Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are known as the monotheistic, Abrahamic religions. Followers of Islam are known as Muslims and followers of Judaism are known as Jews. All three faiths use different texts; the Muslims use the Quran, the Christians have the Holy Bible and the Jews rely on a modified version of the Christian Old Testament. Quranists use the Quran, while other Muslims may accept certain supplementary texts as the truth.
Islam, along with Judiasm and Christianity, is one of the three monotheistic Abrahamic religions. They are so called because they all have a common ancestor in the prophet, Abraham. This is the story of Abraham, his family, and how the three religions began. Although it is taken from the Old Testament of the JudeoChristian Bible, the story is the same for the followers of Islam. The purpose here is not to convert, but to inform.
The story begins in the Garden of Eden. Prior to the Creation, God had been bored and lonely. He made the Earth and everything in it with the intention of creating Man. His intention was for Man to procreate and multiply. This way, He would have an unlimited pool of individuals with whom he could form close relationships. He created Adam and Eve to be the father and mother of all mankind. God gave them only one rule, and that was not to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.
Satan, originally one of God's three archangels, was jealous and hated mankind. One day, Eve was walking alone in the Garden of Eden. Taking the form of a serpent, or snake, Satan convinced her that nothing bad would happen to her if she ate the forbidden fruit. So she did, and she gave some to Adam.
God was furious. He had given them everything. All He had asked in return was one little thing, not to eat the fruit, and they went and did it anyway. They were thrown out of heaven. Centuries later, the descendants of Adam and Eve had discovered lower levels of sin and spent their lives doing their own thing rather than obeying God's principles. God despaired of his creation, and sent a flood to destroy the whole sorry lot. The only ones spared were Noah and his family.
Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives, survived the ordeal of the flood and carried on repopulating the planet. It wasn't long, however, before their descendants fell into sin and moral decay. God found a man named Abraham who lived according to God's principles. He made a promise to Abraham that he would father a great nation. After years went by without giving birth, Sarah, Abraham's wife, allowed her maid, Hagar, to have a child by Abraham. The boy's name was Ishmael, and the family lived in harmony for many years.
Then Sarah and Abraham had a son of their own, Isaac, and Sarah lost interest in the 13 year-old Ishmael. She cast them onto the street. God sent an angel to Hagar to comfort her and assure her that her son, Ishmael, would be the father of a great nation. This nation became the arabs, who established Islam.
And that is the story of the three Abrahamic religions. All share a common ancestor, a common heritage and the same story. All three worship the same deity. One day, one way or another, they will live in harmony with one another.
Islam, along with Judiasm and Christianity, is one of the three monotheistic Abrahamic religions. They are so called because they all have a common ancestor in the prophet, Abraham. This is the story of Abraham, his family, and how the three religions began. Although it is taken from the Old Testament of the JudeoChristian Bible, the story is the same for the followers of Islam. The purpose here is not to convert, but to inform.
The story begins in the Garden of Eden. Prior to the Creation, God had been bored and lonely. He made the Earth and everything in it with the intention of creating Man. His intention was for Man to procreate and multiply. This way, He would have an unlimited pool of individuals with whom he could form close relationships. He created Adam and Eve to be the father and mother of all mankind. God gave them only one rule, and that was not to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.
Satan, originally one of God's three archangels, was jealous and hated mankind. One day, Eve was walking alone in the Garden of Eden. Taking the form of a serpent, or snake, Satan convinced her that nothing bad would happen to her if she ate the forbidden fruit. So she did, and she gave some to Adam.
God was furious. He had given them everything. All He had asked in return was one little thing, not to eat the fruit, and they went and did it anyway. They were thrown out of heaven. Centuries later, the descendants of Adam and Eve had discovered lower levels of sin and spent their lives doing their own thing rather than obeying God's principles. God despaired of his creation, and sent a flood to destroy the whole sorry lot. The only ones spared were Noah and his family.
Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives, survived the ordeal of the flood and carried on repopulating the planet. It wasn't long, however, before their descendants fell into sin and moral decay. God found a man named Abraham who lived according to God's principles. He made a promise to Abraham that he would father a great nation. After years went by without giving birth, Sarah, Abraham's wife, allowed her maid, Hagar, to have a child by Abraham. The boy's name was Ishmael, and the family lived in harmony for many years.
Then Sarah and Abraham had a son of their own, Isaac, and Sarah lost interest in the 13 year-old Ishmael. She cast them onto the street. God sent an angel to Hagar to comfort her and assure her that her son, Ishmael, would be the father of a great nation. This nation became the arabs, who established Islam.
And that is the story of the three Abrahamic religions. All share a common ancestor, a common heritage and the same story. All three worship the same deity. One day, one way or another, they will live in harmony with one another.
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