Muslims believe in the prophet Muhammed and his ability to speak for God, or Allah. The Islamic religious book, the Qur’an, is to Muslims the true word of God, as the Bible is to Christians. The general characteristics of religious experience can also be found in Islam in the revealing of prophesy to Muhammed (“Islam: An Overview”, 1-3). Muslims also believe that humans are servants to Allah, not made in Allah’s image, but special within the greater context of creation. Humans have greater status than the rest of creation due to Allah entrusting humans with the care of the earth (Siddiqui, 15, 17). For instance, the Qur’an includes the same human creation myth as the Bible, but in the Qur’an, Adam and Eve’s eating of the forbidden fruit is simply a single moment of disobedience, not the creation of original sin as Christians believe (Salih, 2). This difference between the stories highlights the Muslim belief that humans are servants to Allah, not a reflection of
Muslims believe in the prophet Muhammed and his ability to speak for God, or Allah. The Islamic religious book, the Qur’an, is to Muslims the true word of God, as the Bible is to Christians. The general characteristics of religious experience can also be found in Islam in the revealing of prophesy to Muhammed (“Islam: An Overview”, 1-3). Muslims also believe that humans are servants to Allah, not made in Allah’s image, but special within the greater context of creation. Humans have greater status than the rest of creation due to Allah entrusting humans with the care of the earth (Siddiqui, 15, 17). For instance, the Qur’an includes the same human creation myth as the Bible, but in the Qur’an, Adam and Eve’s eating of the forbidden fruit is simply a single moment of disobedience, not the creation of original sin as Christians believe (Salih, 2). This difference between the stories highlights the Muslim belief that humans are servants to Allah, not a reflection of