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A GUIDE FOR THE NEW MUSLIM1430 2009Distortion of the earlier books has been alluded to in numerous places inthe Quran. For example, Allah says in reference to the People of the Book,“Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say,‘This is from Allah,’ to purchase with it a little price! Woe to them for whattheir hands have written and woe to them for that they earn thereby” (2:79)and “And verily, among them is a party who distort the Book with their tongues,so that you may think it is from the Book, but it is not from the Book, andthey say: ‘This is from Allah,’ but it is not from Allah; and they speak a lieagainst Allah while they know it” (3:78). Therefore, the Prophet said, “Do notaffirm what the People of the Book say nor deny them. Instead, say, ‘We believein what has been revealed to us what has been revealed to you. Our Godand your God is one and we submit to Him as Muslims.’” 9It is interesting to note that the only religion that has kept the name“submission to Allah” or Islam is that of the final Prophet Muhammad (peaceand blessings of Allah be upon him). The other well-known religions are allnamed after individuals, peoples or places. According to Microsoft Encarta, theterm Judaism did not even exist in pre-modern Hebrew. It is in reference toJudah. Christianity is, of course, named after Christ as Buddhism is named afterBuddha. Hinduism has to do with the place, Hindustan. But, by Allah’s wisdomand mercy, the name of the only true religion of submission to Allah—the relithesame) of this verse reads, “And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made;and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed theseventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God createdand made.” The critique of this verse is that obviously God is not in need of resting. However, theHebrew of the relevant portion of that verse is transliterated as, bowshaabat. The Arabic word forthe day of the Sabbath is al-sabt, which comes from the root sabata, which means a cessation ofactivities. Hence, the Biblical passage properly understood probably means that God ceased theactivity of creation in the manner that He was doing it on the previous “days.” In fact—and thisauthor does not know if the translator was helped by a knowledge of Arabic—Young’s LiteralTranslation of 1898 translates these same verses of Genesis as, “And God completeth by the seventhday His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work whichHe hath made. And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased fromall His work which God had prepared for making” (emphasis added). For the meaning of sabata,see Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Qurtubi, Tafseer al-Qurtubi (Beirut: Daar Ihyaa al-Turaath al-Arabi, n.d.), vol. 19, pp. 171-172. The different transla ons and translitera on of the Bible weretaken from The Bible Library [So ware] (Oklahoma City, OK: Ellis Enterprises, 2001).9 Recorded by al-Bukhari.14

A GUIDE FOR THE NEW MUSLIM1430 2009gion of all the prophets—has been preserved and kept only in reference to themission of the final prophet who was sent for all of humanity. 10As a final note, although the message of the Prophet Muhammad isnothing but a continuation of the message of the earlier prophets, Christiansand Jews are in no way to be coerced to embrace Islam or to follow its teachings.Allah says, “There is no compulsion in religion. Verily, the Right Path hasbecome distinct from the wrong path. Whoever disbelieves in false gods andbelieves in Allah, then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that willnever break. And Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower” (2:256). They should, though,be called to the truth of Islam and invited to follow the Prophet Muhammad(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).The Final MessageAllah had sent numerous prophets throughout the centuries. However,He had determined that He should send a final messenger with a final message.This final messenger would be the messenger for all of humankind fromhis time until the Day of Reckoning. There was to be no later revelation and nolater prophet to bring any changes to this revelation. Hence, this one had todiffer from the previous in some ways.First, since no one could come later to correct any mistakes or distortions,the revelation received by the last prophet had to be preserved in itspristine purity.Second, the nature of the “sign” of the last prophet would have to bedifferent as well. This is because this sign would have to affect not only thepeople who were alive during the time of the prophet but also all those whowould come later.10In the 1800s and early 1900s, it was common for missionaries and Orientalists to refer to Islamas Mohamedanism and to Muslims as Mohamedans. They were giving this religion a name in thesame way that they had names for their own religions. But such is not acceptable for Islam and theuse of these terms has, for the most part, been successfully squashed. In reality, such terms areactually an affront to the religion as Muslims do not worship Muhammad in any way.15

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