{"id":228,"date":"2018-06-24T17:05:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T17:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/wp\/?p=228"},"modified":"2024-07-22T21:03:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T02:03:11","slug":"reversion-to-idolatry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/wp\/reversion-to-idolatry\/","title":{"rendered":"Reversion to Idolatry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In just two decades after the Prophet&#8217;s death, the idol worshipers who were defeated by the Prophet in the conquest of Mecca (632 AD) reverted to idolatry. Ironically, this time around their idol was the Prophet himself. Such idol worshipers obviously did not deserve to possess the pure Quran.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/Appendix2.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Rashad Khalifa, Messenger of God<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/Appendix24.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendix 24<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In three decades after the death of the Messenger of the Covenant a reversion to idolatry is complete. Like before, the idol is the messenger whose message was &#8211; worship God alone by upholding the Quran alone. The reversion to idolatry goes hand in hand with the rejection of the Quran as perfect, complete, fully detailed and the only source of law (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura2.php#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2:2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:19<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:114-115<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In their delusion, some of the traditional Muslims do not allow any images or statues, lest they fall prey to idolatry. They are oblivious to another form of idolatry (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura16.php#20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">16:20-21<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura3.php#79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3:79<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura18.php#102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18:102<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura9.php#31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">9:31<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura9.php#107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">9:107<\/a>) \u2013 following as a source of law (6:114-115, 18:27) words other than God\u2019s words in the fully detailed scripture, the Quran. Numerous verses of the Quran point this out with verse 6:19 explicitly stating that following any other words as testimony is idolatry.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the revertors to idolatry cannot accept that the Quran:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the Arabic Quran which has 6346 verses<\/li>\n<li>Has complete words of God which are the only source of law (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:114-115<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Is a Statute Book, bound by Statutory Law and which contains the message (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura25.php#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">25:1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura25.php#10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">21:10<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Provides explanations for everything (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura16.php#89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">16:89<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Is called Hadith and the only acceptable Hadith (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura77.php#50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">77:50<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura7.php#185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7:185<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura45.php#6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">45:6<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In defiance of God and His Messenger, the revertors equate the messenger\u2019s human words in subheadings, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/appendices.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appendices<\/a>, footnotes, audios, videos, etc. as equivalent to God\u2019s words in the Quran. They take the messenger\u2019s human words as source of law under the guise of \u2018obey the messenger\u2019 and \u2018authorized explanations\u2019. Thus, they cannot answer the following questions which expose their beliefs and their distinct religion.<\/p>\n<h1>QUESTIONS WHICH EXPOSE THE IDOLATRY OF THE REVERTORS<\/h1>\n<p>What is your definition of the Quran?<br \/>\nDo you accept that God\u2019s words are complete in the Quran per <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:115<\/a>?<br \/>\nDo you accept that God\u2019s words in the Quran are the only source of law and fully detailed per <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:114<\/a>?<br \/>\nDo you accept that the Quran is a Statute Book per <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura25.php#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">25:1<\/a>?<br \/>\nDo you accept that the scripture contains the message per <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura25.php#10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">21:10<\/a>?<br \/>\nDo you accept that the Quran provides explanations for everything per <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura16.php#89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">16:89<\/a>?<br \/>\nDo you accept that Rashad Khalifa was a human messenger of God?<br \/>\nDo you consider words which make up subheadings, footnotes, appendices, newsletters, books, audios and videos as words of a human or do you consider them as God\u2019s words?<br \/>\nIn the AEVQ, do you consider the properly identified words of the translated numbered verses as separate and distinct from footnotes, subheadings, etc.?<br \/>\nDo you consider the subheadings, footnotes, appendices, etc. as a sources of law?<br \/>\nDo you consider the words of subheadings, footnotes, appendices, etc. to be the same or \u2018at par\u2019 with the words of God in the Quran?<br \/>\nDo you accept that the Quran is a hadith?<br \/>\nIf God\u2019s words in the Glorious Quran can be called hadith, why would Rashad Khalifa\u2019s words in subheadings, footnotes, appendices, newsletters, books, audios and videos; not be called hadith?