Reformed Apologetics Ministries - Let The Study Quran Speak! Pt. 1

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ABOUT Thursday, April 14, 2016
My name is Keith Thompson. I Let The Study Quran Speak! Pt. 1

am a Christian apologist and
documentary film maker. I write
for www.Answering-Islam.org By Sam Shamoun
and am the owner of Reformed
Apologetics Ministries. I can be
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keithtruth2010@hotmail.com.
In this series we will be quoting from a monumental work (in fact the first of its kind in the English language)
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produced by a team of credentialed and bonafide Muslim scholars from various academic backgrounds. In
2015 HarperOne published The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary, the first major English
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click HERE What makes this study Quran so fascinating is that the contributors make candid admissions concerning the
meaning and purpose of specific texts, especially as they relate to the Quranic view of other religions such as
ASSIST MINISTRY Christianity, that are quite damaging for the Muslim polemicists who seek to use such verses to support their
claims and objections. Suffice it to say, the assertions made by these Muslim scholars in some of the notes
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actually end up refuting they very arguments that are typically used by many a Muslim debater and/or daiee
(e.g., one who calls people to Islam) to convince Christians to accept Muhammad as a prophet of the one true
God of Abraham.
As such, this study Quran is a must have for any Christian evangelist and/or apologist who seeks to share the
Gospel with Muslims, since this is a resource that shall prove to be a great tool and weapon against the
Muslim assault and distortion of the Christian faith. The commentary will also help refute the distortion and
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that their respective scripture denies core, essential Christian doctrines such as the Trinity.
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Option 1 : $5.00 CAD - monthly With that said we are ready to begin our series by posting what the notes to this study have to say regarding
the Quranic understanding of the Trinity and divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ. All bold and/or capital
emphasis will be ours.
The Quran’s view of the Trinity and Deity of Christ
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Study Note on Q. 5:110
- Darwinism's Downfall “… His creating live birds out of clay birds, healing the blind and the leper, and raising the dead are likewise
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recounted in 3:49 (for blind and leper, see 3:49c). These last three miraculous powers attributed to Jesus
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are EXTRAORDINARY in that THEY SUGGEST POWERS USUALLY RESERVED FOR GOD;
- Purgatory Debunked
- Reformed Answers on the God is the one who heals (26:8 [sic]); He is the raiser of the dead throughout the Quran: and the
Roman Corruption of creation of birds from clay and bringing them to life by breathing upon them IS EXACTLY
Christianity PARALLEL TO GOD’S CREATION OF THE HUMAN BEING (15:26-29; 32:7-9; 38:71-72). The verse
- Word of Faith Teachers: repeatedly makes clear, however, that all these powers are done by God’s leave (by My Leave) and so are
Origins & Errors of Their ultimately His. Jesus’ ability to heal and power to raise the dead are also found in the canonical Gospels, and
Teaching a similar account of Jesus’ creating birds from clay is given in the noncanonical Infancy Gospel of Thomas.”
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Study Note on Q. 4:171
Apostleship: Critique of Muslim
Arguments
“In the present verse, the uniqueness of Jesus among the messengers is affirmed in several ways, including his
title Ruh Allah (‘Spirit of God’). He is referred to here and in certain places, however, as the Messiah (al-
Masih), a term that in Arabic is understood to refer to his having been purified by God of sin (T). This is not
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identification of Jesus as God’s Word does not preclude or overshadow his function as the bringer of the
Sayings of Jesus
Gospel, which, like the Torah and the Quran, represents God’s Word and message to humanity. Some
- Shabir Ally & Raymond
Brown’s Redaction Criticism of commentators interpret His Word here as the tidings Mary received of his miraculous conception in her womb
John or as an allusion to the Divine Creative Command Be! by which Christ was formed in Mary’s womb (see
- Answering Muslims: Is Jesus a 3:45, 59; R, T). However, while all created beings are brought into existence through God’s Word, Christ
Son Among Tons? ALONE is specifically identified as ‘a Word from God.’ Some might argue, therefore, that Jesus, by
- Refuting Bart Ehrman’s virtue of being identified as God’s Word, somehow participates (uniquely) in the divine Creative
“Passion Contradictions” Command, although this is not the traditional Islamic understanding of Jesus’ identification as a Word from
Muslims Parrot Him (3:45).
