WITH A DESTINY
We have created all things in predestination.Our command is only one
word, like the blinking of an eye. (Qur'an, 54:49-50)
Have they not reflected within themselves? God did not create the
heavens and Earth, and everything between them, except with truth and
for a fixed term. Yet many people reject the meeting with their Lord.
(Qur'an, 30:8)
Old Testament
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under
Heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be
added to it and nothing taken from it... (Ecclesiastes 3:14)
EVERYTHING IS RECORDED IN A BOOK
You do not engage in any matter, recite any of the Qur'an, or do any
action without Our witnessing you while you are occupied with it.Not
even the smallest speck eludes your Lord, either on Earth or in
Heaven. Nor is there anything smaller than that, or larger, which is
not in a Clear Book. (Qur'an, 10:61)
Old Testament
Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were
written in Your book before one of themcame to be. (Psalm 139:16)
NOT KILLING SOMEONE WRONGFULLY
... [They] do not kill anyone God has made inviolate, except with the
right to do so, and do not fornicate; anyonewho does that will receive
an evil punishment. (Qur'an, 25:68)
New Testament
... "Do not murder, do notcommit adultery, do not steal, do not give
false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother." (Mark
10:19)
Old Testament
You shall not kill. (Exodus 20:13)
O city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and
defiles herself by making idols, you have become guilty because of the
blood youhave shed. (Ezekiel 22:3-4)
... There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the
land. There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery;
they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Because of
this the land mourns... (Hosea 4:1-3)
FORNICATION
And do not go near to fornication. It is an indecent act, an evil way.
(Qur'an, 17:32)
New Testament
He [Jesus] went on:"What comes out of a man is what makes him
'unclean.' For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts,
sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit,
lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance,and folly. All of these evilscome
from inside and make a man 'unclean.'" (Mark 7:20-23)
Old Testament
You shall not commit adultery. (Exodus 20:14)
AVOIDING THEFT
O Prophet! When believing women come to you pledging allegiance to you
on the grounds that they will not associate anything with God, steal,
fornicate, kill their children, or give a false ascription of
paternity-making up lies about their bodies-or disobey you in respect
of anything right, then accept their pledge and ask forgiveness for
them. God is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Qur'an, 60:12)
Old Testament
"Do not steal... Do not deceive one another." (Leviticus 19:11)
NOT BEARING FALSE WITNESS
[Believers are] those who do not bear false witness and who, when they
pass by worthless talk, pass by with dignity. (Qur'an, 25:72)
O you who believe! Be upholders of justice, bearing witness for God
alone, even against yourselves or your parents and relatives...
(Qur'an, 4:135)
Old Testament
Do not spread false reports. Do not help a wicked man by being a
malicious witness. Do notfollow the crowd in doing wrong. When you
give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with
thecrowd, and do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
(Exodus 23:1-3)
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent-The Lord detests
them both. (Proverbs 17:15)
Now let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Judge carefully, for with
the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery. (2
Chronicles 19:7)
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