3_Muslim Prayer in The Bible?

“AND HE (JESUS) WENT A LITTLE FARTHER, AND FELL ON HIS FACE, AND PRAYED” (MATTHEW, 26:39)

Muslims Pray Like Jesus

As you may know, Muslims perform a ritual prayer at five different times during the day. This prayer is called “Salah”.

There are four positions in Salah:

Standing- Bowing- Prostrating -Sitting

The way that Muslims pray is actually a lot like the way the Bible describes the praying of Moses, Jesus, and many other Prophets, (peace be upon them).

Call to Prayer (Adhan)

When the time for prayer comes, Muslims are commanded to call the people to assemble for congregational prayer. This is called the “Adhan”. In the Noble Quran, God addresses the believers saying:

“O YOU WHO HAVE BELIEVED, WHEN [THE ADHAN] IS CALLED FOR THE PRAYER ON THE DAY OF JUMU’AH [FRIDAY], THEN PROCEED TO THE REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH AND LEAVE TRADE. THAT IS BETTER FOR YOU, IF YOU ONLY KNEW” [NOBLE QURAN 62:9]

We find a similar command of a call for congregation in the Bible:

“And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, make thee two trumpets of silver… that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly… and when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”
[Numbers 10:1-3]

Ablution (Wudu)

Before the prayer begins, Muslims make “Wudu”; the ritual ablution or cleaning done to purify oneself before prayer. In the Quran, Allah says:

“O YOU WHO HAVE BELIEVED, WHEN YOU RISE TO [PERFORM] PRAYER, WASH YOUR FACES AND YOUR FOREARMS TO THE ELBOWS AND WIPE OVER YOUR HEADS AND WASH YOUR FEET TO THE ANKLES.” [NOBLE QURAN 5:6]

And what does the Bible say about washing before prayer?

“Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.” [2 Samuel 12:20]

“And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet. They washed whenever they went into the tent of the congregation or approached the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses.” [Exodus 40:31-32]

“Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it.” [Exodus 30:17-19]

Facing Jerusalem (Qiblah)

When Muslims pray, they face towards the “Ka’bah” in Mecca. This was the first house of worship ever built. Constructed by Abraham and his son Ishmael (peace be upon them), this direction of prayer is called the “Qiblah”.

“TURN THEN YOUR FACE TOWARD AL-MASJID AL-HARAM. AND WHEREVER YOU [BELIEVERS] ARE, TURN YOUR FACES TOWARD IT [IN PRAYER]. INDEED, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE SCRIPTURE WELL KNOW THAT IT IS THE TRUTH FROM THEIR LORD. AND ALLAH IS NOT UNAWARE OF WHAT THEY DO.” [NOBLE QURAN 2:144]

Prior to the prophethood of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the correct Qiblah was towards Jerusalem as was observed by previous prophets.

“… he (Daniel) went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.” [Daniel 6:10]

Prostration (Sujud)

When Muslims perform the daily prayer “Salah”, they bow down in prostration to God, displaying their submission to God. They touch the ground with their forehead and the tip of their nose.

Allah says in the Quran,

“O YOU WHO HAVE BELIEVED, BOW AND PROSTRATE AND WORSHIP YOUR LORD AND DO GOOD – THAT YOU MAY SUCCEED.” [NOBLE QURAN 22:77]

So, what does the Bible have to say?

“They (the angels) fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God” [Revelation 7:11]

“Going a little farther, he (Jesus) fell with his face to the ground and prayed…” [Matt 26:39]

“Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker” [Psalm 95:6]

“Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground.” [Judges 13:20]

“When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, ‘The LORD–he is God! The LORD–he is God!'” [I Kings 18:39]

“So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.” [I Kings 18:42]

“Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the LORD.” [2 Chronicles 20:18]

“They knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, “He is good; his love endures forever.” [2 Chronicles 7:3]

“Ezra praised the LORD, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands and responded, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.” [Nehemiah 8:6]

“And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped” [Joshua 5:14]

“And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.” [Exodus 34:8]

“When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground before the LORD.” [Genesis 24:52]

Supplication (Du’a)

When the prayer is over Muslims, raise their heads in “Du’a” thanking God for all the blessings He has given them and asking for forgiveness.

