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Peace and love to everyone

I want to understand the difference between Islam and Judaism, there roots between the children of Abraham, who is the founder of all 3 faiths (Judaism, Chriostianity and Islam) to one God Almighty, and the Ka'Baa..

Can someone explain what Isaac and Jacob have to do with these roots since they both are the children of the same Father, Abraham and about the Ka'Baah,
and yes, Peace again to all.

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Old Jul 10, 2005, 01:39 PM   #2  
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in my opinion

the real difference i think is between the two religions, however, lies in their basis for belief. Judaism is based on the unique historical event of a divine revelation experienced by the entire nation. Whereas Islam is based on the prophetic claims of a single individual who subsequently convinced others to follow his ways.

Talmudic tradition says that while Abraham's son Isaac became the forefather of the Jewish people, the Islamic line is descended from Abraham's other son Ishmael.

Maimonides states that the popularity of Christianity and Islam are part of God's plan to spread the ideals of Torah throughout the world. This moves society closer to a perfected state of morality and toward a greater understanding of God. All of this is in preparation for the Messianic age.
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Judaism is based on the unique historical event of a divine revelation experienced by the entire nation. Whereas Islam is based on the prophetic claims of a single individual who subsequently convinced others to follow his ways.
Hi

i am confused by your post, can you point to some links to provide more information as to how Judaism is based on the unique historical event of a divine revelation experienced by the entire nation" ?

From what i understand: Israel was the name God gave to Jacob in Genesis 32:28. He had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph and Benjamin.

Eventually the families of these sons became the twelve tribes of Israel, each tribe being named after the respective son of Jacob (Israel).

So Israel and Jacob are the same person.
Judah is one of the tribes = Judaism., this is all after Abraham and Moses.
And Jesus also was from the line of Abraham's Progeny, no?
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Matt.1 [1] The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matt.1 [17] So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
This is why it sounds confusing to anyone who has never realy fallowed any religion, or comes from one of them alone.

I have found the Koran to state that
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[3.67] Ibrahim was not a Jew nor a Christian but he was (an) upright (man), a Muslim, and he was not one of the polytheists.
[2.134] This is a people that have passed away; they shall have what they earned and you shall have what you earn, and you shall not be called upon to answer for what they did.
[2.135] And they say: Be Jews or Christians, you will be on the right course. Say: Nay! (we follow) the religion of Ibrahim, the Hanif, and he was not one of the polytheists.
[2.62] Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.
Most of the Koran agrees with the Bible from what i understand, it does not need the support of any man and seems to point to been Muslim as a verb no matter what religion you are, infact even Jesus prayed like Abraham, which is how muslims pray.
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Genesis 17:3 "And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him.
Exodus 34:8 "And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped."
Numbers 20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
Ezekiel 9:8 "And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?"
Matthew 17:6 "And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid."
Matthew 26:39 "And he (Jesus) went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt."
Just mentioning all this since everyone is killing each other out there and i can not understand for what., like on one hand i can understand some people want oil and the others want justice, but how far is this going to go is another question in history, whos story.

but really, can you point to some links about that one, thanks
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shed some light

Ummm, let me see if i can shed some light on this without going in to a long post. I am going to hit the highlights and go from there (Forgive me for not having the exact scriptural ref), ok? Abraham was tld by God he was going to be the faher of many nations. This is where Isaac comes from nd it did happen. Through his Isaacs seed(line) Jesus is born. You asked what Isaac and Jacob have to do with these roots since they are both Abraham's children. I don't understand your question since Jacob is Isaac's sonnot Abraham's son(maybe you meant Ishmael?.

Ishmael is Abraham's other son through Sarah's handmade. That is another nation. Even though God didn't want it to happen that way he wanted it through Sarah, God still blessed his son. (Abraham got impatient and thought he would hurry things up and here is Ishmael.) God wasn't happy but he promised Abraham that Ishmael's seed will be blessed also. Therefore, a nation was born out of Ishmael.

