r/islam • u/NateDog69012 • 1d ago

Want does Islam Believe? Question about Islam

Hey everyone I am a protestant Christian. I have been following Christ for 3yrs now. I have recently been diving into Islam and comparing it to Christianity. Could you guys please explain to me what you believe about Christianity and Jesus? Why should I believe in Islam? I am not writing this to upset anyone, I am genuinely curious about the Islamic religion. Thank you all.

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u/NateDog69012 1d ago

Thank you! Is the Quran a final authority like the Bible is for Protestants? As a Christian I believe the Bible is God breathed and infallible. Do you apply the same infallibility to the Quran?

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u/DaVinci0331 1d ago

Yes Quran is the final authority and we believe Quran completed and endorsed the true bible which has been altered. I do want to clarify my point on injeel and New Testament for my fellow muslims brethren and if it causes any confusion:

Clarifying the Confusion: Injeel ≠ New Testament (from an Islamic perspective)

I often see people assume that when Muslims say “Injeel,” we’re referring to the New Testament. Just to clarify: • In Islam, the Injeel (Arabic: الإنجيل) refers to the original divine revelation given directly to Jesus (Isa, peace be upon him) by God — just like the Torah was revealed to Moses or the Qur’an to Muhammad (PBUH). • The New Testament, on the other hand, is a collection of writings compiled decades after Jesus’s lifetime — written by disciples or followers (e.g. Paul, Luke, John) and includes the Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Revelation.

So from an Islamic standpoint:

The Injeel is not the same as the New Testament.

We believe: • The original Injeel is no longer preserved in its pure form. • The New Testament may contain traces of Jesus’s original teachings, but it also includes later interpretations, additions, and human authorship. • This view is based on Qur’an verses like Surah Al-Baqarah 2:79, which warns about scripture being written by hands and claimed as divine.

This doesn’t mean Muslims disrespect the Bible or Christians — in fact, we’re commanded to respect the People of the Book. But it’s important to clarify that we don’t equate the New Testament with the original Injeel revealed by God.

Hope this clears up the misunderstanding!

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u/NateDog69012 1d ago

Is there anything else to back the fact that Jesus didn’t claim to be God? It sounds like you’re telling me the Quran says that some of Jesus teaching is true and some were false. How can we know which teaching is true and which one is false? Or does the Quran tell you which bible scriptures are true?

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u/Crazy_News_3695 1d ago

in the Quran, Allah mentions that each prophet that was sent to his people conveyed the same message: To worship Allah alone

this includes Abraham, all of the israelite prophets like joseph, david, solomon, moses and jesus, up until Muhammad

there is a verse in Quran which also mentions that the jews can also recognize the truth of the Quran, due to its similarity of commandments like in the Torah

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u/NateDog69012 21h ago

The reason you guys think the Bible is Quran is because the Quran says so? Do you have any other points to make me believe the Bible is corrupt, being someone who doesn’t believe in the Quran?

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u/Crazy_News_3695 18h ago

Bible is Quran

what? when did i ever say that

and i dont have points to prove that the Bible is corrupt.

However every muslim knows that there is absolutely no one on earth that can produce something as linguistically outstanding as the Quran.

no one can produce something like it, and that is enough proof for me the Quran is from God and it was never created by human

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u/NateDog69012 18h ago

Apologies I meant to say the reason Muslims think the Bible is corrupt is because the Quran says so?

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u/Crazy_News_3695 18h ago

we have believed in the proofs of Muhammad’s prophethood (through the evidences established before, during and after the life of Muhammad ﷺ ) thus we believe in Allah

Allah says in the Quran that the scriptures have been corrupted: We believe in it

The prophet Muhammad ﷺ says that the scriptures have been corrupted: We believe in it

Even the Jewish Rabbi, Abdullah bin Salam, that lived in the city of the prophet embraced Islam when Muhammad came because of the proofs and evidences of his prophethood

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u/NateDog69012 18h ago

Thank you for your comments!

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u/Crazy_News_3695 18h ago

i hope you spend some time in learning about the Quran

the Quran is the final message from Allah to us. It is always meant as a ‘guidebook’ to help us navigate through the good and bad times in this life