ONE GOD ONE RELIGION 4-J: The Greater Jehad

THE GREATER JEHAD

Jehad is the most important subject that need to be discussed. In this essay on Jehad, we have also sourced information from an essay on the subject by Khomeini – the spiritual leader of Iran.

Another year from our short life has passed. If we reflect now to see whether we have done any work that will enhance the quality of our life, most of us have done nothing.

There is a dire need now for the advancement of knowledge in the fields of moralistic and spiritualistic issues. Unless this happens, the world will not come out of the increasingly beastly living that we are getting used to. Whenever this has happened in the past, we have seen God sending His apostles and emissaries to get rid of evil and propagate the good. After all, just like a mother cannot see the child in slight discomfort, the God for whom the entire universe and all humans who reside in it are part of His own creation, He does not like anybody, irrespective of his birth, caste, creed, religion or colour, to be in pain. Unfortunately, man’s tendency to inflict pain on others is getting beyond the limits and it is time again for us to start expecting of Divine assistance.

However, such a situation may not have emerged had we not forgotten the true essence of those sublime teachings that were imparted by Messengers and Apostles, who came one after another with the teachings, strived to work for the improvement of humanity, and departed. And we, known as we are for our hero-worshipping tendencies, forgot the teachings, elevated few of the personality traits in their character to the level of worshipping them, and put them as revered gods on high pedestals, thus deviating from those very teachings that these Messengers and Apostles imparted. 

Had the society remembered those sublime ways of living, and not distorted them to suit its own needs and interests, the world would surely be a better place to live. Frankly, how many of us are concerned about imbibing any of these traits in the lives of children? If matters continue to remain the way they are, the society is sure to see much more violence and much more bloodshed and lawlessness, despite the fact we all believe that we are increasingly becoming civilized. 

Every now and then, the stories of human cruelty, barbarity, beastliness and lawlessness are heard and seen, and we look the other way as if this is not our concern. Our children are growing up seeing these images in newspapers and on TV. With no proper teaching available regarding the desired way of life, about the role of humans in relation to their Creator and expectations of God from those whom He created and to whom they have to eventually return, our children will consider every act as right in order to meet their materialistic desires. Aren’t we destined to see more bloodshed by our children, who will either be perpetrators or victims, unless we act now?

We must remember that God does not desire just a few ritualistic prayers, at a demarked place and at a denoted time. There are certain obligations that need to be fulfilled, in return to all that we have got from Him. The chief responsibility is to learn to do all actions for God and train our intellect, senses, soul and body so that they work either for God or the benefit of His creations. Remember, God treats all his creations as equal and we are nobody to create hierarchy or divisions!

This attempt at training is called ‘Jehad-e-Akbar’, meaning ‘the chief Jehad or ‘the grand Jehad’ by Muslims; the word ‘Muslim’ itself signifying ‘musallam iman’ or ‘complete faith in God and His teachings’. A man who has successfully pursued this path of Jehad will have complete faith in God and will dedicate all his actions to please God. He will be able to train his self in such a manner that none of his action inflicts harm or suffering on innocent creatures, will aspire to work for the good of others, without expecting rewards or favours in return. He will pursue knowledge from wherever it comes, knowledge which has immense benefits. He will endeavour to add rich attributes to his personality so as to enable him to gain wisdom, intellect, piety, thankfulness, kind-heartedness, truthfulness, patience, courage and loyalty. No doubt, God has sent His Messengers/Avatars to impart knowledge of these traits, and they themselves were the chief torchbearers of this way of life. 

Writes Ibrahim Amini: “We must know while confronting self, compromise and peace settlement is not possible, and what is required is a devastating blow making him (one’s own self) crippled permanently from plotting any further conspiracies. In order to achieve happiness and salvation there is no other alternative except to follow this course, and because, of this reason struggle against the self has been called in traditions as – “Greater Crusade: (Jehad-e-Akbar). Here we would quote few examples from the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali:

Take over the possession of your self – through continuous struggle.

Gharar al-Hukm, vol. 1. p. -13

And said:

Fight and dominate over self’s whims and passions. Because, otherwise if they succeeded in making you their prisoner – they will treat you in a most humiliating manner destroying you eventually. 

Gharar al-Hukm, vol. 1.  p-138

And said:

Be aware! That Paradise is purchased through self-struggle. Therefore, who is engaged in self-struggle will be victorious. Paradise (or self) is the greatest reward for someone who really appreciates their worth.

Gharar al-Hukm, vol. 1. p-165

And said:

By means of fighting against the self, incite him towards God’s worshipping. Fight him the way one must fight with his worst enemy, and dominate over him like the domination of victor over his opponent. The most powerful person is the one who is victorious over his self.

Gharar al-Hukm, vol. 1. p-371

And said: 

A wise man keeps himself engaged in struggle against his self, thus, reforming and preventing him from indulging into passions and amusements, and in this manner subdues him ultimately taking over his possession. Such a wise person is so must preoccupied in his self-refinement that is totally detached with the world, whatever it contains and its dwellers.

Gharar al-Hukm, vol. 1. p-237

This struggle against self is so important that even Prophet Mohammad called it the “Greater Struggle” and held it higher than a physical fight. Those who have tried would know how easy it is to kill the other or get killed than kill the passions that arise inside the body. 

The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali had narrated:

That the prophet dispatched his soldiers to battle front to fight against the enemy. When the soldiers returned triumphant, the prophet said: ‘Congratulations! For those who have successfully completed the “Minor-Struggle”, (Jehad-e-Asghar), but they have yet to engage themselves into Greater-Struggle (Jehad-e-Akbar)’. He was asked: ‘Oh Prophet of God! What is the Greater – Struggle?’

‘Struggle against the self’. Replied the Prophet.

Wasail al-Shia, vol. II. p-124

The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali said:

The best crusade is the struggle of someone, who fights’ against his self located between his two sides.

Gharar al-Hukm. vol. 11 p. -124

In his death will the Prophet said to Imam Ali:

Oh Ali! The best struggle is the struggle of someone who made his night into morning without thinking to oppress a single individual.

Wasail al-Shia. vol. 11, p. -123

Writes Amini: “In these traditions the importance of struggle against the self have been described as “Greater-Struggle” or Supreme Crusade – the crusade which is even superior than the crusade for the sake of God-Almighty (Jehad fi Sabi lillah). Considering the exalted position of crusade for the sake of God, which is considered as one of the most superior worship – the importance and worth of self-struggle becomes explicitly clear.”

Imam Jafar Sadiq said:

How good is a servant of God who struggles against the self and his passions for the sake of God’s Pleasure. Whoever becomes victorious over the self’s whims and passions has already achieved God’s-Pleasure. Whoever offers resistance, and with humility in front of God, allows the reason to control imperious-self would receive the greatest blessing.

There exists between the servants of God and Him nothing darker and horrible barrier than the imperious-self and his passions; and in order to destroy their roots forever, there is no armament better than the realization to seek God, humility, hunger, thirst during the day (i.e. fasting), and night awakening (i.e. engaging in night prayers and having humming communications with God-Almighty [remember chant of ‘Aum’]). Such a person if dies in this course leaves the world as a martyr, and if remains alive would ultimately attain the exalted position of God’s Nearness. God-Almighty has promised in the Holy Quran that those who strive in His cause will certainly be guided towards His path and verily, God is with those who do right.

When you encounter another struggler endeavouring in self-refinement better than your own efforts, then reprimand your self severely, and remind him to be more careful and determined. In accordance with Divine do’s and don’ts make a bridle for the self and like a master, training his inexperienced and wanton slave, encourage your self towards virtuous deeds. The Prophet offered so much prayer that his feet become swelled, in response to people’s complaint, replied: should not I be thankful to God-Almighty?

By these serious endeavours in worship the Prophet wanted to teach a lesson to his community. Therefore, one should never be negligent from endeavours, worship, and ascetism. Known that! If you could witness the sweetness of worshipping and other blessings and if your heart becomes illuminated with Divine Light – you will not be ready to discontinue it for an hour, even if they cut off your body into several pieces. Therefore, the negligence from worshipping shall never be possible except being deprived from advantages of competing for achieving immunity against sins and attaining God’s – Blessings.

It was this reason why the Imams never forgot the worship of God in the most adverse of circumstances. Once, in the battle of Siffin, when the war was at peak, Ali was intermittently looking at the sky, while fighting with the opponents. Somebody asked him the reason for this and Ali said that he was seeing whether it was time for prayer. The questioner was surprised and asked whether the situation was right for prayer. Ali replied that it was for this alone that he was fighting. 

