Comparison Study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Religion
Abrahamic Faith consists of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. These
religions have something in common such as the belief of Adam is the
first man created and the ancestor of all human beings, Abraham as a
prophet, and the Torat as a revelation of God. Nevertheless there are
also some significance differences among them.
Judaism is a tribal religion that can only confessed by a Jew tribe.
This religion could not be spread to Non Jew. That is why the number
of its follower is only a few. Around 14 million people in the world.
Meanwhile the Christianity and Islam are spreading to all people in
the world and confessed by billions of people.
About God
Judaism and Islam regard there is only one God. The Jews call the God
as Yahweh which is third singular person means "He who is." Muslims
call God as Allah which is singular form and genderless from ilah
(God). In the Quran, chapter Al Ikhlas stated the unity of God:
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.
Actually in the Bible the Unity of God also stated in the Ten
Commandments of God in Exodus 20:
20:1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the LORD thy God,
which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. [Exodus 20:1-3]
Though in Judaism and Islam the Monotheism of God is absolute
including of God's essence, in Christianity there is a doctrine named
Trinity that says God exists as 3 persons: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit who are united in one substance or being. The trinity consists
of 2 words: Three and Unity. Three is One and One is three.
This concept is contradicted to Al Quran in Chapter Al Ikhlas that
says God has no Father or Son. The Bible says:
"The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for
evermore, knoweth that I lie not."[2 Corinthian 11:31]
"Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of mercies, and the God of all comfort" [2 Corinthian 1:3]
The Bible verses above clearly said that God is the Father of Lord
Jesus Christ. On the other hand, in Islam strictly stated the Oneness
of God, that God is one, God has no Father or Son as follows:
"And say: Praise be to Allah, Who hath not taken unto Himself a son,
and Who hath no partner in the Sovereignty,nor hath He any protecting
friend through dependence. And magnify Him with all magnificence." [Al
Israa':111]
Allah has no Son or Partner:
"Allah hath not chosen any son, nor is there any God along with Him;
else would each God have assuredly championed that which he created,
and some of them would assuredly have overcome others. Glorified be
Allah above all that they allege." [Al Mu'minuun:91]
About Jesus
The Jews not only deny Jesus as a God or a prophet, but they also
tried to kill Jesus as a pervert.
On the contrary, the Christians regard Jesus as a God:
"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen." [2 Corinthian
13:14]
Islam regards Jesus not as a God, but only a human being that became a
messenger of God:
"And when Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Didst thou say my mother
for two gods beside Allah? he saith: Be glorified to which I had no
right. If I used to say it, then Thou my mind, and I know not what is
in Thy mind. Lo! Thou, only Things Hidden." [Al Maa'idah:116]
According to Islam, Jesus only a prophet to call people to wor****p
only one God as God order in the Ten Commandments:
"I spake unto them only that which Thou commandedst me, and your Lord.
I was a witness of them while I dwelt tookest me Thou wast the Watcher
over them. Thou art" [Al Maa'idah:117]
About Jesus Parent
As the Bible verses above, the Christianity regards Jesus as the Son
of God:
"The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God" [Mark
1:1]
"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and
the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David" [Luke
1:32]
Nonetheless, on Matthew 1:16-18 said that Jesus' father is Joseph
though Jesus was born from virgin Mary before Mary married to Joseph
or having *** with him:
"1:16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born
Jesus, who is called Christ. 17 So all the generations from Abraham to
David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away
into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into
Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. 18 Now the birth of
Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to
Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the
Holy Ghost." [Matthew 1:16-18]
Jesus' family tree at last follows Joseph's instead of Mary's.
On another verse described Jesus as the son of David, the son of
Abraham.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son
of Abraham." [Matthew 1:1]
Jesus the Son of Man:
"For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day." [Matthew 12:8]
According to Islam Jesus is the Son of Mary. Not the Son of God or
Joseph:
"The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, whom had
passed away before him. And his mother was a used to eat (earthly)
food. See how we make the revelations they are turned away!" [Al
Maa'idah:75]
The Power of God
In the Bible, Genesis 32:25-28 said that Jacob fought with God from
night until dawn. When God could not defeated Jacob, God touch the
hollow of Jacob's thigh. God named Jacob as Israel because Jacob has
fought God and men and Jacob prevailed:
"32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him
until the breaking of the day.25 And when he saw that he prevailed not
against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of
Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.26 And he
said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let
thee go, except thou bless me.
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.28 And
he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a
prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast
prevailed." [Genesis 32:24-28]
In the Gospel Matthew told how Jesus the God caught, spit, and beaten
by men:
"27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common
hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.28 And they
stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.29 And when they had
platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in
his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him,
saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the
head.
