Islam’s version of 'sola fide': Call it sola jihad

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Islam’s version of 'sola fide.' Call it sola jihad

In the history of religion, no question is more fundamental than this: how can man be saved? Christianity and Islam, both claiming universal truth, offer radically different answers.

In the 16th century, Martin Luther and the Protestant reformers shook the Western world by recovering a biblical truth: sola fide , faith alone. Against the Catholic Church’s sacramental system, with its treasury of merits, indulgences, and penances, Luther declared that justification comes not through human works but through faith in Jesus Christ. A sinner is justified by trusting in Christ’s finished work on the cross. Assurance of salvation comes not from tallying good deeds but from clinging to God’s promise.

Islam answers the same