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“The miracle of Jesus’ virgin birth is also alluded to here in that he is identified as God’s Word committed to
- Catholic Idol Worshiper's Big
Mary (alqaha ila Maryam), which could also be rendered ‘cast upon Mary.’ Cf. 66:12, where it is said that
Justification Lie
- Jesus Sent for Jews Only?: God breathed His Spirit into Mary. Consistent wit the implicit representation in 66:12 of Jesus being
Answering Muslims God’s ‘Spirit’ breathed into Mary, in the present verse Jesus is also identified as a Spirit from God (Cf.
- Old Testament Genocide?: 2:87, 253; 5:110, where Jesus is strengthened … with the Holy Spirit). It is on this basis that Jesus is given
Answering "Atheists" the honorific title ‘Spirit of God’ (Ruh Allah) in the Islamic tradition. Some commentators, however,
- The Bible and Slavery: understand Jesus’ description as a Spirit from God metaphorically and consider Spirit here to be either a
Answering "Atheists" reference to Jesus’ purity or a metaphor for God’s Mercy (rahmah; R).
- Absurdities of Youtube Atheist
"CultofDusty"
“In addition to reaffirming the full humanity of Jesus, the present verse commands Christians to say not
- Absurdities of Youtube Atheist
‘Three.’ This is understood as a command to abandon this doctrine, as it is better for them. In 5:73, Christians
“Thunderf00t”
- Absurdities of Youtube Atheist who call God ‘Three’ are more seriously criticized, but this verse is embedded in a larger discussion that
"AronRa" seems to be addressing those Christians who tool not only Jesus, but also his mother, Mary, to be divine
- 20 Reasons to Never Join Islam (see 5:73c). In both the present verse and 5:73, however, the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity as three
- The Bible Teaches Original Sin ‘persons,’ or hypostases, ‘within’ the One God IS NOT EXPLICITLY REFERENCED, and the
- Whalid Shoebat’s Son’s criticism seems directed to those who assert the existence OF THREE DISTINCT ‘GODS,’ AN IDEA
“Christian Militancy” Teaching THAT CHRISTIANS THEMSELVES REJECT.
Refuted
- Proof Virgin Mary is not the Ark “Al-Razi is aware that Christians do not believe in three separate gods, but rather in three qualities (sifat) in a
of the Covenant
single Divine Essence, but argues that the claim that the Divine Reality inhered in the human form of Christ
-Brief Explanation of Calvinism
belies the idea that the trinitarian concept ultimately posits a single Divine Essence. He also contrasts the
- Jeffrey Daugherty's "Apostle
Paul Antichrist" Theory Christian doctrine of aspects, or hypostases, within a single Divine Essence with the Islamic doctrine of God’s
Debunked Names and Qualities, which, unlike the Christian hypostases, are not understood as aspects of God that can be
- Refutation of Heretic Jesse seen as multiple, distinct entities (R).
Morrell's Documentary "Beyond
Augustine" part 1, 2 “Despite these strong criticisms of Christian trintarian doctrine as well as the implication through
- Myth of Imputed Righteousness juxtaposition in 5:72-73 that Christian beliefs in the divinity of Jesus, and in God as the third of three can be
of Christ? Answering Heretic understood as a kind of shirk (ascribing partners unto God), Islamic Law never considered Christians to be
Jesse Morrell
‘idolaters’ (mushrikun) and accepted Christians’ own assertions of monotheistic belief, maintaining the
- A Biblical Case for
clear distinction the Quran itself makes between idolaters (mushrikun) and the People of the Book.” (Pp. 267-
Determinism: God's sovereignty
over all (Chris Gautreau) 268)
- Defending Reformed View of
John 6 - Refuting Heretic And:
Kerrigan Skelly
- Was Judas Once a Saved True “… Some commentators view the assertion of Jesus’ ‘servanthood’ in relation to God as a response to a
Believer? - Refuting Heretic statement made by the Christian delegation from Najran in their discussion with the Prophet. The delegation
Kerrigan Skelly reportedly took exception to the Islamic claim that Jesus was a (mere) ‘servant’ (or as they may well have
- Theory on the Origins of Papal understood, ‘slave’) and ‘messenger’ of God and considered it an insult to Jesus. This verse asserts in
Infallibility
response that rejecting or disdaining ‘servanthood’ is a form of arrogance in relation to the Divine that Jesus,
-Answers to Theological
and even the angels, would never display (R).