“OUR LORD, GIVE US IN THIS WORLD [THAT WHICH IS] GOOD AND IN THE HEREAFTER [THAT WHICH IS] GOOD AND PROTECT US FROM THE PUNISHMENT OF THE FIRE.” [NOBLE QURAN 2:201]

“… when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.” [I Kings 8:54]

“And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, ‘Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.'” [John 11:41-42]

So, you can see that it’s Islam that correctly continues in the tradition of the earlier prophets. That’s because Islam is not a new religion. Islam, which is an Arabic word meaning submission to the will of God, was the religion of all the prophets and messengers from Muhammad ﷺ to Jesus to David to Moses to Jacob to Abraham to Noah and all the way back to Adam (peace be upon them all).

All of God’s prophets brought the message of Islam, submission to God and “Tawheed”; the absolute oneness of God. It’s only people who changed it around.

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Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) and his disciples were MUSLIMS.
" The disciples said," We are supporters for Allah . We have believed in Allah and testify that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]."
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Does God need our worship ?


The question arises that Allah is unlimited and away from all defects and needs;then what is the need for our worship. The purpose of worshipping is that Allah elevates ourselves , for goodness and it is a favor and guidance from Allah to make us reach perfection through worship.

The detailed answer is as follows: Worship, supplication and whatever deed is performed for pleasing Allah, more or less it has the effect on the person and society also. In fact these are the highest training and ethics in the school of Islam because:

a) The worship of Allah creates a sense of thankfulness, respect and honor.To realize the value of the source from where man gets the valuable divine blessings is a sign that the person was deserving of them.

b) The worship of Allah elevates the soul of man. What else can be more elevating that man gets connected to the total perfection and that is Allah, and for the duties of worship and the affairs of this life we ask help from the unending and unlimited power and acquire that much capability that we can communicate with him.


“And whoever strives only strives for [the benefit of] himself. Indeed, Allah is free from need of the worlds.” Quran 29:6


“O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and you will not attain benefiting Me so as to benefit Me. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as pious as the most pious heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not increase My Kingdom an iota. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as wicked as the most wicked heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not decrease My Kingdom an iota. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all to stand together in one place and ask of Me, and I were to give everyone what he requested, then that would not decrease what I Possess, except what is decreased of the ocean when a needle is dipped into it. O My servants, it is but your deeds that I account for you, and then recompense you for. So he who finds good, let him praise Allah, and he who finds other than that, let him blame no one but himself” (Hadith in Muslim 2577a)



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"Allah" is the same word used by Christian and Jewish Arabs in the Bible, before the Quran came.

On page one [1] of Genesis in the Old Testament, we find the word "Allah" seventeen [17] times.

Allah is the unique name of The One True God. Allah has no partners, equals, parents or children. All of Allah’s attributes are perfect, such as The Creator, The Most Merciful, The All-Powerful, The Most Just, The All-Wise and The All-Knowing. No human or object shares in Allah’s lordship and His divine attributes, as such, He alone deserves to be worshipped directly and exclusively.

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Word Allah used for God in the modern standard Arabic translation of the Bible

Modern Arabic translations of the Bible produced by Christian scholars and missionaries represent the word God as found in the English Bible by the Arabic name Allah.

1. The Bible begins with the following well-known words in the book of Genesis:

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

In the ‘Modern Standard’ Arabic translation of the Bible this appears as:

The word God is here represented by the word Allah.

(For the Modern Standard Arabic translation of the Bible, see this webpage on the website of the International Bible Society.)

2. In Exodus 3:13–14, we read:

“Then Moses said to God, Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them? And Godsaid to Moses, I am who I am.”

We have underlined above those two occurrences of God which are translated as Allahin the Arabic translation. That translation is as follows:

Many critics of Islam in the West are labouring under the misconception that the Being Whom Muslims call Allah, and Whom they worship, is someone different from the Being known in the English Bible as God. By the above translation, the Christian translators are in fact telling their Arabic readers, both Christian and Muslim Arabs, that the word Allah in Arabic refers to the same Being Whom the Jews and Christians recognise as God. The Holy Quran had declared the same most forcefully, telling Muslims in one such passage to say to believers in the Bible:

“Our God and your God is one.” — 29:46

Belief in Unity of God as reflected in modern Arabic translation of the Gospels

The belief in the Oneness of God, highly emphasised by Islam, also appears in the Gospels here and there, contradicting the Christian doctrine that God comprises the three co-equal beings of the Trinity.

