Leader prayer in Agadez
In the Historic City of Agadez, the Brother Leader of the Revolution Leads Heads of State and other Muslims in Prayer on the Anniversary of the Birth of the Seal of God’s Prophets Muhammad (Peace and Prayers be upon him)30.3.2007 “In the name of God, and Thanks be to Him God has sent a messenger to the whole of humanity. That messenger was the Seal of the Prophets Muhammad (Peace and Prayers be upon him). He is the only prophet upon whom God and His Angels have bestowed their peace and blessings. We are directed to bestow peace and prayers upon him. (Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send your blessings on him, and salute him with all respect 33.56). All the messengers of God have peace bestowed upon them. Muhammad alone has the distinction of peace and blessings. I hear a lot of preachers saying “As You have blessed Ibrahim”. This is wrong. Blessings are for Muhammad alone. God purified the family of the Prophet. However, He never said “peace and blessings be upon them”. Peace and blessings are Muhammad’s alone. The other distinction which the Almighty has given to Muhammad is the fact that his message was the last of the Heavenly Revealed messages. He thus is the Seal of the Prophets. That was the will of God and the divine truth as revealed in the Koran. It is incorrect and improper to describe Muhammad in terms reserved for other prophets. It is sufficient for him that he is the Seal of the Prophets and that God’s blessings are bestowed upon him. In the Koran, God says to him: (Say: “O Mankind! I am sent unto you all, as the Messenger of God 7:158). As for Jesus, the Koran says: (Jesus, son of Mary, said: “O Children of Israel! I am the Messenger of Allah unto you 61:6). It is clear that God states that Muhammad was sent to all of you. He also says that Jesus was sent unto the Children of Israel. Jesus (peace be upon him) was not sent to Asia, Europe, America or Africa. They are not concerned with the message of Jesus who was sent unto the Children of Israel alone to rectify the canon of Moses. Jesus said to the Children of Israel: ([I come] confirming the Taurat [(Torah) which came] before me, and giving glad tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad. 61:6). Where is the Bible that contains God’s words addressed to Jesus? It does not exist. The real Bible mentions the name of Muhammad. The Bible we now have does not contain the name of Muhammad who is to be sent after Jesus. Therefore, it is not the genuine Bible revealed by God to Moses and Jesus. It was written hundreds of years after Moses and Jesus. There is a bible known as the (Saint Barnaby’s Bible). It mentions Muhammad. It seems to be the genuine one. However, it was obliterated. It has disappeared without a trace off the face of the Earth. Jesus was sent unto the Children of Israel alone. Muhammad was sent to the whole of Mankind. Nations, other than the Israelites, are not concerned at all with the message of Jesus. However, the message of Muhammad concerns them all because he was sent to all people and he was the Seal of Prophets. In this age of science and information, people must know the truth and the facts of religion. Of course we must believe in Jesus as a prophet of the Children of Israel. We must believe that his birth was a divine miracle. To leave no doubt in the minds of the Children of Israel as to the divine mission of Jesus and the glad tidings he brings of the messenger to come after him, God bestowed on Jesus the ability to work miracles unmatched by any other prophet. By the grace of God, Jesus brought the dead back to life, healed the sick and brought food from Heavens for the hungry. In the Koran, God says that Muhammad was sent to the entire humanity. He asks the followers of Moses and Jesus to follow Muhammad whose name they find mentioned in the Bible. This is what the Koran says; Muhammad is mentioned in the Bible. The Bible we have now contains no mention of Muhammad. Therefore, it is not the authentic Bible. Nowadays, our calendar starts with the birth of Jesus. It is understandable because his birth was a divine miracle. But why do we not start the calendar with the death of Muhammad? His death was also a momentous event of cosmic proportions. It was the death of the last prophet sent by God. With his death, the Heavens fell completely silent and ceased to communicate directly with humans until the Day of the Judgment. From the time of Adam to that of Muhammad, Heaven has been in contact with Earth through the messengers sent by God. All this came to a definitive end with the death of Muhammad. For 1375 years, no further divine revelations have been made to Mankind. Then the calendar must start with the death of Muhammad; that momentous, cosmic event. From now on, the world should say that 2007 years have elapsed since the birth of Jesus and 1375 years since the death of Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets. Why does the calendar start with the birth of Jesus and not the death of Muhammad? The reason is that Muslims are weak and defeated. We are now correcting the errors and misunderstanding of the world in accordance with the teachings of the Koran. We are not inventing anything new. It is indeed a miracle that Jesus was born without a father. It is also a miracle that he resurrected the dead and healed the sick by the grace of God. We recognize those miracles. But it is an error to think that Jesus (peace be upon him) was sent to Asia, Europe, America or Africa. He was a prophet for the Children of Israel alone. Had Jesus (peace be upon him) been alive when Muhammad came with his message, he would have followed Muhammad. Another grave historical error is for several religions to remain in existence after Muhammad. After Muhammad’s mission, there has to be one single religion. (The True Faith before God is Islam 3:19). (And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers 3:85). This is one of the universal facts. Another error that has long misled the uninitiated is that Jesus allowed himself to be crucified to atone for the sins of his followers. Jesus was neither crucified nor killed. (They killed him not, nor crucified him, but the resemblance of Jesus was put over another man 4:157). The person crucified 2000 years ago was a man who resembled Jesus, not Jesus himself. Jesus was not crucified. The book we have now is not the word of God. It was committed to paper centuries after the death of Jesus. That book states that Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph the Carpenter and maybe some Apostles were present at the Crucifixion. They all knew that the crucified was not Jesus but pretended otherwise to allow the real Jesus to escape. These are the words of God, not ours. Every word I said came from God’s book. I have not invented any of them. How could we have known those facts had not God revealed them to us in the Koran? God said to Jesus: (I am going to terminate the period of your stay (on earth) and cause you to ascend unto me and purify you of those who disbelieve 3:55). The method of worship adopted by the followers of Jesus was never prescribed by him. Crossing themselves for instance was not set by Jesus. It could not have been set by him before being crucified? The images of Jesus and Mary that are put in front of them in prayer are manifestations of idolatry that was never advocated by Jesus. Even the prayers uttered by them are not the ones taught by Jesus. If you are one of the Children of Israel, you could become Christian. If you are not an Israelite, you cannot have any relationship with Christianity. It was not addressed to you.” The leader referred to the three groups of sultans, princes, chiefs and elders of the tribes and clans from Togo, Ghana and Burkina Faso, who came to the Rally to convert to Islam, as living proof of this fact. In closing his sermon, he said:”These gentlemen became convinced that, as non-Israelites, they cannot be Christians. They were also persuaded that God had said that (The True Faith before God is Islam 3:19). Today they join us to convert to Islam”. (When comes the Help of Allah and the victory, And you see that the people enter God’s religion (Islam) in crowds. So glorify the Praises of your Lord, and ask for His Forgiveness. Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentance and forgives. 110:1-3). |