Questions Posed by YouTube
Subscribers - part 1, 2, 3
“The Najran delegation, likely under the influence of Abyssinian Monophysite doctrine, may well have held
that Jesus’ divinity completely overwhelmed his humanity, and so would have been particularly averse to
DEBATES & DISCUSSIONS
such a description of Jesus. However, it should be noted that orthodox Christian doctrine maintains the
- Is Muhammad Predicted in the full humanity of Christ as a theological necessity, even if it holds that this humanity is inseparable,
Bible? (Keith Thompson vs. mysteriously, from his divinity. Although Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all of the same essence and thus
Inamullah Mumtaz) equally divine in orthodox Christian doctrine, the Father is the cause and the principle of the divine nature,
- Is Papal Primacy Primitive?
which is in the Son and in the Spirit, and thus has some degree of superiority.” (P. 267)
(Keith Thompson vs. Catholic
Minister)
- Is the Roman Catholic Papacy Excerpt from the Essay: The Quranic View Of Sacred History and Other Religions
Biblical and Historical? (Keith
Thompson vs. Roman Catholic) “Jesus is referred to in the Quran as a messenger of God and as God’s Word (3:45; 4:171), who is aided by the
- Papal Primacy and Canon Holy Spirit (2:87, 253; 5:110). Although he is regarded as the Messiah (al-Masih), he is not referred to as the
Debate (Keith Thompson vs. ‘Son of God’ or as ‘God Incarnate.’
Catholic)
- Catholic Apologist Admits he “Belief in the incarnation of God in Jesus is in fact repudiated in two Quranic verses: They indeed have
can't Historically Prove Peter
disbelieved who say, ‘God is the Messiah, son of Mary’ (5:17, 72). The Quran emphasizes that Jesus was not
was First Roman Bishop & More
God, but a servant and messenger of God: The Messiah would never disdain to be a servant of God (4:172).
(Keith Thompson vs. Fidei
Defensor SPQR) The Messiah, son of Mary, was naught but a messenger–messengers have passed away before him. And his
- Is Justification by Faith Alone? mother was truthful. Both of them ate food (5:75).
(Keith Thompson vs. Catholic
Peter Dimond) “Despite this emphasis upon Goan APR
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Ahmed)
strengthened him with the Holy Spirit (2:253). The best example of Jesus’ particular distinction among the
- Does the Immaculate
prophets is the miracle of the virgin birth…
Conception Contradict Scripture
and History? (Keith Thompson
vs. Richard a Roman Catholic) “The Prophet Muhammad is said to have confirmed that of all human beings, ONLY Jesus and the Virgin
-Infant Baptism Debate: Chris Mary were born without the stain of sin: “There is none born among the offspring of Adam, but that Satan
Gautreau vs. Zachary Kueker touches it. A child, therefore, cries loudly at the time of its birth because of the touch of Satan, except for
(written debate) Mary and her child.”30
- Is God Sovereign Over All?
(Chris Gautreau vs. “Not only was the birth of Jesus a miracle, but other passages bear witness to A CREATIVE LIFE-GIVING
FaithandPractice)
POWER possessed by Jesus that WAS NOT GRANTED TO ANY OTHER PROPHET…
- Is Christianity a Religion of
Peace? (Keith Thompson vs.
Muslim Sami Zaatari) “Despite these affirmations of Jesus’ Divinely given powers, the concept of the Trinity is criticized in the
- Discussion with two Catholics Quran: And say not ‘Three.’ Refrain! It is better for you. God is only one God; Glory be to Him (4:171).
