Yanzu zai zama mana sauƙi mu bincika da'awar wani Kirista game da Littafinsa Mai Tsarki.

It will now be easy for us to analyze a Christian's claim about his Holy Book.

Kafin mu yi nazari a kan nau'o'in fassarori daban-daban, bari mu fara bayyana imaninmu game da Littattafan Allah. Idan muka ce muna imani da Attaura, da Zabura, da Injila da kuma Alƙur'ani, me muke nufi da gaske? Mun riga mun sani cewa Alƙur'ani Mai Girma Maganar Allah ce marar kuskure, wadda aka saukar wa Annabinmu Mai Girma Hazrat Muhummed Mustapha ﷺ kalma-da-kalma, ta hannun Mala'ika Jibraeel (wanda aka fi sani da Gabriel a Turanci), kuma an kiyaye shi sosai, ba tare da an yi masa canji da hannun mutane ba, cikin shekaru dubu da ɗari huɗu da suka wuce! 1 Ko da masu sukar Musulunci sun yarda da tsarkin Alƙur'ani Mai Girma, duk da rashin son zuciyarsu: "BA ZA A SAMU WANI LITTAFI A DUNIYA WANDA YA KASANCE CIKIN TSARKIN RUBUTUN SA TSAWON KARNI GOMA SHA BIYU (YANZU GOMA SHA HUƊU) BA." — (Sir William Muir)

Before we scrutinize the various versions, let us clarify our own belief regarding the Books of God. When we say that we believe in the Tauraat, the Zaboor, the Injeel and the Qur'an, what do we really mean? We already know that the Holy Qur'an is the infallible Word of God, revealed to our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhummed Mustapha (Peace be upon him) word for word, through the agency of the Archangel Jibraeel, (known as Gabriel in English), and perfectly preserved and protected from human tampering for the past fourteen hundred years! 1 1 Even hostile critics of Islam have grudgingly vouched for the purity of the Holy Qur’ân: "THERE IS PROBABLY IN THE WORLD NO OTHER BOOK WHICH HAS REMAINED TWELVE CENTURIES (now fourteen) WITH SO PURE A TEXT." — (Sir William Muir)

Tauraat da muke imani da shi a matsayinmu na Musulmi ba shi ne "Torah" na Yahudawa da Kiristoci ba, duk da cewa kalmomin — ɗaya Larabci, ɗayan Ibrananci — iri ɗaya ne. Mun yi imani cewa duk abin da Annabi Musa (Aminci ya tabbata a gare shi) ya yi wa'azi da shi ga mutanensa, wahayi ne daga wurin Allah Maɗaukaki, amma Musa ba shi ne marubucin waɗancan "littattafai" da Yahudawa da Kiristoci suka danganta gare shi ba. 2

The Tauraat we Muslims believe in is not the "Torah" of the Jews and the Christians, though the words — one Arabic, the other Hebrew — are the same. We believe that whatever the Holy Prophet Moses (Peace be upon him) preached to his people, was the revelation from God Almighty, but that Moses was not the author of those "books" attributed to him by the Jews and the Christians. 2

Haka kuma muna imani cewa Zabura ita ce wahayin Allah da aka bai wa Annabi Dawud (David) (Aminci ya tabbata a gare shi), amma Zabura ta yanzu da ake danganta da sunansa ba ita ce wannan wahayin ba. Su Kiristoci kansu ba sa jaddada cewa Dawud shi kaɗai ne marubucin "Zabura" tasa ba.3

Likewise, we believe that the Zaboor was the revelation of God granted to Hazrat Dawood (David) (Peace be upon him), but that the present Psalms associated with his name are not that revelation. The Christians themselves do not insist that David is the sole author of "his" Psalms.3

1. Ko Musulmi ne ko ba Musulmi ba, ba sai ka karɓi wannan da'awa bisa imani kawai ba. Za ka iya tabbatar da gaskiyar cewa Al-Qur'ani Kalmar Allah ce. Duba "AL-QURAN- The Miracle of Miracles"; 2- Ƙarin shaida daga baya — "Moses not the author of the Biblical 'Torah.'" 3.. Daga baya za ka karanta yadda ƙungiyar "Brains Trust" ta Kiristoci ta yarda — "Author; Principally David, though there are other writers." Ya zancen Injil? INJEEL na nufin "Linjila" ko "labari mai daɗi" wanda Isa Almasihu ya yi wa'azi a lokacin ɗan gajeren aikinsa. Marubutan "Linjila" sukan ambata cewa Isa yana zagayawa yana wa'azin Linjila (Injeel):

