Christians believe that Jesus did this to Lazarus after 3 days in his tomb, when did prophet Esa do this according to the Quran? If he did so? Could you please answer with references to Quranic verses.

If Islam prohibits depicting prophets, and consider Jesus a prophet (although not the biggest one), are all these images of Jesus in Christian hands some kind of sacrilege?

Surat Ali `Imran 3/55 : > ˹Remember˺ when Allah said, “O Jesus! I will take you1 and raise you > up to Myself. I will deliver you from those who disbelieve, and > elevate your followers above the disbelievers until the Day of > Judgment. Then to Me you will ˹all˺ return, and I will settle all your > disputes. I want to know here, who are the followers whom will be elevated. Is it Christians or Muslims or both. If, it includes Christians then of what type. Does it include monotheists Christians only or even those who believe in trinity and other ideas? Does it include monotheists Jews? Who are the "disbelievers" over whom the "followers" will be elevated.

It seems to be commonly accepted in Islam that the prophet Jesus was "without sin," in contrast to the rest of humanity — even the other prophets — arguably(?) even Muhammad himself. (Although see https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/215/was-the-prophet-sinless and, again, note that most of my reading so far has been from Christian-evangelical sources who are motivated to elevate Jesus above Muhammad.) I can find plenty of references to this doctrine of "sinlessness of Jesus" via Google, but all the top hits are blatantly from a Christian-evangelical point of view (e.g. [Edward Sell's _Faith of Islam_](https://books.google.com/books?id=K7jjoomZVgEC&pg=PA248) ; e.g. resources from "The Spirit of Islam" and "CIRA International"). ([English Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_in_Islam) does not go very deep on this subject.) I'd like to find out — from relatively authoritative, English-language, yet non-Christian, sources — what historical Islam has to say on the sinlessness of Jesus; e.g. commentaries on [the hadith excerpted below](https://sunnah.com/urn/43910) , whether different sects/denominations disagree on this question, etc. In particular I wonder whether any division of Islam has ever claimed that Jesus was _not_ sinless. > Then the people will say, 'Don't you see to what state you have reached? Won't you look for someone who can intercede for you with your Lord?' > > Some people will say to some others, 'Go to Adam.' So they will go to Adam and say to him. 'You are the father of mankind; Allah created you with His Own Hand, and breathed into you of His Spirit (meaning the spirit which he created for you); and ordered the angels to prostrate before you; so (please) intercede for us with your Lord. Don't you see in what state we are? Don't you see what condition we have reached?' Adam will say, 'Today my Lord has become angry as He has never become before, nor will ever become thereafter. **He forbade me (to eat of the fruit of) the tree, but I disobeyed Him.** Myself! Myself! Myself! (I am preoccupied with my own problems.) Go to someone else; go to Noah.' > > So they will go to Noah and say (to him), 'O Noah! You are the first (of Allah's Messengers) to the people of the earth, and Allah has named you a thankful slave; please intercede for us with your Lord. Don't you see in what state we are?' He will say, 'Today my Lord has become angry as He has never become nor will ever become thereafter. **I had (in the world) the right to make one definitely accepted invocation, and I made it against my nation.** Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else; go to Abraham.' > > They will go to Abraham and say, 'O Abraham! You are Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and His Khalil from among the people of the earth; so please intercede for us with your Lord. Don't you see in what state we are?' He will say to them, 'My Lord has today become angry as He has never become before, nor will ever become thereafter. **I had told three lies** (Abu Haiyan (the sub-narrator) mentioned them in the Hadith) Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else; go to Moses.' > > The people will then go to Moses and say, 'O Moses! You art Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and Allah gave you superiority above the others with this message and with His direct Talk to you; (please) intercede for us with your Lord Don't you see in what state we are?' Moses will say, 'My Lord has today become angry as He has never become before, nor will become thereafter. **I killed a person whom I had not been ordered to kill.** Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else; go to Jesus.' > > So they will go to Jesus and say, 'O Jesus! You are Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and His Word which He sent to Mary, and a superior soul created by Him, and you talked to the people while still young in the cradle. Please intercede for us with your Lord. Don't you see in what state we are?' Jesus will say. 'My Lord has today become angry as He has never become before nor will ever become thereafter. **Jesus will not mention any sin,** but will say, 'Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else; go to Muhammad.' > > So they will come to me and say, 'O Muhammad ! You are Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the last of the prophets, and **Allah forgave your early and late sins.** (Please) intercede for us with your Lord. Don't you see in what state we are?"

