Islam FAQ

• Q119: Do you (Muslims) believe in Moses ?
• Q120: Do you (Muslims) believe that Torah is a revelation from Allah ?
• Q121: Can you prove that ?
• Q122: Why would they want to forge it ?
• Q123: Our sincere Rabbis won't do that!
• Q124: Jesus was son of Josef the carpentering, and he did those supernatural claimed miracles through a knowledge he had read (a supplication written on walls of Jerusalem)
• Q125: Why don't they want to admit that Jesus was telling the truth ?
• Q126: Jesus is not our Messiah, he did not show the signs.
• Q127: How can a true message from Allah be overridden by another message ?
• Q128: You antisemitic racist, we are the victims, how can you claim that we are racists ?

Judaism from Islamic perspective.

• Q119: Do you (Muslims) believe in Moses ?
  A: Yes, Moses was another prophet of Allah, a regular human who have the honer and duty to deliver the message of Allah to the sons of Israel (aka. Jacob, a descendant of Isaac the son of Abraham[peace be upon them] from his wife Sarah). Moses showed great miracles by the will of Allah. We have discussed that before.
• Q120: Do you (Muslims) believe that Torah is a revelation from Allah ?
  A: Yes it was, yet it is not now, Authentic Torah (which was written in clay tablets) was lost, what you have is a rephrasing of teachings which have been seriously tempered with by Jews. Jews scriptures we have now are inauthentic.
• Q121: Can you prove that ?
  A: I don't have to. (many scholars did that anyway) but we have shown you how Quran were narrated to us and we are able to prove its validity, the question is whether the Jews are able to prove that they have not forged parts of it, hide other parts ..etc.
• Q122: Why would they want to forge it ?
  A: It's beyond the scope of this paper, anyway here are some hints; because they follow their desires, because they are racist (yes they do prefer sons of Israel on others, they say that Allah loves them and hates others based on race! they hate others, they even hate their Semitic brothers; descendants of Ishmael the elder son of Abraham [peace be upon them] from his other wife Hajar, who Jews claim that she was a servant of the other wife, but this is not true, as they base their claims on poising the word "Abigail" which could mean "servant" but the real meaning was "maid of honor" or "chaperon", and from here comes envy and racism refer to Genesis 9:18-27), because they don't want to admit that the Messiah had been already sent, because they don't want to admit that he is Jesus Christ son of the virgin Mary [peace be upon him and her], because of the formed hypocrisy around their Rabbis (those who appear more strict and severe get praised, which involve rejecting new prophets), because of worldly rewards they get for that ...etc.
• Q123: Our sincere Rabbis won't do that!
  A: When Moses left them for 40 days they had worshiped a golden idol for a Calf made by Samaritan, they worshiped a pagan idol and claimed that it's the god of Moses! { فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلاً جَسَداً لَهُ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا هَذَا إِلَهُكُمْ وَإِلَهُ مُوسَى فَنَسِيَ } meaning { and made a calf for them, a figure that lowed. "This," they said, "is your god and the god of Moses but whom he has forgotten." } (V20:88) More over they had asked Moses to make an idol for them { وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا عَلَى قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَى أَصْنَامٍ لَهُمْ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى اجْعَلْ لَنَا إِلَهاً كَمَا لَهُمْ آَلِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ } meaning { and We moved the Children of Israel from one side of the sea to the other, and they came upon a nation zealously devoted to the idols they had. They said to Moses: 'Make a god for us, as they have gods. ' Moses replied: 'You are indeed an ignorant nation. } (V7:138) What do you think they will do after Moses had left them for thousands of years!
• Q124: Jesus was son of Josef the carpentering, and he did those supernatural claimed miracles through a knowledge he had read (a supplication written on walls of Jerusalem)
  A: No, he was a noble messenger of Allah, and all of the supernatural events happened as a sign for the message sent to him, his miracles were from his birth without a father, by the word of Allah (the will of Allah), Jesus [PBUH] talked when he was an infant. { إِذْ قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَا مَرْيَمُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكِ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنْهُ اسْمُهُ الْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَجِيهاً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآَخِرَةِ وَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ } meaning { When the angels said: 'O Mary, Allah gives you glad tidings of a Word (Be) from Him, whose name is Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary. He shall be honored in this world and in the Everlasting Life and he shall be among those who are close. } (V3:45)
• Q125: Why don't they want to admit that Jesus was telling the truth ?
  A: Because they didn't like what he was teaching, they want to follow their desires { وَلَقَدْ آَتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ بِالرُّسُلِ وَآَتَيْنَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَأَيَّدْنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ أَفَكُلَّمَا جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَى أَنْفُسُكُمُ اسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ فَفَرِيقاً كَذَّبْتُمْ وَفَرِيقاً تَقْتُلُونَ } meaning { To Moses We gave the Book and after him We sent other Messengers. We gave (Prophet) Jesus, the son of Mary, veritable signs, and supported him with the Spirit of Purity (Gabriel). Will you then become proud whenever any Messenger comes to you with that which does not suit your fancies, and you belied some (like Prophet Jesus) and killed others! [like Zachariah and John] } (V2:87) Al-Samawal (Samuel son of Judas, a Rabbi who had accepted to Islam) list reasons, among which he said that their simple minded hypocrisy could not accept the idea of overriding of a time-limited message with another message, because prophet Jesus [PBUH] had a new message (with same monotheism beliefs) that override peaces of their legislation like the Sabbath.
• Q126: Jesus is not our Messiah, he did not show the signs.
  A: Those claimed signs like "yelling with a voice that annihilate all nations except the sons of Israel" (which is just another racism aspect of their beliefs) is forged to have an excuse not to follow him, while on the other hand, prophet Jesus [PBUH] did show great real miracles.
• Q127: How can a true message from Allah be overridden by another message ?
  A: It can be, if it's by the one who sent the first one. Allah who sent Moses [PBUH] told him that prophet Jesus [PBUH] will be sent after him. Some legislation are specific to some period of time or specific to some nation. Al-Samawal mentioned citations of pieces of legislation that can't be practiced any more (not only difficult, but indeed impossible) for example the ashes of a specific cow (which is not available now) is needed (according to their current beliefs) to clean or purify someone who touches a bone or witnesses someone dying! Let's take another example, { كُلُّ الطَّعَامِ كَانَ حِلّاً لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تُنَزَّلَ التَّوْرَاةُ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ } meaning { All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel forbade himself before the Torah had been sent down. Say: 'Bring the Torah and recite it, if you are truthful. ' } (V3:93) this is a simple rule "eat what Jacob [PBUH] eats" this rule is obviously specific to a period of time were Jacob [PBUH] was available to answer them.
• Q128: You antisemitic racist, we are the victims, how can you claim that we are racists ?
  A: Instead of accusing me, find yourself a rational argument. I myself belong to the so called Semitic race, but I'm not such a racist as you. I look to people as "sons of Adam", and they are judged according to their good deeds independently of their Ancestresses. { أَمْ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْأَسْبَاطَ كَانُوا هُوداً أَوْ نَصَارَى قُلْ أَأَنْتُمْ أَعْلَمُ أَمِ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ كَتَمَ شَهَادَةً عِنْدَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَمَا اللَّهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ * تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُمْ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَلَا تُسْأَلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ } meaning { Or do you say that Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the tribes, were Jews or Nazarenes! Say: 'Who knows better, you or Allah? Who is more unjust than he who hides a testimony received from Allah? And Allah is not inattentive of what you do. ' * That nation has passed away. Theirs is what they earned and yours what you have earned. You shall not be questioned about what they did. } (V2:140-141)