Where Is Guidance?
Every person
who has a wise mind that is full of intelligence will necessarily search for
guidance. He will search for the way to please his God and Creator. You will
see him trying to look into Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, because they are
the Divine Messages. But soon he will be led to the religion of Islam which is
the religion of Allah (Blessed & Exalted). It is the religion of truth
which agrees with the human nature Allah (Mighty & Majestic) created him
with. It is the religion of truth that is acceptable to the straightforward,
honest, superior, and intelligent mind which Allah (Blessed & Exalted)
granted him.
Without a doubt, the God Who sent Muhammad
(pbuh) with Islam is God the Creator of this pure human nature. He is the God
Who granted him this straightforward and honest logic. Both concur with the
message Islam has come with: simple, sound, clear belief, without feeble logic
or murky concepts. It contains nothing difficult to comprehend or troublesome
for the mind or imagination. Both human nature and sound reason agree with
everything Islam has brought: the estimable rules, the noble directives, and
the wise and prudent standards of behavior that are based on goodness and
virtue.
We will now prove that there is no
guidance except in Islam, by explaining one aspect of the evidence supporting
the prophethood of the Messenger of Islam, Muhammad (pbuh): the testimony of
previous Divine Scriptures concerning the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), noting that
the testimony and evidence for his (pbuh) Message are numerous.[1]
Before we point to these prophecies
foretelling the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in previous scriptures (the Torah, the
Gospels, and others) we would like to explain this important heading:
It is not at all possible for a Jew to
believe in the prophethood of Moses (pbuh) if he does not believe in the
prophethood of Muhammad (pbuh), nor is it at all possible for a Christian to
believe in the prophethood of the Messiah (pbuh), except after acknowledging
the prophethood of Muhammad (pbuh).
That is because it should be said to both
of those nations—the Jews and the Christians: You did not witness these two
messengers, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them), nor did you witness their
signs, their miracles, or the proof of their prophethood.
A.
So we say to the Jewish
nation:
How did you know about the
prophethood of Moses (pbuh) and his truthfulness when you did not witness his
miracles or the evidence of his prophethood?
B. And we
say to the Christian nation:
By what did you know the
Messiah (pbuh) and his truthfulness and come to believe in him when you did not
even witness his miracles and signs?
Then, the response to one of these two answers
is:
Answer #1: They say: Our fathers told us
about it.
To which we say: And how do you know they
are telling the truth in what they told you?
So they would resort to:
Answer #2: They say: Their vast numbers
and the testimony of those who saw the miracles, signs, and evidence he came
with and then passed it down to us—that is what proves it to us.
So we say to them: Then you must believe
that Muhammad (pbuh) is, truly and honestly, the Messenger of Allah because it
is common knowledge that those who passed down reports of the miracles, signs,
and evidence of his prophethood (pbuh) are many, many times more numerous, and
because Allah (Mighty & Majestic) gave His Messenger, Muhammad (pbuh) both
kinds of miracles: tangible and intangible.
Allah Almighty did not give any prophet
anything, except that He gave His Prophet, Muhammad (pbuh) that which is better
than it.
Among the miracles of Moses (pbuh), was
the parting of the Red Sea, but Allah (Glorious & Exalted) gave Muhammad
(pbuh) the miracle of the splitting of the moon. And this is more intense and
more amazing, because it is a sign in the heavens, since no one at that time
could reach the moon. As we have indicated previously, modern science has
discovered the authenticity of the splitting of the moon.
Among the miracles of Jesus (peace be upon
him) was the raising of the dead. But, Allah (Glorious & Exalted) gave
Muhammad (pbuh) the miracle of the tree trunk, which he used to deliver his
sermon from, longing for him. The tree trunk was weeping and moaning as a young
child does because of how much it missed the Prophet (pbuh) delivering his
sermon while leaning on it, after a pulpit had been constructed for him to
speak from. This miracle was more intense and amazing than the miracle of Jesus
(pbuh) because giving life to wood (the trunk) is greater than giving life to a
dead body which used to contain life before it died. The wood, on the other
hand, did not originally contain a soul.
There are many, many more examples of
miracles, signs, and scientific inimitability with which the Seal of the
Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad (pbuh) came, that prove his prophethood, the
veracity of his message, and the truth of the religion he brought from his Lord
(Blessed & Exalted). Behold, that religion is Islam!
We would also
like to add that the books the Christians believe in are divided into two
categories: the Old Testament and the New Testament, but they focus on the New
Testament. The Jews, on the other hand, believe in the Old Testament and reject
the New Testament. Both the Old Testament and the New Testament are made up of
a number of books, letters, and poetry, by different authors, who wrote them at
different times, in different places, in languages other than the languages of
Revelation, and they did so many years after the death or ascension of the
prophet.
The Old Testament in which the Jews
believe is made up of a collection of writings, composed over the ages, from
the twelfth century BCE (Before the Common Era) to the second century BCE.
