The Deviators from the Straight Path
My fellow mankind, how did we allow Satan to get us here?! How
did Satan and his supporters, from the jinn and mankind, manage to
deviate so many of us from the straight path?! There are many of us
that choose with their own free will to disbelieve in God and the
hereafter, but there are also many of us that believe in the creator deity
and think they are on the straight path, but unfortunately, they are not.
Among those people are People of the Quran. Yes, many born Muslims
today, especially Arabs, have also gone astray because they deserted
the Quran (25:30) and the true teachings of prophet Mohammad.
Before I share with you my thesis on how people from all three faiths
have deviated from the straight path, allow me to briefly share with
you more thoughts on how Satan works, based on the Quran, historical
events, and my life observations.
{Whom Allah has cursed. For he (Satan) had said, "I will surely take
from among Your servants a specific portion. And I will lead them
astray, and I will tempt them with false hopes, and I will command
them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so
they will alter the creation of Allah." And whoever takes Satan as an
ally instead of Allah has certainly sustained a clear loss. Satan
promises them and arouses desire in them. But Satan does not
promise them except delusion. The refuge of those will be Hell, and
they will not find from it an escape.} (4:118-121)
1) Satan wants to get as many people as possible off the straight path.
I suspect he is not concerned with focusing individually on every
one of us, he can have his army of devils to do that for him. He
thinks big. He is thinking how he can get whole communities or
nations off the path in one scheme. Schemes that have a very long-
lasting impact. Now, people in general are followers, and they
often follow leaders and institutions, or in another word
“influencers”. If Satan can get influencers to lead away from the
straight path, then the masses will follow. Influencers are the ones
that poison the well, hence, why he mostly focuses on influencers.
His biggest schemes include the invention of false gods,
corruptive ideologies, and secret societies plotting covertly.
2) His weapons of choice are lies, deceptions, distractions, and
temptations. Here are some examples on how he applies these
weapons to get us off the straight path.
a) Through his agents, he invents lies and deceptions to
misguide us and make us disbelieve in the existence of The
Possessor of Glory and Honor, associate partners with Allah,
or even do wrong in the name of religion.
b) He tempts us to sin and do evil deeds, focusing on what we
desire the most. It is our desires that make us vulnerable.
c) He gets us distracted and enslaved to things we invented in
this worldly life, to stay away from religion and God’s
remembrance; to believe we don’t need God.
d) He tempts us to sin, lie, cheat, kill innocent people, be unjust,
and commit evil things to serve our personal interests,
without any care for others or for the greater good. And he
makes such behavior appear to us as acceptable and good.
e) He makes false promises to delude the influencers that
choose to follow him (17:64), only to betray and abandon
them when he doesn’t need them anymore (25:29). Satan
believes in God and fears him (59:16). His issue is with
Adam and his descendants, and he has nothing more to lose.
To avoid any misunderstanding, let me be clear by stating that we
are responsible for our own actions and decisions. God gave us
free will. Satan and the devils are only a force working against
us, but they don’t have authority over our own decisions. Even
God chose not to have his authority over our decisions (37:30).
Also, let us not forget that God wants us to succeed against Satan.
God intervenes by sending us his blessings (33:43), angels to
protect us (13:11), and messengers, scriptures, and inspirations
for warning and protection against the evil forces. However, if
we don’t have God in our lives, we will simply not get any
guidance and care from him (25:77).
3) Satan is experienced and he is not in a hurry. He has been around
for a very long time, before Adam was even created. In his major
schemes, he seduces people one degree of deviation at a time. As
time passes, his deviations add up to become substantial. For
example, if you take the path of an invisible long straight line and
apply one degree of deviation to the left or right, you are no longer
on the straight path. If you continue to apply another degree, and
another degree, and another degree, eventually you start taking a
path in the shape of a curve going away from the straight path you
originally started on. That's Satan’s goal, social deviances followed by normalization, then repeat. He also waits a
generation or two to incite the next degree of deviation to create
a deviance. That’s because people that come into the new
generation are not aware of the previous deviation done by their
forefathers and will find it to be normal. Also, they are more
susceptible to be tempted to fall for a new degree of deviation,
often under the context of social progressiveness.
{And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our
fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed,
Allah does not order immorality. Do you say about Allah that
which you do not know?" Say, (O Muhammad), "My Lord has
ordered justice and that you maintain yourselves (in worship of
Him) at every place (or time) of prostration, and invoke Him,
sincere to Him in religion." Just as He originated you, you will
return (to life) -A group (of you) He guided, and a group deserved
(to be in) error. Indeed, they had taken the devils as allies instead
of Allah while they thought that they were guided} (7:28-30)
4) Satan’s prime deviation is to make mankind disbelieve in God
and have them associate partners to him. That is because, one,
disbelieving fast-tracks you to Hell, and two, since God doesn’t forgive associating with him partners and allies, and believers that
do so are guaranteed to enter Hell. On the Day of Judgement, no
sin weighs heavier on the scale than associating partners and allies
to Allah. If Satan fails in doing so, then he will work on your
desires and personal weaknesses, so you commit immoralities, as
many times as possible, hoping you rack up enough sin to earn
yourself a ticket to Hell.
5) Satan wants to play the role of God on Earth, so that mankind
achieves the opposite of what God wants us to achieve. While
God sends messengers to guide us to the straight path, Satan sends
instead influencers that will deviate us from the right path. Satan
ultimately wants to control humans and make them worship him
instead of God. And to gain control, he needs to be All-Seeing
over all mankind, hence, the increasing surveillance in this world.
