CHAPTER TWENTY ONE:

 

Muhammed, THE GURU

There is a vast difference between a prophet and a guru. A prophet comes to people in the name of their god, and he declares a message directly from their god. The reverence of the people is directed by the prophet toward their god, not the prophet. On the other hand, a guru comes to the people with a very private message.

A guru claims some vague association with the gods, but his objective is to form a following of people who are totally beholding to him, the alternate of the god, for every detail of life. The god is kept far away, lest he interfere with the guru's lust for power and his leeching on the people for sustenance. The most powerful picture of this self-serving mongrel religious game is found in India and Hinduism.

My friend, Bansal Singh, owned a shop in Eldoret, Kenya. I would talk to him about the uniqueness of The Lord Jesus Christ, and Bansal would tell me about Guru Nanak. No matter how I contrasted Jesus with guru Nanak's small mind, Bansal would conclude, "Your Jesus is just like Guru Nanak." Finally, I was able to show him that Jesus Christ claimed to be God, while Guru Nanak rejected Christ's claims. The guru's followers worshipped Nanak and kissed his writings, while their god languished from neglect. This is why we cannot compare Jesus with Muhammed, as he hoped we would. Jesus Christ is the Judge of Muhammed according to the Bible and in this book.

A number of years ago, Ruth Carter Stapleton, who claimed to be a "Christian" health expert, was at a holistic conference for New Age empty heads, where she fit very well. Christian press reporters tried in vain to speak with her, but she avoided all contact with Christians.

One reporter picked up a conversation between Ruth Stapleton and the representative of a guru in India. The disciple of the guru commented to Ruth Stapleton, regarding her books and speeches, "I think your Jesus and my guru are very much alike." Ruth Stapleton responded, "I think so, I think so." This lady, sister of alleged Baptist, Jimmy Carter, has failed to see that Jesus Christ is God, not an alternate guru. So, Muslims are not the only ones in need of light in this study.

Though he claimed to be a prophet, by any definition, Muhammed was a guru. Gurus were not well defined in his day, but it is now easy to see that his claim to be a prophet was totally uncharacteristic of the Bible prophets whom he claimed to follow. Previous chapters of this book have shown us the Hadith with all of its fine details of bathroom training, nose blowing, and just about every small detail of life. This is the first evidence of Muhammed's guruistic nature. Like the Pharisees of Jesus' day, the guru uses detailed codes of life to put the people into bondage to himself. But let us go on to see his words and those of his followers. They are the words of guruism.

 

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INTRODUCTION:
PLEASE MEET GURU MUHAMMED

Islam, like Christianity, has its catechism. It is taught in the grand Madrassas (schools) of Saudi Arabia and under Baobab trees in Tanzania, but it is the foundation of truth to the Islamic follower. From childhood he is drilled in the questions, and he gives the answer in a shouting voice. The first question in the catechism is, "What is religion?" The answer: "Religion is what Allah revealed by the mouth of his Prophet, of Wisdom, such as the knowledge of the attributes of Allah, and Prayer, and Almsgiving."

It is evident that Muhammed is the foundation of all truth in Islam. All Bible prophets are cast aside, and their writings are used only to destroy those prophets, mock the authority of the God of the Bible, and blaspheme his Son, The Lord Jesus Christ.

To further establish the role of Muhammed in Islam, the declaration of faith is given in the catechism. To recite it is the first of five "pillars," or acts of faith, in Islam, and it states, "La ilaha illa `llah; Muhammed rasul Ullah." The English translation is, "There is only one God, Allah; Muhammed is the Apostle of Allah." The word "rasul" can also be translated, "Prophet." The word "Ras" is used in Ethiopia for a king serving under a high king. In the Middle East "Ras" is often prefixed to the name of a mountain or prominent place. The word clearly puts Muhammed in the highest visible place in Islam, while Allah is unseen and basically "out to lunch."

The reader will notice, in the first phrase, the use of "IL," the primal word for the Sumerian and Babylonian god, Enlil. The use of the "IL" root in the third word as the generic word for a god is damning evidence that Jehovah / El-Elyon / Elohim, or whatever Bible name you wish, never came near Mecca. So Muhammed is the prophet of Haji Allah, the pagan god of Babylon. On this we can all agree. (FOOTNOTE 24:  213 / 324-36 / 545-50 )

We learn more from the Islamic catechism where, numerous times, Muhammed is referred to as "Lord Muhammed." Jesus Christ said in The Bible, John 13:13, Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. The Bible reserves the name "Lord" for God only, and, because he was God, Jesus Christ claimed the title. The British custom of calling men "Lord" is a form of blasphemy, and the majority of them are wicked men. The Apostle Peter said in The Bible, I Peter 5:2-3, Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples (examples) to the flock. It will be argued by the Mullahs that this is a generic title, but the placing of the title "Lord" before the name of Muhammed and the capitalizing of it in the English translations of the Koran, clearly gives Muhammed guruistic divinity.

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The Islamic catechism also states, "Muhammed was a perfect man in character and attributes." This implies that he was sinless. He said he wasn't, but one may yet be killed in a number of Islamic countries for broaching even one question as to the life and actions of Muhammed. Muhammed's followers have made him their infallible god for all intents and purposes.

