Ahhh!!!! How do I deal with my ignorant family?

Question

I have not lived in the states for four years and came back muslim.

How do I respond to these critiques of Islam?

1. Quran is a copy of the bible

2. The way the prophet (saw) was revealed the Quran is ridiculous.

3. Denying Christ is deadly, deadly, deadly!!!

My mother uses her religion as a crutch. She is the typical martyr persona that is always suffering for the sake of her religion if you know what I mean...

Answer 1

1. Quran is a copy of the bible

The Koran is NOT a copy of the bible.  It's been copied and changed to suit the islamics.  

2. The way the prophet (saw) was revealed the Quran is ridiculous.

The way to what prophet.

3. Denying Christ is deadly, deadly, deadly!!!

I don't know about that, but it could be true

It's hard to understand your question. Are you muslim or from a Christian family.

Answer 2

Simply write off your mother and dont talk to her anymore if she can't handle your religion.-

Answer 3

1. Quran is a copy of the bible?()

Yes, it is . But a master copy directed from Allah(god) with no distortion and clear truth and best ettiques of living life.

Bible has not been told or written by isaah ale salaam(jesus) as there authors not usually apostles and more over it was written by paul who made lot of changes making it a copy with lot of errors ..where tell her jst to go thru an english edition of quran try to find contracdiction in quan(undoubtedly she wont be able to so) where as u can quote h**l lot of errors and contradictions by jst browsing internet and even they were 100's of edition of bible stating older ones needed refinement . where as quran was never had any changes since it was written.

2. The way the prophet (saw) was revealed the Quran is ridiculous?

It is the best way of life a human can ever live..Prophet(saw) is the top one reformer in history and most effective personality.

when she defends bible so much just ask her for a comperative study of quran and bible and may be she has lived her following bible till now...so as a comparison ask her to try to live life as quran and as prophet muhammed(saw)'s  way then she will definately will be getting what is tru what is not what is right and what is wrong....may allah guide her and us aswell...jazakallah...pray 4 me as well

Answer 4

The critiques you mentioned are contradictory.  You do not need to defend what you believe- just say , I feel differently- PERIOD.

Answer 5

Ask your family to prove those claims.

1) The Qur'aan differs from the bible in many fundamental issues. The Qur'aan calls to Tawheed and if she claims that Jesus was divine then how can she claim the Qur'aan is a copy of the bible?

2) In what way? Jibreel Alaihis Salaam came to the Prophet salallaahu alaihi wa salam with the Speech of Allaah and narrated it to him. How is that ridiculous? If she defends the bible so much then surly she would see the bible as being even more ridiculous considering that the "authors" of the bible are unknown and lived centuries after the death of the apostles (the authors were not the apostles)

3) Where's the proof? We dont deny the Message of Jesus which was Tawheed of Allaah. We deny the distortion of the christians. We deny any divinity to the Creations of Allaah.

EDIT:

For the argument of Islaam and Violence, just visit www.authentictranslations.com or www.answering-extremism.com and give her the articles from there.

Answer 6

Read this book:

Islam: The Summit of Religious Evolution

http://www.alislam.org/library/books/Rel...

You'll be able to answer those questions with such eloquence, their hearts will melt, insha'allah :)

love for all, hatred for none

Answer 7

1. most religious texts promote the same virtues, because at the heart of it all, they encourage their followers to be good, honest people. furthermore, shouldn't christians believe that judgment is reserved for god himself?

2. the point of that story is not what happened, but what came of it. not to attack the bible, but you could make the same argument about burning bushes and old men making giant boats full of animals.....

3. you are NOT denying christ. you are simply not accepting him as your messiah. two completely different things.

this is my personal opinion and approach and in no way do I expect anyone to accept this as fact.  I just hope this helps.

GOOD LUCK!!!

Answer 8

I know u are in a very difficult situation...the way things are now....it most probably will stay that way for a while...i understand that we all love our family sometimes more than they love us...

with parents...it becomes more difficult when they cannot accept teh changes that you have made...

but be patient..do not show anger...and slowly educate  them...i personally find these very helpful... most common questions from non muslims....go to this site..

http://www.irf.net/irf/drzakirnaik/index...

for more reading and understanding...go to http://www.islam4all.com/

PEACE

Jaydee