Those on Husain’s side too surely knew of the importance of prayers. Two of his companions came forward to stop all the arrows being shot by the opponents on their chest as Husain and the rest of the companions offered the noon prayers on the day of 10th Moharram. Husain was the lone survivor fighting the enemy in the battlefield when it was time for the evening prayers. Husain kept his sword in shield to commence his prayers. Again, this was why he was fighting. Enemy who called himself Muslim surrounded him. As Husain supplicated himself to God – the Almighty – Shimr crawled on his back with a dagger and started severing Husain’s head from the body. Husain’s head was severed from his body as his forehead lay on ground in the worship of God. 

Quran (2:154) says:

And do not speak of those who are slain in Allah’s way as dead; nay, (they are) alive, but you do not perceive.

Says Pooya/Ali Commentary:  

“Those, who die and give themselves fully for the sake and in the way of Allah, are not dead. They are alive, attached and closely connected with the ever-living Allah.”

It is reported that verse 154 was revealed for the Muslims who were slain in the battle of Badr. In those days the new converts to Islam, like the disbelievers, thought that death means loss of life forever. 

Fisabilillah means “in the way of Allah” or “for the cause of truth”. “The way of the Devils” means “for the cause of falsehood” (Quran, Surah Nisa: 76). Sale’s interpretation of fisabilillah (wars fought against non-Muslims to propagate Islam) is a deliberate distortion. There is no compulsion in religion (Quran, Surah Baqarah: 256); therefore, the Holy Prophet went to war only when it was forced upon him. 

All the created beings are given the opportunity to prove their potential; therefore, everyone is tried with something of fear, hunger, and loss of possessions and children. Those who have attained the highest spiritual maturity through personal virtues, ability to exercise patience, with faith and reliance upon Allah, face the trials successfully and reach the highest stations nearest to Allah. Each individual occupies a different status according to the degree of faith and patience he employs to encounter the test and trial. Some souls are not considered fit to be tried. It is their misfortune. The exemption may be to let their infidelity or hypocrisy grow to its full scope for which there is a painful punishment. (Quran, Surah Ale Imran: 178). 

The Holy Prophet and the 12 holy Imams occupy the highest status near Allah with reference to the faith in and reliance upon Allah, personal virtues and ability to exercise patience. For the cause of truth, in the way of Allah, they gladly suffered every kind of misery, hardship and calamity of the utmost severity throughout their lives. Only once in the history of the world all kinds of trials to the maximum conceivable degree have been happily and triumphantly endured and coped with by Imam Husain and his family and friends in the land of Karbala. No less was the situation of the other holy Imams under the tyrannical rule of the Umayyad and Abbasid rulers. 

The Holy Prophet has rightly observed: 

This world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever. 

A poor Jew once asked Imam Hasan to tell him how could his poverty be a paradise and Imam’s plenty be a prison? 

The Imam replied: 

If you would know the miseries awaiting the disbelievers, and the blessings in store for the believers in the life of hereafter, you will then agree that even your present plight is a paradise compared to those miseries, and my affluence here is a prison for me as compared to the blessings that will be bestowed on me there.

Now see verses 2:155-156 of Quran:

And We will most certainly try you with somewhat of fear and hunger and loss of property and lives and fruits; and give good news to the patient,

Who, when a misfortune befalls them, say: Surely we are Allah’s and to Him we shall surely return.

Aqa Mahdi Pooya says: 

“This is the attitude of a faithful when a misfortune befalls him or he suffers a loss. It is the summary of all that which Islam teaches. We are His. We unconditionally submit to His will. We shall return to Him. He is our destination. Whoso makes his life a true expression of this description becomes His prime favourite for His grace, blessings and guidance. The Holy Prophet who stands first and foremost in submission to Allah is the ideal model of this expression, which has further been elaborated in verse 163 of Aal-e-Imran. 

However, there is no denying the fact that Muslims have been enjoined to take up armed struggle, if necessary. Writes Amini: “Armed struggle becomes compulsory only under certain special times and circumstances, further it is not incumbent upon every one (Wajib-e-aini), rather is a collective obligation (Wajib-e-kifai), and some people are free from this obligation. During certain periods armed struggle is not required at all, or is required to the extent of collective obligation, e.g. if required number of people had assumed this obligation, then the others are excused. Apart from this it is not incumbent upon women, elderly men, handicapped, and sick people. But on the contrary, struggle against the self is incumbent upon everyone as an individual obligation (Wajib-e-aini) during all times, circumstances, and situations, must be continued till the very last moments of life, and nobody under any condition except the impeccables (Ahlulbayt) will ever be free from this requirement.”

Also he says: “The struggle with self is harder than all the worships even the armed struggle in which a combatant risks his life by accepting martyrdom. Because, absolute surrender before God-Almighty, self-struggle against self’s whims and passions for the entire life, and journeying towards the straight path of perfection is much more difficult than the fighting of valiant warrior with the enemy in the battle field for a moment and ultimately achieving martyrdom. In fact, self-struggle is so hard that except with continuous resistance, tolerance of pains and anguishes, and without God’s Assistance it is not possible. It is because of this reason that we recite five times every day in daily prayers the sentence:

(O God!) Show us the straight path.

To follow up the straight path of perfection is so difficult that the Prophet of Islam said to God-Almighty:

Oh God! Don’t leave me at the disposal of my self even for the fraction of a second.

Considering the difficulties in the path, the God has made a promise:

And those who strive in our cause – we will certainly guide them to our paths. For verily God is with those who do right.

Quran, 29.69

This said and done, the Prophet also talked of a smaller Jehad (Jehad-e-Asghar) where one has to fight the evils that are plaguing the society. However, Jehad-e-Asghar is only for those who have reached a certain level of self-development. 

Devote yourself to the God; throw out the love of this world from your heart; then only will you be able to face the evils and wrongdoings of this world with courage and steadfastness and become a true human being, because if there is anything that the evil forces are afraid of, it is the true human beings. This is so because they are afraid that even if a single human being is born who cherish those lofty human values taught by the Avatars/Messengers, he will stand up and fight against their evil and selfish desires, and their benefits will get jeopardized. 

As the world moves to anarchy, corruption and violence, it is the responsibility of each one of us that we endeavour to become true human beings, following the enlightened path shown by revered Avatars like Krishna, Mahavira, Buddha, Jesus or Mohammad. 

As Ali says, in Khutba-e-Shaqshaqia, that God has taken a promise from the knowledgeable as per which they would not remain passive witness and satisfied upon seeing the injustice of the oppressor and the hunger of the oppressed.

Imam Ali used to say to his followers:

This is a clear call for action, even though one has to pass through dangerous valleys. This is also to remind of death, which is inevitable. If you have faith in these, then you will not lead a life of carelessness, more centred towards worldly attractions, rather than doing acts that are good and for betterment of others, and will deliver rich dividends hereafter.

Study the life of Husain whose stand against the tyrannical rule of the monarch Yazid led to the slaughter of his entire family before he too was finally killed in the cruellest of fashions. Knowing fully well that he was bound to be looser in the worldly terms, outnumbered as his handful of followers were against the mighty army of Yazid, not for once did Husain think of abdicating his stand. His supreme sacrifice reflects human values at their zenith, something that Gita and Quran do not tire of talking repeatedly. 

So if you are follower of either of the two, remember God in the way that he ought to be remembered and tread the path of self-development. If you are moving on that direction, the natural fall-out will be that you will not remain a mute witness to evil and injustice that has filled our society. This is Jehad-e-Akbar for Muslims; this is the path that Krishna taught all through the Gita. Truly speaking, Gita is nothing but the elaboration of the concept of Jehad. 

It is clear that Jehad was introduced because God wanted truthful and righteous men to contribute towards upholding of truth and righteousness. He wanted all of us to dwell in a vibrant society where struggle towards the right path continued ceaselessly. In a way, Jehad-e-Akbar was the fight against one’s self and Jehad-e-Asghar (or the smaller Jehad) was the attempt to improve the society. Armed struggle was only in self-defence or to eliminate the fitna, which is called Qitaal and about which we would read a bit later.

Quran explicitly states that fighting has to be in self-defence. See 2:190:

And fight in the way of Allah with those who fight with you, and do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limits.

Pooya/Ali Commentary says: “The message of Islam is universal. From early times the Muslims were only permitted to fight in self-defence. When there is no option, and in the face of persecution, however, the Muslims must fight. The strength of Islam lies in its certainty of ultimate victory over aggression, transgression, and ascribing falsehood to Allah and His last Prophet. Fitna can mean oppression, persecution, seduction - all implying the “discord” that attachment with ghayrallah (other-than-Allah) brings about. It is used as in verse 217 of this surah - war is detestable but fitna is worse than slaughter. Islam promotes peace, order and harmony in the human society and keeps man on the right path. When the enemies of Islam found that the light of this message was sweeping darkness from every corner, the disbelievers vowed to annihilate it. It was only then that, no recourse being left for the believers, they had to resolutely take up the sword in defence. Verses 39 and 40 of al Hajj also give permission to fight when any people is wronged, oppressed and persecuted. 

