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Friday Sermon based on Appendix 23 of uthized English Translation of the Quran by Rashad Khalifa (1989)

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Quran : Unlike Any Other Book

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Quran : All You Need for Salvation

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Praise be to God! There is no other god except God.

The Quran, informs us that Jesus was a human messenger of God whose sole mission was to deliver God’s message; he never possessed any power, and is now dead (4:171, 5:75, 117). Those who consider Jesus to be God, or Son of God, or part of a trinity are “pagans” (5:17, 72, 73). Outstanding Christian scholars have reached these same conclusions (THE MYTH OF GOD INCARNATE, John   Hick, ed., The Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1977 & THE MYTH MAKER, Hyam Maccoby, Harper & Row 1986). Christianity is the product of the Nicene Conferences, the first of which happened 325 years after Jesus.

The Bible’s Jesus

Jesus proclaimed aloud: “Whoever puts faith in me believes not so much in me as in him who sent me;…. For I have not spoken on my own; no, the Father who sent me has commanded me what to say and how to speak. Since I know that his commandment means eternal life, whatever I say is spoken just as he instructed me.”  

[ John 12:44-50 ]

“I cannot do anything of myself. I judge as I hear, and my judgment is honest because I am not seeking my own will but the will of him who sent me.”

[ John 5:30 ]

Jesus said: “My doctrine is not my own; it comes from him who sent me.”

[ John 7:16 ]

“Men of Israel, listen to me! Jesus of Nazareth was a man whom God sent to   you with miracles, wonders, and signs as his credentials. These God worked through him in your midst, as you well know.”

[ Acts 2:22 ]

 “…The man who hears my word and has faith in him who sent me possesses eternal life.”    

[ John 5:24 ]

“Whoever welcomes me welcomes, not me, but him who sent me.”

[ Matthew 10:40, Mark 9:37, Luke 9:48, & John 13:20]

“…I have not come of myself. I was sent by One who has the right to send, and him you do not know. I know him because it is from him I come; he sent me.”

[ John 7:28-29 ]

Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “…Eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and him whom you have sent, Jesus Christ.”

[ John 17:1-3 ]

All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

[ Romans 8:14 ]

Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me. I know that you always hear me but I have said this for the sake of the crowd, that they may believe that you sent me.”

[ John 11:41-42 ]

As he was setting out on a journey a man came running up, knelt down before him and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to share in everlasting life?” Jesus answered, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.”

[ Mark 10:17-18 ]

“None of those who call me ‘Lord’ will enter the kingdom of God, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.”

[Matthew 7:21]

“…Go to my brothers and tell them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

[ John 20:17 ]

“God is my Lord and your Lord; you shall worship Him alone. This is the right path.”

[ Quran 3:51, 19:36, & 43:64 ]

Trinity, the doctrine of God taught by Christians asserts that God is one in essence but three in “person,” Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Neither the word Trinity, nor the explicit doctrine as such, appears in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema in the Old Testament which is “Hear O Israel: The Lord our God is one” (Deut. 6:4).

[Encyclopedia Britannica, 1975]

Praise be to God! There is no other god except God.

In God’s kingdom, certain creatures are necessarily given the powers needed to perform their duties. Satan believed that his God-given powers qualified him to function as an independent “god”. As evidenced by the prevalence of misery, disease, accidents, and war in his dominion, we now know that Satan is incompetent.

The Quran clearly states that Satan was an angel, by virtue of the immense powers and rank bestowed upon him. This is why he is addressed as an angel (2:34, 7:11, 15:29, 17:61,18:50, 20:116, 38:71) prior to his fall. By definition, a jinn is a fallen angel (18:50). Satan’s rebellion teaches us that the angels were created with minds of their own, and absolute freedom of choice (2:34).

Friday Sermon based on Appendix 21 of the Authorized English Translation of the Quran by Rashad Khalifa (1989).

Praise be to God! There is no other god except God.

The Quran is God’s Final Testament to the world, and He has pledged to protect it from the slightest distortion (15:9). Thus, the Quran is surrounded by invisible forces that guard it and serve it (13:39, 41:42, 42:24).

Unlike any other book, the Quran is taught by God (55:1-2); He teaches us what we need at the time we need it. This is why we read the Quran hundreds of times without getting bored. We can read a novel, for example, only once. But the Quran can be read an infinite number of times, and we derive new and valuable information from it every time. On the other hand, the insincere readers—those who read the Quran to find fault with it—are diverted from the Quran (7:146, 17:45, 18:57, 41:44). In fact, God’s invisible forces help them find “the faults” they seek. Since the Quran is perfect, such “faults” serve only to reveal the stupidity of God’s enemies.

