Is Allah a righteous God?

Question

Does he merely overlook sin? Do two rights cover one wrong?
Can a sinful man work his own way to perfection? Does Allah owe his creation salvation if they earn it? Is this righteous? If a man does a a sin can he ever make it go away? Seems to be no matter how many so called good deeds you do if you commit a sin it does not go away and you reamain a sinner and for God to agree with your sin or overlook your sin he has become unrighteous calling an unclean thing clean. The true god does not overlook sin he said all have sinned and fallen short and the wages of sin is death. This is proved by the fact that man does die. God had a plan to bring man to his righteousness not overlook man's sin . This way was to pay the penalty of death for man. It is the reason Jesus said no man comes to the Father but through the Son, who did make the way for man to be joined to God.

E.T. How did you undo your sins? and did this make you perfect? Are you no longer responsible for the sin you did? Now is Allah indebted to you and owes you salvation? Sorry E.T. Your l;ogic is illogical and your god is not righteous if for he calls your sins okay.

lavender, If all sinners will be punished and sin causes death are we not all dead in our sin? Isn't this the reason god came to us in teh form of man to overcome sin and death and pay the penalty?

Ducky the bad things go away??? how can that be that emans i never sinned if I do some good and Allah owes me for the good I do?? Why would your God be indebted to those he created? So if a man does what a man perceives is good he has never done bad? Christ said there is none good but God. We have all sinned and fallen short. god woes us nothing. In his mercy he gives us salvation as he is not in our debt but we in his.

Sal if he weighs the good with the bad it means sinners will inherit his heavenly kingdom as you yourself admit that he has good and bad. God is totaly righteous he does not allow any bad. Allah aloows some sin which means Allah is not a righteous God.

سيف الله Giving breaks is not righteous. If a worldy judge suts someone breaks then sinners go unpunished we do not call this righteous though it may be emrciful and yet not so merciful as paying the penalty for you. which si what the true God of Abraham did and he remains righteous as the penalty was paid and he is even more merciful as he paid our debt with his own blood.

Allah the great...We see by your answer you know a merciful God yet the God of Abrham exceeds Allah's mercy and remains perfect and righteous by paying the debt with his blood. Allah has mercy by overlooking sin, the true God of Abraham remains righteous by demanding the penalty be paid and yet exceeds Allah's mercy by paying the debt with his blood. The god brought to you by Muhammad is not the god that was before Muhammad as his god is not equal in righteousness nor equal in mercy.

Man freedon of choice is a great hing but righteousness has to do with judgement, The God before Muhammad also believed in a man's free will but also requires a penalty for sin and that penalty is death. The god of Muhammad does nto require a peanlty for sin if a man can somehow do more good than bad my point is this is not the righteousness of God that he overlooks sin.

Roshni, I have not forced you to read or to answer my questions. My questions do demonstrate the differences between the god of Muhammad and the God that preceded him. Allah says he is the same God and I am asking if this could be true? I have remained honest in my questions and love to seek Muslims for their answers to what I see is a delema I have never said you could not worship as you see fit but I merely question Allah as the Qu'ran itself does leave these questions open.

E.T. I apperciate your passion, Why does sin have to be undone? You are making my arguement for me. Allah does not undo or make man righteous he forgives, It is the same as man hired to be a judge overlooking a crime that has been committed because the man has doen other things the judge liked. While this may seem logical to you it is by no means righteous. My question remains is it righteous for Allah to simply overlook sin? Now if you wish to argue he doesnt then all sin must be punished. Now you ask how one man pays the penalty for another and this is it righteous? It can not be any man but the same God who wrote the law did fill the requirement of that law which is death. The law requires that a man be perfect without sin and the wages of sin is death. The reason for this is God remains righteous not joined to his sinful creation. That debt must be paid or God is not righteous. He did choose to pay that penalty for you. It does help us by the fact we accept this atonement.

