Turn The Tables^9
The question remains: “What is the Qur’anic answer to the
Christian riddle: will the Muslim Heaven, be on Earth or in the
skies?”
I had to admit to my audience in Khartoum, that if the question
was put to me, I would have to confess to my Christian
adversary that “I don’t know.” I would have to confess, that I am
ashamed of myself. (Until very recently. I did not have the
Qur’anic answer).?
Having so conceded we must now TURN THE TABLES on the
enemy. 1 would suggest to him that though I do not know my
Qur’an as well as I ought to, “I take it, that you know your
Bible?” He would be too arrogant to say, “No.” He is holding one
under his arm! He is well-equipped! I would request him or her,
“Can 1 have a look at your Bible?” The missionary would be
overwhelmed at this request. You are helping them to fulfil their
mission. I open the very first book of the Bible called Genesis.
(The Roman Catholic Bible has 73 books in it, and the Protestant
world has 66 in their encyclopedia called the Bible). More
about this in part 3 of this Volume),
I hand back the Bible to the Christian, having opened it to
Genesis chapter 19 pointing to verse 30, and suggesting that he
reads it out aloud to me. He is too clever to do that. He is
trained not to follow your instructions but read only the selected
ones to push down your throat. He scans the verses. He smells
the “rat”. He or she will want to change the subject. You ask,
“What’s wrong? Is that not the Book of God?” He says, “Yes.”
Then read it! If he reads, what does he read? I gave my audience
the gist of these verses, and of Genesis 35:22, and still in the
first book of the Bible — Genesis 38:15-18, with the question to
the Bible-thumpers, the hot-gospellers “WHAT IS THE MORAL?”
“What is the moral of these verses? (stories?)”.
We tell our children anecdotes, fables — (“The Fox and the
Grapes, the W olf and the Lamb, the Dog and his shadow,