The vast bulk of the catechism is centered on Muhammed. Allah gets almost no mention after the first declaration we studied. This also shows the guruistic nature of the prophet who succeeded in closeting Haji Allah and exalting himself. One attribute that Muhammed shared with the Mary of the Roman Catholic Church (their demonic Mary is not the Bible's Mary) is that Muhammed prayed for the dead during his lifetime here. The Bible indicates that this is futile since it says in Hebrews 9:27, And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: Even Jesus Christ did not pray for the dead, and there is no place in the Bible where a person's destiny can be altered after death. This is another of Muhammed's guruistic attributes which makes him bigger than God. Blasphemy!

The "humble" prophet Muhammed said, "I am the most cultured of the Arabs," yet he had to be deloused regularly by his wives. He said, "War is treachery," yet he launched all sorts of wars and slaughtered men with great glee. One is reminded of the words of another hypocrite, Franklin D. Roosevelt, when he said, "War is Hell," then he gave the USA its greatest taste of war ever, and on one occasion FDR gratefully accepted a bleached Japanese skull at a public rally.

After his death, Muhammed's followers enlarged the man to a clearly Messianic and Divine level. It is said that when he was born, the palace of the Persian emperor trembled, fourteen of its towers fell, the Mazdaean sacred fire went out, a lake dried up, a marvellous light shone from his mother's breast, and its brightness spread as far as Syria, and the Stars came down so close to witness his birth that folks thought that they would fall on them. It is said that his body threw no shadow, that flies would not settle on his garments (sorry about the lice, it is recorded in the Hadith that he had them), and when his hair fell in the fire it would not burn.

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Muhammed even made the moon travel seven times around the Kaaba and split in half, after which, one half went up his right sleeve and emerged from his left sleeve. Gabriel brought Muhammed five apples from heaven, one for himself and four for the the Caliphs. Muhammed's apple talked with him for a while before he ate it. These miracles are the stuff of the gurus. (FOOTNOTE 25:  133 / 303 / 1492)

The above legend shows you how the miracles, which supposedly happened to Muhammed, were not meant to exalt Allah. Rather, they exalt Muhammed to a place in the godhead of Mecca. Just one comparison with The Bible men is enough. In the book of Acts 14:8, And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. 14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, 15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you...

Here we see the power of God to heal resulted in worship of the Apostles. Paul rejected their guruizing zeal. Bible believers are only in awe of The Godhead from which the power to heal was directed by the Bible prophet.

Muhammed's success, in conquering the Middle East, was the result of the spiritual malaise that had settled over the area when Arabian Christianity was warped out of recognition by the Nestorians, Jacobites, and Aryans. The mongrel Coptic Academy at Alexandria was discussing how many angels could dance on the head of a pin, while its perverted Gnostic manuscripts were already migrating toward the future Vatican basement to corrupt the Word of God.

The Arabian Jews were obsessed with the Cabbala, a warped Babylonian invention which had Elohim in bed with the goddesses Shakhina and Lilith. The ancient religions of Babylon offered no anchor to the Arabs since the Greeks had replaced them with their foreign Aryan pantheon. For this reason Muhammed offered an indigenous and ego-massaging cult which was made in the back yard of the Arabs. It felt good, so the Arabs exalted the Arab who invented it-- Muhammed. (FOOTNOTE 26:  157 / 4-5 / 1880)

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MUHAMMED ON MUHAMMED

Next, we want to know what Muhammed said about himself. He claimed to have the very words of Allah, so let us hear from his own lips by way of the Koran and Hadith. Each claim will be answered by the Bible.

Al Hadis, Vol. 2, p. 102, (92) Abu Qatada reported that the Messenger of Allah said, "Whoever has seen me has indeed seen the truth." Agreed.

Bible, John 1:17, For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. If Muhammed is the person of truth in physical form, then Jesus Christ is a liar. Note the definite article "the" in the next passage.

Bible, John 14:6, Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Either Jesus Christ is right, and Muhammed is a blasphemer, or Muhammed is right, and Jesus Christ is a liar. It is absurd in the extreme for Muhammed to contradict Jesus' claim to be the exclusive truth, then turn around and patronize Jesus by the saying, "Praise Be Upon Him." There is only one who is the truth, Muhammed or Jesus Christ.

You Mullahs are the worst hypocrites when you say "Blessing Be Upon Him" about Jesus, then you reject his claims for himself and, as Ahmed Deedat, intimate that Jesus was a bastard.

Bible, Ephesians 4:21, If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: The proof is here. Jesus was carefully watched by his enemies among the Jews for any flaw in his character. He was listened to very carefully. No fault was found in him, as his judge, Pilate, attested. The life and words of Jesus Christ changed lives in Galilee, and they still do. His enemies must resort to lies in order to cast Jesus Christ aside. It was not enough to merely look at Jesus Christ, as Muhammed suggested we should. Truth enters more than the eyes of the beholder, rather; it changes the listener.

Muhammed's "truth" made very little impact on the vile lust of the Arab tribes of his day, nor has his teaching changed the sinful heart since his day. Sin rages on in the Muslim life, unchecked and undisciplined. Keeping the Five Pillars of Islam has NOTHING to do with a change, a new life, in the follower of Muhammed. The "truth" of Muhammed is the "light" of Lucifer, the angel of pagan "truth."

