Is Allah the same as the God of the Bible? Isn’t the Quran a later revelation and Mohammed the last prophet? To answer these questions we will explore both the Quran and the Bible, their structure, history, and authors. If you are a follower of Islam, we intend no offense by this analysis or the quotations we include but are just providing information for you to study. Please do your research to see if these things are true.
First, it is important to realize that while we think of the Holy Bible as a holy book today, in reality it is a library of 66 books, written by many different authors as God directed them in 3 languages, over a period of 1400 years. The Old Testament (1400-400 BC) contains 17 historical books, 5 poetic books, and 17 prophetic books. The New Testament (50-95 AD) contains 4 gospels that describe the life of Jesus Christ, the Acts of the Apostles, 21 epistles (letters), and the Revelation (a prophetic book). Each book is to be understood according to its genre, context, and original audience. The Bible describes itself as scripture saying, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,” 2 Timothy 3:16
The Quran was authored by one man, Mohammed (AD 571-632). He did not read or write, but those around him wrote his revelations. Born in Mecca, he was orphaned at age 6, later to become a merchant in the trade route between the Indian ocean and the Mediterranean. According to Islamic tradition Mohammed was meditating in a cave in AD 610 when the angel Gabriel appeared to him and began giving him revelations. He declared himself a prophet, and began to gather followers.
God warned about false prophets in Deuteronomy 18:20-22 instructing the Jews to check and see if their predictions come true or not. Mohammed did not make any predictions. The Jews pointed out that Mohammed could not offer a single miracle as evidence of his prophethood. His followers say that his greatest miracle was the Quran itself, so let’s examine it.
The Quran is not structured chronologically, but instead the longest chapters (surahs) are placed first and the shortest last. There is also a lot of repetition. For example Moses’ confrontation with the pharaoh, ruler of ancient Egypt, is repeated 27 times in the first 89 chapters. In fact there is so much repetition that some estimate that if all the duplication were removed the Quran would shrink to 40% of its size. Despite all of this repetition, the story of the Passover lamb is omitted in all 27 retellings of the Exodus story. This is a central element to the story, to the Jewish faith, and a picture of Jesus as the lamb of God.
One apparent contradiction in the Quran is where Mohammed tells of God “drowning pharaoh and all those with him” in the sea (17:103; 26:66). Yet 10:90-92 claims that the pharaoh did not drown, because he repented and pleaded for mercy, so God spared pharaoh at the last minute. In 2:249 it appears that the Quran mixes up the story of Gideon in Judges 7:5 with King Saul and the battle with Goliath hundreds of years later recorded in 1 Samuel 17. Mistakes like this might have led to ridicule in the Medina Jewish community. Perhaps this is why Mohammed targeted the Jews, decimating their community with banishment, genocide and enslavement. Multiple Muslim sources describe Mohammed himself presiding over the beheading of at least 500 Jewish men, five at a time. (Warraq, “Why I am not a Muslim, p.96) Some sources place the number at 900. Their wives and daughters became sex slaves for Muslim men. The boys were sold into slavery. In this way the prophet dealt with unbelief and rewarded believers. Qurayza Jews
Medina was an unhealthy place for unbelievers. “Strike off their heads. Strike off their finger-tips! …because they defied God and his Apostle.” (Quran 8:12-13) “Believers, make war on the infidels who dwell around you”. (9:123). “When you meet the unbelievers in the battlefield strike off their heads and, when you have laid them low, bind your captives firmly.” (47:4). The Quran contains over 100 similar verses promoting war on behalf of Islam. Does the Bible promote holy war? What does the Bible say about war?
Mohammed was not only a danger to those that did not accept him as prophet, even loyal Muslims were at risk. For example, when Mohammed fell in love with Zaynab, his son Zaid’s only wife, Zaid wisely offered to divorce her. Mohammed at first refused, afraid of what the Muslim community would think. But eventually Allah “commanded” Mohammed to marry her (Quran 33:37), and of course he did. Not surprisingly the remainder of chapter 33 contain seven warnings against blaming the Muslim prophet.
Islam promotes monotheism but redefines the God of the Bible. The God of Judeo-Christianity keeps His promises, but Allah cancels promises and may contradict his own commands. Jesus Christ said His death pays for the sin of the world, but the Quran (4:157-158) declares that Jesus did not die and rise from the dead. Many Muslims today are wonderful peaceful people, but to say that Islam is a peaceful religion is both to ignore history, the life of Mohammed, and the Quran itself.

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