Today, there are three religions that believe in the existence of Allahu ta'ala: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It is written in the international statistics of 1979 that there are about 900 million Christians, 600 million Muslims, and 15 million Jews in the world. The rest of the people (more than two billion) either belong to religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Brahmanism or similar religions which do not believe in the concept of One Creator. The rest worship idols, fire and the sun, or do not accept any religion. Recently, in the U.S. press, it has been reported that the Muslim population was 900 million, not 600 million. Finally, according to the publications of CESI (Centro Editoriale Studi Islamici), in Rome, the Muslim population was reported to be 865.3 million in 1980. It states the number of Muslims as follows:

In Asia : 592.3 million

In Africa : 245.5 million

In Europe : 21 million

In America and Canada : 6 million

In Australia : 0.5 million.

It is reported in the book Islam published in English in 1984 by an Islamic center named "The Muslim Educational Trust" that the number of Muslims in the world is one billion and fifty seven million. The number of Muslims in each of the forty-six Islamic countries as well as in the other countries is also given in this book. It is understood through statistics that the Muslim population is increasing every year.

The number of countries wherein the Muslim population is over fifty percent is nearly fifty-seven. In the light of this statistic, what a pity that some people are still worshipping idols, as we are about to enter the 21 st century. In addition to this, many of the people following the three great religions which believe in One Supreme Being, have given up their faith completely. This is because there are no real murshids left to lead them. It is impossible for today's men of religion, who lack religious and scientific knowledge, to convey the love of religion to the young generation, which has been learning just scientific knowledge. To enable the youth to attain happiness, we need guides who are open minded, informed about the latest scientific developments and who, at the same time, know the religion very well. Through this impartial book, following a scientific method in our research, we want to ascertain Allah's real religion, determine which one of the two great books, the Bible or the Qur'an al-karim, is Allahu ta'ala's word, and thereby show the right path to those who hesitate in this matter.

Our readers must be assured that while these studies were being carried out, we were completely impartial. The two books on religion that we have examined are the Qur'an al-karim and the Bible of today. It is a fact that there is the Torah (Tawrat) which belongs to the Jews, but since the most important parts of it were added to the Bible under the name of The Old Testament, this book was examined as it is within the Bible. This part of our book deals mostly with the New Testament. That is, the book to be examined here is the book which is supposed to be the real Bible and called the "Evangelium" in the Christian world.

The Holy Bible is not one book. As we have explained above, one part of it is called "The Old Testament" which contains texts quoted from the "Torah." The second part is called "The New Testament." It contains the books (Injils) written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Luke's book "The acts of the Apostles," and the letters written by the apostles and Paul. The Old Testament consists of three parts. The first part contains the five books Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, which is supposed to be the Torah revealed to Moses ('alaihi 's-salam). The second part is Naveeim, that is, Prophets, which is divided into two as the early Prophets, and the late Prophets. These are Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezeikel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Johah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. The third is called Ketuvim, i.e. books, scripture. These are the Psalms which are supposed to have been written by David ('alaihi 's-salam), and other books, such as The Proverbs, The Songs of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, Ruth, Esther, Job, The Lamentations of Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.

Where does the knowledge in these books come from? The blindly adherent Christians and Jews, -even though there are many contradictions between them- believe in the same book and claim that all the words in these books are Allahu ta'ala's words. But if it is examined very carefully, you will have to acknowledge that the words in these books come from three different sources:

1. Some of them can be accepted as Allahu ta'ala's words because Allahu ta'ala, Himself, addresses human beings. For instance, Deuteronomy 18:18: "I will raise them up a Prophet from among their bretheren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth. And he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him."

Isaiah 43:11: "I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no savior."

Isaiah 45:22: "look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else."

We think that these statements have been quoted from the real holy books of the Prophets sent to the Israelites (Jews). Note that with these words Allahu ta'ala declares Himself as One ( there are no gods so-called son or holy ghost); He, Himself, sent the Prophets and there is no Allah, but Him.

Now, let us examine the second source of the Holy Bible.

