I am currently in the process of understanding various religions and studying them.
While studying the Quran's English translation, I came across this footnote about this verse > 96:5 عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ ٥ > > taught humanity what they knew not.[1]   — Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The > Clear Quran > > [1]  Verses 1-5 are known to be the first ever revealed of the Quran. > The Prophet (ﷺ) was retreating at a cave in the outskirts of Mecca > when the angel Gabriel appeared to him, squeezing him tightly and > ordering him to read. Since the Prophet (ﷺ) was unlettered, he > responded, “I cannot read.” Ultimately, Gabriel taught him: “Read in > the Name of your Lord …” Some scholars believe that this encounter is > the fulfilment of Isaiah 29:12, which states, “Then the book will be > given to the one who is illiterate, saying, ‘Read this.’ And he will > say, ‘I cannot read.’” Here's the link to this footnote. I explored Isaiah 29:12 but couldn't understand it much because maybe I could not get the right/clear translation for this verse. Please help me understand Isaiah 29:12. Does it really mean that a holy book will be given by God to someone illiterate in the future? Sorry for any mistakes as this is my first question on this forum! Thanks in advance!

Regarding the Quran (Surah al-Ma'idah) 5:17 > They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allāh is Christ, the son of Mary. Say, "Then who could prevent Allāh at all if He had intended to destroy Christ, the son of Mary, or his mother or everyone on the earth?" And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. He creates what He wills, and Allāh is over all things competent. A Christian missionary [wrote](https://www.answering-islam.org/Shamoun/quran_trinity.htm) > Fifth, the Quran also distorts Christian beliefs regarding the Person > of Christ when it accuses Christians of saying that God, or Allah, is > the Christ. The historic Christian position is that Jesus is God, > which is not the same as saying that God is Jesus. The former implies > that Christ is fully God in essence; that he has the entire essential > attributes of Deity and is all that God is, whereas the latter > suggests that Christ is the only one that is God. In other words, > saying that God is Jesus means that the entire Godhead is instantiated > in Christ alone to the exclusion of the Father and the Holy Spirit, or > that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are nothing more than > manifestations of a single Divine Person. This latter understanding > would imply that Christ is all three manifestations, which is a form > of an ancient heresy known as Sabellianism which was condemned by the > early Church, why would it still be the problem for the Quran But don't the Christians say God became Jesus, regardless of how it is believed whether in the form of Triune God intervening into human history or Sabellianism (their outcome is same that God himself is Christ in that context)? Isn’t the quran right that Christians believe "God" is the Messiah? Also, some Christians in trinity do believe God is Christ and Christ is God i.e. they are one in essence. Then what's the problem?

How do Christians respond to a claim in the Qur'an that God can not be the father of Christians because God gives them bad things in life to endure? Here is the quote in question set into context: > We also took a covenant from those who said: 'We are Christians'; but they forgot a good portion of the teaching they had been imparted with. Wherefore We aroused enmity and spite between them till the Day of Resurrection, and ultimately Allah will tell them what they had contrived. People of the Book! Now Our Messenger has come to you: he makes clear to you a good many things of the Book which you were wont to conceal, and also passes over many things. There has now come to you a light from Allah, and a clear Book through which Allah shows to all who seek to please Him the paths leading to safety. He brings them out, by His leave, from darkness to light and directs them on to the straight way. Indeed those who said: 'Christ, the son of Mary, he is indeed God', disbelieved. Say (O Muhammad!): 'Who could have overruled Allah had He so willed to destroy Christ, the son of Mary, and his mother, and all those who are on earth?' For to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them; He creates what He wills. Allah is All-Powerful. **The Jews and the Christians say: 'We are Allah's children and His beloved ones.' Ask them: 'Why, then, does He chastise you for your sins?' You are the same as other men He has created. He forgives whom He wills and chastises whom He wills. And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them. To Him is the eventual return.** People of the Book! After a long interlude during which no Messengers have appeared there has come to you Our Messenger to elucidate the teaching of the true faith lest you say: 'No bearer of glad tidings and no warner has come to us.' For now there indeed has come to you a bearer of glad tidings and a warner, Allah is All-Power-ful. - Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:12-19 It seems to say that if he was a loving father he wouldn't make them suffer at times in their lives, i.e. that their circumstances would be different than others.

**Do Unitarian Universalist churches acknowledge the possibility that the Quran may be the inspired Word of God?** **Wikipedia** states the following, but I desire to know if Unitarians nowadays hold the Qur’an as being inspired from God. > **Approach to sacred writings** > > Originally, both Unitarianism and Universalism were Christian denominations, and U.U.s still reference Jewish and Christian texts. Today, the Unitarian Universalist approach to sacred writings, including the Christian Bible and Hebrew Scriptures, is taken more broadly: > > > While Unitarianism and Universalism both have roots in the Protestant Christian tradition, where the Bible is the sacred text, we now look to additional sources for religious and moral inspiration ... . We celebrate the spiritual insights of the world’s religions, recognizing wisdom in many scriptures. > > > When we read scripture in worship, whether it is the Bible, the **Dhammapada** , or the **Tao Te-Ching** , we interpret it as a product of its time and its place, ... not to be interpreted narrowly or oppressively ...[S]cripture is never the only word, or the final word. > > > From the beginning we have trusted in the human capacity to use reason and draw conclusions about religion ... [E]ach of us ultimately chooses what is sacred to us. > > Unitarian Universalists regard the texts of the world's religions as venerable works of different peoples attempting to understand and explain 'the mystery' and 'the sacred' that surrounds all human existence and experience. They treat with respect the scriptural works of peoples of all religions or spiritual backgrounds.

I read in the Quran (5:112-114) > And when the disciples said, 'O Jesus son of Mary, is your Lord able to bring down for us a feast from heaven?' He said, 'Fear God, if you are believers.'“ They said, “We wish to eat from it, so that our hearts may be reassured, and know that you have told us the truth, and be among those who witness it.” Jesus son of Mary said, “O God, our Lord, send down for us a table from heaven, to be a festival for us, for the first of us, and the last of us, and a sign from You; and provide for us; You are the Best of providers.” I do not find this in the canonical Gospel accounts. Is a similar account related in Christian literature?

The main difference between Christianity and Islam is the acceptance of the Quran as an inspired revelation. Most or all Christian denominations/sects refuse the Quran believing that it be uninspired and fabricated. My question is not about all those denominations. Present Islam (both, Sunni and Shia) on their side accepts Jesus as a Messenger of God but usually doubts the reliability of Christian scriptures, and thus ignores many parts of the Message that has come to us through Jesus (p.b.u.h). This may be a reason for convinced Christians not to accept Islam as is. However, the Quran itself clearly accepts that Jesus is a Messenger of God, a Prophet, and the Messiah that will return (it is not clearer in the Quran than in the Bible whether he would come much before or almost with the Last Day). Hence, it may be a Christian position to refuse present Islam not because of a general refusal of the Quran but rather because present Islam does not consider the Word of God come through Jesus (p.b.u.h) and his importance in an appropriate way. My question: Is there any Christian denomination that considers the Quran as inspired but refuses Islam as it is?

I ask anyone here, and I ask all people who think that Muhammad, peace be upon him, edited and wrote the Quran, to give me a fair and convincing answer for this question: **Question: Why is Jesus Christ mentioned 25 times in the Quran, and Muhammad, peace be upon him, only 5 times ? And I would also ask you to provide, for comparison, the number of times they are mentioned in the Holy Bible.**

Is there someone here give me the number of citations of Jesus in the original version of the Holy Bible ? I say to you in the Holy Quran He is mentioned 32 times and we have a Surah called **Merry** which means **Meriam** in Arabic language Mother of Jesus ? Is there the same in the Holy Bible ? **Note**: Am afraid that the number of citations of Jesus in Holy Quran is greater than its citation in the Holy Bible **Edit** I have edited the question without changing its meaning such that I want exactly the number of citation in the original Holy Bible not in the corrupted version.

Allah Said in the *Holy Quran*: > You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers [to be] the Jews and those who associate others with Allah; and you will find the nearest of them in affection to the believers those who say, "We are Christians." That is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant. Maida Surah 82 , And also said in the same time in *Bakra surah* 120: > And never will the Jews or the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion. Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the [only] guidance." If you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you would have against Allah no protector or helper. Thus my question is: Is there any statement in the Holy Bible or any other holy books than the Quran which it describe the real psychological behavior of Jews or Christians or Muslims as it were described as well in the above two testaments? Do any priests or any Jews disagree with that statement?