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]

“

'The Demonstration of the Truth' (izhâr al-haqq) served as a summary of all possible charges against Christianity and was therefore used after al-Kairânawî's death as a sort of encyclopaedia since al-Kairânawî extended the material of former polemicists like 'Ali Tabarî, Ibn Hazm or Ibn Taymiyya to a great extent.

”

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. 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

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