Christianity Compared with Islam
Join us in an exploration of Christianity and Islam side-by-side to discover the truth.
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Allah is a monad
Say: He is Allah, the One! Allah, the eternally Besought of all! He begetteth not nor was begotten. And there is none comparable unto Him.
One God, with one person, who is eternally unapproachable.
The Qur'an misunderstands the Incarnation
The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a child, when there is for Him no consort, when He created all things and is Aware of all things?
The Qur'an mistakenly challenges the incarnation on the grounds that Allah has no wife ('partner') and doesn't need to procreate as we do. This shows a significant misunderstanding in Islam about Jesus and his incarnation. Christ is not created, nor procreated.
Letters of Paul are scripture
Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you, as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
Women are 'deficient in intelligence'
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Once Allah's Messenger went out to the Musalla (to offer the prayer) of `Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitr prayer. Then he passed by the women and said, "O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women)." They asked, "Why is it so, O Allah's Messenger ?" He replied, "You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have...
In this tradition, Muhammad chastises some women, claiming that women (in general) are deficient in religion and intelligence, and that their testimony is worth less than that of a man. This contrasts with the Bible, in which the testimony of women is honoured, and takes precedence in announcing the good news of Jesus' resurrection.
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)
The Quran confuses the Ka'aba
Allah hath appointed the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, a standard for mankind, and the Sacred Month and the offerings and the garlands. That is so that ye may know that Allah knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and that Allah is Knower of all things.
All assume that Abraham and Ishmael build it…
However, the historical record has Abraham in Canaan
Kissing the black stone was a Nabatean worship practice before Muhammad, and 600 miles further north
Jesus' glory before the world began
Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
the Wrong Mary
O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot.
Miriam is the sister of Aaron and Moses
All three are the children of Amran (Exodus 6:20)
In Luke the Father of Mary is not Amran, but Heli (Luke 3:23)
And she lived 1400 years after Aaron and Moses
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