Islam as the Third Abrahamic Religion

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Why can it not be the faith of Abraham historically? Their own scripture expressly states they follow the God of Abraham, as someone else already pointed out.
Are you going to let me into your house if I claim to be your father’s son during his absence?

You must show more intelligence as a Jew and not a label jew on your name and then show us the total opposite.

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If you were to read the Quran you would see that there is just enough information to lead you to believe that they might actually be worshipping our One True GOD.

As you study deeper into the verses, hadith, this man Mohammad and the supposed angel revealing the verses you may begin to realize that something is very wrong.

There is only one being that would want you to deny that Jesus was crucified.

Look at the fruits of Islam, literally exploding all across the land.

LOL! Just for fun I searched in google “the fruits of Islam”:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_of_Islam

mosque3.org/fruit_of_Islam.html
 
(Genesis 17:17-22):

Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety? And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing! Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year. When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.”
So, along this path here, it’s clear, Ishmael was supposed to lead father of twelve rulers, yet the covenent is made exclusively with Isaac. Taking this into account, Ishmael still is bound to the Jewish faith, he should not have deviated, for it was under the yolk of the Jews, that is the origin. Before Islam existed, that is where it was at, and I have to reference scripture here to show it’s origins:

Matthew 7:15

"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

Matt 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many .

We then are left with the nature of mohamed, he was not gentle, just the opposite, “wolf like” with his disposition.

Now, as an earlier post, points out, what are the fruits of this new religion, they are not good.

Luke 6:43-49

[43] "No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. [44] Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. [45] The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

[46] “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? [47] I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. [48] He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. [49] But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”

Now, moving forward, there is no debate weather Christians and Jews worship the same God, there still is debate about Islam in this regard, and take a close look at this:

"For fortytwo’ months the beast was allowed to mouth its boasts and blasphemies and to do whatever it wanted; and it mouthed its blasphemies against God, against his name, his heavenly Tent and all those who are sheltered there. It was allowed to make war against the saints and conquer them, and given power over every race people, language and nation; and all people of the world will worship it, that is, everybody whose name has not been written down since the foundation of the world in the book of life of the sacrificial Lamb. If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen: Captivity for those who are destined for captivity; the sword for those who are to die by the sword. This is why the saints must have constancy and faith. (Rev. 13:5-10)

Are we at war with Islam, clearly we are, it was started by Islam itself, and no amount of negotiation is going to win this over. When it comes to testing the spirits, ones that deny Jesus is the Son of God and died on the cross for atonement for our sins, are not true, are in fact false. Does Islam deny Christ, clearly they do.

Then taking into account here, without the Jews, we would have no religion, Christian or Muslim, why on earth would one want to eradicate the Jews? Well, clearly Islam would like nothing better then to do away with them, and this defeats the purpose of their so called faith, Abraham, Moses, etc. were Jews, why would you say on one hand, you follow their teachings, that they are also your prophets, yet desire to kill off their offspring? The religion of Islam is totally illogical.
 
Why can it not be the faith of Abraham historically? Their own scripture expressly states they follow the God of Abraham, as someone else already pointed out.
The old saying is that where there is smoke, there is fire. What we have in this case is a clear lack of smoke. In the centuries between Abraham and Muhammed, we see absolutely no sign of Islam in any form at all in Arabia or the larger Middle East as a whole. If Islam was the faith of Abraham, someone somewhere would have followed it. That large of a gap, to most people, would indicate a lack of existence.

Their scriptures can say whatever they want. That does not make it true.
 
Islam is the third Abrahamic religion because it pays great homage to Abraham and considers him a prophet of God, rightly practicing submission.

Pretty much any religion that pays great homage to Abraham would be considered an Abrahamic religion. Most Abrahamic religions also share some similar qualities in theology, location, and foundation. I think that Baha’i is Abrahamic but you would have to ask them.

Rastafari would also be considered Abrahamic.
Baha’is believe Prophet Muhammad was descended from Abraham through His son Ishmael and Baha’u’llah claimed descent from Abraham through the sons of His wife Keturah…which were sent to live in the East…

“Regarding your question concerning the descent of Bahá’u’lláh from Abraham: The Master has stated that Bahá’u’lláh is a descendant of Abraham through a son of his, other than Isaac and Ishmael, from his wife Katurah…”

(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer March 24, 1943)
(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 473)
 
to answer this question about islam being abrahamic relegion or not

so the best way to answer that is exploring the scriptures to know what was the beliefs of abraham then compare it with islam

so , bring for us what bible said about abraham’s faith to discuss it
 
What kind of ignorance is this? :eek:, the Moros in Mindanao who manage the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao headed by the Governor and his families, the Ampatuan Clan, who just murdered 57 People, including women, and press people, are true muslims by religion and claim direct descendants from a royal muslim family in Arabia, If what you are saying is true, then the world is living in peace right now. but thats the opposite.
Furthermore, only Muslims today actually follow Jesus and his true teachings. Their way of life is much more in tune with the way of life of Jesus than any of the modern day “Christians”. Love and respect of Jesus Christ is an article of faith in Islam. Allah stressed the importance of belief in Jesus in numerous places in the Qur’an. For example, in Chapter an-Nisaa (4):159, He said:

