SECTION THREE: THE CLAIM OF THE CHRISTIANS REGARDING THE PROPHETS’ BOOKS SUPPORTING THEM AND ATTRIBUTING INJUSTICE TO THE JEWS
Then we found in that book (i.e. the Qur’an) His (Allah’s) saying,
which means, “And argue not with the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), unless it be in (a way) that is better (with good words and in good manner, inviting them to Islamic Monotheism with His verses), except with such of them as do wrong…” (AI-‘Ankabut 29 46)
Then they said: As for those who did wrong, there is no doubt that they are the Jews who prostrated themselves to the head of the calf ( in worship), disbelieved in God not only once but many times, killed the prophets and messengers of God, worshipped idols and slaughtered for the sake of devils, not only animals but also their sons and daughters. God bore witness against them through the tongue of Dawud (David, peace be upon him) in the Book of Psalms saying, “Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. Thus, were they defiled by their own works, and engaged in whoring. Therefore, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people, insomuch thatHe abhorred His own inheritance.” (Psalms, 106:37-40)
He also said through Prophet Isaiah (peace be upon him) concerning the Children of Israel, “They did not adhere to My commandments and did not keep all that I ordered them to do but they changed it and annulled the covenant I had made with them forever. That is why I made them stay with sadness and destruction upon them, ruined them and made joy and delight be far away from whomsoever remains from them.”
This was what ‘God’ (Allah) said about the habitants of Jerusalem from among the Children of Israel. He said, “I will disperse them among the nations. During those days, nations will raise their voices, will praise God and glorify Him loudly and will gather them from all the countries of the world, from the islands of the sea, from the distant towns glorifying the Name of God and will return to the God of Israel and be His people while the Children of Israel will be dispersed throughout the earth.”
Prophet Isaiah (peace be upon him) said, “God says, ‘O Children of Israel! You soiled My sacred mountain so 1 will wipe you out through wars and you will die because ! called for you but you did not answer, I spoke to you but you did not listen, and practiced evil before Me.'”
Prophet Isaiah (peace be upon him) also said, “God hates the Children of Israel and drove them out of their homes and from His House. He shall not forgive them as they are cursed and they were made the curse of mankind. That is why God ruined them and dispersed them throughout the nations. He shall neither bestow His Mercy upon them nor will He look at them with His Mercy forever. They will not offer any sacrifice to God on that day or that time. The Children of Israel will not rejoice because they strayed from the (the Way of) God, Exalted be He.”
Prophet Jeremiah (peace be upon him) said, “As the black person cannot be white so the Children of Israel cannot be free of their vicious characteristics, that is why I do not show mercy nor do I feel pity or compassion for a vicious and disobedient nation.”
Prophet Ezekiel (peace be upon him) said, “God said, ‘I left the Children of Israel alone and scattered them throughout the nations of the earth because they did not obey My Commandments nor did they obey My Orders but they differed with Me regarding them and they refused to listen to Me.'”
There are many sayings like that in the Torah, the Books of the prophets and the Psalms of Dawud, (David, peace be upon him) which the Jews read in their synagogues without denying a single letter. As it is found in their books, it is also found in ours, in all languages.
They said: He testified in favor of our sacrifices and slaughtered animals that they are sacred and accepted by Him. This came in the books of the Jews, which they have nowadays which were sent by God to His prophets and messengers.
Isaiah said, “God said, 1 know the Children of Israel and know their vicious and harsh hearts. So if I were to appear to the nations and they witnessed My Honor, I will send prophets from among them and send saviors from among them to save the nations from the (evil) towns which did not adhere to what I sent nor would they know My Honor. My Name shall be among them. They will gather their brothers from all the nations, carry sacrificial animals of God on riding animals and on boats to Mountain Qudsullah Al-Muqaddas in Jerusalem. Then, they slaughter the animals for My Sake with semolina in the way the Children of Israel did long ago. The rest of the nations would do as well. They present their sacrifices to Me and their plants forever. They set out for pilgrimage every year and every month, from year to year, to Jerusalem, to the House of God and there they would present good and pure sacrifices to their Lord. They would behold the vicious disobedient nation: The Children of Israel. Its sanctuary is never destroyed and its trials will never cease forever.”
Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him) said, “Seventy weeks are determined for thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring about everlasting righteousness, and to seal the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, until the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wail, even in troublesome times. And after three-score and two weeks the Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolation is determined.” (Deut, 9:24-26)
Prophet Micah (peace be upon him) said, “God said, ‘At the end of time, Christ will come calling the dispersed nations, making them one group and annulling the fighting of the Children of Israel, their weapons, and their sacrifices forever.”
Prophet Amos said, “They will never again slaughter calves , for the Lord shall come to Zion, give a new pure command of pure bread and good wine. Then, the Children of Israel shall be cast away.”
They said: What proof is greater than that and what evidence is clearer? These are the books of our enemies who differ with us in religion. They agree about what is mentioned in it and they read it in their churches. Indeed, they never deny a single word.
By: Sheikhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyah
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