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I am a former apostate, and Alhamdulillah Allah S.W.T showed me the right path, and I converted to Islam. I have been doing great Dawah in many years with a great result. Allah S.W.T. helps me and my fellow Muslims in my mission. 😊😊😊🤲🤲🤲🤲
@@GabrielA-mw4in ustadh is an honorific, meaning teacher. In english it is clunky to refer to someone as "teacher Paul". Teacher is a work title, not an honorific. Closer would be the European use of "professor".
@As_412 1. only Jesus showed mercy to his enemies wheras muhammad killed bad people 2. Only Jesus was persecuted for his good whereas muhammad was like Don and every Don has an end. 3. Jesus christ told to give charity and pay taxes to your government Whereas muhammad wanted more money and power so he took taxes by throwing off the rulers 4. Jesus christ didn't curse humans , he cursed the spirit ofSatan however muhammad cursed men he didnot like. 5. Jesus christ was born of Virgin Mary, so he was Holy whereas muhammad was born of sinful human nature 6. Jesus showed his love by sacrifice himself for human friendship wheras muhammad took blood of others. 7. Jesus was Holy and healed many , raised dead men showing his power of love wheras muhammad had no such power of love. 8. Jesus controlled the nature such as wind and seas wheras muhammad had no divine powers 9. Jesus was divine and Holy fasted 40 days without food and water whereas muhammad fasted intermittently 10. Jesus was raised to heaven and will come back wheras muhammad was dead.
Thanks to Blogging Theology. I have seen several videos on this channel so far. To my knowledge, your efforts to connect the ways of the Abrahamic Religions, their overlapping, their differences, and even-at times-their controversies are original (in the most profound meaning of the word) and intellectually rewarding. They are most worthy of respect and support. I very much appreciated that you invited scholars of various backgrounds and managed to draw critical insights during the intellectually dense conversations-not only for a Muslim audience but also, more broadly, for anyone with a heart. In our troubled times, where Islamophobia and Xenophobia are on the rise in many Western Countries, this may contribute to restoring a sense of serenity-at least in the “theological” debate.
James <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="77">1:17</a> Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James was definitely a pure monotheist !
Yeah, his letter mentions nothing about Jesus being God & he even tells people to be Muslims (to submit to God) in James 4:7-8. Definitely a monotheist not a trinitarian platonic human sacrifice pagan
@Leo-wy1by Yep, you got it, go ahead and translate James 4:7 "submit yourselves to God" into Arabic, it will read as (و اسلموا أنفسكم لله) = wa-aslimu liLah It's also abundantly present in the Old Testament In the Hebrew: Psalm 56:12 עָלַ֣י אֱלֹהִ֣ים נְדָרֶ֑יךָ אֲשַׁלֵּ֖ם תֹּודֹ֣ת לָֽךְ علي اللهم نذرك أسلم توددا لك Upon me Lord is Thy vow I submit (אֲשַׁלֵּ֖ם=اسلم) in love of Thee
Submitting to God is also in the Hebrew Bible in genesis 17:3 God tells Abraham to be shelim in his flesh , if you look up Biblehub the root word Shalam it says it has the same meaning as Islam. Look for yourself ,,Biblehub shalam 7999” or Mushlam in Isaiah 42:19
It’s as always great to hear from Dr Allison and appreciate his academic honesty. He is honest about his religious commitments and his academic study of historical Christianity which got him in hot water with some of his fellow Christians who accuse him of not being a Christian which is really sad.
There is absolutely nothing which has been discussed that is anti-Christian. It is now known that much of the Quran's stories came by speaking to Christians and Jews, They did not come from God to Mohammad as many of the names and their ancestors are wrong. Muslims agree Prophet is dead and will not return but Jesus is alive and with God in heaven (4:158) and will return.
