According to Islamic worldviews, in the beginning, “Allah created seven heavens, one above another” (Noble Quran 67:3), and one made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a glorious lamp (http://islam.about.com/). Muslims believe that human life began with Adam and Hawwa (Eve), (http://islam.about.com/). It is also explained in the Quran that Allah created all the humans and animals from water. The bible tells a similar story about how life began. According to biblical worldviews, God created the Heavens and the Earth in six days, and on the seventh day he rested. Muslims do not believe this. Christians believe that human life started with Adam and Eve, which is a shared belief between Muslims and Christians. Biblical worldviews also carry the belief that humans were created from dust, which also differs from Islamic worldviews. Through an Islamic viewpoint, Allah adored humans more than the animals on the Earth. According to …show more content…
To reuse the word of Allah is wrongful. Biblical worldviews express a similar viewpoint on what is right and what is wrong. Christians believe that it is right to become saved and accept Jesus Christ as your savior. When an individual reuses God and Jesus Christ, God turns his back on those individuals. Islamic worldviews believe that life after death is vital. Muslims believe in the continued existence of the soul, (http://www.religionfacts.com/). Muslims believe that there will be a judgement day, and on this day all humans will be divided between the eternal destinations of Paradise and Hell. Christians have a similar belief. The bible teaches Christians that there is life after death and when you die your soul gets judged by God. Judgement is based off of your sins and heart. On this judgement day, God decides whether the soul spends a lovely eternal life in Heaven or burn for an eternity in
Both Christianity and Islam mirror Judaism. From Judaism, Christianity and Islam took hold of the concepts of monotheism, prophecy, resurrection, and a belief in the existence of heaven and hell. Both religions also have a sacred text; Christians consider the Bible the inspired word of God, His words written and spoken through his followers. However Muslims hold the belief that the Koran is the literal spoken breath of God. Mohammed was merely transcribing the words of Allah, much as a court reporter does. With this knowledge they hold to be true Muslims hold the Koran and Islam at a higher level of truth and authenticity then the beliefs held by Christians and the Bible.
Beliefs are the soul teachings of written literature involving a religion. Within the Jewish religion there were individuals who were more conservative (non-Christian Jews) and individuals who were more liberal (Christian Jews). “The major distinction [between the two] was that Christian Jews believed in Jesus’ resurrection and status as Messiah, while non-Christian Jews did not (Sayre 250). Since traditional Jews believe that Messiah had not yet come to lead them into everlasting peace, they do everything they can to follow the correct path so that when he does come they will be sin free and have everlasting peace. “The promise of resurrection [is] the foundation of Christian faith” (Sayre 248). This promise of having the chance of spending eternity in heaven fuels Christians to follow the straight and narrow path through life, but since they are human, they are perceptive to sinning. God knows that people are not perfect so if Christians show their faith in him, he will forgive them for their sins. “Muslims believe that human beings possess immortal souls and that they can live eternally in heaven if they surrender to Allah and accept him as the one and only God” (Sayre 287). Simply by believing and devoting their self to one God, Muslims have the ability to live in heaven for eternity with their
Islam and the worship of Allah (god) began with Muhammad and his revelations that lasted for 23 years of his life from (610 C.E.- 623 C.E.). In the Islamic religion it is believed that he was the last prophet sent by Allah (god) and this made all his teachings into to Law and are looked at as the will of God. These messages were given to him through the archangel Gabriel, in a kind of continuation to the Jewish Torah and Christian Bible, which the Qur’an shares some similarities or past “history” with them such as the belief in Abraham and Jesus as a prophet, but in the eye’s of Mohammad the Jews and Christians had fallen astray from the real teaching of god.
The World’s Religions by Huston Smith is a novel based on the different religions found around the world. The main area of focus within this book was to expand the knowledge of different cultures and their religions. The chapters that were specified to focus on include Islam, Judaism, Christianity and the Primal Religions. Go into detail about each religion. Smith goes into great detail about each religion, concentrating on the teachings and essential elements of each religion, important people that helped form the religion, and traditions. He specifically discusses how these three religions are very similar rather then how different they are, with the main studies on Moses, Jesus, and Mohammad. Finally he discusses the Primal Religions – meaning the traditions that are passed down through oral communication.
Christianity and Islam have several similar aspects. Both religions praise the same God, although they each have a different given name. Muslims refer to their god as Allah, and Christians simply refer to their god as God. Both religions are monotheistic, and both even have a set of religious laws that all who are righteous abide by. Muslims follow the Five Pillars of Islam, while Christians follow the Ten Commandments. Both religions even have their own religious texts: The Bible and The Koran. Christian missionaries declare that The Bible consists of true narratives based on actual revelations, and establish that the Prophet Muhammad is an imposter. However, it is extremely possible that The Bible is nothing more than a book of plagiarized stories taken from various ancient texts. The Koran seems to correct mistakes in the Bible and make true of its falseness, gives the true version of what really happened in the stories of Joseph, Noah, and Jesus.
