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Challenge: Subject 19 religion is not "Quran-only"
2.They have numerical ulama to verify, to count, to calculate and to say what is significant and what is not, for oridinary people who are not able, nor qualified to do it.
This is an outright lie. Every sincere believer already knows that the numbers are only there to do one thing, and that is to strengthen our faith in the words. The words are contained in the Quran, and we make no distinction among them, just as we make no distinction among any of God's prophets and messengers.
3 Appendices of Rashad Khalifa`s translation of Quran are some kind of holy book to them; they uphold it and defend it in the same way sunnies and shias defend they holy books besides Quran.
Every sincere believer will only uphold what can be verified in the Quran. By God's grace the Appendices of Rashad Khalifa's translation contains a lot of new insights and very valuable information, including about the mathematical composition of the Quran. Rashad himself said, and anyone who follows him knows, that whatever he might have said or written that cannot be confirmed by the Quran, we are obligated to disregard.
What is very telling here is that you do not list one single example of information out of all the 38 Appendices in his translation, to point out such a contradiction, if you feel there are any. If you don't, what is your problem? People communicate to each other about God's message all the time, through all forms of communication. It is nothing wrong with it. It only becomes a religious problem when people do not verify the information presented in the original source.
God commands us to give Khutbas every Friday, to stand before our brothers and sisters and speak of God's message. This could also be regarded as a 'source' besides the Quran. But of course it is only a 'source' besides the Quran if the contents of the Khutba comes from outside the Quran, and is only a problem if those listening to the Khutba regards it as truth if it is not.
4.And they claim that his appendices contains some neccessary, new revelations that explain many verses of Quran, 15/87 for example.
Absolutely. It is God's grace and mercy that He sent a messenger to explain to us the Hidden mathematical secret in the Quran. Beyond that God revealed, from the Quran, other very crucial pieces of information through His Messenger of the Covenant. The most important of which may be the explanation to why we are here on earth and what idol worship really is.
5.His translation is considered as divine translation to english by some of the followers.
His translation is just that, a translation. It is however the only 'authorized' translation by God. The reason for this 'authoization' is because it is the only guided one, the only translation true to the Quranic message to worship God alone. ALL other translations have been corrupted by their bias towards idol worship of other entities besides God, and often contain a lot of nonsense explanations and references which contradicts the Quran.
6.Many of their teachings are based upon distorted translation of Quran.
Please provide some examples and explain how these 'distorted translations' as you call them would cause someone to practice their religion differently because of them.
7. How they interpret Quran? They are not able to perform serious study in the light of the whole Quran and then to come with right solution and quranic answer for a particular matter. They completely neglected self-explanatory aspect of Quran. They rather pick up some weak allusions from here and there(they take what they like) and then, they support it with a bunch of calculations.
Please provide some examples and we can take the discussion from there. Your comment above is equivalent to saying "They do wrong, they do wrong..." without actually giving one concrete example illustrating how you came to this conclusion. Do you want people to take your word for it!?
8. They completely abrogated 17/36. 99,99% of them check nothing, follow hearsay, follow conjectures. (Only here and there maybe you will find a few bright examples.)
Verse 17:36 was not even on the 'Muslim' world map before Rashad Khalifa and his followers became publicly known. The traditional 'Muslim' world have never practiced or preached this verse. How many Imams have you heard telling his followers not to listen to what he is saying without verifying every single thing in the Quran, and then reminding his listeners to reject his words if they find that they contradict the Quran?!
How many 'Muslims' do you know that actually read the Quran in a language they understand? How many 'Muslims' do you know that can recite the verses of the Quran to show why they do what they do in their religion?
9 Whenever it is suitable for them they cite hadith(abu khuzaima etc. etc.)
The word 'hadith' means really means 'narration'. God calls the Quran, "the best Hadith"! When you say 'hadith' here however you most probably refer to the collection of hearsay attributed to prophet Muhammad. Sometimes those narrations can provide clues to historical events. Other times they can provide proof that it could never have been uttered by prophet Muhammad as they contradict the Quran in so many places. Regardless of which, Hadith is to be regarded as any other (hi)story books. Some is probably reliable and some is not. The blessing for us is that we can know exactly what is religiously reliable and significant by verifying it against the Quran.
10. etc etc etc- the list of their shirks is neverending story.
Again your message is, "they do wrong, they do wrong...but I'm not going to give you concrete examples. Take my word for it!!"
Any serious study of code 19 religion will discover that they,in principle, are but a sunni/shia/sufi sect, covered by a quran-only cloak. Sunnies have a better "basis" in Quran then they. And indeed, some sunnies are more quran only then they are. So it is not minute differences and they in principle do not follow Quran, but a man made teaching. Following quran alone is straight and pious path and their path is mere conjecturing without having any basis in The Book. It is just a matter how much you are introduced with their doctrines and how much you are familiar with Quranic doctrines that will enable you to see their shirk, and to recognise the blasphemy of code 19 teaching.
Well, you've yet again presented your personal opinions without providing any concrete example. So, reader, please educate yourself. You do not need to consult anyone except God. Visit the sites containing information about the newly discovered mathematical proof in the Quran, and read about the conclusions resulting from it, with references from the Quran to support it. Only then can you really make a decision. To start studying it for yourself.