1. According to Matthew 4:10 Jesus said to the devil:

“For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’”

In the modern standard Arabic Bible referred to above, the translation is:

Compare this with the following words of the Holy Quran from verse 9:31: “They take their doctors of law and their monks for lords besides Allah, and (also) the Messiah, son of Mary. And they were enjoined that they should serve one God only — there is no god but He.” The Arabic text of the words “they should serve one God only” in this quotation from the Quran are the same as the words “serve” (root: ‘bd), “God” (ilah) and “only” (root: whd) in the Arabic translation of the Bible.

2. According to Mark 12:29, Jesus repeated to the Israelites the first commandment they had been given:

“Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.”

The translation in the above Arabic Bible is:

Compare this with the following words of the Holy Quran from verse 16:22: “Your God is one God”. Again, the Arabic originals for the words for “God” (ilah) and “one” (wahid) here in the Quran are exactly the same as in the Arabic translation of the Bible.

Thus when the Christian translators of the Gospels translate into Arabic those passages of the Gospels that refer to the oneness of God, they have to use exactly the same terms as found in the Quran.

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Jesus (pbuh) spoke aramaic and called God”Elah”, which is pronounced the same as
“Allah”. Aramaic is an ancient, Biblical language. It is one of the Semitic languages that also
include Hebrew, Arabic, Ethiopic and the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian language of Akkadian.
The Aramaic”Elah” and the Arabic “Allah” are the same.

The Aramaic “Elah” is derived from the Arabic “Allah”, and it means “GOD”. “Allah” in Arabic also means”GOD”, the Supreme GOD Almighty. You can easilysee the similarity in their pronunciation so this concludes that the God of Jesus is also the God of the Muslims, of all mankind, and all that exist.

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Elohim

Elohim= Allaha

ALLAH=DIOS

Some of the biggest misconceptions that many non-Muslims have about Islam have to do with the word “Allah.” For various reasons, many people have come to believe that Muslims worship a different God than Christians and Jews. This is totally false, since “Allah” is simply the Arabic word for “God” – and there is only One God. Let there be no doubt – Muslims worship the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus – peace be upon them all. However, it is certainly true that Jews, Christians and Muslims all have different concepts of Almighty God. For example, Muslims – like Jews – reject the Christian beliefs of the Trinity and the Divine Incarnation. This, however, does not mean that each of these three religions worships a different God – because, as we have already said, there is only One True God. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all claim to be “Abrahamic Faiths”, and all of them are also classified as “monotheistic.” However, Islam teaches that other religions have, in one way or another, distorted and nullified a pure and proper belief in Almighty God by neglecting His true teachings and mixing them with man-made ideas.

First of all, it is important to note that “Allah” is the same word that Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews use for God. If you pick up an Arabic Bible, you will see the word “Allah” being used where “God” is used in English. This is because “Allah” is a word in the Arabic language equivalent to the English word “God” with a capital “G”. Additionally, the word “Allah” cannot be made plural, a fact which goes hand-in-hand with the Islamic concept of God.

It is interesting to note that the Aramaic word “El”, which is the word for God in the language that Jesus spoke, is certainly more similar in sound to the word “Allah” than the English word “God.” This also holds true for the various Hebrew words for God, which are “El” and “Elah”, and the plural or glorified form “Elohim.” The reason for these similarities is that Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic are all Semitic languages with common origins. It should also be noted that in translating the Bible into English, the Hebrew word “El” is translated variously as “God”, “god” and “angel”! This imprecise language allows different translators, based on their preconceived notions, to translate the word to fit their own views. The Arabic word “Allah” presents no such difficulty or ambiguity, since it is only used for Almighty God alone. Additionally, in English, the only difference between “god”, meaning a false god, and “God”, meaning the One True God, is the capital “G”. Due to the above mentioned facts, a more accurate translation of the word “Allah” into English might be “The One -and-Only God” or “The One True God.”

More importantly, it should also be noted that the Arabic word “Allah” contains a deep religious message due to its root meaning and origin. This is because it stems from the Arabic verb ta’allaha (or alaha), which means “to be worshipped.” Thus in Arabic, the word “Allah” means “The One who deserves all worship.” This, in a nutshell, is the Pure Monotheistic message of Islam.

