Creation Stories

Basic Beliefs of Islam

• Muslims follow the Five Pillars of Life
• Faith, prayer, almsgiving or charity to the needy, fasting, and pilgrammage to Mecca
• Monothiestic

Manners to Use When Reading the Qur'an

• Some examples include...
• facing the direction of prayer during recitation
• using your mind to comprehend the Qur'an
• not selecting certain verses of a surah but reciting the whole surah

The Creation Story in the Qur'an

• On the first days, Allah created...
• Light
• The Sun and the Moon
• The separation between the heaven, earth, and sea
• Aquatic and land animals and birds
• Humans

Human Creation

• Having the humans resemble Allah is clearly rejected in the Qur'an.

The purpose of the creation story is for its wonders to push people to exceed.

Literary Structure and Style

• The Qur'an has 114 chapters.
• Diction is used distnctly throughout the Qur'an.
• Irony can be found throughout the Qur'an.
• Ex: Adam and Eve want to become angels, but the angels have already recognized man's authority.
• The creation is mentioned throughout.

Literary Structure and Style (cont.)

• The Qur'an uses characterization to give characters traits and to enhance stories
• Dramatic dialogue is used to contrast characters.

Basic Beliefs of Christianity

• Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and He died for our sins.
• He let humans have eternal life.
• Monothietstic

Manners to Use When Reading the Bible

• Some examples include...
• handling the bible correctly
• not scanning the Scriptures briefly
• praying for understanding

The Creation Story in the Bible

• First, God created...
• Light
• The Sun and the Moon
• The separation between the heaven, earth, and sea
• Aquatic and land animals and birds
• Humans

Human Creation

• God made mankind in God's image.
• Genesis 1:9 states that "He saw... that it was good."

The purpose of the creation story is to show how God created the universe and us.

Literary Structure and Style

• Parallelism and repetition can be found throughout the creation story.
• The creation story is given in the book of Genesis.

Literary Structure and Style (cont.)

• Characterization is often used in the Bible to give deeper meaning.
• Alliteration and assonance gives auditory qualities to the Bible.

Conclusion

• Many similarities and differences can connect the creation stories of the Qur'an and the Bible.

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