Christianity Compared with Islam
Join us in an exploration of Christianity and Islam side-by-side to discover the truth.
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the Wrong Mary
O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot.
Miriam is the sister of Aaron and Moses
All three are the children of Amran (Exodus 6:20)
In Luke the Father of Mary is not Amran, but Heli (Luke 3:23)
And she lived 1400 years after Aaron and Moses
Jesus is the word
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.
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.
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)
The Quran confuses the Ka'aba
Allah hath appointed the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, a standard for mankind, and the Sacred Month and the offerings and the garlands. That is so that ye may know that Allah knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and that Allah is Knower of all things.
All assume that Abraham and Ishmael build it…
However, the historical record has Abraham in Canaan
Kissing the black stone was a Nabatean worship practice before Muhammad, and 600 miles further north
72 wives in Paradise for Muslim men
It was narrated from Abu Umamah that the Messenger of Allah said: “There is no one whom Allah will admit to Paradise but Allah will marry him to seventy-two wives, two from houris and seventy from his inheritance from the people of Hell, all of whom will have desirable front passages and he will have a male member that never becomes flaccid (i.e., soft and limp).’”
The 'houri' represent a harem of wives in Paradise, repeatedly promised to Muslim men in the Qur'an and hadith traditions. References objectify them as sexually desirable (they are untouched, with 'full breasts' and 'big eyes') and Muslim women are warned not to annoy their husbands, being mindful of the houri.
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).
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!
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