Islam for Christians

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The Inevitable Hour!
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What is the Inevitable Hour?
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And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?
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˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.
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As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.
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And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind
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which God unleashed on them non-stop for seven nights and eight days, so that you would have seen its people lying dead like trunks of uprooted palm trees.
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Do you see any of them left alive?
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Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin,
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each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip.
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Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺,
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so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it.
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At last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast,
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and the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow,
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on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass.
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The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail,
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with the angels on its sides. On that Day eight ˹mighty angels˺ will bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
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You will then be presented ˹ before Him for judgment˺, and none of your secrets will stay hidden.
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As for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record!
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I surely knew I would face my reckoning.”
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They will be in a life of bliss,
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in an elevated Garden,
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whose fruit will hang within reach.
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˹They will be told,˺ “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”
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And as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry ˹bitterly˺, “I wish I had not been given my record,
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nor known anything of my reckoning!
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I wish death was the end!
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My wealth has not benefited me!
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My authority has been stripped from me.”
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˹It will be said,˺ “Seize and shackle them,
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then burn them in Hell,
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then tie them up with chains seventy arms long.
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For they never had faith in God, the Greatest,
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nor encouraged the feeding of the poor.
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So this Day they will have no close friend here,
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nor any food except ˹oozing˺ pus,
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which none will eat except the evildoers.”
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Now, I do swear by whatever you see,
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and whatever you cannot see!
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Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the recitation of a noble Messenger.
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It is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith.
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Nor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, ˹yet˺ you are hardly mindful.
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˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.
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Had the Messenger made up something in Our Name,
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We would have certainly seized him by his right hand,
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then severed his aorta,
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and none of you could have shielded him ˹from Us˺!
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Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder to those mindful ˹of God˺.
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And We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial,
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and it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers.
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And indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the absolute truth.
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So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest.

A look at the more Quranic sounding passages of James and the overlap between Muslim and Christian teachings that the document presents. There are limits, however, so we will also go over the Book of James as an inherently Christian document.

The evil eye... what it meant then, and what it means now.

The lead up to the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. Muhammad brings his followers to the borders of Mecca, demanding to make a pilgrimage to the Kaaba.

70:1 A challenger has demanded a punishment bound to come
70:2 for the disbelievers—to be averted by none—
70:3 from Allah, Lord of pathways of ˹heavenly˺ ascent,
70:4 ˹through which˺ the angels and the ˹holy˺ spirit will ascend to Him on a Day fifty thousand years in length.
70:5 So endure ˹this denial, O Prophet,˺ with beautiful patience.
70:6 They truly see this ˹Day˺ as impossible,
70:7 but We see it as inevitable.
70:8 On that Day the sky will be like molten brass
70:9 and the mountains like ˹tufts of˺ wool.
70:10 And no close friend will ask ˹about˺ their friends,
70:11 ˹although˺ they will be made to see each other. The wicked will wish to ransom themselves from the punishment of that Day by their children,
70:12 their spouses, their siblings,
70:13 their clan that sheltered them,
70:14 and everyone on earth altogether, just to save themselves.
70:15 But no! There will certainly be a raging Flame
70:16 ripping off scalps.
70:17 It will summon whoever turned their backs ˹on Allah˺ and turned away ˹from the truth˺,
70:18 and gathered and hoarded ˹wealth˺.
70:19 Indeed, humankind was created impatient:
70:20 distressed when touched with evil,
70:21 and withholding when touched with good—
70:22 except those who pray,
70:23 consistently performing their prayers;
70:24 and who give the rightful share of their wealth
70:25 to the beggar and the poor;
70:26 and who ˹firmly˺ believe in the Day of Judgment;
70:27 and those who fear the punishment of their Lord—
70:28 ˹knowing that˺ none should feel secure from their Lord’s punishment—
70:29 and those who guard their chastity
70:30 except with their wives or those ˹bondwomen˺ in their possession, for then they are free from blame,
70:31 but whoever seeks beyond that are the transgressors.
70:32 ˹The faithful are˺ also those who are true to their trusts and covenants;
70:33 and who are honest in their testimony;
70:34 and who are ˹properly˺ observant of their prayers.
70:35 These will be in Gardens, held in honour.
70:36 So what is the matter with the disbelievers that they rush ˹head-long˺ towards you ˹O Prophet˺,
70:37 from the right and the left, in groups ˹to mock you˺?
70:38 Does every one of them expect to be admitted into a Garden of Bliss?
70:39 But no! Indeed, they ˹already˺ know what We created them from.
70:40 So, I do swear by the Lord of ˹all˺ the points of sunrise and sunset that We are truly capable
70:41 of replacing them with ˹others˺ better than them, and We cannot be prevented ˹from doing so˺.
70:42 So let them indulge ˹in falsehood˺ and amuse ˹themselves˺ until they face their Day, which they have been threatened with—
70:43 the Day they will come forth from the graves swiftly, as if racing to an idol ˹for a blessing˺,
70:44 with eyes downcast, utterly covered with disgrace. That is the Day they have ˹always˺ been warned of.