jesus in islam

[CONVERTED TO ISLAM]

The Islamic view of Jesus lies between two extremes. The Jews, who rejected Jesus as a prophet, called him an imposter, while 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 greatest and most forbearing of prophets, in addition to Noah, Abraham, Moses and Muhammad, may God praise them. Jesus is also considered to be the Messiah as well. This is in 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 message of God to humanity, which is to worship God and God alone and to live according to His instruction, was revealed to Adam (peace be upon him), who passed it on to his children. All the subsequent revelations to Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and, finally, Muhammad are in conformity with that message. Thus, Islam views any contradictions among revealed religions as man-made elements introduced into these religions. The position of Jesus in the three major creeds- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam- is not 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. It also passes judgment on the Christian and Jewish beliefs concerning him. We will look at some of the truths which God revealed about Jesus in the Quran.

Born of a Virgin Mother
Like Christians, Muslims believe that Mary, Maria in Spanish, or Maryam as she is called in Arabic, was a chaste, virgin woman, who miraculously gave birth to Jesus. Jesus’ birth in itself was a miracle in that he had no father. God describes his birth in the Quran as follows:

“And mention in the Book (the Quran), Mary, when she withdrew in seclusion from her family to a place facing east. She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her a spirit from Us, (the angel Gabriel), and he appeared before her in the form of a man in all respects. She said: ‘Verily, I seek refuge with the Most Gracious (God) from you, if you do fear God.’ (The angel) said: ‘I am only a messenger from your Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a righteous son.’ She said: ‘How can I have a son, when no man hath touched me, nor am I unchaste?’ He said: ‘So (it will be), your Lord said That is easy for Me (God): And (We wish) to appoint him as a sign to mankind and a mercy from Us (God), and it is a matter (already) decreed (by God).’” (Quran 19:16-21)

This fact, however, does not necessitate that Jesus is divine in essence or spirit, nor is he worthy of worship, for Adam’s existence was more miraculous than that of Jesus. If his miraculous birth were a proof that Jesus was God incarnate or His son, then Adam would have more right over this divinity than him. Rather, both are prophets who were inspired with revelation from God Almighty, and both were servants to Him living according to His commandments.

“Indeed, the likeness of Jesus with God is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, then He said to him: ‘Be!’ and he was.’” (Quran 3:59)

Miracles
Muslims, like Christians believe that Jesus performed miracles. These miracles were performed by the will and permission of God, Who has power and control over all things.

“Then will God say: ‘O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favor to you and to your mother. Behold! I strengthened you with the Holy Spirit (the angel Gabriel) so that you did speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught you the Book and Wisdom, the Torah and the Gospel. And behold: you make out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My leave, and you breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by My leave, and you heal those born blind, and the lepers by My leave. And behold! You bring forth the dead by My leave. And behold! I did restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to you) when you did show them the Clear Signs, and the unbelievers among them said: ‘This is nothing but evident magic.’” (Quran 5:110)

God sent all prophets with miracles specific to the nation to whom they were sent to prove the veracity of their message. These miracles were not performed of their own accord; rather, they were only manifest in their hands by God's will. The miracles performed by Jesus were no different. The Jews were well advanced in the field of medicine, and the miracles which Jesus brought were of this nature, proving the truth of His message and in order to convince the Jews.

[CONVERTED TO ISLAM]

You have NO idea what I meant by that, do you???

i wrote that sorah to give thanks to allah because he took me to the straight way
he gave me (alhoda) so i embrace islam
when i read your comments i give thanks to allah because i am not like you
and i want allah to forgive me if i did any thing bad with people or with him to take me to the paradise and to save me from hell

[Pazuzu bin Hanbi]

I feel relieved that I no longer act like you do! Haha! I made my comment to muhammad r’s post about using god in place of what we don’t yet know (he spoke in terms of medicine). That argument goes by the name of ‘god of the gaps’, and as science brings more & more to light, and ignorance recedes, ‘god’ also moves further and further back out of the light.

[CONVERTED TO ISLAM]

Pazuzu bin Hanbi

Aha i understood right now
so you are ex-muslim .. why ?!!


allah said :
25. Verily, those who have turned back (have apostatised) as disbelievers after the guidance has been manifested to them - Shaitân (Satan) has beautified for them (their false hopes), and (Allâh) prolonged their term (age).

26. This is because they said to those who hate what Allâh has sent down: "We will obey you in part of the matter." But Allâh knows their secrets.
(( sorat mohammed))



so it is up to you .. because allah said :

((256. There is no compulsion in religion. Verily, the Right Path has become distinct from the wrong path. Whoever disbelieves in Tâghût [2] and believes in Allâh, then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that will never break. And Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower.))

((sarat al baqarah))

[Pazuzu bin Hanbi]

why ?!!

Because god doesn’t exist, and all religions have come from humans.

[McCulloch]

This really tells me not very much of why the blood stops flowing, why the neurons stop synapsing or why the thoughts stop. So I'll just give you an example of a person who is dead and we'll go from there. Somebody gets stabbed in the heart and they die why can't science figure out a way to bring him back to life? If we evolved and weren't created then why can't this happen? If science is the reason for our existence in the first place. My reasoning is this since science doesn't have the answer for the origin of existence then it would be logical to look somewhere else to find the answer for these questions. So this questioning and my reasoning once you see that science doesn't have the answer will soon force you to look or at least consider elsewhere, I'm not trying to convert you either were just reasoning together.

Why is there biological death? Because everlasting biological entities are not evolutionarily suited to survival. An entity reproduces and passes on its genes, sometimes with modifications and mixtures, to the next generation. Everlasting biological entities cannot evolve.

[mar]

why ?!!

Because god doesn’t exist, and all religions have come from humans.

God does exist. And not all religon came from man. Islam didnt. If it did, where did man come from? God. Where did god come from? Well in science,(i can see you are really behind in science) it is a law in science that there must be an untouchable and unmovable ultimate creater. And that is god. So since god exists, he reviels the religon. So really the quran aint from muhammed (S) , but from god.

[CONVERTED TO ISLAM]

why ?!!

Because god doesn’t exist, and all religions have come from humans.

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who create the first human ?
who create the first animal ?
who create the first jinn ?

[Fallibleone]

Oh for goodness sake.

1) We don't know how the first human came to be. We are pretty sure there was no 'who' involved though.

2) See #1.

3) Who created fairies?

[CONVERTED TO ISLAM]

Oh for goodness sake.

1) We don't know how the first human came to be. We are pretty sure there was no 'who' involved though.

2) See #1.

3) Who created fairies?

you do not know how the first human came ?!!
also you do not know allah
and you do not know mohammed !!

you do not know so many things

islamic religion will answer your questions and i already answered
but you would,nt belive

[Fallibleone]

Islam certainly offers AN answer, just not the correct one.

And no, I don't know very much. Nor do you. I admit it though. You don't know the answers to these questions either. Your holy book does NOT give you special insight into how things really are.