law…
• This incident was the perfect opportunity for Jesus to teach the Trinity.
• Exact opposite is the case; Jesus affirms the teacher’s Jewish understanding of
God which is purely monotheistic.
• Not only is the Jewish teacher’s wisdom about God acknowledged, but Jesus
goes so far as to compliment him, saying that he is close to the kingdom of
God.
The Prophets of the Old Testament
• The reason why Jewish people do not believe in a Triune God is that He is
never presented as such in the Old Testament.
• The Prophets of the Old Testament, such as Abraham, Noah and Moses, never
preached that God is a Trinity.
The Prophets of the Old Testament
• Does it make sense that God sent countless Prophets, over a span of
thousands of years, with a consistent message of pure monotheism, and then
all of a sudden reveals that He is a Trinity, a radically different message which
contradicts His previous Prophets' teachings?
Dealing with Challenges
• So far we have assumed that the Christian doesn’t have deep knowledge of
their Bible. This is the case for the vast majority you will encounter.
• What about that rare Christian who quotes from the Bible to try and prove that
Jesus is God?
Here are some common examples. What do you think, are these valid proofs for
the Trinity:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. [John 1:1]
For in him [Jesus] dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
[Colossians 2:9]
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. [Matthew28:19]
• You may find this prospect intimidating, but there’s no need to worry.
• There are some simple techniques you can use to refute any verse they bring.
Refuting Trinity “Proof Texts”
1. Show another quote by the same author which challenges the Trinity.
2. Point out that their quote is inadequate in supporting the Trinity as it is

believed in today.
Refuting Trinity “Proof Texts”
• Let’s apply the techniques to each of the so-called proof texts.
1. Fighting Quotes With Quotes
So-called proof text from John:
was God. [John 1:1]
• Our response:
After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father... Now
this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom you have sent. [John 17:1-3]
Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father.
Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and
your Father, to my God and your God.’” [John 20:17]
Conclusion: Is John concrete evidence for the Trinity? No.

• So-called proof text from Paul:
[Colossians 2:9]
• Our response:
But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head
of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. [1 Corinthians 11:3]
"One God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in all."
[Ephesians 4:6]
Conclusion: Is Paul concrete evidence for the Trinity? No.

• So-called proof text from Matthew:
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”[Matthew 28:19]
• Our response:
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth
has been given to me.” [Matthew 28:18]
"But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven,
nor the Son, but only the Father. [Matthew 24:36]
Conclusion: Is Matthew concrete evidence for the Trinity? No.

• You don’t need to memorise every single proof text and its refutation, just one
strong example from each of the five main books of the New Testament (Mark,
Matthew, Luke, John and Paul). This is sufficient knowledge to respond to any
verse they bring.
2. Inadequate Proof Texts
• This involves pointing out that their so-called proof texts fall short of supporting
their beliefs about the Trinity:
“One God in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, all co-equal and co-
eternal”
• Since the Trinity is a fundamental belief in Christianity, it’s not unreasonable for
us to request a clear statement from the Bible that comprehensively defines the
doctrine of the Trinity as it is believed in today.
Does:
was God. [John 1:1]
= ?
It does not:
- There is no mention of the Holy Spirit.
- It says the Word (Jesus) was with God. If Jesus is a Person of the Trinity along
with the Father and Holy Spirit, then it would have said “the Word was with the
Father and Holy Spirit, and they were God”.
- Pantheistic religions believe that all reality is divine. Ourselves, nature, the Sun
and Moon, all are God. So this proves Pantheism just as much as it ‘proves’
Christian Trinitarianism.
Does:
[Colossians 2:9]
= ?
It does not:
- There is no mention of the Holy Spirit.
- ‘Godhead’ is mentioned, which is a plurality, but it does not limit God to three.
Godhead could mean four, five etc.
- No mention of Jesus being equal to God, just that God dwells within Jesus,
whatever that means. Hindus also believe that God pervades the whole
universe, and also believe that God is present in every person. So this proves
Hinduism just as much as it ‘proves’ Christian Trinitarianism.
Does:
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit [Matthew 28:19]
= ?
It does not:
- While the three individuals of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are mentioned
collectively, it does not tell us they are equal to God.
- It tells us nothing about their relationships with one another. It does not say that
they are all co-equal and co-eternal, as the Trinity teaches.
• You can apply this simple technique to virtually any verse of the Bible that they
bring.
• The simple fact is that nowhere in the Bible is there any clear mention of a
Trinitarian formula, the concept that God is three persons that are co-equal and
co-eternal.
• The Oxford Companion to the Bible, which has entries from over 260 Bible
scholars and academics from leading biblical institutes and universities, states:
“... the developed concept of three co-equal partners in the Godhead found
in later creedal formulations cannot be clearly detected within the confines
of the canon [books of the Bible].” [pp. 782 – 783]
• By understanding what the Trinity is, we are able to correct them if they attempt
to use proof texts that fall short of supporting their beliefs.
Progress
Son of God?
Son of God?
• It is true that Jesus is referred to as “Son of God” in the Bible.
Son of God?
• But then so are many others:
the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. [Luke 3:38]
I [David] will proclaim the LORD's decree: He said to me, "You are my son;
today I have become your father. [Psalm 2:7]
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves
before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. [Job1:6]
Son of God?
• So, not THE Son of God but A Son!
Son of God?
• Moreover, many individuals are referred to as “God” throughout the Bible.
Son of God?
Here God is alleged to have called Moses ‘God’:
Then the LORD said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh,
and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.”
[Exodus7:1]
Son of God?
Even Satan is referred to as ‘God’:
“The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers…”
[2 Corinthians 4:4]
Son of God?
• Clearly such exalted language is employed metaphorically.
Son of God?
• We can conclude that the term “Son of God” denotes righteousness and is not
meant literally.
Son of God?
• Notice the inconsistency of Trinitarians, why interpret any such references to
Jesus literally and all others (David, Moses, Angels etc.) as a metaphor?
Progress
Servant of God!
Servant of God!
• If Jesus is not God, nor the literal Son of God, then that leaves servant of God.
Planting the Seed
Planting the Seed
• Leave them with this thought:
“Your beliefs about God and Jesus are closer to Islam than Christianity”
Further Reading
• New iERA publication:
“Jesus: Man, Messenger, Messiah”
• Get your free copy: www.iera.org/jesus