1. Whether Muslim or non-Muslim, you do not have lo accept this claim on faith alone. You can verify the fact that Al-Qur’ân is the Word of God. See "AL-QURAN- The Miracle of Miracles"; 2- More evidence later on — "Moses not the author of the Biblical "Torah." 3.. Later on you’ll read how Christian "Brains Trust" confess — "Author; Principally David, though there are other writers." What about the Injeel? INJEEL means the "Gospel" or "good news" which Jesus Christ preached during his short ministry. The "Gospel" writers often mention that Jesus going about and preaching the Gospel (the Injeel):

"Kuma Yesu ya tafi . . . yana wa'azin bishara . . . kuma yana warkar da kowace cuta a cikin mutane." (Matta 9:35)

1. "And Jesus went . . . preaching the gospel . . . and healing every disease among the people." (Matthew 9:35)

"... amma duk wanda ya rasa ransa saboda ni da kuma bishara, shi ne zai cece ta." (Markus 8:35)

2. "... but whosoever shall lose his fife for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it." (Mark 8:35)

3. "... ya yi wa'azin bishara. . ." (Luka 20:1)

3. "... preached the gospel. . ." (Luke 20:1)

"Bishara" kalma ce da ake amfani da ita sau da yawa, amma wane Bishara ne Isa ya yi wa'azi? Daga cikin littattafai 27 na Sabon Alkawari, ƙaramin sashi ne kawai za a iya karɓa a matsayin maganganun Isa. Kiristoci suna alfahari da Bisharu bisa ga Matta, bisa ga Markus, bisa ga Luka da bisa ga Yahaya, amma babu ko Bishara guda ɗaya "bisa ga" (Annabi) Isa da kansa! Mun yi imani da gaske cewa duk abin da Almasihu (Tsira da albarkar Allah su tabbata a gare shi) ya yi wa'azi daga Allah ne. Wannan shi ne Injila, labari mai daɗi da shiriyar Allah ga Banu Isra'ila. A rayuwarsa Isa bai taɓa rubuta kalma ɗaya ba, kuma bai umarci kowa ya yi haka ba. Abin da ake kira "BISHARU" a yau ayyukan hannaye ne marasa suna! Tambayar da ke gabanmu ita ce: "Shin kana yarda cewa Littafi Mai Tsarki Kalmar Allah ce?" Tambayar tana a zahiri a siffar ƙalubale. Mai tambayar ba kawai yana neman haske ba. An gabatar da tambayar cikin ruhin muhawara. Muna da cikakken hakkin mu nemi, a irin wannan salo: "Wane Littafi Mai Tsarki kake magana a kai?" za mu iya tambaya. "Ai, Littafi Mai Tsarki ɗaya ne kawai!" ya yi gunaguni.

The "gospel" is a frequently-used word, but what Gospel did Jesus preach? Of the 27 books of the New Testament, only a small fraction can be accepted as the words of Jesus. The Christians boast about the Gospels according to St. Matthew, according to St. Mark, according to St. Luke and according to St. John, but there is not a single Gospel "according" to (St.) Jesus himself! We sincerely believe that everything Christ (May the peace and blessings of God be upon him) preached was from God. That was the Injeel, the good news and the guidance of God for the Children of Israel. In his life-time Jesus never wrote a single word, nor did he instruct anyone to do so. What passes off as the "GOSPELS" today are the works of anonymous hands! The question before us is: "Do you accept that the Bible is God's Word?" The question is really in the form of a challenge. The questioner is not simply seeking enlightenment. The question is posed in the spirit of a debate. We have every right to demand in a similar vein — "Which Bible are you talking about?", we may ask. "Why, there is only ONE Bible!" he mutters.