God uses His own attributes to describe the Quran; He calls the Quran “‘Azeem = Great” (15:87), “Hakeem = Full of wisdom” (36:2), “Majid = Glorious” (50:1), and “Karim = Honorable” (56:77). What can we say?

Since the Quran is God’s message to all the people, regardless of their language, the Quran is accessible to the believers, regardless of their language (41:44). This explains a profound phenomenon: the believers who do not know Arabic know the Quran better than the Arabic speaking unbelievers. Because of the invisible forces serving the Quran, it is readily and enjoyably accessible to the sincere believers, and utterly inaccessible to the unbelievers (17:45, 18:57, 56:79).

Friday Sermon based on Appendix 20 of the Authorized English Translation of the Quran by Rashad Khalifa (1989)

Praise be to God! There is no other god except God.

Verse 45:6 in the Quran says, “Which Hadith, other than God and His revelations, do they uphold?”

Verse 12:111 says that the Quran is not a fabricated hadith; it details everything.

Verse 31:6 says, “Some people uphold vain Hadith to divert others from the path of God.”

Verses 17:77, 33:62, 48:23, and 6:114 say that the only Sunna to follow shall be God’s Sunna.

The Quran informs us that some enemies of the Prophet, described as “human and jinn devils,” will fabricate lies and attribute them to the Prophet (6:112, 25:31). This is precisely what happened after the prophet Muhammad’s death; Hadith (oral sayings) and Sunna (actions) were invented and attributed to the Prophet. Hadith and Sunna are satanic innovations because they: [1] defy the divine assertions that the Quran is complete, perfect, fully detailed, and shall be the only source of religious guidance (6:19, 38, 114 & 45:6-7), [2] blaspheme against the Prophet and depict him as a vicious tyrant who did not uphold the Quran, and [3] create false doctrines based on superstition, ignorance, and indefensible nonsensical traditions. The prophet Muhammad was enjoined, in very strong words, from issuing any religious teachings besides the Quran (69:38-48).

Some “Muslims” compromise. They say, “If a Hadith agrees with the Quran we will accept it, and if it contradicts the Quran, we will reject it!” Such premise proves that these people do not believe God’s assertions that the Quran is “complete, perfect and fully detailed.” The moment they seek guidance from anything besides the Quran, no matter how “right” it seems, they fall into Satan’s trap (see  63:1), because they have rejected God’s word and set up another god besides God (18:57).

The Quran’s mathematical miracle provides mathematical evidence that the Quran shall be our only source of religious teachings. Here are just 2 examples:

1. ““= The phrase, “We did not leave anything out of this book,” is in Verse 38 (19×2) and consists of 19 Arabic letters (6:38).
2. “ ”  = The phrase “He sent down this book fully detailed,” is in Verse 114 (19×6) and consists of 19 Arabic letters (6:114).

Praise be to God! There is no other god except God.

The words of the Quran speak in verse 19:64, saying, “We come down in accordance with the commandments of your Lord. To Him belongs the past, the present, and the future. Your Lord never forgets.” God did not forget, for example, to tell us how to sleep (18:109, 31:27). Yet, the fabricators of such false doctrine as Hadith & Sunna have come up with religious teachings dictating to their followers how to sleep, and even how to cut your nails. The Sacred Mosque in Mecca and the illegal “Sacred Mosque” of Medina, hired some individuals to seek out the exhausted visitors and beat them with a stick if they fall asleep on the wrong side!

The Quran proclaims that the Quran is complete, perfect, and fully detailed (6:19, 38, 114, 115; 50:45), and that religious regulations not specifically instituted in the Quran constitute a religion other than Islam (Submission) (42:21, 17:46). The true believers uphold the Quran, the whole Quran, and nothing but the Quran. This principle is confirmed by the Quran’s mathematical code. Verse 46 of Sura 17 proclaims that we shall uphold the Quran ALONE. The word “ALONE” occurs in the Quran 6 times: in verse 7:70, 17:46, 39:45, 40:12, 40:84, and 60:4. All these occurrences refer to God, except 17:46. When we add the numbers of suras and verses which refer to “GOD ALONE,” we get 361, 19×19. This proves that 17:46 refers to “the Quran ALONE.”

Friday Sermon based on Appendix 18 of the Authorized English Translation of the Quran by Rashad Khalifa (1989).

Praise be to God! There is no other god except God.

