Back to Islam – A website that showcases apostates reverting to Islam.

For those who are blessed with the strength of purpose and clarity of thought, seeking knowledge and truth comes very handy especially those who have access to the internet.

Contrary to what some dimwitted folks believe, the Internet is not all about pornography, online gambling, gossip, backbiting, chatrooms, etc.

The internet is also a vast ocean of knowledge and very valuable materials including websites that teaches us all that we want to know about anything our minds can come up with?

One good website that I would recommend you to visit is Back to Islam. It has been set up by Abdylas Tynyshov (Ades) for those Apostates of Islam who reverted back to the Faith after rediscovering the Truth of Islam!

There are many good articles written and posted there. I have reproduced two of them here for your reading pleasure.

Da Vinci Code Controversy:

It is everywhere! Dan Brown’s book claims Jesus is not divine or God, and the gospels as we know them, have been changed, and after Jesus stayed here on earth, men raised his status to the level of God. Could any of this be true?

Ancient secrets of the Church, hidden for centuries have actually been revealed and published in books prior to the fictional writings of Brown in the Da Vinci Code.

Baigent and Leigh have produced other books from researchers point of view over the last two decades, including “Dead Sea Scrolls Deception”, “Holy Blood, Holy Grail”, and “Messianic Legacy.”

These books were the talk of the religious communities when they came out in the early 90’s and certianly they have fueled an ongoing interest into just exactly who was this man Jesus, what was his message and what happened to him?

Islam claims to “break the code” so to speak, over 1,400 years ago. The answer, according to Muslim scholars has been in the Quran for over fourteen hundred years.

Some may be surprised to learn, Muslims believe in the miracle birth and other miracles associated with Jesus. They actually consider him as the “Messiah” and they even say, “peace be upon him” when mentioning his name.

However, they are quick to negate any connection between God and Jesus as a partnership or God-head, and they rule out the notion of God having any son (or daughter for that matter).

Here is how Muslim scholars present their understanding and “break the code”:

Creation itself tells us there is a creator and from the beginning of time – Allah, (the One God in Arabic) alone is to be worshiped.

This is clear teaching throughout the Old testament (Torah), the scriptures that Jesus himself read and taught from.

God is one not one of three; for example: ‘He is God; there is no other besides Him’. (Deuteronomy 4:35).

The same is mentioned in the book of Mark in the New Testament, chapter 12, verse 29, when Jesus, peace be upon him, had been asked about the Greatest Commandment he replied, “To know, O Israel, the Lord your God is One Lord; and you have to love Him with all your heart and all your mind and all your strength.”

According to the oldest and most authentic copies of manuscipts and scrolls available throughout the centuries, Jesus, peace be upon him, never claimed to be God, or the creator, or the One to pray to, nor did he tell his followers to revere him as God. These notions appear on the lips of others who came along decades and even centuries later.

While Jesus was on earth he did not claim to be the creator or ask us to revere him as God.

His miraculous birth is a sign of his prophethood: “Verily, the likeness of Jesus before Allah, is the likeness of Adam. He (Allah) created him from dust and said “Be!” and he was” (Quran 3:59).

Like all the great and noble prophets of Allah such as Adam, Abraham, Moses, Isaac and David, Jesus came with one message: Worship, love, obey and submit to the one true God, Allah, the creator of everything and do not worship anything besides Allah.

Throughout history, people have taken to worship things or people alongside Allah, or just worshiping something else like power, status or money.

Even the names of religions seem have more to do with the creation and less or nothing to do with the Creator.

For example: Buddhism – Buddha (the name of a man), Confucianism – Confucius (the name of a man), Hinduism – Hind (the name of an area), Judaism – Judah (the name of a tribe) and Christianity – Christ (the name of a great prophet).

Islam is different. Islam is a word coming from the verb “aslama” and it carries the meaning of “surrender”, “submission”, “obedience”, “sincerity” and “peace” between you and Almighty Allah (God) and not to any human or anything within creation. Anyone who practices Islam submits to and worships Allah, alone without any partners of any kind.

The Quran states: “There is only One God (Allah) then have reverance for Me and fear Me (and Me alone).” To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and on earth, and to Him is duty due always: then will ye fear other than Allah?” (Quran 16:51-52)

Isn’t it time you join Jesus, the son of Mary, along with all of the other Prophets of Allah and practice the “Submission to the Will of God” (Islam)?

Or simply put: “Worship the Creator – and not His Creations!”

Islam honors all the prophets who were sent to mankind.

Muslims respect all prophets in general, but Jesus in particular, because he was one of the prophets who foretold the coming of Muhammad.

Muslims, too, await the second coming of Jesus. They consider him one of the greatest of Allah’s prophets to mankind.

A Muslim does not refer to him simply as “Jesus,” but normally adds the phrase ‘Alaihis salam’ @ “peace be upon him” as a sign of respect.

No other religion in the world respects and dignifies Jesus as Islam does.

The Qur’an confirms his virgin birth (a chapter of the Qur’an is entitled “Mary”), and Mary is considered to have been one of the purest women in all creation.

The Qur’an describes Jesus’ birth as follows: “Behold!’ the Angel said, God has chosen you, and purified you, and chosen you above the women of all nations. Mary, God gives you good news of a word from Him, whose name shall be the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, honored in this world and in the Hereafter, and one of those brought near to God. He shall speak to the people from his cradle and in maturity, and he shall be of the righteous.

She said: “My Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?’

He (the Angel Gabriel ) said: “Even so; God creates what He will. When He decrees a thing, He says to it, ‘Be!’ and it is.” [3:42-47]

Muslims believe that Jesus was born immaculately, and through the same power which had brought Eve to life and Adam into being without a father or a mother. “Truly, the likeness of Jesus with God is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, and then said to him, ‘Be!’ and he was.” [3:59]

During his prophetic mission, Jesus performed many miracles.

The Qur’an tells us that he said: “I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it and it becomes a bird by God’s leave. And I heal the blind, and the lepers, and I raise the dead by God’s leave.” [3:49]

Muhammad and Jesus, as well as the other prophets, were sent to confirm the belief in one God.

This is referred to in the Qur’an where Jesus is reported as saying that he came: “To attest the law which was before me, and to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden you; I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear God and obey me.” [3:50]

Prophet Muhammad emphasized the importance of Jesus by saying: “Whoever believes there is no god but Allah, alone without partner, that Muhammad is His messenger, that Jesus is a servant and messenger of God, His word breathed into Mary and a spirit emanating from Him, and that Paradise and Hell are true, shall be received by God into Heaven. [Bukhari]

So are those two articles published in the website. Feel free to check them out and ask me if there is anything you need further clarifications as to anything that you can’t understand. God willing, I might be able to help you out.

Happy learning. The more you learn, salvation you’ll earn! God bless us all. Ameen.

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