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Prophesies
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Following the steps of Jesus (a.s.)
Through out history, Muslims and Christians have debated about Jesus (a.s.). In United States as well as other countries, so many Christian organizations have dedicated all their efforts to convert Muslims into Christianity, and recently we were exposed to some of this groups and their tactics, the majority that are less honest, e.g. During one of our Da’wah programs, someone altered one of our pamphlets (a forty pages one). Someone altered it by writing that this pamphlet was, “……. The Qur’an is a Book full of lies with enough credibility to show something as true” (Astaghfir’Allah).
Now tell me, What kind of fanatic would write such thing like this? To defame Islam, because we learn through the chaplain of one Catholic Church facility, that the one to be blamed, was one, who was in charge of maintaining the religious services of this facility. Being that his efforts to convert Muslims into Christianity had failed, so in other words, these are the tactics that they have to adopt in order to accomplish what they want.
1. The way that Jesus (a.s.) and some previous prophets used to pray.
Let’s compare this to the Muslims way of pray.
Every Muslim takes off his shoe before going inside to the Masjid, because this is consider a holly ground, and we don’t want to carry in dirt from the street, being this our place of worship.
“But when he came to the fire,
he was called, O Moses!
Verily I am thy lord!
Therefore put off thy shoes:
Thou Are in the Valley of Tuwa.
Qur’an 20:11-12.”
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And he said, Draw not nigh hither:
put off thy shoes from off your feet,
for the place whereon thou standest
is holy ground. Exodus 3:5
Before praying every Muslim performs wuzu (ablution), washing their faces, hands and feet.
O ye who believe!
When you prepare for prayers,
Wash your faces, and hands
(and arms) to the elbows;
Rub your heads (with water);
and (wash) your feet
To the ankles. Qur’an 5:6
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And Moses and Aaron
and his sons washed their
Hands and their feet thereat.
When they went into the tent
of the congregation,
And when they came near
unto the altar, they
Washed; as the Lord
commanded Moses. Exodus 40:31-32.
All Muslims pray during specified hours, in direction to the Qibla (The Kaabah in Mecca) as commanded by Allah (s.w.a.).
Turn then thy face to the
Sacred Mosque. Wherever you
are turn in that direction ,
the people of the book know well
that, that is the truth from
their Lord. Qur’an 2:144
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When Daniel….went into
his house, and his windows
Being open in his chamber
toward Jerusalem , he
Kneeled upon his knees
three time a day. Daniel 6:10
Whenever the time of prayer comes, every Muslim stands up, they bow down, and they prostrate them selves in obedience to Allah, touching their foreheads to the ground.
O ye who believe!
bow down, prostrate yourselves,
and adore your Lord; and do good;
that ye may prosper. Qur’an 22:77.
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And he (Jesus) went a little further,
and fell on his face, and prayed ,
saying….. Mathew 26:39
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And Joshua fell on his face
to the earth, and did worshiped ………
Joshua 5:14
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And (Elijah) he cast himself
down upon the earth, and put
his face between his knees…
I Kings 19:42
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And Moses and Aaron
went from the presence of the
Assembly unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation,
and they fell upon their faces:…..
Numbers 20:6
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And Abram fell on his face:
And God talked to him …. Genesis 17:3
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2. Regarding Fasting.
According to the Bible, Jesus (a.s.) fasted for 40 days and forty nights.
This is very similar to the fasting in Ramadhan, the fasting month of the Muslims.
During this month, all Muslims fast during the day hours for about 29 or 30 days according to the lunar calendar. Many Christians of our times fast for only a day or so, and this is abastaining only from certain things, Why? It could be replaced with any thing else very easy.
But the most important things, are the instructions given in the Old Testament regarding fasting.
Keep on mind that the fasting month of the Muslims, is the ninth month from the lunar calendar, which is the traditional calendar used by Muslims and Jewish.
And it came to pass in the
fifth year of Jehoiakim
The son of Josiah King of Judah.
In the ninth month, that they
proclaimed a fast before the
Lord to all the people in Jerusalem….
Jeremiah 36:9
3. Greetings.
Even simple things like greetings, we find that Muslims are the ones who follow Jesus (a.s.) closer than any Christian on this days. The Muslims greet each other saying: “Asalamu Alaykum” which means, peace be unto you.
And as they spake thus,
Jesus himself stood in the
Midst of them, and said unto
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