The Koran was supposedly the dictation of the angel Gabriel to Mohammad, an illiterate shepherd and merchant form Mecca. He was inspired to become a prophet because he felt that all the other peoples [the Greeks and the Jews] had had prophets but not the Arabs. [Hint:prophet Muhammad was inspired by God not by his own choice]
The fact that he was illiterate and unlearned made it quite difficult for the Jews of Yathrub to accept him as a bonafide "Prophet", but he returned the favor by killing them. [Hint: Prophet treated the Jews as book believers and not as unbelievers. History books written by Westerners show that he was never an enemy to Jews or Christians. You may refer to the event when the Jews and Muslims made a treaty that the Jews don't allow enemies of Muslims to pass through their lands in Yethreb (Medina) when Muslims are in fight with enemies. However, the Jews made a secret agreement with Muslim enemies and allowed them to attack Muslims from behind. The betrayers were judged and punished not because they are Jews but because of betraying Muslims]
While the Bible is full of allegory, metaphor, legends and a tiny bit of history, Mohammad was not sophisticated or learned enough to tell them apart. Nor did he understand that the source materials were divided into separate books followed by centuries of commentaries such as Christian sectarian legends and the Talmud. Thus his version of Bible stories are garbled, out of order, borrowing from anachronistic sources, and often self serving, adjusted to fit the moment. [Hint: The prophet stories and other events are real words of God by the witness of the Jews themselves. Prophet Muhammad didn't make versions of Bible stories. Otherwise, logically why he changes these versions in this case and expose himself to criticism]
Do we really have to know what his difficulties with all his wives have to do with the word of Allah? [Hint: Prophet Muhammad had more than one wife for specific reasons per God guidance. He stayed married with one wife (that he married when he was at 25 years old) until her death after 25 year marriage.]
For instance Mohammad thought that Miriam, the sister of Moses was the Mother of Jesus. He was unaware or completely ignorant of the time line of the Bible or that these events are at least 1200 years apart [despite the fact that both of them are probably fictional]. He also thought that Haman was a minister of Pharaoh. [Hint: Read Answer D below for comments on this]
ANSWER D (including comments on Answer C):
1- Muslims believe that the Quran is the real word of God not of any human even the prophet Muhammad PBUH, while Christians believe that the Bible is partly God's word and partly inspirations of the Bible different text writers.
2- The Quran has never been subjected to any human interference of any kind; alteration, addition or elimination. While the Bible has always been subjected to such things.
3- There are common things in both the Quran & the Bible like the general stories of the prophets because they are common in having ORIGINALLY a Divine source. However,there are many differences ranging from the dogmatic principal beliefs to the smallest details of the stories & events. Examples:
*. Two Arabian prophets other than Muhammad,peace be upon all of them, are mentioned a lot in the Holy Quran & never mentioned in the Bible. So, Muhammad PBUH wasn't the first Arabian prophet.
*. Haman is mentioned in six places of the Holy Quran as one of the closest persons to the Pharaoh, while the name Haman is mentioned in the last chapters of the Old Testament as the helper of a Babylonian king approximately 1,100 years after Moses.
As you may infer, a third neutral party is needed to judge between the two different narrations. Well, after the ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs were decoded about 200 years ago the name Haman was found in those scripts with an amazing coincidence to what was revealed in the Holy Quran. This was among the reasons that made Dr.Maurice Bucaille embrace Islam & talked about that in one of his books.
4- It's impossible to find any mistake of any type in the Holy Quran which is the main miracle of Islam. The virgin Mary is described in one verses of the Holy Quran as a
" sister of Aaron" which means in the semitic language a descendant not a sister. Just like the word son in the first verse of the Gospel of Matthew " Jesus Christ,the son of David" means descendant not a son.
Answer ESome main differences are:Quaran (sometimes spelled Koran) = Muslim
Bible = Christian
The Bible is a collection of stories spanning many hundreds of years, by many different authors, which has been gradually collected together, and several texts which some scholars thought suitable have been left out.
As I understand it, the Quran is understood by Muslims to be the direct word of Allah to Mohammed, transmitted in segments over the period of about twenty years.
Bible came through forty different people and was completed in the First Century AD and Quran came through one person and was completed in the Seventh Century AD.
Christian Bible teaches the message of the love of God where how God sent His Son Jesus to save sinful humans from hell. Quran teaches how one can save themselves by doing good and pleasing Allah.
The similarities:
The differences:
They are both a religions holy book
Differences:
The Bible = Christianity
The Quran = Islam
This question tries to compare apples to Oranges. Islam is a religion while the Bible is a religious book that corresponds to the religions of Judaism and Christianity.
The Bible is the book of God for Christians, the Koran is the book of the Muslims through Allah.
the answer is no the Quran only has 1 version but there are 60 different HOLY BIBLES
The Quran is Muslims holy book the same sense the Bible is the Christian holy book.
The bible has not only out printed the quran , but the bible has sold much more then the quran according to the Guinnes sbook of records.
No religion is based on Quran and Bible. Islam is based on Quran. Judaism and Christianity is based on Bible. Most of the Quran teachings come from the Bible even though there are fundamental differences between the teachings of Quran and the Bible. Quran is the product of Muhammad's claim (the prophet of Islam). Bible is the product of about 40 different people's claim of God's revelation.
No. Quran has some accounts taken from the five books of the Bible.
The Quran
the Muslims call their bible "the book" QURAN
Some Muslims argue that the Quran is the continuation of the Torah and the New Testament. But, they are not the same. If they were the same, why would they be fighting for the past 1300 years? According to the Quran, Mohammed is the last prophet. The Christian Bible says accept Jesus Christ as savior and you will attain salvation. There are thousands of other differences.Rosie
quran, bible
The Quran, or Koran
The Quran.
none of them are true. The Quran is the true book of god.
Christianity is to Bible as Islam to Quran.