Title: Islam
1Islam
2Origin of Allah
- Moon worship has been practiced in Arabia since
2000 BC. The crescent moon is the most common
symbol of this pagan moon worship as far back as
2000 BC. - In Mecca, there was a god named Hubal who was
Lord of the Kabah. - This Hubal was a moon god.
- One Muslim apologist confessed that the idol of
moon god Hubal was placed upon the roof of the
Kaba about 400 years before Muhammad. This may in
fact be the origin of why the crescent moon is on
top of every minaret at the Kaba today and the
central symbol of Islam atop of every mosque
throughout the world About four hundred years
before the birth of Muhammad one Amr bin Lahyo
... a descendant of Qahtan and king of Hijaz, had
put an idol called Hubal on the roof of the Kaba.
This was one of the chief deities of the Quraish
before Islam. (Muhammad The Holy Prophet, Hafiz
Ghulam Sarwar (Pakistan), p 18-19, Muslim) - The moon god was also referred to as "al-ilah".
This is not a proper name of a single specific
god, but a generic reference meaning "the god".
Each local pagan Arab tribe would refer to their
own local tribal pagan god as "al-ilah". - "al-ilah" was later shortened to Allah before
Muhammad began promoting his new religion in 610
AD.
3The voice of threat
- Christians Jewish martyrs say "I will die for
what I believe". - A Muslim martyr says "you will die for what I
believe"....
4The Muslim Qur'an and Muslim Hadith are unique
among all the sacred writings in the entire world
-- because they alone counsel its followers to
make war on unbelievers.
- Both Muslim holy books (Qur'an/Koran and Hadith)
contain commands for Muslims to subjugate the
world, militarily. Muhammad commanded Muslims to
spread Islam through Offensive Jihad or conquest
of non-Muslim lands. Muslims are also commanded
Muslims to take back any land that was formerly
Muslim, such as Israel. - Radical Muslims believe that they are Mujahideen,
or "holy warriors of Allah". Their goal, like
Islam's goal is to establish the entire world as
a pure Islamic state (a Khalifah), which conforms
to Islamic laws.
5The Qur'an itself calls the Gospel of Jesus
"Guidance and Light"
- The biggest threat to Islam is without a doubt
the teachings of the true "Prophet of Peace"
Jesus Christ. Islamic leaders go to
extraordinary means to hide the Gospel of Jesus
from Muslims. - The fact that Muslims do not read and study the
New Testament/the Gospel of Jesus is yet another
contradiction in Islam. Question the "dark
side" - the Islamic Fear of Christianity. Just
as Satan wails at a crucifix at an exorcism - the
Islamic cult member normally wails at the sight
of the Christian Bible. A false prophet can
always be recognized, because he attacks the true
prophet. A false Bible can be recognized, because
it contradicts the true Bible.
6The Bible not accepted
- Islam goes one step further. First Islam tries
to gain acceptance by attesting to the truth and
validity of both the Christian and Jewish holy
books. But, it then clearly steps out of the
light, exposing itself to its diabolical agenda,
by contradicting and falsifying the facts and
teachings in both these books.
7Truth is Truth
- Islam claims that Allah is the same God who was
revealed in the Bible. . . . then if the Bible
and the Qur'an have differing views of God, then
Islam's claim is false. Don't forget that
Muhammad claimed in Suras 287, 2946, 3223,
544, 6154, 6155 that Allah confirmed the Torah
(Taurat) and Christian Gospel (Injeel) (Sura
287, 546, 568, 2946 and 4363). So, if the
Torah and Gospel are correct, all the errors in
the Qur'an shown below make the Qur'an false.
8- A tenet of Islam is that both Mohammed and Jesus
of Nazareth were both Muslims. Islam says both
were prophets sent by Allah. If this were true,
then it is mandatory that these two great
prophets must coincide exactly in all points and
never contradict each other. Did not the same
Allah send both of them? Then, aren't even the
smallest of contradictions between the two, very
big red flags? And there are a great many, which
you will see below.
