Islamic Thoughts

• ANALYSES
• 1 Behavior code of Muslims toward non-Muslims
• 2 September 11 (2001) attacks on America not compatible with Islam
• 3 Ways To Defuse Religious Tensions
• 4 The Value Of The Ten Commandments
• 5 Bright Spot Of The Us Constitution: Religious Freedom
• 6 Lessons from the prophet's hudaibiah treaty.
• 7 Rulers' roles in promotion of christianity.
• 8 Exploring a model definition of 'religion'
• 9 Where islam stands as a civilized religion?
• 10 Proving god's existence through experimental science.
• 11 Roles of man as necessary & God as sufficient condition.
• 12 Human kindness is a shadow of god's kindness.
• 13 Why islam is the best choice for the Africans?
• 14 In Old Age, All Roads Lead To Death.
• 15 No Creations Are Without Purposes & Uses.
• 16 Prayer Prevents People From Bad Actions.
• 17 When Haram May Be Excusable: Five-Step Conditions.
• 18 Islamization Of Some Un-Islamic Cultures.
• 19 Greater The Faith, Tougher The Test.
• 20 How Science Can Make A Difference For Muslims?
• 21 The Time Gap Reality Between Sin & Punishment.
• 22 Good & Bad Days Alternate In Cyclic Order.
• 23 Let Moon-Sighting Unite & Not Divide The Muslims.
• 24 Faith Crisis Among Some Intellectuals.
• 25 Islamic Policy Toward Animals.
• 26 Improving The Muslim Performance (Aamal) Standard.
• ARGUMENTS
• 27 How Middle Course Better Than Conservative And Liberal Extremes?
• 28 Why God Is The Best One To Be Worshipped?
• 29 Costs And Benefits Of Belief In The Afterlife
• 30 Bible Is Similar To Hadith But Different From Quran
• 31 Defaming Islam: Freedom Of Speech Or Violation Of Rights?
• 32 How Islam Compares With Democracy?
• 33 Who Is Responsible For '0' Small Pox Since 1980?
• 34 Timeliness Is The Leading Condition For Prayer.
• 35 Ten Arguments For Women's Education.
• 36 Why Physical Fitness Matters For The Muslims?
• 37 Homosexuality Vs Adultery: Which Is Worse And How?
• 38 Countering Abortionist Argument
• 39 Which Is Better: Open Or Secret Prayer?
• 40 Small Or Large Recitation: Which Is Better In Prayer?
• 41 Personal Or Social Suffering: Which Is More Painful & Why?
• 42 Cultural Slavery Vs Cultural Diffusion.
• 43 Why Should America Ban Religious Defamation?
• ASSORTMENTS
• 44 Visible Action Of Invisible God: From Author's Diary.
• 45 Optional Good Deeds Are Like Bodyguards For Compulsory Ones.
• 46 The Gravitation Law Of Performance (Not One Of Newton).
• 47 The Theory Of Relativity (Not That Of Einstein).
• 48 In Good Deeds
• 49 "Rob Peter to pay Paul" is not for islam
• 50 Muslims Cannot Be "Penny Wise And Pound Foolish".
• 51 Islam Endorses Salad Bowl & Not Melting Pot Theory.
• 52 100% Homosexuality Means Prospect Of 'O' World Population.
• 53 Sinning In Teens To 40's & Suffering From 50's To Death.
• 54 Revenge May Be Lower But Not Greater Than Harm.
• 55 Why Karl Marx Is Irrelevant Forever?
• 56 Is God The Same One For All Religions?
• 57 How God Controls Economy And Livelihood?
• 58 How Muslim Repression In Myanmar Violates Buddhist Principles?
• MISCELLANEOUS
• 59 Grim Reality of Death: Unfailing Lesson for Everyone

30 : BIBLE IS SIMILAR TO HADITH BUT DIFFERENT FROM QURAN

The Bible has points of similarity with the Hadith (the Prophet's tradition) and difference with the Quran. Now these are figured out below.

(a) The Bible is Similar to the Hadith:

(i) God is the original source of most contents of both the documents as He inspired both his genuine Prophets in telling the truth and they are not supposed to lie unless their followers made mistakes in reporting on their behalf.
(ii) Neither the Bible nor the Hadith were personally written respectively by Jesus and Mohammad. These were written by their followers after their death.

(iii) Since the followers authored these holy books based on whatever they remembered of their prophets had said during their lifetime. As a natural consequence, not only their works were likely to have numerous versions, they were also likely to include contradictions and less reliable information. That is why, we see numerous versions of Bible like those by Mark, Mathew, John, Luke etc. Likewise six compilations of Hadith including those of Bukhari, Muslim etc. are more reliable than versions by other narrators.

(b) The Bible is Different from the Quran:

(i) The above shows that the Bible as we see today is indirect message from God. The Quran, by contrast, is the direct words of God like His tape recorded message. Its messages were one and all recorded immediately after each revelation by the hands of the Prophet's scribe. Such recording of the Quran was complete and properly safeguarded during the life time of the Prophet even if its compilation or publication took place after his death.

(ii) Since the Quran was direct words of God and its purity was never compromised, it has all along been a one and unified version. It therefore leaves no room for conflicts and controversy with respect to God's position on any ruling. By contrast, Bible represents indirect message from God as described through Jesus's followers after his death. This resulted in numerous versions of the Bible, setting itself apart from the Quran both in respect of quantity (of versions) and quality (reliability).

It appears from the above that the Bible and the Hadith are so much similar that they can be placed on both sides of an equation, while the Quran is stationed just above their level. This reality was caught up in Maurice Bukaili's book "The Bible, The Quran and Science".