I know people are going to disagree with me but the war we are fighting turned into a spiritual war. Muslim nation hates the Christian and Judaism nation. Nations have been fighting for generations.

This does sound confusing but with god it does become very simple. Please post more questions and I'll try to answer them more fully and point you to some links if I can find them
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Abraham was tld by God he was going to be the faher of many nations. This is where Isaac comes from nd it did happen. Through his Isaacs seed(line) Jesus is born. You asked what Isaac and Jacob have to do with these roots since they are both Abraham's children. I don't understand your question since Jacob is Isaac's son not Abraham's son(maybe you meant Ishmael?.

Ishmael is Abraham's other son through Sarah's handmade. That is another nation. Even though God didn't want it to happen that way he wanted it through Sarah, God still blessed his son. (Abraham got impatient and thought he would hurry things up and here is Ishmael.) God wasn't happy but he promised Abraham that Ishmael's seed will be blessed also. Therefore, a nation was born out of Ishmael.

I know people are going to disagree with me but the war we are fighting turned into a spiritual war. Muslim nation hates the Christian and Judaism nation. Nations have been fighting for generations.
Very confusing indeed,

i can not say that muslims hate other religions, but they certainly state that they hate polytheists, at-least that was what i read the Kabaah Abraham built was about.

But what is more confusing is that people tend to believe in these religions with racial discrimination.

For example,.
Judaism is a religion, Islam is a religion, Christianity is a religion and even hinduism is a religion, but Hinduism is a polytheists religion., While Abraham is the line of One Allmighty God and the kabaa was to establish a non polytheist religion, is that correct?

But, we had Adolph Hitler who called the jews a race, and the U.S. Government shocked many jews by claiming them as a ethnic minority.
All sound like polythiests opinions too.

And now there are even more people confused about one God, and many seem to want to have there own personal God around to justify what they really worship, which could be power, money, greed..

i still do not get where the muslims come in as the enemy here if they are not polytheists., atleast the most part of who pratices correctly.,
Yet, maybe they are the enemies of thee global consumer market and at the least the undesirables to it all.

Would it be safe to say that polytheists are people who always put material things between themselves and others, god's enemies?
Not the jews, christians or Muslims., just who ever is a polythiest..?

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Akash Shetty disagrees: very prejudiced and the guy doesnt know the first thing about hinduism
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Old Jul 12, 2005, 03:04 AM   #6  
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satin says let the child of abraham bring forth islam again for what reason to confuse to destroy your soul to weed out those who are not born with in the truth of god himself,
Interesting; Where did you find satan saying this?
And your post seems confusing, no offense.

I have come to the conclusion that people have the nature to love, all of us, every single one., but some forget that it also means worship.
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Worship;
1-The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.
2-The ceremonies, prayers, or other religious forms by which this love is expressed.
3-Ardent devotion; adoration
I so far understand that when a person loves anything BUT God first,he or she broke the first and most important rule..
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Mark 12:29
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord...

Matthew 5:19
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 15:19
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Seems that when people start making there own rules, to justify unGodly ones, then its clear they lost there souls. i see people everyday judging others based on income, wealth and other falsee things that they disregard there lives as worthy.
Polytheists allways put between them and other humans there ignorance of what ideas they have that god is (what they actually worship),
Many of these people forgot God created everyone.And you ask ¿WHAT GOD IS IT THAT THEY WORSHIP THAT COULD NOT CREATE YOU AND ME?

I do not agree with the people that say, God loves jews and non jews are vermin.. Or the people that say the jews killed Jesus., or that Mohammed killed all Jews or Christians.

I do agree with people that say, the God of Abraham is the one true God., and the message is the same for every generation till today., Gods promise of bliss on earth is only to those who rightious, not the rich.

If understood so far, you stated that no one knows why we are here on earth, but yet Jesus was born with out a mortal father and like adam, the first man who was also created with either a mortal mother or father and Adam fell into temptation, which is what seems to be the thing everyione is dealing in this world with, sins

God loved Abraham because he was not a polytheists right?
And Abraham believed in the God that created all humanity, and he was rightious to seek the truth.

