{"id":3368,"date":"2022-01-02T09:34:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T07:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/?p=3368"},"modified":"2022-01-02T09:34:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T07:34:37","slug":"the-area-of-disagreement-between-islam-and-christianity-concerning-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/?p=3368","title":{"rendered":"The area of disagreement between Islam and Christianity, concerning Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Islam agrees with Christianity, in general, on the following points:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Islam advocates the holiness of Jesus. As a matter of fact, it is an essential part of the Islamic teaching to revere Jesus and to believe in his holiness, and that he lived in this world as a pure person free of any sin. From the Holy Qur\u2019an:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the angels said: \u2018O Mary! Surely God gives thee good news of a word from Him whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, Son of Mary, worthy of regard in this world and the hereafter, and of those who are highly accepted by God.\u2019 \u201d 3:45<\/p>\n

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2. Islam declares the holiness of Mary, the mother of Jesus. No Muslim can doubt the decency and purity of Mary. She, according to the Qur\u2019an, had been the most noble among the women of the nations:<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when the angels said: \u2018O Mary! Certainly God has chosen thee and made thee pure and has preferred thee above the women of all nations.<\/p>\n

\u201d \u2018O Mary! Be obedient to thy Lord, prostrate thyself and bow with those who bow (in<\/p>\n

worship).’\u201d 3 :42-43<\/p>\n

3. Islam declares that Jesus was miraculously born from a virgin mother with no father. From the Holy Qur\u2019an:<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd mention Mary in the book. When she withdrew to a place east of her family. She screened herself from them; then We sent to her Our angel, and he appeared to her as a man in all respects. She said: \u2018I seek refuge in God against you if you are righteous.\u2019 He said: \u2018I am only a Messenger of Thy Lord to grant to you a pure boy.\u2019 She said: \u2018How can I have a son, and no mortal has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste?\u2019 He said: \u2018So (it will be). Thy Lord says:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is easy for Me; and that We may make him a sign to men and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter decreed. Then she conceived him; and withdrew with him to a remote place. And the throes of childbirth drove her to the trunk of the palm-tree. She said: \u2018Oh, would that I had died before this, and had been a thing quite forgotten. So a voice came to her from beneath her:<\/p>\n

\u2018Grieve not, surely thy Lord has provided a stream beneath thee. And shake towards thee the trunk of the palm-tree, it will drop on thee fresh ripe dates. So eat and drink and be pleased. Then if thou seest any human, say: \u201cSurely I have vowed a fasting for the sake of the Beneficent, so I will not speak to any human today.\u201d 19:16-26<\/p>\n

4. The Qur\u2019an attributes to Jesus many of the miracles which are mentioned in the Gospel. According to the Holy Qur\u2019an, Jesus was empowered by God to cure the sick, revive the dead, and make the blind see:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 and He (God) will make him (Jesus) a messenger to the children of Israel (saying): \u2018I have come to you with a sign from your Lord that I fashion for you, out of clay, the likeness of a bird, and I breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by permission of God. I heal him who was born blind, and the leper, and I raise the dead by permission of God. And I announce unto you what ye eat and what ye store in your houses. \u2018Lo! Herein verily is a sign for you, if ye are to be believers.\u2019 \u201d 3:49<\/p>\n

In addition to this, the Holy Qur\u2019an ascribes to Jesus a miracle that is not recorded in the<\/p>\n

gospels: Jesus spoke clearly while he was in the cradle:<\/p>\n

\u201cThen she came to her people with him, carrying him. They said: \u2018O Mary, thou hast indeed brought a strange thing. O sister of Aaron, thy father was not a wicked man, nor was thy mother an unchaste woman.\u2019 But she pointed to him. They said: \u2018How should we speak to a one who is a child in the cradle?\u2019 He said: \u2018I am indeed a servant of God. He has given me the Book and made me a prophet; and He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on me prayer and purity so long as I live. And to be kind to my mother; and He has not made me insolent, un-blessed. And Peace be on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I am raised to life (in the Hereafter).\u2019 \u201d 19:27-33<\/p>\n

\u201cThen she came to her people with him, carrying him. They said: \u2018O Mary, thou hast indeed brought a strange thing. O sister of Aaron, thy father was not a wicked man, nor was thy mother an unchaste woman.\u2019 But she pointed to him. They said: \u2018How should we speak to a one who is a child in the cradle?\u2019 He said: \u2018I am indeed a servant of God. He has given me the Book and made me a prophet; and He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on me prayer and purity so long as I live. And to be kind to my mother; and He has not made me insolent, un-blessed. And Peace be on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I am raised to life (in the Hereafter).\u2019 \u201d 19:27-33<\/p>\n

The area of disagreement between Islam and Christianity, concerning Jesus, includes\u00a0<\/strong>the following points:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Although Islam accepts the holiness of Jesus, it denies his divinity. According to the teaching of Islam, Jesus is no deity. He is not God, nor is he united with God. He is worthy of reverence<\/p>\n

and great respect, but he is not worthy of worship. Islam is uncompromising in its Monotheism. God is only One, and there is no God but He, the Almighty, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsistent,<\/p>\n

the Infinite in life, knowledge, and power. Jesus is not ever-living. He was born less than 2000 years ago, and according to the gospels, he died after a very short life. He is not almighty because he was a subject of persecution; nor was he infinite. He could not be the Creator of the world because the world is over four billion years old, while he was born less than two thousand years ago. He is not worthy of worship because he himself was a humble worshipper of God.<\/p>\n

2. Jesus, according to the teaching of Islam, is not a son of God. God does not have any son or child, because He is above that. Bodily parenthood is inconceivable in His case because He is not physical. Spiritual parenthood also is not conceivable, because He is the Creator of every spiritual and material being. The Holy Qur\u2019an is clear on this point:<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd (they) impute falsely, without knowledge, sons and daughters unto Him. Glorified be He and high exalted above (all) that they ascribe (unto Him). The Originator of the heavens and the Earth! How can He have a child when there is no consort for Him, when He created all things and is Aware of all things? Such is God, your Lord. There is no God save Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He taketh care of all things.\u201d 6:100-102<\/p>\n

3. Islam denies the crucifixion of Jesus. Jesus did not die on the cross. The Holy Qur\u2019an is clear on this point.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd because of their saying: \u2018We slew the Messiah Jesus Son of Mary, the Messenger of God.\u2019 They slew him not nor crucified him, but appeared so unto them; and lo! Those who disagree concerning it are in doubt thereof; they have no knowledge thereof but the pursuit of a conjecture; for certain they slew him not, but God took him up to Himself. God is Ever-Mighty, Wise.\u201d 4:157-158<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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