BOOKLET ON DAWAH • So you can marry up to four
' 'No,' he replied, 'You should
TO THE WORLD
by Br.Sabeel Ahmad,
student of Shaykh Ahmed Deedat.
Muslim Students Association, Illinois
Phone: 312-829-2255
(ICNA, Chicago)
Email: Islam_662@hotmail.com
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
• Dawa & Points of Clarification
• Excuses for not performing
Dawa
• Dai's character
• Basic knowledge of a good Dai
• Things a good Dai carries on
himself
• Breaking the silence
• In the thick of the conversation
• Follow this chart during Dawa
• Quran is from Allah
• Quran concilliates science
• Muhammad (pbuh) was a real
Prophet
• Didn't Muhammad (pbuh) copy
Quran from Bible?
• Islam - a complete way of life
• Clear picture of Islam
• Overview of Christian Doctrines
• Formulation of the Bible
• Words not found in the Bible
• Jesus (pbuh) was a Prophet of
Allah
• Jesus (pbuh) - Prophet only for
Children of Israel
• Jesus (pbuh) was not God
• Jesus (pbuh) was not son of
God
• All Prophets worshipped Allah
as Muslims do
• Muhammad (pbuh) is proph-
esied in the Bible
• Bible got corrupted
• Bible contradicts scientific facts
• How to disprove Trinity
• How to disprove Original Sin
• Jesus (pbuh) was not Crucified
• Beliefs of Judaism
• Jewish Festivals
• Persuading Jews about Islam's
Truth
• What is Hinduism?
• Persuading Hindus about
Islam's Truth
• Dealing with an Atheist
all the bad?
wives?
• Why do Muslim pray five times a
day?
• Why are Muslims so violent?
• Why don't Muslim males shake
hands with females?
• Why do Muslim women have to
cover themselves?
• Why do you call Him Allah?
• After Dawa, five categories of
people
POINTS OF CLARIFICATION
Dawah is a Fard (obligatory) on all Mus-
lims Sura Asr (103)
16:125 - Invite all to the way...
3:104 - Let there arise...
2:143 - Witnesses
3:110
41:33-35 - Who is better in speech...
Dawah NOT limited to scholars
Many ways to do, not just one
• Prophet Muhammad dictated
about 300 letters of Dawah to
various heads of states.
• Prophet used to invite
people over for food and preach
to them Islam.
• Prophet used to run up to
the caravans which used to
come from various cities of the
Middle East and gave Dawah to
them.
• And of course his silent Dawah
is through his personality, and
his honest and truthful nature.
Having knowledge NOT most
important...but presenting it IS.
EXCUSES FOR NOT DOING DAWA
I am not knowledgeable !!
First we should make ourselves and fel-
low Muslims better, then we should work
on non-Muslims. Hadith by Anas, col-
lected in Al-Tabarani. "Anas relates that,
"We asked the Prophet, 'O Messenger
of Allah, shouldn't we refrain from calling
others to goodness if we don't practice
all good things ourselves, and shouldn't
we refrain from forbidding wrong things
until we ourselves have abatained from
call others to goodness even if you don't
do all good, and you should forbid bad
things even if you don't abstain from all
of them yourselves.'"
Religion is a personal thing.
Not enough time
I may lose friends/job/customers
I feel embarrassed
I'll start doing it when I become old
DAI'S CHARACTER
Non-Muslims look at People not Religion
Intention to please Allah...no personal
gain
Good listener
Never curses/lies or breaks promises/
trust
Good student/employee/employer/cus-
tomer/citizen
Kindness and gentleness
"And by the mercy of Allah, you dealt with
them kindly. And had you
been sever and harsh-hearted, they
would have certainly broken away
from you" (3:159)
Patience
Is optimistic about problems
Goes out of the way to help
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF A GOOD DAI
• Holds clear concept of tawheed and is
able to explain it
• Able to prove Quran's Divine Origin
• Prove Oneness of Allah from Quran and
Bible and logic
• Prove Prophet Muhammad's (peace be
upon him) Prophethood
• Able to give a clear picture of Islam
BREAKING THE SILENCE
• Pray to Allah for success
• Appearance invites questions
• In conversation see issues religiously
• Do/say things that invite questions
• If the Dai sneezes he/she says: Al
Hamdulillah audibly and clearly
• If Non-Muslim sneezes, the Dai says:
May Allah guide you
• Say Insha Allah when talking about the
future
• At prayer time say: I now
have to go for prayer 1
• Say: 'Assalaamu alaikum' upon meet-
ing a fellow Muslim audibly and
clearly.
IN THE THICK OF CONVERSATION
Basic Rule:
"Invite all to the way of your Lord with
Hikmah (wisdom) and
beautiful preaching, and argue with them
in ways which are best..."
(Quran 16:125)
• Remember your purpose: convey Islam
and NOT get trapped with
Biblical or social issues.
