Exposing Origin of Mohammedanism from Many Heritages (Strong Reason that Christianity is True Religion)

It continues the topic from this post : https://romancatholictraditional.blogspot.com/2025/03/catholic-church-has-fought-against.html 

When we explain about Mohammedanism (Saracen Religion), a religion which was created by Muhammad himself. What we imagine for now is about Crescent Symbol, Kaaba, Arabic Calligraphy for Muhammad name. And if we explore or seek for the Origin of its Heritage from Islamic Caliphates, we will find many difference between Early Mohammedans and Modern Mohammedans now, include the Tafseer, Ancient Dynasty Coins, old heritages, which portraits there are many difference. And It will be delivered by Former Saracen (Mohammedan) who will describe it, his name is Syahruddin Al-Banjari, Now He becomes Catholic and find the Truth way.

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By Syahruddin Al-Banjari

Pax Vobis in Nomine Christi, peace be upon us all. I am Syahruddin Al-Banjari (note: now a converted Catholic) and would like to inform you, both Christians and Muslims, that it has struck me that the legacy of early Islam, that is, before the Tafsir Ibn Kathir emerged, is closely related to the beliefs of early Muslims, which are quite different from those of Muslims today.

If we examine the legacy or art of Islamic kingdoms today, compared to those of ancient Islamic kingdoms, both are very different, just as they are in the modern era compared to those of the Salafus Salih (the first generation of the pious).

For example, the distinctive legacy of the Kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Qatar has current special characteristics in its coins, such as the symbol of two swords flanking each other with a tree in the center, or images of their kings or sultans, their special buildings, Arabic texts which explained their coins with years, and also there are paper money which portraits camel like this:

If we also look at the legacy of Australian coins, it is normally that they contain the image of Queen Elizabeth II because Australia is under the Commonwealth of Great Britain and Queen Elizabeth II is also the Queen of Australian citizens, surely :

And also the Ottoman coins only contain small calligraphy or Arabic writings that explain the coins they left behind:

Suleiman Coin with Star of David on Aleppo

The image of the Star of David on the Coin of Suleiman the Magnificent is considered as Khatam Sulaiman or the Ring of King Solomon according to the Islamic Legend in the Ottoman era, considering that King Solomon used the Ring as a miracle given by God so that he could speak with Jinns (Demons) and animals. Because the name of the Sultan was Suleiman Demirel, and the name Suleiman was taken from Solomon, he also adopted the Star of David in Judaism as the Ring of the Prophet Solomon in his Sultanate Coins, especially in Aleppo and even in the Sanjak of Jerusalem, the Star of David was used to remind Sultan Suleiman I who also protected the Jewish community in Jerusalem by rebuilding the city walls (1535-1538) to ensure security, provide access to holy places, and establish the Western Wall as a permanent place of worship for Jews. And he who united the Jews of Jerusalem with Muslims and made the Khatam Suleiman Symbol at the gate of Jerusalem as a Symbol of Prosperity.

And then, the coins of the Shi'a Fatimid Dynasty (the Shi'a Dynasty which was destroyed by Saladin the Kurdish Sunni, Sultan of Ayyubid) only contain Arabic writings which explain the coins with the names of the Fatimid Kings and the titles given to the "god" worshiped by Muslims in the style of the inner ring on the coins:

Even King William of Sicily, who was allied and collaborated with the Shia Fatimid, adopted the Shia Fatimid Coin, an act that was strange and defamed the Catholic Faith: 

King William of Sicily collaborated with the Shia Fatimids, earning him the nickname "The Bad" even among Catholics and Sunni Muslims. When the Almohad Caliphate conquered Mahdia from the Shia, William's forces were expelled from the region.

What about the Umayyad Dynasty coin remains?

If we examine the Umayyad Dynasty coins, we will find something unique and very different from the coins of Islamic kingdoms after the Tafsir of Ibn Kathir. Not only the Umayyad Dynasty, but many other Sunni Islamic dynasties also have similar features.

This is surprising, considering that Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah (Sunni creed) is the true Islam and follows Muhammad and his companions, while Shi'a is derived from the Zoroastrians, descended from Abu Lu'luah, a Persian who stabbed Umar ibn Khattab while leading prayers.

The Umayyad Caliphate coin remains are clearly visible, as in the following image:

 

Muawiyah Ibn Abu Sufyan (Muhammad Companion) coins with Cross with Yazid I Ibn Muawiyah Coin

And regarding Mu'awiyyah's coins, it will be seen that the Cross with the Letter M explains that the Virgin Mary as the Immaculate (without stain of Sin) is revered in Islam itself.

 And did Mu'awiyyah just simply copy Byzantine coins and renovate them with Arabic writing explaining it to be minted in his Kingdom? We refute the claims of Michael Bates, Robert Hoyland, and Hugh Kennedy who stated that Mu'awiyyah and his son, Yazid, were Christians and not Muslims, and also refute the claim that Islam was only born after Abdul Malik ibn Marwan became Caliph, where Islam is an Arabization of the mixing of various ideologies to create one Political Ideology. The truth is that Islam is none other than a form of Heresy within Christianity that was once criticized by Saint John of Damascus, a Syrian Hermit or Monk and was also criticized as a Gnostic Christian Heresy at first because it blended elements of Christianity, Judaism, and Arabic paganism into one. Even Abdul Malik Ibn Marwan and Al-Walid Ibn Abdul Malik Ibn Marwan had coins that used the Cross along with other Umayyad kings besides Mu'awiyyah and Yazid I:

Even uniquely Al-Walid bin Abdul Malik bin Marwan used Latin in the coin, where Latin in the Byzantine Empire was no longer used and was replaced by Greek as the official language of the Byzantine Empire. However, uniquely Al-Walid was the Caliph who minted Islamic coins with Roman Latin used by the Catholic Church such as the sentence "In nomine Domini non Deus nisi Deus solus cui non socius" and "non est Deus nisi unus cui non est alius similis. Credo in Unum Deum" which means "In the name of GOD, there is no God but the One God, who has no Similar to Him" and "There is no other God but the One God and there is no Partner for him. I believe in the One God".

