Is Muhammad or Jesus a true prophet of the only true God?

Jesus Christ teaches that by the fruits of the false prophets you shall know them. This is the criteria we shall adopt to test whether one is a true prophet or a false prophet. As prophet is a spokesman of God, by his works we shall know his Master. The life history and works of the founders namely Jesus and Muhammad of these 2 religions namely Christianity and Islam respectively can reveal the truth of their God beyond a shadow of doubt.

Foundation of Islam

We should know the roots or origins of Islam in order to answer the question "Is Muhammad a true prophet of the only true God?". If we make a simple analysis of the foundation of this religion, the answers will become very apparent. It all begins and ends with a man named Muhammad. 

The Hadith (another "holy" book of Islam) says that Muslims could take the property of people they killed during a Jihad (there are different types of Jihad). In addition to killing infidels like Christians and Jews, Muslims are also commanded to kill anyone who leaves Islam (Hadith vol. 4, no. 260).

The Quran permits violence against pagans (non-muslims). Sura 9:5 says,

Fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every strategem of war.

Sura 5:33 records what is done to infidels who resist Islam:

Their punishment is...execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from the opposite sides, or exile from the land.

Muhammad also burned out eyes with hot irons (Hadith vol. 1, no. 234) and deprived people of water until they died (vol. 8, no. 796).

Those Muslim leaders who call for the overthrow of all governments and the establishment of an Islamic superstate controlling all aspects of life for every person on earth are not extremists on the fringe of Islam. Actually, Jihad, the subjugation and forcible conversion of all people to Islam and world domination are central tenants of Islam. Jihad is ranked by many Muslims as the sixth pillar of Islam.

Jihad was so important to the founder of Islam, Muhammad, that he declared it to be the second most important deed in Islam.

"Allah's apostle was asked, 'What is the best deed?' He replied, 'To believe in Allah and his Apostle.' The questioner then asked, 'What is the next (in goodness)?' He replied, 'To participate in Jihad (religious fighting) in Allah's cause.'" – The Hadith, Al Bukhari, Vol. 1 No 25.

Muslims, in fact, divide the world into two sectors: Dar-al-Islam  (the House of Islam) and Dar-al-Harb (The House of War). The only countries considered to be at peace are those where Islamic law (the Sharia) is enforced.

What is Islam? Islam in Arabic means submission, surrender or subjugation. A Muslim  is one who submits to Allah. The Arabic word for peace is Salam. Islam is the active form of Salam. Muslims see themselves as a "peace making force" using argument, intrigue, commerce, threats, terrors, fatalism, hatred, pride, religious legalism, lying and deceit, anti-Christ, warfare and every other means possible to secure Islam as the only true religion worldwide.

Muslims are not permitted to make peace with a non-Muslim country until its inhabitants surrender to Islam. They can agree to a cease fire for a period of time – but never to make peace with non-Muslims.

The Quran teaches that Muslims are superior to others: "Ye  (Muslims) are the best of peoples evolved for mankind . . ." Surah 3:110.

Muslims are forbidden to befriend Jews or Christians: "O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors. They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is one of them . . ." Surah 5:54.

Islam instructs its adherents to fight until their opponents submit. Christians and Jews may be spared if they pay "Jizya" –  a penalty tax – with willing submission: "Fight those who believe not in God nor the last day . . . Nor acknowledge the religion of truth, (even if they are) of the people of the Book, until they pay Jizya (tribute taxes) with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued"  Surah 9:29.

"Fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait (ambush) for them in every strategem (of war) . . ." Surah 9:5 (also 2:193).

For those who resist Islam – execution or mutilation is decreed: "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His apostle, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution or crucifixion, or the cutting off of the hands and feet from opposite sides or exile from the land . . ."  Surah 5:36.

The Hadith, which is a record of the words and deeds of Muhammad, is also viewed by Muslims as inspired. Next to the Quran, it is the most important source of Islamic Law. It's teachings are regarded as binding on all Muslims.

The Hadith teaches that apostasy is punishable by death: "Whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him." Vol. 9:57.

A Muslim may not be punished for killing a non-Muslim: "No Muslim should be killed for killing a kafir (infidel)." Vol 9:50

Those who die in holy war are guaranteed to go to Paradise (Heaven). "The person who participates in Jihad (Holy battles) in Allah's cause and nothing compels him to do so except belief in Allah and His apostle, will be recompensed by Allah either with a reward or booty (if he survives) or will be admitted to paradise (if he is killed)." Vol 1:35

It may be hard for Christians to understand the concept of such a militant religion, but the primary aim  of Islam is not spiritual but political powers. The ultimate purpose of Islam is the establishment by force of a worldwide Islamic state where Sharia law is enforced on all.

