01Judaism, Christianity, IslamEssay · 18 min readThroughout history these three religions have always been enemies to one another. Though there is no religion that is not an enemy to others! They all say, “we are right, you are wrong.” “We are God's servants, you are Satan's…→02I Get to Know the QuranChapter 7 · 21 min readMilitary service was over. All the friends I had met there and had always been together with were leaving before me. Because they had arrived before me. Two of them left two days earlier, and one a day earlier. But all of them…→03Did Jesus forbid marriage to many women?Chapter 8 · 85 min readIn my writings I do not say things like, “By reading the Holy Scriptures I freed myself from all sins” or anything of the sort. When I came back from military service, every time I came to Turkey I would send a card to my…→04The Quran, the Witnesses, and HospitalityChapter 11 · 58 min readBy now I had plenty of time. I had read the Quran too. It was not as long as the Holy Scriptures. It was a book roughly the size of the Gospel. I read it very quickly. As I said, I was no longer working either. If I said I was…→05Why the Quran Supposedly Cannot Be from God!Chapter 14 · 43 min readThe first and most famous reason a person becomes a Christian and then says “Muhammad can never be a prophet” is the subject of “why was Muhammad married to so many women.” And, to the extent of their manners, they now climb…→06Was Jesus killed or not?Chapter 15 · 35 min readBy now every Witness in the entire assembly hall had heard about my search for the truth concerning the Quran. The image of the Quran that has been created in every Christian and also in the Witnesses is one of great ignorance…→07The Quran and the BibleChapter 17 · 28 min readWhen I compared the Bible with the Quran, it became — again, in my own view — even more impossible for me to believe that the Quran could be anything other than from God. The more I read and the more I researched, the more I…→08The Literary Miracle of the Quran—The Watchtower, September 15, 1965Chapter 19 · 14 min readUnder this heading, the Witnesses try to say that it is laughable for Muslims to stress that “the Quran itself, as a literary work, is a miracle.” The Muslims say it is a miracle by stressing that “Muhammad himself could not…→09Is the Quran a Confirmer of the Sacred Writings of the Past? The Watchtower, October 1, 1965Chapter 20 · 13 min readThe Watchtower’s second series on this subject begins under the title above, and once again I have tried to translate it as follows. Some 250–300 million Muslims accept that the Quran, the holy book of Islam, was inspired by…→10The Fire of Hell — October 1, 1965, The WatchtowerChapter 21 · 16 min read“The Hebrew Scriptures state that the penalty for sin is death: For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all… Ecclesiastes 9:5 (Genesis 3:19; Ezekiel 18:4). And in…→11The Quran on Jesus Christ — The Watchtower, 1 October 1965Chapter 22 · 44 min readThe idea treated here is a subject we have all heard of and know about: Jesus Christ, and whether or not he is the Son of God. This subject is an eternal quarrel between Muslims and Christians. For that reason, rather than all…→12Islamic Teachings — 1 October 1965 WatchtowerChapter 23 · 12 min readHere, on certain subjects, the Quran is taken up as proof, while at other times an attempt is made to refute the Quran in the light of the teachings of the Islamic world. For example, once again with the support of the Quran’s…→13Was the Holy Scripture Altered? 1 October 1965Chapter 24 · 13 min readThis subject is handled in exactly the opposite manner. This time, with proofs they take from the Quran, they prove that the Holy Scripture has NOT been altered! Astonishing — the Quran, which was a book of which they said “it…→14Is there a prophecy written in advance about Muhammad?Chapter 25 · 18 min readThere are critiques under this topic as well. Islamic thinkers have said: “The coming of Muhammad as a prophet is mentioned in the Gospel.” Back then I too did not know the meaning of that verse. It is written in John as well.…→15Is Muhammad the last of the prophets?Chapter 42 · 64 min readThe Islamic world teaches that Muhammad was the last prophet and that no other prophet will ever come after him. But a person who reads the Quran and studies it carefully will arrive at a different conclusion. First, let us give…→16http://www.islamacevap.netChapter 43 · 144 min readI am generally not someone who reads things like newspapers and magazines, nor am I curious about listening to or watching the news. Above all, I can’t stand the way some television broadcasts report a brawl in some neighborhood…→17Should One Be Ashamed of Jesus or of Muhammad?Chapter 50 · 6 min readAs someone who came from the religion of Islam, I used to be ashamed of Jesus and of speaking about him. And I told no one about this. For I knew how those who spoke that name were regarded. Just as a Christian regards someone…→