<\/p>\n<p>Acceptance that God\u2019s words in the Quran are complete, perfect, fully detailed, only source of law and the only hadith leaves no option but to accept that worship of God alone boils down to upholding only His words in the Quran as the only source of law. Indeed, BELIEF in God dictates that we BELIEVE God. This is not acceptable to those who associate (shirk in Arabic) Rashad Khalifa&#8217;s words with God words.<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/wp\/2015\/12\/obey-god-and-his-messenger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OBEY GOD AND HIS MESSENGER<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>The Mohammedans justify following sources other than Quran under the same guise of \u2018obey God and His messenger\u2019. Their sources are called Hadith (narration) and Sunnah (system). The revertors call their additional sources \u2018authorized explanations\u2019. They cannot accept the fact that God Himself calls His own words in the Quran, Hadith and admonishes us not to follow any other hadith (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura45.php#6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">45:6<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The following is to demonstrate to the revertors that they don\u2019t obey God, nor do they obey the messenger. This is from the \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masjidtucson.org\/publications\/videos\/vid.php?vid=y6_yDaE8yVY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Great Debate\u2019 video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Abdel Rahman Salem: \u201cSo, you don\u2019t believe in Hadith and Sunnah. Do you believe in Hadith and Sunnah?\u201d<br \/>\nDr. Rashad Khalifa: \u201cI believe the Quran is complete, perfect and fully detailed because God said so in the Quran\u201d<br \/>\nDr. Abdel Rahman Salem: \u201cAnd we don\u2019t have to use Hadith and Sunnah at all?\u201d<br \/>\nDr. Rashad Khalifa: \u201cDoes not matter \u2013 ANY other source\u201d<\/p>\n<h1>OBEY GOD AND HIS MESSENGER \u2013 IN PRACTICE<\/h1>\n<p>When the messenger was alive, the submitters with him would and were expected to treat him as a boss or superior or a person in charge (e.g.: <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura24.php#63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">24:62,63<\/a>).\u00a0 The submitters would not take the messenger\u2019s requests lightly. Those wanting to confer with the messenger were obligated to pay to charity before conferring (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura58.php#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">58:12<\/a>).\u00a0 The submitters with the messenger could ask him to judge among their disputes and unhesitatingly accept his judgement. The righteous submitter would readily obey the messenger in mundane daily affairs or not so mundane requests like an invitation to Tucson for a visit.<\/p>\n<p>When it came to religion and worship of God alone, with the messenger, it was always, always the Quran left, right and center. There was never an occasion that we were asked to \u2018obey the messenger\u2019 because it was always, \u2018what does the Quran say.\u2019 Anyone can verify this from Quran studies and videos. The messenger in various formats including one-to-one talks with submitters consistently reminded us of the following only God\u2019s words in the Quran (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:19<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:38<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:114-115<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura17.php#46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">17:46<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura39.php#45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">39:45<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h1>FABRICATION AND INNOVATION<\/h1>\n<p>As pointed out the messenger, never stated that we should follow him rather than God\u2019s words in the Quran. The revertors have fabricated and innovated the messenger\u2019s words as a source of law calling them \u2018authorized explanations\u2019 and under the emblem \u2018obey the messenger\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The revertors then, promptly FAIL to obey the messenger when it comes to the messenger&#8217;s own explanations and teachings! Certainly, they have already failed to obey God as pointed out above. (The following is not comprehensive and does not include clear writings by the messenger in the AEVQ, newsletters or his book, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masjidtucson.org\/publications\/books\/qhi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quran, Hadith &amp; Islam<\/a>\u201d admonishing us to follow only the words of God in the Quran).<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/wp\/2018\/06\/rashad-khalifa-on-quran-alone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RASHAD KHALIFA ON QURAN ALONE<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>\u201cWe follow God. We follow the word of God alone. The principle is very easy \u2013 if it is not in the Quran, we have no consideration for it.<br \/>\n&#8230;your criteria is the Quran. If it is not in the Quran don\u2019t believe it, no matter who is talking to you. It is a very simple principle. This is what we follow.<br \/>\nBut you must be aware of this principle. It is our principle \u2013 if it is not in the Quran, I don\u2019t believe it. It may or may not be correct, but if it is not in the Quran, I am not following it.\u201d- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masjidtucson.org\/publications\/videos\/vid.php?vid=8u_jHZxZHro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rashad Khalifa, Friday Sermon, 1989 Conference.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuran is the final scripture. It is completion of the message.<br \/>\nThe Quran is all you need. In fact, God said the Quran is complete, perfect and fully detailed. If you go to any other source you will be disobeying God.<br \/>\nYou devote yourself completely to God alone and devote yourself to the word of God alone, the Quran alone.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masjidtucson.org\/publications\/videos\/vid.php?vid=JaLe2Sy8L90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rashad Khalifa, Essentials of Submission Video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are people who follow the Quran, the whole Quran and nothing but the Quran. Therefore, anybody and this means anybody who brings any information must conform to the Quran, the whole Quran and nothing but the Quran.