Islamic views
Main article: Islamic views of Jesus
In
Islam, Jesus (known as
Isa in Arabic,
Arabic: عيسى), is considered one of God's most-beloved and important
prophets and the Messiah.
[86] He is one of five messengers (
rusul), and one of the five "Resolute" prophets. The
Hadith states that Jesus will return to the world in the flesh following
Imam Mahdi to defeat the
Dajjal (an
Antichrist-like figure, translated as "Deceiver"),
[87] though some Islamic scholars regard these traditions as unreliable and false.
[88][89][90] . As in the Christian nativity accounts, the 7th-century
Qur'an holds that Jesus was born without a biological father to the virgin Mary, by the will of God (in Arabic,
Allah). He is referred to as
Isa ibn Maryam (English: Jesus son of Mary), a
matronymic, as he had no biological father.
[91] In Muslim traditions, Jesus lived a perfect life of nonviolence, showing kindness to humans and animals (similar to the other Islamic prophets), without material possessions, and abstaining from
sin.
[92] Islamic belief also holds that Jesus could perform miracles, but only by the will of God.
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Muslims, however, do not believe Jesus to have divine nature as God nor as the Son of God. The Qu'ran warns against believing that Jesus was divine.
[94] Muslims believe that Jesus received a gospel from God called the
Injil in Arabic that corresponds to the Christian New Testament, but that parts of it have been misinterpreted over time so that they no longer accurately represent God's message (See
Tahrif).
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Muslims also do not believe in Jesus' sacrificial role, and the Qur'an, as commonly understood, states that Jesus was not killed on the cross. Islam also does not accept any human sacrifice for sin.
[96] Regarding the crucifixion, the Qur'an is against the Jews who claimed "we slew the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, the Messenger of God," and categorically states that "yet they did not slay him, neither crucified him, only a likeness of that was shown to them."
[97][98] Some muslims writers like
Ahmed Deedat have elaborated the Quranic verse in the light of the
Bible[99]. However, the Muslim tradition completes the statement of the Qur'an: Some traditions say Christ was replaced by a double, and according to others it was Simon of Cyrene or one of the Apostles (Judas).
[98] The denial of crucifixion is viewed as Jesus's [representing faith] triumph over his executioners [representing forces of evil and adversity].
[98] However certain Muslim scholars and some Ismaili commentators have interpreted the relevant verse differently: "the Jews intended to destroy the person of Jesus completely; in fact, they crucified only his nasut, his lahut remained alive" or that "The Qur'an is not here speaking about a man, righteous and wronged though he may be, but about the Word of God who was sent to earth and returned to God. Thus the denial of killing of Jesus is a denial of the power of men to vanquish and destroy the divine Word, which is for ever victorious."
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