© Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd: 1410/MARCH 1990

© Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd: 1410/MARCH 1990

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Translated by: Muhammad Wali Raazi

Foot Notes: Justice Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Karanvi, M.I. Rahamattla, 1834-

Izhar al haq

Pt. 3

1. Islam. Apologetics, history

I. Title

297’.29

ISBN 0 907461 78 9

Printed and bound in Great Britain at Southampton Book Co., Southampton

i

CONTENTS

The Arguments 3-1

Distortions 3-2

The Admission of Christian Scholars 3-3

The Opinion of Encyclopedia Britannica 3-5

The Rees Encyclopedia 3-5

Watson’s Admission 3-7

Beausobre and Lenfant’s opinion 3-9

The Views of Christian Scholars on Pentateuch 3-9

The Epistle of James and the Book of Revelation 3-11

The Admission of Clement 3-12

Admissions of Protestant Scholars 3-15

Admissions of German Scholars 3-17

Views on the Subject of the Chronicles 3-22

The Muslim Attitude towards the Gospels 3-23

The Opinion of the Muslim Scholar 3-27

The Opinion of Imam ar-Razi 3-27

The Opinion of Imam al-Qurtubi 3-27

The Opinion of al-Maqrizi 3-28

Two Claims to the Authenticity of the Gospels 3-30

Answer the First Claim 3-30

The Source of Clement’s Letter 3-31

The Second Passage of Clement’s Letter 3-33

The Third Passage of Clement’s Letter 3-34

The Letters of Ignatius 3-36

The Canons of Nicaea 3-41

Answer to the Second Claim 3-42

The Gospel of Luke was not seen by Paul 3-43

Human Distortion of the Bible 3-44

Alterations in the Text of the Bible 3-45

Additions to the Text of the Bible 3-62 ii Omissions in the Text of the Bible 3-89

Refutation of Misleading Protestant Statements 3-107

First Contention 3-107

Observations of Non-Christian Scholars 3-108

Observations of Heretical Christian Scholars 3-111

Observations of Christians Theologians 3-113

Second Contention 3-127

The Missing Books of the Old Testament 3-129

Varied Opinions on the Truth of Some Books of the Bible 3-134

Third Contention 3-137

Fourth Contention 3-137

Historicity of the Bible 3-138

The Fifth Contention 3-147

The Ancient Versions of the Bible 3-147

Abrogation in the Bible 3-151

The False Nature of the Biblical Changes 3-151

Biblical Examples of the First Kind of Abrogation 3-153

Conclusions 3-166

The Second Kind of Abrogation in the Bible 3-167

The Innovation of the Trinity 3-174

The Trinity of Trial 3-198

Interpretation of Biblical Verses 3-202

The Trinity Refuted by Christ Himself 3-203

Christian Arguments in favour of the Trinity 3-213

A Debate between Imam Raazi and a Priest 3-222