Rike da wannan littafin Douay na Bible na Katolika a hannuna, na tambaya, "Shin KAI ka yarda da WANNAN Bible a matsayin Kalmar Allah?" Saboda dalilan da su kansu suka sani, Ƙungiyar Gaskiya ta Katolika (Catholic Truth Society) sun buga Fassararsu ta Bible a cikin ƙaramin tsari, gajeru. Wannan Fassarar tana da wani yanayi mai ban mamaki idan aka kwatanta ta da yawan fassarori da ake da su a kasuwa yau. Bahaushen da ke tambayar yana mamaki. "Wace Bible ce wannan?" ya tambaya. "Me ya sa, ina tsammanin ka ce akwai Bible ƊAYA KACAL!" na tunatar da shi. "E-e-e," ya yi gunaguni cikin shakka, "amma wace Fassara ce wannan?" "To, shin hakan zai canza wani abu?" na tambaya. Tabbas yana canzawa, kuma malamin wa'azi na ƙwarai ya san hakan. Yana kawai yin kwaɗayi da iƙirarinsa na "Bible ƊAYA KACAL."

Holding the "Douay" Roman Catholic Version of the Bible aloft in my hand, I ask, "Do YOU accept THIS Bible as the Word of God?" For reasons best known to themselves, the Catholic Truth Society have published their Version of the Bible in a very short, stumpy form. This Version is a very odd proportion of the numerous Versions in the market today. The Christian questioner is taken aback. "What Bible is that?" he asks. "Why, I thought you said that there was only ONE Bible!" I remind him. "Y-e-s," he murmurs hesitantly, "but what Version is that?" "Why, would that make any difference?" I enquire. Of course it does, and the professional preacher knows that it does. He is only bluffing with his "ONE Bible" claim.

Littafin Baibul na Katolika an buga shi a Rheims a shekarar 1582, daga Latin Vulgate na Jerome, kuma aka sake buga shi a Douay a shekarar 1609. Saboda haka RCV (Roman Catholic Version) ita ce Fassara mafi tsufa da ake iya saya a yau. Duk da tsufarta, duniyar Furotesta gaba ɗaya, ciki har da "ƙungiyoyin ɓata" *, suna sukar RCV saboda tana ɗauke da "littattafai" bakwai na ƙarin da suke kiransu da raini "apocrypha", wato na SHAKKAR IKON. Duk da gargaɗin tsoro da ke cikin Apocalypse, wanda shi ne littafi na ƙarshe a cikin RCV (Protestants sun sauya masa suna zuwa "Revelation"), an "bayyana" shi.

The Roman Catholic Bible was published at Rheims in 1582, from Jerome's Latin Vulgate and reproduced at Douay in 1609. As such the RCV (Roman Catholic Version) is the oldest Version that one can still buy today. Despite its antiquity, the whole of the Protestant world, including the "cults"* condemn the RCV because it contains seven extra "books" which they contemptuously refer to as the "apocrypha" i.e. of DOUBTFUL AUTHORITY. Notwithstanding the dire warning contained in the Apocalypse, which is the last book in the RCV (renamed as "Revelation" by the Protestants), it is "revealed":

"... Duk wanda ya ƙara wani abu ga waɗannan abubuwa (ko ya cire wani abu daga cikinsu), to, Allah zai ƙara masa annoban da aka rubuta a cikin wannan Littafi." (Ru'ya ta Yohanna 22:18-19)

Sir Winston Churchill yana da abubuwa masu muhimmanci da zai faɗa game da Fassarar Izini (Authorised Version, AV) ta Littafi Mai Tsarki na Furotesta, wadda kuma aka fi sani da "King James Version (KJV)".

Sir Winston Churchill has some pertinent things to say about the Authorised Version (AV) of the Protestant Bible, which is also widely known as the "King James Version (KJV)".

"AN BUGA LITTAFIN BAIBULI DA AKA FITAR DA SHI A SHEKARAR 1611 BISA ƘUDURI DA UMARNIN MAI MARTABA SARKI JAMES NA FARKO, WANDA SUNANSA YAKE ƊAUKE DA SHI HAR YAU." Mabiya Ɗarikar Katolika, duk da cewa sun yi imani cewa Furotesta sun lalata Littafin Allah, duk da haka suna taimakawa da goyon bayan "laifin" Furotesta ta hanyar tilasta wa sababbin musulmi... (note: the original text states "Christian converts"; rendered faithfully below) Mabiya Ɗarikar Katolika, duk da cewa sun yi imani cewa Furotesta sun lalata Littafin Allah, duk da haka suna taimakawa da goyon bayan "laifin" Furotesta ta hanyar tilasta wa sababbin Kiristoci da ke cikin al'ummarsu su sayi Sigar Mai Izini (AV) ta Baibul, wadda ita ce kaɗai Baibul da ake samu a harsuna kusan 1500 na ƙasashe masu ƙarancin ci gaba a duniya. Mabiya Katolika suna madara da shanu, amma ciyar da su an bar shi ga Furotesta! Mafi yawan Kiristoci — duka Katolika da Furotesta — suna amfani da Sigar Mai Izini (AV) ko Sigar King James (KJV) kamar yadda ake kiranta da wani suna.

