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jgredline said:Vinc
I stated earlier.IMO since the devil tries to imitate the creator in everything that he does and is going to do, he also created his own bible in the koran..
JGredline
This is your opinion and you are entitled to your opinion.
Have you read the Koran? If you have not read the Koran then it is not wise to comment much about it. I am not trying to support the Koran more than the Bible and at the same time i am of the opinion that Koran is not from the devil as i have read it.
1) The Koran appreciates the Jews, Christians and all those who believe Father-God and lives a good life according to the verse below -
2.62 - Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.
2) The Koran most certainly acknowledges the 5 Books of Moses in the Old Testament also called Torah, the Books of the Prophets in the Old Testament until the birth of Lord Jesus Christ. This means that the Koran acknowledges the entire Old Testament as Divinely inspired Books which is useful for the Spiritual Edification of all those who read the Koran also. The Koran acknowledges the birth and life of Lord Jesus Christ, the son of Mary in the verse below -
2.87 - And most certainly We gave Musa (Moses) the Book and We sent apostles (OT Prophets) after him one after another; and We gave Isa (Jesus), the son of Marium(Mary), clear arguments and strengthened him with the holy spirit, What! whenever then an apostle came to you with that which your souls did not desire, you were insolent so you called some liars and some you slew.
3.3 - He has revealed to you the Book with truth, verifying that which is before it, and He revealed the Tavrat (Torah or 5 Books of Moses) and the Injeel (The 4 Gospels of the New Testament) aforetime, a guidance for the people, and He sent the Furqan (The Koran).
3) The Koran strongly says that there is only one God who is Ever-living, Merciful, Beneficial, Self-Sufficient and Forbearing according to the verses below. Kindness and Forgiveness are considered to be Godly virtues to attain -
2.163 - And your God is one God! there is no god but He; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful.
2.263 - Kind speech and forgiveness is better than charity followed by injury; and Allah is Self-sufficient, Forbearing.
3.2 - Allah, (there is) no god but He, the Everliving, the Self-subsisting by Whom all things subsist.
4) The Koran exhorts its readers to repent of their sins and to make amends and change for the better to gain the Mercy of God who likes to be merciful according to the verse below -
2.160 - Except those who repent and amend and make manifest (the truth), these it is to whom I turn (mercifully); and I am the Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.
5.39 - But whoever repents after his iniquity and reforms (himself), then surely Allah will turn to him (mercifully); surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
5) The Koran exhorts to recieve forgiveness of God and to seek forgiveness of others from God for any indecency or injustice done by them according to the verses below. This is how Daniel and Nehemiah used to pray seeking for the forgiveness of their sins and their people -
4.106 - And ask forgiveness of Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
3.135 - And those who when they commit an indecency or do injustice to their souls remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their faults -- and who forgives the faults but Allah, and (who) do not knowingly persist in what they have done.
3.136 - (As for) these -- their reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them, and excellent is the reward of the laborers.
6) The Koran acknowledges the writings of the Disciples of Lord Jesus Christ according to the verse below -
61.14 - O you who believe! be helpers (in the cause) of Allah, as~ Isa son of Marium said to (his) disciples: Who are my helpers in the cause of Allah? The disciples said: We are helpers (in the cause) of Allah. So a party of the children of Israel believed and another party disbelieved; then We aided those who believed against their enemy, and they became uppermost.
Certainly there is a lot of good that one can take in the Koran also and it need not be considered as from the devil.
The Bible although inspired is not inerrant or perfect similarly the Koran also contains inspired verses but is not inerrant or perfect. This is so because humans like us were involved in their development. And the thinking of the Leaders in those days had its own effect in the development of both the Books.
This is my honest and personal opinion.
Lord bless you.