However,
Satan was not a prominent figure in Judaism. There are few demon-like
figures in Hebrew scripture, but the most famous one appears in the Book
of Job. In that book, an "adversary" or "tempter" asks God whether the
prosperous man Job would continue to praise God after losing everything.
God takes up the challenge, and strips Job of his wealth and family,
leaving the man wondering why such a horrible fate befell him.
But
in this story, God wields more power than this adversary; as such, this
evil tempter challenges God, who then takes away Job's fortune, Weiss
said.
[Judaism] found the notion of God having
to share authority as limiting the omnipotence and even the omniscience
of God," Weiss said. "And therefore, Satan was never personified as a
source of evil that was equally powerful."
But
Satan did become a part of certain Jewish sects beginning around the
time of the Common Era, when Jesus was born, Weiss noted. Moreover,
Judaism's mystical teachings, called the Kabbalah, mention a light side
and a dark side, but the dark side is never given equal power to the
light, Weiss
Any Sunday school student can tell you that Satan is a fallen angel, but this fall actually isn't described in the New Testament,
or the Christian bible, said Jerry Walls, a professor of philosophy at
Houston Baptist University and author of "Heaven, Hell and Purgatory:
Rethinking the Things That Matter Most" (Brazos Press, 2015).
However,
Satan suddenly appears in the gospels as the tempter of Jesus, with
nary an introduction of how the evil presence got there. So, Christian
theologians have come to this conclusion: If God created the universe, and everything God creates is good, then Satan must have been something good that went bad, Walls said.
"The
only thing that can go bad by itself is a free being," Walls said.
"Since there was evil before human beings came on the scene, the
inference is [Satan] must have been a fallen angel."
There
are other references to Satan in the Bible, depending on different
interpretations. The Hebrew Bible has two passages about people who
aren't respectful toward God. In these passages, Isaiah 14 (king of babel )and Ezekiel
28 ( king of tyre/ sur ), human rulers make outrageous boasts, and some Christians interpret
these actions as expressions of Satan, Walls said.Moreover,
the gospel of Paul in the New Testament refers to the snake from the
Garden of Eden as Satan, though the snake isn't described that way in
Genesis, Walls said. In this sense, the snake and Satan can be seen as
tempters that try to get people to disobey God, but aren't always
successful, Walls said.
The original Hebrew term satan is a generic noun meaning "accuser" or "adversary",[6][7] which is used throughout the Hebrew Bible to refer to ordinary human adversaries,[8][7] as well as a specific supernatural entity.[8][7] The word is derived from a verb meaning primarily "to obstruct, oppose".[9] When it is used without the definite article (simply satan), the word can refer to any accuser,[8] but when it is used with the definite article (ha-satan), it usually refers specifically to the heavenly accuser: the satan.[8]
Ha-Satan with the definite article occurs 13 times in the Masoretic Text, in two books of the Hebrew Bible: Job ch. 1–2 (10×)[10] and Zechariah 3:1–2 (3×).[11] Satan without the definite article is used in 10 instances, of which two are translated diabolos in the Septuagint and "Satan" in the King James Version
The word does not occur in the Book of Genesis, which mentions only a talking serpent and does not identify the serpent with any supernatural entity.[15] The first occurrence of the word "satan" in the Hebrew Bible in reference to a supernatural figure comes from Numbers 22:22,[7] which describes the Angel of Yahweh confronting Balaam on his donkey:[6] "Balaam's departure aroused the wrath of Elohim, and the Angel of Yahweh stood in the road as a satan against him."[7] In 2 Samuel 24, Yahweh sends the "Angel of Yahweh" to inflict a plague against Israel for three days, killing 70,000 people as punishment for David having taken a census without his approval.[16] 1 Chronicles 21:1 repeats this story,[16] but replaces the "Angel of Yahweh" with an entity referred to as "a satan".[16]