2. The words in the second part might be acceptable as the words of Prophets. For instance:

Matthew 27:46: "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, E'li, E'li, la'ma sa-bach'tha-ni? that is to say, My Allah, my Allah, why hast thou forsaken me?"

Mark 12:29: "And Jesus answered him. The first of all the commandments is: Hear, O Israel; The lord our God is one Lord." [And, notice again, son or holy ghost is not mentioned].

Mark 10:18: "And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God."

If we analyze these words which are claimed to have been spoken by Isa ('alaihi 's-salam), they can be accepted as the words of a Prophet. Therefore, the words of Allahu ta'ala and the words of a Prophet (alaihimus- salavatu wattaslimat) are both in the Holy Bible. In contrast, Muslims have separated Allah's words from the words of their Prophet, and have gathered the words of their Prophet (alaihimussalevatu wattaslimat) in the books called "Hadith ash-Sharif," which means "traditions."

Now, let us consider a third aspect of the Holy Bible.

3. Some of the scriptures here are historical events, such as the events written by Isa's ('alaihi 's-salam) apostles about Hadrat Isa. And some of them are quoted from other people; some of them are narrations from historians; and the remaining ones are the words of authors who are not known. Also, the reason for their being told is not known. Here is an example:

Mark 11:13: "And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find anything thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet."

Mark, who wrote this event, never met Isa ('alaihi 's-salam). Furthermore, after this verse; that is, in the 14th verse, it is said that Isa ('alaihi 's-salam) prayed so that the fig tree would never bear any figs after that. An assertion like this is never acceptable. It is out of the question for a fig tree to bear figs while out of season. And it is not compatible with wisdom, knowledge, science, and religion for a tree to be cursed by a Prophet since it could not bear figs while out of season, especially since it is a helpless tree created by Allahu ta'ala.

Also here someone is talking about someone else. The narrator is not known. But it can be understood that the person who went to the fig tree was Hadrat Jesus.

Likewise, in most of today's Holy Bibles, there are words of authors who are not known, but their words are understood to be the words of a human being. Therefore, it is impossible to accept them as the words of Allahu ta'ala.

Now, please let us put our hands on our hearts and think carefully. How can we accept such a book as the word of Allahu ta'ala, a book in which there are some words by Allahu ta'ala, some words by Prophets, and some different narrations by ordinary human beings. In short, there are many errors in today's Holy Bibles. A story is related in different ways by different narrators. The numbers reported in a story are not the same. These are enough to prove that today's Holy Bibles are really the work of human beings.

In the 82 nd verse of Chapter Nisa of the Qur'an al-karim, Allahu ta'ala declares: "Will they not ponder on the Qur'an? [The Qur'an al-karim is the word of Allahu ta'ala] If it had not come from Allah, they could have surely found in it many contradictions." What a truthful word this is! The contradictions within the Holy Bible prove that it is the work of human beings. As we shall see below, the Holy Bibles were examined, corrected, changed, improved in other words, edited various times over by religious commissions and synods. How can Allahu ta'ala's words be corrected by His servants? But not a single letter of the Qur'an al-karim has been changed since the first day it was sent to our Prophet Hadrat Muhammad (sall-Allahu 'alaihi wa sallam) by Allahu ta'ala. We shall see in the section concerning the Qur'an al-karim that the Muslims have done their best to keep it in its original form. Even the most fanatic Christians jealously admit that the Qur'an al-karim has not been changed at all up to now. Any revelation of Allahu ta'ala must be like this. They remain forever unchanged. Let us listen to educated Christian men of science and see what their opinions are on the matter of whether today's Bibles are Allah's word or not.

On the 17 th page of his book Is the Bible Allah's Word? Dr. Graham Scroggie, who is from the "Moody Bible Institutions," says: "Yes, the Holy Bible is the work of human beings. Some people oppose this fact with reasons I cannot understand. The Bible is a work which was prepared in the minds of men, written down in their language, with their own hands and completely possessed of the human character."