@@pathughes8902 May I suggest watching a video on paulogia titled: Apologists Turn on Christian Resurrection Scholar (feat. Dr Dale Allison) There you will see how some Christians accuse Dr Allusion of not being a Christian. You: It is now known that much of the Quran's stories came by speaking to Christians and Jews, They did not come from God to Mohammad as many of the names and their ancestors are wrong. The prophet Muhammad received the Quran from God through the angel Gabriel. 2:97 Say, Anyone who is an enemy of Gabriel who by God's leave has brought down to your heart [the Quran] fulfilling that [predictions about the last prophet in the earlier revelations] which precedes it, and is a guidance and good news for the faithfu 2:98 whoever is an enemy of God, His angels, or His messengers, or of Gabriel or Michael, will surely find that God too is the enemy of those who deny the truth 2:99 We have sent down clear signs to you and no one will reject them except the wicked. 16:101 When We substitute one revelation for another and God knows best what He reveals they say, You are but a fabricator. Indeed, most of them have no knowledge 16:102 Say, The Holy Spirit has brought it down as truth from your Lord, so that He may strengthen those who believe, and also as guidance and as good tidings for those who submit 16:103 Indeed, We know what they say, It is only a human being who imparts [all] this to him! But the tongue of him to whom they point is foreign, whereas this is plain Arabic speech 16:104 God will not guide those who will not believe in the signs of God; and theirs will be a painful punishment. 26:190 Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe. 26:191 And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful. 26:192 This is certainly a revelation from the Lord of all worlds, 26:193 which the trustworthy spirit ˹Gabriel˺ brought down 26:194 into your heart ˹O Prophet˺-so that you may be one of the warners- 26:195 in a clear Arabic tongue. 26:196 And it has indeed been ˹foretold˺ in the Scriptures of those before. You can read the Quran for yourself or you can rely on others with an ax to grind to tell you what to think and what to believe. You don’t have to listen to those polemicists whose main purpose in life is to spread lies and misinformation in order to discourage people like you from finding the truth. The truth that the Quran is the true revelation from God. That God is one god and not three gods and that you will be held accountable when the day comes for your actions in this life and that Jesus did not die for you or anyone else. Islam is rational. True. Easy to grasp. Believe the Quran is a revelation from God or not changes nothing but it could change your life.
@@pathughes8902 the natural successor to Jesus Christ pbuh was the last prophet Muhammad pbuh who was the expected prophet in John 1:19-21, and the last prophet proverbially mentioned in Mathew 11:11, and Luke 7 vs 28, and the promised comforter to come after Jesus Christ pbuh shall be casted out of the world ( Quran 21:107) check out John 9;5, John 12 vs 31, John 14 vs 30, John 16:7-17, John 17 vs3 and John 20 vs 17 etc the bible says that Paul was the apostle for the gentiles ( Galatians 3:26, Act 13 vs 47, Act 11:26 etc, however Jesus Christ pbuh was never sent to the gentiles whom he loved to call DOGS AND PIGS gentiles Matthew 7 vs 6, Matthew 15 vs26, Mark 7 vs 27 etc, Paul was sent by SATAN 2 Corinthians 11:16-end, 2 Corinthians 12 vs 7-8, Roman 7 vs 14-25, Act 26:24, Paul was sent to make Jesus Christ pbuh A CURSED person in Galatians 3:13,a false prophet in Deuteronomy 21:23, Deuteronomy 18 vs 20-23, and to confirm the satanic message that Jesus Christ pbuh was killed by hanging on the tree and CURSED for the sins of the gentiles 2 Timothy 2:8, ( but the real disciples were not eye witnesses to the whole scenario Matthew 26:56 and Mark 14 vs 50) but Paul was deluded and preached the concocted Trinity doctrine ( Colossian 1:15-17, 2 Corinthians 4:4,) by LIES 2 thessalonian 2:11, 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 because it negates the message from Jesus Christ pbuh ( Matthew 5:17-20) and that NO ONE CAN SEE GOD AND LIVE EXODUS 33 vs 20, 1 John 4 vs 12, John 5 vs 37-38, Mathew 23:9-10 , Paul was sent to destroyed the laws of God in Galatians 5:2 Galatians 5:4, Roman 7 vs 6, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 3:10, 2 Corinthians 3:6, and he destroyed the laws totally in Hebrew 8:13 but contradicts Mathew 5:17-20.
Ya Allah. I am so grateful for all that you've given me and I ask for nothing except this one wish.please fulfill the wishes of all insan humanity in this world. Syukur alhamdulillah. Salam from Malaysia.
Reading James is a breath of fresh air!! He clearly says Faith without works is nothing. Contrary to what paul says where you are saved by faith alone. How horrible is that concept!?? James was defenitely on the true path of Yeshua/Isa
Abraham was made righteous by faith James 2:23 but Abrahams faith was made perfect (mature) by works. James 2: 22 we were created for good works. We will be judge by our deeds good works still have their place. Giving to the poor, helping the widow, not stealing, being set apart, keeping the sabbath doesn’t save us but it matures us in our faith and right standing (righteousness) with God
Hello paul ,i have question please answer,Jews say if they are wrong then why did zechariah write this prophecy of end time will happen zechariah <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="856">14:16</a> and Zechariah <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="503">8:23</a> , i hope you will answer tnx!!
