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The status of these books remained unchanged until the Protestant Reformation. The Protestants repudiated the decisions of the councils and declared that the following books were essentially to be rejected: The Book of Baruch, The Book of Tobit, The Letter of Jude, The song of Solomon, Ecclesiastics, The First and Second Books of Maccabees. They excluded these books from the ...

It is important to note that in 325 a great conference of Christian theologians and religious scholars was convened in the city of Nicaea under the order of the Emperor Constantine to examine and define the status of these books. After thorough investigation it was decided that the Epistle of Jude was genuine and believable. The rest of these books ...

DIVISIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT There are nine books in this part. The authenticity of these books has been a point of controversy among Christians. The Protestant faith, for instance, does not acknowledge the divine origin of these books, and they have discarded them from their Bible. They do not form part of the King James Version of the Bible. ...

An Overview of Bible – Divisions of Old Testament This collection comprises of 38 books: 1 GENESIS The Book of Genesis describes the creation of the earth skies and gives an historical account of the Prophets Adam Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Joseph. The book ends with the death of the Prophet Joseph. This is also called the book of Creation ...

Bible is the sacred scripture of Christianity. The main source of knowledge, the main source of inspiration for Christians is supposed to be from the Holy bible. The Holy Qur’an also mentions about “Injeel”, the Gospel given to Jesus (pbuh). The books of the Bible are divided by the Christians into two main parts: 1) The Old Testament 2) The ...

Jeus Christ (pbuh) never claimed Divinity One may ask, if both Muslims and Christians love and respect Jesus (pbuh), where exactly is the parting of ways? The major difference between Islam and Christianity is the Christians’ insistence on the supposed divinity of Christ (pbuh). A study of the Christian scriptures reveals that Jesus (pbuh) never claimed divinity. In fact there ...

It is very important that a believer must follow the correct manhaj (methodology) in obeying Allah. It is possible that a number of personal interpretations can be derived from the Quran and Sunnah. This would lead to divisions and differences between the ummah which ultimately results in broken deen or religion. One of the prime reasons for the divisions and ...

Tawheed in Arabic means attributing Oneness to Allaah and describing Him as being One and Unique, with no partner or peer in His Essence and Attributes. The Arabs say waahid, ahad and waheed, all meaning one. Allaah is Waahid, meaning that He has no rivals or peers in any way. So Tawheed means knowing Allaah is One, with none like ...

We are in the second year of the Hijrah. Madinah the city of the Prophet is buzzing with activity as the Muslims prepare for  the long march southwards to Badr. The noble Prophet made a final inspection of the first army to be mobilized under his leadership to wage Jihad against those  who had tormented the Muslims for many years ...

Umm Salaamah! What an eventful life she had! Her real name was Hind. She was the daughter of  one of the notables in the Makhzum clan nicknamed “Zad ar-Rakib” because he was well known  for his generosity particularly to travelers. Umm Salamah’s husband was Abdullah ibn Abdulasad  and they both were among the first persons to accept Islam. Only Abu ...