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of the Old Testament. Islam, however, which largely adopts the biblical Pentateuch as a holy book of Islam given by God to Musa (Moses), re-interprets Ishmael’s role in one significant event: the offering demanded by God as demonstration of Abraham’s faith. In Islam, Ishmael supplants Isaac as the intended sacrificial lamb.
Old Testament. For many Muslims a good place to start reading the Bible is the first book, Genesis, because its characters are already familiar to Muslims. New Testament. It is also important for seekers and new believers to learn about Jesus, and how to live a Christian life.
- Islam's Relationship with Judaism and Christianity
- The Qur'an and The Abrogation of The Torah and The Gospel
- The Hebrew Bible and The Gospel Compared with The Medinan and Meccan Qur'an
- Abrogation and Postponement in The Monotheistic Religions
- Conclusion
- Notes
Allah (God) revealed the Gospel as a vertical extension of the Torah-meaning it was a higher, deeper, and clearer expression of heavenly law. This led to a horizontal extension by which Christianity spread all over the world. The Qur'an was revealed as a horizontal extension of the Torah and the Gospel. This resulted in a vertical progress within I...
Here we want to set out some new ideas that may surprise some people: First, the Torah is not really distorted, nor is the Gospel. Rather, it was the interpretation of the texts which was distorted. Second, the Qur'an did not abrogate the Torah and the Gospel. Let us look at some verses from the Qur'an: This verse is commonly interpreted to say tha...
Let us consider Isa (Jesus) as he related to the Mosaic Laws (the Shari'aof the Torah) that the Jews of his time were following. These Jews saw Isa as deviant in his deeds and sayings and as contradicting the tradition of Musa (Moses) and the legacy of their ancestors. But actually that was not the case. Rather, when they misunderstood Isa they als...
The Providence of Allah is much aware of man's fallen state and his weak faith. Allah always wishes for goodness and the betterment of man. However, man is the one who does injustice to himself. Providence, while pursuing man's guidance, treats man according to his degree of faith. This has led to abrogation and postponement in the Abrahamic religi...
Today many Muslims believe that Qur'an had abrogated the Bible. This belief is an obstacle for interfaith relations and reconciliation between Islam and Judeo-Christianity. Muslims need to reread the Qur'an and the history of Islam in order to understand the original spirit of Islam. The fact is that Old Testament Islam abrogated the New Testament ...
The relevant verses of the Qur'an include: "They do blaspheme who say: '(Allah) is Christ the son of Mary.' But said Christ: 'O Children of Israel! worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.'" (5:72) "They do blaspheme who say: Allah is one of three in a Trinity: for there is no god except One Allah" (5:73) "Christ the son of Mary was no more than an ap...
“Old Testament,” or the Hebrew Scriptures – is distinctive in the ancient world for its convictions about God and its profound expressions of God’s nature, but especially of God’s singularity or sole existence. For this and other reasons, Israel’s library Cambridge Unive rsit y Pre ss 978-0-521-87965-1 - Introduction to the Old ...
existence of God have a medieval origin in Islamic theology and philosophy. On the other hand, modern arguments for the existence of God, including the Kalam cosmological argument, have recently been reformulated and skilfully defended by Christian theologians and philosophers. Ironically, contemporary Muslim scholars
A brief history of the development of the modern Islamic concept of the eternality of the Qur'an in light of tawhid and its development from Mu'tazilite and Ash'arite theology. A defense of the Christian view of the Bible as the eternal Word of God in light of the trinity.
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Muslims believe that God has revealed his will to various prophets in the past, including to the Hebrew prophets and to Jesus, but that the Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible have been corrupted and thus are not authoritative. e Qur’an is the de nitive and nal revelation.
