Test your knowledge on this religion quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Bible vs quran factual comparison of their key differences. While the stories told in each book are generally comparable, important differences sometimes emerge. The quran was writen by mohamed 400 hundred years after the roman catholic bible. If the bible is older than the quran they do muslims need the quran. If the bible and the quran contradict each other, the bible must logically be given first place as the older authority. But the books of the new testament, including the gospels, were. Is the bible the oldest religious book in the world. Maurice bucaille translated from french by alastair d. Difference between bible and quran compare the difference.
In his forthcoming book, dark passages, jenkins points. But generally speaking, the christian bible was a late bloomer in the history of influential religious. The quran, the central religious text of islam, contains references to more than fifty people and events also found in the bible. Passages from the bible discovered behind quran manuscript. 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. The bible and quran have many characters in common, many of which are mentioned by name, whereas others are merely referred to. No, quran was revealed by god to prophet muhammad around 600 years after god bible revelation to jesus.
Prophet muhammad found in the old testament shocking, shocking duration. Aug 16, 2009 if youre talking about the christian bible, then the bhagavad gita, then analects, the torah. Jul 31, 20 ui part 216 which came first bible or quran. The muslims repeatedly claim that the bible has been corrupted and that the quran is the only trustworthy scripture in existence. Yet, he revealed a new book, the quran, that contradicts the earlier revealed scriptures, the bible. No individual has hisher name written on the cover of quran. The protestant bible, which most of us are most familiar with was canonized by martain luther. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. And they believe in what was revealed to you, and in what was revealed before you, and with regard to the hereafter, they are absolutely certain. Therefore, the torah is much, much older than the quran.
The first oldest book ever found is gutenberg bible so why did they write it to ruin peoples mind about false gods of muslim. Seems to me that nobody is able to prove which one is older. The commissioning of the king james bible took place in 1604 at the hampton court conference outside of london. As such, muslims generally hold that the earlier versions are distorted through flawed processes of transmission and. Gary miller with commentary by yusuf estes bible is collection of writings quran is recitation from god to muhammad p whereas, the bible is a collection of writings by many different authors, the quran is a dictation or recitation.
It is not necessary to assume that these kinship links are to interpreted in modern terms. It is quite interesting to note that the bible was compiled over a period of centuries, whereas the quran was revealed over a period of just 23 years. Of all the ancient writings, most scholars agree that the old testament of the bible is the oldest of religious books. Book the bible the quran and science dr maurice bucaille pdf. Oct 17, 2009 now we have proof that the bible proves the quran is true. The oldest books of the bible were written between and 500 b.
Oct 12, 2015 book the bible the quran and science dr maurice bucaille pdf 1. May 11, 2010 download free pdf ebooks download pdfs. The quran mentions the torah, the zabur psalms and the injil gospel as being revealed by god to the prophets moses, david and jesus respectively in the same way the quran was revealed to muhammad, the final prophet and messenger of god according to muslims. The quran was written about 550 years after the bible and affirms the bible as the word of god, less the alleged tahrif. These divine revelations constitute what is known as the quran. The words sister and daughter, like their male counterparts, in arabic usage can indicate extended kinship, descendance or. Download the bible, the holy quran, the mahabharata and thousands of free pdf ebooks on buddhism, meditation etc. Is there a reigious book older than the bible answers. Certainly, causing the people of the book as the quran refers to christians and. It was first written at bc through 500 bc and the words were given by god to its writers. Oct 01, 2002 the bible and the quran jomier, jacques on. Many islamic scholars are teaching the quran was uncreated. The bible the latest books of the bible were completed before ad 100 the oldest part of the bible, the socalled old testament, was completed. This bible is the teachings of jesus, and not stories about the teachings of jesus.
This holy quran application has been created with beautiful design and of course very easy to use. If anyone adds to these things, god will add to him the plagues that are written in this book. They all lived to be incredibly old, a majority of them died when they were past 900 years old. Oldest quran found has little similarity to modern. Bible quiz, christianity quiz, islam quiz, this or that quiz, christian. Moreover, according to this view, even though muslims and christians and jews all believe in the same god, these religions are different, distinct traditions. Traditionally, they are used to hold open a book or document for handsfree viewing. The quran anglicized version koran is the holy book of islam. The quran and the bible have over 50 characters in common, typically in the same narratives. Some muslims make a claim that the bible was corrupted but they are going straight against the quran. While there are many facets to this debate, the central issue is this. In the books thoughtprovoking, revealing comparison between the quran and. Clicking on a book of the bible will show you a list of all the chapters of that book. The oldest extant manuscript of the bible is believed to be the codex.
