Islam's New Bold ShababThe Amazing Dalia ZiadaThis now 26-year-old former genital mutilation victim is now a virtual Captain Courageous. Only a few of this young woman's accomplishments according to Time Magazine are:
In no way to minimize the supreme good that this courageous Muslim woman has already accomplished for ALLAH and for humanity in her so far brief life, there remains one major area where ALLAH is searching for other shabab like her to be willing to serve Him. That is, there is one major, major crime which is being openly committed in Islamic society which is deeply grieving ALLAH. Yet very, very few of either young or old Muslims seem to care about ALLAH deeply grieving over the horrible crime of figuratively banishing His own now living Messiah to Outer Mongolia or to the frozen tundra of Siberia or even to the vast, empty Rub Al Khali of Saudi Arabia. But this is what Islam has done to ALLAH's now Living Messiah by the way he is purposely ignored, de-emphasized and marginalized by the vast majority of Muslims. The Gaping HoleThe sixty four trillion dollar question, why are the otherwise courageous Shabab of the international Islamic Community (The Ummah) leaving a giant gaping hole in their sincere attempts to synthesize Islam and modernity? The only explanation that I can come up with to account for this huge crime of neglect of ALLAH's Messiah is this: The otherwise bold shabab of Islam have been subtly brainwashed by biased teaching supposedly from the Quran about what ALLAH's Messiah is not instead of an understanding of who the Holy Quran proclaims that he is. Consequently, ALLAH's own now living but missing Isa man from West Bank Bethlehem has been both subconsciously and consciously ignored. The fact that according to the emphatic teaching of the Holy Quran's An-Nisa 4:158, this Messiah, the son born of the Virgin Maryam, still even now remains alive among Muslims is amazingly considered to be an irrelevant factor. Sadly, the focus regarding this now living man has been consistently directed to who he is not rather than to who he is. And the false idea is emphasized that he did not defeat death rather than emphasizing the true reality that he not only defeated death but he also defeated both Israeli and Roman leaders. So the amazing reality that ALLAH's Victorious Prophet is still alive today is ignored by Muslims and even Christians. Even though a Carl Rove type of brainwashing has been effective in Islam to marginalize the now living man who was supernaturally born of a virgin in Bethlehem, there is a vibrant series of extraordinary realities emphatically expressed by the authority of the Holy Quran which demand to no longer be ignored or marginalized. Even if An Nisa 4:157 is interpreted in the most superficial and simplistic way conceivable, so that ALLAH's Messiah was not returned to life by the Wisdom and Might of ALLAH after being extra-judicially executed by the calloused Israeli apparatus, even this shallow interpretation still leaves us with the extraordinary relevant reality that ALLAH's Messiah remains alive today. That is, he is still a living but invisible human being who has more first hand knowledge of the inner workings of both the historic Israeli power structure as well as first hand knowledge of their current evil military apparatus. Nevertheless, Islam does not recognize him as still being significant or relevant. However, on the other hand, since the now living man did temporarily die for three days after being cruelly murdered by the Israelis, as the Injeel which the Quran repeatedly states that the Quran confirms, teaches, then something dramatic has occurred. This new reality gives the Quran's Islamic Bethlehem Messiah all the more relevance to the current conditions of Israeli injustice toward Palestinians and American injustice toward much of the Middle East. But unfortunately and very regrettably, misled leaders in Islam have allowed their legitimate negative reactionism to the empire-building tendency of Christianity to put Islam into a counterproductive, reactive position. Because of the fact that Christians have virtually forced Muslims into the unrealistic and unfair theological choice of either accepting the full implications of the Son of GOD title of the Messiah and fully accepting the Christian Trinity or to view the now Risen Messiah as virtually irrelevant, Muslims have mostly opted for the irrelevance option. Regrettably, that is how the Christian power structure has framed their choice. But unfortunately this unfair choice has left Muslims missing the very relevant and constructive implications of the Quran's Messiah still being alive. So let us now briefly review, without being defensive, some of the reality of who the now living virgin born Messiah actually is according to the clear pronouncements made in the Holy Quran. The Now Living Man in The Holy Quran
