Izhar ul-Haqq

Izhar ul-Haqq or Izhar al-Haq (Arabic: إظهار الحق‎‎) is a book by Rahmatullah Kairanawi. Originally written in Arabic in 1864, this six-volume book was later translated (or summarized) into English,^[1] Turkish^[2] and Urdu.

Christine Schirrmacher describes the book saying:^[3]

Sources

Kairanawi made use of Western Biblical criticism^[3] as well as theological works. His book frequently cites the following authorities:^[4]

• Adam Clarke
• Thomas Hartwell Horne
• Thomas Scott
• Matthew Henry
• Nathaniel Lardner

Contents

• Part 1: The Books of the Bible
  • The Divisions Of The New Testament
  • Review Of The Books By the Councils
  • The Books Rejected By The Protestants
  • The Absence Of Certainty In The Bible
  • The Present Pentateuch Is Not The Book Of Moses
  • Errors In The Calculation Of The Israelites's Number
  • Status Of The Books In The Old Testament
  • The New Testament And The Status Of The Four Gospels
  • The Epistles And The Revelation
• Part 2: Contradictions and Errors in the Biblical Text
  • Contradictions 1 - 119
  • Errors 1 - 110
• Part 3: Distortion and Abrogation in the Bible. The Trinity Refuted
  • The Biblical Texts : Are they revealed
    • The Arguments
    • Distortions
    • The Admission of Christian Scholars
    • The Opinion of Encyclopædia Britannica
    • Watson’s Admission
    • Beausobre and Lenfant’s opinion
    • The Views of Christian Scholars on Pentateuch
    • The Epistle of James and the Book of Revelation
    • The Admission of Clement
    • Admissions of Protestant Scholars
    • Admissions of German Scholars
    • Views on the Subject of the Chronicles
    • The Muslim Attitude towards the Gospels
  • The Opinion Of The Muslim Scholar
    • The Opinion of Imam Ar-Razi
    • The Opinion of Imam Al-Qurtubi
    • The Opinion of Al-Maqrizi
    • Two Claims to the Aunthintcity of the Gospels
    • Answer the First Claim
    • The Source of Clement's Letter
    • The Second Passage of Clement's Letter
    • The Third Passage of Clement's Letter
    • The Letters of Ignatius
    • The Cannons of Nicaea
    • Answer to the Second Clain to the Authenticity of the Gospels
    • The Gospel of Luke was Not Seen by Paul
  • Human Distortion of the Bible
    • Alterations in the Text of the Bible
    • Alterations 1 - 14
    • First Conclusion to Sixth Conclusion
    • Alterations 15 - 32
    • Additions to the Text of the Bible
    • Distortion in Luther’s Translation
    • Omissions in the Text of the Bible
  • Refutation of Misleading Protestant Statements Regarding the Authenticity of the Bible
    • First Contention
    • Observations of Non-Christian Scholars
    • Observations of Heretical Christian Scholars
    • Observations of Christians Theologians
    • Second Contention
    • The Fourth Answer
    • Third Contention
    • Fourth Contention
    • Historicity of the Bible
    • The Fifth Contention
• Part 4: Authenticity of The Holy Traditions. Authenticity of Hadith and The Holy Quran
  • Chapter One: The Holy QUR’AN
  • Chapter Two: Christians Objections To The Holy QUR’AN
  • Chapter Three: Authenticity of The Holy Traditions (HADITH)
    • The Status of Oral Tradition in the Bible
    • The Gospels and Oral Tradition
    • What Protestant Scholars say
    • A Historical View of the Hadith Collections

References

1. ↑ and
2. ↑ Haber7.com
3. 1 2 Schirrmacher, Christine. "The influence of German Biblical criticism on Muslim apologetics in the 19th century", Contra Mundum, 1997. Accessed September 27, 2007.
4. ↑ The book's introduction

External links

Arabic Wikisource has original text related to this article: Izhar ul-Haqq

• English and Arabic versions.
• Book review.
• About Kairanvi in English, Hindi and Urdu.