Islam

…expresses some Christian Reflections

About God:                                                                                                           தமிழ்
      “There is only one God. He has no image. There is nothing equivalent to Him. He is the beginning and the end” -Christianity.
      “There is only one God. God has no image. There is nothing equivalent to God. He is not begotten by anybody” -Islam.

About Creation:
      ‘In six days the heavens and the earth were finished, and their all multitude. And He rested on the seventh day from all the work that He had done’ -Genesis 2:1,2.
      ‘God only create heavens and the earth in six days. Then He sat on the throne’ -Koran 57:4.

About Abraham:
     ‘The Lord said to Abraham, “I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations” -Genesis 17:5.
     ‘The angel of the Lord said to Abraham, “Lord says: By your offspring (Jesus Christ) shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves” -Genesis 22:18.
      ‘God said unto Abraham: “I will make you the master of this mankind” -Koran 2:124.

About Virgin Mary:
      ‘Angel Gabriel came to Mary and said, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have bound favor with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of God” -Luke 1:30-32,35.
      ‘When that time came the angels said: “Mary! God is favored and sanctified you. And He gives primary importance to select you among the women of this world. God says you the good news. That’s name is Jesus the Messiah” -Koran 3:42,45.

      “Virgin Mary gave the birth to Jesus Christ” -Luke 1:34.
      “Mary gave the birth to Jesus Christ when she was virgin” -Koran 3:47.

About Jesus Christ:
      “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth” -John 2:1-3,14.
      “Surely, Jesus Christ the Son of Mary is the word of the God” -Koran 4:171. 

      ‘Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John (the Baptist) what you hear and see: the blind receive the sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them. And blessed is anyone who takes no offence at me” -Matthew 11:4-6.
      ‘Jesus said: “I will heal the blinds by birth, lepers and also rise up the dead ones” -Koran 3:49.

      “(God) the Father loves the Son (Jesus Christ) and has placed all things in his hands. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life” -John 3:35-36.
      “God will exalt whoever has the belief in Jesus Christ” -Islam.

      “Jesus was born as the Son of Virgin Mary in this world. He preached the message about Kingdom of God. He sacrifice his life for the salvation of human race from sins. He died on the Cross for the reason he was Son of God. On the third day of his death, He was resurrected from the death” -Christianity.
      ‘The Jews answered Pilate, “We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has claimed to be the Son of God” -John19:7.
      ‘Child Jesus said: “Peace is upon me - on the day I was born, on the day I will die, and on the day I will resurrect from the death!” -Koran 19:33.

      ‘After his suffering Jesus presented himself alive to the apostles by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. At last, as they are watching He was lifted up and a cloud took up him out of their sight’ -Acts of the Apostles 1:3,9.
      ‘The Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to apostles, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God’ -Mark 16:19.
      “God lifted up Jesus to His side” -Koran 4:158.

About Judgment Day:
      “Then the sign of the Son of Man (Jesus Christ) will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see ‘the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven’ with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the one end of the heaven to the other” -Matthew 24:30-31.
      “On those days a cloud will appear from the broken sky. Angels will get down in crowds” -Koran 25:25.
      “On those days trumpets will horned. Everyone will get panic. Everybody will subjugate and come in front of the God” -Koran 27:87.

Some Controversies:
       “Christians tell that God have a Son. But, that is not tolerable for the God!” -Koran 19:88,92.
       “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him have eternal life. For God did send his Son into the world to be its savior” -John 3:16-17.

       “Truly, Jews neither killed Jesus nor nailed him on a cross! But, God lifted up him to His side” -Koran 4:157-158.
       “False prophets appeared in the past among the people in the same way false teachers will appear among you. They will bring in destructive, untrue doctrines, will deny the Lord (Jesus) who redeemed them (through his death on a cross)” -Second Epistle from Peter 2:1.
       “There are some people who are upsetting you and trying to change the gospel of Christ. Even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel that is different from the one we preached to you, may he be condemned to hell!” -Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians 1:7-8.

Final words:                                                                                Islam  is a False Religion
        “Look, Lord Jesus is coming on the clouds in his glory! Everyone will see him, including those who pierced him. All the peoples on earth will mourn over him. So shall it be!” -Revelation 1:7.