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To achieve this is the goal of Jihad. Islamic scholars identify a multitude of forms that Jihad can take. 

At least 8 forms of Jihad as follows:

1. Jihad of Words. Muhammad was a brilliant and gifted orator silencing his enemies in a war of words. In Arab culture it was customary for feuding tribes to select a poet to mock and provoke the opposing forces with spontaneous verses of cursing. These linguistic warriors engaged in verbal combat seeking to inspire their own side with a sense of superiority and strength whilst undermining the morale of the enemy. This war of words, which Muslim former leaders such as Saddam Hussein and Yassar Arafat engage in, is actually a war of nerves.


2. Jihad of Deception. When Muslims are small in number they can follow the example of Muhammad's 83 followers who fled from persecution in Mecca to Abyssinia (present day Ethiopia). There the Christian Negus (king) offered them refuge. When the Meccans demanded their return as slaves, the Muslim exiles declared that Islam was merely a variation of Christianity. The Muslims selectively recited those passages of the Quran that agree with the Bible such as the virgin birth and miracles of Jesus and His ascension to Heaven and ultimate return. They remained silent on the unbridgeable differences (such as the denial of the Trinity and the atonement) between the Quran and the Bible. As a result the Christian Abyssinians protected the Muslims from the Meccans. In this way, when it was most vulnerable, Islam grew and developed in a Christian environment. 

   Muhammad  compromised with the Meccan merchants during a particularly intense time of persecution. Formerly he had fearlessly condemned polytheism. Then, under pressure, he accepted the Meccan belief that Allah had a goddess, Al-lat, and two daughters, Al Uzza and Manat (Surah 53:20-23). Later Muhammad repudiated these so called Satanic Verses  and claimed that all previous prophets had been similarly tempted by demonic influence. But it is untrue as Jesus Christ was tempted 3 times by the Devil after fasting for 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness and yet He triumphed over the Evil one.

3. Jihad of the Sword. After fleeing to Medina (the Hijra) in AD622, Muhammad started to summon his followers to attack and plunder the caravans of Mecca. His followers initially resisted these calls until Muhammad presented a series of "revelations" commanding Jihad (holy war) and permitting looting ("Whoever has killed an enemy and has proof of that, will possess his spoils" – The Hadith, Vol. 4 no. 370). Where the booty was not large enough, Muhammad held captives as hostages until their families paid a high ransom for their release. Hostage taking has continued to be a common practice in Islam to this day.  Those who participate in Jihad are granted a blanket absolution (Surah 8:17) and guaranteed to go straight to Paradise (Heaven) if killed.
   

4. Jihad of Taxation and Financial Reward. Those who refuse to submit to Islam are forced to pay a special tax for non-Muslims (Jizya). Those who convert to Islam are often offered financial rewards or scholarships.
 
5. Jihad of Slavery. Those Muslims who engage in Jihad not only can seize property, extort ransoms and demand taxes, but also capture slaves. The only places in the world today where slavery is still practised are in some Muslim countries. In Sudan, the Islamic government uses slavery as an incentive to encourage Arab Northerners to attack the Christian Blacks in the South, and as a weapon of terror to destabilize non-Muslims. According to the Sharia Law,  Muslims are allowed to enslave, own and sell human beings.



6. There is the Jihad of the Sharia Law. Non-Muslims are degraded to a lower class status and are denied equal access to the law because their testimony is not valid against a Muslim. This even applies to murder ("No Muslim should be killed for killing an infidel"). The death penalty is applied to anyone who renounces Islam and converts to another religion.

   When the wealthy Bedouins of Arabia professed faith in Allah to escape attack, Muhammad did not accept their confession. ("The desert Arabs say 'We believe'. Say, 'Ye have no faith; but ye (only) say 'We have submitted.'" Surah 49:14) Islam does not place much value on personal faith, but demands surrender to the political rule of the Sharia.

   It is significant that the calendar of Islam does not begin with the birth of Muhammad, nor the onset of his supposed "revelation", nor the assembling of the first Muslim community, nor the flight of Muslim refugees to Abyssinia. The 12 years of persecution in Mecca were not considered the start of their new religion. The Muslim calendar only begins when Islam became a political state in Medina.