Although he is a Christian, Kenneth Crag, a man of religion, says: "The New Testament, which is part of the Holy Bible, is not the word of Allah. In it, there are tales told by mankind and the testimony of people who saw how something had happened. Those words, which originated only from the minds of human beings, have been presented to people as if they were the words of Allahu ta'ala."

Theologist Prof. Geyser says: "The Holy Bible is not the word of Allahu ta'ala. But, in spite of this, it is a holy book."

There had been popes in history who did not believe in the doctrine of the "Trinity" which is the unity of three: "Allah, the Son, the Holy Ghost." One of these popes, Honorius, was officially cursed forty-eight years after his death by the Synod which was held in Istanbul in 680 A.D.

The Bible, written by Barnabas who was one of the apostles of Isa ('alaihi 's-salam) and who traveled together with Paul to spread Christianity, suddenly disappeared and, hence, the proof that "A Prophet will come after me; his name will be Muhammad (sall-Allahu 'alaihi wa sallam) and he will teach you many things" which was said by Hadrat Jesus, has been hidden by the extreme elements of the Christian Church.

Therefore, we and Western scholars should come to the same conclusion: The Holy Bible of today is not Allahu ta'ala's word. The real Torah and Bible which were Allahu ta'ala's actual words have been corrupted and falsified. In today's Bible, besides the words which can be considered the words of Allahu ta'ala, there are many words added by others, in the form of tales, narrations, and imaginary ideas. The chapters which proclaim the doctrine of the Trinity are completely illogical and run against the belief that "Allahu ta'ala is One." It is known that during the translation of the Bible from Hebrew into Latin and Greek, the idolatrous Romans and Greeks who had hundreds of gods by then, wanted to further increase the number of gods as a result of believing that one god is insufficient. According to some scholars, Plato's philosophy, which was relied upon by the Greeks, caused the conception of one God to be converted into three gods in all the Greek biblical translations. Plato's philosophy divides everything into three. For example: Manners are supported by the three senses: morality, wisdom, and nature. Nature is divided into three aspects: plant, animal, and human. Plato, basically had the belief of one Allah, who created the world, but claimed that Allah might have two assistants. This philosophy brought about the doctrine of the Trinity. There are numerous historians who have accepted this philosophical theory. Nevertheless, these words" I am Allah! Allah is One. there is no Allah except Me." are in many chapters of today's Holy Bibles, as we shall see below. Even the Bible itself refutes the doctrine of the Trinity which was inserted into it unjustly. It is claimed that the doctrine of the Trinity also comes from mistakes in the translation. Recently, after seeing the tremendous decline in the number of believers in the doctrine of the Trinity, the Christian Church now asserts that the words "father" and "son" have completely different meanings, and they are now reconsidering the idea of One Allah. The matter concerning the mistranslation of the Bible will be further dealt with below.

Although it is understood that today's Holy Bibles are not the words of Allahu ta'ala and many Christians confirm this fact; nevertheless, some fanatical Christians still claim that "Every word in today's Bible is the word of Allahu ta'ala." This is what we say to those zealots: The mal-i Sharif (interpretative meaning) of the 18th verse of chapter Baqara in the Qur'an al-karim is: "They are deaf [for not listening to the truth and accepting it], and dumb [for not declaring the faith and what is right], and blind [for not seeing the right path to Allahu ta'ala]. They will never return to the right path." It is said in the 13 th verse of the 13 th chapter in Matthew's book as follows: "Therefore speak I to them in Parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."

Now let us examine the Bible again.

