Dear Readers,
A person by name Zakir Naik claims through his books and youtube videos that the Hindu scriptures like Vedas and puranas
have reference to Muhammad (pbuh) as a Rishi and therefore all Hindus should accept Islam as the true religion.
Mr. Zakir, in his book on comparative religion, presents his distorted analysis
of Hindu scripture and desperately trying to divide and confuse innocent Hindus.
Knowledgeable Hindus therefore cannot but laugh at such
idiotic claims. Many learned scholars have written rebuttals and
responses for his idiotic and fanatic claims.
Here are some of the links for such intelligent rebuttals:
Even for argument sake if all those predictions or
references in Hindu scriptures is accepted to be pointing to Abrahamic and
muslim beliefs it only expands the validity, scope and all inclusive universal
nature of Hindu scriptures. Vedic religion will then become the original of which all other faiths are reflections.
As the supreme Vedic Hindu God, Brahman is everywhere, it naturally
accepts and tolerates all the many paths or religions as whatever may be the
path one follows it should reach the same God who is everywhere. But if Abrahamic
religions like Islam with their short sighted and exclusive views challenges
the universal Vedic religion, then Hindus have to provide proper rebuttal so
that the ignorance of the intruder is exposed.
In this article, by invoking the grace of all the many devatas,
great AchAryas like Sri Shankara, Sri Ramanuja and Sri Madhva who have
fortified the fortress of sanathana dharma or eternal religion based on Vedas
and the supreme Bhagavan/Brahman, I will make a humble attempt to respond to
each of Zakir’s claims and show how they are just childish pranks with no
basis. I will also try to show how such claims, uproots the separate identity of any particular religion, including Islam. My responses are in red. If
this instills self confidence among sincere humans and Hindus then the purpose of this
rebuttal is served.
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INTRODUCTION TO HINDUISM
by Dr. Zakir Naik
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The most popular among the Aryan religions is Hinduism.
‘Hindu’ is actually a Persian word that stands for the inhabitants of the
region beyond the Indus Valley. However, in common parlance, Hinduism is a
blanket term for an assortment of religious beliefs, most of which are based on
the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita.
II INTRODUCTION TO HINDU SCRIPTURES.
There are several
sacred scriptures of the Hindus. Among these are the Vedas, Upanishads and the
Puranas.
1. VEDAS:
1. The word Veda is
derived from vid which means to know, knowledge par excellence or sacred
wisdom. There are four principal divisions of the Vedas (although according to
their number, they amount to 1131 out of which about a dozen are available).
According to Maha Bhashya of Patanjali, there are 21 branches of Rigveda, 9
types of Atharvaveda, 101 branches of Yajurveda and 1000 of Samveda).
2. The Rigveda, the
Yajurveda and the Samveda are considered to be more ancient books and are known
as Trai Viddya or the ‘Triple Sciences’. The Rigveda is the oldest and has been
compiled in three long and different periods of time. The 4th Veda is the
Atharvaveda, which is of a later date.
3. There is no
unanimous opinion regarding the date of compilation or revelation of the four
Vedas. According to Swami Dayanand, founder of the Arya Samaj, the Vedas were
revealed 1310 million years ago. According to other scholars, they are not more
than 4000 years old.
4. Similarly, there
are differing opinions regarding the places where these books were compiled and
the Rishis to whom these Scriptures were given. Inspite of these differences,
the Vedas are considered to be the most authentic of the Hindu Scriptures and
the real foundations of the Hindu Dharma.
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Let there be no doubt that the Vedas
are the foundations of Hindu dharma. Mr. Zakir, like many Christian
missionaries, is trying to place Vedas within the Abrahamic/biblical
time frame. But such pseudo scholars need to realize that Vedas are not books
like quran or bible that has a beginning in time. Religions that come in time always
go back in time. But Vedic words, even if accepted to be revealed by rishis of
yore, is based on God in the form of the timeless universal eternal Self that abides
in all. The absolute Self that never changes in time alone can be accepted as
Truth and therefore Vedic words that are based on the same naturally gains
validity. That universal God/Self is the source, abode and destination of all
names and forms that arise in space and time. Therefore creation-sustenance-destruction is a
continuous process and never begins or ends in time. In the Vedic Hindu view
the entire universe is looked upon as a manifestation of the primordial sound
of OM that arises, remains and returns back to God in the form of the Absolute
Conscious Self or Brahman that remains the same in all the three periods of time and even transcends it.
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2. UPANISHADS:
1. The word
'Upanishad' is derived from Upa meaning near, Ni which means down and Shad
means to sit. Therefore ‘Upanishad’ means sitting down near. Groups of pupils
sit near the teacher to learn from him the secret doctrines.
According to Samkara,
‘Upanishad’ is derived from the root word Sad which means ‘to loosen’, ‘to
reach’ or ‘to destroy’, with Upa and ni as prefix; therefore ‘Upanishad’ means
Brahma-Knowledge by which ignorance is loosened or destroyed.
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It is better for Mr. Zakir not to
quote Sri Shankaracharya. Because according to Sri Shankara, Vedic Religion alone
that teaches God/Brahman in the form of the all pervading and universal conscious
Self is the true religion of light. All other religions (including Islam) that locate
God/world external to the Self belong to the world of ignorance or darkness or
untruth.
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2. The number of Upanishads exceeds 200 though
the Indian tradition puts it at 108. There are 10 principal Upanishads.
However, some consider them to be more than 10, while others 18.
4. Some Pundits consider the Upanishads to be
more superior to the Vedas.
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Upanishads or Vedanta though
predominantly deal with the realization of the non-dual Brahman that abides in
all in the form of jnyAna or Consciousness, are not really separate from or
opposed to Vedas which predominantly deal with karma or yagnya in the form of worshipping
many devathas or divinities. Performance of vedically prescribed karma in the
form of svadharma or one’s own duty as a form of yagnya or worship of devatas
and surrendering to a learned brAhmana or Guru who is established in
Truth/Brahman is a must in order to obtain the needed eligibility to study
Upanishads and realize the supreme Brahman. This is very clearly taught in the
very first Brahma sutra – “athAtho brahma jignyAsa”.
The final teaching is that the
entire universe including Vedas begin and end in the Timeless Absolute Self or
Brahman. How can a scripture that teaches God in the form of timeless Absolute Self
be dated? Even if it is dated it should not matter as the final truth or
Brahman is timeless.
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3. PURANAS:
Next in order of
authenticity are the Puranas which are the most widely read scriptures. It is
believed that the Puranas contain the history of the creation of the universe,
history of the early Aryan tribes, life stories of the divines and deities of
the Hindus. It is also believed that the Puranas are revealed books like the
Vedas, which were revealed simultaneously with the Vedas or sometime close to
it.