7. Jihad of Polygamy. The devastating defeat of the Muslim forces by the Meccans in the battle of Uhud (AD625) led to what could be considered one of Islam's greatest victories. So many of his men were killed that Muhammad permitted his men to take up to 4 wives (Surah 4:3, 4). With the advent of Western medicine, infant mortality has plummeted. And the Muslim birth rate has skyrocketed. Muslims are increasing in number twice as fast as other religions. This is due to birth control and abortion in Western lands and polygamy in Muslim lands. Muslims are not increasing much by missionary outreaches, but by having many children. Polygamy (rather than persuasion) has become one of Islam's most effective weapons for Holy War, providing Islam with a disproportionate numerical advantage.

8. Jihad of the Spirits. According to the Quran, Muslims are not only men and women but also spirits who fight for the spread of Islam (Surah 46:29-33 and 72:1-15). Also a Muslim is to fight on Muhammad's behalf both in his life and after his death (Hadith Vol. 1 chapter 43).

Islam claims that Muhammad and Jesus were both Muslims and prophets of Allah. Oh, Really! They say that Allah has no son and they are right. Allah is not the omniscent, omnipresent, omnipotent God of the Bible -- so they are right, Jesus is not the son of Allah. He is the Son of God. Muslims say that the Bible is corrupt, we cannot trust it -- yet the Quran claims to based on the Bible. Islam says:

	Jesus is not the Son of God.
	Jesus did not die for our sins.
	Jesus was not crucified.
	Jesus was not divine as well as human.
	Jesus is not the Saviour.

These are not issues of the Bible being corrupt as the Muslims say it is. These are issues of the Quran contradicting and not truly confirming the revelation before it. These are issues of Muslims blasphemying. See Suras 4:157; 5:19, 75; 9:30. 

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Differences between Muhammad and Jesus.

The coming of Muhammad was not foretold. Muhammad came on the scene claiming that he converted genies that are seen by nobody. And now a whole host of people worship his Allah that is not known as God. God is Spirit. Muhammad did many treacherous things including robbing and plundering for his own wealth. He also commanded his followers to kill all that would not submit to Muhammad's religion.

Today in Africa and around the world, Muslims are killing anyone who will not submit to Islam.

Of late, Muslims are trying to say that Muhammad was sinless, but Muhammad admitted that he is a sinner.

"Muhammad replied..."O Allah, set me apart from my sins..." Hadith vol. 1, no. 711

Mistakes in the Quran. It is believed that many of the stories in the Quran come from the Jewish Talmud, the Midrash, and many apocryphal works--for instance Nimrod threw Abraham in the fire. You'll see this in Jewish extrabiblical literature.

	Christians worship three gods: the Father, the Mother (Mary), and the Son (Jesus) (Sura 5:73-75, 116) Yusuf Ali's translation deliberately mistranslates Sura 5:73 by saying "They do blaspheme who say: God is one of three in a Trinity". The words "in a Trinity" are not in the Arabic text. The Aramic says, "Allah is the third of three".
	Christians bow in prayer towards Jerusalem (Sura 2:144, 145)
	Wine and sex in heaven (Sura 2:25; 4:57; 11:23; 47:15). Was this not Muhammad's desire?
	It took eight days to create the earth. (Sura 41:9, 10, 12 -- 4+4+2=8 days). The Bible says six days. Other Suras say six days (7:51, 10:3)
	One of the sons of Noah refused to go into the ark and was drowned in the flood (Sura 11:32-48). The Bible says all three went in.
	The ark came to rest on Mount Judi (Sura 11:44). The Bible says it came to rest on Mount Ararat.
	Abraham father's name was Azar (Sura 6:74). The Bible says it was Terah.
	Abraham lived in the valley of Mecca (Sura 14:37). The Bible says he lived in Hebron.
	Abraham went to sacrifice Ishmael (Sura 37:100-112). The Bible says it was Issac.
	Abraham built the Kabah (Sura 2:125-127). The Bible does not say this.
	Abraham was thrown into a fire [by Nimrod]. The tale of Abraham being delivered from Nimrod's fire came from the Jewish Midrash Rabbah and was incorporated into the Quran (see Suras 21:51-71; 37:97,98). It must be also pointed out that Nimrod and Abraham did not live at the same time. Muhammad was always mixing people together in the Quran who did not live at the same time. The Bible tells us Nimrod lived MANY CENTURIES BEFORE ABRAHAM--HE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS?
	Throughout the Quran--Nimrod and Abraham, Haman and Moses, Mary and Aaron, etc. were all pictured as living and working together. Moses and the flood are found together, the tower of Babel and Pharoh, etc. like they all happened at the same time.
	Man who bought Joseph was named Aziz (Sura 12:21ff). The Bible says it was Potiphar.
	Quran messes up numerous Bible people. Goliath becomes Jalut, Saul becomes Talut, Enoch Idris, John the Baptist Yahya, Jonah Yunus, etc. Because Muhammad had no Arabic Bible to read he frequently got the names and events all wrong--but then again, he was supposed to be a prophet!
	Pharoh's wife adopted Moses (Sura 28:8, 9). Bible says it was Pharoh's daughter.
	Noah's flood took place in Moses day (Sura 7:136, 7:59).
	Crucifixion was used in Pharoah's time (Sura 7:124)
	Mary gave birth to Jesus under a palm tree (Sura 19:22)
	Mary mother of Jesus is Moses' sister Miriam (Sura19:28). Muhammad was clueless.
	Made up miracles of Mary (Sura 19:23-26).
	Zacharias could not speak for only three days (Sura 19:10) Bible says from the time of vision until 8 days after birth of John the Baptist (Luke 1:20 & Luke 1:62-64)
	The test of how soldiers drank water came in the days of David and Saul (Sura 2:249, 250--actually it was years earlier with Gideon. Other Mistakes
	Abrah's army defeated by birds dropping stones on them. History says Abrah's army withdrew after smallpox broke out.
	The Kabah was build by Adam and rebuilt by Abraham. It was built by pagans to worship a black rock {meteorite} that fell out from space. Abraham never lived in Mecca.
	Sura 20:87, 95, the Jews made the golden calf in the wilderness at the suggestion of Samaritans--there were no Samaritans at that time.
	Alexander the Great was a Muslim and worshipped Allah and lived to an old age (Sura 18:89-98). Yusuf Ali and the Concise Dictionary of Islam confirm that Zul-qarinain in the Quran is Alexander the Great.
	Alexander the Great followed the setting sun and found that it went down into the waters of a muddy spring (Sura 18:85, 86). Does that sound like a fairy tale or what?
	Contradictions are too numerous to name... The only way is to accuse that Bible is corrupt.