• Know answers to 20 frequently asked
questions
HOW TO PROVE
QURAN IS FROM ALLAH
1. Quran says it is from Allah:
The revelation of the Book (Quran) is from
the Lord of the Alamin
(21:2)
2. Challenges:
Produce a Quran like it (17:88)
Produce 10 Suras like it (11:13)
Produce One Sura like it (10:38)
Produce One Sura somewhat compa-
rable to it (2:23)
3. Preserved for all time:
"It is We who have sent down the Zikr
(Quran) and surely We will
surely preserve it." (15:9)
4. No Contradictions:
"Don't they ponder over the Quran, had
it been from anyone
besides Allah, they would surely have
found therein many
contradictions (4:82)
5. No crookedness:
An Arabic Quran without any crooked-
ness...(39:28)
6. Easy to memorize: Made easy to re-
member (44:58)
7. Prophecies fulfilled:
Victory of Rome over Persia (30:2-4)
Allah makes superpower of those Mus-
lims who believe and do good
works (24:55)
Islam will prevail over all other religions
(48:28)
8. Complete Guidance:
"This day I have perfected your religion
for you, completed my
favors upon you and chosen Islam as
your Deen. (5:3)
9. Scientific facts: See page on Quran
and Science
HOW TO PROVE
QURAN CONCILIATES SCIENCE
• Sun's and Moon's orbits, rotation and
revolution (Quran 21:33)
• Sun=light (Siraj), Moon=reflects light
(Nur) (Quran 25:61)
• Big Bang: 'don't the unbelievers see that
the heavens and earth were
joined together as one united piece then
• We parted them?' (21:30)
• Embryology in the Quran
• Space travel: "Oh assembly of the Jinns
and humans, if you could penetrate the
regions of the heavens and the earth,
then penetrate, you will never be able to
do it except with the power (from Allah)
Quran 55:33)
HOW TO PROVE...MUHAMMAD
WAS A REAL PROPHET
• Allah's attribute as being the Guide to
the Alamin (mankind,Jinns & all creatures
• Previous messages corrupted / time
bound - Need for complete guidance for
all time - need for a new prophet
• Quran mentions Muhammad's
Prophethood (33:40)
• Prophet Muhammad mentioned that
he was the Last Prophet & Messenger
• Never lied in his life. Why now?
• Material gain?
• Women?
• Status?
• Power?
• Why would a person criticize himself? •
• He frowned (80:1)
• Biblical prophecies about a prophet af-
ter Jesus - See page "Muhammad in
the Bible"
DIDN'T MUHAMMAD (PBUH) COPY
QURAN FROM THE BIBLE?
• Logically a person who copies has
lesser knowledge than the source he is
copying. But: Quran has new information
not present in the Bible But: How come
he didn't incorporate the errors found in
the Bible?
• He was illiterate (Quran 7:157)
• First Arabic Translation of Old Testa-
ment - 900 CE by R. Saadias Gaon
• First Arabic Translation of New Testa-
ment - 1616 CE Published by Erpenius
• Show one single verse which is copied
• That may also mean that Jesus and his
disciples copied the New Testament from
the Old Testament
• How come same stories are scientifi-
cally correct in the Quran but incorrect in
the Bible?
HOW TO PROVE... ISLAM
COMPLETE WAY OF LIFE
Their argument: Well, all religions
preach goodness, if all people follow any
religion, problems would be solved.
• Our response #1: OK. Suppose we all
decided to follow Christianity. Now the
whole world is Christian (will never hap-
pen, insha Allah), and now we have to
implement Christianity in all walks of life.
Tell me in detail, giving references from
the Bible, how the education system
should be set up, political system, legal
system, economic system, etc.
• Our response #2: Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh) has set a precedence for us
on how to follow his example in all hu-
man endeavors. Only time in the history
of humanity that a State was run totally
based upon a Revealed Scripture
(Quran). No other religions has this pre-
cedence before them.
• Political
• Educational
• Economic
• Matrimonial
• Social
• Moral
• Legal
CLEAR PICTURE OF ISLAM
OVERVIEW OF
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES
• Monotheism: Christians claim to
believe in One God.
• Trinity: God is made of three aspects
or personalities, Father, the son and
the Holy Ghost. Three in one and one in
three. Father is God, Son is God, and
the Holy Ghost is God, there
are not three Gods but One
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God!
• Original Sin: Christian doctrine teaches
that because Adam and Eve disobeyed
God and ate of the tree of knowledge, all
of their descendants bear the stigma of
sin and are condemned to doom.
• Atonement and Redemption: the cru-
cifixion of man-god Jesus on the Cross
paid the price of original sin. Just by be-
lieving in this doctrine is enough to attain
salvation.
• Second Coming: All true believers in
Christ will disappear from the earth and
enter into spiritual realm - Rapture. Then
comes the time for Tribulation marked by
wars and oppression will then take place
leading up to the appearance of the Anti-
Christ. When the Anti-Christ tries to in-
vade Israel with his armies, Jesus will
return with hosts of angels and defeat him
in the great battle called
• Armageddon. A thousand years of
peace will follow, with Jesus acting
as a King.
FORMULATION OF THE BIBLE
• 40-45 CE - Letters of Paul
• 50 CE Gospel of Mark written
• 60 CE Gospel of Matthew written
• 65 CE Gospel of Luke written
• 90-120 CE Gospel of John written
• 120-325 Hundreds of Gospels in
circulation
• 325 Council of Nicea - Organized by
Roman Emporer Constantine to settle
doctrinal disputes. Emporer was from a
Pagan background and favored
Trinitarian view of Christianity. Therefore
the four Gospels which supported his
views were chosen by a majority vote.
