CHRIST JESUS IN THE QUR'AN

As a Muslim, it is your duty to read the Qur'an and understand its text. And 
if you have read the Qur'an, I would like to ask you a very important 
question: Who is the greatest man who ever lived..? You will find the answer 
in the pages of the Qur'an. For whosoever reads the Qur'an discovers that 
Christ has a special and a sublime position in it, and that the person of 
Christ in the Qur'an differs greatly from any other person mentioned in it. 
The Qur'an drew a unique picture of Christ as a matchless personality that 
nobody could equal. I would like to prove this fact backed by the Qur'an 
text.

FIRST: HIS MIRACULOUS BIRTH


All men, including all prophets, born into this world have been born of a 
human father and mother, in a natural way. In the meantime, the Qur'an tells 
us that Christ was not born in the natural way, like the rest of humans, 
because He did not have a human father, for He was born of a virgin, without 
the sexual, genetical process; for God had breathed of His Spirit into the 
virgin. Therefore, Christ was the only person, according to the Qur'an, to 
have been born of the Spirit of God, from a Virgin.


"And Mary the daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity; and We breathed 
into (her body) 0/our Spirit; and she test/Ied to the truth of the words of 
her Lord and of His Revelation, and was of the devout (servants)." (Surah of 
the Forbidding 12).

SECOND: THE TITLES OF CHRIST

1. THE WORD OF GOD. Christ was called "the Word of God" in the Qur'an, 
saying: "Behold! the angels said: 'O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of 
a Word from Him: His name will be Christ Jesus, the son O Mary, held in 
honor in this world and the Hereafter and of those stationed nearest to God. 
" (Surah of House of Imran 45).

The Qur'an also said: "And Christ Jesus the son of Mary is an apostle of 
Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a Spirit proceedingfrom 
Him." (Surah of Women 170).


We see that "the Word" is a title that God gave exclusively to Jesus. 
Therefore, it is imperative that you learn that Jesus was not called "The 
Word of God" because He was created by the Word of God; but rather, He was 
called "God's Word"because He was the very expression of God.

All the prophets spoke God's Word, but none of them ever said that he was 
His Word. Only Christ was the very revelation of God and His very 
expression. Therefore, without Christ, we cannot know God, as He said in the 
holy Gospel: "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which 
is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." (John 1:18).


In conjunction, the name of Christ as it was repeated in the Qur'an, carried 
in it a divine meaning. For"the Word" came as the name of a person not a 
description of an action, and that person emanated from God, Therefore He is 
as God, eternal and everlasting.

2. THE SPIRIT OF GOD. The Qur'an says: "Christ Jesus the son of Mary was an 
apostle of Allah, and His word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a Spirit 
proceeding from Him." (Surah of Women 170).

El-Razi, a great Muslim scholar explained the term, "A Spirit proceeding 
from Him", saying : "He is the Spirit of God because He is the Lifegiver to 
the Word according to their religions." The Muslim scholar El-Baidawi said: 
"He was called a Spirit because He was able to give life to the dead and to 
people's hearts."

Here it becomes important for us to know the difference between two verses 
that came in the Qur'an: the one about Adam, saying: "But He fashioned him 
(Adam) in due proportion, and breathed into him something of His spirit. 
"(Surah 32:9); and the other about Christ, saying: '. .and His Word which He 
bestowed to Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from Him."(Surah of Women 17).

When the Qur'an said 'He breathed into him something of His spirit' means 
that the breath that made Adam came from God. But when it said 'He is a 
Spirit proceeding from Him' means that He is the very Spirit of God, the 
Giver of life who emanated from God Himself.


3. HIGH HONORED IN THIS LIFE AND THE HEREAFTER This was another title that 
Christ carried (Surah of House of Imran 45). The Muslim scholars unanimously 
agreed that "being High honored in this world means the prophethood, and in 
the hereafter means intercession." (El-Baidawi, page 99).


Even though the Qur'an limits intercession to God exclusively, where it 
says:


"To Allah exclusively belongs intercession.." (Surah 39:44), yet in the 
meantime, the Qur'an, in the Surah of House of Imran 45, shows that 
intercession is one of Christ's distinctives. Consequently, this title that 
was given exclusively to Christ indicates that it is a divine title.

THIRD: THE MIRACLES OF CHRIST


1. HIS ABILITY TO CREATE: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favor to thee 
and to thy mother. Behold! I strengthened thee with the holy spirit... I 
taught thee the Book and wisdom, 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." (Surah of the Table 113).


2. HIS ABILITY TO GIVE LIFE: The Qur'an said as though quoting Jesus, 
saying: "I will also heal the blind and the leper, and bring to life the 
dead, by the leave of God."

(Surah of House of Imran 49).

Leprosy is a very serious and dangerous disease and Christ showed His divine 
power over it. He also was the only one who could heal a man born blind. Our 
modern medicine still stands powerless in cases of men born blind, but 
Christ was able to heal them without any hesitation (Matthew 9).

3. HIS ABILITY TO KNOW MEN'S SECRETS: This is a distinctive that belongs to 
God only, but the Qur'an entitled it to Christ when it spoke as though 
quoting Jesus saying: "I will inform you too of what things you eat, and 
what you treasure up in your houses. Surely in that is a sign for you if you 
are believers." (Surah of House of Imran 49).

This is of course a great indication from the Qur'an that Jesus knows men's 
secrets, and He also knows the unknown future. The Qur'an records the great 
prophecy that was uttered by Christ concerning His death and His 
resurrection, saying: "So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that l 
die, and the day I shall be raised from the dead again. " (Surah of Mary 
33).


FOURTH: THE INFALLIBILITY OF CHRIST

The Qur'an testifies that every prophet and apostle had his special sins, 
and it mentioned the particular faults of some of them. But as far as Christ 
is concerned, He was pure and holy. The Qur'an described Jesus, saying: "I 
am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to announce) to thee the gift of aholy 
son." (Surah of Mary 19). All Muslim scholars, such as Tabari, Razi and 
others agreed that the word used in Arabic, meant that the child was pure 
and without sin.


You will never find one verse in the Qur'an where Christ asked for 
forgiveness of sins, and that because He was without sin, and He did not 
need to ask for forgiveness like all humans, including all the prophets. 
Consequently, the Qur'an tells us that Christ was blessed wherever He be 
(Surah of Mary 31). He is the blessed forever.


The greatest blessing of Christ is in the fact that He died on our behalf, 
to pay our sin debt, that we owe to a just and holy God. Therefore, my 
Muslim friend, you have an obligation to surrender your life and submit to 
the Word of God, namely Christ Jesus, who shed His precious blood to cleanse 
you from all your sins. Come to Jesus now so you can receive eternal 
salvation and forgiveness of your sins. Be saved today!


He says to you now: "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his 
ljfe for the sheep. " (John 10:11).


My dear Muslim friend, please come to Jesus now, for He is the only way to 
the Father Jesus said: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh 
unto the Father, but by me."


The Bible also says: "But as many as received him (Jesus Christ), to them 
gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his 
name." (John 1:12).


If you are willing to turn from your sins and put you faith in the Divine, 
Eternal Son of God, then pray this prayer:


"Dear Lord Jesus, I have discovered that you are the greatest person in this 
world, you are great in your birth, in your miracles, in your life, and in 
your love for me... I am a sinner, I cannot save myself, but I give myself 
to thee to forgive me my sins, and make me your child. I receive you as my 
Lord and personal Saviour.  Please deliver me from eternal death and hell 
and give me eternal life. Amen."