Some passages clearly refer to the satan, without using the word itself.[17] 1 Samuel 2:12 describes the sons of Eli as "sons of Belial";[18] the later usage of this word makes it clearly a synonym for "satan".[18] In 1 Samuel 16:14–23 Yahweh sends a "troubling spirit" to torment King Saul as a mechanism to ingratiate David with the king.[19] In 1 Kings 22:19–25, the prophet Micaiah describes to King Ahab a vision of Yahweh sitting on his throne surrounded by the Host of Heaven.[18] Yahweh asks the Host which of them will lead Ahab astray.[18] A "spirit", whose name is not specified, but who is analogous to the satan, volunteers to be "a Lying Spirit in the mouth of all his Prophets".[18]
Book of Job
The satan appears in the Book of Job, a poetic dialogue set within a prose framework,[20] which may have been written around the time of the Babylonian captivity.[20] In the text, Job is a righteous man favored by Yahweh.[20] Job 1:6–8 describes the "sons of God" (bənê hāʼĕlōhîm) presenting themselves before Yahweh.[20] Yahweh asks one of them, "the satan", where he has been, to which he replies that he has been roaming around the earth.[20] Yahweh asks, "Have you considered My servant Job?"[20] The satan replies by urging Yahweh to let him torture Job, promising that Job will abandon his faith at the first tribulation.[21] Yahweh consents; the satan destroys Job's servants and flocks, yet Job refuses to condemn Yahweh.[21] The first scene repeats itself, with the satan presenting himself to Yahweh alongside the other "sons of God".[22] Yahweh points out Job's continued faithfulness, to which the satan insists that more testing is necessary;[22] Yahweh once again gives him permission to test Job.[22] In the end, Job remains faithful and righteous, and it is implied that the satan is shamed in his defeat.[23]
Book of Zechariah
Zechariah 3:1–7 contains a description of a vision dated to the middle of February of 519 BC,[24] in which an angel shows Zechariah a scene of Joshua the High Priest dressed in filthy rags, representing the nation of Judah and its sins,[25] on trial with Yahweh as the judge and the satan standing as the prosecutor.[25] Yahweh rebukes the satan[25] and orders for Joshua to be given clean clothes, representing Yahweh's forgiveness of Judah's sins.[25] via wikipedia
Satan - Wikipedia
Satan
is often comically portrayed as a guy in a red devil suit. He probably
likes it this way, since most people (including Christians) are apt to
disbelieve in his existence. As a "non-existent" force in people's
lives, Satan is free to influence them without being discovered as the
cause of many of their problems. However, the Bible says that Satan is a
beautiful and powerful fallen angel, who would like to do nothing more
than take away the joy of Christians through deception, and lead people
into rebellion against God. Although Satan is destined for the Lake of
Fire, biblical prophecy indicates that he will deceive entire nations
and kingdoms before he is relegated to eternal damnation, along with the other fallen angels he led into rebellion against God.
The
reason for this is straightforward. In biblical Hebrew, the definite
article (the word “the) is a single letter (heh). Hebrew prefixes
(attaches) the definite article to a noun (or participle to make it a
substantive) so that, like all languages that have definite articles,
the noun is made specific. Biblical Hebrew does not, however, put the
definite article (the word “the”) on proper personal nouns (personal
names). In this respect, Hebrew is like English. I don’t call myself
“the Mike”. No one puts the word “the” in front of their first name.
Hebrew simply does not do this at all. As the well known biblical Hebrew
reference grammar by Jouon-Muraoka notes: “No proper noun of person
takes the article, not even when it has the form of an adjective or a
participle.”1
Without
exception, the word “satan” in Job occurs *with* the article. This
indicates quite clearly that “satan” is *not* a personal name. It is
generic, and means “the adversary”. The word can be used of human beings
(1 Sam 29:4; 2 Sam 19:23; 1 Kings 5:18; 1 Kings 11:14). All of these
examples have “satan” without the article, but the referent is a human
being, not a divine being, so we don’t have “Satan” here either.
In terms of statistics, the noun “satan” occurs 27 times in the Hebrew Bible, ten times *without* the article.