So far, i see all religions teaching this here, even Islam teaches that Abraham was the father of the one God religion, and that life is full of trials and polytheism is a addiction.

Conclusion so far;
All Abrahamic faiths are build on the promise that God will grant his blessing only on the righteous.

I still will not support killing for oil., i really am starting to believe that the 3 religions are fine if no one intervenes by fallowing there own unGodly rules.
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so why did god create satin he did it to destroy evil who else is evil who is the god of evil satin himself he had no choice god said you will be the evil one and jesus will be the good one oh no satin says i will not be the evil one i want to be god.so i will try to defeat jesus on earth as i could not do in heaven after satin is destroyed then god will be set free from the understanding and the knowing of evil from with in himself ,thru satin ergo jerusalim and islam so wake up and smell the gutenburg presses
Well, the way you typed this looks confusing., but i read it..

I never knew Jesus had anything directly to do with Satan since Satan himself, Adam, Noa, abraham, moses where all before jesus., can you share where you got this information again,
Beware that Satan lies and tricks people into believing illusionary things, yo do not want to sound like this do you?

I have no intention to offend you so you know, i am only trying to ask why these people are all killing each other for when they are the same children of Abraham.... So far, i do not think its all based on Abrahams idea but Satans to do this?

Wars existed before Abraham, Cane kills able, his own brother, and you still have ignorant people killing each other under the impression of race ideologies even when there own brothers can be as evil as Cane.

When the Crusades attacked Jerusalem, they killed ethnic jews and christians, not Muslims alone, so that shows how ignorant they judged people..? judge people by appearance will not help you keep evil out of your home even if you lock your doors and your own children are possesed in tere minds to kill you for your money is it?

Jesus said the Truth will let you free,
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[31] Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If yea continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
[32] And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
To worship God is believing in God, believing in God's is doing his will, and the will is to do his commandments., common sense teaches us today that these people who break them get steeper into crimes not only against others but also against there own souls., been a bad conscience is what they end up with, and burn in hell from it, even now, here.

BTW doing God's will means 'Muslim' in arabic., been jewish is also making a verb which all
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[50] For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
John 4:23-24
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
Matt.7
[21] Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matt.19
[17] And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Who did Jesus have a problem with
-the children of Ishmail= 12 tribes=Keder..
(who Jesus refered to as from the book of Isiah:42)
-the children of Isaac's child; Jacob AKA Israel-> the children if Israel?
-or those who became jews from the tribe of Judah?

Evil people will never HEAR the truth, i think when people are obsessed by something they can not comntrol themselves about, they will not hear you.
You may find yourself in a life threatening situation with materialists like this.

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John.8
[37] I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
[38] I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
[39] They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
[40] But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
[41] Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
[42] Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
[43] Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
[44] Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
[45] And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
[46] Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
[47] He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
[48] Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
[49] Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
[50] And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
[51] Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
[52] Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
[53] Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
[54] Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
[55] Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
[56] Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
[57] Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
[58] Jesus said unto them, Verily,verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
[59] Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
Can you post LINKS you get your information from?
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god created satin to destroy evil and all of his fellow angels who have fallen to earth and here they are embraced by the children of islam.so why did god create satin he did it to destroy evil who else is evil who is the god of evil satin himself
I was under the impression that Satan was here before humans, and is here to Destroy anyone who is and does not believe in god.
Where did you find that Satan is here to destroy evil?

