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Revealing the Truth about Islam

“And They Ask You about the Spirit”

Part 1

by Usama Dakdok

Qur’an 17:85: “And they ask you about the spirit. Say, ‘the spirit is of the affair of my lord,’ ...”

I received an email from a friend asking me the following question: “Does Allah have a spirit or not? I can’t really find anything about this, though, except for one line somewhere that stated the ‘spirits’ are created by Allah, and he is above such a thing. Can you clear this up for me?”

After receiving this question, I searched the Qur’an for the word “spirit.” First of all, I found the original question the infidel Jews asked Mohammed in Qur’an 17:85:  And they ask you about the spirit. Say, “The spirit is of the affair of my lord,...” 

When Mohammed was asked that question, he was in the company of a man by the name of Abd Allah. When a company of Jewish men came by, some of them told the others to ask Mohammed about the spirit. However, some of them said not to ask him. Mohammed stood up, and Abd Allah stood behind him. Abd Allah thought Mohammed was receiving revelation. Mohammed said, “And they ask you about the spirit. Say, ‘the spirit is of the affair of my lord, and you do not receive from knowledge, except a little.’” So the Jewish infidels said to one another, “Did we not tell you not to ask Mohammed?” Therefore, the infidel Jews were correct for neither Mohammed nor Gabreel nor Allah nor any of the Muslim scholars could answer such a simple question. 

The word “spirit” is mentioned in 21 verses of the Qur’an. As we read these verses and their interpretations by all the so-called Muslim scholars, we discover that there is no understanding in which any Muslim can find to explain the so-called clear word of Allah concerning the spirit. 

We certainly know that Mohammed and his god, Allah, do not understand the true God of the Bible. Allah declared in the Qur’an that Christians believe in the triune God: the father, the mother, and the son. We read about this in Qur’an 5:116: And when Allah said, “O ‘Isā, son of Mary, did you say to the people, ‘Take me and my mother as two gods, other than Allah’?” He said, “Praise be unto you. It is not for me that I say what is not true for me; if I had said it, so indeed, you know it. You know what is in my soul, and I do not know what is in your soul. Surely, you are the knower of the unseen.”

I do not believe that Muslims realize how foolish it is to have this question from Allah to 'Isā (the Jesus of Mohammed) in the Qur’an. This is a huge error because now we know that neither Allah nor 'Isā know the true God of the Bible for no Christian has ever believed in a god of such a foolish trinity of father, mother, and son. Here we see that the Virgin Mary was erroneously substituted as a replacement for the Holy Spirit by Allah in the Qur’an. That is why Muslim scholars were in total confusion in their interpretation of the 21 verses in which Allah mentioned the word spirit throughout the Qur'an.

Now let us examine the word spirit throughout the other 20 verses. Notice that I will be using the order in which the Qur’an is printed today, not in the order Mohammed received these verses as Muslim scholars claim. In Qur’an 2:87, we read: “And indeed, we gave Moses the book. And after him, we sent messengers; and we gave 'Isā, (false name for Jesus, it would be Yasua in Arabic, non-Arabic word of Hebrew/Aramaic origin) son of Mary, the proofs and supported him by the qudus [holy, non-Arabic word of Aramaic origin] spirit…” Notice that the word “qudus” is a non-Arabic word, which goes against the Muslims’ claim that the Qur’an is written in pure Arabic.

Now let us look at how Muslim scholars interpret or explain the Holy Spirit. According to the great Muslim scholar Al Tabari, he stated: “Allah supported or strengthened or gave victory to 'Isā with the holy spirit.” As for the question of who that holy spirit is, Al Tabari stated that scholars and interpreters disagree. If you ask why they disagree, the answer is simply because Allah and angel Gabreel never told Mohammed who the Holy Spirit is.  

Let me share with you some of the other interpretations of so-called Muslim scholars. Some of them said that the Holy Spirit is angel Gabreel, as stated by Qatada. Other Muslim scholars claimed that the Holy Spirit is the name which Jesus used to raise the dead. Some other Muslim scholars stated that the Holy Spirit is the Gospel, as stated by Ibn Zayed. However, this interpretation does not make any sense especially when we read what is written in Qur’an 5:110: When Allah said, “O ‘Isā, son of Mary, remember my grace on you and on your mother when I supported you with the holy spirit; you spoke to the people in the cradle and [as] an old man. And when I taught you the book and the wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel,…” 

Now, how can Allah in Qur'an 5:110 state that he supported 'Isā with the Holy Spirit, meaning the Gospel, and at the same time he taught him the Gospel? Obviously, that interpretation does not make any sense.  The great Muslim scholar Al Tabari continued in his interpretation by stating that Al Saidi said the word qudus (holy) means blessing. So he, Al Saidi, stated that the word qudus is the Lord himself. This means that when Allah stated in Qur'an 2:87: “and we…  supported him with the holy spirit,” that Allah actually meant he himself supported 'Isā with his spirit? Then that would be Allah's spirit.

