CHAPTER THREE


J. M. Rodwell explains in his notes to the KORAN that Muhammad “supposed Imran or Amran to be the father of the Virgin Mary – Mary and Elizabeth to be sisters; who, with Jesus, John, and Zacharias, make up the family of Imran.”
Muhammad, in Chapter 3, speaking of God’s all knowing power, tells his people “nought that is in Earth or that is in Heaven, is hidden from Him.” After telling of “the Book” and how “We believe in it: it is all from our Lord,” he prays “O our Lord! suffer not our hearts to go astray after that thou hast once guided us, and give us mercy from before thee; for verily thou art He who giveth. O our Lord!” he continues, “For the day of whose coming there is not a doubt, thou wilt surely gather mankind together. Verily, God will not fail the promise.
“As for the infidels [meaning Jews and Christians], their wealth, and their children, shall avail them nothing against God. They shall be fuel for the fire [Hell’s lake of fire].”
In verse 17, Muhammad states unequivocally “The true religion with God is Islam: and they to whom the Scriptures had been given...” “If they [unbelievers/infidels] shall dispute with thee,” he goes on, “then SAY: I have surrendered myself to God, as have they who follow me.”
He goes on to exhort his people, “Let not believers take infidels for their friends rather than believers: whoso shall do this hath nothing to hope from God – unless, indeed, ye fear a fear from them: but God would have you beware of Himself; for to God ye return.”
Clarifying his unbelief in the Trinity, Muhammad, in the 40th verse, tells the Muslims, “Remember when the angel said, ‘O Mary! Verily God announceth to thee the Word from Him: His name shall be, Messiah Jesus the son of Mary, illustrious in this world, and in the next, and one of those who have near access to God.”
I conclude today’s revelations on ISLAM with a quote from verse 45 of chapter 3:“And when Jesus perceived unbelief on their part, He said, ‘Who will be my helpers with God?’ The apostles said, ‘We will be God’s helpers! We believe in God, and bear thou witness that we are Muslims.’”
After Muhammad asks the reader of the KORAN to believe that Jesus declared himself and the apostles as being “God’s helpers” and the apostles responded to Jesus as Muslims, he relates how God spoke to Jesus, saying, “O Jesus! verily I will cause thee to die, and will take thee up to myself and deliver thee from those who believe not; and I will place those who follow thee above those who believe not, until the day of resurrection.” In his explanatory notes, Allan Jones tells the reader that “Muslims believe that God took the dead body of Jesus to Heaven – for three hours according to some – while the Jews crucified a man who resembled him.“ He goes on to write, “It would also seem [Chapter 19, Verse 34] that Jesus died a natural death, though it is nowhere said how long he continued in that state. Muslims also believe that Jesus on His return to earth at the end of the world will slay the Antichrist, die, and be raised again.”
Again, in Verse 53 of Chapter 3, Muhammad denies the trinity and the virgin birth as he tells the reader: “Verily, Jesus is as Adam in the sight of God. He created Him of dust: He then said to Him, ‘Be’ – and he was.”
He goes on, in Verse 60 to say unequivocally “Abraham was neither Jew nor Christian; but he was sound in the faith, a Muslim; and not of those who add gods to God.”
Further clarifying the absoluteness of ISLAM, Muhammad tells us that “Whoso desireth any other religion than Islam, that religion shall never be accepted from him, and in the next world he shall be among the lost.”
Later in Verse 97, Muhammad talks to his people, saying “Oh, ye believers! fear God as He deserveth to be feared! and die not till ye have become Muslims.
“And hold ye fast by the cord [the Koran] of God, all of you, and break not loose from it; and remember God’s goodness towards you, how that when ye were enemies, He united your hearts, and by His favour ye became brethren...”
“But as for the infidels [Jews and Christians], their wealth, and their children shall avail them nothing against God. They shall be the inmates of the fire [Hell], to abide therein eternally.” Surely, Muhammad is telling the reader of the Koran that the Lake of Living Fire (Hell) will be the destination and the place of eternal existence for all Jews and Christians.
I will conclude Chapter 3 in Part 8 of this series. As you read, digest the truth of what the Koran divulges - You be the judge of it all.


Muhammad makes it abundantly clear in verse 114 that Muslims are not to mingle with infidels, instead they are to remain separate. “O ye who have believed! form not intimacies among others than yourselves. They will not fail to corrupt you. They long for your ruin. Hatred hath already shewn itself out of their mouths, but more grievous is what their breasts conceal. The tokens thereof we have already made plain to you, if ye will comprehend.”
He goes on to talk of God, saying, “Whatever is in the Heavens and the Earth is God’s! He forgiveth whom He will, and whom He will, chastiseth: for God is Forgiving, Merciful.”
Muhammad tells them to fear God, “that ye may prosper. And fear the fire [hell] which is prepared for them that believe not; and obey God and the apostle, that ye may find mercy.”
“This Koran,” he states, “is a manifesto to man, and a guidance, and a warning to the God-fearing! And be not fainthearted, and be not sorrowful: for ye shall gain the upper hand if ye be believers.
In verse 138 he said, “Muhammad is no more than an apostle; other apostles [Muhammad has stated that Jesus was, like him, an Apostle and no more] have already passed away before him: if he die, therefore, or be slain, will ye turn upon your heels [that is, return to idolatry]? But he who turneth on his heels shall not injure God at all: and God will certainly reward the thankful.”
To emphasize the awesome power of God, he tells his people, “For the Kingdom of the Heavens and the Earth is God’s, and God hath power over all things. Verily, in the creation of the Heavens and of the Earth, and in the succession of the night and of the day, are signs for men of understanding heart...”
Muhammad concludes chapter 3 by reaffirming his belief in the ultimate word – the KORAN – and wanting his people to believe in “signs” by saying, “Among the people of the Book [KORAN] are those who believe in God, and in what He hath sent down to you, and in what He hath sent down to them, humbling themselves before God. They barter not the signs of God for a mean price. These! their recompense awaiteth them with their Lord: aye! God is swift to take account. O ye who believe! be patient, and vie in patience, and be firm, and fear God, that it may be well with you.

Edited by Jeanne Calabretta ©LTC Daniel Marvin (USASF Ret’d)