Christianity Compared with Islam
Join us in an exploration of Christianity and Islam side-by-side to discover the truth.
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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.
The Word became flesh
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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.
An act of divine service
Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.
In paradise Allah is not close
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Whoever believes in Allah and His Apostle, offer prayer perfectly and fasts the month of Ramadan, will rightfully be granted Paradise by Allah, no matter whether he fights in Allah's Cause or remains in the land where he is born." The people said, "O Allah's Messenger ! Shall we acquaint the people with the is good news?" He said, "Paradise has one-hundred grades which Allah...
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)
Jesus, the only way to the Father
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
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.
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