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GOD & ISLAM - FACTS & MYTHS

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WHO MUST READ THIS BOOK?

1. This book is for Muslims -

- that seriously serving Allah and are searching for the real truth

- to consider and rethink all the facts about their religion as found in the most recent research information available ...

- About the origin of Islam and the 'preserved' Quran

- About the historical timelines of the Quran, the Hadith, prophet Muhammed and Islam's birthplace Mecca

2. This book is for Christians -

- That seriously serving God and want to be better equipped to share the Gospel to All Nations - also to Muslims

3. This book is for Everybody -

- That has an interest in History, Religion and God's Plan and Purpose for Mankind - us included

CONTENTS OF THE BOOK

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION

1. Introducing the title of this book – God & Islam – Facts & Myths

2. A word from the author of this book.

3. A word to all Muslims that will read this book:

4. The Second goal of this book – to help Christians!

5. The Third goal of this book - to honor God and restore his glory!

Chapter 1.1.Issues Muslims Question most

1. Most common issues Muslims have.

2. How Dr. Jay Smith deals with 10 of the most common Muslim questions.

3. The main issues in the Christian-Muslim debate

4. The main issues between Christians and Muslims

SECTION 2: BIBLE

Chapter 2.1.The Bible - Introduction

1. What is the Bible?

2. Origin of the Bible (with a comparison of the Quran)

2. History of Bible Translation

3. How many different languages has the Bible been translated into?

4. Inspiration of the Bible.

5. Textual criticism of the Bible

Chapter 2.2.Main Message of the Bible

1.The Central Character of the Bible

2.Where Jesus fits in the Bible

3.The main message of the Bible

Chapter 2.3.Bible Corruption claims by Muslims

1.How Muslims deal with the Bible

2.Is the Bible Corrupted and the original divine message lost?

3.What the Quran really teach about the Bible.

4.But is the Bible corrupted then?

5.Quran about the reliability of the Bible

6.What earliest Muslims believed about the Bible

7.Where did this Myth of the Corrupted Bible originate from?

8.Christians agree with the Quran that the Bible is reliable.

9.Christians believe the Bible is God’s Word.

10.An invitation to our Muslim friends,

11.Do the Muslim's claim that only the Bible was corrupted and not the Quranic text?

Chapter 2.4.Bible Corruption Claims by "Ex-Christians"

1. Is the Bible Corrupted?

Chapter 2.5.Bible Corruption Claims by "Christian Theologians"

1. But is the Bible corrupted?

2. Claims by Dr Bart Ehrman.

3. How to deal with such claims from so called “Christian theologians”

Chapter 2.6.The Bible’s "Many Versions"

1.The accusation of the Bible’s many Versions

2.The facts about Bible Versions

3.Mockery about the King James Bible Translation

5.Why not download the Bible for yourself in your own language for free?

6.Conversation between a Muslim and a Christian about Bible Corruption

7.A nasty one from an “Ex-Christian” - The Bible is absurd

8.Use the same critique for the Quran as applied on the Bible

Chapter 2.7.Bible Contradictions or Mistakes?

1.How to deal with such seemingly contradictory verses

2.A list of Bible Contradictions according to my Muslim friend

SECTION 3: QURAN

Chapter 3.1.Quran Introduction

1.What exactly is the Quran?

2.Where to read the Quran text.

3.What Muslims claim about the Quran

4.Islam’s understanding of Revelation

5.Islam’s traditional narrative about the origin of the Quran.

6.Another opinion and a critical question from dr. Taha Hussein

7.Muslims do not believe in the present Quran

8.The origins of the Quran according to Dan Gibson?

9.How to reconcile these historical facts with the standard Islamic Narrative? (SIN)

Chapter 3.2.The Main Message of the Quran

1.Confusion about the main message of the Quran.

2.What are the topics that the Quran covered?

3.Verses from the Quran about selected topics

4.How People understand the Quran

5.Barriers in understanding the Quran

8.Teachings of the Quran

9.When a Christian reads the Qur’an.

10.A Christian's understanding of the main message of the Quran?

Chapter 3.3.Confusion in the Quran

1. Confusing in searching for the main Message of the Quran

2.However, Muslims believe the Quran is clear

3.Something to let you think

Chapter 3.4.Quran Contradictions or errors

1.Errors or contradictions in the Quran

2.Most Obvious errors in the Quran.

