Izhar ul-Haqq or Izhar al-Haq is Rahmatullah Kairanawi

Rahmatullah Kairanawi

Rahmat Allâh Kairânawî or Rahmatullah Kairanvi was a Muslim scholar and author. He is best known for his grand work, Izhar ul-Haqq.-Background:...

's magnum opus

Masterpiece

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. Originally written in Arabic in 1864, this six-volume book was later translated (or summarized) into English, Turkish

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 and Urdu

Urdu

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Christine Schirrmacher describes the book saying:

Sources

Kairanawi made use of Western Biblical criticism

Biblical criticism

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 as well as theological works. His book frequently cites the following authorities:

• Adam Clarke
  Adam Clarke
  Adam Clarke was a British Methodist theologian and Biblical scholar, born in the townland of Moybeg Kirley near Tobermore in Ireland...
  
  
• Thomas Hartwell Horne
  Thomas Hartwell Horne
  Thomas Hartwell Horne , was a theologian, and librarian. He was born in London and educated at Christ's Hospital. He then became a clerk to a barrister, and used his spare time to write. He was initially affiliated with the Wesleyans but later joined the Church of England.Horne wrote more than...
  
  
• Thomas Scott
  Thomas Scott (commentator)
  The Rev. Thomas Scott was an influential preacher and author who is principally known for his best-selling work A Commentary On The Whole Bible and The Force of Truth, and as one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society.- Life :...
  
  
• Matthew Henry
  Matthew Henry
  Matthew Henry was an English commentator on the Bible and Presbyterian minister.-Life:He was born at Broad Oak, a farmhouse on the borders of Flintshire and Shropshire. His father, Philip Henry, had just been ejected under the Act of Uniformity 1662...
  
  
• 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 Encyclopaedia 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

Other points to be noted
-This book also contributed to the success of one of the most well-known da'ees of Islam, Shaikh Ahmad Hussain Deedat.

External links

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