9- Sura 568 - Say "O People of the Book! ye have
no ground to stand upon unless ye stand fast by
the Law (Torah), the Gospel (Injeel), and all the
revelation that has come to you from your Lord. - Sura 2946 Muslims are told by Allah, not to
question the authority of the scriptures of the
Christians, saying, "And dispute ye not with the
People of the Book, but say, "We believe in the
revelation which has come down to us and in that
which came down to you Our Allah and your Allah
is one
10- Islam says that Jesus did not die. So, again
--Islam has proven to be false because Muhammad
claimed the Gospel is true, and all 4 Gospels
(Injeel) testify that Jesus died and rose from
the dead. God does have a begotten Son (not
made, but one with the Father), which Islam
denies. The Jewish Torah/Taurat clearly
indicated this over 1000 years before Muhammad
and Islam.
11The Fear of Holy Scriptures
- Even Satan says that Jesus died on the cross.
Like Muhammad, Satan also cringes in fear at the
sight of the cross. Read this true Exorcism here - Proverbs 304 (700 B.C.) "Who hath ascended up
into heaven or descended? Who hath gathered the
wind in His fists? Who hath bound the waters in a
garment? Who hath established all the ends of the
Earth? What is His name, and what is His son's
name, if thou canst tell?"(Psalm 211-12) Serve
the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish
from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a
little. Blessed are all they that put their trust
in him.
12Even after Allah confirmed the Torah and Gospel,
Islamic Mullahs and Imams have tried to sell the
lie that the Christian Gospels and Jewish Torah
have been corrupted.
13The unchanged Bible
- "They" could not have changed the Christian
Gospels after Muhammad, since there are around
5,300 manuscripts of the whole or part of the
Greek text of the New Testament (Injeel)
pre-dating Muhammad still in existence.
Worldwide, there are 24,800 copies of these
original manuscripts. These include the Codex
Vaticanus (325-350 AD) located in the Vatican
library and the Codex Siniaticus (350 AD) located
in the British Museum. There are also 80,000
quotations in the works of early Christian
writers which are so extensive that the New
Testament could virtually be reconstructed from
them without the actual New Testament documents.
Then there is the obvious fact that the Christian
Gospels were so widely distributed both before
and after Muhammad, that any attempt to change
(add/subtract) something in the Christian Gospels
would have resulted in immediate discovery and
condemnation.
14- The Christian Bible predates Muhammad and Islam
by 500 years. The Jewish Torah predates Muhammad
and Islam by 1,000 - 3,000 years. Muhammad said
for Muslims to read the Bible for "Guidance and
Light." For Islam to say they are corrupted, then
is to call Muhammad a liar for recommending it.
15The preserved Bible Texts predating Mohammad and
Islam
- The same Bible Muhammad would have seen (if he
ever did) is in both (1) The Vatican (Codex
Vaticanus) and (2) British Museum (Codex
Sinaticus). It is all there, including Jesus
dying on the cross as atonement for our sins.
And, His resurrection, and ascension into heaven
- in front of many witnesses. The New Testament
is preserved in almost perfect condition in these
two Greek texts which both predate Muhammad and
Islam.
16Witness of Archaeology
- Consider the Babylonian cylinder inscription of
Nabonidus (thought to be the last king of
Babylon) which commemorates the reconstruction of
a ziggurat at Ur by Nabonidus and records a
prayer to Belshazzar (Daniel 5) his son 'the
firstborn son, the offspring of my heart'. Not
only does this prove that Belshazzar was indeed a
member of the Babylonian royal family, which had
long been disputed, but it also explains why
Daniel is told he could be the third ruler (with
Nabonidus and Belshazzar more or less acting as
co-regents).
17- Islam doesn't even have an original Qur'an. It
was made up supposedly from "memory" and a few
scraps found under a bed. This was about 150 -
200 years after Muhammad died at his wife Ayish's
home in Medina, and he was lowered into a hole in
the ground, where he remains.
18Death of the earliest witnesses
- Zaid b. Thabit said The Prophet died and the
Quran had not been assembled into a single
place. (p. 118, Ahmad b. Ali b. Muhammad al
Asqalani, ibn Hajar, "Fath al Bari", 13 vols,
Cairo, 1939/1348, volume 9, page 9) - Zuhri reports, 'We have heard that many Qur'an
passages were revealed but that those who had
memorized them fell in the Yemama fighting. Those
passages had not been written down, and following
the deaths of those who knew them, were no longer
known nor had Abu Bakr, nor Umar nor Uthman as
yet collected the texts of the Qur'an.During
the battle of Yamama, 450 reciters of the Quran
were killed. (The True Guidance, An Introduction
To Quranic Studies, part 4 Light of Life - P.O.
