abas ashrafi; kobra soltani lorgani
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Quran, Avesta, sacrifice, offering, rites of Hajj, Gahanbar.
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Quran, Avesta, sacrifice, offering, rites of Hajj, Gahanbar.
hadiseh soleymani; abas ashrafi
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One of the teachings of Prophets is how to encounter and treat other people, particularly followers of faiths. Posing the question of how to encounter people of other faiths, this paper addresses the issue by conducting a comparative examination of the Qur’an and the Testaments. The Qur’an, ...
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One of the teachings of Prophets is how to encounter and treat other people, particularly followers of faiths. Posing the question of how to encounter people of other faiths, this paper addresses the issue by conducting a comparative examination of the Qur’an and the Testaments. The Qur’an, inclusively dealing with all aspects of human life as it does, approaches the issue carefully, always seeking to establish equilibrium. Encounters with followers of other faiths in Islam is thus with gentleness and with goodwill and guidance, allowing them to live in the society along with other strata of people, provided that they pay tribute and that they do not practice hostility. If they do practice hostility and act against Islam and Muslims, they should be confronted.
abas ashrafi; sehyla rezaai
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By the function of religion we mean its services for and effects on the society. This paper aims at a comparative study of the views of the Qur'an and the New Testament on the ideological function of religion. The New Testament and the Qur'an agree on the fact that only the United God is the creator ...
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By the function of religion we mean its services for and effects on the society. This paper aims at a comparative study of the views of the Qur'an and the New Testament on the ideological function of religion. The New Testament and the Qur'an agree on the fact that only the United God is the creator and the object of worship. Although the Christians, contrary to the explicit text of their Holy Book, the Bible, believe in Trinity, both the Bible and the Qur'an acknowledge Divine Unity and resurrection, and are similar in their descriptions of the Hell and the Heaven. However, they diverge on their definition and interpretation of the worlds after death and on how resurrection takes place. The New Testament describes the religious tasks of the prophets to be of an invitation type and aimed at the life to come, whereas the Qur'an introduces two goals for the messengers: one related to this material life and the other one related to the Hereafter; that is, the prophets are appointed to invite people to monotheism, and to guide them to achieve prosperity and establish justice, or in other words to felicitous and honorable material life.
abas ashrafi
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Qods has always been a matter of conflict between the followers of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The present paper, using a contrastive methodology, attempts to investigate the place of Qods in the Qur'an, the Old Testament and the New Testament. The paper first presents an etymological analysis of ...
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Qods has always been a matter of conflict between the followers of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The present paper, using a contrastive methodology, attempts to investigate the place of Qods in the Qur'an, the Old Testament and the New Testament. The paper first presents an etymological analysis of the word Qods and its other names; then it describes Qods from the perspectives of the Qur'an, the Old Testament and the New Testament and finally compares and contrasts these views to reach a conclusion. The Old Testament has a relatively positive attitude towards Qods (Jerusalem), the New Testament a negative attitude and the Holy Qur'an a quite positive attitude and in comparison to the Old Testament, with more descriptions. In Quranic teachings, Qods is described as the land of fortunes, land of prosperity, the direction faced in prayer, the place of verity and the land of ascension.
abbas asrafi
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The servants of God usually, in places for praying, request Him to fulfill their material and spiritual needs, most importantly to protect them from harm and death. With a contrastive methodology, this paper aims at investigating the quality of praying in sacred books (the Old Testament, the New Testament ...
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The servants of God usually, in places for praying, request Him to fulfill their material and spiritual needs, most importantly to protect them from harm and death. With a contrastive methodology, this paper aims at investigating the quality of praying in sacred books (the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Qur’an). It first focuses on the etymology of the word praying and then examines its status in different holy books. Then a brief comparison is made between different perspectives. According to the Old Testament, the place of praying is synagogue; in the New Testament church is the place for praying and in the Qur’an, mosque. The Old Testament emphasizes that the place of praying should be made of stone, be located in a high area of land and be the place for sacrifice. The New Testament focuses merely on believers and in the holy Qur’an the believers, the place and the time are all emphasized. Unlike the New Testament, the Old Testament has laid down some rules for entering the place of praying; the Qur’an has forbidden the unbelievers from entering the Holy Mosque. The Holy Mosque, with regard to its Islamic praying-social orientation, cannot be compared to any other place of praying; such orientation does not exist in Judaism and Christianity.