Maharishi Vyasa has
divided the Puranas into 18 voluminous parts. He also arranged the Vedas under
various heads.
Chief among the
Puranas is a book known as Bhavishya Purana. It is called so because it is
believed to give an account of future events. The Hindus consider it to be the
word of God. Maharishi yasa is considered to be just the compiler of the book.
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It is not correct that Bhavishya
purana is the chief among the 18 puranas. Knowledgeable Hindus belonging to all
the three major traditions of Advaita, Vishshistadvaita and Dvaita, consider
Bhagavata purana as the best among all puranas.
Upanishads, Brahma sutra and
Bhagavad gita are the primary scriptures for Hindus. The teachings of puranas
are accepted as valid as long as they conform to the teachings of the primary
scriptures. Hindus have no qualms to reject all those teachings of puranas that
go against the primary scriptures.
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4. ITIHAAS:
The two epics of
Hinduism are the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
A. Ramayana:
According to
Ramanuja, the great scholar of Ramayana, there are more than 300 different
types of Ramayana: Tulsidas Ramayana, Kumbha Ramayana. Though the outline of
Ramayana is same, the details and contents differ.
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The above is not correct if it refers to the well known Sri
Ramanujacharya as he never commented on Ramayana. Also the correct name of tamil
ramayanam is “Kamba Ramayanam” and not “kumbha” Ramayana.
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Unlike the
Mahabharata, the Ramayana appears to be the work of one person – the sage
Valmiki, who probably composed it in the 3rd century BC. Its best-known
recension (by Tulsi Das, 1532-1623) consists of 24,000 rhymed couplets of
16-syllable lines organised into 7 books. The poem incorporates many ancient
legends and draws on the sacred books of the Vedas. It describes the efforts of
Kosala’s heir, Rama, to regain his throne and rescue his wife, Sita, from the
demon King of Lanka.
Valmiki's Ramayana is
a Hindu epic tradition whose earliest literary version is a Sanskrit poem
attributed to the sage Valmiki. Its principal characters are said to present
ideal models of personal, familial, and social behavior and hence are
considered to exemplify Dharma, the principle of moral order.
B. Mahabharata:
The nucleus of the
Mahabharata is the war of eighteen days fought between the Kauravas, the
hundred sons of Dhritarashtra and Pandavas, the five sons of Pandu. The epic
entails all the circumstances leading upto the war. Involved in this
Kurukshetra battle were almost all the kings of India joining either of the two
parties. The result of this war was the total annihilation of Kauravas and
their party. Yudhishthira, the head of the Pandavas, became the sovereign
monarch of Hastinapura. His victory is supposed to symbolise the victory of
good over evil. But with the progress of years, new matters and episodes
relating to the various aspects of human life, social, economic, political,
moral and religious as also fragments of other heroic legends came to be added
to the aforesaid nucleus and this phenomenon continued for centuries until it
acquired the present shape. The Mahabharata represents a whole literature
rather than one single and unified work, and contains many multifarious things.
C. Bhagavad Gita:
Bhagavad Gita is a
part of Mahabharata. It is the advice given by Krishna to Arjun on the
battlefield of Kurukshetra. It contains the essence of the Vedas and is the
most popular of all the Hindu Scriptures. It contains 18 chapters.
The Bhagavad Gita is
one of the most widely read and revered of the works sacred to the Hindus. It
is their chief devotional book, and has been for centuries the principal source
of religious inspiration for many thousands of Hindus.
The Gita is a
dramatic poem, which forms a small part of the larger epic, the Mahabharata. It
is included in the sixth book (Bhismaparvan) of the Mahabaharata and documents
one tiny event in a huge epic tale.
The Bhagavad Gita
tells a story of a moral crisis faced by Arjuna, which is solved through the
interaction between Arjuna, a Pandava warrior hesitating before battle, and
Krishna, his charioteer and teacher. The Bhagavad Gita relates a brief incident
in the main story of a rivalry and eventually a war between two branches of a
royal family. In that brief incident - a pause on the battlefield just as the
battle is about to begin - Krishna, one chief on one side (also believed to be
the Lord incarnate), is presented as responding to the doubts of Arjuna. The
poem is the dialogue through which Arjuna’s doubts were resolved by Krishna’s
teachings.
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It should be noted that Sri Krishna
is not just a charioteer narrating a tiny event of Gita. He is the supreme universal
God himself who incarnates to protect dharma and devatas/sadhus and destroy
demons who hate dharma and devatas/sadhus.
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1. Common Concept of
God in Hinduism:
Hinduism is commonly
perceived as a polytheistic religion. Indeed, most Hindus would attest to this,
by professing belief in multiple Gods. While some Hindus believe in the
existence of three gods, some believe in thousands of gods, and some others in
thirty three crore i.e. 330 million Gods. However, learned Hindus, who are well
versed in their scriptures, insist that a Hindu should believe in and worship
only one God.
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Hindu religion is neither
polytheistic nor monotheistic as per the popular understanding. It reveals a
supreme universal non dual God or paramAthma who himself manifests in many divine
forms. Therefore He is one and many at the same time. Just like the same person
can play the role of father, son, husband etc, the same one God manifests in
many forms out of his mysterious and divine power called mAya. He does this to
uphold the value of dharma or duty which is based on pure prema or
unconditional love that obtains between one being and another being.
There are 33 letters in Sanskrit. All
these correspond to 33 devatas that operate in knowledgeable and truthful
sadhu’s body. As there are countless number of such sadhus it is said that
there are 33 crore devathas. All these devatas are expansions of the One
Supreme God or paramAthma in the form of the supreme syllable or letter called
OM manifesting as the entire universe.
Yes, Hindus recognize one absolute God in such a way everything else is located in Him and He is location in All. There cannot be any other entity or god external to
this universal, indubitable, all pervading God of Hindus.
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Islam, on the
contrary, exhorts man to consider himself and his surroundings as examples of
Divine Creation rather than as divinity itself. Muslims therefore believe that
everything is God’s i.e. the word ‘God’ with an apostrophe ‘s’. In other words
the Muslims believe that everything belongs to God.
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If God is divine how can something
that belongs to Him be undivine? All such examples of God's creation is not external to Him.
In Islam and many other non-Hindu
religions, God is only an efficient cause. Just like a potter creating a pot.
Such a God is no better than a human potter who is not independent and limited
by space-time.
On the other hand Vedic Hindu God creates/manifests,
controls by indwelling and withdraws the world into himself just like a spider
creates/indwells-controls/withdraws its web. So God is both material and
efficient cause. He is the material cause because he pervades the entire
universe which is in the form of effect.