} وَ إِنْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ إِلاَّ لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا {

“And all of the people of the scripture must believe in him [Jesus] before his death, and on the Day of Resurrection, he will be a witness against them,”
 
to answer this question about islam being abrahamic relegion or not

so the best way to answer that is exploring the scriptures to know what was the beliefs of abraham then compare it with islam

so , bring for us what bible said about abraham’s faith to discuss it
The Bible says little about how Abraham expressed his faith. We know he was monotheistic and that he offered sacrifices to God, including animal offerings.
 
to answer this question about islam being abrahamic relegion or not

so the best way to answer that is exploring the scriptures to know what was the beliefs of abraham then compare it with islam

so , bring for us what bible said about abraham’s faith to discuss it
The only way we can consider is through Abraham’s son, Ismael, son of Hager. hence the word Islam ie Ismael the originator of Islam.
 
Josephus (“Ant.” i. 7, § 8) gives the following: Abraham, endowed with great sagacity, with a higher knowledge of God and greater virtues than all the rest, was determined to change the erroneous opinions of men. He was the first who had the courage to proclaim God as the sole Creator of the universe, to whose will all the heavenly bodies are subject, for they by their motions show their dependence on Him. His opposition to astrology provoked the wrath of the Chaldeans, and he had to leave their country and go to Canaan. Afterward, when he came to Egypt, he entered into disputes with all the priests and the wise men, and won their admiration and, in many cases, their assent to his higher views. He imparted to them the knowledge of arithmetic and astronomy, which sciences came to Egypt from Chaldea only in the days of Abraham. Abraham’s revolt from Chaldean astrology is spoken of in Philo (“On Abraham,” xvii.), in connection with Gen. xv. 5 (compare Gen. R. xliv.).

When Abraham finally held the knife over his beloved son, Isaac seemed doomed, and the angels of heaven shed tears which fell upon Isaac’s eyes, causing him blindness in later life. But their prayer was heard. The Lord sent Michael the archangel to tell Abraham not to sacrifice his son, and the dew of life was poured on Isaac to revive him. The ram to be offered in his place had stood there ready, prepared from the beginning of creation (Ab. v. 6). Abraham had given proof that he served God not only from fear, but also out of love.

Henceforth he was to become “like a stream of blessing to purify and regenerate the pagan world.” Of the manner in which he converted the heathen it is related that he had a palatial mansion built near the oaktree of Mamre or at Beer-sheba on the crossing of the roads, wherein all kinds of victuals and wine were spread on the table for the passersby, who came through the doors kept open on all sides; and when they, after having partaken of the meal, were about to offer their thanks to him beforegoing on their way, he pointed to God above, whose steward he was and to whom alone they owed thanks. Thus, by his love for man, he taught people how to worship God.

These are the Abrahamic beliefs. They are simple, non violent and non aggressive.

Of all the Biblical personages mentioned in the Koran, Abraham is undoubtedly the most important.

Read more: jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=360&letter=A&search=Abraham’s religion#883#ixzz0cvDslzRd
 
Using that logic, you could say the Mormons are also the same. We should have limits here, and obviously, the koran is not a reliable source, for it had not grasped the concept of Christ, it only partially understands what he taught, case in point with the earlier post saying he taught all to follow the commandments, as in referencing the old covenant, and they miss that he fulfilled the commandments and has created a new covenant and new commandments to boot. You guys cannot say he it the messiah on one breath, then deny who he truly is, you can’t have it both ways, it doesn’t work that way.
From the outside (of Christianity) looking in, Mormons look a lot like Christians. I know the people on CAF say that they are not Christians but the way that Mormons worship Christ looks a lot like Christianity to me. Considering that they also use the Tanakh, which includes the stories of Abraham, I would consider them Abrahamic on the grounds that they are Christians and use the Jewish Bible as biblical canon.

To your other point…I would contend that being Abrahamic has little to do with a religion’s faith in Jesus and more to do with a religion’s reverence of Abraham. Nobody is arguing whether Islam is a Christian Denomination. We know that it is not. The argument is whether they are Abrahamic.
 
WHAT CATHOLICS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ISLAM by Fr. Vincent Heier

“Islam considers Abraham their “father in faith” as do Christians and Jews. Later Muslim teaching claims that the son of the promise was not Isaac, but Abraham’s firstborn from Hagar, named Ishmael. It was Ishmael whom God asked Abraham to sacrifice. It was also Ishmael who joined with Abraham in rebuilding the “Kaaba”, a shrine to the one true God. This shrine , they believe, was originally built by Adam and located in Mecca.”
 
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