I will now share with you my thesis on how the followers of all three
Abrahamic faiths have deviators among them. I will go over the major
Satanic schemes that got a large number of people, from each of the
three faiths, deviated from the straight path. These deviations mostly
have to do with false claims, ideologies, beliefs, and understandings
invented by Satan and his devils, and promoted by deceiving influencers. These are the deviations that divided the world21
. I am not
asking you to accept my findings and thesis; I am asking you to
seriously consider it and to investigate what I am highlighting.
Deviators from among the Jews
When I was younger, I used to think that people don’t believe or
obey God for lack of knowledge; they are unlearned. Rationalization
with limited or false knowledge results in false conclusions. That
might be a true case for some (this book is for you), but for the majority
of people, I have come to realize that they disbelieve because they are
arrogant (16:22). They don’t want to be told what to do. They don’t
want to follow what the poor follows. They don’t want to be restricted
from how they desire to live their lives. They don’t want to submit to
a higher authority. The Children of Israel fall in this category. Among
them are people that failed over and over again to submit to God’s
authority and commandments. You can go back and read all the verses
I highlighted that concern the Children of Israel, from the story of
prophet Moses to the story of Jesus. They disobeyed The Self-Exalted,tempered with God’s words, and they even killed prophets that they
didn’t approve of. God did a lot to help them out, to satisfy his side of
the covenant. God even told them that he blessed them and favored
them over all of mankind of their era (2:47). Instead of being humble
and more gracious to God, they increased in arrogance, turning God’s
blessings into a curse (2:211). The Jewish deviators went as far as
inventing new “religious” laws and theology, such as the Talmud, and
coming up with mystical satanic human interpretations, such as the
Kabbalah, which distorts the true values and teachings of the Torah.
Today, it is extremely difficult to convert to Judaism if you wish so.
Jews claim they have an exclusive covenant with God. What is true is
that the Children of Israel once had a covenant with God, but how can
it still be valid after they had broken numerous times their pledges with
God (2:100) and evoked God’s wrath?! And how can the creator of all
things accept a religion that is limited to a particular people or race?!
{Certainly we have taken the covenant of the Children of Israel and
had sent to them messengers. Whenever there came to them a
messenger with what their souls did not desire, a party (of messengers)
they denied, and another party they killed. And they thought there
would be no (resulting) punishment, so they became blind and deaf.
Then Allah turned to them in forgiveness; then (again) many of them
became blind and deaf. And Allah is Seeing of what they do.} (5:70-
71)
This false entitlement cultivated a mentality among Jews that
everyone who does not belong to the Jewish race and blood is inferior.
The only time the Jews accepted another race to convert to Judaism
happened between the 6th and 9th century. At the start of that period,
Jews were Middle Eastern, and displaced around the world. They were
mostly tolerated by the Persians and the Arabs. Most Jews lived in the
Persia-Caucasus area, and among them were the Ashina tribes and the
Khazar clans, who were the only communities to convert to Judaism.
Eventually, these tribes and clans merged to become the Khazars in a
newly formed region called Khazaria (modern-day South of Russia
and East Ukraine). The Khazars were very established and strong
people, but they were getting sandwiched between the expanding
Islamic Caliphate and the Christian Byzantine Empire. At that time,
the Jews were well aware that they brought God’s wrath onto
themselves when they (thought they) killed Jesus, and that Ancient
Judea Province is no longer their land. They needed a place away from
Islam and Christianity they can call home, and Khazaria provided that
for most of the Jews that ended up in the Caucasus. I concluded that the Jews accepted the conversion of the Ashina tribes and the Khazar
clans into their religion for protection and political reasons. The Jews
and the Khazars had a common interest at that time, to establish unity
and strength in the face of Islamic and Christian conquests, especially
after Persia was conquered by the Muslims. If you look at the Israelis
today that live in occupied Palestine, most of them are of European
lineage, or Ashkenazi Jews. Middle Eastern Jews are a very small
minority. DNA tests have shown that most of the Ashkenazi Jews can
be traced back to ancient Ashkenaz, which was part of Khazaria. There
are few things told about the Ashkenazi Jews. One of them is that they
have superior genes, surpassing most of mankind in intellectual
brilliance and academic achievements. Maybe people believe that
because many famous brilliant people, such as Albert Einstein, are
Ashkenazic Jews. One conspiracy theory says that a faction of the
Ashkenazi Jews has a plan to rule the world. Without direct evidence,
these are all theories with their own puzzles to solve, but I will leave
the truth seekers with the below narrative, related to both ancient and
relatively recent Jewish deviators, for you to investigate:
1) Source of Power: The majority of Jews started as traders and
merchants a very long time ago, more so in the middle ages, when
they were scattered around Europe. As merchants, they accumulated capital, and eventually lent it out as loans with
interest (usury). This old practice landed them at the helm of
modern-day banking systems and financial institutions (e.g. The
Rothchild Family). Usury is prohibited in the Quran and in the
Torah. However, Jewish law allows making loans with interest to
persons who are not Jewish. “Why?”, I ask. This is a clear
deviation from the straight path. Is it because Jews deviators think
the rest of mankind are inferior and rules then don’t apply? People
of knowledge know that banks rule the world. He who holds the
money is always in power, even if the money is not theirs. If you
don’t know that by now, then you need to educate yourself on this
topic. Governments and world leaders are under the mercy of
bankers and very rich people.
