Author: Guillaume Guy

The Computer Exposes An Historical Crime

Tampering With The Word Of God

Two False Verses Unveiled In Qur’an

An Invitation To All Muslims To Examine The Evidence
Before Removing The Falsehood

“Surely, we have sent down this message, and surely, we will preserve it” (15:9)*

The history of tampering with the word of God is as ancient as God’s holy scriptures. Invariably, such tampering has been provoked by powerful human prejudices. One of the most flagrant interferences in the word of God is currently evident in the Torah. Someone was driven by racial bias to alter the name of Abraham’s son in Genesis 22:2 from Ishmael to Isaac. For prejudicial reasons they wanted to bestow the honor on Isaac, father of the Jews, rather than on Ishmael, father of the Arabs. In the process of tampering with the word of God, the guilty party committed a grievious mistake. Furthermore, when the absurdity of the original mistake was discovered, someone tried to cover it up by committing another falsification. Since two wrongs do not make a right, the second mistake proved far more serious.

The oldest translation of the Torah I could find was copyrighted in 1917 by the Jewish Publications Society of America. Its title is THE HOLY SCRIPTURES according to the Masoretic Text, A New Translation with the Aid of Previous Versions, and With Constant Consultation of Jewish Authorities.

Genesis 16:15-16 of this translation states:

And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. And Abram was foursome and six (86) years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

And Genesis 21:5 states:

And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

This means that Ishmael was 14 years old when his brother Isaac was born. In other words, Ishmael was Abraham’s only son for 14 years. Yet, Genesis 22:1-2 of this translation states:

And it came to pass after these things that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him: ‘Abraham’; and he said: ‘Here am I.’ And He said: ‘Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

The tampering is so obvious that subsequent translators tried to get around it by injecting their own version. In another very old (undated) translation, I found the following version of the same verses. This translation is titled: TWENTY FOUR BOOKS OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, translated by Isaac Leeser. In this translation, Genesis 16:15-16 states:

And Hagar bore abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. And Abram was eighty and six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

Genesis 21:5 states:

And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

Then Genesis 22:1-2 states:

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and he said unto him, Abraham, and he said, Behold, here am I. And he said, Take now thy son, thy only one, who thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I tell thee of.

The compounding of both errors is evident in the recent translations of the Torah. I looked up a translation copyrighted in 1962 by the Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, titled: THE TORAH, the Five Books of Moses, a new translation of THE HOLY SCRIPTURES according to the Masoretic text.

In this translation, Gensis 16:15-16 states:

And Hagar bore a son to Abram, and Abram gave the son that Hagar bore him the name Ishmael. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

And Genesis 21:5 states:

Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

While Genesis 22:1-2 now reads:

Some time afterward, God put Abraham to the test. He said to him, “Abraham,” and he answered, “Here I am.” And He said, “Take your son, your favored one, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the heights which I will point out to you.”

There is no doubt that Abraham, Isaac, and Ishmael, had they been alive today would have been appalled by this blasphemy.

Two False Verses Unveiled In Qur’an

Unfortunately, the same crime has been committed against the Qur’an. However, because Qur’an is God’s final message to the world, and because the Qur’an’s integrity is guaranteed forever by God, this blatant tampering with the Qur’an has now been exposed. Such exposure guarantees the continued purity of Qur’an.

Before presenting the physical evidence, it should be pointed out that the last two verses of Sura 9 have always been suspect. All classic and modern references dealing with the collection and recording of the original Qur’an have UNANIMOUSLY agreed that these two verses ARE THE ONLY VERSES IN QUR’AN THAT FAILED TO MEET THE CRITERIA SET BY ABU BAKR, OMAR AND ZEID IBN THABET (the original collectors of Qur’an). According to these references, the last two verses of Sura 9 were never confirmed by the criterion of SOURCE MULTIPLICITY. Among the outstanding references that expose this serious discrepancy are:

(1) AL BUKHARY, Vol 6, pp 89-90 and 225-226. (Dar Al-Turath Al-Araby)

(2) AL MUTAKHAB MIN AL SUNNAH, Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Cairo, Egypt, pp 178-182.