"THE AUTHORISED VERSION OF THE BIBLE WAS PUBLISHED IN 1611 BY THE WILL AND COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY KING JAMES THE 1ST WHOSE NAME IT BEARS TILL TODAY." The Roman Catholics, believing as they do that the Protestants have mutilated the Book of God, are yet aiding and abetting the Protestant "crime" by forcing their native converts to purchase the Authorised Version (AV) of the Bible, which is the only Bible available in some 1500 languages of the lesser developed nations of the world. The Roman Catholics milk their cows, but the feeding is left to the Protestants! The overwhelming majority of Christians — both Catholics and Protestant — use the Authorised (AV) or the King James Version (KJV) as it is alternatively called.

Da farko an buga shi, kamar yadda Sir Winston ya ce, a shekara ta 1611, sannan aka sake gyara shi a shekara ta 1881 (RV), daga baya aka sake gyara shi aka kawo shi zamani a matsayin Revised Standard Version (RSV) a shekara ta 1952, sannan aka sake yin gyara na biyu a shekara ta 1971 (har yanzu RSV a takaice). Bari mu ga ra'ayin Kiristendom game da wannan Littafi Mai Tsarki da aka fi gyarawa, RSV:- 1. "MAFI KYAUN FASSARA DA AKA SAMAR A WANNAN KARNI." — (Church of England Newspaper)

First published, as Sir Winston says, in 1611, and then revised in 1881 (RV), and now re-revised and brought up to date as the Revised Standard Version (RSV) 1952, and now again re-re-revised in 1971 (still RSV for short). Let us see what opinion Christendom has of this most revised Bible, the RSV:- 1. "THE FINEST VERSION WHICH HAS BEEN PRODUCED IN THE PRESENT CENTURY." — (Church of England Newspaper)

"SABON FASSARA GABA DAYA DAGA MALAMAI MASU MATSAYI MAFI GIRMA." — (Times Literary Supplement)

2. "A COMPLETELY FRESH TRANSLATION BY SCHOLARS OF THE HIGHEST EMINENCE." — (Times literary Supplement)

3. "MUHIMMANCIN HALAYEN DA ASALIN LITTAFIN MAI IZNI TARE DA SABON DAIDAITO NA FASSARAR" — (Rayuwa da Aiki)

3. "THE WELL-LOVED CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AUTHORISED VERSION COMBINED WITH A NEW ACCURACY OF TRANSLATION." — (Life and Work)

"MAFI INGANCIN FASSARA DA TA FI KUSANCI DA ASALIN" — (The Times)

4. "THE MOST ACCURATE AND CLOSE RENDERING OF THE ORIGINAL" — (The Times)

Masu wallafawa (Collins) da kansu, a cikin bayanansu game da Littafi Mai Tsarki a ƙarshen aikinsu, sun ce a shafi na 10: "WANNAN LITTAFIN BAIBUL (RSV), SAKAMAKON AIKIN MALAMAI GOMA SHA BIYU DA UKU NE, WANDA KWAMITIN SHAWARA NA WAKILAI DAGA ƘUNGIYOYI HAMSIN MASU HADIN KAI SUKA TAIMAKA." Me ya sa duk wannan fariya? Don su jawo hankalin jama'a masu saurin yarda su saya kayansu? Irin waɗannan shaidu duka suna sa mai saye ya gaskata cewa yana goyon bayan wanda ya dace, alhali bai yi zaton cewa ana yaudararsa ba.

The publishers (Collins) themselves, in their notes on the Bible at the end of their production, say on page 10: "THIS BIBLE (RSV), IS THE PRODUCT OF THIRTY-TWO SCHOLARS, ASSISTED BY AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPRESENTING FIFTY CO-OPERATING DENOMINATIONS." Why all this boasting? To make the gullible public buy their product? All these testimonies convince the purchaser that he is backing the right horse, with the purchaser little suspecting that he is being taken for a ride.