@@BloggingTheologySalam alaykum Sir, Allow me to ask you to launch an operation to translate into English the teachings of the Egyptian Sheikh Metwali Sharaoui. الشيخ متولي الشعراوي It is a real treasure trove of knowledge, you will find a lot of explanation of the quran and an uneven scientific level. May Allah protect you ❤❤❤❤
At exact <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1680">28:00</a> min when Paul start reading acts dale stated to become excited and he removed his glasses and 'hmmm' and touching his forehead astonished about hearing this side of story...... Lovely Paul u r really something.... mashallah
Epistle of James is literally against people like Paul who believed in Justification by Faith alone and that the Law is a curse or like a prison. It is interesting how Paul was always at odds with the apostles and was the only one who went to the Gentiles to convert them. It is also interesting how none of the apostles showed up in the defense of Paul when he got arrested after getting attacked by a Jewish mob for preaching against the Law.
It is interesting you couldn't see the leopard in sheep skin. It is interesting to allow someone teaching against the law Jesus pbuh taught and practiced. How could Paul make sense to Jesus pbuh, a man he never met physically and never taught personally? How could he?
Paul mentions meeting James "the Lord's brother" (τὸν ἀδελφὸν τοῦ κυρίου) and later calls him one of the pillars (στύλοι) in the Epistle to the Galatians[46] Galatians <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="78">1:18</a>-<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="130">2:10</a>
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For Muslims, it is not part of our 'pillars of faith' to believe in James or reject him as Jesus' brother. However, since objective research has proven that Jesus had step-brothers, we have no issue accepting that. This does not contradict our articles of faith. Instead, such investigations merely provide us with further evidence regarding our position on Jesus and the evolution of Christianity in later times. James' presence only clarifies our stance on Jesus. He does not believe in the Trinity, he upholds the Law of Moses and so forth.
Yes but we Muslims believe in the piety and holiness of Al Imran or what some biblical scholars now call Jesus dynasty. So it makes sense that James the Just and the rest of Jesus brothers have this high status. It actually miraculous that the Quran alluded to the family of Imran status and holiness.
@gr4707 We do not believe in the 'holiness' of the family of Al Imran. We know overall, they were a righteous family of high status in their community due to being known for that righteousness. The family of Al Imran is mentioned in the context of Maryam a.s. (prior to the birth of Isa a.s). There is no inkling of the family members after the birth of Isa a.s. This righteous family has no impact on us in terms of deen. However, if Isa a.s. had brothers Alhumdulliah. May Allah SWT reward them for their righteous efforts to preserve the Message.
@@user-et2ng1qb2m maybe holiness isn’t the most accurate word. But Al Imran righteousness and “choosiness” is undebatable. Where does it stop?! Nothing in the Quran says it stops right after Jesus PBUH. I am not in disagreement with what you said.
The Prophet PBUH commanded us to neither affirm nor deny claims made by People of the Book regarding issues that have not been reported on in our Quran or authentic Hadith.
@DesertVox that is exceptional such as we neither deny James as Jesus's relative or afirm since Islam didn't talk about that but not overall because we certainly deny paul and the gospel writers so 🤷
It is totally fascinating that very few "experts" know that Carpenter is mistranslated from Naggar! Naggar in Aramaic means also "a person who perseveres". And in perticulare, it means "perseveres on prayer".
