Capulet
Apr 25, 2006, 09:53 PM
I found this on quite a few websites, seaching for quotes about the Qur'an. I found a quote on thinkexist that is attributed to Napolean Bonaparte, that says, "“I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness," from the book "Napolean et Islam."
I searched for the book on Google, and it does indeed exist.
http://www.google.com/search?hs=oEu&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&q=bonaparte+et+islam&btnG=Search
On this page, it gives a source for the book's quote and when the book was published:
http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/quote2.html
Napolean Bonaparte as Quoted in Christian Cherfils, ‘Bonaparte et Islam,’ Pedone Ed., Paris, France, 1914, pp. 105, 125.
Original References: "Correspondance de Napoléon Ier Tome V pièce n° 4287 du 17/07/1799..."
"Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent...
"Arabia was idolatrous when, six centuries after Jesus, Muhammad introduced the worship of the God of Abraham, of Ishmael, of Moses, and Jesus. The Ariyans and some other sects had disturbed the tranquility of the east by agitating the question of the nature of the Father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. Muhammad declared that there was none but one God who had no father, no son and that the trinity imported the idea of idolatry...
"I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of Qur'an which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness."
I thought this was kind of weird for a Frenchman like Napolean to say. Anyone know anything about this book and why Napolean would say something like that?
Apprently it is from: Correspondance de Napoléon Ier Tome V pièce n° 4287 du 17/07/1799, a letter I'm guessing.
I searched for the book on Google, and it does indeed exist.
http://www.google.com/search?hs=oEu&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&q=bonaparte+et+islam&btnG=Search
On this page, it gives a source for the book's quote and when the book was published:
http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/quote2.html
Napolean Bonaparte as Quoted in Christian Cherfils, ‘Bonaparte et Islam,’ Pedone Ed., Paris, France, 1914, pp. 105, 125.
Original References: "Correspondance de Napoléon Ier Tome V pièce n° 4287 du 17/07/1799..."
"Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent...
"Arabia was idolatrous when, six centuries after Jesus, Muhammad introduced the worship of the God of Abraham, of Ishmael, of Moses, and Jesus. The Ariyans and some other sects had disturbed the tranquility of the east by agitating the question of the nature of the Father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. Muhammad declared that there was none but one God who had no father, no son and that the trinity imported the idea of idolatry...
"I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of Qur'an which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness."
I thought this was kind of weird for a Frenchman like Napolean to say. Anyone know anything about this book and why Napolean would say something like that?
Apprently it is from: Correspondance de Napoléon Ier Tome V pièce n° 4287 du 17/07/1799, a letter I'm guessing.