The Egyptian mystic, Dirimi reported that the Messenger of Allah said, "The first light which Allah created was my light." When Adam got to heaven he found Muhammed's name on Allah's throne and engraved everywhere. Adam asked, "Who then is this Muhammed?" Allah answered, "He is thy descendant, and but for him, I should not have created thee." Then Allah rebuked Adam for not praying to Muhammed. Dirimi also reported, "All of creation was made of the substance of Muhammed."

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Now, if Muhammed was not eternal and in the Islamic godhead before the world was created, pray tell, how did Haji Allah manage to consult him before he created Adam, how could he create Adam from Muhammed's substance, and how could Adam pray to Muhammed unless Muhammed was pre-existent and part of the deity? This is the madness of Muhammed and the Mullahs, and it blasts Islam's monotheism into a cocked hat. (FOOTNOTE 27:  133 / 304 and 306 / 1493)

The Bible answers in John 1:1-4, In the beginning was the Word (Jesus Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him (Jesus Christ); and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

Muhammed's claim, to be the original light and the head of the committee that brought on the creation of the world and Adam, is a rank plagiarism. He probably heard something like this from his uncle Waraqah or some Nestorian Christian and thought it sounded good. Well, even the modern copyright laws recognize such trickery as theft.

Bible, John 8:12, Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. Muhammed would not follow Jesus as his Savior, so he was in the dark, and he came up with his own second hand claim to be light.

Bible, John 9:5, (Jesus said) As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. It is very clear here that Jesus Christ was the light in the world, and, after He ascended into heaven, divine light no longer had a physical form as Muhammed claimed. That is why we now have the Bible. It is the only light which is physically available to us.

Jesus gives the final judgment on the "light" of Muhammed in The Bible, Matthew 6:23, But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! And so it is with the guru, Muhammed. He is part of the darkness of this world.

By now you may be wondering if I am going too far in accusing Muhammed of selling himself as pre-existent and in the godhead with Allah. I refer to the Koran, Sura 53:29, (English text by A. Yusuf Ali. Allah is speaking). Therefore shun those who turn away from Our Message, and desire nothing but the life of this world.

Note: The word "Our" has the "O" capitalized! Who is the other with Allah, who is speaking. Is it not Muhammed? Answer: YES, and the upper case "O" makes it clear that Muhammed is in the Islamic godhead. The Muslim translators clearly have Muhammed in a class above the human. I say that they have something more than monotheism. Call it a Theistic Committee if you like, in any case, calling Muhammed a guru is not even giving him the godlike position he claimed. Now, back to the Hadith for more revelation from the prophet.

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Al Hadis, Vol. 4, p. 341, Abu Hurairah reported from the Holy Prophet who said, "Verily, I am a mercy that has been raised up." Attested by Darimi and Baihaqi. Muhammed IS the mercy.

The Prophet John the Baptist said in The Bible, Matthew 3:1-3, In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Do you see the distinct difference? Muhammed craves all the attention and says, "I am special, I am mercy." The Bible prophet directs our attention away from himself and says, "Get ready for the coming of The Lord Jesus." The first is guruistic, while the second is prophetic.

Al Hadis, Vol. 4, p. 367-368, Jaber-b-Samorah reported that the Apostle of Allah said: "Verily I know certainly of a stone at Mecca which used to greet me before prophethood. Surely I recognize it even now." Attested by Muslim.

There is a text in the Bible which makes it clear what the stones would say IF they could talk: Bible, Luke 19:37-40, And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest." And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, "Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he (Jesus) answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. If the stones ever do cry out, it will be in praise of The Lord Jesus Christ, their creator, not in greeting of a man who rejected the Messiah.

Al Hadis, Vol. 4, p. 389-391, In this Hadith we have an account by Muhammed in which he claims that the angel Gabriel came down and split open Muhammed's chest, washed it in the water of the well at Zamzam, poured wisdom and faith into his chest, then took him by the hand and ascended to Paradise. What follows resembles nothing from the Bible.

The high point of Muhammed's visit to Paradise was to come to Allah as he was tallying up the accounts of those who should enter Paradise. The Apostle of Allah said, "Allah ordained fifty prayers a day for Muslims. I returned with that and passed by Moses on my way out of Paradise. Moses asked what Allah had ordained for Muslim prayer. I told him, fifty times a day. Moses said, 'Return to Allah and ask for less because your followers will not be able to pray that much.' I did so, and Allah remitted half. I returned to Moses and told him Allah had remitted half. Moses said, 'It is still too much. Go back and ask for less.' I went back again, and Allah said, 'They can pray five times a day, but it will be fifty to me." Attested by agreement.

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This story makes heaven into a big suk, or market, where Allah and the prophets bargain for discounts on holiness and devotion. It also implies that Moses knew better than Allah what was good for the people. Blasphemy!

Al Hadis, Vol. 4, p. Abu Hurairah reported that the Apostle of Allah said, (Muhammed speaking of himself ) "By the One in whose hand is the life of Muhammed, certainly there will come a day upon you in which you will not recognize me, but when you recognize me, I shall be dearer to you than your family members or you property." Attested by Muslim.