If Numbers 25:1 to 3 and 31:7 to 18 in the Old Testament are read carefully, one comes to the conclusion that when the Israelites, in Shitim, began to worship the gods of Moab, the Lord God asked Moses to “take all the leaders of the people and hurl them down to their death before the Lord.” 

And they made war on Midians as the Lord has commanded Moses, and slew all the men. The Israelites took captive the Madianite women and children, and carried off all their cattle, their flocks and their property. They burnt all their cities. Moses asked them to kill every male child and every women who has had intercourse with a man. 

Likewise, Gita too lays maximum stress on fight against the self. ‘Iswararpana’ is the term used to offer all deeds to God in Gita

On Me all action

Casting, with mind on the over-soul, 

Being free from longing and from selfishness,

Fight, casting off thy fever. 

Gita. 3.30 

Casting (all) actions upon Brahman,

Whoso acts abandoning attachment,

Evil does not cleave to him,

As water (does not cleave) to a lotus leaf. 

Gita. 5.10

Yet, when the situation demanded so, Krishna made Arjuna to fight when he was shirking from doing so. A passage in Gita referring to the negative state of the spirit of Arjuna which Krishna wants to correct (it is from the beginning of the second chapter):

Krishna says to Arjuna: What is the matter with you? Why have you lost courage? You are a great hero, a model Khsatriya with an unsullied name… Your attitude at the call of battle is as incomprehensible as darkness covering the sun, neither meeting with death, wood absorbing fire, salt dissolving water, the frog swallowing the serpent, or the fox defying the lion. You are a sensible man. Wake up. Take courage. War is not made with rose water. Live up to your reputation and get rid of these silly ideas. Kindness towards opponents in battle is misplaced… Did you know hither to that the Kauravas were your kinsmen?

M. Subedar, Gita Explained by Dnyaneswar Maharaj P. 59

Yet, Krishna is the greatest upholder of peace and truth. Ironical? No! Only the one with a conscious self can understand this subtle difference. 

If certain misguided Hindus take this statement of Krishna in the narrowest possible meaning and use it to plunder and kill innocent, for their own personal or political gains, would you blame it on Krishna’s teachings. It is unfortunate the face of Islam is distorted when certain misguided Muslims use Jehad for reasons other than what it had been meant for. Islamic view of Jehad is exactly the same as the teachings of Gita, with not an iota of difference.

When Krishna talks of fight, there is an underlying message, a great cause, benefit of humanity and its lofty values and foremost of all, upholding the worship of One Absolute God. Krishna and Arjuna both knew of the evils that had begun to plague the society in which they were living. That is why they have not been discussed. Yet, they always remain in the background. Due to this, some writers have understood the teachings of Gita and the actual purpose of the battle of Mahabharata wrongly. The yearning for God’s happiness, the height of spiritual attainment, willingness to be of help and die for a right cause and principles of upholding the truth and justice that Krishna showed is inherent in every verse of Gita.

Same is the case with Jehad. Call for armed conflict in few verses of Quran cannot be viewed independently as some self-centred or ignorant Muslim teachers and the detractors of Islam portray it to be. 

Arjuna is first asked to stand firm in the unitive way (yoga) and then he is asked to stand up and fight (III, 42). Most of the Gita describes the unitive way to reach God through various means. One such way is unitive contemplation (Dhyana-Yoga) that is discussed in detail in Chapter VI:

The Self is dear to one (possessed) of Self, by whom even the Self by the Self has been won, for one not (possessed) of Self, the Self would be in conflict with the very Self, as if an enemy.

Through realizing one’s self by recognizing the Self in it, one can reach union with God. And once the mind and intelligence is surrendered to God, then man should fight in the way of God.

Therefore at all times remember Me (God) and fight: when your mind and intelligence are surrendered to Me, you shall come to Me; (have) no doubt.

Despite the imperative nature of fighting, it is still made a secondary matter to the contemplation of the Absolute and realizing one’s self.

This is exactly the concept of Jehad in Islam, where the man is required to fight with his own self and only when he has incorporated all the teachings and reached a level where he truly recognizes the God, his duty begins of trying to put an end to the evils around him. Without the realization and adherence of the Absolute, Jehad in Islam is not possible. And one who attains this realization and shows strict adherence to the teachings is surely not going to commit injustice, cruelty or suppression of human rights of others. Instead Jehad leads a person to the height where all divisions on the basis of caste, religion, belief or creed lies shattered and the Muslim takes the side of truth, even though he has to make sacrifices for upholding the truth. Jehad can never be a fight for a piece of land or material benefits. And more than armed combat (which is the last stage referred to as Qitaal), Jehad will be more of deeds, against injustice and oppression. 

Through realizing one’s self through recognizing the Self in it, one can reach union with God. And once the mind and intelligence is surrendered to God, then the man should fight in the way of God.

Therefore at all times remember Me (God) and fight: when your mind and intelligence are surrendered to Me, you shall come to Me; (have) no doubt.

Just ponder for a while. What is the greatest evil plaguing the present society in India? Our view, which we have formulated after talking to several people, is that the greatest cause of all evil is that Indians have begun to accept everything as it is. They see corruption and remain mute witness. They see injustice being perpetrated, and they are least bothered. They see white-collared crimes happening all around, and do nothing. This evil has become widespread so much so that they wait at railway stations for hours but the train do not come, even if it is because the one who has to drive it decided to sleep for another few hours; they see accident victims dying on the roadside and look the other way; they know of spurious drugs and products ruining their lives and those of their children, industries emitting pollution beyond permissible limits, porn being shown on cable, and so on, but remain mute spectators. Fear of losing a bit of what they have make them do that. Just imagine, if just 10 per cent of Muslims in India are to get up and say that they won’t allow any such act being perpetrated, won’t allow human rights to be violated and would always take the side of the oppressed, the weak and the poor. Won’t the Indian society become a better place to live?

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The Subject of Kafar

Muslims are often criticized for calling Hindus as kafars (kafirs). What is the meaning of this word? Are Hindus kafars? Let us see!

“The term ‘Kafar’ (normally translated as ‘Unbeliever’ by Muslims) is derived from the root ‘Kafara’ which means (1) to cover, (2) to deny, (3) to show ingratitude. So ‘Kafar’ means he who hides a thing, or denies it, or is ungrateful to God, or who does not thank God for what He has provided to him. ‘Kafar’ in Arabic has also been used for a peasant, since he covers the seed. The term is used in one or other of these several senses. Generally it is used to mean one who did not listen to Prophet Mohammad in his time or did not recognize the Supreme Being who had provided one and all the good things of life.

In verses Q 14:32-34 & Q.17: 67 (as numbered in Pickthal’s Translation) the term ‘Kafar’ is used in the sense of ‘ungrateful’ and applied to all humanity.

The term is also applied to the Jews of the Prophet’s time (Q.17:8) since they had neglected their scripture, the Torah. In verse (Q.21: 94), the term is applied to God Himself since He recognizes our rewards or does not hide one’s good work. The same idea is conveyed in the Gita (2:40). In Quran (Q. 29:7) the term means to blot out, to remit, to cover sins. In (Q.4: 150-151), it is pointed out that the real Kafars are those who recognize certain messengers of God and deny others.”

You have seen the meaning of Kafar and its usage in Quran. Now let us see whether the Muslims are justified in calling Hindus as ‘Kafars’. If we take Unbeliever as the meaning, then we cannot call Hindus as ‘Kafars’ as they, or at least a greater percentage of them, believe in the Unity of God. If Muslims call the Hindus as ‘Kafars’ owing to their  idol worship, then they must know that there are a lot many Hindus, the Arya Samajis, who do not believe in idol-worship. In such a situation, ‘Kafar’ will have to be applied on case-to-case basis and not to community on the whole.

In Q.4: 150-151, it is said that Kafars are those who recognize certain messengers of God and deny others. If we take this meaning to be correct, then that would mean that all, including the Christians, the Jews, and the Hindus would come in the fold of Kafar. However, since Muslims do not regard Christians and Jews as Kafars, it means this meaning too is not applicable. 

If Kafar is used for denying a tenet of Islam, then before the finger is pointed at the Hindus, various sects of Islam would start pointing fingers at each other. We all know that the subject of Caliphate is such where they deny each other’s Caliphs.

What does Kafar mean then? Kafar is used in relation to God. Therefore, does Kafar means one who denies the presence of God? Surely, there are a lot many atheists in this world. This cannot be true, because various messengers of God have said that after sincere attempt to reach the truth, if one comes to conclusion that there is no God, then that person too would be rewarded. 

In our view, Kafar means one who knows the truth about God and His Apostles, yet denies it. This has happened in the past when religious books were deliberately distorted and might still continue to happen in future. Such people are Kafars and worthy of great punishment, as per Islam. 

