JESUS in the QURAN

The Islamic view of Jesus lies between two extremes. The Jews , who
rejected Jesus as a Prophet of God, called him an impostor. The
Christians, on the other hand, considered him to be the son of God and
worship him as such. Islam considers Jesus to be one of the great
prophets of God and respects him as much as Ibrahim (Abraham), Moses,
and Mohammed. (Peace Be Upon Them) This is conformity with the Islamic
view of the oneness of God, the oneness of Divine guidance, and the
complementary role of the subsequent mission of God's messengers.

The essence of Islam - willing submission to the will of God - was
revealed to Adam, who was passed it on to his children. All following
revelations to Noah, Ibrahim, Moses, Jesus, and finally Mohammed (Peace
Be Upon Them) were conformity with that message, with some elaboration
to define the revelation between man and God, man and man, man and
instructions. Thus, any contradictions among revealed religions is
viewed by Islam as a man-made element introduced into these religions.
The position of Jesus in the three major religions - Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam - should not be an exception.

Although the Quran does not present a detailed life-story of Jesus, it
highlights the important aspects of his birth, his mission, his
ascension to heaven, and passes judgements on the Christian beliefs
concerning him. The Quranic account of Jesus starts with the conception
of his mother, Mary, whose mother, the wife of Imran, vowed to dedicate
her child to the service of God in the temple. When Mary became a
woman, the Holy Spirit (the Archangel Gabriel) appeared to her as a man
bringing her news of a son. We read the following dialogue in the Quran
between Mary and the Angel:

"When the angel said, "Mary, god gives you a good tidings of a Word
from Him whose name is messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, -high honoured
shall he be in this world and the next, near stationed to God. He shall
speak to men in the cradle, and of age, and righteous he shall be,
"lord" said Mary "How shall I have a son, seeing no mortal has touched
me? "Even so, he said "God creates what He will".

When he decrees a thing He but say to it, "Be", and it is. (Al-Imran
3:45-47)

In a chapter (Surah) entitled "Maryam" (Mary), the Quran tells us how
Mary gave birth to her son, and how the Jesus accused her when she
brought the child home:

"Then she brought the child to her folk, carrying him, and they said,
"Mary, you have surely committed a monstrous thing. Sister of Aaron,
your father was not a wicked man, nor your mother a woman unchaste.
Mary pointed to the child; but they said, 'Hoe shall we speak to one
who still in the cradle, a little child. And he said, 'Lo, I am God's
servant, God has given me the Book and made me a Prophet Blessed He has
made me ,wherever/may be; and hi has enjoined me to prayer, and to give
the alms so long as I live, and likewise to cherish my mother; He has
not made me arrogant and wicked. Peace be upon me, the day I was born,
and the day I die, and the day I am raised up a live. "Maryam 19:29-33)

in the same chapter, following the above quotation, God assures
Mohammed (PBUH) and through him the whole world, that what is told
above is the TRUTH about Jesus (PBUH), although Christians might not
accept it. Jesus is NOT the son of God: He was obviously enough, the
son of Mary. The verses continue: "That is Jesus, son of Mary, in word
of truth, concerning which they are doubting. It is not for God to take
a son unto Him. Glory be to Him, He nut says to it, 'Be, and it is.
(Maryam 19:34-35)

After this strong statement about the nature of Jesus, God directed
Mohammed (PBUH) to call the Christians to worship the one God: "Surely
God is my God, and your God, so surely serve him. This is the straight
path". (Maryam 19:36)

The rejection of the very idea of God having a son is restated later in
the same chapter with even stronger words: "And they say, The
All-merciful has taken unto Himself a son. You have indeed advanced
something hideous. As if the skies are about to burst, the earth to
split asunder and its mountain to fall down in the utter ruin for that
they have attributed to the All-merciful a son; and behaves not the
All-merciful to take a son. None there in the heavens and earth but
comes to the All-merciful as a servant" (Maryam 19:88-93)

The Quran recognizes the fact that Jesus had no human father, but this
does not make him the son of God, or God himself. By this criterion,
Adam would have been more entitled more entitled to be the son of God,
because he had neither a father nor a mother, so the Quran draws
attention to the miraculous creation of both in the following verses; "
truly the likeness of Jesus, in God's sight is as Adam's likeness; He
created him of dust, then He said upon him, 'Be' and hi was. (Al-Imran
3:59)

The Quran rejects the concept of Trinity God the Father, God the son,
God the Holy Spirit - as strongly as it rejects the concept of Jesus as
the son of God. This is because GOD IS ONE. Three cannot be one. The
Quran addresses Christians in the following verses from the Surrah
entitled "An-Nisaa" (The Women)

People of the Book, do not go beyond the bounds in your religion, and
say nought as to God but the Truth. The messiah, Jesus, son of Mary,
was only the messenger of God, and his word (Fulfilment of his word
(Fulfilment of His command, through the word "Be", for the creation of
Jesus) that he committed to Mary, and a spirit originating from Him
(was given life by God). So believe in God and His Messengers, and say
not 'Three'. Refrain, better is for you. God is only one God. Glory be
to him-that He should have a son! To Him belongs all that is in the
Heavens and in the Earth; God suffices for a guardian.

The Messiah will not disdain to be a servant of God, neither the Angels
who are close to Him. Whosoever disdains to serve Him and walks proud,
He will assuredly muster them to Him, all of them.