Of
these ten, seven refer to human beings and two refer to the Angel of
Yahweh for sure. The lone outlier is 1 Chron 21:1. This is the famous
passage where “Satan” provokes David to take a census, but in the
parallel passage, 2 Sam 24:1-25, it’s Yahweh provoking David to take the
census. Due to this parallel, and due to the fact that “satan” here has
no article, this is viewed by some as the single instance of an evil,
cosmic figure called “satan” in the OT. It actually isn’t, though. If
you’re familiar with my work on the two Yahwehs in the OT, the parallel
(Yahweh-satan) is striking to you. The “satan” figure here is none other
than the Angel of Yahweh — and so this instance without the article is
akin to the two instances in the book of Numbers where “satan” was used
of the Angel. This relieves the “is Yahweh Satan?” question and any
notion of contradiction — since it would mean BOTH passages have Yahweh
provoking David — one appears to be the invisible Yahweh; the other is
the visible Yahweh.
Consider
this one fact that the article notes. It is in THIS passage that, after
verse 1 mentions the “satan” provoking David, we read the Angel is
there “with a sword drawn in his hand”. The Hebrew phrasing behind this
occurs only three other times: Joshua 5:13 and Numbers 22:23, 31. ALL of
these references are the Angel of Yahweh. and in one of them (Num. 22)
he is the satan.
This
would mean there are ZERO verses in the OT that have a personal name
“satan”, and ZERO references to Satan as a cosmic evil entity as in the
NT.
So where does this leave us?
Basically,
“the satan” in Job is an officer of the divine council (sort of like a
prosecutor). His job is to “run to and fro throughout the earth” to see
who is and who is not obeying Yahweh. When he finds someone who isn’t
and is therefore under Yahweh’s wrath, he “accuses” that person. This is
what we see in Job — and it actually has a distinct New Testament
flavor. (We also see it in Zechariah 3). But the point here is that this
satan is not evil; he’s doing his job. Over time (specifically the idea
of “being an adversary in the heavenly council” was applied
intellectually to the enemy of God — the nachash (typically
rendered “serpent”) in Eden, the one who asserted his own will against
Yahweh’s designs. That entity eventually becomes labeled “Satan” and so
the adversarial role gets personified and stuck to God’s great enemy
(also called the Devil). This is a good example of how an idea in
Israelite religion plays out and is applied in different ways during the
progress of revelation.
Iblis was a Jinn who was raised and lived with the Angels. He is a powerful Jinn, and Allah Almighty loved him so much that He treated him like an Angel, until Iblis broke Allah Almighty's Commands and turned into Satan and was expelled with disgrace from the Group of the Angels and from Paradise.
Jews and Christians assume that Satan was an Angel, even though the Bible never directly claimed that Satan was actually an Angel. Also, the Bible never really talked about how Satan became bad and why? At least the Bible never actually talked about Satan during Adam and Eve's times. Aside from the brief story of Eve's temptation to eat the forbidden fruit, it began talking about Satan, in good details, during Ezra's and then latter Job's (Ayyoob in Arabic) period, 1000's of years after Adam
Jews
and Christians assume that Satan was an Angel from Job 1:6. Notice in
that verse, Satan was not really identified as an Angel. It says that
GOD Almighty called upon the Angels, and that Satan came with them. He
could've been anything other than the Angels, a Jinn for instance as
Islam claims, and pushed himself with the crowd of the Angels. "
Job 1:6 does not explicitly say that Satan was an Angel. This is only a Jewish-Christian assumption. Notice how it says "and Satan also came with them", which clearly proves that Satan does not necessarily have to be an Angel.
Also notice in Job 1:8, "Have you considered my servant Job?",
which clearly shows that the earliest information the Bible has about
Satan was not during Adam and Eve's times, but as I said above during
Ezra's and then latter Job's times, which literally came 1000's of years
after Adam and Eve.
The Christian’s God is not only incomparable to the Merciful God of Muslims, the Christian’s God is even mercy-less than the Hindu God.
Whereas the God of karma and reincarnation gives one exactly what his deeds merit: ‘an equal and opposite reaction;’ the God of inherited sin and vicarious atonement is doubly unjust: loading the sin of one man (Adam) onto the backs of all men (even onto the still-born) then shifting the sins of all men onto the head of one innocent and sinless man (Jesus).