Term Kafar seems to be synonymous with the term ‘atatayinah’ or those who have fallen from Dharma. Since the Kauravas had fallen away from the true Vedic teachings regarding God, the Kauravas are called ‘atatayinahs’ in Gita. (I.36). Gita tells there were few on Kaurava’s side who knew what Krishna was saying was true but did not accept it for fear of loss of worldly position and benefits. Drona and Bhima were certainly such people. That Drona and Bhima were the priests of highest ranks, there surely must be several others on their side. In the Manusmriti and other books ‘atatayinah’ are described as those who are incendiary, poisoners, murderers, plunderers and those who commit excesses and a death penalty has been prescribed for them. Manusmriti enjoins: 

Kill the atatayinah at sight.

Isn’t the concept of Jehad and that of Kafar same as per Hindu and Muslim scriptures?

ONE GOD ONE RELIGION PART 4-I: More on Christian and Jew Scriptures

MORE ON CHRISTIAN AND JEW SCRIPTURES

Christians and Jews maintain God is against idol worship and Moses was the only prophet who came face to face with the Holy God, to whom God spoke. We agree that idol worship is not the desired mode of worship. Even many Hindus are against idol worship as they find no sanction for idol worship in their scriptures. But when they say that Moses was the only prophet who came face to face with the Holy God, they should know that it was not the Absolute God but His Manifest Self which spoke to Moses. It was not the Absolute God who came to present Himself on that mountain top. Quran says it was God’s ‘tajalli’ or God’s Light which was made visible to Moses. Saying Moses was face to face with God is akin to giving a form and shape to God, whereas He has none (even as per Christian and Jew view). Even Manifest Self owes Its powers to Absolute and the Light visible to Moses was proof of God’s presence. Moses was unable to withstand even this Light and fell unconscious. 

The claim that Moses was the only prophet with whom God talked may be correct till the time the Old Testament was revealed. Quran says in clear words that there were certain Prophets with whom the God talked himself. Muslims till date have no concept of the Manifest Self even though the concept is very much present in each and every verse of the Holy Quran. For this reason, they just translate this Quranic verse as it is and move on, without dwelling on its commentary; because they cannot explain that if there are a handful of Prophets with whom God talked, who was guiding the remaining Prophets and Messengers? When we read Gita, we find Paramatma (Manifest Self) talking from Krishna’s mouth. And in Gita too, Absolute God is referred to in the third person, thereby indicating that the Absolute God is not conversing from Krishna’s mouth. (This puzzle will be fully revolved when you read our commentary of the Gita). Quran explicitly talks of Prophet Mohammad being taken by angels to the highest abode of (Manifest Self of) God and even says that a distance of ‘two spears or even lesser’ remained between the Lord and the subject. We will show to you in our commentary of Gita that exactly the same pattern exists in the Quran as well, that we find in the Gita and the same power is conversing through the mouths of Krishna (in Gita) and Mohammad (when he uttered the verses of the Quran).

It is unfortunate that Christians who call Jesus as ‘son of God’ also maintain the view that none else but Moses came face-to-face with God and God talked to him alone. It is a pertinent question: whether the ‘son of God’ ever had the opportunity to come face-to-face with his ‘Father’? Can the answer be supplemented from the scriptures? If Jesus indeed came face-to-face with his ‘Father God’ then when did this happen? If he didn’t then you will have to agree that Moses was superior to Jesus in some attributes, which is not true. Quran explicitly says that we are not to distinguish between Messengers (Avatars) of God. Neither are we to distinguish betwen the scriptures that came in different ages and regions. You know the reason why: one or the other (seven) constituents of the Holy Spirit (the 7 Devatas) were working through the bodies of all the Messengers (Avatars) and it were they alone who were responsible for the content of the scriptures. Quran says at a point that it is the verses of Allah that ‘we’ read out for you. Who is ‘we’; the Muslims could never understand. Answer will become more clear when you read our commentary of the Gita.

Both Mohammad and Quran endorses all the Biblical prophets from Adam till Jesus but maintain that Mohammad and Jesus were both related to the same source. In fact Jesus had even prophesied the coming of Mohammad when he advised to his trusted followers not to go with his teachings beyond the lost tribes of Israel and they would not have finished doing so that the Promised Son of Man would arrive. As you know, Mohammad was born in 570 A.D., this was supposed to be the time that the followers of Jesus should have taken to go with his teachings to the lost tribes of Israel. Unfortunately, Zulmat or the Dark Forces began their work there as well. Not only they attempted to put Jesus on cross when he was just in this early 30s but his followers were persecuted for the next 300 years, so much so that it was imposible for them to proclaim publicly that they were followers of Jesus. By the time the situation eased, true understanding of Jesus’s teachings had waned once again. The same happened at varying times among the Indo-Aryans, among the Buddhists and immediately after Prophet Mohammad’s death, among the Muslims.

Muslims are of view that the term ‘Paraclete’ in Bible is reference to Mohammad and we have proved in this book that the Spirit of Truth which Jesus was repeatedly talking about was the Rooh or Holy Spirit whose all 7 constituents descended on earth one after another, in 14 bodies, in the same region, and were called the Ahlulbayt – one of whom was Mohammad. Jesus foretold this happening and called descent of the 14 Noors or Lights as the coming of the Spirit of Truth because he knew that that the 7 Noors or Selfs together comprise the Manifest Self (Holy Spirit or Paramatma) of God. As if to show his relation with the Spirit of Truth, Mohammad was known as the most truthful person in the whole of Arabia even before he proclaimed that he had been appointed the Messenger of God. There are stories of innumerable Christians who acknowledged from their own scriptures including the teachings of Jesus that Mohammad was the last Prophet who had been prophesied not just by Jesus but by other Prophets prior to Jesus. Since Christians and Jews who acknowledged from their scriptures that Mohammad was the prophesied Prophet had embraced Islam, those who were left were those who either couldn’t recognize him or didn’t want to recognize. At least it must not be difficult for Christians to understand this, because they know fully how the Jews, despite all the miracles and logic, denied Jesus’s divine role and continue to do so even today. Those from among the Jews who identified Jesus’s link with Divinity embraced his teachings and became Christians while those who didn’t continued to call themselves Jews and oppose Jesus’s teachings. Just as there were those who didn’t connect Jesus with Divinity, 600 years later there were still more who were not ready to connect Mohammad with Divinity.

It is a sad truth that Zulmat or Force of Darkness has not allowed adherents of any religion to remain truly on the path of their respective scriptures. Just as Islam and Mohammad’s teachings have nothing to do with the conduct of the present-day Muslims, the Christians and Jews too claim to be revering their respective scriptures but their conduct is far from the teachings of these scriptures. Even the 10 basic commandments given to Moses are not being followed. Interestingly, Quran has made obligatory upon Muslims to respect and revere the 10 commandments given to Moses and give them the same value as a Muslim gives to the Quran; if the Muslims are not doing so, it is because they have left following the teachings of Quran and consider their own interpretations of Quran as true. 

Earlier, you have seen how King Vikramaditya was keen to propagate his religion whereas it is clear now that he himself had not understood the content of the scriptures he held dear. The same has continued to happen in all ages, not only in case of the Christians, Jews and Muslims but also in the modern day and age when the youth belonging to different religions and sects have taken to propagating their religious beliefs through social media like FaceBook, Twitter and WhatsApp in a big way! Being religious make it obligary on us that we endeavour to become true adherents of the path and aspire and work ceaselessly for our own self development; it is not expected that we serve our half-baked knowledge to others. This is the true teaching of the One and Only religion propagated by the true true representatives of the One God. If different connotations and meanings are being given to the understanding of any of the true scriptures from God, it means we are wayward and have coined our own religion versus the Straight Path shown by God’s representatives during all times.

We have shown to you how Muslims deviated from the path told by Mohammad on the day Mohammad died. We have also shown how Buddha’s teachings got changed the day he died. It cannot be said precisely whether the followers of Moses deviated the day Moses passed away but what can be said with certainty is that it required only 40 days of absence of Moses for his followers to start worshipping the idol of a golden calf. By the time Moses returned with the 10 commandments, most of his followers were worshipping the idol of the calf. Those religions who do not have such manifest proofs of deviations should not rest content as it is not possible that a Divine Messenger propagated the teachings and Zulmat – the force of misguidance – didn’t use its entire forces to deviate mankind from adherence to those teachings. If Zulmat is not creating problems for any community today, it is proof enough that the community has already digressed to the extent that the Forces of Deviation feel no threat from them that they would come to the true path. 

As we said, when Moses returned with his 10 commandments, most of his followers were already worshipping the idol that they had themselves made. Would you blame Moses, his religion or his God for this deviation? Just as you will not blame Moses, his religion or his God, you are not justified if you blame Mohammad or the path that he showed or Allah – the God – for the conduct of present day ISIS, Jaish and al-Qaida members. Or in other words, just as when you see the Christian Spaniards wiping out the Aztecs from South America, you see the European Christians wiping out Indians from North America, or migrant Christians killing millions of local aborigines in Australia, the Christian US destroying two cities in Japan or the Christian Nazis driving out the Jews from mainland Europe and you don’t put the blame on Christianity or Jesus or His God, you will be unjustified if you put the blame for the conduct of ISIS, Jaish and al-Qaida on Mohammad, the path shown by him or the One God of the cosmos that the Muslims believe in. This said and done, there is no doubt that a great multitude of Muslims toay have deviated far from the teachings of their Prophet but similar is the case with the followers of Krishna, Moses, Jesus and other Messengers who came from time to time. 

