Many Christians say in their ignorance, that the Qur’an is from Satan. I find this very interesting, because in the Qur’an it clearly states that Satan is our open enemy:
(Qu’ran 36:60) Did I not charge you, O children of Adam ! that you should not serve the Shaitan? Surely he is your open enemy
Does it make sense that Satan is giving us a book, which clearly tells us not to serve him?. By making this claim, they are no better than the Pharisees who accused Jesus of casting out demons by the power of Beelzebub:
(Matthew 12:24) 2 “It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”
So when Christians do try to argue this point, that the Qur’an is from Satan, answer them the same way Jesus answered the Pharisees:
(Matthew 12:25-26) “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. 26If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
June 19, 2009 at 3:23 am
I actually thought of writing an article on this very issue on Unveiling Christianity but decided to postpone it. Yours is very brief but hits the point across.
June 19, 2009 at 5:27 am
Short and Sweet is my style :p
June 19, 2009 at 9:44 am
probably sour for those who oppose lol
June 19, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Its easy to say something is from Satan but can they bring proof? Really, there is not a big difference morally between true Christianity and Islamic values.
June 19, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Interestingly enough, I don’t really know where the core of that I know about “Satan” comes from… there has to be a Pseudepigrapha, non-canon text out there that has some adds depth to Satan scriptural.
Stuff like
Satan being the highest Arch-angel that stood before God and filtered the light of God, because no one can see God’s true glory and live… which made Satan the “Light Bearer” or “Angel of Light”.
I’ve heard this stuff.. but don’t know where to find it… I need to start reading the psudo-texts…
But, I am a firm believer that main stream canon is missing good texts…
St. Jude 1:9…. doesn’t have connection with any of the official canonized books..
Jude 1:9 But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
However – Satan being in Heaven, leading a war in Heaven, and falling from Heaven are in scripture…
But theology on Satan is also a little non-critical difference between Christians and Muslims..
June 30, 2009 at 6:31 am
Ok… I’ll try to make a jump at the question at hand… I didn’t really want to..
But… ok… in a way I’ll do the argument in relation to the trinity… On how some outsiders see Christians in their worship of the trinity… and it’s late so I don’t know how much sense it will make but…
here it goes for a different point of view…
(My stance may change – but I don’t agree with this view right now)
Some Christians say that “God” is the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. That when they worship God they are worshiping all three which are one God.
This is their concept of God… but to absolute Monotheists – if the concept doesn’t match what God truly is.. then when people worship using that concept on God they really aren’t worshiping God, they are worshiping a made up Trinity. Or worshiping another god altogether that isn’t the God of Abraham.
In regards to the article, it could be viewed in the same way… there are small differences between what the Christians and Muslims say as to what “Satan” is…
For Christians – Satan is a fallen angel perhaps the highest of all angels… to Muslims he is a Jinn created from fire, while angels are created from light… this makes up the overall “concept” of what Satan is… and with these small differences they change the person or being of Satan..
So, the Satan of the Qu’ran and the Satan of the bible are two different beings with two different theologies, and two different histories…
So for the Qu’ran to be against Satan.. it is the Qu’ran going against it’s own accuser and concept of Satan which would be a different being then the Satan of the Bible..
I don’t necessarily agree with this, but it is one way in which to address the question at hand.
And in the past I have had that argument of the Trinity used on me… what since I saw God as a Trinity.. I was not following the God of Abraham.. but another deity…
June 30, 2009 at 7:18 pm
The argument you presented can also be made by the Pharisees against Jesus. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.