Similarity between Christian prayer and Muslim prayer

[HHH Hymnal]

Dear friends,

I recently came across a video showing the similarity between Christian prayer and Muslim prayer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLsSPMRUrjU

There is no description of the source of the video so I do not know how to investigate this topic further. If anyone has any further information or resources on this topic, it would be greatly appreciated.

+ Maranatha

[Martin Lüstraeten]

Dear Arthur,
dear friends,

I wrote a paper on this issue and hid it well in the proceedings of the
North-American Academy of Liturgy. My focus was on parallels between
Muslim prayer and Coptic prayer, not considering Syriac prayer. Anyway:
You will find useful footnotes and see the problem of the sources
surrounding this topic.
See attached the version as published as well as a version with
non-messed-up Arabic script.

Yours


Martin

Am 19.07.2026 um 23:57 schrieb HHH Hymnal:
> Dear friends,
>
> I recently came across a video showing the similarity between Christian
> prayer and Muslim prayer:
>

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLsSPMRUrjU <https://www.youtube.com/
> watch?v=HLsSPMRUrjU>

>
> There is no description of the source of the video so I do not know how
> to investigate this topic further. If anyone has any further information
> or resources on this topic, it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> + Maranatha
>

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Dear Martin,

Very interesting article! Thank you

igumen Andrew (Wade)

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[HHH Hymnal]

Is anyone able to check the following source:

A. J. Wensinck, Muhammad and the Jews of Medina, translated and edited by W. H. Behn, Berlin 1982. pp. 75-76

According to Wensinck, Muhammad drew inspiration for the practice of sujud (prostration) and ruku (bow) from Christian prayer.

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