BOX 13, A-9503 Villach, Austria, p. 47- citing
Ibn Kathirs Al-Bidaya wa al-Nibaya, chapter on
Battle of Yamama)
19Lost of the first script
- Muhammad's child wife said this after Muhammad
died "The verse of the stoning and of suckling
an adult ten times were revealed, and they were
(written) on a paper and kept under my bed. When
the messenger of Allah expired and we were
preoccupied with his death, a goat entered and
ate away the paper." - References Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal. vol. 6. page
269 Sunan Ibn Majah, page 626 Ibn Qutbah, Tawil
Mukhtalafi 'l-Hadith (Cairo Maktaba al-Kulliyat
al-Azhariyya. 1966) page 310 As-Suyuti, ad-Durru
'l-Manthur, vol. 2. page 13
20Scribal accuracy of the Torah
- As to the Taurat (Torah), Jewish scribes
painstakingly copied it via a system of checking,
double checking and adding each letter on each
line. Any attempt to change something in the
Torah would have resulted in immediate discovery
and condemnation. And copies of the Torah from
around the world agree exactly.
21Poor preservation of Quran
- This same quality of transmission cannot be said
of the Islamic Qur'an. The Islamic Qur'an was
written down from 3rd and 4th hand accounts and
from a few thoughts written on scrap papers --and
compiled over 150 years after Muhammad died in
632 A.D. The oldest Qur'an dates from around 790
A.D. (after Jesus), and it is in the British
Library. That's 158 years after Muhammads death.
22Make-belief Claim against Archaeological evidence
- Muslims often claim that the manuscript of the
Qur'an housed in the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul,
Turkey is one of the oldest sources. Muslims say
it dates from around 650 A.D. There is an
insurmountable problem with this. This document
is written in Kufic (also known as al-Khatt
al-Kufi) script. Coins in the British Museum show
that the first coins using the Kufic script date
from the mid to end of the 8th century (750-800
A.D.). The only script used during and after
Muhammad's days was the Jazm script.
23Only part of the oldest Koran survived
- The Samarkand (aka Othman Koran) manuscript in
the Soviet Library in Tashkent, Uzbekistan also
uses the Kufic script, indicating late 8th
century. Many believe it is the oldest in
existence. Only About one-third of the original
survives.
24- This Samarkand codice manuscript is considerably
incomplete. It only begins in the middle of verse
7 of Suratul-Baqarah (the second Surah) and from
there on numerous pages are missing. The next
oldest Muslim manuscripts are also from the
8th-century. One is written in al-ma'il script
and the other in Kufic. Neither of these
correspond precisely to today's Qur'an. Also,
scraps found in Yemen differ and contradict
today's Qur'an so badly, that Muslims try to hide
this. These Yemeni Qur'an scraps are actually the
oldest found, and it is Hijazi. Hijazi (Makkan
or Madinan) script, is the script in which the
earliest masahif of the Qur'an were written.
25- The Qur'an contradicts earlier revelation, the
evidence for the origin of which is given in
Qur'an/Koran Suras below. - Many Muslims Imams and Mullahs falsely point to
Sura 2140 to try and prove that Jews and
Christians had corrupted their Scriptures.
Referring to the Jews, this sura says "...who is
more unjust than those who conceal the testimony
they have from Allah?...?" Yet, nowhere does
this Sura state that the Jews and Christians
corrupted their scriptures. Muslim clerics need
to point to something because they know that the
Jewish Torah and Christian Gospels badly
contradict the Islamic Qur'an. The fact that
Muhammad and Allah told Muslims to believe in the
Torah and Christian Gospels is a very bad dilemma
for these professionals who wish to continue
making a good living in Islam.
26Sovereign God protects His Words
- Suras 634, 6115, 1064 and 5028,29 clearly
says to Muslims, "No change can there be in the
words of Allah" and that Allah cannot alter (or
abrogate) his words." So the Torah and Christian
Gospels are correct, because Allah did verify
this fact -- this clearly makes the Muslim Qur'an
false because it contradicts Allah.
