Why does the Quran deny Jesus as a son of God ?

To Ansar Al-'Adl:

You got my point! Of course I don't have any evidence. But the Chinese peasant who is claiming to be equal and superior to Buddha and Confucius doesn't have any evidence either! You have to take his word in order to believe him.

So you don't have any evidence in favor or against his utterances being true.

But you have one thing. You have your common sense.
 
You got my point! Of course I don't have any evidence. But the Chinese peasant who is claiming to be equal and superior to Buddha and Confucius doesn't have any evidence either! You have to take his word in order to believe him.
Oh, but we do have evidence! :okay: I have posted several times before on the evidence for the divine authorship of the Qur'an, and the Prophethood of Muhammad pbuh, see this post for instance:
http://www.islamicboard.com/comparative-religion/13998-prove-quran-word-god.html

We can continue in that thread, if you wish to discuss further.

Peace
 
Greetings,

in one of my post in this thread, I wrote :

"The words that Allah pronounces can never corrupt or be changed. The moment we write God`s words on paper or parchment, it is automatically subject to destruction. (all matter returns to dust)"

By the mercy of my Father Eloah in the name of my Lord Yahoshua, I would like to clarify this to:

"The words that Allah pronounces can never corrupt or be changed. The moment we write God`s words on something that perishes like paper or parchment (all returns to dust), it becomes only a matter of time that a new copy needs to be produced."

And in another post I wrote :

"When God creates people or angels, this is what we term "beget". Adam was a son of God and Christ was a son of God because lineage can be traced (see Luke). Adam was a son of God because He was created by God."

I need to clarify this.

Joh 1:18 No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten god who is in the bosom with the Father is the one that has explained him. (NWT)

Joh 3:16 "For God loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten-Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life. (NWT)

Joh 3:18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (NKJV)

Jesus Christ is the only god that was begotten (or born) in human form by the womb of a woman. Allah creates. Jesus Christ is subordinate to Allah. I hope that clarifies.

David
 
What does Mohamed mean when it is written that Allah has not begotten a son ?

Hi, Im sorry that the other Forum members didnt point this out, but Muhammad (Peace be upon him) the final Messenger sent by God and the most noblest of men did not write the Quran.

Rather it is the Word of God, revealed to Muhammad (SAW) by the Angel Gabriel.

Secondly, the Noble Quran, has better translation:
http://www.ummah.net/what-is-islam/quran/neindex.htm

ALL translations of the Quran are ROUGH translations.

Good bye, I hope you read the Quran with an open mind and actually think about the Lord most high. God would never need a "son" or helper.
 
how can god who created this world with its complexion have a son ? and if he have a son would he b a human? like us? and he god who is so mighty and powerful...
muslims believe in god oneness... that he alone runs the world....
prophet mohammed came to preach islam was a completion of christianity and judasim as u see islam is way of life and it it runs muslims lives ...

the holy quran talks about jesus and mary and considers jesus peace be upon him to b one of the prophets just like mohamed peace b upon him

and we muslims are required to love and respect jesus and moses ...

but for muslims we just dont belive that god has any sons wives etc... is the one and only with no partners....
 
btw the quran is teh onli religious book that has one authnetic version
the bible has like thousands of versions... how?? god is not gonna send thousands of books...
and every version says somethign different and sometimes they are contradicting...
the torah has some diff versions too but not as much as the bible....
 
To sweetangel16:

I will tell you a little about what we Christians mean when we say that Jesus is the "Son of God".

Many Muslims get all confused about this idea. They think that we Christians believe that God got married, had a son and then perhaps will have grandchildren.

Obviously we don't believe anything like that.

This is a great mystery but the best approximation developed by Christian thinkers is the following. God the Father exists for all eternity and for all eternity he thinks. So in His Mind he develops a concept, an idea of Himself. This idea has all the perfections that God the Father has, among them the perfection of existence. Thus, God has an idea of Himself that has its own existence. This Idea, also called the Word, or the Meaning is God the Son.

