In a recent youtube video (*) amateur Muslim apologist Sami Zaatari goes on a rant why Jesus cannot be God. He cites Hebrews 1:1-2 where Jesus is said to be the Heir of all things and asserts:
"Folks, God is the owner of everything; he doesn’t inherit it he already owns it… Logically if Jesus was God he would have already owned since the beginning of the days. But as Hebrews says Jesus was the heir. A heir is not an owner, a heir is someone who inherits something. Therefore, Jesus is not God because God doesn’t inherit his own creation. He already owns it from the start since he created it! How can I inherit something that I created? I own it, I don’t inherit it, I made it so its mine; not for someone else to give to me. So this conclusively proves that Jesus is not God because he is heir; he’s not the owner because only God is the owner! So quite frankly I don’t know why Christians bring this verse up to prove that Jesus is God, because it proves that he is not God because he inherits everything; he doesn’t own it! Thank you… And I repeat – a heir is someone who inherits something, he doesn’t own it. God owns everything since he made it."
After referring to Mark 12:1-9 Zaatari continues to rave:
"Of course a Christian will now come and twist it. Yet I ask everybody, what does a heir mean? A heir means someone who inherits something. I know I am repeating myself but I have to repeat myself so the Christian doesn’t try to play games with us like they always do. They come make these interpretations which makes no sense. Let the text speak for itself, Christian – what are you afraid of? The text says that Jesus is the heir, therefore he is not the owner, therefore he is not God. He inherits it, therefore someone passed it down to him, therefore he is not God. Very simple!
We have already refuted Zaatari’s desperate crusade against the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ in the following articles and rebuttals: 1, 2
What we are going to do here is to quote the Quran to show that Allah is an heir who inherits something. From there we are going to apply Zaatari’s (il)logic to his own false scripture and false god to see the hole that he has dug himself in.
Pay close attention to the following Quranic texts:
But as for those who are niggardly with the bounty Allah has given them, let them not suppose it is better for them; nay, it is worse for them; that they were niggardly with they shall have hung about their necks on the Resurrection Day; and to Allah belongs the inheritance of the heavens and earth; and Allah is aware of the things you do. S. 3:180
And certainly We! We it is Who give life, and cause death, and We are THE HEIRS. S. 15:23
Lo! We, only We, inherit the earth and all who are thereon, and unto Us they are returned. S. 19:40
Allah is also called the best of those who inherit!
And Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not childless, though Thou art the Best of inheritors. S. 21:89
As if this weren’t shocking enough Allah even receives an inheritance from creatures!
Nay, but We shall record that which he saith and prolong for him a span of torment. And We shall inherit from him that whereof he spake, and he will come unto Us, alone (without his wealth and children). S. 19:79-80
And how many a community have We destroyed that was thankless for its means of livelihood! And yonder are their dwellings, which have not been inhabited after them save a little. And We, even We, were the inheritors. S. 28:58
Truly amazing! Human beings are giving to Allah what they own thereby proving that Allah doesn’t have or own everything!
Let us now repeat Zaatari’s own words against him:
"Folks, God is the owner of everything; he doesn’t inherit it he already owns it… Logically if Allah was God he would have already owned since the beginning of the days. But as the Quran says Allah was the heir. A heir is not an owner, a heir is someone who inherits something. Therefore, Allah is not God because God doesn’t inherit his own creation. He already owns it from the start since he created it! How can I inherit something that I created? I own it, I don’t inherit it; I made it so its mine, not for someone else to give to me. So this conclusively proves that Allah is not God because he is a heir; he’s not the owner because only God is the owner! So quite frankly I see why Zaatari NEVER BRING UP these verses since he knows that these references prove that Allah is God, because he inherits everything; he doesn’t own it! Thank you… And I repeat – a heir is someone who inherits something, he doesn’t own it. God owns everything since he made it… Of course Zaatari and his fellow dawagandists will now come and twist it. Yet I ask everybody, what does a heir mean? A heir means someone who inherits something. I know I am repeating myself but I have to repeat myself so that the neophyte and deceiver Zaatari doesn’t try to play games with us like he and his fellow Muslim propagandists always do. They come make these interpretations which makes no sense. LET THE TEXT SPEAK FOR ITSELF, MUSLIM – what are you afraid of? The text says that Allah is the heir, therefore he is not the owner, therefore he is not God. He inherits it, therefore someone passed it down to him, therefore he is not God. Very simple!"
Now watch as Zaatari exposes his hypocrisy by not following his own advice to allow the texts to speak for themselves. Watch as he squirms his way out of this dilemma by coming up with convenient interpretations in order to avoid admitting that Allah cannot be God by his own criterion since his false deity inherits something from someone.
In conclusion, we want to personally thank Zaatari for once again helping us to prove that Allah is a false god whom Muhammad tried to pass off as the one true God of all. We encourage this amateur to keep it up since he makes our job a lot easier. It is rather unfortunate for Muslims (but quite fortunate for us) that they cannot see how these neophytes are doing greater damage to Islam than good.
