Under the Old Covenant, the sacrificial system allowed people to receive atonement (a covering) for their sins. These sacrifices, however, were always temporary solutions to the deeper problem of sin. It was not until Jesus came as the perfect sacrifice for our sins “once for all” (Heb. 7:27) and established a better covenant (Hebrews 8) that people could know their sins were fully and forever paid for.

For Muslims, the vestiges of a hope for the forgiveness of sins, rooted in the Jewish Day of Atonement, still pervade the Muslim mind. ...

For a Muslim to be a good practicing Muslim, he or she must believe in certain things and must do certain things. His tenets of belief...