Peace be to you. There are many questions which Christians may ask the Muslims so as
to trigger their minds to rationalize between truth and falsehood, and to filter out the
half-truth. But these three questions should be suffice to question the faith of Islam.
One. Where does the Quran says Abraham and Ishmael built the Kaaba in Mecca in Central
Arabia?
Nowhere does the Quran says so. Quran only contains one word Bacca or Becca, in Quran
Al Imran 3 : 96 which means weeping. There is no evidence of the connection between Bacca
in Al Imran 3 : 96 and Psalms 84 : 6. In Psalms 84 : 6, it reads, Who passing through the
valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also fills the pools. The Book of Psalms was written
at the time of King David when the first Solomon Temple was only built in Jerusalem around
966 B.C. However, Abraham was not yet instructed by Yahweh God to build any House of Worship
for Him in Israel.
But the three Quranic verses namely Quran Saba 34 : 44, Al-Qasas 28 : 46 and Hud 11
: 49 collectively confirm that no warner and no scripture were sent to the forefathers
of Muhammad to build the Kaaba in Mecca. As the Kaaba Shrine in Mecca preceded the Book
of Quran written in 610 A.D. , it is a pagan house of worship built by Yemeni ruler called
Abu Karb Asad, and he reigned in Yemen from 410 to 435 A.D. . Dr Rafat Amari author of
the Book titled Islam in the Light of History, of Jordanian origin, presented conclusive
historical facts to prove that Mecca town was not yet formed in Saudi Arabia until 4th
century A.D. . The Kaaba shrine in Mecca was only built in the 5th century A.D. far from
the time of Ishmael.
Two. Nowhere in the entire Quran contains the verse which forms the linkage between
Ishmael the Hebrew and Muhammad the Arab of Mecca born in 570 A.D. . According to Dr Rafat
Amari, Muhammad originated from the Arabs tribe in Yemen of which this tribe did not
intermarry with Ishmaelite.
Three. The Torah of Moses and the Hebrew Book of Jasher clearly confirm that Hagar the maidservant
of Sarah and her son called Ishmael were cast out of the family of Abraham upon the directive
of Sarah. Under the Hebrew culture, this practice of casting out of the family is an official
act of revoking the child adoption of Ishmael and divorce of Hagar as the wife of Abraham.
Genesis 21:10 reads, Wherefore she (Sarah) said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman
and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Genesis 21:11. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
Genesis 21:12. And Elohim said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because
of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken
unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Yahweh Elohim consented Abraham to divorce Hagar and to revoke the child adoption of
Ishmael because His promise to inherit the land of Canaan and to be the God of Isaac
remains: for in Isaac shall thy seed be reckoned.
Genesis 21:13 reads, And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because
he is thy seed. Yahweh God only promised to make Ishmael a nation out of him but there
is no promise that He will give the land of Canaan to his seed and to be the God of Ishmael.
Abraham had asked Yahweh God for a sign as how could he know that Isaac and his son Jacob
would inherit the promised land of Canaan.
Genesis 15:13 reads, And he (Yahweh) said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed
shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall
afflict them four hundred years.
The inheritor of the land of Canaan, present day Israel, must be the son of Abraham who
became dwellers in a foreign land and they shall be afflicted for 400 years.
Genesis 15:16 reads, But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity
of the Amorites is not yet full.
The Amorites were already dwellers in the land of Canaan but Abraham's son could only
inherit it yet. Only in the 4th generation after they dwelt in the foreign land and suffered
oppression for 400 years. The fourth generation from Abraham shall be Isaac, Jacob, Moses,
and then Joshua & Caleb.
Quran Al Maidah 5 : 20 - 21 reads, And (remember) when Moses said unto his people:
O my people! Remember Allah's favour unto you, how He placed among you prophets, and
He made you kings, and gave you that (which) He gave not to any (other) of (His) creatures.
O my people! Go into the holy land which Allah has ordained for you. Turn not in flight,
for surely ye turn back as losers.