Jesus indeed was a champion of righteousness and peace. Mohammad’s conduct was no different. Bani Umayya tribe of Quraish had waged several wars on Mohammad. Several neo-Muslims were killed by them and no effort was spared by them to cut the cord of Islam in its infancy. While Mohammad was in Makkah, all kinds of torture, cruelty and humiliation were inflicted on him and his followers. Yet, we see, about 12 years after he was forced to leave Makkah, when Mohammad returned to Makkah with thousands of believers in Islam, not even a drop of blood was spilled despite the fact that he was all powerful and the Bani Umayya had no chance to even flee. General amnesty was declared. There was no forceful conversion. People who had tortured Mohammad in the past, who had inflicted humiliation on him, and had in the past tried to inflict as many damages possible on Islam and its followers, too were not killed, rebuked or imprisoned. 

Countless other examples can be given of Mohammad’s hatred towards violence and war and his total love for peace and justice. The study of lives and conduct of the true followers of Islam – the Ahlulbayt – too reveal the extent they would go to maintain peace and avert war or bloodshed. Ali would never fight with a person who was disarmed, who was with his back to him or who didn’t come to wage an attack on him. Ali got off the chest of an enemy who had come to kill him but when he was about to be killed, spat on Ali’s face. Ali didn’t want to fight him in a fit of rage. History has recorded that while Muawiya – Ali’s chief opponent who belonged to Bani Umayya tribe – used deceit as his chief weapon, Ali never resorted to the same tactics and was seen as the most upright and peace loving person even when he was fighting a war. 

Some Christians are of view that Abraham was a Hebrew/Jewish. Is it true? If Abraham was Jewish, then they will have to agree that all Christians are on the wrong. Because Jesus never said he had come with a new religion. He always kept saying that he was merely reiterating what had been said earlier. If Abraham was Jewish, then Christians should call themselves as Jewish because there is no religion that Jesus brought. Abraham was propagating the path of the One Lord of the Universe; the same path that was propagated by other Prophets. It is we humans who gave the names like Jews and Christians. 

In order to target their attacks on Islam, Christians and Jews try to belittle the position of Hajira (Hager) when they say Sara was a noble woman while Hajira was an Egyptian maid. Neither the teachings of Jesus nor that of Mohammad value or devalue a man on the basis of his wealth and status. The sole criteria for measuring a person is righteousness and good deeds. When you belittle Hajira because she was a maid, you are speaking against the teachings of Jesus. Moreover, all Jews who were freed by Moses were at one point in time slaves in that very Egypt from where Hajira belonged. So, from this point of view, how can the Jews make claim of supremacy over others? Even Joseph was taken as slave and sold as slave during one phase of his life. Does this give a reason to belittle his position? Hajira’s elevated position in the eyes of the God can be seen in Genesis itself when God couldn’t see Hajira running to fetch water for his dying son and made water sprout from close to Ishmael’s feet.

This writer has even seen Jews and Christians who put the blame on Muslims for changing the Jewish names to Islam, example Abraham to Ibrahim, Jacob to Yaqoob, Isaac to Isaak, Moses to Musa and Jesus to Eesa. Truth is that it is not the Muslims who have changed names but it is the European Christians who are in the habit of changing names. When Muslims reached the shores of Spain, their fleet was being commanded by Tariq, who landed near a mountain on the Spanish coast. Muslims called that mountain ‘Jabr-ut-tariq’ or ‘mountain of Tariq’. Europeans call it Gibraltar today. Born in 721 A.D., Jabir ibn Hayyan gave so much contribution to the field of Chemistry that he is known as Father of Chemistry. Europeans call him Geber. Abu Ali Husain nicknamed Ibn-e-Sina is regarded as one of the most significant thinkers and writers of the Islamic Golden Age. Europeans call him Avicenna. Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi is described by many as father of modern surgery. His books, originally written in Arabic, were translated in European languages and were taught to the students of medicine as recently till the last century. West call him Albucasis. These are just few examples out of the many that can be given to show that it is not the Muslims but the Western world which has changed names so that they appear less Muslim and people do not realize the contribution of Muslims to science and technology. 

The same happened to the case of the names of Prophets of yesteryears. Those who are reading the English translations of scriptures might not know the reality that the names we are reading in English have not been similarly pronounced in the original Hebrew texts? Even the name of Jesus is not mentioned in Hebrew text but the pronunciation is similar to the Quranic Eesa or Isa. The same is the case with Musa (and not Moses). It is the western world who should be asked why they have altered the pronunciations of the names of their own prophets so much so that Sukraat became Socrates and Bukhrat became Hippocrates.

The great tortures and hardships that the Christians had to face for several hundred years after Jesus, from the hands of Roman rulers, slowly led to an amalgamation of Roman beliefs and Christian teachings. Jesus was nowhere the ‘Son of God’ in early Christian teachings but he became the ‘Son of God’ as time progressed. Likewise, lot many changes were brought about in the translations of Old Testament and Bible during the later days to suit their advantage.

Text too was altered at times! For instance, we can give examples from Old Testament itself which will shed light on how the name of Ishmael was replaced with Isaac wherever the description of the son’s sacrifice given by Ibrahim (Abraham) is talked about in the Old Testament. We know this will come hard on our existing belief but we request you to read it with full attention and application of reason.

Let’s read what description Old Testament (Genesis, 22.1 onwards) says when it talks of the sacrifice given by Abraham. We agree Genesis talks about Isaac and not Ishmael in its description. Genesis says:

22:1 Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham replied. 22:2 God said, “Take your son – your only son, whom you love, Isaac – and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.”

22:3 Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about.

22:4 On the third day Abraham caught sight of the place in the distance. 22:5 So he said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go up there. We will worship and then return to you.”

22:6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac. Then he took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them walked on together. 22:7 Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father?” “What is it, my son?” he replied. “Here is the fire and the wood,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” 22:8 “God will provide for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied. The two of them continued on together. 

22:9 When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood. 22:10 Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter his son. 22:11 But the Lord’s angel called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am!” he answered. 22:12 “Do not harm the boy!” the angel said. “Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”

22:13 Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place “The Lord provides.” It is said to this day, “In the mountain of the Lord provision will be made.”

22:15 The Lord’s angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven 22:16 and said, “‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the Lord, ‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 22:17 I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies. 22:18 Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”

22:19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed.

Quran says Abraham took his elder son Ishmael for sacrifice but Genesis says that he took Isaac. The prayer made by Abraham regarding his progeny’s expansion from Ishmael, remaining of leadership (Imamat) even in his descendants, and about the 12 princes in the progeny is mentioned in the Quran but Old Testament is showing Abraham praying for his son Isaac and his progeny. How will you decide now, at a time when we are face to face with two contradicting versions, the real truth? How will you know who is right and who is wrong? Was it Isaac’s name that was replaced with the name of Ishmael or was it Ishmael’s name that was replaced with the name of Isaac? This is important because while Mohammad and the 12 princes (the 12 Imams) were born in the progeny of Ishmael, the progeny of Isaac saw illustrious prophets like Jacob, David, Lot, Moses, Jesus and many more. While the prophets in the progeny of Isaac are respectful figures for all – Jews, Christians and Muslims – Mohammad who was born in the progeny of Ishmael is revered only by the Muslims.

We request you to understand the issue through use of your faculties of reason and intellect as the issue can be resolved only by this means. We will give 3 proofs from Old Testament which will give an indication that it were the Christians (or Jews) who replaced the name of Ishmael with that of Isaac wherever the mention of the sacrifice had been made so that people face difficulty in reaching the truth.

We request you to re-read the aforementioned description from Genesis regarding the sacrifice. Again and again, Isaac is being called the ‘only son’ whereas it may be proved from Genesis itself that Ishmael was the elder brother who was taken along with his mother Hajira (Hager) and left at a far off place in a barren land. If Isaac indeed was the one who had been taken for sacrifice, why the repeated mention of ‘only son’. 

Come, let’s use our intellect! Abraham was 86 years old when Ishmael was born to Abraham and Hajira. See Genesis 16:15:

16:15 So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael. 16:16 (Now Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.)

