What
Do Muslims Believe about Jesus?
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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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The Aqsa Mosque in
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