Where in the Qur’an does Allah say “I love you unconditionally?” - A Response to Altruistico & Fictionaries
Bismillah Hir-Rehman Nir-Raheem
In the name of Allah, the most beneficial, the most merciful.
My dear readers, I happened to read a blog which titles Where in the Qur'an does Allah say "I love you unconditionally?" by Altruistico. I do not know who Altruistico is, what country he is from, and what's his gender. Therefore, in this entire blog, I will have to refer to one gender pronoun as 'He'.
He writes, he's curious to know if there's a Muslim who can answer this one simple question, "Where in the Quran does it say Allah loves me unconditionally?" And the responses he has received from Muslims aren't satisfactory and are lacking. Furthermore, he intriguingly questioned, "What's the greatest act of love that Allah has ever accomplished?" by quoting John 15:13, 1 John 4:16, and John 1:1 in comparison to prove that in Christianity, Jesus Christ, who is the God in flesh, has performed the greatest act of love, and Allah hasn't.
Moreover, he also has questioned the truthfulness of Islam, and who does God love? Again by quoting verses from the Bible, I shall respond to each one of them and his intellectual doubts, and then leave the value of judging my responses against his questions to the psychological truthfulness of my readers for differentiating the outcome.
I think it's requisite that you all know I am not a Scholar of any religion but have gone through some comparative studies & research between Islam and Christianity about the subject dealing with this blog. Firstly, I'd request my readers to read his blog Where in the Qur'an does Allah say "I love you unconditionally?" to understand questions from his standpoint, even though I've written questions in his exact words, and also to understand the cascading chain of following responses organized in the same manner the questions were raised.
Please Note: To quote my responses/references from Bible, I have used the same website called Biblia as he (Altruistico) has used in his entire blog. So that there may not be any discrepancies in discussion/explanation.
Secondly, I want the readers to know that his entire blog Where in the Qur'an does Allah say "I love you unconditionally?" was originally written on a website called Sermonindex, publishing Christian Sermons and raising questions of little or no understanding that goes against Islam, without having the permissibility to upload responses as such. The website was commemorated in December 2002 by Greg Gordon, a Christian Missionary, and Altruistico has extracted the Original Article: Who has performed the greatest act of love? Yahweh or Allah to his desire of posing doubts in his blogging content on June 5, 2016. Nonetheless, I'm thankful for this opportunity to respond to both people simultaneously.
Because Allah says in Surah Al-Isra, Verse 81, "Truth has come and Falsehood has vanished. Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to vanish.
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Answer: There's no verse in the Qur'an where Allah says in these words, I love you unconditionally.
Explanation/Discussion as to why didn't Allah use the expression, "I love you unconditionally?" in the Glorious Qur'an:
Allah, our creator, knows what is a sensible way to pillaring a relationship of love and that is not by giving or receiving unconditional love but by practicing Aqhlaq (practicing virtue, morality, ethicality, sacrifice, patience, and the manner in one's character in conduct). According to many Christian writers and psychological studies, It's ridiculous to say that a man can love everyone and unconditionally, chiefly, because, in the absence of good/virtuous character one cannot love everyone and that too unconditionally.
This is why Allah significantly, and for extraordinary reasons, gave importance to Aqhlaq (Practising good character in conduct and righteousness) in his last testament, Quran, in Surah Al-Baqarah 2:177, 177. Righteousness is not merely that you turn your faces to the east and the west, but it is that one believes in Allah, and the Last Day and the Angels and the Book and the Prophets, and gives wealth, despite (his) love for it, to relatives, and to orphans, the helpless, the wayfarer, and to those who ask, and spends in freeing slaves and observes Salah (prayers) and pays Zakah (charity)-and (the act of) those who fulfill their covenant when they enter into a covenant, and, of course, those who are patient in hardship and suffering and when in battle! Those are the ones who are truthful and God-fearing.
Therefore, to reach out to self practical approach of being in the principle of action consistent with words, one has to have a practicing quality of good character in conduct to attain ultimate righteousness. Allah applies it by asking to practice benevolence & sacrifice wealth and welfare, despite having love for it, to one's relatives, orphans, helpless, needy, wayfarer, and whoever asks for it. Allah is also asking us to be patient in hardship, suffering, and battle; a battle could of anything: a battle of life; a battle of relationship; a battle of Job, etc. In the absence of this, a love relationship doesn't have sufficient strength to be able to see beyond faults, conditions, and boundaries. And then the character traits, psychological dispositions and manifestation with the aforementioned practicing qualities would make a man truly loving.
