Do Not Circumcise your Children After the Customs, for Circumcision is of the Heart, Not Outward in the Flesh

But they Full Well Reject the Commandment of God so that they may Keep their Own Tradition, Like that of the Arabian and the Priests of the Idols

Acts 15:24, Gospel
We have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, "[You must] be circumcised, and keep the law," to whom we gave no [such] commandment.

Acts 21:21, Gospel
[So] they are informed of you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they should not circumcise [their] children, neither walk after the customs -

Acts 15:1, Gospel
[For] certain men who came down from Judaea taught the brethren, [and said], "Unless you are circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved."

Romans 3:1, Gospel
[But] what advantage then does the Jew have?  Or what profit [is there] of circumcision?

Romans 2:28 - 29, Gospel
[For] he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; neither [is] circumcision [that] which is outward in the flesh. But he [is] a Jew, who is one inwardly; and circumcision [is] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.

2:170, Qur'an
[But] when it is said to them, "Follow what God has sent down," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing." Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?

[2 Ezra 1:31], Torah
[For God said,] "When you offer to Me, I will turn My face from you; for I have forsaken your circumcisions, your solemn feast days, and your new moons.

Mark 7:7, Gospel
[For] they serve Me in vain, teaching the commandments of men [for] doctrines."

Mark 7:9, Gospel
And [so Jesus] said to them, "You full well reject the commandment of God so that you may keep your own tradition."

[Epistle of Barnabas 9:5], Gospel
But you will say, "In truth, the people have been circumcised [in the flesh] for a seal." No, but so likewise is every Syrian and Arabian and all the priests of the idols. Do all those too then belong to their covenant? Moreover, the Egyptians are also included among the circumcised [in the flesh].

Jeremiah 9:25, Torah
[So] behold, the days come," the Lord says, "That I will punish all [those who are] circumcised only as to the foreskin [of the flesh];"

Deuteronomy 10:16, Torah
Therefore, circumcise [open] the foreskin of your heart, and no longer be stiffnecked.

Sections of Circumcision

Moses Said, "My Lord, Open [Circumcise] my Heart [to Love You]," for God Intervenes Between a Man and his Heart

Whereby the Lord will Open [Circumcise] your Heart to Love God with All your Heart, for this is the First Commandment

Deuteronomy 10:12, Torah
[O] Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul?

Deuteronomy 6:5 - 7, Torah
[For the Lord your God said,] "You will love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words, which I command you this day, will be in your heart. And you will teach them diligently to your children, and will talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up."

Mark 12:30, Gospel
[And thus, Jesus taught them, saying,] "You will love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength,' this [is] the first commandment."

Deuteronomy 11:1, Torah
Therefore you will love the Lord your God, and keep His charge, and His statutes, and His judgements, and His commandments, always.

3:31, Qur'an
[So] say [O Muhammad], "If you should love God, then follow me, [so] God will love you and forgive your sins. And God is Forgiving and Merciful."

8:24, Qur'an
[So,] O you who have believed, respond to God and to the messenger when he calls you to that which gives you Life.  And know that God intervenes between a man and his heart and that you will be gathered to Him.

Deuteronomy 30:6, Torah
And the Lord your God will circumcise [open] your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, so that you may Live.

20:25, Qur'an
[For Moses] said, "My Lord, open [circumcise] my heart for me [to love You]."

94:1, Qur'an
[And thus,] did We not open [circumcise] your heart for you [to love God]?

10:57, Qur'an
[So] O mankind, instruction has come to you from your Lord, and healing for what is in the hearts, and guidance and mercy for the believers.

Take Away the Foreskins of your Heart, you Men of Jerusalem, for your Hearts are Hardened Against God

Unless My Fury Comes Like Fire, and I Punish All those who are Circumcised Only as to the Foreskin [of the Flesh]

Jeremiah 6:10, Torah
"[So] to whom will I speak, and give warning, so that they may hear? Behold, their ear [is] uncircumcised [unopened], and they cannot listen, behold, the word of the Lord is a reproach to them; they have no delight in it.

Jeremiah 9:25 - 26, Torah
[So] behold, the days come," the Lord says, "That I will punish all [those who are] circumcised only as to the foreskin [of the flesh]; Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all [who are] in the utmost corners, who dwell in the wilderness, for all [these] nations [are] uncircumcised [in the heart], and all the house of Israel [are also] uncircumcised in the heart.

