Christianity Compared with Islam
Join us in an exploration of Christianity and Islam side-by-side to discover the truth.
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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)
A constant need for forgiveness
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Messenger saying." By Allah! I ask for forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day."
This tradition from Sahih Bukhari tells us Muhammad asked for forgiveness more than 70 times a day. By contrast, both the Bible and the Sahihs acknowledge Jesus as uniquely sinless.
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.
Pierced for our transgressions
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him. Surely he has borne our sickness and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace...
This passage is one of the most explicit Old Testament prophecies about the suffering and death of Jesus, describing his sacrificial role and the atonement for sin.
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)
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)
God and man in the garden were together
The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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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