\u00a0 And if anyone, I will underline anyone, who comes up with information that is not confirmed by the Quran, we tell him forget it, we don\u2019t accept it. The criterion is preaching, confirming existing scripture, the Quran and nothing else.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masjidtucson.org\/publications\/videos\/vid.php?vid=KP_kKJyE6QQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rashad Khalifa, Khutba announcing his messengership, April 1988.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/wp\/2018\/06\/rashad-khalifa-on-quran-alone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Additional mentions of Quran alone by Rashad Khalifa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>THE QURANISTS AND THE REVERTORS<\/h1>\n<p>The Quranists fail to follow the Quran, since they cannot accept outside the Quran sources such well-established meaning of words and\/or distort Arabic words into something alien.<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0They reject what was revealed before the Quran such as religious duties given to Abraham (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura2.php#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2:4<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thus, some of the Quranists believe in\u00a03 salat based on their corruption of the verse\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura11.php#114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">11:114<\/a>. Their translation of that verse violates Arabic language and word meanings and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islamawakened.com\/quran\/11\/114\/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no other translation<\/a> supports their translation.<\/p>\n<p>The Quranists have company in their method of fabrication of God\u2019s only acceptable religion. The revertors similarly fail to accept, outside the Quran generally accepted principles, existing for a millennium. They also go one step further.<\/p>\n<p>(1) They outright reject <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:115<\/a>. They just cannot accept that God\u2019s words are complete in the Quran (if you get them to define the word Quran in the first place).<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/wp\/2015\/12\/obey-god-and-his-messenger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">They reject the Arabic and English grammar rules of &#8220;And&#8221; vs &#8220;OR&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(3) They cannot accept the concept of Statutory law in existence centuries before Jesus. Unlike Common Law, the source always remains the written law in Statutory law. God has explicitly called the Quran, a Statute Book (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura25.php#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">25:1<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>(4) They defy common sense in seeking to obey a dead messenger (while at the same time failing to obey him). There are two major blunders here \u2013 they look to the messenger\u2019s words of explanation as a source for religious law in defiance of <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:114-115<\/a> (and numerous other verses) and they seek a dead (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura16.php#21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">16:21<\/a>) messenger to judge in their affairs (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura4.php#65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4:65<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h1>ABUSED VERSES<\/h1>\n<p>The traditional Muslim\u2019s religion is based on the abuse of a handful of verses \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura33.php#56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">33:56<\/a> (praising Mohammad instead of God), <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura33.php#21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">33:21<\/a> (Muhammad was a good example and thus you should do what Mohammad did) and <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura59.php#7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">59:7<\/a> (Muhammad allows and enjoins).<\/p>\n<p>Christians in a similar fashion abuse a handful verses the most prominent being \u201conly begotten son\u201d written in a later Gospel.<\/p>\n<p>ABUSED VERSES<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>[81:19] This is the utterance of an honorable messenger.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This verse clearly refers to MOC as the footnote clearly points out and provide mathematical evidence. The abusers focus on the word \u2018This\u2019 which clearly refers to the Quran as evidenced by <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura81.php#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">81:27<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura69.php#40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">69:40<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura69.php#48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">69:48<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura2.php#252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2:252<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura28.php#59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">28:59<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura98.php#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">98:2<\/a> (<em>A messenger from God, reciting Sacred Scriptures<\/em>). In defiance of the evidence and common sense the revertors believe the word \u2018this\u2019 sanctions them to make the messenger\u2019s words a source of law.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><em>[5:19] O people of the scripture, our messenger has come to you, to explain things to you, after a period of time without messengers, lest you say, &#8220;We did not receive any preacher or warner.&#8221; A preacher and warner has now come to you. GOD is Omnipotent.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This verse clearly refers to <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/Appendix2.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MOC<\/a> and the abusers focus is on the word \u2018explain\u2019.