But despite this amazing series of profound, unique testimonies from the Holy Quran to the specialness and uniqueness of this Virgin born man who is still now living, a strange phenomenon has occurred. Young Muslims, the Shabab, show virtually no concern as to why ALLAH's own Messiah has now virtually disappeared from the radar screen of Islamic reality. Therefore, he now receives no special respect from either young or old Muslims. The Bold Shabab Ignore the QuranALLAH raised him up alive. So he is still living. But who cares? Being physically and spiritually alive for over 20 centuries appears to Muslims to be no big deal. The fact that he is spoken of in the Quran in an extremely honorable way far more than anyone else is considered as irrelevant. He is given no recognition by today's usually courageous youth. So no one, yes no one, is expending any effort to provide him any deserved respect or recognition. That is a severe disappointment to ALLAH and is an extremely serious theological crime. The authoritative Quran cites him as an important gift of Rahma/Mercy to us from ALLAH. But unexplainably, the Bold Shabab of Islam do not notice this special Mercy from ALLAH, which is also ignored by the older generation of Muslims as well as by all younger Muslims. Though the Quran explicitly and emphatically proclaims the still living man to be both Wajih/Eminent in this world as well as in the next world, in this in between period that we are now in, he is not looked back at as having been Eminent. Nor is he looked forward to as being Eminent in the future. Significantly, since he is now alive, even his now invisible presence should be treated as Eminent. But no one seems to care whether he is eminent or non eminent. So disgracefully, Islam is not now treating him as Eminent. Oh Shabab, this negative and even shameful situation ought not be allowed to continue. The desire of every truly GOD loving person is to be brought nearer to ALLAH. Significantly, the Quran actually identifies the now living Bethlehem man as not needing to continue striving toward a nearness to ALLAH. Because the Quran reveals that nearness to ALLAH is now an essential quality of his person when the Quran identifies the still living man as min al-Maqurrabin-one Brought Near. With the Holy Quran having given this now living man such an honored identification, it is an absolute shame that Islam and especially the Muslim Shabab are not seeing this highly honored man of the Quran as being honored. Instead they observe that he is now being demeaned, marginalized, neglected and ignored. This is in itself, scandalous. It is a bright negative mark on Islam. But the fact that no one is attempting to address this sorry situation is even more scandalous. None of these honorable titles of this now living man are isolated. Rather, each honorable title builds upon the other. So the cumulative effect of them all is virtually beyond comprehension in their importance. Nevertheless, even though this is true, if there were no other titles other than the Quran entitling ALLAH's now living man, Messiah no less than eleven times, this fact has overwhelming significance. Therefore, for old and young Muslims to be comfortable with devaluing this living man whom the Quran and ALLAH value so highly, puts Muslims in an unenviable position. They are virtually mocking the authority of the Quran in its revelation of its Messiah who is ALLAH's Messiah. So this should be very disturbing to young Muslims that older Muslims have subtly taught them to seriously devalue ALLAH's own now living Messiah whom both ALLAH and the Holy Quran so highly value. It is truly a great honor that any man can be ALLAH's servant. Thus, Abd ALLAH- Servant of ALLAH, was one more very honorable title he received. But it is not realized that since he is now still living, this emphatically means that Abd ALLAH is now still continuing to serve ALLAH. Yet, today's current Muslims seem to be quite unimpressed with the fact of the Quran's recognition of the Messiah as having the status of a still living Servant of ALLAH. Nevertheless, this is the honorable way that the Quran still identifies this now Living man. So the reality of this now living man being consistently overlooked as a now living servant of ALLAH and has had his status in the Quran constantly and shamefully minimized, is a severe theological crime. Significantly, for the Quran to identify this now living man as ALLAH's Rasul/Messenger ten times, but then for Muslims to make the explicit assumption that he is no longer a messenger to man even though ALLAH used His Own Might and Wisdom to raise him up alive, after his encounter with the Israeli manipulated Roman executioners, is ludicrous and presumptuous. Would ALLAH truly cut off his valuable role as His important Messenger after he had used His own Might and Wisdom to make certain that his life continued? (An-Nisa 4:158). No! Definitely not! He still has valuable messages for man. But man refuses to listen to them. Yet, not only did the Quran identify this still living man as His Rasul/Messenger ten times, but the Quran actually identifies him as ALLAH's Kalima, ALLAH's Word. So this significant identification far exceeds the presently living man only being ALLAH's messenger. He was actually identified by the Holy Quran as being a personification of direct communication from ALLAH to man. So to sideline and ignore that kind of important communication from ALLAH through His now Living Messiah is absurd. It is inherently recognized that the word spirit relates essence. Consequently, to suggest that a person is possessed by an evil spirit, is probably as negative a statement as can be said about a person. Conversely, when the Quran 3 times speaks of Isa's being supported by GOD's Spirit of Holiness and to twice mention ALLAH's