31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from
him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify
him." [Matthew 27:27-31]
In Islam God is the Most Powerful. He cannot be beaten by any man even
if they are all join together against Him:
"If He will, He can be rid of you and bring (instead of you). That is
not a hard thing for Allah." [Al Faathir: 16-17]
"Thy Lord is the Absolute, the Lord of Mercy. If He will, He can
remove you and can cause what He will to follow after you, even as He
raised you from the seed of other folk." [Al An'aam:133]
From the verses of Holy Book above, can you tell us which the Most
Powerful God is?
The Independence of God
In Gospel Matthew said how Jesus complain and cry: "My God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me?"
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli,
Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me?" [Matthew 27:46]
Do you think such statement will come out from the Most Powerful God?
In the Al Quran said that God is not a weak man that needs help:
"And say: Praise be to Allah, Who hath not taken unto Himself a son,
and Who hath no partner in the Sovereignty, nor hath He any protecting
friend through dependence. And magnify Him with all magnificence." [Al
Israa':111]
Whom should we wor****p for? The weak and need help God or the Most
Powerful God?
The Knowledge of God
In Gospel Mark 11:12-13 said that Jesus felt hungry and did not know
if the Fig tree is fruitless because it is not its season.
11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was
hungry:
13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he
might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing
but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet." [Mark 11:12-13]
In Islam God is All Knowing:
"And with Him are the keys of the invisible. None but He knoweth them.
And He knoweth what is in the land and the sea. Not a leaf falleth but
He knoweth it. Not a grain amid the darkness of the earth, naught of
wet or dry but it is noted in a clear record" [Al An'aam:59]
Is God Sleep?
In Matthew 8:24 said that Jesus was a sleep:
"And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that
the ****p was covered with the waves: but he was asleep." [Matthew
8:24]
According to Islam, God never feel weak such as sleepy or sleep:
Allah! There is no God save Him, the Alive, the Eternal. Neither
slumber nor sleep overtaketh Him. Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in
the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that intercedeth
with Him save by His leave? He knoweth that which is in front of them
and that which is behind them, while they encompass nothing of His
knowledge save what He will. His throne includeth the heavens and the
earth, and He is never weary of preserving them. He is the Sublime,
the Tremendous." [Al Baqarah:255]
Prohibition of Statue
In the Ten Commandments stated in Exodus 20:4-5 God forbid man to
make any statue:
20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness
of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth.
20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I
the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them
that hate me" [Exodus 20:4-5]
However the Christians now make many statues of Jesus and Mary and put
them on the churches.
In Islam making statues is forbidden. In Hadeeth Bukharee, Ummu
Salamah and Ummu Habibah said there is a beautiful church in Habsyi
(Mary Church) with some beautiful statues. Muhammad said "When their
saint died, the Christians will build church on the grave. Then they
make many statues in the church. They are the worst creatures before
God in the day of judgement"
The Holy Book
Though the Jews Holy Book is quoted in Bible as the Old Testament, yet
there are some significant differences between them. The Jews Holy
Book mostly written in Hebrew and a few in Aramaic. On the other the
Old Testament in Christianity the oldest one written in Greek with 7
additional books.
The New Testament consists of 27 books (including 4 gospels) and
originally written in Greek between 50-150 AD (Jesus died arount 29
AD).
The gospel consists of 4 different versions originally written in
Greek namely: Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John. The Gospels written
around 70-100 AD about 40 years after the death of Jesus.
For example, Luke wrote Gospel for a man called Theophilus
1:1 For as much as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a
declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, 2
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were
eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 3 It seemed good to me also,
having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to
write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 4 That thou
mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been
instructed." [Luke 1:1-4]
Luke sometime only guesses such as Jesus about thirty years of age and
use the word "As was supposed".
"And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as
was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli" [Luke
3:23]
Though Jesus language is Aramaic, but the New Testament original
language at least the oldest version is all in Greek.
If in Luke 3:23 Jesus' grand father's name is Heli, in Matthew 1:16
Jesus' grand father is Jacob:
"And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus,
who is called Christ" [Matthew 1:16]
On the other hand, there is only one version of the Al Quran which is
memorized by millions of Muslims and still in its original language:
Arab, the language of Muhammad.
"Lo! We revealed it (Al Quran) on the Night of Power" [Al Qadr:1]
Al Quran revealed by Allah to Muhammad. And Muhammad passed it on his
followers. Some of the followers memorized Al Quran, some wrote it
down on several media (leaves, bones, leather, etc). Abu Bakar,
Muhammad's friend, gather the Al Quran to be one. And Usman, another
Muhammad's friend, then compiled the Quran into one book called Mushaf
Usmani with punctuation mark so the spelling complies with the Arabic
language standard.
