INTRODUCTION
The
Islamic account of Jesuss life, mission, his conception, his birth, his
reality, his mother, his disciple etc. is quite reasonable and puts Jesus in his
right place among the great messengers of god to humanity. Although the Islamic
view of Jesus agrees with many people instinctively think. It is sometimes
rejected because this is what Islam says about him. However those who come to
seek the truth with an open mind and free from bias will submit to the logic and
believability of the Islamic account of Jesus. In this pamphlet we highlight our
beliefs as Muslims about Jesus in a concise account
base on the holy Quran. For those who sincerely seek the truth
may Allah guide all of you.
Onayzah
Islamic Center
WHAT
THE HOLY QURAN SAYS ABOUT JESUS (PBUH)
ABOUT HIS
CONCEPTION:
Behold ! the angels said: O Mary ! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a
word from him, his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary held in honor in
this World and the Hereafter, and of (the company) those nearest to Allah. He
shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity, and shall be (of the
company) of righteous. She said: O my Lord ! how shall I have a son when no man
hath touched me? He said: even so Allah createth what he willed when he hath
decreed a matter, he but saith to it BE and it is ! (HOLY QURAN 3:45
47) He said: Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord (to announce) to thee
the gift of a pure son. She said: How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has
touched me and I am not unchaste? He said: So (it will be) thy Lord saith, that
is easy for Me and (We wish) to appoint him as a sign unto men and a mercy from
Us. It is a matter (So) decreed. So
she conceived him, and she retired
with him to a remote place. (HOLY QURAN 19:19 22)
And (remember) her who guarded her chastity. We breathed into her from
Our spirit and We made her and her son a Sign for all peoples. (HOLY QURAN
21:91) And Mary the daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity and We breathed
into (her body) of Our spirit and she testified to the truth of the words of her
Lord and of his Revelations and was one of the devout (servants).
(HOLY
QURAN 66:12)
ABOUT HIS
BIRTH:
And
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. But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree) grieve not !
for thy Lord hath provided a rivulent beneath thee; and shake towards thyself
the trunk of the palm-tree, it will let fall fresh ripe dates upon thee. So eat
and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see any man say, I have vowed a
fast to (Allah) Most Gracious and this day will I enter into no talked with any
human being. At length she brought the (babe) carrying him (in her arms) they
said: O Mary truly strange things has thou brought. O sister of Aaron ! thy
father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste. But she pointed
to the babe. They said: How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle? He
said: I am indeed a servant of Allah, He hath give me Revelation and made me a
prophet. And He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be. And hath enjoined on me
prayer and zakat as long as I live. (He hath made me) kind to my mother, and not
overbearing or unblest. So Peace on
me the day I was born. The day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up
to life (again). Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary (it is) a statement of truth,
about which they (vainly) dispute. (HOLY
QURAN 19: 23-34)
ABOUT HIS
REALITY:
The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that as Adam. He created him
from dust then said to him BE and he was. (HOLY QURAN 3:59)
Say: We believe in Allah and in what has been revealed to Abraham,
Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and in (the Book) given to Moses, Jesus,
and the Prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between one and another
among them, and to Allah do we bow our will (in Islam). (HOLY QURAN 3:84)
We have sent thee inspiration as We sent it to Noah and the Messengers
after him , we sent inspiration to Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes,
to Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron and Solomon, and to David We gave the Psalms. (HOLY
QURAN 4:164)
O People of the Book ! commit no excesses in your religion, nor say of
Allah aught but that truth.