The old testament is 3,400years old, jesus was born about 400 years after the last book written in the ot. The quran says that the books of moses, the psalms, and the gospel were all given by god. Jan 01, 2016 the quran with references to the bible. Pages are scanned, so there are no spelling mistakes or other errors. Is it not reasonable, therefore, to make the bible the. Is the book of the dead older than the bible answers. These ten men are known as the antediluvian patriarchs, as they were alive before the flood.
Should muslims take seriously the inspired words of the holy bible. A large number of quranic passages can be found in mathnawi, which some consider a kind of sufi interpretation of the quran. Apr 25, 2018 passages from the bible discovered behind quran manuscript. The name stands for the original promise with god to the descendants of abraham in particular prior to the coming of jesus christ in the new testament or the new promise. Contradictions between the book of mormon and the bible. The bible begins with the creation of the world in the book of genesis and ends with the apocalyptic end of the world in the book of revelation. List of people in both the bible and the quran wikipedia. Perhaps the most critical difference between the quran and the bible, writes qureshi, is that the quran is the basis of why muslims believe in islam 112. David mclainauroragetty images the earliest books of the bible were written more than 1,000 years before the koran, and the new testament was completed at least five centuries earlier. The bible is the holy scripture of the christian religion, purporting to tell the history of the earth from its earliest creation to the spread of christianity in the first century a. Sep 30, 2016 many people think of the quran as a radically different book from the bible.
Three the bible tends to be arranged chronologically. Rumis book is not exceptional for containing citations from and elaboration on the quran, however, rumi does mention quran more frequently. Can you name the holy book that these passages come from, the bible or the quran. Several hundred years before muhammad, the 22 hebrew books of the old testament.
There is no doubt that the scripture before the quran is the bible. A 1,500yearold parchment could be one of the oldest known copies of the quran, possibly dating back to a time that overlapped with the life of the prophet muhammad. In the bible, all these men are identified as righteous people but not prophets except ishmael who is blessed by god genesis 17. Law and this is usually referred to in christianity as the old testament. Do you know these 7 differences between the bible and quran.
Luther, a greek and hebrew language scholar chose to reinterpret the bible, using the hebrew bible as opposed to the septuigent as originally used by the catholic church. Dating of manuscripts controversially suggests quran may be older. The quaran, download the quran here in full length pdf. Recent tests conducted on the oldest known pages of the quran in existence have. Huffpost religion put together this collection of verses from the bible and the quran. Koran or alquran holy book of islam was written in 650 ad. The bible goes from the creation to the end of days. The bible is by far the older book with the earliest books.
The quran shows a great deal of respect for the bible, especially the teachings of jesus. The texts that make up the bible were written between the time of moses about 01100 bc for the first five books of the old testament, up to about 150 ad for the revelation of john, whereas muhammad was born in 570 ad and didnt start claiming to have heard the voice of gabriel in his dreams until about 620 ad, so although the quran as we know it today was was pretty. As such, christians regard the qurans versions as being. Muslims believe that god, through the angel gabriel, recited the contents of the quran to the prophet mohammad who took them down verbatim. The quran is the holy book of the muslim religion and the bible is the book read by christians. Now many religions have sacred books, but when the quran speaks of the people of the book, it is referring to jews and christians, because the bible, and not other religious books, are recognized as from god. Many people think of the quran as a radically different book from the bible. Dec 30, 2010 what is the difference between bible and quran. The new testament was written until about 40 years. Mar 18, 2010 is the bible more violent than the quran. Jul 22, 2015 a 1,500yearold parchment could be one of the oldest known copies of the quran, possibly dating back to a time that overlapped with the life of the prophet muhammad. No, the old testament books of the bible totaling 39 are not in or part of the quran totaling 114 suraschapters.
If the bible and the quran contradict each other, the bible. The only proven answer is their both older than the quran. True that in sura after sura and in aya after aya the bible is referred with the term idhkuroo meaning remember this and remember that mentioned in the bible. While the stories told in each book are generally comparable, important. The quran mentions that the basic aspects of islamic law. The latest parts of the bible are more than five centuries earlier than the earliest parts of the quran. The bible both old and new testaments and the quran are wholly different books. If the torah is much older than the bible than why would moses have written the oldest writings of both. Passages from the bible discovered behind quran manuscript books. Rather, you have to judge the quran based on what the bible says. Since islam came many centuries after christianity, islam has the burden of proof and not christianity. 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.
