200 Questions About the Bible and the Qur’an Daniel Wickwire 2013

Revelation 22:13, 16 & 20*.....13. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last… 16. I am… the bright and morning star… 20. Surely I come quickly. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

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Ahzab 33:40*.....Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah is Aware of all things.

Fatih 48:28*.....He it is Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all religion. And Allah is enough for a witness.

Saf 61:9.....He it is who has sent His messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth, so that He may exalt it above all religions, much as the pagans may dislike it.

Note: Muhammad died June 8, 632 AD and he is not expected to return. Jesus Christ is still alive today and his return is still being awaited by all! So who really would be the last and the greatest of the prophets?
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Man and Sin

99.

When Adam and Eve sinned did it cause a fundamental separation between God and man which resulted in a need for man to be saved from God’s judgment against sin?

According to the Bible:         Yes    No

According to the Qur’an:        Yes    No

According to your view:       Yes    No

Genesis 2:16-17.....16. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest eat; 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Genesis 3:6.....And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

Genesis 3:17*.....Because thou has hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life… for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Romans 5:12-19*.....12. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for all have sinned. 19. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

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Bakara 2:35-38*.....35. We said: “O Adam! Dwell with your wife (Eve) in paradise, and eat of its fruits to your hearts’ content, whenever you will, but never approach this tree, or you shall both become transgressors. 36. But Satan caused them to swerve from it (the Garden), and expelled them from their former state. 37. Then Adam received words from his Lord, and his Lord relented towards him. He is the Forgiver.
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100.

Are there verses about people being born with a “sin nature”?  (Original Sin)

According to the Bible:         Yes    No

According to the Qur’an:        Yes    No

According to your view:       Yes    No

Genesis 6:5.....And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Isaiah 64:6*.....But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Jeremiah 10:23.....O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Jeremiah 13:23.....Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

Jeremiah 17:9.....The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?

Romans 3:23.....For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

Romans 5:12 & 19*.....12. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for all have sinned… 19. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of…

Romans 7:18.....For I know that in me dwelleth no good thing; for to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good I find not.

Romans 8:7.....Wherefore Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither, indeed, can be.

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Taha 20:122*.....Then his Lord chose him: He relented towards him, and rightly guided him.

Tin 95:4*.....Surely We have created man in the most noble mould.

Note: Islam denies the doctrine of “original sin”.

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101.

Are all men including the prophets guilty of having committed sin?   (Jesus excepted)

According to the Bible:         Yes    No

According to the Qur’an:        Yes    No

According to your view:       Yes    No

1 Kings 8:46.....If they sin against thee (for there is no man who sinneth not).

Job 9:20.....If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me; if I say I am perfect, he shall also prove me perverse.

Psalm 14:3.....They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Psalm 130:3.....If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

Proverbs 20:9.....Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Ecclesiastes 7:20.....For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.

Isaiah 64:6*.....But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and... our iniquities... have taken us away.

Romans 3:10-12*.....10. There is none righteous, no, not one. 11. There is none that seeketh after God… 12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

1 John 1:8.....If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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Yusuf 12:53.....I do not ever free my own self of blame, the human soul is certainly prone to evil.

İbrahim 14:34*....Surely man is a wrong-doer...

Nahl 16:61*.....If Allah were to punish men for their wrongdoing He would not leave on the earth a single living creature.

Shu’ara 26:82.....And who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment.

Muhammad 47:19.....Ask forgiveness for your fault.
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102.

Was Mary, the mother of Jesus, considered to have any divine endowments and should she be venerated as the Mother of God?

According to the Bible:         Yes    No

According to the Qur’an:        Yes    No

According to your view:       Yes    No

Exodus 34:14.....the LORD whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Isaiah 42:8*.....I am the LORD: that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another…

Luke 1:46-49.....46. And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47. and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. 48. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden; for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. 49. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.

John 2:3-5*.....When they lacked wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith… Whatever he saith unto you, do it.