• 367 CE - The Final Version of the Bible
was accepted - contained over 70 books.
• 382 CE - All other Gospels supporting
Oneness of God and original teachings
of Jesus were banned, including Gospel
of Barnabas and Gospel of Thomas (dis-
covered in 1945 in Egypt)
• 500+ CE - Unitarian church broke off
• 1000 CE - Western and Eastern church
broke off - The Great Schism
• Western Church: Catholic churches
Eastern church: Eastern Orthodox church
• 1600 CE - Protestants broke off - led
by Martin Luther and John Calvin
• 1611 CE - King James Version of the
Bible was made - most widely used to-
day
• 1952 CE - Major revision of the King
James Version was made because of its
great errors
Important points to Note:
• Oldest New Testament available - dates
back to fourth century.
• Three centures after Jesus Christ left
the world.
• Bible not available in the language of
Jesus (Aramaic) in which it was originally
revealed - The oldest New Testament
present now is in Greek.
• Bible was not written down during the
time of Jesus
• Bible was not memorized in the time of
Jesus or any other time. Many versions
of the Bible available - differing in many
passages.
OVERVIEW OF THE BIBLE
• Old Testament - 39 Books
• First five Books - Pentateuch - Torah,
according to the Jews.
• New Testament - 27 Books
• First four are called gospels (Matthew,
Mark, Luke, John)
• Protestant Bible - 66 books
• Catholic Bible - 73 books (7 extra books
- Apocrypha=doubtful)
Was the Old Testament Written
During Moses' Lifetime?
• Deut. 34:5-10:'So Moses the servant
of the Lord died there in the land of Moab,
accordin gto the word of the Lord. And
he buried him in a valley in the land of
Moab over against Bethpeor: But no man
knows of this sepulcher unto this
day...and the people of Israel wept for
Moses in the plains of Moab thirty
days...and there arose not a prophet
since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the
Lord know face to face.'
• Oldest copy of the Old Testament: 10th
century CE - Not in the same classical
Hebrew spoken during Moses' time.
Was the New Testament Written
During Jesus' Lifetime?
• Jesus spoke Aramaic and Hebrew and
not Greek, but the current and ancient
Bibles are in Greek.
• Can't be the actual disciples: True dis-
ciples of Jesus, who are described in the
Quran as Muslims, would never write any
blasphemous statements about Jesus
and God.
Conclusion: Has to be aome other
source unrelated to Jesus.
Is the whole Bible inspired?
• At one place the Bible says that all
Scripture is inspired (II Timothy 3:16), but
Paul says in his writing "And unto the
married I command, yet not I, but the
Lord...But to the rest I speak, not the Lord,
Now concerning virgins I have no com-
mand of the Lord, yet I give my judge-
ment." (I Corinth. 7:10,12,25). Also see
II Timothy 4:9: "Do your diligence to come
shortly unto me...The cloak that I left at
Troas with Carpus, when you come, bring
it with you, and the books, but specially
the parchments."
Words NOT found in the Bible
• Bible
• Torah
• Christianity
• Judaism
• Original Sin
• Trinity
HOW TO PROVE...JESUS (PBUH)
WAS A PROPHET OF ALLAH
• Jesus said he is a Prophet. Jesus re-
ferring to himself said "...a Prophet is not
without honor, save in his own country,
and in his own house" (Matthew 13:57)
• Mark 6:4
• Luke 13:33
• John 4:44
• People areound him said he is a
Prophet "And the multitude said, this is
Jesus, the Prophet of Nazareth of Gali-
lee (Matt. 21:11)
• Luke 24:19
• John 6:14
• John 7:40
Jesus lived as a Muslim
• Submitted to the will of Allah - Luke
22:42, John 5:30
• Fasted forty days and forty
nights - Matt 4:2 3
• He prayed on his forehead to One God
- (Matt 26:39)
• He greeted his disciples eith the greet-
ing of peace be unto you
(as-salaamu alaikum)
• Luke 24:36
• John 20:10
• John 20:21
• John 20:26
QURANIC REFERENCES OF HIS
PROPHETHOOD
• The Messiah (Jesus) son of Mary, was
no more than a messenger. (5:75)
• Quran 61:6
• Quran 3:59
• Quran 19:30
HOW TO PROVE...JESUS -
PROPHET SENT ONLY FOR THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
• Came for his own people to save them
from their sins (his people were the
Jews)- Matthew 1:21
• Jesus said he came not to destroy the
law of Moses,but to fulfill it-Matt. 5:17-19
• Said he came only for the lost sheep of
Israel - Matt. 15:23,24
• Told his disciples to preach only to the
people of Israel and not the the non-Jews
(gentiles) - Matt. 10:6
• Told his disciples that the Comforter
(Prohet Mohammad ) will come after
him to show them all things. John
16:7,12,13,14
• Bible mentioned that after Jesus left,
his disciples were preaching only to the
Jews. Acts 11:19
• Muhammad was a Messenger for
the whole Mankind
• 'Say(O Muhammad) 'O mankind! I am
sent to you all as the Messenger of Allah
- to Whom belongs the domain of the
heavens and the earth.' 7:158
• 'And We have sent you (Muhammad)
not but as a mercy for the Alamin (Man-
kind, Jinns and all that exists)' 21:107
HOW TO PROVE...JESUS (PBUH)
WAS NOT GOD
Start with the Attributes of God:
All-Mighty, All-Knowing, Eternal,
Independent. Then apply these attributes
to Jesus and see if he qualifies...