That is a classic messianic saying. No Bible prophet ever said such self-serving things, but Jesus Christ did in The Bible, Matthew 10:37, He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Only God the Son dared speak these words.

Bible, Matthew 19:29, And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. You see, Jesus Christ was either Emmanuel, God with us, the Messiah of Elohim, or He was a raging impostor. For Muhammed to claim he reverenced Jesus, then claim that Muslims would follow Muhammed with Messianic zeal, is a gross insult to Jesus Christ. Muhammed and Christ cannot both be true. One is a bold-faced liar. (FOOTNOTE  28:  The Bible, Matthew 1:23)

Islam claims that Muhammed was the Paraclete whom Jesus said would come after he ascended to heaven. The Paraclete was the Holy spirit for whom the followers of Jesus waited in the upper room at Pentecost, fifty days after Jesus ascended to heaven.

After the return of Jesus back to heaven, the followers of Jesus were gathered in a room in prayer. A rushing wind sent through the room, something like flames appeared, and people were given the ability to speak in languages of the Middle East which the speaker did not know. They spoke of Jesus Christ and his Gospel to those gathered. The miracles done were the work of the Holy Spirit whom Jesus promised would come after he, Jesus, returned to heaven.

Peter made it clear that the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit of God, was not Muhammed in The Bible, Acts 2:16-21, But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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For our purposes, we see that fifty days after Jesus' return in glory to heaven, the words spoken 500 years before, by the prophet Joel, were fulfilled. "This is that..." is when God will "pour out my Spirit." There were Arabians at that event, according to verse 11 of Acts 2, but Muhammed was not one of them.

To believe that Muhammed is the Paraclete, the Spirit of God, is to place him at that event 600 years before he was born, which would imply that he is eternally present and part of the eternal Godhead. There goes Islamic monotheism! They keep digging the hole deeper, but one day they will find they cannot climb out.

So, we see that Muhammed saw himself as a wheeler-dealer, who went to heaven to get a discount on prayer, with the help of his old bargaining assistant, Moses. Those who claim to follow Muhammed are damned to hell if they don't respect his person. At his death he appointed no successor like Elijah did with Elisha since he thought he was one of a kind. He clearly made himself a guru in the truest sense, and the fruit of his arrogance is the Sunni / Shiite feud which started shortly after his death and continues to this hour. (FOOTNOTE 29:  229 / 109 / 125; 143 / 157 / 272)

 

THE FOLLOWERS OF GURU MUHAMMED

Long ago, a gentleman of San Francisco once declared himself to be King of California. The people in San Francisco, peculiar from the beginning, thought it would be a jolly good show to go along with him. So, the people of that city treated him royally, let him eat free in restaurants, and even gave him a royal burial after he died. Though the mentally ill King of California believed he was king, his subjects knew that it was all a joke. What if they had decided to believe him? Would you not say they were mad?

When a man stands up and claims that he was the first cause of creation, eternal, the Paraclete, and that his physical person must be venerated if we want to go to Paradise, we declare him to be either the Messiah, the God of heaven, or a blithering fool. The followers of Muhammed make it clear that they believe every one of his claims, indeed, they add to his divine aura with their tales and claims. No Pope, heretic, or true Apostle of the Bible was held in such high esteem as was guru Muhammed by his followers.

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Al Hadis, Vol. 4, p. 337, Omme Solaim, a wife of Muhammed, reported that the Messenger of Allah used to take a mid-day nap near her. She used to spread a leather, and he would sleep on it. He perspired profusely and she used to gather his perspiration and put it in a perfume box. The Holy Prophet asked, "O Omme Solaim, what is this?" She said, "We put your perspiration in our perfume box because it is the most fragrant of the perfumes. We wish its blessing for our children." Muhammed said, "You are right." Attested by agreement. What comment is needed to such guruistic nonsense?

This legend was not just the notion of a silly wife, Al Hadis, Vol. 4, p. 340, Jaber reported that whenever the Holy Prophet tread on any path, when someone passed by later, that they could recognize that the prophet had passed by there because they could smell the fragrance of his perspiration. Attested by Darimi.

I am reminded of Saint Francis of Asissi. He never took a bath because he thought it was a sign of spiritual weakness, and for this the Roman Catholic Church exalted him to sainthood. When men want to guruize a man, nothing about him is less than sweet and refreshing, even if he smells like an old goat.

In the Bible we have a statement by David showing the divine contrast to Omme Solaim's tomfoolery. The Bible, Psalms 56:8, Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? In David's day it was the custom for funeral mourners to wail and cry and produce real tears, often for hire. They would collect their tears in small bottles and give them to the survivors of the deceased.

David was in great sorrow, and he asked God to keep a record of his weeping and hurt spirit. It is a beautiful picture we have of the God of heaven moved by the crying of his children, and what a contrast with a silly wife collecting the stinking sweat of a sleeping prophet!

Three Hadith follow with little comment. They show the divine aura Muhammed had for the early Muslims. Al Hadis, Vol. 4, p. 339, Jaber-b-Samorah reported, "I saw the prophet on a moon-lit night. The prophet was wearing a red gown. I looked at the moon and at Muhammed, and lo, he was more beautiful than the moon." Attested by Tirmizi and Darimi.