Also, according to the Women's therapy institute in California, United States, a team of female therapists, who are Christians in faith, say, unconditional love is for those who have no control over things and choose to be unkind. It's good for kids who are young and can't always understand our actions but for adults, we have the right to set boundaries to be safe from being physically or emotionally hurt. However, even as for the kids, we may have to apply tricks or make angry voices to make them do what is good for them such as getting them to take medicines, making them sleep on time, etc. Also, a boss of a company cannot afford to grant paid leaves for months and months to his/her employees just for being in unconditional love with their performances nor in the pursuit of law and order situation for rapists, criminals, and the examination hall, etc
If love has to be free from conditions, and boundaries, then why not have sex with one's sister or mother because there are no line-diving conditions? If this has aroused a feeling of wrath in your heart, then please consider the following series of devilish verses from the Bible done in the face of unconditional love:
In the Book Of Genesis 12:19, "Why did you say (O Abraham), She is my sister? so that I take her (Sarah) for my wife. Now then, 'here is your wife, take her and go."
Next, in the same Book Of Genesis 20:12, "Besides, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife."
Next, in the same Book Of Genesis 16:03, "After Abraham had lived 10 years in the land of Cannon, Abraham's wife Sarah took Hager the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her Husband Abraham as his wife."
Meaning: The Biblical God is so unconditional and limitless at loving that he allowed Abraham to marry her sister, and let Sarah choose, Hager, a maid, and a mistress, to be the wife of her husband.
Please Note: In the older version of the Bible, the word 'Lay' is used for 'Sexual Intercourse' in its vulgar slang form.'
And the verse continuous, in the same Book Of Genesis 16:04, "He went into Hager, (meaning Abraham laying Hager; Abraham went to Hager for having sex with her), and she conceived, and when she (Sarah) saw that she (Hager) had conceived, her mistress was despised in her (Sarah's) sight. "
Meaning: The Great Prophet's wife, Sarah, was content when she saw (Hager) has conceived a baby after she (Sarah) has arranged a sexual night for her husband with her supposed to be maid now turned out to be her husband's mistress (Mistress meaning: women having an extramarital sexual relationship, especially with a married man).
And the verse continuous, in the same Book Of Genesis 16:04, "He went into Hager, (meaning Abraham laying Hager; Abraham went to Hager for having sex with her), and she conceived, and when she (Sarah) saw that she (Hager) had conceived, her mistress was despised in her (Sarah's) sight. "
Incest in God's book between a father and his daughter:
Book Of Genesis 19:33-35 33. 'So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn (the first daughter)went in and lay (Have Sex) with her father, and he did know when she lay down or when she arose. (Father was so drunk that he didn't know when her daughter lay down for sex and when did she arise after completing it.)'
34. 'On the following day, the firstborn (first daughter) said to the younger (second daughter), "Behold, I lay (had sex) last night with my father; let us make him drink wine tonight also; then you go in and lie (have sex) with him, that we may preserve our family through our father.'
35. So they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him, and he (the father) did not know when she lay down or when she arose. (Father was so drunk that he didn't know when his second daughter lay down for sex and when did she arise after completing it.)''
In the older versions, like King James and Roman Catholic, "SEXUAL INTERCOURSE" is vaguely described as "COLLECTING SEED (Denoting a metaphorical meaning of ACCUMULATING SPERM FOR PRODUCING BABIES) OF OUR FATHER."
Incest in God's book between Mother and Son:
Book Of Genesis 35:22, 'It came about while Israel was dwelling in that Land, that Reuben (his firstborn, his eldest son) went and Lay (Have sex) with Bilhah his father's concubine (In Bible, a concubine is a synonym to wife), and Israel heard of it.'
Incest in God's book between Father-in-Law and Daughter-In-Law:
Book Of Genesis 38:15-18, 15. 'When Judah (Tamar, his daughter-In-Law) saw her, he thought she was a harlot (Archaic term for prostitute), for she had covered her face.
16. So he turned aside to her by the road, and said, "Here now, let me come into you"; for he did not know she was her daughter-in-law. And she said, "What will you give me, that you may come into me?" (Price for having sex)
17. He said, therefore, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." "She said, moreover, "Will you give a pledge (A thing that is given as a security) until you send it?"
18. He said, "What pledge shall I give you?" And she said, "Your seal and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." So he gave them to her and went into her, and she conceived by him.' (She became pregnant by him)
Incest and Rape between Brother and Sister:
2 Samuel 13:11-14, 11. When she brought them to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, "Come, lie (have sex) with me, my sister."
