Since ISLAM came long after Judaism and Christianity did the arab muslim world have a faith?
What did they believe about GOD?
If they believe in Jesus Christ, why did it take the Koran before they admitted to thier belief? Jesus was already preached to them before Mohammed and the Koran.
2006-12-19 09:49:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There were Christians, Jews and pagans on the Arabian peninsula before the Koran. Most of the peninsula was forced to convert or die by Mo hammed and his warriors. Many thousands chose death.
2006-12-19 09:53:46 · answer #1 · answered by 1,1,2,3,3,4, 5,5,6,6,6, 8,8,8,10 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You are correct. The Arab people had the knowledge of God and Christ at least from the days of Abraham. The Arab nations are descendants of Ishmael, son of Abraham and Esau, grandson of Abraham, son of Isaac, among others. Abraham had other children after Isaac that also make up part of the Arab nations. The point is that all of them had the teachings of Abraham long before the advent of Mohammed. So their origins are the same as the Israelis and their beliefs come from the same source as the Jews and the Christians. That is why, as I understand it, the Koran acknowledges all three faiths as brothers, children of Abraham.
What I see in the world is the twisting of original beliefs away from their origins whether it be Christian, Jewish or Muslim. All have strayed from their origins. That is why a restoration was necessary. That happened in Palmyra, NY beginning in 1820. Daniel's stone has been cut out of the mountain without hands, meaning that it was not of man but of God, and is rolling forth to fill the whole earth. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is that stone.
2006-12-19 10:04:22 · answer #2 · answered by rac 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Before Islam, many Arabs were Pagans, Jews and Christians; even today, there are many Christian and Jewish Arabs.
Islam offered Arabs more than religion; it was related to their old tradition and so the religion of Mohammad became the same as Arabic politics.
After the death of Mohammad, Islamic Political leaders made it very difficult being a Christian or Jew in an Arabic environment. The Arabic Christians and Jews had no choice but to convert to Islam.
2006-12-20 05:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before Koran, Arab were believe in God, but they believe that God is very great to be reached directly. So they used to put a mediator between themselves and God. These mediators were some statues done from stones, and they used to pray to them. Of course they heard about Jesus, Musa, Abraham and other messengers of God, but they couldn't understand what they were calling (different languages), and that's why Koran was given to Muslims in Arabic (their mother tong).
2006-12-19 10:05:54 · answer #4 · answered by Sherif S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muslim = Submitter to the will of God. What did muslims believe before islam ? Muslims aren't a single group people, some nations like those in the arabian peninsula were pagan before islam, others like the Egyptians/Syrians were christians , others like Pakistan were hindu once, and others like Malaysia and Indonesia were Buddhist.
2016-03-29 00:39:49 · answer #5 · answered by Elaine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nearly four thousand years ago, in the Sumerian town of Ur in the valley of the river Euphrates, lived a young man named Abraham. The people of Ur had once worshipped Allah but as time passed they forgot the true religion and started praying to idols, statues made of wood or clay and sometimes even of precious stones.
in the arab semi island .... there were no christians except one only in mecca his name was waraqa ebn nofal ....
we do believe in jesus as a messenger prophet of god we do respect him and love him ...
but we don't belive that he's god or gods son ....
that's christian sin....
jesus is like adam .... he was created by god without a father
he never said he's god or gods son ....
christians changed ...
that's great disbelief of god
2006-12-19 11:52:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rabs mostly worshiped idols and false gods they were into a lot of curruption and evil doings. lots of old arab troditions that they kept on fro there fathers although some where christians.
they believe in an almighty God, but theystill worshipped idols instead of just worshipping the one true God... i hope that made things a little clearer
2006-12-19 11:46:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Arab world had "pagan" religious systems. Zoroastarianism existed in Persia (now Iran), though Persia isn't technically part of the Arab world.
2006-12-19 09:53:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
some of them was Christian some was Judaism some was not believe in any but since the Islam appear they believe in one god and his prophet Mohamed(pbuh)
2006-12-19 09:53:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Arabs in the days of before guidance were Pagans and Polytheists (Idol Worshipers) and use to bury their daughters and other very bad things.
2006-12-19 09:52:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