For more on Allah inheriting we recommend the following articles: 1, 2
Addendum
Zaatari has produced a “reply” (*) in order to defend (more like explain away) the fact that Allah inherits from his creatures and therefore cannot be god according to his (il)logic. What makes this rather amusing is that he failed to provide a link to my article since, as we shall now demonstrate, he realized that he got caught in his own trap and that his own argument has come back to haunt him. Zaatari apparently is embarrassed by the fact that we used his very own point to prove that Allah is a false god (which he is but for other reasons) and seems to now regret that he even raised this objection against the Deity of the Lord Jesus. And yet this neophyte feels he needs to save face and so has produced one of the most incoherent pieces of babble that we have ever read.
Zaatari claims that I somehow never said that I was going to refute him, which leads him to erroneously assume that all I have proven is that we are both wrong. This only demonstrates that, much like Zawadi, Zaatari seriously lacks the ability to carefully read and understand what is in front of him. He then links to Zawadi’s article which he claims somehow refuted my point.
Did Zaatari ever bother consulting the following links which I provided in this very same rebuttal? (1, 2)
Did he also bother reading the following? (1)
Did he even take the time to read these articles where I already explained what it means for Jesus to inherit and thoroughly refuted Zawadi’s weak attempt of defending the fact that his god inherits from creation? Obviously not.
As if he couldn’t make it any worse for himself and prove just how desperate he is, Zaatari claims that there is a difference between Jesus and Allah inheriting since the Quran says that the Islamic deity will receive an inheritance after the death of his creatures, when the earth will end! Zaatari takes this to mean that the Quran is simply denoting the fact that everything returns to Allah.
This is where Zaatari exposes his dishonesty, demonstrating that he will not hesitate to lie in order to try and save face or win an argument. Notice what his original argument was:
"Folks, God is the owner of everything; he doesn’t inherit it he already owns it… Logically if Jesus was God he would have already owned since the beginning of the days. But as Hebrews says Jesus was the heir. A heir is not an owner, a heir is someone who inherits something. Therefore, Jesus is not God because God doesn’t inherit his own creation. He already owns it from the start since he created it! How can I inherit something that I created? I own it, I don’t inherit it, I made it so its mine; not for someone else to give to me. So this conclusively proves that Jesus is not God because he is heir; he’s not the owner because only God is the owner! So quite frankly I don’t know why Christians bring this verse up to prove that Jesus is God, because it proves that he is not God because he inherits everything; he doesn’t own it! Thank you… And I repeat – a heir is someone who inherits something, he doesn’t own it. God owns everything since he made it."
Notice what Zaatari did not say. He did not say that God could still be God if what he inherits comes from individuals who die or when the earth perishes. No, Zaatari expressly and emphatically stated, in fact repeated, that God cannot be God if he inherits anything since he already owns everything, period. And since the Quran plainly says that Allah is receiving an inheritance, not from God, but from creatures, this means that he cannot be god since Zaatari says that God by definition already owns everything and does not need to inherit.
Moreover, there is nothing beautiful about the Quran saying that Allah inherits if the point is to show that everything returns back to Allah, since the Muslim scripture could have simply said that at the end everything will die and return back to its creator. In fact, Zaatari is facing all of these problems precisely because the author of the Quran decided to speak of Allah inheriting, thereby forcing this neophyte to do everything he can to explain this point away. In other words, it is the language of the Quran that placed Zaatari in the predicament that he is now in, one that he cannot get out of without admitting that according to his own (ir)rationale Allah cannot be god.
Zaatari, at this point, is doing the very thing he accused Christians of doing, namely, play games with his readers by twisting the meaning of the words inherit and heir, interpreting the Quran in a manner which makes absolutely no sense. We normally call someone who does the very thing he condemns in others a hypocrite and liar.
Yet no amount of squirming or obfuscation will change the fact that the Islamic deity inherits and therefore cannot be god. Zaatari needs to face the music and admit that he got caught for using an argument against the Deity of Christ that has now come back to haunt him. He needs to come clean and acknowledge that his point concerning inheritance proves that his false god is exactly that – a false deity whom Muhammad tried to pass off as the one true God of all. Or he must simply admit he was wrong for arguing that God, in order to be God, cannot inherit and recant his position and apologize to his readers for thinking that they are not smart enough to see how he is desperately trying to cover up the fact that his very own argument proves that Allah is a false god.
With that said, we want to encourage Zaatari to follow his own advice and grow up (which is hard for him to do since he is still a young lad of 20) and stop playing such silly games with the readers thereby insulting their intelligence.
We also do want to encourage Zaatari to keep up the good work of exposing both Islam and himself by producing such shallow rebuttals and irrational argumentation. He is only making our job in showing why Allah is a false god and Muhammad a false prophet a lot easier.
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