Two Messiahs – part v

Another thought-provoking point is the role of Paul in Christianity; Paul was originally a Jew:

The New Testament, Book of Acts 22:3 "I (Paul) am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus …"

Paul himself had confessed to the killing of many who had embraced the teachings of Jesus (PBUH):

Acts 22:4 "And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women."

Shortly after the departure of Jesus (PBUH), suddenly Paul, who had never met Jesus, said that he had a 'vision' of Jesus and had become an apostle:

Acts 22:6 "And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me."

… To make a very long story short, Paul relying upon that very convenient so-called 'vision', usurped the Divinely bestowed Right of the Successor of Jesus, Sham'oon Safa (Simon Peter) who was chosen and introduced by Jesus (PBUT):

The New Testament, gospel of Matthew 16:18&19 "And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this Rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

And as a dark result of that satanic usurpation which was a direct disobedience of Allah and the Prophet of Allah, the teachings of Jesus (PBUH) were distorted; concepts such as 'Trinity' and 'Crucifixion' and 'simplification of religion' and … were Paul's ideas which he had imported from ancient myths, philosophy and …, all so that he could gain fame and worldly position and …!!! For such a low price, he sold the Word of Allah and the teachings of the Prophet of Allah!!!

Qur'an 2:79 Woe, then, to those who write the book with their hands and then say: This is from Allah, so that they may take for it a small price; therefore woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.

Qur'an 3:77 (As for) those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and their oaths, they have no portion in the Hereafter. Allah will neither speak to them nor look upon them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, and they shall have a painful chastisement.

Qur'an 3:177 Surely those who have bought unbelief at the price of faith shall do no harm at all to Allah, and they shall have a painful chastisement.

Divinely bestowed Successorship has been an Allah-Commanded Prophetic Tradition which had started with the very first Prophet of Allah so that the earth would never be without a Hojjat and Proof of Allah, and the Religion of Allah may be guarded and protected, …; as Seth (Sheith) was Adam's Successor, and Shem (Saam), Noah's, and … . (For more information in this regard, please refer to the article: "Ghadir, from creation to eternity", in this site, kindfather.com)

According to Islamic Ahaadith from the Infallible Ones (PBUT), Sham'oon Safa -Simon Peter- (Simon being the transliteration of Sham'oon; and Safa being the Arabic for Rock, the nickname of Sham'oon assigned by Jesus (gospel of John 1:42); and Peter being from the Greek Petra meaning Rock) who was Jesus' cousin, was the Divinely Chosen Successor of the Prophet Jesus (PBUT); the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP), in this regard, has said:

… When Allah wished to lift 'Eesa, He revealed to 'Eesa to entrust and bestow the Light of Allah and His Hekmat (Wisdom, …) and the Knowledge of His Book upon Sham'oon son of Hammoon, Safa, his Khalifa (Successor) upon Mo'meneen (Believers); so he ('Eesa -Jesus-) did so. And Sham'oon, while living, upheld the Amr and Command of Allah, and guided to the teachings of 'Eesa in his people from Bani-Israel, and fought and stood against disbelievers; whoever believed in him (Sham'oon) and in that which was given to him, was a Believer, and whoever rejected him and disobeyed him, was a disbeliever … .

(Kamaal-O-Ddeen; Behaar-Ol-Anwaar, vol. 14, p. 516; …)

Hadrat Ali (PBUH) in response to some one who had asked him about the Successors, and the enemies of previous Prophets (PBUT), and that of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP), has said:

… Swear by Allah, with me there is a Covenant from the Rasool of Allah (PBUH&HP) about what they become and what they do; how could the affairs of his (the Prophet's) nation be concealed from me while I am to him (Mohammad -PBUH&HP-) as Haaroon (Aaron) was to Moosa (Moses) and as Sham'oon was to 'Eesa? Do you not know that surely the Successor of 'Eesa was Sham'oon son of Hammoon, Safa, (Simon, Peter), his cousin? The Ummah (nation) of 'Eesa (PBUH) differed in regard to him and divided into four denominations, and the four, divided into seventy two sects, all of them facing perdition except one sect; and the same was the nation of Moosa, they (too) divided into seventy two sects, all of which facing perdition but one. Surely Muhammad (PBUH&HP) made a Covenant with me, indeed his Ummah (nation) would divide into seventy three sects, thirteen (of which) claiming our (AhlulBayt's) love and affection, all of them facing perdition, except one group; and surely I (Ali -PBUH-) am certainly upon Bayyenah (Clear Proof) from my Lord.