Transformed crosses such as the T-Cross (i.e. the Cross of St. Anthony of Egypt) and the O-Cross (i.e. the Celtic Cross and the Coptic Cross) were used in the Dinar Coins of Sulaiman ibn Abdul Malik and Walid I ibn Abdul Malik such as the following coins:

T-Cross on Umayyad Coin (Cross of St. Anthony of Egypt)

 

O-Cross on Umayyad Coin (which used by Celtics and Coptics)

Celtic Cross

And not only that, there is also the Ichtys or Fish symbol which symbolizes the symbol of the early Christians who were experiencing persecution under the Pagan Romans. ἸΧΘΥΣ is an acronym or acrostic for "Ἰησοῦς Χρῑστός Θεοῦ Υἱός Σωτήρ", which translates into English as "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior". This Symbol is also used in the Umayyad Dynasty Coins:

Ichtys on Umayyad Coins

Muhammad Ibn Marwan Coin portraits Stephanoz I of Georgia on Observe and Two Siblings Imperials with Cross, Muhammad  copied this Coin from Georgian-Persian Christian vassals as Sassanian Style Coin for Umayyad Dynasty.

Stephanoz I of Georgia on Observe and Two Sibling Imperials with Cross

And not only the Umayyad Dynasty, but also many other Sunni Islamic Dynasties used coins and even images of the Cross and images of Isa Al-Masih (the name of Jesus Christ in Arabic) along with figures related to figures in Christianity such as the Archangel Michael, even Theodosius the Great, Saint George used lance to pierce the Dragon  were also depicted on the coins of these dynasties:

Sultan Muizz Al-Din Qaysarshah (from Seljuk Dynasty or Rum Sultanate) coin portraits St. George with Cross Lance pierces the Dragon

Sultan Kayqubad I (from Seljuk Dynasty or Rum Sultanate) coin portraits St. George with Cross Lance pierced the Dragon

St. George

Christ with Halo (Cross Symbol back from His Head and Circle) on Artuqid Coin

Written on the coin is a picture of Jesus enthroned in Heaven, "'Isa, Huwal Masih" ('عيسى، هو المسيح')   which means "Jesus, He is The Christ" on the Sunni Artuqid Dynasty Coins.

Theodosius The Great holds globe on right hand and holds stick on left hand.

"الكبير ميكائيل، وماليكة الله" (Al-Kabir Mikail, Wa Malaikatillah) means that Michael The Great, And The Angel of God, this is same with what Catholics view on Archangel Michael, pictured on Sultan Nur Al-Din Muhammad Coin from Artuqid Dynasty.

Baptism of Jesus which conferred by St. John The Baptist on Nasir Al-Din Muhammad Coin, which copied it from Byzantine Coin which portraits Byzantine Emperor who was anointed by Virgin Mary, Nasir Al-Din erased faces on Coin for doing the Sunnah which forbids Perfect Iconography with Sunni Islamic Art which results Baptism of Jesus Scene with Holy Spirit Above (like a dove). Danishmendid Dynasty Coin.

Do you know the history of Muhammad of the Ghurid Dynasty who fought the Shia Qarmatain in Punjab in Lahore and then He destroyed the Hindu Kalachuri Dynasty and the Chauhan Dynasty around the 1190s? He massacred the Hindu idol worshippers and destroyed their temples including in the Battle of Tararoi where Prithviraj Chauhan was killed and beheaded, then Muhammad of Ghor minted coins which were also not far from the Painting of St. George piercing the Dragon with a lance plus the destruction or damage of the Kalachuri Dynasty coins which depicted the Goddess Lakshmi until they were damaged and produced a picture of the face of Queen Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine with a crown of the Cross in the middle, which is the Sunnah teaching to destroy images of idols on coins (remembering that perfect images are Forbidden "Haram" in Islam):

Muhammad of Ghor copied St.George Icon but without Image perfection for his Dynasty Coins 

This is Coinage of King Gangeyadeva of Kalachuri, with Lakshmi the goddess seated with meditation on left, before it was damaged by Muhammad of Ghor

When the image of goddess Lakshmi was destroyed by Muhammad of Ghor, the Sultan changed the face of the Goddess by crushing it to form a Cross (circled in Creme) and the breasts of goddess Lakshmi were crushed into two eyeballs (circled in blue) and the legs of the goddess were crushed to resemble a collar neck with a gold necklace (circled in light purple) which represents a Queen Helena, Saint and Mother of the great Constantine, as the Mother of the Believers.

Queen Helena of the Cross, Mother of Constantine.