It was God the Son who came to our world and He shared our life and our suffering. He did that because God loves us and He wanted to manifest his love. God the Son, when He walked on this Earth, was known as Jesus of Nazareth.

He wasn't a prophet. He was much more than that. A prophet is somebody who is not God, who tells you how to behave in order to approach God. Jesus WAS God. Following Him was following God. That is why he didn't need to give us careful instructions about how to behave in every little detail of our daily lives. He wasn't pointing to the way as a prophet do, He WAS the Way.

Read more about Him, and from better sources. It is all over the Internet. You will find love, the most important thing ever.
 
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You are left with two options:

1) He is really receiving TODAY a revelation from God that happens to incorporate bits and pieces of already existing religions.

2) He has some familiarity with the older religions and he is making everything up, taking those bits and pieces from them as he sees convenient.

What would you believe? That is exactly what I believe.

Brother Ansar gave a useful link for this. And I apologise if I seemed angry however these are very serious matters we are talking about and anyone can come in and make up ridicules claims I hope you understand.

I remember someone saying that muslims believe the WHOLE Bible is corrupt, this ofcourse would be an unfair statement and muslims do not believe this, however because of the translations made etc there are bound to be errors and the fact that the Gospels were written along time afterwards all add up to errors.

And as we know the conscept of the trinity was introduced later on, this would be a grave deviation from the "original" Injeel.

DaveJames2027 Im very pleased to see that we do agree on a large scale (even though the term begetton and son wouldnt be accepted by muslims) however you do manage to confuse me;

Jesus Christ is the only god that was begotten (or born) in human form by the womb of a woman. Allah creates. Jesus Christ is subordinate to Allah. I hope that clarifies.

David

I thought we agreed on that Jesus was not God but the "Son" (ie servant) of God? Is this now thrown out of the window?

And if you could find time, please reply to my previous post, thanks.


So in His Mind he develops a concept, an idea of Himself. This idea has all the perfections that God the Father has, among them the perfection of existence. Thus, God has an idea of Himself that has its own existence. This Idea, also called the Word, or the Meaning is God the Son.

Turin Turambar

So in other words Jesus is as perfect in existence as God?

He wasn't a prophet. He was much more than that. A prophet is somebody who is not God, who tells you how to behave in order to approach God. Jesus WAS God.

I have a feeling that we are taking a huge step backwards in this disscussion, and this is spot on with why the muslims hate to use the word Son (even if it means servant)

Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah, He is the Messiah, son of Marium; and the Messiah said: O Children of Israel! serve Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Surely whoever associates (others) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden to him the garden, and his abode is the fire; and there shall be no helpers for the unjust.

Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah is the third (person) of the three; and there is no god but the one God, and if they desist not from what they say, a painful chastisement shall befall those among them who disbelieve.

Will they not then turn to Allah and ask His forgiveness? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

The Messiah, son of Marium is but an apostle; apostles before him have indeed passed away; and his mother was a truthful woman; they both used to eat food. See how We make the communications clear to them, then behold, how they are turned away. [Surah Maidah Ayah 72-75]
 
To sweetangel16:

I will tell you a little about what we Christians mean when we say that Jesus is the "Son of God".

Many Muslims get all confused about this idea. They think that we Christians believe that God got married, had a son and then perhaps will have grandchildren.

Obviously we don't believe anything like that.

This is a great mystery but the best approximation developed by Christian thinkers is the following. God the Father exists for all eternity and for all eternity he thinks. So in His Mind he develops a concept, an idea of Himself. This idea has all the perfections that God the Father has, among them the perfection of existence. Thus, God has an idea of Himself that has its own existence. This Idea, also called the Word, or the Meaning is God the Son.

It was God the Son who came to our world and He shared our life and our suffering. He did that because God loves us and He wanted to manifest his love. God the Son, when He walked on this Earth, was known as Jesus of Nazareth.

He wasn't a prophet. He was much more than that. A prophet is somebody who is not God, who tells you how to behave in order to approach God. Jesus WAS God. Following Him was following God. That is why he didn't need to give us careful instructions about how to behave in every little detail of our daily lives. He wasn't pointing to the way as a prophet do, He WAS the Way.