12. But she answered him (Answered Amnon, one of the sons of David, the man after God's own heart) "No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful thing!
13. As for me, where could I get rid of my reproach? And as for you, you will be like one of the fools in Israel. Now, therefore, please speak to the King, for he will not withhold me from you."
14. However, he would not listen to her; since he was stronger than she, he violated (raped) her and lay with her (had sex with her)
(In the older/other versions of the Bible, Amon also said to her sister that if he seek permission from the King of Israel, he would be allowed to marry her) Such was the freedom of an Israeli man who can marry or rape his sister.)
Wholesome rape and Incest between Son and his mother:
2 Samuel 16:21-23 21. Ahithophel said to Absalom (another son of King David), "Go into your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened. (Dissuading the Son Of the Prophet to acquire strength through Evil)
22. So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom, went into his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel (Did you know that concubines are synonyms for wives in the Bible?)
23. The advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was one inquired of the word God (meaning Ahithophel pursuing the Son of Prophet do evil under God's advisement.) so was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom.
This is what utterly disgusting and shameful things happen when you are tricked by Satan into thinking that it was God speaking to you in form of the Holy Ghost.
Onanism: "The withdrawal of the penis from the vagina before ejaculation." And its medical term is said to be 'Coitus Interruptus."
It's mentioned in Genesis 38:8-9, 08. Then Judah said to Onan, "Go into your (dead) brother's wife, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise offspring for your brother.
09. Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went into his brother's wife, (to have sex with her) he wasted his seed (spilling off sperm) on the ground to not give offspring to his brother.
Eating Pigs is strongly forbidden (Haraam) in Christianity:
it's mentioned in the Book Of Leviticus 11:06-08, 06. The rabbit chews the cud but does not have a split hoof; it's unclean for you.
07. Now the pig has a split hoof that is completely divided, but it doesn't chew the cud; it's unclean for you.
08. You must not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their dead bodies; they are unclean for you.
However, most Christians pig out on the flesh of swine as if they have received a separate verse of permissibility from the holy ghost.
God's abandonment of Idol worshipers and sodomites:
it's mentioned in Romans 1:25-27 about the curse of God on Lesbians and homosexuals:
25. They traded the truth of God for a lie. They worshiped and served what had been created (Like Man and Monkeys) instead of the God who created those things; who should be praised forever.
26. Because people did those things, God left them and let them do the shameful things they wanted to do. Women stopped having natural sex and started having sex with other women. (Referring to Lesbianism, and beastality: Of Sexual relations of a human toward a non-human.)
27. In the same way, men stopped having natural sex and began wanting each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and in their bodies, they received punishment for those wrongs. (Referring to sodomites, Gays; homosexuals. The verse also refers to the bodies of gay as a body of punishment.)
And this is exactly what most Christian countries/societies are doing today, allowing lesbian and gay marriages to be lawful. They are foretold in the book of Romans 1:32, 32. They know God's law says that those who live like this should die. But they not only continue to do these evil things, but they also applaud others who do them.
It is for this reason, the prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) has said, "Nothing is weightier on the scale of Deeds than one's good manner/character." (Al-Bhukari)
"The most beloved servants of Allah, to Allah, are the best of them in character." (Al-Tabarani)
Therefore, I conclude that it's probably for these reasons Allah has delivered a clear and plain message that has got NO room for the devil to conspire in the face of unconditional love mainly to pervert the course of unconditional love. One has to have a practical approach to practicing love that its preferences shouldn't change over time, and the only honest way to learn its methods is by adhering to Islam - the only chosen and the closest way in the sight of Allah, which is also a competent defense against sedition and incitement, and a way where you first put yourself into Allah's conditions out of love than to receive his unconditional love.
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Answer: Allah has performed even greater than the greatest act of love by saving Jesus (Peace be upon him) for us, by not letting him die on the cross.
Proof in the Bible:
In Luke 24:36-43, 36. While they were telling these things, He (Jesus) himself stood in their midst and said to them, (After Jesus's alleged Crucifixion, he (Jesus) returns after 3 days, and he goes into an upper room where his 10 disciples are sitting and wishes them in Hebrew "Shalom Aleichem" same as "Salaam Alaikum in Arabic) "Peace be to you"
37. But when they were startled and frightened and thought that they were seeing a spirit.
I'm asking my Christian brethren and Altruistico, why were they terrified. They were affrighted because they thought he was a spirit. So the question is, did he look like a spirit, ghost, or spook? The answer is simply 'NO'. Because, the disciples of Jesus had heard from hearsay that the master, Jesus, was hanged on the cross and that he has now dead and buried for 3 days.
