In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Peace and salutations be on all the Prophets.
(Adam, Noah, Jacob, Ismail, Isaac, David, Solomon, Moses, Jesus,
and others, and the last and final prophet, Prophet Muhammed
(Pbut).
FOREWARD.
The Qur’an in chapter 16, verse 125 exhorts the Muslims:
“Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and fair
exhortation, and reason with them in the best way. Lo! Thy
Lord is best aware of him who strays from His way, and He is
best aware of those who go aright.”
This book has been written as the result of dialogues I had with
Christian clergy as well as laity. The discussions were polite,
pleasant, friendly, and constructive without the slightest
intention of hurting the religious feeling of any Christian. It is
provocative, and a challenge to Christianity. It is indispensable
for those looking for the truth and those studying Comparative
Religion.
As religion is a contentious issue, it would perhaps be
appropriate to ask people of all faiths to put aside their dogmatic
beliefs and consider this book with an open mind, without
prejudice.
An earnest appeal is made to Muslims to buy extra copies, and to
gift them to non-muslim friends, colleagues and neighbours, so
that they can also benefit from this “Dialogue”. This injunction is
in the Qur’an: chapter 103 that we have to
“
exhort towards the
truth
!”