3.Examples of Scientific errors in the Quran

4.Errors in Mathematics and Logic.

5.More Historical errors in the Quran:

6.Grammatical Errors in the Quran.

7.Universal Relevancy of the Quran

8.More Questions to the Quran and the Islamic tradition

9.How the Quran deals with such contradictions like Abrogations

10.Why does the Quran contain such glaring errors?

Chapter 3.5.Abrogation in the Quran

1.What is the meaning of Abrogation (or Naskh)?

2.How the Quran deals with Contradictions (Abrogation)

3.List of Abrogated Quranic verses

5.What is the history of the law of Abrogation in Islam?

6.A last Question to rethink about Abrogation

7.But why does the Quran contain such glaring errors?

Chapter 3.6.Quran Preservation

1.The Standard Islamic Narrative (SIN or orthodox position)

2.What did Muslim scholars of the early years of Islam said?

Chapter 3.7.Quran Versions

1.What about the Many Versions of the Quran?

2.What is the meaning of "Variant Readings"?

3.A list of 20 variant versions of the Quran!

4.More about Various different Versions of the Quran

5.How important are the differences between the Quranic Versions?

6.Another look into the difference between Hafs and Warsh.

7.What? May be the Quran is Not from Allah.

8.So how many different Qira'ats/Qurans Versions are there now?

9.Jay Smith’s analysis of the Qira’at Problem.

10.Even more information about the 30 Different Quran versions

Chapter 3.8.Origin of the Quran

1.Standard Islamic narrative (sin) about the history of the Quran

2.What researchers found about the Origins of the Quran?

3.Critical question from Dr. Taha Hussein

4.Where is the origins of the Quran according to Dan Gibson?

5.The Original Sources of the Qur'an: It's Origin in Pagan Legends and Mythology.

Chapter 3.9.The importance of the Hadith in Islam?

1.What is the Hadith and the influence of the Hadith in understanding the Quran?

2.The Hadith and the Sunna

3.Collections of Hadith

4.The influence of the Hadith in understanding the Quran?

6.A Shi`ite's perspective of the Hadith

7.Did you saw the latest: MBS eliminated the Hadith Traditions?

1.Comparison between the Bible and the Quran sizes

2.Differences between the contents of the Bible and the Quran (Especially the narratives about the following people differ in most cases:

*Sons of Adam *Noah (Nūḥ) *Abraham (Ibrāhīm) *Sacrifice of his son *Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah (Lūṭ and "The People of Lot") *Joseph (Yūsuf) *Moses (Mūsā) *Gideon/Saul (Tālūt) *The Queen of Sheba *Jonah (Yūnus) and the big fish *Haman *New Testament narratives: Zechariah (Zakariya) and John (Yahya) *Mary (Maryam) *Jesus (ʿIsa, Yeshuaʿ) *Jesus in Islam * Idol calf and Samaritan *Miriam and Mary

3.Most important differences between the Quran and the Bible

1.Who is Jesus Christ?

2.Jesus in Islam

3.A summary of what the Qur'an says about Jesus:

4.What the Bible says about Jesus.

5.But who died on that cross?

6.Where did Jesus said: "I am God?"

Chapter 5.2.Gospel of Jesus Christ

1.What is the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

2.The Message of Jesus

3.Free Resources

Chapter 5.3.Jesus' Deity rejected by Deedat and other Muslims Scholars

1.Muslims Scholars reject the Deity of Christ.

2.Ahmed Deedat – Islam Apologist that strongly rejected the Deity of Jesus.

3.Ahmed Deedat’s Downfall

4.Debate between Ahmed Deedat and Josh McDowell

Chapter 5.4.Jesus only for the Jews?

Chapter 5.5.Invitations from God

1.From the Bible: Come to Me!

2.More Bible Verses about Invitations: Come!

SECTION 6: TRINITY

1.Muslims ask: How can Christians speak about God as a Trinity?

2.Also a question to Muslims (just to let them think as well)

3.Can Christians defend the Trinity Biblically?

4.Look to a great Trinity debate!

5.How to explain the Trinity to Muslims

6.The Trinity well known in early Church History

7.Do Christians Worship Three Gods?

SECTION 7: MUHAMMAD

Chapter 7.1.Who was Muhammad?