No manuscripts exist that date back to the
original date on which these books were written.
As for the New Testament which the
Christians focus on, most of its books were by unknown authors in the
beginning. Many of them were not written by a single author; rather, they were
composed by a group of writers. Many of them were written in several stages.
Perhaps the reader has noticed the use of the
word, "written." That is because the Christians do not believe that
the book in their hands—the New Testament—is what was spoken by the Messiah
(pbuh). Rather, they claim that those who wrote it were "inspired."
How does that make sense?
All of that is conjecture; there is no
historical proof for it. So what is this "inspiration" they speak of?
And where do these people get this "inspiration"?
If we wished, we could say: imagination,
not inspiration.
How can everything they wrote be truth
from Allah Almighty, when we find contradictions in what they say, and when we
find that which opposes reality?
That is not possible for words spoken by
God, the Creator (Glorious & Exalted). Such Words must be in good order,
free of contradiction. They cannot fail to agree with the existing facts, as
Allah (Glorious & Exalted) created them.
There is no doubt that the Holy Books of
the Jews and the Christians have been corrupted, substituted, and compromised,
which has expelled them from the sphere of Divine Guidance for mankind.
Despite this fact, we still find some
clear prophecies foretelling the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in their books. This
was support from Allah (Mighty & Majestic) for this final religion with
which His Messenger, Muhammad (pbuh) was sent. Behold, it is Islam!
It would be
good to talk about the Holy Scripture which was sent down upon the Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh), the Holy Quran, and the protection provided for it by Allah
(Blessed & Exalted), even if very briefly:
The Holy Quran is the Divine Scripture
after which no other Holy Book will come. For that reason, it supersedes all
previous scriptures. It is the greatest of the Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh)
miracles, as we have shown, in addition to many other miracles. The Holy Quran
was not sent down upon the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) all at once; rather, it
continued to be brought down by the Angel Gabriel (peace be upon him) from
Allah (Glorious & Exalted) and delivered to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
over the course of 23 years.
Our Lord (Blessed & Exalted) has taken
it upon Himself to preserve His Great Book, the Holy Quran, from being tampered
with by human hands, to prevent any changes or substitutions, as with the
previous scriptures. That is because there will be no other Divine Scripture
after it, nor will there be any other prophet after Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
How Allah
(Mighty & Majestic) Protects His Words (The Holy Quran):
The Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) used to receive the Holy Quran from his Lord (Noble &
Sublime) by way of revelation. Then, he would memorize it by heart. Then he
would dictate it to his scribes, and recite it to his companions, who would
then help each other memorize it by heart as their prophet had memorized it.,
for they were well-known for the quickness of their memorization and the
strength of their memories.
When the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) died, the
Holy Quran was completely memorized in the hearts of many of the companions of
Allah's Messenger (pbuh). It was also fully preserved in writing on whatever
materials they could find: bones, leather, and tree bark. Then, the first
caliph, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq collected all of these materials on which the Quran
was written, and after him, the second caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab took care of
it. However, it was the third caliph, Uthman ibn `Affan who ordered the
transcription of the Holy Quran in a single volume, to be distributed
throughout the lands.
Every copy of the Quran we see now is a
transcription of that first volume ordered by Uthman Ibn `Affan, who is called
the "Mus-haf Imam," or the Imam of the Transcription.[2]
Thus, the Holy Quran is the only scripture
preserved in its Divinely-revealed form, and able to guide all people. Among the
proof for that is:
1.
The Holy Quran is not
self-contradictory, nor is it at odds with reality.
It is not possible that the Book protected
by Allah (Mighty & Majestic) could be afflicted with difference or
contradiction, because difference and contradiction are shortcomings, and Allah
Almighty is exalted high above all shortcomings, and because the occurrence of
differences is inevitable in any human writing. Thus, the existence of
differences and contradictions indicates human craftsmanship, and the converse
is also true: the absence of difference and contradiction in the Holy Quran
proves that it is from Allah (Mighty & Majestic)
It is also impossible for the Book
protected by Allah (Mighty & Majestic) to affirm anything directly
contradictory to reality, for the One Who created the universe knows best about
what He created, and far be it from him to lie to His slaves, by creating
reality in one way and then telling them it is another.[3]
Allah Almighty spoke the truth when He
said, {Do they not then consider the Quran carefully? Had it been from other
than Allah, they would surely have found therein much contradiction.}[Al-Nisaa'
4: 82]
2. The
Holy Quran calls for the highest moral values, and there is nothing in it to
contradict the noble values that Allah (Mighty & Majestic) created man
with.
3. The
Holy Quran does not contain anything that contradicts the rules of logic that
Allah (Mighty & Majestic) created man with. There are many, many more
examples of solid proof and irrefutable evidence that the Holy Quran is the
Word of the Lord of the Worlds, which Allah (Blessed & Exalted) has
promised to protect until the Day of Judgment.
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