Interfaith Dialogue (Angels and Jinn) - Islam and Chrsitianity

[The_Old_Man]

Re: Interfaith Dialogue (Angels and Jinn) - Islam and Chrsitianity

@USResident

I think from the Quran you cannot tell whether this was new to them or not. There might be historical account though, which I am not aware of or may be I can research somewhat to find out.

I would really appreciate it if you could find out.

I suppose it would be interesting for Muslims to also know whether the topic of Jinns was a complete new revelation and whether it just confirmed/correct what beliefs existed.

I disagree. Adam is not God, so we cannot sin towards him. Satan actually sinned in his attitude towards Allah SWT because he disobeyed Allah SWT command to prostrate out of arrogance.

Maybe I didn’t express myself well. According to Islam Satan sinned w.r.t. the object Adam while according to Christianity Adam was not in the picture. Of course Satan sinned against God if he did not obey God as Islam teach.

According to your remarks that “we cannot sin towards Adam”, must I understand that a person can’t sin against another person but only God?

How are magical happenings attributed in the bible though e.g. Miracles performed by Moses PBUH and those magical acts performed by Pharoahs magicians. In fact what is magic attributed to in Christianity? How do humans attain magical powers or do wonders especially those who do them against prophets as in the case of Moses PBUH.

Magic is either illusion, use/knowledge of something not normally known to people at the time (killing someone with a gun when guns unknown, disappearing ink, etc.), or by invoking the help of demons and Satan to assist with supernatural (naturally unexplained) feats/knowledge. This last can normally only be done when one has a close relationship with these supernatural beings.

Miracles occur when people ask God to somehow interfere with natural science/laws, or ask these other supernatural beings (Satan and his demons) to perform a feat similar.

Pharoah’s magicians used mainly illusion and could not stay the course with Moses’ feats which were outside the natural laws of science (by the power of God). That is why they disappeared after a few attempts.