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Chapter Fifteen Unusual Tales Preface and Comparison with the Bible Included in the Qur'an are many unusual tales. These stories might be some of the fables that drew criticism from unbelievers who heard Mohammed recite them. The Qur'an itself admits that the unbelievers accused Mohammed of
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Chapter Fourteen Bible Characters in the Qur'an Preface and Comparison with the Bible Throughout the Qur'an, Mohammed recited stories about Biblical characters. He did it so often that this collection covers four hundred and twelve verses. Some of the stories agreed with their Biblical counterparts but
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Chapter Thirteen Human Characteristics Ascribed to Allah Preface and Comparison with the Bible One of the major criticisms that Muslims have about the Bible is that it ascribes physical features to God. They say that the Bible is flawed in this respect since the Almighty should never be described as
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Chapter Twelve The Antichrist Spirit Of Islam The Spirit of Antichrist While we have already discussed the actual person of the Antichrist, the Bible also talks of an antichrist spirit. Apart from the one direct reference in the Bible to The Antichrist, there are four other times that the word
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Chapter Twelve Free Will - Predestination Preface and Comparison with the Bible One subject that the Bible and the Qur'an have in common is that of free will and predestination. The Bible clearly presents both the responsibility of people to believe and the fact that no one can
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Chapter Ten Hell Preface and Comparison with the Bible One of the more significant differences between the Bible and the Qur'an is the emphasis placed on Hell. The Bibles New Testament only mentions Hell fourteen times. None of the references contain a great deal of specifics. Even though
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Chapter Nine Paradise Preface and Comparison with the Bible Eternal life is not called heaven in the Qur'an. The Muslim concept of a heavenly reward is much different than it is described in the Bible. Thirty-seven paraphrased verses from the Qur'an are included in this chapter
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Chapter Seven Creation and Science Preface and Comparison with the Bible Most Muslims claim that the Qur'ans views of creation and science agree with modern science. They feel strongly about this because they believe the Qur'an must be flawless in every way or it is not