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Challenge: Rashid Khalifa's Trick

The trick Rashad is to corrupt people using his corrupt translation.. let's examine it ourself.

YUSUF ALI -- 2:30] Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent on earth." They said: "Wilt Thou place therein one who will make mischief therein and shed blood?- whilst we do celebrate Thy praises and glorify Thy holy (name)?" He said: "I know what ye know not."

RASHAD -- 2:30] Recall that your Lord said to the angels, "I am placing a representative (a temporary god) on Earth." They said, "Will You place therein one who will spread evil therein and shed blood, while we sing Your praises, glorify You, and uphold Your absolute authority?" He said, "I know what you do not know."

His claim From" Quran: The Final Testament" p.640

[The word "Rashad" occurs in 40:29 & 38. The word "Khalifa" occurs in 2:30 and 38:26. The first "Khalifa", namely, Satan, while the second occurence (Sura 38), refers to a human "Khalifa". If we add the numbers of suras and verses of "Rashad" (40:29,38) and "Khalifa" (38:26) we get 40+29+38+38+26=171=19x9]

Interestingly, the translation by Rashad for Surah Al-Baqarah ayat 30 said that Allah wants to put a representative which is Satan and in parenthesis TEMPORARY GOD! Masha Allah!!! May Allah curse him!!! How could he called Satan a temporary God. God is ONE and ALWAYS ONE. SATAN IS ALWAYS HIS CREATION!!!! Secondly, is it Satan or us? Does satan shed blood? No, he wispers to the breast of the people, but not Satan himself killed people. Are we destined to be on earth? Are we the Khalifa on earth or Satan?

If you look carefully, you will see that in order to find a multiple of 19, he changed the meaning of Quran, and therefore those who read his translation will doom to disbelief. I have a question, don't you think that this is the work of Satan. Satan really likes to seek people to disbelief. Satan really likes to seek people to worship him. Satan really likes us to think he is God. Don't you think it is what Rashad did in that verse?

Whether you like it or not, we are not in Paradise here on earth. This is like a half-way house to Hell, where a taste of Hell surrounds us and where God's help and mercy to keep us out of this Hellish existence is attainable by seeking refuge in Him and by upholding His commandments. 

[29:54] They challenge you to bring retribution! Hell already surrounds the disbelievers.

The verse you are referring to, 2:30, does contain the word "Khalif" or as translated by some as "viceregent", which in turn translates to:

viceregent: vice-regent n : a regent's deputy; http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=viceregent

 

Verse No

Khalifa

Pickthall

Shakir

Sher Ali

2:30

Recall that your Lord said to the angels, "I am placing a representative (a temporary god) on Earth." They said, "Will You place therein one who will spread evil therein and shed blood, while we sing Your praises, glorify You, and uphold Your absolute authority?" He said, "I know what you do not know."

And when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to place a viceroy in the earth, they said: Wilt thou place therein one who will do harm therein and will shed blood, while we, we hymn Thy praise and sanctify Thee ? He said: Surely I know that which ye know not.

And when your Lord said to the angels, I am going to place in the earth a khalif, they said: What! wilt Thou place in it such as shall make mischief in it and shed blood, and we celebrate Thy praise and extol Thy holiness? He said: Surely I know what you do not know.

And when thy Lord said to the angels, `I am about to place a viceregent in the earth,' they said `Wilt THOU place therein such as will cause disorder in it, and shed blood ? - and we glorify THEE with THY praise and extol THY holiness,' HE answered, `I know what you know not.'

That Satan has been given some respite to do what it is he does, and some power to entice to evil here in earth is clearly established by God in the Quran. 

[7:14-18] He said, "Grant me a respite, until the Day of Resurrection." He said, "You are granted a respite." He said, "Since You have willed that I go astray, I will skulk for them on Your straight path. I will come to them from before them, and from behind them, and from their right, and from their left, and You will find that most of them are unappreciative." He said, "Get out therefrom, despised and defeated. Those among them who follow you, I will fill Hell with you all.

[15:34-43] He said, "Therefore, you must get out; you are banished. You have incurred My condemnation until the Day of Judgment." He said, "My Lord, respite me until the day they are resurrected." He said, "You are respited. Until the specified day and time." He said, "My Lord, since You have willed that I go astray, I will surely entice them on earth; I will send them all astray. Except those among Your worshipers who are devoted absolutely to You alone." He said, "This is a law that is inviolable. You have no power over My servants. You only have power over the strayers who follow you. And Hell awaits them all.