(3) Imam Ismail Ibn Katheer’s AFDAAL AL-QUR’AN AL-KAREEM.

(4) Muhammad Husain Haykal’s AL-SIDDIQ ABU BAKR.

(5) AL-Suyooty’s AL-ITQAN FI ‘ULOOM AL-QUR’AN.

Sahih Bukhari gives three different accounts regarding this subject, and Al-Muntakhab gives two different accounts. As mentioned above, all accounts, in the various references agree that THE LAST TWO VERSES OF SURA 9 ARE THE ONLY VERSES IN QUR’AN THAT FAILED TO CONFORM TO THE RECORDING CRITERIA, specifically the criterion of source multiplicity. One wonders why were these two verses included in Qur’an in the first place!!!

The multiplicity of sources for every single verse in Qur’an was a vital criterion, since it confirms the authenticity of every verse.

THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

The Almighty Creator informed us that the Qur’an contains a certain secret that, in time, will prove that Qur’an is God’s final message to the world.

The disbelievers said, “This (Qur’an) is no more than a fraud fabricated by (Muhammad), with the help of some others.” Indeed, they have committed a blasphemy and a falsehood.

Others said, “(This Quran) is tales from the past that he (Muhammad) had made up; they were dictated to him day and night.”

Say, “It was sent down by the one who knows THE SECRET in the heaven and the earth.” Indeed, He is the Forgiver, the Merciful.
(Qur’an 25:4-6)

Furthermore, the Qur’an states that this miraculous SECRET which is destined to prove the Qur’an’s authenticity shall be unveiled at a future time, not during the lifetime of the Prophet.

They say, “How come no miracle has come down to him from his Lord?” Say, “The future belongs to God, so wait and I will wait along with you.”
(Quran 10:20)

That the number 19 shall play a role in proving the Qur’an’s authenticity is stated in Qur’an 74:25-35. These verses state that anyone who declares that Qur’an is human-made (74:25) shall be proven wrong by means of the number 19 (74:30).

During the last 17 years (1968-1985), intensive research into the Qur’an with the use of computers has produced startling results, and an overwhelming proof of authenticity. In full agreement with Quran (74:25-35), the number 19 has provided the irrefutable evidence. Details of this work have been published in the following books:

(1) Qur’an: The Final Scripture.

(2) The Computer Speaks: God’s Message to the World.

(3) Qur’an: Visual Presentation of the Miracle.

(4) The Glorious Qur’an, Volume 1.

All published by ISLAMIC PRODUCTIONS, 739 E 6th St, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.

In addition to the list of SIMPLE FACTS where the number 19 is the common denominator, the most powerful physical facts are in the famous mysterious letters of Qur’an which prefix 29 suras. These letters occur in their respective suras ALWAYS IN MULTIPLES OF 19. One has to study the details in the references listed above in order to fully appreciate this awesome Qur’anic miracle.

What concerns us in this Bulletin is the prominent physical fact that the opening verse of Quran (BISMILLAH) consists of 19 letters, and every word in it is mentioned throughout Qur’an a number of time which is CONSISTENTLY A MULTIPLE OF 19. Thus, the first word (Ism = Name) is found in Qur’an exactly 19 times, the second word (Allah = God) is mentioned 2698 times (19 x 142), the third word (Rahman = Gracious) is mentioned 57 times (19 x 3), and the last word (Rahim = Merciful) is mentioned 114 times (19 x 6), plus one time that refers specifically to the Prophet and is not an attribute of God.

During the last three years an extensive study was undertaken to examine the mathematical miracle of Qur’an at the word for word level. The objective was to confirm that the computers did not err, and that the results do conform to the Qur’an as it was originally recorded during the Prophet’s lifetime, and subsequently collected by Zeid Ibn Thabet upon request of Abu Bakr and Omar, then reproduced by Uthman Ibn Affan.

It is the result of this vast review of the computer data that unveiled the shocking crime of tampering with the Qur’an.

Nine violations of the Qur’an’s mathematical code were discovered by the time the review of data was completed. ALL NINE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE LAST TWO VERSES OF SURA 9. (See the table at the end of this article).