And if we look at the coins of the Sunni Dynasty who fought against the Crusaders, we can see the Zengid Dynasty Coins such as the Coins of Sultan Nur Al-Din Zengi or Nur ad-Din Zengi and also other Zengid Dynasty coins depicting Emperor Theodosius the Great. Nur ad-Din Zengid was the one who sent Saladin who would conquer Egypt from the Fatimid firstly before capturing Jerusalem from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Nur ad-Din Zengi was very famous in the battle of Inab, when he succeeded in killing Raymond of Antioch and Raymond was then beheaded by Shirkuh (Saladin's uncle) and sent to Nur ad-Din Zengi. And also at the same time Nur ad-Din killed Ali bin Wafa' (the leader of the Hashashin, Shia Nizari Isma'ili and his body was mutilated until his limbs became several parts by Nur Ad-Din). In fact, this was a form of error and a grave sin of the Crusaders when they allied with the defiled Shi'ites and Gnostics. Uniquely, at that time, in the 1140s, the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem did business with the Shi'ite heretical sect, including controlling territories and establishing puppet states. But this is not the topic of discussion, what is being discussed is Nur al-Din Zengi himself and his coins minted during the Sunni Zengid Dynasty. Here is an image of a Zengid Dynasty coin:

Christ stands with Halo Symbol (Cross behind his head with Circle), with Arabic words "Mahmud" "محمود"

Nur Al-Din Zengi (left with Arab Turban) and his wife (right) holding the True Cross depicted in Byzantine style, with the Arabic name beside the cross written "Nuruddin Zanki" " نور الدين زنكي " and "Al-Adil" "العادل"

Theodosius the Great on Izz al-Din Mas'ud Coin from Zengid Dynasty

Qutb Al-Din Muhammad coin portraits Theodosius the Great. Zengid Dynasty

Theodosius the Great on Islamic Coins

Even the Islamic Art Heritage in the Ayyubid Dynasty, under Saladin, there are heritages depicting the life of Jesus and Mother Mary from the Annunciation, the Presentation of Mother Mary in the Temple, the Birth of Jesus, Jesus riding a White Donkey and being welcomed at the Gate of Jerusalem, to the Death of Jesus on the Cross and with Mother Mary embracing the Body of Jesus after he died on the Cross and his resurrection from his death in the Crucifixion, all depicted in the Islamic Art of the Ayyubid Dynasty built by Sultan Saladin himself with Ayyubid Metalworks:

Resurrection of Christ from Tomb on Ayyubid Islamic Metalwork Art

Tree of Life with Cross on the Top by Ayyubid Metalwork

Roman soldiers who carrying Jesus when Jesus brought the Cross

St. Mary carrying Jesus baby and St. Joseph  (Foster Father of Jesus) 

Pyxis Depicting Standing Saints or Ecclesiastics and the Entry into Jerusalem with Christ Riding a Donkey on Palm Sunday, by Ayyubid Metalwork Islamic Art.

Miniatures which portraits the Crucifixion of Christ and Capture of Jesus for Coptic Gospel, from Ayyubid Art under Saladin.

From the Umayyad Dynasty to the Ayyubid Dynasty, with so many Sunni Islamic dynasties, numerous historical relics depict their association with the Cross, Christian figures such as Theodosius the Great, Queen Helena, the Archangel Michael, Emperor Justinian, Emperor Heraclius, even Christ himself, and several other images such as the Virgin Mary, John the Baptist, Jesus' disciples, and many more. This raises a major question.

Doesn't Islam disbelieve in Jesus' Crucifixion and Resurrection?

Why did the Sunni Islamic dynasties contain so many Christian paintings and images? Weren't they Islamic dynasties?

The answer is based on the Hadith and Tafsir believed by early Muslims.

If you read then on Sahih Bukhari Chapter 7, Islamic Hadith wrote that Heraclius (Byzantine Emperor) who used Cross believe that Muhammad as a messanger of God although his peoples on his kingdom rejected Muhammad. You can see on this : https://sunnah.com/bukhari:7 . And about Emperor Theodosius is recorded on Ibn Ishaq as Muslim before Islam, he who was known as The Defender of Catholicism for his declare that Christianity as Official Religion and forbade the Paganism, is claimed as Muslim on Ibn Ishaq narration which was told again by Ibn Kathir on his commentaries on Sura' Al-Kahfi which describes about seven sleepers who were Christian youths who hid inside a cave around the year 250 AD to escape Roman persecutions of Christians and emerged many years later. 

You can read it on https://www.islamicstudies.info/tafheem.php?sura=18&verse=1&to=110 , anyone who destroyed the Idols before Muhammad was exist and before Islam was exist and recorded on Sura' Al-Kahf like Tizusiyus (Arabic Name for Theodosius), was claimed as Muslim although he worn the Cross. That's why many Christian Figures like Theodosius (Theodosius I or II), Queen Helena (Mother of Constantine), and then St. George of Lydda were claimed as Muslim by Islam.  And that's why they are pictured on Early Sunni Islamic Dynasty Coins.

After Christian figures, we can refer to about Crucifixion description on Early Islam, 

If we refer to the Tafsir of Muqattil ibn Sulaiman, a renowned scholar who refuted the Mu'tazilites and the Shi'ite Rafidhah. He describes the crucifixion of Isa Al-Masih (the Arabic name of Jesus Christ) and we also have an example of a famous cleric who was an interpreter who lived during the Tabi'in era, namely Ibnu Jarir Al-Tabari in his famous book Tarikh Ar-Rusul Wal Mulk vol.1 (on Original Arabic) and vol. 4 (on English Translation) which is accompanied by several tafsir and hadiths that support this:

"According to al-Muthanna- Ishaq b. al-Hajjaj- Isma'il b. 'Abd al-Karim - 'Abd al-Samad b. Ma'qil- Wahb: When Jesus son of Mary was told by God that he was about to leave this world, he became afraid of death and grieved. He summoned the apostles and prepared food for them saying, 'Come to me tonight. I have something to discuss with you.' When they assembled at night, he served them with supper. When they finished the meal, he began to wash their hands, cleansing them with his hands, and wiping their hands with his garment. But they considered it a grievous act and were displeased, whereupon Jesus said, 'Indeed, he who rejects anything I do tonight, is not of mine, and I am not of his.' Then he said, 'What I have done with you tonight in serving you the meal, washing your hands with mine-this is to make you and me equal. You consider me the best of you, so do not be arrogant towards one another. Sacrifice yourselves for one another, just as I sacrifice myself for you. My request of you is that you call out to God; call fervently to postpone my end.' When they turned to pray and sought to be fervent, they fell asleep and could not pray. He began to wake them, saying, 'Praise be God, could you not watch one night to help me?' They said, 'By God, we do not know what happened to us, we were keeping vigil but were unable to keep awake tonight, and as soon as we attempted to pray, we were prevented from doing so.' He said, 'The shepherd is taken away, the flock disperses.'

He began to use such language announcing his death. Then he said, 'The truth is that one of you shall deny me thrice before the cock-crow, and one of you shall sell me for a few coins, and he shall eat my price.' They walked out and dispersed. The Jews were looking for him. They seized Simeon, one of the apostles, and said, 'This one is a companion of his.' But he denied it, and said, 'I am not his companion.' So they left him. Then another caught him, but he denied it again. Then he heard the cock crow, and wept. When morning came, one of the apostles came to the Jews, and said, 'What will you give me if I lead you to Christ?' And they set for him thirty pieces of silver. He took those, and led them to him. Before that they were not sure of Christ. But now they seized him, chained him, tied him with cord, and began to lead him away, saying, 'You revived the dead, chased away the devil, and cured the possessed, will you not set yourself free from this cord?' They spat upon him and threw thorns upon him, until they brought the wooden board upon which they wanted to crucify him. But God raised him up to Himself and they crucified 'only a likeness of that shown them.' A week passed. Then his mother and the woman whom Jesus healed and cured from derangement came weeping at the place of crucifixion. But Jesus came to them and said, 'Why are you weeping?' They said, 'Because of you;' whereupon he replied, 'God raised me up to Himself, and nothing but good has happened to me. Only a likeness was shown to them. Instruct the apostles to meet me at place such and such. They met him at that place, eleven of them, as the one who had betrayed him and led the Jews to him was missing. Jesus asked the apostles about him. They said, 'He rued what he had done, And Strangled himself to death.' Jesus said, ' If he had repented, God would have forgiven him.' He asked them about John, a youth who was following them, and said, 'He is with you. Go! Each of you will speak the language of a people to warn and summon them." 

On Al-Tabari Book about Tarikh Wa Al-Rusul Wa Al-Mulk, Only a likeness was shown to them meaning is as if they (Jews) who claimed that they were the ones who crucified him when in fact it was the Romans who carried out the punishment (Look at Sura' An-Nisa verse 157-159). And one of Apostles who betrayed Jesus was missing because He strangled himself at a tree, namely Judas Iscariot. And about John, John is The Evangelist who was instructed by Jesus to evangelize peoples.

Death of Isa Al-Masih (Jesus Christ) was confirmed by Al-Tabari, 

According to Ibn Humayd- Ibn Ishaq- an impeccable authority- Wahb b. Munabbih al-Yamani: " God Allowed Jesus, The Son of Mary, to die at three O'Clock in the day; then He took him into himself. ".

3 O'Clock or 03.00 p.m is the death time of Jesus ('Isa) on the Cross.

According to Ibn Humayd- Salamah- Ibn Ishaq: The Hawariyyins (Al-Masihiyyun) assert that God granted him death for seven hours of the day, and then resurrected him saying, 'Descend upon Mary Magdalene on her mountain, for nobody wept for thee as she did, nor did anybody grieve for thee as she did. Let her assemble for thee the apostles, and send them forth as preachers for God, for you have not done that.' God let him descend to her; the mountain was aglow with light as he descended, and she gathered the apostles. Jesus sent them out and commanded to tell men In His Name of the divine injunction. Then God raised Jesus unto Himself, gave him wings of an angel and dressed him in radiance. No longer did Jesus relish food or drink; he was flying along with the angels, around the throne.

He was (both) human and angelic, celestial and terrestrial. The apostles then dispersed, as commanded. The night on which he was sent down is celebrated by the Al-Masihiyyin with frankincense." (Al-Tabari on History of Apostles and The Kings, pp. 120-123 vol. IV)

About words above " God granted him death by Crucifixion for seven hours of the day, and then resurrected him " is unknown for History of Christianity because according to Mainstream Christianity view, Jesus was died for 3 days, not Seven Hours. But it's interpreted on Al-Imran verses 55 :

اِذۡ قَالَ اللّٰهُ يٰعِيۡسٰۤى اِنِّىۡ مُتَوَفِّيۡكَ وَرَافِعُكَ اِلَىَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا وَجَاعِلُ الَّذِيۡنَ اتَّبَعُوۡكَ فَوۡقَ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡۤا اِلٰى يَوۡمِ الۡقِيٰمَةِ ۚ ثُمَّ اِلَىَّ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ فَاَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَكُمۡ فِيۡمَا كُنۡتُمۡ فِيۡهِ تَخۡتَلِفُوۡنَ‏ ٥٥ 

" And Allah said: “O 'Isa (Jesus)! Indeed I will make you die and cause you ascend to Me, and cleans you of those who disbelieve, and set those who depend on (follow) you above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me shall be your return. Then I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ”.

Mutawaffika (مُتَوَفِّيۡكَ ) meaning is cause to death and Raafi'uka ( رَافِعُكَ ) meaning is ascend to me. Al-Imran verses 55 describes Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ on same time when verse 55 from Al-Imran was received by Muhammad.