Allah the great clearly Muhammad worshiped a new God rather than restored anything missing as we have scriptures that prove the word fo God is intact and did prophesy the coming fo a savior Isaiah 53 intact from 250 BC and Christ was in agreement with the prophesies of Isaiah 53 Jesus himself interprets this passage as referring to him. Jesus said: "For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, ‘And he was reckoned with transgressors’; for what is written about me has its fulfilment" (Luke 22:37, RSV). The quoted verse is Isaiah 53:12.
Jesus agreed with the prohesies of Isaiah 53 which predates him and we have written record of it from 250 BC..Jesus was in agreement with the prophets before him and did fufill the prohesies of Isaiah which foretold of him as Savior who would atone for sin with his life.

Roshni with all due respect you do call Allah a liar. Isaiah foretold of a Savior and the DSS (dead sea scroll do have this intact from 250 BC) Now Allah does say he is in agreement with the Torah and Gospel. the book was his and no man can change his word. Would you plese read the words of the prophet Isaiah and the words of Jesus and see that Muhammad was not in agreement with the god of Abrham and Christ was and cakiming to be this God would make him a lie? and your denying him being this God of the Gospel does make you in disagreement with YOUR Allah.

E.T. If Christ was a mere prophet you would make sense he could nto atone for sin. Only God can forigve sin. It is in your Qu'ran. Our arguement is nto whether or not Allah forgives sin but is it righteous the method of forgiving sin.
If God requires your life and then pays for your sin with his own blood he remains righteous. How does his atonement free us from our sin? As your quran teaches he ios the only oen who can atone for sin. Both religions agree man sins and only God can fogive sin, You say it is not righteous for God to pay the penalty but attest it is righteous fo god to overlook or agree with sin...this is nto logical it makes God in agrement with sin and not a righteous God. the God who gave you the law can righteously pay the penalty for you..I'm not sure how you see this as evil the peanty must be apid and if you choose to pay it yoruself then youa re dead in yoru sin as youa re not righteous and can not of your own power overcome God's judgement of death. Christ did.

Roshni..If Paul created the idea of trinity. How do we account for the teachings of Moses...We have man created in the likeness of God having more than flesh but also spirit and the two being one soul. Moses also taught the Tree of life in Genesis. Abrahm named the palace of sacrifice Jehovah-jireh which means the lord will provide because he siad the lord would provide himself a lamb. Isaiah told of a Mesisah who would be a lamb of God and atone for sin. John the Baptist did anounce Behold the lamb of God. Christ did agree as he said he would fufill teh prophesies of Isaiah and said no one comes to the Father but thrugh the Son whic is the reason of teh aotnement he provided.

Lion, Your critisism is accepted though I think it is your own lack of understanding.
You believe God is not righteous? Let's examine Isaiah and consider it with the teachings of all of the Bible. Isaiah 45:7 in it's own context says "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things."
Notice that by forming light, darkness is created. And so by making peace, evil is created.
It's consistent with saying that darkness is the absence of light, so evil is the absence of good.
When you add to this all of the scripture we can easily see that man is sinful and God is righteous Christ himself said no one is good but God.
teh law comes form God therfore he is above it it is his righteousness that man failed to live up to it is the reason for the atonement.
The Arabic meaning of the word Allah is not a part of my question whether or not Allah means God is irrelevant to whether the Allah of Islam is God.

Shanu, I have missed your misinformed but well intentioned answers :) Muslims insist that Allah is against sin because he has hell. First a Muslims hold grasp teh concept of hell. Hell is a pit or grave and is not the place of eternal torment hellfire, at the end of judgement hell is thrown into the lake of fire. To say Allah is not in agreement with sin because he has hell is ridiculous on so many levels.
first lets agree that Allah has a place of punishment but for who? All Muslims seem ot agree that though a man sins does not mean he will be punished because Allah is forgiving am I correct?
Yes this is the Muslim faith. Allah forgive whoever he chooses, therfore we can agree one need not be perfect to be forgiven, thus Allah does overlook sin. Which is not righteous end of story.
Is the Christian God a righteous God ABSOLUTELY. The true God of Abraham demands the penalty for sin be paid. The true god of Abrham is also forgiving but not in pretending sin isnt sin. cont.

