International Bible Teaching Ministries
Islam
Question 1: Is it true that the Islamic religion arose through the family of Ishmael?
ANSWER: Ishmael lived about 2000 years before Christ. Most agree that Abraham was the progenitor of the Arabic race through him. Muhammad, an Arab, was born about 2570 years later and during the A.D. 600's began the Islamic religion.
Question 2: Is Allah of the Koran different from the God of the Bible?
ANSWER: Yes! There is but "one" God; the God of the Bible (Isaiah 43:10-11; Isaiah 44: 6; Isaiah 45:21; Ephesians 4:6). The differences between God and Allah (?) become very evident, as we compare God's Bible with Allah's (?) Koran.
1. The Bible teaches that the one God consists of three personalities; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost (Matthew 28:19-20). The Koran teaches that Allah is God and Mohammed is his prophet.
2. The Bible teaches that grace through obedient faith saves us (Ephesians 2:8-10 & James 2:24). The Koran teaches that salvation is wholly by works.
3. The Bible is truth (John 17:17). The Koran teaches that it is all and final truth. Both cannot be right!
4. The Bible says that God tempts no man (James 1:13). The Koran teaches that Allah leads people astray.
5. The Bible teaches that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God (John 3:16). The Koran denies that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God.
6. The Bible teaches that Christ did no sin (I Peter 2:22). The prophet of Allah admitted he was a sinner.
7. The Bible teaches that Christ was crucified for our sins (Acts 2:23 & Philippians 2:8). The Koran says that Jesus was not crucified.
We could note many other differences, but these should be enough to show that Allah is not the God of the Bible! That there is no salvation in Allah (?), his prophet, or his book (the Koran) is made clear by the inspired Peter as he speaks of Jesus in Acts 4:12; "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."
Question 3: What will happen to Moslems when Jesus comes?
ANSWER: Only those who believe that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God and who are faithfully obedient to His teachings will be saved on judgment day! All others will be lost eternally! See John 8:24; John 12:48.
Question 4: Are all Moslems going to hell?
ANSWER: That there is no salvation in the Koran, or it's prophet, is made clear by the inspired Peter as he speaks of Jesus in Acts 4:12; "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."
Question 5: Have you ever opened up your mind and read the Quran? Please open your mind and help people find the true God. The Bible teaches about Mohammed. You should believe it rather than trying to disprove it!
ANSWER: We agree with you that people are seeking for the true God, but that true God is not the god of the Quran! You seem to believe that those who believe in the God of the Bible have a closed mind on the matter and that they haven’t read the Quran or studied its doctrines. May I respectfully suggest the possibility that it is perhaps you who has the closed mind? I say this because it is appears obvious that you have not studied the Bible based on your claim that it speaks about Mohammed, the prophet of Allah! It does not!
Mohammed claimed to believe in the prophets of Jehovah, yet he rejected what they had to say. The Bible written by the prophets of God, as directed by the Holy Spirit, said that God in these last days has spoken to us by His Son, Jesus Christ (Hebrews 1:1-2). They told us that the Bible was the complete and final, once for all, Word of God (Galatians 1:6-9; James 1:25; II Peter 1:1-3; Jude 3; Revelation 22:18-19). After these Bible prophets (through whom Mohammed agreed God had spoken) recorded these words, he came along some 600 hundred years after these prophets wrote these words and said that God had more to say than what these prophets had written. And so he began to prepare the Quran that contradicts what these prophets of God had written, i.e., the Bible. Mohammed records (3:3) that even Allah confirmed the Scriptures which preceded it and, additionally, recorded that Jesus was the Messiah of the Old Testament (3:45-46), being born of a virgin (3:47; 19:19)! But these scriptures (allegedly confirmed by Allah) teach the truth that the totality of God’s Word had been given for all mankind 600 years previously! How can Mohammed say that Allah confirmed what the prophets had written and then say that the prophets were wrong for saying that the Word of God was complete 600 years before the Quran was written? Mohammed is contradictory in this and many additional matters and, therefore, cannot be speaking for the true God!