spirit in connection with his birth through the Virgin Maryam, is exceptionally significant. That the now living man is spoken of in the Quran as both an Aya/Sign and also as Mathal/Parable, is also especially significant. And this is all the more true because he remains alive. So if he was an Aya/Sign and a Mathal/Example two thousand years ago, how much more is he both a Sign and an Example for Muslims today? Yet the serious crime against ALLAH that Muslims are committing on a daily basis is that they are ignoring him as if he is an out of date bus transfer. Oh Muslims, this neglect of His now living Messiah is a severe distress to ALLAH. Yet no one seems to care. Speeding Train Destroys Crowded School BusAs an example of how costly it will be for Muslims to ignore the emphatic teaching of the Quran that ALLAH's Aya or Sign of Judgment is his Messiah, I will use this practical illustration. Suppose the driver of a bus full of school children ignores the stop sign at a railroad crossing so that the bus is crushed by a speeding train. The cost for ignoring that sign was disaster. And ALLAH will hold that careless driver responsible for the heavy cost in human life of ignoring that purposeful stop sign. So also there will be a huge cost to be paid for ignoring the Messiah as ALLAH's Sign to warn man. The Bold Jolt From Surah Al FajerOne exceptionally neglected verse in the Quran that is supported by quite similar wording in three different Books of the previous Scriptures should wake up at least the younger Muslim generation, the bold Shabab. Like an unexpected lightening bolt, one of the latter Surahs of the Holy Quran, Al Fajer, contains an amazing, undiscussed, but vital, relevant message. This important verse should be like an arrow between the eyes of those who choose to ignore this amazingly relevant statement about future judgment. Muslim theologians virtually unanimously agree that since ALLAH fills the universe with His Presence, it is inappropriate to speak of Him, ALLAH, as moving from one place to another place or as going or coming. Therefore, as the Holy Quran emphatically confirms in Al-Fajir – the Dawn 89:22 – "The Lord shall come with his angels, rank upon rank or row upon row, " that it is not ALLAH Himself who is being spoken of with His angels in Judgment in this unique verse since ALLAH neither comes or goes. Rather, it is His Messiah who is being spoken of who has been predicted to represent Him in judgment as Enoch, Jude and Zechariah each state using quite similar words as to those used in Al Fajir. So for either Muslims or Christians to ignore these sober words of warning of ALLAH's Messiah coming to judge, is a serious, foolish mistake. Oh Bold Shabab!You will hear older Muslims often proclaim when quoting a certain verse or verses from the Quran about the Messiah while misunderstanding their context, that the Messiah is no different than the other Prophets. But please ask them: Did any of the other Prophets by ALLAH's leave, raise the dead? Were any of them born from a virgin? Were any of the other Prophets identified as a Word/Kalima of ALLAH? Were any of the other Prophets referred to in the Quran with the honored title of Messiah eleven times? Were any of the other Prophets referred to as Rahma? Were any of them ten times referred to in the Quran as ALLAH's Messenger, Rasul? Were any of them called a Sign/Aya? Were any of the other Prophets referred to as a Parable/Mathal? Were any of them several times associated with ALLAH's Spirit of Holiness? Were any of the other Prophets twice referred to as Shahid/Witness? And please investigate whether any of the other Prophets are still living today? And, does the Holy Quran uniquely testify that any of the other Prophets will come with Angels rank upon rank to be man's judge? And which of the other Prophets does the Quran identify with a unique name that literally means that he was one Brought Near (ALLAH) min al Muqarrabin? Also, which of the other Prophets did the Quran clearly testify to each of its readers that this man would not only be Eminent/Wajah in this present world but also will be highly honored in the world to come? Holy Quran's Fabulous Triple MiraclesPlease tell me. Did any of the other Prophets, even by ALLAH's empowerment, raise persons who were dead, up to a new life? Or, did any of the other Prophets except Elijah heal persons of the highly contagious and dreaded disease of leprosy? Or did the other Prophets give sight to those who had actually been born blind? Each of these three major types of miracles are very big deals. Yet, these three major miracles of life from the dead, sight for the blind and major miracles of healing are precisely what the Holy Quran in two separate surahs states that the now mostly forgotten but still living man from West Bank Bethlehem miraculously did among the people of his time. (Please see Ali-Imran 3:49 and Al-Ma'idah 5:110.) Please keep in mind that each of these three amazing sets of supernatural events are spoken of in the Holy Quran not once but twice. The Quran repeats those three healing miracles twice to emphasize their wonderful importance, significance and relevance. These were extremely out of the ordinary events for a man to do even if it was ALLAH's power which enabled them to occur. But do we ever hear of Muslims today rejoicing that their own Quran's