Christianity Compared with Islam
Join us in an exploration of Christianity and Islam side-by-side to discover the truth.
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A beautiful example
Verily in the messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who looketh unto Allah and the Last Day, and remembereth Allah much.
Closer than our jugular - only by proxy
We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
While the Quran says, "We are nearer to him than his jugular vein", the context from the next verse shows that his "nearness" is through the proxy of angels: "When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left" (Quran 50.17)
The Qur'an misunderstands the Incarnation
The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a child, when there is for Him no consort, when He created all things and is Aware of all things?
The Qur'an mistakenly challenges the incarnation on the grounds that Allah has no wife ('partner') and doesn't need to procreate as we do. This shows a significant misunderstanding in Islam about Jesus and his incarnation. Christ is not created, nor procreated.
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.
Sins weighed on Judgment Day
The weighing on that day is the true (weighing). As for those whose scale is heavy, they are the successful.
In Islam, it is believed that the Last Day (Judgment Day) involves a weighing of a person's sins and good deeds. If their good deeds outweigh this bad deeds, they will enter Paradise. Islam therefore puts great importance on gathering up good deeds as a means to our own 'success' at the Last Day. Good deeds are seen to 'cancel out' the bad (Bukhari 526), and punishment in the world reduces punishment after death (Bukhari 17).
Before Abraham was born
Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”
John 8:41 “Abraham did not want to kill me”
John 8:56 “Your father Abraham rejoiced at seeing my day”. Jesus could have used ‘Emen’ (past tense) ‘Before Abraham was, I was’, But he used ‘Eimi’ (present)
Quran: Jesus didn't die on the cross
And because of their saying: We slew the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, Allah's messenger - they slew him not nor crucified him, but it appeared so unto them; and lo! those who disagree concerning it are in doubt thereof; they have no knowledge thereof save pursuit of a conjecture; they slew him not for certain.
According to most Muslims, Jesus didn't die on the cross
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.
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