It must be pointed out once more, that the LAST TWO VERSES OF SURA 9 WERE FINGERED AS FAILING TO CONFORM TO THE ESTABLISHED CRITERIA FOR COLLECTION AND RECORDING OF QUR’AN. This was done 1400 years before I was born.

Most probably, these two verses were injected into the Qur’an by the Prophet’s idolizers much later than Abu Bakr, Omar, and Zeid. The story was then invented by the guilty, in order to justify and support such tampering, and to blame the existence of these two alien verses on such great authorities as Abu Bakr, Omar, and Zeid.

It is noreworthy that Sura 9 is the ONLY SURA IN QUR’AN THAT DOES NOT OPEN WITH “THE NAME OF GOD.” God’s advance knowledge and disapproval of the aforementioned blasphemy is manifested in the fact that the BISMILLAH is omitted. Such tampering could never be “In the Name of God.”

VIOLATIONS OF THE QUR’AN’s MATHEMATICAL MIRACLE

“You may dislike something which is actually good for you, and you may like something which is actually bad for you.” (Qur’an 2:216).

What appears to be a real disaster may actually be a great blessing in disguise. Our incarcerated brothers may provide a perfect example.

Discovering God and joining His kingdom is the greatest achievement any human being can achieve. If incarceration is what it takes for anyone to attain this precious goal, it is a small price indeed for such a great treasure.

The Qur’an teaches us that if a disbeliever possesses all the treasures of the world, even twice as much, he would readily give it all up in exchange for a believer’s achievement (10:54, 13:18, & 39:47).

If you are a prisoner who discovered the true path to God, and have decided to follow God’s true religion, you are far more fortunate than a billionaire who has failed to discover God.

If you discovered Islam in prison, then incarceration was the greatest blessing that ever happened to you.

It is established that this life is insignificant, when compared to the real life of the eternal Hereafter. Mathematically, when you divide any number by infinity, the product is zero. So, even a thousand years in this world equal a zero when compared to the infinite Hereafter.

With this Qur’anic understanding, we realize that it doesn’t really matter whether we are poor or rich in this world, fat or thin, tall or short, black or white, male or female, beautiful or ugly.

This life, no matter how long, passes like the blink of an eye (16:77).

When God loves someone, He may afflict him or her with a temporary problem just to get his or her attention. This is what Qur’an teaches in Sura 6, Verse 42 and in 7:94.

THE MUSLIM PRISONER
Blessing in Disguise?

Incarceration may be God’s way of blessing you, and getting your attention. It means that God cares about you. If you respond positively to God’s care, and decide to join His kingdom, then He makes it up to you manyfold. He will appoint you a King on Earth. This is God’s inviolable promise as we see in Qur’an 24:55.

There is one important catch: you must be absolutely positive that you have found the pure Islam, not the Islam that is distorted by traditions and superstitions.

By: Rashad Khalifa as Editor of Muslim Perspective, February, 1985

See also:

• Has God Forsaken The Arabs?
• Two False Verses Unveiled In Quran
• More Evidence Confirms The Falsehood Of The Last Two Verses Of Sura 9
• All the Muslim Perspective articles

Our Almighty Creator, be He glorified, taught us in Qur’an that a great secret is hidden within Qur’an. Verses 4 through 6 of Sura Al-Furqan (No  25) state that the purpose of this great secret is to provide incontrovertible authenticating proof that Qur’an is God’s unaltered message to the world. In verses 4 and 5 of Sura 25, the unbelievers claim that Qur’an is man-made; that it was fabricated by Muhammad with the help of others. Verse 6 then informs us that perfect refutation of such blasphemous claim shall be provided by THE SECRET.

From  Verse 20 of Sura Younus (No 10), we learn that the only miracle of the final Prophet Muhammad, which turned out to be THE HIDDEN SECRET, will be unveiled in the future; not during Muhammad’s lifetime (see also 29:50-51).

