I have often wondered how is it possible that the Quran’s teachings about Christianity differ from what the Bible teaches and what we Christians actually believe.
Sura 5:116 is a prime example.
And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, “O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, ‘Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah ?'”
Whose belief is this?
Where does the Quranic picture of “Christianity” come from?
There were two parties of Jewish Christians in the early years of church history.
Jerome (beginning of the fifth century) records that he is aware of two groups of Jewish Christians distinguished by certain unusual similarities, whom he names respectively Nazarenes and Ebionites. Both groups claimed to follow both Jewish AND Christian teachings and sought to affiliate themselves with both Judaism and Christianity.
“What shall I say of the Ebionites who pretend to be Christians? To-day there still exists among the Jews in all the synagogues of the East a heresy which is called that of the Minæans, and which is still condemned by the Pharisees; [its followers] are ordinarily called ‘Nasarenes‘;……..But while they pretend to be both Jews and Christians, they are neither.”
– Jewish Encyclopedia, Jerome’s Account”
Who Were The Nazarenes?
The Nazarenes were a small sect in numbers, whose main region of influence was in Syria.
It struck me that when Muhammad was a boy, he frequently accompanied his uncle on his business trips to Syria.
Could it be that his early exposure to what he believed was “Christianity” was contact with the Nazarenes? Did he sit with his uncle and the Syrian Nazarene traders in the evenings as he listened to their teachings about their beliefs?
Remember there was no Islam yet at this point. He was from a community that worshipped hundreds of idols including Allah. Did their stories from the scriptures about the One God embarrass Muhammad about his own people? Did their devotion to Jesus captivate him?
You won’t find the word Christian in the Quran. Instead, the word used for the followers of Christ is “al-nasara” ~ Nazarenes!
Muhammad grew up thinking the Nazarenes were Christians, the followers of Jesus Christ!
The Nazarenes had a gospel called “Gospel of the Hebrews.” (http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/gospelhebrews.html)
Here is the interesting bit. This apocryphal book was in Aramaic! (Dated around 80AD – 150AD.)
Is this why Muslims insist the gospel must be in Aramaic? Could this be their missing “Injeel”? Could Muhammad have seen this book in the hands of the Nazarenes when he was a kid and believed it to be the Injeel given to Jesus and handed to his “followers”, the Nazarenes?
Unfortunately, the date for this gospel is long after Jesus had ascended and also after the entire NT had been written and completed.
The Nazarenes and this “gospel” do not exist today but we have a window to their beliefs through the quotations from the writings of Jerome, Clement, and others.
What were the beliefs of the Nazarenes?
They believed they were under obligation to keep all the laws.
They believed Jesus was the Messiah. They regarded that he was born of the virgin Mary.
and that he was filled with God’s Spirit in a special way.
No surprises. All these are taught in the Quran. The al-nasara are praised and promised rewards, as in Sura 2:62.
The Nazarenes also believed that Mary was the Divine Mother and embodiment of the Holy Spirit!
Could it be that Muhammad after he grew up and came in contact with other so-called “Christians” (Waraqa ~ a Nestorian priest…) learned that this was wrong?
Is this why the al-nasara is praised in some verses, and condemned in other verses? Is this why they were presumed to have corrupted their book?
Coming back to the ayah I quoted at the beginning, Sura 5:116.
And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, “O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, ‘Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah ?'”
This is not a Christian belief. This was the belief of the Nazarenes, al-nasara.
The author of the Quran could not distinguish what was actual Biblical beliefs of Christians, attributing to them, what were heretical teachings of some obscure sect that no longer exists. No one even knows when they disappeared in history and yet in Allah’s eternal books, they are given a prominent place but there is no mention of Christians, the true followers of Jesus Christ, who for 2000 years form the largest body of believers in history!
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The word Al-Nasara means actually “The Helpers” in Arabic and never meant NAZARENES. In Quran this term used for Christians (The Helpers of Jesus).
For reference
http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=nSr
The triliteral root nūn ṣād rā (ن ص ر) occurs 158 times in the Quran, in 10 derived forms:
59 times as the form I verb naṣara (نَصَرَ)
once as the form VI verb tanāṣaru (تَنَاصَرُ)
seven times as the form VIII verb intaṣara (ٱنتَصَرَ)
twice as the form X verb is’tanṣara (ٱسْتَنصَرَ)
22 times as the noun naṣr (نَصْر)
15 times as the proper noun naṣrāniyy (نَصْرَانِيّ)
35 times as the nominal naṣīr (نَصِير)
11 times as the active participle nāṣir (نَاصِر)
twice as the passive participle manṣūr (مَنصُور)
four times as the form VIII active participle muntaṣir (مُّنتَصِر)
The translations below are brief glosses intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on a word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.
