The Qur’an Reading
Islam is the newest of the three most common monotheistic religions (Christianity and Judaism respectively). It is thought by believers to be the greater combination of the other two and has elements of Christian and Jewish biblical figures in its works; especially in the stories of God’s wrath as I will illustrate later. Two characters from Christianity and Judaism’s books play an especially large role in Islam; Abraham is the one prophet that is revered by all three and is the tie that links Islam to Jerusalem and the angel Gabriel is said to be the one that revealed the Qur’an to the prophet Muhammad.
According to the Muslim holy book, the Qur’an, which is thought to be the direct recitation of God’s words through Muhammad, there is a very strict division between believers and unbelievers. The treatment of one versus the other is vastly different. Unbelievers can be identified by their specific traits. The Qur’an says, “God has laid his curse, leaving them deaf and sightless…[and they will do] evil in the land and violate the ties of blood” (Muhammad, 47, para. 15). They follow falsehood and participate in all the forbidden acts including the worship of idols and most egregiously, usury.
When a faithful Muslim meets an unbeliever in battle he should cut off their head and bind them firmly. Then they should grant them their freedom or take from ransom from them (Muhammad, p. 357, para. 3). However, Muslims should not fight unless they are fighting for Allah. They especially should not fight with each other. Muslims should not raise their voice or mock or defame each other, neither shall they spy on each other (The Chambers, 49; para. 1).
When they get into disagreements with other believers, they should...
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...unbelievers change their ways. In Muhammad, God reminds every one of his past wrath with the statement, “Have they never journeyed through the land and seen what was the end of those who have gone before them? God destroyed them utterly. A similar fate awaits the unbelievers, because God is the protector of the faithful: because the unbelievers have no protector.” (Muhammad, 47:10). When the world is rid of evil, it will become the kingdom God envisioned it to be.
In the end, the Qur’an has a very strong division between the fates of believers versus non-believers and makes it very clear that unbelievers have no place. It also strictly defines how they should be regarded. The Qur’an attempts to present God as a just figure who believes in peace between believers but staunchly advocates the death of non-believers who do not redeem themselves when given the chance.
In the Koran it shows a world where evil and good are clearly visible to not only the reader but the characters in the story. When Joseph tries to
Islam is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion alongside Judaism and Christianity. It is currently the second largest religion in the world today. Its beliefs come from the Qur'an which literally means "the recitation" which is believed to be a literal transcription of the word of God. Its main prophet is named Muhammad who began Islam by speaking with the angel Gabriel in a cave during his meditation and then acting as an instrument of God to help write the Qur’an. Muhammad then spread Islam to the scattered tribes of Arabia by becoming the leader of Yathrib and using his wonderful leadership abilities to then grow his influence over virtually all of Arabia. Muhammad is known by Muslims to be the seal of the profits because no profits after Muhammad should be considered legitimate. Muhammad also left behind the Hadith or “tradition” which is a collection of writings compiled of reports of Muhammad’s actions as leader of Yathrib. These reports are used as a more specific code of ethics in day to day life and from these reports the 5 Pillars of Islam are derived (Smith 160). Although Islam shares many similarities to Judaism and Christianity it is often viewed in the US with hate derived from preconceived notions following the attack on September 11th 2001. This paper seeks to provide an overview of Islam’s history as well as its two major sects and 5 main pillars to remove preconceived notions and provide a glance into the minds of the Islamic people.
Islamic teachings that are followed by Muslims around the globe do not have same context and applicability like other religions of the world. Islam not only tells about the way of worshiping the Lord and behaving like a good human being but it also give a complete code of life. It includes political, military, social, financial, legal and governance systems. Non-Muslims normally con...
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.
...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.