Whereas the God of karma and reincarnation gives one exactly what his deeds merit: ‘an equal and opposite reaction;’ the God of inherited sin and vicarious atonement is doubly unjust: loading the sin of one man (Adam) onto the backs of all men (even onto the still-born) then shifting the sins of all men onto the head of one innocent and sinless man (Jesus).
It
is very clear that Allah Almighty deceives only those whom He Wills
from the disbelievers and the evil ones. Allah Almighty does not plot
against Good. Allah Almighty only plots against the evil ones, and
turns their plots on their heads. Therefore, the Islam-haters'
statement about Allah Almighty being the "Greatest of all deceivers" is false, because:
1- Allah Almighty doesn't plot against Good.
2- Allah Almighty only plots and deceives the evil ones.
Therefore,
the anti-Islamics' false statement is a lie, and it is a plot against
Islam. Islam will, as always, prevail and be victorious in the End.
The evil disbelievers will bite the dust.
“
MAKR
Has two meanings:
1. Plotting or planning evil intent.
2. Planning for a good purpose: ‘Wa Makaru wa Makara Allah wa’LLahu Khairul Makereen’ (Surah Aali Imran 3:54. They planned and Allah planned and Allah is the best of planners’.
Makara = they plotted. Makara = He planned.
Makkar = plotter.
Makereen = plotters
Has two meanings:
1. Plotting or planning evil intent.
2. Planning for a good purpose: ‘Wa Makaru wa Makara Allah wa’LLahu Khairul Makereen’ (Surah Aali Imran 3:54. They planned and Allah planned and Allah is the best of planners’.
Makara = they plotted. Makara = He planned.
Makkar = plotter.
Makereen = plotters
Since missionaries have made up lies against Allah being a ‘deceiver’, click on the following links below where YHWH (God of the Bible) deceives, and encourages others to lie:
1. Exodus – YHWH & Israelites
2. Kings – Elisha & YHWH
3. Samuel – Samuel & YHWH
4. Kings – Spirit & YHWH
5. John – Jesus
6. Bible by discover the truth
Allāh tells us in at least fifty verses of the Qur’an to avoid Iblis/Satan. Here are some
- -Allah’s curse is on Satan, 15:33-35
- -Allah enjoined children of Adam not to worship Satan, 36:60
- -Believers are to seek refuge in Allāh; 7:200-201; 16:98; 41:36;
- -Believers not to follow Satan; 24:21;
- -Satan commands indecency and evil; 24:21;
- -Satan sows dissension among man, is an open enemy; 17:53
- -excites enmity and hatred; 5:91;
- -Satan’s followers will dwell in Hell; 4:120-121; 7:18
- -has authority over those only who take him as patron, and who join partners with Allah, 16:100;
- -has no authority over who believe & trust in their Lord, 16:99-100; 17:65; 34:20-21; 38:82-85;
- -Hell is recompense for Satan and his followers. 17:63; 38:85;
- -is an avowed enemy to you, 6:142; 7:22; 17:53; 35:6; 36:60; 43:62;
- -made sins alluring, 6:43; 16:63; 29:38;
- -promises nothing but deceit, 17:64;
- -treat Satan as an enemy: he only invites to the Blazing Fire, 35:6;
- -who follow Satan, Satan will command what is wrong; 24:21;
- -wishes to lead astray, 4:60, 118-120;
- -Satan and his hosts will be thrown into Fire:
“Evil” and its personification (Satan /Devil /Lucifer) are concepts which developed in Christianity and Islam which are theological Dualisms: i.e. good versus evil.
Hinduism has a threefold division of nature called the guṇas:
- Rajo guna — the force of action, aspiration, pro-activity, attachment etc.
- Tamo guna — the force of inertia, resistance, inactivity, latent potentiality etc.
- Sattva guna — the force of balance, harmony, integration etc.
Every aspect of the universe partakes of a combination of these three forces, which exist together with one of them being dominant at any one time.
