The Lausanne Global Conversation is on the World Wide Open Network
Author: Hussein Hajji Wario
Date: 11.05.2011
Category: Unreached People Groups, World Faiths, Truth and Pluralism
What started out as a simple tweet of what I was doing, turned it into a conversation. Thanks to a Qur’an advocacy group. I was texting back and forth with a friend of our family yesterday evening when I tweeted, “Conversing with a dear friend and sister in Christ who is of Muslim background. Praying the Lord’s direction for her and her family.” Within 5 minutes @Get_a_Quran_Day on Twitter responded with:
@HusseinWario is becoming brother in Christ by worshiping the prophet of God instead of God?
And I responded including his or her quotes:
RT @Get_a_Quran_Day @HusseinWario is becoming brother in Christ by worshiping the prophet of God instead of God? //Jesus is God ->John 10:30
The Muslim responded:
@HusseinWario so Jesus is God u’re saying, r u absolutely sure? Did Jesus create heaven and earth?
To which I responded:
@Get_a_Quran_Day Yes, I am absolutely sure Jesus is God and He created heaven and earth. John 1
The Muslim responded: @HusseinWario and to whom did Jesus pray?
And I responded with his quotes included: RT @Get_a_Quran_Day @HusseinWario and to whom did Jesus pray? // Jesus prayed to the Father. To whom did Allah pray in Surah 33 ayah 56?
The Muslim responded: @HusseinWario that’s salat ’Ala, upon & not 2! Allah, the creator Blesses his prophets & orders us 2 send blessing upon them not pray 2 them
My response: @Get_a_Quran_Day In Surah 33:56 Allah prayed blessings upon his prophet. Even Tafsir Ibn Kathir shows. I know you don’t want to admit. @Get_a_Quran_Day If you admit Allah prayed blessings in Surah 33:56, then you have to answer "to whom did Allah pray?"
I haven’t heard from this Muslim since my final response. I would like to continue discussing with him or her. There is no doubt Allah prayed in Surah 33 verse 56. Even Islam’s premier commentary of the Qur’an Tafsir ibn Kathir admits Allah prayed. It doesn’t answer to whom Allah prayed though. You can access it here.
If you would like more details about whether Allah prayed in the Qur’an, Sam Shamoun of Answering Islam website has some detailed articles. He goes into details using authentic and authoritative Islamic sources. You can find his articles here and here.
Muslims employ every scheme they stumble upon and attempt to use it to discredit the Jesus of the Bible. One of their arguments, since Jesus prayed He couldn’t be God. Little do they know even Allah prayed for Prophet Muhammad. Please, pray for Muslims, especially this person who is behind this Tweeter account, so that their quest to discredit Jesus Christ leads them to the Truth.
Hussein Wario is a former Kenyan Sunni Muslim. He is the author of Cracks in the Crescent. He blogs regularly at http://www.cracksinthecrescent.com You can listen to his testimony here or read it here.
Keywords: Allah prayed, Jesus, Father, Muslim, Christian, Prophet Muhammad, Truth
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I have had this question posed to me from a Christian about who did Jesus pray to if He is God. I do like your answers and will be praying for this person as well. It is difficult to explain the Trinity to people. One professor I had explained its like water. Water itself is a liquid. If it gets heated, it becomes steam. If it gets cold, it becomes ice. But it still is water just different functions for different situations. I hope my simplifying it does not offend, my professor told me that was hoe he explained it to his children. Keep up the good blogging!
12.07.2011
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@ MzBoom:
I do not know who Allah Prayed to, but I know Jesus prayed to the Father because the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are the trinity, which is God.
That is a unique assessment about the water, when comparing it to the functions of the Trinity. The trinity is one God, but has three different functions of the Father, Son, and, the Holy Spirit. Yet all three are not three gods, but just one God. Thanks for the "water" assessment.
17.07.2011
United States
@ Rapture7:
I feel ya Rachel, I’m certain that Jesus prayed to the father. The muslsim has to come to grips, that their is some question that need to be answered who aor what they belive. I hang on to the trinity also.
19.07.2011
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