Verb (form I) – to help
(2:48:19) yunṣarūna will be helped وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
(2:86:13) yunṣarūna will be helped فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
(2:123:18) yunṣarūna will be helped وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا تَنْفَعُهَا شَفَاعَةٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
(2:250:12) wa-unṣur’nā and help us وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ
(2:286:46) fa-unṣur’nā so help us أَنْتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ
(3:81:19) walatanṣurunnahu and you must help him ثُمَّ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مُصَدِّقٌ لِمَا مَعَكُمْ لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِ وَلَتَنْصُرُنَّهُ
(3:111:11) yunṣarūna they will be helped وَإِنْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ يُوَلُّوكُمُ الْأَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنْصَرُونَ
(3:123:2) naṣarakumu helped you وَلَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ بِبَدْرٍ وَأَنْتُمْ أَذِلَّةٌ
(3:147:16) wa-unṣur’nā and give us victory وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ
(3:160:2) yanṣur’kumu helps you إِنْ يَنْصُرْكُمُ اللَّهُ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَكُمْ
(3:160:12) yanṣurukum can help you وَإِنْ يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ
(7:157:35) wanaṣarūhu and help him فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِهِ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَاتَّبَعُوا النُّورَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ مَعَهُ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
(7:192:7) yanṣurūna can they help يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًا وَلَا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَنْصُرُونَ
(7:197:10) yanṣurūna can they help لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَنْصُرُونَ
(8:72:13) wanaṣarū and helped وَالَّذِينَ آوَوْا وَنَصَرُوا أُولَٰئِكَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ
(8:74:10) wanaṣarū and helped وَالَّذِينَ آوَوْا وَنَصَرُوا أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا
(9:14:6) wayanṣur’kum and give you victory قَاتِلُوهُمْ يُعَذِّبْهُمُ اللَّهُ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ وَيُخْزِهِمْ وَيَنْصُرْكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ
(9:25:2) naṣarakumu Allah helped you لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةٍ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ
(9:40:2) tanṣurūhu you help him إِلَّا تَنْصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ اللَّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا
(9:40:4) naṣarahu Allah helped him إِلَّا تَنْصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ اللَّهُ
(11:30:3) yanṣurunī would help me وَيَا قَوْمِ مَنْ يَنْصُرُنِي مِنَ اللَّهِ إِنْ طَرَدْتُهُمْ
(11:63:14) yanṣurunī (can) help me فَمَنْ يَنْصُرُنِي مِنَ اللَّهِ إِنْ عَصَيْتُهُ
(11:113:17) tunṣarūna you will be helped وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ
(18:43:5) yanṣurūnahu (to) help him وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ فِئَةٌ يَنْصُرُونَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ
(21:39:16) yunṣarūna will be helped لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَنْ وُجُوهِهِمُ النَّارَ وَلَا عَنْ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
(21:68:3) wa-unṣurū and support قَالُوا حَرِّقُوهُ وَانْصُرُوا آلِهَتَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ
(21:77:1) wanaṣarnāhu And We helped him وَنَصَرْنَاهُ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا
(22:15:6) yanṣurahu Allah will help him مَنْ كَانَ يَظُنُّ أَنْ لَنْ يَنْصُرَهُ اللَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ بِسَبَبٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ
(22:40:28) walayanṣuranna And surely Allah will help وَلَيَنْصُرَنَّ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَنْصُرُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ
(22:40:31) yanṣuruhu help Him وَلَيَنْصُرَنَّ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَنْصُرُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ
(22:60:11) layanṣurannahu Allah will surely help him ذَٰلِكَ وَمَنْ عَاقَبَ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبَ بِهِ ثُمَّ بُغِيَ عَلَيْهِ لَيَنْصُرَنَّهُ اللَّهُ
(23:26:3) unṣur’nī Help me قَالَ رَبِّ انْصُرْنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ
(23:39:3) unṣur’nī Help me قَالَ رَبِّ انْصُرْنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ
(23:65:7) tunṣarūna will be helped لَا تَجْأَرُوا الْيَوْمَ إِنَّكُمْ مِنَّا لَا تُنْصَرُونَ
(26:93:5) yanṣurūnakum they help you هَلْ يَنْصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنْتَصِرُونَ
(28:41:9) yunṣarūna they will be helped وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا يُنْصَرُونَ
(28:81:10) yanṣurūnahu (to) help him فَمَا كَانَ لَهُ مِنْ فِئَةٍ يَنْصُرُونَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُنْتَصِرِينَ
(29:30:3) unṣur’nī Help me قَالَ رَبِّ انْصُرْنِي عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْمُفْسِدِينَ
(30:5:3) yanṣuru He helps بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
(36:74:7) yunṣarūna be helped وَاتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً لَعَلَّهُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
(37:116:1) wanaṣarnāhum And We helped them وَنَصَرْنَاهُمْ فَكَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ
(39:54:13) tunṣarūna you will be helped وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ
(40:29:9) yanṣurunā will help us فَمَنْ يَنْصُرُنَا مِنْ بَأْسِ اللَّهِ إِنْ جَاءَنَا
(40:51:2) lananṣuru We will surely help إِنَّا لَنَنْصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا
(41:16:19) yunṣarūna will not be helped وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَخْزَىٰ وَهُمْ لَا يُنْصَرُونَ
(42:46:6) yanṣurūnahum (who) will help them وَمَا كَانَ لَهُمْ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ يَنْصُرُونَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ
(44:41:10) yunṣarūna will be helped يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي مَوْلًى عَنْ مَوْلًى شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
(46:28:2) naṣarahumu help them فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ قُرْبَانًا آلِهَةً
(47:7:5) tanṣurū you help يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ تَنْصُرُوا اللَّهَ يَنْصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ
(47:7:7) yanṣur’kum He will help you يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ تَنْصُرُوا اللَّهَ يَنْصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ
(48:3:1) wayanṣuraka And Allah may help you وَيَنْصُرَكَ اللَّهُ نَصْرًا عَزِيزًا
(52:46:9) yunṣarūna will be helped يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
(57:25:22) yanṣuruhu helps Him وَلِيَعْلَمَ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَنْصُرُهُ وَرُسُلَهُ بِالْغَيْبِ
(59:8:13) wayanṣurūna and helping وَيَنْصُرُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الصَّادِقُونَ
(59:11:24) lananṣurannakum certainly we will help you وَإِنْ قُوتِلْتُمْ لَنَنْصُرَنَّكُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ
(59:12:9) yanṣurūnahum they will help them لَئِنْ أُخْرِجُوا لَا يَخْرُجُونَ مَعَهُمْ وَلَئِنْ قُوتِلُوا لَا يَنْصُرُونَهُمْ
(59:12:11) naṣarūhum they help them وَلَئِنْ نَصَرُوهُمْ لَيُوَلُّنَّ الْأَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنْصَرُونَ
(59:12:16) yunṣarūna they will be helped وَلَئِنْ نَصَرُوهُمْ لَيُوَلُّنَّ الْأَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنْصَرُونَ
(67:20:7) yanṣurukum to help you أَمَّنْ هَٰذَا الَّذِي هُوَ جُنْدٌ لَكُمْ يَنْصُرُكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ
Verb (form VI) – to help
(37:25:4) tanāṣarūna you help one another مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ
Verb (form VIII) – to defend, to help
(26:93:7) yantaṣirūna help themselves هَلْ يَنْصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنْتَصِرُونَ
(26:227:9) wa-intaṣarū and defend themselves وَذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَانْتَصَرُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا
(42:39:6) yantaṣirūna defend themselves وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَهُمُ الْبَغْيُ هُمْ يَنْتَصِرُونَ
(42:41:2) intaṣara defends himself وَلَمَنِ انْتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ سَبِيلٍ
(47:4:25) la-intaṣara surely, He could have taken retribution وَلَوْ يَشَاءُ اللَّهُ لَانْتَصَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَلَٰكِنْ لِيَبْلُوَ بَعْضَكُمْ بِبَعْضٍ
(54:10:5) fa-intaṣir so help فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ
(55:35:8) tantaṣirāni you will (be able to) defend yourselves يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِنْ نَارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنْتَصِرَانِ
Verb (form X) – to seek help
(8:72:31) is’tanṣarūkum they seek your help وَإِنِ اسْتَنْصَرُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ النَّصْرُ
(28:18:8) is’tanṣarahu sought his help فَإِذَا الَّذِي اسْتَنْصَرَهُ بِالْأَمْسِ يَسْتَصْرِخُهُ
Noun
(2:214:24) naṣru [will] (the) help حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ
(2:214:28) naṣra help أَلَا إِنَّ نَصْرَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ
(3:13:21) binaṣrihi with His help وَاللَّهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصْرِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ
(3:126:11) l-naṣru [the] victory وَمَا النَّصْرُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ
(6:34:13) naṣrunā Our help فَصَبَرُوا عَلَىٰ مَا كُذِّبُوا وَأُوذُوا حَتَّىٰ أَتَاهُمْ نَصْرُنَا
(7:192:4) naṣran any help وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًا وَلَا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَنْصُرُونَ
(7:197:7) naṣrakum (to) help you لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَنْصُرُونَ
(8:10:10) l-naṣru [the] victory وَمَا النَّصْرُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
