From The Gospel
of Barnabas:
A Dialogue With
The Devil’s Friend
(As Narrated By Jesus Christ)
First, God
Makes Man, Then
Man Starts
Making Gods And
Sells Them For
Money! Then
Man Kills Man
In The Name of God!
(M. Javed Naseem)
"Woe to the one
who quarrels with his Maker – An
earthenware vessel
among the vessels of earth!
Will the clay say to
the potter, 'What are you doing?'
Or the thing you are
making say, 'He has no hands'?”
-- The Bible (Isaiah
45:9).
When God created Man, He gave him a lot of freedom, a lot of
liberty and a lot of choices; and also warned him of the bounds and limits
prescribed for him. But man, being so ungrateful, hasty and Devil-friendly,
abused that liberty and freedom of choice to the fullest extent. So much so
that he became disobedient and rebellious to God – the Almighty Who created him
in the first place. He ignored all warnings (he still does that) and kept doing
what he ‘liked’ to do while bending and twisting the laws/rules prescribed by
God to cover or justify his evil deeds. But the Lord God is watching!
The Quran says:
رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ
وَٱلأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَٱعْبُدْهُ
وَٱصْطَبِرْ لِعِبَادَتِهِ
هَلْ تَعْلَمُ لَهُ سَمِيّاً
"Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and
of all that is
between them; so worship Him,
and be constant and
patient in His worship!
Know you of any who
is worthy of the
same Name as
He?"
(al-Quran 19:65)
The Bible says (Acts 17:24):
"The God who made the world and all things in it, since
He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.”
Today, man doesn’t even like to hear the word ‘God’ (or
religion) in his daily affairs. Using the silly excuse of separating the Church
from the State, he has dumped religion and with that God too. For him, it is
very old fashioned and annoying to talk of God and applying His laws on his
life. He does not like to admit that to God belongs everything in the heaven
and on earth.
The Bible says (Deuteronomy
10:14):
"Behold, to the
Lord your God belong heaven and
the highest heavens,
the earth and all that is in it.”
The Quran says:
سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ
رَبِّكَ ٱلأَعْلَىٰ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ
فَهَدَىٰ
“Glorify the name of
your Guardian-Lord the
Most High, Who has
created, and further, given
order and proportion;
Who has ordained laws;
and granted
guidance.”
(al-Quran 87:1-3)
We have abandoned God and the result is obvious. We are
living in chaos, misery,
hypocrisy, sin, lawlessness and civil wars. Ironically, all
that chaos, misery, death and destruction is created and promoted by the
followers of Abraham (Ibrahim, a.s.) who was the father of all three major Semitic
religions of the world – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – which were hijacked
by the racist Zionists who strive for the hegemony of the world. They are
pitting one against the other in a divide-and-rule campaign to achieve the New
World Order; and eliminate the opposition at the same time.
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In the old, gods
were made of wood too but
it was not sinful
to burn wood! Today, in
digital India,
the racist extremist Hindus are
killing Muslims
& Christians because they eat
beef. And beef
comes from the Holy Cow (or
Holy Bull?). At
the same time, ironically, India
is the biggest
exporter of beef to the Muslim
Middle
East. Is it all about money & hypocrisy?
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In Chapters 26, 27 and 28 of the Gospel of Barnabas, Jesus
Christ narrates the story of Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim, a.s.). We know the story
of Abraham from the Holy Quran. The Quran says that Ibrahim’s father was called
Azar, while the Bible says he was called Terah. But the name is not important;
the dialogue is. Here is how the Gospel of Barnabas narrates it:
‘Then Jesus said: “There was a man on a journey who, as he
was walking, discovered a treasure in a field that was to be sold for five
pieces of money. Straightway the man, when he knew this, sold his cloak to buy
that field. Is that credible?”
The disciples answered: “He who would not believe this is
mad.”
Thereupon Jesus said: “You will be mad if you do not give
your senses to God to buy your soul in which resides the treasure of love; for
love is an incomparable treasure. For
he that loves God has God for his own; and whoever has God
has everything.”
Peter answered: “O master, how can one love God with true
love? Tell us.”
Jesus replied: “Truly I say to you that he who shall not
hate his father and his mother, and his own life, and children and wife for
love of God, such is not worthy to be loved of God.”
Peter answered: “O master, it is written in the Law of God
in the Book of Moses: Honour your father, that you may live long upon the
earth. And further he says: Cursed be the son that obeys not his father and his
mother.” God commanded that such a disobedient son should be stoned by the
wrath of the people before the gate of the city. (Why) do you bid us to hate
father and mother?”
