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By Ijaz Chaudry
Common traits between
Zoroastrian and Islam;
Zoroastrian;
Zoroastrians believe
there is one God called Ahura Mazda (Wise Lord) and He created the world;
further Ahura Mazda described;
Ahura Mazda is:
Omniscient (knows
everything)
Omnipotent (all
powerful)
Omnipresent (is
everywhere)
Impossible for humans
to conceive
Unchanging
The Creator of life
The Source of all
goodness and happiness
Islam;
Islam recognizes the
fact that there is only One God who people call with many different names in
many different languages. God
is described by many beautiful names including those described above.
Quran the holy book of Muslims and the Final Testament tells us that;
[6:103] No
visions can encompass Him, but He encompasses all visions. He is the
Compassionate, the Cognizant.
Thus as stated in
(6:103) above no one fully understand all qualities of God, but they are many of
which the ones described above are only few.
Zoroastrian;
It is now one of the
world's smallest religions. In 2006 the New York Times reported that there were
probably less than 190,000 followers worldwide at that time.
Islam;
The Islam based on
tradition with different sects may be the second largest religion of the world
after Christianity but the true Islam is minority of the minority.
There are very few Muslims who worship God Alone.
The traditional Muslims worship Muhammad and are thus called
Muhammadan's. Their total devotion
to Muhammad makes them Muhammadan's.
This is idol worship the greatest Sin in Islam, if continued till death will end
the person in Hell. As we know from
the Quran that Muhammad never advocated the idolising of him;
[3:79] Never
would a human being whom GOD blessed with the scripture and prophet hood say to
the people, "Idolize me beside GOD." Instead, (he would say), "Devote yourselves
absolutely to your Lord alone," according to the scripture you preach and the
teachings you learn.
Thus the true Muslims
are very privileged few. The
following verses confirm the fact that there are very few Muslims;
The Majority of People Do Not
Believe
[12:103]
Most people, no matter what you do, will not believe.
[12:104] You are
not asking them for any money; you simply deliver this reminder for all the
people.
[12:105] So many
proofs in the heavens and the earth are given to them, but they pass by them,
heedlessly!
The Majority of Believers
Destined for Hell
[12:106] The
majority of those who believe in GOD do not do so without committing idol
worship.
And the following verse
confirms that idol worship is unforgivable by God;
The Unforgivable
Sin
[4:48] GOD does
not forgive idolatry,* but He forgives lesser offenses for whomever He wills.
Anyone who sets up idols beside GOD, has forged a horrendous offense.
*4:48 Idol worship is
not forgivable, if maintained until death. One can always repent from any
offense, including idolatry, before death comes (see 4:18 & 40:66).
Zoroastrian;
Zoroastrians believe
that Zoroaster is the prophet of God
Islam;
Islam acknowledges the
fact that Zoroaster was a prophet, and asks Zoroastrians why they killed him;
[3:183] It is
they who said, "GOD has made a covenant with us that we shall not believe in any
messenger, unless he produces an offering that gets consumed by fire." Say,
"Messengers before me have come to you with clear proofs, including what you
just demanded. Why then did you kill them, if you are truthful?"
[3:184] If they
reject you, messengers before you have been rejected, even though they brought
proofs, the Psalms, and the enlightening scripture.
So you might ask where
does it say that Zoroaster is mentioned as a prophet above?
To answer this question I need to shed some light on the Miracle of the
Quran and its relevance. Dr. Rashad
Khalifa was a eminent scientist who worked in America as a Chemist.
He was sent by God as a messenger in the late 20th century.
He found out about the Miracle of the Quran (19) based on 19 year
research. This Miracle is mentioned
in the Quran in (74:30-35) as the greatest Miracle.
Rashad was killed by disbelievers in 1990. I am one of the followers of
Rashad's teachings and have confirmed and refined the Mathematical Miracle to
achieve lot of clarification of the Quran.
One of the refinement is that where ever in the Quran there is
information which might cause a doubt, this doubt is removed by the Miracle of
19 this fact is stated in the Quran point 4 in (74:31)...(4) to remove all
traces of doubt from the hearts of Christians, Jews, as well as the believers…
and this is my main function as a Messenger (Al-Muzzammil 73:1).
Briefly it entails concatenating the geometric value of name of the
entity in Arabic under question with the verse and if it is divisible then the
code will confirm and remove the doubt.
In this instance (3:183) is saying that there was a messenger who brought
proof regarding "offering that gets consumed by fire".