Read, if you will, with an open mind what Christ’s New Testament teaches (the words of Christ that were, according to Mohammed, confirmed by Allah), “I marvel that you are so soon removed from Him that called you from the grace of Christ unto another Gospel: which is not another; but there be some that would trouble you, and would pervert (change) the Gospel of Christ. But though we or an angel from heaven, preach any other Gospel unto you then that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man (including Mohammed) preach any other Gospel (the Quran) unto you then that ye have received (the Gospel of Christ), let him be accursed” (Galatians 1:6-9)! According to Mohammed, Allah confirmed this passage of teaching and then inconsistently rejected it, by writing 600 years later, the Quran! The passage that was allegedly confirmed by Allah clearly teaches that Mohammed and his followers stand accursed because they have taught, and continue to teach, another Gospel, rather than the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
There is but "one" God; the God of the Bible (Isaiah 43:10-11; Isaiah 44: 6; Isaiah 45:21; Ephesians 4:6). The differences between God and Allah (?) become very evident as we compare God's Bible with Allah's (?) Quran.
1. The Bible (allegedly confirmed by Allah) teaches that the one God consists of three personalities; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost (Matthew 28:19-20). The Quran teaches that Allah is God and Mohammed is his prophet.
2. The Bible (allegedly confirmed by Allah) teaches that grace through obedient faith saves us (Ephesians 2:8-10 & James 2:24). The Quran teaches that salvation is wholly by works.
3. The Bible (allegedly confirmed by Allah) is truth (John 17:17). The Quran teaches that it is all and final truth. Allah then is seen to be contradictory! Both cannot be right!
4. The Bible (allegedly confirmed by Allah) says that God tempts no man (James 1:13). The Quran teaches that Allah leads people astray.
5. The Bible (allegedly confirmed by Allah) teaches that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God (John 3:16). The Quran denies that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God.
6. The Bible (allegedly confirmed by Allah) teaches that Christ did no sin (I Peter 2:22). The prophet of Allah admitted he was a sinner.
7. The Bible (allegedly confirmed by Allah) teaches that Christ was crucified for our sins (Acts 2:23 & Philippians 2:8). The Quran says that Jesus was not crucified (4:157-158).
In other words, Allah confirmed what the Bible said and then allegedly caused Mohammed to write that which was contrary to what Allah had already confirmed! Who can believe such a thing? We could note many other differences, but these should be enough to show that Allah is not the God of the Bible! That there is no salvation in Allah (?), his prophet, or his book (the Quran) is made clear by the inspired Peter as he speaks of Jesus in Acts 4:12; "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."
To escape the above truths of the living Christ, the followers of the dead Mohammed claim that the Bible has been changed and altered. Such a suggestion has been disproved over and over. The Word of the Lord endureth forever (I Peter 1:25)!
There is no real difficulty in disproving the Quran, as you suggest. A casual reading clearly proves the fact that neither it, nor its prophet, is of the true God, Jehovah!
We hope the above will help you in your search for the true God!
Question 6: If Islam was not supported by God, why didn’t it fail?
ANSWER: The success of any group is not supported solely on the basis of its existence. Why is there Hinduism, Taoism, and Bhuddism today? Are we to assume by their existence that God also is supporting them? Obviously not! (In fact, the followers of Islam at this very moment are destroying huge ancient images of Bhudda in Afghanistan because they say Bhuddism promotes idolatry!) Then with what logic would one use the argument of existence to support Islam? If the favor of God is so determined for one group, it follows that the favor of God must be determined for all groups!
There undoubtedly will be some groups in existence at the end of all things that will at that time recognize their failure (Matthew 7:21-23; Matthew 15:13; Acts 4:12; II Peter 3:9-15).
Question 7: Will the Muslims go to heaven?
Answer: A Muslim can go to Heaven, if that Muslim person renounces Islam and obeys the Gospel of Jesus Christ! The Bible is very clear in Acts 4:12: "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” This means that one who remains in Islam and rejects Jesus Christ cannot be saved. That person is lost without Jesus Christ and the lost will be in hell in eternity (Matthew 25; Mark 16:15-16)!