This entire technique revolves around Tawheed, and is logically ordered to take any Christian
(whatever their sect/denomination) towards Islam in simple, easy steps insha’Allah. The general idea
is as follows:
1. The black text represents the script that the Da’ee should follow, and the red text
represents the answers that the Christian may respond with.
2. Aim is to lead them down the right side of the flowchart, as this path takes them closer to
Islam.
3. Want to move them away from the left side as these beliefs are incompatible with Islam.
4. Start by asking them the fundamental question, “Do you believe that Jesus is God, or
somebody sent by God?”
5. If the Christian answers “Jesus Is God”, then explain the evidences that prove he is not God
but rather Sent by God.
6. The Christian is now one step closer to Islam. Next ask them the question, “Was Jesus The
Son of God, or a Human Messenger of God?”
7. If the Christian answers “The Son of God”, then explain the evidences that prove he is not
the Literal Son of God but rather a Human Messenger of God.
8. Point out to the Christian that they are now much closer to Islam than Christianity, as there
is only one religion that teaches that Jesus was Sent as a Human Messenger of God – Islam.
Next ask them the question, “Did Jesus complete his message?”
9. If the Christian answers “His message was complete”, then explain the evidence which
proves that his message was actually incomplete and that it was to be completed by
somebody else, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), with the revelation of the Quran as revealed
to him through the Holy Spirit (Angel Jibreel).
10. Finally, to prove that the Quran is a miracle that could have only come from God Almighty
please visit www.DawahIsEasy.com for some simple techniques.
Dialogue with a Christian
[Except Jehovah’s witnesses].
M=Muslim C=Christian
M: Excuse me; do you follow any particular religion?

C: Yes. I am a Christian (Catholic / Anglican (Church of England) / Born-again Christian)
M: Can I ask you a question? Do you believe that Jesus is God? Or that Jesus was sent by God?
C: I believe that he was sent by God.
M: Did you know that there is only one religion which says that Jesus was sent by Almighty God?
C: [Looks surprised]
M: Do you know which religion that is?
C: No [Shakes head]
M: The only religion which says that Jesus was sent by Almighty God is Islam. Islam also says
that Jesus was The Messiah, he was born to a virgin-mother - Mary, and he did many miracles
with the power of God.
C: No, Christianity doesn’t say that Jesus is God.
M: Don’t the Christians say “God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit”?
C: Yes we do.
M: Can you see that Christianity is saying that Jesus is God.
C: Yes I suppose Jesus is God because he is part of The Trinity.
M: Do you mind if we define what God is?

M: Would you agree that God:
 sees everything
 hears everything
 knows everything
 has no beginning
 has no end
 is neither male nor female
 is not like anything
 is absolutely perfect
 is perfect in His beauty, His love, and His majesty.
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C: Yes I can agree with that.
M: But Jesus wasn’t like that.
C: Yes he was.
M: For example, we have agreed that God knows everything.

Did Jesus know everything?
C: Yes he did.
M: But in the Bible, when Jesus was asked about “The Hour” that is The Day of Judgement,
Jesus said “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,
but only the Father.” [Matthew 24:36]
M: Also in the Bible, when Jesus went to get fruit from a fig tree, there was no fruit and he cursed
the tree. [Matthew 21:18-22] Surely if he was God, he would have known that before he went to
the tree!
C: But Jesus did miracles.
M: Did he use his own power?
C: Yes.
M: But in the Bible Jesus says ‘Of myself, I can do nothing.’

And when he did miracles, he did it in the name of the Father who we would refer to as God.
C: I still believe in the Trinity.
M: The trinity means that Jesus is God. Didn’t Jesus pray to God?
C: Yes he did.
M: Isn’t prayer to ask God for things as well as to glorify Him.
C: Yes it is.
M: If Jesus asks somebody for help, surely he can’t be God. We have already agreed that God is
the Almighty.
C: Well I have never believed he is Almighty God anyway.
Now ‘The Christian’ has agreed that Jesus is not God, but insists on Jesus being
‘The Son of God’. Therefore we need to concentrate on proving that Jesus is
not God’s Son.
C: I believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
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M: Many people are called sons of God in the Bible. For example, Adam was called the son of God (Luke
3:38) and so was David (2 Samuel 7:14). Jesus himself, in the Bible said “Blessed are the
peacemakers for they shall be called Sons of God.” (Matthew 5:9) In the Bible, lots of good
people are called Sons of God, and from what Jesus said in The Bible, any good person is a ‘son
of God.’
M: How do you believe Jesus asked you to pray? Didn’t he say to pray “Our Father in Heaven...”?
When the Christians pray, don’t they say, ‘Our Father in Heaven...’? If Jesus was the only Son of
God, according to Christianity, surely you would be praying “Jesus’ Father in Heaven...”?
C: Yes we are all children of God.
M: We don’t like to say children of God, but we can understand that you are saying that there is
a spiritual relationship between us and God which you refer to as a Father and Child relationship.
Would you agree with that?
C: Yes, I have a very close relationship with God.
M: Yes, of course we all have a very close relationship with God, because your religion is a
revealed religion. Are you happy to say that we are children of God, like Jesus is the Son of God?
C: Yes I am happy with that.
Now ‘The Christian’ has stated that “Jesus is a Son of God, like we are children of God”.
We need to concentrate on proving that the Qur’an is from God.
M: If we were alive at the time of Jesus and we did not know who he was, how would we know
that he was sent by God and was The Messiah?
C: I’m not sure.
M: Didn’t he do miracles to prove this?
C: Yes he did.
M: Didn’t he say that I do them in the name of Almighty God?

