Why did the Jews and Christians have THE TRUTH OF ONE GOD AND THE PROPHETS long before MUHAMMAD was born?
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Well , according to me . Muslims , Jews , Christians have one GOD . Before prophet Muhammad (PBUH)there were alot of prophets . According to Muslims Jesus Christ is a prophet named Isa (AS) &  Tto the christians it is the opposite .\nTo The Jews it is the same thing . Muslims think Mosses is Prophet Musa (AS) AND Jews think Prophet Musa is Mosses . Actually it is the people who were living in that age who scrambled it up .
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all prophets are sent by god and they are all equals, the idea of favoring one over the other contradicts with any acceptable religion.\nmuhammad, moses, jesus, peace be upon them all.
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Its really very simple- in the Five Books of Moses- given by God, to Moses on Mount Sinai- there is a statement that the law given then is eternal- and that no matter how many miracles a prophet performs, he cannot change even a letter of the law.  So any wanna be messiahs/prophets have to work within that law.  jesus didn't- and din't fulfill any of the requirements, according to Jewish law, to be the messiah- and was thus rejected.  Mohammed at first tried to preach to the Jews- but he, too tried to vary the laws- and was thus rightly rejected by the Jews.  Hey- when the real messiah comes, we will have peace and all this will be a moot point!
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The Fundemental differences are only slight.\n\nJews, in theory, still obey the law of Moses... most don't and there are hundreds of diferent types of jew.  They are awaiting a messiah to recommence the kingdom of david on Earth.\n\nChristians believe this messiah has been and gone and was called Jesus - who was God, or the son of God.  As such, unlike jews, Christians believe in an afterlife in the here and now. As in, you go straight to heaven when dead. They believe he brought a new covenant and was not only a Jewish messiah, but for all people.\n\nMuslims believe that Jesus was a Messiah, but not God. They believe in an Afterlife in the here and now, but believe that Muhammad was the last of the prophets.  he was needed because Jews and Christians allowed their holy texts to be altered, and a new unchangable text was needed - the Quran. (Koran). They also believe that the best way to live a life is to follow the example, or sunnah, of any prophet, but especially that of Muhammad - the seal of the prophets.
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The problem with Muslims is that you hold to the word of one prophet and ignore the rest. Great prophets in the Old Testament prophesied many times of the coming King and how He would suffer to heal His people. I judge a prophet by his message. That message has to be consistent with all the previous messages from God. Mohammad's message is out of sync. It doesn't teach that blood must be shed to gain forgiveness of sin as both the Old and the New Testaments do. You deny Christ's position. Out of His own mouth He claimed to be the I AM God that spoke to Moses from the burning bush. Adam and Eve Died the day they sinned. They lost the presence of God in their lives and physical death followed. Now God is restored in the Lives of the Christian Gos walk with us in our daily walk before Him. We are alive Spiritually again. We still carry with us the body of sin that is subject to physical death. When it is gone our spirits go to the Father who created them and so we are ever with the Lord. I don't know as you can understand the two deaths physical and spiritual because I don't know your teaching that well. All I need to know about Islam is that you deny that Jesus is God. That tells me that your religion is closer to a cult than it is to God...   Jim
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As a friend of a Muslim family from Pakistan. Let me put some first hand observation on this topic. If it was told (truth)the Muslims do believe in Jesus, they believe He was a Prophet, not the Son of God Mu hammed to them was a Prophet also and Allah is there god. They feel that Christians and Jews are infidels, we are not worthy of knowing the truth. We are so wrong and there true purpose is to convert as many as they can to being a Muslim they call it the only true religion. They intend on ruling the world, they're a waring group, even among themselves. They fight like crazy amongst themselves. They feel superior to anybody other than other Muslims. They feel they are the right linage to Abraham through Ismael.  Abraham was a Jew. They hate Jews, go figure. I am not sure they really know what they believe. It would take a really good shrink to break down that confusion.  As we know they function on hate and destruction.
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The same reason christians and jews are.
