Islamic teachings, drawn from the Qur'an and Hadith, consider Islam to have been the religion given to the first human beings (Adam and Eve) and passed down through Abraham, Moses, all the prophets of the Hebrew Bible (as well as some others who preached about Allah to "all nations") and Jesus. There are numerous stories about the Hebrew prophets, Adam, Abraham and Moses in the Qur'an which are largely the same as the stroies from the Hebrew and Christian bibles, but with some significant differences. In any case, Muslims think that these religions were historically distorted in many ways, in the Jewish tradition mostly by rabbinical interpretation and in the Christian by theological councils.
well, if that were the case, then why is there no written trace of Islam prior to 600AD?Because those people didn't need a written transcript of the Word of God. They lived the Word of God and were able to exemplify that Word through their deeds and their non-written communications. Example: no evidence exists that Jesus Christ ever wrote anything.
God, according to the Quran, ordered Mohammed to transcribe the Quran. The usual claim of Muslims is that Jews and Christians slowly distorted God's Word into something very different from what God intended.
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Still, the Musilm tradition considers Judaism and Christianity "religions of the book," which means that their God is the one true God who sent them genuine prophets, and so Judaism and Chrsitianity are supposed to be held in particularly high regard by Muslims, and in many traditions of Islam this is why Muslims are allowed to intermarry with Jews and Christians.
But -- Muslim men may marry Christian or Jewish women (but not pagan 'idolaters') , the children to be raised as Muslims. Non-Muslim men must convert to Islam before marrying Muslim women. Of course Islam recognizes the relatedness of Judaism and Christianity even if they are flawed.
Christian Arabs call God Allah.
