abas ashrafi
Abstract
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
Abstract
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.