We know Zoroastrian's belief entails fire and belief that fire is pure
and can consume organic matter, therefore the starting point to remove any doubt
regarding which religion this verse is addressing would be the entity
"Zoroastrian". Before we add this
gv(geometric value) to this verse, here is the calculation for Arabic letters
which constitute the word Al-Mjoose which are people adherent to Zoroastrians in
Arabic, this word is mentioned in
(22:17) in the Quran. Al-Majoose has
the following Arabic letters which have the respective gv's added together to
form one gv for the name; Alif = 1 +
Laam = 30 + Meem = 40 + Jeem = 3 + Waoe = 6 + Seen = 60
this makes a grand total of 140, this is the gv we add with (3:183).
140 + 183 = 323 / 19 = 17
this code is complete multiple of 19 confirming the fact that indeed it is
people of Zoroastrian which this verse is addressing and indeed Zoroaster was a
prophet. Indeed the multiple of this
code is 17 which also is the verse number in (22:17) where Zoroastrian is
mentioned in the Quran this would be another sign for the believers.
If this is not enough then what about if we count all the chapters from
(3:183) onwards till (22:17) which has verse 17 in it then the total number of
chapters are 19, in short 22 - 3 = 19.
Since 19 is the common denominator of the Miracle of 19, this in itself
is further authentication of the code.
As we know already from history that Zoroaster was killed by the same
people who follow him today, thus the question "Why then did you kill them, if
you are truthful?". The irony in
this context is that these people only want to believe in Zoroaster while they
were the ones who killed him in the first place.
Thus moral of the story is Practice what you preach!!
The verses (3:183-184) above has a main proposition to make and the
proponent in these verses is a messenger.
The proposition is to believe in this messenger if you don’t then it is
your loss. Therefore it would be
interesting to find out who this messenger is or was out of the three messenger
during and after the revelation of the Quran which are Muhammad, Rashad Khalifa
and Al-Muzzammil. The Miracle
of the Quran confirms that this messenger is Al-Muzzammil alias Ijaz Chaudry the
author of this article. (73:1) is
addressing this messenger .i.e.
[73:1] O you cloaked one.
When we add 183 + 184 the verses above we get 367.
Now when we concatenate 3 367 73 1 in this order we get complete multiple
of 19 which is 177249 x 19. This
confirms the fact that the messenger mentioned in (3:183-184) is indeed
Al-Muzzammil (The Cloaked One).
Geometric values of Muhammad or Rashad Khalifa are not multiple when added or
concatenated with (3:183-184) in any sensible permutation.
(3:183-184) are left most which emphasises the fact that these verses are
representing today's generation, (73:1) is right most which means that
Al-Muzzammil came before this revelation was made.
The revelation that (3:183) is talking about Zoroastrian religion.
Thus (73:1 & Al-Muzzammil) is historical as compared to (3:183-184) in
this sense. Zoroaster is dead he was
a prophet when he was alive he is not the prophet now, he cannot communicate
with us anymore even if he wants to.
Al_Muzzamil alis Ijaz Chaudry is the living messenger today which brings
guidance for the believers so listen to him for your salvation. He is not asking
for much just asking you to devote your worship to God alone and denounce any
idolatrous beliefs you might have.
Including believing that Zoroaster can help you in any way or form this is
idolatry you will be no better than Muhammadan's who say Muhammad is alive and
can help them. All these ideas are
fake you should only believe in the One Living God.
Zoroastrian;
It is generally
accepted that in the Abrahamic religions, the concepts of Heaven and Hell, as
well as the Devil, were heavily influenced by Zoroastrian belief.
Islam;
All messengers brought
the same religion Islam (Submission) to the world.
The human beings corrupted Islam and created their own religion through
idol worship later on. For example
Christians idolised Jesus Christ and formed their own religion called
Christianity, before this Zoroastrians idolised Zoroaster and formed their own
religion called Zoroastrian. Today
Muslims idolise Muhammad and are called Muhammadan's.
Thus the similarity mentioned above with Zoroastrians and Islam are true
because both religions were they same before sects and new religions were
created by humans;
No Distinction
Among God's Messengers
[2:136] Say, "We
believe in GOD, and in what was sent down to us, and in what was sent down to
Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, and the Patriarchs; and in what was given to
Moses and Jesus, and all the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction
among any of them. To Him alone we are submitters (Muslims)."
Difference between
Zoroastrian and Islam, Islamic point of view;
Zoroastrian;
As with cosmic dualism,
we have the polarity of happiness and sadness, truth and deception and so on but
with an emphasis on choice. This choice is crucial as it determines whether we
are the helper of Ahura Mazda or the helper of Angra Mainyu. When all of mankind
chooses the former over the latter, evil will finally be defeated and Paradise
on earth will be realized.