The aforesaid passage is very clear that Moses understood the promise of Yahweh God spoken
to Abraham and he was appointed to lead the Children of Israel from the land ruled by
the Pharaoh of Egypt and exodus to the promised land of Canaan. Where were the Ishmaelites
at the time of the Exodus? Were they not dwellers in the land of Paran,
present day Jordan? Moses was told about this favour of Allah: how He placed among you prophets,
and He made you kings, gave you that (which) He gave not to any (other) of (His) creatures.
This verse affirms that only the son of Isaac is the rightful inheritor of the land of Canaan
since Allah gave not to any other sons. If Ishmael was also given the promise of Yahweh
God, then Quran 5:20 is a false revelation.
As Muslims do not believe Allah can be wrong, then the Quran has rightly granted the legal
right to the forefathers of Moses who was Levi son of Jacob the Hebrew. Hebrews were
called after the surname Heber forefather of Abraham who outlived Abraham by 30 years.
Apostle Paul also called himself, Hebrew of the Hebrews, in Philippians 3:5. This authenticates
the Book of Luke which says Abraham was the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of
Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber in Luke 3 : 35 - 36.
But nowhere in the Quran authenticates the claim of Muslims that Muhammad came from the
bloodline of Ishmael the Hebrew, by the presence of genealogy of Muhammad in the Quran. Allah
should have foresight that the children of Israel may dispute with Muhammad on his claim
for prophethood and for the land of Israel. That is why Quran Al Maidah 5 : 20 is given
to resolve the dual claims of ownership of the land of Israel.
Quran Al Baqarah 2 : 142 reads, The foolish of the people will say: What has turned them
from the qibla which they formerly observed?
Basically, why the Muhammad and Muslims changed the qibla or direction of prayers away from
the Jerusalem? The Hebrews pray towards the Solomon Temple once built in Jerusalem and
it was destroyed and rebuilt for the coming Jesus Christ and destroyed once again in 70
A.D. .
And We appointed the qibla which ye formerly observed only that We might know him who follows
the messenger, from him who turns on his heels, as told in Quran 2 : 143. Basically, the answer
given in the Quran is that the change of the direction of prayer towards Jerusalem to Mecca
in Saudi Arabia was done at the time of Muhammad between 610 A.D. and 632 A.D. But this is
problematic because the Mecca in Saudi Arabia is the pagan city where Abraham and Ishmael
did not set foot in Mecca. Quran Saba 34:44, Al-Qasas 28:46 and Hud 11:49 have conclusively
proved this particular point.
Quran 2 : 145 reads, And even if thou brought unto those who have
received the Scripture all kinds of portents, they would not follow thy qibla, nor can thou
be a follower of their qibla; nor are some of them followers of the qibla of others.
And if thou should follow their desires after the knowledge which has come unto thee, then
surely were thou of the evil doers.
In conclusion, the Quran clearly proves the point that the Hebrews or the Children of
Israel was led by Moses into the promised land of Israel where the original qibla was
located in Becca. But Muhammad was told to change towards Mecca in the opposite direction
of Jerusalem in Israel. The present two qibla in the mosque located in Medinah proves that
such change really took place. The justification for such change is to differentiate the followers
of Muhammad and the followers of Moses. Since Becca is only mentioned once in the Quran,
then the conclusion is that the Hebrews have the original qibla whereas Muslims have the
false qibla changed at the time of Muhammad. Once again, Muhammad was an idolater using
the pagan Kaaba built by pagan Arabs for idolatry before the Book was given to him.
Nowhere is the entire Torah of Moses says that the nation of Ishmael means the great
religion called Islam. Genesis 17:20 reads, As for Ishmael, I have
heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly.
He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.
All great nation, like Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire did not last forever as it
comes and goes after certain period of time. Likewise the great nation of Ishmael did not
last forever and nothing in the Torah implies the word nation means religion.
Islam is merely a man-made cult of the Arabians. Muslims have gambled their souls on the Arabian
cult which has deviated from the true religion of Abraham. There is only one holy city located
in Jerusalem city and Muhammad had turned away from it based on the Quran itself. I
hope Christians will continue to ask the similar three questions one after another concerning
the true builder of Kaaba in Mecca which has deviated from the qibla in Jerusalem. The
proof of Kaaba idolatry as committed by the Muslims today cannot be refuted at all.
Jesus Christ is the Lord. Amen.