KRISHNA IS NOT ALLAH!!!

Note: O Allah, forgive us as we are  comparing you to such a diety Krishna! You know that our intention is not to insult You and You know that we are Your slaves. But You also know, we are trying to show the truth which You have shown to us. So forgive us for such attitude and make us successful in this work of Dawah. Ameen.

=> INTRODUCTION:

The scholars of ISKCON has tried their level best to prove that Islam is Vaishnavism & Muslims are actually Vaishnavas.

If so, then they are trying to mean that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has actually preached the message of Krishna.

According to their view, Krishna is the Supreme Lord.

But Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has preached that Allah is the Supreme Lord.

So, if the Prophet preached the message of Krishna, then it is meant that Krishna and Allah are the same one.

But we do not think that Krishna and Allah are the same one.

But before giving the response, let us first show a point.

Suppose, there are two different persons - John & Harry. There are some similarities between them. Both of them are male; both like green colour; both love to play cricket and so on. But inspite of such similarities, both of them are actually two different persons.

Similarly, there can be similarities between Islam and Vaishnavism in different aspects, but such similarities do not mean that Islam is Vaishnavism or Vaishnavism is Islam. If the God, worshipped by the Muslims are not the same God of Vaishnavas (or if it is vice versa), then the similarities are of no use, it is just valueless.

=> Who is Krishna? :

Most of the Hindu consider "Krishna" as an incarnation of god "Vishnu".

But the ISKCON considers that Krishna is the source of everything as he is the Supreme Lord (who was before god Vishnu).

Krishna also calls himself as the "Supreme Personality of Godhead".

"O Arjuna, as **the Supreme Personality of Godhead**, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come...."

(Bhagavat Gita, 7:26)

Swami Prabhupada, the founder of ISKCON has commented about Krishna like this way,

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, Kṛṣṇa, personally appeared as the son of Vasudeva. Before He appeared, all the demigods, along with their wives, appeared in different pious families in the world just to assist the Lord in executing His mission."

("Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead" - by A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,
Bhaktivedanta purport of the First Chapter of Kṛṣṇa, "Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa.")
[Source - http://krsnabook.com/ch1.html]

=> Who is Allah? :

According to Islamic point of view, Allah is the holiest name of the Almighty Creator Who is the Lord and ultimate controller of everything.

Quran is giving the perfect definition of Allah like this way:

"Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;
Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;
He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;
And there is none like unto Him."

(The Noble Quran, 112:1-4)

=> Krishna and Allah are not the same one:

When it is said that Islam is teaching the same spiritual way of ISKCON, then the "One God" must be the same in both theology. Isn't it? This is a common sense!

So, let's see....

i. "Krishna" is not mentioned anywhere in the Quran or Hadith:

The Quran is saying,

"This is the Book **about which there is no doubt**, a guidance for those conscious of Allah"

(The Noble Quran, 2:2)

"...This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion...."

(The Noble Quran, 5:3)

So, we see, Quran is saying that Islam has been made perfect and clear to mankind.

As per ISKCON, Krishna is the Supreme Lord and so he is the Ultimate One God.

But it is ridiculous that **no where in the Quran or Hadith**, the name "Krishna" is mentioned!!!
If Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) taught the people about the "One God Krishna", then why didn't he tell us the name ("Krishna")?

Even in Bhagabat Gita, Krishna is commanding to surrender only to him avoiding all other religious ways.

"**Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me.**
I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear."

(Bhagabat Gita, 18:66)

So, when as per Gita, surrendering to Krishna is the only way of salvation and again when Islam is made perfect and clear, then why the Quran and the Hadith are not clearing the fact that "Krishna" is the Supreme Lord???

If Islam is really Vaishnavism, then why Allah has not said that He is actually Krishna???

Why such simple issue is not made clear when Islam is made clear and perfect???

The answer is very simple. Any person who have some common sense can identify that Krishna is not any name of Allah.

ii. Krishna had worldly father, mother, wives, children but Allah is free from all such worldly issues:

Krishna is said to be taken human body by his own wish (according to ISKCON).

