Islamic and Christian Similarities?

Assalamu alaikum.

Thomas-phillip posted. I do believe Jesus is the son of God, as is ALL of us- for are we not His children?  He also is the son of man too.

Response: First of all, I have to congratulate you for having the courage to read the holy Qur'an. There are a lot of guidelines and principles that you need to know to guide you. I hope with time you learn them in this forum. The holy Qur'an is a Message and a Reminder from Allah to the and involving the offsprings of Abraham because his 2 children were the primary conveyors of the Message. Muhammad in reality did not come with a new Message, but came to tell the world what He Revealed before Muhammad. The Argument of Allah is that His Servants were misguided. His Mercy and Love dictates that He would not punish anyone out of ignorance, but only after evidences, proofs etc are made available to one, and then on his own volition refused to understand. Allah Swore by Himself that He has created human beings and have given them hearing sight and understanding necessary to know Him and worship Him. The one not able to understand Allah is free from blame for his case is with Allah to decide.
Now the issue is that the Arabs (Quraysh) in the 13 years Muhammad preached in Makka never denied that what Muhammad told them about Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Lut, Isaac, Ishmael were untrue or fabricated. The stories of these Messengers formed the Book of Genesis. There was also the story of Moses. Here and there Allah kept on inviting the Children to say something about Muhammad, if the Truth he brought contradicted what they knew. No one of them ever challenged him. Their stories are enough to make one understand Allah, fear Him and worship Him. There are one ot two signifcant emphasis.
When Muhammad made the Hijra, he met the Children of Israel in Madina who according to history came to Madina awaiting the Messiah as told in their scriptures- the OT. He again told them under Inspiration the story of their ancestors in particular their journey in Paran desert and the Shari'a (Ten Commandment). He also reminded them the victory of their ancestors over their enemies (Hititites, caanites, Philistines, Amelikites) was only possible under a Prophet. His Shari'a was no less than the Ten Commandment, but this time with evidences, witness and the element of mercy, forgiveness and love. Muhammad had no Shari'a that if carefully scrutinized had no root from the OT and NT. His contact with the Children of Israel in Madina lasted for about 7 years. They knew more than Muhammad Rasulullah the meaning of Covenant and that it is not to be broken. When they broke the Covenant they had with him, they were exiled under the Law of Moses.
In the 9th of the Hijra those who called themslves Christians from Yaman, came to him in Madina asking about the nature of Propeht Isa (Jesus) AS. There and then Chapter 3: 26-64 was revealed. The conversation that took place was wll documented in Guillaumes Life of Muhamamd pps 179 and 270.
So, in short what we have today is a holy Qur'an (holy comparisson) not only Protacted, Confirmed and Approved by Allah but buy equally by all the Children of Israel  and those who called themselves Christians from 610-632 A.C. Why should one disagree and argue on what has been agreed upon by those actively present?
The question of Jesus and you and me becoming the sons of Allah has been disputed by Allah Himself. He said for example in Qur'an, 21:17, "Had We intended to take a pastime (i.e. a wife or a son), We could surely have taken it from Us, If We were going to do (that)".  And further down He reported to us those disputing about Him having a son. He says, "And they say: The Most Gracious (Allah) has begotten a son (or children)". Glory to Him! They( whom they call the children of Allah i.e. the angels, Jesus and Ezra) are but honoured servants. They speak not until He has spoken, and they act on His Command".  Absolving the Messiah form ignorance, Allah says in Qur'an 4:172, "The Messiah will never be proud to reject to be a slave of Allah..."
The question of Jesus dying on the cross equally was addressed by Allah in the Qur'an. I am sure you have read the chapter. By the way where is the Gospel of Barnabas?
Friendship. 

 

            According to the Koran, Abraham and his son Ishmael were the ones who built the Ka�bah in Mecca (Sura 2:127).  However, this contradicts all the history books known to man:

 

��there is no historical evidence for the assertion that Abraham or Ishmael was ever in Mecca, and if there had been such a tradition it would have to be explained how all memory of the Old Semitic name Ishmael (which was not in its true Arabian form in Arabian inscriptions and written correctly with an initial consonant Y) came to be lost.  The form in the Quran is taken either from Greek or Syriac sources.�

-Alfred Guillaume, Islam (Baltimore: Penguin Books Inc., 1956), pp.61-62.

 

Also, common sense screams against it. Abraham used to live in the city of Ur of the Chaldees (South East Iraq), and he moved west toward Canaan, a land very plentiful in food, not south toward Mecca, a city in the middle of the desert.  Why would God promise to give Abraham�s posterity a land of abundant resources and then send him into a desert hell-hole where tribes would have to go to war every year just to fight over a well of water?!    

 

 

A. Guillaume was the 1956 edition. I don't know the heading.

 

The bible does talk of Ishmael.

"Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the desert of Beersheba. When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she thought, �I cannot watch the boy die.� And as she sat there nearby, she began to sob. God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.' Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer. While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt." Genesis 21:13-21

"This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Sarah's maidservant, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham. These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps. Altogether, Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people. His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the border of Egypt, as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers." Genesis 25:12-18 In christianity to we have a great authority, The Holy Spirit. John 14:26  "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. In christianity there are no great men, there are only wicked sinful men used by a Great and Powerful God.  I do study many theologians and preachers in christianity.  Charles Spurgeon, George Muller, John Wesley, George Whitfiled, Paul Washer, John Piper.   It dosn't matter how intelligent or eloquent these men speak, if they contradict what the bible says they are false prophets.   You said "the Qur'an contains about 70% of what is in the OT and NT"   Both the old and new testament teach on the wickedness of men, Romen 3:23  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,          Isaiah 64:6  For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.                                                            The Koran teaches you can go to paradise by what you do, the bible teaches you cant do anything  to go to paradise.
 


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