Revelation 22:8-9.....I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel ... he saith unto me: “See thou do it not; for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren, the prophets.

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Al-i İmran 3:64.....Say: "O people of the Scripture! Come to an agreement between us and you, that we shall worship none but Allah, that we assign no partner to Him, and that none of us shall take others for lords beside Allah.

İsra 17:22-23*.....Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him.

Zariyat 51:56*.....I created jinn and humankind only that they might worship me.

103.

Does a man’s sin separate him from a Holy God, and as a natural consequence is it understood that sinners are condemned to go to Hell?

According to the Bible:         Yes    No

According to the Qur’an:        Yes    No

According to your view:       Yes    No

Jeremiah 31:30.....every one shall die for his own iniquity.

Ezekiel 18:4 & 20.....4. the soul that sinneth, it shall die. 18. The soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Proverbs 9:17—18.....17. Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18. But he knoweth not that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

Luke 12:5*.....Fear him who, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea... Fear him.

Romans 6:23.....For the wages of sin is death…

Revelation 20:13—15*.....13. And they were judged every man according to their works. 14. And death and hades were cast into the lake of fire ... 15. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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En’am 6:15.....Say: “I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day.

A’raf 7:41 & 179*.....41. Theirs will be a bed of Hell, and over them coverings (of Hell). Thus do we requite the wrongdoers. 179. Already have We urged to hell many of the jinn and humankind, having hearts wherewith they understand not.

Yunus 10:27*.....As for those who have acquired evil deeds, the recompense of an evil deed shall be the like of it; abasement shall cover (their faces). They shall have no protector from (the wrath of) Allah) ... They are the owners of the Fire, dwelling in it forever.






104.*

Does a Holy God take small sins seriously? (Sagire)

According to the Bible:         Yes    No

According to the Qur’an:        Yes    No

According to your view:       Yes    No

Matthew 5:19.....Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 12:36*.....every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account of it in the day of judgment.

John 8:34.....Jesus… verily I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

1 Corinthians 5:6*.....Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Galatians 3:10.....For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed is everyone that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them...

Galatians 5:9.....A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

James 2:10*.....For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

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Nisa 4:31.....If you avoid the great sins which you are forbidden, we will remit from you your evil deeds, and make you enter a Gate of Honour.

Ahzab 33:5*.....And there is no sin for you in the mistakes that you make unintentionally but what your hearts purpose that will be a sin for you.

Nejm 53:31-32*.....Those who avoid enormities of sin and abominations, and commit only small offences, for them your Lord is of vast mercy... Therefore do not justify yourselves.
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105.*

Is it a proper punishment to cut off the hands of a thief?

According to the Bible:         Yes    No

According to the Qur’an:        Yes    No

According to your view:       Yes    No

Exodus 20:15.....Thou shalt not steal...

Exodus 22:1-4 & 9*...1. If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall restore five oxen of an ox, and four sheep for a sheep… 4. If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall restore double… 9. For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbor.

Proverbs 6:30-31*.....30. Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 31. but if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

Luke 6:35-36.....35. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great… 36. Be ye, therefore, merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Romans 12:17-21.....17. Recompense to no man evil for evil… 19. avenge not yourselves, but rather give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord… 21. Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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Maide 5:38*.....As for the thief, both male and female, cut off their hands. It is the reward of their own deeds, and exemplary punishment from Allah.
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106.

Would it sometimes be ok for a believer to lie or deceive others in order to protect themselves? (Taqiyya or Kitman)

According to the Bible:         Yes    No

According to the Qur’an:        Yes    No

According to your view:       Yes    No

Psalm 58:3.....The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray... speaking lies.

Proverbs 6:16-17.....16. These six things doth the Lord hate… an abomination to him… 17. a lying tongue…

Zephaniah 3:13*.....The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth.

John 8:44..... Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do... When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Ephesians 4:25.....Wherefore, put away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor…

Revelation 21:8 & 27*.....8. But… all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone… 27. There shall in no way enter… he that… maketh a lie…

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Bakara 2:225*.....Allah will not call you to account for that which is unintentional in your oaths.