God is All-Mighty...Jesus was not
• 'I can do nothing on my own authority;
as I hear, I judge; and my judgement is
just, because I seek not my own will but
the will of Him who sent me' (John 5:30)
• God is All-Knowing...Jesus was not
Speaking of the last day Jesus said: 'But
of that day or that hour knows no man,
neither the angels, nor the son, but only
the father' (Mark 13:32)
• God has no Beginning...Jesus was born
...'She brought forth her firstborn son: and
he called his name Jesus' (Matt. 1:25)
• God doesn't have a God...Jesus did
Jesus said: 'And this is life eternal, that
they might know thee the only true God,
and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.'
(John 17:3)
• God doesn't pray to anyone...Jesus did
'And he (Jesus) went a little farther, and
fell on his face (sujud) and paryed.'
(Matt.26:39)
• God is immortal...But not Jesus Jesus
was supposedly crucified according to
the Christians. God died!!!
The whole world will utterly collapse if
that happens!!!
• Jesus never said 'I am God, worship
me.'
QURAN
• Surely they disbelieve who say Allah is
the Messiah, the son of Mary. 5:72
Surely disbelieves are those who said
Allah is the third of the three. 5:73
HOW TO PROVE...JESUS WAS
NOT SON OF GOD
• Ask them where did he ever explicitly
say 'I am the son of God'? He never did.
• Like father like son? Son of God should
be like God. Does Jesus have the at-
tributes of God? What about John 3:16
• Other sons of God in the Bible
• Adam - Luke 3:38
• Solomon - II Samuel 7:13,14
• Israel - Exodus 4:22
• Angels - Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7
• David - Psalms 2:7
Jesus refused to be called son of God
• Luke 4:41
• Luke 9:20
• Said he is the son of man about 84
times in the gospels
• 'Chosen one' is replaced by 'son of God'
John 1:34 and Mark 1:1
• 'Your God, my God, Your Father, My
Father' John 20:17
• Melchizedek: 'No father, no mother, no
ascendants, no descendants, no begin-
ning of days or end of life...'
(Hebrews 7:3)
QURAN
• Similarity to Adam (3:59)
• 19:88,89 'And they say: Allah has be-
gotten a son...indeed you have brought
forth a terrible evil thing.'
• 19:35 'It befits not Allah that he begets
a son.'
ALL PROPHETS WORSHIPPED
ALLAH AS MUSLIMS DO
• Wudu: Moses and Aaron: '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)
• Women must cover their hair while
praying: But every woman that prays or
prophesizes with her head uncovered
dishonors her head.' (ICorinthians
11:5,6,13)
• Ruku: 'O come, let us worship and bow
down, let us kneel before the Lord our
Maker.' Psalms 95:5
• Sajdah:
• Jesus - Matt. 26:39
• Elijah - I Kings 18:42
• Moses and Aaron - Numbers 20:6
• Abraham Genesis - 17:3
HOW TO PROVE...MUHAMMAD
IS PROPHESIED IN THE BIBLE
• Quran 61:6 'Isa (Jesus) son of Mary
said 'O children of Israel! I am the Mes-
senger of Allah unto you confirming the
Taurat which came before me, and giv-
ing glad tiding of a messenger to come
after me, whose name shall be Ahmed
(The praised one)' (Quran 61:6)
NEW TESTAMENT
• '...comforter, that he may abide with
you forever' (Matt.28:20) John 14:16,
John 14:26. 'And I will pray the father,
and He shall give you another'
• John 16:7 Jesus said that he
has to go away for the com-
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forter to come in to the world.
• Can't be the Holy Ghost because the
Holy Ghost was already present before
and during Jesus' presence (Luke 1:41,
Luke 1:67, John 20:22)
• John 16:13 'However when he, the spirit
of thruth, is come, he will guide you into
all truth for he shall not speak of himself,
but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall
he speak, and he will show you things to
come.'
• Why not Holy Ghost: Ghost=pneuma
(Greek)=neutral word=it (Romans
8:16,26). The words 'which is the holy
ghost' in John 14:26 are a later addition.
Holy ghost=holy spirit=holy prophet (I
John 4:1)
OLD TESTAMENT
• The illiterate prophet mentioned in the
Torah Isaiah 29:12 'And the book is de-
livered to him that is not learned saying,
read this, I pray thee, and he said, I am
not learned.'
• Deut. 18:18,19 'I (God) will raise them
up a prophet from among their brethren,
like unto thee, and will put my words in
his mouth, and he shall speak unto them
all that I shall command him. And it shall
come to pass that whosoever will not
hearken unto my words which he shall
speak in my name, I will require it of him.'
• The only prophet who came after
Moses who fits this description was
prophet Muhammad (pbuh) - Brethren
(Gen.16:11,12 and Gen.25:18)
• Ishmael was blessed by God:
Gen21:13,18 - a great nation Hijra, battle
of Badr and victory Isaiah 21:13-17
HOW TO PROVE...