{For wrongdoing on the part of the Jews, We made unlawful for
them (certain) good foods which had been lawful to them, and for
their averting from the way of Allah many (people), And (for)
their taking of usury while they had been forbidden from it,
and their consuming of the people's wealth unjustly. And we
have prepared for the disbelievers among them a painful
punishment.} (4:160-161)
2) Schemes: The Jewish deviators know that they had evoked God’s
wrath again after they (thought they) killed Jesus. Jesus was their
last savior, their Messiah, and they blew it. They even know from
their trusted books that their occupation of Palestine has a time
limit (17:4-8). By the way, the knowledgeable Jews know
everything. Look at how many prophets with knowledge came to
them. They knew prophet Isa (Jesus) was a prophet sent to them.
They knew Mohammad was a prophet, and that the Quran is the
true words of God and final message, but their pride and jealously
always prevented them from accepting anyone they didn't
approve of. They now believe that a Messiah will come to save
them one last time and redeem them from all the wrong they have
done. In preparation for the Messiah, they first had to establish a
Jewish state, especially after all the harassment and cruelty they
experienced from the Europeans that retaliated against the
aftermath of their capital lending schemes and ideologies on
social reform (e.g. Spain, Russia, Germany). When the
opportunity was presented, the established Zionist movement
used their Jewish financial capital influence to have UK and
France grant them the newly colonized Palestine. How many
Christian crusades were launched in the past to take over the Holy Land, only in the end to give it to the Jewish people?! How
generous. While preparing for the new Jewish state, the Jewish
deviators completed their transition of their money and focus to
the post-WWII new rising world power, the United States of
America. First, they had a leading role in establishing the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and many US
banks, to control the world’s financial system. Second, they built
a new vision and an immoral culture for the US, by manipulating
public perception through Hollywood and the media agencies
they owned. Once Palestine was occupied (little they know the
true divine purpose for their regathering there [59:2]), they
established the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
(AIPAC) to lobby and influence US foreign policy, and have the
Israelis gain military aid and protection from the nearby Arab
countries. In 2019, the US provided $3.8 billion in foreign
military aid to the Israelis. The Israelis also benefit from about $8
billion of loan guarantees. The next phase, after the Trump
Middle East Peace Plan (aka “deal of the century”) - which
includes normalizing the Arabs, eliminating the Iranian threat,
and potentially taking over the Al-Aqsa Mosque - is to rebuild
what they call “Temple of Solomon” and have the throne ready for the Messiah to arrive. Before his arrival, they also need to find
a red unblemished cow (heifer) to sacrifice and use its ashes for
purification. As I asked before, were the Masons in contact with
the demons and Satan, at the time of prophet Solomon? Are the
Masons a secret cult related to the ancient Jewish deviators? Did
Satan delude Jewish influencers with a false promise that the
people of Zion will be saved by a Messiah who will rule the world
as his kingdom, and directed them to establish a new world order
at all cost? Do the demons, aided by the Masons and their
subsequent branching cults, still carry a grudge against mankind
for the humiliation they experienced with prophet Solomon? and
is rebuilding his temple, but under their custody this time, and
enslaving mankind, their way of revenge? How involved are the
Iranian Jews? and where does the Illuminati fit in all of this? The
Jewish goals of establishing a state (completed) and the Temple
“of Solomon” (pending), and the expected coming of the Messiah
are all facts, but the Illuminati and Mason’s involvement and the
deceptions of Satan are all parts of conspiracy theories. On one
side, you have the knowledgeable Muslims who believe (based
on prophecies) that the Messiah the deluded Jews are expecting
will be the Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal (The Imposter, the fraudulent Messiah or Antichrist). Most people that don’t want to obey
God’s commandments, from all backgrounds, will be deceived to
think that the Antichrist is the Messiah, or their god, due to the
“miracles” he will perform. Muslims believe that Jesus will return
after the Antichrist appears, to kill the Antichrist and confirm the
truth to the world. On the other side, deluded people will come to
think that the “Al-Mahdi”
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, who is Jesus’ forerunner and the true
savior, is the Antichrist. This difference in belief will split the
world into these two sides, but only one of the two sides is right.
Which side would you be on if I told you this prophecy might
happen in our lifetime? Would you believe me if I told you we
are living in end times? The truth in this day and age is never
crystal clear, it is always a puzzle to solve, but I believe if you
22 Al-Mahdi is Allah’s vicegerent, his elected deputy to this Earth, who will appear in end times. He is the final
Chosen One, not a prophet, but a righteous man the knowledgeable true believers are waiting for to lead the
world in defeating the impious and the tyrants, and bring equity and justice to this world, leading up to Jesus
second coming. He is a descendant of Prophet Mohammad (and maybe other prophets as well). Similar to how
they informed about the Antichrist, all the prophets have informed their followers of this savior and chosen one,
but they had different designations for him. Some named him “Branch of the Lord”. Jesus named him “The Son of
Man”, while Prophet Mohammad named him “Al-Mahdi” (the Guided and Guiding One). Muslim Sunnis and Shiites
have different versions of who Al-Mahdi may be. Al-Mahdi will live his life not knowing he is the chosen one, until
his time comes to save the world. People that reject Islam and the truth will not accept Al-Mahdi as their savior
and will go as far as saying he is the Antichrist. Jesus is also the savior, but Jesus and Al-Mahdi have different
roles in saving mankind, and from an Islamic perspective, most Christians have wrong interpretations of the
characters and the events narrated in old scriptures. It is Al-Mahdi’s role to save mankind during what the
Christians call “The Great Tribulation”, not Jesus. Furthermore, I personally cannot rule out the possibility that the
creature that will come out of the Earth and talk to the people, as one of the major signs of end times, is Al-
Mahdi. Most Muslim scholars interpreted that the creature is an animal/beast. The word “creature” in the Quran
also covers human beings (24:45 | 35:45). The creature could be indeed an animal, but I can also make an
argument that it could be Al-Mahdi, Allah knows best. {And when the decree ‘of the Hour˺ comes to pass against
them, We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth, telling them that the people had no certitude in search for it with a pure heart and sincere intention, God will
guide you to it. Once you find it, it will be easy to understand.
