مسيحي عربي يطلب من يوسف استس الرجوع للمسيحية مرة اخرى كيف كان رد يوسف استس
المقالة باللغة الانجليزية إذا وجد أي القراء صعوبة في فهم ما كتب ليرسل لي رسالة حتى اترجم له
الرسالة
Seekers of truth from the Arab Christians- accept God as your savior
Written by Administrator
Monday, 12 June 2006
Attention:
Recently an Arab Christian wrote to me and tried to present some kind of ‘dawah’ for me to return to Christianity. I did not reproduce his letter due to the many mistakes and errors in his English and in his statements against the churches here in the
Peace be unto all who seek true guidance:
Thank you friend, for your kind inquiry as to my faith and thank you for asking about Islam and my relationship with Jesus, peace be upon him. Your concern for my well being and salvation is appreciated and reciprocated. I too, care for you and for your chance to achieve true salvation. I will let you decide what that salvation is. After all, Islam does insist on letting inpiduals make up their own mind.
Although you were very judgmental and even a bit harsh in your letter, I forgive you and pray for you.
Next, we should let you know Muslims must always tell the truth. This will be mentioned again and again while discussing our beliefs. We are not allowed nor our we permitted to deceive others in the name of our religion.
Which makes me ask you, "Why have you chosen an email name that seems to imply that you are a scholar of Islam?" (You don’t have to answer this one - this is more than obvious and it is not one of the 20 questions anyway)
We should also let you know that we have the do have the teachings of Islam preserved in the Arabic language in their entirety. The Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, peace be upon him, have been preserved in the memories and in the writings of truthful inpiduals for 14 centuries. There is no other compilation on this earth that can match this fabulous resource for preserving such teachings. If you have any doubts about what Islam is about or what the teachings are, simply look to the memories of over 9,000,000 inpiduals, the majority of whom are not Arab, by the way.
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Now, let us come to your many misguided statements disguised (not very well) as questions.
It is not for me to judge you nor your beliefs. Only because you have initiated this dialog will I reply back to you and hope that Allah will open your heart and mind and allow you to know the truth as He is doing for thousands of others every day. I do pray for you and for me to be able to receive proper guidance from Above and as a result, be allow the Grace of Almighty God, to enter His Paradise, ameen.
Before we go further with our reply to you, it would be most appropriate to provide for you some very basic understandings about the meanings of words in Arabic:
1.) Islam: (submission to God)
Meanings of "ISLAM" As A Verb:
Surrender; Submission; Obedience; sincerity (to Allah); Peace, to Almighty God.
"Islam" comes as a Way for mankind to manifest his belief in the Almighty, by submitting and surrendering to the Will of Allah and allowing Allah’s Will to be done on earth, as it is in Heaven.
Meaning of "ISLAM" As A Noun: 5 Pillars of Action; Way of Life - Taught by All Prophets (mentioned below under ‘deen’); 6 Articles of Belief
6 Beliefs:
Muslims must believe in the six articles of faith:
Allah; Angels; Books; Prophets; Judgment Day; Predestination
5 Actions:
The Muslim must practice the five things:
shahadah; Salat; Fasting; Charity; Pilgrimage
2.) Allah:
First of all, Islam depends heavily on the word: "Allah." Because Islam is the complete submission and obedience to Allah (God). The name Allah (God) in Islam never refers to Muhammad (pbuh) or to anyone or anything else which Allah has created, as many Christians may think; Allah is the personal name of God.
He is the one God, Who has no partner. Nothing is like Him. He is the Creator, not created, nor a part of His creation. He is All-powerful, absolutely Just.
There is no other entity in the entire universe worthy of worship besides Him. He is First, Last, and Everlasting; He was when nothing was, and will be when nothing else remains. He is the All-Knowing, and All-Merciful, the Supreme, the Sovereign. It is only He Who is capable of granting life to anything. He sent His Messengers (peace be upon them) to guide all of mankind. He sent Muhammad (pbuh) as the last Prophet and Messenger for all mankind. His book is the Holy Quran, the only authentic revealed book in the world that has been kept without change. Allah knows what is in our hearts. Belief in (Allah) God:
These are the guidelines Muslims follow in belief in Allah:
Eliminate any anthropomorphism (human qualities) from their conception of Allah. His attributes are not like human attributes, despite similar labels or appellations.
Have unwavering faith in exactly what Allah and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) described Allah to be, no more, no less.
Eradicate any hope or desire of learning or knowing the modality of His names and attributes.
Belief totally in all the names and attributes of Allah; one cannot believe in some and disbelieve the others.
One cannot accept the names of Allah without their associated attributes, i.e. one cannot say He is Al-Hayy - ‘The Living’ and then say that He is without life.
Similarity in names (or meanings) does not imply similarity in what is being described (referents). As a robotic arm differs from a human arm, so the "hand" of Allah is nothing like a human hand, His speech is nothing like human speech, etc.
Certain words are ambiguous or vague in their meanings, and thus may be susceptible to misinterpretation. Only those meanings that are in accordance with what is specified by Allah and His Prophet (pbuh) are acceptable.
FACT: The word "Allah" appears 17 times on the first page of the Bible in Arabic language.
3.) Quran: (free Quran translation in English and Arabic ‘click‘) [if link is not working, cut and paste this link: http://www.todayislam.com/downloads/noblequran.exe
Did you know? -
"Quran" means "The Recitation" It is not "In a Book" Therefore it is not considered a "Creation of Allah" but rather the actual "Speech of Allah".
Quran exists in the hearts of all the Muslims on the earth and is preserved 100%