WHO IS ALLAH?
Allah has pagan beginnings
The Black Meteor inside the Kaba
aka: Ka'bah aka: kabah
The stone has been attacked many times and is now composed
of several pieces and fragments, bound together by a silver ligature.
Pre-Islamic history tells us that many Arabian tribes were
stone worshippers. This is also
mentioned in Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol 5, #661.
The Old Testament also talks about Mideast pagan groups that worshipped
stones.
When Muhammad was born in Mecca, each Arab tribe in Mecca
had their own deity. There was a large
black meteor found in the desert which many Arabs believed was sent to them by
astral deities. This rock was placed in
the southeast corner of the cube-shaped structure in Mecca. The arabs knew this rock as the Ka'ba, which
means stone. The black rock's diameter
is about 12 inches. It is reddish black
in color, and has red and yellow particles. During this time before Islam this
stone was part of the shrine to worship of a chief male god (among over 360
other gods) who was known as Hubal. The
black meteor stone was said to symbolize a nature god known as al-Hajar
al-Aswad. Hubal was an oracular deity
whose statue -- in human form and made of red carneol -- stood in the Ka'ba
until Muhammad destroyed it. The Kaba is
about 50 feet high, and the walls are about 40 feet long. The facade contains the door, which starts at
7 feet off the ground, and faces N.E.. To enter the Kaba, a ladder must be used. Also built in the eastern corner, is another
stone called "lucky". This
stone is only touched, not kissed.
Pagans called out the names of their pagan gods as they circled the Kaba
the same as Muslims do today, calling out Allah's name. Early Meccan Pagans also ran between the
nearby hills. Muhammad authorized Muslims to do that in the Quran, and Muhammad
probably ran between the hills himself. So, even before Muhammad pagans were
worshipping this black stone in the Kaba.
Are we surprised that although Muhammad
proclaimed only one God, he continued to participate in idol worship at
this pagan shrine (Kaba); and Muslims still do idol worship there today? The black stone of Ka'aba is nothing but a
holdover within Islam, from pre-Islamic paganism.
There is evidence that black stones were commonly worshipped
in the Arab world. In 190 A.D. Clement
of Alexandria mentioned that "the Arabs worship stone". He was alluding to the black stone of Dusares
at Petra. In the 2nd century, Maximus
Tyrius wrote; "The Arabians pay homage to I know not what god, which they
represent by a quadrangular stone".
Maximus was speaking of the Kaaba (Ka'ba) that contains the Black Stone.
The Qurash (aka: Quraish) tribe which Muhammad belonged to
was in charge of idol worship at the Ka'ba Shrine. The chief god of Muhammad's tribe was one of
the three sister goddesses called al-Uzza, the youngest of the three daughters
of the pre-Islamic Allah and the patron goddess of Mecca. Her name means "the mighty
one". The other two were named
"al-Lat and "al-Manat".
It was only by chance that a fortune teller counseled Muhammad's
grandfather against sacrificing Muhammad's father to this al-Uzza pagan diety. The head of these pagan, animalistic deities
was "Al-llah". It is believed
that "al-llah" in Muhammad's time before Islam referred to a vague
moon god and that Muhammad believed that al-Uzza was a daughter of this
"al-llah".
The Qurash tribe's Allah corresponded to the god Bel, which
is another name of the Assyrio-Babylonian gods En-lil and Marduk. It has the
same meaning as Baal. The Arabic today
translates the word Allah as "the God". Muhammad's father's name was Abd Allāh ibn
‘Abd al-Mullalib. "Abd-Allah"
means slave of Allah. When Muhammad
says there is only one god - Allah - now you have an idea what his background /
thinking was; and who this Allah actually is. Muhammad sincerely believed in
the power of this black meteorite. So much so, that he made it a the central
point of Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca. The Hajj ends with everyone kissing this
black stone as a devotion to Allah.
Salman Rusdie
Salman was born into a Muslim family in Mumbai in 1947
Of note: in 1988, Salman Rushdie's novel "Satanic
Verses" contained the above as the basis for that book. This book led Ayatollah Khomeni to offer a $3
million bounty on the Muslim Salman Rushdie.
But Salman Rushdie did not lie about Islam's early Satanic
beginning! He merely reported the truth.
And truth is something Islam cannot tolerate.
Salman Rusdie was knighted by the British queen in June 2007.
Would a true Prophet make any exception to Monotheism
(belief in only one God)?
During the early stages of Islam, Muhammad was frustrated in
his attempts to win over Mecca's merchants and other powerful people, who were
all polytheists (believe in many gods). Finally he relented on his hitherto
uncompromising monotheism and stated that it was permitted for the pagan gods
of Mecca --specifically, three female deities named al-Lat, al-Uzza, and Manat
--to intercede before Allah for the people. According to Islamic tradition,
Satan took advantage of Muhammad's desire for reconciliation and "put upon
his tongue" as a revelation from Allah this rhetorical question and
answer: "Uzza and Manat, the third, the other"? These are the exalted Gharaniq (cranes) whose
intercession is approved." The pagan members of Muhammad's tribe, the
Quraysh, were pleased; they prostrated themselves before their gods as the
Muslims were prostrating themselves before Allah, and went out saying,
"Muhammad has spoken of our god in splendid fashion."
How did Muhammad get out of this mess? Just as you would
expect. "Miraculously" and conveniently, Gabriel came to Muhammad and
and gave a new Surah (22:51) which says that Satan routinely tampers with the
messages of the prophets. Reference: Page 69, "Inside Islam, A Guide for
Catholics"
The Suyuti says in Asbab of the Nuzul (page 184):
"Muhammad was in Mecca. He read the chapter of the Star.
