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JESUS in the QURAN
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JESUS in the QURAN
The Islamic view Jesus lies between two extremes. The Jesus, 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 Gods 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 Gods 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 Gods sight is as Adams 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 Jesuss divinity (and. For the matter, of
Marys 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
Mohammeds 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 Bibles 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
-
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http://english.islamway.com/
http://www.islamhouse.com/
http://www.discoverislam.com/
http://www.islambasics.com/index.php
http://english.islamway.com/
http://www.islamtoday.net/english/
http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/MainPage/indexe.php
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I know that my article is not related to this group ,but it might be
useful. PLEASE read it.
JESUS in the QURAN
The Islamic view Jesus lies between two extremes. The Jesus, 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 Gods 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 Gods 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 Gods sight is as Adams 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 Jesuss divinity (and. For the matter, of
Marys 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
Mohammeds 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 Bibles 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
-
For more information about Islam
http://english.islamway.com/
http://www.islamhouse.com/
http://www.discoverislam.com/
http://www.islambasics.com/index.php
http://english.islamway.com/
http://www.islamtoday.net/english/
http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/MainPage/indexe.php
http://www.sultan.org/
Contact Us At
Imanway.group@gmail.com