God dopes pay the penalty for man which is the ultimate in mercy and righteousness. How is it righteous that God kills his own son? A favorite Muslim response because they do not understand.
The answer is Christ is a part of God and he does not kill himself either.
Muslims make the mistake of believing man is flesh, when we are more than simple flesh God is not simply flesh either. the atonement was paid in flesh god is not dead nor is Christ the crucifiction reresents the greatest victory ever won, The victory over sin and death as Jesus was resurrected and the victory belongs to all of us who join in his resurrection as we too shall prevail over death. God was not defeated but did defeat Satan when he overcame sin and death and it was his choice. Understand dear Muslims that the flesh is weak but the Spirit is not and God is and eternal Spirit not simple flesh. When God sacrificed his flesh to pay for the sins fo those who accept the atonement it was that flesh, Cont

God never died but the flesh was sacrificed. He paid the penalty and overcame the judgement as he himself is righteous and Chrisit was without sin and did overcome the penalty. Christ lives he is not dead the grave could not hold him. So to say that he was punished is wrong as he overcame the penalty as he is righteous. While the death of flesh is horrible to fleshly creatures and I'm sure traumatic to God while he was still in his flesh, God is more than flesh and this is the point to be more than flesh we overcome this sinful flesh and live in spirit and in truth. The crucifiction is not a story of defeat but the story of overcoming sinful flesh sin and death. it is about us becoming eternal creatures reuntited with a righteous and merciful God that Allah can not even begin to compare to. God bless you all thanks for your answers.

Shanu, I think where we misunderstand each other is this, Someone said God can't be all powerful because God can't sin, I tried to explain that the man is confusing God's abilities with his nature. God is righteous it is who he is, His abilities allow him to do anything but his nature is righteous. God is righteousness he does not sin he is perfect and in all things he does he ramains perfect he does not compromise his righteousness, If Jesus had not been perfect we would have no salvation, Had Jesus not been God he would not have been perfect. Christians know the true God and he is righteous and perfect in all that he does when Muhammad came up wioht his idea of God he could not counterfiet God because God was already perfect and the God he invented was not. The reason God could not forgive sins the way Muhammad says is it compromises God's righteousness.It is the reason the only way to the Father is through the Son it is the only way of salvation.

Answer 1

In Islam, a Muslim who commits murder and thievery can ask Allah for forgiveness and receive that forgiveness without without Allah exercising any punishment whatsoever

Where is Allah's exercise of judgment upon the sin that was committed?
According to Islam, Allah may forgive that person, if he so chooses to. But doesn't that mean the righteous judgment of Allah is not satisfied? Doesn't it mean that the sin has essentially been ignored by forgiving it and that the Law of God, though broken, has resulted in no punishment? Is this just to not exercise punishment for the sins committed? It is not.

In Christianity, every sin is dealt with by God in one of two ways. Either God satisfies the law by exercising his punishment upon the sinner by sending him to eternal damnation, or, he places the sins of the person on Jesus Christ who suffers the punishment in place of the person. Either way, the justice of God is never ignored. It is proper that sin be dealt with by a punishment relative to the sin. To not do so is to not be just.

We see that the God of Christianity is just because no sin goes unpunished. After all, the Bible describes God as being holy and righteous. His standard of holiness is so great that all sin must be dealt with properly. The Law, which is a reflection of God's holy character and nature, is not to be violated without consequence. The consequence of all sin is death.
The only way for us to escape the righteous and holy judgment of God is to receive the sacrifice of Christ made on our behalf where he bore our sins in his body on the cross. There is no other way...except, that is, to pay for your sins yourself in hell for ever.


In the whole of the Qur'an there is not one verse that talks about the love of God for the sinner, the wicked, the ungodly. While in the Bible the love of God for the sinner is stated both in words and in deed.

According to the Qur'an God only loves the righteous[108], the godly[109], the repentant[110], and those who fight for his sake[111]. But God does not love the wicked[112], the wasteful[113], the proud[114], the infidels[115], and the ungodly[116], etc.



Allah offers salvation to demons (jinn) and encourages people (mainly Muslims) to cooperate with them (Q.55:33).

He puts a lot of emphasis on the works of the flesh and the self-righteousness in his laws (Q.6:160), however he doesn't guarantee a sure salvation even to Muhammad.

