It is known that Christians, while expressing that Allahu ta'ala is the Almighty, impute impotence to Allahu ta'ala. [As we have explained earlier in the text], the Taurah (Old Testament) has been interpolated. It is stated in the (interpolated copies of the) Taurah that Allahu ta'ala, after creating the universe in six days, sat down and spent the seventh day resting. It is written at the beginning of the second chapter of Genesis, "And God finished His work on the seventh day. And after all the work He had done, He rested on the seventh day. And God made the seventh day blessed and consecrated it. For that day God relaxed from all His work of creation." [It is for this reason that Christians observe (Sunday), the seventh day of the week, as a day of rest and holiday and do no work then.].

Did Allahu ta'ala, like a carpenter [may Allahu ta'ala protect us from saying so], use some tools for His creation so that He was tired? It is stated as follows in the twenty-fourth and later verses of the thirty-second chapter of Genesis, [may Allahu ta'ala protect us from saying these things]: "Jacob was left alone, and as a man wrested with him till daybreak, the ball of Jacob's thigh-bone was hurt. And God said: Let me go. For dawn is quite near. And Jacob said: I shall not let thee go unless thou makest me blessed. And God said unto him: What ist thine name? And he said: Jacob. And God said: Thou shalt no longer be called Jacob, thou shalt only be called Israel. For thou hast striven with God and with men, and thou hast overcome them."

O Christians! Please do see reason. This would mean that Allahu ta'ala grappled with a creature of His until morning and could not free Himself from the hold of Yaqub 'alaihis-salam'! Could a god ever be so powerless? Certainly, Allahu ta'ala is free from such imperfections.

According to the [pure] belief of Muslims, Allahu ta'ala has the power enough to create every dispensable being. He has the Attribute of Omnipotence. Omnipotence is an eternal Attribute and effects, creates whatever He wills [wishes]. All Muslims unanimously agree on this fact. Allahu ta'ala is able to create everything that His Omnipotence wills to create. Every creature has come into being through His Omnipotence.

All the things which the Omnipotence of Allahu ta'ala has willed to create are equal with respect to their creation. For they are dispensable beings, creatures. The Attribute of Omnipotence will not effect the Wajib-ul-wujud (Allahu ta'ala) or the mumtani' (-ul-wujud) [that which can never exist]. It is impossible to effect them [to will their creation]. Being dispensable, that is, its making no difference whether something exists or not, is an attribute commonly shared by all beings that are dispensable. All the dispensable beings [creatures] are liable to coming into being or ceasing to exist, depending on the effect of the Attribute of Power (Omnipotence). Capability of Allahu ta'ala (to do anything He wishes) comes from His Person. This state is equal for all beings whose creation has been willed. If the Power of Allahu ta'ala were related to some creatures only, there would necessarily be a reason for this. And this, in its turn, would indicate that the greatness of Allahu ta'ala were dependent on something [may Allahu ta'ala protect us from saying so]. [For in this case there would have to be a reason to compel Allahu ta'ala to allot His Power to some creatures], which, in turn, would mean imperfection. And imperfection cannot exist in Allahu ta'ala.

According to Christians, Allahu ta'ala is not Omnipotent [may Allahu ta'ala protect us from saying so]. For it is stated in the Taurah, "(God said:) I shall go to Canan with the Children of Israel. Let them blow the horn strongly so that I will hear it." According to Muslims' belief, Allahu ta'ala hears and sees everything. Yet Allahu ta'ala is free from media such as eyes and ears, [sound and light]. [He sees and hears without any intermediaries].

According to Christians' credo, Allahu ta'ala has entered Isa 'alaihis-salam'. As we have stated earlier, they say "Jesus is a God from God, a Light from Light."

According to Muslims' belief, Allahu ta'ala is far from entering something. For something enters something else through one of the following two ways: first, by entering the space it occupies; second, by entering its attributes. Allahu ta'ala is far from entering any space. Its evidence is that Allahu ta'ala is free from place and far from being a part of something. For such dependencies as place and being a part of something are attributes peculiar to matter and material things. And it has already been proven that Allahu ta'ala is not matter and does not have attributes peculiar to matter. All the 'Ulama have stated this fact unanimously. As for the impossibility for Allahu ta'ala to enter something by way of entering its attributes; this sort of entering, like any other sort of entering, would run counter to the fact that Allahu ta'ala is (Wajib-ul-wujud). For if something entered something else, it would certainly need the thing it were now in. On the other hand, none of these types of entering, whether it be an object's entering something else's place or its attributes' entering something else's essence or its shape's entering another substance or its attributes' entering its essence, would mean entering according to philosophers; they say that this is no more than having a characteristic. In short, when something enters a place, it will need that place. [And this, in its turn, is contradictory to being a god].

According to Christians, Allahu ta'ala is matter and an object. In fact, it is stated in the Taurah, in the twenty-seventh verse of the first chapter of Genesis, "God loveth man, for He hath created him in His figure." Indeed, Christians make various pictures, cherubs, icons, [idols], put them in their churches, and worship them. They hold the belief that "God liveth in heavens. The earth is His foothold."

Allahu ta'ala is far from this Christian credo and anything similar to this credo. In this respect there is agreement between Muslims and the ancient Greek philosophers.

Evidences of this fact are written in books of Kalam.

Again, [as we have stated earlier in the text], Christians hold the belief that "Because of a venial mistake made by Adam 'alaihis-salam', all people and all Prophets 'alaihimus-salam' who came to earth until the time of Isa 'alaihis-salam', [because they were smeared with the depravity of the original sin], will be tormented in Hell, and Allahu ta'ala, being at a loss as to how to forgive this (so-called) grave sin, [may Allahu ta'ala protect us from saying so], had His only Son killed after various kinds of affronts and tortures in the hands of Jews, burned him eight days in Hell, and thus forgave the original sin."