@bloggingtheology <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="91">1:31</a> i have a question to you brother Paul : you mentioned the name Jerusalem, so where's that city located ? Please mention your references
Praise Allah With the Most Virtuous Dhikr Abu Umaamah Al-Baheli رضي الله عنه says that the Messenger ﷺ passed by him while he was moving his lips, so he asked: “What are you saying O Abu Umaamah?” He replied: “I am remembering my Lord.” He ﷺ said: “Shall I not inform you of the most virtuous dhikr for the night and day? It is that you say: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ al-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿadada mā khalaq, All praise is for Allah as much as what He has created. وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ مِلْءَ مَا خَلَقَ wal-ḥamdu lillāhi mil’a mā khalaq, All praise is for Allah as much as what can fill His creation. وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَدَدَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ wal-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿadada mā fil-arḍi wa-s-samā’, All praise is for Allah as much as what is in the earth and the sky. وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ مِلْءَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ wal-ḥamdu lillāhi mil’a mā fil-arḍi wa-s-samā’, All praise is for Allah as much as what can fill up the earth and the sky. وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَدَدَ مَا أَحْصَىٰ كِتَابُهُ wal-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿadada mā aḥṣā kitābuh, All praise is for Allah as much as what His Book has recorded. وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ مِلْءَ مَا أَحْصَىٰ كِتَابُهُ wal-ḥamdu lillāhi mil’a mā aḥṣā kitābuh, All praise is for Allah as much as what fills His Book. وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَدَدَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ wal-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿadada kulli shay’, All praise is for Allah as much as everything. وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ مِلْءَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ wal-ḥamdu lillāhi mil’a kulli shay’. All praise is for Allah as much as what fills everything. (Source: Ahmad: 22198 and Ibn Hibaan: 830)
There were religious leaders who followed Christ but still believed that you were only SAVED by keeping the law not salvation by faith. So they told the gentiles they had to be circumcised to be saved Acts 15. Paul taught things that were hard to understand. He taught that you couldn’t obtain salvation by keeping the law. The religious Jews said you had to keep the whole law to obtain righteousness and salvation but Peter said nah bruh I saw with my own eyes the house of Cornelius receive Holy Spirit and believe in Christ completely apart from keeping any commandments. The conclusion about the doctrine of salvation and what is to be taught to the gentles which was given by James (Acts<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="919">15:19</a>-20) was to not trouble the gentiles by telling them that they had to keep a set of certain laws to be SAVED. Where did Peter get this list of things to tell the gentiles to abstain from? Yep! You guessed it… THE LAW 😆 Leviticus 17 and 18. The law is good. 1tim <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="68">1:8</a> but we don’t keep the law to save ourselves or to make ourselves righteous. We keep the law to be holy(set apart), perfect (mature), it holds our morals, values, and way of life. Jesus said if you love me keep my commandments. He didn’t say if you want to obtain salvation and righteousness keep my commandments. God never wanted sacrifices he wanted us to choose obedience out of the goodness of our hearts. Not out of fear, obligation, or outwardly righteous appearance. The law is written on our hearts. Paul taught that as gentiles we are not taught the Torah(law) formally but because we are created by God we have that sense in our hearts of right and wrong. That sense is what guides us in our behavior. When we do somthing that we know in our heart is wrong that is sin. The law also teaches other things that we need to know that we are not familiar with.
And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger and fears Allah and is conscious of Him - it is those who are the attainers ~ Qur’an <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1492">24:52</a>
According to Josephus, in his work Antiquities of the Jews (Book 20, Chapter 9, 1), refers to the stoning of *"James the brother of Jesus"* by order of Ananus ben Ananus, a Herodian-era High Priest
Say, Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds. ~ Qur’an <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="376">6:16</a>2
By do so, you violate Quran 3:84 which tells: Do not make distinction among Prophets. Words صل الله عليه وآله وسلم are INVENTED by Shia and then followed by Sunni sect
Allah says in the Quran about Jesus, peace be upon him, إِذۡ قَالَتِ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَٰمَرۡيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكِ بِكَلِمَةٖ مِّنۡهُ ٱسۡمُهُ ٱلۡمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ وَجِيهٗا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ٤٥ وَيُكَلِّمُ ٱلنَّاسَ فِي ٱلۡمَهۡدِ وَكَهۡلٗا وَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ٤٦ قَالَتۡ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي وَلَدٞ وَلَمۡ يَمۡسَسۡنِي بَشَرٞۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ ٱللَّهُ يَخۡلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمۡرٗا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ٤٧ وَيُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ وَٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلَ٤٨ وَرَسُولًا إِلَىٰ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ أَنِّي قَدۡ جِئۡتُكُم بَِٔايَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ أَنِّيٓ أَخۡلُقُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطِّينِ كَهَيَۡٔةِ ٱلطَّيۡرِ فَأَنفُخُ فِيهِ فَيَكُونُ طَيۡرَۢا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَأُبۡرِئُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَهَ وَٱلۡأَبۡرَصَ وَأُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا تَأۡكُلُونَ وَمَا تَدَّخِرُونَ فِي بُيُوتِكُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ٤٩ وَمُصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيَّ مِنَ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ وَلِأُحِلَّ لَكُم بَعۡضَ ٱلَّذِي حُرِّمَ عَلَيۡكُمۡۚ وَجِئۡتُكُم بَِٔايَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ٥٠ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُوهُۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٞ مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ٥١ ۞فَلَمَّآ أَحَسَّ عِيسَىٰ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡكُفۡرَ قَالَ مَنۡ أَنصَارِيٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ قَالَ ٱلۡحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحۡنُ أَنصَارُ ٱللَّهِ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَٱشۡهَدۡ بِأَنَّا مُسۡلِمُونَ٥٢ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا بِمَآ أَنزَلۡتَ وَٱتَّبَعۡنَا ٱلرَّسُولَ فَٱكۡتُبۡنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ٥٣ وَمَكَرُواْ وَمَكَرَ ٱللَّهُۖ وَٱللَّهُ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡمَٰكِرِينَ٥٤ إِذۡ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَٰعِيسَىٰٓ إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَيَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَجَاعِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوكَ فَوۡقَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ فَأَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَكُمۡ فِيمَا كُنتُمۡ فِيهِ تَخۡتَلِفُونَ٥٥ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَأُعَذِّبُهُمۡ عَذَابٗا شَدِيدٗا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ٥٦ وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَيُوَفِّيهِمۡ أُجُورَهُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ٥٧ ذَٰلِكَ نَتۡلُوهُ عَلَيۡكَ مِنَ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ وَٱلذِّكۡرِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ٥٨ إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَمَۖ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ٥٩ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡمُمۡتَرِينَ٦٠ «[And mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allah gives you good tidings of a word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary - distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allah] (45) He will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous." (46) She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allah; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is (47) And He will teach him writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel (48) And [make him] a messenger to the Children of Israel, [who will say], 'Indeed I have come to you with a sign from your Lord in that I design for you from clay [that which is] like the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird by permission of Allah. And I cure the blind and the leper, and I give life to the dead - by permission of Allah. And I inform you of what you eat and what you store in your houses. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers (49) And [I have come] confirming what was before me of the Torah and to make lawful for you some of what was forbidden to you. And I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear Allah and obey me (50) Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is the straight path."(51) But when Jesus felt [persistence in] disbelief from them, he said, "Who are my supporters for [the cause of] Allah?" The disciples said, "We are supporters for Allah. We have believed in Allah and testify that we are Muslims [submitting to Him] (52) Our Lord, we have believed in what You revealed and have followed the messenger Jesus, so register us among the witnesses [to truth]." (53) And the disbelievers planned, but Allah planned. And Allah is the best of planners (54) [Mention] when Allah said, "O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ (55) And as for those who disbelieved, I will punish them with a severe punishment in this world and the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers." (56) But as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, He will give them in full their rewards, and Allah does not like the wrongdoers (57) This is what We recite to you, [O Muhammad], of [Our] verses and the precise [and wise] message (58) Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allah is like that of Adam. He created Him from dust; then He said to him, "Be," and he was (59) The truth is from your Lord, so do not be among the doubters (60)»
I believe Dr. Allison's supposition at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2352">39:12</a> is correct; James was not much concerned with gentiles, just as Jesus was not much concerned with gentiles. Why Paul was so obsessed with gentiles joining judaism-lite, or why gentiles would be interested, is anyone's guess.
Jesus was sent to the Israelites, just like all the other Israelites prophets before him, the only prophet who was sent to the entirety of humankind is the seal of the prophets prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
For the last decade and a half, I've always come back to the topic of James the Just. I think I know quite a lot about it, and so I'll be listening carefully to this presentation. The Epistle of James is my favorite book in the Bible. I especially like the Aramaic translation thereof. There's no doubt in my mind that James the Just was a Muslim. There's a nuanced approach one needs to take when learning about James in the Bible, because a lot of information about him was actually produced by people whom he himself would've disagreed with, in terms of religious and theological views. So when you have Paul of Tarsus talking about James; you need to be aware of the fact that James and Paul weren't bff's. External sources, not included in the Bible, also have a lot to say about James. In fact, perhaps you could go so far as to say that in order to find the historical Isa(as), you really need to find Yacub first, and the early movement he was the leader of. So yeah, I'm curious as to what Prof Allison has to say about James. I hope he doesn't disappoint...
