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Can someone tell me where to post a question? I want to ask about the Muslim view of Jesus. :)

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Question:
What do Muslims believe about Jesus (peace be upon him)?

Answer:
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." (Qur’aan, Surat (chapter) Aala ‘Imraan, 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." (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." (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." (3:50)

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Joe98 said:
No they don't.
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I do, I named myself after him, I pray to see him, I pray to be his friend and that he likes me, I also pray he marries my daughters, now, for me to do all that I still don't respect nor love him??


Joe98 said:
If I compare a Muslim to Jesus the Muslim is offended.
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If you compare me, a muslim, to jesus, peace be upon him, the only way I'd be offended might be because Jesus peace be upon him, is so much better than me that I cannot be compared to a man so much better.

But if someone said to me, "man you remind me of Jesus" I'd love that!

And am a Muslim :happy: :happy:
 
 
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Greetings Free,

Welcome to the forum :).

Questions about Islam can be asked in the 'Discover Islam' section. Threads in the Comparative Religion section tend to be more discussion-based; since you have asked for the Islamic perspective, I have moved the thread here. One thing to note is that threads need to be approved before they can be posted in this section of the forum, so they may not appear immediately after posting.

Peace, and I hope you have a beneficial stay here :).
 
Hi Free,

I love Jesus (pbuh). And hope I'm around to meet him when he returns. Yes muslims too believe in the second coming.
 
Thanks.

Here is my question. I just started studying Islam and learned that Muslims actually believe that Jesus was a prophet. I was very surprised to discover this. My question is, if Muslims claim that Jesus was a prophet, what do they believe about the text in the Bible where he equates himself with God?

Someone on another forum quoted quite a bit of the book of John to argue against the diety of Jesus but I could find many verses in the same book that clearly show Jesus believed he was equal to God. How do you address this issue?

From my perspective, you can't claim that Jesus was a prophet because of his own testimony of himself. Even if there are verses in the book of John that could be used to prove he isn't God, there are equally the same number of verses where he states he is. That would make him a false prophet. Can someone please explain to me what Muslims do with the rest of the book of John?

Here are some quotes for reference:

"WHEN HE LOOKS AT ME, HE SEES THE ONE WHO SENT ME" JOHN 12:45

"I DID NOT COME TO JUDGE THE WORLD, BUT TO SAVE IT." JOHN 12:47

"ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER." JOHN 14:9

"BELIEVE IN ME WHEN I SAY THAT I AM IN THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IS IN ME." JOHN 14:11

"THOUGH YOU DO NOT KNOW HIM, I KNOW HIM (THE FATHER). IF I SAID I DID NOT, I WOULD BE A LIAR LIKE YOU. ABRAHAM REJOICED AT THE THOUGHT OF SEEING MY DAY. HE SAW IT AND WAS GLAD. I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM." JOHN 8:54-59 -- THEY WANTED TO STONE HIM. WHY? BECAUSE IN CALLING HIMSELF "I AM", HE WAS EQUATING HIMSELF TO GOD.

"YOU STUDY THE SCRIPTURES BECAUSE YOU THINK BY THEM YOU POSSESS ETERNAL LIFE. THEY TESTIFY ABOUT ME YET YOU REFUSE TO COME TO ME." (V39-40)

HE LAID DOWN HIS DIETY ONLY TO PICK IT UP AGAIN. PHILIPPIANS 2:6-8

Thanks for any feedback.

Free
 
This is one of the most difficult things a Non-Muslim has trouble understanding. Quite often when referencing proof of their beliefs they will quote the Bible.

Many non-Muslims fail to understand that we can not accept Bible quotes as proof, because the Bible has been altered and is no longer the Truth that Isa(Jesus)(as) taught.

We do agree that there may still be some truth in the Bible, but we have no way of knowing which are true and which have been changed. Some things refered to in the Bible are also found in the Qur'an. Those we can assume have had minimal change. But, there are many more things said that are not verified.

The words of Isa(as) were the words of Allah(swt), sadly His words have been altered and deleted leaving the Bible filled with much error.
 
Free said:
Why did you mention his mother?
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Because in Islaam,we have hold Jesus' mother to be very amazing, she is one of the women chosen above mankind, and a woman prefered by G-d and chosen for the miracle of Jesus' birth, in the Qu'ran we are told to reflect/remember the story of Mary, Maryam,

Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East.

To remember this, and when she screened herself away from others, and G-d sent an angel to her, and because of her piety she said:

"I seek refuge from thee to (Allah) Most Gracious: (come not near) if thou dost fear Allah."

That she didn't flirt or play around but remembered G-d, and imagine the fear that she had.

Also that

the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree: She cried (in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had died before this! would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!"

The pain and fear and wishing of death from her, yet she remained in service to G-d. And to remember what must have been going through her mind, the fact that she was going to bring Jesus, a baby back to her people, her chastidy would be questioned, what would she say and do?

