For those of you who don’t know who Ahmed Deedat is.
He is a great Islamic Scholar who died in 2003. He was an Indian from South Africa who was considered an expert on the Bible and the Torah.
He had these great discussions with Christian and Jewish experts.
You guys should check out his debates. they are all on youtube
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I am a great 'fan' of Ahmed Deedat - Sorry, he is not Islamic scholar but a great debater or scholar of Comparative religion and he died sometime in August 2005.
And he too, never claimed to be an Islamic scholar.
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^^ really he never claimed to be an islamic scholar?
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Asalaam u Alaikum
Yes Ahmad Deedat was a Da’ee and scholar of Comparative religions and not an Islamic scholar as Brother Ibn Sadique has said…, Dr Zakir Naik is his student.
Ahmad Deedat
Born in the Surat district of India in 1918, Ahmed Hoosen Deedat had no recollection of his father untill 1926. His father a tailor by profession had emigrated to South Africa shortly after the birth of Ahmed Deedat.
With no formal education and fighting off the extreme pangs of poverty, he went to South Africa in 1927 to be with his father. His farewell to his mother in India in 1927 was the last time he saw her alive for she passed away a few months later.
In a foreign land, a boy of nine with no formal schooling and command of the English language began preparing for the role he was to play decades later without realizing it.
Applying himself with diligence to his studies, the little boy not only was able to overcome the language barrier but excelled in school. His avid passion for reading helped him gain promotions until he completed standard 6. Lack of finance interrupted his schooling and at the early age of about 16 he took on the first of many jobs in retailing.
The most significant of these was in 1936 where he worked at a Muslim owned store near a Christian seminary on the Natal South Coast. The incessant insults of the trainee missionaries hurled against Islam during their brief visits to the store infused a stubborn flame of desire within the young man to counteract their false propaganda.
As fate would have it, Ahmad Deedat discovered by pure chance a book entitled Izharal-Haq, meaning the Truth revealed. This book recorded the techniques and enormous success of the efforts of Muslims in India in turning the tables against Christian missionary harassment during the British subjugation and rule of India. In particular the idea of holding debates had a profound effect on Ahmed Deedat.
Armed with this new found zeal, Ahmed Deedat purchased his first Bible and began holding debates and discussions with the trainee missionaries. When they beat a hasty retreat in the face of his incisive counter arguments, he personally called on their teachers and even priests in the surrounding areas.
These successes spurred Ahmed Deedat in the dirrection of Da’wah. Not even his marriage, birth of Children and a 3 year sohourn to Pakistan after its independence dampened his enthusiasm or dulled his desire to defend Islam from the deceitful distortions of the Christian missionaries.
With missionary zeal to project the Truth and beauty of Islam, Ahmed Deedat immersed hiself into a host of activities over the next three decades. He conducted classes on Bible studies and gave numerous lectures. He established the As-Salaam, an institute to train propagators of Islam. He, together with his family, almost single-handedly erected the buildings including the masjid which is still a landmark today.
He was a founder member of the Islamic Propagation Centre International (IPCI) and became its President, a position he still holds today. He has published over 20 books and distributed milions of copies free of charge. He has delivered thousand of lectures all over the world and successfully engaged Christian Evangelists in public debates. Several thousand people have come into the fold of Islam as a result of these efforts.
In a fitting tribute to this monumental achievement, he was awarded the King Faisal International award in 1986, a prestigious recognition of enormous value in the world of Islam.
]No number of awards and honours can truly capture the man’s essence and zeal for Islam. This anthology of books is no exception. It demonstrates Sheikh Deedat’s analytical compilations drawn from personal encounters and experiences against Christian distortions.
In 1996 Shaikh Ahmed Deedat suffered from a serious stroke and remained paralysed and bedridden for 9 years. On 8th August, 2005 he passed away. May Allah (swt) bless his soul with Jannatul Firdous for his path-breaking and excellent efforts for Daw’ah of Islam worldwide as well as reigniting the spirit of self-esteem and renaissance amongst millions of Muslims the world over.