" According to Ibn Humayd- Salamah- Ibn Ishaq- 'Umar b. 'Abdullah b. Urwah b. al-Zubayr- Ibn Sulaym al-Ansari al-Zuraqi: One of our women was under a vow to appear on al-Jamma', a mountain in 'Aqiq near Madinah, and I went with her. We stood on the mountain and, lo and behold, there was a huge grave with two huge stone slabs over it- one at the head, one at the feet. On them was an inscription in the ancient script (musnad) which I could not decipher. I carried the slabs with me halfway down the mountain, they proved too heavy, however, so I threw one (down) and descended with the other. I showed it to readers of Syriac (to determine) whether they knew its script; but they did not. I showed it to psalm (zabur) copyists from the Yaman and those versed in reading the musnad script; but they did not recognize it, either.

As I found nobody who recognized it, I threw it under a coffer we had, and there it lay for years. Then people from Mah in Persia came to us looking for pearls, and I said to them, ' Do you have a script?' 'Yes,' they said. I brought out the stone for them and lo and behold, they read it. It was in their script, 'This is the tomb of Isa Ibn Maryam (Jesus The Son of Mary), Rasul Allah (God's messenger) to the people of this land.' They were its people at that time. Among them He died, So They buried him on the Mountaintop. "

The stone slabs inscribed with the death of Jesus Christ is not historical if it is located in Medina, Saudi Arabia. And since when could a tablet from Jesus' tomb from his death on the Cross appear in Medina, which is so far from Israel? Did a heretical sect steal it from the Holy Sepulchre? And this comes from the early Islamic writings themselves, originated from Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Sulaym Al-Ansari Al-Zuraqi.

According to Ibn Humyad- Salamah- Ibn Ishaq: The rest of the apostles were assaulted, viciously exposed to the sun, tortured, and dishonorably paraded. The Roman king, who ruled over them and who was an idol-worshiper, heard this. He was told that a man among the Israelites, subject to his rule, was assaulted and slain. The man had announced to them that he was God's messenger. He performed miracles, revived the dead and healed the sick. He created a bird of clay, breathed into it, and it flew, by God's permission. He told them of hidden things. The king exclaimed, 'But why did you not mention this to me, about him and them? By God, had I known, I would not have let them have a free hand against him!' Then he sent for the apostles and snatched them from the hands of the Israelites. He asked the apostles about the faith of Jesus and about his fate. They told him, whereupon he embraced their faith. The king released Sergius, and concealed him. He took the wooden cross which Jesus had been crucified, and he honored and preserved it because Jesus had touched it. The king thus became an enemy of the Israelites, and killed many of them. From this arose Christianity in Rome." (Al-Tabari on The Chronicles of Apostles and The King, pp. 123-124 Vol. IV)

About Sergius, this is unknown, ahistorical, and never been accepted on Mainstream Christianity Gospels or History of Early Christians in Rome. This is purely from Islamic statement by Ibn Ishaq himself. And Roman King when he repented to be Christian soon after he was mistaken to instruct soldiers whom were influenced by Jews to crucify Jesus is not historical and unknown according to History of Early Christianity or there is nothing on Gospel which tells about Sergius and repented Roman King to be Christian. That's early Islamic narration which will be left by Modern Muslims for now.

Although the early Islamic narrations seem strange and have no historical basis from some narratives, there are other facts of true historicity in early Islam such as believing in the Crucifixion of Jesus and his Resurrection from the dead, believing that Judas Iscariot committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree by strangling himself and believing that Jesus was resurrected and ascended to Heaven by God in a living state, making early Islam have the same beliefs as Christianity in general even though early Islam clearly rejects the Divinity of Christ.

Tarikh Ath-Thabari  Tarikhul Al-Imam Wal Muluk

On Hadith Shahih Al-Bukhari 6929, Muhammad himself described about Jesus (although his name is not mentioned) who was rejected by Israelites or Jews on Book 88, Hadith 11, 

حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شَقِيقٌ، قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَحْكِي نَبِيًّا مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ ضَرَبَهُ قَوْمُهُ فَأَدْمَوْهُ، فَهْوَ يَمْسَحُ الدَّمَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ وَيَقُولُ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي، فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ‏.‏

" Umar ibn Hafs told us, my father told us, Al-A’mash told us, he said, Shaqiq told me, he said, Abdullah said, “It is as if I am looking at the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace  (An-Nabiyyi Shalallahu'alaihi Was-Salam), told the story of a prophet from among the prophets whose his peoples struck him and made him bleed. He was wiping the blood from his face and saying, ‘My Lord, forgive my people, for they do not know what they do."

And also on Shahih Al-Bukhari 3477, Book 60, Hadith 144 :

حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شَقِيقٌ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَحْكِي نَبِيًّا مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ ضَرَبَهُ قَوْمُهُ فَأَدْمَوْهُ، وَهْوَ يَمْسَحُ الدَّمَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ، وَيَقُولُ ‏ "‏ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ ‏"‏‏.‏

" Umar ibn Hafs told us, my father told us, Al-A’mash told us, he said, Shaqiq told me, Abdullah said, “It is as if I am looking at the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace (An-Nabiyyi Shalallahu'alaihi Was-Salam), told the story of a prophet from among the prophets who was beaten by his nation and bled, and he was wiping the blood from his face, and saying, ‘O God, forgive my people, for they do not know what they are doing.’”