Christ Jesus the
son of Mary was (no more than) a messenger of Allah, and His Word which He
bestowed on Mary and a spirit proceeding from Him. So believe in Allah
and His Messengers. Say not THREE desist. It will be better for
you. For Allah is one God, Glory be to Him; (far exalted is He) above having a
son. To Him belongs all thing in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah
as a Disposer of affairs. Christ disdaineth not to serve and worship Allah, nor
do the angels, those nearest (to Allah) those who disdain his worship and are
arrogant, He will gather them all together unto Himself to (answer). But those
who believe and do deeds of righteousness, He will give their (due) rewards and
more out of his bounty. But those who are disdainful and arrogant, He will
punish with a grievous chastisement, nor will they find, besides Allah, any to
protect or to help them. (HOLY QURAN 4:171
173) They disbelieved indeed those that say that Allah is Christ
the son of Mary, say: who then hath the least power against Allah, if His will
were to destroy Christ the son of Mary, his mother and all every one that is on
the earth? For to Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and
all that is between. He created what He pleaseth. For Allah hath power over all
things. (HOLY QURAN 5:17)
Certainly they disbelieve who say Allah is Christ the son of Mary. But
said Christ: Children of Israel ! worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Whoever
joins other gods with Allah, Allah forbid him the Garden, and the fire will be
his abode. There will for the wrong-doers be no one to help. (HOLY QURAN
5:72) Christ the son of Mary was no
more than a Messenger; many were the messengers that passed away before him. His
mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how
Allah doth make His signs clear to them, yet see in what ways from the truth !
(HOLY QURAN 5:75) Cursed were
pronounced on those among the children of Israel who rejected faith. By the
tongue of David and of Jesus the son of Mary, because they disobeyed and
persisted in Excesses. (HOLY QURAN - 5:78) And Zakariya and John and Jesus and
Elias, all in the ranks of the
righteous. (HOLY QURAN - 6:85) And
We made the son Mary and his mother as a sign. We gave them both shelter on high
ground, affording rest and furnished with springs. (HOLY QURAN 23:50)
The same religion has He established for you as that which He enjoined on
Noah. The which We have sent by inspiration to thee and that which We enjoined
on Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Namely, that ye should remain steadfast in
religion and make no divisions therein, to those who worship other things than
Allah. Hard is the (way) to which thou callest them. Allah choose to Himself
those whom He pleases and guides to Himself those who turn (to him). (HOLY QURAN
42:13)
When Jesus the son of Mary is held up as an example, behold thy people
raise clamour the rest (in ridicule) (HOLY QURAN 43:57)
Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary (it is) a statement of truth, about
which they (vainly) dispute. (HOLY
QURAN 19:34)
ABOUT HIS
MOTHER:
Behold ! wife of Imran said: O my Lord !
I do dedicate into thee what is in my womb for thy special service, so
accept this of me, for thou hearest and knowest all things. When she delivered
she said: O my Lord ! Behold I am delivered of a female child.
And Allah knew best what she brought forth, and is not the male like the
female. I have name her Mary and I commend
her and her offspring to Thy
protection from Satan the rejected.
Right graciously did her Lord accept her. He made her grow in purity and beauty.
To the care of Zakariya was she
assigned. Everytime that he enter (her) chamber to see her, he found her
supplied with sustenance. He said: O Mary ! Whence (come) this to you?
She said: from Allah, for Allah provides sustenance to whom He pleases
without measure. (HOLY QURAN 3:35-37)
Behold ! the angels said: Allah hath chosen
thee and purified thee and chosen above the of all
nations. O Mary ! worship the Lord devoutly, prostrate thyself and bow
down (in prayer) with those who bow
down. This is part of the tidings of the thing unseen, which We reveal unto thee
(prophet) by inspiration, thou was not with them when they cast lots with pen,
as to which of them should be charged with the care of Mary. Nor wast thou with
them when they dispute (the point). (HOLY QURAN 3:42-44) At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him
(in her arms) they said: O Mary truly a strange things has thou brought. O
sister of Aaron thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman
unchaste. (HOLY QURAN 19:27 28) And
(remember) her who guarded her chastity, We breathed into her from Our spirit,
and We made her and her son a Sign for all peoples. (HOLY QURAN 21:91)
And Mary the daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity and We breathed
into (her body) of Our spirit, and she testified to the truth of the words of
her Lord and of his revelations. And was one of the devout (servants).
(HOLY QURAN 66:12)
ABOUT HIS
MISSION:
We
gave Moses the Book and followed him up with succession of Messengers. We gave
Jesus the son of Mary clear (Sign) and strengthened him with the holy spirit. It
is that whenever there comes to you a Messenger with what ye yourselves desire
not, ye are puffed up with pride? Some ye called impostors and others ye slay.