[4:119] "I will mislead them, I will entice them, I will command them to (forbid the eating of certain meats by) marking the ears of livestock, and I will command them to distort the creation of GOD." Anyone who accepts the devil as a lord, instead of GOD, has incurred a profound
loss.

[17:64] "You may entice them with your voice, and mobilize all your forces and all your men against them, and share in their money and children, and promise them. Anything the devil promises is no more than an illusion. 

[16:100] His power is limited to those who choose him as their master, those who choose him as their god.

[17:65] "As for My servants, you have no power over them." Your Lord suffices as an advocate.

[14:42] Do not ever think that GOD is unaware of what the transgressors are doing. He only respites them until a day where the eyes stare in horror.

[14:44] You shall warn the people of the day when the retribution comes to them. Those who transgressed will say, "Our Lord, give us one more respite. We will then respond to Your call and follow the messengers." Did you not swear in the past that you will last forever?

The very reason we are on this earth, is to make a choice between Satan's kingdom or God's Kingdom:

[11:119] Only those blessed with mercy from your Lord (will not dispute the truth). This is why He created them. The judgment of your Lord has already been issued: "I will fill Hell with jinns and humans, all together."

By God's grace, with the coming of God's Messenger of the Covenant we now know exactly why we are here on earth. This information has been in the Quran the entire time, but it's meaning has not been revealed until this time. All the verses are there for everyone to see, to be able to verify this for themselves, in the Quran. 

This is a warning to those who believe in Rashad. If you believe in Allah, then follow which one is the TRUTH. If Allah is willing, I will continue. May Allah spread peace. May Allah gives Light to the Truth and May Allah distinguish the Truth and the False. 

One of the ways to distinguish who is telling the truth and not, is that God promises those who are righteous that He will support them with the truth and a better understanding from the Quran:

[25:33] Whatever argument they come up with, we provide you with the truth, and a better understanding.

Since Rashad's philosophy is to destroy the belief in Sunnah and Hadith, so he sought to misinterpret the meaning of Hadith to those non-Arabic speaker or at least those who knows nothing in Arabic. let's examine.

RASHAD 7:185] "...Does it ever occur to them that the end of their life may be near? Which HADITH, beside this, do they believe in?"

YUSUF ALI 7:185]"...(Do they not see) that it may well be that their terms is nigh drawing to an end? In what MESSAGE after this will they then believe?"

Arabic 7:185] Fabiayyee HADITHim ba'dahoo yu'minoon.

You realize that the word Hadith is in fact in the verse but you must remember that Hadith means speech, or saying.

let's examine a little bit more.

RASHAD 68:44] "Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this Hadith; we will lead them on whence they never perceive.

YUSUF ALI 68:44] Then leave Me alone with such as reject this MESSAGE; by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.

ARABIC 68:44]fazarnee waman yukathibubihaa thalHADITHi sanastadrijuhum..."

and again, the WORD HADITH has been used in it. If you read it carefully, you will the discover the the MESSAGE Allah is talking about is the Quran, the Message of Allah.

There are a lot more words of Hadith with he transliterate them to confuse others and with my amazement he didn't translate some of them because he knew if he did, they would be questioned... let's look at it.

YUSUFALI 56:81] Is it such a MESSAGE that ye would hold in light esteem?

RASHAD 56:81] Are you disregarding this NARRATION?

ARABIC 56:81]Afabihaathal HADITHi antum mudhinoon.

You could see here that Rashad didn't transliterate them to be Hadith, but NARRATION. Why is that, I wonder? do you see some inconsistency. Alhamdulillah, Allah has shown the one of the tricks of him. That is not the only verse in his translation that he hid the word Hadith to be narration where he could. there are numerous places. SO BEWARE.

Yes indeed, we need to be aware. 

Rashad avoided translating the word Hadith in certain verses to share with the non-Arabic readers that it is prophesied in the Quran that those who would invent and uphold other sources besides the Quran would also refer to them as "Hadith". This in itself is amazing. 

Those who fabricated Hadith could have called them anything else under the sun, for example "Consultations/ Gathered Explanations by prophet Muhammad," but of all the titles in the world, they chose to call them "Hadith." 

As you've correctly pointed out, the word "hadith" simply means narration. Narration can mean many things, including message. This is why God refers to the Quran as "the best Hadith" (39:23). And this is why God ask:

[77:50] Which Hadith, other than this, do they uphold? (see also 7:185)

If one does NOT translate these words, the meaning ends up being the same. The message does not change. Nor does the fact that it is wrong to follow narrations or messages that are based on the Quran. The problem with the hadiths unjustly and falsely attributed to prophet Muhammad is that they are not based on the Quran. To read more, click here.