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10 Commandments: Bible & Qur'ân
Qur'ân Bible
Qur'ân 17:23 
Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him . . . 
Qur'ân 2:163; 2:255; 3:2; 3:6; 3:18; 3:62; 4:87; 5:73; 6:102; 6:106; 7:59; 7:65; 7:73; 7:85; 7:158; 9:31; 9:129; 10;90; 11:14; 11:40; 11:61; 11:84; 13:30; 16:02; 18:110; 20:8: 20:14; 20:98; 21:25; 21:87; 23:23; 23:32; 23:116; 27:26; 28:38; 28:70; 28:88; 35:3; 37:035; 38:65; 39:6; 40:3; 40:62; 40:65; 44:8; 47:19; 64:13; 73:9

La ilaha il Allâh: there is none worthy of worship but God
(1st pillar of Islam... witnessing Unity)

'Shirk' - associating partners with God is forbidden.

 1st Commandment

Exodus 20:3 
You shall have no other gods before Me 
Qur'ân 22:12; 6:103; 14:35
They call on such deities, besides Allah, as can neither hurt nor profit them: that is straying far indeed (from the Way)! 

There is nothing whatsoever
like unto Him (42:11) 

 2nd Commandment

Exodus 20:4, 5
You shall not make for yourself a carved image, any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
You shall not bow down to them nor serve them...
Qur'ân 7:180 
And Allah's are the best names, therefore call on Him thereby, and leave alone those who violate the sanctity of His names; they shall be requited for what they did. 

Qur'ân 2:224
prohibits using God's name in casual swearing.

 3rd Commandment

Exodus 20:7
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
Qurân 62:9
When the call for the Friday Prayer is made, hasten to the remembrance of
God and leave off your business. 		 4th Commandment

Exodus 20.8
Remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy
Qur'ân 17:23 
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 honor. 		 5th Commandment

Exodus 20:12 
Honor your father and your mother,  that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gave you.
Qur'ân 17:33, 5:32
Nor take life which Allah has made sacred . . .		 6th Commandment

Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder.
Qur'ân 17:32
Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil, opening the road (to other evils). 		 7th Commandment

Exodus 20:14 
You shall not commit adultery.
Qur'ân 2:188, 5:38–39
And do not eat up unjustly the property of each other among yourselves nor convey their cases to the authorities for devouring unlawfully some portion of the property of the people knowingly. 		8th Commandment

Exodus 20:15
You shall not steal.
Qur'ân 2:42; 2:283; 24:7
And cover not truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye know (what it is).  

Qur'ân 4.135
"O ye who believe!  Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do."

 9th Commandment

Exodus 20:16
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Qur'ân 4:32; 20:131
And in no wise covet those things in which Allah Hath bestowed His gifts more freely on some of you than on others . . .		 10th Commandment

Exodus 20:17
You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife,  nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.
 

Similar comparisons at the following sites:

Linking Faiths: Common Experiences in the Scriptures
Adapted From: The Koran For Dummies 
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-2548.html

http://www.beconvinced.com/RELIGION/command10.htm