on Interpreting Scripture Another verse is more severe, condemning those who claim that God is one of three: They certainly
- Is Free Will Biblical? (Keith disbelieve, those who say, ‘Truly God is the third of three,’ while there is no god save one God. If they refrain
Thompson vs. Charismatic not from what they say, a painful punishment will befall those among them who disbelieved (5:73). This,
Arminian) however, IS NOT A DIRECT CONDEMNATION OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY, for Trinitarian
- Is Original Sin Biblical? (Keith theology DOES NOT MAKE GOD ONE OF THREE, but rather speaks of the triune God, Who is both
Thompson vs. Two Pelagians)
one and three in a manner that transcends human understanding. Viewed in this light, 5:73 DOES
- Does the New Testament Teach
NOT OPPOSE the various forms of orthodox trinitarian doctrines that have prevailed for most of
the Deity of Jesus? (Keith
Thompson vs. Yuratchka the
Christian history. Rather, it appears to oppose crude misunderstandings of it that would lead one to believe
Arian) that there are three gods instead of one. That the Quranic discussion of the Trinity is addressed to
- Does Scripture Teach misunderstandings of Christian doctrine IS MADE CLEAR IN 5:116-17…” (Pp. 1777-1779)
Predestination? (Keith Thompson
vs. Arminian - very short) 30. Al-Bukhari 60.47 (no. 3468), 65.[3].2 (no. 4590). Another account of this saying reads: “No child is born
but that he is pricked by Satan and begins to weep because of the pricking of Satan, except for the son of
ARTICLES Mary and his mother” (Muslim 44.40 [no. 6282]). A third version states: “Satan touches son of Adam on the
day when his mother gives birth to him, except Marry and her son” (Muslim 44.40 [no. 6284]).
Islam
- The Reliability of the Gospel of 31. That the Oneness of God is fundamental to traditional Christianity is clear from the beginning of the
John Nicene Creed: “We believe in one God, the Father, Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.” As the third-
- Comprehensive Case Jesus century church father Tertullian writes: “Father and Son and Spirit are three, however, not in status but in
Died by Crucifixion rank, not in substance but in form, not in power but in appearance; they are, however, of one substance and of
- Are the Gospels too late and one status and of one power, because God is one, from whom these ranks and forms and appearances are
Unreliable? designated as Father and Son and Holy Spirit” (Adversus Praxean, chap. 2; cited in Luke Timothy Johnson,
- Original Sources the Koran The Creed [New York: Doubleday, 2004], 121). (Pp. 1778-1779)
Stole its Stories from
- The Corruption of the Koran:
Summary Remarks
Evidence and New Research
- Muhammad Taught and
Practiced Offensive Jihad The Quran ascribes three specific powers to Christ that are usually reserved for God, namely, healing,
- Are Muhammad and Islam resurrecting and creating life. In fact, Christ is the only prophet who is said to possess a creative life-giving
Predicted in the Bible? power.
- Errors in the Koran and
Ahadith The Quran identifies Jesus as God’s Word and Spirit which God breathed into Mary. By describing Jesus as
- Evidence Muhammad was the Word of God, the Quran echoes the prologue of John’s Gospel (1:1-18), and therefore lends credence to
Demon Possessed those who would argue that this suggests that Christ uniquely participates in God’s Creative Command.
- Jesus as God Before Paul
- Some Absurd and Silly
Islamic tradition testifies that only Jesus and his blessed mother are born without the stain of sin.
Teachings of Muhammad
- Refuting Bart Ehrman’s
“Passion Contradictions” The Quran nowhere condemns (at least not explicitly) the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity, but seems to be
Muslims Parrot censuring some heretical misunderstandings of the faith, such as the mistaken notion that there are three gods
- Jesus Sent for Jews Only?: consisting of Allah, Mary, and Jesus their offspring. We will have more to say about the Quran’s
Answering Muslims condemnation of those who say that Allah is the Messiah in the next part of our discussion.
- 20 Reasons to Never Join Islam
- Is Christianity a Religion of These comments by some of Islam’s most qualified scholars and philosophers confirm what we have been
Peace? saying all along, namely, the Quran nowhere defines or condemns the historic orthodox understanding of the
- Who Wrote the Gospels?
Trinity or the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, it is nigh time that Muslim polemicists such as Shabir
Internal and External Arguments
Ally pay careful heed to what these learned men of Islam are saying, and stop misusing the Muslim scripture
for Traditional Authorship
- Answering Sami Zaatari on the to mislead people into thinking that it addresses subjects which in fact it does not even touch upon.
Pharisaic Accusation that Christ
Claimed Deity With that said it is time to proceed to the next part of our discussion.
- A Case for the Deity of Christ in
Light of Muslim Objections
Posted by Keith Thompson at 7:18 PM
- The Historical Case for Paul's
Apostleship: And a Critique of
Muslim Arguments
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- Muhammad's Condition in
Light of the Biblical Description
Post a Comment
of Demonic Possession
- Christ’s Deity in Light of not
Knowing the Day & Hour of His
Return
- Daniel 7:13-14 and Christ’s
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Eisegesis
- The Historicity of the
Appearance to the 500 in 1
Corinthians 15:6
- Muslim Misuse of Hebrews 5:7:
Does This Verse Teach Jesus
Never Died?