Deviators Among the Christians
{It is You we worship and You we ask for help. Guide us to the straight
path - The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of
those who have evoked (Your) anger or of those who are astray.}
(1:5-7)
God made Muslims recite these verses every single day, in their five
daily Salat (prayers). God is reminding Muslims to invoke him in
guiding them to the straight path, and avoid the path taken by those
who have evoked his anger, the Jews, and those who are astray, the
Christians. I assume by now you understand why God says the
Christians have gone astray. Nevertheless, let me get into the specifics of how today’s Christians are wrong, according to God, and how they
may have been deceived, according to my research:
1) The Trinity - the notion that God is one God, but three coeternal
consubstantial persons or hypostases: The Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit - is false. By associating Jesus with God in any
philosophical and spiritual manner, you are associating partners
and allies to God. The trinity is a human invention. The truth is
that God is one and has no sons or partners. The truth is that Jesus
is a prophet. The truth is that the Holy Spirit is angel Gabriel, who
aided Jesus. The fact that Jesus resurrected the dead doesn’t make
him God, because it was done by God’s permission. The fact that
Jesus was born without a father doesn’t make him the son of God.
Jesus was born the same way Adam was born, from dust then with
the word “Be”, and not from a drop of semen. I actually found
“The Word” in the King James Version Bible, 1 John 5:7.
“For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
This verse supports the trinity, but why would anyone who
believes in the trinity refer to Jesus as “the Word”, isn’t Jesus “the
Son”?! This a clear contradiction. Interestingly, I learned that Isaac Newton disputed the trinity and this verse, by claiming that
this verse did not appear in the original Greek Scriptures. There
are two possibilities. Either someone made this verse up with
knowledge of “the Word”, or they tempered with the verse. The
Father is God, the Word is Jesus, and the Holy Ghost is Gabriel,
and indeed all three entities are in Heaven. It is the second clause,
“and these three are one”, that seems to be invented.
{Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allah is like that of Adam. He
created Him from dust; then He said to him, "Be", and he was.
The truth is from your Lord, so do not be among the doubters.}
(3:59)
{They have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allah is the third of
three." And there is no god except one God. And if they do not
desist from what they are saying, a painful punishment shall
certainly befall such disbelievers.} (5:73)
2)Jesus’ Crucifixion, that Jesus’ death is a sacrifice of atonement
for the sins of mankind, is false. Only Allah himself decides when
he wants to atone human sins, on an individual-by-individual
basis. Also, I previously covered that Jesus was not crucified. He
did not sacrifice himself for the sins of humanity, nor did God sacrifice his son for humanity. The Ruler of the kingdom can’t
sacrifice himself, and if God sacrificed his son, then how could
Jesus be resurrected and then come back to save us from the
Antichrist? It doesn’t make any sense to sacrifice something than
use it again for another purpose. This goes against the meaning of
sacrifice. Indeed, Jesus was lifted to the heavens, but before the
person that resembled him was captured. Clearly, this is another
deception advocated by Satan to make people less fearful of Hell
and to lift the burden of sinning off the shoulders of Children of
Adam. Less fear and burden lead to more sinning, human nature.
{And (for) their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah,
Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah." While in fact
they did neither kill him, nor crucify him; but they were
deluded by resemblance. And indeed, those disputed about in
this matter are certainly in doubt about it. They have no
knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they
did not kill him. Rather, Allah lifted him to Himself. Allah is All-
Mighty, All-Wise.} (4:157-158)
3) Canonization (admission into Sainthood) is false. God has only
appointed prophets and only what God decrees must be followed. Sainthood is another man-made invention. Also, no human on this
Earth can intercede between you and God. They can pray for you
but not pray on your behalf or deliver your prayers to God, and
definitely not when they are dead. We have a direct connection
with God, who is All-Hearing, we don’t need an intermediary.
Moreover, by supplicating to what is believed by many to be a
saint, you are simply associating allies to God, or other lords.
{Or have they taken other than Allah as intercessors? Say, "Even
though they do not possess (power over) anything, nor do they
reason?"} (39:43)
{They have taken their rabbis and their monks as lords
besides Allah, and also (they have taken) the Messiah, the son of
Mary (as God). And they were not commanded except to worship
one God; there is no deity except Him. Pure is He from what they
associate with Him.} (9:31)
This doesn’t take away the fact that there are many Christian
priests, monks, and nuns that are pious and have done amazing
righteous things in serving their communities.
{You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity
toward the believers (to be) the Jews and those who associate others with Allah; and you will find the nearest of them in
affection to the believers those who say, "We are Christians."
That is because among them are priests and monks and
because they are not arrogant.} (5:82)
4) Sacraments of the Catholic Church is false. These are inventions
by the church to establish certain powers and authorities that God
never granted them with. Unfortunately, some churches take
advantage of people, by taking their money to fund their
establishment rather than spending it in the way of God. (There
are Islamic and Jewish religious centers that also cheat people.)
