Christian/Muslim ThreadsImportant Questions for Muslims.I know Muslims believe in Allah but who the heck is Ar Rahman The Other Ilah?
Rofl, wait a minute was Ar Rahman the god Muhammed followed and then he changed his religion to Allah because someone gave him money and chicks? I will dig up more on this crazy Muslim conspiracy lol, I will see what I can find out. I found somehting lol, check this out. Although Muhammad is credited with bringing monotheism to Arabs, the Qur’an venerates three distinctly different gods. In the first Meccan period, god was nameless. He was referenced solely by the title “Lord.” This deity was modeled after Zayd’s god, which is not surprising since the Meccan Hanif’s poems formed the basis Muhammad’s early surahs. The Hanifs derived the title “Lord” and their faith from the Jews—a people who called their God “Lord” for fear of saying his name. If they used Yahweh’s name incorrectly, they were accused of blasphemy, and risked being stoned. While their scriptures contained 7,000 repetitions of His name, Rabbis always read and said “Lord” in its place. Being illiterate, the Meccans wouldn’t have known the difference. But a title was insufficient. The creator of the universe needed a name. All gods had names. So in the second Meccan period Muhammad called his Lord “Ar-Rahman.” Inscriptions from the fifth century reveal that Ar-Rahman was worshiped in Yemen by another group of Hanifs. We know about them because Dhu Nuwas, the Jewish Yemeni king, may have been one. His exploits were chronicled in Greek, Syriac, and Aramaic. When he attacked the Abyssinian Christians in Southern Arabia in the early sixth century, he swore by Ar-Rahman, “The Merciful,” and Ar-Rahim, “The Benevolent.” An invocation including these god’s names now precedes all but the 9th surah. Muhammad transitioned from Lord to Ar-Rahman in surahs 56, 68, 78, 89, and the last half of surah 93. While none of these mention Allah, Ar-Rahman and Lord are used interchangeably, often side-by-side. The names Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim are used fifty-one times in the Meccan period and twice in the first Medina surah. Then they disappear, replaced by Allah, never to be mentioned again. This is important because surrounded by a veritable sea of pagan idols, all Muhammad did was whittle down the number. An interesting insight in this regard can be found in Surah 21:36: “When the unbelievers see you they make fun of you, mocking you, ridiculing you. They say, ‘Is this the one who mentions your gods?’ They would deny all mention of Ar-Rahman!” This is a problem on a number of levels. The Qur’an is saying that Muhammad is being teased because he “mentions the Meccan gods.” Why? Allah was a Meccan god. And if Islam began monotheistic, why was “gods” plural? Moreover, by having the Meccans “deny all mention of Ar-Rahman,” two things became apparent: Muhammad’s god was Ar-Rahman and the Meccans’ was not. It is interesting that while the Islamic god doesn’t seem to know his name or if he is one (I, Me, and My in verse 37) or many (We and Us in verse 35), he is the same old guy, showing signs that men don’t heed and making threats. 021.037 “Man is made of haste. I [Ar-Rahman] shall show you My Signs; then you will not ask Me to hasten the punishment! If only the unbelievers could apprehend the moment when they would not be able to ward off the fire from their faces and their backs.’” The “What’s My Name” game continued with this Qur’an passage: 021.041 “Many apostles have been scoffed before you, but they were caught by what they ridiculed. Say (Muhammad): ‘Who guards you from Ar-Rahman?’ But at the mention of their Lord they turn away. Or do they have lords of their own besides Us who can defend them?’” They turned away because the Meccans knew Allah, not Ar-Rahman. Surah 25 speaks to the confusion over who the Islamic deity really was. The 59th verse ends with these words: “He is the Benevolent.” Left untranslated, that says: “He is Ar-Rahim.” Verse 60 begins with this: “When you say to them: ‘Bow before Ar-Rahman,’ they say: ‘What is Ar-Rahman?’ Should we adore whomever you ask us to? And their aversion increases further.” Muhammad was asking the Meccans to prostrate themselves to a god named Ar-Rahman. They, however, rebelled, asking, “What is Ar-Rahman?” They knew Allah, the top dog of the Ka’aba, but not everyone knew the other fellow as he wasn’t a local rock idol. This debate over god’s name was hardly academic. Since several gods are named, Islam can’t be monotheistic. And since none of the names are Yahweh, they aren’t the God of the Bible. Therefore, the Biblical prophets and patriarchs should not have been used to justify Islamic rites and rituals. |
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