All names/forms arise/remain and return back to Him who is situated as
the universal Self of all. He is also the efficient cause because he wills to
create/multiply/manifest himself in many forms.
No religion in the world can get as
philosophical and truthful as the Vedic Hindu religion. Islamic view is incomplete.
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The trees belong to God, the sun belongs to God, the moon
belongs to God, the monkey belongs to God, the snake belongs to God, the human
beings belong to God and everything in this universe belongs to God.
Thus the major difference between the Hindu and the Muslim
beliefs is the difference of the apostrophe ‘s’. The Hindu says everything is
God. The Muslim says everything is God’s.
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The Islamic idea that everything
belongs to God is not original. It is copied from Vedas. According to Veda the
entire universe is the body of God. Just like the body belongs to the soul, the
entire universe belongs to Him.
God as the inner Self or paramAthma
is the true owner, sustainer, supporter of this universe of conscious and
unconscious entities. He supports, sustains and uses all entities just like the
soul pervades, sustains and supports the body.
The soul or self is the spirit that
indwells in the body. If God is really spiritual no other example for owner and
owned can be given apart from soul-body.
Everything is God because he is the
supreme soul that indwells in all names/forms. He alone is identified through
all name/forms.
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2. Concept of God according to Hindu Scriptures:
We can gain a better
understanding of the concept of God in Hinduism by analysing Hindu scriptures.
BHAGAVAD GITA:
The most popular
amongst all the Hindu scriptures is the Bhagavad Gita.
Consider the following verse from the Gita:
"Those whose
intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and
follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own
natures."
[Bhagavad Gita 7:20]
The Gita states that
people who are materialistic worship demigods i.e. ‘gods’ besides the True God.
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Gita 7:20 is actually teaching not
to worship demi-gods or devathas for
materialistic reasons. But it never says demi gods are false. Infact in the
very next Gita sloka 7:21, the Supreme God Sri Krishna says “Whatever form any devotee desires
to worship with faith—that (same) faith of his I make firm and unflinching”.
Also Gita 3:11 and 3:12 encourages worship of devathas/demi gods as part of
dharma and calls those as thieves who consume food without offering to devas/demi-gods
through the process of yagnya. Further in 17:4 it says saatvikas or good people
always worship devas – demi-gods.
Svetasvatara 4:12 says ”yo devaanaam
prabhavascha vishwaadhipo rudro maharshi” – That God Rudra who is the ruler of
the world and the great seer is the cause of the origination of devas and also
for their glory”. Existence of many devas and the supreme God Rudra who originates
and supports them is clearly established.
So according to Gita and Veda,
those who do not accept and worship many devas / demi-gods who
sustain us in the form of many natural entities in the world, are no better
than thieves.
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UPANISHADS:
The following verses
from the Upanishads refer to the Concept of God:
1. "Ekam evadvitiyam"
"He is One only
without a second."
[Chandogya Upanishad
6:2:1]1
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This means God as the non dual, eternal,
all pervading Spirit Self is both the material and efficient cause of the world.
There is no second entity that does not have God as the inner Self.
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2. "Na casya
kascij janita na cadhipah."
"Of Him there
are neither parents nor lord."
[Svetasvatara
Upanishad 6:9]2
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This is because He is the inner Self
of all parents also from whom all embodied beings are born. As the inner Self
, He is the Supreme Lord who rules and controls every-"body" from within.
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3. "Na tasya
pratima asti"
"There is no
likeness of Him."
[Svetasvatara
Upanishad 4:19]3
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That means even the pratima is God. As
He pervades and indwells in everything, there is nothing that is not His
prathima or image. The entire universe is His body or prathima.
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4. The following
verses from the Upanishad allude to the inability of man to imagine God in a
particular form:
"Na samdrse
tisthati rupam asya, na caksusa pasyati kas canainam."
"His form is not
to be seen; no one sees Him with the eye."
[Svetasvatara
Upanishad 4:20]4
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It means nobody can see him with
material eyes. But his beautiful form can be seen with divine spiritual eye
provided by Him out of his own grace. This is very explicitly taught in Gita 11:8.
Svetasvatara Upanishad 1:15
says “As oil in sesame, ghee in curds, water in sub-terranean currents and fire
in the firewood is gained by churning, so is this Paramatman in the atman is
grasped. One who follows truth and tapas can SEE Him”
Svetasvatara 3:11 says
“sarvaananashirogreevah sarvabhutaguhaashayah sarvavyaapeecha bhagavan tasmat
sarvagatah shivah”. The meaning is “Having the faces, heads and necks of all as
His, residing in the cave of the hearts of all entities, Bhagavan is pervading
everything. Because He is everywhere He is Shiva, the auspicious”.
BruhadAranyaka Upanishad says “dve
vava brahmano rupe murtham chaamurtham”- Brahman can exist without form and
with form also. In the form of the all pervading consciousness he transcends
all names/forms. But in his universal form he manifests through all names and
forms. He also performs avatAra to reveal his beautiful form to His devotees.
Why should God have both manifest
and unmanifest forms? Because He is transcendent and immanent and also capable of doing anything out of his great
power called mAyA.
Name and form always go together.
There is nothing that has a name but no form. Such an entity is only an
imagination in the mind. That is why the supreme God Brahman who is unmanifest is also said to manifest through all names/forms.
If God has no name or form then He will always be unknowable and unthinkable. If He has only one name/form then
he is no better than any created entity that can only have one name/form at any given point of time. If
God has a name but no form then he will end up as a fictitious or unreal entity.
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[Sacred Books of the
East, volume 1 ‘The Upanishads part I’ page 93]
2 [The Principal
Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan page 745]
[Sacred Books of the
East, volume 15, ‘The Upanishads part II’ page 263.]
3 [The Principal
Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan page 736 & 737]
[Sacred Books of the
East, volume 15, ‘The Upanishads part II’ page no 253]
[Sacred Books of the
East, volume 15, ‘The Upanishads part II’ page no 253]
THE VEDAS
Vedas are considered
the most sacred of all the Hindu scriptures. There are four principal Vedas:
Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samveda and Atharvaveda.
The following
verses from the Yajurveda echo a similar concept of God:
1. "na tasya
pratima asti"
"There is no
image of Him."
[Yajurveda 32:3]5
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This has been answered earlier. Also the Brahma sutra "Om Brahmadrushtirutkarshat Om" supports worship of prathima as Brahman.
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2. "shudhama poapvidham"
"He is bodyless
and pure."
[Yajurveda 40:8]6
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Shuddham means pure not bodyless and
apaapavidhdham means “one without any sin”.
