assalamualaikum!
mase i tengah kemas kemas meja kat umah sikit semalam, *cehceh* nak pilih la sikit, kertas mane yang nak buang, kertas mane yang nak simpan, files ayah i yang dia letak bersepah. so, i pon bukak, dah dia letak merata, maksodnya dia dah taknak la, or dah lame simpan, i bukak satu file. pelik la.sebab file tu pasal sunway resort, bukak bukak i nampak ade 3 naskhah kecil ' The Amazing Quran' by Gary Miller.
Gary Miller, macam pernah dengar, so i pon teruskan berkemas, naskhah tu simpan dulu.
malam sikit, i dah boring tahap gaban, i pon amek la balik mende tu. nak bace. perasaan, biasa biasa je. tak eksaited tak ape pon.
tapi, i berasa sungguh eksaited bila i bace isi dia. agak impressed la. the facts yang dia bagi and olah.. yela, baru i tahu dia ni mathematician and ape ntah yang baru masuk islam. so be it la. memang patut pon ape yang dia cakap pasal Quran tu berasas. sebab dia kaji.
However, about ten years before Abu Lahab died, a little chapter in the Quran ( Surah al-lahab,111) was revealed about him. It distinctly stated that he would go to the Fire (i.e.,hell). In other words, it affirmed that he would never become a Muslim and would therefore be condemned forever. For ten years all Abu Lahab had to do was say "I heard that it has been revealed to Muhammad that I will never change - that i will never become a Muslim and will enter the Hellfire. Well, I want to become a Muslim now. How do you like that? What do you think of your divine revelation now?" But he never did that. And yet, that is exactly the kind of behavior one would have expected from him since he always sought to contradict Islam. In essence, Muhammad said, "You hate me and you want to finish me? Here, say these words, and I am finished. Come on, say them!" but Abu Lahab never said them. Ten years! And in all that time he never accepted Islam or even became sympathetic to the Islamic cause. How could Muhammad possibly have known for sure that Abu Lahab would fulfill the Quranic revelation if he was not truly the massenger of Allah?
An interesting example of the latter type of falsification tests contained in the Quran is the verse which mentions the relationship between the Muslims and the Jews. The verse is careful not to narrow it's scope to the relationship between individual members of each religion, but rather it summarizes the relationship between two groups of people as a whole. In essence, the Quran states that the Christians will always treat Muslims better than the Jews treat the Muslims. Indeed, the full impact of such a statement can only be felt after careful consideration of the real meaning of such a verse. It is true that many Christians and many Jews have become Muslims, but as a whole, the Jewish community is to be viewed as an avid enemy of Islam. Additionally, very few people realize what such an open declaration in the Quran invites. In essence, it is an easy chance for the Jews to prove that the Quran is false - that it is not a divine revelation. All they have to do is organize themselves, treat Muslim nicely for a few years and then say, "Now what does your holy book say about who are your bestfriend in the worlds - the Jews or the Christians? Look what we Jews have done for you?" That is all they have to do to disprove the Quran's authenticity, yet they have not done it in 1400 years. But as always, the offer still stands open!
see? i suka ayat last dia tu. the offer still stands open! sebab tu menunjukkan keyakinan dia dalam Quran. i like his talk. and the facts that he give. banyak lagi yang i nak tulis. copy dari buku tu. tapi, seriously, panjang gila. kalau korang nak study lebih pasal Gary Miller, search jela kat google. jumpa.
till then, bye!
