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CONGRUITIES AND INCONGRUITIES BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN |
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Supremacy of Man, Marital Relations, Adultery and Divorce
SUPREMACY OF MAN
Women should not speak in churches
« Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.» (1 Corinthians 14/34) « And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.» (1 Corinthians 14/35)
Let Women have no Supremacy over Man
« Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.» (1 Timothy 2/22) « For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.(1 Timothy 2/13,14) :009 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man».(1 Corinthians 11/9)
Be Faithful to your Husband
« Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.» (Ephesians 5/22)
« For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. »(Ephesians 5/23, 24)
Woman should wear a scarf to cover her head
« For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.» (1 Corinthians 11/6) « For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. For this cause ought the woman t o have power on her head because of the angels». (1 Corinthians 8-10)
After Paul's injunctions the covered priestesses have come down to this day. Although in Islam head scarf leaving part of the hair visible, has been of use, there is no verse in the Qur'an forbidding the sight of a single hair of the woman. The 'turban' was a Christian custom before it become of fashion in Islam.
MARITAL RELATIONS
« And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? »(Matthew 19/4,5)
« Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.» (1 Peter 3/1)
« Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.» (1 Peter3/7/)
Man head of Woman
« For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. »(Ephesians 5/23)
« A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; (1 Timothy 3/2) Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.» (1 Timothy 3/12)
FORNICATION AND DIVORCE
« But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.» (Matthew 5/32)
« But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart »(Matthew 5/27,28)
Fornication is sexual union between persons who are not tied by marital contract.
« Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart »(Matthew 5/31,32)
Punishment for Adultery
« They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.» (John 8/4) « Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?» (John 8/5) « So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.» (John 8/7) « She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.» (John 8/11)
Woman should not separate, if she does so, she should not remarry, and Man should not divorce his wife.
« I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. »(1 Corinthians 7/8) « But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. »(1 Corinthians 7/11) « But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. »(1 Corinthians 7/40)
WOMAN IN THE QUR'AN