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Date:
2008-09-26
Time: 06:21:32
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What Do Muslims Believe about Jesus?
Muslims respect and revere Jesus (peace be
upon him). They consider him one of the
greatest of God’s messengers to mankind. The
Quran confirms his virgin birth, and a
chapter of the Quran is entitled ‘Maryam’
(Mary). The Quran describes the birth of
Jesus as follows:
(Remember) when the angels said, “O Mary,
God gives you good news of a word from Him
(God), whose name is the Messiah Jesus, son
of Mary, revered in this world and the
Hereafter, and one of those brought near (to
God). He will speak to the people from his
cradle and as a man, and he is of the
righteous.” She said, “My Lord, how can I
have a child when no mortal has touched me?”
He said, “So (it will be). God creates what
He wills. If He decrees a thing, He says to
it only, ‘Be!’ and it is.” (Quran, 3:45-47)
Jesus was born miraculously by the command of
God, the same command that had brought Adam
into being with neither a father nor a
mother. God has said:
The case of Jesus with God is like the case
of Adam. He created him from dust, and then
He said to him, “Be!” and he came into being.
(Quran, 3:59)
During his prophetic mission, Jesus performed
many miracles. God tells us that Jesus
said:
“I have come to you with a sign from your
Lord. I make for you the shape of a bird out
of clay, I breathe into it, and it becomes a
bird by God’s permission. I heal the blind
from birth and the leper. And I bring the
dead to life by God’s permission. And I tell
you what you eat and what you store in your
houses....” (Quran, 3:49)
Muslims believe that Jesus was not crucified.
It was the plan of Jesus’ enemies to crucify
him, but God saved him and raised him up to
Him. And the likeness of Jesus was put over
another man. Jesus’ enemies took this man
and crucified him, thinking that he was
Jesus. God has said:
...They said, “We killed the Messiah Jesus,
son of Mary, the messenger of God.” They did
not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but
the likeness of him was put on another man
(and they killed that man)... (Quran,
4:157)
Neither Muhammad nor Jesus came to change
the basic doctrine of the belief in one God,
brought by earlier prophets, but rather to
confirm and renew it.1
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