If you are a Muslim, you love the Quran and treat it with great reverence. You put it on the top shelf of the bookcase. You never write in it. You never let it lie around and collect dust. Often you can’t read it because you don’t know Arabic, but you do read translations.
Though Christians follow God’s Holy Book, we respect those who hold the Quran in great reverence. Christians read the Quran too. They like to know what the Quran says about Isa Al-Masih.
To be a proper Muslim, one must read the Holy Books that came before the Quran (Qs. 4:136). Since God is all-powerful, God’s Holy Word cannot be changed by any man (Qs. 6:115). God protects His Word.
These books have much to tell about the straight way. As the Quran points to these books, it is great to see the Quran echo some of these truths.
Below are some of the things about Isa Al-Masih in the Quran that impress Christians.
Isa Al-Masih is Righteous and Holy
Qs. 3:46 says: “…He will be one of the righteous.” Isa Al-Masih is the only prophet in the Quran without sin! His virgin birth also points to His purity (Qs. 3:47).
The Bible also says that Isa Al-Masih was perfect. Acts 3:14 calls Isa “the Holy and Righteous One.” In Mark 1:23-25, Isa encounters a man who is possessed by an evil spirit. That man called Him “the Holy One of God.”
Isa Al-Masih is the Messiah
Qs. 3:45 tells us that Isa is the Messiah. He is given the highest honor, both now and forever. The Quran uses the term “Messiah” for Isa at least nine times, including Qs. 4:172.
The Bible also recognizes Isa as the Messiah, or the “Christ,” which is the Greek word. Andrew, one of Isa’s apostles, told his brother Peter, “We have found the Messiah” (Injil, John 1:41). Peter later confessed the same thing, saying to Isa, “You are the Christ” (Injil, Matthew 16:16).
Isa Al-Masih Has Power Over Death
Qs. 3:49: “And will make him a messenger to the Children of Israel saying, ‘I have come to you with a sign from the Lord, … and bring the dead to life by Allah’s leave… Surely therein is a sign for you, if you believe.’”
Isa Al-Masih gave life to those who were dead! The Injil gives several specific recordings of this. One of them is in Mark 5, when Isa brought Jairus’ daughter back to life. Jairus was a synagogue ruler who came to Isa when his daughter was dying; and while they were traveling back to Jairus’ home, word came that she had died. Isa went with the man anyway; and when they arrived at the house, He told the girl to get up and she did (Injil, Mark 5:21-42)!
Isa’s Greatest Display of Power
While the miracles that Isa did were amazing, the most amazing display of life over death was when Isa Al-Masih came back to life after He sacrificed Himself!
Some of the women who had followed Isa went to the tomb where he had been buried. When they arrived, they found that the stone had been rolled away, and instead of Isa, there was an angel (Injil, Mark 16:5)! The angel told them that Isa was alive (Injil, Mark 16:6-7).
The women then went and told the disciples. Isa Al-Masih appeared to them as well as to many others (Injil, Mark 16:12-14). He then ascended into heaven and is still there (Injil, Mark 16:19).
I want to go to heaven; you want to go to heaven. Isa Al-Masih is in heaven and knows the way to heaven. Of all the prophets, which one is best able to help us get to heaven? If you would like to know more about how you can join Isa Al-Masih there, click here.
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1.) Why should Muslims read the Holy Books that came before the Quran?
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3.) Why should we believe in Isa Al-Masih?
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Greetings and blessings. This is a very good page so thank you. However I would suggest removing the picture depicting Jesus as there is a reason these types of images are forbidden (although) many so called Christians ignore this. The pictures throughout history don’t even try to match the description of Jesus as they depict him as having European characteristics which is obviously false. Either way images of this kind should be avoided.
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There is no useful description of the physical appearance of Jesus given in the Bible, and the depiction of Jesus in pictorial form was controversial in the early Church. There is no doubt that the historical Jesus was a Middle-Eastern Jew.
Research on ancient skeletons in Israel suggests that Judeans of the time were biologically closer to Iraqi Jews than any other contemporary population.Thus, the average Judean of the time would have likely had dark brown to black hair, olive skin, and brown eyes.
Quranic and hadith traditions such as Sahih Bukhari as well as tafsir have given an oral depiction of what Jesus looked like, although some accounts do not match, such as Jesus being both curly haired and straight-haired. The hadith refer to Muhammad’s account of the Night Journey. Most versions of this say that “Jesus had curly hair and a reddish complexion”. Others say his face was flushed as if he just had a bath (“a reddish man with many freckles on his face as if he had just come from a bath”). In another account from Bukhari Jesus is seen in a dream near the Kaaba, as “a man of a wheatish complexion with straight hair. I asked who it was. They said: This is the Messiah, son of Mary”.
None of the pictures we post are meant to be offensive or to portray an exact representation of Isa. They are to provide a visual representation of what the articles are referring to.
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There is absolutely no mention of Mohammed or Allah in the Bible. None. Jesus was born in the the First century ad. Mohammed was born in April 571. Christianity and Islam are completely incompatible.