And this is exactly as it is in the Gospel of Luke 23:33-34,

" And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, they crucified him there; and the robbers, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they, dividing his garments, cast lots. " (Luke 23:33-34)

(if you don't believe it, you can read it on this True Islamic site which was originated from Sunni Islam about  Sahih Hadith : https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6929 and https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3477 , and you can compare these hadits with Luke Chapter 23. And that hadiths are not made in Christianity, not at all, that hadiths are fully Islamic)

Al-Qurtubi Tafsir on Al-Ahqaf verse 35

In Tafsir Al-Qurtubi which explains Surah Al-Ahqaf verse 35, Al-Qurtubi took history from

Abul Qasim Al-Hakim who narrated the Hadith from Muqatil which was narrated to " Rasulullah Shalallahu 'Alaihi Was-Salam " (the title from Islam to Muhammad himself), Some scholars said: The twelve prophets of firm resolve were sent to the Children of Israel in Syria, but they disobeyed them. So God revealed to the prophets, "I will send My punishment upon the disobedient Children of Israel." This was difficult for the messengers, so God revealed to them, "Choose for yourselves: if you wish, I will send the punishment upon you and save the Children of Israel from their sins; or if you wish, I will save you and send the punishment upon the Children of Israel." So they consulted among themselves, and their opinion was that the punishment should be sent upon them and God should save the Children of Israel. So God saved the Children of Israel and sent the punishment upon those prophets. He empowered the kings of the earth against them. Some were sawn in two, some had their scalps and face flayed, some were crucified until he died, and some were burned in fire. And God knows best. Al-Hasan said: There are four resolute prophets: Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus. As for Abraham, he was told, “Submit,” and he replied, “I submit to the Lord of the worlds” [Al-Baqarah: 131]. Then he was tested in his wealth, his children, his homeland, and himself, and he proved truthful and steadfast in all that he was afflicted with (including when he was burned by Nimrod although he was saved when burning fire would be fresh or cooled). As for Moses, his resolve was demonstrated when his people said to him, “We are surely overtaken.” He replied, “No! Indeed, my Lord is with me; He will guide me” [Ash-Shu'ara: 61] (His face flayed and scalps). As for David, he made a mistake and was made aware of it. He wept for forty years until a tree sprouted from his tears, and he sat in its shade (He was sawn himself because his tears until a tree sprouted). As for Jesus, his resolve was demonstrated by him that he doesn't not laying one brick upon another, saying, “This is a passage, so cross it, but do not build upon it” (So He was Crucified as Atonement for His peoples sins). It is as if God Almighty is saying to His Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him: Be patient, meaning be truthful in what you are afflicted with, like the truthfulness of Abraham; trusting in your Lord's victory, like the trust of Moses; concerned about your past shortcomings, like the concern of David; and detached from worldly desires, like the detachment of Jesus. Then it was said that this verse is abrogated by the verse of the sword. And it was said that it is still in effect. The more apparent view is that it is abrogated, because the surah is Meccan. Muqatil mentioned that this verse was revealed to the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, on the day of Uhud, and God Almighty commanded him to be patient with what befell him, as the resolute messengers had been, to ease his burden and strengthen him. 

In the interpretation of Al-Qurtubi which was narrated by Muqattil bin Sulaiman and Al-Hasan Al-Bashri, regarding Jesus who did not place one stone on top of another stone, and stated that this is the way, just go through it and do not build on it, reminds us of Acts 4:10-11 :

" Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God hath raised from the dead, even by him this man standeth here before you whole. This is the stone which was rejected by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner. " (Acts of the Apostles 4:11)

" The stone which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner. " (Psalm 117:22)

" Go in through the narrow gate to get true life with God. There is a wide gate that is easy to go through. The wide path is easy to travel on. Many people find that wide gate, but it is the way to hell. It is difficult to go through the small gate. And it is difficult to walk on the narrow road. But when you do go that way, you will get true life. Not many people find that narrow gate the way to heaven. " (Matthew 7:13-14)

Actually, there are many more arguments that I can mention one by one regarding several early Islamic writings which believe in the crucifixion of Jesus and are related to the historical heritage of the Sunni Islamic dynasties which used coins with the Cross. This includes a hadith from Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Muhammad's milking son from his wife, Umm Salamah, and several sources that state the authenticated narration of the Tafsir Al-Qurtubi regarding the Crucifixion of Jesus:

وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا ٱلْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَٰكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ ۚ مَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلَّا ٱتِّبَاعَ ٱلظَّنِّ ۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًۢا. ١٥٧

بَلْ رَّفَعَهُ اللّٰهُ اِلَيۡهِ ؕ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَزِيۡزًا حَكِيۡمًا‏ ١٥٨

وَاِنۡ مِّنۡ اَهۡلِ الۡكِتٰبِ اِلَّا لَيُـؤۡمِنَنَّ بِهٖ قَبۡلَ مَوۡتِهٖ ۚ وَيَوۡمَ الۡقِيٰمَةِ يَكُوۡنُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ شَهِيۡدًا ۚ‏ ١٥٩

(An-Nisa verses 157-159)

In the commentary of Al-Hasan Al-Basri (Muhammad's son and Umm Salamah), "there was no disagreement about the person who was killed, namely Jesus, except among the lay people. The meaning of their disagreement is that some of them said that Jesus, son of Mary, who was killed was Allah, while others said that Jesus who was killed as the son of Allah." (It is widely known that the Jews were disbelievers in Jesus and his enemies who intended to kill him. They called him the Sorcerer, son of the Sorcerer. If so, why did they call him the Messenger of Allah? The answer to this question is, they called him that in a mocking tone, which is intended to refute the Jewish claim that Jesus was crucified, as narrated by Tafsir Al-Kasysyaf 1/389)

So the clear meaning in verse 157 of An-Nisa " وَلَٰكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ " (walakin Syubbiha Lahum) means and but as if it were made for them or but it is obscure or similar for them. And in that sentence it is not written " تم استبدالهم بأشخاص يشبهونهم " (tama astibdaluhum bi'asykhas yusyabihunahum) or " which means replaced with someone who is made similar to them and also it is not written " الأشخاص الذين يشبهونهم " (al'asykhas aladzhiina yusyabihuunahum) which means the person who is replaced is made similar to them. But it is only as if it was made for them, that is the meaning based on the Word of Allah Ta'ala: "They did not kill him with certainty. " Ibn Abbas said, " Meaning

This is the Word of God, and they cannot kill him with certainty."

