Compare And Differences Of Islam And Islam

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Islam 's fundamental duties, practices, and beliefs are summarized in the Five Pillars of the faith, laid down in one of the Prophet 's Hadith and accepted by all Muslims. The five pillars are, the profession of faith, the daily prayer, payment of the Zakat, fasting during Ramadan, and the pilgrimage to Mecca. These are religious obligation of the Islamic practice. Although Christian 's religion is summarized in the Ten Commandments, the two faiths have similar and ideas, practices, and beliefs. The similarities can be seen through the rules of the holy writings and by the specific actions preformed both outside and in the worship places. The first pillar in an Islamic faith is the shahada, the profession of faith: There is no god but God, …show more content…

The Koran identifies that the God who spoke to Moses while he wandered in the desert, the God who saved Noah, and the God who watched over Joseph as he was betrayed by his brothers is Allah, the God of Jews and the God of Muslims. The Koran says "He has ordained for men the faith He has revealed to you and formerly enjoining on Noah and Abraham, on Moses and Jesus, saying, 'Observe this faith and be united in it. '" (42:13). Similarly, Allah is the same God as the God of Judaism and Christianity. Both Christina 's and Muslims believe that God is unique, everlasting, omniscient, eternal, and living. Both Christians and Muslims teach that God knows everything, He created everything and he controls all destiny. In the Koran it says God is, "the Sovereign Lord, The Holy One, the Giver of peace, the Keeper of the Faith, the Guardian, the Mighty One, the All-powerful, the Most High!" (59:23). Both Christians and Muslims believe that God was the one who created the earth, the heavens, the elements, men, and angels and jinn. Islamic scholar Fazlur Rahman describes jinn in his Islam and Development writing as "an invisible order of creation, parallel to

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