Al-i İmran 3:54.....And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them); and Allah is the best of schemers.

Tevbe 9:3.....And a proclamation from Allah and His Messenger to all people on the day of the Greater Pilgrimage that Allah and His Messenger are free from obligation to the polytheists.

Tahrim 66:2*.....Allah has made lawful for you (Muslims) absolution from your oaths...

Note: Taqiyya = saying something that isn’t true. Kitman = Lying by omission
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107.

Is homosexuality viewed as a sin which is forbidden and condemned?

According to the Bible:         Yes    No

According to the Qur’an:        Yes    No

According to your view:       Yes    No

Leviticus 18:22.....Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Leviticus 20:13*.....If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

1 Kings 14:24.....And there were also sodomites in the land; and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

Romans 1:24 & 26-27*.....24. Wherefore, God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves… 26. For this cause God gave them up to vile affections; for even their women did exchange the natural use for that which is against nature; 27. And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working that which is unseemly, receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was fitting… Who, knowing the judgment of God, that they who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same but have pleasure in them that do them.

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A’raf 7:80-81*.....80. And Lot! (Remember) when he said to his people: “Will you commit foulness such as no creature ever did before you? 81. For you come with lust to men instead of women: you are indeed a people transgressing the bounds.”

Neml 27:54-55*....54. “Will you commit abomination knowingly? 55. Must you practice lust with men instead of women?
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108.

Are abortion and murder viewed as sins which are forbidden and condemned?

According to the Bible:         Yes    No

According to the Qur’an:        Yes    No

According to your view:       Yes    No

Genesis 9:6-7*......6. Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made he man. 7. And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth and multiply therein.

Exodus 20:13.....Thou shalt not kill.

Exodus 21:12.....He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

Psalm 94:21 & 23.....21. They… condemn innocent blood… 23. And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity and shall cut them off in their own wickedness…

Proverbs 6:16-17*.....16. These six things doth the Lord hate; yea seven are an abomination to him… 17. hands that shed innocent blood…

Amos 1:13.....Thus saith the LORD... I will not turn away their punishment, because they have ripped up the women with child…

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Maide 5:32.....We ordained for the Children of Israel what whosoever kills a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saves the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind.

En’am 6:151....your Lord has made a sacred duty for you… that you slay not your children on a plea of want.

İsra 17:31*.....Do not slay your offspring for fear of want. It is We who provide for them, and for you. Indeed their killing is a great sin.

Kehf 18:46....children are the ornament of this life.

Mümtehine 60:12*.....If believing women come to you... and commit neither theft, nor adultery, nor child-murder… implore Allah to forgive them.
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109.*

Can the punishment for sin be erased by doing “good works”? (Sevap)

According to the Bible:         Yes    No

According to the Qur’an:        Yes    No

According to your view:       Yes    No

Romans 3:21-28*.....21. But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets… 28. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.

Galatians 3:11.....But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident; for, The just shall live by faith.

Galatians 5:4....Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

Ephesians 2:8-9.....8. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God – 9. Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Titus 3:5-6*.....5. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6. Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ, our Savior.

James 2:10....For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

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Hud 11:114*.....Surely good deeds will annul evil ones.

Ankebut 29:7*.....And as for those who believe and do good works, We shall remit from them their evil deeds and shall repay them the best that they did.

Nejm 53:32.....Those who avoid enormities of sin and abominations, and commit only small offences, for them your Lord is of vast mercy.
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Salvation

110.

Is a person born as a “Christian” or a “Muslim”?

According to the Bible:         Yes    No

According to the Qur’an:        Yes    No

According to your view:       Yes    No

John 1:12-13*.....12. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the children of God, even to them that believe on his name; 13. Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 18:36.....Jesus answered, my kingdom is not of this world...

Romans 8:9*.....But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

1 Peter 1:23.....Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.

1 John 2:29.....If ye know that if he is righteous, everyone that doeth righteousness is born of him.