Surah 9

The Repentance, arabic: At-Tawbah

Quran Surah/Verse	✔ Agreement	⇔ Contradiction	ψ Unmentioned	Comments
Su 9:1	* God does not want true believers to marry or associate with non-believers: 1Ki 11:1-6; 1Co 7:39; Neh 13:25-27; 2Co 6:14.	* God does not allow us to break contracts because he is a God of faithfulness: Dt 7:9; Dt 32:4; Isa 49:7; Zec 8:8; 1Co 1:9; 2Co 1:18. * Even if this happens to our disadvantage, we must not break any contracts, not even with unbelievers: Jos 9:18-20; 2Sa 21:1-2; Psa 15:4; Ps 101:4; Pro 25:14; Mt 5:33.
Su 9:2	* God's plan cannot be prevented: Psa 76:10; Isa 46:10-11; Dan 9:24-27; Mt 26:24; Lu 24:44-47; Jn 19:24; Jn 19:31-37; Ac 2:23; Ac 3:18; Ac 4:28; Ac 15:18; Ro 11:33-36; 1Pe 1:20. * God will humble all unbelievers: Psa 22:30; Isa 2:11-12; Isa 2:17; Isa 13:11; Isa 45:23; Dan 4:34; Ro 14:11; Jas 4:6; 1Pe 5:5. * Unbelievers have the freedom to believe or disbelieve: Mt 23:37; Lu 13:34; Jn 5:40.	* Believers are not to distance themselves completely from unbelievers, but have a natural interaction and business relationship with them and the opportunity to witness to Jesus Christ: Mt 5:14-16, Jn 17:15; Jn 17:18; 1Co 5:10; Phil 2:15; Col 4:5-6.
Su 9:3	* Pilgrimages to honor God: Ex 23:13; Ex 23:17; Ex 34:23; Ex 34:24; Dt 16:16; 1Co 9:25; 2Ch 8:13; Psa 120:1; Psa 121:1; Psa 123:1 etc; * God rejects pilgrimages and sacrifices that serve idolatry: Jdg 2:13; Jdg 6:25; 2Ki 23:24; Jer 11:17; Jer 19:5. * People should repent of idolatry and worship God alone: Dt 32:12; 2Ki 19:19; Isa 26:13; Isa 37:16; Mt 4:8-10; Rev 19:10. * God's plan cannot be prevented: Psa 76:10; Isa 46:10-11; Dan 9:24-27; Mt 26:24; Lu 24:44-47; Jn 19:24; Jn 19:31-37; Ac 2:23; Ac 3:18; Ac 4:28; Ac 15:18; Ro 11:33-36; 1Pe 1:20. * Those who do not repent of their sins will be punished painfully: Psa 89:33; Jer 36:31; Eze 33:8; Mic 6:13.	* Today we no longer need to make pilgrimages, but have direct access to God through the saviour: Mt 18:10-11; Jn 4:21-24; Eph 1:3; Rev 22:14. * The punishment for all who disbelieve is eternal fire in the lake of fire: Isa 66:24; Mt 18:8-9; Mt 25:41; Jude 1:7; Rev 14:11; Rev 20:14. * We must also honour contracts with idolaters: Jos 9:3-6; Jos 9:14-21; Jos 10:6-8; 2Sa 21:1.
Su 9:4		* We must also honour contracts with idolaters who are not well-disposed towards us and have deceived us. Contracts are valid because God is a God of faithfulness. We cannot say that we only honour contracts with parties that have supported us and have never worked with anyone against us: Jos 9:3-6; Jos 9:14-21; Jos 10:6-8; 2Sa 21:1. * The story of the Gibeonites shows that the Bible is even stricter on the obligation to honour contracts than Sura 9:4. While the Qur'an allows breaking with certain groups, the Bible shows that once an oath is given, especially in the name of God, it is unbreakable - even if it was made by deception! * Even if it is to one's own disadvantage, one must honour contracts: Psa 15:4. * Fraud and breach of contract are fundamentally wrong: Lv 19:11.