...did not die’. Islam belief in human nature is also different from Christianity; but the same in Judaism, that human nature has the equal ability to do good or evil. Means of salvation in Islam is closely the same to the other Abrahamic beliefs. In addition, good and bad afterlife beliefs are closely related as well. Interestingly, Christianity views Islam as a false religion and Islam views Judaism and Christianity as ultimately having wrong beliefs and ‘only partial revelation’. Ultimately, these Abrahamic religions are the most influential religions in the world. Their impact on the world is very deep and all trace their history to Abraham in the Hebrew Bible. The brief overview of the similarities and differences of the three monotheistic faiths enables people to enrich or at least receive a concrete vision of what can possibly come with death and the afterlife.
The book lays the foundation of Islamic basic beliefs and practices. Muslims believe in one God, and feel their religion continues the Judaic and Christian traditions. Arab peoples "trace their origins to the patriarch Abraham, who, according to the Koran was neither Jew nor Christian, but a kind of universal ancestor of monotheists" (5). Thus, Muslims believe in the same God as Jews and Christians.
There are four major differences between Islam and Christianity. The first one being that Christians believe in the Holy Trinity. This means God takes on three forms, the father, the son and the Holy Spirit. In the Islamic religion they believe in only one God, they call Alla...
The purpose of both Islam and Christianity is to reach Heaven after death, by believing in God (or Allah), living virtuous lives and performing good deeds (Robinson, 2002).
Christians, for example, believe that souls that have lived by the words of their God will exist eternally in heaven as divine beings themselves. This conception of an afterlife is generally what we people who are residents of the Unitied States hold to be true. For American culture has its roots in Europe and European culture was and is still influenced by Christian faiths. Similar to Christianity, the Hinduism also eases the fear of death by presenting a life after death. Disimilarities present themselves in the two faiths concerning exactly what kind of afterlife is lived. Believers of the Hindu faith expect to be reincarnated after their demise, either as an animal or human being depending on the manner in which their lives were carried out.
Identical to Muslims, Christians also believe that their God is the creator and sustainer of the universe. The Bible begins with the creation of the Earth by God in seven days. Another similarity between these two religions is their belief in life after death.... ... middle of paper ... ...
... style was created to be stricter on the following to keep them in line by the laws that bind them. My question is how can you know what the Bible is and know it is the word of God created many centuries before the Islamic faith can you just go and create your own version. When God says once you know of me there for you are held accountable to me. There is no knowing what he said then ignoring it and making up your own mind about what you think he meant.
In recent modern times, the Islamic faith and culture has been scarred by bad publicity and criticism worldwide concerning terrorism, fanaticism, and the treatment of women. All these issues have existed in most religions throughout time, but the treatment of women is different in which most other cultures and religions have minimized the issues and Islam, under its attempts to also end it, has failed to create a society in which the treatment of women is equal to that of men. The treatment of women, beginning from the time when they are born, to the time of their marriage, to the moment of their death, has not been equal to that of men despite the actions taken to end the injustice.
I chose to compare and contrast the biblical worldview with the Islamic worldview. First, I would like to give a brief history as to how the Islamic worldview started; it began when Mohammad was born in 570 AD. and in 650 AD. The Quran was created (Hindson, Caner. 277-280). The Islamic worldview is defined as the complete belief in the one and only (monotheistic) God “Allah” and they believe that the term Islam means “to surrender” and it has nothing to do with peace (Hindson, Caner. 279). The term “worldview” (from a biblical worldview) according to our text and also in my opinion is that we choose to see the world and process the information depending on our own distinct personalities (Hindson, Caner. 498-499). Everyone will have their own
The beginning of Islam all started in Arabia around 570 C.E. when a prophet was born. This prophet was known as Muhammad, although it is said that he has multiple names, which was born in a city called Makkah, or Mecca. This man lived a normal life by getting married and having children. He would venture out into the desert every now and then to pray and fast. It was during one time in the desert within a cave that an archangel known as Gabriel approached him. It is at this time that Gabriel gave Muhammad the first verses of the revelation. This would continue on for years up until Muhammad’s death. All of the verses that he was provided would eventually end up into the sacred text known as the Qur’an, or Koran. During Muhammad’s time of receiving the messages from God, his tribe wanted him dead as they did not want to change their way of living. Before his own tribe killed him, he was invited to travel to a city known as Yathrib to be their ruler, which this city would later be called Madinah. Muhammad and his followers set out for this particular city around June 622, which marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.