Death is a great mystery to most people. Not so for the students of the Quran. We learn that death is exactly like sleeping; complete with dreams (6:60, 40:46). The period between death and resurrection passes like one night of sleep (2:259; 6:60; 10:45; 16:21; 18:11, 19, 25; 30:55).

At the moment of death, everyone knows his or her destiny; Heaven or Hell. For the disbelievers, death is a horrible event; the angels beat them on the faces and rear ends as they snatch away their souls (8:50, 47:27, 79:1).

Consistently, the Quran talks about two deaths, the first death took place when we failed to make a stand with God’s absolute authority. That first death lasted until we were born into this world. The second death terminates our life in this world (2:28, 22:66, 40:11).

Friday Sermon based on Appendix 17 of the the Authorized English Translation of the Quran by Rashad Khalifa (1989).

Praise be to God! There is no other god except God.

God’s Messenger of the Covenant was a consolidating messenger. His mission was to purify and unify all existing religions into one: Islam (Submission).

Islam is NOT a name; it is a description of one’s total submission and devotion to God ALONE, without idolizing Jesus, Mary, Muhammad, or the saints. Anyone who meets this criterion is a “Muslim” (Submitter). Therefore, one may be a Muslim Jew, a Muslim Christian, a Muslim Hindu, a Muslim Buddhist, or Muslim Muslim.

God’s Messenger of the Covenant delivered God’s proclamation that “The only religion approved by God is Submission” (3:19) and that “Anyone who seeks other than Submission as a religion, it will not be accepted from him/her” (3:85).

Every messenger of God was supported by incontrovertible divine signs proving that he is authorized by the Almighty to deliver His messages. Moses threw down his staff and it turned into a serpent, Jesus healed the leprous and revived the dead by God’s leave, Saaleh’s sign was the famous camel, Abraham walked out of the fire, and Muhammad’s miracle was the Quran (29:50-51).

The Quran (3:81, 33:7, 33:40) and the Bible (Malachi 3:1-3) prophesied the advent of the consolidating messenger, God’s Messenger of the Covenant. It is only befitting that a messenger with such a crucial mission was supported by the most powerful miracle (74:30-35). While the miracles of previous messengers were limited in time and place, God’s miracle which supported His Messenger of the Covenant is perpetual; it can be witnessed by anyone, at anytime, in any place.

Herein you can find physical, examinable, verifiable, and irrefutable evidence that Rashad Khalifa was God’s Messenger of the Covenant.

A Quranic Truth

One of the major prophecies in the Quran is that God’s Messenger of the Covenant was to be sent after all the prophets have come to this world, and after all of God’s scriptures have been delivered.

Verse 3:81 says, “God took a covenant from the prophets, saying, “I will give you the scripture and wisdom. Afterwards, a messenger will come to confirm all existing scriptures. You shall believe in him and support him.” He said, “Do you agree with this, and pledge to fulfill this covenant?” They said, “We agree.” He said, “You have thus borne witness, and I bear witness along with you.”

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall translated 3:81 as follows:

“When Allah made (His) covenant with the Prophets, (He said): Behold that which I have given you of the Scripture and knowledge. And afterward there will come unto you a messenger, confirming that which ye possess. Ye shall believe in him and ye shall help him. He said: Do ye agree, and will ye take up My burden (which I lay upon you) in this (matter)? They answered: We agree. He said: Then bear witness. I will be a witness with you.”

We learn from Sura 33 that Muhammad was one of the prophets who made that solemn covenant with God.

Verse 33:7 says, “And when we exacted a covenant from the Prophets, and from thee (O Muhammad) and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus son of Mary, We took from them a solemn covenant.”

Verse 3:81 provides the definitions of “Nabi” (Prophet) and “Rasoul” (Messenger), which is useful for this case. According to the verse, a “Nabi” is a messenger of God who delivers a new scripture, while “Rasoul” is a messenger commissioned by God to confirm existing scripture; he does not bring a new scripture. So, every “Nabi” is a “Rasoul” but not every “Rasoul” is a “Nabi”.

Not every messenger was given a new scripture. It is not logical that God will give a scripture to a prophet, then ask him to keep it exclusively for himself, as stated by some Muslim “scholars” (2:42, 146, 159). Those who are not sufficiently familiar with the Quran tend to think that Aaron was a “Nabi” as stated in 19:53, who did not receive a scripture. However, the Quran clearly states that the statute book was given specifically “to both Moses and Aaron” (21:48, 37:117).

We learn from the Quran, 33:40, that Muhammad was the last prophet   (Nabi), but not the last messenger (Rasoul):

Verse 33:40 says, “Muhammad was not the father of any of your men; he was a messenger (Rasoul) of God and the last prophet (Nabi).”