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The Hadith.

This is another sacred book of Islam which Muslims claim is inspired. It's supposed to tell you what to do to enter paradise and sundry other stuff. You must EARN Allah's forgiveness by following a bunch of rules and rituals. This stuff is indefensible:

	One of the major sins is not to protect oneself from urine. If you pee on yourself you go to hell, yet Muhammad ordered people to drink camel's milk and urine!
	You must not face Mecca when you are defecating. You must not use your right hand to hold or wipe yourself. You must wash your private parts after going to the bathroom.
	Satan stays in the upper part of the nose all night (vol. 4, no. 516)
	Muhammad would spit so followers could smear it on their faces.
	Bad breath, having gas, and yawning are sins when done in Muhammad's presence--I don't think Allah was offended, I think it was Muhammad.
	Muhammad was superstitious and was afraid that evil spirits might enter his body while urinating or defecating. He was also afraid of a strong wind, and kissed and adored black stone in the Kabah. Muhammad thought that placing a green palm leaf on grave of the dead would lessen their pain as they died, and said clean your private parts with an odd number of stones. Believed that Jews were transformed into rats (vol. 4, nos. 524, 569 and chap. 32) and magic.
	Muhammad supposedly had the sexual strength of 30 men.
	There are no recorded miracles of Muhammad in the Quran but when followers saw Muhammad's inferiority to Jesus they started making some up in the Hadith: Muhammad cut the moon in half with a sword, a palm tree cried like a baby because Muhammad wouldn't preach under it, Muhammad made water flow out of his fingernails so that people could drink--the Hadith contradicts itself on how many supposedly people drank it. These "miracles" go on and on.
	Islam is to be primarily spread by conquering (but then again, what else can you get people to believe these fairy tales?). The best deed is to believe in Allah and his Apostle. The next best thing is to participate in Jihad which is religious FIGHTING (vol. 1, no. 25). Murderous Muslims could take the property of people they killed during a Jihad.
	Anyone who leaves Islam must be killed (vol. 4, no. 260).
	Christians and Jews that don't embrace Islam go to hell.
	Women are deficient in intelligence and religion.
	Majority of people in hell are women (vol. 1, nos. 28, 301; vol. 2, no. 161)
	Child looks like the parent that had "discharge first" during intercourse.
	Stars created by Allah to throw at devils as missiles.
	Spirits eat dung and bones.

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Muhammad was a sinner.

The Hadith makes clear that Muhammad was a sinner-- not sinless  as some Muslims claim: [Muhammad replied..."O Allah! Set me apart from my sins (faults) as the East and West are set apart from each other and clean me from sins as a white garment is cleaned of dirt (after thorough washing). O Allah! Wash off my sins with water, snow and hail.)"]  Narrated Abu Huraira

Muhammad was not assured of paradise.