The quran was written in 7th century ad by the recitations of a man in the desert who claimed an angelic being visited him. Koran is certainly the greatest literary work in classical arabic and for all muslims stands as the definitive word of god in arabic. No one in the history of the world has ever claimed to have written the quran, nor. As the quran was being revealed, the prophet muhammad made special arrangements to ensure that it was written down. The history of quran deals with the timeline and origin of the quran, the islamic holy book and its written compilations into manuscripts. The quran is the muslims holy book, the same as is the bible to christians, muslims regard the quran as the infallible utterance of the almighty. If my book contradicts the earlier revelation of the quran, then my book is wrong. Most of the new testament was written between 50 and 100 a.
The new testament comprises of three parts, i four gospels written by matthew, mark, luke and john, between 60 and 95 ad. The last book to be written, revelations, was written about 120 ad. I go through the core beliefs of christianity and the bible and show that who jesus says he is in the bible is who he is in islam. Also to be underlined is the distinction to be made between the quran, a book of written revelation, and the hadiths, collections of statements concerning the actions and sayings of muhammad. The bible should be the first in history than other false books. The speaker in the quran in the first person is god talking directly to man. In the books thoughtprovoking, revealing comparison between the quran and the bible, qureshi exposes seven important differences between these texts. The tanakh which is the jewish bible, starts with the five books of moses and ends with the prophet malachi, was written first. Surprisingly, the predictive nature of many bible passages was once a popular argument among liberal scholars against the reliability of the bible.
When reading the quran, you should realize that, for all muslims, the text you are reading is quite literally the voice of god. However, many people might be unaware that we still have very early copies of the bible. The authors name always appears on hisher book, and there is always an author who is credited for writing that book. According to hadith and muslim history, after muhammad immigrated to medina and formed an independent muslim community, he ordered many of his companions to recite the quran and to learn. I was really amazed with the easy analytical work comparing the compatibility of the bible, the torah, the gospels and the quran with established modern laws of science. Difference between the bible and the quran difference. Allah spoken to the prophet muhammad by the angel gabriel. And muslims in particular might be surprised by what the quran actually says about the bible. The advertised story behind the writing of the quran is as follows. The quran, the central religious text of islam, contains references to more than fifty people and events also found in the bible. Personal reflections on faith, christianity, politics, the future, books, authors and gods gift to everyone.
Koran or alquran holy book of islam was written in 650 ad. The koran was written over a 22year period beginning in 609 a. The new testament was compiled and added on to the tanakh about 70 years after the death of jesus. The koran and the bible compared eternal productions. Also, i was really appreciative of the references to the bible. By contrast, the bible refutes the quran in its entirety with a stern warning in its final paragraph that nothing is to be added to or deleted from the bible. The quran anglicized version koran is the holy book of islam. It is easily understood and the language flows beautifully. The bible was given by god and written down by jews and christians. It was written down over a long span of time, from approximately 1400 b. Based on this concept of speaking out about islam being hate speech, an examination of the koran shows this book itself is hate speech, specifically, against christianity. The first five books of the old testament known as torah was written by moses during the forty years that the children of israel wandered in the wilderness 1450 1410 b. There are a lot of similarities between the religions in terms of its place of origin which is the present middle east, some of the concepts and values that they espouse, the conception of monotheism and the like.
Scholar philip jenkins argues that scriptures in the quran are less brutal than those in the bible. The bibles knowledge is 2017 years old, but the bible was written on estimate 300 years after the death of jesus, so people argue that the context of the bible is not accurate, but in christianity the practice is not from the book but more b. A gallup survey found that less than half of americans can name the first book of the bible genesis, only a third know who delivered the sermon on the mount billy graham is a popular answer. Muslims believe that god, through the angel gabriel, recited the contents of the quran to the prophet mohammad who took them down verbatim. Most of the books of the bible were written well after the events they depict. That book, the quran, has also been used over the centuries to try to justify violent acts that the bible and true christians also rightly recognize as sin. Both scriptures are considered holy to their people, certainly, but their uses are different, their histories are different, and indeed, their very natures are understood differently 104. Books of the bible list with the name of each book, the writer, place written, and time covered. Anytime an individual writes a book, heshe writes hisher name on the cover. The quran was written about 550 years after the bible and affirms the bible as the word of god, less the alleged tahrif.