Al Hadis, Vol 4, p. 340, Ibn Abbas reported that the Holy Prophet's front teeth were wide apart. When he spoke, it seemed that light was coming from between his two front teeth. Attested by Darimi.

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Al Hadis, Vol 4, p. 605, Ayesha reported that when Muhammed died, the men didn't know if they should remove his clothing to wash him like they did for everyone else. To prevent them from doing evil, Allah put them to sleep, and each of them woke up with his shoulder in his chest. A voice came from nowhere saying, "Leave his clothes on him." So they poured water over his clothes and buried him. Attested by Baihaqi.

Do you see the divine or guruistic cult that formed around Muhammed? No prophet of the Bible was ever seen in this light, on the contrary, because of their message against the people's sins, they were often hated and killed. Samuel Zwemmer tells us that some of Muhammed's women followers were so zealous for him that they left their husbands to go to be with him in Medina. (FOOTNOTE 30:  186 / 142 / 656)

This violates the clear teaching of the Apostle Paul in The Bible, I Corinthians 7:13, And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. You can see why Ahmed Deedat, and his fellow Islamic Mullahs, hate the Apostle Paul. Their prophet was in gross violation according to God's revelation through Paul.

Philip Hitti points out that Muhammed clearly had a divine aura with his followers. Will Durant explains that when Muhammed came to power, Arabia was a dusty heap of desert flotsam made up of idolatrous tribes. Much like Germany before Hitler, there was no cohesion in the various cultures or social groups. Like Hitler, Muhammed drew all of the Arab tribes together, wiped out local identity, and formed a nation.

The Arabs had their first taste of national identity, and they liked it. The next step, historically, is for such a movement to go out and conquer. Since Muhammed rallied them around Allah and Islam, they conquered in the name of Allah. Many Germans, blinded by Hitler's social restoration, approved of the Jews being gassed.

In the same way, the first Muslims were blinded to the humanity of Muhammed, guruized him, and launched a blood bath on the world that continues to this hour in Sudan, Israel, Croatia, and elsewhere. Muhammed became the guru of Allah, the political master of Arabia, and he could do no wrong. (FOOTNOTE 31:  65 / 129 / 23; 34 / 174 / 36)

The political power was added to the spiritual zeal at Medina. When Muhammed took over the political life of Medina he ruled with an iron fist. Infidels were killed or their property confiscated. Jews, who failed to exalt Muhammed as their next great prophet, were killed.

The Christian era has its story of shame in the same kind of church / state consortium under the rule of John Calvin and Zwingli. Calvin went so far as to burn a fellow Christian at the stake for disagreeing with him on a fine point of doctrine, while Zwingli drowned many Anabaptists. Muhammed, Calvin, and Zwingli do not remotely resemble the Carpenter from Nazareth, Jesus Christ. All three men may well meet in the same flames since we read in The Bible, Revelation 21:8, But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death

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All three men went to great lengths to justify their murders. They all thought that salvation could be brought to a man by putting a knife to his throat. (FOOTNOTE 32:  107 / 265 / 79;  The Reformers and their Stepchildren, Leonard Verduin, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, MI)

Will Muslims still lie and cover for the peculiar character of their guru and prophet? In his book, Inquiries About Islam, Imam Chirri, of the Islamic Center of America in Detroit, makes the statement, "No prophet (of the Bible) except Muhammed has claimed that his book contains the very words of Allah."

This is the kind of blind mindless statement that the Islamic Mullahs make because they have guruized Muhammed. They don't stop to examine the Bible before jabbering because the Arab custom, the statement of fact in the face of absolute contradiction, is in the bedrock of Islamic doctrine. Let Imam Chirri and the Mullahs now hear the Bible prophets boldly claim to speak the very words of God.

The Bible writers used the prefixed statement, "Thus saith the Lord," claiming to speak the very words of God, in giving prophecy 434 times. Jeremiah said, "Thus saith the Lord" no less than 148 times. Zechariah, who was called a prophet by Muhammed, used it 24 times, and uniquely added Jehovah to the end, "Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah." In the New Testament, Jesus Christ used the prefixed statement, "Verily, I say unto you..." a total of 78 times, as recorded by the four Gospel writers.

There are many claims in the Bible by the writers that attest that they spoke the words of God. Here are several examples of the Spirit of God taking over men so that they spoke the very words of God:

Bible, Hebrews 1:1-2, God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, (Jesus Christ) whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Both the Bible prophets and Jesus Christ were speaking the very words of God.

Bible, II Timothy 3:16, All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: "Inspired" means that God breathed into these men his words which they then gave, in writing, to the people of God.

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Bible, Acts 1:16, (Peter is speaking) Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. "Holy Ghost" is another old English form of Holy Spirit. Ahmed Deedat, because of his ignorance of old English, likes to mock at the use of the word "Ghost." Any Muslim who uses Deedat as a point or reference is a stupid fool. Deedat is the most fluent liar on behalf of Allah on earth today. The point in the above text is that God's Spirit took over David, so that he spoke the very words of God. Peter knew that David was under God's control.