Islams stance on the gospel and torah facts about the. The two main religious books are the quran and the bible. Bible is the holy book of the christians and jews while quran is the holy book of the muslims. The bible is older but the qur an is the final and the most complete version of monotheistic scriptures which was revealed to the last messenger of god. A groundbreaking comparative study that illuminates the connections between the quran and the bible while the hebrew bible and the new testament are understood to be related texts, the sacred scripture of islam, the third abrahamic faith, has generally been considered separately. The quran states that the torah did have words of wisdom in it, and all subsequent prophets, priest, rabbis and sages in israel used its law for guidance for prophets in plural and not only for moses alone. However, the christian bible is older than the quran and the book of mormon. The torah or hebrew bible as you put it was a scroll developed more than 3000 years ago. The quran is islam s why in part because of its purported literary excellence, numerous prophecies, scientific knowledge.
Isaac, and forgets that he had another son called ishamael, who is older than isaac 19 regarding the dream joseph had in genesis 37, why is it fulfilled in the quran and not fulfilled in the bible. The idea that the quran confirms the bible, the old testament or the new testament is incorrect. Scholar philip jenkins argues that scriptures in the quran are less brutal than those in the bible. With more reading and viewing being accessed by electronic means, book stands and holders can be used to support media, such as smartphones and tablets, for easy listening and viewing. The old testament also known as the jewish tanakh is the first 39 books in most christian bibles. Its a no brainer the bible is unique and the quran is a cult manufactured comic book.
Sep 04, 2014 like the bible, and to apparently an even greater extent, the quran of today cannot be claimed to be a true version of the oldest quran in the world discovered in 1972, written in 705715 ad. The king james version remains one of the greatest landmarks in the. Because, if we read quran, we notice that there is no author. Most of the books of the bible were written well after the events they depict. The history of the bible and the quranpart 1 about islam. The quran is the holy book of islam, which is a spinoff from judaism that was founded about 600 years after the death of christ. The bible is older but the quran is more reliable mohammad pbuh when he presented the quran, he said i have come to glorify jesus, not the. Books of the bible list order complete new and old testament. Recite easily as actual printed quran page by page. The earliest books of the bible were written more than 1,000 years before the koran, and the new testament was completed at least five centuries earlier. Bible vs quran here is a detailed, factual comparison of the bible vs the quran. By implication, allah approves of the sonship of jesus as stated in the new testament and other christian doctrines as stated in the.
Despite all that is said against it by its unbelievers, including the muslims, allah confirmed it is a reference book for the quran and muslims. The authors name always appears on hisher book, and there. Muslims must believe in previous messengers and books as well as the prophet p and the quran. Besides the fact that it would be an admission that their allah, didnt know the bible that jews and christians uniformly use, would be corrupted, before he inspired the above verses commanding that we judge by, and stand fast by, the gospels. As such, from the quranic perspective, the book aka furqan aka bible aka vedas, which comprised of the zubur volumes torah and injeel, was much older. And whereas the bible is organically linked to the earthly ministry of jesus christ by extensive surviving manuscript evidence going back as far as a.
She contacted christies, and they managed to identify the coptic text as coming from the old testaments book of deuteronomy part of the. Veda sacred scriptures of hinduism written 500 bc. The bible and quran are more similar than you may think. A contemporary understanding kaskas, safi, hungerford, david on. Even then when we take a term like torah, it isnt the exact equivalent in understanding the scriptures between muslims and jews and christians, for example. The versions written in the hebrew bible and the christian new testament predate the qurans versions. If the bible is older than the quran they do muslims need. Quran says bible is a book of reference for the muslims. Anytime an individual writes a book, heshe writes hisher name on the cover. Where in the bible does jesus actually say he is god. The quran identifies enoch and ishmael as prophets, but they are never given a story. Is it true that the old testament books of the bible are. All of the oldest people in the bible are from the book of genesis and make up the patrilineal line that connects adam to noah. Dec 27, 2014 and they believe in what was revealed to you, and in what was revealed before you, and with regard to the hereafter, they are absolutely certain.
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