Jewish people would never accept God revealing himself to another nation. Jesus himself sprang forth from among them. Islam had no connection whatsoever to Judaism and Christianity.
If the argument by Rabbis is that Islam appears to be monotheistic because they don't understand Christianity. I'll accept that.
But what Rabbis and what most Muslims seem to not understand is that Islam, is in fact, not monotheistic, having incorporated many of the pagan beliefs that it sprang forth from, and I'll provide evidence of that if you like?
Lots of Jews converted to Islam (for example: Palestinians were Jews that converted) although plenty didn't due to Prophet Muhammed PBUH not being a Jew.
A Christian accusing Islam of having pagan beliefs is shooting their own foot. Just two examples would be Saturnalia (Christmas) and the Christian God being the identical twin of Zeus.
If that be the case, explain Exodus 37:7 as it details the making of the Ark of the Covenant.
God had just given them the ten commandments and in the same breath they are fashioning the ark with gold cherubim.
What did you prove with this statement? The 3rd Commandment clearly states that God shouldn't be drawn.
Are Cherubims now Gods?
I clearly stated that Christians violated the 2nd and 3rd Commandments according to both Jews and Muslims by Worshipping a human (in our opinion) and by drawing God.
What does omniscience have to do with this? There is an idea called progressive revelation. That throughout the history of the Jews, God reveals more things about the nature of himself to them.
That has nothing to do with his own omniscience.
So the past Prophets never heard about Jesus because God was hiding pieces of himself?
It wasn't because he wasn't born yet
The Trinity is kind of a core concept that can't just be revealed down the line.
Every single Prophet before Jesus saw God as we Muslims do (One God with no sons or trinity)
Let's not forget that you brought up the omniscience argument but we'll get to that bellow
What does omniscience have to do with this?
You asked me earlier why did God make a covenant with the sons of Israel if God knew they would never keep it and eventually raise the Muslims in their place.
My reply was basically, why would God do anything he if he already knew the answer. For example, Allah sent a Prophet to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Allah obviously knew most of them wouldn't repent and change their ways but Allah sent them a Prophet regardless so they can't claim in the Day of Judgement that they had no warner/teacher to guide them.
That is the same case for the Children of Israel. Allah didn't break the covenant with the Jews. The Jews broke that covenant. But Allah was merciful and gave them plenty of chances but they failed.
This means that they will be replaced as Allah said in the Quran:
O you who have believed, whoever of you should revert from his religion – Allah will bring forth [in place of them] a people He will love and who will love Him [who are] humble toward the believers, powerful against the disbelievers; they strive in the cause of Allah and do not fear the blame of a critic. That is the favor of Allah; He bestows it upon whom He wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.[5:54]
Here you are - those invited to spend in the cause of Allah - but among you are those who withhold [out of greed]. And whoever withholds only withholds [benefit] from himself; and Allah is the Free of need, while you are the needy.
And if you turn away, He will replace you with another people; then they will not be the likes of you.[47:38]
The Bible concurs that statement
“Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof” (Matthew 21:43).
And he allowed Jesus to be killed so why are other prophets being killed that much more significant?
Unfortunately, the history of scripture shows something different. When the Jews were rebellious, God would send a prophet to return the Jews to him, because HE remembered the covenant that he made with their ancestors.
There is no illustration whatsoever, of when the Jews rebelled, or killed prophets, God leaving them and giving revelation and speaking to their neighbors.
Islam claiming that God abandoned the Jews for some other unrelated pagan group, who he did not prime to be a holy nation, is just so far out in left field.
Remember, the Jews had to go through a process to make themselves holy and distinct from the other nations so that God would come among them. To think he would just leave them for a pagan group without putting them through the same process of making themselves holy invalidates Islam in and of itself.
You're acting like us Muslims are saying that Allah is an oathbreaker. The jews broke their covenant multiple times.
I don't know why we have to keep going back and forth here. Both the Quran and the Bible clearly state that if you don't practice the faith correctly you will be replaced and this goes for Muslims too (Arabs getting replaced by Turks)
I already told you that Islam is valid even according to Judaism so we can nip that stuff in the bud. Job and Balaam were prophets and gentiles so let's not act like it never happened before.
It proves further validity.
The difference between only one man saying he encountered aliens that had green eyes and red hair.
And multiple people across different time periods, different ages, different stations in life saying they encountered aliens with green eyes and red hair.
You're more willing to believe the multiple accounts over just the one.
This is common sense.
It also means that one author, one revelation, one interpretation puts too much power in one man's hands which increases the level manipulation and abuse of power. Which is why this is one of the characteristics of cults.
Look at Jim Jones, Charles Manson, Charles Applewhite, David Korsh. They all share similarities with Muhammad.
No, it proves its invalidity. The Quran clearly warns Muslims of how the Bible and Torah were altered by human beings and that humans are not allowed to alter the final testament, the Quran.
I don't know how you can say what you're saying wit a straight face.
The Quran was codified within a couple of decades and had no changes over 1400 years but the same can't be said about the Bible.
The Bible took centuries to compile and had influences from different people. The Gospels are even 2nd hand accounts.
It literally says on the first page, "the Gospel according to_____".
The Quran isn't according to anyone, it's first hand. The Quran is literally the words of Allah repeated by our illiterate Prophet PBUH, as a sign mind you.
This sounds like what was happening to the Koran.
That verse literally has nothing to do with the Quran and everything to do with the Bible who you happily admitted was influenced by "inspired" writers.
Our Prophet PBUH was illiterate so he received his verses from Gabriel and his companions wrote them down.
Just so you know the Quran is also poetry and in 1400 years, no Arab from any faith could even replicate a single chapter of the Quran's poetry. Arabic is a language of poetry.
Many even converted because of how moved they were by the Quran's poetry alone. The Arabs would cover their ears saying that Prophet PBUH was bewitching them.
In other words, had the Quran been in English, it would have made Shakespeare's works look like baby language.
that old serpent