What Really Attracts People to Islam

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Very good evening, doctor. My name is Rayba,

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and I'm a psychology student as well.

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The 911 question was from my sister,

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but I'm not talking about 911. I have

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a separate question and I'm having a sore

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throat so I'll make the question quick before

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I run out of my voice. Well, I

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actually I went to a Christian school

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and there I'm surrounded by a very good

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number of narrow minded people

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and they are their narrow minded people's beliefs

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are

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anything except for Christianity is devil worship.

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So according to them everything is devil worship

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and for them Islamist as well as devil

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worship.

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But

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I don't see it that way because if

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this is devil worship, it won't be the

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number one religion in the world.

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So

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Clearly, there's something in Islam that Christianity doesn't

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have, which is why it's such

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a achieving and very

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a lot of people are in it.

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So my question is, I want to know

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what that something is.

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So that was the question that she went

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to a Christian school. She was surrounded by

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Christian who she called narrow minded. Here you

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are surrounded with broad minded people.

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So she says that Christianity says everything besides

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Christianity is devil worship, but she says that

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Islam is the fastest growing religion, maximum followers.

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So what is it, the in thing

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that people are inspired towards?

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Sister,

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I've been in the field for Dawah for

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more than 20 years.

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More than 20 years I've been in the

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field of Dawah

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and I've met many people who have reverted

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to Islam.

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From Christianity,

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from Hinduism, from Buddhism, from.

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And

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each one

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is inspired by different things.

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But the most common factor

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among the people who accept Islam in

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my survey

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is the belief in oneness of God.

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The other people theoretically say,

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but practically they don't follow it.

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Christianity say believe in one God,

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but they say Father, Holy Spirit,

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and the Son.

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They talk about 1, but they practically believe

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in Trinity.

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So Islam is the only religion which speaks

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and practices.

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So this

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inspires a person

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about the one true God unity. And unlike

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other religion where you can see that, you

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know, God fighting among themselves.

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One God is taking the help of another

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God, and the devil can defeat the God.

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So all these things,

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a normal person thinks it's illogical.

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How can God be defeated? How can God

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die? In some religion, God dies also. So

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if God dies, then who rules the world?

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So when you see all these things logically,

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people normally blindly follow.

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These blind beliefs are not there in Islam.

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Therefore, Quran says

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that do you know they understand?

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This is for men of understanding. Even in

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my talk I said, that God Almighty made

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them and then the other made in colors

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and languages.

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Verily, it's a sign for those who understand.

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Quran

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is a book which

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convinces the logic.

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In spite the media today being against Islam,

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you can imagine the power that the amount

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of a 1,000,000,000 and 1,000,000,000 of dollars they're

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pumping against Islam

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to degrade it. Yet it is the fastest

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growing religion. So that's a

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miracle.

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Allah says in the Quran in

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surah Imran chapter 3 verse 54.

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They plan and plotted Allah to plan. Allah

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is the best of planners.

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So this way the major factor is that

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Islam is the most logical religion.

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There may be certain things with the may

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feel low. It's bad, it's like that. But

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when they come close to it, like today,

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today,

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Islam is maligned. One thing is terrorism. Second

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is that there are no women's rights.

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If there are no women's rights in Islam

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today,

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out of the American accepting Islam, 2 third

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are women.

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So why the American women accepting Islam? Out

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of the European accepting Islam, 2 third of

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women. If Islam is a religion and does

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not give rise to the women, then who's

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forcing the Europe and an American woman to

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accept Islam? Because they find the security.

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They have been and seen the world and

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lived

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talking about liberalization and

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modernization.

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They realize

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the real spirit is the religion of Islam.

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So when they really practice, some people

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may really get inspired. Okay? Because there's hijab

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bound except Islam. Some people only hear the

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and accept Islam. So people have different thing,

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but the main thing, the core factor is

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the. So whatever they're inspired by, when do

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they come to the oneness of God. He's

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our creator. He's our sustainer. He's our cherisher,

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which was the core factor of my talk

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today. Then,

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and these people who accept Islam, they become

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more practicing than those people who are born

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in a Muslim family.

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Sister, do you believe there's one God?

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Yeah. I do believe there's one God. Do

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you believe idol worship is wrong?

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Excuse me? Do you believe idol worship is

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wrong? Yes.

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Do you believe prophet Muhammad is the messenger

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of God? I want to.

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So why don't you?

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Because I'm not inspired yet. I want to

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be inspired.

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Nothing like inspiration. If you say you want

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to, if somebody's stopping you from

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Myself, I I want to be inspired.

