Publications and sources – Quran and Bible

It was We Who revealed the Law to Moses : therein was guidance and light.

We sent Jesus the son of Mary confirming the Law that had come before him: We sent him the Gospel: therein was guidance and light.

There has come to you from our Messenger, Mohammed, a new light and a perspicuous book.

Quran 5 The Table Spread 44,46,15

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A non-partial anthology of Bible and Qur’an stories: “timely, unique and astonishing.” John Esposito. This rare anthology seeks for common ground in a time of conflict. Placing verses from (Hebrew) Bible and Qur’an Side by Side, it shows the Holy Books’ commonalities in the stories of Adam in the Garden of Eden; Noah and the Great Flood; David and Goliath and many more. Controversial topics – the subservience of women, war and crime- are not shunned, but the focus is on shared human values. Even God and Allah are shown to have many attributes in common.

RECOMMENDATIONS

“A compassionate contribution…preferring dialogue to strife and refusing to claim superiority or blame the ‘other’ side.” Ruud Lubbers former Dutch Prime Minister

“…invaluable contribution to dialogue especially that between Islam and Christianity.” Prof. M. Swartz, Choice, Current Reviews for Academic Libraries,

“Written, not in a polemic spirit of proving one religion to be superior to another, but in the spirit of reconcilliation… ” Muhammad Khan, Muslim News, UK,

“…Sharing Mary must be praised for its novel approach…(it) succeeds in awakening curiosity.” Simon Ross Valentine, Church Times, UK

Diego A Sarrio, Washington, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, January 2011

“An important anthology… supported by carefully formulated comments by competent Islamic and Christian academics… the stories are shown, in their subtle differences, to possess a spiritual commonality.” Revd. Dr Reinhardt Kiste, Dialog der Religionen.

Muhammad Khan, Muslim News, UK, “Written, not in a polemic spirit of proving one religion to be superior to another, but in the spirit of reconcilliation… ”

Diego A Sarrio, Washington, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, January 2011 “An important anthology… supported by carefully formulated comments by competent Islamic and Christian academics… the stories are shown, in their subtle differences, to possess a spiritual commonality.” Revd. Dr Reinhardt Kiste, Dialog der Religionen.

Sources

The follwing sources have been used with thanks for the permission:

-The authorized King James Version on the Holy Bible,
the Church of England 1611, the Crown United Kingdom

-New King James Version, Thomas Nelson 1982
-The Bible Contemporary English Version, the American Bible Society, New York, Harper Collins 2000

The Qur’an – translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Tharike Tarsile Qur’an Inc. (New York, US)