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Compare and contrast how death is interpreted through the sacred writings and stories of Islam and Christianity.
Sacred texts in both the Islamic and Christian religious traditions, provide guidance, understanding and answers to deep questions about the meaning of life and what happens after we die. ... Sacred texts are important sources, through which beliefs, morals and codes of behaviour are constructed. Sacred texts also provide essential information in how to conduct certain religious rituals, from which faith is practiced.
Muslims and Christians both believe that their central sacred texts, the Qur’an and Bible respectively, are divinely inspired. ... Other sacred writings belonging to Islam are sunna, the traditions and practices of Muhammad and hadith, the traditional reports of what Muhammad said and did. The Christian Bible incorporates the Jewish sacred texts. ...
Christians and Muslims mutually believe that God (referred to as Allah in Islam) is One and is the Creator of all things. ...
Any description of Christianity instigates reference to Jesus Christ, who is the central figure in the Christian Scriptures. It is through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that Christians believe the soul to be immortal. One of the key beliefs in Christianity is that humans are ultimately redeemed through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. ... Only Catholic Christians believe that eternal life is immediately granted after death to those who are in no need of purgatory. ... Muslims, like Christians strongly believe in life after death. ... “It is Allah who creates you and takes your souls at death; and of you there are some who are sent back to a feeble age, so that they know nothing after having known (much): for Allah is All-Knowing, All-Powerful” (An-Nahl 16:70). ... “Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil and by good by way of trial. ... The Qur’an explains that the necessity of life after death is what the moral consciousness of man demands and that believing in God is meaningless if there is no life after death, as are God’s attributes of justice and mercy. ...
After death, Muslims believe the soul waits in barzakh, a place of waiting for Judgement Day. ... Do those who seek after evil ways think that We shall hold them equal with those who believe and do righteous deeds,- that equal will be their life and their death? Ill is the judgment that they make” (Al-Jathiya 45:21)
Islam, which is submission to the will of Allah, means following the commandments of the Qur’an.
Approximate Word count = 2049
Approximate Pages = 8.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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