All the knowledge is from hearsay, because Mark 14:50, tells us that in the most critical junction in the life of Jesus all his disciples forsook him and fled. Mark 14:50. And they all left him and fled. And we all would agree that 'ALL means ALL in English.'
So when you heard about a man who is dead and buried in the grave, you don't expect him to be standing in front of you. You're naturally terrified whereupon seeing a dead person. Because you think he's a ghost! A spirit! A spook!
So Jesus is now assuring them he is not what they're thinking he has come back from the dead.
So he (Jesus) says, Luke 24:38. And he (Jesus) said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?"
Luke 24:39. "See my hands and my feet, that it is myself; touch me and see, for a spirit does not have a flesh and bones as you see that I have." (Touch me; handle me and see, for a ghost or a spirit has got no flesh and bones)
Luke 24:40. And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
Now, Jesus wants to further assure them to prove that he is not what they are thinking of him to be, so he asked if they have anything here to eat.
Luke 24:41. While they still could not believe it because of their Joy and amazement, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat ?"
Luke 24:42. They gave him a piece of broiled fish; (In the older versions of the Bible, like King James Version, they (disciples) also provided a piece of Honeycomb along with a piece of broiled fish. The web link of Biblia - the New American Standard Version that Altruistico has used in his entire blog for quoting verses/references doesn't have a mention of honeycomb in this verse) See, Luke 24:42 (Of King James Version)
Luke 24:43. and he took it and ate it before them.
Therefore, he (Jesus) demonstrated the act of eating in the very sight of his disciples to show that a dead man cannot eat as an alive man does.
Also, in the Books of Acts 1:1, 3. to whom also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God. (Jesus was giving convincing proof that he was alive)
Furthermore, in Mark 16:11, 11. And they, when they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her (Mary Magdalene after her experience with Jesus, she returns and tells that Jesus is alive), disbelieved.
My question is, is the word ALIVE changed to mean resurrected in English? Or is it its synonym?
Also see Matthew 12:39, 39. But he (Jesus) answered and said unto them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah (Prophet Yunus) the prophet: for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Prophet Jonah (Yunus) was ALIVE in the belly of the whale for three days and three nights; so was Jesus ALIVE in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. Therefore, He was neither dead nor crucified!
Proof in the Qur'an:
See, Surah An-Nisa 4:157, Allah says, "and for their saying, "We have certainly killed the Masih Isa (Jesus) the son Maryam (Mary), the messenger of Allah, while they did neither kill him nor crucify him but they were deluded by resemblance (though it was made appear like that to them). Those who disputed the matter are certainly in doubt. They do not know of it, but they follow whims. (Allah reaffirming again) Certainly, they did not kill him.
Therefore, I conclude that Allah did the greater than the greatest act for his beloved friend and the messenger by not letting him die naked on the cross at the hands of evil mongers. This was the most special act done in his (Allah's) greatness to Jesus Christ, the word Christ was derived from the Greek word Christos and it was used to translate Massiah in Hebrew, meaning messenger, among many other messengers, and whoever still doesn't believe are surely in delusion!
Brother also referred to Jesus Christ as God in Flesh. So if The word 'Christ' was translated from Mashiach in Hebrew, meaning the anointed one; designated for prophetic roles, how then he is God? Also, there's not a single verse in the whole Bible: be it older or newer versions, where Jesus says, I am God, I create humans from a drop of semen, I give death, I created Heaven and the Earth, I give sustenance to live, I created sun for the daylight and moon for nights, so I deserve worship.
He said, John 5:30, 30. I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not to mine own will, but the will of him(The Father in the heaven; Elah, Allah) that sent me.
Please Note: Jesus spoke Aramaic and in Aramaic, the English word 'God' means 'Elah' meaning one true God, when translated into Arabic becomes 'Allah' meaning the same as one in Aramaic - one true God.
John 14:28, 28. Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If you loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.
Deuteronomy 10:21, Jesus says, 21. He is thy praise, he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things (Terrible things is synonymously worded as great miracles of wonders according to the older version of the Bible), which thine eyes have seen. (Jesus says that it's God who's done great miracles, not me, which your eyes have seen. Therefore, whatever miracle he performed was by the permission of God/Elah/Allah)
Luke 18:27, 27. But he (Jesus) said the things which are impossible with men are possible with God. (English word God translated from the Aramaic word Elah, further translated into Arabic as Allah) If you note here, Jesus didn't say possible with I/me/me but as clearly and plainly as possible he referred that the all-encompassing power of the true majestic is possible with God/Elah/Allah.
