Why is Islam better than Christianity?
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i want know whats the different between christainity
& islam why islam is
better then chrisitianity
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information
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Answer:
Why is
Islam better than Christianity?
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: why islam is better then chrisitianity
Islam is the name
of that same religion that was sent by the Creator to the first man whom He
appointed as His Prophet, Adam (a.s.). When people moved away from the Straight Path
of Islam brought by Prophet Adam (a.s.),
Allah sent in succession, Prophets after Prophets to invite mankind to the same
deen of Islam.
Prophet Noah (a.s.),
Prophet Abraham (a.s.), Prophet Moses (a.s.), Prophet Jesus (a.s.), etc.
all came in the same succession, followed the same deen
of Islam and were all muslims. Everytime the
people moved away from the deen of Islam brought by
their Prophets, the Creator sent another Prophet in their succession. In the same succession, the Creator sent his
Last and Final Prophet, Mohamed ar-Rasool Allah
(saws) with His Last and Final Message, the Quran, to guide mankind
unto the Straight Path.
Thus in essence,
Islam is not any better than the deen or religion
brought by Prophet Jesus (a.s.), or by any other
Prophet!; it is exactly the same religion! But the religion that is practiced in the
name of ‘Christianity’ today is not the teachings of Prophet Jesus (a.s.), but a combination of the
works of some men who came after Jesus (a.s.) and
altered his Message!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verses 135-136:
135 They say: "Become Jews or Christians
if ye would be guided (to salvation)."
Say thou (O Muslims): "Nay! (I would rather follow) the religion of
Abraham the true, and he joined not gods with
Allah."
136 Say ye (O Muslims): "We believe in
Allah, and the Revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Ismail,
Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses, and Jesus, and that given
to (all) Prophets from their Lord; we make no difference between one and
another of them, and we bow to Allah (in Islam)."
Your Question: i want know whats the different between christainity
& islam
It is indeed good
that you have asked what is the difference between Christianity and Islam; for
if you had asked what are the similarities, it would
indeed have required a volume of books to list them!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale-Imraan verse 64: Say:
"O People of the Book (Jews and Christians)! Come to common terms as
between us (Muslims) and you: that we
worship none but Allah;
that we associate no partners with Him; that we erect not from among ourselves Lords
and patrons other than Allah." If
then they turn back,
say: "Bear witness
that we (at least) are those who have surrendered our will to Allah (i.e. we
are Muslims)."
Islam is the only
non-Christian faith, which makes it an article of faith to believe in Jesus (pbuh). No Muslim is a Muslim if he does not believe in Jesus
(pbuh)!
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(i) "My Father is greater than
I." (ii) "My Father is greater than all." (iii) "…I cast out devils by the Spirit of God…." (iv) "…I with the finger of God cast out devils…." (v) "I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I
judge: and my judgement is just; because I seek not
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"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or
the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be
fulfilled. "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." "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall
exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case
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"And behold, one came and said unto him, ‘Good Master,
what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?’ 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.’ " Jesus (a.s.) did not say that to have the eternal life of
paradise, man should believe in him as Almighty God or worship him as God, or
believe that Jesus (a.s.) would die for his sins.
On the contrary he said that the path to salvation was through keeping the
commandments. It is indeed striking to
note the difference between the words of Jesus Christ (a.s.)
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"Ye men of |
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"Shama Israelu Adonai Ila Hayno Adonai
Ikhad." This is a Hebrew
quotation, which means: "Hear, O It is
striking that the basic teachings of the Church such as Trinity and atonement find
no mention in the Bible. In fact, various verses of the Bible point to Jesus’
(pbuh) actual mission, which was to fulfill the law
revealed to Prophet Moses (pbuh). Indeed Jesus (pbuh) rejected any suggestions that attributed divinity
to him, and explained his miracles as the power of the One True God. Jesus (pbuh) thus reiterated the message of monotheism that was
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Simple compare
what the Bible says about Jesus (a.s.)
with what Allah Says about this Noble Prophet in the Glorious Quran:
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 19 Surah Maryam verses 16-36:
16 Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary
when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East.
17 She placed a screen (to screen herself)
from them: then We sent to her Our Angel (Gabriel (a.s.)) and he appeared before her as a man in all respects.
18 She said: "I seek refuge from thee to
(Allah) Most Gracious: (come not near) if thou dost fear Allah."
19 He said: "Nay I am only a messenger
from thy Lord (to announce) to thee the gift of a holy son."
20 She said: "How shall I have a son
seeing that no man has touched me and I am not unchaste?"
21 He said: "So (it will be): thy Lord saith `That is easy for Me: and
(We wish) to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us': it is a
matter (so) Decreed."
22 So she conceived him,
and she retired with him to a remote place.
23 And the pains of childbirth drove her to
the trunk of a palm-tree: she cried (in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had died before this! Would that I had been a
thing forgotten, and out of sight!"
24 But (a voice) cried to her from beneath
the (palm-free): "Grieve not! for thy Lord hath
provided a rivulet beneath thee;
25 "And shake towards thyself the trunk
of the palm-tree: it will let fall fresh ripe dates upon thee.
26 "So eat and drink, and cool (thine) eye. And if
thou dost see any man say `I have vowed a fast to
(Allah) Most Gracious, and this day will I enter into no talk with any human
being.'"
27 At length she brought the (babe) to her
people carrying him (in her arms). They
said: "O Mary! Truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!
28 "O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a
man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"
29 But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who
is a child in the cradle?"
30 He (Christ Jesus (a.s.)) said: "I am indeed a servant of Allah: He
hath given me Revelation and made me a Prophet;
31 "And He hath made me Blessed wheresoever I be, and hath
enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live;
32 "(He) hath made me
kind to my mother and not overbearing or miserable;
33 "So Peace is on me the day I was
born, the day that I die, and the Day that I shall be raised up to life
(again)"!
34 Such (was) Jesus, the son of Mary: (it is)
a statement of Truth about which they (vainly) dispute.
35 It is not befitting to (the Majesty of)
Allah that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He determines a matter He only says to it
"Be" and it is.
36 Verily Allah is my Lord and your Lord: Him therefore serve ye: this is a Way that is Straight.
Whatever written
of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and
whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone
Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan
Wister