{O you who have believed, indeed many of the rabbis and the
monks devour the wealth of people by false means and avert
(them) from the way of Allah. And those who hoard gold and
silver and spend it not in the way of Allah - give them tidings
of a painful punishment.} (9:34)
I imagine Jesus hurt and saddened with what has been said and done
in his name; it deeply saddens my heart to just think of this. I have no
doubt that Satan is behind all of these inventions to avert mankind from
the straight path. I can accept how people with little knowledge of the
truth can believe that Jesus was crucified, due to resemblance, and that by itself is not a major deviation, but I can’t accept how someone can
fall for the trinity or for the claim Jesus is God. Is it not Jesus who said,
“The truth will set you free” (John 8:32)?! We have to always question
everything and look for the truth. When I researched the Christian
faith, I found a lot of contradictions and discrepancies between the
Gospels. I read more Shakespearian words quoting the apostles than
words from God. Furthermore, it was very clear in the Bible that Jesus
said “to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God”
(John 20:17), so how could calling God “my Father23” be
misinterpreted that Jesus is the son of God? or be accepted that Jesus
is God when he clearly said in many verses “My Lord” and “My
God”?! Claiming Jesus is God or the son of God is a tremendous
infidelity (5:17, 19:88-92). The pieces of the Christian story don’t fit
together. When I spoke with my Christian friends and questioned those
discrepancies, I was always told I have to just believe. I don’t mind
23 The most commonly used Arabic word for father is “Ab”, and translators have translated this Arabic word
throughout the Quran also to “father”. However, this Arabic word could also mean forefather, grandfather, or
father’s brother, as indicated in verse (2:133), when prophet Jacob addressed his sons. Accordingly, Azar does
not have to be prophet Ibrahim’s father, as most Muslim scholars think, he could be his uncle or grandfather.
Most probably Azar isn’t his father, as explained by Dr. Bassam Jarrar and indicated in other divine scriptures. I
would add to Dr. Jarrar’s thesis that this Arabic word could also mean Godfather, as in “spiritual/holy father”,
which could be the most appropriate translation of the Hebrew/Aramaic word that Jesus used. After all, it does
have the word “God” in it. Maybe Jesus is saying our supreme creator is our only holy father?! Furthermore,
people not only misinterpreted that God is Jesus’ father, but also went further to invent practices making other
humans as their holy father or Godfather. This is a perfect example of where translation can distort meaning.
However, mistakenly interpreting prophet Ibrahim as the son of Azar has no severe and detrimental
consequences, compared to interpreting Jesus as the son of God. believing, but the pieces of the puzzle have to fit together. I’m willing
to believe whatever the inferred truth is, but it can’t have any
discrepancies. This has been always my issue with Christianity,
irrespective of what is written in the Quran.
{And (beware the Day) when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary,
did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides
Allah?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to
which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You
know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself.
Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen. I said not to them
except what You commanded me - to worship Allah, my Lord and
your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among
them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them,
and You are, over all things, Witness. If You should punish them -
indeed they are Your servants; but if You forgive them - indeed it is
You who is the All-Mighty, All-Wise.} (5:116-118)
When I finally started to understand how Satan works, I went back
to the time Christianity was founded, looking for people or institutions
that Satan might had used as influencers. Here are my findings and
thoughts. I will leave it to you to judge.
Influencer 1: Paul the Apostle (known as Saint Paul)
Paul, or Saul of Tarsus in Hebrew, was a Hellenized diaspora Jew
who terrorized Christians before he converted to Christianity. He even
persecuted some of the early disciples. I have no issue with people
changing course in life for the better. If God is willing to forgive
anyone who repents and corrects oneself, then why should we allow
ourselves to judge people based on their history and not based on who
they have become?! Even in Islam, there were few apostles of prophet
Mohammad that terrorized the early converts to Islam, before they
converted themselves, and then became great Islamic leaders.
However, here are some striking differences. Those Muslim converts
converted to Islam at a time prophet Mohammad was still alive, and it
was him who eventually selected them as his apostles. In contrast, Paul
was born 5AD, which means he never met Jesus. I was shocked when
I found that out, because he is Paul “The Apostle”. It turns out he is a
self-proclaimed apostle, he is not one of the twelve apostles, the
primary disciples of Jesus. More interestingly, as indicated “in the
narrative of Acts, Paul was traveling on the road from Jerusalem to
Damascus on a mission to arrest them (the disciples) and bring them
back to Jerusalem when the resurrected Jesus appeared to him in a
great light. He was struck blind, but after three days his sight was restored by Ananias of Damascus and Paul began to preach that Jesus
of Nazareth is the Jewish Messiah and the Son of God. Approximately
half of the book of Acts deals with Paul's life and works. Thirteen of
the twenty seven books in the New Testament have traditionally been
attributed to Paul.”24 This is the man who promoted the idea that Jesus
is the son of God, who has fifty percent of the New Testament
attributed to him, who put the crucifixion and atonement of sin at the
center of the Christian theology, and who is considered one of the most
influential founding members of the early Christian Church. What if
Paul was lying??? Paul is not a prophet, nor a messenger elected from
God, so why should we follow his inventions and feeble claims? I have
many red flags raised about him. Here is a couple:
● He had no issue with refuting the Jewish law based on the Torah.
Jesus confirmed the Torah and it was part of his teaching, but Paul
seemed so eager to attract gentiles to convert to Christianity that
he bypassed the need to follow the true Jewish Law, such as the
need for circumcision and the prohibition from eating pork.
"Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ
will be of no advantage to you." (Galatians 5:2)
24 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle
How come Jews and Muslims are forbidden to eat pork and must
be circumcised, and Christians are not? Yes, because of this man.
● The incident at Antioch with Peter, and the constant
disagreements between Paul and the true disciples of Jesus.