(8:26:14) binaṣrihi with His help تَخَافُونَ أَنْ يَتَخَطَّفَكُمُ النَّاسُ فَآوَاكُمْ وَأَيَّدَكُمْ بِنَصْرِهِ
(8:62:11) binaṣrihi with His help هُوَ الَّذِي أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِ وَبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ
(8:72:35) l-naṣru (is to) help them وَإِنِ اسْتَنْصَرُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ النَّصْرُ
(12:110:10) naṣrunā Our help حَتَّىٰ إِذَا اسْتَيْأَسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا جَاءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا
(21:43:9) naṣra (to) help لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ مِنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ
(22:39:9) naṣrihim their victory وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ نَصْرِهِمْ لَقَدِيرٌ
(25:19:9) naṣran (to) help فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُمْ بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ صَرْفًا وَلَا نَصْرًا
(29:10:18) naṣrun victory وَلَئِنْ جَاءَ نَصْرٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَكُمْ
(30:5:1) binaṣri With (the) help بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
(30:47:17) naṣru (to) help وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
(36:75:3) naṣrahum to help them لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُحْضَرُونَ
(48:3:3) naṣran (with) a help وَيَنْصُرَكَ اللَّهُ نَصْرًا عَزِيزًا
(61:13:3) naṣrun a help وَأُخْرَىٰ تُحِبُّونَهَا نَصْرٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَفَتْحٌ قَرِيبٌ
(110:1:3) naṣru (the) Help إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ
Proper noun
(2:62:6) wal-naṣārā and the Christians إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالنَّصَارَىٰ وَالصَّابِئِينَ
(2:111:10) naṣārā (a) Christian[s] وَقَالُوا لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَارَىٰ
(2:113:4) l-naṣārā the Christians وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ لَيْسَتِ النَّصَارَىٰ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ
(2:113:8) l-naṣārā the Christians وَقَالَتِ النَّصَارَىٰ لَيْسَتِ الْيَهُودُ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ
(2:120:6) l-naṣārā the Christians وَلَنْ تَرْضَىٰ عَنْكَ الْيَهُودُ وَلَا النَّصَارَىٰ
(2:135:5) naṣārā Christians وَقَالُوا كُونُوا هُودًا أَوْ نَصَارَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا
(2:140:12) naṣārā Christians أَمْ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْأَسْبَاطَ كَانُوا هُودًا أَوْ نَصَارَىٰ
(3:67:6) naṣrāniyyan a Christian مَا كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَهُودِيًّا وَلَا نَصْرَانِيًّا وَلَٰكِنْ كَانَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا
(5:14:5) naṣārā (are) Christians وَمِنَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّا نَصَارَىٰ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَهُمْ
(5:18:3) wal-naṣārā and the Christians وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ نَحْنُ أَبْنَاءُ اللَّهِ وَأَحِبَّاؤُهُ
(5:51:7) wal-naṣārā and the Christians يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَ
(5:69:7) wal-naṣārā and the Christians إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالصَّابِئُونَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ
(5:82:18) naṣārā (are) Christians وَلَتَجِدَنَّ أَقْرَبَهُمْ مَوَدَّةً لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّا نَصَارَىٰ
(9:30:7) l-naṣārā the Christians وَقَالَتِ النَّصَارَى الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ اللَّهِ
(22:17:7) wal-naṣārā and the Christians إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالصَّابِئِينَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ
Nominal
(1) Noun
(2:107:17) naṣīrin any helper وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
(2:120:31) naṣīrin any helper مَا لَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
(2:270:15) anṣārin helpers وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنْصَارٍ
(3:52:8) anṣārī (will be) my helpers فَلَمَّا أَحَسَّ عِيسَىٰ مِنْهُمُ الْكُفْرَ قَالَ مَنْ أَنْصَارِي إِلَى اللَّهِ
(3:52:14) anṣāru (will be the) helpers قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ
(3:192:11) anṣārin helpers رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ مَنْ تُدْخِلِ النَّارَ فَقَدْ أَخْزَيْتَهُ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنْصَارٍ
(4:45:9) naṣīran (as) a Helper وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِأَعْدَائِكُمْ وَكَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَكَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ نَصِيرًا
(4:52:11) naṣīran (any) helper أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ يَلْعَنِ اللَّهُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ نَصِيرًا
(4:75:31) naṣīran a helper وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِيًّا وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ نَصِيرًا
(4:89:28) naṣīran any helper وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا مِنْهُمْ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا
(4:123:20) naṣīran any helper وَلَا يَجِدْ لَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا
(4:145:11) naṣīran any helper إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فِي الدَّرْكِ الْأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُمْ نَصِيرًا
(4:173:26) naṣīran any helper وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا
(5:72:33) anṣārin helpers فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَأْوَاهُ النَّارُ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنْصَارٍ
(8:40:10) l-naṣīru (is) the Helper وَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ مَوْلَاكُمْ نِعْمَ الْمَوْلَىٰ وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ
(9:74:46) naṣīrin a helper وَمَا لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
(9:100:5) wal-anṣāri and the helpers وَالسَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ
(9:116:17) naṣīrin any helper وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
(9:117:7) wal-anṣāri and the helpers لَقَدْ تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ
(17:75:12) naṣīran any helper ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيرًا
(22:71:18) naṣīrin helper وَمَا لَيْسَ لَهُمْ بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ نَصِيرٍ
(22:78:44) l-naṣīru [the] Helper وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِاللَّهِ هُوَ مَوْلَاكُمْ فَنِعْمَ الْمَوْلَىٰ وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ
(25:31:11) wanaṣīran and a Helper وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًا وَنَصِيرًا
(29:22:17) naṣīrin a helper وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
(33:17:24) naṣīran any helper وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا
(33:65:8) naṣīran any helper خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا
(35:37:25) naṣīrin helper وَجَاءَكُمُ النَّذِيرُ فَذُوقُوا فَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ نَصِيرٍ
(42:8:19) naṣīrin any helper وَالظَّالِمُونَ مَا لَهُمْ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
(42:31:14) naṣīrin any helper وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
(48:22:12) naṣīran any helper ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا
(61:14:5) anṣāra helpers يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُونُوا أَنْصَارَ
(61:14:14) anṣārī (are) my helpers كَمَا قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ لِلْحَوَارِيِّينَ مَنْ أَنْصَارِي إِلَى اللَّهِ
(61:14:20) anṣāru (are) the helpers قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ
(71:25:12) anṣāran any helpers فَأُدْخِلُوا نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنْصَارًا
(2) Adjective
(17:80:14) naṣīran helping وَأَخْرِجْنِي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَاجْعَلْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ سُلْطَانًا نَصِيرًا
Active participle
(3:22:11) nāṣirīna helpers وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ
(3:56:13) nāṣirīna helpers فَأُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ
(3:91:24) nāṣirīna helpers أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ
(3:150:6) l-nāṣirīna (of) the Helpers بَلِ اللَّهُ مَوْلَاكُمْ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ النَّاصِرِينَ
(16:37:14) nāṣirīna helpers فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي مَنْ يُضِلُّ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ
(29:25:27) nāṣirīna helpers وَمَأْوَاكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ
(30:29:16) nāṣirīna helpers فَمَنْ يَهْدِي مَنْ أَضَلَّ اللَّهُ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ
(45:34:14) nāṣirīna helpers وَمَأْوَاكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ
(47:13:13) nāṣira helper أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ
(72:24:9) nāṣiran (in) helpers فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ نَاصِرًا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدًا
(86:10:6) nāṣirin any helper فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
Passive participle
(17:33:22) manṣūran helped فَلَا يُسْرِفْ فِي الْقَتْلِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مَنْصُورًا
(37:172:3) l-manṣūrūna (would be) the victorious إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ الْمَنْصُورُونَ
Active participle (form VIII)
(18:43:11) muntaṣiran (he) supported وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ فِئَةٌ يَنْصُرُونَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنْتَصِرًا
(28:81:17) l-muntaṣirīna those who (could) defend themselves وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُنْتَصِرِينَ
(51:45:7) muntaṣirīna help themselves فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مِنْ قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْتَصِرِينَ
(54:44:5) muntaṣirun helping (each other) أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُنْتَصِرٌ
Looks like a moron with no knowledge about the Quran, Prophet Muhammed
(PBUH) and Islam wrote this article
Waheduz Zaman,
You are free to refute what I said. But you can’t.