When he uttered, ‘Have you seen the Lat, the ’Uzza, and the other third
Manat?’, Satan instilled in his tongue, ‘These are the exulted idols (daughters
of God) whose intercession is hoped.’ The infidels said that Muhammad had
mentioned their gods with good words. Then when he prostrated, they prostrated,
too. Thus, the above verse 22:52 was not inspired."
On page 282 of the Commentary of the Jalalan, we read the
same interpretation, and the Jalalan added,
"Gabriel came to Muhammad after that and told him that
Satan had thrust these words into his tongue. Muhammad became sad, then Gabriel
delivered this verse to him to comfort him."
In his book, "The Kash-shaf’, the Zamakh-shari
(A.D.1144) (part 3, pages 164 and 165), asserts that,
"This episode which Muhammad experienced is common
knowledge and unquestionable, and is related to us by the companions of
Muhammad."
In short, this Allah is not the God of the Jews or the
Christians. Allah is in fact a Meccan
Moon god idol. To confess that Allah is the same God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,
and Moses is to deny Yahweh (I Am), who is revealed in the Lord Jesus the
Christ!
The standard of judgment for the God of the Qur'an is that
our good deeds (to Muslims only) must outweigh our bad deeds (Suras 7:8-9;
21:47); but the standard of the God of the true Bible is nothing less than
complete perfection as measured by the holy character of God (Matthew 5:48;
Romans 3:23).
Since nobody can attain perfection, God sent His only Son as
a substitute atonement (korban) so that those who believe and trust in Jesus,
although imperfect ourselves--will have eternal life. In short, did a marvelous thing that shows He
loves us. God Himself (Yeshua/Jesus) was
the only perfect sacrifice to this dilemma.
Two important attributes of Yahweh (I am/Jesus) is that God
is both just and merciful. Muslims Often
ask me -How can God die on a cross? When
they should be asking; "Why did God suffer and die on a cross"?
Muslim activists in the West have been using the tactic of
claiming that they worship the same god as the Christians in order to gain
legitimacy and acceptance. They have been using the name "God" in
place of "Allah" in many translations of the Qur'an.
Satanic lie: Good deeds will get you to heaven. Truth: The wages of sin/any sin are death.
Islam is very much a deeds-based religion where God is
keeping score. For Muslims, good deeds go on one side of God's ledger, and bad
deeds go on the other side. Islam says that on the day of resurrection, each
person's ledger will be balanced. Assuming that all of the other basic
qualifications were met during life (i.e., the 'Pillars of Islam'), if the
person's good outweighs the bad: Paradise. If the bad outweighs the good: Hell.
It's just that simple. NO Muslim ever knows if they are destined to rot in hell
forever. Muhammad said he was unsure
himself if he would go to heaven or hell.
The real God has made it all simpler than this false
deed-based system. But it requires you
believe something with your whole heart.
This may require you leaving your family and/or friends. But, your eternal life, and where you spend
eternity demands it.
You have to accept the Son of God's substitutional atonement
of your sins.
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
You only have to ask Jesus and He will save you.
Only in Jesus do we have a promise for life. Jesus said;
"I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if
he dies, will live" (John 11:25)
Islam says the God of the Qur'an provided a messenger,
Muhammad, who warned of Allah's impending judgment (Suras 2:119; 5:19; 7:184,
188; 15:89-90) and who declared that "No bearer of a burden can bear the
burden of another" (Suras 17:15; 35:18, Ali); but the God of the Bible
provided a sinless Savior, Jesus, who took our sins upon himself and bore God's
wrath in our stead (Matthew 20:28; 26:28; Luke 22:37; John 3:16; 10:9-11; 2
Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10).
Interesting enough.
Jesus and Mary were among the many images—in addition to the goddesses
of fertility and power—worshiped at the Ka'bah during Muhammad's day. Early stories of Muhammad relate how when he
entered Mecca in triumph he ordered the destruction of all idols and images.
But, when he came upon a picture of the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus inside
the Ka'bah he reverently covered this icon with his cloak. He ordered all other
images to be destroyed, and that the image of the Madonna and Child was to be
looked upon as sacred.
One Muslim myth, concerning the Kaba, is that anyone who
prays under the Kaba's water-pipe becomes as pure as on the day when his mother
bore him. Muslims have a hard time
accepting the Christ's atonement even though it is there clear as day in all 4
Gospels that Muhammad validated, but Muslims will allow for total forgiveness
of sins by uttering a prayer under a spout! Who is being deceived?
Islam's dilemma about Mary, the earthly mother of Jesus
& the divinity of Jesus
Islam's high regard for Mary is rooted in various texts of
the Koran (Qur'an), including the following: "Behold! the angels said: 'O
Mary! Allah has chosen you above the women of all nations'" (Surah
3:42). The purity of Mary in Islamic
thought is equated with sinlessness. The
Qur'an even affirms the Virgin Birth of Jesus, echoing Mary's response to the
angel Gabriel from Luke's Gospel: "She said: 'O my Lord! How shall I have
a son when no man hath touched me?'" (Surah 3:47). Muslim theologians, however, do not explore
the implications of Mary's sinlessness or the Virgin Birth. They do not want to pursue a line of thought
that might lead to the affirmation that Jesus was divine, a very disturbing
conclusion for the Muslim.
Add this dilemma about Mary to the fact that the Qur'an
confused the sister of Moses by implication (Miriam) with Mary (lived 1500 yrs
apart), the mother of Jesus 3 times --and one needs to seriously question
Islam's and its Allah's credibility.
Also, remember, Muhammad seemed to think that Jesus was Moses' nephew,
the son of Moses' sister Mariam.
