Passage

Romans 5

• Doctrine

  Faith

  imani is shared Islamic vocabulary for religious belief generally; readers may hear it as confessional identity or intellectual assent rather than Romans' sense of personal, saving trust in Christ specifically.

  ROM.5.1-2

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  imani is the standard, well-established term, shared as Islamic vocabulary for religious belief generally (as in the Five Pillars' 'iman').

  ROM.5.1-2

• Doctrine

  Grace

  CRITICAL: neema is standard Islamic vocabulary too, generally understood there as responsive to piety and obedience; and baraka (blessing), a tempting near-synonym, carries traditional African and Islamic connotations of reciprocal blessing earned through right conduct.

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  CRITICAL: neema is the correct Union Version term, but it is also standard Islamic Swahili vocabulary for Allah's favor and bounty ('neema za Mwenyezi Mungu'), generally understood there as responsive to human piety and obedience rather than wholly unmerited.

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Doctrine

  Humanity of Christ

  Unusually low risk of rejection here: Islamic theology in fact affirms Jesus' full humanity strongly (denying only his divinity), so this doctrine is common ground to build from rather than defend, though it should still be stated with precision.

  ROM.5.15

• Glossary Term

  Peace

  amani is the standard term and carries strong positive national and cultural resonance in East Africa (particularly Tanzania's post-independence ethos of 'amani na utulivu,' peace and stability, associated with Julius Nyerere's legacy).

  ROM.5.1

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

  amani carries strong positive national and cultural resonance in East Africa (Tanzania's 'amani na utulivu' ethos); Romans 5:1's relational, judicial peace with God through justification must be distinguished from this civic/political sense.

  ROM.5.1