Streams Of Truth

The traditional account of how the written Qur'an has been preserved tells us that today's 1924 Cairo edition of the Qur'an is word by word the same as the ones revealed to the prophet of Islam. This account tells us basically that the following steps occurred: 1. The prophet of Islam received the messages from the angel Gabriel. Each word is purely the words coming from God. 2. The revelations came through 2 decades. Muhammad would have at least one scribe to write the revelation. This was done in parchments, stones and other means. This revelations came in 7 different readings to allow people with different dialect pronouncing them. 3. The scripts were not compiled in Muhammad's time into a single codex, because the revelations kept coming till not too long before his passing. 4. During the first Caliphate, Abu Bakr ordered to compile the writings into a single codex. This was because even though there were multiple companions who had memorized the revelations, many o...

John Chapter 3 Tells us about the time when Jesus spoke to Nicodemus, a Pharisee member of the Sanhedrin. Interestingly is reported that he told Jesus:     “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” Jon 3:2 NIV   Jesus explained several important things related to how to receive eternal life. Nicodemus was apparently impaired. He struggled to understand Jesus, even though he was a versed man in the faith of his forefathers. Jesus decides to tell him an analogy:   13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man. 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.” 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son i...

An argument is often brought forward to support the idea tha Jesus Christ, Isa Al-Masih, never claimed to be God. When we claim something for us, we can do it orally, written or by action. Either something we say or something we do demonstrates who we are. Perhaps you have hear this Argument. Jesus never said explicitly, I am God, worship me. The first question I'd like to ask is whether you've read the Bible or not. The second is if you have given the chance to understand its contents or not. Regardless the answer to those questions, I invite you to read the notes below. They summarize the accounts in which is seen wether Jesus claimed to be God or not. Please read this with critical and constructive eyes, with a sincere heart. Where  did  Jesus  Claim to be God in The Gospel According To Matthew? 1. He claimed the prophets were persecuted because of Him, implying he sent those prophets Prophets are messengers sent by God. Only he can send them. Jesus said to His discipl...

Enthusiastic debates are fired up by the claim that the prophet of Islam is clearly pictured within The Song of Solomon. Some apologists become even more enthusiastic when discovering that one of the Hebrew words in The Song of Solomon is phonetically similar to the name of the prophet of Islam. The following are the verses in question: [Sng 5:10-16 HCSB] 10 My love is fit and strong, notable among ten thousand.  11 His head is purest gold. His hair is wavy and black as a raven.  12 His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, washed in milk and set like jewels.  13 His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.  14 His arms are rods of gold set with topaz. His body is an ivory panel covered with sapphires.  15 His legs are alabaster pillars set on pedestals of pure gold. His presence is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.  16 His mouth is sweetness. He is absolutely desirable . This is...

Deuteronomy 33:1-2 combines references to Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. It speaks of God (i.e. God's revelation) coming from Sinai, rising from Seir (probably the village of Sa'ir near Jerusalem) and shining forth from Paran. According to Genesis 21:21, the wilderness of Paran was the place where Ishmael settled (i.e. Arabia, specifically Mecca). (1) This is another common argument used to support the claim, that as mentioned in the Qur'an, Mohammed was foretold in the Bible. I would like to use soft words as much as possible, but this argument requires using mental gymnastics. I have two main issues with the argument: 1. Does Seir really refer to Jerusalem? The argument works if it makes reference to 3 major prophets of Islam. Moses,Jesus and Muhammad. Peace be upon them. However with all due respect, why attributing Seir (in the land of Moab) to Sa'ir?  In Deuteronomy 33:2 it's written  מִשֵּׂעִיר֙ (miś·śê·‘îr, from Seir). As for the town near Jerusale...

Previous articles documented how the Qur'an, The Hadith, The biography of the prophet and the commentaries of respected classic Sunni Scholars attest the Trustworthiness of the Torah and the Gospel. In multiple passages of the Qur'an and the Hadith its documented a claim, that in the time of Muhammad there were clear references that would be easily found in the Torah and the Gospel: Those who follow the Apostle, the illiterate prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him - it is those who will be the successful .(1) Archaeological findings allows us to know that the manuscripts available at the time of Muhamm...