Who do muslims believe Jesus is?
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Islam honors all the prophets who were sent to mankind. Muslims respect all prophets in general, but Jesus in particular, because he was one of the prophets who foretold the coming of Muhammad. Muslims, too, await the second coming of Jesus. They consider him one of the greatest of Allah's prophets to mankind. A Muslim does not refer to him simply as "Jesus," but normally adds the phrase "peace be upon him" as a sign of respect. \nNo other religion in the world respects and dignifies Jesus as Islam does. The Qur'an confirms his virgin birth (a chapter of the Qur'an is entitled "Mary"), and Mary is considered to have been one of the purest women in all creation. The Qur'an describes Jesus' birth as follows: \n\n"Behold!' the Angel said, God has chosen you, and purified you, and chosen you above the women of all nations. Mary, God gives you good news of a word from Him, whose name shall be the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, honored in this world and in the Hereafter, and one of those brought near to God. He shall speak to the people from his cradle and in maturity, and he shall be of the righteous. She said: "My Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?' \nHe said: "Even so; God creates what He will. When He decrees a thing, \nHe says to it, 'Be!' and it is." [3:42-47]\n\nMuslims believe that Jesus was born immaculately, and through the same power which had brought Eve to life and Adam into being without a father or a mother.\n\n"Truly, the likeness of Jesus with God is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, and then said to him, 'Be!' and he was." [3:59]\n\nDuring his prophetic mission, Jesus performed many miracles. The Qur'an tells us that he said: \n\n"I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it and it becomes a bird by God's leave. And I heal the blind, and the lepers, and I raise the dead by God's leave." [3:49]\n\nMuhammad and Jesus, as well as the other prophets, were sent to confirm the belief in one God. This is referred to in the Qur'an where Jesus is reported as saying that he came:\n\n"To attest the law which was before me, and to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden you; I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear God and obey me." [3:50]\n\nProphet Muhammad emphasized the importance of Jesus by saying: \n"Whoever believes there is no god but Allah, alone without partner, that Muhammad is His messenger, that Jesus is a servant and messenger of God, His word breathed into Mary and a spirit emanating from Him, and that Paradise and Hell are true, shall be received by God into Heaven. [Bukhari]
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OMG there r sooo many weird answers!!!!!!!!!!\nislam did say that jesus is a prophate\n\n\nMuslims respect and venerate Jesus Christ. They consider him to be one of God's greatest messengers to humankind. The Qur'an re-affirms his miraculous birth and his miraculous abilities. Furthermore, his mother Mary is regarded as one of the most pure and exalted women of all creation. As the Qur'an says: \n\nNeither Muhammad nor Jesus came to change the basic doctrine of the belief in One God, brought by earlier prophets, but to confirm and renew it. In the Qur'an, Jesus is reported as saying that he came: "To attest the law which was before me. And to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden to you; I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear God and obey me." (Qur'an 3:50) \n\n In the Qur'an, Christians are often referred to as among the "People of the Book," i.e. people who have received and believed in previous revelation from God's prophets. There are verses that highlight the commonalities between Christians and Muslims, and other verses that warn Christians against sliding towards polytheism in their worship of Jesus Christ.\n\nIn the Qur'an, stories about the life and teachings of Jesus Christ (called 'Isa in Arabic) are abundant. The Qur'an recalls his miraculous birth, his teachings, the miracles he performed by God's permission, and his life as a respected prophet of God. The Qur'an also repeatedly reminds that Jesus was a human prophet sent by God, not part of God Himself. For more detailed information about what Muslims believe about Jesus, please visit the FAQ index page. Below are some direct quotations from the Qur'an regarding his life and teachings.\n"Behold! the angels said, 'Oh Mary! God gives you glad tidings of a Word from Him. His name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter, and in (the company of) those nearest to God. He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. \nHe shall be (in the company) of the righteous... And God will teach him the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel'" (3:45-48).\n"He [Jesus] said: 'I am indeed a servant of God. He has given me revelation and made me a prophet; He has made me blessed wheresoever I be; and He has enjoined on me prayer and charity as long as I live. He has made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable. 