Elsewhere in the Upanishad it is
said that He has no body also. That only means he has no body due to karma like
other jivas or souls. He takes his divine body according to his will. According
to Brahmasutra even liberated souls will have that freedom to take one or many
bodies or remain without body also.
The Upanishad also says the entire
universe is His body and He is the “antaryAmi atma” indwelling soul.
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3. "Andhatama pravishanti ye asambhuti mupaste"
"They enter
darkness, those who worship the natural elements" (Air, Water, Fire,
etc.). "They sink
deeper in darkness,
those who worship sambhuti."
[Yajurveda 40:9]7
4. Sambhuti means
created things, for example table, chair, idol, etc.
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Even natural elements like Air, Water, Fire etc., are created entities as they all arise from Vedic God / Brahman. Also, Sambhuti does not mean created
things. In that case, Asambhuti points to the creator god and the Upanishad further
says meditation on Asambhuti (in your case creator God) leads to darkness which is not acceptable to any believer.
Also the IshAvAsya Upanishad (14) says
“Sambhutya amrutamashnute”. If Sambhuti means created things then meditation on
created things should lead to immortality. That is not the case at all.
Sambhuti means meditation on Brahman/God
leading to attainment of moksha or liberation and Asambhuti means termination
of obstacles to that meditation in the form of non-attachment to material and heavenly
pleasures. Both have to be known and practiced together to attain moksha /
Brahman.
Non-Vedic scriptures which
have no concept of going beyond heavenly pleasures, cannot even conceive the spiritual
truth of Brahman taught in the Vedas.
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The Yajurveda
contains the following prayer:
"Lead us to the
good path and remove the sin that makes us stray and wander."
[Yajurveda 40:16]8
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The good path is nothing but the
path of vedic arya/noble dharma followed by devas/gods and sadhus.
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5[Yajurveda by Devi
Chand M.A. page 377]
6[Yajurveda Samhita
by Ralph T. H. Giffith page 538]
7[Yajurveda Samhita
by Ralph T. H. Giffith page 538]
8[Yajurveda Samhita
by Ralph T. H. Griffith page 541]
2. Atharvaveda
The Atharvaveda
praises God in Book 20, hymn 58 and verse 3:
1. "Dev maha
osi"
"God is verily
great"
[Atharvaveda
20:58:3]9
3. Rigveda
1. The oldest of all the vedas is Rigveda. It is
also the one considered most sacred by the Hindus.
The Rigveda states in
Book 1, hymn 164 and verse 46:
"Sages (learned Priests) call one God by many names."
[Rigveda 1:164:46]
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That definition can apply only to
Vedic Hindu God who has countless names and forms. It cannot apply to any other God who
does not have infinite names and who also does not exist everywhere.
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Rigveda Book 2 hymn
1.
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Vedic God is capable of manifesting in any form He likes. The purusha sukta of veda declares
that God has thousand (countless) heads, hands and legs and pervades the entire
universe. The same universal form was shown by Sri Krishna to Arjuna in Gita. The
all powerful God is capable of taking any number of heads and limbs according
to His will and purpose.
The four face and arms of creator
God Brahma symbolically stands for the four Vedas without which no creation is
possible. It can also stand for the four directions or the four dimensional space-time universe in which
all creation happens. It can also represent the four letters of the sacred
sound OM standing for the four modes of consciousness, in the waking, dreaming,
deep sleep and the absolute transcendental states.
Moreover Hindus look upon the
creator god Brahma as a deva and rishi also. But they do not worship him as
supreme. But they worship the supreme God in the form of protector Vishnu and
destroyer Shiva. Why? Because, creator god Brahma, creates everything including
demons but He has no control over demons. But Shiva predominantly destroys
demons who hate devas and Vishnu predominantly protects all devas who always
adhere to dharma that sustains the world. Demons always hate devas. They also
hate rishis or brahmanas who worship devas.
If the followers of other religions hate devas (many gods or
divinities who are the caretakers of this world) and brahmanas who worship such
devas through the process of yagnya, then Hindus have no choice but to group
them as demons or rakshasas.
Interestingly the word rAkshasa when
pronounced backwards reads sAkshara. The word sAkshara means one who is learned
and knowledgeable (and therefore a deva). Rakshasa therefore stands for ignorance or even perverted intelligence.
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Describing Almighty God in anthropomorphic terms also goes
against the following verse of Yajurveda:
"Na tasya
Pratima asti"
"There is no
image of Him."
[Yajurveda 32:3]
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This is already answered earlier.
The body is always the prathima or image of the soul. The entire universe is
the prathima or body of God. The soul/God can be worshipped / reached only
through body/prathima.
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9[Atharveda Samhita
vol 2 William Dwight Whitney page 910]
Vishnu among Hindus,
is that of a God who has four arms, with one of the right arms holding the
Chakra, i.e. a discus and one of the left arms holding a ‘conch shell’, or
riding a bird or reclining on a snake couch. Muslims can never accept any image
of God. As mentioned earlier this also goes against Svetasvatara Upanishad
Chapter 4 verse 19.
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The word Vishnu means one who
pervades the entire universe and also indwells in it, just like the soul
pervades and indwells in the body. The Vishnu purana teaches that the ornaments and
weapons that Vishnu holds, symbolically stands for all the entities in the
created world. The chakra or discuss stands for time and shankha or conch
stands for the sacred sound OM or veda, the mace stands for the principle of
earth, the sword for knowledge and so on.
According to Vedas the entire
universe is Vishnu’s body. As mentioned earlier, Vishnu in his universal form is
Rudra or Shiva who can have countless heads and limbs and is capable of taking
any form according to His will with his formidable power of mAya.
Hindus do not care if others don’t
want to accept Vishnu’s or Shiva’s personal form. The Bible also says God made
man in his own image. Body is always the image of the soul. The only way to
know and reach the soul is through the body / prathima.
This world is made of
good-sattvic, bad-tamasic and in-between - rajasic entities. Though everything
is an image of God, sattvic-good-dharmic entities completely reflect and reveal
God. That is why knowledgeable people go for sattvic mode of existence and
finally transcend that also to reach the all pervading absolute Brahman.
Followers of other religions can break the idols of Hindu gods. But
can they break the universe which is the body or idol of Vedic
Hindu God Vishnu? They have no choice but to helplessly depend on the same Vishnu
in the form of universe for existence.
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"Na tasya pratima asti"
"There is no
likeness of Him"
The following verse
from the Rigveda Book 8, hymn 1, verse 1 refer to the Unity and Glory of the
Supreme Being:
3. "Ma cid anyad
vi sansata sakhayo ma rishanyata"
"O friends, do
not worship anybody but Him, the Divine One. Praise Him alone."
[Rigveda 8:1:1]10
4. "Devasya samituk parishtutih"
"Verily, great
is the glory of the Divine Creator."