So the proof for the people was the miracles that Jesus performed.
After Jesus, God sent another messenger. His name was Muhammad (PBUH.).
Muhammad was also given miracles.
C: Did Muhammad bring people back to life? Or cure the blind?
M: Please don’t be offended, but the miracle given to The Prophet Muhammad, is greater than
bringing the dead back to life because this miracle is available for us to see today. Do you know
what that is?
C: [Shakes his head]
M: It is a book called the Qur’an.

This book is a miracle for a number of reasons
Did you know that it was a miracle?
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Some of the reasons it is a miracle are [you can use as many of these as you like]:
1.Scientific facts:
It contains scientific facts for example:
o Embryology (Qur'an 23:12-14)
o The Big Bang Theory (“don’t the unbelievers see that the heavens and earth were joined
together as one united piece then We parted them?” (21:30))
o Expanding universe
o Construction of mountains
o Pain receptors for burning in the skin
o The position of the stars
o The water cycle
- Also , It does not contain a single statement that contradicts established scientific facts
2.Muhammad was unlettered:
The book was given to a man who could not read or write (How do we know that?
Because it says so in the Qur’an and his enemies never called him a liar).
3.It has remained unchanged:
The book has remained unchanged for 1400 years- see for yourself in the British
Library.“It is We who have sent down the Dhikr and surely We will preserve it” (The Qur’an 15:9)
4.Easy to memorise:
The book is easy to memorise millions of people have done so all over the world even
though it’s about the size of a paperback. “…made easy to remember” (44:58).
5. Does not contain a single contradiction:
There are no contradictions in the Qur’an, even though it was revealed over a period of 23
years. “Don’t they ponder over the Qur’an, had it been from anyone besides Allah, they would surely have
found therein many contradictions” (4:82)
6. Contains a challenge:
God says that if all of mankind and jinn-kind (i.e. spirits) got together they couldn’t
produce a book like it. In another part of the Qur’an, God says that they couldn’t even
produce one Surah like it. The shortest Surah is only three sentences. Therefore, God is
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telling us that, nobody can produce three sentences that are like the Qur’an. This
challenge has stood for 1400 years! “Produce One Sura like it” (The Qur’an 10:38)
7. Changes people
The words in the Qur’an have the great effect of changing people’s lives.
8. Unique style
It is written in the Arabic language. Its style is unique and cannot be copied
9. Largest and fastest growing religion

It has produced the largest religion 1.6 billion followers and it has produced the fastest
growing religion.
M: Would you agree the Qur’an is indeed a miracle?
C: Yes it does seem quite amazing 
M: If you accept that the Quran is a miracle then you are accepting that Muhammad was a true
Prophet of Almighty God. Would you agree with that?
C:Yes he probably was a Prophet.
M] Are you sure he was a Prophet?
C] I don’t know much about him.
M] Let me tell you a little about him. [Give a brief outline of his life]
C] Yes I can see he was a prophet.
M] If you accept he is a prophet you should say so in a certain way. By doing so it is guaranteed
that you will be going to heaven.
C] What do you mean?
M] By acknowledging the oneness of God and accepting the Prophet Muhammad as a Prophet of
Almighty God you are promised the Good News of heaven.
C] I have always believed in one God.
M] Please just repeat after me: “I bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship except
Almighty God and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger”.
C]: No  [Then we need to give more evidence for example you could talk about:
Economic system, Political system, Legal system, Etc………………]
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M: Can I show you the Qur’an?
[Maybe say to them that ‘why don’t you choose a page in The Quran and I’ll pray and ask
Almighty God to guide us through your choice of that page in the Qur’an. If they agree then you
can show them the Qur’an. Usually, I’ve found that the verse which is selected is very relevant to
them and they are surprised! ]
Note : Our dialogue should follow the line of :
1 Jesus is not Almighty God
2 Jesus is not the only son of God in the Bible
3 God’s Attributes
4 The Qur’an being a proof of the truth of the message of Islam
“Do you believe Jesus is God

or that he was sent by God? ”
“Christianity says…………
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Contents
What is Da’wah? .......................................................................................................................... 4
Do ‘I’ Need To Give Dawa ........................................................................................................... 4
What If I Don’t Invite And Hide The Truth? .................................................................................. 4
What will I get through Da’wah? .................................................................................................. 5
Why Is Da’wah Training necessary? ............................................................................................ 5
Methodology of the Prophets ....................................................................................................... 5
What Is The Role of The Da’ee?.................................................................................................. 7
What are we initially inviting to? ................................................................................................... 7
Essential Mnemonic when giving Da’wah .................................................................................... 8
The Seven Essentials During Da’wah to avoid the common pitfalls ............................................ 8
Psychology of Da’wah.................................................................................................................. 9
Vital Knowledge ........................................................................................................................... 9
How to Break The Silence and Start a Conversation ................................................................... 9
Stopping people in the street ..................................................................................................... 10
Why should they accept a Creator (or God) into their life? ........................................................ 10
Closing the deal... ...................................................................................................................... 11
Basic Rule: During Conversations ............................................................................................. 11
The Key to Da’wah .................................................................................................................... 11
How to Prove That The Qur'an Is From Almighty God ............................................................... 12
How to Prove That The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Was a True Prophet .............................. 13
How To Prove That The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Didn’t Copy The Bible........................... 13
Christian beliefs (except Jehovah witnesses): ........................................................................... 13
Formulation of the Bible ............................................................................................................. 14
Da’wah to a Christian: ................................................................................................................ 15
The Key to Da'wah with Christians ............................................................................................ 16
Jesus lived as a Muslim (from the Bible).................................................................................... 16
How to Prove that Jesus (PBUH) Is NOT God........................................................................... 16
How to Prove That Jesus Was Not the only Son Of God in the Bible ........................................ 17
How To Prove The Bible Contradicts Scientific Facts And Logic ............................................... 17
How To Disprove Trinity............................................................................................................. 18
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Beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses ................................................................................................ 18
Giving Da’wah: ........................................................................................................................... 18
Their main weak points are: ....................................................................................................... 19
Beliefs of Judaism ...................................................................................................................... 19
How To Invite Jews To Islam ..................................................................................................... 20
The Beliefs ................................................................................................................................. 20
Their common criticisms of religion: ........................................................................................... 20
Proof that God exists: ................................................................................................................ 20
How to persuade a Hindu of Islam’s truth .................................................................................. 21
So you can marry four wives? .................................................................................................... 22
Why do women have to cover themselves?............................................................................... 22
Why do you call him Allah? ........................................................................................................ 22
Further Questions and Comments The Da’ee Should Be Able To Answer .... ‫ﺧﻄﺄ! ﺍﻹﺷﺎﺭﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺮﺟﻌﻴﺔ ﻏﻴﺮ‬
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Da’wah: The Basics
What is Da’wah?
Da’wah means to invite or to summon. Usually understood to mean to preach.
Many different ways to invite to Islam; obviously the most important is by example.
The Prophet Muhammad ‘gave’ Da’wah through his personality, honesty and truthfulness
Do not underestimate the greatness

