What religion came first Christianity or Islam?

Answer 1

Christianity preceded Islam according to Secular Historians by nearly six centuries.

Muslims argue differently because of the theological constructs developed within Islam. For many Muslims the term "Islam" has two meanings: the Divine Religion of Submission to God's Will (often called Islam with a small "i" by secular scholars on religion) and the Institutionalized Belief as Found in Qur'an and Revealed by Mohammed's Prophecy (often called Islam with a capital "I" by the same).

islam with a small "i" is a concept that comes out of Islam with a capital "I" and projects the Established Religion of Islam back into the period before would have identified as Muslim, all the way back to the Creation of the Universe. The purpose of said belief, in a functional sense, is to gird Islam in the history afforded by the Judeo-Christian prophetic lineage and ensure its authenticity. islam also affords the believer in Islam a continuity of tradition which Mohammed only continued and corrected as opposed to having the religion of Islam be an affront or disagreement with other divinely-inspired religions. Since islam is derivative of Islam, it does not actually exist prior to Islam.

Answer 2

One source found on the internet presents the following dates for

one major figure associated with each:

Muhammad: 570 - 632 CE . . . 1,378 years ago

Jesus: 1 - 30 CE . . . . . . . . . . 1,980 years ago

Moses: 1500 - 1350 BCE . . . . 3,360 years ago

Answer 3

Other answers from our community:

Judaism is older.

Islam was made in the 7th century as a monotheistic religion based around prophets like Abraham, Moses and such, to which the Muslims added Mohammed.

The Jewish religion of Judaism was founded around the time of Abraham in 1800 BCE.

So Judaism is around 2500 years older than Islam.

(However, there are some Muslims who dispute this claim, and consider the time of Abraham or the Creation of the world to be the start of their religion, instead of when Mohammed began preaching.)

A difficult question to answer. From an islamic perspective, Islam came first, as Adam(A.S) was muslim. The message of Islam was completed with teh last prophet being Muhammed (S.A.W)

Judaism is accredited with coming first. Judaism was founded by Moses in the Near East sometime between 1500 - 1350 BCE, while Islam began in the Near East by Muhammad in 570- 632 CE.

Answer 4

Answer AIslam Answer B:Christianity began some six centuries before Islam. Answer CActually both answers above are correct. This discrepancy needs explanation. Islam in its broader sense means submission to God and surrender to His will. In this sense, Islam is God religion since start of universe creation. However, Islam per Bible revelation to Jesus is called Christianity the same way Islam per Torah revelation to Moses is called Judaism. However, Islam per the Quran revelation to prophet Muhammad by God is called the very name Islam. Quran revelation to prophet Muhammad started by year 610 AD through year 632 AD.

So, Islam in its broader meaning came by start of universe creation (well before Judaism and Christianity religions) but Islam per Quran revelation to prophet Muhammad came more than 6 centuries after Christianity.
Christianity started around the time of Jesus which was when our calendar started. Islam (the religion of Muslims) started in the early 7th century with Mohammad. Christianity came first.
Christianity came first.

Answer 5

Islam means submitting ones will to God, and Christianity pertains to following the teachings of Jesus. As a Muslim or a Christan you should be doing both. In terms of history Jesus was born first and his religion was started first.

Answer 6

Judaism came first. Christianity did not come until Jesus of Nazareth declared himself the messiah. The difference between the two is that Christians believe that Jesus was the son of God and the Jews thought him an imposter.

Answer 7

Christianity came before Islam.

Muslims believe that both Christianity and Islam religions were revelations from the same God.Christianity originated to recall the Jewish to the right God Path and Islam originated as the final God message to all mankind including calling both Jews and Christians to the right God Path. Muslims believe that all the messages from God came with the same principal concept which is the calling for worshipping one God, the only God & the only one who deserves being worshipped.

Answer 8

There are two answers for this question:

• One answer is that Islam per Quran revelation to prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the latest while Judaism is the oldest religion.
• The other answer is that Islam in its universal sense as full submission to Allah (or God in English and same God in Judaism and Christianity). In this case Islam is the oldest religion.

Refer to the details below:

1. Islam per Quran revelation to prophet Muhammad is the latest:

Islam religion was founded by Allah (or God in English and sane God worshiped in Judaism and Christianity) by the start of Quran revelation by God to prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) through the Angel Gabriel (Jibril) in Mecca (currently in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) in year 610 AD. Quran revelation continued also when the prophet (peace be upon him) migrated to Medina (that is also located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) until prophet death in year 632 AD. It is important to emphasize that Quran is last God holy. Quran was neither corrected nor altered (even on the level of a letter) since its revelations. This explains why only one Arabic version is read and recited and broadcasted everywhere in the world. This is because of many reasons; mainly:

• Quran verses were written directly on its revelation by more than one Muslim.
• Quran verses were kept by heart by many Muslims on the time of its revelations (Currently millions allover the world are keeping Quran by heart)
• Quran is recited five times a day by Muslims during praying and the meantime its recitation outside praying; individually and collectively; is rewarded by God. So, it is not logic to have differences in its recitations.
• Quran was revealed by God to the prophet in Arabic (that is still a live language). so, the original quran in its revelation language is available since its revelation and in its revelation language.
• Quran; as the last God holy book; states in its text that it is guarded by God against single letter alterations.

2. Islam in its universal sense is the oldest:

Islam is an Arabic word that means submission and surrender to God (as the one and only one God). In this sense Islam began by the universe creation where all God creatures were created under their submission (Islam) to God. Upon start of mankind, they are taught through God prophets to be on full submission (Islam) to God.

All prophet missions; including Adam, ..., Noah, ..., Abraham, ..., Moses, ..., Jesus, and Muhammad (peace be upon them all); was to hold full submission (Islam) to the one and only one God, the Creator, with no partner, no son, no father, no companion, no associate, and no equivalence (defined as monotheism). In this sense: Islam per God revelation of Torah to Moses is called ,Judaism, Islam per God revelation of The Bible to Jesus is called Christianity, and Islam per God revelation of Quran to Muhammad is called the very name Islam as it is the last God religion.

Answer 9

This is undoubtedly a difficult question to answer because every religion teaches that its God or gods created the world, thus making that religion first. On this basis, Judaism would say that it was first while Islam would say that it as first.

On a historical basis, the Jewish religion was first. Monotheistic Judaism dates from the sixth or seventh century BCE, making it a thousand years older than Islam. Monolatrous Judaism is even older.

Answer 10

Judaism. But the two are very different that you can't associate them fairly