\u00a0 While the verse clearly states \u2018explain things\u2019 rather than \u2018explain revelations\u2019 or \u2018explain verses\u2019; they set aside the fact that there are 20+ verses which state God explains the revelations (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura2.php#230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2:230<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura2.php#242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2:242<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura3.php#103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3:103<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura4.php#26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4:26<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura5.php#75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5:75<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura5.php#89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5:89<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:46<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#55\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:55<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:105<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura6.php#126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6:126<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura7.php#32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7:32<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura7.php#58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7:58<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura7.php#174\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7:174<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura9.php#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">9:11<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura10.php#5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10:5<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura10.php#24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10:24<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura13.php#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">13:2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura16.php#89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">16:89<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura17.php#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">17:12<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura24.php#18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">24:18<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura24.php#61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">24:61<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura30.php#28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">30:28<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura57.php#17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">57:17<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura75.php#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">75:19<\/a>). God is the only Teacher of the Quran (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura55.php#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">55:2<\/a>) and one of God&#8217;s means of communication with humans is through inspiration (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura42.php#51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">42:51<\/a>). God thus explains the Quran to the sincere.<\/p>\n<p>[2:242] [21:61] GOD thus explains His revelations for you, that you may understand.<br \/>\n[3:103] &#8230;GOD thus explains His revelations for you, that you may be guided.<br \/>\n[5:75] \u2026 Note how we explain the revelations for them and note how they still deviate!<br \/>\n[5:89] &#8230;GOD thus explains His revelations to you, that you may be appreciative.<br \/>\n[6:46] &#8230; Note how we explain the revelations and note how they still deviate!<br \/>\n[6:55] We thus explain the revelations and point out the ways of the wicked.<br \/>\n[6:65] [57:17] \u2026Note how we explain the revelations, that they may understand.&#8221;<br \/>\n[6:105] We thus explain the revelations, to prove that you have received knowledge, and to clarify them for people who know.<br \/>\n[6:126] &#8230; We have explained the revelations for people who take heed.<br \/>\n[7:32] [9:11] [10:5] &#8230;We thus explain the revelations for people who know.<br \/>\n[7:58] &#8230; We thus explain the revelations for people who are appreciative.<br \/>\n[7:174] We thus explain the revelations, to enable the people to redeem themselves.<br \/>\n[10:24] &#8230;We thus explain the revelations for people who reflect.<br \/>\n[13:2] &#8230; explains the revelations, that you may attain certainty about meeting your Lord.<br \/>\n[24:18] GOD thus explains the revelations for you.<br \/>\n[30:28] &#8230;We thus explain the revelations for people who understand.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><em>[98:2] A messenger from GOD is reciting to them sacred instructions.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We don\u2019t hear as much about this verse as the MOC translated it as \u201cA messenger from God, reciting Sacred Scriptures\u201d in appendix two.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><em>[21:27] They never speak on their own, and they strictly follow His commands.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Their obvious focus is on the words, \u2018&#8230;never speak on their own\u2026\u2019 thus providing themselves the authorization to sanction anything the messenger said as a source of law. The farce here is they promptly disregard numerous teachings of the messenger which do not suit their religion (see above).<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><em>[42:51] No human being can communicate with GOD except through inspiration, or from behind a barrier, or by sending a messenger through whom He reveals what He wills. He is the Most High, Most Wise.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This verse informs us that God communicates to a human through inspiration and through a messenger. God\u2019s communication from behind a barrier only applied to Moses since God spoke to him directly. They disregard God\u2019s communication with humans through inspiration and focus solely a \u2018sending a messenger through whom He reveals what He wills\u2019. The messenger provided us \u2018authorized explanations\u2019, is their proclamation. The \u2018authorized explanations\u2019 above by the messenger are promptly set aside together with disobeying God\u2019s words in the Quran.<\/p>\n<p>The following verse makes it clear that the Quran provides all explanations.