of this work.
Do ‘I’ Need To Give Da'wah This is the work of

An important matter for us to realize is that Da’wah is an The Greatest Human Beings
obligation upon all of us. that have ever lived on this earth!
Allah (SWT) says in the Qur’an (translated):
“Invite to the way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom and fair preaching, and argue with them
in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His path, and He
is the best aware of those who are guided.”
(Surah an-Nisa’ 16:125)
The Prophet (PBUH) has said

“Convey from me, even one verse.” (al-Bukhari).
Conveying the message therefore does not require a high level of scholarship, it is in fact a
responsibility of each and every one of us, according to our ability.
What If I Don’t Invite And Hide The Truth?

The obligation is further emphasised by the following verse which explains that not conveying
the message – hiding knowledge- is disobedience to Allah, which causes Allah’s curse to
descend on such people, which shows that such a sin leads to The Hellfire.
“ Verily, those who conceal the clear proofs, evidences and the guidance, which we have sent
down, after We have made it clear for the people in the book, they are the ones cursed by Allah,
and cursed by the cursers.” (Quran 2:159)
In the same connection, The Prophet (PBUH) has stated,
“Whoever hides knowledge, Allah will brand him with the branding iron from The Hellfire.”
(Ahmad)
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Da’wah Is an Obligation
‘Da’wah is the visa which
allows us to live in this
country!’
What will I get through Da’wah?

“And who is better in speech than he who invites to Allah and does righteous deeds, and says: I
am one of the Muslims.”
(The Quran 41:33)
“By Allah, If Allah Were To Guide One Man through You It Would Be Better For You than the
Best Type of Camels”
(Al Bukhari & Muslim)
Why Is Da’wah Training necessary?

Let’s looks at a simple question such as
‘What is Water?’
Surely you would give a different answer to a Biologist a Physicist and a Chemist;
Similarly for a question like:

‘What is Islam?’
The answer must also be appropriate to the listener.
Secondly:
You need to be able to answer some simple questions ‘in the correct way’ Insha’Allah:
For Example:
 Who made God?
 Why Islam not Christianity?
 How Can You Prove Islam is true?
 Can You Prove to me that God Exists.
 Why do natural disasters happen?
 If I become a Muslim will I have to wear a headscarf?
Methodology of the Prophets

Sheikh Salih Ibn Fawzan says that the three essentials in Da’wah are:
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Some of the evidence for this is:
For certainty about knowledge:
“Say, this is my way; I invite to Allah with insight, I and those who follow me....”
(Surah Yusuf 12: 108)
For Practicing what we preach:

“I do not wish to forbid you from something and then do it myself. Rather I only wish to rectify
you as far as I am able.”
( Surah Hud 11: 88)
For Pure intention

“Say, I ask of you for it [i.e. this message] no repayment it is not but a reminder for the worlds”
(Surah al-Anam 6:90)
Da’wah is Easy!
Make Da’wah easy for yourself

and easy for the listener !
K.I.S.S.
Keep
It
Simple
Stupid
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What Is The Role of The Da’ee?
“Verily you [O Muhammad] guide not whom you like, but Allah guides whom he wills. And he
knows best those who are guided” [The Qur’an 28:56]
“Your duty is to convey the message” [The Qur’an 42:48]
“And it is not for any soul to believe except by the permission of Allah”
[The Qur’an 10:100].
Remember this and mention it to the listener
What are we initially inviting to?
‘There is nothing worthy of worship except Almighty God’
This is obvious and everyone says this but this needs understanding.
All false Gods must be removed.
What is the main False God in this society; even though they deny it?
Jesus as God or Son of God.
Almighty God must be introduced; with all His attributes. Then and only then, The name of God.
Therefore concentrate on Jesus (PBUH)

 Jesus is not God
 Jesus is not The Son of God (But ‘a’ son of God in the Bible)
 Let us agree to follow Jesus
 Jesus submitted himself
 Jesus was a Muslim
- Do not criticise Jesus but show that Jesus is the way-
What are we secondly inviting to?
Muhammad [PBUH] is the Messenger of Almighty God
This must be the second thing we call to, once the first part has been established.
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Essential Mnemonic when giving Da’wah
‘Just Go to the Qur’an’
Just = Jesus
Go to the = God
Qur’an = Qur’an
Jesus – not God and not the only son of God in the Bible
God – His attributes
Qur’an – as a miracle, like miracles given to other prophets
The Seven Essentials during Da’wah to avoid the common pitfalls
Focus on what?
Trying to:
 Give Good News
 Ideally...Invite to submit to Almighty God
 At least …Invite to believe in Almighty God
 Prove the existence of God
 Prove the truth of Islam
Not trying to:
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 Give a speech on Islam
 Impress
 Teach rules and regulations
 Invite to the “Religion” of Islam
Psychology of Da’wah
Remember that The Prophets (PBUT) were sent in ‘the language of their people’
(Qur’an 14:4)
 Analyse the Listener: - Age, Education, Ethnicity, Class, etc...

