Does the Sun Set in a Muddy Pool?
As-salamu `alaykum. Recently, we have heard that a Christian group from Anaheim, California is active in distributing an anti-Islamic flyer at so me Islamic centers in this area. The flyer starts on a positive note and says that, as a Christian, the author agrees with Muslims on several issues. The author says that “America needs to repent of its many sins, such as abortion, sexual immorality, idolatry, racism, drug abuse and drug trafficking, etc.”After making Muslims interested to read this flyer, the author starts attacking Islam, the Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The author says that Christians cannot accept Prophet Muhammad as God’s true Prophet because the author alleges that the Prophet made some foolish and false statements.The author has preferred to remain anonymous, but he tries to impress his readers with his knowledge of Arabic and Islamic literature. He has deliberately misquoted and mistranslated some Islamic texts. He has exposed not only his anti-Islamic bias, but also his lack of knowledge and understanding of the Qur’an, Hadith and other Islamic literature.The first argument that Christian group posed, which cause a great deal of perplexity to Muslim minds in the area, is related to the words of the Qur’an about “the sun setting in a muddy pool.” Could you please clarify this issue and refute this claim?