Job 5:8-9, Bust as for me (For Jesus), I would seek unto God. And unto God would I commit my case.
9. Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number?
(Again, Jesus is claiming that even he has to submit his case and will to God/Elah/Allah - just as a Muslim does. Because God/Elah/Allah can do countless and unthinkable miracles for us)
Therefore, I conclude, again, that God/Elah/Allah did a greater than the greatest act by not letting Jesus, who is not God but one of Elah's/Allah's mightiest messengers in flesh, die naked on the cross at the hands of evil mongers.
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They quote, Surah Al-Baqarah 2:98, "Whoever is an enemy of Allah, His messengers, Gabriel, and Michael, then 'Let them know that Allah is certainly the enemy of the disbelievers."
They also quote, Surah Al-Imran 3:32, "Say, 'O Prophet,' "Obey Allah and his messengers." If they still turn away, then truly Allah does not like the disbelievers.
Answer: My Christian Brethren have misquoted and misunderstood the verse Surah Al-Baqarah 2:98 and Surah Al-Imran 3:32 that Allah says, whoever is the enemy of him (Allah), his messenger, Archangel Gabriel, and Michael, meaning the one who refuses to believe in Allah, his messengers, and his angels, or turn away from them - that is to ultimately turn away from their teachings, Allah is the enemy of such a disbeliever.
Because, a disbeliever is always after worldly, materialistic pleasures; pleasures that are not led by the spirit of Allah, not taught by any of his messengers, but influenced/tricked by Satan and his handiwork, is bound to make a man a disbeliever, which in turn bring him closer to enmity with Allah.
The same kind of enmity is mentioned in the Bible, in the Book of Romans 8:7, 7. Because the mind of the flesh (Here, the mind of the flesh is metaphorically referred to as the mind of humans) is enmity against God.
(I ask you & the Christian brethren, what is the mind of flesh? A person having a carnal mind, and who has a carnal mind? One who isn't led by the spirit of God but influenced by the worldly affairs followed by sinful pleasures, ambitions, selfishness, greed, tempted by Satan, certainly provokes enmity with God)
See Romans 08:5-6, of King James Version, 5. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh, but they that are after the Spirit the things of the spirit.
6. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Why King James Version? Because the word 'carnally minded' is thrown out of The American Standard Version the brother Altruistico has used in his blogs.
Furthermore, enmity with God is also clarified in Jesus's Parables of the Tares (Parables: Illustrating a story for moral or spiritual lessons), in Matthew 13:37-39, 37. And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 38. and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the Kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; 39. and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are angels.
(Jesus is referring to whosoever sow tares (bad things) shall grow bad things, and is surely a devil, who himself refuses & so dissuade people to believe in God, his messengers, in his angels, and their teachings, as an enemy to his people, of him and his Father)
Also see, Jesus said to his people before him, in James 4:4, 4. Ye adulterers, know ye not the friendship of the world is enmity with God?
Allah says the same thing in the Quran, that which has had been warned by his mighty messenger Jesus to the people of his generation, that whoever is the enemy shall disbelieve in him (Allah), his messengers (Including Jesus), his books (Including Injeel the one given to Jesus - not the one written by authors as Holy Books and claim them to be the word of God), his angels, and their teachings, and do so much to be friends with the world that ends up being the enemy of God, and it all has to do with the embodiment of devil and his ways.
Therefore, I conclude that our Christian brethren have misinterpreted, and misquoted Quranic verses with an inadequate understanding of their Book - the Bible.
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John 3:16, 16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
The word 'Begotten' means (especially of a man) bringing a child into existence by the process of reproduction. Now, I'm asking Altruistico and Christian Brethren, did God have sex with Mary to bring forth Jesus? Astagfirullah!
Because, on the contrary, Matthew 1:23, says, 23. Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a Son, they shall call his name Immanuel (meaning God is with us and is being referred to Jesus)
The moment God has a biological need for sex, he's not God, he's human. Therefore, how can God have sex with (human) Mary who's still a virgin even after giving birth to Jesus?