BIBLE GOT CORRUPTED
Set up criteria for a Book from
Allah - Does any other Book
besides Quran fulfull this criteria?
• Divinely inspired?
At one place the Bible says that all Scrip-
ture is inspired (II Timothy 3:16), but Paul
says in his writing: And unto the married
I command, yet not I, but the Lord... But
to the rest I speak, not the Lord, Now
concerning virgins I have no command
of the Lord, yet I give my judgement (I
Corinthians 7:10,12,25).
• Also see II Timothy 4:9,13: 'Do your
diligence to come shortly unto me. The
cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus,
when you come, bring it with you, and
the books, but specially the parchments.'
• No contradictions? See pages on Con-
tradictions
• All prophesies fulfilled as prophesied?
• Jesus was supposed to rule the throne
of David forever - Luke 1:32,33
• Second coming was to take place in
the life of the Disciples - Matt. 16:27,28
• Paul said that second coming will be in
his lifetime - I Thess. 4:16,17.
• Jesus would be buried three days and
three nights - Matt. 12:40
• Supposedly buried on Friday (Mark
14:42), and risen on Sunday - how 3 days
and 3 nights?!
• Preserved from corruption? see pages
on contradictions, unscientific facts, etc.
• Preserved from perishment?
'And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam,
prophesied of these, saying: Behold, the
Lord comes with ten thousand of his
saints to execute judgement upon all...'
(Jude 1:14,15)
• Book of Enoch once existed and was
accepted by early church fathers and had
the right of a canonical book. -Encyclo-
pedia Biblica.
So where is that book now? And
where is the original Gospel
preached by Jesus?
Unembarrassed to read it - I am
too embarrassed to talk about it!
HOW TO PROVE...BIBLE
CONTRADICTS SCIENTIFIC FACTS
• Bible: Age of first human, Adam=5757
years ago (Genesis 4,5,11,21,25)
== Science: Homo sapiencs - at least
40,000 years old
• Bible: Universal flood, all life perished
except the Ark (Gen. 6,7,8)
== Science: Civilizations existed before,
during and after the supposed universal
flood. How possible? Flood around 2100
BC. Egypt-Middle Kingdom-11th dynasty
Babylonia-3rd dynasty at Ur. Therefore
no break in civilizations.
• Bible: Heavens and earth created in 6
days (Yom), 24-hour days -Genesis
Chaptl 1
Bible: Light created first day - Gen. 1:3-5
• Source of light created Third day. Gen.
1:14.
• Bible: Morning and evening created 2nd
day - Gen. 1:6-8
• Earth created 3rd day - Gen. 1:10
• Sun created fourth day - Gen.1:14-19
Vegetable kingdom 3rd day - Gen.1:9-13
• Bible: God created 2 great lights - Sun-
light and moonlight - Gen. 1:16
== Science: Moon has no light of its own
Also Quran (25:61)
• Bible: God rested on the 7th day.
Gen.2:2,3 and Exodus 31:17 (refreshed)
== Logic: God never gets tired (Quran
2:255) neither sleep nor slumber over-
takes him.
• Bible: All the people of the earth will
see the son of man coming in the clouds.
Matt. 24:30
== Logic: Only possible if the earth is flat
Science: Earth is not flat, but somewhat
spherical.
• Bible: Mustard seed is the smallest of
all seeds - Matt.13:31-32
== Science: Seed of the Orchid flower is
smaller than the Mustard seed.
HOW TO DISPROVE TRINITY
• The word 'Trinity' is not mentioned in
the Bible
• Holy ghost is angel Gabriel!!! Compare
Matt. 1:18 and Luke 1:26
• Verses on the Oneness of God
• Trinity = Jesus is also a 'god' = dis-
proved earlier
• Trinity was formulated in the year 325
by Athanasius, an Egyption deacon from
Alexandria at the Council of Nicea pre-
sided by Emporer Constantine - Three
century after Jesus gone.
• Pagan influence
• Jesus and Moses and all prophets pro-
claimed the Oneness of God:
• Moses - Deut. 6:4 'Hear O Israel: the
Lord, our God is one Lord'
• Jesus - Mark 12:29 hear O Israel: the
Lord our God is one Lord'
HOW TO DISPROVE ORIGINAL SIN
• God is All-Loving, compassionate, mer-
ciful and forgiving
• Start with a practical example e.g... a
father who is displeased with his son and
punished him and then goes on to pun-
ish the children of his son, and
then his great grandchildren,
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etc. Will you consider this father a lov-
ing, caring and forgiving father? Then
how can you credit God such a heinous
injustice of ascribing
• Adam's and Eve's sin to the progeny
born even after thousands of years?
• Children: kingdom of God belongs to
the children: Mark 10:14, Matthew 19:14.
How possible if the children are born sin-
ners?!
• A son doesn't bear his father's sin, nor
vice versa. 7 verses from the Bible:
• Ezekiel 18:20, 33:20
• Deut. 24:16
• II Chron. 25:4
• Jeremiah 31:29,30
• II Kings 14:6
• Roman 2:6
• People who were described as perfect
in the Bible: Noah (Gen.6:9, 7:1)
Job (Job 1:1)
So how can they be sinners and be
perfect at the same time?!