(HOLY QURAN 2:87) Say ye:
We believe in Allah , and the revelation given
to us, and to Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes and that given to
Moses and Jesus and that given to (all) Prophets from their Lord. We make no
difference between one and another of them. And we submit to Allah. (HOLY QURAN
2:136) Those Messengers we
endowed with gifts, some above others. To some of them Allah spoke, other He
raised to decrees (of honor). To Jesus the son of Mary We gave clear (Signs) and
strengthened him with the Holy Spirit. If Allah had so willed, succeeding
generations would not have among each other, after clear (Signs) had come to
them but they (chose) to wrangle, some believing and others rejecting. If Allah
had so willed, they would not have fought each other; but Allah does what He
wills. (HOLY QURAN 2:253) (I
have come to you) To attest the Torah which was before me. And to make lawful to
you paret of what was (before) forbidden to you, I have come to you with a Sign
from your Lord. So fear Allah and obey me. (HOLY QURAN 3:50)
And in their footsteps we sent Jesus the son of Mary, conforming the
Torah that had come before him. We sent him Gospel, therein
was guidance and light. And confirmation of the Torah that had come
before him. A guidance and an admonition to those who fear Allah.
(HOLY QURAN 5:
46) Certainly they disbelieve who
say Allah is a Christ the son of Mary, but said Christ: O Children of Israel
worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Whoever joins other gods with Allah, Allah
will forbid him the Garden and the fire will his abode. There will for the
wrong-doers be no one to help. (HOLY
QURAN 5:72) Then will
Allah say: O Jesus the son of Mary ! Recount my favour to thee and to thy
mother. Behold ! I strengthened thee with the Holy Spirit. So that thou didst
speak to the people in childhood and in old age. Behold ! I taught thee the Book
and Wisdom, the Torah and the Gospel. And behold ! thou makest out of clay as it
were the figure of a bird by My leave. And thou breathest into it, and it
becometh a bird by my leave. And thou healest those born blind and the lepers by
my leave. And behold ! thou bringest forth the dead by my leave. And behold ! I
did restrain the children of Israel from (violence to ) thee, when thou didst
show them the clear Signs, and the unbelievers among them said: This is nothing
but evident magic. (HOLY QURAN
5: 110) When Jesus came with
clear Signs, he said: Now I have come to you with Wisdom, and in order to make
clear to you some of the (points) on which ye dispute; therefore fear Allah, He
is my Lord and your Lord, so worship ye him; this is a straight Way.
(HOLY QURAN 43:63 64)
Then in their wake, We followed them up with (others of) Our messengers.
We sent after them Jesus the son of Mary, and bestowed on him the Gospel and We
ordained in the hearts of those who followed his Compassion and Mercy. But the
Monasticism which they invited for themselves, we did not prescribe for them.
(We commanded ) only the seeking for the good pleasure of Allah; but that they
did not foster as they should have done. Ye We bestowed, on those among them who
believed, on those who disbelieved, their (due) reward, but many of them are
rebellious transgressors.
(HOLY
QURAN 57:27) And remember Jesus
the son of Mary, said: O Children of Israel ! I am the messenger of Allah (sent)
to you, conforming the Torah (which came) before me, and giving Glad Tidings of
a messengers to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad. But when he came to
them with clear Signs, they said: This is evident sorcery !
(HOLY QURAN 61:6)
ABOUT HIS
MIRACLES:
And (appoint him) a
messenger to the Children of Israel, (with this message) I have come to you,
with a Sign from your Lord. In that I make for you out of clay, as it were. The
figure of s bird and breathe into it and it becomes a bird by Allahs leave.
And I heal those born blind and the lepers, and I bring the dead into life by
Allahs leave: I declare to you what you eat and what you store in your
houses, surely therein is a Sign for you if ye believe. (HOLY QURAN 3:49) Then will Allah say: O Jesus the son of Mary !