Read more about Him, and from better sources. It is all over the Internet. You will find love, the most important thing ever.

Turin Turambar,

No verse in the Bible states that Jesus is the Father. In fact, that is binitarianism and was invented in the different councils that took place in the 3rd & 4th century. Jesus is not the Father. Thus, Jesus is not Allah and he is not God as God is God. Only Allah or Eloah or Elahh is the one true God and He alone do true Christians worship, pray and serve. We do not worship or pray to Jesus nor we do we pray to Gabriel or Michael or to Mariam who is dead.

2Co 4:4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. (NKJV)

Jesus Christ is the image of God. He is not that God.
God has indeed warned us not to worship images, and this includes Jesus the Christ.

Ex 20:4 "You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; (NKJV)

No man has ever seen nor ever can or even hear His voice.

1Ti 6:16 who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen. (NKJV)

1Jo 4:12 No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. (NKJV)

Therefore, Jesus Christ is not Allah.

The famous John 1:1 which has confused many a Christians states:

John 1:1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (NKJV)

Here it is in romanized characters.

John 1:1 [In]en [beginning]arch [was]hn [the word]o logov [and]kai [the word]o logov [was]hn [toward]prov [THE God]ton yeon [and]kai [god]yeov [was]hn [the]o [word]logov

Thus John 1:1 In beginning was the word and the word was toward The God and god was the word.

There is a difference between "God" and "god". It is known fact that they are many gods in existence. Michael and Gabriel are gods and the adversary is the god of this age. So is Jesus Christ a god. They are not however The God, Eloah.

David
 
Greetings,

a quick question to my arab friends here:

would you be so kind as to tell me what word in the orinigal arabic is translated as the verb "beget", whether it be "begot" or "begotten" or any other verbal tense ?

such as in...

Su 17:111 Say: "Praise be to Allah, who begets no son, and has no partner in His dominion: Nor needs He any to protect Him from humiliation: yea, magnify Him for His greatness and glory!"

Su 19:35 It is not befitting to the majesty of Allah that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! when He determines a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

Su 19:92 For it is not consonant with the majesty of Allah Most Gracious that He should beget a son.

Su 23:91 No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him: if there were many gods, behold, each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have lorded it over others! Glory to Allah! He is free from the sort of things they attribute to Him!

Su 112:3 He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;