Jesus replied: “Every word of mine is true, because it is
not mine, but God’s, who has sent me to the House of Israel. Therefore I say to
you that all that which you possess God has bestowed it upon you; and so, what
is more precious, the gift or the giver? When your father and your mother with
every other thing is a stumbling block to you in the service of God, abandon
them as enemies. Did not God say to Abraham: Go forth from the house of your
father and of your kindred, and come to dwell in the land which I will give to
you and to your seed? Why did God say this, except that the father of Abraham
was an image-
maker, who made and worshiped false gods? (For this reason)
there was enmity between
them, such that the father wished to burn his son.”
Peter answered: “Your words are true. I pray you tell us how
Abraham mocked his father.”
Jesus replied: “Abraham was seven years old when he began to
seek God. So one day he said to his father: ‘Father, what made man?’
The foolish father answered: “Man (made man); for I made
you, and my father made
me.”
Abraham answered: ‘Father, it is not so; for I have heard an
old man weeping and saying: ‘O my God, why have you not given me children?’
His father replied: “It is true, my son, that God helps man
to make man, but he does not put his hands to (the task); it is only necessary
that man come to pray to his God and
to give him lambs and sheep, and his God will help him.”
Abraham answered: ‘How many gods are there, father?’
The old man replied: ‘They are infinite in number, my son.’
Then Abraham said: ‘O father, what shall I do if I serve one
god and another (god) wishes me evil because I do not serve him? In any case
discord will come between them,
and so war will arise among the gods. And if, perhaps, the
god that wills me evil shall slay my own god, what shall I do? It is certain
that he will slay me also.’
The old man, laughing, answered: “O son, have no fear, for
no god makes war upon another god; no, in the great temple there are a thousand
gods with the great god Baal; and I am now near seventy years old, and yet
never have I seen that one god has smitten another god. And assuredly all men
do not serve one god, but one man one, and another.”
Abraham answered: “So, then, they have peace among
themselves?”
His father said: “They have.”
Then said Abraham: “O father, what be the gods like?”
The old man answered: “Fool, every day I made a god, which I
sell to others to buy bread, and you know not what the gods are like!” And then
at that moment he was making an idol.
“This,” said he, “is of palm wood, that one is of olive,
that little one is of ivory; see how fine it is! Does it not seem as though it
were alive? Assuredly, it lacks but breath!”
Abraham answered: “And so, father, the gods are without
breath? Then how do they give
breath? And being without life, how give they life? It is
certain, father, that these are
not God.”
The old man was wroth at these words, say: “If you were of
age to understand, I would break your head with this axe. But hold your peace,
because you have not understanding!”
Abraham answered: “Father, if the gods help to make man, how
can it be that man should make the gods? And if the gods are made of wood, it
is a great sin to burn wood. But tell me, father, how is it that, when you have
made so many gods, the gods have not helped you to make so many other children
that you should become the most powerful man in the world?”
The father was beside himself, hearing his son speak so; the
son went on: “Father, was the world for some time without men?”
“Yes”, answered the old man, “and why?”
“Because,” said Abraham, “I should like to know who made the
first God.”
“Now go out of my house!” said the old man, “and leave me to
make this god quickly, and speak no words to me; for, when you are hungry you
desire bread and not words.” Abraham said: “A fine god, truly, that you cut him
as you will, and he defends not himself!”
Then the old man was angry, and said: “All the world says
that it is a god, and you, mad fellow, say that it is not. By my gods, if you
were a man I could kill you!” And having said this, he gave blows and kicks to
Abraham, and chased him from the house.’
Very interesting story indeed! Now, a question comes to
mind. Abraham was only seven years of age and he was talking intelligently and
reasonably about God. What were you and me talking about at the age of seven?
We have graduated from the most modern universities of the world while Abraham
probably didn’t even go to school!
The first man – Adam – and his entire family knew that there
was only One God. They never made any images of God nor worshipped any idols.
Then somewhere along the line, something went wrong – terribly wrong – and we
couldn’t fix it till today. We are fighting over fake sovereignty, i.e., our
hegemony of the world. Unless and until we fight for God’s sovereignty, we
would never be able to live in peace and happiness.
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ
ٱلْخَالِقُ ٱلْبَارِئُ ٱلْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ ٱلأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِى
ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
“He is Allah, the Creator, the Evolver, the
Bestower of forms (or
colors)! To Him
belong the most beautiful
names. Whatever
is in the heavens and
on earth, does declare
His praises and
glory. And He is the Exalted
in Might, the Wise.”
(al-Quran 59:24)
The Bible says:
(1-Chronicles 29:11)
"Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the
glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens
and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head
over all.”
Unless we believe in the Divine and understand that
everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to God, and we are the guardians
of it on earth, we would never be able to fix this world. This world is for
everybody – people of all colors, all races and all religions – and everybody
is responsible for its maintenance and progress.
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