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The doctrine of “God” in the three
religions:
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In Islam |
In Judaism |
In Christianity |
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The Lord of all people. “Praise be due to Allah,
the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds.” (I:1) He is One God. “Allah! None has the right to be worshipped but He, the
Ever-Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists.”
(III: 2) |
Allah is “Yahweh” the god of the Children of
Israel exclusively. “Blessed be the LORD God of
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Allah is three in one. “in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”[2] |
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None other than He is worshipped. “Lo! Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him.”
(III: 51) Allah has no partners. “ Can you bear
witness that besides Allah there are other gods? Say: ‘I bear no (such) witness.’
Say: ‘But in truth He (Allah) is the only One God, and truly I am innocent
of what you join in worship with Him.” (VI: 19) |
Along with Allah they worshipped the calf and the
serpent and asked Moses for a god like that of the heathens.[3]
They worshipped idols several times. |
They worshipped Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Some of
their sects worshipped Mary, the mother of Christ (peace be upon him). |
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Allah resembles none and none resembles Him. “There is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the
One that hears and sees (all things).” (XLII: 11) |
His image is like that of man. “In the day that
God created man, in the likeness of God made he him.”[4] |
They regard the human (Jesus) as Allah and
attribute to him Allah’s attributes. They say that he is the creator, and
he gives provision, forgives sins, accepts repentance, bestows mercy,
rewards and punishes. No other nation has been so confused regarding its
god, for Christians once regard it as a god, another time as the son of a
god, yet a third time as a one part of a three-unit god. |
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Allah does not sleep. “No
slumber can seize Him nor sleep.” (II: 255) |
Allah sleeps. “Then the LORD awaked as one out of
sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by
reason of wine.”[5] |
Allah sleeps. “but he was asleep.”[6] |
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Allah does not tire. “And
verily We created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them,
in six Days, and naught of weariness touched Us.” (L: 38) |
Allah tires. “and he rested on the seventh day
from all his work which he had made.”[7] |
Same as Jews |
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Allah is just and does not wrong anybody. “Allah does not inflict an atom's weight of injustice.”
(IV: 40) “No soul can carry the sins of another
soul.” (XXXV: 18) |
Allah is not just and wrongs people.[8] |
The doctrine that humans inherited the sin of Adam
is one of the greatest doctrines of Christians. |
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Allah’s Power is Absolute. “To have anything done, He simply says to it, `Be,' and
it is.” (III: 47) |
Allah asks for help. The Lord intended to smite
the houses of the Egyptians without harming those of the Israelites, so he
asked them to mark their houses with blood to distinguish them and “when I
see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you
to destroy you.”[9] |
Allah is disabled. “I can of mine own self do
nothing.”[10] |
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Allah knows everything, both manifest and hidden.
“He is the Knower of the Invisible and the
Visible.” (XIII: 9) “They ask thee about
the (final) Hour—when its appointed time will be. Say: ‘The knowledge
thereof is with my Lord (alone): None but He can reveal as to when it will
occur.” (VII: 187) |
Allah did not know where Adam (peace be upon him)
hid after eating from the forbidden tree and his private parts were
exposed. “Adam and his wife hid themselves… And the LORD God called unto
Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?”[11] |
Allah does not know the date of Resurrection. “But
of that day knoweth no man …neither the Son.”[12] |
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Glorified be Allah and Exalted above what they
ascribe to Him |
Allah cries. “Allah cries everyday in the sea.”[13]
His teeth are horrible. “his teeth are terrible round about.”[14]
He screams, roars like a lion. “A noise shall come even to the ends of the
earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations.[15] He repents and grieves. “And it
repented the LORD … and it grieved him at his heart.”[16] |
Allah weeps. “Jesus wept.”[17]
He feels sorry and depressed “and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.”[18] |
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Glorified be Allah and Exalted above what they
ascribe to Him |
Allah likes smelling the burnt offerings. “And the
LORD smelled a sweet savour.”[19]
He smelled the meat that Noah broiled for him.” |
Allah feels hungry and thirsty. “And on the
morrow, when they were come from |
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Allah cannot be seen by anybody in this life.
“No vision can grasp Him.” (VI: 103) |
Allah appears with fire. “For, behold, the LORD
will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind…”[22] |
Allah appears to people as a human being “Jesus”. |
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They call Allah by what is appropriate for His Greatness.
“The most beautiful names belong to Allah: so call on him by them.”
(VII: 180) |
They call Allah by what is not appropriate for
Him. “how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?”[23] |
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[1]
2 Chronicles:
[2]
Matthew: 28:19
[3]
1 Kings: 12:28-29, 2 Kings: 18:4
[4]
Genesis: 5:1
[5]
Psalms: 78:65
[6]
Matthew:
[7]
Genesis: 2:2
[9]
Exodus:
[10]
John:
[11]
Genesis: 3:8-9
[12]
Mark:
[13]
Talmud: 112
[14]
Job: 41:14
[15]
Jeremiah 25:31:
[16]
Genesis: 6:6
[17]
John:
[18]
Matthew: 26:36
[19]
Genesis:
[20]
Mark:
[21]
John: 4:7
[22]
Isaiah: 66:15
[23]
Psalms: 13:1