I've read that James did not believe that Jesus, his brother, was actually a "Messenger" sent by God. Apparently James accepted Jesus' identity as a Prophet of God after Jesus' resurrection. What do you think?
@@johnbrzykcy3076 It's like I said. You have to look at who's saying what about who. James grew up with Jesus. You really think "the brother" of Jesus didn't believe in him? According to external sources, it's actually Jesus himself who selects James to be the Leader of the Believers. The term in Aramaic is the same as the Arabic equivalent. The Bible says the apostles picked him. The Bible says that James was a doubter; a sceptic. A sceptic who ends up being the most important person within that community after Jesus? No, I don't buy that. James addresses the 12 scattered Israelite tribes. Meaning that he had the authority to address the leaders of the tribes. Paul couldn't do that. And Jesus wasn't resurrected anyway. There's no crucifixion and no resurrection in the Epistle of James. Why would James omit such a crucial part of the 'Christian' doctrine? Instead, he tells the believers to cling to the Law (i.e. the Torah and whatever Jesus brought). He either forgot to mention to them how to be saved, or he assumed they all already knew all about the doctrine of the cross, or he didn't mention it, because he didn't believe in it. Forgetting something that important is obviously not plausible. He wrote his letter before the New Testament existed. And these tribes were "scattered", and so they couldn't have known about the details. The details show up in the Gospels, and it's believed that James wrote before the Gospels existed, or before they were being circulated. It wasn't common knowledge yet. So there's no reason for him to assume that everybody already believed that Christ had died for the sins of the world. That leaves only one explanation, in my estimation: James did not believe that Jesus was crucified, or had resurrected for that matter. Christians always repeat this: James was a doubter for the longest time. Yeah, sure. According to who? Paul? Whoever wrote John's Gospel? The same 'biography' that claims Jesus died and rose from the dead? Paul who urged people to abandon God's Law? What does the Epistle of James say about doubters? Read James 1:5-8.
Always a joy to read your comments. Jzk. If they can weave lies about that which we witness NOW with our eyes and millions of other eyes, what makes one think they kept preserved teachings/histories of the past? Modernity has shown all too often how the perpetrator is viewed as the victim, while the actual victim is torn to shreds in all domains while being painted as the criminal... Not many can commit a genocide and still fain victimhood... likewise those aiding and supporting it, arrogating to everyone what "human rights" and "civilization" are. So yes, questioning the "official narrative" thence becomes a DUTY upon all sincere, weary, and good folk.
@@XaeeDI enjoyed reading your thoughts on this, thank you for sharing. I am currently reading Barrie Wilson’s Paul Vs Jesus which is available for free online. I wonder if you read it and your thoughts? I’m also reading Forged by Bart Ehrman.
@@XaeeD I just read James 1:5-8 and a good explanation regarding "doubts". I don't think that doubts regarding certain religious beliefs are necessarily bad. But if we tend to be wavering or hypocritical in our commitment to God, then we need help or wisdom. So I appreciate your honesty. I admit I need to read more about James. You make some valid points regarding James ( and Jesus ) that I need to research. I also found it interesting that you think the book of James could have been written before the other New Testament books. Thanks for sharing your views. Peace of God to you and your family
Say, “Is it other than Allah I should desire as a lord while He is the Lord of all things? And every soul earns not except against itself, and no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you concerning that over which you used to differ.” ~ Qur’an <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="376">6:16</a>4
It seems like this discussion was more about Apostle Paul than about James. Anyhow, a good scripture from the book of James says "...human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires". So very true. Historically, too many religious disagreements influenced the judgemental attitudes of anger and hate toward others. As James also said, "Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry" ( James <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="79">1:19</a>-20). Thats one reason why i try to listen carefully to Blogging Theology. I might be "sitting on the fence" ( lack of commitment and motivation ), but God Himself makes the pasture green on both sides of the fence. What I mean is that there are truth-seeking people in both Islam and Christianity. ( You might disagree, but don't get angry ! ). I pray for healing of my own stubborn heart and the desire to listen carefully in obedience to God. James, the brother of Jesus, walked in the green pastures. He climbed off the fence to follow Jesus ! Peace to all Muslims and Christians. Thanks for sharing this discussion.
If you want a more detailed treatment of James's life, I'd suggest John Painter's book, "Just James." I read it a few months ago. It had a profound effect on me.
