Appendix 9
Abraham:
Original Messenger of Islam
One of the prevalent myths is that
Muhammad
was
the
founder
of
Islam.
Although Islam, total submission to God alone, is the only religion
recognized by God since the time of Adam (3:19, 85), Abraham is reported in the Quran as the first user of the word “Islam” and the
one
who
called
us
“Muslims,”
i.e.,
Submitters (22:78). Abraham’s exemplary submission
to God is demonstrated by his
famous willingness to sacrifice his only son, Ismail, when he thought that that was God’s command.
As it turns out, such a command
was in fact from Satan.
God
Never
Ordered Abraham to Sacrifice His Son
God is the Most Merciful.
He never violates
His own law (7:28). Any person
who believes that the Most Merciful ordered Abraham to kill his son cannot possibly make it to God’s Heaven. Such evil thought about God is grossly blasphemous. Nowhere in the Quran do we see that God ordered Abraham to kill his son. On the contrary, God intervened to save Abraham and Ismail from Satan’s plot (37:107), and He told Abraham: “You believed
the dream” (37:105).
Undoubtedly, it was a dream inspired by Satan. God’s irrevocable law is: “God never advocates sin” (7:28).
Millat Ibrahim
Islam is called “Millat Ibrahim” (The Religion of Abraham)
throughout the Quran (2:130,
135; 3:95; 4:125; 6:161; 12:37-38; 16:123; 21:73; 22:78). Moreover, the Quran informs
us that Muhammad was a follower of Abraham (16:123).
Due to a general unawareness of the fact that Abraham
was the original messenger of Islam
(Submission),
many
so-called
Muslims
challenge
God:
“If
the
Quran is complete and fully detailed (as claimed by God), where can we find the number of Rak‘ahs
(units)
in
each
contact
prayer
(Salat)?”
We learn from the Quran that all
religious
practices
of
Islam
were
already
established
before
the
Quran’s revelation (8:35, 9:54,
16:123, 21:73, 22:27,
28:27). Verse
16:123 is direct proof that all religious practices in Islam were intact when Muhammad was born.
Muhammad was enjoined
to “follow the religion of Abraham.” If I ask you to buy
a color TV, it is assumed that you know what a color TV is. Similarly, when God
enjoined Muhammad to follow the practices of Abraham (16:123),
such practices must have been well known.
Another proof of divine preservation of the Islamic practices given to Abraham
is the “Universal Acceptance” of such practices. There is no dispute concerning the number of Rak‘ahs in all five daily prayers.
This proves the divine preservation of Salat. The Quran’s mathematical code confirms the number of Rak‘ahs in the five prayers 2, 4, 4, 3, and 4, respectively. The number 24434 is a multiple
of 19.
The Quran deals only with practices that were distorted. For example, the distorted
ablution is restored in 5:6 to its original four steps. The tone of voice during the contact prayers (Salat) was
distorted—many Muslims pray silently. This was corrected in the Quran, 17:110. The fasting
during Ramadan was modified in the
Quran to allow intercourse during the night (2:187). Zakat
is restored in 6:141, and Hajj is restored to the four correct months (see Appendix
15).
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