<\/p>\n<p>[16:89] The day will come when we will raise from every community a witness from among them, and bring you as the witness of these people. We have revealed to you THIS BOOK to provide EXPLANATIONS for EVERYTHING, and guidance, and mercy, and good news for the submitters.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><em>[4:150] Those who DISBELIEVE in GOD and His messengers, and seek to make distinction among GOD and His messengers, and say, &#8220;We believe in some and reject some,&#8221; and wish to follow a path in between;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>[4:151] these are the REAL DISBELIEVERS. We have prepared for the disbelievers a shameful retribution.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>[4:152] As for those who BELIEVE in GOD and His messengers, and make no distinction among them, He will grant them their recompense. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, the revertors use verse 4:150-151 to state that there should be no distinction between God and His messengers thus giving themselves a free pass to treat the messenger\u2019s words and God\u2019s words in the Glorious Quran as equal. Thus, they join the company of the Muhammadans who make the same claim. Verses 4:150-151 deals with those who disbelieve.<\/p>\n<p>7. <a href=\"https:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-myths\/Idolatry\/abused-verses-obey-the-messenger.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abused verses &#8211; Obeying the messenger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>THE CONSEQUENCES OF REVERSION TO IDOLATRY<\/h1>\n<p>Admission Test is a central aspect of the Revertors religion and was never a central aspect of the religion when the messenger was alive. This is for the simple reason that the words \u2018Admission Test\u2019, \u2018Perfect Health\u2019 and \u2018Perfect Wealth\u2019 are not words of the Quran nor are those words in the Quran Index in the AEVQ.<\/p>\n<p>Rashad Khalifa provided a conceptual explanation for tests mentioned in the Quran (<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura29.php#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">29:2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura2.php#155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2:155<\/a>) with his phrase \u2018Admission Test\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Most submitters do not have a problem with Rashad Khalifa&#8217;s explanation that new submitters who claim to believe in God alone will be tested per <a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/sura29.php#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">29:2<\/a> and other verses. In his explanation, primarily in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masjidtucson.org\/publications\/videos\/vid.php?vid=nLqAD8vNs7A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">King of Chaos video<\/a> (one of the earliest videos produced for the free channel of local city channels), he classifies the three stages a new submitter might go through.<\/p>\n<p>However, the revertors have taken Rashad Khalifa\u2019s words and his explanation and attempt to foolishly and abjectly apply his explanation to the whole Quran. The revertors explain the Quran (or certain aspects\/parts of the Quran) in light of what the human messenger said in his conceptual explanation. This is absurd and has led the revertors into setting up a partner with God and into the realm of idolatry.<\/p>\n<p>Most certainly, one is stripped of common sense when they set up a partner next to God and thus shift to the dominion of Satan. Thus, the resultant behavior of revertors as subhuman. Dr. Rashad Khalifa\u2019s niece died of cancer under the age of 40. With terminal cancer she attended two conferences. Some, with beliefs of revertors, did not even extend the courtesy of Salam to her, let alone ask her about her health. Dr. Khalifa\u2019s niece was just example of this subhuman behavior. Other examples include other submitters attending the conference (in similar circumstances like Dr. Khalifa\u2019s niece). The revertors had no qualms in passing judgement of the worst in the Hereafter for submitters who passed away, for according to them, \u2018they did not pass the admission test.\u2019\u00a0This subhuman behavior was magnified with no consideration of the family and loved ones of the departed.<\/p>\n<p>More than likely, this subhuman behavior by these revertors is reserved for those who claim to worship God alone but exempted for their neighbors or office colleagues who are sick or who lose loved ones.<\/p>\n<h1>RELATED LINKS<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/wp\/2017\/05\/admission-test-q\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Admission Test Q&amp;A<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/wp\/2017\/05\/idolatry-qa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Idolatry Q&amp;A<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/wp\/2015\/12\/obey-god-and-his-messenger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Obey God and His Messenger<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/wp\/2018\/06\/rashad-khalifa-on-quran-alone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rashad Khalifa on Quran alone<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/wp\/2018\/09\/supporting-a-point-of-view-by-gods-words-in-the-quran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Supporting a point of view from the Quran<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/suralist.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quran Text<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/islam-basics\/quran\/appendices.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Appendices in Rashad Khalifa Translation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just two decades after the Prophet&#8217;s death, the idol worshipers who were defeated by the Prophet in the conquest of Mecca (632 AD) reverted to idolatry. Ironically, this time around their idol was the Prophet himself. Such idol worshipers obviously did not deserve to possess the pure Quran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[68,8,26],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corruption-of-islam","tag-idolatry","tag-islam","tag-muhammad"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"masood","author_link":"https:\/\/www.islamunraveled.org\/wp\/author\/masood\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In just two decades after the Prophet's death, the idol worshipers who were defeated by the Prophet in the conquest of Mecca (632 AD) reverted to idolatry. Ironically, this time around their idol was the Prophet himself. 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