Not the Same God: Is the Qur'anic Allah the Lord God of the Bible? by Solomon Sam & Debs Atif

Author:Solomon, Sam & Debs, Atif [Solomon, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Religion
Publisher: Wilberforce Publications Ltd.
Published: 2016-07-10T16:00:00+00:00

Figure 3: Abraham/Ibrahim, the fork in the road....

The re-routing of Biblical history

Journeys of Biblical Abraham (solid line) vs. journeys of Qur’anic Ibrahim (dashed line)

Later when Ismaeel grew up, Ibrahim would join him again in Mecca to rebuild the Kaaba, the central shrine of Islam. This would then form the basis of the significant Islamic feast, the “Feast of the Sacrifice” (Eid Al-Adha) which in one fell swoop appropriates the Arab pagan tradition to Islam, links Muhammad to the Biblical traditions and, most importantly, provides the alternative theme and doctrine of denying the salvific sacrifice of Christ on the cross.

Later, Muhammad would declare the Kaaba in Mecca to be the most sacred shrine of Islam.

Omissions, Replacements, Additions, Changes and Distortions

Added: Accepted imposed Fitrah covenant as given to Adam declaring all humankind born Muslim.

Added: Accepted imposed covenant of the Prophets declaring Muhammad to be the Seal of the Prophets.

Omitted: Allah did not speak directly to Ibrahim.

Omitted: Allah did not “call” Ibrahim.

Changed: Was a Muslim prophet: “Ibrahim was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but a true Muslim…” (Surah: 3:67).

Changed: Sent to the idol worshippers of Ur, Haran, and Canaan.

Added: Was a recipient of the “coming down” of 10 books from the Eternal Tablet of the Qur’an.

Omitted: Abrahamic covenants of blessings, seed, nations, and land.

Changed and replaced: Ibrahim’s journey from Ur to Canaan and Egypt extended on to Mecca.

Changed and replaced: Abraham’s sacrificial offering of Isaac on Mount Moriah, was replaced by Ibrahim’s attempted sacrifice of Ismaeel in Mecca.

Changed and replaced: The Ismaeel “sacrifice” counters the atonement on the cross and replaces the meaning of “the Biblical sacrifice” with a symbolic Islamic test of obedience to Allah.

Added: Ibrahim and Ismaeel purified and restored/rebuilt the Kaaba in Mecca.

Added: Ibrahim instituted the Islamic Hajj rituals in Mecca, focusing on Ismaeel’s sacrifice of obedience (countering the sacrifice of Isaac as a picture of substitutionary atonement and a foreshadowing of the death and resurrection of Christ).

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