This crucial definition is confirmed by the Quran’s mathematical code. The expression used in 33:40, “Muhammad Khaatum Al-Nabiyyeen” (the last   prophet) has a gematrical value of 1349, 19×71, while the value of the erroneous expression “Muhammad Khaatum Al-Mursaleen” (the last messenger) is not a multiple of 19.

From time immemorial, it has been a human trait to reject a contemporary, living messenger. Joseph was declared “the last messenger” (40:34). Yet, many messengers came after him, including Moses, David, Solomon, Jesus, and Muhammad.

The Covenant Fulfilled

Although the prophets are dead, as far as this world is concerned, we know that their souls, the real persons, are now in the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve lived. Several verses enjoin us from thinking that the believers who shed     their bodies and departed this world are dead (2:154, 3:169, 4:69). Although they cannot come back to our world (23:100), they are “alive” in Paradise.

During his Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Rashad Khalifa, in the early 1970s, Rashad Khalifa, the soul, the real person, not the body, was taken to some place in the universe where he was introduced to all the prophets as God’s Messenger of the Covenant. He was not informed of the details and true significance of this event until Ramadan 1408.

What he witnessed, in sharp consciousness, was that he was sitting still, while the prophets, one by one, came towards him, looked at his face, then nodded their heads. God showed them to him as they had looked in this world, attired in their respective mode of dress. There was an atmosphere of great awe, joy, and respect.

Except for Abraham, none of the prophets were identified to him. He knew that all the prophets were there, including Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Aaron, David,   Noah, and the rest. He thought that the reason for revealing Abraham’s identity  was that he asked about him. He was taken aback by the strong resemblance he had with his family—himself, his father, his uncles. It was the only time that he wondered, “Who is this prophet who looks like my relatives?” The answer came: “Abraham.” No language was spoken. All communication was done mentally.

The mission of God’s Messenger of the Covenant was to confirm existing scriptures, purify them, and consolidate them into one divine message. The Quran states that such a messenger was charged with restoring God’s message to its pristine purity, to lead the righteous believers—Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus, and others—out of darkness into the light (5:19 & 65:11). He proclaimed that Islam (total submission to God) is the only religion acceptable by God (3:19).

The Proof

The name of God’s Messenger of the Covenant is mathematically coded into the Quran as “Rashad Khalifa.” This is certainly the most appropriate method of introducing God’s messenger to the world in the computer age.

• God’s great miracle in the Quran is based on the prime number 19, and it remained hidden for 1406 years (19×74). This awesome miracle was predestined by Almighty God to be unveiled through Rashad Khalifa. Hundreds of Muslim and Orientalist scholars during the last 14 centuries have tried in vain, but none of them was permitted to decipher the significance of the Quranic Initials.
• The Quran is made easy for the sincere believers and seekers (54:17, 22, 32, 40 & 39:28). It is an irrevocable divine law that no one is permitted access to the Quran, let alone its great miracle, unless he or she is a sincere believer who is given specific divine authorization (17:45-46, 18:57, 41:44, 56: 79). The unveiling of the Quran’s miracle through Rashad Khalifa is a major sign of his messengership.
• The root word of the name “Rashad” is “Rashada” (to uphold the right guidance). This root word is mentioned in the Quran 19 times. Nineteen is the Quran’s common denominator
• The word “Rashad” occurs in 40:29 & 38. The word “Khalifa” occurs in 2:30 and 38:26. The first “Khalifa” refers to a non-human “Khalifa,” namely, Satan, while the second occurrence (Sura 38), refers to a human “Khalifa.” If we  add the numbers of suras and verses of “Rashad” (40:29, 38) and “Khalifa”   (38:26) we get 40 + 29 + 38 + 38 + 26 = 171 = 19×9.

• The sum of all sura and verse numbers where all “Rashada” and all “Khalifa” occur, without discrimination, add up to 1463, 19×77 (See table below).

