What Islam & Judaism Share

Quran 2:97-98

“Say, whoever is an enemy to Gabriel - it is none but he has brought it (the Quran) down upon your heart by permission of Allah, confirming what was before it.”

Genesis 32:1-2

“Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him. When Jacob saw them, he said, This is the camp of God!”

Quran 2:177

“Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but righteousness is one who believes... and gives wealth... despite love for it.”

Zakat (almsgiving)

Maimonides' Eight Levels of Charity

“The greatest level of charity is to help sustain someone who has fallen into poverty by providing them a gift or loan, or by helping them find employment.”

Quran 2:271

“If you disclose your charitable expenditures, they are good; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you.”

Maimonides, Mishneh Torah 10:7-8

“The highest level of charity is to enable the poor to become self-sufficient through a gift or loan.”

Quran 3:103

“And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. Remember the favor of Allah upon you.”

Pirkei Avot 1:6

“Acquire a teacher for yourself, and get yourself a companion for study; and judge all people with the benefit of the doubt.”

Quran 6:12

“He has decreed upon Himself mercy.”

Psalm 145:9

“The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.”

Quran 4:154

“And We raised above them the Mount and made them swear a solemn covenant.”

Genesis 17:7-8

“I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.”

Quran 80:19-22

“From it We created you, to it We return you, and from it We shall bring you out once more. Verily We shall require your soul and return it to your body.”

Pirkei Avot 4:22

“One moment of repentance and good deeds in this world is greater than all of the World to Come.”

Quran 24:35

“Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp.”

Psalm 27:1

“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?”

Quran 81:1-6

“When the sun is wrapped up, and when the stars fall, losing their luster, and when the mountains are made to vanish, and when the she-camels are neglected, and when the wild beasts are gathered, and when the seas are set on fire.”

Isaiah 65:17-19

“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create.”

Quran 113:1-5

“Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak from the evil of that which He has created, and from the evil of the darkening dawn.”

Isaiah 45:7

“I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.”

Quran 2:183

“O you who believe, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you might become righteous.”

Ramadan fast (Sawm)

Leviticus 23:26-32

“You shall afflict your souls... This shall be a statute forever... to make atonement for the children of Israel.”

Yom Kippur fast

Quran 2:183-185

“O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous.”

Leviticus 23:27

“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves.”

Quran 39:53

“Say, O My servants who have transgressed against their souls, do not despair of the mercy of Allah, for Allah forgives all sins.”

Mishnah Yoma 8:9

“Transgressions between a person and God, the Day of Atonement atones for them, but transgressions between people are not atoned until forgiveness is granted.”

Quran 14:7

“If you are grateful, I will surely increase you; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.”

Psalm 100:4

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!”

Quran 31:12

“And indeed, We gave Luqman wisdom, saying, Be grateful to Allah. And whoever is grateful is grateful for the benefit of himself.”

Psalm 100:4-5

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.”

Quran 82:10-12

“And indeed, there are over you keepers, noble and recording; they know whatever you do.”

Psalm 91:11-12

“For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.”

Quran 35:28

“Indeed, the ones who will attain the greatest fear are those of knowledge. Indeed, Allah is mighty and forgiving.”

Proverbs 18:12

“Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.”

Quran 4:135

“O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah, even if it be against yourselves.”

Deuteronomy 16:20

“Follow justice, and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.”

Quran 2:165

“Among the people are those who take equals [to Allah], other than Allah, whom they love as they [should] love Allah.”

Song of Songs 2:4-5

“He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.”

Quran 3:45

“O Mary, Allah gives you good tidings of a Word from Him whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, honored in this world and the Hereafter.”

Isaiah 11:1-5

“A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him.”

Quran 5:110

“And when you created from clay the likeness of a bird by My permission, and you breathed into it and it became a bird by My permission.”

Exodus 14:21-22

“Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land.”

Quran 112:1-4

“Say, 'He is Allah, the One. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent.'”

Deuteronomy 6:4

“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.”

Quran 2:153

“O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.”

Lamentations 3:25-26

“The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.”

Quran 3:97

“And (due) to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House (the Kaaba) - for whoever is able to find thereto a way.”

Psalm 84:5

“Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.”

Quran 1:1-7

“All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. The Most Compassionate, the Ever-Merciful.”

Al-Fatiha (The Opening)

Deuteronomy 6:4-5

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart.”

The Shema

Quran 9:108

“Never stand in it. There is a mosque whose foundation was laid from the first day upon piety; it is more worthy of your standing in it.”

Leviticus 11:45

“I am the Lord who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.”

Quran 22:5-6

“And you see the earth barren, then when We send down water upon it, it stirs and swells and grows every kind of beautiful growth.”

Daniel 12:2

“Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.”

Quran 85:21-22

“Nay, this is a Glorious Quran written on a Preserved Tablet, which none shall touch except the pure in heart.”

2 Timothy 3:16

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.”

Quran 2:164

“Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth... are signs for a people who reason.”

Contemplation in silence

Proverbs 17:27-28

“Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.”

Quran 62:9

“O you who have believed, when the call is made for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah, then proceed to the remembrance of Allah.”

Exodus 20:8-10

“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.”

Quran 22:37

“Neither their meat nor their blood reaches Allah, but it is piety from you that reaches Him.”

Eid al-Adha sacrifice remembers Abraham's faith

Leviticus 1:4

“He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.”

Quran 2:216

“Perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah knows, while you know not.”

Job 42:5-6

“My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”

Quran 33:45-46

“O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner and a caller to Allah by His permission.”

Deuteronomy 18:15

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers. You must listen to him.”

Quran 56:10-40

“Those foremost will be foremost. These will be those brought near to Allah in gardens of bliss.”

Pirkei Avot 4:29

“One moment of repentance and good deeds in this world is better than all of the World to Come.”

Quran 2:263

“Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury.”

Proverbs 15:1

“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

Quran 7:180

“To Allah belong the most beautiful names; so call upon Him by them, and leave the company of those who practice deviation concerning His names.”

Exodus 3:14

“God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.”

YHWH revealed as self-existent being

Quran 41:11

“Then He directed Himself to the sky while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, Come into being willingly or by compulsion. They said, We have come willingly.”

Psalm 33:6

“By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.”

Quran 42:11

“There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing. He is the One, the All-Powerful.”

Tawhid - the principle of absolute divine oneness

Deuteronomy 6:4

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”