QURAN
• Every soul shall be paid in full what it
has earned.
• 3:25
• 2:286
• 4:164
• 53:38
• 17:15
HOW TO PROVE...
JESUS WAS NOT CRUCIFIED
• Mention the attributes of God - Just,
Forgiver, Merciful Once the concept of
Original Sin is dismantled, then the ques-
tion of Crucifixion does not occur.
• Jesus prayed to God not to die -
Matt 26:39
• Prayer was heard - Hebrews 5:7
• Miracle of Jonas - Matt.12:40
• Suffering is often exaggerated as death
- I Cor.14:31
• Resurrected bodies become
spiritualized - Luke 20:34-36
• Jesus was not. He ate honeycomb &
broiled fish - Luke 24:36-41
• Crucifixion and atonement of sins is
contrary to logic - see flyer on atonement.
• Jesus said he came for mercy and not
sacrificed - Matt.12:7, Matt.9:10-13
• Why forgiveness came so late, thou-
sands of years All disciples fled - no eye-
witness - Matt. 26:56
• Salvation by crucifixion is contrary to
Jesus' sayings - Matt.19:16
QURAN
• Jesus was not crucified: 'And because
of their saying (in boast), 'We killed Mes-
siah Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger
of Allah,' - but they killed him not, nor cru-
cified him, but the resemblence of Jesus
was put over another man and those who
differ therein are full of doubts. They have
no certain knowledge, they follow noth-
ing but conjecture. For surely, they killed
him not' (Quran 4:157)
BELIEFS OF JUDAISM
• Belief in One God - the God of Israel
• Required to follow the laws as outlined
in the Torah
• The superiority of Moses over all other
Prophets
• The revelation of the law to Moses at
Mount Sinai and the establishment of a
special covenant, or agreement with God.
A belief in the future coming of a Mes-
siah or great leader - Jews reject Jesus
as their Messiah.
• A belief that God chose the Jews as
His own people above all other
• A belief in the Old Testament as the
final Scripture.
• Talmud: 'Teachings.' Somewhat simi-
lar to commentaries of the old Testament,
sayings of Rabbis. First written down
during the third and fourth century AD.
Before that, oral transmission.
JEWISH FESTIVALS
• Passover - Commemorates the flight
of the Israelites from Egypt and the
wicked Pharaoh.
• New Year (Rosh Hashanah) - The sym-
bolic new beginning of the Jewish calen-
dar
• Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) - The
tenth day of the Jewish New Year. Jews
observe a 24 hour fast from food and
water as a sign of penitence to God. It is
considered the most holy day.
• Hanukkah (Dedication) - A winter festi-
val marking the purification of the sec-
ond Jewish temple in Jerusalem after the
occuppying Greeks had ransicked it in
165 BC. Menorahs [with candles] are lit.
• Tabernacles (Succoth) - An autumn har-
vest celebration. Tents are erected and
prayers are recited making reference to
the Jews wandering in the desert during
the time of the Prophet Moses (pbuh) -
Quran 2:57,58
• Pentecost (Shavurot) - Seven weeks
after Passover a festival is held to cel-
ebrate the corn harvest and the revela-
tion of the Law to Prophet Moses (pbuh)
at Sinai. - Quran 2:51-53
HOW TO PERSUADE JEWS ABOUT
ISLAM'S TRUTH
• Don't discuss politics
• Discuss similarities:
• Belief in One God: Bible: Moses (pbuh)
said: 'The Lord, our God, is One Lord
(Deut.6:4). See also Isaiah 45:5,5,21,11;
Jeremiah 10:6,10.
• Belief in One God: Quran: your God is
One God, there is none who has the right
to be worshipped but He, the Beneficent,
the Merciful (2:163)
• Prophecies of Muhammad in the
Old Testament: See page on prophecies
• Prove that Hagar was a real wife and
not bondswoman or concubine: Genesis
16:3 says that Hagar was Abraham's
wife. Hagar was Abraham's 2nd wife (first
was Sara), and Ishmael was born.
Through his descendants came the last
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
• Use Science in the Quran as proof:
most of them are highly educated.
Hinduism
Hindu: The word "Hindu" is a cor-
rupt form of the word "sindhu," a re-
gion watered by river Indus.
• Hinduism: A fusion of Aryan (Fair-
Skinned Indo-European race which en-
tered India from the north-east) and Non-
Aryan religious ideas.
• Founder of Hinduism: None
Major Beliefs:
• Belief in Vedas
• Practice of Caste system
Sanctity of Cow and other animals
• Belief in One or many gods.
• Reincarnation 6
• Incarnation of gods
Scriptures:
• Vedas: Supreme authority. Written
about 2000 BC in Sanskrit, a collection
of hymns, prayers, etc.
• Rig Veda
• Sama Veda
• Yajur Veda
• Atharva Veda
• Bhagavat Gita: Legends, romance, he-
roes in deities, etc.
• Ramayana and Mahabharata
Caste System:
• Rig Veda 10:90, 'The cosmic man was
sacrificed, Brahmins were made from his
mouth, Kshatriyas from his arms,
• Vaishyas from his thighs and Shudras
from his feet.'
