ISLAM & THE MUSLIMS

Blessing or Burden?

YOU be the Judge

By LTC Daniel Marvin USASF (ret)

PART SIXTEEN

As promised I will now detail some of those significant parts of Chapter

Five of the KORAN that relate to the treatment of “infidels”

[non-Muslims] and tell of Muhammad’s no-nonsense discussion of who Jesus

is and what he spoke of as his concept of what Christians refer to as the

“Holy Trinity.”

In verses 12 and 13 Muhammad tells his people, “God hath promised to

those who believe, and do the things that are right [as written in the

KORAN], that for them is pardon and a great reward. But they who are

Infidels [Jews and Christians] and treat our [Muslims] signs as lies –

these shall be mated with Hell fire.”

To further emphasize his own power, Muhammad, when discussing his walk

with the “prophets” states unequivocally “And in the footsteps of the

prophets caused we Jesus, the son of Mary, to follow, confirming the law

[the KORAN] which was before him: and we gave him the Evangel [the

Gospel!] with its guidance and light, confirmatory of the preceding Law;

a guidance and warning to those who fear God” He goes on to relate “And

to thee we [the Prophets?] have sent down the book of the Koran with

truth, confirmatory of previous Scriptures, and their safe-guard.” “Oh

Believers!” he warns in verse 56, “take not the Jews or Christians as

friends. They are but one another’s friends. If any one of you taketh

them for his friends, he surely is one of them! God will not guide the

evil doers.” So as to reinforce the feelings against “infidels” J. M.

Rodwell, in his explanatory note # 22 to Chapter 5 in the KORAN, explains

“of the leading features of the character of the Mooslims [Muslims] none

is more remarkable then their religious pride. They regard persons of

every other faith as the children of perdition [damned to Hell]; and such

the Mooslim is early taught to despise.”

In Muhammad’s eyes, Jesus was apparently not to be considered a part of

what the infidel Christians called their “trinity” but, as he tells his

people in verse 79, “The Messiah [Jesus], Son of Mary, is but an Apostle;

other Apostles have flourished before him; and his mother was a just

[human] person: they both ate food.”

In Part Seventeen I will relate significant prophesies of Muhammad

contained in this chapter. Until then – You may be wise to continue to

explore the KORAN. Be the judge of it all.

Edited by Jeanne Calabretta