The Qur'an is the central religious text of Islam, which contains more than fifty people and events that can also be found in the Bible. The New Testament is made up of 27 different books with 8 different authors - 6 are the Apostles (Matthew, John, Paul, James, Peter, Jude) and Mark and Luke are two of the disciples. Both possess many similarities relating to the Holy scriptures of Islam and Christianity. Islam teaches that the New Testament has been altered in ways by The Qur'an and is to even be considered not trustworthy. For example, the New Testament elevates Jesus from the human prophet to the divine son of God. But, now the New Testament teaches the doctrine of the trinity (in other words - God is 3 persons in one, the Father, the Son, and the Holy spirit). The Qur'an identifies the prophets: Job, Enonch, Imram and Ishamael, but their stories are never fully told. The Qur'an also concentrates more on the significance of moral and spiritual parts of stories. In The New Testament, all men are declared righteous, but the Prophets were not (expect for Ishamael). In fact, he actually seems to be described in a very non righteous manner. On another note, the Islamic teaching also raises questions about legitimacy of the Hebrew bible and the New Testament. Both books have a varying degree of conflicting opinions.
"There is no god, but God and Muhammad is the prophet of God".
Excellent post that details the similarities and differences of these two texts. Well done.
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