 Establish your credentials. (You are a …..You are not a priest or a ‘religious
person’!)
 Use their name (frequently)
 An appropriate message (for the specific listener)
 Body language (Ours and Theirs)
 As soon as you detect disinterest change the topic.
 Communication is
7% words 30% tone 63% body language
 You are not giving “Telephone Da’wah i.e. don’t be oblivious to the person in front
of you!
 Tone: Do not speak ‘up to’ or ‘down to’. Deal in an appropriate manner
Vital Knowledge
The Dai Must be Able to Understand and Clearly Explain:
1. Attributes of Almighty God (esp. love & mercy).

2. Why the Qur'an is a miracle.
3. Jesus in The Bible not being God and not the only son of God
4. The Six Pillars of Imaan. (Describe Heaven)
5. The Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) life, in brief.
6. Some key references from the Qur’an and the Bible
The depth of knowledge is dependent on your time and ability.
How to Break The Silence and Start a Conversation

Firstly and most importantly, ask Allah for success.
In conversation see issues from a religious point of view.
Politely mention things that invite questions:
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Try and use English translations of the words we regularly say in Arabic. E.g. ‘Thank
God’ instead of ‘Al Hamdulillah’ and ‘God willing’ instead of ‘Insha- Allah’.
Future doctors could for example say ‘God willing you will get better with this medicine.’
At prayer time make a point of mentioning where you are going.
Think of a way of giving colleagues a short introduction on Islam. E.g. ‘John, you know I
am a Muslim yeah. One of the things that are compulsory for me is to tell my colleagues
about Islam. Do you mind if I tell you a little bit about it?’
(Choose a moment when the person is in a good mood and has time available)
Introducing the word ‘God’ into conversations is in itself very important as they may think we
worship something other than God when we use the word Allah. It will also be a continuous
reminder about Allah both to us and our colleagues.
Stopping people in the street

There are two ways you could address people for the first time.
 “Excuse me. Do you know what the purpose of your life is?”
To a Christian:
 “Excuse me. Can I ask you a question about Jesus?
Do You Believe Jesus is God or that he was sent by God?”
Why should they accept a Creator (or God) into their life?
You need to give some good practical reasons. [Because most feel there is no need for ‘God’]
For example:
 It Would lead to a Better / Happier life in this world
 An improvement in their relationships and their children’s behaviour
 It would be like having someone very rich (e.g. Bill Gates) as your best friend
 Even the rich and famous are not happy without belief in God hence, the high levels of
drink, drugs and suicide
 In internet terms; being a Muslim is like having A Broadband Connection with God, and
simply believing in God is like having A Dial-Up-Connection with God.
 The Good News brought by The Prophets (heaven and salvation for those who believe)
Keep Checking …
 Keep checking to see if any or all of the information has been accepted by the listener.
 Sign Posting:
No point going forward until previous facts accepted.
If the listener is losing interest …
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If you feel that the listener is going to leave then they should at least:
Accept one part of The Sha’hada
Or
Accept the concept of God with all His attributes – mention the idea of Shirk.
Closing the deal...

Da’ees find this difficult.
 Timing is critical. Decide how far you can go by their reactions
 You are like a Shepherd trying to catch a sheep.
 The escape routes are their arguments, escape routes should be shown and closed
Proof of Islam = The Quran

The Quran = A Miracle
Basic Rule: During Da’wah

“Invite all to the way of your Lord with Wisdom and beautiful preaching, and argue with them in
ways which are best…” (Qur’an 16:125)
The Key to
Da’wah:
Figure 1
Whatever they talk about, try and bring in the Qur’an, as the ultimate proof.
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Proof of Islam
How to Prove That The Qur'an Is From Almighty God
Scientific facts:
Embryology in The Qur’an – (Quran 23:12-14)
The Big Bang Theory – (Quran 21:30)
The Expansion of the universe – (Quran 51:47)
Given to an Unlettered Prophet (Qur’an 7:157)

The book was given to a man who could not read or write (How do we know that?
Because it says so in the Qur’an and his enemies never called him a liar).
Has remained unchanged

The book has remained unchanged for 1400 years- See for yourself in the British Library!
“It is We who have sent down the Dhikr (Qur’an) and surely We will preserve it”
(Quran15:9)
The Challenge
“And if you are in doubt about what we have sent down upon our servant then
produce a chapter like it ...” (Quran 2:23)
No contradictions
“Don’t they ponder over the Qur’an, had it been from anyone besides Allah, they would
surely have found therein many contradictions” (Quran 4:82)
The largest following

It has resulted in the largest following in the world; 1.6 billion people.
Produced The Fastest Growing Religion

It has produced the fastest growing religion in the world (Guinness book of records
2005).
Changes people lives