But if we just take this issue of incarnation for the sake of comparison, then Krishna had worldly mother named "Devaki" and worldly father named "Vasudeva".

He had also a foster mother named "Yashoda" and foster father named "Nanda Baba".

(Source- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna)

Krishna also had a lot of wives and children.

"***Kṛṣṇa had 16,108 wives***, and in **each of them He begot ten sons**, all of them equal to their father in the opulences of strength, beauty, wisdom, fame, wealth and renunciation."

(Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Sixth Chapter, of Kṛṣṇa, "The Genealogical Table of the Family of Kṛṣṇa.")
[Source- https://krsnabook.com/ch60.html]

Now in comparison to worldly matter, if Krishna is Allah, then Allah should not say that He never becomes the child of any worldly couple, never wishes to have partner, never gets any child and so on.

But oh! What is this! The Quran is saying completely opposite.

***Allah neither becomes the child of any worldly couple nor He wishes to get any child.***

Allah says,

"***He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;***
And there is none like unto Him."

(The Noble Quran, 112:4)

"***It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that He should beget a son***. Glory be to Him! when He determines a matter, He only says to it, "Be", and it is."

(The Noble Quran, 19:35)

Again Allah also does not get any worldly partner.

"He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: no son has He begotten, **nor has He a partner in His dominion**: it is He who created all things, and ordered them in due proportions."

(The Noble Quran, 25:2)

So, Allah does not become any worldly child, does not take any worldly partner, does not get any worldly child like Krishna in worldly incarnated form.

So, it also proves that Allah does not take incarnation like Krishna.

From this, it can be clearly understood that if Allah is actually Krishna, then He would not reject the features of incarnation.

For this, we can easily conclude that Krishna and Allah are not the same one.

iii. Human being has not the permission to see Allah in this worldly life, but Krishna showed his 'Bishwa Rupam' (Universal form) and 'Chaturvuj Rupam' (Four-armed form) to Arjuna !!! :

"Sanjaya said: O King, speaking thus, the Supreme, the Lord of all mystic power, the Personality of Godhead, **displayed His universal form to Arjuna.**"

(Bhagabat Gita, 11:9)

"Your mind has been perturbed upon seeing this horrible feature of Mine. Now let it be finished. My devotee, be free from all disturbance. **With a peaceful mind you can now see the form you desire.**

Sanjaya said to Dhrtarastra: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, while speaking thus to Arjuna, ***displayed His real four-armed form***, and at last He showed him His two-armed form, thus encouraging the fearful Arjuna."

(Bhagabat Gita, 11:49-50)

So, we clearly see that Krishna is showing his different forms to Arjuna (by giving him(Arjuna) a special power of seeing).

But Quran is clearly saying that no can see Allah physically in this worldly life.

It is mentioned in the Quran,

"No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision: He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things."

(Al-Quran, 6:103)

In a fatwa, Shaykh Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid says,

"...Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“It is not given to any human being that Allaah should speak to him unless (it be) by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or (that) He sends a Messenger to reveal what He will by His Leave. Verily, He is Most High, Most Wise.” [al-Shoora 42:51].

Abu Hurayrah said: “Some people said, ‘O Messenger of Allaah, will we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?’

He said, ‘Do you have any doubt about seeing the sun on a cloudless day?’
They said, ‘No, O Messenger of Allaah.’ He said, ‘Do you have any doubt about seeing the full moon on a cloudless night?’ They said, ‘No, O Messenger of Allaah.’

***He said, ‘You will see Him just as clearly on the Day of Resurrection***…’”

(Reported by al-Bukhaari, 6088).

It is clear that the idea that Allaah will not be seen in this life was well-entrenched in the minds of the Sahaabah. They were asking about the Hereafter, and this is what the Prophet’s answer also referred to.