27- Muhammad commanded the reading of the Holy Injeel
(Gospel of Jesus) and the Torah (Taurat) as part
of Islam.
28- As a Good Muslim - Have you read the Gospel of
Jesus?
29- - Sura 287 - And most certainly We gave Musa
the Book and We sent apostles after him one after
another and We gave Isa, the son of Marium,
clear arguments and strengthened him with the
holy spirit, - - Sura 348 - And He (Isa/Jesus) will teach him
the Book and the wisdom and the Tavrat (Torah)
and the Injeel (Christian Gospel). - - Sura 350 - And a verifier of that which is
before me of the Taurat (Torah) and that I may
allow you part of that which has been forbidden t
you, and I have come to you with a sign from your
Lord therefore be careful of (your duty to) Allah
and obey me. - - Sura 544 - "Surely We revealed the Taurat
(Torah/Bible Old Testament) in which was guidance
and light", with it the prophets who submitted
themselves.... - - Sura 546 - And We sent after them in their
footsteps Isa, son of Marium, verifying what was
before him of the Taurat (Jewish Torah) and We
gave him the Injeel (Christian Gospels) in which
was guidance and light, and verifying what was
before it of Taurat and a guidance and an
admonition for those who guard (against evil).
30- - Sura 5.68 - Say O followers of the Book! you
follow no good till you keep up the Taurat and
the Injeel and that which is revealed to you from
your Lord - - Sura 6.154 Again, We gave the Book (Torah)
to Musa to complete (Our blessings) on him who
would do good (to others), and making plain all
things and a guidance and a mercy, so that they
should believe in the meeting of their Lord. - - Sura 6.155 And this (Torah) is a Book We
have revealed, blessed therefore follow it and
guard (against evil) that mercy may be shown to
you. - - Sura 2946 "And dispute ye not with the People
of the Book, but say, "We believe in the
revelation which has come down to us and in that
which came down to you Our Allah and your Allah
is one
31- - Sura 3223 - And certainly We gave the Book to
Musa, so be not in doubt concerning the receiving
of it, and We made it a guide for the children of
Israel.- Sura 4363 - When Jesus came with
Clear Signs, he said "Now have I come to you
with Wisdom, and in order to make clear to you
some of the (points) on which ye dispute
therefore fear Allah and obey me. - - Sura 4612 we are told.... "And before it the
Book of Musa (Moses) (Torah) was a guide and a
mercy and this is a Book verifying (it) in the
Arabic language that it may warn those who are
unjust and as good news for the doers of
good......"
32The Great Muslim dilemma
- The Christian Bible Says Jesus is God, and one
with the Father - Muslims have no choice but to believe in the
Christian Bible and the Apostles who wrote it.
The Qur'an forbids anyone, on pain of shameful
punishment, from making distinctions between the
authority of the apostles and prophets of God, or
from choosing between God's words. No one is
permitted to believe in part and reject a part.
Those who presume to do so, it says, are infidels
in reality (Suras 4150-152 289 4213-15
2946-47). See Christian Bible references to who
Jesus really is. . .
33ISLAM A RELIGION OF PEACE YOU SAY?What about all
the "peace sounding words" in the Qur'an/Koran?
- In Islam, theologians divide the Qur'an into the
Meccan and Medinan suras. You will note that the
peaceful sounding verses come while Muhammad was
living in Mecca toward the beginning of his
career as a terrorist, when he was busy calling
Meccans to his service. The later suras came
after Muhammad left Mecca and went to Medina. It
was during this later period when he went wild
with rape, plunder, and cold-hearted murders. - So in Islam --the later warring and killing of
infidel type verses (suras) like the "Verse of
the Sword" (95) take precedence over the
earlier peaceful-sounding versus. Islamic
theologians say that the more than 124 peaceful
sounding verses are abrogated by the Verse of the
Sword. This all ties in to the Muslim idea of
abrogation. A respected Islamic commentator
popularly know as Ibn Kathir who lived from
1301-1372 AD says that sura 95 "abrogated every
agreement of peace the Prophet and any idolator,
every treaty, and every term"
34- There are more than 100 verses in the Qur'an
(Koran) advocating the use of violence to spread
Islam. There are exactly 123 verses in the
Qur'an about killing and fighting. Qur'an 95,
known as "the verse of the sword," declares,
"Fight and slay the pagans wherever you find
them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in
wait for them in every stratagem."