• No inter-marriages between castes.
• No fixed days of the week are set apart
for religious duties.
Holidays:
• Holi: Fertility festival
• Dashera: Ten days of festival celebrates
the triumph of Rama
• Divali: Celebration of victories of their
gods, heroes over demons, etc.
• Polygamy is allowed: 'If after one dam-
sel has been shown, another be given to
the bridegroom, he may marry them both'
(Law of Manu 8:204)
• Pilgrimage: Ganges river and the city
next to it, Barnabas, are sacred places.
Hindus bathe and pray, ashes of dead
are scattered there.
• Women in Hinduism: 'The husband is
the wife's god, and he is her refuge. In-
deed there is no other refuge for her' -
Mahabharata 3:231. See also
Mahabharata 1:174
Sects in Hinduism:
• Vaishnavism - Sophisticated, urband
and moderate in its approach to
Hinduism.
• Shaivism - Primitive, rural and extreme
in beliefs. Shiva's penis worship.
HOW TO PERSUADE A HINDU OF
ISLAM'S TRUTH...
Hindu Scriptural evidence against mak-
ing and worshipping idols!!!
• Bhagavat Gita 7-24: "The ignorant be-
lieve that un-manifest Para Brahma (One
God) incarnates or takes manifestations,
because they do not completely under-
stand My highest, immutable, incompa-
rable, and transcendental existence."
• Bhagavat Gita 7:19-21: "All those who
do idol worship, All those who worship
demigods are materialistic people."
• Yajur Veda 3:32: "...Of that God you
cannot make any images."
• Yajur Veda 32:3: "God is formless and
bodiless"
• Yajur Veda 40:8: "All those who wor-
ship the uncreated things, they are in
darkness, and you'll enter more into dark-
ness if you worship the created things."
• Rig Veda, Vol.8,1:1: "All Praise are to
Him alone"
• Rig Veda, Vol.6,45:16: "There is only
One God, worship Him."
• Illogic of God coming down in a physi-
cal form - Proven later, inshallah Illogic
of more than One God: analogy of 2 Prin-
cipals or 2 heads of state running the
country.
• Illogic of reincarnation: Tell them it is
the Mercy of One God Allah that he sent
Islam as a guidance for seekers and He
promises paradise to those who have the
right beliefs (Islam) and do righteous-
ness, after one's life, instead of suffering
life after life.
• Illogic of vegetarian diet: Humans have
both sharp (for meat) and smooth teeth
(vegetables) for a purpose. Allah created
humans with the ability to digest both
meat and vegetables for a purpose.
• Meat of animals is allowed in Hindu
Scriptures! Law of Manu 5:22.
• Deal with educated Hindus with scien-
tific facts from the Quran.
Explain them Islam.
• Drill them the idea of Oneness of God
and illogic of multiple Gods made of
stones and wood who can't speak, move,
help anyone or themselves. Mention the
Attributes of Allah from the Quran; spe-
cially read them Sura Ikhlas ( Qul Hu
wallah hu ahad...) Memorize the mean-
ing with Arabic.
PROPHESIES OF MUHAMMAD
(PBUH) IN HINDU SCRIPTURES:
• 'A Malechha (belonging to a foreign
country and speaking a foreign language)
spiritual tacher will appear with his com-
panions.
• His name will be Mohammed. Raja
(Bhoj) after giving this Maha Dev Arab
(of angelic dispostion) a bath in the
Panchgavya and the Ganges water (i.e.
purging him of all sins) offered him the
presents of his sincere devotion and
showing him all reverence said, 'I make
obeisance to thee. O ye! The pride of
mankind, the dweller in
• Arabia, Ye have collected a great force
to kill the Devil and you yourself have
been protected from the malechha op-
ponents.' (Puranas - Bhavishya Puran -
Prati Sarg Part III: 3.3.5-8. Compiled by
Mahrishi Vyasa, the writer of Gita and
Maha Bharat and Puranas)
• 'Ahmad acquired Shariah (religious law)
from his Lord. This Shariah is full of wis-
dom. I receive light from him just as from
the sun.' (Sama Veda, 2:6,8)
HOW TO DEAL WITH AN ATHEIST
• See separate flier, 'Does God Exist?'
• They believe in science, therefore prove
Islam's validity through science
FACTS OF QURAN
Audio tapes
• Quran and Science by Zakr Naik
• The Amazing Quran by Gary Miller -
excellent
Video Tapes
• Is Quran God's Word? By Zakir Naik -
excellent
• Quran and Science By Zakir Naik
• Darwin on Evolution: Darwin's Letter
to his friend, Sir Thomas
• Thompton, 1861: 'I believe in the theory
of evolution, not because I have proof,
but because it helps me in classification,
Morphology, Embryology, and rudimen-
tary organs..."
• Differentiate Islam from Muslims and
all other religions that worship idols/hu-
mans/nature etc.
SO YOU CAN MARRY FOUR WIVES?
• Islam came as a final and complete
revelation from Allah Came to solve all
problems of the past,present and future
Deals with all situations, both general and
specific Polygamy is an exception not a
rule/obligation Most Muslims are mo-
nogamous compared to Hindus, Mor-
mons and even Christians, who practice
illicit polygamy.