Imam Chirri fails to see that God often uses one prophet to confirm another prophet. This is because Muhammed cast aside all previous revelation and claimed he was the only current and accurate source of truth. Imam Chirri must follow the official Islamic line, so he dare not accept one Bible writer confirming another Bible writer as God's spokesman.

Bible, II Peter 1:21, For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Peter again confirms the Old Testament writers as God's personal word givers.

Bible, Jeremiah 26:16, Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man (Jeremiah) is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God. Everyone present understood that Jeremiah spoke the words of God.

Here are the claims of the Apostle John in the last book of the Bible, The Revelation, Bible, Revelation 1:1-2, The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

John is introducing the book as the very words of God given through himself. It is truly amazing that these Mullahs have no guilty conscience when they make their grand and bold claims. But, of course, any lie in the interest of Islam is quite all right as long as one does not get caught. Well, Imam Chirri, I caught you. You lied, and you need to repent and be cleansed of your wickedness by the precious Blood of Jesus. (FOOTNOTE 33:  20 / 135 / 1471-72) I trust you, the reader, can see by now that Muhammed was in the beginning, and still remains, a guru, or even a god, to Islam.

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It is also curious that Muhammed never claimed to have read the Old or New Testament of the Bible. This was mostly because he was totally illiterate, but the God of the Bible would certainly have been eager for Muhammed to read and believe the revelation of the Bible prophets. But no, Muhammed had no idea what the Bible taught, as we have shown in Part Two of this book.

So the defense of Muhammed's alleged revelation, as the only true and unique word from Allah, is a fine cover story for the Mullahs who know that their prophet was basically ignorant of all revelation. (FOOTNOTE 34:  110 / 41 / 1594)

 

THE WIMP FACTOR

What is a wimp? This is someone who makes great claims, but in the moment of testing he runs and hides. Gurus are famous for their wimpy, mincing manners, and they will run from the first sign of danger unless their followers are there to surround them and fend off the adversary. The classic example is Guru Rajneesh, the fellow with the fifty-nine Rolls Royces, who had the commune in Oregon. When the civil authorities came to prosecute the dear guru in the name of tax fraud, he abandoned his followers to do their aerobic devotions without him, and he ran off to India.

This last consideration will be unpleasant, but it must be treated to see the vast contrast between Muhammed and a true man of God. When Muhammed first preached Islam to the Kouraish in Mecca, they didn't like it very well. They began to plot and scheme to discredit him, and they threatened his converts with business boycotts and violence.

Muhammed finally realized that he had to act. All of the screaming of Jihad today might cause us to expect him to gather his followers and stand in battle like Joshua of the Bible. Instead, Muhammed sent some of his followers to Ethiopia, and the rest he sent to Medina in small groups over a period of time.

The reason he chose Medina was that the Jews in that city had been having a hard time fending off polytheism, and they were initially attracted to Muhammed's monotheism. They invited him to come to Medina and take charge. He declined to go at first, choosing to send followers ahead to see how they would be received. He refused to lead them to Medina because he feared for his safety.

Later, Muhammed and Abu Bakr slipped out of Mecca one night and went to Medina by a circuitous route to avoid the Kouraish who wanted to kill him. Muhammed "bravely" instructed his cousin to remain at home to take the heat when the mob arrived. This event was later known as the "flight" or Hegira, and it begins the calendar of Islam.

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Actually, it should be called the "trickle," since the first flight was made by the first Muslims who arrived in Medina not knowing how they might be received. Muhammed came wandering into Medina much later when it was clear that Medina was friendly.

When Muhammed had mustered enough men from Medina to make practical use of the doctrine of Jihad, he "bravely" sent them into battle ahead of him. Sometimes he stayed at home and prepared to run away if the battle went badly. On one occasion he attacked and killed a group of his enemies on a day that local Arabs observed as a traditional day of truce. The early Muslims always approved of his wimpy tactics, since Muhammed had convinced them that the prophet was indispensable, so they kept him under cover and made their own rules.

When Muhammed finally took Mecca, he knew very well that the Kaaba was thoroughly pagan, yet he curried favor with the Kouraish by retaining Allah, the chief executive god of the pantheon, in the Kaaba. Allah was not chosen to be the god of Muhammed and Islam because he WAS god-- Allah was chosen because he was the least controversial. This is the wimp factor at work.

To see an Arab art representation of the Kaaba and the Grand Mosque, CLICK HERE.

He kept the existing rituals of pagan worship with the seven trips around the Kaaba, kissing the stone of Al Uzza that fell from heaven, the run to Mount Arafat, and stoning the devil. He was too timid to totally cleanse Mecca of all these vestiges of paganism, something the local people fully expected of him. (FOOTNOTE 35:  169 / 479-80 / 41-42; 159 / 514-15 / 194)

The fruit of this limp-wristed beginning can be seen in the extreme difference between the desert Bedhoin and the city Arabs today. The Bedhoin are famous for their bravery, manliness, and their willingness to stand and fight for their honor, even when outnumbered. They make poor Muslims unless they can be coaxed into settling in the city. There they adopt the timid and devious scheming character of "good Muslims."

