Islam & Christianity. Are God and Allah the Same?

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1 Islam & Christianity Are God and Allah the Same?

2 Are God and Allah the Same? Is Allah the linguistic equivalent of God?

3 Linguistic Cognates Language Spanish Chinese Name for God Diós Shàng Dì, Tīan-zhǔ Arabic

4 Linguistic Cognates Language Spanish Chinese Arabic Name for God Diós Shàng Dì, Tīan-zhǔ l-lahu (Allah) - God ilāhan - god

5 Are God and Allah the Same? Praying to Allah by Arab Christians predates Islam and continues by some today.

6 Venn Diagrams

7 Set Theory Sets are described by enumerating all of the objects in them: positive integers from 1 to 5 {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} or using set builder notation: even numbers {x : x > 0 and x / 2 has no remainder}

8 Union of Two Sets

9 Intersection of Two Sets

10 A Set as a Subset of Another

11 Equivalence Two sets are equivalent only if they have exactly the same objects in them: {a, b, c, d} = {c, a, d, b}

12 Quiz Are the sets of letters in the words bake and cake equivalent? b a k e c

13 Quiz Are the sets of letters in the words bake and cake equivalent? A.Yes B. No C.Yes and No

14 Quiz Are the sets of letters in the words bake and cake equivalent? A.Yes B. No correct C.Yes and No

15 Quiz Is the set of letters in the word bake a subset of cake? b a k e c

16 Quiz Is the set of letters in the word bake a subset of cake? A.Yes B. No C.Yes and No

17 Quiz Is the set of letters in the word bake a subset of cake? A.Yes B. No correct C.Yes and No

18 One perspective comparing God of the Bible and Allah of the Koran

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21 Another perspective comparing God of the Bible and Allah of the Koran

22 God in the Bible Allah in the Koran

23 Partial Analysis When a statistician selects only one variable from among several to investigate a relationship, he acknowledges he can only establish a partial correlation.

24 Holistic Comparison Whether or not the portrayal of Allah in the Koran is equivalent to or a subset of the portrayal of God in the Bible should include not only adjectives and nominatives, but what Allah and God say and do (their words and deeds).

25 John 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

26 Galatians 1:8-9 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!

27 Our Criterion To establish an inequality between the Biblical God and the Koranic God requires that we identify at least one attribute or declaration by one that is incompatible with the other.

28 Recommended Books

29 Do God and Allah say the same thing? The Koran denies that Jesus is the Son of God. "Jesus... was only a messenger of God... far is it removed from his transcendent majesty that he should have a son (Surah 4:171)."

30 Do God and Allah say the same thing? The Koran says that Christ never really died on the cross. "They slew him not nor crucified, but it appeared so unto them" (Surah 4:157). Some evangelists to Islam suggest that this conclusion misinterprets the Koran more on this next week

31 Do God and Allah say the same thing? Man must earn salvation by following the Five Pillars of Faith 1) confessing Allah as God, Muhammed as his prophet, 2) prayer, 3) giving alms, 4) observing Ramadan, 5) pilgrimage to Mecca. "Whoever goes astray, he himself bears the whole responsibility of wandering" (Surah 10:109).

32 Do God and Allah say the same thing? Among the Six Doctrines of Islam (that every Muslim is required to believe) are the beliefs that Heaven is a place of sensual pleasure.

33 From the Koran 78:31 As for the righteous, they shall surely triumph. Theirs shall be gardens and vineyards, and high- bosomed virgins for companions: a truly overflowing cup. 44: Yes and We shall wed them to dark-eyed houris (beautiful virgins).

34 From the Koran 4:34 Good women are obedient... As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them. Then if they obey you, take no further action against them.

35 From the Koran 9:29 When the Sacred Months are over, kill those who ascribe partners to God [Christians] wheresoever ye find them; seize them, encompass them, and ambush them;

36 Holistic Comparison God of the Bible and God of the Koran are not the same, nor are all of the attributes of one a subset of the other.

37 Prophet A prophet is a spokesperson* for God. The prophet admonishes, warns, directs, encourages, intercedes, teaches and counsels. He brings the word of God to the people of God and calls the people to respond. *Then the LORD said to Moses, See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. (Exodus 7:1, NASB)

38 The Prophet Muhammed? In our day, Muhammed has led 1½ billion people away from God s plan for salvation by the blood of Yeshua.

39 For your consideration If it will help to use his Islamic title in your witness, refer to him as your prophet, Muhammed.