solomon said:
In terms of the Catholic religion, Islam is a heretical point of view, born not in the heart of the Christian world, but on the periphery. It maintains something of the original Catholic truth, such as the immortality of the soul, and the omnipotence of an all-merciful Creator, but it denies the essential truth of the Incarnation of Christ.
For this reason, Mohammed will always be considered a false prophet for Catholics. All the Hebrew prophets and the ceremonial laws of the ancient Hebrew religion prepared the way for Immanuel, God among us. Jesus Christ, the Second person of the Trinity, fulfills all the prophets and all the laws that went before.
In fact, the minute details of the writings of the Bible that point to the life of Jesus, as the Christian world knows Him, are a great deal of the reason why many of us have come to believe in the God of Abraham and Moses at all.
Yet this is what Mohammed denies. This is not something peripheral to the Catholic faith. Without the incarnation of God, without the cross, without the resurrection, the actual core teaching of Christianity is destroyed.
Coming from pagan roots, and schooled by Jewish sages, Mohammed never really seemed to have grasped this about the Christian faith. He was too much on the periphery of the Christian world to really understand that no orthodox Christian could ever accept such a teaching.
But the fact remains, the 'Isa' of Mohammed resembles the Jesus of the Gospels about as much as a Hollywood movie resembles history.
To accept the prophecy of Mohammed does not just reform the Catholic worldview. It falsifies it.
you said something about "coming from pagan roots, and schooled by jewish sages" aren't you aware that Muhammad was an orphan he never went to any school and didn't knew how to read and write...
When you say GOD is One you can not divide GOD into three parts... Islam does not deny the birth of Jesus (AS), He was born to a human. False Prophets were never blessed with miracles, False Prophets were never blessed with Information which is being proved by todays technology, False Prophets were not able to tell signs of Day of Judgement and what will happen in future... False Prophets always wanted worldly gains where as real prophets alway claimed they are not seeking reward for the message they brought forth for people by GOD.
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By the morning,
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and the ten nights (first ten days of Dhul-Hijja),
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the even and the odd,
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and the night when it departs!
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Is there not in these an oath (enough evidence) for those who use their common sense?
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Have you not seen how your Rabb dealt with 'Ad?
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The residents of Iram, the city of lofty pillars,
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the like of which had never been built in other cities.
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And with the people of Thamud who hewed out their dwellings in the rocks of the valley?
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And with Fir'on (Pharaoh) the owner of stakes?
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They all transgressed beyond bounds in their cities,
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and committed great mischief therein.
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Therefore, your Rabb let loose on them His scourge of torment.
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Surely your Rabb is ever watchful.
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As for man, when his Rabb tries him through giving him honor and blessings, he says: "My Rabb is bountiful to me."
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But when He tries him through restricting his subsistence, he says: "My Rabb has humiliated me."
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Nay! But you did not show kindness to the orphan,
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nor did you encourage each other in feeding the poor.
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Greedily you lay your hands on the inheritance of the weak,
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and you love wealth with all your hearts.
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Nay! You should know, when the earth will be pounded to powder,
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your Rabb will come, with angels standing in ranks,
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hell shall be brought in sight. On that Day man will remember his deeds, but how is that remembrance going to profit him?
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He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth some good deeds for this life of mine."
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None can punish as Allah will punish on that Day,
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and none can bind as He will bind.
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To the righteous soul it will be said: "O fully satisfied soul!
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Return to your Rabb, well pleased with Him and well-pleasing to Him.
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Join My servants,
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and enter My paradise."