Islam and Sikhism
Islam and Sikhism are ones of the leading and largest religions in the world. Having a long tradition, both faiths have numerous followers all over the world. Although people often mistake Sikhs for Muslims or Arabs because of the their appearance and some shared aspects, their religions present different beliefs about God, making them distinctively unique
Similarities
First, the concept of God is the most important aspect for Islam and Sikhism. Both religions are strictly monotheistic: they believe in only one God. He is the giver of all life to live, and it is in His power to take the life and decide the fate all humankind. As well, the riches of the world belong solely to Him. The religions have different names for God
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The philosophers refer to it as militarized religion, where they are ready to fight and protect the existence and being of righteousness. In definitive terms, Islam refers to it as Jihad while Sikhism uses the expression Dharma Yuddha.
Third, they reject the belief that their prophets or teachers are equivalent to God. Instead, God uses them as His spiritual mentors to pass the message to all humanity. They pray to Waheguru and Allah directly without passing through their Gurus or Hazrat respectively. The two religions have respect for the spiritual mentors of God but believe that worshiping through them contravenes His will. The only action is to heed to the teaching and message given from Allah and Waheguru.
Fourth, the two religions do not accept Avtarwaad presented to God of any kind. They believe that God possesses all earthly things and does not require anything to be brought before Him. He derives satisfaction when people live a righteous life, following His will. The giving of sacrifices or alms is prevalent among other religions, but that is not the case in Islam and
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Sikhs believe in the Adi Granth while Muslims, in the Quran. Guru Granth Sahib is the principled sacred text in the Sikhism faith, which contains hymns, poetry, and teachings. The information in the scripture revolves around the first five Gurus, the symbols of religion. On the other hand, the Quran is a holy book with teaching regarding the ways of the spiritual mentors of God to humankind.
In addition, they both believe in being kind and giving to the less fortunate. According to Islam, Allah is overly gracious to the people who give out of their kind hearts to help others. In Islam, it referred to as Zakat while in Sikhism, it is Daswandh. The only difference is their application, but they are all proponents of charitable work. Service to the deserving people earns the believers God’s presence in their midst.
Finally, the two religions do not have ordainment of priests. Other faiths often require people to go through a process that ends in the priesthood for the individuals with the responsibility of giving teaching and passing the message of God. Anyone with a vast knowledge in the matters about the holy book can perform a religious service. The most important part is that the information relayed to the believers should be truthful through the proper understanding of the word of
Islam and Christianity seem to have very little in common; however, the two actually show strong likeness, principally in the central areas. Both Muslims and Christians are monotheists, believing in one God. While both believe in the same God, He is called by two completely different names. He is referred to as "Allah" by Muslims and "God" by Christians. Although Islam and Christianity are two different religions, their similarities in beliefs and prayers make them comparable in many aspects.
Sikhism is free from any claims and dogmas. To attain salvation, Sikhism rejects all rites, rituals, and fasts. It rejects the claims of mortification of body, self-torture, penance or renunciation. It does not believe in worship of gods and goddesses, stones, statues, idols, pictures, tombs or crematoriums. Devotees are supposed to desist from working miracles, uttering blessings and curses, and believing in omens. They wear God's name as a necklace and try to practice Nam (remembrance of God's name), Dan (charity) and Ishnan (purity), truthfulness and openness, self-restraint in temper, labor for the purpose of mutual benefit, profitable and edifying speech, humility and forbearance.
Christianity and Sikhism are two completely different religions with their own set of beliefs, though when looked at closer, share many similarities. Catholics and Sikhs only believe in one god, have creators who at birth were told they would do great things, had events at the age of 30 that put the ideas of their religions in motion, and both had followings who eventually took over and made the religions what they are today. Even though these religions have a large gap in time between them of when they were founded, they both share a common founding and similar beliefs.
While there are some significant similarities between these two faiths, there are also some major differences. Firstly, in Islam, God works through prophets and does not have a physical form. They do not believe in idols and cannot have images of God. However, in the Nation of Islam, Fard Muhammad was the re-incarnation of Allah. He was essentially God in the physical form, which is what Islam goes
Hinduism and Buddhism, worship multiple deities and they follow the same path to achieve the Nirvana state which is a place where all the enlightened are. The Buddha’s teaching help is regularly summarized in the four respectable Truths, which type those premises of the 1st sermon he conveyed then afterward achieving enlightenment, and the eightfold Path, which gives a fundamental aide to how to live in the world. . Over
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Islam is a religion that is based on the submission oneself to the will of God, who is called Allah. Muslims are the people believe in that, regardless of their culture, background or ethnicity. It is believed that God’s prophets brought a message for the people to worship one God without intermediaries and that prophet Muhammad was the end of G...
Sikhism centers on the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev and the ten successive Gurus. When comparing the two and their respective notion of deities, Buddhism believes in deities that
Christianity and Islam are two religions that grew from the same central idea of one divine being; they also originate from Jerusalem. However, the two religions bear great disparity but they also hold a few similarities. Both Islam and Christianity believe in Abraham as the forefather of both religions; they believe Him to be the founder of the two religions. The two religions have a holy book; Islam uses the Quran while Christians use the bible. Even though the two books do not bear the same teachings they are considered sacred in both religions. However, Christianity and Islam share a great deal of differences starting from the holy books, their beliefs, and the information contained in the respective holy book (Kavanaugh, 5).
Judaism and Islam are known to be two of the main religions that are found throughout the world. They each have similar traits and many more differences. They both are monotheistic, which means they only believe in one god. Muslims worship the God called Allah, which means in Arabic “the God”. And Jews worship the god called Yahweh, which means the God of Israel. Their differences include their core beliefs, rituals, symbols, and history.
Although Islam and Christianity differ in major ways, they also share some similarities in their belief in God. First of all, Christianity and Islam are both monotheistic religions; worshipping only one God. While both believe in the same God, he is called by two completely different names. He is referred to as "Allah" by Muslims and "God" by Christians. The basic creed of Islam is brief: “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah”.
There are numerous topics that can be compared and contrasted between the two faiths, however, a few topics can demonstrate the major similarities and differences. Islam and Christianity believe in one high power which is superior to everything in life. Pertaining to Christianity, Walsh and Middleton state, “All creation (which includes us as human creatures) is covenantally bound to God and is constituted essentially as a response to his laws” (1984, p. 51). Christians rely on God and make Him a priority.
...sciples. When we look at these two religions and compare their main core beliefs we see that Christianity belives in the one God and Sikhism also believes in the one God as the creater of the Universe. However, Christians believe that they must keep the Sabbath day holy to remember God, which is the day God rested when God was creating the Universe. “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy six days are for labor in which to do all your work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the lord your God. You will not work in that day;” (Exodus 20:8-11). Where as Sikhs believe that God should be remember everday of their lives also the guidelines in the Sikh scripture states engages in meditation and prayer as part of his or her everyday routine, “Twenty-four hours a day, meditate on God. Constantly sing the Glories of the Lord of the Universe” (Guru Grant Sahib 1996, p 44).
One of the differences is between their Golden Rule. The golden rule of Confucianism is "One word which sums up the basis of all good conduct... loving kindness. Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself". The golden rule of Islam is "Not one of you truly believes until you wish for others what you wish for yourself." These golden rules are different in the sense that the rule of Confucianism focuses on not doing bad things to others, while Islam focuses on wishing good for others and yourself.
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