First of all, we must focus on the fact that the Bible in the hands of the Christians is not one and the same. If you wanted to talk to Catholics about the Bible, they would ask you: "Which Bible do you want to talk about?" The Catholics, Protestants and Orthodoxies (Eastern churches) have different Bibles. If you asked them, "How can the Bible, which is supposed to be Allah's word, exist in so many different forms?" they would be confused for some time and then give a ridiculous answer, which has no relation with the question, such as: "Well... In fact, the Bible is one. But there can be differences in its interpretations." If we examine history we shall see that the first Roman Catholic Bible was Vulgatan's translation of Jerome's Latin Bible published in 990 (1582) in Reims, and then republished in Douay in 1609. And today, it is available in English with the name"RCV" (Roman Catholic Version). Today, the Bible in the hands of the people of England is the frequently changed form of this old Bible. From the year 1600 up to now, it has been examined many times. Some texts have been taken out which were said to be "apocrypha," that is, doubted as genuine, and some texts, for example, Judith, Thobias, Baruh, Esther, etc.. have been completely abolished. Finally, it was published again with the name "Authorized Version" meaning "the latest and the truest Bible." But since a considerable number of scholars, even the famous Prime Minister Churchill, considered the expressions in this Bible inappropriate, they returned, for some time, to the old and famous Bible, called "KJV" which was abandoned in the year 1611. Finally, in 1952, it was corrected again and a new Bible was prepared with the name "RSV," meaning "corrected and reviewed." Nonetheless, since this new one was assumed not to have been corrected perfectly, soon after this, in 1391 (1971), "the double-corrected Bible" was published.

The Catholics' Bible has also been changed many times. The Bible, translated from Hebrew to Greek and then from Greek to Latin was examined by the Assembly of Nicaea (Iznik), which was ordered to convene by the Great Constantaine in the year 325. And later it was examined by the Assembly of Ludicia in the year 364, by the assembly of Istanbul in 381, by the assembly of Carthagian monks in 397, by the assembly of Efesus (Efes) in 431, by the assembly of Kadikoy in 451, and by many other assemblies. Each time, it was put in a new order, some parts were changed, and some books in the Old Testament were taken out while some of those which had been refuted by some assemblies were accepted again. In 930 (1524) when Protestantism arose, these books were again examined and changed again.

During this era, a great many Christian scholars opposed these changes and translations claiming that foreign material had been added to the Holy Bible.

As we have mentioned above, it can be easily seen that the people who claim that the Bible has been incorrectly translated from its old original Hebrew are actually correct. In the Hebrew language the word "Father" means not only "the father of a child," but it also means a man who is great and honorable. That is why, in the Qur'an al-karim, Azar, who was the uncle of Hadrat Abraham (Ibrahim [alaihi 's-salam]) is referred to as "his father, called Azar." His own father, Taruh, had died. He had been raised by his uncle Azar and according to the traditions of that time, he called him "father." The dialogues in the book Rashahat say that in Turkistan the people who are respected and pitied are called "father," too. (We use the expression in Turkish "What a father-man he is!" to explain the admiration we feel for someone.)

Likewise in the Hebrew language, the word "son" is widely used to describe someone who is younger and lower in rank, but loved very much. look at this phrase in the Bible. Matthew 5:9: "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." As it is understood clearly, the word "son" means "the beloved servant of Allahu ta'ala." So, the word "Father," in the original Bible, means a sacred existence and the word "son" means"a beloved servant," It does not mean three gods at all. The meaning derived from the words "Son" and "Father" is that"a very exalted Creator has sent His beloved servant, like hadrat Jesus, as a prophet to mankind." Most of the Christians who have realized this fact say: "All of us are Allahu ta'ala's servants, and children. Allahu ta'ala is the Lord and Father of us all. The words 'Father' and 'son' must be explained like this."

It will be understood through the examples below that a number of words in the original Hebrew book have been mistranslated.

1. In the original Hebrew of Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament, the word "Allah" was written instead of Allah. The word had one "L" not two. However, in today's Bible, which has undergone many changes, the word "Allah" has been deleted. That is to say, Christians were afraid of using a name similar to the "Allah" of the Muslims.

2. The word "virgin" does not exist in the Hebrew original of the Old Testament. The birth of Hadrat Jesus Christ has been written in the old Hebrew text as follows: Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Im-man'u-el." The word "Almah" was used here which meant "girl" in the Hebrew language. Also, in Hebrew the word "Bethullah" is used to mean "virgin." But, the word "virgin" was used instead of "girl" by the Christians since this suited their interests. Thus, the concept of "the sacred virgin" had been established in the Christian world.