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satin says i will not be the evil one i want to be god.so i will try to defeat jesus on earth as i could not do in heaven after satin is destroyed then god will be set free from the understanding and the knowing of evil from with in himself ,thru satin ergo jerusalim and islam so wake up and smell the gutenburg presses
And where did you get that Jesus and Satan had a direct compatition?, from my quote above this must mean the Jews are satans tribe then no?
Judaism is a greek pagan name by the way., but i would love to see a link.
Thanks.
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G4-450, I heard on the news or in the paper, I can't remember, where Osama or another Muslim leader was saying that anyone who was not Muslim is an infidel which makes me believe they hate other religions. If I misunderstood then I apologize. Unfortunately, I am writing this from work so i don't have the time to look up links to find that article.
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G4-450, I heard on the news or in the paper, I can't remember, where Osama or another Muslim leader was saying that anyone who was not Muslim is an infidel which makes me believe they hate other religions. If I misunderstood then I apologize. Unfortunately, I am writing this from work so i don't have the time to look up links to find that article.
Yeah, i can not find anything that says Islam or Muslims hate other religions, i can agree with the fact that they share what the Koran says when i ask them though., and that is simple.

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[5.69] Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabians and the Christians whoever believes in Allah and the last day and does good-- they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.

[3.83] Is it then other than Allah's (eng=GOD'S) religion that they seek (to follow), and to Him submits whoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him shall they be returned.

[3.84] Say: We believe in Allah (eng=GOD) and what has been revealed to us, and what was revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes, and what was given to Musa (MOSES) and Isa(JESUS) and to the prophets from their Lord; we do not make any distinction between any of them, and to Him do we submit.
[3.85] And whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it shall not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he shall be one of the losers.
[3.86] How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their believing and (after) they had borne witness that the Apostle was true and clear arguments had come to them; and Allah does not guide the unjust people.
1- Does not matter what religions you want to fallow after Abraham's, as long as you do good and remember meeting God on the last day.
2- But once you know the story and you prefer another religion, your reasons will be your loss to other people and there society for choosing them over Gods religion, which means submit to his will.
Because the story is that people made these religions after Abraham.

This is what they say, and it sounds completely opposite from the medias.

For example: Judaism is based on the Tora, the old testament in the bible.
Yet: The Talmud is Judaism's holiest book, they consider it more holy then the Tora AKA old testament in the bible. Christ and even Mohammed condemned the traditions of the Mishnah (early Talmud) and those who taught it (Scribes and Pharisees), because the Talmud nullifies the teachings of the Holy Bible.. (Mark 7:1-13)The Pharisees teach for doctrine the commandments of rabbis, not God.
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You can read in the Talmud:
Yebamoth 98a. All gentile children are animals.
Abodah Zarah 36b. Gentile girls are in a state of niddah (filth) from birth.
Abodah Zarah 22a-22b . Gentiles prefer sex with cows

Sanhedrin 106a . Jesus' mother : "She who was the descendant of princes and governors played the harlot with carpenters." Also in footnote #2 to Shabbath 104b of the Soncino edition, it is stated that in the "uncensored" text of the Talmud it is written that Jesus mother, "Miriam the hairdresser," had sex with many men.

"The Talmud (Babylonian edition) records other sins of 'Jesus the Nazarene':
1) He and his disciples practiced sorcery and black magic, led Jews astray into idolatry, and were sponsored by foreign, gentile powers for the purpose of subverting Jewish worship (Sanhedrin 43a).
2) He was sexually immoral, worshipped statues of stone (a brick is mentioned), was cut off from the Jewish people for his wickedness, and refused to repent (Sanhedrin 107b; Sotah 47a).
3) He learned witchcraft in Egypt and, to perform miracles, used procedures that involved cutting his flesh, which is also explicitly banned in the Bible (Shabbos 104b).

Shabbath 116a. Jews must destroy the books of the Christians, i.e. the New Testament.
I can go on...but orthodox jews practice all 660+ commandments and not just the 10 we all heard of, these above are some of them.

So these certain leaders of the scribes did the same thing to Mohammed that they did to Jesus when they met him, not that they are the same people, but people who consider there books the holiest thing on the planet.

This makes Islam look clean if you ask me, the only draw back is racism has its roots in the Talmud., if you read it online places you will see.
Judaic history, remember, are only one of the 12 tribes and where 14 Generations after Abraham, according to the Gospel MARK 1.

