Muslims believe that Jesus (called “Isa” in Arabic) was a prophet of God and was born to a virgin (Mary). They also believe he will return to Earth before the Day of Judgment to restore justice and defeat al-Masih ad-Dajjal, or “the false messiah” — also known as the Antichrist.
Unlike the Christian view of the death of Jesus, most Muslims believe he was raised to Heaven without being put on the cross and God created a resemblance to appear exactly like Jesus who was crucified instead of Jesus, and he ascended bodily to Heaven, there to remain until his Second Coming in the End days.
Almost all Muslim scholars declare that Jesus will come again and defeat the anti-Christ, then die and be raised up. Whatever the interpretation is, one must still understand from this passage that Jesus Christ is coming again. A similar statement is found in Surat Zukhruf (Ornaments of God) 43:61; "And lo!
In the Islamic tradition, Christians and Jews are believed to worship the same God that Muslims worship. However, to some, there are many different opinions in the discussion of whether Muslims and Christians worship the same God.
In case you are wondering, and contrary to what many today are saying, Allah is not the same as the Christian God. In fact, there is no Allah. Allah is a name used to describe a vacuum, nothing. Islam explicitly denies that God is Triune.
According to Islam, Jesus never claimed to be divine. Islam sees Jesus as human, sent as the last prophet of Israel to Jews with the Gospel scripture, affirming but modifying the Mosaic Law. Mainstream Islamic traditions have rejected any divine notions of Jesus being God, or begotten Son of God, or the Trinity.
He was born of a Jewish mother, in Galilee, a Jewish part of the world. All of his friends, associates, colleagues, disciples, all of them were Jews. He regularly worshipped in Jewish communal worship, what we call synagogues.
To Muslims, the worship of any historical figure as God himself is a sacrilege and heresy. "If only they [i.e. Christians] had stood fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the revelation that was sent to them from their Lord, they would have enjoyed happiness from every side.
That is because Islam's scripture, the Quran, venerates Jesus (“Isa”) and his mother Mary (“Maryam”) as holy figures who preceded the Prophet Muhammad. Jesus is praised not just as a prophet but also as the Messiah.
Islam didn't come about until over 400 years after the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus, so Islam is not mentioned. HOWEVER, in Romans 16:17 - 18 we are urged to be wary of false teachers. That is just was Islam is (the ideology of Muslims which is built on violence).
What Do Muslims Think About Jesus (Esa)? Muslims respect and venerate Jesus Christ. They consider him to be one of Almighty God's greatest messengers to humankind. The Qur'aan re-affirms his miraculous birth and his miraculous abilities.
His name is mentioned in the Holy Qur'an twenty-five times, often in the form 'Isa ibn Maryam, meaning “Jesus, son of Mary.” In the Qur'an, he is referred to by the unique title of “Messiah” (al-masih in Arabic), meaning “anointed one.” He is regarded as one of many prophets from the hereditary lineage of Prophet ...
Muslims believe that the Messiah Jesus (peace be upon him) was not crucified or killed. The source of this belief is the clear texts of the Quran, and none of the Muslims disagree with that.
In other words, Islam does not in any way promote the notion of Prophet Isa (Jesus) being sinless. It is rather a Christian claim with no support in the Islamic religion. Essentially, all prophets are endowed with the ability to restrain from committing major sins (Al- Kabair) since they were chosen by God Almighty.
Some high level Buddhists have drawn analogies between Jesus and Buddhism, e.g. in 2001 the Dalai Lama stated that "Jesus Christ also lived previous lives", and added that "So, you see, he reached a high state, either as a Bodhisattva, or an enlightened person, through Buddhist practice or something like that." ...
Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and that he died on the cross for the sins of humanity. Muslims, on the other hand, believe that Jesus was a prophet of God, but not the Son of God, and that he did not die on the cross, but was taken up into heaven by God.
Though Muslims and Christians can describe Allah and Yahweh in similar ways at times, they are not the same god. In this next video, John Piper elaborates on this principle by teaching about the person of Jesus. Is the God if the Bible the Same as the God of the Quran?
In Islam, Allah is considered the one true god and creator. Jesus is considered only a prophet who is not as great as Muhammad. In Christianity, Yahweh is considered the one true God and Creator with the other two members of the Tri-unity (usually called the Trinity), Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
There is no official Jewish view of Jesus but in one respect Jews are agreed in their attitude towards Jesus. Jews reject the tremendous claim, which is made for Jesus by his Christian followers - that Jesus is the Lord Christ, God Incarnate, the very Son of God the Father.
Most of what we know about Jesus comes from the first four books of the New Testament, the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. According to the Gospels, Jesus was a Jewish man born in Bethlehem and raised in the town of Nazareth, in Galilee (formerly Palestine, now northern Israel) during the first century.
Jesus (peace be upon him) has a special status in Islam. He's the servant of God and the bearer of the Gospels. Jesus is one of the 5 greatest messengers sent to man, and God mentioned him specifically 25 times in the Qur'an.
Muslims do not accept the Christian God as described in biblical accounts, they would say it is a corrupted scripture, or a false translated scripture. Muslims do not believe Jesus is the Son of God (this is required for the first point).
We see Muslims, not as an enemy but a ministry. Jesus loves them and died on the cross to save them. At Jesus to Muslims, we feel obligated to reveal the truth about Islam and at the same time encourage the Church to love Muslims and be equipped to share with them the good news of assurance that only Jesus gives.