Allah is called in the Qur'an the Creator, but he cannot love the sinner, thus showing himself to be only a reactor.

He is called the Just but he punishes the single man who fornicates less than the one who steals

He is called the Forgiving, the Merciful, and the All- Compassionate, but not once did he exercise his power to have compassion over one who was caught stealing or one who was caught committing adultery, as Christ did many times.

Allah is called the creator, the forgiving, the merciful, the just, and the All-Knowing, but he is not.

Answer 2

Allah created us knowing that we make mistakes that's why he always mention forgiveness in the Quran

Allah has 99 names some of the are:
-Ar-Rahim (الرحيم) The Most Merciful
-Al-Ghaffar (الغفار) The Ever Forgiving
-Al-Lateef (اللطيف) The Subtly Kind
-Al-Ghafoor (الغفور) The All Forgiving
-Al-Mujeeb (المجيب) The Responsive, The Answerer
-Al-'Afuww (العفو) The Pardoner, The Effacer of Sins
-Ar-Ra'oof (الرؤوف) The Compassionate
-As-Saboor (الصبور) The Patient

So it's never too late to ask for his forgiveness =o)


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there's only one God in this world

Muhammad is not the founder of a new religion, but is the restorer of the original monotheistic faith of Adam, Abraham, Jesus, Moses, Noah, and other prophets. They hold that part of the messages of these prophets became distorted over time either in interpretation, in text, or both. Like Judaism, and Christianity, Islam is an Abrahamic religion.

here are the 99 names of Allah:

1 Allah (الله) God
2 Ar-Rahman (الرحمن) The All Beneficent
3 Ar-Rahim (الرحيم) The Most Merciful
4 Al-Malik (الملك) The King, The Sovereign
5 Al-Quddoos (القدوس) The Most Holy
6 As-Salam (السلام) The Peace and Blessing
7 Al-Mu'min (المؤمن) The Guarantor
8 Al-Muhaymin (المهيمن) The Guardian, The Preserver
9 Al-Azeez (العزيز) The Almighty, The Self Sufficient
10 Al-Jabbar (الجبار) The Powerful, The Irresistible
11 Al-Mutakabbir (المتكبر) The Tremendous
12 Al-Khaliq (الخالق) The Creator
13 Al-Bari' (البارئ) The Rightfull
14 Al-Musawwir (المصور) The Fashioner of Forms
15 Al-Ghaffar (الغفار) The Ever Forgiving
16 Al-Qahhar (القهار) The All Compelling Subduer
17 Al-Wahhab (الوهاب) The Bestower
18 Ar-Razzaq (الرزاق) The Ever Providing
19 Al-Fattah (الفتاح) The Opener, The Victory Giver
20 Al-`Aleem (العليم) The All Knowing, The Omniscient
21 Al-Qabid (القابض) The Restrainer, The Straightener
22 Al-Basit (الباسط) The Expander, The Munificent
23 Al-Khafid (الخافض) The Abaser
24 Ar-Rafi'e (الرافع) The Exalter
25 Al-Mu'ezz (المعز) The Giver of Honour
26 Al-Mudhell (المذل) The Giver of Dishonour
27 As-Sami'e (السميع) The All Hearing
28 Al-Baseer (البصير) The All Seeing
29 Al-Hakam (الحكم) The Judge, The Arbitrator
30 Al-`Adl (العدل) The Utterly Just
31 Al-Lateef (اللطيف) The Subtly Kind
32 Al-Khabeer (الخبير) The All Aware
33 Al-Halim (الحليم) The Forbearing, The Indulgent
34 Al-Azeem (العظيم) The Magnificent, The Infinite
35 Al-Ghafoor (الغفور) The All Forgiving
36 Ash-Shakoor (الشكور) The Grateful
37 Al-Aala (العلى) The Sublimely Exalted, (has nothing to do with the name Ali, the cousin of Muhammad, p.b.u.h. They are both different, in Arabic way of writing and reading them).
38 Al-Kabeer (الكبير) The Great
39 Al-Hafeez (الحفيظ) The Preserver
40 Al-Muqeet (المقيت) The Nourisher
41 Al-Hasib (الحسيب) The Reckoner
42 Al-Jaleel (الجليل) The Majestic
43 Al-Kareem (الكريم) The Bountiful, The Generous
44 Ar-Raqeeb (الرقيب) The Watchful
45 Al-Mujeeb (المجيب) The Responsive, The Answerer
46 Al-Wasse'e (الواسع) The Vast, The All Encompassing
47 Al-Hakeem (الحكيم) The Wise
48 Al-Wadood (الودود) The Loving, The Kind One
49 Al-Majeed (المجيد) The All Glorious
50 Al-Ba'ith (الباعث) The Raiser of The Dead
51 Ash-Shaheed (الشهيد) The Witness
52 Al-Haqq (الحق) The Truth, The Real
53 Al-Wakeel (الوكيل) The Trustee, The Dependable
54 Al-Qawaie (القوى) The Strong
55 Al-Mateen (المتين) The Firm, The Steadfast
56 Al-Walaie (الولى) The Protecting Friend, Patron and Helper
57 Al-Hameed (الحميد) The All Praiseworthy
58 Al-Muhsi (المحصى) The Accounter, The Numberer of All
59 Al-Mubdi' (المبدئ) The Producer, Originator, and Initiator of All
60 Al-Mu'eed (المعيد) The Reinstater Who Brings Back All
61 Al-Muhyee (المحيى) The Giver of Life
62 Al-Mumeet (المميت) The Bringer of Death, The Destroyer
63 Al-Hei (الحي) The Ever Living
64 Al-Qeiyoom (القيوم) The Self Subsisting Sustainer of All
65 Al-Wajid (الواجد) The Perceiver, The Finder, The Unfailing
66 Al-Majid (الماجد) The Illustrious, The Magnificent
67 Al-Ahad (الاحد) The One, the All Inclusive, The Indivisible
68 As-Samad (الصمد) The Self Sufficient, The Impregnable, The Eternally Besought of All, The Everlasting
69 Al-Qadir (القادر) The All Able
70 Al-Muqtadir (المقتدر) The All Determiner, The Dominant
71 Al-Muqaddim (المقدم) The Expediter, He Who Brings Forward
72 Al-Mu'akhir (المؤخر) The Delayer, He Who Puts Far Away
73 Al-Awwal (الأول) The First
74 Al-Akhir (الأخر) The Last
75 Az-Zahir (الظاهر) The Manifest, The All Victorious
76 Al-Batin (الباطن) The Hidden, The All Encompassing
77 Al-Wali (الوالي) The Patron
78 Al-Muta'ali (المتعالي) The Self Exalted
79 Al-Barr (البر) The Most Kind and Righteous
80 At-Tawwab (التواب) The Ever Returning, Ever Relenting
81 Al-Muntaqim (المنتقم) The Avenger
82 Al-'Afuww (العفو) The Pardoner, The Effacer of Sins
83 Ar-Ra'oof (الرؤوف) The Compassionate, The All Pitying
84 Malik-al-Mulk (مالك الملك) The Owner of All Sovereignty
85 Dhu-al-Jalal wa-al-Ikram (ذو الجلال و الإكرام) The Lord of Majesty and Generosity
86 Al-Muqsit (المقسط) The Equitable, The Requiter
87 Al-Jami'e (الجامع) The Gatherer, The Unifier
88 Al-Ghanaie (الغنى) The All Rich, The Independent
89 Al-Mughni (المغنى) The Enricher, The Emancipator
90 Al-Mani'e (المانع) The Withholder, The Shielder, the Defender
91 Ad-Darr (الضار) The Distressor, The Harmer (This attribute can only be found in hadith)
92 An-Nafi'e (النافع) The Propitious, The Benefactor
93 An-Noor (النور) The Light
94 Al-Hadi (الهادي) The Guide
95 Al-Badi (البديع) The Incomparable, The Originator
96 Al-Baqi (الباقي) The Ever Enduring and Immutable
97 Al-Warith (الوارث) The Heir, The Inheritor of All
98 Ar-Rasheed (الرشيد) The Guide, Infallible Teacher and Knower
99 As-Saboor (الصبور) The Patient, The Timeless

Answer 3

Allah (SWT) is righteous, and believe it or not, seems to me to go out of the way to give some of us breaks we probably don't deserve. Examples-
Surah 112 is equal to 1/3 of Qur'an, with a reward of 10-700 "merits" for each Arabic letter.
Remembrance of Allah (SWT) has rewards
Catching the "Night of Power" for rewards that would span 83 years.
Making Hajj and having all your sins wiped away. Merciful is a better description, in my opinion.

