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CONGRUITIES AND INCONGRUITIES BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN |
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According to the Qur'an ther is no god but God, the creator of everything. Those who declare Jesus is God are blasphemers. « They do blaspheme who say: "(Allah) is Christ the son of Mary." But said Christ: "O Children of Israel! worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord." Whoever joins other gods with Allah,- Allah will forbid him the garden, and the Fire will be his abode. There will for the wrong-doers be no one to help» (Surah 5/72).
« O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His apostles. Say not "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah. Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs. »(Surah 4/171)
People who commit excess in their religion corrupt religion. Laws decreed by authorities other than God give rise to a new, man-made religion. The Qur'an does not call Christians those that believe in Trinity. It considers them as blasphemers. To consider the Holy Spirit as part and parcel of God is in great error. The Spirit in quesiton was Gabriel, the angel that had strengthened Jesus. Every prophet has his own idiosyncrasy. Yet, this does not imply the apotheosis of Jesus. The miracles performed by Jesus, are events brought about by God's fiat.
In the Qur'an, the Almighty defines himself as follows: « Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him. »(112/1-4) »
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