THE SECRET has been perfectly concealed within Qur’an for 1400 years. In 1969 (1389 AH), I wrote the Qur’an into a computer, using an English symbol for each Arabic character, then I asked the computer to count every letter in every Sura. I was looking for any mathematical pattern involving the Qur’an’s famous mysterious letters which prefix 29 suras [A L. M. (Alef Laam Meem), Y.S. (Ya Seen), Q. (Qaaf), etc.]. I had no idea what to expect. After four years of computerized study, a miraculous mathematical system emerged throughout Qur’an that fulfilled the prophecies of 25:4-6 and 10:20. THE SECRET WAS UNVEILED.

Thus, after 1400 years of standing on its own without any physical proof of divine authorship, the Qur’an has become authenticated beyond doubt. Numerous pamphlets and three books have been published by this Masjid detailing this great Qur’anic development.

What needs to be mentioned here is that the Qur’an’s miraculous mathematical system is based in the number 19. The significance of this number is that it is the numerical value of the Arabic word WAAHED ( واحد )    which means ONE, reflecting the Qur’an’s main theme: GOD IS ONE.

و (W)  = 6, ا (A) = 1, ح   (H) = 8, & د (D) =  4

6 + 1 + 8 + 4 = 19

The number 19 appears in Qur’an once, namely, in sura 74. The title of the sura is “Al-Muddath-thir” which means THE HIDDEN ONE.

Meanwhile, millions of Muslims, regardless of their sectarian affiliation, have been waiting for THE HIDDEN ONE to come out and deliver them from humiliation, defeats, misery, and wars.

Millions of Shi’a Muslims are waiting for THE HIDDEN ONE, who is known to them as IMAM ZAMAN or SSAHEB ZAMAN or AL MAHDY or The Twelfth Imam to appear and deliver them.

Similarly, millions of Sunni Muslims are waiting for THE HIDDEN ONE who is known to them as AL MAHDY to come and deliver them.

The discovery of the Qur’an’s mathematical code has made it possible to calculate the time of ZUHOOR or appearance of THE HIDDEN ONE, as well as the identity of the expected Savior.
For example, the fact that the number 19 appears in Qur’an in sura 74 has pointed out the year 1406 AH as the year of ZUHOOR, since 19 x 74 = 1406. The date on this issue of MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE is Rabi’ Awwal 1406 AH.

In Verses 16 & 17 of Sura 7, Satan pledges to continuously and ruthlessly skulk on the Muslims’ straight path; that he will come to them from their front, their back, their right, and from their left, in order to mislead them. The subject of THE HIDDEN ONE (Al-Muddath-thir) provided Satan with a golden opportunity, since a great deal of speculation can be introduced, taking advantage of the immense human curiosity with regard to prophecy.

The great power and cleverness of Satan is manifest in the fact that he did succeed in creating an idol, a god besides God, out of THE HIDDEN ONE after confusing the identity of the expected benefactor for the Sunnis and Shi’as alike.

While most Sunni Muslims do not attach a specific name to THE HIDDEN ONE, millions of Shi’a Muslims know THE HIDDEN ONE by the name Muhammad Ibn Al-Hasan Al-‘Askary.

Let us now calculate the numerical value of this most revered name by millions of Muslims:

It is certainly significant that 684 is a multiple of 19 (684 = 19 x 36); it is not a simple coincidence. Since 684 is a multiple of 19, the Qur’an’s common denominator, and the numerical value of Muhammad Ibn Al-Hasan Al-‘Askary, it would seem that he is confirmed as THE HIDDEN ONE, the expected Savior. However, this is the extent of Satan’s scheme. The mighty Satan undoubtedly knew about the Qur’an’s 19-based miraculous code. He then embarked on a devilish scheme aiming at confusing the vital issue of THE HIDDEN ONE and diverting attention of the Muslims from the true identity of their Savior. The devil has succeeded indeed in convincing the Muslims by the millions that THE TWELFTH IMAM (Muhammad Ibn Al-Hasan Al-‘Askary),who disappeared as a child almost 1200 years ago, is THE HIDDEN ONE. He then schemed to create an idol, another god besides God, out of THE HIDDEN ONE.