Thank you

David
 
Islam does not cause confusion to the believer concerning Allah. Allah is one in Islam. Allah has no son or father. Allah has no parallel or equal.
According to Islam Jesus is not the son of Allah. Jesus is Allah's apostle. So is Moses. So is Muhammad (Peace be Upon Them.) So are all Prophets and Apostles. Allah has no son or sons.
To believe that God is unique, and vastly superior to his creation, and yet has a son is inconsistent. This lowers God to human carnal level.
In today's Christianity, it is said that God had his son killed in order to save humanity. With all respect to our Christian friends, it is difficult to accept this, because it is against the justice and Might of God. Why should God kill to save? It is unfair to kill an innocent person to save others. In addition, Allah does not need to kill anyone to save others. Allah can save without killing. Further, it is difficult to see the relationship between killing and saving. It is difficult to convince a person of how, if Allah kills his son, other men are saved. Further, it is difficult to convinced people that Allah killed his only son, when he should protect him.
In Islam, this issue is clear, logical, and rational. In Islam, Allah is one. Allah has no son. Allah does not kill. A person is not saved by God's killing another person. In Islam, your saved or doomed by yourself and your deeds. In Islam, Allah shows us the right path and the wrong path through the Holy Quran; our responsibility is to choose either path; each one of us is saved or doomed according to his choice and, consequently, according to his deeds
Islam does not have the concept of Trinity or the concept of "the three in one". It is very difficult for the mind to accept or understand how one being can be Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit simultaneously. Furthermore, Allah has no son and does not need sons, because Allah is the owner of everything and the Creator of all beings.
Jesus did not say he was Allah. Jesus said, "I do nothing of myself" This would indicate that the miracles of Jesus are given to him by Allah, like all Apostles before and after. He also said, "I am not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God"
This means that Jesus refers to God as a Father metaphorically, because he says that God is his Father and their Father. If Jesus is Allah how did Allah kill him or have him killed? According to Islam, Jesus is a man, an exemplary man, a holy man, an apostle chosen by God to be a model for the people he was sent to.
In Islam, there is no mediation between Allah and Men. You do not need to go to a priest, to confess or repent to him. In Islam, every Muslim has a direct contacts with Allah, no matter how weak, poor, or ignorant he is. In Islam, Allah is the God of all. Every Muslim decides by himself how near or how far he wants to be from God, depending on his free will and deeds. In Islam, there are no mediators between Man and Allah
In Islam, there are no men of religion, as in some other beliefs. In Islam, every Muslim is responsible for his own belief and for Islam in general. In Islam, there are scholars of religion, but there is no class of clergymen.
In Islam, there is no celibacy, because celibacy is against human nature. Islam urges the Muslim to get married as soon as he can, because it is difficult for normal people to be religious and unmarried at the same time. Islam, as a rule organizes human nature, but never destroys it goes against it.
Islam is a religion, but not in the western meaning of religion. The western connotation of the term "religion" is something between the believer and God. Islam is a religion organizes all aspects of life on both the individual and national levels. Islam organizes your relations with God, with yourself, with your children, with your relatives, with your neighbour, with your guest, and with other brethren. Islam clearly establishes your duties and rights in all those relationships. Islam establishes a clear system of worship, civil rights, laws of marriage and divorce, laws of inheritance, code of behaviour, what not to drink, what to wear, and what not to wear, how to worship God, how to govern, the laws of war and peace, when to go to war, when to make peace, the law of economics, and the laws of buying and selling.
Islam is a complete code of life. Islam is not for the mosque only. Islam is for life, daily life. Islam is a guide to life in all its aspects: socially, economically, and politically. Islam is complete constitution. Thus Islam keeps the Muslim away from confusion, because Islam is logical and rational. Allah is one. Allah is one Allah has no sons. Allah is not trinity. Allah does not kill to save. No mediation is required between Allah and man. Islam organizes human nature, but does not go against it. There is not a class of clergy in Islam; nor is there celibacy. Islam is complete code of human life.
http://www.angislam.org/broch1/eb039.htm

pray this helps...as I am not good at explainning ..But the idea that God has to kill a son to prove something, just doesn't make sense to me...peace to you
 
:sl:
Verse 17:111 says "lam yattakhidh waladan" "he did not give (to him) a son". It is actually written "he did not take a son (to him)".

Correct, infact in all the verses you qouted that word is used, except the last where it is "Yalid" and "Yulad" which mean begetton or Beget.


I must say though people like you, you can see glimps of the early christians :)

No man has ever seen nor ever can or even hear His voice.


Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all) vision; and He is the Knower of subtleties, the Aware.
[Surah Al Anam Ayah 103]

God has indeed warned us not to worship images, and this includes Jesus the Christ.

Now, surely, sincere obedience is due to Allah (alone) and (as for) those who take guardians besides Him, (saying), We do not serve them save that they may make us nearer to Allah, surely Allah will judge between them in that in which they differ; surely Allah does not guide him aright who is a liar, ungrateful. [Surah Zumar Ayah 3]

And guess what these early christians said when they heared about the truth?

And when they hear what has been revealed to the apostle you will see their eyes overflowing with tears on account of the truth that they recognize; they say: Our Lord! we believe, so write us down with the witnesses (of truth).

And what (reason) have we that we should not believe in Allah and in the truth that has come to us, while we earnestly desire that our Lord should cause us to enter with the good people?

