A Wind in the House of Islam

A Wind in the House of Islam

                                                                                       

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     Amid Hasan, a Muslim and Merchant Marine in 1987, was influenced for Christ by a Spanish ship captain who saw Amid spending 16 hours a day reading the Qur'an.  So he asked him, "Why do you only work eight hours a day and spend the other 16 hours reading that book?  What is that book that you are always reading?"

    Amid replied it was the Qur'an. 

    The captain asked him to come and read some to him.  After doing so the captain said, "That is nice.  What does it mean?"

    Amid said, "I do not know."  Though he knew how to read Arabic, he really didn't understand it.

    The captain laughed and said, "What?  You are reading all day and you do not know what it means?  That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard."  That angered Amid, but over time he wondered if the Captain was right.

    Amid said, "I searched the Qur'an to understand more about Muhammad, but instead, I found Isa (the Islamic name for Jesus Christ is Isa al-Masih, the son of a virgin named Mary), and this disturbed me." 

Here is what he found in the Qur'an:

• Muhammad is dead, but Isa is alive.
• I found no titles of honor for Muhammad, but 23 titles that Allah gave to Isa.
• I saw that Muhammad is not with Allah now, but Isa is in Heaven with Allah now.
• Mohammad is not coming again, but Isa is coming again.
• Muhammed will not be at the Last Judgment, but Isa will be at the Last Judgment Day.
• Only four times does the Qur'an speak of Muhammad, and yet 97 times it talks about Isa.
• Muhammad is not a savior; per the Qur'an, but Isa's very name means "Savior."
• Muhammad is only a messenger; but Isa is called "Ruhullah, the Spirit of Allah."

    Amid stated, "At stake, either the Qur'an is right and Isa is Allah's Savior, or we should follow Muhammad."  Such discrepancies within Islam are causing many to turn away from Islam to Christianity.  In every way the Qur'an itself elevated Isa above Muhammad. 

    An 80-year-old sheikh advised Amid as follows, "You need to search the Christian community to find what is the life of Isa al-Masih." 

    So Amid bought a Bible (aka Kitab al-Moqadis; the New Testament is called Injil).  He accepted Jesus Christ and was baptized in 2002.  He now leads many Muslims (33,000+) to Jesus through small study fellowships.

 -- Extracts from "A Wind in the House of Islam," David Garrison, Author, published by WigTake Resouces, www.WindintheHouse.org, available at www.Amazon.com.