I know someone who was raised Christian and continues to believe in God, but questions the modern day bible and believes it to have been altered, he also questions the notion of the Trinity, and whether Jesus was simply a human and not is not to be considered the son of God. My understand is that what defines "Ahlul Kitab" are that they believe in God and believe and follow the guidance of the bible/torah based on them being Christian or Jewish, but in situations where someone questions the modern day version of the bible and believes it to have been altered, is he still considered "Ahlul Kitab"? Thank you

Some Christians argue that, "the Quran 5:116 wrongly defines the Trinity. Trinity is not Allah, Jesus and Mary. Further Catholics do not worship Mary but pray via her to God." How do we respond to this? > And behold! Allah will say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say > unto men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of 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, Thou I know not what is in Thine. For > Thou knowest in full all that is hidden. > > -- Quran 5:116

Christians call Isa (Jesus) the "Son of God" whereas Muslims consider this to be blasphemy because of these verses: > **4:171** O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say about Allah except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers. And do not say, "Three"; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allah is but one God. **Exalted is He above having a son**. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs. > > **6:101** [He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. **How could He have a son when He does not have a companion** and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing. --- However both worldviews believe Jesus was born of a virgin and essentially *came from God.* > **3:47** She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allah ; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is. They both believe that he was the sinless Savior (messiah) sent as confirming the truth for God. > **3:45** [And mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allah gives you good tidings of a word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary - distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allah ]. --- So then, *could Muslims consider Jesus a **spiritual** son of God (in the sense that Jesus came from God) in the same way that Christians do? Is there a verse in the Qur'an that would be opposed to this view?* This is the way that Christians view Jesus, as they don't believe that God had literal sex with Mary, but instead placed a son in her womb.

We know from ahadith that shayateen can take on the form of humans including living persons e.g. Surayba ibn Malik.

I have read an article of Christianity which reads as follows: - > They indeed have disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary ... 5:17 - > They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary... 5:72 I have never heard any Christian say or read in any theological book the formulation "God is Christ" or "God is the Messiah". The common formulation is that "Jesus is God" (and never, "God is Jesus") or "The Messiah is God". The Qur'anic inversion of the word order is never used, and would, in fact, be wrong as the article What do we mean when we say "Jesus is God"? explains in detail. This is not a modern idea, but one that has been held by Christians throughout the centuries. This was even noted by Muslim author Neal Robinson, who makes mention of an ancient Nestorian reference: > ... The text which dates from around 550 CE. concludes a discussion of the Trinity with the words ‘The Messiah is God but God is not the Messiah’. The Qur'an echoes only the latter half of the statement. C. Schedl, Muhammad and Jesus (Vienna: Herder, 1978), p. 531. (Robinson, Christ In Islam and Christianity [State University of New York Press, Albany 1991], p. 197; bold emphasis mine) Why then does the Qur'an invert the proper statement of the Christian faith? The verse seems to means as though Christians only believe Jesus to be God which isn't the case since they believe God to be three persons? Can anyone correct me if I'm wrong? Anyone please clarify.

First of all: what I mean here by “Jew” is nationality/race and not religion. The question of whether Jesus was a Jew therefore means whether Jesus was an Israeli, i.e. a descendant of Jacob/Israel. The focus here is not on whether Jesus was a Jew from a religious point of view, i.e. whether he was a follower of Judaism. Was Jesus a Jew at all? He had no Jewish father, he is not from Jewish sperm. According to the Bible, a child inherits the nationality from the father. Two examples: 1. The wife of Joseph was a Gentile (Egyptian), and with her he made two children, Ephraim and Manasseh. Although their mother was a Gentile, they are still called Israelis because their father was an Israeli. They inherited their father's nationality. 2. Moses allowed the men of Israel to take Gentile women, but he didn't allow them to take Gentile men for Israeli women. Since Jesus did not come out of Jewish sperm, he can't be a Jew by nationality. It's wrong to say that Jesus was a "half-Jew" because his mother was a Jew. In the Bible, there is no such thing like "half". You are what your father is. If your father is Italian and your mother is Spanish, then you are Italian. You are not half-italian and half-spanish. You are what your father is because out of his sperm you came. However, if someone wants to claim that the nationality goes from mother to child, then he must agree that Ephraim and Manasseh were not Israelis but Egyptians since their mother was Egyptian. He must also agree that Obed was not an Israeli but a Moabite since his mother Ruth was a Moabite. If he does not agree, then his position is hypocritical. I have opened this topic in other communities but they have all been closed. I am opening this topic here now because Jesus also plays a major role in Islam and the question of his nationality is certainly not an unimportant issue for Muslims. Since Jesus has no human father, he cannot biologically belong to any nationality. What does this mean now?

Will Prophet Isa (AS) come back to this earth and preach Islam to everyone on this earth before the sun rises from the West? I have a question I asked in the comment section below

In Christianity it's taught that Jesus was resurrected after 3 days in his tomb, which is why his body is no longer there. Although muslims believe that Prophet Esa ascended to heaven and wasn't crucified, what is their view on "Jesus'" body dissaprearing after 3 days in the tomb?

