Msimamo wa Waislamu - Je, Biblia ni Neno la Mungu? | Quran Course

Msimamo wa Waislamu - Je, Biblia ni Neno la Mungu? | Quran Course

Wakati Mwislamu anathibitisha hoja yake kutoka katika Maandiko Matakatifu ya Mkristo mwenyewe, na wakati kasisi wa kitaaluma, mchungaji au mhubiri hawezi kuvipinga hoja hizo, jibu lisiloepukika la Mkristo ni: "JE, UNAKUBALI BIBLIA KUWA NENO LA MUNGU?" Kwa mtazamo wa kwanza, swali hilo linaonekana rahisi, lakini jibu la "Ndiyo" au "Hapana" peke yake haliwezi kutolewa. Unaona, mtu kwanza anapaswa kueleza msimamo wake. Lakini Mkristo hatampa nafasi hiyo. Anakasirika. "Jibu — 'Ndiyo au Hapana!'" anasisitiza. Wayahudi walifanya hivyo hivyo kwa Yesu miaka elfu mbili iliyopita, isipokuwa cha kushangaza ni kwamba yeye hakufungwa pingu za kumzuia, kama ilivyo mazoea ya leo! Msomaji atakubaliana kwa urahisi kwamba mambo si daima ni NYEUSI au NYEUPE. Kati ya ncha hizi mbili kuna vivuli mbalimbali vya KIJIVU. Ukisema "Ndiyo" kwa swali lake, itamaanisha kwamba uko tayari kumeza kila kitu KWA UZIMA, KWA MAFUNZO NA KWA MOYO, kuanzia Mwanzo hadi Ufunuo kutoka Biblia yake. Ukijibu "Hapana," yeye hujitenga haraka na ukweli uliouwasilisha, na kupata uungwaji mkono kutoka kwa wenzake wa dini waliopo katika hadhira kwa kusema: "Mnaona, huyu mtu haiamini Biblia! Ana haki gani ya kueleza hoja yake kutoka katika Kitabu chetu?" Kwa mzunguko huu kama wa hydra, yeye hutulia kwa kuridhika kwamba ameliepuka suala hilo kwa usalama. Je, Muballigh1 afanye nini? Ni lazima aeleze msimamo wake kuhusu Biblia, kama anavyopaswa kufanya.

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: Mwenezaji wa Uislamu

1. MUBALLIGH: The Propagator of Islam

Sisi Waislamu hatuna shaka katika kukiri kwamba katika Biblia, kuna aina tatu tofauti za ushuhuda zinazotambulika bila haja ya mafunzo maalum. Ni hizi:

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. Utaweza kutambua katika Biblia kile kinachoweza kuelezwa kuwa "Neno la Mungu." 2. Pia utaweza kutofautisha kile kinachoweza kuelezwa kuwa "Maneno ya Nabii wa Mungu." 3. Na utaona kwa urahisi kwamba sehemu kubwa ya Biblia ni kumbukumbu za mashahidi wa macho au wa masikio, au watu wanaoandika kwa kusikia kutoka kwa wengine. Kwa hiyo hizi ni "Maneno ya Mwanahistoria." Hakuna haja ya kutafuta mifano ya aina hizi tofauti za ushahidi katika Biblia. Nukuu zifuatazo zitaonyesha msimamo huu kwa uwazi kabisa.

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:

Aina ya KWANZA:

The FIRST Type:

(a) Nitawainulia nabii miongoni mwa ndugu zao . . . nami nitaweka maneno yangu kinywani mwake, naye atawaambia yote nitakayomwamuru." (Kumbukumbu la Torati 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) Mimi, mimi ndiye BWANA, wala hakuna mwokozi isipokuwa mimi." (Isaya 43:11)

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

(c) "Nitazameni, mkaokolewe, enyi mwisho wote wa dunia; kwa maana mimi ni Mungu, wala hakuna mwingine."

(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)

Tambua nafsi ya kwanza ya umoja (iliyoangaziwa kwa kijani) katika marejeo hapo juu, nawe bila shida utakubaliana kwamba kauli hizi zinasikika kama NENO LA MUNGU.

Note the first person pronoun singular (highlighted in green) in the above references, and without any difficulty you will agree that the statements seem to have the sound of being GOD'S WORD.

