The Greatest Name of God!

THE divine name is found more than 7,000 times in the Holy Scriptures. Later, however, the Jews superstitiously refused to pronounce it, using instead the word �Lord.� (Jeremiah 23:27, 36) Christendom has followed the same tradition, even leaving the name out when copying the Scriptures. This has resulted in widespread ignorance concerning the greatest name. Although many have heard of the expression �the greatest name of God,� they still believe that today there is no way one can know this name. But is that true?

 ***The Qur�ān tells of someone �who was deeply versed in the Scriptures.***

(Al-Naml [27]:40, NJD) In explaining this verse, a commentary known as Tafsīr Al-Jalālayn says: �It was Asaph the son of Berechiah. He was a righteous man. He knew God�s greatest name, and whenever he called on it, he was answered.� But who is this Asaph the son of Berechiah who knew the greatest name of God? The Qur�ān very often advises turning back to God�s ancient books in order to obtain the answers. (See Yūnus [10]:94; Al-Naḥl [16]:43; Al-Anbiyā� [21]:7.) These tell us that Asaph the son of Berechiah was the one who by inspiration wrote Psalm 83. (1 Chronicles 15:17; Psalm 83, superscription) Verse 18 of this psalm says: �That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.� We thereby see that �Jehovah� is the greatest name.

All the Prophets in the Tevrat (Hebrew Scriptures) and Injil (Greek Scriptures) used the name of Jehovah, why not the prophet Muhammad?

Every careful reader of the Qur�an has seen that the Torah, the Psalms and the Gospel are time and again shown to be God�s Word. In the one hundred fourteen Suras of the Qur�an, at least sixty-two verses point out that these three writings come from God. And at least twelve other verses say that the Qur�an was written for the purpose of confirming these books. Yet, no-where do you see in the Qur'an
God's Greatest Name -JEHOVAH

On the OTHER-HAND Judaism teaches that while God�s name exists in written form, it is too holy to be pronounced (Superstition) and so removed it. Yet, that has not always been the Jewish position. About 3,500 years ago, God spoke to Moses, saying: �Thus shall you speak to the Israelites: The LORD [Hebrew: יהוה, YHWH], the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: This shall be My name forever, this My appellation for all eternity.� (Exodus 3:15; Psalm 135:13) What was that name and appellation? The footnote to the Tanakh states: �The name YHWH (traditionally read Adonai �the LORD�) is here associated with the root hayah �to be.�� Thus, we have here the holy name of God, the Tetragrammaton, the four Hebrew consonants YHWH (Yahweh) that in their Latinized form have come to be known over the centuries in English as JEHOVAH.

 

The Hebrew Scriptures (Torah, Pentateuch) Mesoretic, Talmud and Septuagint Text and many OLDER texts shows God�s personal name, waaaaaay before the Quran was written.

 

Also, the Tanakh was written for the Jews, the Torah was for the Hebrews, big difference in people and how they worshipped. As you well know people seem to change with time but not God�s Holy Written Word.

Edited by Shibboleth - 08 September 2009 at 4:45pm

Shibboleth wrote: And at least twelve other verses say that the Qur�an was written for the purpose of confirming these books. Yet, no-where do you see in the Qur'an God's Greatest Name -JEHOVAH

The Qur'an confirms the truths of the Books that came before it and the message of the Prophets(As)Worhip God and God alone.No we Muslims and Islam do not recognize the name Jehovah or father.You are still trying to compare the Qur'an to the Bible.We Muslims believe the bible is corrupt.see topic corruption in the Bible(Interfaith dialogue)

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hereafter:belief in] [Makkah:Mother of Cities] [Qur'an:confirms earlier Scripture] [Revelation] [Scripture belief in]


6:92 (Y. Ali) And this is a Book which We have sent down, bringing blessings, and confirming (the revelations) which came before it: that thou mayest warn the mother of cities and all around her. Those who believe in the Hereafter believe in this (Book), and they are constant in guarding their prayers.


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Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Lord of the Worlds] [Muhammad:did not fabricate the Message] [Qur'an:confirms earlier Scripture]


10:37 (Y. Ali) This Qur'an is not such as can be produced by other than Allah. on the contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it, and a fuller explanation of the Book - wherein there is no doubt - from the Lord of the worlds.