The Cir***cision Obligation for Men
In Judaism and Islam, Cir***cision is an obligation for men. It is
complied with Bible:
17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and
thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be cir***cised.
11 And ye shall cir***cise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be
a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight
days old shall be cir***cised among you, every man child in your
generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any
stranger, which is not of thy seed.
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money,
must needs be cir***cised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for
an everlasting covenant.
14 And the uncir***cised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not
cir***cised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath
broken my covenant" [Genesis 17:10-14]
The uncir***cised man is regarded as unclean in Isaiah 52:1:
"Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful
garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no
more come into thee the uncir***cised and the unclean" [Isaiah 52:1]
However though God said in Genesis 17:13 that cir***cision is an
everlasting covenant, the Christians no longer doing the obligation
because Paul who claimed become apostle after Jesus died (when Jesus
alive Paul is Jesus enemy) said that cir***cision is no longer an
obligation:
2:25 For cir***cision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if
thou be a breaker of the law, thy cir***cision is made uncir***cision.
26 Therefore if the uncir***cision keep the righteousness of the law,
shall not his uncir***cision be counted for cir***cision? 27 And shall
not uncir***cision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge
thee, who by the letter and cir***cision dost transgress the law?
2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that
cir***cision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew, which
is one inwardly; and cir***cision is that of the heart, in the spirit,
and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of
cir***cision?" [Romans 2:25-29 - 3:1]
The Prohibition of Eating Swine
In Judaism and Islam, eating swine is strictly forbidden. It is
complied with Leviticus 11:7-8 and Deuteronomy 14:8:
11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven-footed,
yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. 8 Of their flesh
shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are
unclean to you." [Leviticus 11:7-8]
In the Al Quran the prohibition stated:
"He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swine flesh, and
that which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other than Allah.
But he who is driven by necessity, neither craving nor transgressing,
it is no sin for him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful." [Al Baqarah:
173]
Nevertheless Swine Flesh is a common food among the Christians now.
Original Sin
In the Christianity known the Original Sin Doctrine. All human race
are sinners because of Adam committed sin by eating forbidden fruit.
That is why Jesus sent down as the saviour to redeem the original sin.
In Exodus 20:5 God said that He will punish the children, the third
and fourth generation for the iniquity of their fathers:
"Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the
LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that
hate me;" [Exodus 20:5]
In Islam every one will only responsible for their own sin. No one can
be punished because of other people sin:
"Say: Shall I seek another than Allah for Lord, when He is Lord of all
things? Each soul earneth only on its own account, nor doth any laden
bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return and He will
tell you that wherein ye differed." [Al An'aam:164]
Slander on Lot
In the Bible, Genesis 19:30-38 said that Lot had drink wine and
committed ***ual intercourse with his own daughters (*****) and had
children (or grandchildren?) from them:
19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his
two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt
in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and
there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of
all the earth:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will
lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn
went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay
down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the
younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him
drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we
may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the
younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay
down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same
is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi:
the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this
day." [Genesis 19:30-38]
In Islam stated that Lot is really a prophet and clean from such a sin
such as drinking liquor or doing *****:
"And lo! Lot verily was of those sent (to warn)" [Ash Shaafaat:133]
In the Quran stated that God has raised Lot's degree over people. If
common people will not commit adultery with their own daughter, then a
prophet such as Lot will not such a thing:
"And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot. Each one of them did We
prefer above (Our) creatures" [Al An'aam:86]
Slander on David
In Bible, 2 Samuel 11:2-17 said that David (who in Matthew 1:1
described as Jesus' father) committed adultery with Uriah's wife,
Bathsheba. After that, David ordered Joab to send Uriah to the front
line of a battle and then deserted him so Uriah get killed by the
enemy:
11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off
his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the
roof he saw a woman wa****ng herself; and the woman was very beautiful
to look upon.
3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not
this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him,
and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and
she returned unto her house." [2 Samuel 11:2-4]
In 2 Samuel 13:11-14 also stated that the son of David, Amnon raped
his own sister, Tamar:
13:11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of
her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such
thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou
shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee,
speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger
than she, forced her, and lay with her." [2 Samuel 13:11-14]
In the Al Quran, the Slander over David is denied:
"Those of the children of Israel who went astray were cursed by the
tongue of David, and of Jesus, son of Mary. That was because they
rebelled and used to transgress." [Al Maa-idah:78]
Prohibition of Adultery / *** Story
In the story of Adultery or prohibition of Adultery, the Bible
described it very detailed:
23:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,2 Son of man,
there were two women, the daughters of one mother:3 And they committed
whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there
were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their
virginity.
