IN THE QURAN, CHRISTIANS ARE NOT CALLED INFIDELS (KAFIR)
Who are the infidels (kafiri)?
Do you know who the first infidels were?
The word kafiri is a word that is found in the Holy Bible even before Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, was born, before Islam existed, and before Muhammad or the Quran were written by the four Arabs. The word kafiri exists in the Bible with a simple meaning; Muslims found it already being used by those who used the Holy Bible.
In the Quran, I have not seen Christians being called INFIDELS (MAKAFIRI). Rather, the entire Quran calls Christians God-fearing people and scholars. Surat Al-Maidah 5:82.
To prove that the word KAFIRI is found in the Bible, let us look at a few verses in the Bible.
EZEKIEL 34:28–31
These verses are God Himself assuring the children of Israel that they will not be captives of the INFIDELS, thus showing that the word was used even before Islam existed.
NEHEMIAH 5:8–9
NEHEMIAH 5:17
NEHEMIAH 6:16
LAMENTATIONS 1:3
LAMENTATIONS 1:10
LAMENTATIONS 5:2
1 TIMOTHY 1:8–11
JUDE 1:4
1 JOHN 4:1–6
These words were spoken before Muhammad was born, before the Quran was written by the four Arabs—namely Sayyidina Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali—and before Islam existed.
LET US SEE HOW THE WORD KAFIRI IS USED
The word KAFIRI is an Arabic word meaning opposer in Swahili.
That is, one who opposes the words of Almighty God. This word existed in the Bible, as we have seen in some of the verses above.
For there to be an opposing statement (kafiri), there must first be a preceding statement. Therefore, the statement that comes later in opposition is called, in Arabic, KAFIRI.
Muslims are often heard saying, “These INFIDELS are troubling us,” or “let us stop them,” or “let these INFIDELS be beaten,” and these statements are directed at us CHRISTIANS.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Between CHRISTIANS and MUSLIMS, who are the INFIDELS (MAKAFIRI)?
Between the CHRISTIAN FAITH and the ISLAMIC RELIGION, which one existed first on earth?
Between JESUS and MUHAMMAD, who opposed the earlier statement of the other?
A BRIEF HISTORY BETWEEN JESUS AND MUHAMMAD
Lord Jesus is the founder of the Christian faith.
Hebrews 12:2
This is the year 2022 since the Lord Jesus ascended to heaven, and it is the year 1436 in the Islamic calendar. I am writing this lesson about KAFIRI because Muhammad was born in the year 570 and is the founder of the Islamic religion after Jesus.
This proves that Jesus existed on earth before Muhammad—no one disputes this.
Therefore, the statements of Jesus are the preceding statements, and the statements of the Christian faith are the preceding statements.
The statements of Muhammad and Muslims are therefore statements of opposition.
John 9:35–38
The statement that He is the Son of God was spoken by Jesus Himself in the verses above.
That is a preceding statement. If a statement is later found saying that Jesus is not the Son of God, that is a statement of opposition—meaning it is KAFIRI.
WHO FIRST SAID THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD?
Luke 1:26–35
According to the verses above, no human being first declared that Jesus is the Son of God. Rather, it was God Himself, through the angel Gabriel who was sent, who said that Jesus is the Son of God.
Matthew 3:13–17
Matthew 17:1–15
This is a preceding statement that came from God Himself declaring that JESUS IS HIS SON, before Muhammad was born, before the Quran was written, and before Islam was established, since Islam began in the year 610.
This is a preceding statement from God. If a statement is then found from our Muslim brothers saying that Jesus is not the Son of God, that person is an opposer—in Arabic, a KAFIRI.
WHO WAS THE FIRST KAFIRI?
When God created all things, He then created man and gave him instructions.
GENESIS 2:16–17
This is a preceding statement of Almighty God. Whoever opposes this statement is an opposer—that is, a KAFIRI.
Let us see whose statement opposed the preceding statement of God.
GENESIS 3:1–4
God said, “If you eat the fruit, you will surely die.” Then the serpent, Satan, Iblis, came and said, “YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE.” This is a statement of opposition—this one is a KAFIRI.
Therefore, if you hear someone saying that Jesus is not the Son of God, that person is a KAFIRI.
WHAT DOES THE QURAN SAY?
Surat Al-An‘am 6:101
“He is the Creator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son when He has no wife?”
This statement of the Quran is strange. Does it mean that for God to have a child He must have a wife? This is a physical, human way of thinking. Thus, the Quran opposes the first statement which says that we are children of God—not physically nor by blood, but that all who received Him were made children of God.
But the Word of God says:
1 JOHN 3:10
“In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil also.”
The verse is clear: if you deny that you are a child of God, then you have a father—because the devil also has children.
In the authentic Hadith book Sahih Muslim, Volume 4, the wives of Muhammad—Khadijah, Zainab, and Salama—are all called “Ummul Mu’minin,” meaning MOTHERS OF THE BELIEVERS. Does this mean that all Muslims are obligated to call Muhammad’s wives their mothers?
COMPREHENSION QUESTION:
By calling the wives of Muhammad their mothers, does it mean that they actually gave birth to all Muslims?
Christianity existed on earth before Islam. Therefore, the statements of Islam oppose the preceding statements of Christianity—meaning, in Arabic, opposers (KAFIRI).
THEREFORE, MUSLIMS, ALLAH, MUHAMMAD, AND JIBRIL ARE INFIDELS (MAKAFIRI).
Reflect and take action.
Be greatly blessed.
Dr. Max Shimba
for Max Shimba Ministries
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