Recount my favour to thee and to thy mother. Behold ! I strengthened thee with
the Holy Spirit. So that thou didst speak to the people in childhood and in old
age. Behold ! I taught thee the Book and Wisdom, the Torah and the Gospel. And
behold ! thou makest out of clay, as it were the figure of a bird by my leave,
and thou breathest into it and becometh a bird by My leave. And thou
healest those born
blind and the lepers by My leave. And behold ! thou bringest forth the dead by
My leave and behold ! I did restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to)
thee when thou didst show them the Clear Signs. And the disbelievers among them said: This is nothing but
evident magic. And
behold ! I inspired the Disciples to have faith in Me and Mine Messengers; they
said: We have faith and thou bear witness that We bow to Allah as Muslim. Behold
! the Disciples said: O Jesus the son of Mary ! can thy Lord send down to us a
Table set (with viands) from heaven? Said Jesus: Fear Allah, if ye have faith.
They said: We only wish to eat thereof and satisfy our hearts, and to know that
thou has indeed told us the truth, and that we ourselves may be witness to the
miracle. Said Jesus the son of Mary: O Allah our Lord ! Send us from heaven a
Table set (with viands) that there may be for us, for the first and the last of
us a solemn festival and a Sign from thee; and provide for our sustenance for
thou art the best Sustainer (of our needs). Allah said: I will send it down unto
you. But any of you after that resisteth faith, I will punish him with
chastisement such as I have not inflicted on any one among all the peoples. And
behold ! Allah will say: O Jesus the son of Mary ! Didst thou say unto men, take
me and my mother for two gods beside Allah? He will say: Glory to Thee ! never
could I say what I had no right (to say) had I said such a thing. Thou wouldst
indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, though I know not what
is in Thine. For Thou knowest in full all that is hidden. Never said I to them
aught except what Thou didst command me to say, to wit, Worship Allah, my Lord
and your Lord. And I was a witness over them whilst I dwelt amongst them, when
thou didst take me up Thou wast the Watcher over them, and Thou art a witness to
all things. (HOLY QURAN 5:110 - 117) But she pointed to the babe, they said: How can we talk to
one who is a child in the cradle? 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 zakat as long I live, (He
hath made me) kind to my mother and not overbearing or unblest. 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). Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary, (it is) a statement of truth,
about which they (vainly) dispute. (HOLY QURAN 19:29 34)
And We made the son of Mary and his mother as a Sign. We gave them both
shelter on high ground, affording rest and security and furnished with springs.
(HOLY QURAN 23:50)
ABOUT HIS
DISCIPLES:
When Jesus found unbelief on their part he said: Who will be my helpers
to (the work of) Allah? Said the disciples: We are Allahs helper we believe
in Allah, and thou bear witness that we are Muslims. Our Lord ! we believe in
what Thou hast revealed, and we follow the Messenger, then write us down among
those who bear witness. (HOLY QURAN
3:52 53) And behold ! I
inspired the Disciples to have faith in Me and Mine Messenger. They said: we
have faith do thou bear witness that
we bow to Allah as Muslim. Behold ! the disciples said: O Jesus the son of Mary
! Can thy Lord send down us a Table set (with viands) from heaven? Said Jesus:
fear Allah, if ye have faith. They said: We only wish to eat thereof and satisfy
our hearts, and to know that thou has indeed told us the truth, and that
ourselves may be witness to the miracles. Said Jesus the son of Mary: O Allah
our Lord send us from heaven a Table set (with viands) that there may be for us
for the first and the last of us a solemn festival and a Sign from thee, and
provide for our sustenance, for thou art the best Sustainer (of our needs).
(HOLY QURAN 5:111 114) O
ye who believe ! Be ye helpers of Allah. As said Jesus the son of Mary to the
Disciples, we are Allahs helpers ! Then portion of the Children of Israel
believed, and a portion disbelieved. But we gave power to those who believed
against their enemies, and they became the ones that prevailed.
(HOLY QURAN 61:14)
ABOUT HIS
END:
Behold ! Allah said: O Jesus ! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself
and clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who
follow thee superior to those who reject faith, to the Day of Resurrection: Then
shall ye all return unto to me and I will judge between you of the matters
wherein ye dispute. (HOLY QURAN 3:55) That
they said (is boast) We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of
Allah, but they killed him not, nor crucified him. Only likeness of that was
shown to them and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain)
knowledge. But only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not.
Nay Allah raise him up unto Himself and Allah is Exalted in power, Wise. (HOLY QURAN 4:157 158)
ABOUT HIS
SECOND COMING:
And there is none of the People of the Book but must believe in Him
before his death, and on the Day of Judgement he will be a witness against them.