35- In the Qur'an, Allah commands Muslims, "Take not
the Jews and Christians as friends....Slay the
idolaters non-Muslims wherever ye find them....
Fight against such...as believe not in Allah..."
(Sura 551 95,29,41, etc..).
36- A Muslim phrase often quoted in the middle east
region is On Saturday we kill the Jews and on
Sunday we kill the Christians! - "The punishment of those who wage war against God
and His Messenger, and strive with might and main
for mischief through the land is execution, or
crucifixion, or cutting off of hands and feet
from opposite sides, or exile from the land that
is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy
punishment is theirs in the Hereafter" (Sura Al
Ma idah 533).
37Killing is Welcome in Islam - even of brother
Muslims
- "Allah's Apostle said, "Allah welcomes two men
with a smile one of whom kills the other and
both of them enter Paradise. One fights in
Allah's Cause and gets killed. Later on Allah
forgives the 'killer who also get martyred (In
Allah's Cause)."... Hadith, Volume 4, Book 52,
Number 80i, Narrated Abu Huraira - This is a very important matter. We often wonder
how Muslims kill each other and both parties
scream "Jihad" as they kill each other. Muhammad
says that Allah is happy to see them BOTH killing
each other. The cause is not the point-- just
kill, kill, kill."
38Satan wishes only to enslave Muslims to help him
enslave the entire world
- By turning them away from the truth that
salvation is already available through believing
in Christ Jesus The Son of God. - By intimidation and fear that any convert to
Christ risks getting killed. - By branding of Islamic status through birth.
- By brain-washing that believers are immersed in
Islam daily and nightly mechanically praying 5
times everyday
39- Satan, Muhammad and al-Zawahiri all "rail"
against the cross! - CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 11, 2005 In a taped message
Ayman al-Zawahiri, urged all Muslims to take up
arms and said their refusal to join the fight
against "the Cross and Zionism" was a "malignant
illness" that would only lead to the defeat of
militant Islam.
40- Hearing the Truth as revealed in the Christian
Bible (The Word of God) would weaken this false
path to God (Islam).
41Salvation is available through Yeshua
- The New Testament repeatedly declares that Jesus
Christ(Yeshua) is the Son of God, that He was
crucified and resurrected to both pay for our
sins and to make possible our salvation. - The Qur'an expressly denies all these things.
The Qur'an says Jesus was not crucified. (Sura
4157-158).
42Muslims are warned
- If you accept Islam, you forever reject
Jesus(Yeshua who is not Isa) and His
substitutional suffering and death for your sins
on the cross. It is a decision that will effect
where you spend eternity.
43- Jesus Christ warned us that if you deny Him, He
will deny you before the Father(Yhwh God). - Muslims falsely believe they have "this base"
covered because they show reverence to Jesus as
Isa and as a "great Prophet" only.
44You "deny" Jesus/Yeshua
- You "deny" Jesus when you do not follow His
teachings, such as He is the only way to the
Father and salvation. - You deny Jesus when you do not make Him the
center of your life. - You deny Jesus when you do not worship Christ as
Lord, sovereign God, and Savior.
45Comparison between Muhammad and Jesus /Yeshua
- Jesus is God (John 1, Col. 1) and here
- Raised Himself from the dead (Matthew 286).
- Birth, Life, Death, Resurrection foretold by
prophets. - Lived a sinless life (2 Corinthians 521).
- Did numerous miracles to prove His divinity (All
Gospel writers and Josephus) - Cared for His enemies (Matthew 543-44)
- Held a high view of marriage and hated divorce -
as God the Father does (Matt 197-8). - Accurately prophesied many verifiable events that
took place after His time (Matthew 24).
