Contradictions In Scriptures

Questions:

The sincere student of the Bible will be shocked when he/she reads about God in the Bible. The image of God in the Bible, as a true god, is severely distorted and corrupted.

BIBLE: "And God said, let us make a man in our image, after our likeness." Genesis 1:26.

Qur'an: "Say He is God, the One and Only God, the Eternal, Absolute. He begets not, nor is He begotten. And there is none like unto Him!" Qur'an112:1-41.

...was quite shocked to read the web page, and then I came across this homepage of yours. So I thought that I should ask you about this. My question is that Muslims believe the Bible and Qur'an both to the word of Allah. But one was revealed to Esa (Jesus) and the other to Prophet Muhammad. Then how is the Concept of God different in the Bible and the Qur'an?

The web page I have mentioned does not make sense to me. I need some more elaborations and references with context (I'm a bit skeptical in nature.) Hope u can help me clear my concept in this matter.

Answers:

Q1. "The sincere student of the Bible will be shocked when he/she reads about God in the Bible. The image of God in the Bible, as a true god, is severely distorted and corrupted. "

A1. In a limited sense it is true: the Bible has been revised more than 27 times. It was lost after the Jews returned from Persia and could not find one copy of the Old Testament (OT) among themselves. They eventually found a book inside the wall of the old temple and agreed that it was the OT. Many stories have been changed to fit the Jewish desire to be the only chosen people. And many other events have affected its contents.

God, however, is more clever than man. As in the Koran it says:

Surah The Family of Imran (Ali 'Imran)

And they (the disbelievers) devised their plans and God devised His; God is the best Planner. (54)

God will preserve what is important and use it later for His Purposes. So many parts of the Bible still have much truth in it. Prophet Muhammed corrected many places in the Bible (as is stated in the Koran that He had Revealed a part of the Eternal Tablet, but not all of it) which were wrong and now the rest are also corrected in our teachings.

Q2. BIBLE: "And God said, let us make a man in our image, after our likeness." Genesis 1:26

A2. First, the Bible does not say “a man” but “man:”

Gen 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: …

(KJV)

Q3. Qur'an: "Say He is God, the One and Only God, the Eternal, Absolute. He begets not, nor is He begotten. And there is none like unto Him!" Qur'an112:1-41

A3. Second, the sentence above is not contradictory to what the Koran says. In the Bible it says: God “made” man in His own image (likeness). It does not say God conceived (as man does and will have a son, etc.). That is what the Koran is against. It says God does not beget (He does not have children as we do). Prophet Muhammed is against the concept of Christ being the Son of God, as God and Mary made love and conceived Him. That is what He is against, not that God created man.

Q4. ...was quite shocked to read the web page, and then I came across this homepage of yours. So I thought that I should ask you about this. My question is that Muslims believe the Bible and Qur'an both to the word of Allah. But one was revealed to Jesus and the other to Prophet Muhammad. Then how is the Concept of God different in the Bible and the Qur'an?

A4. They are not. You will see this more clearly if you read and understand our teachings. In our teachings, it is clearly explained why God is One and He is the God of all Revelations and religions on earth. How can there be One Omnipresent, Omnipotent God and so many religions? The Truth is that there is not more than One God. Man and their man-made religions (dogmas) separate man from man, religions from religions, and make many gods. There is only One God, the Formless, Invisible, Nameless and Eternal (FINE).

Q5. The web page I have mentioned does not make sense to me. I need some more elaborations and references with context (I'm a bit skeptical in nature.) Hope u can help me clear my concept in this matter.

A5. Go back to our web site and download the book THOTH (The Holiest Of The Holies (THOTH), The Last Testament). Read it from the beginning to the end. Absorb the parts you understand and ask me about the parts you have problems with. You will see that It is One God who has sent all these religions.