This is like you saying, "Qataluhu 'Ilman (I have killed him

confidently), "if I had knowledge of the murder

which is perfect. Thus the letter Hu' is found in the word of Allah

this goes back to azh-Zhan (suspect) (Jami' Al-Bayan 6/13 from Ath-Thabari)

An-Nuhas said, "If you assume that the meaning of Allah's words is anything other than that Allah raised Jesus directly to Himself with certainty, then this is wrong (An-Nuhas refutes the theory of substitution of the crucified). Because the sentence that comes before the word "Bal" cannot be applied to the sentence that comes after it, because the sentence that comes before the word "Bal" is weak."

Therefore, the most correct view is that the crucifixion was carried out by Buthrus ibn Stisianus Ar-Rumi (i.e., a member of the Roman army) who crucified Jesus along with the thieves of the Children of Israel, also slaughtering the Jews who rebelled against him. (Al-Qurtubi's Tafsir of An-Nisa 157)

And regarding the phrase "And the Messenger of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful" (wa yaumal Qiyaamati Yakuunu 'alaihim Syahiidaa) in verse 159 of An-Nisa, it means that on the Day of Judgment, Jesus will come as the Just Judge who judges the living and the dead, given the title Al-'Adil, as in the Coin of Nur al-Din Zengi.

Some early Muslims claimed that it was not Jesus who was crucified, but they said rather that Tartarus, Tatianus, Simon of Cyrene, and even Judas Iscariot who was killed. However, these opinions and beliefs were considered foreign, ostracized, and even considered heretical and must be eradicated. In fact, most leaders or Emirs of Islamic kingdoms, even early Islamic scholars in general, adhered to the principles outlined in Al-Tabari's Tarikh Ar-Rusul Wal Mulk and also referred to Al-Qurtubi's Tafsir in An-Nisa verse 157 and Al-Ahqaf verse 35, which believed that Jesus was crucified to atone for the sins of his followers from the Children of Israel. This belief also influenced the depiction of historical relics of early Islamic kingdoms, which used coins depicting the cross, both small and large.

This rhetoric distinguishes early Sunnis (who held early views) with modern Sunnis, who are influenced by the Tafsir Jalalain and Tafsir Ibn Kathir. At the time when Tafsir Ibn Kathir was developing, his Tafsir explained that not only did he deny the Crucifixion of Jesus by confirming the views of some early Muslims who were alienated when denying the Crucifixion of Jesus, but also Tafsir Ibn Kathir also condemned the view that Ishaq was about to be slaughtered in Surah Ash-Shafaat 99-113, and the view that the majority of Muslims, including the companions, confirmed that Ishaq was about to be slaughtered by Ibrahim, confirmed by Umar ibn Khattab, Uthman Ibn Affan, Muawiyyah Ibn Abu Sufyan (Founder of the Umayyad Dynasty), Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud, and many other friends including Ibnu Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib, Abbas bin Muttalib, all agreed that it was Ishaq and not Isma'il who Ibrahim wanted to slaughter on the Moriya hill in Sham (meaning Canaan). The belief in Ishaq being slaughtered is also confirmed in Tafsir Muqattil ibn Sulaiman, Tafsir Al-Tabari, Tafsir Al-Qurtubi, and many similar commentaries of his time which agree that the majority of Muslims believe in Ishaq being slaughtered.

There is one thing that is surprising, the interpretation of the Qur'an which completely denies that Ishaq was about to be slaughtered and replaced with Isma'il in the early days and never confirms that Ishaq was about to be slaughtered was not from Sunni, but from Shia. Shiites strongly reject the Sunni interpretation which says that Ishaq was about to be slaughtered. This is an important note for modern Muslims today regarding the confusion of the many interpretations that eliminate the true meaning.

The Tafsir of Ibn Kathir and Jalalain (the Sunni Tafsir used by modern Sunni Muslims in general) is ultimately in line with the Shi'a in confirming that Isma'il (Ishmael) was the son promised to be slaughtered, not Ishaq (Isaac).

The slaughter of Isaac which was thwarted by the Angel of the LORD when Abraham was about to slaughter him as a form of great sacrifice for Isaac who wanted to give himself up, this clearly illustrates the descendants of Isaac and from the seed of Isaac who would also give himself up on the Cross, namely Jesus. So both the failed slaughter of Isaac and the crucifixion of Jesus are central to the theology of salvation promised by God and this is what is believed in mainstream Christianity.

In the era when Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi or Saladin ruled in Egypt, Saladin with his great power famously massacred 50,000 Zindiq Sufis from among the Black Slaves and the Fathimiyyah Shiites on August 21–23, 1169. He is famous for defeating Dirgam and destroying the Hashashin Sect. In 1171 he finally beheaded Mu'tamin Al-Khilafa and the Shiite Fatimid troops were destroyed by Saladin. Some opinions state that Mu'tamin Al-Khilafa is a follower of the Shi'a 12 Imams or Itsna' Ashairah.