Its words have the effect of changing people’s lives forever.
Easy to memorize:
“…made easy to remember” (Qur’an 44:58)
No contradictions:
“Don’t they ponder over the Qur’an, had it been from anyone besides Allah, they would
surely have found therein many contradictions” (Qur’an 4:82)
No crookedness:
“An Arabic Qur’an without any crookedness” (Qur’an 39:28)
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Qur’an says it is from Allah:
“The revelation of the book (Qur’an) is from the Lord of the Alamin” (Qur’an 21:2)
Complete guidance:
“This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed my favours upon you and
chosen Islam as your Deen” (Qur’an 5:3)
How to Prove That The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Was a True Prophet
 The Qur’an
 His life and honesty bears testament to his Prophethood.
 Allah gives him the attribute of being the guide to the worlds (Alamin, mankind, Jinn and
all creatures.)
 Previous messages were corrupted or time bound.
The Qur’an mentions Muhammad’s (PBUH) Prophet Hood (Qur’an 33:40):

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) mentioned that he was The Last Prophet and Last Messenger. He
was known to be truthful even before his claim to Prophethood.
How to Prove That The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Didn’t Copy The Bible
The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) would have copied the errors found in the Bible? E.g.
Scientific errors.
Muhammad (PBUH) was unlettered (Qur’an 7:157)
Ask them to show one single verse which is copied
Da’wah to Christians
Christian beliefs (except Jehovah witnesses):
1) Trinity
2) Original Sin
3) Atonement (forgiveness of sins)
1Trinity: They believe that God is made of three personalities; Father, The Son and The Holy
Ghost. Father is God, Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God, yet there is one God! Often they
will reject this but ask them if they say ‘God the father, God the son, and God the Holy Ghost.’
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2 Original sin: Christianity teaches that because Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate of the
tree (of knowledge); all of their descendants bear the sin.
3 Atonement and Redemption: The crucifixion of a man-god i.e. Jesus on the cross paid the
price of sin. Just believing in this is enough to attain salvation. To refute this ask them if Jesus
wanted to die for their sins.
Formulation of the Bible CE= Christian era i.e. After Jesus
40-45 CE Letters of Paul
325 CE - Council of Nicea- Organised by Roman Emperor Constantine. Emperor was from a
Pagan background and favoured Trinitarian view of Christianity.
1000 CE – Western and Eastern Church broke off- ‘The Great Schism’
Western Church: Catholic churches
Eastern Church: Eastern Orthodox church
1600 CE – Protestants broke off- led by Martin Luther and John Calvin.
1611 CE – King James Version of the Bible was made- most widely used today.
1952 CE – Major revision of the King James Bible was made because of its great errors.
Overview of the Bible

 Many versions available.
 Bible divided into The Old Testament containing the books before Jesus and The
New Testament which is about Jesus and that which came after.
The Oldest New Testament available dates back to three hundred years after Jesus!
 Bible not available in the language of Jesus (Aramaic) - oldest New Testament is in
Greek.
 Old Testament – 39 Books
o First five books – Pentateuch (Torah, according to the Jews.)
 New Testament – 27 Books
o First four are called Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)
 Protestant Bible-King James’s Version- 66 Books (39+27)
 Catholic Bible-Douay Version 73 Books (7 extra books – Apocrypha= doubtful)
 Words NOT found in the Bible : Bible,Trinity
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Da’wah to a Christian:
Start with:
“Do you believe that Jesus is God or that Jesus was sent by God?”
Most Christians will say
‘He was sent by God’
Tell them:
“There’s only one religion that says Jesus was sent by Almighty God do they know
which religion it is? ”
They’ll say ‘Christianity’
Show them that Christianity says that Jesus is God rather than sent by God.
Because the Christians say- ‘God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.’ ”
They would agree that Christianity says this; but they don’t believe that Jesus is God.
Therefore their belief about Jesus is the same as Islam and they are closer to Islam them
Christianity
Talk about:
1. Almighty God
2. Jesus
3. Good news
4. Purpose of life
5. Spirituality
6. Islam = Relationship with God
7. Love of God
Don’t talk about:

1. Rules and regulations
2. Hell
3. Religion
4. Other things about Islam – Invite not Impress
Christian comments that you should be able to answer
 Jesus is God, because....

 Jesus is The Son of God.
 Jesus said ‘I am the way, the truth and the life...’
 Jesus died for my sins.
 I am guaranteed salvation unlike Muslims who depend on good deeds.
 I believe Jesus is God and man [Born-again Christians]
 You don’t believe in the crucifixion.
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The Key to Da'wah with Christians
Figure 2
Always follow the above flow chart when giving Da’wah to Christians.
Whatever you start with, concentrate on showing that Jesus is not God and lead onto the fact
that Jesus was a Muslim. With any other topic you could spend hours and achieve very little
Jesus lived as a Muslim (from the Bible)

Submitted to the will of God (Allah) – Luke 22:42, John 5:30
Fasted forty days and forty nights – Matt 4:2
He prayed on his forehead to One God – Matt 26:39
He greeted his disciples with the greeting of peace be unto you (as-salaamu alaikum)
John 20:21
Jesus had a beard as is the way of all the prophets.
How to Prove that Jesus (PBUH) Is Not God

Start with the Attributes of God, ‘All-Mighty’, ‘All Knowing’, Eternal, Independent. Then apply
these attributes to Jesus and see if he qualifies.
God is All-Knowing... Jesus (PBUH) was not.
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Speaking of the last day Jesus said ‘But of That Day or That Hour knows no man, neither the
angels, nor the son, but only the father’ (Mark 13:32)
God is All-Mighty… Jesus (PBUH) was not.