The gods, as manifestation of these forces take on the guna that is appropriate according to time, place and circumstance.
So Brahma is embodiment of Rajas, Vishnu of Sattva and Shiva of Tamas. At certain times Vishnu becomes Rajasic - as when he kills demons, Shiva becomes Tamasic when he destroys the universe only to recreate it.
Shakti (the female personification of the Divine Energy) is sattvik as the goddess Sarasvati (white), rajasic as Durga (red) and tamasic as Kali (black).by rami sivan
In Hinduism there is no single entity that is considered as evil unlike many other religions. The concept of rebirth and law of Karma govern the life of a person. Hence the asuras in one life can be devout folks in next birth. Thus it is all transient. The concept one eternal enemy to doesn't exist in Hinduism. Ravana, Kamsa, Duryodhana, Hiranyakashipu, Hiranyaksha, etc were all evil during that incarnation. So, there is no single evil that is forever present. And God cannot be evil.
According to Hinduism, god is worshipped in different forms but he is one.by ram yogya
In pictures some gods or godesses might look evil (maybe that’s why this question was asked) like Kali devi who is the godess of time,change,power & destruction(as Shown in picture) but they are not evil.
Every deity stand for a reason and its always destruction of evil & establishing peace & righteousness among humans.by avien
Aqa Mahdi Puya has said that these fake verses were shouted out by the Meccans to make it look like it was Muhammad who said it; he writes:
(22:52) Never did We send a Messenger or a Prophet96 before you (O Muhammad), but that whenever he had a desire,97 Satan interfered with that desire.98 Allah eradicates the interference of Satan and strengthens His Signs.99 Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.100
96. For the distinction between Nabi and Rasul, refer to (E. N. 30 of Surah Maryam).
97. The Arabic word tamanna has two meanings: “desire” and “to recite” something.
98.
If the first meaning is taken, it will imply: Satan tried to prevent
the fulfillment of his desire. If the second meaning is taken, it will
imply: When the Prophet recited the Revelations, Satan created different
sorts of doubts about its truth and meanings in the minds of the
people.
99.
If the first meaning is adopted, it will imply: Allah fulfills the
Prophet’s desire and makes his mission successful in spite of the
obstacles of Satan and confirms the truth of His revelations by
fulfilling His promises to the Prophet. In case of the second meaning,
it will imply: Allah eradicates all the doubts and objections inspired
by Satan in the hearts of the people and clarifies the confusion created
about any verse of the Quran in subsequent revelations.
100.
“Allah is All-Knower” and has full knowledge of the mischief worked by
Satan and of its effects, and being All- Wise, He counteracts every
mischief of Satan.
(22:53)
(He does this) in order that He may make the evil caused by Satan a
trial for those in whose hearts there is sickness (of hypocrisy), whose
hearts are hard (and vitiated). Surely these wrong-doers have gone too
far in their dissension.
(22:54)
(He also does this) in order that those endowed with knowledge may know
that it is the Truth from your Lord and that they may have faith in it
and their hearts may humble themselves before Him. Verily Allah always
directs those that believe to the Right Way
101.
That is, Allah lets Satan work such mischief to put to the test both
the righteous and the wicked people. The people with a perverted
mentality deduce wrong conclusions from these and deviate from the right
way, while those, who think on the right lines, realize that all these
things are the mischief of Satan and that the message of the Prophet is
based on the truth. They conclude that the very fact that Satan has been
so much agitated and become active against it is a clear proof of its
being the truth. It is very important to understand the real
significance of this passage (verses 52-54) for this has given rise to a grave misunderstanding.
If
we consider it in the context in which it occurs, it becomes obvious
that it was sent down to refute the wrong appraisal of the casual
observers that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had failed to achieve his
desired object. This was because he had striven for thirteen long years
to persuade his people to accept his message but the apparent result
was that he had not only failed in this, but he and the small band of
his followers had been forced to leave their homes. As this exile
contradicted his claim that he was a Prophet of Allah and had His
approval and succor with him, some people became skeptical about it.
