Introduction What is the universal spirit of Islam? References to Multiple Religions Ancient Messengers from God The Abrahamic Tradition Judaism Christianity People of the Book Universal Truths from the Koran

slide 9 of 9 "We shall certainly test you with something of fear and hunger, and decrease of goods and lives and fruits, but assure those who are patient in adversity, who when calamity befalls them assert, 'Surely we belong to God and surely we are returning to Him.' Upon these shall flow their Lord’s blessings and mercy, and they are the rightly guided." —Koran 2:155-157 "God hath promised to believers, men and women, (heavenly) gardens under which rivers flow, to abide therein forever, and goodly dwelling-places in edenic gardens. But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of God—that is the supreme felicity." —Koran 9:72