[Rigveda 5:1:81]11
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In the Hindu view the creator is also the created as
He creates and enters into all created entities and resides as the inner Self
of all the created entities.
The same paramAthma or Supreme Self
/ Narayana is Vishnu – the protector of devatas and also Shiva or Rudra, the destroyer
of demons. The entire world is His glorious manifestation.
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Brahma Sutra of Hinduism:
The Brahma Sutra of
Hinduism is:
"Ekam Brahm,
dvitiya naste neh na naste kinchan"
"There is only
one God, not the second; not at all, not at all, not in the least bit."
Thus only a dispassionate study of the Hindu scriptures can
help one understand the concept of God in Hinduism.
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The above words “neha nanasti
kinchana” is a Upanishadic statement and not Brahmasutra and it refers to the one
Brahman who is the inner soul of all devatas. In Brahmasutra , Brahman or God
is not identified as just the creator and sustainer. He is the destroyer also.
This destroyer or Rudra aspect of Hindu God Brahman is actually more important
as He consumes and destroys all demons and their ir-religions (of hating devas
and brahmanas who worship devas through the process of yagnya).
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as from the
sun." The Prophecy confirms:
2. Prophet was given eternal law, i.e. the Shariah.
3. The Rishi was enlightened by the Shariah of Prophet
Muhammad. The Qur’an says in Surah Saba Chapter 34 verse 28 (34:28):
"We have not sent thee but as a universal (Messenger)
to men, giving them glad tidings and warning them (against sin), but most men
understand not."
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in Hindu scripture by Dr. Zakir Naik
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The above is a very pathetic attempt
to see quran in veda. Even then the validity of Vedic Hindu God in the form of the eternal Self that
supports the universe as his body remains unaltered.
Everything else opposed to this universal view is nothing but ignorance
or darkness.
The true name of God is "Aham" (or "I am" in English) that includes and transcends all names of gods of all religions. The fact that this eternal God is shining in all as the eternal Self should equalize and unite all. So there is no need for believers in other religions including muslims to fight with Hindus.
The true name of God is "Aham" (or "I am" in English) that includes and transcends all names of gods of all religions. The fact that this eternal God is shining in all as the eternal Self should equalize and unite all. So there is no need for believers in other religions including muslims to fight with Hindus.
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I. Muhammad (pbuh) prophesised in Bhavishya Purana
According to
Bhavishya Purana in the Prati Sarag Parv III Khand 3 Adhay 3 Shloka 5 to 8.
"A malecha
(belonging to a foreign country and speaking a foreign language) spiritual
teacher will appear with his companions. His name will be Mohammad. Raja (Bhoj)
after giving this Maha Dev Arab (of angelic disposition) a bath in the
Panchgavya and the Ganga water (i.e. purifying him of all sins) offered him the
present of his sincere devotion and showing him all reverence said, "I
make obeisance to thee. O ye! The pride of mankind, the dweller in Arabia, Ye
have collected a great force to kill the Devil and you yourself have been
protected from the malecha opponents."
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Devatas are none other than sattvic
beings who control the elements in nature and also operate in our own body/sense
organs, mind, intellect and ego. In the form of natural elements they always
serve the world with no selfishness. They are thus embodiments of goodness or
sattva. No purana including Bhavishya purana can deny the truth of dharma and yagnya comprising
of worship of devatas and rishis adored in the Vedas.
If the reference to mlecha points to
Muhammad (pbuh) then he will end up as an avatara of Mahadev or the Hindu
God Shiva who is worshipped by all the many gods/devatas.
All musalmans therefore end up as devotees of Shiva. The fact that musalmans worship the holy kaaba which resembles a huge Shiva linga - idol of Shiva, further supports that idea. The usage of Pancha gavya and Ganga
water proves the Hindu mode of purification.
So it is better for musalmans not to meddle with and misinterpret Hindu scriptures, else they will end up as worshippers of the Hindu God Shiva.
So it is better for musalmans not to meddle with and misinterpret Hindu scriptures, else they will end up as worshippers of the Hindu God Shiva.
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The Prophecy clearly states:
The name of the
Prophet as Mohammad.
He will belong to
Arabia. The Sanskrit word Marusthal means a sandy track of land or a desert.
Special mention is
made of the companions of the Prophet, i.e. the Sahabas. No other Prophet had
as many companions as Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
He is referred as the
pride of mankind (Parbatis nath). The Glorious Qur’an reconfirms this"And
thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character"
[Al-Qur'an 68:4]|
"Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah, a beautiful
pattern (of conduct)".
[Al-Qur'an 33:21]
He will kill the
devil, i.e. abolish idol worship and all sorts of vices.
The Prophet will be
given protection against his enemy.
Some people may argue
that ‘Raja’ Bhoj mentioned in the prophecy lived in the 11th century C.E. 500
years after the advent of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and was the descendant in the
10th generation of Raja Shalivahan. These people fail to realise that there was
not only one Raja of the name Bhoj. The Egyptian Monarchs were called as
Pharaoh and the Roman Kings were known as Caesar, similarly the Indian Rajas
were given the title of Bhoj. There were several Raja Bhoj who came before the
one in 11th Century C.E.
The Prophet did not physically take a bath in the Panchgavya
and the water of Ganges. Since the water of Ganges is considered holy, taking
bath in the Ganges is an idiom, which means washing away sins or immunity from
all sorts of sins. Here the prophecy implies that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was
sinless, i.e. Maasoom.
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The word mlechcha means unclean and
sinful. A
“Sinless mlechcha” is an oxymoron. Impurity and Sin will not be washed off
unless one physically purifies using panchagavya and takes bath in the holy
Ganga river. It can never be an idiom at any time.
Even if “taking bath in panchagavya
and Ganga water” is accepted as an idiom, the Hindu view of the sacredness of panchagavya
and Ganga water remains valid. Are musalman’s ready to accept that?
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According to
Bhavishya Purana in the Pratisarag Parv III Khand 3 Adhay 3 Shloka 10 to 27
Maharishi Vyas has prophesised:
"The Malecha
have spoiled the well-known land of the Arabs. Arya Dharma is not to be found in
the country. Before also there appeared a misguided fiend whom I had killed; he
has now again appeared being sent by a powerful enemy. To show these enemies
the right path and to give them guidance, the well-known Muhammad (pbuh), is
busy in bringing the Pishachas to the right path. O Raja, You need not go to
the land of the foolish Pishachas, you will be purified through my kindness
even where you are. At night, he of the angelic disposition, the shrewd man, in
the guise of Pishacha said to Raja Bhoj, "O Raja! Your Arya Dharma has
been made to prevail over all religions, but according to the commandments of
Ishwar Parmatma, I shall enforce the strong creed of the meat eaters. My
followers will be men circumcised, without a tail (on his head), keeping beard,
creating a revolution announcing the Aadhaan (the Muslim call for prayer) and
will be eating all lawful things. He will eat all sorts of animals except
swine. They will not seek purification from the holy shrubs, but will be
purified through warfare. On account of their fighting the irreligious nations,
they will be known as Musalmaans. I shall be the originator of this religion of
the meat-eating nations."
