BIBLE LED ME TO ISLAM--LEBLANC.............I

BIBLE LED ME TO ISLAM--LEBLANC.............I

Abdul Malik LeBlanc tells how he
discovered Islam within the
pages of Bible
Taken from International Edition
Voice of Islam
November 1998, Page 25
During my Christian days there
were many verses in the Bible
that made me question the
religion I was following
(Christianity). There was one
particular verse, 1 Thessalonians
5:17 which says; "pray without
ceasing," that lingered heavily in
my mind. I often wondered how
a person (Christian) was
supposed to pray (be in a state
of worship) without ceasing?
Without any biblical or divine
guidance, the only way I thought
this to be possible was to always
do good deeds and keep the
remembrance of God on my
tongue and in my heart.
However, I found this to be
impossible to do as a human
being. But when I was introduced
to Islam in 1987, and began to
read and learn more about this
way of life, I found that Islam
provided divine guidance both
from God (Allah) and Prophet
Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi
wassalam) by which a person
could pray (be in a state of
worship) without ceasing, if it was
the Will of God.
Whether waking up, eating,
sleeping, putting on clothes, being
in the presence of a woman,
looking at a woman, going
shopping, going to the bathroom,
looking in the mirror, traveling,
visiting the sick, sitting in a non-
religious meeting, taking a bath,
having sexual intercourse with
one ’s wife, yawning, cutting you
nails, sneezing, greeting people,
talking, hosting guests at home,
walking, exercising, fighting,
entering one ’s house, praying
and many other acts, Islam and
the guidance therein of the
Quran, and the acts and sayings
of Prophet Muhammad
(sallallahu 'alaihi wassalam),
provided ways in which I could
observe 1 Thessalonians 5:17. In
addition, it allowed me to be at
peace with myself and in
submission to the one True God -
Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala).
This divine guidance of Islam
taught me greatly about my
duties, responsibilities and
birthright to my Creator (Allah),
and more about the religion of
Christianity as a Muslim, I [By the
Will of Allah (subhanahu wa
ta'ala)] felt it necessary to share
with you how the Bible led me to
Islam.
Christianity
Given the fact that there has
never been in the history of the
Torah (Old Testament) the
religion of God to be named after
a Prophet (i.e. Adaminity,
Abrahamity, Mosanity, etc.), I
hope to explain that Jesus did
not preach the religion of
Christianity, but a religion that
gives all Praise and Worship to
The One God.
One of the questions I asked
myself as I took an objective
(second) look at Christianity was;
where did the word Christianity
come from and was the word
ever mentioned to Jesus? Well, I
did not find the word Christianity
in the Bible, not even in a Bible
dictionary. Specifically, I did not
find in the Bible where Jesus
called himself a Christian.
The word Christian was first
mentioned by a pagan to
describe those who followed
Jesus. It is mentioned one of
three times in the New
Testament by a pagan and Jew
in Antioch about 43 AD, (Acts
11:26, Acts 26:38 and 1 Peter
4:16) long after Jesus left this
earth. To accept the words of
pagans as having any value or
association with divinity, Jesus or
God is contrary to the teachings
of all Prophets.
Jesus prophesied that people
would worship him uselessly and
believe in doctrines made by
men (Matthew 15:9).
"But in vain they do worship me,
teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men." This
verse, Matthew 15:9, is further
supported by these words of the
Quran:
"And (remember) when Allah will
say (on the Day of Resurrection):
"O Jesus, son of Mary! Did you
say unto men: "Worship me and
my mother as two gods besides
Allah?" He will say: "Glory be to
You! It was not for me to say
what I had no right (to say). Had
I said such a thing, You would
surely have known it. You know
what is in my inner-self though I
do not know what is in Yours,
truly, You, only You, are the All-
Knower o fall that is hidden and
unseen.
Never did I say to them aught
except what You (Allah) did
command me to say: ‘Worship
Allah, my Lord and your Lord.’
And I was a witness over them
while I dwelt amongst them, but
when You took me up, You were
a Witness to all things. (This is a
great admonition and warning to
the Christians of the whole world)
." (Al-Ma’idah 5:116-117)
I found that Biblical verses like
John 5:30, John 12:49, John
14:28, Isaiah 42:8 and Acts 2:22
support the above mentioned
verses of the Quran.
Before leaving the subject of
Christianity, I should mention one
small point of observation. If
Christians are Christ-like, why are
they not greeting each other
with the words; Peace be with
you (Salamu Alaikum), as Jesus
did in Luke 24:36. As you may be
aware, the greeting from one