“When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because
he was clearly in the wrong. Before certain men came from James,
he used to eat with the Gentiles.” (Galatians 2:11–13)
What if, it was Satan, and not Jesus, that appeared to Paul on his
way to Damascus? If that was the case, did Satan deceive Paul in
making him think he was Jesus25, or did Paul know it was Satan and
he was given false promise by Satan to support him as the leader of the
Christian faith and delude those Christians that he passionately
terrorized? In either case, a divine doctrine should only be delivered to
mankind by a messenger appointed by God, and not by a man with a
vision. That is why messengers showed extraordinary signs to people,
to demonstrate that they are truly appointed by God. God appointed
Jesus (peace be upon him), not the apostles, and definitely not a self-
proclaimed apostle.
25 Many Hadith narratives indicate that Satan, who is from the jinn, can appear in a human form to people in
dreams or in our physical world.
Influencer 2: Constantine the Great
In the early fourth century, Christianity was illegal in the Roman
Empire. Christians were terrorized and fed to the animals in
colosseums. Constantine I, the son of Caesar, was one of the emperors
at that time. He found himself in a civil war against emperors
Maxentius and Licinius, to become the sole ruler of the eastern and
western empires. Constantine was a pagan monotheist; a devotee of the
sun god Sol Invictus. One night, something interesting happened to
Constantine that will change the course of history. The night before the
battle of Milvian Bridge against Maxentius, a divine vision of Jesus
appeared to him in his sleep, commanding him to inscribe the cross on
the shields of his soldiers. He followed his vision and was victorious
the next day. He concluded that it was the cross that sealed his victory.
This event turned Constantine into a Christian sympathizer,
contributing his successes to the protection of the high god alone.
Consequently, he legalized Christianity and allowed its practice
without any restrictions. In a very short time, he became the caretaker
of the faith and played a pivotal role in making Christianity the religion
of the Roman Empire, and eventually, the western world.
Long time ago, someone shared with me that Constantine combined
the Christian faith with a pagan faith that worshiped the sun, and turned
both faiths into the Christian religion we know today. This explained
why Christians go to church on Sun-day. It stuck in my head all this
time, but I never investigated the matter until I came across a
documentary on YouTube titled “The Deception of Constantine”. I am
always skeptical of documentaries and their hidden agendas.
Nonetheless, based on this documentary and other finding I came
across, I found very alarming and interesting questions that truth
seekers should look into:
● Did Constantine support Christianity at first for political reasons?
or his divine vision is true?
● Did he merge a secretive sun worshipping cult called Mithraism
into Christianity?
● To what extent was Constantine involved in the Council of
Nicaea, which was commissioned to debate the nature of the
trinity, after a priest by the name of Alexandrian Arius claimed
that God and Jesus are two different entities?
● Why did Constantine not convert to Christianity until his
deathbed, 24 years after his proclaimed divine vision? and why
was it that he only embraced the Arian version of Christianity?
You might be thinking, “if the trinity is not true, and Jesus disciples
are aware that it is not true, then how come no one tried to expose the
truth and dispute the trinity?” If there is anything you learn about
history, it is always documented by the victorious side that lives to
write it. Many history books are filled with lies that conceal the truth.
Through my research, I learned about a minority of Christians in the
fourth century, who were on the straight path and followed the true
teachings of Jesus. In other words, they were Muslims from the People
of the Scripture. They disputed the trinity, only to be persecuted by
those who defended it. The fourth century was a decisive time in the
history of Christianity in the Roman Empire and must be
revisited. This period covered a long battle between two sides, as often
the case in the generations succeeding the prophets.
{And We gave Jesus, the Son of Mary, clear proofs, and We supported
him with the Holy Spirit. If Allah had willed, those (generations)
succeeding them would not have fought each other after the clear
proofs had come to them. But they differed, and some of them believed
and some of them disbelieved. And if Allah had willed, they would not
have fought each other, but Allah does what He intends.} (2:253)
On one side, the true believers, the Muslims, that followed the true
teachings of Jesus, and on the other side, the envious Christians that
followed their own desires, interpretations, and aspirations, all based
on their current political landscape. It took three centuries for this
battle to happen, because all the followers of Jesus, on either side, were
busy running away from persecution and had to live in secret, until
Constantine’s vision. The battle was ultimately won by the proponents
of the trinity, or the Homousians, when emperor Theodosius and
Augustine of Hippo came into the scene and wiped out the Arians with
complete brutality and terrorism. I suggest you investigate these
names: Eusebius, Arius and the Arians, Ebionites, Paul of Samosata
and Paulian, Constantius II and Eusebia (Empress), Theophilos the
Indian, People of the Cave (The Seven Sleepers). All these people and
factions eventually became the Arians, who believed in the sole
divinity of God, and they indeed did not believe that Jesus was the son
of God, as the mainstream history books want us to believe.
{Say, “Those who fabricate lies against Allah shall not prosper.” It will
be a brief enjoyment in this world; thereafter to Us they are bound to
return; then We shall make them taste the severe punishment because
they used to disbelieve} (10:69-70)
Deviators among the Muslims
Let me take you back to the verse that I covered before on the state
of mankind.
{People used to be a single ummah then (after they differed in matters
of faith) Allah sent prophets carrying good news and warning, and sent
down with them the Scriptures with Truth to judge between people
in matters of their dispute. And none differed over the Scripture
except those who were given it - after the clear signs came to them
- out of jealous animosity among themselves. Then Allah, by His
will, guided those who believed to the truth over which they disputed;
and Allah guides whom He wills to the straight path.} (2:213)
One of the things highlighted in this verse is that humans are always
disputing one another, even after God has sent the Scriptures with signs
of evidence and knowledge of the truth. And most of the time, we
dispute one another out of jealous animosity. Satan must love it when
we are in dispute. Add fuel to the fire, and before you know it, there is
hate, bloodshed, and wars. Given that all humans are the same,
Muslims, after Mohammad’s prophethood, also fell victim to Satan’s
deceptions. They also got dragged into disputes that deviated Muslims
from the straight path. If God were to send down today a new message to mankind, I would guess that the first people he will address are the
People of the Quran “to judge between people in matters of their
dispute.” You would think People of the Quran would have taken
lesson from what happened to the People of the Torah, and People of
the Gospel, and from all the stories narrated in the Quran, but no. Still,
Satan managed to deceive them because they abandoned the Quran
(25:30). Without going too deep into details, let me give you my view
of the major Muslim deviators.