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First let me tell Argu.... Just because Jesus was born of a virgin doesn't mean he was the son of God. It's called a miracle. Every prophet has them.\n\nNow to the question - the point the Quran is trying to make is that the Prophets were sent to the people as warners. Period. Allah is telling us that He sent such warners to the people so they would understand and the prophets are not Gods, but are divinely guided human beings.
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Jews never recognised JESUS as Messiah & Christans never recognised Muhammed as true prophet but Muslims recognised all the prophets of God.There are clear signs of his peophecy in bible but still they say he is not a prophet\nIsaiah's vision: \n\nIsaiah saw a vision of two riders. \n\n"And he saw a chariot [with] a couple of horsemen, a chariot of as-ses, [and] a chariot of camels .." (Isaiah 21:7) \n\nWho was the rider upon the as-s? Every Sunday school student will tell us that this was a prophecy of Jesus (peace be upon him), as stated in John: \n\n"And Jesus, when he had found a young as-s, sat thereon; as it is written," (John 12:14) \n\nbut who is the promised prophet who would ride the camel? If it is not Muhammad (peace be upon him) then this prophecy has yet to be fulfilled. Let us read on... \n\n"And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, [with] a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground." (Isaiah 21:9) \n\nBabylon did indeed fall before Islam and the Islamic nation under the guidance of Muhammad (peace be upon him) did indeed succeed in eradicating the worship of idols from Babylon replacing it with the worship of God alone. In fact, the Muslims were the only believers in the God of Isaiah to ever succeed in fulfilling this prophesy. \n\n"The burden upon Arabia ..." (Isaiah 21:13) \n\nWhat does the word "burden" mean? Let us ask the Scofield Study Bible: \n\n"…which also means an oracle is a word sometimes used in the prophetical writings to indicate a divine message of judgment" (Scofield Study Bible New King James Version, note 1, p. 792) \n\nSo the Muslims of Arabia (and subsequently Muslims everywhere) would be assigned the burden of God's message. \n\n"The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war" (Isaiah 21:14-15) \n\nIn "The Dictionary of the Bible," bearing the Nihil Obstat, Imprimatur, and Imprimi Potest (official Church seals of approval), by John McKenzi, we read that "Tema" is: \n\n"a place name and tribal name of Arabia; a son of Ishmael.... The name survives in Teima, an oasis of the part of the Arabian desert called the Nefud in N Central Arabia." \n\nThis word, Tema, is the name of the ninth son of Ishmael (the father of the Arabs), in Genesis 25:13-15 we read: \n\n"And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah" (Genesis 25:13-15). \n\nStrong's concordance tells us that this name was also applied to the land settled by Tema the son of Ishmael. It goes on to explain how this word is "probably of foreign derivation". Indeed, this word, Teima, is an Arabic word which means "Barren desert". It remains the name of a city in the Arabian peninsula just north of "Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah," or "Madinah" for short (Please see Map 1, page 491). Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his companions were given sanction to migrate. They departed Makkah during the night and left all of their possessions behind. Upon reaching Madinah they were greeted by its citizens with open arms and Muhammad (peace be upon him) assigned each one of the Muhajireen (citizens of Makkah) to one of the Ansar (citizens of Madinah) to house and feed them until they could strike out on their own. This became the first year of the Arab "Hijra" (Emigration) calendar used in Islamic countries to this day. \n\n"For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an
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Before the advent of Islam, there was a small group of people, who called themselves the followers of "Deen-e-Haneef", which was basically a monotheistic creed, ascribing to the belief of "one God" and adhering to the monotheistic practices of the Abrahamic tradition (these practices included: Sala'h (prayer), Sawm (fasting), Hajj (pilgrimage), Tawaaf (circumambulation of the Ka`bah), Ai`tikaaf (confinement to the mosque for concentrated worship) etc.). The Prophet (pbuh), it is generally believed, ascribed to this group. However, there is hardly any authentic information available on this topic in the books of history. Nevertheless, it should be remembered that the Qur'an has clearly stated that before the initiation of revelation, the Prophet (pbuh) was not fully aware of the details of faith and belief and neither of the divine laws (Al-Shooraa 42: 52).\n\n\nEDIT: At least i gave my source..! I didn't want to summarize all that, sorry.
