We sent down the Torah containing guidance and
light, and the prophets who had submitted themselves gave
judgment by it for the Jews—as did their scholars and their
rabbis—by what they had been allowed to preserve of God’s Book
to which they were witnesses. Do not be afraid of people, be
afraid of Me. And do not sell My signs for a paltry price.
Those who do not judge by what God has sent down, such people
are unbelivers. (Surat al- Ma’ida, 44)
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE JEWISH
PEOPLE
• As is revealed in the Qur’an, the Old Testament
as read by the Jewish people today has been corrupted,
distorted from its original form by parts being added and
removed by various Jewish scholars. Nonetheless, the Old
Testament in its present form still contains many statements
compatible with the True Faith. A great many features of the
True Faith—such as sincere faith in God, submission,
gratitude, fear of and love of God, justice, affection,
compassion and opposition to cruelty and injustice—still exist
in the Old Testament that Jews read today.
• However, the Old Testament, which has been altered by
individuals for the sake of all kinds of gain, also contains
references that encourage bloodshed, mass slaughter and
ruthlessness.
• It would be a grave error for Jews to adopt a religious
conception in the light of the spurious references in
question—in other words, for them to act according to
provisions added, in the light of the conditions of their
particular times. Such inclusions and distortions, added to
the Torah by various rabbis long after the death of Prophet
Moses (peace be upon him), are the result of feelings of
hatred, anger and revenge arising under conditions of war.
These inhuman and terrifying statements are absent from the
true Torah, as revealed to Prophet Moses (pbuh)—a fact of
which many Judaic scholars are well aware.
• However, some Jews regard violence as a tenet of the Old
Testament that still needs to be obeyed. These people ignore
those sections of the Old Testament that encourage goodness,
beauty, peace and love, and cause bloodshed by behaving
according to inhuman provisions that do not appear in the
original Torah.
• Almighty God does not issue such commands as “Kill women and
children,” “Slaughter the innocent,” or “Spread corruption.”
Such actions are clearly cruel. It is indispensable that
genuinely devout Jews should warn their co-religionists
against shedding the blood of any innocent people, making no
allowances for women, children or the elderly, by following
these invalid provisions in their currently corrupted
scriptures, and instead, call them to love and compassion. No
matter what a person’s faith, be they Muslim, Christian or
Jew, spreading terror is not only a crime against humanity,
but also a grave sin.
DO NOT ACT ACCORDING TO THESE FALSE EXHORTATIONS!
… [H]e is the Maker of all things, including the tribe of his
inheritance—the LORD Almighty is His name. You are My war
club, My weapon for battle—with you I shatter nations, with
you I destroy kingdoms, with you I shatter horse and rider,
with you I shatter chariot and driver, with you I shatter man
and woman, with you I shatter old man and youth, with you I
shatter young man and maiden, with you I shatter shepherd and
flock, with you I shatter farmer and oxen, with you I shatter
governors and officials. (Jeremiah 51:19-23)
Whoever is captured will be thrust through; all who are caught
will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed to pieces
before their eyes;—their houses will be looted and their wives
ravished. (Isaiah 13:15-16)
… and kill, without showing pity or compassion. Slaughter old
men, young men and maidens, women and children… (Ezekiel 9:
5-6)
“… totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not
spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants,
cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.” (1 Samuel 15:3)
When the LORD your God has delivered them over to you and you
have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make
no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. (Deueronomy 7:2)
“I have installed My King on Zion, My holy hill. . . . Ask of
Me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of
the earth your possession. You will rule them with an iron
scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.” (Psalm
2:6, 8, 9)
The Lord is at your right hand; He will crush kings on the day
of His wrath. He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
and crushing the rulers of the whole earth. (Psalm 110:5-6)
A curse on him who is lax in doing the Lord's work! A curse on
him who keeps his sword from bloodshed! (Jeremiah 48:10)
… to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the
peoples, to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with
shackles of iron. (Psalm 149:7-8)
ABIDE BY THOSE SECTIONS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT ARE
COMPATIBLE WITH THE TRUE FAITH
Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens
in Egypt. Do not take advantage of a widow or an orphan. If
you do and they cry out to Me, I will certainly hear their
cry… (Exodus 22:21-23)
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the
rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked. (Psalm 82:3-4)
Hear and pay attention, do not be arrogant… (Jeremiah 13:15)
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, you who do what He
commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility… (Zephaniah 2:3)
To the arrogant I say, “Boast no more,” and to the wicked, “Do
not lift up your horns. Do not lift your horns against heaven;
do not speak with outstretched neck.” No one from the east or
the west or from the desert can exalt a man. But it is God Who
judges: He brings one down, He exalts another. (Psalm 75:4-7)
They would not be like their forefathers—a stubborn and
rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to Him. (Psalm 78:8)
Do not pervert justice; do not show … favoritism to the great,
but judge your neighbor fairly. Do not go about spreading
slander among your people. Do not do anything that endangers
your neighbor's life. I am the Lord … do not seek revenge or
bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your
neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. (Leviticus 19:15-18)
This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is
right…” (Isaiah 56:1)
Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue
oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and
withhold justice from the oppressed of My people… (Isaiah
10:1-2)
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is
thirsty, give him water to drink. (Proverb 25:21)
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