It is extremely important to realize that the QuRAN was written between approximately 500-600AD, a few THOUSAND years AFTER most of the Old Testament and almost 500 years AFTER the New Testament.
Little do most Muslims realize that there so-called "prophet" simply bastardized the teachings of the Bible - he tried to rewrite Scripture...
ALLAH - THE FICTITIOUS 'MOON GOD'?
In Old Testament times, Nabonidus (555-539 BC), the last king of Babylon, built Tayma, Arabia as a center of Moon-god worship. Segall stated, "South Arabia's stellar religion has always been dominated by the Moon-god in various variations." When the popularity of the Moon-god waned elsewhere, the Arabs remained true to their conviction that the Moon-god was the greatest of all gods. While they worshipped 360 gods at the Kabah in Mecca, the Moon-god was the chief deity. Mecca was in fact built as a shrine for the Moon-god. The pagan Arabs worshipped the Moon-god Allah by praying toward Mecca several times a day; making a pilgrimage to Mecca; running around the temple of the Moon-god called the Kabah; kissing the black stone; killing an animal in sacrifice to the Moon-god; throwing stones at the devil; fasting for the month which begins and ends with the crescent moon; giving alms to the poor, etc.
The Muslim's claim that Allah is the God of the Bible and that Islam arose from the religion of the prophets and apostles is refuted by solid, overwhelming archeological evidence. Islam is nothing more than a revival of the ancient Moon-god cult. It has taken the symbols, the rites, the ceremonies, and even the name of its god from the ancient pagan religion of the Moon-god. As such, it is sheer idolatry and must be rejected by all those who follow the Torah and Gospel. For a detailed article and proof of who allah really is, go to http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/moongod.htm.
WHO RECEIVED GOD'S COVENANT?
As the foundation of the Islamic faith, Muslims are taught that Ishmael was their father, and that Ishmael received the Covenant of God through Abraham. In the Koran, Surah III reads:
"We believe in God, and that which has been sent down on us, and sent down on Abraham and Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob, and the Tribes, and in that which was given to Moses and Jesus, and the prophets, of their Lord; we make no division between [distinction among] any of them, and to Him we surrender. "Surah III
A few simple facts:
Ishmael was the son of Abraham and Hagar --- the handmaid, or bondswoman, of Sarah.
Ishmael was conceived in adultery, in sin, when Abraham slept with his maidservant. In doing so, the child was to be an outcast forever.
It was prophesied through the angel of the Lord: "he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's against him" (Genesis 6:12).
God unequivocally established His covenant through Isaac and certainly NOT through Ishmael (Genesis 17:18-22).
Ishmael and Hagar were to become outcasts --- banished by Abraham as commanded by God (Genesis 21:9-12).
Ishmael was disinherited, which is confirmed in Gen 22:2, when God commands Abraham to take his "only son" - Isaac! (Genesis 22: 2, 12, and 16).
Once Ishmael was outcast, he is mentioned only in genealogies (Genesis 25:9-17 and 1 Chronicles 1:28-31) and in his alliance with the disinherited son of Isaac, Esau.
God said plainly:
"I will establish my covenant with ISAAC. For an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. (Genesis 17:19);
"My Covenant will I establish with ISAAC" (Genesis 17:21);
"Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of the bondswoman... for in ISAAC shall thy seed be called" (Genesis 21:12).
History records quite clearly the events concerning Ishmael and the Covenant of God, which Mohammed then turns upside down in a series of blatant lies and untruths:
"And we [Allah] made covenant with Abraham and Ishmael . . ."Surah II
"And mention in the Book Ishmael; he was true to his promise, and he was a Messenger, a Prophet. He bade his people to pray and give alms, and he was pleasing to his Lord."Surah XIX
Today, because of Mohammed's lies, all Muslims believe that Abraham is their father through Ishmael.
It is in this plain and simple falsehood that Islam falls flat on it's face. They blindly follow the teachings of a mad paedophile who taught that:
"No; Abraham in truth was not a Jew (??), neither a Christian; but he was a Muslim and one pure of faith ." Surah III
Abraham wasn't a Jew?!? Unfortunately, history and common sense says otherwise.
The Apostle Paul in his letter to the Galatians spoke distinctly on this very subject:
"For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which engenders bondage, which is Agar [Hagar]. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above us is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written, Rejoice thou barren that bears not; break forth and cry, thou that travails not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which has a husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he [Ismael/Muslim] that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit [Isaac/Jew/Christian], even so it is now. Nevertheless what says the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son (Ismael): for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freeman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free."
Galatians 4:22-31. This couldn't be clearer!
History, sensible thinking and logical research exposes the very foundation of Islam to be a lie.
John 14:6 Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me.