A Comparison between Jesus and Muhammad

by Matt Slick

Following is a chart that shows some of the strong differences between Jesus and Mohammed. The Muslims revere Mohammed as the greatest of prophets, yet Jesus clearly demonstrated greater authority, teaching, and miracles than Mohammed ever did. Why would anyone want to follow Mohammed over Jesus when Jesus claimed to be divine, performed many miracles, said he alone was the truth, raised people from the dead, and rose from the dead himself and Mohammed did none of these things. However, Mohammed did have people killed, spread his religion through war, married a very young girl and had relations with her when she was nine years of age, and taught hatred of Jews and Christians.

	Jesus	Muhammad
Death	Jesus died and rose from the dead	Muhammad died and stayed dead.
Fighting	Jesus never fought	Muhammad fought many many times
Hearing from God	When Jesus heard from God he went to the desert to be tempted and began his ministry with boldness, (Mark 1:14-15).	When Muhammad heard from God (supposedly through an angel) he cowered, was uncertain, and wanted to commit suicide (Quran 74:1-5)
Identity	Jesus claimed to be God (John 8:24; 8:58) as well as a man. Jesus claimed to be the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).	Muhammad claimed to be a man.
Instructions Received	From God the Father (John 5:19)	Allegedly from an angel
Killing	Jesus never killed anyone	Muhammad killed many
Life	Jesus had the power to take life, but never did. He restored it.	Muhammad had the power to take it, but he never restored it.
Life	No one ever died in Jesus' presence	Many people died in Muhammad's presence -- he killed them.
Marriage	Jesus never married	Muhammad had over 20 wives and even married a nine year old girl.
Ministry	Jesus received his calling from God directly (Matt. 3:17). Jesus received his commission in the daylight	Muhammad allegedly received it from an angel (Gabriel) Muhammad received his words in the darkness of a cave.
Ministry Length	Jesus taught for 3 1/2 years	Muhammad taught for more than 20 years
Miracles	Jesus performed many miracles including healing people, calming a storm with a command, and raising people from the dead.	Muhammad's only alleged miracle was the Quran.
Prophecy	Jesus fulfilled biblical prophecy about being the Messiah	Muhammad did not fulfill any biblical prophecy except the ones about false teachers (Matt. 24:24).
Sacrifice	Jesus voluntarily laid his life down for others	Muhammad saved his own life many times and had others killed.
Sin	Jesus never sinned (1 Pet. 2:22)	Muhammad was a sinner (Quran 40:55; 48:1-2)
Slaves	Jesus owned no slaves	Muhammad owned slaves.
Virgin Birth	Jesus was virgin born	Muhammad was not virgin born.
Voice of God	Jesus received and heard the direct voice of God (Mark 1:10-11)	Muhammad did not receive or hear the direct voice of God. It was an angel instead.
Women	Jesus spoke well of women	Muhammad said women were 1/2 as smart as men (Hadith 3:826; 2:541), that the majority in hell will be women (Had. 1:28,301; 2:161; 7:124), and that women could be mortgaged.

There is no comparison between Jesus and Muhammad. Muhammad falls so far short that he cannot be held on any level remotely close to Jesus. Muhammad is clearly inferior to Christ.

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