Regarding Hashashin beliefs, In addition to their mystical beliefs, they adopted some Manichaean and Basilidean ideas, which denied the Crucifixion of Jesus and taught that Simon of Cyrene was the one crucified. This was fought fiercely by Sultan Saladin in Syria. This Basilidean belief spread rapidly and flourished in Eastern Iraq and even Persia, including many who adhered to Docetism before Islam was exist. This was a major influence on the development of Shiite and Mu'tazilite interpretations of Islam, which completely denied the Crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection.

Both the Ithna' Asyairah and the Ismailiyyah were heretical Shia sects, all rejecting Isaac as the son to be slaughtered. This is noteworthy.

Surprisingly, the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (the Crusader Kingdom), and even the Knights Templar, were willing to ally and collaborate in various business ventures with these infidel groups (Assassins and Fatimids), who clearly rejected both Jesus' Atonement on the Cross and Isaac as the only son to be slaughtered by Abraham.

At the beginning of the First Crusade, the Crusaders listened closely to and adhered to Pope Urban II's teachings not to negotiate with any Saracen, whether Sunni or Shia. Even during the Siege of Jerusalem, from June 7 to July 1099, the Crusaders successfully captured Jerusalem and defeated the Fatimid Empire, slaughtering 70,000 Muslims armed by the Fatimids. In the early days of the Crusades, the Crusaders not only fought the Seljuks but also the Fatimids, and even the Hashashin sect was persecuted and massacred in the Crusades.

But after the Second Crusade, and during the Medieval times leading up to the Third Crusade, the Crusaders no longer focused to The LORD, but on seizing territory and resources in the Middle East, including doing business with the infidels of both the Fatimids and the Hashashin. This contributed to the defeat of the Crusaders, including the infidel Knights Templar, who were easily defeated by Saladin at the Battle of Hattin in July 1187. Reynald de Chatilon was beheaded by Saladin, who was also known to have conspired with the Hashashin to harm Saladin and kidnap his sister. Many Templars were ultimately executed, marking a major victory for Islam. Saladin then took the True Cross from the Crusaders and placed it in Damascus as a reminder that Jesus would descend at the gates of Lod.

And when Jerusalem finally fell under Saladin's control on 1189, there was a famous scene of Saladin gave High respect to the Cross even more than the Templars, who were even sentenced to death by the Pope for performing the Satanic ritual of spitting on the Cross.

Saladin reveres The Cross and gives a honour to Cross on the Table with put it.

After the destruction of the Abbasid Caliphate during the 7th Crusade, when the Caliphate was destroyed by a combined force of heretical Nestorian Christian Mongols under Doquz Khatun and her husband Hulagu Khan, with Kitbuqa as the main general in the Mongol Crusaders' influx, the Armenian and Georgian Crusaders under Zakare III and Prosh Khaghbakian successfully defeated hundreds of thousands and millions of Abbasid Muslim troops and destroyed Islamic civilization, known as the Golden Age of Islam.

When many mosques were destroyed and replaced with cathedrals when the Mongols succeeded in conquering Baghdad to Jerusalem where in Antioch, Bohemond, a Frank also succeeded in re-establishing the territory of the Western Crusader Kingdom there and involved for slaughtering hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Aleppo until his son Saladin named Sultan Al-Mu'azzam Turansyah was killed in Aleppo in 1260. This was the starting point of hatred from Ibn Kathir and other interpreters such as Jalaluddin As-Suyuthi and Jalaluddin Al-Mahalli who began to leave the Tafsir which they considered to be Israiliyyat because of their envy towards the victory of the Crusaders in destroying the Abbasid Caliphate even though in the end Jerusalem returned to the hands of the Mamluks. Because of the hatred towards Christians, whether Mongol heretical Christians, Latin Catholics or Eastern Georgian or Armenian schismatics, which could destroy the 'Abbasid Caliphate and destroy the golden age of Islam, without realizing it, both Ibn Katsir and Jalaluddin As-Suyuthi and Jalaluddin Al-Mahalli began to hate things related to the Cross, things related to the salvation bestowed by Jesus in the Crucifixion, to the point of considering the event of the Slaughter of Ishaq to be false in order to cancel the prophecy of the future, The crucifixion.

So, Islam has changed its interpretation since the deep hatred that was instilled from Ibn Kathir and Jalalain (even though they themselves were still far from being born before the destruction of the Abbasid Caliphate) until now towards Jews and Christians far exceeds what even Muhammad himself taught.

And this is an undeniable historical fact, considering the many differing interpretations between earlier and modern interpretations, so that both Ibn Kathir and Jalalain could agree with the Shiites in their belief in the Slaughter of Ishmael. And considering that Islam was originally a Christian heresy that blended with the teachings of the Pharisees and some Arab Pagan elements, such as the current Hajj.

All the available data and presented from historical coin heritage websites such as numista.com and coinslegacy.com which are websites for international historical heritage that cover all historical coins and money in the world (clearly not biased subjectively, and in fact very objective) can reveal what has not been known to many Muslims in general. Even regarding the interpretation in surahquran.com and sunnah.com websites whose sources clearly come from Islamic circles themselves have proven that it is indeed a reality that must be accepted that there are many differences between early Islam (Sunni in the early days) and modern Islam (the majority of Sunnis who adhere to the current faith), proving that Islam was built on the foundation of revenge politics and denial of the truth. Proving how bad the Devil is in designing this false religion.