The Prophecy states that:
The evil doers have
corrupted the Arab land.
Arya Dharma is not found
in that land.
The Indian Raja need
not go the Arab land since his purification will take place in India after the
musalmaan will arrive in India. The coming Prophet
will attest the truth of the Aryan faith, i.e. Monotheism and will reform the
misguided people. The Prophet’s followers will be circumcised. They will be
without a tail on the head and bear a beard and will create a great revolution.
They will announce
the Aadhaan, i.e. ‘the Muslim call for prayer’.
He will only eat lawful things and animals but will not eat
pork. The Qur’an confirms this in no less than 4 different places:
In Surah Al-Baqarah
chapter 2 verse 173
In Surah Al-Maidah
chapter 5 verse 3
In Surah Al-Anam
chapter 6 verse 145
In Surah Al-Nahl
chapter 16 verse 115
"Forbidden to
you for food are dead meat, blood, flesh of swine, and that on which hath been
invoked the name of other than Allah".
They will not purify
with grass like the Hindus but by means of sword they will fight their
irreligious people.
They will be called
musalmaan.
They will be a
meat-eating nation.
The eating of
herbivorous animals is confirmed by the Qur’an in Surah Maidah, chapter 5 verse
1 and in Surah Muminun chapter 23 verse 21
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In the Hindu
scriptures religions founded on cruelty and hatred towards living beings, devatas
(many gods) and brAhmanas who worship devatas through the process of yagnya are termed as demonic.
Vedas and Puranas have umpteen numbers
of stories where rakshasas ruthlessly torture and kill rishis, brahmanas and their families and cows that provide butter/ghee that is used in the process of yagnya. They also destroy the process of yagnya by dropping unholy objects in the sacrificial fire. But
finally victory is always on the side of dharma and devas who are under
the protection of Vishnu and Rudra, the slayer of demons.
Ignorant rakshasas don’t know that
they can never conquer the world through hate and war. True religion based on knowledge/dharma/devotion/renunciation alone can win the world without any
real fight.
Arya or devata
dharma is such a noble and peaceful religion as it respects all creation as divine. It looks upon the entire world as one family united by the indwelling God Brahman
who is of the form of pure unconditional Love. That universal God / Brahman is in devatas and
rakshasas too. But the problem is rakshasas do not have the purity and
intelligence to cognize the same God in others.
Any religion that is opposed to the
above and divides the world is called anArya or demonic dharma. Arya dharma is a complete system
comprising of brahma (spiritual) and kshatra (material) aspects.
Though ahimsa
or non violence is prescribed as part of dharma, use of violence to protect
dharma is also prescribed. The power of kshatriya with the direction of
brahmana is capable of vanquishing any threat from ignorant and adharmic demons.
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According to
Bhavishya Purana, Parv - III Khand 1 Adhay 3 Shloka 21-23:
"Corruption and
persecution are found in seven sacred cities of Kashi, etc. India is inhabited
by Rakshas, Shabor, Bhil and other foolish people. In the land of Malechhas,
the followers of the Malechha dharma (Islam) are wise and brave people. All
good qualities are found in Musalmaans and all sorts of vices have accumulated
in the land of the Aryas. Islam will rule in India and its islands. Having
known these facts, O Muni, glorify the name of thy lord".
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Every criminal or demon considers
himself and his own place, people and faith as good and sees evil in others. A
truly good person is one who sees goodness in everything and identifies one’s
own lust, anger and greed as the source of evil.
The word mlechcha itself means
unclean and bad. So it is self contradictory to say that mlechcha and his dharma
is clean and good. Moreover dharma means
duty. Every human depending on his body and mental disposition and capability
is expected to serve his parents, family, society and gods or devatas who are
the spiritual force behind nature, on whom we all depend. This is real arya or
noble dharma. If mlechchas/musalmans are teaching
the same, Hindus have no issue.
Though the entire earth as a
principle is holy for Hindus, Bharath or India is holier than holy
as it is the land of selfless sadhus/Rishis, devathas and the place where the Supreme Lord
incarnated. It will continue to remain so eternally forever. Every now and then
it may get occupied by rakshasas. But the ultimate victory is on the
side of devatas / dharmic people of Bharath or India. The passing cloud can
never really cover the self luminous Sun.
Hindus go by the all pervading God
Brahman taught in primary scriptures, who transcends and manifests through many
different forms like Shiva/Vishnu/Devi and so on and also incarnates to reveal
his beautiful form as that of Sri Rama and Sri Krishna. Any Purana (including
Bhavishya purana ) story that goes against the above is out rightly rejected as
invalid by Hindus.
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The Qur’an confirms
this in Surah Taubah chapter 9 verse 33 and in Surah Al Saff chapter 61 verse
9:
"It is He who
hath sent His Messenger with Guidance and the Religion of Truth, to proclaim it
over all religion, even though the Pagans may detest (it)".
A similar message is
given in Surah Fatah chapter 48 verses 28 ending with, "and enough is
Allah as a witness".
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Hindu God Sri Krishna also says in
the Bhagavad Gita that He will incarnate again and again to protect sadhus or
good people who worship devatas and destroy demons who are haters of devatas.
Unlike other cultures Hindu culture has remained strong in spite of so many invasions from outsiders. The reason is Hindu values are based on God who is always eternal in the
form of the Supreme Self that abides in all and who incarnates to protect dharma/devas
and destroy adharmic beings who hate devas.
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II. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) Prophesised in Atharvaveda
In the 20th book of
Atharvaveda Hymn 127 Some Suktas (chapters) are known as Kuntap Sukta. Kuntap
means the consumer of misery and troubles. Thus meaning the message of peace
and safety and if translated in Arabic means Islam.
Kuntap also means
hidden glands in the abdomen. These mantras are called so probably because
their true meaning was hidden and was to be revealed in future. Its hidden
meaning is also connected with the navel or the middle point of this earth.
Makkah is called the Ummul Qur’a the mother of the towns or the naval of the
earth. In many revealed books it was the first house of Divine worship where
God Almighty gave spiritual nourishment to the world.
