{"id":29437,"date":"2026-04-27T12:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=29437"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:57:45","slug":"a-gift-from-heaven-my-journey-from-christianity-to-islam-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/a-gift-from-heaven-my-journey-from-christianity-to-islam-3\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gift from Heaven: My Journey from Christianity to Islam 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Gift from Heaven: My Journey from Christianity to Islam Ali Al-Sheikh \u2014 Dar Al-Sadiqeen The main factors that divert a person from submitting to and accepting the truth. In this study, I will address the beliefs and ideas that I previously believed in, as Christians believe in them, in order to examine their validity and whether they conform to or contradict reason. I will also discuss some Islamic beliefs and the questions and objections I used to have toward Islam. I have tried, as much as possible, to avoid emotional bias so that this study may be objective, aiming to uncover certain facts for the dear reader\u2026 and God is the grantor of success. (16) Chapter One The Holy Bible \u2014 The Old Testament \u2014 The New Testament \u2014 Jesus and His Life in the New Testament \u2014 The Crucifixion and Resurrection \u2014 Redemption and Original Sin \u2014 Who is Christ in the New Testament? \u2014 The Holy Trinity \u2014 The Law \u2014 Conclusion (18) The Holy Bible The Holy Bible \u2014 as Christians believe \u2014 is a collection of books inspired by God, dealing with the creation of the world, the history of God\u2019s dealings with His people, prophecies about what will happen until the end, and religious and moral guidance suitable for all humanity in every age. The Bible contains all forms of writing: prose, poetry, history, stories, wisdom, literature, teaching, philosophy, parables, and warnings (1). The number of inspired writers of the Bible is forty, coming from all social classes: among them were shepherds, fishermen, tax collectors, commanders, prophets, politicians, and kings\u2026 The writing of the Bible took about 1,600 years, and all of these writers were from the Jewish nation except Luke, the author of the Gospel named after him (1). (1) Dictionary of the Bible, p. 762 (19) It is thought that he was a Gentile from Antioch. The original manuscripts of the Bible no longer exist; what remains are copies derived from those originals. Christians also believe that the Bible \u2014 as the foundation and source of Christian faith \u2014 is free from error and contains everything related to faith and spiritual life, and that it is the Word of God and the rule for faith and practical life for all humanity (1). The Bible is divided into two testaments: 1 \u2014 The Old Testament 2 \u2014 The New Testament We will examine each separately. Since Christians believe that the Old Testament prepared for the New Testament and that the New Testament completes it, it is considered more important, so we will discuss it in greater detail. (1) Introduction to the Bible (20) The Old Testament Most of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, with some chapters in Aramaic, a language similar to Hebrew. The Old Testament we have today is based on the Masoretic Text, prepared by a group of Jewish scholars in Tiberias between the 6th and 12th centuries CE (1). The Old Testament consists of 39 books, or 43\u201344 according to the Church, by adding books or parts called the Deuterocanonical\u2026 The Jews divided the books into three sections: 1 \u2014 The Torah (the Law) 2 \u2014 The Prophets (former and latter) 3 \u2014 The Writings This classification was established at a gathering of teachers of the Law from various regions in Palestine around 90 BCE (1). (1) Dictionary of the Bible, p. 763 (21) The Order of the Books A \u2014 The Torah (the Law): the five books of Moses (peace be upon him): 1 \u2014 Genesis 2 \u2014 Exodus 3 \u2014 Leviticus 4 \u2014 Numbers 5 \u2014 Deuteronomy The remaining books: Joshua \u2014 Judges \u2014 Ruth \u2014 1 Samuel \u2014 2 Samuel \u2014 1 Kings \u2014 2 Kings \u2014 1 Chronicles \u2014 2 Chronicles \u2014 Ezra \u2014 Nehemiah \u2014 Esther \u2014 Job \u2014 Psalms \u2014 Proverbs \u2014 Ecclesiastes \u2014 Song of Songs \u2014 Isaiah \u2014 Jeremiah \u2014 Lamentations \u2014 Ezekiel \u2014 Daniel \u2014 Hosea \u2014 Joel \u2014 Amos \u2014 Obadiah \u2014 Jonah \u2014 Micah \u2014 Nahum \u2014 Habakkuk \u2014 Zephaniah \u2014 Haggai \u2014 Zechariah \u2014 Malachi In Hebrew copies these books appear in a different order (1). (1) Al-Huda ila Din al-Mustafa, p. 7 (24) Deuterocanonical Books Tobit \u2014 Judith \u2014 Baruch \u2014 1 Maccabees The Church considers the Old Testament books to have been written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and t<\/p>\n

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herefore accepts them as sacred scripture, although there is a difference between the Jewish canon and the one accepted by the Church. This difference goes back to disagreements among Jewish theologians themselves. Some stated that divine inspiration ceased after the later prophets such as Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, while other groups (like the Essenes of Qumran and diaspora Jews) held that revelation continued. The Church adopted this continuity based on the testimony of Christ (peace be upon him) and the apostles. It also relies on the Septuagint translation \u2014 the Greek translation of the Old Testament produced in Alexandria \u2014 and considers it authoritative (1). (25) Church authorities\u2019 belief that the Old Testament is a revealed divine book is based on Christ and the apostles quoting it, which they saw as evidence of its divine inspiration (2). From this introduction it is clear that the books of the Old Testament emerged gradually over about fifteen centuries to form the collection we have today, and that Christians see it as preparation and prophecy of the coming of Jesus Christ (peace be upon him), citing many prophecies they believe were fulfilled in him. In fact, I am not aiming here to study the Old Testament and its history in full detail. God willing, a separate study on the Bible in both its testaments will be presented, examining the Old Testament more extensively. However, it is necessary here to point out some issues that caught my attention during my study, including:<\/p>\n

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A Gift from Heaven: My Journey from Christianity to Islam Ali Al-Sheikh \u2014 Dar Al-Sadiqeen The main factors that divert a person from submitting to and accepting the truth. In this study, I will address the beliefs and ideas that I previously believed in, as Christians believe in them, in order to examine their validity …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":29435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-women-in-islam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29437"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29453,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29437\/revisions\/29453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}