* Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Bahais, etc. have
one thing in common: they all worship God.
* Most wars are fought in the name of religion, because of the Human Factor.
* Idolization of "The Human Factor" (Jesus, Muhammad, Mary, the saints, the
scholars, etc.) divides the human race.
* If we devote our worship to God ALONE, and forget the Human Factor, we
will be united into one human family.
* Jesus, Mary, Buddha, Muhammad, and the real saints wanted us to worship
God ALONE.
* God guarantees a happy peaceful life for those who worship Him ALONE.
Why Did Rashad Announce His messengership?
Some people, including some of my closest and most beloved friends, have
asked: "Why did Rashad make that announcement? Why can't we just worship
God alone, without making anybody a messenger of God?!
Belief in God requires believing God. When you believe in God and worship
Him alone, you must believe everything God says. For example, God has told
us that there are angels. Therefore, we must believe God; we must believe
that there are angels. God told us that He sends messengers; He told us that
Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, etc. were His messengers. Therefore, we must believe
God, and we must believe in His messengers (2:285). God told us that there
is a devil named Satan, and we must believe God.
God told us in 33:40 that Muhammad was the last prophet, a message-bearing
messenger (Nabi), but not the last messenger (Rasool). Therefore, we must
believe God - we must know that Muhammad was not the last messenger.
Specifically, God told us in 3:81 that a messenger will be sent after all
the prophets have delivered all the scrip-tures. This messenger, God's Messenger
of the Covenant, is to consolidate the missions of all the prophets into
one message, and unify all believers under the banner of worshiping God ALONE
and upholding the word of God ALONE, not the words of humans.
If we truly believe in God, we will believe what He says and, therefore,
we will believe in God's Messenger of the Covenant. In fact, God tells us
in no uncertain terms that those who do not believe that God's Messenger
of the Covenant will come after Muhammad do not belong with the believers,
and are no longer Muslims (3:81-85). In 49:14 we see that the true believers
are those who "believe in God and His messenger, and harbor no doubts."
What does this messenger look like? What are his qualifications? Is he a
superhuman with wings? God's messengers, we are told in the Quran, are humans
like You and me (5:75, 14:11, 18:110, 21:8, 25:7, 25:20, 41:6)
It is a mercy from God that we do not have to speculate or guess. God has
spelled out the name of His Messenger of the Covenant. as "Rashad Khalifa."
And God's evidence is not subtle at all. As detailed in Appendix 2 of my
new translation, the evidence is overwhelming that Rashad Khalifa is the
messenger.
Why the Announcement?
Announcing my messengership was not my idea; it was a command from Al-mighty
God. For eight years, I had maintained the same views as those who believe
that an announcement was not necessary. I used to think: Why is the announcement
necessary? Why not preach the word of God, uphold the word of God ALONE,
and preach the worship of God ALONE, without announcing anything about the
messengership? In those days of ignorance, I resisted making such an
announcement. Finally, I was told that I was too coward to carry out the
duties of God's messenger. I was fired. It took a whole night of repenting,
crying, apologizing, and pledging. When I reached a solid conviction that
I must make the announcement, even at the cost of losing my own children
and my best friends, I was restored. The following night, I spoke with my
daughter during the pre-dawn meal of a Ramadan night, and I was trying to
be as diplomatic as I could be. My daughter interrupted, "What are you trying
to say, Dad? I knew all along that you are God's messenger." I received the
same response from all the believers around me. They had known me for a long
time, and they knew that I was not a crazy man. They realized that a person
who lies about God or claims messengership falsely has to be a person who
does nor believe in God or the Hereafter; a person who does not expect to
stand before God on the Day of Judgment to answer for his actions.
The announcement played a crucial role in distinguishing the true believers
from those who have another god besides God. We learn from 45:23 that the
ego is the god of many people. It is the ego that prevents people from believing
God and heeding His teachings. It is the ego that prevents people from accepting
another human being as God's messenger (6:8-9, 11:27, 17:94, 23:34, 38:4,
54:24). The announcement was necessary to sift away those who worship their
egos instead of God. It was necessary to sift away those who say with their
lips that they are believers, while doubting or rejecting God's evidence
that Rashad Khalifa is God's Messenger of the Covenant.
Finally, we must reflect on verses 57:13-14: "The hypocrite men and women
will tell the believers on the Day of Judgment, 'Were we not with you?' The
believers will say, 'Yes, but you deceived yourselves, you waited and lingered
too long, you harbored doubts, and you were deceived by wishful thinking
(lip Service).'"
Suppose you become ill and you go to a person for advice, and he or she gives
you some medicine. If this happens a few times, you will begin to trust that
person as a doctor. But you will continue to harbor doubts and worries about
your doctor, unless he makes an announcement that be is a qualified physician,
with all official certificate. Similarly, an announcement of messengership
assures the believers that they are not falling victims to some charlatan;
they will be assured that they are following God's guidance through His proven
and declared messenger.
How to Overcome the
Doubt?
Ask the 3 crucial questions:
1. Does he advocate worshiping God ALONE?
2. Does he have a God-given proof?
3. Is he making any money from this?
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