From: jodar@chaph.usc.edu (Nicholas Jodar)
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Subject: Re: FAQ List (Jews, Christians, and Islam)
Date: 13 Dec 92 17:14:27 GMT
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In article <1fru0nINNm0c@life.ai.mit.edu> jarubick@honors.uoregon.edu (:Jade Rubick) writes:

>Would someone mind telling me if there is a FAQ for s.r.i. and if so how to 
>access it and where it is at?  I would appreciate it very much.

It's around somewhere....  I forget who's in charge of it.

>I'm interested mostly in finding references in the Qur'an to some of the 
>basic tenets of Islam.  For example, the relationship between Islam and 
>Judaism and Christianity.  My understanding is that Muslims believe that in 
>essense they are the same religion, 

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'That was the reasoning about Us, which we gave to Abraham (to
use) against his people:  We raise who We will, degree after
degree:  for thy Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge.  

'We gave him Isaac and Jacob:  all (three) We guided;  and 
before him We guided Noah; and among his progeny, David, 
Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses, and Aaron; thus do We reward those 
who do good:  

'And Zakariah and John, and Jesus and Elijah:  all in the ranks 
of the Righteous:  

'And Ishmael and Elisha, and Jonah, and Lot:  and to all We gave 
favour above the nations:  

'(To them) and to their fathers, and their progeny and bretheren:  
We chose them, and We guided them to a Straight Way.'
[6: 83-87]

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'The same religion has He established for you as that which He
enjoined on Noah--that which We have sent by inspiration to
thee--and that which We enjoined on Abraham, Moses, and Jesus:
namely, that ye should remain steadfast in Religion, and make no
divisions therein:  to those who worship other things than Allah,
hard is the (way) to which thou callest them.  Allah chooses to
Himself those whom He pleases, and guides to Himself those who
turn (to Him).

'And they became divided only after knowledge reached
them--through selfish envy as between themselves.  Had it not
been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (tending)
to a Term appointed, the matter would have been settled between
them:  but truly those who have inherited the Book after them are
in suspicious (disquieting) doubt concerning it.'
[42:13-14]

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>but they have been corrupted by the Jews 
>and Christians.  I'm looking for references in the Qur'an.

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[The Jews and Christians misguided]

'Allah did aforetime take a Covenant from the Children of Israel,
and We appointed twelve Captains among them.  And Allah said:  "I
am with you:  if ye (but) establish regular Prayers, practice
regular Charity, believe in My Messengers, honor and assist them,
and loan to Allah a beautiful loan, verily, I will wipe out from
you your evils, and admit you to Gardens with rivers flowing
beneath; but if any of you, after this, resisteth Faith, he hath
truly wandered from the path of rectitude."

'But because of their breach of their Covenant, We cursed them,
and made their hearts grow hard:  they change the words from
their (right) places and forget a good part of the Message that
was sent to them, nor wilt thou cease to find them--barring a
few--ever bent on (new) deceits:  but forgive them, and overlook
(their misdeeds):  for Allah loveth those who are kind.

'From those, too, who call themselves Christians, we did take a
Covenant, but they forgot a good part of the Message that was
sent to them:  so We estranged them, with enmity and hatred
between the one and the other, to the Day of Judgement.  And soon
will Allah show them what it is they have done.'
[5:12-14]

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'The Jews say:  "The Christians have naught (to stand) upon"; and
the Christians say:  "The Jews have naught (to stand) upon."  Yet
they (profess to) study the (same) Book.  Like unto their word is
what those say who know not; but Allah will judge between them in
their quarrel on the Day of Judgement.'
[2:113]

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[Problem with the Jews]

'Say:  Oh People of the Book!  Exceed not in your religion the
bounds (of what is proper), trespassing beyond the truth, nor
follow the vain desires of people who went wrong in times gone
by--who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from the Even Way.

'Curses were pronounced on those among the Children of Israel who
rejected Faith, by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of
Mary, because they disobeyed and persisted in Excesses.

'Nor did they (usually) forbid one another the iniquities which
they committed:  evil indeed were the deeds which they did.'
[5:77-79]

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[Problem with the Christians]

'In blasphemy indeed are those that say that Allah is Christ the
son of Mary.  Say:  "Who then hath the least power against Allah,
if His Will were to destroy Christ the son of Mary, his mother,
and all--everyone that is on the earth?  For to Allah belongeth
the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is
between.  He created what He pleaseth.  For Allah hath power over
all things."'
[5:17]

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'They do blaspheme who say:  "Allah is one of three in a
Trinity":  for there is no god except One God.  If they desist
not from their word (of blasphemy), verily a grievous penalty
will befall the blasphemers among them.'
[5:73]

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There's much more, of course, but this is the condensed version.

-AQ

[I beg Allah's forgiveness for my weakness and insufficiency in ]
['His' service, and I ask for his protection from Shaitan and   ]
[from my own Desires.  None can protect me except Allah.  If I  ]
[have made any errors, I beg Allah to bring them to my attention]
[so that they may be corrected.  If I have made none, then it is]
[only through the Grace of Allah and all praise is due only to  ]
['Him.'                                                         ]
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