Koranic account	Biblical account
Abraham almost sacrificed Ishmael	Abraham almost sacrificed Isaac
Creation
Man was created on Earth, in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:8).	Man was created in Paradise (‘janna’), not on Earth (first couple later banished to Earth, e.g. Koran 2:36).
The Bible describes clearly what was made on each day of Creation Week. The ‘Big Bang’ is excluded by this sequence (E.g. Earth before Sun).	No clear details of each creation day. Some vague clustering of the days in 41:9–12
Creation in 6 Days which are clearly Earth-rotation days (c. 24 hours).	Creation also in 6 ‘Days’2 but could easily be interpreted as ‘millions of years’ (see main text).
Man and the animals were created vegetarian (Genesis 1:29–30). No death and suffering in the original creation.	Carnivory (and thus death and suffering) apparently integral to life on the created Earth from the first. The Koran (6:142, 16:5, 40:79) says that cattle were created for man to eat.
Man was created naked (but not ashamed—Genesis 2:25).	The Koran speaks of Adam’s (and his wife’s) nakedness becoming apparent to them after they sinned (20:121; also implied by 7:22), yet also implies that they were wearing some kind of raiment prior to the Fall (Koran 7:273 ).
All things were created through Christ and for Christ. He was pre-existent to Creation (e.g. Genesis 1:26, 3:22, 11:7; Micah 5:2; John 1:1–3, 10; 3:13; 6:62; 8:35, 58; 17:5, 24; Romans 11:36; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Colossians 1:16–17; Hebrews 1:2).	Jesus Christ was a created being. Koran 3:59 ‘The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam; he created him from dust … .’
The Fall of Man
Prior to sin, Adam and Eve given free access to fruit of the ‘Tree of Life’ (Genesis 2:9, 16–17).	The ‘Tree of Eternity’ (equated with giving eternal life in 7:20, hence comparable to the Biblical Tree of Life) was the Forbidden Tree (20:120).
Forbidden tree clearly identified as ‘Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil’. ‘And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.”’ (Genesis 2:16–17)	No mention of the name ‘Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil’. Koran 7:19 ‘O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and enjoy (its good things) as ye wish: But approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and ransgression.’ (Also 2:34).
Snake/serpent in Eden (Genesis 3).	No mention of snake or serpent in the Koran (except for a reference to Moses’ stick-to-snake transformation).
The serpent enticed Eve, denying she would die. (Genesis 3: 1–5) ‘“You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”’	Satan enticed Adam and his wife. Koran 20:120 ‘But Satan whispered evil to him: He said, “O Adam! Shall I lead thee to the Tree of Eternity1 and to a kingdom that never decays?”’Koran 7:20–21 ‘Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them … He said: “Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest ye should become angels or such beings as live forever.”’
‘The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and Eve, and clothed them.’ (Genesis 3:21)	‘Raiment’ mentioned, but no mention of skin (Koran 7:26).
After the Fall, Adam and Eve still on Earth, but barred from Eden (Genesis 3:23–24).	Adam and Eve were shifted from Paradise (not on Earth) down to Earth (7:24, also 2:36).
After the Fall, man will now eat ‘through painful toil’ and (as a result of the Curse on the land) ‘by the sweat of your brow’ (Genesis 3:17, 19).	Toil and sweat were an integral part of the original created Earth. Koran 90:4 ‘Verily We have created man to toil and struggle.’
Death is an ‘enemy’, that entered after Adam sinned. (Genesis 2:17; 3:19; Romans 5:12, 17; 1 Corinthians 15:21–22, 26).	No reference in the Koran to death being an ‘enemy’, or anything other than an integral part of the original created Earth.
Ground now ‘cursed’; the whole creation now ‘groaning’, in ‘bondage to decay’. (Genesis 3:17; Romans 8:20–22; Revelation 22:3).	Apparently, the ‘bad things’ are not a consequence of the Fall, but integral to the original Creation.
The Flood
Noah was the tenth generation from Adam (Genesis 5:3–32; Luke 3:36–38). Other Biblical genealogies allow us to date the Flood to around 4,300 years ago.	No clear genealogies are given.
Ark was sealed with ‘pitch’ (possibly tree resin1—Genesis 6:14).	Ark caulked with palm fibre (Koran 54:13–14).
Bible gives Ark dimensions (Genesis 6:14–16).	No mention of Ark size.
Duration of rain (40 days/nights), time afloat (150 days), total duration (370 days) of Flood (Genesis 7:12, 24; 8:4, 14).	No mention of any time periods for the Flood.
Eight people survived the Flood (1 Peter 3:20), i.e. all of Noah’s family (Genesis 7:1, 7).	The number on board is not mentioned. The Koran claims one of Noah’s sons was drowned (11:42–43), and puts a question mark over whether Noah’s wife survived (66:10, 11:40).
Man granted permission to eat meat after the Flood (Genesis 9:3).	Man ate meat on Earth from the beginning (6:142, 16:5, 40:79).
‘I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. … Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.’ (Genesis 9:11–17)	There is no mention of the rainbow, or its significance, anywhere in the Koran.
Origin of languages
Before God confused the tongues at Babel, the whole world had one language and a common speech (Genesis 11:1–9).	No mention of there ever being a single common language, or of the Tower of Babel.
After being scattered from Babel, people congregated into clans and nations, each with their own languages (Genesis 10:5, 20, 31).	Regarding the different languages, the Koran (30:22) says: ‘And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the variations in your languages and your colors …’

NOTE: A lot of this information came from http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/magazines/docs/v24n2_islam.asp