Sodomy is not found among the Bedhoin, but it is overlooked in the cities where it is common for young boys to amuse the libidos of wealthy wimpy merchants. Like the Mafia at the Roman Catholic altars, Arab bandits stay close to the Muslim merchants in town to avoid fatal contact with the Bedhoin. The fact that Islam has such a weak hold on the Bedhoin, 1300 years after it was founded, shows how it appeals to the docile and depraved side of life rather than to the manly side. (FOOTNOTE 36:  60 / 659 / 467; 160 / selected / 1762-81)

This picture does not mean that all Muslims today are necessarily like this, but sadly they do not have a very manly prophet to inspire them.

We must also examine Muhammed's wimpy doctrine of sin. Professor William Thompson of Harvard has said, "The age-long dogmatic attack of the Muslim against the doctrine of the Trinity is due not only to his passion for the unity of god and abominations of the irrational. It is the spear-head of his assault on the divinity of Christ and the doctrine of the atonement."

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Why was Muhammed so terrified of the doctrine of the atonement? Simple answer: Muhammed refused to see himself as totally depraved and a lost sinner with no hope of salvation. Like all pagan cults, he wanted to participate in his own atonement. If he were to face up to his sin nature and admit that he could not save himself, then he would need a Savior. That would be Jesus Christ, and he knew enough about Christian doctrine to know that. So, like all of the ecclesiastical wimps before him, he trashed the atoning work of Jesus Christ and chose to set out for heaven on his own merits, five pillars and all. It takes a real man to say, "I'm a sinner, and I need a Savior or I am lost." Muhammed was not such a man. (FOOTNOTE 37:  214 / 316-17 / 496)

Let us examine the prophet Muhammed in the light of the ultimate example of passion and courage. This is part of the Injil, or Gospel, that Muhammed must have heard on his caravan journeys to Syria when he was working for Khadijah.

Jesus Christ was the very personification of self-sacrifice and manliness, as we see in the account of the temple soldiers coming to arrest him just before he was crucified. Bible, John 18:1-9, When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these (his followers) go their way: That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none. (FOOTNOTE 38: Christian readers see this footnote at the bottom of the page.)

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Jesus purposely arranged things so that he would face the Jewish council alone, and his followers would be delivered from death or suffering. This is the exact opposite of Muhammed who sent his people into battle and danger while he hid nearby to wait for the results. At one point in the above scene pugnacious Peter whacked off the ear of one of the soldiers. JIHAD? Not by Jesus' authority, for Jesus promptly put the ear back and told Peter to put away his sword.

Because He knows how to suffer for the heavenly Father, Jesus is best qualified to give the last judgment of Muhammed's wimpology. Bible, John 10:14, I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. Jesus knew by his divine foreknowledge that he would suffer terribly, but he taught his disciples that this is normal, not exceptional, for those who love lost souls.

Bible, John 10:15, As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. Again, we see the understanding in the Godhead is that Jesus' suffering was predestined. He was satisfied that he had to atone for our sin by such a horrible death.

Bible, John 15:13, Greater love hath no man than this, that a man (Jesus Christ) lay down his life for his friends. Muhammed let his friends lay down their lives for him. He sent them ahead to take the first heat, or he left them behind to answer his enemies. I trust you see my point by now.

Bible, I John 3:16, Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. It is the heritage of Islam, that they kill all in their path who will not convert to Islam, but only if they are in the majority.

When they are in the minority, as they are in Toledo, Ohio, well then they are very tolerant and courteous. They offer guided tours of the great Toledo mosque, feed you nice treats, and it all seems so genteel. But in Sudan, the Muslim majority, in 1992, drove 400,000 Africans into the desert to starve unless they would convert.

You ecumenical white-race descendants of Japheth, who love synergism and religious unity, ought to go get some in Sudan! With their swords they would quickly make you a member of First Church of the Immaculate Shish Kabob.

Please don't assume, from our discussion, that every time you meet a Muslim, who is hospitable and decent to you, that in fact, he would rather stick a knife between your ribs. But, the point is, he might if the Imam told him to, and if he could get away with it. Why? Answer: Jihad is always an option to all Muslims. So, the love of God is not perceived in Islam. Why? Answer: Muslims take life rather than give their lives for other men. But, if Muslims are not sure they will win the battle, they hide and send some kid to blow himself up in Israel. Arafat's mongrel massacre of Muslim boys is classic. You will never catch Arafat blowing himself up. You will never catch Osama bin Laden flying a plane into a building. This is the heritage of the wimpy prophet from Mecca.

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CONCLUSION TO THE CHAPTER:

Sura 112 of Al Koran says, "Say: He is Allah, the One and Only, Allah, the eternal, absolute; He begetteth not, Nor is he begotten; And there is none like unto him." That reminds us of the Old Testament exhortation which Moses gave to Israel in The Bible, Deuteronomy 6:4, Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: All cults and false religions start with an established truth and then add a necessary fiction.

It is necessary for Muhammed to explain his flight from the Truth in the Word of God. Muhammed's established truth was monotheism, that is, there is one god- Allah. The necessary fiction was that Muhammed was Allah's one and only prophet from 625 AD onward. Muhammed taught that his revelations from Allah were the only correct words of Allah.

By the time he got done with Allah (who was already far removed from the personally involved Sumerian god, Enlil) Allah had become a distant unknowable notion. This left Muhammed the true heir to the estate of Islam, and he certainly made the best of it.