The truth is, as Allah says in his last testament, Quran, in Surah Al-Imran 3:59, 59. Surely the case of Isa (Jesus, the son of Mary), in the sight of Allah, is like the case of Adam. He created him from dust, then said to him, "Be", and he came into being." Meaning Jesus and Adam both were born miraculously by the command of Allah, without a human father.
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Lastly, they Quote:
43. Ye (You) have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine, enemy:
44. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
45. that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
46. For if ye love them that love you, what reward ye have? Do not even the publicans the same?
47. And If ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the Gentiles the same? 48. Ye, therefore, shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
In the aforementioned references I gave above from the Book of Romans 8:7, Matthew 13:37-39, James 4:4, Surah Al-Baqarah 2:98, and Surah Al-Imran 3:32, we reasoned through verses what is enmity with God, which is the devil and embodying its ways. However, in this verse (Matthew Ch.5) from 43:48, Jesus Christ (Peace be upon him) is saying to love our enemies, who persecute us for our faith in christ and his Father in heaven - Elah/Allah, by having one of the qualities of God that being just and kind and equating all with his blessings, and pray for those who mistreat, persecute, and put us on trials for believing in Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) and his God and following their commandments, as it's certain that Satan/Devil loves to oppose a man on righteousness. Biologically, a (human) man cannot love his enemy who has raped his mother or sister or has done some harmful/terrorist acts, in anyways.
Similarly, when the prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) was surrounded by hatred, and ill-treatment, and was persecuted for delivering the message of the God of Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) revealed a verse of the Quran to him, titled 'Repel Evil with Good:
Surah Fussilat 41:34, Good and Evil are not equal (in righteousness, in actions, and faith). Repel (evil) with what is best (Good Actions / Doing Favours), and you will see that the one you had mutual enmity with will turn as if he were a close friend.
Allah is commanding the prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) to fight evil off with what is best (good actions/doing favors) so that the enmity shall turn into a close friendship. Allah, in his greatness & in his promise to be just and kind to all in a similar manner, is favoring the enemy of his most beloved prophet & his faith to befriend him. And again, one cannot love enemies in the absence of fear of God and gestures of doing the best out of compassion to have them seeing turning into friends. You see, Allah is more powerful in his choice of words. Not that what Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) has said is inferior to this Quranic text, but it's about receiving and understanding the message as it was delivered.
And it's for this reason, Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said, "You will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I inform you of something which, if you do, you will love one another? Give greetings (Salutation of Peace) among yourselves.
(Sahi Muslim)
You see, Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), is warning his people that they shall not enter the Kingdom of Paradise until they don't love one another. And the best way to develop fellowship is by giving salutations of peace to one another, not just Muslims greetings Muslims.
Therefore, I conclude, that Allah limits his creation to the blasphemy of unconditional Love, and instead, he fundamentally wants us to inherit the qualities of good character, good intentions, and patience, in the absence of which love is an impossibility, for being able to practice unconditional love in ways that are lawful yet limitless, and that he did greater than the greatest act by not letting Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) die naked on the cross.
Islam is the culmination of God's all religion and the prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) is the last and the final messenger of Allah, who has come to fulfill the prophecies of all the prophets right from Adam through Jesus (Peace Be Upon Them All). And Quran is the final and the last testament/revelation of God/Elah/Allah.
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I heartily urge all my Christian brethren to know that the purpose of writing this blog wasn't to debate because I don't qualify to debate with anyone but to clarify that the God of Adam is the same God of Moses, and the God of Moses is the same God of Muhammad, and the God of Muhammad (Peace be upon them all) is the God of the whole mankind, and they all came to deliver the same message from that one God.
We all sail in the same ship and we all are to return to God, and we all have to go through his war on the day of Judgement. So let's not create any more differences and invite trouble but find reasons from the truth that has already been discovered that WE ALL ARE FROM THE SAME GOD AND ACCEPT HIS LAST TESTAMENT.
I'd like to quote John 1:1, in the beginning, was the word, and the word was with God (God in Aramaic is Elah and Allah in Arabic) and the word was God (Elah in Aramaic and Allah in Arabic, both means the same as 'One True God)
Acknowledgments: This wouldn't have been possible if my beloved teacher Mr. Shaikh Ahmed Deedat, a scholar of comparative religion, hadn't spent half of his life dedicated to destroying misconceptions against Islam propagated by Christian Missionaries, & safeguard Islam from the offense of demoralizing it but with the sword of intellect, and whose writings have helped many across the generations after generations and including me to be able to tell those who don't know what hour of the day is just by looking at their watch. May Allah grant him the highest rank in heaven, Aameen.
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