Therefore Allah rewarded them on account of what they said, with gardens in which rivers flow to abide in them; and this is the reward of those who do good (to others).
[Surah Maidah Ayah 83-85]
 
:rant: well lets get this straight christians do worship jesus's christ and muslimz worship god but at the end of the day wot ever they worship that's them :offended:
 
To songinwind:

You say:

"Islam is a religion, but not in the western meaning of religion. The western connotation of the term "religion" is something between the believer and God. Islam is a religion organizes all aspects of life on both the individual and national levels. Islam organizes your relations with God, with yourself, with your children, with your relatives, with your neighbour, with your guest, and with other brethren. Islam clearly establishes your duties and rights in all those relationships. Islam establishes a clear system of worship, civil rights, laws of marriage and divorce, laws of inheritance, code of behaviour, what not to drink, what to wear, and what not to wear, how to worship God, how to govern, the laws of war and peace, when to go to war, when to make peace, the law of economics, and the laws of buying and selling."

If Islam establishes all things, could you please tell me how is it compatible with the Constitution and the laws of the USA? After all, in this country the laws of war and peace, the laws of buying and selling, etc. are made by the President and the Congress? You don't like that system? What happens if the two systems collide, which one prevails?

Thanks.
 
Hello,

I am studying Quran. And I sometimes fall upon surahs like :

What does Mohamed mean when it is written that Allah has not begotten a son ?

Thank you,

a puzzled student

I had to laugh at this whole mess! I ran across it when trying to work out the "He said, She said, They said, We said" BS that resulted in Azrael being called an Angel of Death. Apparently, there have been quite a few "messes" made, so now the records look like a literal train-wreck. The particular mess your talking about was caused by Constantine... have a read under Azrael's Christian History:

http://www.songofazrael.org/whoisazrael.html

Just be warned, you might not like what you see, but the records were all triple checked, placed in chronological order and verified by the religious scholars. This, by the way, is why you'll see comments posted by me that define religious divisions as... evil.

Ninth Scribe
 
A nice article


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The Islamic Perspective
(From Newsweek.com; March 27, 2000)

At the onset of Ramadan last year, Vatican officials sent greetings to the world's Muslims, inviting them to reflect on Jesus as "a model and permanent message for humanity." But for Muslims, the Prophet Muhammad is the perfect model for humankind and in the Qur'an (in Arabic only), they believe, the very Word of God dwells among us.

Even so, Muslims recognize Jesus as a great prophet and revere him as Isa ibn Maryam—Jesus, the son of Mary, the only woman mentioned by name in the Qur'an. At a time when many Christians deny Jesus' birth to a virgin, Muslims find the story in the Qur'an and affirm that it is true. "It's a very strange situation, where Muslims are defending the miraculous birth of Jesus against Western deniers," says Seyyed Hossein Nasr, professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University. "Many Westerners also do not believe that Jesus ascended into heaven. Muslims do." Indeed, many Muslims see themselves as Christ's true followers.


What Muslims believe about Jesus comes from the Qur'an—not the New Testament, which they consider tainted by human error. They also draw upon their own oral traditions, called hadith, and on experts' commentaries. In these sources, Jesus is born of Mary under a palm tree by a direct act of God. From the cradle, the infant Jesus announces that he is God's prophet, though not God's son, since Allah is "above having a son" according to the Qur'an.

Nonetheless, the Muslim Jesus enjoys unique spiritual prerogatives that other prophets, including Muhammad, lack. Only Jesus and his mother were born untouched by Satan. Even Muhammad had to be purified by angels before receiving prophethood. Again, in the Qur'an Muhammad is not presented as a miracle worker, but Jesus miraculously heals the blind, cures lepers and "brings forth the dead by [Allah's] leave." In this way Jesus manifests himself as the Messiah, or "the anointed one." Muslims are not supposed to pray to anyone but Allah. But in popular devotions many ask Jesus or Mary or John the Baptist for favors. (According to one recent estimate, visions of Jesus or Mary have occurred some 70 times in Muslim countries since 1985.)

Although Muhammad supersedes Jesus as the last and greatest of the prophets, he still must die. But in the Qur'an, Jesus did not die, nor was he resurrected. Muslims believe that Jesus asked God to save him from crucifixion, as the Gospels record, and that God answered his prayer by taking him directly up to heaven. "God would not allow one of his prophets to be killed," says Martin Palmer, director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture in Manchester, England. "If Jesus had been crucified, it would have meant that God had failed his prophet."

