Grace & Truth 16. Who Started Islam: Abraham or the Arabs?

October 24, 2024

Creator:

Grace and Truth | Servants of the Lord

Language:

English, Bahasa, Malayalam, Russian (Standard)

Audience:

Non believers, All believers, Primary education and up

Geographical focus:

Global

Date First Published:

2021

Resource Type:

Course, Website

Topics / Themes:

Apologetics, Islam or the Qur’an

Overview:

A study on the origins of Islam

Content:

Point of departure: A question that must be answered
Chapter 1. What is Islam?
1.1. Definitions
1.2. The teaching of the Koran about the Islam of Abraham
1.3. In what sense was Abraham a Muslim?
Chapter 2. Where did Abraham live?
2.1. What are the “Suhuf Ibrahim”?
2.2. What do the Suhuf Ibrahim tell us about the places, where Abraham came from and lived?
2.3. So, where did Abraham live?
Chapter 3. Did Abraham visit Mecca?
3.1. Why do Muslims believe that Abraham visited Mecca?
3.2. On which verses of the Koran do Muslims base their faith that Abraham went to Mecca?
3.3. Which problems arise from these Koran verses about Abraham and Mecca?
3.4. Which answers do Muslim Narrations (Hadith) give to resolve these problems in the Koran about Abraham and Mecca?
3.5. How many years separate the events of Abraham and Ishmael from the events of Muhammad and the beginning of Arab Islam?
3.6. In what directions have Muhammad and the early Muslims performed their prayers?
Chapter 4. Who were the Arabs that started Islam?
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Were all Arabians Arabs?
4.3. How Arabic is the Koran?
4.4. Who were the first ancestors of the Arabs?
4.5. Were Abraham and Ishmael Arabs?
4.6. How did Arabs start Islam?
Chapter 5. Can Islam be started?
5.1. What does it mean to start or begin something?
5.2. Is there a beginning of Islam?
5.3. Did Allah start Islam?
Chapter 6. Summary and Outlook
6.1. Answers from the Koran
6.2. Answers from the Suhuf Ibrahim
6.3. Answers from Muslim Narrations (Hadith)
6.4. Consequences
Chapter 7. The contents and message of the Suhuf Ibrahim
7.1. Contents of the Suhuf Ibrahim and how they have influenced the Koran
7.2. The message of the Suhuf Ibrahim: What did the God of Abraham start?
Bible-study

Academic Discipline

Missiology, Religious studies

Academic Framework

Research Method

Qualitative Approach (General)

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