Similar to what is written in Qur’an 2:87 is in Qur’an 2:253 which reads: These are the messengers; we favored some of them above the others. Some of them spoke to Allah, and he exalted some of them by degrees. And we gave 'Isā, the Son of Mary, the proofs, and we supported him with the holy spirit....  Now let me share with you the interpretation of Al Tabari who stated that when Allah said we gave 'Isā, the son of Mary, the proofs, Allah meant the miracles which Jesus performed, like healing the sick and the lepers, raising the dead, and other such miracles. As for the interpretation of “we supported him with the holy spirit,” Allah meant the spirit of Allah to be angel Gabreel. So here again, how can the spirit of Allah be Gabreel and does this fit with the rest of the verses of the Qur'an?

When we read about the creation of Adam in Qur’an 15:28-31, Allah stated: And when your lord said to the angels, “Surely I am creating a human from dry mud, from black molded mud. So when I have fashioned him and breathed into him from my spirit, so fall down, worshiping him.” So all the angels worshiped him except the Devil; he refused to be with the worshipers. The same message is also repeated in Qur’an 38:71-74: When your lord said to the angels, “Surely I am creating a human from mud. So, when I have formed him and breathed my spirit into him, so fall down to him, worshiping.” So all the angels worshiped together, except for the Devil. He was proud, and he was of the infidels.”

Notice the words repeated by Allah, “breathed my spirit into him (Adam).” That refers to the spirit of Allah, not angel Gabreel. How do we know? Because the same verses declared that all the angels, including angel Gabreel, worshipped Adam. Therefore, how can Allah put Gabreel inside Adam to make a living creature out of him and at the same time Gabreel worshipped Adam? The Qur’an did not say that all the angels except the Devil and Gabreel worshipped Adam but that all the angels worshipped Adam. Therefore, the idea that the spirit of Allah is Gabreel is a falsehood and a ridiculous interpretation. We will prove that in more detail in our next article as we continue to investigate the rest of the verses of the Qur’an in which Allah mentioned the word spirit.

Revealing the Truth about Islam

“And They Ask You about the Spirit”

Part 2

by Usama Dakdok

We continue our investigation into Muslim scholars’ claim regarding the identity of the spirit of Allah. As we observed in part one, they lacked a comprehensive understanding of this concept. Despite this, they held various interpretations of the spirit of Allah. Now we will explore how this confusion persists in their interpretation of certain qur’anical verses that also mention the word “spirit.” As we mentioned in our previous article, the word spirit appears twenty-one times in the Qur’an.

We already investigated six locations in the Qur’an concerning the spirit. Let us continue with Qur’an 4:171: O People of the Book, do not exaggerate in your religion and do not speak against Allah, except the truth. Surely the Christ Isā, son of Mary, is only a messenger of Allah and his word, which he cast to Mary, and a spirit from him. So believe in Allah and his messengers, and do not say, "Three." Cease. It is better for you. Surely Allah is only one god. Praise be to him that there would be to him a son. To him what is in the heavens and what is on the earth, and Allah is a sufficient guardian.

Muslims use this verse to counter the Christian belief in the Trinity comprised of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As mentioned in the Qur’an, Mohammed was unaware of the actual Christian beliefs due to his Allah and Gabreel’s ignorance. Qur’an 4:171 explicitly rejects the Trinity. However, it is interesting to note that the concept of the false trinity is mentioned in Qur’an  5:116: And when Allah said, "O Isā, son of Mary, did you say to the people, ‘Take me and my mother as two gods, other than Allah?’”

In Qur’an 4:171, we see that Allah is asking the people of the Book (meaning the Christians) not to exaggerate in their religion (Christianity). Where is the exaggeration? It is their belief of who Isā, their prophet, really is. Allah stated that Isā is the son of Mary and only a messenger of Allah and his word, which he cast to Mary, and a spirit from him. Notice that there are three different persons in this verse. The son of Mary, according to Qur’an 4:171, is the word of Allah.

If you ask Muslims if they believe the Qur’an is the word of Allah, they will undoubtedly affirm this belief. However, when you ask them if they believe that the Qur’an is a created entity, their response will be a resounding no. Why? It is because the word of Allah cannot be created. The word of Allah exists eternally as long as Allah does. Therefore, if this is the case, the Qur’an conveys to Muslim believers that Isā, son of Mary, is the word of Allah. This implies that Isā is not a created being, as he is the word of Allah. Consequently, he has always existed alongside Allah before his physical manifestation. Once again, the Qur’an proclaims that Isā, son of Mary, is the word of Allah, whom Allah cast to Mary.

Notice that Allah did not create Isā within Mary. Instead, he cast the word of Allah to Mary. This suggests that the word of Allah existed independently before entering Mary. Similarly, when we consider the concept of the spirit of Allah, as evident from numerous instances of verses in the Qur’an, the spirit of Allah cannot be a created entity. This truth is inherent in Allah. As long as there has been Allah, there has always been his spirit. There is no beginning or end for the spirit of Allah. What did Allah say in Qur’an 4:171 about Isā, son of Mary? He is a spirit from Allah. He is eternal, possessing no beginning and no end, just like Allah has no beginning and no end.