Muslim to another Muslim is
Assalamu Alaikum; a Christ-like
saying.
Various Holy Bibles
It is worth mentioning that the
Bible references cited might not
be exactly as the Bible you are
using. There are MANY Bibles on
the market that are used by
different Christian sects and all of
these sects say that their book,
though different, is the word of
God. Such Bibles are: The Revised
Standard Version 1952 & 1971,
New American Standard Bible,
The Holy Bible; New International
Version, the Living Bible, New
World Translation of the Holy
Scriptures used by Jehovah
Witnesses, Roman Catholic
Version and the King James
Version. A special note: I have
not found in any of these Bibles
where the "New Testament" calls
itself the "New Testament," and
nowhere does the "Old
Testament" call itself the "Old?
Testament." Also, the word
"Bible" is unknown within the
pages of the Bible.
In addition to the many different
Christian sects and Bibles, I have
learned that there are also
different men, not Prophets, who
founded these sects and are
using various interpretations of
the Bible and/or man-made
doctrines as their creed.
I would like to share with you
some thoughts that you may not
have read or known about the
Bible being the word of God.
Briefly, let me mention that on
September 8, 1957, the
Jehovah’s witnesses in their
"Awake" magazine carried this
startling headline - 50,000 Errors
in the Bible. If you ask a
Jehovah ’s witness about this
headline, it may be said that
today most of those errors have
been eliminated. How many
have been eliminated, 5,000?
Even if 50 remain, would one
attribute those errors to God?
Let me pose another question: if
a "Holy" book contained
conflicting verses would you still
consider it to be Holy? Most likely
you will say of course not. Let
me share with you some
conflicting verses both in the Old
and New Testaments:
II Samuel 8:4 (vs) II Samuel
8:9-10 II Kings 8:26
II Samuel 6:23 Genesis 6:3 John
5:37
John 5:31 I Chronicles 18:4 I
Chronicles 18:9-10
II Chronicles 22:2 II Samuel 21:8
Genesis 9:29
John 14:9 John 8:14
Only two contradictions of the
New Testament have been
mentioned, but others will be
referenced when the Trinity,
Divinity of Jesus Christ, Divine
Sonship of Jesus, Original Sin and
Atonement are reviewed.
How could the "inspired words" of
God get the genealogy of Jesus
incorrect (See Matthew 1:6-16
where it states 26 forefathers up
to Prophet David, and Luke
3:23-31 says 41 in number). Or
for that matter, give a
genealogy to Jesus who had NO
father? See II Kings 19:1-37, now
read Isaiah 37:1-38. Why is it
that the words of these verse are
identical? Yet they have been
attributed to two different
authors, one unknown and the
other is Isaiah, who are centuries
apart; and yet, the Christians
have claimed these books to be
inspired by God.
I looked up the word Easter in
the Nelson Bible dictionary and
learned that the word
"Easter" (as mentioned in Acts
12:4) is a mistranslation of
"pascha," the ordinary Greek
word for "Passover." As, you
know Passover is a Jewish
celebration not a Christian
holiday. I think human hands, all
to human, had played havoc
with the Bible.
From the brief points mentioned
above, and the fact that Biblical
scholars themselves have
recognized the human nature
and human composition of the
Bible (Curt Kuhl, The Old
Testament: Its Origin and
Composition, PP 47, 51, 52), there
should exist in the Christian ’s
mind some acceptance to the
fact that maybe every word of
the Bible is not God ’s word.
As a side note to this subject, let
me mention that some Christians
believe that the Bible was
dictated to Prophet Muhammad
(SAW) by a Christian monk, and
that is why some of the biblical
accounts are in the Quran. After
some research, I found that this
could not have happened
because there were no Arabic
Bible in existence in the 6th
century of the Christian era when
Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi
wassalam) lived and preached.
Therefore, no Arab, not even
Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu
'alaihi wassalam) who was
absolutely unlettered and
unlearned, would have had the
opportunity to examine the
written text of the Bible in his
own language.
to be continued..................

It doesn't matter what he was and what he is. We are what we are because life made us so. Not everyone wil be christians and not al wil be muslims. Yet one God keeps us al alive,provides and guides. What if you were born a christian? I believe with this passion for religion,you wil swear at gunpoint christianity is the way to glory. The same applies to a christian if he/she were to be born a muslim. We are what we are by providence and not persistance and zeal. Lets leave religious issues to God and focus on living a worthy and faultless life. Adiõs

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