Moreover, they became doubtful about the truth of the Quran, because
they were not being visited by the scourge, which was inflicted on those
who treated the Prophet as false. His antagonists scoffed at him,
saying: Where is that succor of Allah and the scourge with which we were
threatened? The answer to these doubts of the disbelievers was given in
the preceding passage, and in this passage the addressees were those
who were influenced by this propaganda. Briefly the whole answer was to
this effect.
It
is also not a new thing that the desires and wishes of a Prophet meet
with obstacles or that false propaganda is made against his message for
the same has already happened with regard to the messages of the former
Prophets. But ultimately Allah eradicated the mischief worked by Satan
and made the message successful. Therefore you should take a warning
from the past history of Satan’s mischief and its ultimate failure. You
should note it well that the obstacles and the mischief of Satan are a
trial and means that help attract the righteous people towards Islam and
winnow the dishonest people away from it.
It
is a pity that in spite of the above clear and simple meaning of the
passage which fits in well with the context, a grave misunderstanding
has arisen because of a tradition which has not only changed its meaning
entirely and rendered it irrelevant in the context but has helped make
doubtful the very basic articles of the faith. Therefore we are making a
critical appraisal of the tradition in order to show how to make the
right use of traditions for the correct interpretation of the Quran.
Now let us consider the story critically and rationally to prove that it is unacceptable.
(1)
Its internal evidence proves it to be wrong: (a) According to the story
the incident happened after the first migration to Habash, for
according to it some of the migrants returned to Makkah after hearing
the story. Now the fact is that the migration took place in the month of
Rajab of the fifth year of Prophethood and some of the migrants
returned to Makkah three months later, i.e. in Shawwal of the same year.
(b) (Verses 73-75 of Surah Al- Isra)
in which the Prophet (peace be upon him) was reproved for this incident
were revealed in the eleventh or twelfth year of Prophethood. In other
words, he was reproved by Allah five or six years after the incident.
(c) This (verse 52)
in which the interpolation by Satan was abrogated was sent down in the
first year of Hijrah, i.e. about two years after the reproof. Can a
person in his senses believe that the Prophet (peace be upon him) was
reproved for the interpolation after six years, and it was abrogated
after nine years?
(2)
According to the story, this interpolation was made in Surah An-Najm.
When the Prophet was reciting the words, “And a third (goddess) Manat”;
he also recited the interpolated sentence, and then continued the
recital up to the end of the Surah. It is said that the disbelievers of
Makkah were so pleased with the interpolation that they declared: The
differences between us and Muhammad (peace be upon him) have now come to
an end.
Let us now read (verses 19-23 of An-Najm)
along with the alleged interpolation (in italics): Have you ever
considered about the reality of this Lat and Uzza and a third (goddess)
Manat? These are exalted goddesses; indeed their intercession may be
expected. What, do you have sons for yourselves and daughters for Him
(Allah)? This is indeed an unfair division. They are nothing but mere
names which you and your forefathers have invented. Allah has sent down
no authority in regard to them. They follow only conjectures and the
whims of their own minds, although right guidance has come from their
Lord.
Even
a casual reader will detect an obvious contradiction in the passage.
Immediately after praising the goddesses there is a hard hit on their
worshipers, as if to say: O foolish people! How is it that you have
ascribed daughters to Allah and sons to yourselves? All this is your own
invention which has no authority from Allah. On the face of it, the
interpolation makes the passage absurd which cannot be assigned even to a
rational person not to speak of Allah. Then the story presumes that all
the Quraish who were listening to it must have lost their senses;
otherwise they could not have declared that their differences with
Muhammad (peace be upon him) had been made up from thence.
From this internal evidence it has become clear that this story is absurd and meaningless.
(3)
Now let us consider whether the occasions, ascribed by the commentators
to the revelation of the verses under discussion, fit in with the
chronological order of the Quran. According to the story, the
interpolation in Surah An-Najm was made in the fifth year of
Prophethood. The reproof was made in (verses 73-75 of Bani Israil) and then the interpolation was annulled and the incident explained in (verses 52-54 of Surah Al-Hajj).
