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 God’s 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 God’s 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 God’s sight is as Adam’s
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 Jesus’s divinity (and. For the matter, of Mary’s 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 Mohammed’s 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 Bible’s 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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