Jeremiah 4:4 - 6, Torah
[So] circumcise [open] yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, unless My fury comes forth like fire, and burns so that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings. Declare in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, 'Blow the trumpet in the land, cry, gather together,' and say, 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defensed cities.'  Set up the standard toward Zion, retire, do not stay, for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

Jeremiah 7:26, Torah
[For] they did not listen to Me, nor incline their ear, but they hardened their neck, they did worse than their fathers.

Jeremiah 25:9, Torah
[So] behold, I will send and take all the families of the north," the Lord says, "And Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations."

6:43, Qur'an
Then why did they not humble themselves when Our punishment came to them?  But their hearts became hardened, and Satan made that which they were doing attractive to them.

22:45 - 46, Qur'an
And [so] how many cities did We destroy while they were committing wrong - so they are [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] abandoned wells and [how many] lofty palaces? So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but the hearts are blinded which are within the chests.

Acts 7:51, Gospel
[O] you stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit, as your fathers [did], so [do] you -

Jeremiah 7:24, Torah
[For] they did not listen, nor incline their ear, but they walked in the counsels [and] in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

39:22, Qur'an
[Then] is one whose heart God has opened [circumcised] to submission [to God] and he is upon a light from his Lord [like one whose heart is closed to it]?  Then woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of God.  Those are in clear error.

They Say, "God has Ordered us to [Circumcise our Flesh]," for Satan Threw in Falsehood in His Verses, so that God may Make it a Trial for those Hard of Heart

For God has Said that a Circumcision of the Heart, Not of the Flesh, should be Practiced, and Thus the Circumcision of the Flesh in which they have Confidence is Abolished

[Epistle of Barnabas 9:3], Gospel
The circumcision in which they have confidence is abolished; for He has said that a circumcision [of the heart], not of the flesh, should be practiced.  But they transgressed, for an evil angel taught them cleverness, [but the angel did not teach anyone unless he said, "I am a trial, so do not disbelieve." But the devils disbelieved, teaching people that which was sent down to the angel.]

6:112, Qur'an
[And thus,] We have made devils from mankind and jinn as enemies for every prophet, inspiring decorative speech in delusion to one another. But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and that which they invent -

Genesis 17:24, Torah
[For they say that] "Abraham [was] ninety nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin."

[And] Abu Huraira [narrated in the Hadiths]:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said "The Prophet) Abraham circumcised himself after he had passed the age of eighty years and he circumcised himself with an adze." - Sahih al-Bukhari

7:28, Qur'an
And [so] when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers [including Abraham] doing it, and God has ordered us to do it."  Say, "Indeed, God does not order immorality. Do you say [something] about God which which you do not know?"

22:52, Qur'an
[For] We did not send any messenger or prophet before you except that when Satan desired, he threw in his [own] desire [into His verses].  But God abrogates that [falsehood] which Satan throws in [His verses]; then God makes His verses precise. And God is Knowing and Wise.

22:53 - 54, Qur'an
[That is] so He may make what [falsehood] Satan throws in a trial for those who have disease in their hearts and those hard of heart.  And indeed, the wrongdoers are in extreme dissension.  And so those who were given knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord and [therefore] believe in it, and their hearts become humble to it.  And indeed God is the Guide of those who have believed to a straight path -

[Epistle of Barnabas 9:1], Gospel
[For] He says concerning the ears, how it is our heart which He circumcised [opened]. [For] the Lord says in the prophet, "With the hearing of the ears, they listened to Me." And again He says; "Those who are afar off will hear with their ears, and will perceive what I have done." And, "Be circumcised in your hearts," the Lord says.

[Epistle of Barnabas 10:12], Gospel
[But] from where should they perceive or understand these things?  Howbeit, we, having justly perceived the commandments, tell them as the Lord willed.  To this end, He circumcised [opened] our ears and hearts, so that we might understand these things -

6:125, Qur'an
[For] whoever God wants to guide - He opens [circumcises] his heart to submission [to God]; and whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his heart tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the heaven.  Thus, God places abomination upon those who do not believe.

5:13, Qur'an
So for their breaking of the covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hard.  They distort words from their [proper] usages and have forgotten a portion of that of which they were reminded.  And you will not cease to observe deceit among them, except a few of them.  But pardon them and overlook [their misdeeds].  Indeed, God loves the doers of good.