Do Muslims believe in the Gospel of Barnabas or the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Muslims regard the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Gospel of Barnabas as definitely NOT “scriptures” to place our faith in because we just do not know who wrote them.
Contradictorily, those Muslim scholars, whose fallacious arguments about the spurious Gospel of Barnabas you copied and pasted claim that the Gospel in question was definitely written by apostle Barnabas. If you dissent from those scholars about the identity of the writer or the authenticity of the text, why the need to defend and promote their allegations?
And how do Muslims know which portions of other “scriptures” are likely to be true and which are not?
This really is not difficult at all because the Qur’an actually introduces itself as Furqan which means ‘the criterion to distinguish between truth and falsehood’ and Sura 25 is named Al-Furqan.
Blessed is He Who hath revealed unto His slave the Criterion (of right and wrong), that he may be a warner to the peoples. … (Al-Qur’an, 25:1)
In short, anything which is agreeable with the Qur’an is acceptable to Muslims and everything else which contradicts it is discarded.
Although it is true that the Koran introduces itself as FURQAN, it is NOT true that the Koran does NOT designate the former revelations as FURQAN:
Surah 21:48. And We verily gave
Moses and Aaron the Criterion (of right and wrong) and a light and a Reminder for those who keep from evil.
This verse clearly names the Torah FURQAN, refuting the Islamic lie that the Koran is the ONLY criterion of right and wrong.
Besides, another verse states that believing ONLY in the Koran for guidance is NOT sufficient:
Surah 5:68 Say O People of the Scripture!** Ye have naught (of guidance) till ye observe the Torah and the Gospel** and that which was revealed unto you from your Lord.
Do Muslims believe that it was Judas who was crucified on the cross as stated in the Gospel of Barnabas?
Muslims do not consider it important to know whether or not someone else was substituted in place of Prophet Jesus (pbuh)… and when you think of it, it really does not matter one way or the other as far as our faith is concerned, does it now?
Christians on the other hand seem to consider this to be a vitally important issue… but the question they should really ask themselves is – Why the need to know??
Muslims do their best to change subject when the word comes down to the Islamic theory of substitution because they perfectly know that the Koran verses denying Jesus’ crucifixion will absolutely lead them to a dead-end way. Nevertheless, Christians have the right to question Muslims and know the identity of the person that was supposedly crucified in Jesus’ stead as well as the reasons for such an illusion since these are inextricably related to the Islamic denial of Jesus’ passion.
Interestingly, Christians can provide theological and Biblical answers for Muslims who want to know why Jesus was crucified (why it was necessary), but Muslims fail to give theological answers to Christians who want to know why it was necessary for Allah to make Jesus pretend to be crucified and killed and thus conceal the truth from people.
In the event that Jesus (pbuh) did not die to atone for their sins, then I would think that the question of who the substitute was should be the least of their concerns.
The Koran does not associate its denial of Jesus’ crucifixion with its asserted denial of salvation through atonement. Actually, there is no theological reason given in the Koran as to why Allah did not let Jews kill Jesus! Muslims always follow their personal presumptions while trying to find reasons in the Koran for the claimed prevention of Jesus’ death.
On the Day of Judgment, they will not be questioned as to the identity of the one on the cross… but they will certainly need to answer why they had willingly CHOSEN to believe that their Creator could have a son and thereby associate partners with Him.
According to your reasoning and criterion, why Muslims have CHOSEN to deny Jesus’ passion and death will have no significance on the day of judgment either! Why the need to DENY crucifixion then?
