Do Muslims recognize the Bible's stories if not its teachings?

by Angela Tyszka on June 9th, 2005

Yes. Alot of the stories mentioned in the bible are mentioned in the Quran (Koran)

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by mysticdeliria on January 27th, 2007

I would say that it is the teachings of the bible on how to lead a good life that are more important to muslims than its stories

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by smsedmc on November 7th, 2006

The Bible and the Qu'ran share many stories, but when you read these stories side by side many of the critical details of these stories are drastically different. These differences reflect the differing philosophical views of each religion (Islam vs. Judaism & Christianity). For example, in the Qu'ran, Abraham is asked to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, but in the Bible he is asked to sacrifice Isaac. In each story, God provides a ram to sacrifice, and promises that God will give Abraham a great nation through the son (in Islam the nation comes through Ishmael, and in Judaism and Christianity it is through Isaac). This is important b/c Muhammad traces his lineage through Ishmael, but in the Bible Abraham does not even recognize Ishmael as his son and sends him away, and the Israelites trace their lineage through Isaac.
Muslims would say that these differences are because of the Hebrews and Christians corrupted the Bible, but of the thousands of ancient manuscripts that have been found, every single one of them is in total agreement theologically with the current Bible. Muhammad himself attested to the reliability of the Bible, so any corruption that would have occurred would have to have happened after Muhammad's death (otherwise he never would have said that he was sent to confirm the Bible, for why would a prophet of God confirm a book that is known to be corrupted). Since this is the case we know that the current Bible is not corrupted because we have manuscripts that predate Muhammad by several hundred years, such as the Septuagint (the greek translation of the Hebrew old Testament, which was translated at least 250 years before Jesus was born, which was 600 years before Muhammad). We also have the greek New Testament where Jesus claims to be the Son of God which also predate Muhammad's affirmation of the Bible. These texts are found throughout the Mediteranean from Rome to Babylon to Africa and would be impossible to change them all simultaneously without leaving any record of a differing text (they would not have been able to take everyone's personal Bibles that they believed in so much they were dying by the thousands to protect). In short, Muslims do not recognize all of the teachings of the Bible, but there is ample proof that the Bible is the infallible Word of God.

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Abraham recognized Ishmael as his son, which Genesis did you read? "...And Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live in your sight!" God said, "No, but your wife Sarah shall bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. As for Ishmael, I have heard you; I will bless him and make him fruitful and exceedingly numerous; he shall be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation..." Clearly, he cared about his son if he asked for God's favour for him.
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by criticalmass on December 27th, 2006
Also in Genesis, when Sarah was jealous of Hagar and told Abraham to cast her and her son out, Abraham was hesitant to do so until God promised that Ishmael would be taken care of and that his offspring would be blessed. "So she [Sarah] said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman with her son; for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit along with my son Isaac." The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son. But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you. As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring." How do you interpret this as denial that Ishmael was his son?
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by criticalmass on December 27th, 2006
In Genesis, Abraham recognized Ishmael as his son, but God did not. actually ishmael received the blessing of being the ancestor of a great nation, but not of being the recipient of God's covenant blessing where they would have been the chosen people of God as Isaac's descendants were; there is a huge difference.
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by smsedmc on December 28th, 2006
Your words were "...but in the Bible Abraham does not even recognize Ishmael as his son and sends him away..." I'm saying he does recognize him.
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by criticalmass on December 28th, 2006
Furthermore, God DOES recognize Ishmael as his son, see the above quote, "...As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because HE IS YOUR OFFSPRING..." Thus God recognizes Abraham as Ishmael's father.
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by criticalmass on December 28th, 2006
offspring not son. Let me clarify for you what I mean. When I am saying son, I am referring to one that was deemed a rightful heir. As being born out of wedlock, Ishmael was not recognized as an heir to God's promise to Abraham. This is why God told Abraham to sacrifice Issaac, referring to him as Abraham's only son. God did not recognize Ishmael as a rightful son of Abraham, he was his offspring, but did not qualify for the inheritance as son since he was born through a sinful relationship.
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by LuckyLefty on March 7th, 2007

Yeah many stories run parallel in Islam, Christianity & Judaism. We hear a story from the bible and something clicks in our minds & we recognize it, but most of the stories are slightly altered. Im not sure why, i assume because there are so many different versions and analyzations of bible.

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by Tinkabelle on January 27th, 2007

It's a matter of the person, actually, but I'm sure they do.

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by noletters on February 16th, 2007

Muslims recognize the Bible and it's teachings, and the Quran reiterates the the stories of the Bible. You can go to your library and read the Quran, then you will be able to decide for yourself what you think Islam is really about. When I have a question about different religions i find it useful to go straight to the source because everyone has their own opinion.

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by tedmie on January 1st, 2010

yes but from the original which we call the injil

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