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Dear John,
Thank you for your comment.
It is true that Mohammed is not mentioned at all in the Bible. While there are some major differences between Christianity and Islam, there are many similarities. The biggest difference is about the nature of who Isa (Jesus) is, so we encourage everyone to study about Him.
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Do you think that the Allah of Islam originates from a moon god? I heard some Christians claim that Allah is originally a moon god and Islam originates from moon worship.
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Dear Akbar,
Thank you for your comment.
We have heard that before, too. Actually, Christians in the Middle East also use the term Allah for God (and they have for many years) even though they are referring to the God of the Bible.
In Malay-speaking countries in like Indonesia and Malaysia, Christians also use Allah for God (besides using their original languages) because many words in these countries are adopted from Arabic. Christians and non-Muslims in these countries sometimes use Allah, sometimes use Tuhan (God).
While the word Christians and Muslims use for God is the same, the character of the One they worship is different.
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Is there anything in the Quran that teaches the deity of Jesus Christ?
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If you want get a complete picture of Isa (Jesus), it’s best to read the the Injil (Bible). But there are signs in the Quran that point to Isa’s deity.
First, the Quran says that Isa is the Word of Allah in Qs. 3:45, 3:49. The word of Allah cannot be separated from Allah. The word of Allah is Allah.
Second, Isa does many miracles like no other person has done, including raising the dead. One of the miracles recorded in the Quran is Isa giving life to some clay. While Christians do not acknowledge this event since it is not in the Bible, it does point to Isa having divine power.
Third, Isa is said to be sinless. What mere human could live for over 30 years and remain sinless?
Here are two of many articles to study more about Isa :
https://bit.ly/2LANK7c
http://bit.ly/38NCkra
Again, the best place to see a true picture of Isa is in the Gospels.
Answering Admin posts on 5/14/2020 at 2:23 pm
It’s nice to get a reply from Admin. Lots of questions or some kind of clarification that comes to mind. But all I can not ask, explain or write at once in a moment like this. For example there is a reading whose contents are no less than 500 pages that reveal insights about the Qur’an that amaze me with the Qur’an. (Confident that the Qur’an is Authentic).
But as a courtesy, I must keep trying to respond. An important point that the Admin said was that the Admin had delivered the Bible as a story “about God who redeemed His people”. Following “God’s redemptive purpose and plan revealed in the Bible, five (5) recurring features are constantly emphasized:
In my shallow knowledge, I try to write down some of the contents of the Qur’an and the features or criteria to find our authenticity as follows:
1. Reviewing God (God’s Character).
2. Review the scriptures themselves.
3. Reviewing the recipient Prophet, the revelator (Apostolate).
4. Giving Good News (Heaven) and Threat (Hell). (Judgment)
5. Describe the previous event. (History)
6. Have a prediction of future events.
7. The things that God wants to convey as a way of life. (Law, Sharia)
8. Etc.
I look for myself the features that can be used as criteria for the content of an authentic scripture, I believe, the more criteria the better (the more tested, the more universal, the more entrance for each person). Some of the criteria for privileges include:
Privileges which also functions as a confirmation tool, and correction tool.
1. The method of revelation is conveyed
2. Reference to the Guide to Life (As Sunnah)
3. Language, Editor, Literature,
4. Balance, cohesiveness, systematics,
5. Not conflicting (syllogism)
6. And other features that may not have been found.
Then ……….
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Dear Jasmin 13 May 2020
Bismillah
Clarification,
The Muslim book of the Qur’an revealed in Arabic does not mention God, but rather Rabb. Translation of part of God’s country. The point is the use of the word God for Muslims is only part. Different objects (substances) are worshiped. Muslims worship the one and only God, who is childless, and also unbred, who created the heavens and the earth and what existed between the two in six periods, He knew what entered into the earth and what came out of it and what came down from it the sky and what rises to him. And He is with you wherever you are. And Allah is the All-Seer of what you do. Who dwells on the “Arsy”.
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Dear Nazihah,
Thank you for your comment.
May I ask you, does the God whom Muslims worship guarantee salvation in heaven for his followers? The Quran seems to teach that all Muslims will go hell (Qs.19:71).
Isa Al-Masih assures His followers that they would be in heaven so they don’t need to worry. In the Injil, John 14, He said to His followers before His death:
“ …And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.You know the way to the place where I am going.”
“I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand” (John 10:28).
Isa is the only One who gives assurance of heaven. If you would like to know more about Isa, please email us.
Messages with the same meaning with different editors can be written in a book:
And if you are (still) in doubt about the Qur’an revealed to me, make one (only) letter such as the Qur’an and invite your helpers besides Allah, if you are the righteous.
But the Qur’an is authentic so it remains written:
And if you are (still) in doubt about the Qur’an that we revealed to our servant (Muhammad), make a letter (only) such as the Qur’an and bring your helpers besides Allah, if you are those who correct. (Q. S. Al Baqarah 2:23).