1.The traditional or Standard Islamic Narrative (SIN) about Muhammad.

2.The life of Muhammad.

3.The wives of Muhammad.

4.But did Muhammad really exist?

5.Or is Muhammad ... A False Prophet?

Chapter 7.2.Muhammad in the Bible?

Chapter 7.3.Islam's Real Origin or Foundation

1.The research conclusions of Jay Smith's from Pfander Films.

2.More about Islam's True Origin Revealed.

3.Interesting points that most Muslims don't know about their Religion.

4.The Most Important question for each Muslim

Chapter 7.4.Real History of Mecca, Kaaba and Muhammad

1.Traditional History or Standard Islamic Narrative (SIN).

2.The historical facts about Mecca?

Chapter 7.5.Is Muhammad a False Prophet?

SECTION 8: JESUS vs MUHAMMAD

1.The Lives of Muhammad and Jesus

2.What the Q'uran says about Muhammad and Jesus

3.Differences between Muhammad and Jesus

4.Can a prophet of God be uncertain about his Salvation?

5.Can one concludes that Jesus is Mightier than Allah?

SECTION 9: ALLAH AS GOD?

Chapter 9.1.Allah or Jahwe?

1.Is Allah and Jahwe the same God?

2.Identity Theft.

3.Dr. Michael Ignatius Muluk’s two books (a series about Muhammad)

Chapter 9.1.Has Science discovered God?

SECTION 10: ONE GOD'S GLORY

1.For The Honor Of God’s Glory alone.

2.Our Creator God: Why? Who? How?

3.God wants to be our Father.

4.Not a Religion but a Relationship...

5.But how can God be most Glorified?

SECTION 11: QUESTIONING ISLAM

Chapter 11.1.Why Islam rejects Paul and the Apostles?

1.Why trusts Paul?

2.What Apostle Peter said about Apostle Paul

3.How St Paul change the World

4.Two pictorial viewpoints published on Facebook

Chapter 11.2.Is Islam a religion of Peace?

1.Another look at the Question: Is Islam a “peaceful” religion?

2.A look at the Peaceful verses Muslims claims in the Qur’an

3.A Look at the Violent verses in the Qur’an

4.A Contemporary Issue: How does the Islamic State approach scripture?

5.How many Violent Verses are in the Quran?

6.How should these verses be exegeted?

7.Can Islam still claim to be a Religion of Peace?

8.Are All Muslims Terrorist?

9.May Muslims have Christians as friends?

Chapter 11.3.Fastest Growing Religion on earth?

1. Muslims like to brag that Islam is the fastest growing Religion.

2. David Wood confirming: Many Muslims leave Islam and turn to Christ.

1. Why ask such a Question?

1.What is the Hajj?

2.What is the Kaaba?

3.Can Ismael be the father of Muhammad and the builder of the Kaaba?

4.Why does this matter to me as a Christian?

SECTION 12: CONVERSATIONS TO MUSLIMS

1.My main frustration in conversations with Muslims

2.Many Muslims Play the Denial Game in Debates

3.How Muslims respond to these facts

4.How will you respond to these facts?

5.The Good News of the Gospel

SECTION 13: RESOURCES FOR FREE

1.Resources about the Bible

2.A Bible Course for Muslims by Gerhard Nehls

3.Testimonies from Muslims that had an encounter with God

4.Al-Kitab Bible Course designed for people with an Islamic background

5.Webkitab Website

6.Knowing God

7.Another Interactive Bible Website

8.Resources from Crescent Projects specifically for Muslims

9.The Power of #Hashtags

SECTION 14: RECOMMENDED BOOKS & BLOGS

1.Secrets of the Koran by Don Richardson

2.The Islamic Antichrist by John Preacher

3.I Dared to Call Him Father...

4.Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus

5.Ask your Muslim Friend

SECTION 15: CONTACTS TO GET HELP

1.Need prayer?

2.Contact an Online Church

3.Visit/join the Facebook Group: I am an Ex-Muslim

4.Join the WhatsApp Group: New Way Bible Study

5.Join the WhatsApp Group: Internet Christians

6.Join the WhatsApp Group: Muslims Encounter God

7.Additional Information for Christians

8.Additional Information For Muslims

9.More Contact Details

SECTION 16: GOD & ISLAM - ALL IN PICTURES

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Thursday, August 5, 2021