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There were many religions before Christianity. Judaism is one, just the Old Testament. Other religions have multiple Gods and Goddesses. Some have none. Christianity is not the only and not the first and maybe not even the right religion.
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christanity and islam both originate from jewism. the difference is that jews accept only the old testament, while christians and muslims accept the new testament too. christians believe the christ is the son of god, muslims believe he is a prophet but not son of god, and jews that he is just an ordinary human, not a prophet nor a son of god
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The Old Testament fortold of Jesus coming, and He did, and He fulfilled the law on behalf of sinful humanity. He died, was buried, and rose again, and said He would return to collect us. He taught His apostles to spread the word of His salvation, and that He alone was the way to God, because He Himself was God-in-the-flesh. \n\nWe believe that Mohammed was a false prophet who conquered people and brought them under His own favorite god, the moon god Allah. The Koran is completely His work, while the Bible is 66 books written by 40 prophets, kings and Apostles, who all agree. The Bible is coherent and expects to be the final revelation until Christ returns. Why? Because Jesus did all that was necessary. There isn't anything left to say or do. \n\nMohammed came along and borrowed a little from the Bible, a little from his culture, and pressured everyone to conform. Islam denies that God can come in the flesh, which is astonishing if you consider who you are talking about. God can do whatever He wants. And He did. Mohammed just denies what Jesus did, denies who the Bible says Jesus is, and does nothing for anyone's soul. \n\nThere are many false religions that claim to be the latest and greatest. I ask you. Who among their proponents have raised themselves from the dead? None. No, Jesus came, and Jesus will come again at the very end. In the interim, a lot of people will claim religious authority. Don't believe them. \n\n"But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!" (HOLY BIBLE, Galatians 1:8-9).
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Christians believe that jesus is the son of God while muslims believe that he was a only phrophet\n\nMuslims believe that Mohamed was the greatest and prophet and place his importance above Jesus\n\nMost of the basic priciples in all religions are the same
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People of the Jewish faith do not adopt the New Testament as truth, because they don't believe that Christ was the Messiah promised to deliver them. Christianity came into existence out of Judaism, because they believe that Christ is the Messiah to fulfill all the Old Testament prophecies. Hence is why Christians and Jews look at the Old Testament with differing translations. Because Jews take it leterally, whereas, Christians look at the Old Testament with a Christological hermenuetic, that is, through the lense of Christ. Also, Christianity began as a sect branching off from Judaism, because it fulfilled Jewish prophecies, but became its own religion because it was evident that the seperation in belief was great. Hopefully this clarifies the differences.
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What you mean, perhaps, is all the 'Prophets' described in the Old Testament, the New testament and the Koran are said to have been born in Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran and the Saudi Arabia which are Asian countries. But there are other great countries like China, India and Japan in the Asian continent where also great personalities were born but are not named in these scriptures.\n\nThis exposes the ignorance of the authors of the first five Books in the Old testament and also the Bible and the Koran that they were concerned with problems of their society and that too, at their time. So it does not include the names of great scholars like Buddha, Confucius, Lao-Se and numerous others. In India, there were at least few thousands Rishis who have given light to the mankind and added a new chapter to the story of unfolding the Truth. But in India there is no tradition of worshiping human beings as Messengers of God. They are respected as enlightened souls and 'Bibhuti' as specially gifted human souls and accepted as path finders or teachers. Nothing more than that.\n\nUnlike Muslims, the Indians never think that such prophets will cease to take birth in future. It is believed that whenever the society reaches a point of unrighteousness and adharma that is contrary to the design of Nature one such Avatar is incarnated as a human being to rescue the society from final annihilation.
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Muslims believe in the prophets and messengers of God, starting with Adam, including Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and Jesus (peace be upon them).  But God’s final message to man, a reconfirmation of the eternal message, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad .  Muslims believe that Muhammad  is the last prophet sent by God, as God has said:\n\n ((Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men, but he is the Messenger of God and the last of the prophets...))  (Quran, 33:40)\n\nMuslims believe that all the prophets and messengers were created human beings who had none of the divine qualities of God.