A very close look at Qur’an 4:171 would bring us to the conclusion that there are three persons who are Allah. They are Allah, who is eternal, the word of Allah, who is eternal; and the spirit of Allah, who is eternal. This is exactly what we Christians believe. However, Mohammed, as we mentioned before, did not know what Christians believe. Mohammed actually thought that Christians believed in God the Father, God the Mother, and God the Son. However, no one ever believed that, not even in any cults in Christianity.

Mohammed also stated in 4:171: So believe in Allah and his messengers (plural), and do   not say, "Three." I do not understand what messengers have to do with the Trinity, which Mohammed obviously rejected in the Qur’an, because it was and still is a false trinity as stated in Qur’an 5:116.  Once again, to prove that Mohammed did not know what he was talking about, he continued by saying: Cease. It is better for you. Surely, Allah is only one god.

Christians never believed that God is more than one God. As Mohammed stated in Qur’an 4:171, Isā is his spirit and his word. That does not make Allah one god if we count Allah, his word, and his spirit. However, if we do understand that the Word of God is Jesus Christ who came in the flesh and the Spirit of God is the Holy Spirit, then we will see the true beliefs of Christians about the nature of God.

In Qur’an 19:16-17, we read: And remember in the book Miriam, when she went apart from her family to an eastern place. So she took a veil apart from them. So we sent our spirit to her, so he appeared to her a normal human. Notice that the speaker in this verse is Allah. He is the one who sent his spirit to Mary. The spirit of Allah manifested to Mary as a regular human being, a man of average height, size, bearded, and so on, as typical of that era. From these words, Muslims come to believe that this spirit is actually Angel Gabreel. This is why Muslims believe that the spirit of Allah in the Qur’an could be interpreted as Angel Gabreel. This interpretation is not the same as in other verses where the words “angels” and “the spirit of Allah” are mentioned in the same verse.

The conversation continued between that human and the Virgin Mary concerning his announcement to her that she would have a son. However, this contradicts the same story as Mohammed repeated it in Qur’an 3:45. It reads: When the angels said, “O Mary, surely Allah gives you the good news with a word from him. His name is the Christ, Isā, son of Mary, exalted in this world and in the hereafter, and of the nearer.

Not only does the wording of the announcement differ significantly in Qur’an 3 compared to Qur’an 19, but the messengers who conveyed that message to the Virgin Mary are also different. In Qur’an 19 we read that it was the spirit of Allah who appeared to Mary as a normal human. However, in Qur’an 3 we see that they were angels (plural form), meaning three or more angels according to Arabic grammar.

So which story of the Qur’an is accurate? Is it what is written in Qur’an 3, which means a bunch of angels spoke to Mary? Or was it the spirit of Allah whom Muslims interpreted to be Angel Gabreel who appeared to Mary as a normal human? To add to the confusion, we must read Qur’an 21:91: And she (Virgin Mary) who guarded her private parts, so we breathed into her of our spirit, and we made her and her son a sign to the worlds.

In this verse, we learn about Allah breathing his spirit into Mary. This is the spirit of Allah, not Angel Gabreel, as clearly stated earlier, in Qur’an 4:171, that the son of Mary is a spirit from Allah. In Qur’an 21:91 we see that Allah himself breathed his spirit into Mary. Since it is the spirit of Allah, it is eternal. There is nothing created about Allah, his words, his spirit, or his being. There was never a time when Allah did not have his spirit or his word. Now, which part of Mary did Allah breathe his spirit into? All we read in Qur’an 21:91 is that Allah said: we (Allah) breathed into her (Mary) of our spirit. Did he breathe through her nostrils or some other part of her body? To truly comprehend this crucial question, an accurate answer is essential.

We must go to Qur’an 66:12: And Mary, the daughter of Amran, (the name is incorrect; she was the daughter of Hilai, as mentioned in Luke 3) who guarded her sexual parts, so we breathed into it (her vagina) from our spirit, and she believed in the words of her lord and his books, and she was among the obedient.

Muslim scholars do everything they can to change the reading of Qur’an 66:12, as well as to fabricate an answer for where Allah breathed his spirit into Mary. Some of them actually claim he breathed into her armpit. Then somehow that blow of the spirit of Allah was able to go inside her body. However, a simple reading of Qur’an 66:12 brings us to a logical and common understanding for the Qur’an states that she guarded her sexual parts. Allah said: so we breathed into it. So “it” here cannot be anything but her sexual part which is her vagina. Therefore, that is how Mary received the spirit of Allah in her body and how she became pregnant with the word of Allah in Qur’an 4:171.

Again, who is the spirit of Allah mentioned in Qur’an 4:171, 19:17, 21:91, and 66:12? If Muslims believe that Allah is God, then they have to believe that the spirit here is the Holy Spirit and not as Muslims claim in their interpretations that he is someone else they wish it to be.

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