Faraz Hassan (17.12.2008)
Somu (17.12.2008)
What exactely do you mean if you say they became corrupted? I always thought the christians followed the word of Isa (pbuh)- is Isa (pbuh) has always been a muslim, his word would be the word of Islam...So christians also follow the word of Islam?:ermm: Sorry don't understand...:ermm:
By corrupted we mean that the original teachings of Jesus (pbuh) have been lost over time, and as a result today’s followers who claim to follow Christ heed to something not originally preached by Christ.
That is not to say however, that the entire Bible is false. There are many truths in it that have not been corrupted. However, what constitutes as the original bible and teachings of Christ are impossible to distinguish because the original manuscripts have perished, and not a single word preached by Christ was written down during his lifetime. The oldest fragments of the bible all contradict one another.
As a result in Christendom you have hundreds of sects and denominations, and perhaps thousands of “versions” of the bible. The schism is so great that Christians cannot even agree on the fundamentals such as the nature of God and Christ.
Muslims believe that mankind has been guided thorough prophets, and the prophetic lifestyle is the only lifestyle by which one may attain peace with his/her creator. However, today the only acceptable way to your lord is Islam.
People who attempt to follow the example of prophets before Muhammad (peace be upon him), ie mosses and Jesus , are in a very difficult position indeed. The sincere among them wish to worship Allah, however it is impossible for them to do so in the way Allah has indicated that he is to be worshiped. This is because the books their prophets were given are either corrupted or lost, and because prophetic lifestyle of those particular prophets has vanished.
This naturally implies that the people who still attempt to follow the way of these prophets today, will never gain true knowledge of Allah, because the way to this knowledge is only via prophetic guidance and lifestyle, as personified by the prophet whom Allah had chosen.
However, as stated earlier, if this prophetic lifestyle has been forgotten, and if the teaching itself is has been lost by having it changed, then it is impossible to follow the original life pattern of the prophet concerned or his original teaching.
Therefore knowledge of Allah, is not possible, by heeding to these distorted and corrupted "teachings". It follows that the only acceptable way to follow today is Islam. Prophet Muhammadis the most well documented Prophet in history, so his teachings are with us. And the Quran today is exactly how it was 1400 years ago.
In "reality, there is only one REALITY, that is Allah. In this life, there are only are two things. Kufr and iman The one who tries to follow the way of a prophet whose teachings have been lost, is somewhere in between these two opposites. They are lost, wandering blindly. Allah tells us that creation was created to worship Him. because our reason for existence is worship of Allah, the body of a person who is "lost" affirms the one reality (Allah), but because he or she is not following a guidance which is still intact, it follows that only some of his or her actions are truly worthwhile . Hence, a lost persons understanding of what he or she is doing, and understanding of Allah, in invariably incomplete and distorted.
The lost include the Christians, who now worship jesusand equal him to Allah.
Muslims are the closest people to Jesus (pbuh), and Christians are furthest away from him. In fact, we offer salah exactly the same way prophets do in the Bible - even jesus.
When I have time, I will post that. Itis very interesting.