The readings for this class were in the book “Al-Qur’an”, it was however one interesting line that was mentioned in class that really got me to thinking on how these two books are closely related. It was on page 102, line 33, and it says “The punishment for those who wage war against God and His Prophet, and perpetrate disorders in the land, is to kill or hang them, or have a hand on one side and a foot on the other cut off, or banish them from the land.” This got me to thinking how in the Bible it talks about when Moses and the followers of Christ disobeyed and didn’t have full trust, He (meaning God) banished them into the desert for 40 years. This line from the Quran made me think about this story from the Bible and how it just means that no matter what religion someone is, everyone has the same type of rules, this one being “If you disobey your God, he can punish you for it.” This was a very small and not big line in the Quran, but a very easy transition into how these two separate and vastly different religions still have some of the same principles.
Until next time,
Patrick