‘I can do nothing on my own authority; as I hear, I judge, and my judgement is just, because I
seek not my own will, but the will of Him who sent me’ (John 5:30)
God doesn’t pray to anyone … Jesus (PBUH) did

‘And he (Jesus) went a little further, and fell on his face (sujud) and prayed.’ (Matt 26:39)
Jesus never said ‘I am God, worship me.’
How to Prove That Jesus Was Not the only Son Of God in the Bible
Many other people are called sons of God in the Bible:
 The Prophet Adam (PBUH) – Luke 3:38
 The Prophet Solomon (PBUH) – II Samuel 7:13, 14
 Angels – Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7
 The Prophet David (PBUH) – Psalms 2:7
[NB: Melchizedek: ‘No father, no mother, no ascendants, no descendents, no beginning of days,

or end of life....’ (Hebrews 7:3)]
From The Qur'an

The Qur’an talks about Jesus’ similarity to Adam (3:59)
19:88, 89 ‘And they say: “Allah has begotten a son... indeed you have brought forth a terrible
evil thing.”
19:35 “It befits not Allah that he begets a son.”
All Prophets Prayed As Muslims Do
Wudhu: Moses and Aaron: “And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their
feet thereat: when they went into the tent of the congregation and when they came near unto
the altar, they washed, as the lord commanded Moses.” (Exodus 40:31-32)
Many Prophets prostrated - Sujood

Jesus – Matthew 26:39
Elijah – I Kings 18:42
Moses and Aaron – Numbers 20:6
Abraham - Genesis 17:3
How to Prove The Bible Contradicts Scientific Facts and Logic

Bible:
Morning and evening created 2nd day- Gen 1:6-8
Earth created 3rd day – Gen 1:10
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Sun created fourth day – Gen 1:14-19
Bible: God rested on the 7th day (Gen 2:2, 3 and Exodus 31:17) (refreshed)
Logic: God never gets tired (Qur’an 2:225) neither sleep nor slumber overtakes him.
Bible: Mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds- Matt 13:31-32

Science: Seed of the Orchid flower is smaller than the Mustard seed.
How to Disprove Trinity

The word ‘Trinity’ is not mentioned in the Bible
Trinity says that Jesus is also ‘God’ – disproved earlier
Trinity was formulated in the year 325 C.E.
Jehova’s Witness
Beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses
 Don’t believe in The Trinity – (Therefore they don't believe that Jesus is God or
Part of God)
 Believe Jesus was created by God
 Believe Jesus is the begotten son of God
 Believe the Bible is the absolute word of God
 Happy to accept that Jesus is a prophet of God.
Giving Da’wah:
1) Concentrate on Showing that Muslims are following Jesus more closely than Jehovah’s
Witnesses.
For Example:
 Jesus prayed by putting his head on the ground (garden of Gethsemane)
 Jesus had a beard
 Jesus ate kosher= Halal food - never ate pork
 Mary covered her hair all the time - just as Muslims do JW only cover in their
churches (kingdom Halls)
2) God’s name is Allah.

a) Alleluia, which is used in the Bible by angels to praise God, is a corruption of Allah-hu-
yah
Alleluia = Allah-hu-yah (from Ahmed Deedat)
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b) Jesus on the cross, said 'Aly Aly lema sabakhtani' which is 'My God My God, why have
you forsaken me' - he did not use the word Jehovah' for God, or 'Abi' which is father.
Aly is closer to illahi/Allah which means My God or Deity to be worshipped.
The other point you should concentrate on is that God does not beget.
Their main weak points are:

1) Muslims follow Jesus in the Bible more closely.
2) God’s name is Allah according to the Bible
3) Their Bible says that Jesus is a begotten son (The word 'begotten' means gave birth to
and not created, as they claim. Therefore they are attributing the act of giving birth to
God.)
4) They say that the Bible is the word of God
Question is... which bible, because the oldest bible is in the Greek Language. The language of
Jesus was Aramaic therefore we don't know what God actually said. There are many different
versions of the Bible - Catholics have the Du-ay version, Protestants have the King James
Version and the JW have The New World translation.
These are not different translations, but different Versions - they will say theirs is the most
accurate as it goes back to the original Greek scripture, but Jesus did not speak Greek, but
spoke Aramaic. (Compare with the Quran - preserved in its original language Arabic)
5) Many contradictions in the Bible. Their own JW magazines called 'awake' or 'watchtower'
mentioned thousands of errors in the Bible in ~1960s
e.g.:
http://www.islamway.com/english/images/library/contradictions.htm
(Some of these have been removed by JW in their bible)
6) Jesus talked about the Holy Spirit bringing the words of the 'Father' and we believe that
he was talking about the Quran. (16:12-13)
Judaism
Beliefs of Judaism
One God
Claim to believe in and follow Abraham and Moses
The future coming of The Messiah or great leader; Jews reject Jesus as their Messiah.
They are the chosen people - God chose them above all others
Talmud: ‘Teachings’. Somewhat similar to commentaries of the Old Testament, sayings
of Rabbis. First written down during the third and fourth century AD.
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How to Invite Jews to Islam
Discuss similarities:
Belief in One God. Old Testament Prophets.
Proof of Qur'an being a miracle (especially scientific facts as most of them are highly
educated).
Discuss The Prophet Abraham (PBUH) and show that he was a Muslim and that Muslims
are following him.
The following verse of the Qur’an shows that we are the true followers of The Prophet
Abraham (PBUH):
“And they say: Be Jews or Christians, then ye will be rightly guided. Say (unto them, O
Muhammad): Nay, but (we follow) the religion of Abraham, the upright, and he was not of the
idolaters”. (Qur'an 2:135)
Atheism
The Beliefs
 There is no God, there is no Creator!

Everything else they say is their criticism of religion.
Their common criticisms of religion:
 There is no God, people just made it up.

