worshipping false gods and committing incest, rape, and adultery.
Noah (PBUH) is reported to have been drunk to the point of becoming naked in the presence of his grownup sons
(Genesis 9:23- 24): "And Shem and Japhet
took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backwards and covered the nakedness of their father, and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him."
Solomon (PBUH) was accused of worshipping false gods
I Kings 11:9-10): "And the Lord was angry with Solomon ... And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept no
t that which the Lord commanded. " Aaron, a prophet who accompanied his brother Moses (PBUH) on his mission to Pharaoh, was accused of having fashioned the golden calf for the Israelites to worship
(Exodus 32:4): "And he [Aaron] received them [golden earrings] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool after he had made it a golden calf: and they said: 'These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt."'
Prophet Lot's incestuous encounter with his two daughters
(Genesis 19:36): "Thus were both the daughters of
Lot with child by their father."
Prophet who was married to two sisters at the same time
(Genesis 29:28): "And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he [Laban] gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also."
Another prophet accused of adultery
(II Samuel 11:4-5): "And David sent messengers, and took her [the wife of Uriah], and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness, and she returned unto her house. And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said: 'I am with child."'
My question is: How could David (PBUH) be accepted in the genealogy of Jesus (PBUH) when it started with a person who committed adultery
May Allâh forbid it! Does this not contradict what is mentioned in Deuteronomy 23:3: "A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord."
Another allegation is that of incest along w
ith rape by Ammon, the son of David, on his sister Tamar
(II Samuel 13: 14): "Howbeit he [Ammon] would not hearken unto her voice, but being stronger than she [Tamer], forced her and lay with her."
Another multiple rapes, by Absalom on David's concubines, is recounted in II Samuel 16:22: "So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house, and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel."
Another incest, by Judah and Tamar (his daughter-in-law): "Judah on his way to Timnath to shear his sheep saw Tamar. He thought her to be a harlot be
cause she had her face covered.
(Genesis 38: 18): ". . . And he [Judah] gave it [signet, bracelet and staff] to her, and came in unto her and she conceived by him."
Although Jews and Muslims often have differing views, no Muslim would dare to write a book and stamp any Israelite prophet like Judah, David, Jesus and so on, with rape, adultery, incest, or prostitution.
All prophets were sent by Allâh for the guidance of mankind.
Do Christian think that God had sent the wrong people for guidance?
We Muslims do believe in all divine scriptures, but in their original form. God sent a prophet as a warner to each nation, and some of them with scripture as a guidance for that particular nation only. The Sûhuf was brought by Abraham, the Torah by Moses, the Zabûr by David, and the Injîl by Jesus (PBUH
). None of these scriptures remained in their original form.
Finally, Allâh sent Muhammad (PBUH) as the seal of all prophets and with the Qur'an as a guidance for all mankind, anywhere and anytime.