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As explained earlier, Vedas are not books and
the creator God, the four faced Brahma creates the world using the words of Veda
only. So the entire world is only a manifestation of vedic words. Everything in
the world is in the Vedas and there is nothing in the world that is not in
Vedas. If other scriptures have something in common it only makes it a subset of the larger
Vedic scripture. Every particular world view is only a
reflection of the universal Vedic world view.
Vedas are much older than any other scripture in the world and
yet their final meaning culminates in the timeless God who pervades the entire universe. From
that universal point of view where is Mecca and where is Kashi? Yet the true
worshippers and seers of such universal all pervading God are found in
abundance in Kashi and nowhere in Mecca. Here again where is Mecca and where is
Kashi?
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The Qur’an says in Surah Ali-Imran chapter 3, verse 96:
Several people have
translated these Kuntap Suktas like M. Bloomfield, Prof. Ralph Griffith, Pandit
Rajaram, Pandit Khem Karan, etc.
The main points
mentioned in the Kuntap Suktas i.e. in Atharvaveda book 20 Hymn 127 verses 1-13
are:
Mantra 1
He is Narashansah or
the praised one (Muhammad). He is Kaurama: the prince of peace or the emigrant,
who is safe, even amongst a host of 60,090 enemies.
Mantra 2
He is a camel-riding
Rishi, whose chariot touches the heaven.
Mantra 3
He is Mamah Rishi who
is given a hundred gold coins, ten chaplets (necklaces), three hundred good
steeds and ten thousand cows.
Mantra 4
Vachyesv rebh. ‘Oh!
ye who glorifies’.
The Sanskrit word Narashansah means ‘the praised one’, which
is the literal translation of the Arabic word Muhammad (pbuh).
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The epithet “the praised one” is a
common description that can apply to any great personality. If Muhammad (pbuh) means
‘the praised one’ it can also apply to any devata and even to any good human.
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The Sanskrit word
Kaurama means ‘one who spreads and promotes peace’. The holy Prophet was the
‘Prince of Peace’ and he preached equality of human kind and universal
brotherhood. Kaurama also means an emigrant. The Prophet migrated from Makkah
to Madinah and was thus also an Emigrant.
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‘One who spreads and promotes peace’ is
another common epithet that can apply to any god. The idea of equality and
unity has its roots in the Hindu view where God resides equally in all.
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He will be protected
from 60,090 enemies, which was the population of Makkah. The Prophet would ride
a camel. This clearly indicates that it cannot be an Indian Rishi, since it is
forbidden for a Brahman to ride a camel according to the Sacred Books of the
East, volume 25, Laws of Manu pg. 472. According to Manu Smirti chapter 11
verse 202, "A Brahman is prohibited from riding a camel or an ass and to
bathe naked. He should purify himself by suppressing his breath".
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It is true that all Rishis are
Brahmans and they never go beyond the borders of Bharath. It is also true that
Brahmans do not ride any animal and for the same reason Muhammad (pbuh) cannot be
accepted as a rishi.
Moreover every Vedic mantra has a
Rishi, meter or chandas and a devatha. Muslims will have problem if Muhammad (pbuh) is
accepted as a rishi. This is because they have to identify the mantra or
chandas and the devatha connected with the mantra. Entire Quran cannot be a
mantra and even if it is accepted as so, it only becomes one among the many
mantras in the Vedas which ultimately becomes ONE in the universal mantra of
OM.
All the many Rishis identified in
the Vedas unconditionally accept the sacred OM which is the essence of entire
veda, as valid and denoting the supreme God as the universal Self or Brahman. If Muhammad (pbuh)
is one among the many rishis then there will be no choice for Muslims but to accept the entire
Veda and the supreme Vedic God Brahman as the ultimate reality denoted by OM.
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This mantra gave the
Rishi's name as Mamah. No rishi in India or another Prophet had this name Mamah
which is derived from Mah which means to esteem highly, or to revere, to exalt,
etc. Some Sanskrit books give the Prophet’s name as ‘Mohammad’, but this word
according to Sanskrit grammar can also be used in the bad sense. It is
incorrect to apply grammar to an Arabic word. Actually shas the same meaning
and somewhat similar pronunciation as the word Muhammad (pbuh).
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Sanskrit and especially Vedic Sanskrit is the oldest and yet the most sophisticated of all languages in the world. It is also the source or mother of all other languages in the world including Arabic.
Ultimately all Vedic (or even non
vedic) names point to the universal Self denoted by OM that remains as the source
of all words and languages. It is made of the letters A, U and M and all the
letters and sounds in the alphabet falls within the range of A and M.
If Mr. Zakir wants to see Muhammad (pbuh)'s name in the Veda then he will have to accept all other names of Rishis, gods mentioned in the Veda and also Vedic God Brahman as the source of all names and forms.
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If Mr. Zakir wants to see Muhammad (pbuh)'s name in the Veda then he will have to accept all other names of Rishis, gods mentioned in the Veda and also Vedic God Brahman as the source of all names and forms.
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He is given 100 gold
coins, which refers to the believers and the earlier companions of the Prophet
during his turbulent Makkan life. Later on due to persecution they migrated
from Makkah to Abysinia. Later when Prophet migrated to Madinah all of them
joined him in Madinah.
The 10 chaplets or
necklaces were the 10 best companions of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) known as
Ashra-Mubbashshira (10 bestowed with good news). These were foretold in this
world of their salvation in the hereafter i.e. they were given the good news of
entering paradise by the Prophet’s own lips and after naming each one he said
"in Paradise". They were Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Talha, Zubair,
Abdur Rahman Ibn Auf, Saad bin Abi Waqqas, Saad bin Zaid and Abu Ubaidah (May
Allah be well-pleased with all of them).
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Hindus were highly civilized, built
great cities and used to do transactions with gold coins when many in other parts of the world were still living in caves. It is not a secret anymore that
all the riches that invaders of India have accumulated are nothing but stolen and
plundered from Hindus. Even the Westerners came to India,
the land of Hindus, because of its inherent wealth and riches.
But nobody can steal the wealth of true spiritual knowledge which is the soul of Bharath or India.
But nobody can steal the wealth of true spiritual knowledge which is the soul of Bharath or India.
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The Sanskrit word Go
is derived from Gaw which means ‘to go to war’. A cow is also called Go and is
a symbol of war as well as peace. The 10,000 cows refer to the 10,000
companions who accompanied the Prophet (pbuh) when he entered Makkah during
Fateh Makkah which was a unique victory in the history of mankind in which
there was no blood shed. The 10,000 companions were pious and compassionate
like cows and were at the same time strong and fierce and are described in the
Holy Quran in Surah Fatah:
"Muhammad is the
Messenger of Allah; and those who are with him are strong against unbelievers,
(but) compassionate amongst each other."