So you have to resort to insults.
Muhammad did the same too, but he didn’t stop there. He ordered the murders of those who insulted him.
How about you? Have you beheaded anyone?
The “Christians” of Arabia were free to pratice their faith that seems heretic to united Rome and Byzantium. Why then assume your faith to be of them rather than the remnant generation of Nestorians, Nazarenes, etc. who kept the true teachings of Jesus free of pagan influences? 5:116 never evens mentions a Trinity like one espoused by Rome; the God only reminds Jesus to only worship Him and not the latter or his blessed mother. Please learn more Classic Arabic, this polemic can’t get you out of the metaphorical hellfire.
Nestorians and Nazarenes were obscure cults that are lost in history. Didn’t your koran say that the true followers of Jesus
would be superior until the Day of Resurrection? What happened? Allah changed his mind?
You are right 5:116 never mentions the trinity. It mentions a tritheism. Three gods.
And the author of the koran falsely attributes this belief in the triad of Allah, Issa and Mariam to the Christians.
No Christian has ever believed in the triad of Allah, Issa and Mariam.
Sorry. Allah dug a hole for himself for all eternity and no matter how you try to dig him out of it, he is stuck hard and fast in it.
Admin? What a really disgusting piece of work you are. You are everything my Sheikh warned me of.
He told me, never trust a word either a shia or a christian says, they lie.
Alhamdulillahi rabbil Alamin
IbnBahtuta,
Your sheikh sounds like he is the leader of a cult. Typical of a cult leader to “protect” their followers. That’s why he dissuades you from reasoning, discussing, asking questions and having a conversation. Shame on him.
He wants to keep you dumb. You are brainwashed and your sheikh does not want to lose you from his cult. He’s scared that you might read or hear something and begin to have questions. This was what Allah/Muhammad was afraid of too. Read 5:101. Islam has no answers.
If my religion told me not to ask questions, I would be very suspicious. If my leaders told me not to talk to certain groups of people and label an entire group of people as “liars”, I would be very cautious of listening to this leader. Unfortunately when you are brainwashed, you swallow everything your sheikh says without question.
If you can refute anything in this article or any other article on this website, go ahead. Better still, invite your sheikh here and let him try.
Send him this link: http://www.faithbrowser.com
It is false that the word “al-Nasr” is picking out a specific sect of Christianity like the Nazarenes. Syriac speaking Christian communities have for centuries referred to themselves as “nazarenes”. In fact, in the language Malayalam, in India, Christians are referred to as “Nasrani,” which is derived from the Syriac. Most modern scholarship accepts that Muhammad was familiar with contemporary Christian practices, as the majority of Christians in Arabia were either Nestorians, Syriac Jacobites, or Ethiopians (see, for example, Griffith’s “the Bible in Arabic”). There are very explicit critiques of Christianity in the Quran, and re-presentations of what it sees as the errors of the Christians. It’s not “mistaken” about Christian belief but is instead casting it in a polemical light.
You said, “There are very explicit critiques of Christianity in the Quran, and re-presentations of what it sees as the errors of the Christians. It’s not “mistaken” about Christian belief but is instead casting it in a polemical light.”
The author of the Quran failed to represent the beliefs of Christians correctly. Either he was ignorant or he was lying to 7th century desert dwellers who didn’t know any better.
I can give you many examples of how the Quran misrepresents Christian beliefs. There are numerous articles on this where I expose the falsehood of the Quran.
Unfortunately the only polemics the author of the Quran suceeds in, is creating strawman fallacies.