As for the believers, who do deeds of righteousness, we will pay them
their rewards in full, and He will give them more, of His bounty; as
for them who disdain and walks proud, then He will punish with a severe
punishment, and they shall not find for them, apart from God, a friend
or helper." (An-Nissa 4:171-173)

The denial of Jesus's divinity (and. For the matter, of Mary's
divinity) is presented in the Quran in the form of a dialogue, at the
Day of Judgement, between the Almighty Jesus. All the Messengers and
their nations will gather before God and He will ask the Messengers how
they were received by their people and what they said to them. Among
those who will be questioned is Jesus:

"And when God said, 'O Jesus, son of Mary, did you say unto men, "Take
me and my mother as gods, apart from God"? He said, 'To you be glory!
It is not mine to say what I have no right to. If I indeed said it, you
would have known it, knowing what is within my heart, though I do not
know your knowledge; you know the things unseen. I only said to them
what you did commands me: "Serve God, my God and your God." (Al-Maida
5-116)

Given that the Quran denies the Trinity and the son ship of Jesus,
what, according to the Quran, was the real mission of Jesus? The answer
is that Jesus was a link in a long chain of Prophets and Messengers
sent by God to various nations and societies whenever they needed
guidance or deviated from his teachings of Moses and other Messengers.
As he was miraculously supported by numerous miracles to prove that he
was a Messengers from God. However, the majority of the Jews rejected
his ministry.

In another verse of the Quran, Jesus confirmed the validity of the
Torah which was revealed to Moses, and also conveyed he glad tidings of
a final Messenger who follow him: "And when Jesus son of Mary said,
'Children of Israel, I am indeed the Messenger to you, confirming the
Torah that is before me, and giving good tiding of a Messenger who
shall be the praised one."(As-Saff 61:6)

Note that "praised one" is a translation of "Ahmad" - The Prophet
Mohammed's name. Careful study of the New Testament shows that Jesus
refers to the same Prophet in John 14:16-17: "And I will give you
another Counsellor (ThProphet Mohammed). To be with you for ever, even
the Spirit of Truth."

The usual explanation of this Prophecy is that the counsellor referred
to is the Holy Spirit, but this explanation is excluded by a previous
verse in John: "Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your
advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counsellor will
not come to you."

The characteristics of this counsellor, as can be derived from the
prophecy, are that he will stay forever with the believers, he will
glorify Jesus; and he will speak that he hears form God. All four
characteristics apply to the Prophet Mohammed. He came six centuries
after Jesus. He came six centuries after Jesus. He came with a
universal and everlasting message, fulfilling the prophecy that the
counsellor will stay forever with the faithful. He glorified Jesus as a
great Prophet. The Quran attributes to Jesus miracles not mentioned in
the Bible's Old and New Testaments, as well as specific verses in the
Quran show how the Prophet Mohammad is rejected by Jews and Christians
out of prejudice and misunderstanding, rather that carefully study the
Bible.

It is a sad fact of history that not many are following the "straight
path" to which people were called by Jesus. He was only followed by a
few disciples inspired by God to support him. The non-believers plotted
- as they would against Mohammed, six centuries later - to kill Jesus.
But God had better plan for him and his followers, as the Quran tells
us:

"And when Jesus perceived their unbelief, he said 'Who will be my
helpers in the cause of God? The apostles said, 'we are Gods helpers.
We believe in God; so bear witness of our submission God, we believe in
that you have sent down, and we follow the Messenger. Inscribe us
therefore with those who bear witness. 'And they devised, and God
devised, and God devised, and God is the best of divisors. When God
said, 'Jesus, I will take you to Me and will raise you to Me, and I
will purify you (of the falsehoods) of those who do not believe. I will
make your followers above the unbelievers till the Resurrection
Day."(Al-Imran 3:52-55)

As the above verses indicate, Jesus was taken and raised to heaven. He
was not crucified. It was certainly the plan of the enemies of Jesus to
put him to death on the cross, but God saved him and someone else was
crucified:

"And for their unbelief, and their uttering against Mary a grave false
charge, and for their saying, 'We killed the messiah, Jesus son of
Mary, the Messiah of God"...yet they did not slay him, neither
crucified him, only a likeness of that was shown to them. Those who are
at variance concerning him are surely in doubt the following of
conjecture; and they did not kill him of certainty...no indeed; God
raised him up to Him; God is Almighty, Allwise. There is not one of the
people of the book but will assuredly believe him before his death, and
on the Resurrection Day he will be a witness against them." (An-Nissa
4:156-159)

The Quran does not explain who was the person crucified instead of
Jesus, nor elaborate on the Second Coming of Jesus. However,
explanators of the Quran have always interpreted the last verse of the
above quotation to mean that Jesus will believe in him before he dies.
This understanding is supported by authentic sayings (Hadith) of the
Prophet Mohammed may the peace and blessings of Allah him and upon all
His Messengers.

Rejects Christ as the messiah. Not going to Celestial Kingdom. How
sad.

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Christopher A. Young
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JESUS in the QURAN

Islam considers Jesus to be one of the great
prophets of God and respects him as much as Ibrahim (Abraham), Moses,
and Mohammed.

The essence of Islam - willing submission to the will of God - was
revealed to Adam, who was passed it on to his children. All following

wrote:
JESUS in the QURAN

Islam considers Jesus to be one of the great prophets of God and respects him as
much as Ibrahim (Abraham), Moses, and Mohammed. (Peace Be Upon Them)

OK, I know it's a mortal & grevious sin to feed the trolls, but I have
to ask this question:
If God respects all the prophets mentioned, why does mortal men ask God
"(Peace Be Upon Them)"? Aren't they already at peace - and if not, why
not???