I disagree with you on one point though we muslims Don't call ourselves truth seekers since that would entail that we are not upon the truth already which we don't accept,we rather call ourselves knowledge seekers like our prophet ﷺ commanded us to do, other than that we consider ourselves upon the absolute Truth of Tawheed (strict monotheism ) the way of Ibrahim ﷺ Allhumdulliah .
If Jesus from the same family as James could read, why would anyone assume James could not read? Would they not have learned from the same teacher? Would they not have had the same schooling? It would be more reasonable to ASSUME if Jesus could read then so could all of his brothers and sisters, including James.
I would go as far to say, as someone who believes in one God, that the Epistle of James is what informs me on my religion in a way that leaves me stranded In a type of theological and philosophical netherworld between Christianity and Islam and I am content to currently call this my religion. James epistle and the ten commandments. It makes sense to a gentile like me and it is a lot closer to God than my angry atheist days.
🤔 ehm ... interesting perspective ... a new perspective for me as a muslim that through the figure of James and book of James can be a start point for dialogue among abrahamic religion ..... 🤔🙃🤔
Assalamualaikum, very enlightening discussion. Minute <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="618">10:18</a> Jesus was "taught" the Torah by God, source Quran Ali 'Imran 3: 3 Al-Ma'idah 5: 110 I've always been curious, if Jesus confirmed the Torah, isn't it enough proof for the jews at the time to believe & follow the injeel?
Even in the gospels Jesus (as) was called Rabbi , means he was learned of the Torah. Jews came to him to test him therefore but still denied him, there were also other prophets that were killed by Jews , even tough they teached the Torah
Sir, I love your podcasts, discussions and interviews. However, I cannot help but notice that you use AI imagery as your thumbnails which doesn't go really well with the theme of your channel. As this channel is about God, man the universe, I think you should revoke such kinds of artificiality in your thumbnails
Professor Allison, 52nd minute: ‘’The texts are confusing’’…Why would a Merciful God send us scriptures that are confusing and not clear? Alhamdulillah we have the clear Quran, not a single letter altered in over 1400 years, and clear on beliefs, guidance and the messages in previous scriptures.
From American patriot American and navy captain and proud Muslim it’s the truth man my fellow Americans please read Koran and see how it tells everything in different ways from other holly books. It’s the absolute truth. I’ll never lie to anyone if Iam I hope to burn in hell for ever. I swear I’m telling you truth Islam is best way to live . Thanks
I feel like almost every time your guest is about to make a point you interrupt them to say something. Please let your guests speak longer without interrupting
Listening to the part where you ask, is there any mention of what James thought of his brother Jesus being " a god "? (Its hard for a Muslim to repeat this words). Some Christians say that Jesus is the begotten son of God, which would mean that (istaghfirullah) God had intimate relations with a woman his mother, but later on Mary married a man, and had a son with him. So James could walk around town saying: My mom first had a son with God, and that son is my stepbrother, my stepbrother is besides son of God, also god. Then my mom married a regular man and had me, a regular son. Lets process this. It reminds me of a Christian comedian that tells a joke, where he talks about baptism. How he was going to get baptized, and they say In the name of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit before pouring or sprinkling water on the person. The comedian says, i read in the Bible that Jesus was baptised, so what did they say to him? "You, your daddy and your best friend". The people listening to this comedian laughed and love this joke. But to a Muslim its like 🫤🙄🤔😐 you dont see it?
It's easier to live in blissful & biased delusions than to confront a reality which tears down the comfortable walls of self-fulfilling prophecy... Though the truth is what will liberate one from the shackles, they have become accustomed to the shackles... they have found comfort in the dark confines of misguidance & heedlessness. But not even that comfort lasts... for sooner than later, death will arrive to extract one from their unconscious stupor...
Dear Paul, 'ﷺ' or Sallallahu alayhi wasallam only belongs to our beloved Prophet Muhammed while to address other prophets we use 'عليه السلام' alayhissalam or PBUH Thank you and may Allah bless you and all of us 🤲🏻😇
Where is written that in Quran? DO NOT MAKE you own Tales. For all Prophets, your can mention just their names like Isa, Moses, Jacob etc. Or for their respect, you can use عليه السلام. Words "Sallallahu alayhi wasallam" are invented by Shia sects and later Sunni sect also followed that Bida'. Do not make distinction among Prophets >> Quran 3:84
@@abdar-rahman6965 brother can you please give me the reference that the shia invented that word "Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam"? It's very clear in the Quran Ahzab:56 (Allah sends His Salat (Graces, Honours, Blessings, Mercy, etc.) on the Prophet (Muhammad) and also His angels too (ask Allah to bless and forgive him). O you who believe! Send your Salat on (ask Allah to bless) him (Muhammad), and (you should) greet (salute) him with the Islamic way of greeting (salutation i.e. As-Salamu 'Alaikum).) Hod did you conclude that was shia invention while Allah clearly command us in the Quran to do so?