(Behaar-Ol-Anwaar, vol. 30, p. 76; …)

Also, as we indicated before, some old scriptures were found in the twentieth century archeological discoveries called the 'Dead Sea Scrolls'; these Scrolls have made mention of many quite amazing and illuminating prophesies, such as the reference to the "seekers of smooth things" (simplifying the law of the religion) which sounds amazingly similar to the description of Paul and his followers who "simplified" the religion of Jesus after his departure and removed all obligations from it, all the while claiming that Paul's authority came directly from the so-called 'vision' of Jesus (PBUH). Paul is even quoted, while preaching this removal of obligation, as saying:

2 Corinthians 11:3 "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the SIMPLICITY that is in Christ"

Col. 2:8-10, 16 “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him which is the head of all principality and power . . . . . Let no man judge you therefore in meat or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days”

Paul’s gospel stated that man was no longer under the Law or its penalty; He preached that Jesus had paid the price for man’s sin, because according to Paul, Jesus was the Son of God, thus of the essence of God; I.e. Jesus -a finite creation- was of the essence of the infinite Creator!!! Hence, based on Paul's teachings, while human is always sinful due to the 'original sin of Eve' which human has inherited, but if human believes that Jesus who was God, was killed to pay the price of all sins, human will obtain redemption!!! I.e. in accordance to Paul's teachings and not the Prophet Jesus' teachings, human can conveniently commit any sin he desires, such as drinking, adultery, … without worry, because God died to pay the price of human's sins!!! And in this manner, Paul has become famous and found many lazy followers who simply have wanted to do what they wish, not what Allah has Wished!

If that is the case, i.e. if according to Paul, Jesus (PBUH) directed him to tell people that obedience of Allah was no longer necessary and the price of all sins had already been paid, and therefore believers in "God Jesus" can freely commit any sin, then what do the following statements of Bible, mean?!!!

gospel of Matthew 5:29 & 30 "And if thy right eye offend thee pluck it out, and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee, for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell."

Matthew 18:7-9 "Woe unto the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! Wherefore if thine hand or feet offend thee, cut them off. It is better to enter into life halt or maimed rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire!"

Matthew 24:37-39 "But as the days of Noe (Noah) were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

Yes, humankind have never been given Permission by any Prophet of Allah or their True Successors (PBUT), to disregard and disobey any of the Laws or commands or Glad Tidings … of Allah -which are for human prosperity and their disobedience and negligence tantamount to Perdition-; if the teachings of Prophets such as Moses and Jesus (PBUT) have not been distorted by usurpers and liars, the Glad Tidings about Mohammad and his AhlulBayt (PBUT) -as the lords and masters of all creations of Allah- would not have been so scarcely found. (For the traces of such Glad Tidings, please refer to all parts of the articles: "Mohammad, the Promise of Torah" and "Mohammad, the Promise of Enjil (Gospel)" in the site kindfather.com)

In the Tafsir Noor-O-Ththaqalain, Tafsir Ali-Ebne-Ibrahim, Tafsir Jaame' of Sayyed Ibrahim Boroojerdi, Khesaal of Shaikh Sadooq, Thawaab-Ol-A'maal and … there are Hadithes from Imam Saadeq, Imam Kaazem, Imam Reda and … (PBUT) in which they (PBUT) have introduced a very unimaginably dreadful place in Hell called 'Falaq' in 'Saqar' which the rest of the inhabitants of Hell seek refuge from; the infallible ones (PBUT) have said that in there abide, Qaabil son of Adam who killed his brother, Namrood who threw Hadrat Ibrahim (PBUH) in fire, Fer'on (Pharaoh) of the time of Hadrat Moosa (PBUH), Saameri who crafted the golden calf, Yahuda who deviated Bani-Israel from the teachings of Moosa (PBUH), B(P)ulus (Paul) who deviated the followers of Hadrat 'Eesa (PBUH) from his teachings, AbuBakr, 'Umar ('Omar), 'Othmaan, Mo'aawiyah, Dho-Ththadaiyan the leader of Khawaarej (who fought against Hadrat Ali -PBUH-) and Ebne-Moljam (the killer of Hadrat Ali -PBUH-). It seems that in the most dreadful place of Hell, abide those who started the disobedience of Allah, those whom Yazeed and … have been following … .

A very important and vital point is that, the usurpers after the Prophets of Allah, have invited their followers to Perdition, while the Allah-Chosen Successors of the Prophets (PBUT), have guided the Believers to Everlasting Salvation. I.e. in the same manner that the difference between the following of Paul in place of Peter has been the difference between Perdition and Salvation, similarly is the difference between the following of AbuBakr and 'Umar and … in place of Hadrat Ali and the AhlulBayt (PBUT), and even worse, because Mohammad and his progeny (PBUT) from the beginning of creation have been whom Allah has created creation for, and all Prophets and their Successors (PBUT) had given Glad Tidings about them and had commanded people to Anticipate them and obey them when they would meet them, and therefore the Ever-Commanded obedience of Muhammad and his AhlulBayt (PBUT) -as the last and most perfect Chosen-Ones of Allah to appear in this world- is the last opportunity to attain Everlasting Salvation … .

To be continued...