I would like to know if I can use the term messiah in regards to a savior or a heroic person. An example is me writing a book about this savior who comes and saves this nation and their football club and wins them the world cup or someone who saves his people from villains. I know the term messiah means anointed one referring to isa PBUH. But they English dictionary has multiple terms for the meaning of messiah and in Islam it's about your intentions. I don't mean to compare isa and some fictional character. In English messiah can mean someone who's a hero or does something great for his people

In the Quran there seems to be only one verse i.e.4:157, that denies the crucifixion of Jesus. Even in that verse the denial is about what some Jews had claimed. Even though there are hundreds of thousands of hadiths, none seems to deny categorically what the News Testament teaches about Jesus' crucifixion, death and resurrection. Crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are so central and widespread among various Christian sects early on, including in the seventh century Arabia. Is there any clear evidence that denies the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in the Islamic texts, both in the Quran and Hadiths?

Reading the Quran, one thing I have noticed is that Jesus is the only person (I have noticed so far) given the title "son of *mother's name*". The disciples , the Jews & the angel Gabriel all calling him "son of Mary". > Quran 5:112 [And remember] when the **disciples said**, "O Jesus, > **Son of Mary**, can your Lord send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven? [Jesus] said," Fear Allah, if you should be > believers." > > Quran 4:157 And [for] **their saying**, "Indeed, we have killed > the Messiah, Jesus, **the son of Mary**, the messenger of Allah ." And > they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was > made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are > in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following > of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain. > > Quran 3:45 [And mention] when the **angels said**, "O Mary, > indeed Allah gives you good tidings of a word from Him, whose name > will be the Messiah, Jesus, **the son of Mary** - distinguished in > this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allah ]. I'm struggling to find out why the disciples would find the need to call him the son of Mary, wouldn't this be very obvious to Jesus? According to the information I know about Islam so far, it is the orthodox belief among Muslims that this was 100% genuinely what the disciples said , like a written tape recorder (in their own language). It is also the orthodox belief that Jesus never said he was anything other than a servant of God, and certainly never claimed to be the son of God. So logically his followers would never had thought of him to be anything other than a servant of God. It is also the orthodox belief that the Quran is not a product of Muhammad but a product of God. But the attitude I (and many others) are getting is that the author of the Quran is making a theological point, emphasising him being born of an earthly mother, in order to deny his divinity as the son of God. This obviously being completely against the teaching of the Quran (because Jesus never gave such an impression to the disciples). The question being again, what was the need of his closest friends, the angel Gabriel & the Jews calling him the son of Mary?

My understanding from reading the Quran is that the Torah and gospels are considered to be scripture. How do muslims handle the verses in the gospels that state Jesus came to save the world? That seems counter to what the Quran says that Jesus is just a prophet. Here is a good collection of what the gospels say about Jesus' mission. John 1:12 ESV But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, John 1:29 ESV The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! John 3:14-17 ESV Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3:36 ESV Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. John 5:24 ESV Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. John 8:51 ESV Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death. John 10:11 NIV I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. John 10:17-18 ESV For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father. John 12:46-48 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. John 14:6 ESV Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 15:13 ESV Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. Matthew 1:21 ESV She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. Matthew 20:28 ESV Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Matthew 26:2 NIV “As you know, the Passover is two days away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.” Matthew 26:12 NIV "When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial." Matthew 26:27-28 NIV Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." Matthew 26:31-32 NIV Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: “‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.” Mark 10:45 ESV For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Mark 16:16 ESV Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. Luke 9:22 ESV Saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.” Luke 24:46-47 NIV He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."

I have often wondered why Allah did not instruct the Prophet Isa (Jesus) to establish the religion of Islam while He was living on the Earth, which took place during the years 0 A.D - 33 A.D.. The Qur'an states that Allah performed many miracles through the Prophet Isa, so I find it a bit strange that Allah did not also instruct the Prophet Isa to start writing down divine messages, revelations, and moral laws which Allah could have dictated to him, and then Allah could have instructed the Prophet Isa to create a book from this collection of holy writings which would have become the world's first Qur'an and thus the beginning of the religion of Islam. Why didn't Allah have the Prophet Isa establish the religion of Islam while He was living on the Earth?

What are some of the sources Ahmadis use from Quran and Hadith to argue that Jesus (as) is dead?

I'm confused did jesus a.s get the injil when was 33 year old before his he get sent to heaven or when he returns? And if he get it when returns then why allah swt say he sent the injil even tho not yet?

I was told that Mahdi will pass away and jesus will bury him and pray funeral prayer over him. I cant locate the quotes except a link which mentions ambiguous sources. Google search isn't giving out anything except for the same webpage > sometime will pass, then Imam Mahdi will pass away. Hazrat Isa (as) will offer his funeral. http://nasirislam.com/Signoflasthour/Isa(as).html Is there a hadith for jesus burying Mahdi and jesus offering funeral prayer?