Jesus(Pbuh) came for pure monotheism. it was Paul who told the fake story. Paul used the same logic of greek myth fairytales. Jesus never abolished the Law of Moses. not even a single "Jot". How Paul ruined the law of Moses. he made a Man equal to God. which is idolatry. and it is a high sin.
Paul tried to ruin the law of Musa (A.S.) like the corrupt jews before him. But truly Allah Subhana wa Ta'ala perfectly and firmly established the true law of Musa (A.S.) through Our Prophet (ﷺ), through Islam. Alhamdulillah. Assalamu Alaikum.
@@chronicsobriety4283 The duty of Moses given to Jesus(Pbu them both). and he came and he fulfilled. but after that the satanic power attacked. people hated this LAW. for them it was like someone in a prison forever. they changed it. they allowed many unlawful things. and when Muhammad(Pbuh) came he fulfilled again. but this time the recitation had gone into people hearts and mind. The message of God is one and that is from Adam to Muhammad(Pbu them all). That's why God saying in Qur'an the words of God will never be changed. (i..e Pure Monothiesm & prevent from Forbidden things). That's why Jesus(Pbuh) said he will never abolish the LAW. "Shama Yesrael Adonai Elohenu Adonai Ekhid" (Hear O Israel the Lord our GOD is ONE).
*Quran indicated in verse <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="216">3:36</a> NOT about a Child of Mary but about Children وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا of Mary. That means: Mary used to have Children; and Gospels show that she had at least seven Children. Were those all, born without sperm of man?*
Some children whose parents are laborers are precocious and learn to read and write. Abraham Lincoln learned to read from his mother. He never had formal education and was self taught, read Scripture, and law books and became a famous public speaker. Scripture does not say Jesus was illiterate.
Rabbinical Judaism afaik even in the time of Jesus taught that righteous Gentiles have a place in the world to come if they just keep the 7 laws of Noah which seem to be what Paul reminds the Gentiles to keep while he had a real beef with the Judaizers who it seems were not only taking things into the same legalistic direction of those Pharisees that Jesus himself too time and time again called out but were also demanding that everyone convert to Judaism... which makes me want to ask if that generated the extreme reaction that made Gentile believers want to disassociate and eventually cut ties with the Jewish believers completely to the point of insisting that what they had a was a completely different new religion.
@@Tom-sd9jb I'm still looking into that myself as this is still somewhat of a mere working hypothesis at this point. Currently going through a page titled "Salvation of Righteous Gentiles: Theology and Jewish Law" from "Jewish Understandings of the Other: An Annotated Sourcebook" from Boston College's old webpages. There's no way someone hasn't looked into this before so... would be nice to find what they wrote on it. There's also the page "Noahide Covenant: Theology and Jewish Law" on the same website and even if Wikipedia isn't a real source it still proves a decent summary. Looking at what they claim on that webpage (I haven't gotten to checking their sources yet) the notion that righteous gentiles have a place in the World to Come has existed as a position within Judaism since the late first century AD. So the question is where we can find the first explicit reference to the Noahide laws being discussed as such. If the whole idea went mostly untouched until Maimonides then it might be that the idea remained relatively undeveloped until the High Middle Ages and as such didn't crystallize enough to even develop the explicit term Noahide Laws until then. So it might very well be that once we dig in deeper we'll just find that the seeds of the idea were in undeveloped form kind of like they seem to be in what Paul says. I mean... in the Bible there's talk of superstition but it seems that it wasn't until the late Middle Ages that thinkers cooked up the term "supernatural" to refer to things happening in the "divine realm" as opposed to the "natural world."
james' Jesus said ' faith/monotheism without good deeds is like good deeds without faith useless ' Paul wolf in sheep clothing taught the opposite of Jesus. Paul ' god not one /trinity. good deeds useless '