Abu Dharr said: “I asked the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him),

**‘Have you seen your Lord?’
He said, ‘(There is) light, how could I see Him?’”**

This light, which prevented him from seeing Him, is a veil of light, which is further explained in the hadeeth of Abu Moosa, who said,

“The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) stood up and told us five things:

‘Allaah does not sleep, and it is not befitting that He should sleep. He lowers the scale and lifts it. The deeds in the night are taken up to Him before the deeds of the day, and the deeds of the day before the deeds of the night. His veil is the light. If He were to withdraw it (the veil), the splendour of His countenance would consume His creation as far as His sight reaches.’” (Reported by Imaam Ahmad and Muslim, 263).

**Further clear evidence** comes in the hadeeth which warns against the Dajjaal (antichrist):

“Written between his eyes is (the word) kaafir, which will be read by everyone who hates his works, or every believer will read it.
***Know that none of you will see your Lord until he dies.***”

(Reported by Muslim, 5215).

So any claim that anyone but the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) can see Allaah in reality is impossible, according to the consensus of the scholars...."

(Source- https://islamqa.info/en/2734)

So this is a clear contradiction where we see that Krishna is giving the power to Arjuna for seeing his different unique forms, whereas according to Islam, Allah doesn't give permission to see Him physically in this world.

So, from here, anyone can easily conclude that Krishna is not Allah as there is clear contradiction between the commandments and the concept.

iv. Krishna is raw material, Allah is the Ultimate Creator:

According to Bhagabat Gita, Krishna made everything from his own body. So, everything in the universe is actually the portion of Krishna.

This issue is said several places in Bhagabat Gita.

"...Although He is present in His abode, He is all-pervading, and **everything is situated within Him**."

(Bhagabat Gita, 8:22)

"...Although I am the maintainer of all living entities, and although I am everywhere, still **My Self is the very source of creation**."

(Bhagabat Gita, 9:5)

"**I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds**.
**Everything emanates from Me**.
The wise who know this perfectly engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts."

(Bhagabat Gita, 10:8)

"And when you have thus learned the truth, you will know that **all living beings are but part of Me**—and that they are in Me, and are Mine."

(Bhagabat Gita, 4:35)

Even the same issue is mentioned in Manusmriti too.

"***He, desiring to produce beings of many kinds from his own body***,
first with a thought created the waters, and placed his seed in them."

(Manusmriti, 1:8)

For this we can say (according to the above verses), the creation is a part of Krishna or in other words, the universe is actually a transformation of the portion of Krishna.

Now, according to physics, the whole amount of matter and energy is fixed. It can not be created or destroyed, just can be transformed from one to another.

Now if a chair is made of wood of a tree, then the chair is actually a transformation of the wood of the tree, it is not actually a new creation in the universe. Here wood is raw material and chair is a new product, but both the elements or the matter of chair or wood is fixed. So making a chair is not actually a new creation.

Similarly, if Krishna makes the universe by transforming His own portion, then it will also not be considered a new creation. Here like the wood of the chair, we can also consider "Krishna" just as raw material, not any Creator.

So it is very clear that Vaishnavism fails to say about the Ultimate Creator whereas Quran is clearly saying that Allah is the Ultimate Creator of everything because Allah doesn't make anything from His own body, rather Allah creates absolutely new out of nothing just by giving the commandments.

Allah says in the Quran,

"....So (it will be) for Allah creates what He wills. When He has decreed something, He says to it only: "Be!" and it is."

(The Noble Quran, 3:47)

"....Glorified (and Exalted be He above all that they associate with Him). When He decrees a thing, He only says to it, "Be!" and it is."

(The Noble Quran, 19:35)

"The Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it: "Be!" - and it is."

(The Noble Quran, 2:117)

"Verily, His Command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, "Be!" and it is!"

(The Noble Quran, 36:82)

"He it is Who gives life and causes death. And when He decides upon a thing He says to it only: "Be!" and it is."

(The Noble Quran, 40:68)

So, the truth is very clear that Krishna is not any name of Allah and so Krishna is not Allah.

Therefore, "The One God" about whom Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has taught the mankind is not the God of Vaishnavas and so we can also say, Islam is not Vaishnavism at all.

"Yet have they taken, besides him, gods that can create nothing but are themselves created; that have no control of hurt or good to themselves; nor can they control death nor life nor resurrection."

(The Noble Quran, 25:3)