Abrahamic religions Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Islam === {{Main |History of Islam}} [[File:Abraham tomb.JPG |thumb |upright |A [[cenotaph]] above the [[Cave of the Patriarchs]] traditionally considered to be the burial place of Abraham.]] [[Islam]] is based on the teachings of the [[Quran]]. Although it considers [[Muhammad]] to be the [[Seal of the prophets]], Islam teaches that every [[Prophets in Islam|prophet]] preached Islam, as the word ''Islam'' literally means submission, the main concept preached by all prophets. Although the [[Quran]] is the central [[religious text]] of Islam, which [[Muslim]]s believe to be a [[revelation]] from God,<ref name="Britannica">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Nasr |first=Seyyed Hossein |author-link=Seyyed Hossein Nasr |title=Qurʼān |year=2007 |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=4 November 2007 |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-68890/Quran |archive-date=16 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016200056/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-68890/Quran |url-status=live}}</ref> other Islamic books considered to be revealed by God before the Quran, mentioned by name in the Quran are the [[Tawrat]] ([[Torah]]) revealed to the [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|prophets and messengers]] amongst the [[Children of Israel]] (Bani Israil), the [[Zabur]] ([[Psalms]]) revealed to [[David in Islam|Dawud]] ([[David]]) and the [[Injil]] (the [[Gospel]]) revealed to [[Jesus in Islam|Isa]] ([[Jesus]]). The Quran also mentions God having revealed the [[Scrolls of Abraham]] and the [[Scrolls of Moses]]. The relationship between Islamic and Hebrew scriptures and New Testament differs significantly from the relationship between the New Testament and the Tanakh.<ref name="Cohen, Charles L 2020. p. 62">Cohen, Charles L. The Abrahamic religions: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press, USA, 2020. p. 62</ref> Whereas the New Testament draws heavily on the Tanakh and interprets its text in light of the foundations of the new religion, the Quran only alludes to various stories of the Tanakh and Biblical writings, but remains independent of both, focusing on establishing a monotheistic message by utilizing the stories of the prophets in a religious decentralized environment.<ref name="Cohen, Charles L 2020. p. 62"/> In the 7th century AD, Islam was founded by [[Muhammad]] in the Arabian Peninsula; it spread widely through the [[early Muslim conquests]], shortly after his death.{{sfn |Bremer |2015 |p=19-20}} Islam understands its form of "Abrahamic monotheism" as preceding both Judaism and Christianity, and in contrast with Arabian [[Henotheism]].<ref>Athamina, Khalil. "Abraham in Islamic perspective reflections on the development of monotheism in pre-Islamic Arabia." (2004): 184-205.</ref> The teachings of the Quran are believed by Muslims to be the direct and final revelation and words of [[God]]. Islam, like Christianity, is a [[Religion#Morphological classification|universal religion]] (i.e. membership is open to anyone). Like Judaism, it has a strictly unitary conception of God, called ''[[tawhid]]'' or "strict monotheism".<ref name="BBC Islam">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/ataglance/glance.shtml Religions » Islam » Islam at a glance] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521230250/http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/ataglance/glance.shtml |date=21 May 2009}}, BBC, 5 August 2009.</ref> The story of the creation of the world in the Quran is elaborated less extensively than in the Hebrew scripture, emphasizing the transcendence and universality of God, instead. According to the Quran, God says ''[[Be, and it is|kun fa-yakūnu]]''.<ref name="Burrell, David B. 2010. p. 41">Burrell, David B., et al., eds. Creation and the God of Abraham. Cambridge University Press, 2010. p. 41.</ref> The Quran describes God as the creator of "heavens and earth", to emphasize that it is a universal God and not a local Arabian deity here.<ref name="Burrell, David B. 2010. p. 41"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page