What do Muslims believe about Jesus?
Muslims
respect and revere Jesus (peace be upon him) , and await his second
coming. They consider him one of the greatest of God’s messengers to
mankind....
A Muslim never refers to him simply as `Jesus', but
always adds the phrase "peace be upon him." The Qur’aan confirms his
virgin birth (a chapter of the Qur’aan is entitled `Mary') in her time,
and Mary is considered the purest woman in all creation. The Qur’aan
describes the creation of Jesus as follows (interpretation of the
meaning):
"Behold! the Angel said, `God has chosen you, and
purified you, and chosen you above the women of all nations. O Mary, God
gives you glad tidings of a word from Him, whose name shall be the
Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, honored in this world and the Hereafter, and
one that shall speak to the people from his cradle and in maturity, and
shall be of the righteous.' She said: `O my Lord! How shall I have a
son when no man has touched me?' He said: `Even so; God creates what He
wills. When He decrees a thing, He but says to it, "Be!" and it is."
[Quran 3:42-7]
Jesus (peace be upon him) was born miraculously
through the same power which had brought Adam (peace be upon him) into
being without a father:
"Truly, the likeness of Jesus unto Allaah is
as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, and then said to him,
`Be!' and he was." [ Quran 3:59 ]
During his prophetic mission,
Jesus (peace be upon him) was granted and performed many miracles. The
Qur’aan tells us that he said (interpretation of meaning):
"I have
come to you with a sign from your Lord: I make for you out of the clay,
as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it and it becomes a
bird by Allaah’s leave. And I heal the blind and the lepers, and I raise
the dead by Allaah’s leave." [Quran 3:49]
Other miracles include
speaking soon after birth in defense of his mother's piety. God's other
gifts to him included healing the blind and the sick, reviving the
dead, and, most importantly, the message he was carrying. These miracles
were granted to him by God to establish him as a prophet. According to
the Qur’aan, he was not crucified, but only appeared so; instead, Allaah
raised him unto Heaven. (Quraan, Chapter Maryam)
Neither Muhammad
(peace be upon him), nor Jesus (peace be upon him), came to change the
basic doctrine of the belief in one God, brought by earlier prophets,
but to confirm and renew it. In the Quran Jesus (peace be upon him), is
reported as saying that he came:
" To attest the law which was
before me. And to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden you; I
have come to you with a sign form your Lord, so fear God and obey me."
[Quran 3:50]
Muslims
respect and revere Jesus (peace be upon him) , and await his second
coming. They consider him one of the greatest of God’s messengers to
mankind....
A Muslim never refers to him simply as `Jesus', but
always adds the phrase "peace be upon him." The Qur’aan confirms his
virgin birth (a chapter of the Qur’aan is entitled `Mary') in her time,
and Mary is considered the purest woman in all creation. The Qur’aan
describes the creation of Jesus as follows (interpretation of the
meaning):
"Behold! the Angel said, `God has chosen you, and
purified you, and chosen you above the women of all nations. O Mary, God
gives you glad tidings of a word from Him, whose name shall be the
Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, honored in this world and the Hereafter, and
one that shall speak to the people from his cradle and in maturity, and
shall be of the righteous.' She said: `O my Lord! How shall I have a
son when no man has touched me?' He said: `Even so; God creates what He
wills. When He decrees a thing, He but says to it, "Be!" and it is."
[Quran 3:42-7]
Jesus (peace be upon him) was born miraculously
through the same power which had brought Adam (peace be upon him) into
being without a father:
"Truly, the likeness of Jesus unto Allaah is
as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, and then said to him,
`Be!' and he was." [ Quran 3:59 ]
During his prophetic mission,
Jesus (peace be upon him) was granted and performed many miracles. The
Qur’aan tells us that he said (interpretation of meaning):
"I have
come to you with a sign from your Lord: I make for you out of the clay,
as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it and it becomes a
bird by Allaah’s leave. And I heal the blind and the lepers, and I raise
the dead by Allaah’s leave." [Quran 3:49]
Other miracles include
speaking soon after birth in defense of his mother's piety. God's other
gifts to him included healing the blind and the sick, reviving the
dead, and, most importantly, the message he was carrying. These miracles
were granted to him by God to establish him as a prophet. According to
the Qur’aan, he was not crucified, but only appeared so; instead, Allaah
raised him unto Heaven. (Quraan, Chapter Maryam)
Neither Muhammad
(peace be upon him), nor Jesus (peace be upon him), came to change the
basic doctrine of the belief in one God, brought by earlier prophets,
but to confirm and renew it. In the Quran Jesus (peace be upon him), is
reported as saying that he came:
" To attest the law which was
before me. And to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden you; I
have come to you with a sign form your Lord, so fear God and obey me."
[Quran 3:50]