Short answer
Be a real friend first, and treat their faith with respect. Latter-day Saints, often called Mormons, share much with Muslims: prayer, family, modesty and no alcohol. Young Latter-day Saints may serve as missionaries from 18, so they may knock on your door. Welcome them kindly, and offer water or juice, not tea, coffee or alcohol. Start with God (﷾): ask what they believe about Him, and listen. Let their own Book of Mormon speak, where it says there is only one God (Alma 11:28-29). When they ask you to read and pray, agree, and ask them to read the Qur'an too. Invite with wisdom and gentle words (16:125), and never mock what they hold sacred (6:108). If they ask whether you are trying to convert them, say no: only God (﷾) guides hearts (28:56).
Full explanation
Be a true friend first
Be a real friend, whether or not your friend ever becomes Muslim. Never befriend someone only to convert them. The Qur'an tells Muslims to argue only "with means better (than mere disputation)" with the People of the Book. It tells them to say: "Our Allah and your Allah is one; and it is to Him we bow" (29:46).
“And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except with means better (than mere disputation), unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong (and injury): but say, "We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah and your Allah is one; and it is to Him we bow (in Islam)."”
Start from what you share
Latter-day Saints pray, fast and give to the poor. They keep away from alcohol, tobacco, tea and coffee. They put family first and dress modestly. Muslims and Latter-day Saints often find they have much in common.
Say so. Shared values are a bridge, and a friend who feels respected will listen.
The Church lists as harmful alcoholic drinks, tobacco, and tea and coffee; latter-day prophets have taught that "hot drinks" means tea and coffee.
"One Sabbath day each month is set aside for the purpose of fasting." Members go without food and water for two meals in a row, and give a fast offering at least equal to the cost of the food.
When missionaries knock
Young Latter-day Saints may serve as missionaries from the age of 18. If they knock, be kind. Offer them water or juice: their Word of Wisdom rules out tea, coffee and alcohol. Are you at home alone, and they are of the other sex? Then talk at the door, or ask them to come back later.
They may share a short lesson, give you a Book of Mormon and ask you to pray about it.
On 21 November 2025 the Church announced that young women may begin full-time missions at 18, as young men have been able to since 2012.
The Church lists as harmful alcoholic drinks, tobacco, and tea and coffee; latter-day prophets have taught that "hot drinks" means tea and coffee.
Welcome them kindly
Offer water or juice.
Ask what they believe about God (﷾)
Listen first.
Share one God (﷾)
From the Qur'an and their own Alma 11.
Swap books
Read theirs; ask them to read the Qur'an and test it.
Part as friends
"To you be your Way, and to me mine."
Ask about God (﷾), and listen
Ask what your friend believes about God (﷾). Listen before you answer. Many Latter-day Saints will speak of a Heavenly Father with a body, and of three separate beings in the Godhead.
Then share what Islam teaches: God (﷾) is One, and "there is none like unto Him" (112:4). You can show that their own Book of Mormon says the same. Asked "Is there more than one God?", Amulek answers: "No" (Alma 11:28-29).
The Church teaches that the members of the Godhead are three separate beings, and that the Father and the Son have tangible bodies of flesh and bones.
“Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him.”
Zeezrom asks the prophet Amulek whether there is a true and living God, and Amulek says yes. Zeezrom then asks: "Is there more than one God?" Amulek answers: "No."
Read, and invite them to read
Missionaries will ask you to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it (Moroni 10:4). It is fair to agree. Then ask them to read the Qur'an too, and to test it as the Qur'an asks (4:82).
Gently explain why a feeling alone cannot decide between books. Sincere people feel it about books that contradict each other. The page on praying about the Book of Mormon sets this out.
Readers are asked to "ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true". To the sincere asker, "he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost."
“Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other Than Allah, they would surely have found therein Much discrepancy.”
Gentle words and real questions
The Qur'an says: "Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious" (16:125). It forbids reviling what others hold sacred (6:108).
So never mock their temples, their sacred clothing or Joseph Smith. Ask real questions, and let the evidence speak.
“Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance.”
“Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest they out of spite revile Allah in their ignorance. Thus have We made alluring to each people its own doings. In the end will they return to their Lord, and We shall then tell them the truth of all that they did.”
Keep to God (﷾) and the book
Do not bring up old controversies from the Church's past. They are not the question, and they turn a friend into an opponent.
Keep to the two things that matter: who God (﷾) is, and which book He has kept. If your friend raises a past event, answer honestly and briefly, then return to God (﷾).
“Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest they out of spite revile Allah in their ignorance. Thus have We made alluring to each people its own doings. In the end will they return to their Lord, and We shall then tell them the truth of all that they did.”
“Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance.”
What not to use
Use only what you know to be true: "pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge" (17:36). Leave out rumours and mocking stories. When you state a fact about their faith, use their own sources: their scriptures, the Joseph Smith Papers and the Church's Gospel Topics essays. A friend can check those, and cannot dismiss them as attacks.
“And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).”
The essay says that, according to the accounts, Joseph Smith placed either the interpreters or the seer stone in a hat, pressed his face into the hat, and read the words aloud. It quotes Emma Smith that the plates "often lay on the table without any attempt at concealment, wrapped in a small linen table cloth." It also says that as a young man he "used a seer stone to look for lost objects and buried treasure."
"Are you trying to convert me?"
Say no. Only God (﷾) guides hearts: "thou wilt not be able to guide every one, whom thou lovest; but Allah guides those whom He will" (28:56). "Let there be no compulsion in religion" (2:256).
You are sharing what you believe in a friendly talk, as they share theirs. The choice is theirs. If they say no, end as Muslims are taught: "To you be your Way, and to me mine" (109:6). Then keep the friendship.
“It is true thou wilt not be able to guide every one, whom thou lovest; but Allah guides those whom He will and He knows best those who receive guidance.”
“Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things.”
“To you be your Way, and to me mine.”
Pages to read together
This site has pages written for Latter-day Saint readers. "Do Mormons and Muslims believe in the same God?" starts with God (﷾). "Did the religion of Jesus need restoring, and who restored it?" starts from the Restoration they already believe in. "I'm a Latter-day Saint (Mormon): why should I consider Islam?" shows what they keep and what changes.
“Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance.”
Islam's answer, and your part
In the end, invite your friend to Islam itself: to worship one God (﷾), and to follow the book He kept and the last Prophet (ﷺ). Your part is to be honest, kind and clear. Guidance is from God (﷾) alone.
“It is true thou wilt not be able to guide every one, whom thou lovest; but Allah guides those whom He will and He knows best those who receive guidance.”
“Say: "O People of the Book! come to common terms as between us and you: That we worship none but Allah; that we associate no partners with him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons other than Allah." If then they turn back, say ye: "Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to Allah's Will).”
Perspectives
The Islamic perspective
Befriend Latter-day Saints sincerely and start from shared values. Speak about God (﷾) and the kept book, from their own sources. Never mock, and leave guidance to God (﷾).
Invite with wisdom and beautiful preaching, and argue in the best way.
Do not revile what others call on, lest they revile God (﷾).
There is no compulsion in religion, and only God (﷾) guides hearts.