On Job and Suffering

Both traditions recount the story of a righteous man tested by severe affliction. He ultimately restores his fortune after remaining faithful through trials.

◆ Held in common

What every account tells.

iRighteousness tested by Satan
iiFinal restoration of health

◆ Where they part

How each tradition tells it.

Islam

The Quran emphasizes patience without detailing the dialogue with Satan as extensively.

Side by side

Read the passages as one.

Each scripture’s own words, laid alongside the others.

Christianity1:1

Job

“There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.”

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