Jesus is an important religious figure for both Islam and Christianity, although the ways in which he is important differs between the two religions. While Christianity believes him to be the Son of God and part of the Holy Trinity, Islam believes him to be a messenger of God sent to bring the Word of God to believers and non-believers alike so as to bring them to religion. Due to the well-known belief that Jesus was sent to Earth as a prophet by God and that Jesus was declared the Son of God, Muslims consider the message, which was entrusted to Jesus, to be distorted and that this distortion led to the creation of Christianity. Mary (Maryam) had been told of God’s will through the word of the angel Gabriel that she would become the mother of a son, Jesus. The Bible has a more simplified, less extraordinary version compared to the Quran, making the creation of Jesus look far less glorious than it was truly supposed to be. In the Quran, the story of how Gabriel came to Mary is full of his telling her about how she has been chosen by God above all other women for this special task; that Jesus “shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he shall be (of the company) of the righteous.” In the Bible, it is simply by the angel Gabriel, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.” Both the Bible and the Quran state that, after Mary had asked Gabriel how her being pregnant was possible for she had been with no man, it is stated that, “For no word from God will ever fail,” and, “Allah createth what He willeth: when He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, ‘Be,’ and it is!” Those two statements show that there is noth... ... middle of paper ... ...rship him and Muslims respect him, however, that respect is of him being a prophet, not a divine, heavenly being. According to the Qur’an, “The Messiah, son of Mary, is no more than a messenger like the messengers before him, and his mother was a saint. Both of them used to eat the food.” This verse proves the Muslim view that Jesus is a living and breathing man; he eats and sleeps in order to survive. Works Cited Dirks, Jerald F. The Cross & the Crescent: An Interfaith Dialogue Between Christianity and Islam. Beltsville, MD: Amana Publications, 2001. Print. Holy Bible: New International Version. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005. Print. Parrinder, Geoffrey. Jesus in the Quran. Oxford, England: Oneworld Publications, 1995. Print. Saheeh International. The Qur’an: Arabic Text with Corresponding English Meaning. Jeddah: Abul-Qasim Publishing House, 1997. Print.
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First, Borg clarifies that Jesus was a Jewish mystic and Christian messiah. So, Jesus may not have thought he was the messiah. Borg believes Jesus was a Jewish mystic and Spirit person. So, Jesus performed many healings, but they should not be considered miracles. Borg refers to them as paranormal healings. Thus, Borg concludes that Jesus was a “prophet of the Kingdom of God”.
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true in many divisions of the Christian religion. There is almost no dispute in the fact that Jesus
Christianity and Islam are two religions that grew from the same central idea of one divine being; they also originate from Jerusalem. However, the two religions bear great disparity but they also hold a few similarities. Both Islam and Christianity believe in Abraham as the forefather of both religions; they believe Him to be the founder of the two religions. The two religions have a holy book; Islam uses the Quran while Christians use the bible. Even though the two books do not bear the same teachings they are considered sacred in both religions. However, Christianity and Islam share a great deal of differences starting from the holy books, their beliefs, and the information contained in the respective holy book (Kavanaugh, 5).
The main points of Jesus’ teaching were that God loves you and is with you, to love one another, of the immense value of each person. The Good News: The kingdom of God has come to earth. The reality of judgment in heaven or hell and that God forgives those who ask. Mohammed’s life, ministry and death started when the Prophet of Islam was born in the year 570 B.C. Born into an affluent family, he would lose both of his parents by the age of six. Mohammed became a camel driver traveling between Syria and Arabia, later he would become a caravan manager for wealthy merchants, which lead him to meet his wife Khadija, 15 years his senior, and she was his only wife until her death 24 years later.
My passage is Isaiah 53 where it talks about a suffering servant for Israel. While Christians believe this is a prophecy of Jesus, Muslims believe that Jesus was only a prophet. They believe Jesus was never crucified, and Allah made someone look like Jesus instead. (Koran 4:157) Interestingly enough, when our Muslim consultant, Dr. Akhter, was asked about Jesus’ teachings according to the Koran and how it may relate to this passage, he said that he does not know of His teachings. Thus, the suffering servant, according to Islamic teachings, is the man who Allah made to appear identical to Jesus.
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However much Islam and Christianity would seem to share common ground, the discussion is not complete without noting the parallels between this two that have taken center stage. Some of the remarkable differences as they try to answer deep life complexities arise in the areas of religious practices by both their adherents and the clergy (Dorothy 13-28). “There is also a stark contrast to the belief system subscribed to, means of salvation, scriptures”. The most prominent difference present concerns the belief of life after death and practices of depicting the metaphysical
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Handout Week 4: The Qur’an on the Attributes of Muhammad and the Names of God.
...t. While Christians believe that Christ was killed on the Christ and resurrected, Muslims completely deny his death thus, the fact of resurrection (they believed that God just took him back). So, we can see that there is a number of similarities in the understanding of Jesus by Islam and Christianity, however they are also different. But, what is the most, important none of two religions denies the existence if this great figure.
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In addition to being the spiritual leader of Christianity, followers of the religion consider Jesus divine. This is in sharp contrast to Islam, which explicitly teaches that Christianity is absolutely wrong in its acceptance of Jesus as God. In Islam, the most important teaching is that Allah is One and Unique, which explains why Muslims reject the concept of the Trinity. Though they reject his divinity, Muslims acknowledge that Jesus was an important prophet (Molloy 415), just as they acknowledge that Muhammad was a great prophet. In their eyes, Muhammad was even more important than Jesus, though still not divine.
Born to Mary, Jesus of Nazareth is commonly referred to as “Christ”, the Greek synonym for the “Hebrew” word “Messiah” (Paul, John, II. "King."). Messiah can be defined in the Hebrew language as the “Anointed One” (Paul, John, II. "King."). Jesus’s three-fold title of prophet, priest, and king will be discussed from the perspective of the Catholic tradition which states that those who are called to the office of God are anointed with oil (Han).