The devil used truthful descriptions to introduce THE HIDDEN ONE, the expected Savior, to millions of Muslims across numerous generations. For example, he pointed out the following truthful facts:

**    THE HIDDEN ONE will save the Muslim Ummah;

**    THE HIDDEN ONE will unite all Muslims of the world.

**    THE HIDDEN ONE will lead the Muslims to dignity, prosperity, peace and guaranteed immediate       victory.

**    THE HIDDEN ONE is greater than any prophet.

**    THE HIDDEN ONE is greater than Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, Abraham, Noah, and all the prophets and messengers, combined.

Satan needed only to emphasize one falsehood; the true identity of THE HIDDEN ONE. The devil’s scheme was so formidable that he thoroughly succeeded in confusing the identity of IMAM ZAMANfor millions of Muslims.

But God the most high, be He glorified, has schemed His own infallible scheme:

They plot and scheme, but so does God. Surely, God is the best schemer. (8:30)

God’s scheme was designed around Satan’s plot in such a way that the devil’s scheme backfires and exposes his wicked plan.

To view God’s flawless scheme, and at the same time reveal the identity of the true Savior, let us now calculate the numerical value of God’s final message to the world; AL-QUR’AN AL-KAREEM:

Thus, the numerical value of AL-QUR’AN AL-KAREEM, the universally acknowledged name of Qur’an, is exactly the same as that of THE HIDDEN ONE perpetrated by Satan as a human savior and benefactor.

While millions among the younger Muslims will readily see the light and discover the true identity of THE HIDDEN ONE, some of the older traditionalists will cling to their inherited myths; they will actually express great disappointment that IMAM ZAMAN, THE HIDDEN ONE, THE GREAT SAVIOR AND BENEFACTOR has turned out to be none other than AL-QUR’AN AL-KAREEM, the word of Almighty God. Some are destined to be downright upset.

Now let us repeat those truthful statements:

**  Qur’an will save the Muslim Ummah… if the Muslims truly follow Qur’an, the whole Qur’an, and nothing but Qur’an.

**  Qur’an will unite all Muslims of the world. Since there is only ONE QUR’AN, there will be no Sunnis, no Shi’as, no Hanafis, no Shafe’is, no Malikis, no Hanbalis, etc, etc.

**  Qur’an is greater than all the prophets combined, as evidenced in Qur’an 2:177, 2:285 & 4:136, where God’s scripture is consistently mentioned ahead of the prophets.

**  Qur’an, being the word of God, enjoys the exclusive descriptions as ‘AZEEM = Great (15:87), KAREEM = Honorable (56:77), ‘AZEEZ = Almighty (41:41) and MAJEED = Glorious (50:1). These are names of God Himself, and the word of God represents Him to us. No prophet has ever been described in these terms.

**  We find that Qur’an “speaks” in 11:1-4, saying, “I come to you from God as a preacher and a warner.”

**  We find that Qur’an is called RASOOL = Messenger of God in 3:101 and 65:11.

**  We see that the scripture is actually called IMAM in 11:17, 15:79, 17:71, 36:12, and 46:12.

**  Qur’an possesses the power to guide, while the prophets do not (28:56).

**  Qur’an lives for ever, preserved and protected by God, while the Prophets die (39:30).

**  Finally, if Qur’an is manifested to a mountain, the mountain will cringe and crumble, out of reverence for God:

Unfortunately, it is a forgone conclusion that millions of Muslims will say: “But we already follow the Quran!!!” However, the painful fact is that they have been duped by Satan, who duped the Prophet Adam, into thinking that they are following the Qur’an.

Only a little bit of reflecting leads to the following realization:

The Muslims throughout the world have rejected Qur’an for 12 centuries now. They do not believe their Creator when He states that Qur’an is COMPLETE, PERFECT, AND FULLY DETAILED (6:19, 38, & 114).

The Islam being practiced around the world today is a distorted Islam; it has nothing to do with the Islam preached by God’s final Prophet Muhammad. Innovations, superstitions, stories, customs, and traditions have crept into Islam during the past 1200 years, and changed it to something else.

The Muslims, therefore, can never succeed until they go back to Qur’an; to the original Islam as preached by Muhammad.

By: Rashad Khalifa as Editor of Muslim Perspective, November, 1985

See also:

• All the Muslim Perspective articles