The First Three Chapters (Suras) Of The Koran. Series

Verse 109 is telling also: "Many of the people of the book [Jews, Christians] desire to turn you back to infidelity after you have believed..." Indeed they do! And so do we to this day. Let us turn the Muslim back to infidelity to a man, and fidelity to the Lord God Almighty, also known as Jesus Christ in the "Book." And what should the proper Muslim response be? Christians and Jews are only doing this out of envy, "So pardon and forgive them..."

Sounds merciful. Oh, I did not finish the verse...

"So pardon and forgive them until Allah will come in with his command." Stand by. Orders will be given soon as to what our true response will be.

This thread we will also trace throughout the Koran.

Finally in this lesson, the straw man. This is an old trick. Tear down a statement that God never made. Verse 111 reads, "And they [Jews and Christians] said, 'None will enter the garden except who was Jew or Nasara [from Nazarene? Refers to Christians.] ' "

I have read no such thing. God's grace extends to Jews and every other nation. All who will believe on the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved. None will enter the garden except those redeemed by the blood. That's what this Nasara says, and probably you too.

When "Allah" asks for proof of his false statement and of course no proof is forthcoming, he has a "Gotcha" moment, and begins once more to condemn and judge. "They will have shame in this world, and they will have in the hereafter a great torment."

More revelations next time as chapter two continues.

Lesson 17, Abraham the Muslim

Sura 2, "the cow", verses 116-153.

Though not in its clearest form yet, in 2:116 the Koran begins its teaching that Jesus is not the Son of God. "And they say, Allah has taken a son. Praise be to him."

"They" can only refer to the Christians. And their belief does not seem to concur with the belief of the writer. He complains in this paragraph that both Jews and Christians will not be happy until we follow their religion. And of course he adds that Allah forbids same. He calls "losers" those who are unfaithful to Muhammad's recitations.

Next comes the Koranic version of the story of Abraham (2:124ff), a man central to Islamic hopes. If his story is the Biblical one, Islam falls.

"Ibrahim" comes right to the point in this narrative, when told he will be an "imam", or spiritual leader. He asks, "And who is my offspring?" Allah immediately points to his covenant with Ishmael. Then the author has Abraham praying that God will raise up a Muslim nation, and that a messenger will be raised up who will recite Allah's verses. Hence, Islam is an Abrahamic religion, and Muhammad is nothing short of an answer to Abraham's prayers.

To re-enforce this use of the word "Muslim" 2,600 years before it came into existence, Allah tells Abraham, "Be Muslim," to which Abraham responds, "I have become a Muslim to the lord of the world."

Some have seen in this phrase "lord of the world" a clear reference to the Bible's mention of Satan, also called "god of this world." Some would go so far, then, as to say that Islam's god is none other than Lucifer. Such an interpretation does explain the vicious attack on the person of Jesus in this book. But for now, I only offer it as one interpretation.