According to Muslims' belief, there is no one above Allahu ta'ala to command Him or to interrogate Him. Allahu ta'ala is Ghafur, that is, He has very much forgiveness, and He is Rahim (merciful, compassionate). If a person has committed sins and died without repenting his sins and supplicating forgiveness, He will forgive him if He wills it be so; or He will torment him in return for his sins. [If He forgave all His born servants and put them into Paradise, it would be compatible with His Kindness. And if He threw all His born servants into Hell, it would be compatible with His Justice]. It is such an awkward thing to believe that Allahu ta'ala found no other way than killing His only Son for the forgiveness of His born servants. On the other hand, priests are traveling from one village to another, forgiving Christians sins [in return for a certain sum of money], while popes are selling plots from Paradise inch by inch as [if] they posses [ed] the keys to Paradise and the title deeds of these plots. [We have already quoted, (and explained) the Biblical verses on which priests base these practices of theirs].

As for the degree of respect [!] which Christians have for Prophets 'alaihimus-salam'; they impute various sins to each Prophet. They would disapprove even the lowest priest's being qualified with these unpleasant adjectives which they impute to Prophets. Examples of these are the slanders such as Lut's 'alaihis-salam' committing fornication with his blessed daughters when in ecstacy: Yahuda's (Judah) committing adultery with his daughter-in-law: Dawud's (David) 'alaihis-salam' committing adultery with Urya's wife; Sulaiman's (Solomon) 'alaihis-salam' worshipping idols.

The following principles of belief held by Christians are no less embarrassing than the slanders they direct to Prophets: While believing in the apostleship and even prophethood of the twelve Hawaris of Isa 'alaihis- salam', (they accept that) one of them, Judas (Iscariot) betrayed Isa 'alaihis-salam' to the Jews in return for a bribe of thirty dirhams; [on the night when Isa 'alaihis- salam' was arrested by the Jews, (according to Christians)], a rooster crowed three times and Peter the Apostle denied knowing Isa 'alaihis-salam' three times, each time the rooster crowed; Paul, who had believers of Isa 'alaihis-salam' killed with various kinds of torture for sixteen to seventeen years and had one of the Apostles flayed alive, is believed, by Christians, to have become a believer, to be more virtuous than Musa 'alaihis- salam', to have substituted baptism for circumcision, and diet for the worship of fasting, which is enjoined clearly in the Bible and in the Taurah, and to have changed many of the Mosaic and Biblical laws.

In order to ascribe divinity to Isa 'alaihis-salam', Christians impute a sin to every Prophet. In a debate between Muslims and Christians, a priest who asserted that Isa 'alaihis-salam' was divine was asked by an Islamic savant what his proofs were. He answered that he had four proofs, and cited them as follows:

"My first proof is that he was created without a father," he said. When the Islamic scholar said, "Adam 'alaihis-salam' was created not only without a father, but also without a mother. Also, angels were created both without a father and without a mother. [Angels are not male or female]. Then, Adam 'alaihis-salam' and angels must be accepted as divine like Isa 'alaihis-salam [may Allahu ta'ala protect us from saying so]," the priest could not answer him. Then he went on and asserted his second proof.

"My second proof is that Isa 'alaihis-salam' resuscitated dead people," he said. Upon this the Islamic scholar interrogated, "As it is written in the Taurah, a couple of Israelite Prophets also resuscitated dead people. In fact, Musa 'alaihis-salam' animated the inert rod. These people, too, must be sons of Allahu ta'ala [may Allahu ta'ala protect us from saying so]." The priest could not answer this, either. Then he passed on to his third proof.

"My third proof is Isa's 'alaihis-salam' ascension to heaven," he said. Upon this the Islamic savant said, "You say that Isa "alaihis-salam' was lifted up to heaven after being killed with many insults. Christians and Muslims unanimously believe that Idris 'alaihis-salam', too, was lifted up to heaven in an honorable and dignified manner and when he was alive. Accordingly, Idris 'alaihis-salam' would necessarily be more worthy of being a son to Allahu ta'ala." The priest could not answer this either. Then he passed on to his fourth proof.

"Every Prophet committed a sin, but Isa 'alaihis- salam' did not. This is an attribute of divinity," he said. When the Islamic scholar asked, "Which Prophets committed sins?", he said, "(For example), David (Dawud 'alaihis-salam') did." Upon this the Islamic scholar said, "O priest! This statement of yours makes you more evil, more repugnant than Jews. For the appositive 'Jesus, the son of David' is written in all the four Gospels. If what you said were true and Dawud 'alaihis-salam' were an adulterer, [may Allahu ta'ala protect us from saying so], then Isa 'alaihis-salam' would be acknowledging that he were an illegitimate child [may Allahu ta'ala protect us from saying or thinking so] by saying that he is the son of Dawud 'alaihis-salam'. Could there be any doubts as to this deduction? O priest! You are on the one hand promoting Isa 'alaihis-salam' to divinity in power, and on the other hand downgrading him to an illegitimate son. There is a great contradiction between these two." The priest, once again, could not answer. Extremely

humiliated and utterly dumbfounded, he left the place.

Another consternating paradox Christians fall into in their belief system is that, while imputing sins to all the Prophets 'alaihimus-salam' whom Allahu ta'ala has chosen from among His born servants and sent forth (as Messengers) to people as a great favor and kindness (to humanity), they believe that the Popes whom they have chosen from among themselves are innocent. What a smug fatuity! The second ayat of Hashr sura purports, "O thee people of discernment! [Observe the commandments of Allahu ta'ala, mediate (over them), and] take lessons."