When the end of the world approaches, Muslims believe that Jesus will descend to defeat the antichrist—and, incidentally, to set the record straight. His presence will prove the Crucifixion was a myth and eventually he will die a natural death. "Jesus will return as a Muslim," says Nasr, "in the sense that he will unite all believers in total submission to the one God."
 
Jesus in the Glorious Qur'an

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The Qur’an tells us a lot of wonderful things about Jesus. As a result, believers in the Qur’an love Jesus, honour him, and believe in him. In fact, no Muslim can be a Muslim unless he or she believes in Jesus, on whom be peace.</H4>The Qur’an says that Jesus was born of a virgin, that he spoke while he was still only a baby, that he healed the blind and the leper by God’s leave, and that he raised the dead by God’s leave.
What then is the significance of these miracles? First, the virgin birth. God demonstrates his power to create in every way. God created everyone we know from a man and a woman. But how about Adam, on whom be peace? God created him from neither a man nor a woman. And Eve from only a man, but not a woman. And, finally, to complete the picture, God created Jesus from a woman, but not a man.
What about the other miracles? These were to show that Jesus was not acting on his own behalf, but that he was backed by God. The Qur’an specifies that these miracles were performed by God’s leave. This may be compared to the Book of Acts in the Bible, chapter 2, verse 22, where it says that the miracles were done by God to show that he approved of Jesus. Also, note that Jesus himself is recorded in the Gospel of John to have said, “I can do nothing of my own authority” (5:30). The miracles, therefore, were done not by his own authority, but by God’s authority.
What did Jesus teach? The Qur’an tells us that Jesus came to teach the same basic message which was taught by previous prophets from God—that we must shun every false god and worship only the one true God. Jesus taught that he is the servant and messenger of that one true God, the God of Abraham. These Quranic teachings can be compared with the Bible ( Mark 10:18; Matthew 26:39; John 14:28, 17:3, and 20:17) where Jesus teaches that the one he worshipped is the only true God. See also Matthew 12:18; Acts 3:13, and 4:27 where we find that his disciples knew him as Servant of God.
The Qur’an tells us that some of the Israelites rejected Jesus, and conspired to kill him, but Allah (God) rescued Jesus and raised him to Himself. Allah will cause Jesus to descend again, at which time Jesus will confirm his true teachings and everyone will believe in him as he is and as the Qur’an teaches about him.
Jesus is the Messiah. He is a word from Allah, and a spirit from Him. He is honoured in this world and in the hereafter, and he is one of those brought nearest to Allah.
Jesus was a man who spoke the truth which he heard from God. This can be compared with the Gospel According to John where Jesus says to the Israelites: “You are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God” (John 8:40).


The Virgin Birth of Jesus

Muslims believe in the virgin birth of Jesus. When the angels announced to Mary (peace be upon her) about Allah’s promise that she will have a son, she was surprised, since she was a virgin. “How can this be?” she thought. She was reminded that it is easy for Allah to create whatever he wills.
She said: My Lord! How can I have a child when no mortal hath touched me? He said: So (it will be). Allah createth what He will. If He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is (Qur’an 3:47).
It is not difficult for Allah to do anything he wants. He can create a child with both human parents or only one. No miracle is beyond His power. After all, He had created Adam (peace be upon him) from neither a man nor a woman. He created the rest of us from both man and woman. What is so hard if Allah decides to create a human being from a woman only? He only commands “Be!” and it occurs.
Some people think that since Jesus, peace be upon him, had no human father then God must be his father. The Qur’an rejects this view. The position of Jesus with Allah is comparable to the position of Adam with Allah. Just because Adam had no human parent does not mean we should call him the Son of God.
Lo! the likeness of Jesus with Allah is as the likeness of Adam. He created him from dust, then He said unto him: Be! and he is. (Qur’an 3:59).
According to the Qur’an, everyone except Allah are His servants.
And they say: the Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a Son. Assuredly ye utter a disastrous thing, whereby almost the heavens are torn, and the earth is split asunder and the mountains fall to ruins, that ye ascribe to the Beneficent a son, when it is not meet for (the Majesty of) the Beneficent that He should chose a son. There is none in the heavens and the earth but cometh unto the Beneficent as a slave. (Qur’an 19:88-93)


The Miracles of Jesus

According to the Qur’an, Jesus, on whom be peace, performed the following miracles by Allah’s leave:
1. Spoke while he was only a baby.
2. Healed those born blind.
3. Healed the lepers.
4. Revived the dead.
5. Breathed life into a bird made of clay.

