یہودیت،عیسائیت اور اسلام میں گناہ، کفارہ اور نجات کا تصور

Concept of Sin, Atonement and salvation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Abstract

This article presents a research based analytical and comparative study of the Concept of Sin, Atonement and Salvation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Allah Almighty descended messengers in every region and among every nation with divine laws to regulate their lives according to His will. These divine laws were given with freedom of choice as worldly life is a test and trial for human beings. According to divine scriptures every individual is answerable to Allah regarding his worldly life and deeds. Followers of all divine religions believe in virtue and sin, reward and punishment, accountability, paradise as the destination of good doers and hell as the last destination of wrong doers. On the concept of Sin, Atonement and salvation a rich literature is available in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. However, a valuable analytical and comparative study is still missing on the concept of sin, atonement and salvation in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This article traces the similarities and differences of concept of sin, atonement and salvation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In this connection, an analytical and comparative study has been conducted in the light of the Old Testament, New Testament, the Holy Quran and Hadith. Hence, the similarities and differences of the concepts of sin, atonement and salvation have been traced out in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.