Now there could be only two possibilities about the time of their
revelation. Either the verses containing the reproof and the abrogation
were sent down in the period in which the interpolation took place, or
the verse containing the reproof was sent down along with Surah Al-Hajj.
In the first case, the question arises: Why were these verses (Surah Bani-Israil, 73-75)
not inserted in Surah An-Najm? Why were they held in abeyance for six
long years and then inserted in Surah Bani Israil, when it was revealed,
and (verses 52-54)
(containing the abrogation) inserted in Surah Al-Hajj after a further
delay of more than two years? Does it mean that the verses were sent
down on one occasion and inserted years later haphazardly in one Surah
or the other? In the second case, the question would arise: Does it
stand to reason that the verses containing the reproof (Surah Bani-Israil, 73-75)were sent down six years after the interpolation, and the verse of abrogation (Surah Al-Hajj, Ayat 52)
nine years after the incident? Still another question arises: What was
the occasion of the revelation of the verses of reproof and abrogation
in Surahs Surah Bani-Israil and Al-Hajj in the context in which they
occur?
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) recited Surah An-Najm and performed
prostration at the end of it. At this, all the hearers, both the Muslims
and the mushriks, fell down in prostration. This was what really
happened and there is nothing strange about it. Let us depict the
occasion: The Prophet (peace be upon him) was reciting a forceful piece
of the eloquent Quran in a very impressive manner. Naturally the
occasion produced an emotional effect and all the listeners
instinctively fell down in prostration along with him. It was because of
such ecstasies produced by the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) recital of
the Quran as this that the disbelievers dubbed him a sorcerer. As
regards the story that the Prophet (peace be upon him) praised the
deities of the disbelievers, it appears that the Quraish concocted the
story to hide their defeat. Probably someone or other of them explained
away their defeat, saying: We ourselves heard Muhammad praising our
deities. Therefore we also fell down in prostration along with him. As
regards to the migrants to Habash, they returned to Makkah when they
heard the concocted story that there had been a compromise between the
Prophet (peace be upon him) and the Quraish. It appears that some of
those people who had seen the Muslims and the mushriks falling down
together in prostration, presumed that peace had been made between them,
so the story traveled to the migrants in Habash who had no means to
verify it and thus thirty three of them returned to Makkah.
Naturally
these three things, prostration by the Quraish, their explanation of
it, and the return of the migrants from Habash, combined to evolve that
story. So much so that some authentic people were also deluded by it,
for to err is human, and the pious and intelligent people are no
exception to it. However, the error of the latter proves to be more
harmful, because their credulous followers accept with closed eyes their
misconceptions along with their right conclusions. On the other hand,
mischief mongers collect all such errors of the righteous people and
exploit them to prove that all the collections of traditions are false
and should be rejected forthwith.
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Greek Concordance: ἔθνει (ethnei) -- 7 Occurrences - Bible Hub***
John 16:12-15 New International Version (NIV)
12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But
when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the
truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears,
and he will tell you what is yet to come.
(John 16:12-13) While Jesus is clearly speaking of a person, Christians claim Jesus is foretelling the Holy Spirit. 
Revelation 19:20 Good News Translation (GNT)
20 The
beast was taken prisoner, together with the false prophet who had
performed miracles in his presence. (It was by those miracles that he
had deceived those who had the mark of the beast and those who had
worshiped the image of the beast.) The beast and the false prophet were
both thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur
Revelation 20:10 King James Version (KJV)
10 And
the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be
tormented day and night for ever and ever.
1. these sentences talk about doomsday-last days -end of the world
2.where is the beast or mark of beast ?
3. muslims dont worsip idols or images
4.false prophet or anti -christ is probably dajjal
5. according to matthew 5:17-19 ,matthew 7:21-23 ,matthew 7:15-16, 1 corintians 9:20 ,galatians 3:10-14 ephesians 2:14-16, philippians 3:2 colossians 2:14 paul is a false prophet
Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. ” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. – 2 Corinthians 12:7-9.
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