Similarities between Bible and Quran
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Similarities between Bible and Quran
(I am of the Church of God, I am neither Jew nor Gentile by religion, but I seek God and after exhaustive study of the Bible have moved on to study the Quran I am now seeking Muslim help in my study of the Quran, I have overviewed the Quran up to the 6 Surah and restarted this study at the beginning and have found both books to be in complete harmony I ask you to read this short letter to get a feel for where I am at in my study, and ask for your help by correspondence because some of the Muslim law and custom is foreign to me.In this letter I put my comments in parentheses for clarification.
Thank you Warren Dean McKinley)
The Quran states:
2.25 And give good news to those
who believe and do good deeds, that
for them are Gardens in which rivers
flow.a Whenever they are given a portionb
of the fruit thereof, they will say:
This is what was given to us before;
and they are given the like of it.c And
for them therein are pure companionsd
and therein they will abide.
(Heaven a place of ease and comfort.)
The Commentator on the Quran states:
25a. Gardens with rivers flowing in them is the ever-recurring description of a
future life of the righteous that occurs in the Holy Qur’an. Elsewhere, the pure word of
faith is compared to a tree which gives its fruit in all seasons (14:24). Belief is thus like
a seed cast into the ground, growing into a tree and bearing fruit when properly nurtured.
The rivers represent the good deeds which are necessary to the growth of the seed. It
should be borne in mind that the description of paradise as given in the Holy Qur’an is
expressly stated to be a parable: “A parable of the Garden which is promised to those
who keep their duty” (13:35; 47:15). The righteous are spoken of as having gardens in
the next life to show that they have made the seed of faith to grow into extensive
gardens, and this is in reference to the vast development of their inner self or of the
faculties which God has given them.
4b. A belief in a life after death is the last of the five fundamental principles of
Islam that are stated here, the third of the principles of faith. It is only this belief that can
make the generality of men conscious of the responsibility of human actions. A life after
death, according to Islam, implies a state of existence which begins with death, but a
complete manifestation of which takes place later, when the fruits of the actions done in
this life take their final shape.
(And Hell place of fire which is desolation.)
SECTION 2: Lip-profession
2.8 And there are some people who
say: We believe in Allah and the Last
Day;a and they are not believers.
2.9 They seek to deceive Allah and
those who believe, and they deceive
only themselves and they perceive
not.a
2.10 In their hearts is a disease, so
Allah increased their disease, and for
them is a painful chastisement because
they lie.a
2.11 And when it is said to them,
Make not mischief in the land, they
say: We are but peacemakers.
2.12 Now surely they are the mischief-
makers, but they perceive not.a
(This is exactly where America is today IN apostasy which is to say disobedience to God.)
2.24 But if you do (it) not — and you
can never do (it) — then be on your
guard against the fire whose fuel is
men and stones;a it is prepared for
the disbelievers.
(Earth destroyed by fire?)
24a. The word stones stands for al-√ijarah, the plural of √ajar, meaning stone, so
called because it resists by reason of its hardness; the verb √ajara signifies he prevented,
hindered, forbade, etc. (LL). By stones are here generally understood the idols which the
Arabs worshipped, even unhewn stones being sometimes the objects of worship among
them. But the word √ijarah may bear another significance. According to LA, you say:
“Such an one was assailed with the √ajar of the earth,” when his assailant is a
formidable man. And when Mu‘awiyah named ‘Amr ibn ‘Ac as one of the two umpires
to decide the quarrel between himself and ‘Als, A√naf said to ‘Als: “Thou hast had a
√ajar (exceedingly sagacious and crafty and politic man) made to be an assailant against
thee” (LL). The reference in √ijarah may, therefore, be to the leaders spoken of in the
previous verse, while nas would stand for the common people.
2.28 How can you deny Allah and
you were without life and He gave
you life? Again, He will cause you to
die and again bring you to life, then
you shall be brought back to Him.a
(resurrection of just and unjust.)
31 And He taught Adama all the
names,b then presented them to the
angels; He said: Tell Me the names
of those if you are right.c
32 They said: Glory be to Thee! we
have no knowledge but that which
Thou hast taught us. Surely Thou art
the Knowing, the Wise.
33 He said: O Adam, inform them
of their names. So when he informed
them of their names, He said: Did I not say to you that I know what is
unseen in the heavens and the earth?
And I know what you manifest and
what you hide.a
34 And when We said to the
angels, Be submissive to Adam,a
they submitted, but Iblssb (did not).c
He refused and was proud, and he
was one of the disbelievers.d
(the book of Genesis repeated)
35 And We said: O Adam, dwell
thou and thy wife in the garden,a and
eat from it a plenteous (food)b wherever
you wish, and approach not this
tree,c lest you be of the unjust.
36 But the devil made them slip
from it,a and caused them to depart
from the state in which they were.