4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her
sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus
were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.
5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her
lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, 6 Which were clothed with
blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen
riding upon horses.
7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were
the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all
their idols she defiled herself.
8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth
they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and
poured their whoredom upon her. 9 Wherefore I have delivered her into
the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she
doted.
0 These discovered her ****dness: they took her sons and her
daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among
women; for they had executed judgment upon her.
11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her
inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in
her whoredoms.
12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers
clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them
desirable young men.
13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,
14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men
pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with
vermilion,15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed
attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the
manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:16
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and
sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they
defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and
her mind was alienated from them.
18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her ****dness: then
my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her
sister.
19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the
days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of
Egypt.
20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of
*****, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in
bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy
youth." [Ezekiel 23:1-21]
In Song of Solomon 7:1-8 the ***ual desire described like this:
7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the
joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a
cunning workman.
2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy
belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in
Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of
Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like
purple; the king is held in the galleries.
6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters
of grapes.
8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the
boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine,
and the smell of thy nose like apples" [Song of Solomon 7:1-8]
In the Al Quran the prohibition of Adultery described in a gentle way
so it do not arouse ***ual desire of its readers. The readers will not
have desire to have *** with his wife or close friend or masturbate
after reading the holy book:
"And come not near unto adultery. Lo! it is an abomination and an evil
way. " [Al Israa':32]
Even the permission of having *** in the month of fasting described in
a very decent way:
"It is made lawful for you to go unto your wives on the night of the
fast. They are raiment for you and ye are raiment for them." [Al
Baqarah:187]
That is the Holy Book of Al Quran!
Retaliation Law
In the Old Testament, Exodus 21:11-22:19 stated the Retaliation Law,
namely death sentence for killer, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a
tooth:
"He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to
death." [Exodus 21:12]
"21:24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,25
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe." [Exodus
21:24-25]
But on the New Testament the Retaliation Law is eliminated and the
Christians no longer follow the rule.
In the Al Quran the Retaliation Law restored:
"O ye who believe! Retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of
the murdered; the freeman for the freeman, and the slave for the
slave, and the female for the female..." [Al Baqarah:178]
The Retaliation Law applied so people will think twice before they
kill others. If they kill other people then they will be sentenced to
death so they could no longer kill innocent people again in the future
By this way the world will be safer for innocent people (but not for
the killers):
"And there is life for you in retaliation, O men of understanding,
that ye may ward off (evil)." [Al Baqarah:179]
Evil or Serpent who Cheated Adam and Eve?
In Genesis 3:1-19 said that Serpent is the most clever among animals
and could talk so it could cheat human: Adam and Eve:
3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which
the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said,
Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the
trees of the garden:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the
midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither
shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:5 For
God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it
was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her
husband with her; and he did eat." [Genesis 3:1-6]
3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast
done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done
this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the
field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the
days of thy life" [Genesis 3:13-14]
In the Quran said that the cheater of Adam and Eve is Satan. Not
animal like serpent:
"But Satan caused them to deflect therefrom and expelled them from the
(happy) state in which they were; and We said: Fall down, one of you a
foe unto the other! There shall be for you on earth a habitation and
provision for a tune." [Al Baqarah:36]
If in the Christianity Adam and Eve remain as sinners and passed their
sin to their descendants as original sin, in Islam after they
regretted and asked God's forgiveness, God forgive them. There is no
original sin to pass to their descendants.
"Then Adam received from his Lord words (of revelation), and He
relented toward him. Lo! He is the Relenting the Merciful." [Al
Baqarah:37]
The Jews regard themselves as the Chosen People while the Christians
believe there is no salvation for those who don't believe Jesus as a
God so they send many evangelists/missionaries all over the world to
make people become Christians. Islam said only Islam the religion that
God loves:
"Lo! religion with Allah is The Surrender to His will and guidance
(Islam). Those who (formerly) received the Scripture differed only
after knowledge came unto them, through transgression among
themselves. Whoso disbelieveth the revelations of Allah (will find
that) Lo! Allah is swift at reckoning." [Ali 'Imran:19]
"And whoso seeketh as religion other than the Surrender to Allah
(Islam) it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in
the Hereafter." [Ali 'Imran:85]
Those are some differences in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Though
there are many more differences, yet Muslims are recommended to have a
good social relation****p with them as long they are not hostile or
insulting Muslims or Islam.
Though there is no compulsion in religion, yet Islam forbids Muslims
to mix their religions with others. Your religion is for you and our
religion is for us. That is the Islamic teaching.
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