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. It is not befitting to (the majesty of) God that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He determines a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is" (19:30-35).\n\n"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 you dispute. Therefore, fear God and obey me. God, He is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him -- this is a Straight Way.' But sects from among themselves fell into disagreement. So woe to the wrongdoers, from the penalty of a Grievous Day!" (43:63-65)\n\n"And behold! God will say [i.e. on the Day of Judgment]: 'Oh Jesus, the son of Mary! Did you say unto men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of God?' He will say: 'Glory to Thee! Never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, You would indeed have known it. You know what is in my heart, though I know not what is in Yours. For You know in full all that is hidden. Never did I say to them anything except what You commanded me to say: 'Worship God, my Lord and your Lord.' And I was a witness over them while I lived among them. When You took me up, You were the Watcher over them, and You are a witness to all things'" (5
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I'm not sure exactly what you said because I do not know Islam and the Quran well enough.\n\nHowever, I do get bent when Taimur keeps saying "Jesus the Prophet peace be unto him."\n\nEither you believe Jesus was God or you believe he was a lunatic or liar. What Jesus said about Himself left no room for middle ground.\n\nIt's illogical to call Jesus a prophet when He claimed to be God. He said He would take away the sin of the world. A mere man, even if a prophet, has no power to do this. Jesus claimed to be God.\n\nSo call Him God or call Him a liar or lunatic. Just quite with the false ecumenism by calling Him a prophet 'pbuh'
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I am a Muslim...because i follow Isa/Jesus...\n\nQuran 2:136\nSay (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham...and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.\n\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibletruths_forbelievers/
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GREAT QUESTION (for once on this website)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\n1st of all, the Koran recognizes Jesus Christ as a prophet, but not the messiah.  It is basically a continuation of the Torah and the Bible.  It's these extremist people who interpret the Koran wrong who attack us and stuff.\n\nI respect every other religion (although I am Christian).  I personally believe that God is whatever you think He is.  If you think He's a big white light, He is.   If you think He looks like a man, He does.\n\nI believe that NO religion is a lie.  I do realize though that all of these stories in the Torah, Bible, and Koran aren't always true.  The bible didn't just fall from space...people wrote it.  They wrote stories about good people who did good things.  THEY SET GOOD EXAMPLES!  Is it all coming together now?
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The difficulty of explaining the true Jesus is a challenge with a Muslim.  I just accept that they believe in God & hope that God will let them in to heaven, as I do love my Muslim friends.
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Some Basic Islamic Beliefs \nThe religion of Islam is the acceptance of and obedience to the teachings of God which He revealed to His last prophet, Muhammad .\n1) Belief in God:\nMuslims believe in one, unique, incomparable God, Who has no son nor partner, and that none has the right to be worshipped but Him alone.  He is the true God, and every other deity is false.  He has the most magnificent names and sublime perfect attributes.  No one shares His divinity, nor His attributes.  In the Quran, God describes Himself:\n\n Say, “He is God, the One.  God, to Whom the creatures turn for their needs.  He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none like Him.”  (Quran, 112:1-4)\nNo one has the right to be invoked, supplicated, prayed to, or shown any act of worship, but God alone.\nGod alone is the Almighty, the Creator, the Sovereign, and the Sustainer of everything in the whole universe.  He manages all affairs.  He stands in need of none of His creatures, and all His creatures depend on Him for all that they need.  He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, and the All-Knowing.  In a perfect manner, His knowledge encompasses all things, the open and the secret, and the public and the private.  He knows what has happened, what will happen, and how it will happen.  No affair occurs in the whole world except by His will.  Whatever He wills is, and whatever He does not will is not and will never be.  His will is above the will of all the creatures.  He has power over all things, and He is able to do everything.  He is the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and the Most Beneficent.  