• The total of all suras and verses where the root word “Rashada” occurs is 1369, or (19×72) + 1, while the total for all occurrences of “Khalifa” is 94, (19×5)-1. The fact that “Rashada” is up by one and “Khalifa” is down by one pins down the name as “Rashad Khalifa,” and not any “Rashad” or any “Khalifa.”  
• The gematrical value of “Rashad” is 505 and the value of “Khalifa” is 725 (Table 7, Appendix 1). If we add the value of “Rashad Khalifa” (1230) to the sura numbers, and the number of verses, from the beginning of the Quran to the first occurrence of “Rashada,” the total is 1425, 19×75.
• If we add the numbers of all the verses in every sura, i.e., the sum of verse numbers (1 + 2 + 3 + … + n) from the beginning of the Quran to the first occurrence of the root word “Rashada,” the total comes to 17233, 19×907.
• The Quranic Initials constitute the basic foundation of the Quran’s miracle. These initials occur in suras 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, and 68. If we add the sum of these numbers (822) to the value of “Rashad Khalifa” (1230), the total is 2052, 19×108.
• If we add the numbers of all suras where the root word “Rashada” occurs, plus the number of verses, we get 1368, or 19×72.
• If we examine the suras and verses from the first occurrence of the root word “Rashada” to the word “Khalifa” in 38:26, we find that the sum of sura numbers and their numbers of verses is 4541, or 19×239.

The Only Religion Approved by God is Islam

[3:19]

• The Quran specifies three messengers of Islam (Submission):

Abraham delivered all the practices of Islam. The value of his name = 258

Muhammad delivered the Quran. The value of his name = 92

Rashad delivered Islam’s proof of authenticity. The value of his name = 505

Total gematrical value of the 3 names = 855 = 19×45.

The true Judaism, Christianity, and Islam will be consolidated into one religion—complete submission and absolute devotion to God ALONE.

The existing religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are severely corrupted and will simply die out (9:33, 48:28, 61:9).

Why Verse 3:81?

• If we add the sura numbers plus the number of verses from the beginning of the Quran to Verse 3:81, where the Messenger of the Covenant is prophesied, the total comes to 380, 19×20.
• The gematrical value of Verse 3:81 is 13148, 19×692. This value is obtained by adding the gematrical values of every letter in the verse.
• If we look at that portion of Verse 3:81 which refers specifically to the messenger of the Covenant: “A messenger will come to you, confirming what you have,” in Arabic:

“JAA’AKUM RASOOLUN MUSADDIQUN LEMAA MA‘AKUM”

we find that the gematrical value of this key phrase is 836, 19×44.

HOW TO DISTINGUISH GOD’S MESSENGER FROM A FAKE MESSENGER

The Quran provides straightforward criteria to distinguish the true messengers of God from the false messengers:

[1] God’s messenger advocates the worship of God ALONE, and the abolition of all forms of idol worship.

[2] God’s messenger never asks for a wage for himself.

[3] God’s messenger is given divine, incontrovertible proof of his messengership. Anyone who claims to be God’s messenger, and does not meet the three minimum criteria listed above is a false claimant.

The most important difference between God’s messenger and a fake messenger is that God’s messenger is supported by God, while the fake messenger is not:

* God’s messenger is supported by God’s invisible soldiers (3:124- 126, 9:26&40, 33:9, 37:171-173, 48:4&7, 74:31).

* God’s messenger is supported by God’s treasury (63:7-8).

* God’s messenger, as well as the believers, are guaranteed victory and dignity, in this world and forever (40:51 & 58:21).

Thus, the truthfulness of God’s messenger invariably prevails, while the falsehood of a fake messenger invariably, sooner or later, is exposed.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES OF GOD’S MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT

As stated in the Quran, 3:81, God’s Messenger of the Covenant was predestined to confirm all the scriptures, which were delivered by all the prophets, and restore them to their original purity.

MERCY FROM GOD [21:107]

When the believers are faced with a problem, they develop a number of possible solutions, and this invariably leads to considerable bickering, disunity, and disarray. We learn from 2:151, 3:164, and 21:107 that it is but mercy from God that He sends to us messengers to provide the final solutions to our problems. We learn from 42:51 that God sends His messengers to communicate with us, and to disseminate new information. Hence the strong injunction in 4:65, 80 to accept, without the slightest hesitation, the teachings delivered to us through God’s messengers. The following is a list of the principal duties of God’s Messenger of the Covenant:

The following is a list of the principal duties of God’s Messenger of the Covenant:

1. Unveil and proclaim the Quran’s mathematical miracle.
2. Expose and remove the two false verses 9:128-129 from the Quran.
3. Explain the purpose of our lives; why we are here.
4. Proclaim one religion for all the people, and point out and purge away all the corruptions afflicting Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
5. Unveil the end of the world.
6. Proclaim that those who die before the age of 40 go to Heaven
7. Explain the Quran’s delivery to, then through Muhammad.
8. Explain why most believers in God do not make it to Heaven.
9. Proclaim that God never ordered Abraham to kill his son.
10. Proclaim the secret of perfect happiness.
11. Establish a criminal justice system.