Genesis 17:24 tells that Abraham was 99 years old when the Divine Order for circumcision came and Abraham not only ordered circumcision of his 13 year old son Ishmael but rest of the people. The same year, the angels arrived and gave glad tidings to Sara (Abraham’s other wife) regarding the birth of a son. This proves that when Isaac was born, Ishmael must have been 14 years old. Quran says that when the kid Ishmael grew big enough to move around with his father, the order for sacrifice came. Naturally, it is apparent from Quran that Ishmael was not a grown up youth when the sacrifice was given but had just started helping his father in his work. Isaac was born when Ishmael was 14 years old, as per Genesis. The repeated stress on the term ‘only son’ in Genesis shows that originally there was the mention of Ishmael, who was the only son of Abraham till he was 14, but his name was later replaced with that of Isaac. 

It is possible some zealous Christian or Jew would say that when Abraham had left Ishmael at a far-off place, Isaac was the only son left. This may be said just to console oneself otherwise we should know that it is God who is doing the talking in the scripture and not common man who knows few things and isn’t aware of few other. 

Now see the second proof. The barren desert ahead of Beer Sheba was the place where Abraham had left his wife Hajira and infant son Ishmael. If you read the history of Beer Sheba, it was considered as the southern border outpost of the then inhabited region, beyond which there was nothing but barren desert. Clearly, Abraham had gone beyond Beer Sheba to the barren desert and left his wife and child there. Quran is of view that Hajira and Ishmael were left at the place which is now called Makkah. Quran also narrates the incident of spring flowing from near the feet of Ishmael and that place is still considered sacred by the Muslims. See 21.14 onwards from Genesis:

21:14 Early in the morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba. 21:15 When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs. 21:16 Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot away; for she thought, “I refuse to watch the child die.” So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.

The description tells that Hajira and not Sara “went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba.” The description in Genesis also talks about water coming out miraculously from close to the feet of Ishmael. Thus, the description in Genesis is same as the description in Quran when it comes to water sprouting from the ground for Ishmael, with the only difference that while Quran indicates the place as modern day Makkah, Genesis describes it as the ‘wilderness of Beer Sheba’. We must know that Beer Sheba in those days was the outer-most habitat on the southern frontiers and the entire stretch of wilderness beyond was called the ‘wilderness of Beer Sheba’. 

We invite you to read the aforementioned description of Genesis (22.1 onwards) where the sacrifice is mentioned. The description talks about Abraham taking two of his servants and traveling for three days to reach the foot of the mountain where he was to give the sacrifice. It talks about his attempt to give sacrifice of his ‘only son’ (Isaac, as mentioned in Genesis) but ends with:

22:19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed.

This descriptions shows that Abraham was staying at Beer Sheba while 21.14 tells that Hajira with her son Ishmael wandered around in the wilderness of Beer Sheba. This too proofs that the sacrifice was given of Ishmael and not of Isaac who lived somewhere near Jerusalem.

Now the third proof, which is more logical. That this incident of sacrifice occurred with Ishmael and not Isaac can be inferred from the fact that its remembrance remained in the progeny of Ishmael while the progeny of Isaac retained not even a single remembrance in terms of rituals. All through history, since the time of Ishmael, his progeny and followers continued with the rituals of running between two hills (Safa and Marwah) in remembrance of Hajira’s run in search of water to and fro 7 times. The ritual was retained as part of the Hajj ritual perhaps because it is a proof that the sacrifice was meant for Ishmael only. Are these not enough reasons to prove our point of view?

As we saw, logic as well as biblical account seem to be confirming that Abraham had given the sacrifice of his first son Ishmael (as given in the Quran) and not of Isaac (as Bible mentions now). 

The change in name had not been made by any of the Prophets but apparently, at a later stage, it was done by the Roman Church who replaced the name of Ishmael with Isaac without changing the repeated mention of ‘only son’ and the mention of the name of Beer Sheba from two different places and thus the truth could not remain hidden.

Owing to the names of Biblical prophets mentioned in the Quran as well, some Christians claim that Mohammad actually lifted the text from Bible and used it in Quran. Our view is that there are similarities because the text is from the same source; it is the Manifest Self who had been, at all times, sending Prophets and scriptures. So much so that if man tried to make some alterations in the text of the divine scriptures, as we saw in the case of Isaac and Ishmael, it left sufficient gaps for the reasonable mind to expose them. Moreover, our view can be endorsed by the fact that now you are seeing even Krishna’s and Buddha’s teachings, who had no link whatsoever with Mohammad, talking of the same subject. 

If Quran was Mohammad’s own creation, why would he have accorded the same level of respect to scriptures of other religion? Just as Jesus propagated the teachings of Moses and David but also added some more of his own, Mohammad propagated the teachings of Moses, David and Jesus but was given a scripture in the form of Quran. I am sure you agree that neither Moses nor David nor Jesus were speaking on their accord. Whatever they were speaking was divinely ordained. And Quran too says Mohammad speaks not a word on his own. 

Bible indeed is the book that is worth being respected. In fact, the first Chapter of Quran makes it obligatory on all Muslims to consider all scriptures revealed earlier at same level as Quran and make no distinction between one and another. This is the reason why we give the same respect to Bible (Old Testament) as well as Gita and Vedas. It indeed is a Divine Scripture. Muslims who do not give the same level of respect to books revealed earlier are not acting as per the verse in Quran which makes it mandatory to accord same respect and do not distinguish one scripture from other. Even if some Muslims do not give the same respect, the value that Quran has bestowed on previously revealed scriptures becomes the reason why howsoever much others burn the Quran, a Muslim would never burn any of the scriptures, be it Gita, Vedas or Old Testament. 

We are not only proving that scriptures like Old Testament, Bible and Quran are from the same source but also that the Vedas and Gita as well as the teachings of Buddha are from the same source. Divine plan is that man, towards the end of the world, will realize the oneness of God and will see that all Divine Avatars and Prophets were propagating the one and the only Divine Straight Path to reach the One and Only God of the Universe. There is no reason for proselytization, i.e. for a Christian to convert to Islam or vice versa or for a Hindu to convert to another religion or vice versa. Everybody will find the truth from his own scripture. Need of the hour is not to convert but to seek the truth and continue with the endeavour until you have found the truth or your soul departs from the body.

Except that Muslims do not consider Jesus as the ‘son of God’, as modern day Christians believe, all Muslims hold Jesus in high esteem and are actually waiting for the day when he will arrive in person once again. Just as the coming of Jesus was described elaborately in several previous scriptures but many of the Jews couldn’t relate these prophesies with Jesus, there were prophesies related to the coming of Mohammad (Paraclete) and Divinities (Spirit of Truth), but the Christians couldn’t relate all those prophesies with Mohammad and the Ahlulbayt.

We have shown in Part-II of this BOOK that even divinities (in plural) are described in Genesis, Psalms and other scriptures, but the Christian world has interpreted them differently, leading to the ‘Son of God’ theory. We do not intend to repeat all that had been said earlier. Only thing to keep in mind is that just as Divinities (in plural) were described in the Old Testament and people couldn’t understand the subject of discussion, the Vedas too had prophesied about the Divinities (in plural) but people couldn’t understand. In fact, the Vedas had forecasted the coming in human bodies of the Devatas with such precision that we find even the incidents that were to happen later have been elaborately described. 

We have said elsewhere in the BOOK that it was the ‘inability to understand the real identity of those translated as ‘gods’ that Christian scholars created the concept of ‘Son of God’; thus further deviating from the intended meaning.’ At another instance, we wrote: ‘The great tortures and hardships that the Christians had to face for several hundred years after Jesus, from the hands of Roman rulers, slowly led to an amalgamation of Roman beliefs and Jesus’s teachings. Why is it that if Jesus didin’t just call himself ‘Son of God’ but also called his righteous followers and true believers as ‘Sons of God’, he alone became the ‘Son of God’ with progress in time? We will also show a bit later how the passages from Genesis, Psalms, etc., which were meant for Divinities (in plural) and were being translated as ‘gods’ with small ‘g’ were translated later by commentators as ‘God’ with capital ‘G’ and by some others as ‘true believers’. All this happened because of the inability of the commentators to understand the subject of discussion and their total lack of knowledge regarding the identity of the Divinities. 

The situation is very similar to what happened with the Vedas. The same Divinities were being described in the Vedas as well, but the commentators initially translated them as ‘gods’ with small ‘g’ but later day commentators like Rishi Dayanand Saraswati refuted the presence of Devatas and said all names in Vedas were appellations of ‘God’ with capital ‘G’. Since this was not fitting with the meaning everywhere, he also gave various other meanings, at times saying that ‘fire’ was meant, at other time saying ‘steam’ or ‘air’ or even ‘steam engine’ were meant and so on. Lot many myths developed due to the inability of translators to understand the true role and position of the Devatas, which are shown with further fictional additions in serials being shown on TV, thus further confusing the Hindus regarding the role and position of the Devatas. Similar deviations occurred as regard to Jesus being ‘Son of God’.

Let us first see from New Testament how Jesus views his own relationship and that of all the true believers with God. We give here a few examples from ‘The Book of Matthew’. The Book of Matthew, 5:3-12 says:

5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 

5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 

5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 

5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 

5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 

5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. 

