Bible vs Qu'ran Comparative Flashcards

Flashcards reviewing key terms, scriptural citations, historical evidence, and theological differences between Christianity and Islam based on the lecture outline.

Ishmael

Abraham's son with Hagar, whom Islam claims as an ancestor of Mohammed.

Isaac

Abraham's son from whom Judaism and Christianity originated.

Apocryphon of Daniel

A text containing scroll evidence cited to support that Jesus is the Son of God.

John 3:16

A Bible verse teaching that Jesus is the Son of God: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Tacitus

A Roman historian who documented Jesus's crucifixion by Pontius Pilate and early Christianity in his work called Annals.

Annals

The historical work by Roman historian Tacitus that mentions Jesus's crucifixion under Pontius Pilate.

Islamic Teaching on Jesus's Crucifixion

The belief in Islam that Jesus ascended and someone else died on the cross, and that Jesus will return at the Day of Judgement to die a human death.

Luke 23:33 and Matthew 28:5-6

Biblical passages cited to establish that Jesus was crucified and resurrected.

Surah Al-Ma'idah (5:73)

A Qu'ranic passage stating: "Those who say, 'Allah is one in a Trinity,' have certainly fallen into disbelief. There is only One God. If they do not stop saying this, those who disbelieve among them will be afflicted with a painful punishment."

Matthew 3:16-17

A biblical passage used to show that God is three in one.

Islamic View of the Trinity

The teaching in the Qu'ran that the Trinity represents three distinct gods, which Islam rejects in favor of strict belief in Allah alone.

Christian View of the Trinity

The biblical belief that God is one God existing in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Islamic View of Salvation

The belief that people earn salvation through faith, good deeds, and God's mercy without needing a savior, holding that it is unjust to be punished for someone else's sin.

Christian View of Salvation

The belief that Christ had to be fully God and fully man and die on the cross to save people from their sin.