Tuesday, March 31, 2015

The Jinn- Sura 72

"Places of worship are for God alone-- so do not pray to anyone other than God" (Jinn 72.18)
The Jinn was a religious group of the time that overheard the Qur'an and immediately realized its truth and became Muslim. This chapter explains how God can never be escaped, and that those who submit to him should fear no "loss or injustice". This similarly relates to Christian teaching, as Christians believe that through Jesus, they too should fear no loss or injustice as the Lord will protect them. The above quote remind me of one of the Ten Commandments of Christianity: "Thou shall not worship idols." This is one of the worst sins an individual can commit in both religions. From my reading thus far, I have been finding many similarities between The Qur'an and The Bible. My question for the class is as follows. Has anyone else found these similarities? If so, do you think these two religions were influenced by each other through their creation?

1 comment:

  1. I definitely believe that Christianity influenced Islam during its conception. Christianity had been around for a while before Islam began and many of the same stories that are found in the Bible are also in the Qur'an. In a way Islam branched off of Christianity. My reasoning is that the same stories are taken from the Old Testament if the Bible and only slightly altered, in some cases, to conform to Islamic beliefs. The Qur'an still refers to Jesus, just not as the son of God, and both say that worshiping idols is bad. However, I do not really see how Islam influenced Christianity.

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