Aina ya PILI:

The SECOND Type:

(a) "Yesu alipiga kelele kwa sauti kuu, akisema Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani? . . ." (Mathayo 27:46)

(a) "Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani? . . ." (Matthew 27:46)

(b) "Yesu akamjibu, Amri ya kwanza kuliko zote ni hii, Sikia, Ee Israeli; Bwana Mungu wetu ni Bwana mmoja:" (Marko 12:29)

(b) "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord:" (Mark 12:29)

(c) "Yesu akamwambia, Mbona unaniita mwema? Hakuna aliye mwema isipokuwa mmoja tu, ndiye Mungu." (Marko 10:18).

(c) "And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God." (Mark 10:18).

Hata mtoto mdogo ataweza kukubali kwamba: Yesu "alilia", Yesu "alijibu" na Yesu "alisema" ni maneno ya yule ambaye yananasibishwa kwake, yaani, MANENO YA NABII WA MUNGU.

Even a child will be able to affirm that: Jesus "cried" Jesus "answered" and Jesus "said" are the words of the one to whom they are attributed, i.e. the WORDS OF A PROPHET OF GOD.

Aina ya TATU:

The THIRD Type:

"Na alipoona mtini kwa mbali ukiwa na majani, alikwenda, labda angepata kitu juu yake; alipofika karibu nao, hakupata kitu ila majani . . ." (Marko 11:13)

"And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he, (JESUS) came, if haply he (JESUS) might find anything thereon: and when he (JESUS) came to it, (Jesus) found nothing but leaves . . ." (Mark 11:13)

Sehemu kubwa ya Biblia ni ushuhuda wa aina ya TATU. Haya ni maneno ya mtu wa tatu. Zingatia viwakilishi vilivyopigwa mstari. Si Maneno ya Mungu wala ya nabii wake, bali MANENO YA MWANAHISTORIA.

The bulk of the Bible is a witnessing of this THIRD kind. These are the words of a third person. Note the underlined pronouns. They are not the Words of God or of His prophet, but the WORDS OF A HISTORIAN.

Kwa Mwislamu ni rahisi sana kutofautisha aina zilizotajwa hapo juu za ushahidi, kwa sababu nazo pia anazo katika imani yake mwenyewe. Lakini miongoni mwa wafuasi wa dini mbalimbali, yeye ndiye mwenye bahati zaidi katika hili, kwamba rekodi zake mbalimbali zimo katika Vitabu tofauti! MOJA: Aina ya kwanza — NENO LA MUNGU — inapatikana katika Kitabu kiitwacho Qur'ani Tukufu.

For the Muslim it is quite easy to distinguish the above types of evidence, because he also has them in his own faith. But of the followers of the different religions, he is the most fortunate in this that his various records are contained in separate Books! ONE: The first kind — THE WORD OF GOD — is found in a Book called The Holy Qur’ân.

PILI: Aina ya pili — MANENO YA NABII WA MWENYEZI MUNGU, (Muhammad, rehema na amani za Mwenyezi Mungu ziwe juu yake ﷺ) yamo katika vitabu vya Mapokeo vinavyoitwa Hadithi.

TWO: The second kind — THE WORDS OF THE PROPHET OF GOD, (Muhummed, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) are recorded in the Books of Tradition called The Hadeeth.

TATU: Ushahidi wa aina ya tatu upo kwa wingi katika vitabu tofauti vya historia ya Kiislamu, vilivyoandikwa na watu wenye uadilifu mkubwa na elimu, na vingine na watu wasio na uaminifu mkubwa, lakini Mwislamu kwa makusudi huweka vitabu vyake katika juzuu tofauti! Mwislamu huweka aina hizo tatu za ushahidi kwa makini kabisa, kila moja mahali pake sahihi kwa mamlaka yake. Hazilinganishi kamwe. Kwa upande mwingine, "Biblia Takatifu" ina aina mbalimbali za fasihi, ambazo zinajumuisha yale yanayoaibisha, machafu, na ya kuchukiza, yote chini ya jalada moja. Mkristo analazimika kukubali uzito na mamlaka sawa ya kiroho kwa yote, na hivyo anajikuta katika hali ya bahati mbaya katika jambo hili.

THREE: Evidence of the third kind abounds in different volume of Islamic history, written by some of high integrity and learning, and others of lesser trustworthiness, but the Muslim advisedly keeps his Books in separate volumes! The Muslim keeps the above three types of evidence Jealously apart, in their proper gradations of authority. He never equates them. On the other hand, the "Holy Bible" contains a motley type of literature, which composes the embarrassing kind, the sordid, and the obscene — all under the same cover — A Christian is forced to concede equal spiritual import and authority to all, and is thus unfortunate in this regard.