She was instructed:

And if thou dost see any man, say, 'I have vowed a fast to (Allah) Most Gracious, and this day will I enter into not talk with any human being'"

And so she returned and people questioned her and thought bad of her, saying things like,

They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!

and

Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"

But she obeyed G-d and pointed to the baby, at which the people said "They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"" but then, our beloved Jesus, spoke from the cradle, defending his mother, with words of beauty that if a man said in his old age would be amazing yet these were words ofa baby,

He said: "I am indeed a servant of Allah: He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet;
"And He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live;
"(He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable;
"So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)"!

So peace be upon Jesus, and Mary, and May Allah bring Jesus down to us again, ameen.
 
Hi, Free, :)

Nice to know your still sticking around,

Free said:
Here is my question. I just started studying Islam and learned that Muslims actually believe that Jesus was a prophet. I was very surprised to discover this. My question is, if Muslims claim that Jesus was a prophet, what do they believe about the text in the Bible where he equates himself with God?
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The Bible is not in it's original form, neither is the Bible we have totally original, since it dates back only to authors claiming to be Matthew Mark Luke and John.

Free said:
Someone on another forum quoted quite a bit of the book of John to argue against the diety of Jesus but I could find many verses in the same book that clearly show Jesus believed he was equal to God. How do you address this issue?
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Again, we do not take the Bible to be the accurate speech of Jesus recorded.

And personally I have yet to find any evidence of Jesus claiming to be G-d Almighty in the Bible anyhow.

Free said:
From my perspective, you can't claim that Jesus was a prophet because of his own testimony of himself.
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Because of the testimony the Gospels attribute to him.

Free said:
Even if there are verses in the book of John that could be used to prove he isn't God, there are equally the same number of verses where he states he is. That would make him a false prophet. Can someone please explain to me what Muslims do with the rest of the book of John?
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If you have a book that you know is totally true, and then you read a book that might or might not be true, you read the book you know is totally true and things that agree with it are true and things that dont are not.


Free said:
Here are some quotes for reference:

"WHEN HE LOOKS AT ME, HE SEES THE ONE WHO SENT ME" JOHN 12:45

"I DID NOT COME TO JUDGE THE WORLD, BUT TO SAVE IT." JOHN 12:47

"ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER." JOHN 14:9

"BELIEVE IN ME WHEN I SAY THAT I AM IN THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IS IN ME." JOHN 14:11

"THOUGH YOU DO NOT KNOW HIM, I KNOW HIM (THE FATHER). IF I SAID I DID NOT, I WOULD BE A LIAR LIKE YOU. ABRAHAM REJOICED AT THE THOUGHT OF SEEING MY DAY. HE SAW IT AND WAS GLAD. I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM." JOHN 8:54-59 -- THEY WANTED TO STONE HIM. WHY? BECAUSE IN CALLING HIMSELF "I AM", HE WAS EQUATING HIMSELF TO GOD.

"YOU STUDY THE SCRIPTURES BECAUSE YOU THINK BY THEM YOU POSSESS ETERNAL LIFE. THEY TESTIFY ABOUT ME YET YOU REFUSE TO COME TO ME." (V39-40)

HE LAID DOWN HIS DIETY ONLY TO PICK IT UP AGAIN. PHILIPPIANS 2:6-8

Thanks for any feedback.
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I doubt that any answers to those txts that I provide you'd agree to, since most people tend to believe what they believe and then try to make it fit into their scripture.

Eesa Abdullah :)

Free[/QUOTE]
 
Thanks, Woodrow, that's helpful. :)

I understand not everyone accepts the Bible as truth just as not everyone accepts the Qur'an as truth. On what then do you base your acceptance of Jesus as an authentic messenger of God?
 
Free,

When you have made over 50 posts and are no longer a limited member, be sure to give me a private message and we will discuss everything God willing.
 
As Salaamu Alaikum,

In Islam we believe Isa (Jesus)was a prophet of Allah and not his son. It is beneath Allah to have a child. We believe that Isa will return to earth. He was not crucified on the cross. Allah placed an image of Isa on the cross. He lifted Isa from the cross. Isa will return and when he do, he will kill the swan and break the cross. If you read in Surah Maida. It will better explain. Isa never told anyone to worship him but to worship Allah only. That is why they tried to kill him but Allah (Subhana Wa'tala) raised him from the cross. Worship Allah and obey his prophets. InshaAllah I have answered your question and may Allah forgive me for anything that I have said wrong.

Hear is an example. The first man created by Allah was Adam who was sent down from heaven to earth. if Allah was to have a son, wouldn't he have made his first creation of man his son?:?
 
There is a book for you to read that I have from online:

It's titled: "The Status of Jesus in Islaam" by Shaykh Rabee' bin Haadee al-Madkhalee (an Islaamic scholar) — may Allaah preserve him...

You can download and read it: here

You must be able to view .pdf files (http://www.adobe.com)
 

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