Suffice it to say that just because someone claims to be a “monotheistic” Jew, Christian or Muslim, that does not keep them from falling into corrupt beliefs and idolatrous practices. Many people, including some Muslims, claim belief in “One God” even though they’ve fallen into acts of idolatry. Certainly, many Protestants accuse Roman Catholics of idolatrous practices in regards to the saints and the Virgin Mary. Likewise, the Greek Orthodox Church is considered “idolatrous” by many other Christians because in much of their worship they use icons. However, if you ask a Roman Catholic or a Greek Orthodox person if God is “One”, they will invariably answer: “Yes!.” This claim, however, does not stop them from being “creature worshipping” idolaters. The same goes for Hindus, who just consider their gods to be “manifestations” or “incarnations” of the One Supreme God.

Before concluding… there are some people

out there, who are obviously not on the side of truth, that want to get people to believe that “Allah” is just some Arabian “god”[1], and that Islam is completely “other” – meaning that it has no common roots with the other Abrahamic religions (i.e. Christianity and Judaism). To say that Muslims worship a different “God” because they say “Allah” is just as illogical as saying that French people worship another God because they use the word “Dieu”, that Spanish-speaking people worship a different God because they say “Dios” or that the Jews worshipp a different God because they sometimes call Him “Yahweh.” Certainly, reasoning like this is quite ridiculous! It should also be mentioned, that claiming that any one language uses the only the correct word for God is tantamount to denying the universality of God’s message to mankind, which was to all nations, tribes and people through various prophets who spoke different languages.

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The Qur'an is Not the Word of a Devil

and Many of them Likewise Said, "Jesus has a Devil"


43:63 - 65, Qur'an
When Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear God and obey me. Indeed, God is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path." But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.

John 7:12, Gospel
[For] there was much murmuring among the people concerning [Jesus], for some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "No; but he deceives the people."

Acts 6:12 - 14, Gospel
And [some of the synagogue] stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and they came upon [him] and caught [his disciple], and brought [him] to the council, and set up false witnesses, who said, "This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law. For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered us."

John 10:20, Gospel
And many of them said, "[Jesus] has a devil, and is mad; why do you hear him?"

John 7:16 - 19, Gospel
Jesus answered them and said, "My doctrine is not mine, but His who sent me." If any man will do His will, he will know of the doctrine, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak of myself. He who speaks of himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks His glory who sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. Did Moses not give you the law, and [yet] none of you keep the law? Why do you go about to kill me?"

John 7:20, Gospel
The people answered and said, "You have a devil, who goes about to kill you?"

John 8:49 - 50, Gospel
Jesus answered, "I do not have a devil; but I honor the [Creator], and you dishonor me. And I do not seek my own glory, there is One who seeks and judges."

81:25 - 28, Qur'an
And [likewise, the Qur'an] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]. So where are you going? It is not except a reminder to the worlds for whoever wills among you to take a right course.

68:4 - 7, Qur'an
And indeed, you [O Muhammad] are of a great moral character.  So you will see and they will see which of you is the afflicted [by a devil]. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

6:85, Qur'an
And [indeed,] Jesus and Zacharias and John and Elijah - and all were of the righteous.

26:210 - 212, Qur'an
And [thus] the devils have not brought the revelation down. It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able. Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed.

26:221 - 223, Qur'an
[So] shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend? They descend upon every sinful liar. They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.

45:7 - 9, Qur'an
[So] woe to every sinful liar, who hears the verses of God recited to him, then persists arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So give him tidings of a painful punishment. And when he knows anything of Our verses, he takes them in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment -

26:193, Qur'an
[For] the Trustworthy Spirit has brought [the Qur'an] down

Mark 3:29 - 30, Gospel
"[And] he who will blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.'" Because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."

7:184, Qur'an
Then do they not give thought? Their companion is not possessed by any jinn. He is not but a clear warne


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Jesus: A Servant of God

Jesus (pbuh) said;“Just as the son of man did not come to be served, but to serve.” [Matthew 20:28]

“Behold my servant (Jesus), whom I have chosen.” [Matthew 12:18]

“The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, hath glorified his servant Jesus.” [Acts 3:13 RSV]

“For of a truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hast anointed.” [Acts 4:27]

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