Islam;
Islam recognises the
fact that humans have freedom of choice, this fact is recorded in the Quran as
follows;
Freedom of Choice
[33:72] We have
offered the responsibility (freedom of choice) to the heavens and the earth, and
the mountains, but they refused to bear it, and were afraid of it. But the human
being accepted it; he was transgressing, ignorant.*
*33:72 The animals, trees, stars,
etc. took advantage of this.
Thus having freedom of
choice by humans was not a very clever thing to do, because it makes humans
responsible for their behaviour.
However, one can redeem itself by worshiping God alone using Quran for guidance
and stop idolising any other being no matter how subtle it might be.
Also be humble and get rid of any ego, because ego is over bearing and
stops God's message to be heard.
There is a verse in the Quran which clarifies how to receive God's message;
Follow the Word of God
[39:18] They are
the ones who examine all words, then follow the best. These are the ones whom
GOD has guided; these are the ones who possess intelligence.
Also another crucial
advice for the followers would be;
Crucial
Advice
[17:36] You shall
not accept any information, unless you verify it for yourself. I have given you
the hearing, the eyesight, and the brain, and you are responsible for using
them.
It is not wise to leave
it to someone else to decide your fate, only you are responsible for making it
to Heaven or Hell, so verify what I am saying here using your best judgement and
then make your decision either to follow what I am saying here or not.
If you have any doubt about what I am saying here then air your views, I
might have made a mistake and by you highlighting it, you would be doing a
favour to me and to you. All
messengers are humans and can make mistakes, which could be a test for the
believers, many believers are blocked by the issue of messengers cannot make
mistakes and then become disbelievers;
[14:11] Their
messengers said to them, "We are no more than humans like you, but GOD blesses
whomever He chooses from among His servants. We could not possibly show you any
kind of authorization, except in accordance with GOD's will. In GOD the
believers shall trust.
Zoroastrian;
Zoroastrians believe
that as soon as the breath has left it, the body becomes impure. Death is
considered to be the work of Angra Mainyu, the embodiment of all that is evil,
whereas the earth and all that is beautiful is considered to be the pure work of
God
Islam;
Islam believes that God
does not advocate sin;
Examine All
Inherited Information
[7:28] They
commit a gross sin, then say, "We found our parents doing this, and GOD has
commanded us to do it." Say, "GOD never advocates sin. Are you saying about GOD
what you do not know?"
However, death is not
sinful act. God controls life and
death, and every one ultimately return to God.
Islam agrees that all the evil on earth is instituted by devil they may
be Human or Jinn (descendents of Satan), however, the ultimate control of
anything which happens to us is in the Hand of God;
[3:109] To GOD
belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth, and all matters are
controlled by GOD.
Also life and death is
in the hands of God and not the devil;
Two Deaths and Two Lives for the
Disbelievers*
[2:28] How can
you disbelieve in GOD when you were dead and He gave you life, then He puts you
to death, then He brings you back to life, then to Him you ultimately return?
*2:28 The righteous do
not really die; they go straight to Heaven. When their interim on this earth
comes to an end, the angels of death simply invite them to go to the same
Paradise where Adam and Eve once lived (2:154, 3:169, 8:24, 22:58, 16:32,
36:20-27, 44:56, 89:27-30). Thus, while the righteous experience only the first
death following our original sin, the unrighteous go through two deaths (40:11).
At the time of death, the disbelievers know their miserable fate (8:50, 47:27),
then they suffer a continuous nightmare that lasts until Hell is created (40:46,
89:23).
Zoroastrian;
Zoroastrians
traditionally pray several times a day. Some wear a kusti, which is a cord
knotted three times, to remind them of the maxim, 'Good Words, Good Thoughts,
Good Deeds'.
Islam;
Islam forbids bad
thoughts and encourages good ones.
In Islam Muslims could pray 5 times a day, remembering God at every part of the
day and as the season changes the times of the prayer changes thus Muslims pray
within different time zones and remember God.
God stipulates who would do these prayers as follows;
[2:45] You shall
seek help through steadfastness and the Contact Prayers (Salat). This is
difficult indeed, but not so for the reverent,
[2:46]
who believe that they will meet their Lord; that to Him they ultimately
return.
*God has not made Islam a burden, one can put as much or as little into Islam and accordingly he/she will be rewarded. Believing in God alone, believing in Last Day and leading a good life is sufficient for Salvation. However, the one who does Salat (Prayers) will be better guided. The Salat is much emphasized in the Quran and there are great rewards for those who do Salat and lead a righteous life. How to perform correct Salat with proof has been established by the help of the miracle of 19 with the leave of God, you will find the proof and instructions for Salat on this web site.
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