In one of the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad , we are told that God is more merciful to His creatures than a mother to her child. God is far removed from injustice and tyranny.  He is All-Wise in all of His actions and decrees.  If someone wants something from God, he or she can ask God directly without asking anyone else to intercede with God for him or her.\nGod is not Jesus, and Jesus is not God. Even Jesus himself rejected this.  God has said in the Quran:\n Indeed, they have disbelieved who have said, “God is the Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary.”  The Messiah said, “Children of Israel, worship God, my Lord and your Lord.  Whoever associates partners in worship with God, then God has forbidden Paradise for him, and his home is the Fire (Hell).  For the wrongdoers, there will be no helpers.”  (Quran, 5:72)\n\nGod is not a trinity.  God has said in the Quran:\n Indeed, they disbelieve who say, “God is the third of three (in a trinity),” when there is no god but one God.  If they desist not from what they say, truly, a painful punishment will befall the disbelievers among them. Would they not rather repent to God and ask His forgiveness?  For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.  The Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary, was no more than a messenger...  (Quran, 5:73-75)\nIslam rejects that God rested on the seventh day of the creation, that He wrestled with one of His angels, that He is an envious plotter against mankind, or that He is incarnate in any human being.  Islam also rejects the attribution of any human form to God. All of these are considered blasphemous.  God is the Exalted.  He is far removed from every imperfection.  He never becomes weary.  He does not become drowsy nor does he sleep.\nThe Arabic word Allah means God (the one and only true God who created the whole universe).  This word Allah is a name for God, which is used by Arabic speakers, both Arab Muslims and Arab Christians.  This word cannot be used to designate anything other than the one true God.  The Arabic word  Allah occurs in the Quran about 2700 times.  In Aramaic, a language related closely to Arabic and the language that Jesus habitually spoke, God is also referred to as Allah.\n2) Belief in the Angels:\nMuslims believe in the existence of the angels and that they are honored creatures.  The angels worship God alone, obey Him, and act only by His command.  Among
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We believe in Jesus the son of Mary the virgin that he was one of the greatest prophets of God as Muhammad (peace be on them all) and he had a miraclous birth and revealed many wonders (by the help of God)to people to believe him and that he was sent from God(as every prophet do)...\nand you can find his story in the Qur'an in several places:\nhere in a chapter of the Holy Quran called(Mariam=Mary)in this link http://www.wam.umd.edu/~stwright/rel/islam/Quran/19.html\nin verses( 16-36 ).\nand also in another chapter called (Aal Imran)-it means the family of Imran,and Imran is the father of Mary(peace be on them all)..\nhttp://www.wam.umd.edu/~stwright/rel/islam/Quran/3.html\nverses ( 33-60 )\nread them and you will know our belief..\nGod blessing and guidance to you my friend..
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Jesus is the true Son of God. Mohammad is nothing but a false prophet.
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they say they do but they don't jesus is god in flesh. god is the trinity father, SON, holy spirit.  the muslims say that jesus was a phrophet. but they also say that jesus was tring to take credit for what god did. they do not beleive that jesus was his son  John 3:16 "for God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever beleives in him shall not perish but shall have everlasting life." \n\nif u don't beleive in Jesus u don't beleive in God. In order to get to God you must go through Jesus
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The asker is right when referring Muslims recognizing Jesus (PBUH) as the messiah because each religion has their own view of the meaning of messiah @ al-masih. Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah . Islam recognizes Jesus (PBUH) as a prophet, not as the son of Lord God. Hence, Islam still recognizes Jesus (PBUH) and is not considered as Christians. Yes, the Tanakh (Old Testament) is being added by Christians (New Testament) and Muslims believe in the Torah (in Islam, it is called the Taurat) but after Quran was being given to Muhammad (PBUH) all of the rules in the earlier scriptures are abolished and human beings are to adhere to the Holy Quran because it is the most complete scripture among all four scriptures (Zabur, Taurat, Injil and Quran). Yes, I think it's kinda interesting to see the three Abrahamaic religions has the same roots but are fighting among themselves (You don't see Buddhists and Hindus fighting among themselves even though they came from the same root, right?) Because of the "Holy Wars", people are starting to "convert" to Atheistism.