5:10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

5:11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 

5:12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Jesus is not talking about himself but about the true believers. Such people will be comforted, they will inherit the earth, they will be shown mercy, they will see God, they alone will go to heaven and they will be called ‘sons of God’. It is apparent from this description and several others in New Testament that Jesus is not only calling himself as the ‘son of God’, but repeatedly saying that everybody who reaches certain levels of qualities will be called ‘sons of God’. It is strange how the concept of ‘son of God’ was built for Jesus. Jesus’s relationship with the Holy Spirit is exactly same as the relationship that Krishna has with Paramatma (the Holy Spirit). But inability to understand the relationship of the Noor (Light) related to Holy Spirit that descends in human body to guide and lead mankind towards the straight path, Christians called Jesus as the ‘son of God’ just as Hindus started considering Krishna as ‘Paramatma’ (Holy Spirit) himself. 

At another place, ‘The Book of Matthew’ (23:9) again refers to God as the ‘Father’ of all righteous people. Just as He is the ‘father’ of all righteous people, Jesus has referred to God as his ‘father’ too.

23:9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 

Each one of us has the capacity to ascend on the path of spiritual development and excellence and get our spirit united with the Divine Spirit. This is the true goal of life. Those who are able to create this relationship alone are worth being called the ‘sons of God’. But if we do not create that link and do not unite our self with the Light (Noor) of the Divine Spirit, then what’s the use? The same is being said in 5:13-17:

5:13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. 

5:14 “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 

5:15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 

5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. 

God in heaven is the father of all those who let their Light shine before men, that they may see their good deeds and praise their Father in heaven.

Interestingly, the aforementioned passage also says: “A city on a hill cannot be hidden.” Muslims are of view it is reference to Makkah, where the Divine Spirit (The Spirit of Truth, as described by Jesus) was to descend. Note the words ‘cannot be hidden’. We have shown earlier that Vedas are talking about Devatas taking birth in human form at ‘a hidden place’ or at ‘a secret place’. Vedas were written about 2000 years before Jesus and had foretold the coming of the Divine Spirit on earth. Barely about 500-600 years before this was to happen, Jesus is saying that the city where this will happen cannot remain hidden; thus also clarifying that the place was hidden till that point in time. Interestingly, Vedas too have called them ‘a hidden place’.

Now see another passage from The Book of Matthew about which the commentators say it talks of a true Christian’s ‘love for enemies’. The Book of Matthew: 5:43-48 says:

5:43 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 

5:44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 

5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 

5:46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 

5:47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 

5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Here too, God in heavens has been described as ‘your Father’ and by ‘you’ the entire ‘true believers’ are meant. 

The same book from 6:1-4 again refers to God being the father of all true believers at two places. See:

6:1 Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 

6:2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 

6:3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 

6:4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Likewise, 6:6-15 further strengthens the point being told by us. On several occasions, God in heavens is referred to as the father of all true believers. Ironically, while Jesus has described God as father of all true believers, thus making it clear that by using the term ‘father’, Jesus is not referring to his own father, the commentators have erroneously translated ‘true believers’ as the meaning wherever the divinities (in plural) were mentioned. 

6:6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 

6:7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 

6:8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 

6:9 This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 

6:10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 

6:11 Give us today our daily bread. 

6:12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 

6: 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

6:14 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 

6:15 But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

This aforementioned passage also prays for coming of the ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ on earth. It is clear from Jesus’s statement that the kingdom of heaven had not come till that time but was to come at some point in future. It is common belief of Christians that the Kingdom of Heaven will arrive when Jesus will descend again. Muslims too are of the same opinion that Kingdom of Heaven will arrive when Jesus will arrive. Muslims are of view that when Jesus will arrive, he will be accompanied by Mahdi – the last of the constituents of the Spirit of Truth or the Ahlulbayt. Once Jesus and Mahdi arrive, the true path which is the straight path to God will be adhered to and thus Kingdom of Heaven will arrive on earth. We have proved in our earlier writings that Mahdi is the same as the Kalki Avatar of the Hindus and the Messiach being described in Old Testament. This is one more proof to show that all Divine Scriptures were elaborating on one Divine Path alone.

7:11 too refers to the God in Heaven as Father.

7:11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

There are times where Jesus has referred to God in heavens as ‘my father’ too but reference is in the same tone as described above. See 7:21-23 from The Boof of Matthew:

7:21 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 

7:22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ 

7:23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

At another place in The Book of Matthew, there is a passage which describes ‘my father’ and ‘your father’ together, thus confirming that the One God in the Heavens is the father of all true believers and is also the father of Jesus in the same manner.

10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. 

10:30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 

10:31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. 

10:32 “Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. 

10:33 But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. 

We have already given several proofs to supplement our view. Jesus was talking about the future coming of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, and it was to be brought about by the Spirit of Truth [comprising of the 14 Manu or Devatas of Hindus who came as the 14 Ahlulbayt of the Muslims], which was to descend in 14 human bodies on earth at a secret ‘city on hills’ [Makkah]. Today, the Kingdom of Heaven has still not come on earth but there are enough prophecies in the scriptures of Hindus, Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians and Muslims and also in the books of the Aztec Mayans to confirm this will happen in the near future. 

The Book of Mathew, 4:17 says:

4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Similarly, 26:29 says:

26:29 I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

Even when a Rabbi asked Jesus about his being ‘Son of God’, Jesus did say ‘yes’, but immediately brought the subject to the coming of ‘Son of Man’ and the future coming of ‘the Kingdom of God’, thus confirming that there were certain other things to be known.

26:62 Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” 

26:63 But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Jesus, the Son of God.” 

26:64 “Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.” 

26:65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. 

26:66 What do you think?” “He is worthy of death,” they answered. 

26:67 Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him.

If you read the passage above carefully, you will find that it is mentioning about descent from heaven of two people: one described as ‘the Son of Man’ and the other described as ‘the Mighty One’ and the ‘Son of Man’ will be sitting at the right hand of ‘the Mighty One’. This is very similar to the view given by Mohammad as per which Mahdi and Jesus will arrive together. Ironically, Muslims of today are gearing up to fight with the Christians when Mahdi will arrive while the Christians are making themselves ready to fight the Muslims during Armageddon when Jesus will arrive. On the contrary, both Muslims and Christian scriptures are talking of coming of the two together. Beware, both Jesus and Mahdi will be teaching the true path of the One Lord. All those deviant and not ready to accept the true path will come to fight against the army led by both Jesus and Mahdi (who is also the Kalki Avatar of the Hindus). This is something that is not easy to digest by the diehard fanatics of various religions. That is why, The Book of Matthew at another place says that several believers will go astray and new people will come to join the Kingdom of God. 

Those who infer from the aforementioned passage that the description is about Jesus as ‘Son of Man’ sitting on the right side of the God ‘as the mighty one’ should know that God – as per both Christian and Muslim belief – is not a physical entity and God Himself won’t be descending on earth along with Jesus. ‘The Mighty One’ is the possessor of one of the Noors or Light created by the Holy Spirit [Paramatma or the Manifest Self] which controls the running of the cosmos of God. 

In 26:29, Jesus is confirming that the Kingdom of God will arrive in the near future but it is apparent that the causative agent for the coming of the Kingdom of God will be someone else.

26:29 I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

Jesus is also confirming in 8:11-12 that several of those calling themselves as Christians will be weeping and gnashing their teeth while many more will come from the east and west and join Jesus when he arrives next. Only those followers of Jesus will remain on his side who cognize his true position through intellect while others will desert him. 

Likewise, many Muslims will desert Mahdi. But there is no cause for worry as the true believers will come from entirely new frontiers in the east and the west, and many of them will not be Christian (nor Muslim). There will remain One Path of the Lord and the other path of the Evil [led by Forces of Darkness]

8:11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 

8:12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

There is another passage in The Book of Matthew which gives a hint that ‘Son of Man’ is not reference to Jesus, as is widely believed by the Christian commentators. We say so because in 19:28-30 Jesus is saying that when ‘Son of Man’ will judge the twelve tribes of Israel, those who followed Jesus too will be rewarded and will be sitting on twelve thrones. 

Moreover, the term ‘Son of Man’ can be reference to anybody else but not for Jesus, who was born of Virgin Mary. ‘Son of Man’ is reference to the leader of the 7 Lights or Noor that comprise the Holy Spirit and whose Light or Noor descended in human bodies named Mohammad among the 14 Ahlulbayt. That is the fulfilment of prophesy regarding the arrival of the ‘Spirit of Truth’ on earth. Vedas have foretold of the time when the Devatas [having direct relation to Paramatma – the Holy Spirit] will take birth as ‘new born babes’ at a ‘secret/hidden place’ in a future time. The same is being said by Jesus.

