Christianity Compared with Islam
Join us in an exploration of Christianity and Islam side-by-side to discover the truth.
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One God
Hear, Israel: the LORD is our God. The LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
Scripture is abundantly clear that there is one and only one God. The three different persons of the Trinity are one not only in purpose and in agreement on what they think, but they are one in essence, one in their essential nature. In other words, God is only one being. There are not three Gods. There is only one God. (Grudem)
Written by the Spirit through human agency
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
Jesus' glory before the world began
Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
Muhammad had sex with Aisha when she was nine years old
Narrated `Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).
Muhammad married Aisha when she was six years old
Narrated `Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).
The Word became flesh
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Quran: Jesus no more than a messenger
The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) had passed away before him. And his mother was a saintly woman. And they both used to eat (earthly) food. See how We make the revelations clear for them, and see how they are turned away!
Uthman burns the Quran
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman came to `Uthman at the time when the people of Sham and the people of Iraq were Waging war to conquer Arminya and Adharbijan. Hudhaifa was afraid of their (the people of Sham and Iraq) differences in the recitation of the Qur'an, so he said to `Uthman, "O chief of the Believers! Save this nation before they differ about the Book (Qur'an) as Jews...
Not wanting different versions of the Quran in circulation, Uthman, the third Caiph of Islam, collected the varient copies, compiled a single copy and burned the copies of the Quran that didn't match.
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