And We said: Go forth,b some of you
are the enemies of others. And there
is for you in the earth an abode and a
provision for a time.c
37 Then Adam received (revealed)
words from his Lord, and He turned
to him (mercifully).a Surely He is
Oft-returning (to mercy), the
Merciful.
35c. According to the Bible, the tree which Adam was forbidden to approach was
the tree of knowledge of good and evil; the Qur’an does not say so. On the other hand,
where the devil deceives man, he calls it “the tree of immortality” (20:120). It was therefore
just the opposite of what the devil stated it to be. It was the tree of death, the spiritual
death of man — the tree of evil. Adam undoubtedly stands for man in the whole of
this description, and it is evil which man is again and again forbidden to approach, and it
is evil against which all prophets of God have warned men. In the Qur’an, it is always
called this tree, which further shows that it was something which was known to man,
and there is not the least doubt that not only has man been warned against evil throughout
his history, but hatred for evil is also innate in him. That man hates evil by nature is
shown by the fact that every man condemns evil when it is done by another. As regards
the figurative use of the word tree, compare 14:24–26, where a good word is likened to
“a good tree, whose root is firm and whose branches are high, yielding its fruit in every
season”, and an evil word is likened to “an evil tree pulled up from the earth’s surface; it
has no stability”. The order to eat from the earth a plenteous food but not to approach
evil is really a description of what pure human nature is. Man is entitled to all the
benefits of nature to maintain the body, to harness the forces of nature for his
physical comforts and happiness, so long as he does not forget his soul. It is an order not
to pamper the body at the expense of the soul, but it is as yet an order innate in human
nature, not an order given by Divine Revelation — the need for revelation comes on
later.
(I would like to say this simply. The Quran and the bible say the same thing. God told Adam the same thing in both books. Neither book, the Bible or Quran, say God told Eve of this tree, in fact in the bible Eve had neither been found or made by God for Adam when God gave Adam this warning. This is the tree of knowledge of good and evil, that God made Adam to love and serve Him. God formed Eve to love and serve Adam, and by extrapolation, gave eve children to love and serve all of the above. To love God we must obey God, this is good. To disobey God is Evil, is this not a tree of good and EVEl? So Adam ate of this tree when the devil tempted his wife to disobey Adam, the same sin as if Adam were to disobey God or any child to disobey it’s parent .If you believe Christ We are sons of God, and managers in His house, a Royal House and women are to obey men just as the King or Prince are to obey God. All through the Quran and bible it talks of this, And that God blinded the ones he wants destroyed. If this is true then all men who allow women to vote and teach over them rather than God are blind and bound for the fire. Nowhere in either book does it say there is not an afterlife for good and evil men, and today we can measure global extinction. So where are you going to live forever, on the planet the women voters (who out vote men in America… the great satan) caused to go extinct? Do you think that God will let men tend another garden for Him, after Adam lets his wife destroy this one with her teaching that she is the boss and not God over Adam. I say it is time to stop the teaching of disobedience at home now.)
20.117 We said: O Adam, this is an
enemy to thee and to thy wife; so let
him not drive you both out of the
garden so that thou art unhappy.
20.118 Surely it is granted to thee therein
that thou art not hungry, nor naked,
20.119 And that thou art not thirsty
therein, nor exposed to the sun’s heat.a
20.120 But the devil made an evil suggestion
to him; he said: O Adam, shall
I lead thee to the tree of immortality
and a kingdom which decays not?
20.121 So they both ate of it, then
their evil inclinations became manifest
to them, and they began to cover
themselves with the leaves of the
garden. And Adam disobeyed his
Lord, and was disappointed.a
20.122 Then his Lord chose him, so
He turned to him and guided (him).
20.123 He said: Go forth herefrom
(is) enemy to another. So there will
surely come to you guidance from
Me; then whoever follows My guidance,
he will not go astray nor be
unhappy.
20.124 And whoever turns away from
My Reminder, for him is surely a
straitened life, and We shall raise him
up blind on the day of Resurrection.a
20.125 He will say: My Lord, why
hast Thou raised me up blind, while I
used to see?
20.126 He will say: Thus did Our
messages come to thee, but thou
didst neglect them. And thus art thou
forsaken this day.
20.127 And thus do We recompense
him who is extravagant and believes
not in the messages of his Lord. And
certainly the chastisement of the
Hereafter is severer and more lasting.
20.128 Does it not manifest to them
how many of the generations, in whose
dwellings they go about, We destroyed
before them? Surely there are signs in
this for men of understanding.
both — all (of you) — one of you
20.128 Does it not manifest to them
how many of the generations, in whose
dwellings they go about, We destroyed
before them? Surely there are signs in
this for men of understanding.
SECTION 8: Punishment is certain
20.129 And had not a word gone forth
from thy Lord, and a term been fixed,
it would surely have overtaken them.
20.130 So bear patiently what they
say, and celebrate the praise of thy
Lord before the rising of the sun and
(The Quran, and the Bible are both The Holy Words from God to us, but we have to obey Him if we want off this dying planet where we will be the last and eternal life.)