(HOLY QURAN 4:159) And
(Jesus) shall be a Sign (for the coming of) the Hour (of Judgement). Therefore
have no doubt about the (Hour) but follow ye Me, this is a straight way.
(HOLY QURAN 43:61)
ABOUT NOT
BEING THE SON OF GOD OR GOD:
They say: Allah hath begotten a son, Glory be to Him. Nay, to Him belongs
all that is in heavens and earth, every thing renders worship to Him.
(HOLY QURAN 2:116) O
People of the Book ! Commit to excesses in your religion; nor say of Allah aught
but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more that) a Messenger of
Allah, and His Word which He bestowed on Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from Him;
so believe in Allah and His Messengers. Say not THREE desist. It will be
better for you. For Allah is One God. Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above
having a son. To him belong all
things in the heaven and on the earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of
affairs. Christ disdaineth not to serve and worship Allah nor do the angels,
those nearest (to Allah) those who
disdain his worship and arrogant, He will gather them all together unto Himself
to (answer).
(HOLY QURAN 4:171 172)
They disbelieved indeed those say that Allah is Christ the son of Mary.
Say: Who then hath the least power against Allah, if His Will were to destroy
Christ the son of Mary, his mother, and all-every one that is on the earth? For
Allah belongest the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is
between. He createth what He pleaseth. For Allah hath power over all things.
(HOLY QURAN 5:17) Certainly
they disbelieve who say: Allah is Christ the son of Mary, bur said Christ: O
Children of Israel worship Allah my Lord and your Lord. Whoever joins other gods
with Allah, Allah will forbid him the Garden, and the Fire will be his abode.
There will for the wrong-doers be no one to help.
(HOLY QURAN 5:72) Wonderful
Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son when He hath no
consort? He created all things, and He hath full knowledge of all things.
(HOLY QURAN 6:101) The
Jews call UZAIR a son of Allah and the Christians call Christ the son of
Allah. That is saying from their mouth. (In this) they but imitate what the
unbelievers of old used to say. Allahs curse be on them; hoe they are deluded
away from the truth ! They take their priests and their anchorites to be their
Lords beside Allah. And (they take their Lord) Christ the son of Mary; yet they
were commanded to worship but one God. There is no God but He. Praise and Glory
to Him. (Far is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him).
(HOLY QURAN
9:30 31) They say:
Allah hath begotten a son ! Glory
be to Him ! He is self-sufficient !
His are all things in the heaven and on the earth. No warrant have ye for this.
Say ye about Allah what ye know not ! (HOLY
QURAN 10:68) 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.
(HOLY QURAN - 17:111)
Further, that He may warn those (also) who say: Allah hath begotten a
son. (HOLY QURAN 18:4)
It is not befitting to (the majesty of Allah) that He should be get a
son. Glory be to Him when He determines a matters, He only says to it be
and it is. (HOLY QURAN
19:35) They say; The
Most Gracious has taken a son !
(HOLY QURAN 19:88) They
attributed a son to the Most Gracious. For it is not consonant with the majesty
of the Most Gracious that He should beget a son. (HOLY QURAN 19:91 92)
And they say: The Most Gracious
has taken a son. Glory to Him. They
are (but) servants raise to honor.
(HOLY
QURAN 21:26) No son did
Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him (if there were many gods),
behold ! each god would have take away what ha had created and some would have
lorded it over others. Glory be to Him (he is free) from the (sort of) things
they attribute to Him.
(HOLY
QURAN 23:91) He to whom belongs. The dominion of the heavens and the
earth; no son has He begotten, nor He has a partner in His dominion. It is He
who created all things, and ordered them in due proportions. (HOLY QURAN 25:2) Allah
has begotten children? But they are
liars. (HOLY QURAN 37:152)
Had Allah wished to take to Himself a son. He could have chosen whom He
pleased out of those whom He doth created; but Glory be to Him (He is above such
things) He is Allah, the one, the overpowering.
(HOLY QURAN 39:4) He
begetteth not, nor is He begotten.
(HOLY
QURAN- 112:3)
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