Su 9:5	* Nowhere in the Bible does God call us to kill idolaters. * Abraham was told that 400 years later the Amorites would be wiped out because of their sins. Even though this happened under Joshua, it was God's judgement limited in time and place and the Israelites were God's instruments in a very limited way: Ge 15:13-16; Dt 7:1-2; Dt 20:16-18. It was not a general command to wage war against all Gentiles in all the world! * Why should killing be forbidden in the holy month but allowed afterwards? This makes no sense. * The Quran calls for killing in order to spread Islam as a religion. This is a serious violation of the freedom that God has given to every human being. The Quranic call is not limited in time or place and applies to everyone. This is to be rejected. * Nowhere in the Bible does God call for forced conversions. There is also no reprieve from the death penalty if someone performs the ritual prayer and pays the obligatory tax. * The Bible does not call for people to be killed if they do not come to faith - this is a clear contradiction to Sura 9:5. * The Bible does not recognise the principle that people should be forced to believe through violence. God emphatically calls people to life, but he also gives them the freedom to follow wrong paths and worship idols: Dt 30:19. * In contrast to the Quran, the Bible calls on people to love their enemies: Mt 5:44; Ro 12;18-19.		* The sword verse is a great disgrace to Islam and absolutely unacceptable to humanity and not in the spirit of God.
Su 9:6	* Those seeking protection and asking for help, even if they are idolaters, should be helped: Ex 22:21; Dt 10:18-19; Pro 25:21; Mt 5:42; Lu 6:30.	* The Bible does not ask us to help only if we associate it with the preaching of the Gospel. * This almost sounds like an abuse of help for the purpose of conversion to Islam. Of course you can also combine practical help with the proclamation of your own convictions. But this should not be an obligation, but should take place when the opportunity arises. * For women with unbelieving husbands, there is even the command in the Bible that they should win their husbands without words only through their exemplary way of life: 1Pe 3:1. * The Bible demands the protection of strangers and enemies without any conditions. This reflects God's love and mercy even towards evil people: Job 31:32; Mt 5:45. * While the Koranic verse links merciful help to a religious purpose, the Bible shows a fundamental attitude of care for strangers, regardless of whether they turn to the true faith or not.
Su 9:7	* Jews were not supposed to make treaties with idolaters in the land of Canaan: Ex 34:12. * God wants us to keep our promises: Psa 15:4.	* Jews were not supposed to make treaties with idolaters in the land of Canaan because they would seduce them into idolatry: Ex 34:12-16. This applied to the conquest of the land of Canaan, 1450 BCE. * Joshua and the Israelites kept the treaty with the Gibeonites even though the latter had deceived them: Jos 9:19-20. If the other party makes a deception, the treaty is still valid. * The Quran distinguishes between idolaters who have made a contract that must be honoured and those who have no contract and can be fought. The Bible, on the other hand, states that we should act with honesty, commitment and love towards all: Mt 5:44; Lu 6:27; Ro 12:18.
Su 9:8	* Men are profane, wicked, liars and evil men: Lv 26:15; Psa 116:11; Psa 144:8; Isa 59:13; Jer 32:30; Mt 7:11. * People tend to disregard contracts and commit abuse from a position of strength: Lv 5:21; Jer 25:34; Eze 34:2; Zec 11:5; Jas 3:1.	* It is not only idolaters who are wrongdoers, word-breakers and wicked, but all people, Christians, Jews and also Muslims: Psa 116:11; Jn 8:44; Ro 3:4; 1Jo 2:22. * On the other hand, there are also idolaters who honour their contracts when they are in positions of power: Ge 20:1-15; Psa 15:4; Dan 6:9; Dan 6:16. * The Bible instructs those in leadership not to abuse their power: Lu 22:23-27; 1Pe 5:3. * We should always expect the best from our fellow human beings and give them our best: Mt 5:16; Mt 5:43-47; Mt 7:12; Ro 12:18.
Su 9:9	* There are evil people who deceive believers and lead them astray: Mic 3:11; Mt 23:13; Ro 1:18; Rev 20:10.	* In the Bible, God warns against adding to or taking away from his word: Dt 4:2; Dt 12:32; Pro 30:6; Rev 22:18-19. * The Bible warns against false teachers: 2Pe 2:1-3; Gal 1:7-8.
Su 9:10	* People are unloving and evil: Ro 1:31; 2Ti 3:1-4. * Obligations to relatives must be honoured: 1Ti 5:8.	* All people are affected by an evil attitude: Pro 18:2; Jer 4:22; Ro 1:29-31; 2Ti 3:3. It is an illusion to believe that non-believers are always worse than believers. * We should bless everyone, even our enemies, and do them good: Mt 5:44; Lk 6:35.
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