So, Islam is the only religion in history of of allowed other religions to live under there administration., this is why i am posting all this, i can not believe the whole U.S. war thing has anything to do with Islam other then sharing the wealth with arab sheiks who rose the prices after getting Sadam out of the way because he started to deal with Russia after all those years Osama worked for the CIA in Afghanistan to get them out of the picture.

But the one thing that strikes me as clear propaganda is when you say anything about anyone been Jewish, its anti Semitic, yet arabs are very Semitic and Judaism is only a religion, the claims to both rites are false and invented.

I still think people should have a second look at who is creating all the real problems and why on this planet., these people do not belong to any group, and they can be anyone, even your kids.
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Abraham's children ~ Kaaba ~ Origins

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Peace and love to everyone

I want to understand the difference between Islam and Judaism, there roots between the children of Abraham, who is the founder of all 3 faiths (Judaism, Chriostianity and Islam) to one God Almighty, and the Ka'Baa..

Can someone explain what Isaac and Jacob have to do with these roots since they both are the children of the same Father, Abraham and about the Ka'Baah,
and yes, Peace again to all.

Only Yitzak is the son of Abraham. Yacub is the son of Yitzak. Do not forget Ishmael.

Judaism preceded Christianity. Judaism and Christianity preceded Islam.

The fundamental premise of Christianity is that Jesus is the promised Messiah.

The fundamental premise of Islam is that both Judaism and Christianity have wandered from the truth and the revelations to Mohammed in Al Qur'an have restored knowledge of the True God.

Judaism and Islam are strictly monotheistic. Christianity is sometimes viewd as tritheistic.


The Ka’aba is honoured only in Islam, where it is considered to be the House Of Allah

In the province of Hejaz in the western part of Arabia, not far from the Red Sea, there lies the town of Makka. In the centre of this town there is a small square building made of stones, about 60 feet long, 60 feet wide and 60 feet high. Since time immemorial this town and this stone built house has been known to world travellers. This is Bait-ullah, the House of Allah. Its sanctity and antiquity is said to be older than history itself, although this is doubtful.

Islamic tradition says that the Kaaba was ordained by Allah to be built in the shape of the House in Heaven called Bait-ul Ma’amoor. Allah in his infinite Mercy ordained a similar place on earth and Prophet Adam was the first to build this place.

Muslims insist that the Bible, in the Chapter of Genesis describes its building when God ordained Abraham to erect a Shrine for worship when Abraham was ordered to go to the Southern desert with his wife Hagar and her son Ishmael.

Muslims say that the Old Testament describes this building as the Shrine of God at several places, but the one built at Ma’amoor is very much similar to the one at Makka. According to Islam, there is no doubt that it was referring to the stone built house at Makka.

Al Qura’an, they say, brought this story into the full light of history.

In Sura 3 Verse 90 Qora’an says “Allah has spoken the Truth, therefore follow the creed of Ibrahim [Abraham], a man of pure faith and no idolater”. The first house established for the people was at Makka, for a Holy place and a guidance to all beings. Al Qura’an, say Muslims, firmly establishes the fact that Ibrahim was the real founder of the Holy Shrine.

These claims can not be verified in secular history, but that is not unusual with some of the odder claims of religionists, such as the claim that the House of Mary the mother of Jesus was transported miraculously to a place called Walsingham in England, where, it is said, it still stands.

It is incorrect to claim Abraham as the founder of either Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. The best that can be done is to honour the patriarch as the father of Ishmael and Isaac, and the grandfather of Jacob, and the great-great grandfather of the bnei-yisrael.

Out of Judaism came Christianity, so that Abraham is the spiritual grandfather of Christians who are not of Abrahamic descent, and the same applies to Islam, although Abraham is the progenitor of the bnei-ishmael who, according to legend, became the princess of Arabia, said the number twelve, like the children of Jacob/.

Jesus warned against relying on descent from Abraham as a means of ensuring salvation or special preference.

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