Religion Comparison

The Bible and Qur'an are sacred texts that are important to their followers. The Creation story is at the heart of their religion.

Christianity

Christianity has two billion followers that follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. The sacred text is the Bible.

Islam

Islam has over one billion followers that follow the teachings of Muhammad. The sacred text is the Qur'an.

Basic Beliefs of Christianity

• God created everything, seen and unseen
• Jesus is the Son of God and is one with God
• Jesus suffered and was crucified for our sins; he died so that we could live.
• Jesus died and rose again

Basic Beliefs of Islam

• There is only one God and his name is Allah
• People achieve salvation by practicing the 5 Pillars of Faith
• Allah has already decided what will happen in our lives

The Bible

The Qur'an

In the Bible, the purpose of creation was for God’s pleasure and for His own glory. The creation illustrates His love, grace, mercy, wisdom, goodness, and power. It explained how everything in the universe was created and how we're meant to glorify God through our actions, heart, and will.

In the Quran, the purpose of creation was for guidance to each person to worship God. It is a narrative that the Holy Qur'an is God's message to man.

Similarities in the Creation Story

• God created everything just by speaking it.
• Man was created from soil and God breathed life into him
• Adam and Eve lived in Paradise but was tricked to eat the forbidden fruit and had to leave The Garden of Eden

Differences in Creation

• Bible- Eve created from Adam's rib
• Adam named all of the animals
• Man created in God's image
• The creation story is found in Genesis
• Qur'an- Eve was created from Adam's side
• God told Adam the names of animals
• Man was could not resemble God
• The story of Creation is scattered throughout the Quran

Literary structure and style in the Bible

• The Beginning of the Creation story which is found in Genesis is written in poetry form, even though it doesn't rhyme it is metered.
• There is parallelism and each verse begins with an anaphora.
• Chapter 2 of Genesis is written in prose and the tone is simple.

Literary structure and style in the Qur'an

• The style of the Quran is unique and it uses rhetoric and lots of imagery, rhythm and sound.
• Irony is seen when they are tempted to eat the forbidden fruit they were told they would change into angels but in the Quran that would be seen as lowering themselves since they were already considered higher than angels

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