Very miniscule list of the mercy of Allah (SWT)

Answer 4

I believe Allah is righteous. He says there is no compulsion in religion. The Holy Quran, Bible, Torah, and other religious supplements are merely guidelines to help you achieve a happy and fulfilling life. You can choose to learn about it or simply not accept it. He is a righteous God because He gave you the power of CHOICE.

Answer 5

I have beef with your ridiculous expansion of a subtle insult in the guise of a question.

You claim that God is only righteous, that He has no evil in Him. I say you are wrong. He is Wrathful and Merciful, but His Mercy always supercedes His Wrath.

Even in the Bible(KJV because it's closer to the language contemporary with the Qumran Papyri[Dead Sea Scrolls]) it states: 'I form the light and create darkness: I make peace and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.' -Bible, Isaiah 45:7

And in your ignorance you fail to realize that Allah literally means 'The God', because the prefix closest to 'the' in Arabia is 'Al-' and 'ilah' means 'something worthy to be worshiped' or 'god'. So when you combine the two, you drop the '-i-' in ilah to fulfill grammatical law and you get 'Allah' or 'The God'.

Or perhaps you don't care to know these things? For instance the tetragrammaton 'YHWH' is Y(e)H(o)W(a)H or 'Jehovah' in Latin. The name is a Jewish personal name for God which means 'I Am Who I Am' and is the name in which Moses(A.S.) acknowledged Him by.

The actual name used by Jesus(A.S.) was 'Eloi' which means 'My God' in Aramaic, the language in which he spoke. The '-i' suffix signifies 'my' and the root word would have been 'Eloh' which by itself means 'God'. Now which sounds closer to how the great Messiah and Prophet of God, Jesus(A.S.), would've called his Lord, Allah or 'God'? (If you're as ignorant as you put out, then Allah is closer to Eloh)

Your ignorance is a burden to your potential. Try not to let your ignorance evolve into stupidity.

Knowledge is power; power is freedom; freedom is peace...

Seek more knowledge for I fear that you're not ready for power just yet.

Answer 6

Why can't you just believe that Muslims believe in a supreme power who is the creator of all this universe ...you are simply misguided about the teachings of islam , and following the biased sources so constantly, sorry to say! A muslim can tell you more about islam than those crap sites ! but you never believe muslims and thats why you are always pointing them...........if our teaching differs from your djmantx, why is it bothering you so much !! did you ever see any muslim forcing you to accpet that jesus is not a God but a prophet?? I guess Never !! so why are you always intended to make muslims believe that Jesus is God or son of God??
Can't you just believe in "to you be your religion and to me be mine"........ i wish you could !!

Peace !
Edit:
djmantx, whatever is asked about my religoin, i would naturaly go to read it, and i can't help it, telling you in short words.........Allah is not the same God which Christain worship !! Allah is different in the sense that Christians worship jesus as a God and We adore him as a prophet as simple as that !! God of Muhammad was same as GOd of Abraham , soloman, Moses and even jesus !! just asking a simple question, Jesus proceeded Muhammad and i would call jesus the second last prophet........so if he were a God then Who was the GOd of all of the prophets before him??whom were they following?? and Why Only jesus is God while rest are prophets?? you would agree with Juidasm, they alos believe in one true God and he is not jesus !! Actualy only the god of christain is different and rest are same !!(now please dont bring moon god here, thats an other discusion) ....


Rudolf Bultmann, a prominent 20th-century professor of New Testament studies, writes:

“We can now know almost nothing concerning the life and personality of Jesus, since the early Christian sources show no interest in either, are moreover fragmentary and often legendary; and other sources about Jesus do not exist” (Rudolf Bultmann, Jesus and the Word, p. 8).

