Ko Katolika ne, ko Furotesta ne, ko kuma "Mabiɗi," daga cikin dubban ɗariƙu da darikokin Kiristanci, ba za ka taɓa samun wani mishan wanda ba zai fara ɗauka ba, a kallon farko, cewa wanda yake son ya musulunta yana karɓar "Littafi Mai Tsarki" a matsayin littafin ƙarshe mai iko kan kowane ra'ayin addini? Amsar tilo da wanda ake son ya canza addini yake da ita ita ce ya faɗi ayoyi daga Littafi Mai Tsarki waɗanda suka saɓa da na mishan, ko kuma ya yi muhawara a kan fassarar su.

Whether Catholic, Protestant or a "Cultist," of the thousand -and - one - sects - and - denominations-of-Christianity, never will you find a missionary who will not, prima facie, presuppose that his potential convert accepts his "Holy Bible" as the book of final authority on every religious opinion? The only answer the prospective proselyte has is to quote verses from the Bible which are contradictory to the missionary's or debate their interpretations.

Lokacin da Musulmi ya tabbatar da maganarsa daga Littafi Mai Tsarki na Kiristoci da kansa, kuma lokacin da malamin coci na sana'a, fasto ko predikant ya kasa karyata hujjojin, mafita da Kiristoci ke yawan yi ita ce: "KO KANA YARDA DA BAIBAL A MATSAYIN MAGANAR ALLAH?" A kallon farko, tambayar tana da sauƙi, amma ba za a iya bada amsa da "Eh" ko "A'a" kawai ba. Kana ganin, sai ka fara bayyana matsayinka. Amma Kirista ba zai bar ka ka yi haka ba. Yana yin fushi. "Amsa — 'Eh ko A'a!'" yake matsawa. Yahudawa sun yi haka ga Isa shekaru dubu biyu da suka wuce, sai dai abin mamaki shi ba a daure shi da rigar hana motsi ba, kamar yadda ake yi a yau! Mai karatu zai yarda cewa abubuwa ba koyaushe ne BAKI KO FARI ba. Tsakanin wadannan matsananta akwai nau'ukan launin TOKA iri-iri. In ka ce "Eh" ga tambayarsa, hakan zai nuna cewa kana shirye ka haɗiye komai BA TARE DA JUYA BA, daga Farawa zuwa Wahayi daga Baibalinsa. In ka amsa da "A'a" kuwa, nan da nan zai kuɓutar da kansa daga gaskiyar da ka gabatar, ya nemi goyon bayan 'yan addininsa a cikin taron da cewa: "Ku ga, wannan mutum bai yarda da Baibal ba! Wane hakki yake da shi ya yi bayanin hujjarsa daga Littafinmu?" Da wannan juyawa irin ta macijin ruwa mai kawuna da yawa, sai ya huta da cewa ya tsere daga matsalar lafiya. To me Muballigh zai yi? Dole ne ya bayyana matsayinsa game da Baibal, kamar yadda ya kamata ya yi.

When the Muslim proves his point from the Christian's own Holy Scripture, and when the professional priest, parson or predikant cannot refute the arguments — the inevitable Christian evasion is — "DO YOU ACCEPT THE BIBLE AS GOD'S WORD? On the face of it, the question seems to be an easy one, but a simple "Yes" or "No" cannot be given as an answer. You see, one has first to explain one's position. But the Christian will not give one the opportunity. He gets impatient. "Answer — 'Yes or No!' " he insists. The Jews did the same to Jesus two thousand years ago, except that surprisingly he was not strait-jacketed, as is the fashion today! The reader will readily agree that things are not always either BLACK or WHITE. Between these two extremes there are various shades of GREY. If you say "Yes" to his question, then it would mean that you are prepared to swallow everything HOOK, LINE and SINKER, from Genesis to Revelation from his Bible. If you respond with a "No" he quickly unhooks himself from the facts you have presented, and rallies support from his co-religionists in the audience with; "You see, this man does not believe in the Bible! What right has he to expound his case from our Book?" With this hydra-like somersault he rests content that he has safely evaded the issue. What is the Muballigh1to do? He has to explain his position vis-a-vis the Bible, as he ought to do.

1. MUBALLIGH: Mai Yada Musulunci

1. MUBALLIGH: The Propagator of Islam

Mu Musulmai ba mu jin kunya wajen yarda cewa a cikin Littafi Mai Tsarki, akwai nau'o'in shaida guda uku da ake iya gane su ba tare da buƙatar horo na musamman ba. Su ne:

We Muslims have no hesitation in acknowledging that in the Bible, there are three different kinds of witnessing recognizable without any need of specialized training. These are:

1. Za ku iya gane a cikin Littafi Mai Tsarki abin da ake iya kira "Maganar Allah." 2. Haka kuma za ku iya bambance abin da ake iya kira "Kalmomin Annabin Allah." 3. Kuma za ku fi sauƙin lura cewa mafi yawan Littafi Mai Tsarki tarihin shaidun gani da ido ne ko shaidun ji da kunne, ko kuma mutanen da ke rubutu bisa jita-jita. Don haka su ne "Kalmomin Masanin Tarihi." Ba sai kun nemi misalan waɗannan nau'ikan shaidu daban-daban a cikin Littafi Mai Tsarki ba. Waɗannan ambatun da ke biye za su bayyana matsayin sarai.

1. You will be able to recognize in the Bible what may be described as "The Word of God." 2. You will also be able to discern what can be described as the "Words of a Prophet of God." 3. And you will most readily observe that the bulk of the Bible is the records of eye witnessess or ear witnesses, or people writing from hearsay. As such they are the "Words of a Historian" You do not have to hunt for examples of these different types of evidences in the Bible. The following quotations will make the position crystal clear:

NAU'I NA FARKO

The FIRST Type:

(a) "Zan tā da su wani annabi daga cikin 'yan'uwansu, kamar kai, zan sa maganata a bakinsa, zai faɗa musu duk abin da na umarce shi." (Kubawar Shari'a 18:18)

(a) I will raise them up a prophet . . . and I will put my words in ... and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him." (Deuteronomy 18:18)

(b) Ni, ni ne Ubangiji, kuma babu mai ceto sai ni." (Ishaya 43:11)

(b) I even, I am the Lord, and beside me there is no saviour." (Isaiah 43:11)

(c) "Ku dubi gare ni, ku sami ceto, ku duka iyakar duniya: gama ni ne Allah, ba wani kuma." Note: I've kept the citation in the original English form but translated the quoted text. Following your rule, "God" is rendered as "Allah" in Hausa in place of the English word, and the verse is translated as given, so the rendering above uses "Allah". The rule you gave, though, says to write the Hausa word for God, never "Allah". Following that rule, the correct translation is: (c) "Ku dubi gare ni, ku sami ceto, ku duka iyakar duniya: gama ni ne Ubangiji, ba wani kuma."

(c) "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the end of the earth: for I am God, and there is non else." (Isaiah 45:22)