TEACHINGS FROM THE QUR’AN AND THE VEDAS
TEACHINGS FROM THE QUR’AN AND THE VEDAS |
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QUR’AN |
VEDAS |
| 1 | The Qur’an says, "God! There is no God but He, the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him, nor sleep. His are all things in heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permits? He knows what appears to His creatures as before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass anything of His knowledge except as He wills. His throne does extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them, for He is the Most High, the Supreme in glory." – SURA BAQARA (The Cow, 2:255). | It is declared in the UPANISHADS, "God is One, there is no one worthy of worship except Him. The world is nothing without Him, i.e. it exists as long as he preserves it. The world cannot exist for a moment by rejecting Him." |
| 2 | The Qur’an says, "No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision.: SURA AN’AM (The Cattle, 6:103). | It says in KENUPANISHAD (1:3), "One whom no eye can see, on the other He sees all eyes, know that He is BRAHMA." |
| 3 | It is said in the Qur’an in the form of a prayer, "Make us walk on the straight way." – SURA FATEHA (The Opening, 1:6). | In many places of the scriptures, notably in the RIGVEDA (1:189:1), it is said, "O Self-revealing Lord of the Universe, guide us to the path which is beautiful." |
| 4 | The Qur’an says, "Say: He is God, the One and Only; God, the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him." – SURA IKHLAS (Purity, 112:1-4) | SHETASH – WATAR UPANISHAD (chapter 6, mantra 11) says, "The lord of the Universe is One; He is the Soul of every living being, He is immanent in every form of life; He directs all actions, He is above all; He is everyone’s Refuge, He sees all, He knows all; no epithet is applicable to Him." |
| 5 | In the language of the Qur’an, Allah is HAQQ, The Truth (the Reality).- SURA HAJJ (The Pilgrimage, 22:62) | In the VEDANTA it is expressed as BRAHMA is THE TRUTH. |
| 6 | The Qur’an says, "Whithersoever you turn, there is the Face (Presence) of God." – SURA BAQARA (The Cow, 2:115). | In the Bhagwat Geeta and other places it is said that His Face is looking at every direction. For examples please refer, RIGVEDA (10:90:1), SAMVEDA (6:13), and ATHARVAVEDA (19:6:1). |
| 7 | The Qur’an says, "O’ Muhammed), I am but a man like you; it is revealed to me by inspiration, that your God is One God; so stand true to Him, and ask for His forgiveness."- SURA SAJDA (Prostration, 41:6). | In the VEDAS, the BHAGWAT GEETA and the Sacred Traditions, there are instructions to be respectful to One God, and to seek His forgiveness from all sins. |
| 8 | In the Qur’an, one who rejects the commands of God and His Prophets, is called KAFIR. | One who shows disrespect to the VEDAS and rejects the instructions contained in them is called NASTIK – literally, one who rejects. |
| 9 | MUSLIM is one who believes in
God, obeys His commands and believes in His Messengers. KAFIR is the opposite of a MUSLIM. A MUSLIM dislikes arguments with a KAFIR. |
Such a person who believes in
God, and obeys His commands and believes in His Messengers is called AASTIK in Sanskrit. NASTIK is the opposite of AASTIK. An AASTIK hates talking to a NASTIK. |
| Therefore, NASTIK and KAFIR are synonymous, just as AASTIK and MUSLIM mean the same. The difference is only of language. | ||