This trinity which is more polythenism is actualy introduced By St Paul..and this was the point where today's Chrisrainity diverted from original christainity !

"There is strong reason to believe that St. Paul fabricated the belief system of Christianity from Zoroastrian mythology. In order to hide Paul’s plaigerism… Christians burned the library of Alexandria in 390 A.D. Books in that library kept Mithra’s original story of what Pauline Doctrine is an almost exact copy. (George Sarton , Introduction to History of Sciences)"
"The word Trinity is not found in the Bible . . . It did not find a place formally in the theology of the church till the 4th century." -- The Illustrated Bible Dictionary

"The three-in-one/one-in-three mystery of Father, Son and Holy Ghost made tritheism official. The subsequent almost-deification of the Virgin Mary made it quatrotheism . . . Finally, cart-loads of saints raised to quarter-deification turned Christianity into plain old-fashioned polytheism. By the time of the Crusades, it was the most polytheistic religion to ever have existed, with the possible exception of Hinduism.

This untenable contradiction between the assertion of monotheism and the reality of polytheism was dealt with by accusing other religions of the Christian fault. The Church - Catholic and later Protestant - turned aggressively on the two most clearly monotheistic religions in view - Judaism and Islam - and persecuted them as heathen or pagan.

The external history of Christianity consists largely of accusations that other religions rely on the worship of more than one god and therefore not the true God. These pagans must therefore be converted, conquered and/or killed for their own good in order that they benefit from the singularity of the Holy Trinity, plus appendages." -- The Doubter's Companion (John Ralston Saul)

now these are not muslim's sources !! Just wanted to tell that Yes.........Islam and christainity believe in different Gods !! Simple!!

Have A Good Day

Answer 7

Allah is the only God in the world. Allah is the one who sent down the Quran, Bible and Torah. Allah DOESN'T merely overlook sin. Allah knows the rights and wrongs of every last person in this world and will reward/punish them accordingly.

Answer 8

Yes if you make a mistake and correct yourself, asking for forgiveness, you are forgiven. This makes more sense to me than being born in sin when we have not even done anything wrong and then being forgiven for whatever sin we make in life just because we believe in Jesus. Faith is important but it is not a free ticket to heaven in islam. A killer who believe in Jesus is better than a good man who does not according to some people here. I find that the islamic teachings are more logical and if you disagree, its your opinion, I dont have any problem. I'm sorry if I offended anyone I was trying to make a point.

edit: how is this illogical? why does there have to be an undo? And if there has to be one, tell me how are your sins undone? Just by accepting Jesus? To me, that is illogical. Why would my sins be undone when someone else was paying for it? If I wrecked the car, and apologized and tried to make up for it, my parents could forgive me. But punishing my brother to make up for MY sins is completely illogical. Why would Jesus have to pay for the mistake I have made? That makes no sense to me

And sins are not ok...otherwise there would be no hell in islam. But the difference is that although God in islam is righteous, he is also merciful. hell is not eternal

sternchen....you say that God in christianity is merciful and God in islam is not. And that he is also righteous because he either gives people eternal punishment or lets their sins go because Jesus payed for them. To me this is not righteousness because the person who did the sin is not getting punished. And the people who are getting punished are getting punished too severely. In islam, you do go to hell if you are not forgiven for the bigger sins but you do not go to hell for eternity. You get out when you are "cleansed" of your sins. You face the punishment but you do not face it for eternity. So you do have to face the consequences of your life but the because God is merciful and sees the good in everyone also. The Quran says that even the atoms worth of good will be seen on judgement day. It is His choice to forgive someone or not and He does not have to punish his son or himself to forgive his creations.

no he's not overlooking sins! people do get punished in hell but its not permanant punishment. But I dont think you are seeing what I am trying to say and maybe I am not seeing what you see.....

Answer 9

If you have a sin, it can go away. If you earn salvation you will get it. -This is according to Islam. Whoever told you "no matter how many so called good deeds you do if you commit a sin it does not go away"? That is not what Islam says. Learn about it. Don't rely on the media.

Answer 10

On the Day of Judgment, all your sins will be placed on one side of a scale and all your good deeds will be on the other. Each good deed will outweigh 10 sins.