Three Questions by a Christian and their Answers — Page 1
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ نَحْمَدُهُ وَنُصَلِّي عَلَى رَسُولِهِ الْكَرِيمِ بَلْ هُوَايَتٌ بَيِّنَتٌ فِي صُدُورِ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ A few days ago, a Christian gentleman by the name of 'Abdullah James, sent to the Anjuman a few questions relating to Islam. The answers to these questions have been written by three honourable friends of the Anjuman, and we are happy to publish them in this book. Question No. 1 The Questions Muhammadsa was in doubt about his own Prophethood and about the Holy Quran being the Word of God, as is evident from this verse of Sūrah Al-Baqarah and Sūrah Al-Anʻām: فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِيْنَ 2 This shows that in his heart of hearts he knew that he was not a Messenger of God. Had he been one, or had he shown any miracles, or had the Miʻrāj been a reality, or had the Quran been revealed to him by Gabriel, he would never have been in doubt about his own Prophethood. This 1 In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. We praise Allah and invoke His blessings upon His Messenger, the Holy Prophetsa. Nay, it is a collection of clear Signs in the hearts of those who are given knowledge. [Publishers] 2 . . . be not therefore of those who doubt. -Al-Baqarah, 2:148; Al- Anʻām, 6:115 [Publishers] 1