Experience Humanities described the cannon as “a set of principles or rules that are accepted as true…in religion, the approved and authoritative writings are accepted as divinely inspired, such as the scriptures for Jews and Christians; and in religious and other contexts, certain prescribed rituals or official rules and laws” (Noble, Matthew, Platt 666). Christians believe in the bible, the Jews believe in the Tanakh, and the Muslims believe in the Qu’ ran. In order to understand a religion, one must understand the origin, the context, and the meanings laying in the book.
The Jews are people group, they do not consider themselves as a race, but as a family. The core of their belief, Judaism, is about relationships: the connection between
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In contrast to the Christian bible, the Qu’ ran was a collection of the sayings, proclamations, instructions, and actions of only one man, Prophet Muhammad, and is two-third of the New Testament. This religious book is written in Arabic, dialect of the Quraysh tribe. The style of the book is poetical and tries to sway the reader to believe. It consists of 114 chapters (suras) arranged from the longest to the shortest. Each chapter is divided into verses (ayas). Muslims, later, wrote two literatures, the Hadith and Sunnah, to supplement the Qu’ ran; they explain the laws, rituals, and dogma in the Qu’ ran for the Muslims. Furthermore, the Islamic belief focuses on Five Pillars, which comprise of the shahadah, salat, zakat, sawm, and hajj. The shahadah commands the Muslim to bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship but God and that Muhammad is God’s messenger. Additionally, the Muslim is required to perform the prescribed Islamic prayers (salat) while facing Mecca (the holy city). It is necessary for Islam believer to fast (swam) from sunrise to sunset during the month of Ramadan. The fourth pillar recommends to give alms (zakat), two-and-half percent of their assets to the poor and pilgrimage. Lastly, the Muslim is to perform the pilgrimage (hajj) to