Compare the God of the Bible with satan, the God of all creation is Supreme/ Omniscient because He does not need to PLAN! Anything! God knows, “the end from the beginning”, meaning God already knows the destiny of this world and of each person, the Day of Judgment, and what will happen, from the time He created the earth, read Jeremiah Isaiah 46:9-11 9 Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. 10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’ 12 Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, you who are now far from my righteousness. 13 I am bringing my righteousness near, it is not far away; and my salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion, my splendor to Israel. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS DESCRIBED IN VERSE 13 IS THE SENDING OF JESUS, TO DIE ON THE CROSS AND BE RESURRECTED SEE BELOW: Romans 3:22 22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, SATAN NEEDS TO PLAN AND SCHEME TO SET HIMSELF UP AS A COUNTERFEIT GOD! Who is the chief of Schemers/Planners, none other than satan read Isaiah 14: 12 How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! 13 You said in your heart,“I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” 15 But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit. By coincidence this Planner/ Schemer is best described in the Quran, WHICH SHOWS THAT ALLAH IS DEFINITELY NOT THE GOD OF THE BIBLE BUT OF THE QURAN ONLY! You can either follow the God of the Bible or Allah of the Quran but you cannot replace one with the other! Above all schemers or the best of schemers? Surah Âl Imran (3:54) Some English translations of the Quran are simply amazing. At times, they are so far removed from the actual meaning of the Quran that they actually say the very opposite of the Arabic original. In this short article I want to point out the mistranslation of one particularly troubling verse. The following transliteration and all translations cited here are taken from this Muslim website. The passage in S. 3:52-55 is important for the discussions between Christians and Muslims because it makes claims about the life and death of Jesus, or rather that he did not die as the Bible reports. In other words, it is a passage that is part of the Qurans denial of the crucifixion of Jesus. The Quran claims that what ultimately happened was a scheme or deception devised by God. This has enormous moral and theological implications. Before touching on some of these implications, I want to point out how various Muslim translations deal with this particular passage. Lets first cite a transliteration and a literal translation of S. 3:54. Wamakaroo wamakara Allahu waAllahu khayru almakireena And they cheated/deceived and God cheated/deceived, and God (is) the best (of) the cheaters/deceivers. Note that the above translation is given by a Muslim! There is no doubt that makr means deception, scheming, but looking at most Muslim translations, we see that this meaning is totally lost: Pickthall: And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is the best of schemers. Yusuf Ali: . And (the unbelievers) plotted and planned, and Allah too planned, and the best of planners is Allah. Shakir: And they planned and Allah (also) planned, and Allah is the best of planners. Maulana M. Ali: And (the Jews) planned and Allah (also) planned. And Allah is the best of planners. Malik: The unbelievers among the children of Israel plotted against Jesus and Allah also devised a plan to raise him up, and Allah is the best in planning. Al-Hilali & Khan: And they (disbelievers) plotted [to kill Iesa (Jesus)], and Allah planned too. And Allah is the Best of the planners. After listing several Muslim sources he quotes a renowned Muslim expositor named ar-Razi who wrote that, scheming (makr) is actually an act of deception aiming at causing evil. It is not possible to attribute deception to God. Thus the word is one of the muttashabihat [multivalent words of the Quran]. (Ibid., p. 166; italic emphasis ours) Unfortunately for ar-Razi, the Quran attributes deception to Allah since it identifies him as the best makr there is. Ayoub also sources one Muslim who actually boasted of Allah being the best conniver/deceiver/schemer etc., Qurtubi observes that some scholars have considered the words ‘best of schemers’ to be one of God’s beautiful names. Thus one would pray, ‘O Best of Schemers, scheme for me!’ Qurtubi also reports that the Prophet used to pray, ‘O God, scheme for me, and do not scheme against me!’ (Qurtubi, IV, pp. 98-99; cf. Zamakhshari, I, p. 366). (Ibid., p. 166) And here, also, is how one of the earliest sources on the life of Muhammad interpreted Q. 8:30: Then he reminds the apostle of His favour towards him when the people plotted against him to kill him, or to wound him, or to drive him out; and they plotted and God plotted, and is the best of plotters. i.e. I DECEIVED them with My firm GUILE so that I delivered you from them. (The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaqs Sirat Rasul Allah, with introduction and notes by Alfred Guillaume [Oxford University Press, Karachi, Tenth impression 1995], p. 323; capital emphasis ours) Thus, the Quran unashamedly calls Muhammad’s god the best liar and deceiver of them all! It even dares to say that ALL deception belongs completely to Allah: And verily, those before them did deceive/scheme (makara), but all deception/scheming is Allahs (falillahi al-makru). He knows what every person earns, and the disbelievers will know who gets the good end. S. 13:42 In fact, the Quran states that Allah actually raises wicked individuals to deceive and scheme: Even so have we placed in every city, ringleaders of its wicked ones, to scheme therein (liyamkuroo): but only against themselves shall they scheme (yamkuroona)! and they know it not. S. 6:123 Rodwell And further commands people to do evil so that he can then have a reason to destroy them! And when We would destroy a township We send commandment to its folk who live at ease, AND AFTERWARD they commit abomination therein, and so the Word (of doom) hath effect for it, and we annihilate it with complete annihilation. S. 17:16 Pickthall The Quran uses another word to denote that Allah is a liar, a schemer who has no problems using guile, namely kayd: And those who cry lies to Our signs We will draw them on little by little whence they know not; and I respite them -- assuredly My guile (kaydee) is sure. S. 7:182-183 Arberry and I shall respite them -- assuredly My guile (kaydee) is sure. S. 68:45 Arberry.
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