1) Religion Dividers
I am a big believer that with unity comes strength and with
division comes weakness. If you look at Islam today, there are
many Islamic movements and sub-divisions, but primarily
sprouting from two main sects: Sunni and Shia. If you examine
closely the movements and divisions, you will realize it's always
politically driven. One group has a political dispute, so they split
and create their own sect or cult. To distinguish themselves, the
group starts inventing their own jurisprudence based on their own
interpretations of the Quran and Sunnah. Human inventions,
advocated by Satan, always lead to deviations from the straight
path. After prophet Mohammad’s death, a series of four caliphs (successors) governed the Islamic caliphate (state): Abu Bakr,
Umar ibn (son of) al-Khattab, Uthman ibn Affan, and Ali ibn Abi
Talib. During the rule of Uthman ibn Affan and after his
assassination, many revolts and political differences started to
arise, such as disputes regarding who and how government and
military officials should be appointed and where should the
capital of the state be located. A faction of the people, Shia
(means “faction” in Arabic), disputed that the leadership of the
Islamic state should stay within the family of the prophet. The
dispute, fueled by events regarding handing over the assassins of
Uthman ibn Affan, created a lot of friction over time that ended
violently. The supporters of this school of thought eventually split
from the majority, and formed Shia Islam, which constitute today
about 10-15% of Muslims around the world. The historical story
of the split is very controversial and long. I am not going to go
through the details, but here is my view on the split:
● Both sides, the majority and minority, made wrong
leadership and political decisions at some point that led
to disputes and revolts, and eventually, the split.
● Prophet Mohammad's sons never reached adulthood
and died as infants. I see prophet Mohammad no having a heir to succeed him as an indication by God
that succession should not be based upon family
inheritance. What if, generations later, the son or family
member next in line to inherit the rule is not fit to take
charge? Not capable of ruling over the community with
justice and equity? I disagree with the Shia claim that
the Twelve Imams that should succeed prophet
Mohammad, or any human being for that matter, are
infallible. When it comes to community affairs, there
should always be consensus through consultation
(“Shura” in Arabic) in making key appointments and
decisions. I believe that Hereditary Rule is a
deviation from the straight path because it does not
conform with God's commandments to give full
measure and good weight in all fairness. This has
been a major deviation in the so-called “Islamic
countries”, both among Shiites and Sunnis.
● Ali bin Abi Talib, the fourth caliph and the cousin and
son-in-law of prophet Muhammad, himself, did not
oppose the three caliphs before him, nor they opposed
him. They were all brothers in faith, and they all called for the unity of Muslims and not for their division.
However, Satan managed to find Muslim influencers
over time that would preach otherwise to delude their
followers.
Although the Shia-Sunni split started violently, Shiites and
Sunnis lived together peacefully for a long time. Nevertheless,
whenever politicians need to move the masses in their favor, they
revive the pain of the past and instigate violence again. These are
the religion dividers that deviated people from the straight path
by inventing lies and animosity among people. Islam should be
one Ummah, with no such thing as Sunni and Shia, but
unfortunately, Satan and his devils have succeeded in dividing the
Islamic world into many sects and countries. This is the reason
why the Islamic Ummah is very weak today, not showing to the
world its true beautiful identity as the best community, and
allowing enemies of Islam to abuse its vulnerabilities and taint its
image as the religion of terror, resulting in Islamophobia.
{Indeed, those who have divided their religion and become
sects - you, (O Muhammad), are not (associated) with them in anything. Their affair is only (left) to Allah; then He will inform
them about what they used to do.} (6:159)
2) Radical Islamists
Also known as Islamic Extremists, Radical Islamists have
deviated from Islam, by deviating from God’s commandment to
give full measure and good weight in all fairness. By the way, at
a macro level, most of Muslim deviators are associated with
injustice and lack of fairness. It is difficult for Satan to have
Muslims deviate in faith and worship, because most of the
Muslims learned in the Quran what the Jews and Christians have
done, so instead, Satan focuses on getting them to deviate from
other commandments. I group radical Islamists in two categories:
● The Deluded Avengers
The deluded avengers vary from insecure harassed people to
vulnerable oppressed people. The wounds inflicted on them
have caused so much pain, hate, and rage, that vengeance
has become their only remedy to heal those wounds. The
issue has to do with how they retaliate. Avengersfollow their
desires and not a doctrine. God is very clear that a Muslim
has the right for retribution, but only in the same manner as to how they were assaulted, whether against believers
(2:178) or non-believers (2:194). As I covered before, God
says fight only those who flight you and do not transgress.
Do not kill an innocent person and always maintain fairness
and equity. Unfortunately, the deluded avengers, either don’t
know the limits set by God in how one can retaliate when
assaulted, or they are deluded by influencers. Whether
intentionally or unintentionally, those influencers, and
enemies of Islam for that matter, love to misinterpret the
Quran to meet their own interests. I am sure you can see how
that could easily happen. The best way for me to explain this
deviation is to compare it to a school mass shooting, where
the culprit should not be the only one to be blamed, yet they
always are. Let me break down this example:
a. The shooter: A student at school who is bullied by other
students, severely. He feels like an outcast; powerless
to fight back or stop the bullying. After a long buildup
of hate and rage, he finally decides to retaliate by
shooting everyone at school, because he thinks they are
all the same and deserve to die. That is the only way to stop the constant assault and expel the internal hate and
rage that is causing him excruciating pain.
b. The shooter’s caretakers: Absent. They haven’t
provided the shooter with any emotional and social
support and guidance to deal with such tough situations.