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I want to know that that is the

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truth and the only truth. Maybe you coming

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to the lecture is not enough inspiration.

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You coming to the microphone to ask this

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question is enough inspiration

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for you since you believe there's one God.

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Since you believe idol worship is wrong. And

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if you believe in Quran. Have you read

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the Quran?

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No. I would request you to read the

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Quran, and if you read the Quran, you'll

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understand more about Islam.

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And I had given a talk yesterday.

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Muhammad

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in the various world religious scriptures. And I

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give quotations of prophet Muhammad mentioned in the

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Hindu scriptures, in the Christian scriptures, in the

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Jewish scriptures, in the Buddhist scriptures.

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Only if you read, since your background is

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Hinduism, I believe.

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Christianity. Christianity.

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If your background is Christianity,

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have you read the Bible?

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Yes. It was a subject in my school.

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Fine. I'll just give you the references.

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Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, has been

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prophesied in the old testament and the new

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testament.

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In the old testament, he's been prophesied in

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the book of Deuteronomy. Chapter number 18, verse

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number 18. In the book of Deuteronomy, chapter

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number 18, verse number 19. In the book

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of Isaiah, chapter number 29, verse number 12.

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In the song of Solomon, chapter number 5,

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verse number 16.

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For details, you can report to my video

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cassette. He's also prophesied in the New Testament.

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In the gospel of John chapter number 14

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verse number 16. In the gospel of John

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chapter number 15 verse number 26. In the

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gospel of John chapter 16 verse number 7.

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As well as gospel of John chapter number

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16 verse number 12 to 14. I'll just

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give you one prophecy to make it short.

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Jesus Christ peace be upon him said, in

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the gospel of John chapter number 16 verse

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number 12 to 14. He said, I have

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many things to say unto you, but he

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cannot bear them now. For he when the

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spirit of truth shall come, he shall guide

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you unto all truth. He shall not speak

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of himself. All that he has shall speak.

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He shall glorify me. So this prophecy of

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Jesus Christ peace be upon him. I have

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many things to say unto you but he

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cannot bear them now. For even the spirit

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of truth shall come, he shall guide you

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on to all truth. He shall not speak

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of himself. All that here shall he speak,

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he shall glorify me. This refers to no

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one but prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.

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Because it says, he shall not speak of

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himself. All that deer shall he speak. And

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you know the history of prophet Muhammad, peace

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be upon him. That

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almighty God gave the revelation to prophet Muhammad.

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Most of it through archangel Gabriel. Whatever you

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got, he repeated verbatim.

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And he shall glorify me. If you see,

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there is no messenger of God. No

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person who claimed to be a messenger has

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ever glorified prophet Jesus, except prophet Muhammad, peace

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be upon him.

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So it's mentioned in the Bible

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that this man to come, he will glorify

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me. And all the other references I gave

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you, it is pointing out the coming of

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the last and final messenger. Prophet Muhammad, peace

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be upon him. And even the Quran says,

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it's mentioned in the Quran

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chapter number 61 verse number 6. That Jesus

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Christ peace be upon him, was sent as

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a messenger

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to the Baniks shrine, the children of Israel,

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to the Jews. And he said, I give

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you glad tidings of a messenger to come

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whose name shall be Ahmed. And Ahmed is

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the second name of prophet Muhammad, peace be

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upon him. Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,

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is not prophesied only in the Bible Old

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and New Testament. He's even prophesied in the

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Vedas, in the Puranas, in the Hindu scriptures,

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in the Parsi scriptures, in the Buddhist scriptures.

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As I was saying earlier, that even though

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the scriptures have been changed,

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even if the scriptures have been manipulated yet,

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there are remnants in the verses of that

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scripture

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about the oneness of God. That's Tawhid and

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about prophet Mohammed being the last and final

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messenger.

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Now doctor since that I've never actually read

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the Quran.

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May I humbly request that can I have

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a translated version of the holy Quran? Sure.

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I request my

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I request my wife

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to hand over a translation of the Quran.

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She will, inshallah, hand over the translation.

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And I request you that please read the

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translation.

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And Insha'Allah, if you have any question, you

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can either ask to local Dhab Organization

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or

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you can ask to Islamic Information Services or

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you can write to us email. It's a

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global village. You can send the email to

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[email protected].

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Irf.net.

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It's the short form for the organization Islamic

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Research Foundation. And Insha'Allah, we'll try a little

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the question. Thank you, doctor. Welcome.

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the question. Thank you, doctor. Welcome.