Dear Muslim friend,

Recently I have joined a Christian-Muslim disucssion group,

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian-Muslim

And my postings there I have gathered in

http://balder.prohosting.com/sywu/islampost.htm

Should you be interested, kindly click the above webpage.

Wu Siu Yan

Homepage http://balder.prohosting.com/sywu/

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Personally, I think Islam came because of the preachings of the 12 disciples of lord Jesus (Peter, James, Matthew, ... ). We must take into account that they had no printing press in the 600's, therefore their scripture is distorted. But nevertheless, the god-fearing favor may be found in Quran.




Christians of the Western World are so because of the preaching of brother Paul, whose letters have been collected into the New Testament.




Quran may be downloaded from the following site :




http://www.jannah.com/download/articles/quran.html




and click "Quran Translation" (into English).




I have extracted part of it (Sura 1, Sura 2) and put it below, kindly read it and judge it yourself.






Wu Siu Yan.




http://balder.prohosting.com/sywu


http://admiralty.pacific.net.hk/~sywu




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QURAN


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Sura 1: The Key (Al-Fatehah)






1. In the name of GOD,


Most Gracious, Most Merciful.*




2. Praise be to GOD,


Lord of the universe.




3. Most Gracious, Most Merciful.




4. Master of the Day of Judgment.




5. You alone we worship;


You alone we ask for help.




6. Guide us in the right path;




7. the path of those whom You blessed;


not of those who have deserved wrath,


nor of the strayers.













Sura 2: The Heifer (Al-Baqarah)






In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful




1. A.L.M.*




2. This scripture is infallible;


a beacon for the righteous;




Three Categories of People


(1) The Righteous




3. who believe in the unseen,


observe the Contact Prayers (Salat),*


and from our** provisions to them,


they give to charity.




4. And they believe in what


was revealed to you,


and in what was revealed before you,*


and with regard to the Hereafter,


they are absolutely certain.




5. These are guided by their Lord;


these are the winners.






CENTER = (2) The Disbelievers




6. As for those who disbelieve, it is the same for them;


whether you warn them, or not warn them, they cannot believe.*




7. GOD seals their minds and their hearing, and their


eyes are veiled. They have incurred severe retribution.




CENTER = (3) The Hypocrites




8. Then there are those who say, "We believe in GOD


and the Last Day," while they are not believers.




9. In trying to deceive GOD and those


who believe, they only deceive them-


selves without perceiving.




10. In their minds there is a disease.


Consequently, GOD augments


their disease. They have incurred


a painful retribution for their lying.




11. When they are told,


"Do not commit evil," they say,


"But we are righteous!"




12. In fact, they are evildoers,


but they do not perceive.




13. When they are told, "Believe like


the people who believed," they say,


"Shall we believe like the fools who


believed?" In fact, it is they who are


fools, but they do not know.




14. When they meet the believers,


they say, "We believe,"


but when alone with their devils,


they say, "We are with you;


we were only mocking."




15. GOD mocks them, and leads them on


in their transgressions, blundering.




16. It is they who bought the straying,


at the expense of guidance.


Such trade never prospers, nor do they receive any guidance.






FOOTS = *2:6-7 Those who make a decision to reject God are helped


in that direction; they are prevented by God from seeing any proof


or guidance for as long as they maintain such a decision. The consequences


of such a disastrous decision are spelled out in Verse 7.




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17. Their example is like those who start a fire,


then, as it begins to shed light around them,


GOD takes away their light, leaving them in darkness,


unable to see.




18. Deaf, dumb, and blind; they fail to return.




19. Another example: a rainstorm from the sky in which there is darkness,


thunder, and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears, to


evade death. GOD is fully aware of the disbelievers.




CENTER = The Light of Faith




20. The lightning almost snatches away


their eyesight. When it lights for


them, they move forward, and when


it turns dark, they stand still.


If GOD wills, He* can take away their


hearing and their eyesight.


GOD is Omnipotent.




21. O people, worship only your Lord-


the One who created you and those


before you-that you may be saved.




22. The One who made the earth


habitable for you, and the sky a


structure. He sends down from the


sky water, to produce all kinds


of fruits for your sustenance.


You shall not set up idols to rival


GOD, now that you know.