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RyanL
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Shabbat Shalom, Faith101,…Also, this is a statemtent the Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) made about Jesus (pbuh).
"Both in this world and in the Hereafter, I am the nearest of all the people to Jesus, the son of Mary. The prophets are paternal brothers; their mothers are different, but their religion is one.
I addressed the “brothers” part in the second half of my post. If you read it, you would have read the following:
Now you introduce new material - what Muhammad allegedly “said”. Where did you get this? Is this from the Qur’an? Is it historically reliable? Is it recorded by anyone who heard Muhammad say this? Is it part of a document that is claimed by Islam to be “protected from error or flaw by Allah”? When was it written?Further, I find that “brother” (akhun) is used about 82 times in the Qur’an. Much of the time it is used literally. Many times it is used metaphorically, as in living Muslims being “brothers” in the faith, or one man being a “brother” to his living tribe.** In no case is it ever used to metaphorically between a living man, and one who has preceded him by hundreds of years.** In other words, there is no other textual support for this idiom’s model in the Qur’an. I’ll also note that Aaron is mentioned about 20 times in the Qur’an.
In other words, how do I know that Muhammad said this and it is not a subsequent attempt by a Muslim apologist to patch a hole in the Qur’an?
By introducing new material, I am starting to think that I was right about the claims within the Qur’an…
Shalom,
RyanL