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Filmed at London Central Mosque.
Categories: Bible, Biblical scholarship, Christianity, Daw'ah, God, Islam, Judaism, London, Quran
Blogging Theology 
The Kingdom of God:
Laborers in the Vineyard
20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius[a] a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ 5 So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ 7 They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’ 8 And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’ 9 And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. 10 Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. 11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, 12 saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ 13 But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’[b] 16 So the last will be first, and the first last.” Matthew 20:1-16
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Your example and the example of the people of the two Scriptures (i.e. Jews and Christians) is like the example of a man who employed some laborers and asked them, ‘Who will work for me from morning till midday for one Qirat?’ The Jews accepted and carried out the work. He then asked, Who will work for me from midday up to the `Asr prayer for one Qirat?’ The Christians accepted and fulfilled the work. He then said, ‘Who will work for me from the `Asr till sunset for two Qirats?’ You, Muslims have accepted the offer. The Jews and the Christians got angry and said, ‘Why should we work more and get lesser wages?’ (Allah) said, ‘Have I withheld part of your right?’ They replied in the negative. He said, ‘It is My Blessing, I bestow upon whomever I wish .’Sahih Bukhari
The Prophet (ﷺ) said ” We are the last (but) we would be the first on the Day of Resurrection, and we would be the first to enter Paradise, but that they were given the Book before us and we were given after them. They disagreed and Allah guided us aright on whatever they disagreed regarding the truth” Sahih Muslim
“O you who have believed, fear Allah and believe in His Messenger; He will [then] give you a double portion of His mercy and make for you a light by which you will walk and forgive you; and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
[This is] so that the People of the Scripture may know that they are not able [to obtain] anything from the bounty of Allah and that [all] bounty is in the hand of Allah ; He gives it to whom He wills. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty. QT 57:28-29
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Where is the full version of this video? (Is there a full version?)
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yeh it’s in three parts. The second part is on NT forgeries
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You mentioned in this video that Jesus (peace be upon him) called himself ‘Son of Man’ in Mark’s gospel. And then you commented that this was a ‘mysterious phrase’. Could ‘Man’ here be a reference to Adam (peace be upon him) as I understood that Adam means ‘Man’ in Hebrew (source: https://www.behindthename.com/name/adam) – so in effect it means ‘Son of Adam’, for we all are, Quranically speaking, ‘Children of Adam’ rather than, Biblically speaking, ‘Children of God’; perhaps, Jesus was beginning the corrective process that went disasterously wrong? (This last point is conjecture – i.e. it doesn’t matter – but as for the initial point, is this plausible?)
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ModWestMuse,
I agree that Jesus (peace be upon him) calling himself ‘Son of Man’ is a reference to his humanity. Jesus never explicitly claimed deity and never called himself “Son of God” as far as I am aware. As you mention the Qur’an refers to humanity as “Bani Adam” or Children of Adam, and it seems to be clear that Jesus included himself as a member the human family or “Bani Adam”, as opposed to being distinctly the “Son of God.” This is how I often explain this to Christians who I discourse with.
I also agree also with Paul that such signs and evidence provide more proof of the miraculous nature of the Qur’an.
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👍 agreed
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