Only Begotten Son?

Narrated `Ubada: The Prophet<sup>(P)</sup> said, “If anyone testifies that None has the right to be worshipped but Allâh Alone Who has no partners, and that Muhammad is His Slave and His Apostle, and that Jesus is Allâh’s Slave and His Apostle and His Word which He bestowed on Mary and a Spirit created by Him, and that Paradise is true, and Hell is true, Allâh will admit him into Paradise with the deeds which he had done even if those deeds were few.� (Junada, the sub-narrator said, “`Ubada added, ‘Such a person can enter Paradise through any of its eight gates he likes.’�) (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 55, Number 644)

But you Muslims treat your women so badly!

First of all, let us place into perspective the theological viewpoint of Judaism. Israeli author, Naomi Ragen, states in her article, “Wifebeating and the Halacha – Time for a Change� many Halachic authorities have not only done nothing to punish wifebeaters, but have actually condoned wifebeating, spelling out conditions in which it is not only permissible, but a mitzvah.

Christianity has long been known to view the role of women as being subservient to men. One need only look at the scriptures:

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. (Genesis 3:16)

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. (1 Corinthians 14:34-35)

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. (1 Timothy 2:11-14)

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. (1 Corinthians 11:5)

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. (1 Timothy 2:9-10)

In Islâm, God tells us to be kind to our women:

O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their will, and you should not treat them with harshness, that you may take away part of the dowry you have given them, unless they commit open illegal sexual intercourse. And live with them honourably. If you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing and Allâh brings through it a great deal of good. (The Qur’ân 4:19)

And those who accuse chaste women, and produce not four witnesses, flog them with eighty stripes, and reject their testimony forever, they indeed are the Fâsiqûn (liars, rebellious, disobedient to Allâh). (The Qur’ân 24:4)

Allâh’s Apostle^(P) said, “Whenever I stand for prayer, I want to prolong it but on hearing the cries of a child, I would shorten it as I dislike to put its mother in trouble.� (al-Bukhari Volume 1, Book 12, Number 827)

The bottom line is, Westerners believe they are open-minded, but in fact, their minds are closed to anything beyond their own culture or race. If they were born in India, they would be cow-worshippers. The only reason a Christian is a Christian is because their parents (or close friends and/or relatives) told them about Jesus when they were children. There is less textual evidence to support Christianity and its current practices than exists to support Islâm. To choose Christianity over Islâm defies all logic. If one approaches theology with an open mind and sound reasoning, it is impossible to walk away as a Christian. Islâm is the only choice for those seeking to worship their Creator in the way He has commanded us to do so.

To accept that the Ever-Living God died,this is nonsense. To accept that the Creator became His creation is nonsense. Though the Christian will, in a minute, grab you and say, “Well, can’t Allâh do everything?� Well, yes. Allâh says He is able to do all things. So you have to say “yes.� “Well, OK. So, why couldn’t He become a man? Why couldn’t He have a son?�

The point is, when we say Allâh can do anything, we’re talking about anything which is consistent with Him being Allâh, not anything which will make him less than Allâh. No, we don’t include those in the realm of possibilities.

So, it becomes a nonsensical question to ask, “Can the Ever-Living die?� No. Once you said “ever-living� it means “cannot die,� “never dies.� So, to ask, “Can the Ever-Living die?� is a nonsensical question. Similarly, “Can the Creator become his creation?� is nonsensical, because, if the Creator became the creation, then He is in need of a creator. He is no longer Creator. It is nonsensical.

And they say, “Be Jews or Christians, then you will be guided.� Say, “Nay, (We follow) only the religion of Ibrâhim (Abraham), Hanifa [Islâmic Monotheism, i.e. to worship none but Allâh (Alone)], and he was not of Al-Mushrikûn (those who worshipped others along with Allâh).� (The Qur’ân 2:135)

And whoever seeks a religion other than Islâm, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers. (The Qur’ân 3:85)

O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, nor say of Allâh aught but the truth. The Messiah `Îsâ (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), was (no more than) a Messenger of Allâh and His Word, (“Be!� - and he was) which He bestowed on Maryam (Mary) and a spirit (Rûh) created by Him; so believe in Allâh and His Messengers. Say not: “Three (trinity)!� Cease! (it is) better for you. For Allâh is (the only) One Ilâh (God), Glory be to Him (Far Exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allâh is All­-Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs. (The Qur’ân 4:171)

He (Allâh) has ordained for you the same religion (Islâm) which He ordained for Nûh (Noah), and that which We have inspired in you (O Muhammad), and that which We ordained for Ibrahîm (Abraham), Mûsâ (Moses) and `Îsâ (Jesus) saying you should establish religion (i.e. to do what it orders you to do practically), and make no divisions in it (religion) (i.e. various sects in religion). Intolerable for the Mushrikûn [polytheists, pagans, idolaters, etc.], is that to which you (O Muhammad) call them. Allâh chooses for Himself whom He wills, and guides unto Himself who turns to Him in repentance and in obedience. (The Qur’ân 42:13)