(Not knowing anything about the Koran).
2006-10-23 02:23:12 · 10 answers · asked by skeptic 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Are any books of the OT in the Koran as well?
2006-10-23 02:30:00 · update #1
Unlike the Bible, the Quran is not composed of different books. The Quran is one book. The stories of the Bible and Quran is similiar.Muslims believe in the same prophets as Jews and Christians. To them Muhammad is the last prophet.
The Quran also mentions the the Gospel (Jesus' gospel not the apostles' gospel) and the Torah (as revealed to Moses/Musa) and the Zabur/Psalms (by David/Dawud)
2006-10-23 02:49:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. they do
Both the Bible and the Koran are books revealed by God
Muslims believe that God revealed books to His messengers as proof for mankind and as guidance for them, including The Bible. Among these books is the Quran, which God revealed to the Prophet Muhammad . God has guaranteed the Quran’s protection from any corruption or distortion.
The Quran, the last revealed word of God, is the primary source of every Muslim’s faith and practice. It deals with all the subjects which concern human beings: wisdom, doctrine, worship, transactions, law, etc., but its basic theme is the relationship between God and His creatures. At the same time, it provides guidelines and detailed teachings for a just society, proper human conduct, and an equitable economic system.
Note that the Quran was revealed to Muhammad in Arabic only. So, any Quranic translation, either in English or any other language, is neither a Quran, nor a version of the Quran, but rather it is only a translation of the meaning of the Quran. The Quran exists only in the Arabic in which it was revealed
If you are interested you can read more here:
* about Koran
http://www.what-is-islam.org/quraan.html
*Islam vs. christ
http://www.what-is-islam.org/islamvschrist.html
2006-10-23 10:48:52 · answer #2 · answered by Miss Perfect 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know very much, but I can tell you with certainty that there are no Bible books which are in the Qur'an. However, there are some characters, beliefs and practices in the qur'an and Islam that seem to be derived from eother Judaism and/or christianity.
Just from the top of my head. Some similaritiesare:
They beleve in One God
Day of Judgement
Sin
The importance of good deeds
Eternal life
Paradise
Hell
The virgin birth
Mary the mother of God
Jesus was a holy man (But not that he was divine)
God created the world
Man was reated by God, body and spirit
Self-denial (eg fasting)
However what they do not believe and even refute, exceeds the similarities and are fundamental to the Catholic/Christian faith eg
Jesus was God and came down from heaven to occupy a human body that had been prepared for him through the power of the Holy Spirit
Jesus, God the Son, existed from the beginning
The Godhead is made up of a Trinity, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
Jesus died on the cross
Jesus rose from the dead
Jesus founded a church with Peter and his successors at its head
Jesus was equal to the Father and the Holy Spirit, although he
always put himself under the father
I could go on, but the big question is why Islam/ the Qur'an contains so many similarities to Christianity and Judaism, it follows many of the Jewish practices and rituals to this day. It is unlikely that the word 'Catholic' was known in Mohammed's time. They were all Jews, Christians and Orthodox, but undoubtedly Mohammed was influenced by the former two because he and his peers and ancestors lived among them and was subject to their preaching and efforts at conversion. I think (my opinion) that they learnt a lot about both religions and incorporated some of the teaching and practices which appealed to them into their religion and the Qur'an and rejected those that did not. They even wrote into the Qur'an rejections of some of the Christian fundamental beliefs.
There is a lot of reading you could do on this topic, but be selective. These days, as well as the good authors there are some who use unreasonable criticism and even insults in their comments on Islam, while others are condescending , and bend over backwards to please Muslims.
2006-10-23 09:41:35 · answer #3 · answered by Palamino 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh come on, not at all.Bible was written many years before koran and most of the things written in quran are proved as old scientific thinking.whereas in Bible All the things including every word is true.and The Bible is the only book used by the archeologists.
and miss.muslimah,in Quran its said that the world is flat and WHAT did you study in your geography classes??.there are many more things that THE BIBLE can prove.and just think,the LORD ALMIGHTY in THE BIBLE is very loving AND FORGIVING for the humans who are not even worthy of telling his name.whereas the God in quran is not loving and forgiving as the LORD in THE BIBLE.if you lie during the month of ramadan your punishment will be doubled .the Lord in Bible [read new testament]loves us like a father loves his children.a father who is very very strict and dont show any love towards his siblings,get little attention from his children.think in your own way about your father.if your father scolds and beats for no reason and everytime he is very stict will you like him that much.of course you will,but not wholeheartedly .so,does allah want the humans to luv him without their wholeheart.But THE LORD IN BIBLE wants us to luv him with all our love and sincerity which is possible only if he is a very luving ,caring and forgiving father.just think.pray to JESUS and if you are deserving to know the LORDS WORD clearly you will.GOD BLESS YOU
2006-10-23 10:08:30 · answer #4 · answered by Gods kid 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the same books are not the same, but the stories are kinda the same. The Quran was revealed to us in Arabic, which is the language of our prophet Muhammad (PBUH), It has not been changed since his original revelation, and it has been memorized by millions upon millions upon millions of Muslims, The Quran talks about God in the first person, The Quran talks about science, past, present, future, the Quran talks about women’s rights, gives details on prophets that are not even in the bible. For example, did you know that the Quran says exactly the words that Haciti Jonah said while inside of the “Big fish”. Did you know that there is a whole chapter dediated to Virgin Mary (PBUH)? Did you know that Jesus(PBUH) is mentioned by named more times than Haciti Muhammad (PBUH)? Did you know that the Phrases believing man and believing women in several verses of the whole Quran is mentioned the same exact amount of time? Did you know that the recent discovery of the body of the pharaoh that fought against Moses (PBUH) was in the Quran, hundreds of years before it happened? Did you know that the Quran talks about the separation of the Atlantic and Pacific seas that was just discovered during the 80s?…The Quran talks about the stages of formation of the embryo in the woman’s womb??? Shall I go on???? The Quran came in 23 years of revelation to prophet Muhammed and we even have prophet Muhammed’s teaching separate from the Quran (The word of God recited) , the collection of sayings and actions of the prophet we call it Sunnah (So we do not mix the word of God with the action of the prophet).
2006-10-23 09:27:34 · answer #5 · answered by . 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
not in common but they are saying that the god Allah is the God of Adam and eve, so there right about that, and they believe the first 5 books of the bible the books of moses, and they even say Jesus is a prophet, but they fail to listen to the prophet and what he said! He said he was God and would prove it by raising himself from the dead and did it. So if they believe he is a prophet they should listen to him.
2006-10-23 09:28:20 · answer #6 · answered by bungyow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never read the Koran. Don't plan to. Didn't even know it existed until about 2 years ago.
2006-10-23 10:15:55 · answer #7 · answered by Nels 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The only thing those two books have in common is ,they both belong in the Trash Can.
2006-10-23 09:35:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. Not all the books are common
2006-10-23 09:26:24 · answer #9 · answered by jade60 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no there are two very different books
2006-10-23 09:26:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