In the Qur’an Allah quotes Jesus, peace be upon him, as saying:
Lo! I come unto you with a sign from your Lord. Lo! I fashion for you out of clay the likeness of a bird, and I breathe into it and it is a bird by Allah’s leave. I heal him who was born blind, and the leper, and I raise the dead, by Allah’s leave. And I announce to you what you eat and what you store up in your houses. Lo! herein verily is a portent for you if you are to be believers.
And (I come) confirming that which was before me of the Torah, and to make lawful some of that which was forbidden unto you. I come unto you with a sign from your Lord, so keep your duty to Allah and obey me. Lo! Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path. (Qur’an 3: 49-51).
Again, in the Qur’an Allah tells us about the situation on the Day of Judgement:
In the day when Allah gathers together the messengers and says: What was your response (from mankind)? they say: We have no knowledge. Lo! Thou, only Thou art the Knower of Things Hidden.
When Allah says: O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My favour unto you and unto your mother; how I strengthened you with the holy Spirit, so that you spoke unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; and how I taught you the Scripture and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and how you did shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird by My permission, and did blow upon it and it was a bird by My permission, and you did heal him who was born blind and the leper by My permission . . . (Qur’an 5:109-110)
Not all of these miracles are recorded in the canonical gospels, the four gospels contained in the Christian Bible.
The fact that Jesus spoke while he was yet a baby is not written anywhere in the Bible. This should not be surprising, because none of the Gospels can claim to recover every single event in the life of Jesus. Instead, the gospel According to John seeks to emphasize that the events were too many to record.
Similarly, the miracle of breathing life into a bird made of clay is not attested by the Christian Bible. This too should not make us wonder. It is obvious that the writers of the gospels could write down only the tradition that was available to them. Furthermore, they could not write down everything they knew about Jesus for they were writing on papyrus material that were very limited in length.
What is worthy to notice here is that the Prophet Muhammad, may peace and the blessings of Allah be upon him, was honest enough to promulgate this information about Jesus. The religion taught by God through Muhammad would deny the divinity of Jesus. Any human being, therefore, who wished to deny the divinity of Jesus would have tried to belittle Jesus. Since Christians looked upon the miracles of Jesus as a proof of his divinity, we might expect that any human being who tries to deny the divinity of Jesus would not have informed people of miracles not previously known to them. He might have even tried to deny some of the miracles recorded in the canonical gospels. On the other hand, the prophet Muhammad honestly conveyed the message delivered to him from Allah. (May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.)
Allah tells us the truth without fear. Human beings trying to win followers tell us only what is conducive to winning us over. They usually withhold information that could lead to opposite conclusions. On the other hand, Allah informs us about the miracles of Jesus even if people use this information to support their prior commitment to the doctrine of the divinity of Jesus. Allah does not need to win worshippers. Those who worship Allah does so for their own good. And those who worship false gods do so to their own detriment.
What Allah emphasizes, though, is that the miracles of Jesus do not prove he was divine. The miracles he performed were a sign, a proof, that he was God’s messenger. He performed them with God’s help and permission. Those who use his miracles as proof of his divinity would choose to forget the following sayings of Jesus:
I can of my own authority do nothing. (John 5:30)
They also forget the declaration of Peter:
Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves know. (Acts 2:22 KJV).
These passages suggest that Jesus did not do miracles on his own. These, rather were accomplished by God’s leave. Allah reminds us of this. Jesus also constantly repeated to his audience that the miracles he performed were by God’s leave.
 

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