Now see 19:28-30 of The Book of Matthew:

19:28 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 

19:29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. 

19:30 But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.

It was the great importance and significance of this event because of which all his life Jesus was merely prophesying about the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. 9:35 confirms this.

9:35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.

Since there was not much time left for the coming of Mohammad as the one of the 14 who will form the Kingdom of Heaven, Jesus told his 12 chief disciples not to go with his teachings beyond ‘the lost sheep of Israel’. He said so because the kingdom of heaven was near and they would not have finished going among the lost tribes of Israel that the Kingdom would arrive. The first of the light that constitutes the Spirit of Truth was born in the body of Mohammad in 570 A.D. The 14th or the last of the remnants of the Holy Spirit on earth is about to appear as Messiach or Kalki or Mohammad al-Mahdi in the near future. See 10:5-7:

10:5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 

10:6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 

10:7 As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’ 

The same chapter of The Book of Matthew confirms that the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven was close; the verses 10:22-23 also reveal the relationship between coming of Son of Man and the Kingdom of Heaven. This too confirms our view that Son of Man cannot be reference to Jesus, as is widely believed.

10:22 All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 

10:23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

De Incarn. 54 says: ‘He became human that we might become gods. [read ‘divinities’]’. Likewise Psalm talks of phrases ‘sons of the Most High’ and ‘You are gods’. Does it not reveal that the divinities, who are the sons of the Most High, will descend in human form to guide us and help us elevate our character so that we become like divinities themselves. Once these divinities descend in human form, they will die like men, says the Psalms. 

I have said, you are gods and all the sons of the Most High, but you die like men. 

[Psalm 82]

The same happened in the case of the 13 of the 14 regarded as Ahlulbayt by the Muslims who were all killed by those calling themselves as Muslims. 

There are several other instances where the term ‘gods’ is used. [Psalm 96.5; 81.9; Jer. 10.11]. There is great confusion among Christians regarding the identity of these ‘gods’. Mosser [Psalm 82;46] writes, “Iranaeus acknowledges that one can in a certain sense legitimately refer to glorified human beings as gods, but he insists that these are not the same kind of being as the One God.” Unless you consider our observations, the great confusion that persist in the Christian world regarding interpretation of these mysteries won’t be resolved. 

Jesus is also confirming that when righteous people speak, it is actually the Holy Spirit speaking from their mind. The term Spirit of your Father (in The Book of Mathew 10:19-20) is proof that wherever Jesus was talking of Father, it was not God but the Holy Spirit that was meant. 

10:19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 

10:20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 

That Holy Spirit [Paramatma or the Manifest Self] was also speaking from the mouth of Jesus, just as it was also speaking from the mouth of Krishna and other Avatars who came at various places on earth in various time periods. Unfortunately, while some people held on to Jesus, some others held on to Ram and Krishna and few others held on to Buddha or Mahavira. But all had foretold about the coming on earth in human Avatar of the constituents of the Divine Spirit. And all had foretold about the coming of a messiah towards the end of the world. Some called it Kalki, some Messiach, some Quetzalcoatl, some Mahdi and some by other names. 

Interestingly, even Musa (Moses) and other prophets after him had foretold the advent of Jesus (Isa), Ilyas and the “promised prophet” in the progeny of Ishmael and the “twelve princes” succeeding him. The fact that the Ahlulbayt traced their lineage to Ishmael confirms that when Moses talked of the “promised prophet” and the “twelve princes” succeeding him, he was actually referring to Mohammad and the 12 succeeding vicegerents or Imams.

Not only this, Jesus too announced the coming of the “Paraclete” (Mohammad or Ahmed) before he left this world. 

And when the promised “Paraclete” would come, he will complete the mission by delivering the whole truth and shall never speak but whatsoever he shall hear from the Lord that he shall speak. 

[The Book of John]

Interestingly, Quran tells about Mohammad that he speaks or does nothing but what is the will of God.

Jesus had appointed Simon as his successor and as the rock of divinity on whom the edifice of the faith will be based, but unfortunately Paul opposed him. To make people discard Simon, Paul claimed the appearance of Jesus in his vision, and by accommodating the pagan cult of the Romans he corrupted the true faith and established the orthodox Christian Church. 

Verse 2:40 of the Quran talks of a covenant with which the Israelites were tied. It says:

O children of Israel! Call to mind My favour which I bestowed on you and be faithful to (your) covenant with Me, I will fulfill (My) covenant with you; and of Me, Me alone, should you be afraid.

In this verse, the Bani Israels are reminded to be faithful to their covenant with Allah. And the covenant, which is talked about, is this: 

This day the Lord, your God, commands you to keep these statutes and laws: be careful to observe them with all your heart and soul. You have recognized the Lord this day as your God; you are to conform to His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, and His laws, and to obey Him. 

[Deut 26. 16 and 17]

As regards to the coming of Mohammad, Jesus had said: 

He will bring those bad men to a bad end, and hand the vineyard over to other tenants, who will let him have his share of the crop when the season comes.

It was a parable narrated to the Jews. It happened exactly as the Jews were warned. When the Jews failed to fulfill the covenant, the covenant of Allah was transferred to the descendants of Ishmael.

Jesus said to them: 

Have you never read in the scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected has become the main corner-stone. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is wonderful in our eyes? Therefore, I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a nation that yields the proper fruit.” When the chief priests and Pharisees heard his parables, they saw that he was referring to them. 

[The Book of Matthew. 21. 42-45]

This shows that the Jews knew that Mohammad was the final messenger of Allah. They also knew that the holy Kaaba, with the “black stone” set in one of its corners, was destined to be the qiblah of the true believers. 

The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner-stone. 

[Psalms: 118.22 and Matthew:21.42]

And it has been said that Lord would fulfill His covenant with the Bani Israel. Moses said: 

For it was he whom the Lord your God chose from all your tribes to attend on the Lord and to minister in the name of the Lord, both he and his sons for all time. 

[Deut. 18.5]

I will raise up for them a prophet like you (Moses), and I will put my words into his mouth. He shall convey all my commands to them, and if any one does not listen to the words which he will speak, I will require satisfaction from him. 

[Deut. 18. 18-19]

The Christian Church is of the opinion that the aforementioned verse refers to Jesus. We are of the opinion that this claim is wrong and it refers to the Mohammad, as Jesus himself said: 

I will ask the Father, and he will give you another to be your advocate, who will be with forever - the spirit of truth. Your advocate will teach you everything, and will call to mind all that I have told you. 

[John 14. 16 and 26]

Jesus referred to Mohammad as the advocate or the comforter who would succeed him and be with the people forever. Jesus’s prophecy is proved true in Prophet Mohammad and his descendants, the last of whom is Mahdi. Now see this passage from John 16, 7-14:

It is for your good that I am leaving you. If I do not go, your advocate will not come. When he comes, he will confute the world, and show where wrong and right and judgment lie. 

There is still much that I could say to you, but the burden would be too great for you now. 

However, when he comes who is the spirit of truth, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but will tell only what he hears; and he will make known to you the things that are coming.

And Acts 3, 22-25 say:

The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among yourselves as he raised me, you shall listen to everything he says to you, and anyone who refuses to listen to that prophet must be extirpated from Israel.” And so said all the prophets, from Samuel onwards; with one voice they all predicted these days. You are the heirs of the prophets; you are within the covenant which God made with your fathers, when he said to Abraham, “And in your offspring all the families on earth shall find blessings.

Jesus himself never claimed to have come in the fulfilment of the prophecy about the advent of the promised prophet, nor any other prophet, after him did so, except the Holy Prophet Mohammad. Moses and Mohammad were the lawgivers, whereas Jesus was the follower of the laws preached by Moses. Therefore, the phrase “like you” applies to Mohammad, not to Jesus.

It is unfortunate that the Christian Church disbelieved Mohammad when he was born, in spite of all the aforementioned evidences available with them. As to this, the verse 2:41 of Quran says:

And believe in what I have revealed, verifying that which is with you, and be not the first to deny it, neither take a mean price in exchange for My communications; and Me, Me alone should you fear.

The Bani Israel are exhorted, in this verse, to believe in the Quran, which verifies Tawrait and Injeel (the divine books with the Jews and Christians), particularly about the fulfilment of the prophecy about the advent of the promised prophet Mohammad, as explained above.

And see verse 2:42 from Quran: 

And do not mix up the truth with the falsehood, nor hide the truth while you know (it).

It refers to the scriptures, revealed prior to the Quran, which had been profusely tampered with, restyled and disguised by the Christians. Many rabbis knew the true text of the scriptures in the time of the Holy Prophet but concealed the truth, and when a few less careful, now and then, quoted them as mentioned in verse 76 of Surah Baqarah,0 they were rebuked for giving secret information to the Muslims. 

Thus, we come to the end of this subject. More proofs can be given but if somebody doesn’t understand the truth after reading all this, there is no point in giving more proofs to support the argument.