own Messiah was enabled by ALLAH to do amazing unique miracles, that no one else has ever done? No! Instead most Muslims seem to think that unless the Quran calls Isa the "Son of God" he was not someone very special. It seems that his numerous unique honorable titles in the Quran and his amazing ability to heal and raise the dead somehow leave him as a second class prophet even though he is still living today. So it is legitimate to ask just what kind of strange reasoning guides these "Living Messiah Degraders?" It is as though certain Muslim leaders have agreed upon a conspiracy with other leaders against their own Holy Quran in order to deny and ignore the abundant positives that their Quran itself presents about ALLAH's now Living Man from Bethlehem. It is as if all the amazing facts that can be read in the Holy Quran about the now Living Messiah that are truly in the pages of the Quran, are actually not in the Quran. Undeniably, the Quran faithfully states many encouraging truths about ALLAH's still living man which Muslim leaders avoid openly acknowledging or openly discussing. And they certainly do nothing to encourage Muslims to enjoy these precious truths about their Quran's and ALLAH's only Messiah. But despite Muslim leader's strong resistance, ALLAH will ultimately triumph. He will finally push these many truths about His Own Risen Living Messiah out into His Light. So in ALLAH's Light, His own now Living Man from West Bank Bethlehem will bring Great Joy to multitudes of ALLAH's precious Muslims. Not Different But UniqueYes, there are distinct ways that the Quran intended for His now living man to not be considered different than other Prophets. And also, that the Prophet Muhammad would always have his own uniqueness for he courageously and faithfully delivered especially the Arab people from Polytheism to worship the One true ALLAH. But there were numerous other ways that the Quran wanted all Muslims and everyone else to recognize His Messiah's present and future role as being extremely unique in human history. And unless courageous Muslim Shabab soon establish a major role for this now living man from Bethlehem in current Islam, not only will Islam be the loser; but all of humanity will be the loser. For I am convinced that it is ALLAH's plan that it will be Islam which will soon demonstrate the necessary leadership for our world to be able to understand the uniqueness of ALLAH's now living man from Bethlehem. The Stunning ContradictionThe following is an absolute contradiction. Muslims say that the Holy Quran is the foundation of Islam. They also will agree that each and every amazing title that I have cited from the Quran about ALLAH's now Living Messiah is true. Yet current Muslims are amazingly comfortable with treating the Quran's Messiah as if he is an inferior Messiah and a second class Prophet even though he is still alive. Am I the only person who sees this as an amazing contradiction which deserves immediate correction? Because if this crime is not soon attended to, Islam's credibility is seriously endangered both with ALLAH and with man. Some Muslims and Christians would tell Muslims that unless the Holy Quran calls Isa the Son of GOD or the Son of ALLAH, all other titles in the Quran are irrelevant. But that shallow reasoning is totally fallacious. The 28 chapters of the New Testament Book of Acts uses the term "Son of GOD" no more than two or at the most three times. But it uses many other substantive titles many, many times. Yet, that 28-chapter book with its multiple titles of the Messiah is what laid the foundation for the great contribution to the world of the now living man from West Bank Bethlehem. The Resurrection – the Vital IssueDefinitely, the more abstract, less provable concept of whether ALLAH's Risen Man from Bethlehem is the Son of GOD or is not the Son of GOD, was not the vital issue that most impacted the lives of those first followers of the Risen Messiah. Rather, what produced their vibrant faith in his being their Messiah as revealed in the book of Acts, was the very tangible, observable evidence that ALLAH's Messiah, by being raised alive by ALLAH, had totally defeated the evil Israeli apparatus, had defeated the Middle Eastern arm of the mighty Roman Empire and even had defeated death itself. So, with certainty they knew that he was alive in their midst and that he had totally earned ALLAH's full approval and also deserved their trust. No CompetitionThere may be Muslims who will be concerned that with all the emphasis on the Quran's various titles for the Messiah and his major miracles, that this could detract from the importance of Islam's Prophet. But the opposite is true. For each title and each miracle is a result of the Prophet's conviction that the titles and miracles were all important parts of the revelations that he, the Prophet, had received. For if the Prophet Muhammad had not considered each title and miracle important, he could have easily omitted either some or all of them from the Holy Quran. Likewise, he also could have omitted An Nisa 4:158 which enthusiastically emphasizes that the Risen Son of the Virgin Maryam is still living in our midst today. back to "Late 2007 - 2009" page __________________________________________________________ _________________________________________ __________________________ _____________ |