A little similarity, please.

The Qu'ran and the New Testament have more differences, than similarities.  One of the similarities is both tell the story of Cain and Abel, but they do so in completely different ways.  The New Testament tells the story, but the message is in one's interpretation.  The Qu'ran tells the story, but it overtly expresses the consequences.

In the New Testament, the story is told in Genesis 4:1-15.  Cain and Abel were the sons of Adam and Eve.  Cain farmed the land and Abel kept flocks.  One day they brought offerings to the Lord.  The Lord was pleased with Abel's offering, but not Cain's.  Cain was very angry.  Verse 6 says that the Lord asked Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”  Cain took Abel into the fields and killed him. When asked by the Lord where Abel was, Cain lied and told him that he did not know.  Cain was condemned to suffering for the rest of his life.

In the Qu'ran al Ma'ida 27-32, the story is told conversationally. Cain and Abel are not called out by name, but are referred to as the "two sons of Adam."  In Verse 27, Yusalifi says, " Recite to them the truth of the story of the two sons of Adam. Behold! they each presented a sacrifice (to Allah): It was accepted from one, but not from the other. Said the latter: "Be sure I will slay thee." "Surely," said the former, "Allah doth accept of the sacrifice of those who are righteous. "  Then Pickthal says, "But recite unto them with truth the tale of the two sons of Adam, how they offered each a sacrifice, and it was accepted from the one of them and it was not accepted from the other. (The one) said: I will surely kill thee. (The other) answered: Allah accepteth only from those who ward off (evil)."  

The murder of Abel is expressed in Verse 30, "The (selfish) soul of the other led him to the murder of his brother: he murdered him, and became (himself) one of the lost ones." The Qu'ran goes on to say that killing or saving another human being is the equivalent of killing or saving all of mankind.  This is offered up as proof that Allah is sovereign.

Although both readings tell the story of the murder of Abel by Cain, the messages are completely different.  In the New Testament, the message is that there are consequences for your actions, while in the Qu'ran, the message is that Cain's actions are akin to waging war against Allah.