Comparing the quran with the Bible

1. Comparing
The Quran
With The Bible
By Dr. Peter Hammond

3. How Firm a Foundation

4. How firm a foundation,
ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your Faith
in His excellent Word!
What more can He say
than to you He hath said,
You, who unto Jesus
for refuge have fled?

5. Fear not, I am with thee,
O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God
and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen and help thee,
and cause thee to stand
Upheld by My righteous,
omnipotent hand.

6. When through fiery trials thy
pathways shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient,
shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee;
I only design
Thy dross to consume,
and thy gold to refine.

7. The soul that on Jesus has
leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not
desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell
should endeavour to shake,
I’ll never, no never,
no never forsake.

9. Comparing
The Quran
With The Bible
By Dr. Peter Hammond

10. The Bible is 66
books written by 40
different prophets
and apostles, in 3
languages (Hebrew,
Aramaic and
Greek), on 3
continents (Africa,
Asia and Europe),
over 1 500 years.

11. The Quran is one book, written by one author, in one
language, in one geographic area, over 23 years.

12. Even the Quran acknowledges that Jesus Christ was
miraculously born of a virgin, was holy and
faultless, performed miracles, healed the sick and
raised the dead.

13. Muhammad, however, was a trader who transported and sold
slaves. He was also a slave owner. This we learn from the
Muslim’s own holy writings – the Hadith.
One of Muhammad’s 14 wives, Aisha, was only 9 years old
when he married her. (According to the laws of most
countries in the world that constitutes child abuse.)

14. Muhammad attacked caravans for loot and had over 600
Jewish men in Medina dig their own mass grave before having
them all slaughtered.
Their wives and children were then sold as slaves.
All these facts are recorded in the Hadith.

15. The authenticity of the Bible as God’s revealed Word
is attested to by many witnesses, by miracles such
as the parting of the Red Sea,

16. the fire that came down on Mount Carmel, our Lord
feeding thousands with a handful of food,

17. walking on the water,

18. calming the
storm,

19. raising Lazarus from the grave and countless other
events.

20. The Bible contains hundreds of detailed prophecies.
Our Lord Jesus fulfilled 300 Old Testament
prophecies in his life on earth. The Messiah was
to be:
born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14),
in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2),
a descendant of David (Isaiah
9:7),
483 years after the decree to
build Jerusalem (Daniel 9:24-
26).

21. He would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver
(Zech. 11:12-13), by a friend (Psalm 41:9),

22. His hands and feet pierced – crucified – (Psalm 22:16),

23. His robe gambled for (Psalm 22:18).

24. He would be buried with the rich (Isaiah 53:9).

25. Yet He would rise from the dead (Psalm 16:10)

26. and ascend to Heaven (Psalm 68:18).

27. There is no provision for
forgiveness in the Quran,
no atonement for sins
(Leviticus 17:11).
Jesus Christ is the Lamb of
God who takes away the sin
of the world. In the blood
of Christ we have full
atonement for sin.

28. Unlike the Quran, the Bible is convincingly attested to
by countless miracles and detailed, prophecies. If you
visit Medina you can see the tomb where Muhammad is buried.

29. But if you visit
Jerusalem you will
find an empty tomb.
The Lord Jesus Christ
has risen.
He is the way, the truth
and the life.
No-one comes to the
Father except by Him.

30. Jesus
healed
the sick.
Muhammad
healed
no-one.

31. Jesus could
make the blind
see.
Muhammad
could only
make the seeing
blind.

32. Jesus made the crippled walk.
Muhammad could make the walking crippled.

33. Jesus could take a
dead man and make
him alive.
Muhammad could
take a live man and
make him dead.

34. Jesus multiplied
food to feed
thousands.
Muhammad
could divide the
loot amongst his
followers.

35. Jesus could
walk on the
water.
Muhammad
could ride a
camel.

36. Islam is a religion of hatred and slavery
based upon a lie.

37. Christianity is a relationship of love with God
based upon the truth.

38. Quran Vs Bible
• 1 book • 66 books
“Therefore by their fruits you will know them.” Matthew 7:20
•1 author
•1 language
•1 country
•Over 23 years
•No prophecies
•No miracles
•A grave in Medina
•No atonement
•Hatred for enemies
•Slavery
•40 writers
•3 languages
•3 continents
•Over 1 500 years
•Prophecies
•Miracles
•An empty tomb
•Full atonement
•Love for enemies
•Liberty

39. CHANGES IN THE QURAN
As to the myth that “there is only one Quran and it
has never been changed”, Slavery, Terrorism and
Islam exposes that as falsehood as well.
Both the times of prayer and the direction of
prayer were changed from the original Quran.

40. Originally Muhammad had declared that it was
Allah's will that all Muslims pray towards
Jerusalem. After the Jews refused to accept his
“prophethood”, Muhammad changed the
direction of prayer from Jerusalem to Mecca.

41. DESTROYING QURANS
The third Calipha Uthman forcibly standardised the many
variations of the Quran by demanding that all versions and
copies of the Quran had to be surrendered - under pain
of death - for destruction. At the end, Uthman issued a
new, revised, standardised, version of the Quran which
endures to this day.

42. MANY VERSIONS
As to there being only one version of the Quran, I have on my shelf a
number of Qurans, several of which I obtained from the Islamic
Propagation Centre International, including the translation and
commentary by Yusuf Ali and the translation by Muhammad
Pickthall.

43. There are also the translations by Maulana
Muhammad Ali, Ahmed Ali, J. M. Rodwell,
A. J. Arberry, M. H. Shakir, N. J. Dawood
and Muhammad Zafulla Khan.

44. The differences between these
various translations of the Quran
can be quite interesting.
For example the permitting of
plunder in Surah 24:29:
Rodwell translates it as “there
shall be no harm in your
entering (unoccupied)
houses…for the supply of your
needs”;
M. Z. Khan's translation adds
“wherein are your goods.”

45. Dawood inserts “to seek
shelter.” M. H. Shakir
and M. M. Ali insert an
ambiguous “wherein you
have your necessities.”
Ahmed Ali writes
“where there is some
convenience for you.”
Whereas Arberry has a
vague
“wherein enjoyment
is for you.”

46. Surah 4:34 (or:38, some versions of the Quran vary
slightly as to their verse numbers), Dawood,
Arberry and Rodwell translate as “as for
(disobedient wives) beat them” whereas M. M. Ali
and M. Z. Khan prefer a more obscure translation:
“chastise them.”

47. Some Muslim translators such as M.
M. Ali tried to soften Muhammad's
savagery by retranslating verses
such as Surah 8:12: “Strike off
their heads. Strike off their
fingertips!” with “smite…their
necks…and every fingertip.”

48. Dawood translates Surah 8:68: “A
prophet may not take captives until
he has fought and triumphed in the
land.” However, Rodwell uses these
words in his translation: “…until he
has made a slaughter in the earth.”
Plainly the assertion that there is
only one Quran, and the Quran has
never been changed, is false.

49. • “The harvest is
plentiful, but
the workers are
few. Ask the
Lord of the
harvest
therefore to
send out
workers into
His harvest
field.”
Matthew 9:39

50. “The Kingdoms of the world have become the
Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and
He shall reign for ever and ever.”
Revelation 11:15

51. “All nations will come and
worship before You …”
Revelation 15:4

52. “The desert tribes
will bow before Him
and His enemies
will lick the dust ...
All kings will bow
down to Him and
all nations will
serve Him.”
Psalm 72: 9-11

53. "May Your ways be known on earth,
Your Salvation among all nations.
May the peoples praise You, O God;
may all the peoples praise You." Psalm 67:2-3

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