Amma Littafi Mai Tsarki na Sarki James (AV), "Littafi Mafi Sayarwa a Duniya"? Waɗannan Masu Gyaran Fassara, dukansu ƙwararrun masu talla, suna da kyawawan kalamai game da shi. Duk da haka, sakin layi na shida a shafi na iii na GABATARWAR RSV yana cewa: "LITTAFIN SARKI JAMES (wani sunan AV) AN KIRA SHI DA DALILI MAI KYAU 'MAFI DARAJA CIKIN RUBUTUN HARSHEN INGILISHI.' MASU GYARAN FASSARARSU A 1881 SUN NUNA SHA'AWA GA 'SAUƘINTA, DARAJARTA, ƘARFINTA, KYAWAWAN SALON MAGANARTA ... KIƊAN SAUTINSA, DA KYAUN TSARIN WAƘARSA.' YA SHIGA, KAMAR YADDA BABU WANI LITTAFI DA YA SHIGA, CIKIN SAMUWAR HALAYEN MUTUM DA CIKIN CIBIYOYIN JAMA'A NA MUTANEN DA KE MAGANA DA HARSHEN INGILISHI. MUN DAUKI BASHI MAI YAWA A GARESHI." Ya ku mai karatu, za ku iya tunanin wata girmamawa mafi girma da aka yi wa "Littafin Littattafai" fiye da wannan? Ni, ba zan iya ba. Bari Kirista mai imani yanzu ya shirya kansa domin bugun da ba shi da laushi fiye da duka daga Lauyoyin addininsa masu ƙaunarsa; gama a cikin numfashi ɗaya suke cewa:

But what about the Authorised Version of the Bible (AV), the "World's Best Seller?" These Revisers, all good salesmen, have some very pretty things to say about it. However, their page iii, paragraph six of the PREFACE of the RSV reads; "THE KING JAMES VERSION (alternative description of AV) HAS WITH GOOD REASON BEEN TERMED 'THE NOBLEST MONUMENT OF ENGLISH PROSE.’ ITS REVISERS IN 1881 EXPRESSED ADMIRATION FOR 'ITS SIMPLICITY, ITS DIGNITY, ITS POWER, ITS HAPPY TURNS OF EXPRESSION ... THE MUSIC OF ITS CADENCES, AND THE FELICITIES OF ITS RHYTHM.’ IT ENTERED, AS NO OTHER BOOK HAS, INTO THE MAKING OF THE PERSONAL CHARACTER AND THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES. WE OWE TO IT AN INCALCULABLE DEBT." Can you, dear reader, imagine a more magnificent tribute being paid to the "Book of Books" than the above? I, for one, cannot. Let the believing Christian, now steel himself for the un-kindest blow of all from his own beloved Lawyers of Religion; for in the very same breath they say:

"DUK DA HAKA, FASSARAR KING JAMES TANA DA GAGARUMAR KURAKURAI." Kuma, "WADANNAN KURAKURAI SUN YI YAWA KUMA SUN YI TSANANI HAR SAI AN KIRA DA A SAKE DUBA SU . . ." Wannan magana ta fito ne kai tsaye daga bakin malaman Kiristanci na Orthodox, masu "matsayi mafi girma." Sai kuma wani gungun Malaman Tauhidi (Doctors of Divinity) yanzu za a bukace su da su rubuta wani babban littafin bayani (encyclopedia) wanda zai bayyana musabbabin wadancan KURAKURAI MAI TSANANI DA MUHIMMANCI a cikin Littafinsu Mai Tsarki, da dalilansu na kawar da su.

"YET THE KING JAMES VERSION HAS GRAVE DEFECTS." And, "THAT THESE DEFECTS ARE SO MANY AND SO SERIOUS AS TO CALL FOR REVISION . . ." This is straight from the horse's mouth, i.e. the orthodox Christian scholars of "the highest eminence." Another galaxy of Doctors of Divinity are now required to produce an encyclopedia explaining the cause of those GRAVE AND SERIOUS DEFECTS in their Holy Writ and their reasons for eliminating them.

Wannan kwafin hoto ne daga R.S.V. 1971.

This is a photographic reproduction from the R.S.V. 1971.