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A Comparison Chart to Christianity

Subject Islam Christianity
God Only one god - called Allah Only one God - a triune being called God or Yahweh

A prophet who was virgin-born, but not the Divine son of God who was virgin-born. He is God's
Jesus
Son of God Word and Savior to humanity
Jesus was not crucified. Someone was
Crucifixion substituted for Jesus and He hid until He A fact of history that is necessary for the atonement
of sin and the salvation of believers
could meet with the disciples
Since Muslims do not believe in the
Jesus' Crucifixion, there is no need to believe in the A fact of history that signifies God's victory over sin
Resurrection and death
Resurrection
A blasphemy signifying belief in three gods. The one God is eternally revealed in three coequal
Trinity In Islam, the Trinity is mistakenly thought to and coeternal persons: God the Father, God the Son,
be God, Jesus, and Mary and God the Holy Spirit
Sin is disobedience to the established law. A
Sin Sin is rebellion against God. Sin grieves God
character flaw. Sin does not grieve Allah.
Man Man is created by Allah and is sinless Man is created in God's image and is sinful by nature
Salvation is achieved by submitting to the Salvation is a gift accepted by faith in the atonement
will of Allah. There is no assurance of
Salvation of Jesus Christ on the Cross and provided through
salvation - it is granted by Allah's mercy God's grace
alone
Muslims accept the Bible (especially the
Bible Pentateuch, Psalms, and Gospels) insofar as The Bible is the inspired Word of God that is
complete and not to be added to
it agrees with the Qur'an
Qur'an A later revelation that supersedes and Not accepted as divine revelation
(Koran) corrects errors in the Bible
The last in the line of prophets and,
Muhammad therefore, the final authority in spiritual Not accepted as a prophet or legitimate theological
source
matters
These divine messengers are created from
Angels light and are not worshipped. Satan is an Angels are defined in the Bible as heavenly servants
angel of God who act as His messengers
There will be bodily resurrection and final There will be bodily resurrection in the last days.
judgment with final destination. All Muslims Final judgment and eternal destination (heaven or
Last Days go to heaven, though some must be purged hell) will be decided based on acceptance of Jesus as
of their sins first. All infidels are destined for Savior and His removal of the sin which separates
hell each person from God
This chart was created by NSRK Ravi and found at https://www.namb.net/apologetics-blog/comparison-chart-
islam-and-christianity/

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