- Muhammad is only a man (Sura 18110)
- Remains dead
- Nothing predicted about Muhammad. The
"Comforter" was the Holy Spirit Jesus promised
the apostles. - Allah himself refers to Muhammad as sinful (Sura
4055, 481-2). - On two occasions in the Qur'an Muhammad admitted
he could do no miracles (Sura 1790-95 3183) - Killed his enemies and anyone who disagreed with
him (Sura 95) -
- Commanded his adopted son to divorce his wife so
that she would become his (Sura 3336-38) - Delivered only one -questionable- prophecy about
the Romans winning a future battle. No date or
place given. (Sura 301-4)
46- Islam is a religion that says that Jesus did not
die on the cross. Islam denies this historical
fact about Jesus which therefore negates the
salvation given us by the Son of God's painful
death and miraculous resurrection from the dead.
Even the Jewish Sanhedrin (High Religious Court)
in Jerusalem admits Jesus died there. In
addition to the writers of the 4-Gospels and
Josephus, the Jewish 1st century historian (See
Antiquities 18-63) -- the Jewish Babylonian
Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a) from the Tannaitic Period
recorded "On the eve of Passover Yeshu was
hanged"....
47Know Jesus Christ/Yeshua
- To be saved - you only have to know One name and
it is NOT Allah. The name of Allah is found
nowhere in "the book" (Torah or Gospels of
Jesus). - The Name of God is Yhwh(I am, Yehovah)
- Jesus/Yeshua means Yehovah Saves.
48Jesus died for you
- Please do not avoid salvation
- Please do not avoid Jesus/Yeshua
49- The Trinity has nothing to do with how many gods
there are. It only has to do with God's nature - and the three persons/natures that make up the
one God. - Christians know there is only one God, but this
God has 3 persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit).
This is a mystery.
50God the Son in the Old Covenant
- (Psalm 211-12) Serve the LORD with fear, and
rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be
angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath
is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they
that put their trust in him.
51Believe in the Son Jesus/Yeshua
- "For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should
not perish but have everlasting life." John 316
- There is no sexual intercourse.
- Believers do not worship Mary.God being Almighty
is not restricted by sex.
52Muslims make Allah mightier than Yhwh Almighty God
- Sura 347 - She (Mary) said My Lord! when
shall there be a son (born) to I me, and man has
not touched me? He said Even so, Allah creates
what He pleases when He has decreed a matter, He
only says to it, Be, and it is. - No sexual intercourse needed.
53Muslims deny Jesus
- 1 John 2 22-23 Who is a liar but he who denies
that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, who
denies the Father and the Son. Whosoever denies
the Son, the same does not have the Father (but)
he who acknowledges the Son have the Father
also.1 John 512 He who has the Son has life
and he who does not have the Son of God has no
life.
54Choose Life !
55You need not place your eternal salvation
entirely on the whimsical sayings of only one
single man - the imperfect man Muhammad.
56- According to Al Waqidi, Muhammad would break
everything brought into the house with a shape of
the cross on it. Additionally, Ahmad ibn Hanbal
(A.D. 855) said that Muhammad would foam at the
mouth during prayer. - Christians should immediately remember the
Apostle Mark's telling of Jesus casting a demon
out of a boy who was possessed. This
demon-possessed boy also showed this symptom of
"foaming at the mouth".
57Love Christ love Christians
- - Sura 95 - But when the forbidden months are
past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye
find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and
lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of
war)- Surah's 839 95 929 474 in the
Muslim Qur'an are 'divine' commandments to
persecute Jews and Christians, to defeat them in
battle and then to consign them either to slavery
or to death.
58If you confess with your mouth Jesus as
Lord(Master), and believe in your heart that God
raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.
-Romans 10 v9.
- A sample of YOUR PRAYER in response
- Dear Jesus, being convinced that I am a sinner,
and knowing that you, Jesus Christ, died for me,
the ungodly I now accept you as my personal
Saviour. Please come into me and help me to live
a good life pleasing to You (God, Jehovah, Jesus
Christ) and to confess You before mankind.
59Assurance
- You are now a new clean (free of sin in the sight
of God) Christian, if you have honestly confessed
to Christ. Congratulations. Alleluia! - Do share with others your important
decision(Accepting Christ Yeshua). - Please study the Holy Bible for principles,
direction, edification, guidance and instruction
in life.