 I don’t believe in organised religion.
 Religion causes trouble and wars.
 If God exists, why are there disasters and babies die.
 I believe in Evolution and Darwin.
 Muslims are terrorists.
 All religions basically say the same thing
 I don’t want to follow rules.
 I am happy the way I am.
(To answer the above comments use the flow chart Fig 1.)
Proof That God Exists:
1. The Law of Cause and Effect - Causality (Cosmological Argument)
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For anything to happen there must be a cause e.g. whatever we see must have
come into being because it was made or that some event happened which caused
it to come into being. The ultimate cause for everything is The Creator of the
universe.
2. The Design and Precision of the Universe (Teleological Argument).
(Sir Isaac Newton’s example to an Atheist, Prof P Davies –The Templeton Prize)
3. The Prophets ; Their lives and the consistency of their message
4. The Miracles given to The Prophets; today's miracle is The Qur’an
Hinduism
Hindu: The word ‘Hindu’ is a corrupt form of the word ‘sindhu,’ a region watered by river Indus.
Founder of Hinduism: None
Major Beliefs:
Belief in Vedas
Practice of Caste system
Sanctity of Cow and other animals
Belief in One or many gods.
Reincarnation
Incarnation of Gods
How to persuade a Hindu of Islam’s truth

Concentrate on showing that their scripture talks about worshipping one God and is against
worshipping idols.
Bhagavat Gita 7:19-21: ‘All those who do idol worship, all those who worship demigods are
materialistic people.’
Yajur Veda 3:32: ‘…Of that God you cannot make any images.
Yajur Veda 40:8: ‘All those who worship the uncreated things, they are in darkness, and you’ll
enter more into darkness if you worship the created things.’
Rig Veda Vol.6, 45:16: ‘There is only one God, worship Him.’
Also show that the arrival of The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is described on many occasions
in their ‘holy’ books
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Frequently Asked Questions
So you can marry four wives?
Polygamy in the Bible:
Abraham had 2 wives, Sarah and Hagar – Genesis 16:1-3
Jacob, son of Isaac had 4 wives – Genesis 26:34, 28:9
Saul had a wife and a concubine – I Sam.14:50, II Sam.3:7
David had 8 wives – I Sam.18:27, 25:42, 43 II Sam.3:2-5, 11:27, 12:8
(NB: Neither Jesus Christ nor God ever prohibited polygamy in the Bible.)
Why do women have to cover themselves?
There is a dress code for both males and females.

Ask them if they have seen a ‘picture’ or ‘painting’ of Mary the mother of Jesus- she dresses like
a Muslim.
Islam as a complete guidance came to preserve chastity in the society.
Why do you call him Allah?

All beautiful names belong to Him (Qur'an 17:111)
The word Allah is purer and a better word to use than the English word God because:
 To God you can add ‘dess’ = Goddess.

 God with a small ‘g’ – god – may cause confusion. Allah can’t be written with a small ‘g’.
 God with mother or father becomes Godmother, Godfather etc. To Allah nothing can be
added.
 English word ‘God’ could be ambiguous, confusing, manipulated, etc, but the pure word
‘Allah’ could never be confusing because it always refers to the One Almighty God, Our
Creator, with no male and female gender, and no partners.
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Acknowledgements
Introduction to Islam, Dawood Mathews
Da’wah, Sheikh Salih Fawzaan
Clear you doubts about Islam. Sahih International
Muslim Christian Dialogue, Dr Baagil
Booklet on Dawah to the world- Br. Sabeel Ahmad
If you have any further questions or comments please contact me on my email address:
Fazalrahman121@hotmail.com
I would be grateful for any advice on how to improve the course/ this manual
Please visit our web site wwwDawahIsEasy.com
Please remember me in your Du’a. Jazak-Allahu Khairan .

Dr. Fazal Rahman
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DA‘WAH

Mormons (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Founder: Joseph Smith (1805-1844 killed)

Founder: Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916) a former Millerite and Christadelphian

Born Again Christians

Consequently, one should be familiar with whom one is inviting to Islaam.

The Unifying Belief: Trinity

The Baby God

Distinguish between Jesus and God

If God is able to do anything, He could become a Man and have a Son

Jesus the Son of God

The Way of Jesus

Ablution before Prayer

In order to fulfill this divine requirement, Muslims developed an alternative system of

J.B. Phillips, a prebendary40 of the Chichester Cathedral, the Anglican Church of

- Why Jesus is Not God

- Why Jesus is Not the Son of God

- Why Jesus is a Servant of God

“Salvation is based on a belief of the deity of

Jesus and his death and resurrection.”

• Three “Who’s” – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Father – Creates Son – Redeems Holy Spirit – Inspires

The Son of God?

“Would you agree that God is eternal and unchanging?”

Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.

“Was God’s nature more perfect before or after the incarnation?”

2. Point out that their quote is inadequate in supporting the Trinity as it is

Conclusion: Is John concrete evidence for the Trinity? No.

Conclusion: Is Paul concrete evidence for the Trinity? No.

Conclusion: Is Matthew concrete evidence for the Trinity? No.

- There is no mention of the Holy Spirit.

- There is no mention of the Holy Spirit.

“The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers…”

“Jesus: Man, Messenger, Messiah”

• Get your free copy: www.iera.org/jesus

M: Excuse me; do you follow any particular religion?

C: I believe that he was sent by God.

M: Do you know which religion that is?

C: No, Christianity doesn’t say that Jesus is God.

M: Can you see that Christianity is saying that Jesus is God.

C: Yes I suppose Jesus is God because he is part of The Trinity.

M: Do you mind if we define what God is?

M: But Jesus wasn’t like that.

M: For example, we have agreed that God knows everything.

C: But Jesus did miracles.

M: Did he use his own power?

M: But in the Bible Jesus says ‘Of myself, I can do nothing.’

C: I still believe in the Trinity.

M: Isn’t prayer to ask God for things as well as to glorify Him.

C: Well I have never believed he is Almighty God anyway.

C: I believe that Jesus is the Son of God.

C: Yes we are all children of God.

C: Yes, I have a very close relationship with God.

C: Yes I am happy with that.

C: I’m not sure.

M: Didn’t he do miracles to prove this?

M: Didn’t he say that I do them in the name of Almighty God?

C: Did Muhammad bring people back to life? Or cure the blind?

C: [Shakes his head]

M: It is a book called the Qur’an.

It contains scientific facts for example:

o Embryology (Qur'an 23:12-14)

o Pain receptors for burning in the skin