What Do Muslims Believe about Jesus?
Muslims respect and revere Jesus (peace be upon
him). They consider him one of the
greatest of God’s messengers to mankind.
The Quran confirms his virgin birth, and a chapter of the Quran is
entitled ‘Maryam’ (Mary). The Quran
describes the birth of Jesus as follows:
(Remember) when the angels said, “O Mary, God gives
you good news of a word from Him (God), whose name is the Messiah Jesus, son of
Mary, revered in this world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near
(to God). He will speak to the people
from his cradle and as a man, and he is of the righteous.” She said, “My Lord,
how can I have a child when no mortal has touched me?” He said, “So (it will
be). God creates what He wills. If He decrees a thing, He says to it only,
‘Be!’ and it is.” (Quran, 3:45-47)
Jesus was born miraculously by the command of God
which had brought Adam into being without a father. God has said:
The case of
Jesus with God is like the case of Adam.
He created him from dust, and then He said to him, “Be!” and he came
into being. (Quran, 3:59)
During his prophetic mission, Jesus performed many
miracles. God tells us that Jesus said:
“I have come
to you with a sign from your Lord. I
make for you the shape of a bird out of clay, I breathe into it, and it becomes
a bird by God’s permission. I heal the
blind from birth and the leper. And I
bring the dead to life by God’s permission.
And I tell you what you eat and what you store in your houses....” (Quran, 3:49)
Muslims believe that Jesus was not crucified. It was the plan of Jesus’ enemies to crucify
him, but God saved him and raised him up to Him. And the likeness of Jesus was put over another man. Jesus’ enemies took this man and crucified
him, thinking that he was Jesus. God
has said:
...They said,
“We killed the Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of God.” They did not
kill him, nor did they crucify him, but the likeness of him was put on another
man (and they killed that man)...
(Quran, 4:157)
Neither Muhammad nor Jesus came to change the basic
doctrine of the belief in one God, brought by earlier prophets, but rather to
confirm and renew it.
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