Short answer
Islam keeps much of what you already love, and it completes the rest. You believe in prophets, in an angel who brought God's (﷾) word, and in a message restored after it was lost. You keep away from alcohol, you fast, you give a tenth, and you put family first. Islam shares all of this. It asks one change at the root: that God (﷾) is One, with no body and nothing like Him (112). And it offers what a restoration needs: a book kept word for word since it was revealed (15:9). Muslims love Jesus as the Messiah, and believe he will return. Test the Qur'an, and if it holds, follow it.
Full explanation
What Latter-day Saints hold dear
Latter-day Saints believe in prophets, and that God (﷾) will yet reveal many great and important things. They keep the Word of Wisdom: no alcohol, tobacco, tea or coffee. They give a tithe of "one-tenth of all their interest annually". Once a month they fast for two meals and give the cost as a fast offering.
Family is at the heart of their faith. So is service: many young people serve as missionaries, now from the age of 18.
The first Article of Faith: Latter-day Saints "believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost."
The Church lists as harmful alcoholic drinks, tobacco, and tea and coffee; latter-day prophets have taught that "hot drinks" means tea and coffee.
The Word of Wisdom says wine and "strong drink" are "not good", "tobacco is not for the body", and "hot drinks are not for the body or belly."
The law of tithing: members "shall pay one-tenth of all their interest annually; and this shall be a standing law unto them forever".
"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.
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.
What Islam keeps
Islam believes in all of God's (﷾) prophets: "We make no distinction between one and another among them" (3:84). It believes that an angel, Gabriel, brought God's (﷾) word to the Prophet (ﷺ) (2:97).
Islam forbids alcohol: "Intoxicants and gambling ... are an abomination" (5:90). It commands fasting, "as it was prescribed to those before you" (2:183). It commands charity every year, and honour for parents and family. A Latter-day Saint who becomes Muslim keeps his clean life, his fasting, his giving and his family.
“Say: "We believe in Allah, and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and in (the Books) given to Moses, Jesus, and the prophets, from their Lord: We make no distinction between one and another among them, and to Allah do we bow our will (in Islam)."”
“Say: Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel-for he brings down the (revelation) to thy heart by Allah's will, a confirmation of what went before, and guidance and glad tidings for those who believe,-”
“O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination,- of Satan's handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.”
“O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint,-”
“And be steadfast in prayer; practise regular charity; and bow down your heads with those who bow down (in worship).”
“Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him, and that ye be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of honour. And, out of kindness, lower to them the wing of humility, and say: "My Lord! bestow on them thy Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood."”
What changes at the root: God (﷾)
Islam asks one great change. God (﷾) is One, not three separate beings. He has no body of flesh and bones, and He was never a man. "He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him" (112:3-4). No one will ever become a god beside Him.
Your own scripture points this way. In the Book of Mormon, Amulek is asked: "Is there more than one God?" He answers: "No."
“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.”
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.
"The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's; the Son also". The Holy Ghost has no body, but "is a personage of Spirit."
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."
God (﷾) sends prophets
No alcohol
Fasting and giving to the poor
Jesus the Messiah will return
God is three separate beings
The Father has a body
People may become gods
A restoration that was kept
You already believe the message of Jesus was lost and needed restoring. Islam agrees. But it says God (﷾) restored it with a book He promised to guard: "We will assuredly guard it (from corruption)" (15:9).
The Qur'an was not taken back to heaven. It was memorised by many and written in its Prophet's (ﷺ) lifetime, and pages from that time match it today.
“We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).”
Two parchment leaves carrying parts of Surahs 18 to 20 in early Hijazi script. In 2015 the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit dated the parchment to between 568 and 645 CE, with 95.4 per cent probability, a span that covers the Prophet's (ﷺ) lifetime (c. 570-632). Apart from small points of spelling, the text on the leaves is the text of those surahs as the Qur'an has them today.
Did the religion of Jesus need restoring, and who restored it?
Jesus in Islam
Muslims love Jesus. The Qur'an calls him the Messiah, born of the virgin Mary, a word and a spirit from God (﷾) (4:171). Muslims, like Latter-day Saints, believe he will come again.
But the Qur'an says he was "(no more than) a messenger of Allah". Jesus himself foretold a messenger to come after him, "whose name shall be Ahmad" (61:6).
“O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) a messenger of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His messengers. Say not "Trinity": desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah: Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.”
Abu Huraira reports that the Prophet (ﷺ) swore that the son of Mary will soon descend among the Muslims as a just ruler. He will break the cross, kill the swine and end the jizya, and wealth will be so plentiful that no one will accept it. Abu Huraira then recited Qur'an 4:159: none of the People of the Book but will believe in him before his death.
“And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: "O Children of Israel! I am the messenger of Allah (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me, and giving Glad Tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad." But when he came to them with Clear Signs, they said, "this is evident sorcery!"”
No priesthood needed
Latter-day Saints believe the ordinances, such as baptism, need a man "called of God" by "those who are in authority". In Islam there is no priesthood. A person becomes Muslim by bearing witness to the faith; no priest is needed. Prayer needs no priest either. "When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me" (2:186).
"We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein" (50:16).
A man "must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof."
“When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me: Let them also, with a will, Listen to My call, and believe in Me: That they may walk in the right way.”
“It was We Who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein.”
Islam's answer: test it
You were asked to read a book and pray about it. Islam asks you to read the Qur'an and test it. Look for contradictions (4:82). See whether it was kept (15:9). Then pray to God (﷾), who promises to answer (2:186).
If it holds, Islam invites you to follow it. To become Muslim, a person bears witness to two truths. There is no god but God (﷾), and Muhammad (ﷺ) is God's (﷾) Messenger.
“Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other Than Allah, they would surely have found therein Much discrepancy.”
“We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).”
“When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me: Let them also, with a will, Listen to My call, and believe in Me: That they may walk in the right way.”
Perspectives
The Islamic perspective
Islam keeps a Latter-day Saint's belief in prophets, his clean life, fasting, giving and family. It asks him to worship one God (﷾) with nothing like Him, and offers a restoration that was kept.
God (﷾) is One; He begets not and is not begotten, and none is like Him.
Intoxicants are an abomination of Satan's handiwork.
God (﷾) promised to guard the Qur'an from corruption.