Books by Shaikh Ahmed Deedat: The Choice - Between Islam and Christianity - Volume I The Choice - Between Islam and Christianity - Volume II Is the Bible God’s Word? Al Qur’an the Miracle of Miracles What is His Name? Christ in Islam What was the sign of Jonah? What the Bible says about Muhammed (pbuh)? Resurrection or Resuscitation? Arabs and Israel – Conflict or Conciliation? Crucifixion or Cruci-Fiction?
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May Allah SWT bless his soul and give him the highest rank in Jannah (ameen).
The impression that he left on muslims and nonmuslims alike, is outstanding.
Truly Iqbal's verses apply to him:
"baree mushkil say hota heay chaman main deedah war paida"
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Wonderful man indeed, Mr Deedat.
Read his book The Choice, when i started, i could not stop till i finished the book.
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I am a great 'fan' of Ahmed Deedat - Sorry, he is not Islamic scholar but a great debater or scholar of Comparative religion and he died sometime in August 2005.
And he too, never claimed to be an Islamic scholar.
Exactly August 8, 2005.
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Wonderful man indeed, Mr Deedat.
Read his book The Choice, when i started, i could not stop till i finished the book.
One more brother Quran - The Miracles of Miracles, i like the reasoning in that very book. Great man indeed who stood up against the western world, when no Muslim scholar dare to stand. He has shown the way and believe me, lots of them have reverted to Islam because of him.
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Mashallah! May Allah SWT reward the late Ahmed Deedat. Genuine is all I can say for him. Wish we had people like him in other aspects of our religion.
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For those of you who don't know who Ahmed Deedat is.
He is a great Islamic Scholar who died in 2003. He was an Indian from South Africa who was considered an expert on the Bible and the Torah.
He had these great discussions with Christian and Jewish experts.
You guys should check out his debates. they are all on youtube
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dear..if u have been listening to him then show some effect of his speeches...he was not a secular tatto of westerners like u american pakis..he used to criticized heavily on people of ur category...
i have seen him many of his dialogues and all these so called civilized western christian scholars were like piece of cake for him...i wish semihole.mamaof and others naive peopl lik them should listen to ahmed deedat,zakir naik and moulana tariq jameel
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dear..if u have been listening to him then show some effect of his speeches...he was not a secular tatto of westerners like u american pakis..he used to criticized heavily on people of ur category...
i have seen him many of his dialogues and all these so called civilized western christian scholars were like piece of cake for him...i wish semihole.mamaof and others naive peopl lik them should listen to ahmed deedat,zakir naik and moulana tariq jameel
First you should listen to Deedat and learn how to debate like a human being.
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First you should listen to Deedat and learn how to debate like a human being.
nice to learn that you also listen to Ahmed Deedat
a great Islamic Scholar, and teacher of Dr Zakir Nayak another great Islamic Scholar
Re: Ahmed Deedat
I am a great 'fan' of Ahmed Deedat - Sorry, he is not Islamic scholar but a great debater or scholar of Comparative religion and he died sometime in August 2005.
And he too, never claimed to be an Islamic scholar.
i wonder , how people say him only scholar of Comparative religion
who is islamic Scholar in your point of view
and can some one compare religions successfully if he doesn't have full knowledge of his own religion
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Whether he stood up to the West or not, I think I must be of the few that didn't "appreciate" him. Especially how he openly and viciously insulted Jewish and Christian practise.
Let the Jews and Christians have stupid debates regarding the authenticity of religions... it just makes them feel secure. Our job is to be good muslims...
Just my tuppence
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He was an amazing debator. Not only he had mastered Quran, but he also knew everything from 70+ versions of bibles as well as other books like Geeta and etc. I have seen a lot of his debates, including the one with the Arab Christian dude who didnt know as much about his own bible as Deedat knew.