Muhammed was used by Satan to eclipse the Light of the world, The Lord Jesus Christ. Muhammed said, "Think of Allah's gifts, not of his nature." One day a slave girl was brought to Muhammed to see if she should be given her freedom. Muhammed asked her, "Where is Allah?" She replied, "Allah is in heaven." To this Muhammed responded, "Set her free." If she had said, "God is in my heart," she would have died a slave. (FOOTNOTE 39:  60 / 248 / 484; 55 / 53 / 1556; 186 / 130-152 / 650-61)

The Apostle Paul says in The Bible, Colossians 1:25-27, Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

There is no presence of God for a Muslim, and the prophet Muhammed cannot wash away the Muslim's sins, because the prophet rejected the atonement of Jesus Christ. The Muslim is totally without hope, so he has only one choice left. He tries to make Muhammed as nearly into a god as possible. Thus, we see how Muhammed became the Muslim guru. When a Muslim comes to Christ in faith, he MUST verbally denounce the prophet Muhammed. If he does not, it must be assumed that he remains unconverted.

 

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Conclusion to Part Four:

H.G. Wells, in his book titled, A Short History of the World, stated that Muhammed "married a number of wives in his declining years, and his life on the whole was, by modern standards, unedifying...," and Wells described the Koran this way, "it is unworthy of its alleged divine authorship." For this very mild observation, Muslims in India held demonstrations protesting Wells' work.

This guruistic infallibility given to a mere man knows no bounds, so when Wells tried to deliver the evidence in a gentlemanly way, the faithful reacted with the same zeal which Muhammed used when he killed his neighbors and raped their daughters in Islamic "marriage".

I have found no reason to go easy on "the prophet" of Haji Allah. Since the reaction will be mindless by the majority of Muslim readers and Mullahs, I have given the whole sordid story so that the few Muslims, who will listen to the truth, may be liberated. Jesus said in The Bible, John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

I hope and pray that some Muslims will abandon the system of oppression invented by Muhammed and that they will be truly converted by the Gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ. My joy will not be to see them become disciples of this book. I shall be perfectly delighted to meet them one day at the throne of God Almighty in the presence of my Savior and the saints of the ages.

Let us give Samuel Zwemmer the last word in closing out the discussion of Muhammed. Brother Zwemmer lead many Muslims to Jesus Christ in the Middle East, and his zeal and compassion were well known. He is the only Missionary I have ever heard of who spent time living with the Bedhoin giving them the Gospel. Thousands of Muslims believed the Gospel as he preached it, and many more did not believe. A great throng of Muslims who loved him joined Christians in the streets of Cairo to mourn his death. Here then are the words of a man who loved Muslims for the sake of the glorious name of Jesus Christ: (FOOTNOTE 40:  Disclaimer of the Zwemmer Institute of Pasadena, California, USA. Like many liberal para-church organizations in the past 40 years, this group has tried to tie its Neo-Evangelical program to the zeal of a great witness and missionary. In particular, they disgrace Samuel Zwemmer's memory by their use of contextualization, mixing Islam and Christianity. Beware.)

"A stream can rise no higher than its source. Islam has no lofty conception of ethics and of holiness like that of the Christian religion. Muhammed's life soon became the standard of morality for all Muslims. In the Koran he is human; in tradition (the Hadith) he becomes sinless and almost divine. To be as good as Muhammed is the ideal of the Muslim. Christ rises higher as he shows in The Bible, Matthew 5:48, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." Paul's command in The Bible, Ephesians 5:1, "Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;" is, to the orthodox Muslim, a double blasphemy. Allah can neither be imitated or followed, nor can he have children." (FOOTNOTE 41:  229 / 119-120 / 129-130)

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The only thing left to the Muslim is to imitate and follow the guru, Muhammed. Allah is said to be unknowable. If that is true, then it could very well be that Allah is the opposite of all of the attributes which Islam has given to Allah, who would know? The Islamic catechism clearly says that Allah is the opposite of what you imagine he is. So Allah could very well be Satan himself, and his Babylonian heritage would support that conclusion. Thus, the Muslim finds it less frightful to follow guru Muhammed. In his sins, superstitions, and lusts, Muhammed is like his followers-- this is a comfort to Muslims who seek no higher standard to live up to.

Dear Muslim friend: If you have by now felt the urge to flee from Islam to the tender mercies of The Lord Jesus Christ, then I can only encourage you along, and I suggest you turn your back to Mecca, or face the North where El Elyon or Jehovah is, and denounce Muhammed for the dirty blasphemer he was. Then go on to Chapter Twenty Six on the Gospel, Al Injil, of The Lord Jesus Christ, and confirm your salvation at once. May the true Light of Jesus Christ shine into your heart soon as you repent and believe.

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(FOOTNOTE 38:  Dear Charismatic reader: This is the only time anyone in the Bible ever fell backward when he met God. You are a fool when you are laying on your backside before the Lord. All godly people in the Bible fell on their face when they were before the Lord. Benny "Gehenna" Hinn uses this to distraction, and I have heard of people coming up demon-possessed after being "slain in the Spirit." In fact, I have evidence that a truly born-again Christian cannot fall backward in Hinn fashion.)

 

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