[Al-Qur'an
48:29]
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Mr. Zakir’s interpretation that the
Sanskrit word “Go” - “is derived from
Gaw which means ‘to go to war’” clearly shows how utterly ignorant the people
of Muhammad are.
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This mantra calls the
Prophet as Rebh which means one who praises, which when translated into Arabic
is Ahmed, which is another name for the Holy Prophet (pbuh).
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Another common description of “one
who praises” can be applied to any god.
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Battle of the Allies described in the Vedas.
It is mentioned in
Atharvaveda Book XX Hymn 21 verse 6, "Lord of the truthful! These
liberators drink these feats of bravery and the inspiring songs gladdened thee
in the field of battle. When thou renders vanquished without fight the ten
thousand opponents of the praying one, the adoring one."
This Prophecy of the
Veda describes the well-known battle of Ahzab or the battle of the Allies
during the time of Prophet Muhammed. The Prophet was victorious without an
actual conflict which is mentioned in the Qur’an in Surah Ahzab:
"When the
believers saw the confederate forces they said, "This is what Allah and
His Messenger had promised us and Allah and His Messenger told us what was
true." And it only added to their faith and their zeal in obedience."
[Al-Qur'an 33:22]
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All descriptions of battles in the
Vedas are between Devas (gods) and demons who oppose dharma and yagnya (meaning duty towards devas –
many gods.)
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The Sanskrit word
karo in the Mantra means the ‘praying one’ which when translated into Arabic
means ‘Ahmed’, the second name of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh).
The 10,000 opponents
mentioned in the Mantra were the enemies of the Prophet and the Muslims were
only 3000 in number.
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Hindus do not consider anyone as
their enemies while many others consider Hindus as their enemy. This
is similar to demons opposing devas in all Hindu scripture. It is a fact that
victory always lies with devas who follow their duty or dharma of serving and
sustaining the world.
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The last words of the
Mantra aprati ni bashayah means the defeat was given to the enemies without an
actual fight.
>>>>
The above is true with Hindus whose
scripture Veda is based on the knowledge of the universal conscious Self that can never be defeated. It is
only ignorant people or rakshasas or musalmans who always engage in fight and
violence. Knowledgeable people never fight because true knowledge or light establishes itself
by automatically eliminating ignorance or darkness.
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The enemies’ defeat
in the conquest of Makkah is mentioned in Atharvaveda book 20 Hymn 21 verse no
9:
"You have O
Indra, overthrown 20 kings and 60,099 men with an outstripping Chariot wheel
who came to fight the praised one or far famed (Muhammad) orphan."
The population of
Makkah at the time of Prophet’s advent was nearly 60,000
There were several clans in Makkah each having its own
chief. Totally there were about 20 chiefs to rule the population of Makkah.
An Abandhu meaning a
helpless man who was far-famed and ‘praised one’. Muhammad (pbuh) overcame his
enemies with the help of God.
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As already mentioned all vedic battles
are between gods and demons. Even though sometimes demons may seem to win, it
will be only temporary. Final victory is always for devas who follow the path of truth and
dharma.
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III. Muhammad (pbuh) prophesised in the Rigveda
A similar prophecy is
also found in Rigveda Book I, Hymn 53 verse 9:
The Sanskrit word
used is Sushrama, which means praiseworthy or well praised which in Arabic
means Muhammad (pbuh).
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Again the epithet Susharma is a
common noun that can apply to any deva who is praiseworthy. It cannot apply to
demons who hate such praiseworthy devas.
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IV. Muhummad (pbuh) is also prophesised in the Samveda
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is also prophesised in the Samveda
Book II Hymn 6 verse 8:
"Ahmed acquired
from his Lord the knowledge of eternal law. I received light from him just as
from the sun." The Prophecy confirms:
The name of the
Prophet as Ahmed since Ahmed is an Arabic name. Many translators misunderstood
it to be Ahm at hi and translated the mantra as "I alone have acquired the
real wisdom of my father".
Prophet was given
eternal law, i.e. the Shariah.
The Rishi was
enlightened by the Shariah of Prophet Muhammad. The Qur’an says in Surah Saba
chapter 34 verse 28
"We have not
sent thee but as a universal (Messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings and
warning them (against sin), but most men understand not."
[Al-Qur'an 34:28]
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The name Ahmed is a mispronunciation
of the Sanskrit word “Asmat” and the word Allah also is a twisted version of
the Vedic word Atma which denotes the inner Self of all. Even the word Jesus is
a twisted version of Sanskrit word Ishwara. The word Vishnu etymologically
means the all pervading and indwelling Self. The same Vishnu as a slayer of
demons and adharma is Shiva or Rudra. He alone creates in the form of the four
faced Brahma. This supreme Self or paramAthma Vishnu, who abides in all is the
source of all thoughts, words and deeds. Thus every religion including Islam
can be said to be a reflection or a subset of the Vedic Hindu religion
indirectly teaching the same Vedic Hindu God.
The name Shariah is also a corrupted
version of the Sanskrit word ShAstra which refers to Vedas that contain the Law
of dharma. True morality or dharma thus has to be based on this universal Self
or Vishnu that abides in all. To “see” the same God/Self in others is the golden
rule of morality which no sensible human can deny.
Hindu religion alone therefore can
be considered as truly philosophical and spiritual as it identifies God as the Atma or the
ultimate true spirit Self that abides in all beings. So all names like Allah, God,
Jesus etc., ultimately points to this Hindu God Vishnu only.
That is why there is so much
commonality and similarity among all the various religions including Islam,
with the Hindu religion which is the mother of all religions. But it is
pathetic that even all the many religions do not know this or even if they know
they don’t want to accept the truth. Even though they are rooted in Hindu
religion they are foolishly trying to teach twisted spirituality/religion to
Hindus.
Vedas are not books like Quran or
bible. Even then some scholars want to date Vedas but everybody agrees that Vedas
are the oldest of all literature dating back to 6000 BC. But still it is very well known that Vedas are
authorless. This is because it arises from the Self which is eternal and
universal. Rishis did not compose but only revealed Vedas.
Vedas are transmitted through
unbroken chain of teacher and student. Thus it can be said that the sacred Vedic
words arise from the Absolute Brahman situated as the eternal inner Self of the
teacher and return back to the same Brahman situated as the eternal inner Self
of the student. Other religions like Islam cannot claim this unbroken chain or
tradition for their scriptures. If they do it will become the same as Vedas
that teach God as paramAthma – the ultimate all pervading and indwelling Self -
Vishnu.
Knowledgeable Hindus therefore
reject the validity of religions based on human revealed books that are not rooted in God in the form of the eternal, infallible,
universal Self.
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Suresh S
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