3. Furthermore, the sentence in the Bible (John 3: 16) was: "For God so loved the world, that he gave [sent there] his only son [the person He loved much] that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life," was changed by the fanatical priests of England to: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." They, unfortunately, added an English word"begotten" which definitely means "born to someone." Nevertheless, even in many parts of today's Holy Bible, the fact that Allahu ta'ala is one and Hadrat Isa (Jesus Christ, 'alaihi 's-salam) was sent as a prophet is written. We shall quote some of them now:

Mark 12:29: "... Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord."

Mark 12:32: "... There is one God. There is none other but He."

Deuteronomy 4:39: "Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else."

Deuteronomy 6:4: "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."

Deuteronomy 32:39: "See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with me."

Isaiah 40: 25,26: "To whom then will you liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things.

Isaiah 43: 10,11: "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am He: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no savior."

Isaiah 44:6: "Thus said the Lord... I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God."

Isaiah 45:5: "I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me."

Isaiah 45:18: "For thus said the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it, not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else."

Isaiah 45:21,22: "Have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Savior; there is none beside me. look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: For I am God, and there is none else."

Isaiah 46:9: "I am God, and there is none else; I am God, there is none like me."

The words below explain that Hadrat Isa (Jesus, 'alaihi 's-salam) was a prophet:

Matthew 21:10, 11: "And when he was come in to Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee."

John 5:30: Isa (Jesus) said: "I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgement is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me." [That is, I can do nothing myself. I do what I hear. I look for His will, not for my own will.]

Mathew 13:57: "And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them. A Prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house."

John 8:26,27: "I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. [That is, He who sent me is Allah. I relate to the world only what I have heard from Him.]

John 14:24: "He that loveth me not, keepth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me." [The words you have heard are not mine, but they are Allah's, who sent me here.]

John 17:3: "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."

John 14:18: "...for my Father is greater than I"

The Acts 2:22: "Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know."

The Acts 3:26: "Unto you first God, having raised up his son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities."

The Acts 4:29,30: "...by stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus." The facts that Isa ('alaihis 's-salam) was a prophet and he spoke what he was revealed by Allahu ta'ala are clearly reported in those above-mentioned verses.

All these words above have been quoted from the Bible which the Christians still have today. In other words, no matter how many changes they have made, there are still authentic words in today's Torah and Bible resulting from the original Bible.

The fact of Allahu ta'ala' becoming angry with those who wanted to falsely depict Hadrat Isa ' (Jesus, 'alaihi 's-salam) as His son, and even insolently change the words of the Bible to suit this purpose, is declared in the 88-92 nd verses of Chapter Maryam of the Qur'an al-karim: "They [The Jews and the Christians] say 'The Mercy-giving has adopted a son!' You have brought up something monstrous! The heavens almost burst apart from it, while the earth splits open and the mountains fall down with a crash, that anyone should ascribe a son to the Mercy-giving! It is not proper for the Mercy-giving to adopt a son. Everyone who is in Heaven and Earth comes to the Mercy-giving merely as a servant."

Again, in the 3rd verse in Chapter Ikhlas of the Qur'an al-karim, Allahu ta'ala declares: "He has not fathered anyone nor was He fathered." The interpretative meaning of the 171 st verse in Surat-un Nisa is: "O people of the Book! [The Jews and the Christians] Do not exaggerate in [practicing] your religion and tell nothing except the Truth about Allah. Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, was merely Allah's messenger and His word which He cast into Mary, and a spirit [proceeding] from Him, Believe in Allah [Alone] and His messengers, and do not say: 'Three!' Stopping [it] will be better for you. Allah is only One Allah; glory be to Him, beyond His having any son."

In the 10 th verse in Chapter Baqara of the Qur'an al-karim Allahu ta'ala addresses those who changed the Bible: "There is a sickness in their hearts. Allah has increased their sickness. They will have a painful torment because they have been lying."

The interpretative meaning of the 79 th ayat of Chapter Baqara is: "Woe to those who wrote the Scripture with their own hands and then declared: 'This is from Allah, so they may sell it for a paltry price. Woeful shall be their fate, because of what their hands have written, because of that which they have gained!"