{"id":11288,"date":"2015-02-27T02:25:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T21:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:4001\/mmtu-en\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=11288"},"modified":"2025-05-21T18:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:46:58","slug":"what-is-christianity","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/muftitaqiusmani.com\/en\/Books\/what-is-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Christianity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:48%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/muftitaqiusmani.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/what_is_christianity-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11780 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/muftitaqiusmani.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/what_is_christianity-2.png\" alt=\"The_Great_Scholars_of_the_Deoband_Islamic_seminary\" width=\"408\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:48%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Author&#8217;s Note<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This work constituted a detailed Introduction to the well known treatise on Christianity Izharul Haqq which was written by Maulana Rahmatullah Kairanawi in Ara\u00adbic and edited and translated by me into Urdu. During the course of my work (of translating and editing), I studied the Christian religion in its original sources. The conclusions of my study constituted the said introduc\u00adtion which was later published separately under the title \u201cWhat is Christianity\u201d.<em><br \/>\nThis work has been translated into Arabic; and has met with wide acceptance. For some time, the need was felt for an English translation and my learned brother Muhammad Shoib Omar undertook the task.<br \/>\nI have read the text, and have found that the translation reflects the ability and competence of the translator. He has exercised due care and shown dili\u00adgence. May Allah give him the best reward and grant him tawfiq to undertake similar academic works.<br \/>\nI sincerely hope that this work will assist the English reader to properly understand Christianity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>MUHAMMAD TAQI USMANI<\/strong><br \/>\nDurban &#8212; 13 April 1987.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Please note the aforementioned repetition has generally been avoided in this translation.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-3d fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span \" style=\"--button-border-radius-top-left:4px;--button-border-radius-top-right:4px;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:4px;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:4px;\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Download PDF\" aria-label=\"Download PDF\" href=\"https:\/\/muftitaqiusmani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/en-books\/Whats_is_christianity.pdf\"><i class=\"fa-file-pdf far awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Download PDF<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11883,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[36],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-11288","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-religion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is Christianity? 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