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The Much common ground is shared in attempt to provide approaches to finding answers to some of the deepest questions of life. I will discuss these significant similarities focusing on human dignity, identity, difference, and guardianship. “Islam is similar to Christianity in respect to human dignity and identity in that both acknowledge creation and that God is the creator of heaven and earth”. The aspect of both subscribes to the role of prophets who were venerated in both Islam and Christianity. Due to this fact, they both are traced to the times of Abraham (Ipgrave and Marshall 14-77). The goal of each faiths’ ethos is to love God by way of obeying His commandments on guidance from their respective Holy Books. They both do broadly consist of individuals that owe their allegiance to a metaphysical deity. Owing to the fact that the two are considered Abrahamic religions. They do both captures in the strictest sense the aspect of guardianship in respect to both having belief in only one God. A belief is impliedly preaching the existence of heaven and hell. Goes on to affirm the existence of the belief of the second coming of the Savior, which affirms the faiths’ ethos towards the attainment of the religions’ goals. Aimed at promoting and achieving a holistic understanding of religion, as the flexibility to accommodate diverse backgrounds of its adherents that is always prone to abuse. Christianity and Islam’s
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.
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There are many similarities and differences between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. There are also many differences that separate the three major religions of the world. This paper will delve into all three of them.
He included, "These verses from the Quran talk about an opportunity that God manages all individuals. In any case from a religious imminent, the demonstration of surrendering one's religion is a wrongdoing deserving of God on the Day of Judgment. On the off chance that the case in Question is one of simply dismissing confidence, then there is no common
Moreover, analysis these different interpretations of the verse have given me a new notion and viewpoint on the text. Therefore, I came up with the new notion that people should not be ever force to believe in religion in which they do not want too, under any circumstances. In addition, I agree that we as humans can be convince to believe externally, but it could be hard to convince them internally, which gives no excuse to pursue them to believe in the religion. According to the one the verses in the Quran says, “God does not compel people to believe in him because people have free will.” In other words, it would be that if God does not constrain people to believe in him, we have no right to force someone else to believe in our beliefs. Doing this will make us go against God because God is the one who we cannot encounter or exceed.
There are many religions today that people worship and adapt into their daily lives are their creed. Some may have a lot of gods, while some only have one god. But three of these religions are considered as the major religion practiced by most people in the world today. Although different in some senses in terms of history and other teachings, they all have things in common that most of their followers do not seem to realize. The similarities are very important to understand each religion better and be able to determine which parts they vary. In this paper, I like to discuss the similarities found in the three major monotheistic religions of Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
I think form many this religion is difficult to grasp because of the events done by some people who are/claim to be a part of this religion. Similar to Judaism and Christianity, Islam believes it is the one true religion of god. However, the prophet for this religion is not Jesus, similar to Judaism. The prophet is instead Muhammad who taught from the revelations given to him by Archangel Gabriel. Muhammad even had his own book called the Hadith that explained his life and his choices. This book is not a divine scripture but it looked at for answers if the Qur’an does not provide what a person seeks. Once Muhammad’s new successor came about the people of Islam split into two groups Sunni and Shi’a. Today, this religion is seen as a very violent religion because of terrorist attacks around the world but there are followers out there that live their lives without a single drop of blood on their hands. I think people forget that we should not judge an entire religion based on who claims to be a part of that religion. Even in Christianity people fought and they killed over land for their God. It is not fair to the sincere followers of this religion to be judged. It is unacceptable when a person of this religion comes to the United States, and is treated less than dirt. I myself am not a very religious person but even I have proper moral to respect another person’s
Furthermore, religion can be a tool for either unifying a nation or a group or it can lead to the destruction of nations as well as internal state conflicts. However, the relationship between religion and conflicts is very complex (Barnard 1). Therefore, one must take into consideration many other factors before considering religion as the main cause. Most religions actually teach people that war is wrong and violence must be considered as a last option. Religious writings and books give guidelines on how people should act and when to use violence and when not to. Most people interpret these guidelines in their own different way, and end up abusing these religious scripts which may lead to conflicts (Barnard 1). However in many parts of the world, people from different religions live in harmony and coexist in peace yet in other parts of the...