Readings 10/31

As we continue to read the Qur’an, I keep making connections back to Christianity and the bible. I really focused on Sura 11 from our assigned reading for class. This Sura started out by basically discussing how God created all things in nature and talked about how God ultimately controls all outcomes. It coincided with the theme of “belief” as I briefly discussed in my last blog post and then it transitioned into the story of Noah, which has to be one of the most commonly known stories in Christianity. I remember learning about the story of Noah and his ark from when I was very young in Sunday school and I thought it was very interesting that such a commonly taught story in Christianity appeared in the Qur’an in a very similar fashion. This led me to really become interested in the relationship between the Bible and Qur’an and the stories that they use and how they depict similar ideas. I wanted to specifically use the story of Noah so I searched for a comparison/relationship analysis of the story of Noah in the Bible and in the Qur’an and came across another blog post that goes into great detail how the story of Noah is similar and different in the two texts. It was a very fascinating read and I will attach the link here. Overall, I am really liking how I am able to make so many connections with a book that seemed so foreign at first.