which one is first?Bible or quran

@senjacob (124)
June 26, 2008 7:19am CST
i want to know the differnce betweeen bible and quran. because the two books telling the same stories but naming is little bit different.for ex,in bible abiraham but in qu ran ibrahim.but the person is the same. we clearly knows anyone of these two copied from the other. which one comes first?which one is copied? if it so why they copied? please excuse all and clear my doubts?
3 responses
• India
26 Jun 08
Well, I can't help you there, I am afraid. The Muslims come from Ismael, Abraham's son from Hagar, the Egyptian slave. So, they have a common ancestry and a common patriarchal, monotheistic deity. Their Allah is the same as the Jewish Yahuweh and the Christian God, the Father. So, having a common ancestry, they ought to have a common history. If you find parts of the Bible similar to that of parts of the Quran, it could be because they had the same roots. We are talking about a branch of God's "Chosen People" who went separate and became Muslims. Of course, I am no expert. This is what I think. As for what came first or who came first.. I guess the Jews and their Torah came first, followed by the Quran, and then followed by the Bible(NT). Islam and Judaism are more ancient than Christianity. Cheers and happy mylotting
@urbandekay (18278)
26 Jun 08
You are factually wrong, Christianity predates Islam by 600 years, likewise the New testament predates the Quran. all the best urban
@senjacob (124)
27 Jun 08
your words are correct,but efen they are from abraham generation,they started a new religion after muhammad came to the world. we don know wat muhammad said to people,but some group splitted from the beleif and form a religion muslim. when will all it comes to an end i don know? Great things,great god,easy rules in christianity,but people are feel difficult to follow don know the reason.....
• Pakistan
2 Jul 08
The Quran testifies the bible and all the books that were revealed to previous prophtes, Quran confirms the corruption of bible, that it is not in its original form, it is written by humans not by God,.... some people think that Muhammad(PBUH) copied Quran from bible... there are many proofs that Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) did not copied the Quran from Bible.... first o wuold like to ask those who say the HE did copy... I ASK THEM TO PROVE that he did copied , it is a request? don't just go writing unless you have a clear proof, ..... one of the reason is that AT THAT TIME , THERE WAS NO VERSION OF ARABIC BIBLE PRESENT.... the first version of the old testament in arabic is of R.Sadiaas in 900 C.E the first arabic version of the new testament was published by Erpinius in 1616 C.E ... so how was Muhammad(PBUH) able to go forward in time to copy the bible.... these version were written or published after the edath of prpohet Muhammad(PBUH)
@urbandekay (18278)
2 Jul 08
There is no proof that Muhammad did not invent the Quran, please do not make this claim without evidence. Certainly he would have mixed with many people familiar with existing scripture. Many Arabs were Christian and he would also have mixed with Jews. Being from a culture with a strong oral tradition it is not surprising if he were able to remember it. The inclusion in the Quran of words not known in the language of the time is strong evidence that it 'borrows' heavily from previous scripture. All the best urban
@paroloza (140)
• United States
26 Jun 08
The Old Testament supposedly was written between 1400 and 400 before Christ, or as some scholars say, at least between 800 and 200 before Christ. The New Testament books were written in the first century C.E. As Muhammad lived in the seventh century C.E., the Coran is the younger holy book. While staying in Damascus, Muhammed came in touch with the Jewish and Christian communities from which he learned about the Bible. But one can't say that the Coran is copied, it's more a new developement of the two older creeds. Jewish, Christian and Muslim religion have the same origin, they are called Abrahamic religions and they have in common a strict monotheism, which is unique as no other religion apart of them does belief in one and only one God.
@senjacob (124)
27 Jun 08
you said clearly Bible is the oldest one and has the chance to origin first. we all know Bible and quran are moreorless same content. so in my point quran is definitely copied from the Bible. Even though Jewish,chritian and muslim religion have ethe same origin,christianity is varied from the other two. BiBle and christianity is the beginning and end for all.