Even worse, they also might be abusing the shooter.
c. The school and teacher: They are either oblivious, they
don’t care, or they have no power to intervene to stop
the bullying.
d. The bullies: They feel privileged. They can do whatever
they want because they can get away with it. They love
to transgress onto the weak and vulnerable.
I trust you are capable of matching these characters with
any real-life scenario that involve Radical Islamists. They
are often vulnerable Muslims who get assaulted, and maybe
terrorized, or just sympathizers, in harsh social and
economic environments, but the way they retaliate is wrong.
If someone transgresses and punches you in the face you
have the right to punch them back in the face. God didn’t say
go on shooting sprees and suicide missions. {…whoever has
assaulted you, then assault him in the same manner that he has assaulted you} (2:194). However, God also said, if you
can endure patiently and forgive, demonstrating great
resolve, he will reward you (42:40-43). Now, if you can’t
fight back nor forgive, then one should seek help, or
complain, until justice is served. Keep trying, even if no one
is listening, and never stop invoking God for help. One can
also emigrate (3:195), as a last resort. What happened to the
part of relying on God and staying patient against whatever
harms you?! (14:12) What is worse in this whole situation is
that radical Islamists are often led and directed by evil
special interest groups that use religion as a cover up to
delude those unlearned people (turning them into field
agents that they can activate whenever it is needed for false
flags operations).
● The “Religious” Fanatics
There are different types of fanatics. One type includes
those that want to play the role of The All-Strong in
punishing the infidels. I read the Quran very well, and I did
not read any verses where God appointed Muslims to go and punish people for being infidels, unless they conspire, fight,
or commit injustice against Muslims.
{Allah does not forbid you from dealing kindly and fairly
with those who have neither fought nor driven you out of
your homes. Surely Allah loves those who are fair. Allah
only forbids you from befriending those who have fought
you for (your) faith, driven you out of your homes, or
supported (others) in doing so. And whoever takes them as
friends, then it is they who are the (true) wrongdoers.} (60:8-
9)
Yes, there is a repeated theme here, “Allah only forbids
you from befriending those who have fought you for (your)
faith, driven you out of your homes, or supported (others) in
doing so.”. Everything has to be done proportionally in full
measure and fairness. Again, an eye for an eye and a tooth
for a tooth, and if you can forgive, that would be best
(45:14).
The other type of Islamic fanaticism involves those that
want to enforce Sharia Law as per their desires and not as
per the Quran and Sunnah. Moreover, some think implementing Sharia Law is about taking us back to the
seventh century. I don’t have a single issue with Sharia Law,
but the conditions and variables of the seventh century are
not the same conditions and variables of the twenty-first
century. Today, our habitats are different, our tools and
technologies are different, our knowledge base is different,
and so on. Sharia Law today should be implemented as per
the conditions of our time. Not to forget that Satan has been
working on deluding us for more than fourteen centuries,
more than ever in the last one. You can’t expect people to
change in a few days or months. This goes back to radical
change versus gradual change. Radical Islamists want
radical change, while The Most Forbearing has given us
many examples when his final message was revealed on how
in certain areas gradual change is the best solution.
Furthermore, Radical Islamists use aggression and unfair
measures to enforce Sharia Law. No wonder the word alone
terrifies people, while in fact, Sharia Law, although strict in
many areas, is the most balanced and fair system for humans
to follow. You know who else hates Sharia Law? Satan,
because it is designed to protect us from him. Observe carefully all the mischief, injustice, and immorality that have
filled this world today, and you will realize all of it would
had been avoided if we were to correctly apply Sharia Law.
I have a very simple question for Islamic fanatics and
hardliners, “do you think you can do a better job than prophet
Mohammad and all the prophets? If the prophets themselves
were never aggressive when inviting people to the truth and
calling them to obey God’s commandments, then what
makes you think you can do a better job with aggression?
Did you not read these words???!”
{Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good
counsel and argue with them in the best manner. Indeed,
your Lord is most knowing of who has deviated from His
way, and He knows best the ones who are on the right path.}
(16:125)
{And thus we have made you a moderate ummah
(community) that you will be witnesses over the people and
the Messenger will be a witness over you} (2:143)
{There shall be no compulsion in (acceptance of) the
religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong.So whoever disbelieves in Taghut (The Rebel; Satan) and
believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold
with no break in it. And Allah is All-Hearing and All-
Knowing.} (2:256)
{Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity
followed by injury. Allah is All-Independent, Forbearing}
(2:263)
Furthermore, it is important not to confuse Radical Islamists
with those who fight in the cause of Allah, Jihadists, as
mainstream media and deluded Muslims love to do. Fighting in
the cause of Allah, Jihad, is to defend and protect in a righteous
upright manner the believers, the truth, and the oppressed, against
the transgressors that want to eradicate the truth and everyone that
follows it. This is the battle of Good vs. Evil, Truth vs. Falsehood,
which has been going on for hundreds of centuries.
{Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you but do not
transgress. Indeed. Allah does not like transgressors.} (2:190)
{Believers fight for the cause of Allah, whereas disbelievers fight
for the cause of the Devil. So fight against Satan’s (evil) forces.
Indeed, Satan’s schemes are ever weak.} (4:76)
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