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Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Children of Israel:and the Qur'an] [Qur'an:confirms earlier Scripture]


46:10 (Y. Ali) Say: "See ye? If (this teaching) be from Allah, and ye reject it, and a witness from among the Children of Israel testifies to its similarity (with earlier scripture), and has believed while ye are arrogant, (how unjust ye are!) truly, Allah guides not a people unjust."


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Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Qur'an:Arabic] [Qur'an:confirms earlier Scripture] [Tawrah (the Law):confirmed by the Qur'An]


46:12 (Y. Ali) And before this, was the Book of Moses as a guide and a mercy: And this Book confirms (it) in the Arabic tongue; to admonish the unjust, and as Glad Tidings to those who do right.



Edited by Akhe Abdullah - 07 August 2009 at 4:39am

Reference from the oldest book in the world, God's Word. If you go to the ORIGINAL scriptures of God's Holy writings, the Torah. Second, the Psalms. Third, the Gospel, it will show you God's name.

If you go to Psalm 83 you will notice in Psalms that  "A song. A melody of A′saph" is documented before you read the first verse. Psalms 83:18 says, That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth.

The superscriptions for Psalms 50 and 73 to 83 credit these songs to Asaph

Many of the Psalms have headings, or superscriptions, and these often name the writer, perhaps you just haven't notice it, it's a superscription that may be in small writings.

Let us repeat a verse from the Qur�an that was quoted earlier. But now we will discuss it from a different angle. �After those prophets We sent forth Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming the Torah already revealed, and gave him the Gospel, in which there is guidance and light, corroborating that which was revealed before it in the Torah, a guide and an admonition to the righteous. Therefore let the followers of the Gospel judge in accordance with what Allah has revealed therein. Evil-doers are those that do not base their judgements on Allah�s revelations.��Sura 5, Al-Ma�ida [The Table], verses 46, 47.

If, at the time these words were written, the Bible had already been corrupted, how could believers in the Gospel �judge in accordance with what Allah had revealed therein�? Thus believers in the Qur�an accept that the Bible was uncorrupted at the time the Qur�an was written (about one thousand three hundred years ago). On the other hand, there exist manuscripts of the Bible written four hundred or five hundred years before that time that are on public display in museums today. When comparing our modern Bibles with these ancient manuscripts, it is easily seen that there is no significant difference. The Bible is substantially the same. Certainly, the Bible has not changed since those words were written in the Qur�an saying that in the Gospel �there is guidance and light.�

Thus, a person who believes in the Qur�an will agree that the Bible has not been corrupted and that it is still the Word of God. But even for people who do not believe in the Qur�an there is abundant proof that the Bible has not been corrupted by men since its original writing. What proof? Why, those ancient manuscripts mentioned in the previous paragraph.

Regarding the Hebrew Scriptures (Tevrat), the external proof is equally strong that they have been preserved faithfully. The ancient copyists of those scriptures were renowned for their accuracy. Today there are seventeen hundred ancient manuscripts of the Hebrew Scriptures of the Bible in existence, and comparison shows them to be substantially the same. In 1947, some very ancient manuscripts were discovered in the region of the Dead Sea. They included some that were a thousand years older than any hitherto extant. Yet a comparison of these ancient manuscripts with our modern Bible shows little significant variation, especially with regard to teaching and doctrine.

After examining these newly discovered ancient documents, Professor Millar Burrows said: �The general reader and student of the Bible may be satisfied to note that nothing in all this changes our understanding of the religious teachings of the Bible . . . The essential truth and the will of God revealed in the Bible, however, have been preserved unchanged through all the vicissitudes in the transmission of the text.��The Dead Sea Scrolls, by Millar Burrows. 

Is this not reasonable? Should we not expect that the Almighty God would be able to preserve his Word uncorrupted? The Bible itself says: �The green grass has dried up, the blossom has withered; but as for the word of our God, it will last to time indefinite.��Isaiah 40:8.


Therefore the Bible does not need the Quran to confirm it's writings, it stands alone.

If the Qur'an does not recognize God's Great name but yet "confirms" these writings, something is seriously, seriously wrong.

May peace be on to you my friend



Edited by Shibboleth - 07 August 2009 at 10:02am