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Situations where polygamy is needed
to preserve society's chastity
• More women than men
(especially after wars)
• Wife barren, can't produce children or
satisfy husband - option - have a
mistress or marry a second wife with
full responsibility.
• Islam prohibits first option, prefers 2nd
option. Not all men can control their urges
when their wife is menstruating or during
some stages of pregnancy. These may
raise his chances of committing adultery.
And the punishment for adultery is death.
• Islam provided the best alternative -
marry a second wife
Criteria for marrying more than one:
• Do justice between all wives with re-
gard to wealth, food, time, intimacy, etc.
• No other religion sets a limit on # of
wives, only Islam does.
Polygamy in the Bible:
• Abraham had 2 wives - Sarah and
Hagar - Gen.16:1-3
• Jacob, son of Isaac had 4 wives -
Gen.26:34, 28:9
• Saul had a wife and a concubine - I
Sam.14:50, II Sam.3:7
• David had 8 wives - I
Sam.18:27,25:42,43, II Sam.3:2-
5,11:27,12:8
• Solomon had 700 wives and 300 con-
cubines - I Kings 11:3
Neither Jesus Christ nor God ever
prohibited polygamy in the Bible.
WHY DO MUSLIMS PRAY
5 TIMES A DAY?
Guidance revealed by Allah, there is
wisdom in it.
• Spiritual discipline: E.g. A body builder
needs to exercise at specific periods of
time. He can't work-out once a week to
maintain optimum physique.
• E.g. If we love someone we like to talk
to them every time we get a chance on
the phone. Muslims love Allah more than
anyone, therefore Muslims pray - talk to
- Allah so many times.
• Since a person has both body and spirit,
he uses both in praying.
• Constant rememberance of Allah will
help us keep His Divine presence in our
conscience - prevents many sins.
• E.g. We eat three meals a day to nour-
ish our body, we pray 5 times to nourish
our soul. Can your body be fit to fuction
if you ate only once on Sundays?
• Feeling of peace and closeness to our
creator, thanking the Being who created
us.
• Many scientific benefits.
• Refer to 'All prophets worshipped like
Muslims do' page.
WHY ARE MUSLIMS SO VIOLENT
Distinguish Islam and actions of some
Muslims
• e.g. New car and a drunk driver
• Ask: which is the most violent country
in the world?
• Ask: What religion do the majority of its
people follow?
• Taking up arms is required only under
certain conditions:
• To preserve Law and Order in the soci-
ety or else the world would be taken over
by the lawless
• When all attempts fail for reconciliation
• Preventing attack
• Defense
• To remove obstacles of tyranny in
spreading and preserving the Truth.
• E.g. Suppose President Clinton ordered
the police to give money to a certain
widow in an inner city neighborhood.
• Suppose the drug dealers and gang
members try to oppose the entry of the
police into the neighborhood of the
widow. It is only proper and moral for the
police and the army to suppress the gang-
sters to reach to that widow.
• Muslims are the police or witnesses
(Sura 2:143) and gangsters are the poly-
theists and unbelievers.
Rules during war:
• Don't fight with non-combatants
(Quran 60:8)
• No unnecessary destruction of
property
• No cutting of trees or killing animals
• Not to disturb those worshipping in
religious places
• No compulsion in religion...
(Quran 2:256)
JIHAD IN THE BIBLE
• Jesus - Matt.10:34 - Came to spread
the sword Hebrews 11:32-34
WHY DON'T MUSLIM MALES
SHAKE HANDS WITH FEMALES
(OR VICE VERSA)?
• Islam was revealed as a Final and com-
plete Guidance to preserve utmost chas-
tity in the society.
• Dating, premarital sex, hugging, shak-
ing hands are all prohibited by Islam due
to their potential for dire consequences
for the individual and for the society at
large.
• Any factor that tends to uproot the moral
fabric of the society is prohibited/discour-
aged, and all things that preserve de-
cency and chastity are encouraged
Consequences of loose relation-
ships between sexes in the U.S.:
• 1.5 million abortions/year
• 500,000 abortions to unmarried
teenagers, 500,000 + rapes / year
• Separated families, divorces, jealousy,
deptrived children, etc.
WHY DO WOMEN HAVE TO
COVER THEMSELVES? (HIJAB)
• Dress code for both males and females
• Islam as a complete guidance came to
preserve chastity in the society; once
chastity is lost, society goes down, eg.
US.
• Ask: Does modest dressing decrease
or increase society's chastity?
• Ask: Does revealing or no clothes
increase or decrease society's chastity?
• Islamic dress decreases immorality.
• Statistics on rapes from the US:
500,000+ rapes in 1993
• Two twin sisters example (if one
dressed modestly and other revealingly,
who more likely is to be harrassed ?)
WHY DO YOU CALL HIM ALLAH?
• All beautiful names belong to Him
(Quran 17:111)
• Allah is a purer and better word to use
that the English word God.
• English word 'God' could be ambigu-
ous, confusing, manipulated, etc., but the
pure word 'Allah' could never be confus-
ing because it always refers to the One
God, our Creator, with no male and fe-
male gender, and no partners..
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