Jesus: Prophet of Islam [Hardcover]

Muhammad Ata ur-Rahim (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 29, 1996

Jesus, Prophet of Islam, by Muhammad 'Ata Ur-Rahim, examines Jesus as a prophet teaching the unity of God. The author sketches the dramatic picture of the original followers of Jesus who affirmed Unity. What emerges is that "Christianity" is the fiction that replaced their truth. The book presents an incontrovertible challenge to any Christian reader, as well as providing an illuminating perspective for understanding the wave of new scholarship among Christian theologians that rejects the "official" interpretation of Jesus and his mission.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 244 pages
• Publisher: Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an (February 29, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879402114
• ISBN-13: 978-1879402119
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,958,417 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big impact!, January 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jesus: Prophet of Islam (Hardcover)

I had first heard of the Council of Nicea, in which belief in the Trinity was made Church doctrine, from a (former) Rome-trained priest in Catholic school. This book goes into much more detail, and is an easy read. All history is fascinating, but the history of religion is especially important. After all, religion is supposed to be the guiding force in the life of the adherent. The author really did his homework, and anyone who wishes to deny that just has to get some of the books mentioned in the bibliography. A good book for anyone interested in Jesus, even if they skipped over references to him in the Qur'an.

35 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars academic excellence and well researched, May 18, 2000

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garry stewart - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jesus: Prophet of Islam (Hardcover)

after many years of studying christianity, i feel that this book is very accurate and well researched. it is in agreement with nearly all aspects of christian academia and basically sums up the evolution of christianity using well documented facts and easy to follow explanations. as a person who has spent a considerable amount of time in the field of christian and islamic study, i must say that the author has summed so many years of my research in this excellent book. i recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning basic facts about the evolution of christianity and how it affected those who came in contact with it. jazakam Allahu khair brother rahim for your dedication.

29 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good historical information regarding Unitarian Christianity, May 21, 2003

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Haseeb - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jesus: Prophet of Islam (Hardcover)

I put a lot of care in to my last edit of this review yet it didn't get posted for some strange reason. I will try my best to replicate what I did in the last edit and hope it gets posted this time.

This book consists of 10 chapters which are mostly historical.

Chapter 1, "The Unitarian View and Christianity" argues that based on historical proof that Christianity was from its beginning just as monotheistic as Islam and Judaism. It also gets into how the belief in trinity was merely based on a historical decision in 325 A.D.

"A Historical Account of Jesus" is the title of the second chapter which gets into what Jesus actually looked like and anything else of interest that has been written about him. The chapter quotes The Bible, The Qur'aan and some Hadith.

The next chapter which is on "The Gospel of Barnabas" is a short survey on this Gospel which is said to be the only surviving Gospel written by a disciple of Jesus. Since the Gospel of Banabas contradicts The Qur'aan, I find it a little bit puzzling as to why so many Muslims try to use it in their arguments.

Another book of interest like the Gospel of Banabas is called "The Shepherd of Hermas" which is the topic of Chapter 4. The Shepherd was written between 88 and 97 AD and because of its affirmation of Divine Unity as opposed to trinity, all copies were ordered to be destroyed after the Council of Nicea in 325 AD.

Chapter 5 discusses "Barnabas and the Early Christians". This chapter quotes The Bible extensively and talks about how the earliest followers of Jesus and Barnabas were not much different.

The next chapter titled "Early Unitarians in Christianity" is a compilation of short bios of the earliest Unitarians from 130 A.D. to 336 A.D.

Chapter 7 ("Later Unitarians in Christianity") is in the same format as the previous chapter except that the bios are of Unitarians from 1511 - 1842.

"Christianity Today" basically discusses how destorted the Christianity has become today since the 325 A.D Council of Nicea.

Chapter 8 simply quotes various verses from The Qur'aan were Jesus is mentioned.

The last chapter is called Jesus in Hadith and Muslim traditions, yet not everything in this chapter is from authentic Muslim sources. Although not all of the Hadith mentioned may be strong, some of them are quite interesting and teach valuable lessons.