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Islamic Timeline
• 570 M. born in Mecca
• 610 M. receives 1st vision, begins
preaching
• 622 M. leaves Mecca for Medina, becomes
leader of the city through diplomacy
• 630 M. conquers Mecca, returns to Medina
Islamic Timeline
• 632 M. dies, from past poisoning? Abu Bakr
elected first Caliph (Deputy, Successor),
orders suras collected
• Caliphate = Islamic Church-State Empire
• 634-644 Umar, 2nd Caliph conquers Iraq,
some of Iran, N. Africa, Egypt, Israel…
• 644-656 Uthman, 3rd Caliph, compiles
Qur’an, destroys other versions
Islamic Timeline
• 656 Uthman assassinated, Ali becomes 4th
Caliph (656-661)
• Ali doesn’t find and punish Uthman’s
assassins, Aisha, others, including
Muawiyah rebell
• 661 Ali assassinated, cementing the
Sunni/Shia rift.
The Bible vs. The Qur’an
• Composed over 1000+
years
• Many cultural and
historical settings,
many authors
• Began as oral
tradition, edited by
scholars
• Composed over two
decades
• Composed in two
cities by one author
• Transcript of ecstatic
visions of uneducated
man, compiled by one
man
The Bible vs. The Qur’an
• Many genres
• Two genres: preaching
and poetry
• Chronological and
topical order
• Suras arranged longest
to shortest
• Logical progression of
ideas or themes
• Suras often jump from
topic to topic
The Bible vs. The Qur’an
• Mostly 3rd person
• Historically accurate,
used by archeologists
• Mostly 1st person pl.
(“We” = Allah)
• Historical inaccuracies
and anachronisms
The Afterlife
Like Christian picture but more literal,
physical
Paradise features
• Streams and pools of water
• Lush gardens, birds
• Riches, luxury
• Doe-eyed virgin slave-girls (houris)
Paradise
The Afterlife
Hell
• Firey torment
• Boiling water
• Eat heads of demons or snakes
• Like Christian medieval view
The Five Pillars of Islam
1. The Shahadah: "There is no God but Allah,
and Muhammad is his prophet."
2. Salat: Prayer towards Mecca 5x a day
3. Zakat (annual charitable tax on net worth)
4. Sawm: Fasting during Ramadan (Month in
Muslim calendar)--no eating or drinking
5. Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca (at least once)