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Who Is Jesus In (Islam)?\n___________________________________________________________\nAnd mention in the Book (the Qur'ân, O Muhammad SAW , the story of) Maryam (Mary), when she withdrew in seclusion from her family to a place facing east@-@She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her Our Ruh [angel Jibrael (Gabriel)], and he appeared before her in the form of a man in all respects@-@She said: "Verily! I seek refuge with the Most Beneficent (Allâh) from you, if you do fear Allâh"@-@(The angel) said: "I am only a Messenger from your Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a righteous son"@-@She said: "How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, nor am I unchaste?" @-@He said: "So (it will be), your Lord said: 'That is easy for Me (Allâh): And (We wish) to appoint him as a sign to mankind and a mercy from Us (Allâh), and it is a matter (already) decreed, (by Allâh)' "@-@So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place (ie Bethlehem valley about - miles from Jerusalem)@-@And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a date-palm She said: "Would that I had died before this, and had been forgotten and out of sight!"@-@Then [the babe 'Iesa (Jesus) or Jibrael (Gabriel)] cried unto her from below her, saying: "Grieve not! Your Lord has provided a water stream under you;@-@"And shake the trunk of date-palm towards you, it will let fall fresh ripe-dates upon you"@-@"So eat and drink and be glad, and if you see any human being, say: 'Verily! I have vowed a fast unto the Most Beneficent (Allâh) so I shall not speak to any human being this day'" @-@Then she brought him (the baby) to her people, carrying him They said: "O Mary! Indeed you have brought a thing Fariya (an unheard mighty thing)@-@"O sister (ie the like) of Hârûn (Aaron) [not the brother of Mûsa (Moses), but he was another pious man at the time of Maryam (Mary)]! Your father was not a man who used to commit adultery, nor your mother was an unchaste woman"@-@Then she pointed to him They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"@-@"He ['Iesa (Jesus)] said: Verily! I am a slave of Allâh, He has given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet;"@-@"And He has made me blessed wheresoever I be, and has enjoined on me Salât (prayer), and Zakât, as long as I live"@-@"And dutiful to my mother, and made me not arrogant, unblest@-@"And Salâm (peace) be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!"@-@Such is 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary) (it is) a statement of truth, about which they doubt (or dispute)@-@It befits not (the Majesty of) Allâh that He should beget a son [this refers to the slander of Christians against Allâh, by saying that 'Iesa (Jesus) is the son of Allâh] Glorified (and Exalted be He above all that they associate with Him) When He decrees a thing, He only says to it, "Be!" and it is['Iesa (Jesus) said]: "And verily Allâh is my Lord and your Lord So worship Him (Alone) That is the Straight Path (Allâh's Religion of Islâmic Monotheism which He did ordain for all of His Prophets)" [Tafsir At-Tabarî]@-@Then the sects differed [ie the Christians about 'Iesa (Jesus) <><>], so woe unto the disbelievers [those who gave false witness by saying that 'Iesa (Jesus) is the son of Allâh] from the meeting of a great Day (ie the Day of Resurrection, when they will be thrown in the blazing Fire).
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There are two groups Ahmadi and Lahori. The Ahmadi's number about 200 million and are one tenth of all Muslims. \n\nSome say that "Ahmedi Muslim are non Muslims in real coz they doesnt believe in last prophet Muhammed sallallaho walaihi wasalam, they doesnnt blieve in Quran holy book of muslims."\n\nBut they do believe in Prophet Muhammad [SAW] as the 'Seal of the Prophets' [the real translation] and that the Qu'ran as the last Book of GOD. They claim that the Messiah will come in the 14th century AH as all other Muslims do. They have a Messiah the only claimant and the rest of the Muslims tend to ignore that now. \n\nAhmadis are pious and try to the best of their abilities to live the life of true Muslims. They make good trusted friends. I have no complaints at all, meeting them or hanging out.
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Jesus (God) came to this earth as a man and lived and was crucified, for our sins. ( a debt we couldn't pay) On the third day He rose again and is now in heaven where He is prepairing a place for all who believe (trust, follow, cling to, serve) in Him.  \n\nRespectfully submitted, Allah is not the God of the Bible. The Jesus of the Qur'ân is not the Jesus of the Bible. He was not a prophet, He is God.
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Here is some really good information. It was all to long to post here so I thought I would just give you the links and let you read for yourself. It will explain about Jesus(peace be upon him) and exactly how he is seen in Islam from the Quran and Sunnah(sayins of the Prophet peace be upon Him). I really hope this helps.\n\nhttp://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=502&ln=eng&txt=jesus\n\nhttp://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=43148&ln=eng\n\nhttp://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=10277&ln=eng\n\nhttp://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=9514&ln=eng\n\nhttp://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=502&ln=eng
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it does go back thousand of years ago Islams believe in Ala and Jews believe in Jesus. and they Ben fighting for Israel sense Israel was discovered.
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Don't know but they assume the same with anyone who is not in their faith.  I am Muslim and Christians always try to Teach me about Christianity even though I know the Bible better than many of them. \n\nMany see Christianity not as a religion but a state of being.  IE:  They think to be a moral person is to be a Christian person.  I even had a friend try to convert me and when I was explaining the basic differences between Islam and christianity.  I stated that Muslims do not believe Jesus(peace be upon him) is God but a prophet and she told me "Christians dont believe Jesus is God we beleive he is the son of God" \nI had a landlord who knew I was Muslim but kept saying "but you are such a good Christian girl"  in reference to my behavior not my religion.  \nWhen you think that way that morality is attached with being Christain it is hard to accept that somone who is moral would not choose Christianity.