Same or different, is a book that was written to ask the question who is jesus of islam and christianity and are they the same or different. The first books of the bible to be written were probably psalms and the song of solomon. Do you know these 7 differences between the bible and quran. Septuagint greek ot 250 bc nt complete, but not compiled. It was first written at bc through 500 bc and the words were given by god to its writers. It spans several centuries, based on historical findings and forms an important part of early islamic history according to muslim belief and islamic scholarly accounts, the revelation of the quran began in 610 ad when the angel gabriel arabic.
Because the bible is a book, it was initially made up of manuscripts. Included are the writings of moses, the apostles paul and john. Interestingly, the second sura in the koran begins by. D all agree that the bible was written before the quran. Islam is being packaged and sold to the west as a peaceful religion. The koran and the bible are the holy books of the two worldwide religions of islam and christianity, respectively. The quran with references to the bible buy the book. The koran, on the other hand, was first written about 550 ad. Muslims claim that quran was directly given by allah and sheikh ahmed deedat the muslim scholar and other muslims have claimed that quran is the word of god because it was written in first person speech unlike bible, where third person speech is used.
Difference between koran and bible difference between. Rather, you will judge my book based on what your quran says. Therefore, the bible remains the ultimate source to study the jewish civilization and people from different modes and perspectives and to communicate with them with best possible manner. Although the prophet muhammad himself could neither read nor write, he dictated the verses orally and instructed scribes to mark down the revelation on whatever materials were available. Thereafter, he received revelations over a period of 23 years. These divine revelations constitute what is known as the quran. He appealed to the bible continually as proof that he was a prophet, so he obviously held it in high regard at first, contrary to most muslims in muslim countries today who ban it. First, because the koran is based solely upon what one person muhammad allegedly saw and heard, one cannot help but question its claims of divine origin. In fact, outside of the book of revelation and the three letters of john considered to have been written later. The bible is a collection of writings by many different authors. Muslims and christians alike need to understand what the bible says about itself. While the stories told in each book are generally comparable, important differences sometimes emerge. It may also surprise muslims that historically, the first muslim to trash the bible was ibnkhazem, in. The name was applied by mohammed to each individual portion of the book, but was later used for the whole book.
There are history of moses and other in youtube the ron wyatt family will prove that search there name all true than quran no ing history just all. Some of the prophets companions started to write them down from the moment of his death. The quran was put together a couple hundred years after that. No individual has hisher name written on the cover of quran. The bible was written 500 years before muhammad and therefore has nothing to say about islam. It has been an ongoing battle inside the heads of each of its believers, inside the church and the mosque, in all of both of the religions reading and teaching materials, on the tv, the radio, on the streets with bullets and ammunitions, on the hearts of those who became the victim and the cold unvisited grave of those who. The first oldest book ever found is gutenberg bible so why did they write it to ruin peoples mind about false gods of muslim. The bible was written 400 or so years before mohommed manufactured the koran on banana leaves and camel bones for real. The bible was written over a period of 1400 to 1800 years by more than 40 different authors.
Parts of it were carried down from prewriting times as early as 4000 bc via oral tradition, and the first parts of it were written down hundreds if not about years bc. Muslims may be surprised to learn that, contrary to popular belief, the koran actually says nothing about the corruption of the bible. History of the bible timeline from creation to today. Bible and quran comparing the prophecies first, unlike the quran, the bible is replete with prophecies that could not have been fulfilled through chance, good guessing, or deliberate deceit. The versions written in the hebrew bible and the christian new testament predate the quran s versions. We tend to read the bible from our own viewpointthat is, we tend to think of the bible as if it came from a world of texts, books, and authors. Bible vs quran factual comparison of their key differences. It really does mean a lot to me that my muslim and jewish brothers and sisters share so many spiritual concepts and principles. Mohammed, the founder of islam, was born in 570ad in mecca, islam s holiest city, of.
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