- Ibn Anwar’s False Charge of
Anachronistic Error: An
Exegetical Examination of Mark
2:26
- Ibn Anwar’s False Charge of
Anachronistic Error: An
Exegetical Examination of Mark
2:26, Part 2
- Jesus as Divine Judge: A
Response to the Muhammedan
Site “Do Not Say Trinity”
- Bart Ehrman: A Hero For
Islam?
- Is Asking “Where did Jesus say,
Newer Post Home Older Post
‘I am God’” a Good Argument?
- Revisiting “Where Did Jesus Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Say ‘I am God’" A Response to
the Muhammedan Site “Do Not
Say Trinity"
- Contra Paul Williams on the
Death Penalty for Apostasy &
Christianity
- Heaven vs. Jannah: Assessing
the Dilemma
- Does Muhammad Pass the 1
John 4 Prophethood Test?
- Historical and Biblical Basis
for the Trinity
- Five Reasons Why Jesus is Not
Merely a Prophet
- Answering “Jesus isn’t God
because God doesn’t change”
Catholicism
- Absence of Papal Views Among

the Earliest Christians
- The Assumption of Mary is
Unbiblical and Ahistorical
- Did Roman Catholicism Give
Protestants the Bible?
- Are Roman Catholics Saved?
- Refutation of Papal Infallibility
- Biblical Evidence Against Peter
being Pope
- Does Matthew 16 Teach Peter
was the Pope?
- Do John 21:15-17 and Luke
22:31-32 prove Peter was Pope?
- Biblical Evidence for Sola
Scriptura
- Refuting Rome's Biblical Case
for Extrabiblical Tradition
- The Early Church Fathers
Taught Sola Scriptura
- The Bible does not teach Mary's
Immaculate Conception
- Mary is not the Ark and
Tabernacle
- The Early Church did not
Believe Rome’s Doctrine of the
Immaculate Conception of Mary
-Mary is not Co-redemptrix,
Mediatrix of all Graces, and
Advocate
- Some of Roman Catholicism's
worst Atrocities and
Abominations of History
- Baptismal Regeneration &
Justification are False
- Refuting the Catholic
Priesthood and Penance
- Proof the Roman Catholic Mass
is unbiblical and anti-Christian
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- Historical Examination of 21 f 🐦
Roman Catholic Eucharist
Theology
- Biblical and Historical
Refutation of Purgatory
- Refutation of Inclusivism: Non-
Christians can not be saved by
works
- Justification is by Faith Alone:
Issues and Evidence
- “Works” and “Works of the
Law” in Paul: Interacting with
Modern Catholic Reliance on
New Perspectivism
-Peter Dimond’s Not-So-Stunning
Acts 15 Video
-Peter Dimond LIED about
dikaiosune - Plus Debate
Challenge
- Responding to
catholicapologetics.info’s “Some
Tough Questions for Protestants”
- An Articulation of Sola
Scriptura: The Biblical Basis for
the Sufficiency of the Holy
Scriptures
- Questions Regarding the Mass
- Catholic Misuse of Genesis
3:15
- Is The Jewish Apocrypha
Inspired Scripture? Pt. 1
- Appendix: Addressing Some
Arguments in Support of the
Apocrypha
Other
- Hitler's Darwinian Motive for

Mass Murder
- An Historical Case for Christ's
Resurrection
- Josephus and Tacitus on Christ:
An Analysis
- The Bible and Slavery:
Answering “Atheists”
- Failure of False Religions to
Account for Human Experience
-Youtube Pelagian Sinless
Perfection Cult Redefines Sin
-Whalid Shoebat’s Son’s
“Christian Militancy” Teaching
Refuted
- The Bible Teaches Original Sin
- Jeffrey Daugherty’s “Apostle
Paul Antichrist” Theory
Debunked
- Jesus' Imputed Righteousness:
An Exegetical Case
- Refutation of Jesse Morrell’s
Documentary “Beyond
Augustine”
- Refutation of Jesse Morrell's
Documentary "Beyond
Augustine" Part 2
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My name is Keith Thompson. I Let The Study Quran Speak! Pt. 1

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