Tiny said:
Islam denies that Jesus is the Son of God. I know because I nearly became a Muslim, until I learned that "God has no Son". God DOES have a Son, Jesus Christ.
We are to love Muslims and their obedience, and perhaps we can learn something from them?
During Ramadan we should pray for them, because during Ramadan Muslims often search for truth, and see dreams and visions of JESUS:)
Tiny,
This is a CORE difference between Islam and Christianity. Who is the Muslim Jesus (Asa)? I agree we need to love Muslims and appreciate their devotion to their religion. Yes, pray for Muslims during Ramadan.
Let's look at a few statements from the Quran regarding Jesus. This is an overview of some of the statements about Jesus (Asa) in the Quran (from my article,
Is Islam a religion of peace at its core?)
a. Curse on those who call Christ, the son of Allah
Quran 9:30 (Yusuf Ali translation) states: ‘The Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth!’
b. Jesus, son of Mary, only a messenger
Quran 4:171 affirms:
O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) a messenger of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His messengers. Say not "Trinity": desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah: Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.
Quran 5:75:
Christ the son of Mary was no more than a messenger [or, an apostle]; many were the messengers [or, the apostles] that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth make His signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth!
So Jesus, being the son of Mary, was no more than a messenger, which is contrary to
Matt 11:27, where Jesus states that ‘all things have been handed over to me by my Father’.
c. Jesus and Mary as gods
Quran 5:116:
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.
Jesus and his mother are deities and the Holy Spirit is not stated as divine.
d. Allah cannot have a son
Quran 6:101:
To Him [Allah] is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things, and He hath full knowledge of all things.
Quran 72:3, ‘And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son’.
e. So, there can be no son who died for the sins of the world
The Islamic deduction is that Allah cannot have a consort, i.e. a husband, wife, spouse, companion, associate or partner (Merriam-Webster Dictionary 2015. s v
consort). Thus, Allah cannot have a son who died on the cross to provide salvation for people’s sins.
f. Islam confirms this of Jesus (Asa):
(1) Christ Jesus was the Messiah, son of Mary, and was a created being (
Quran 3:45-47);
(2) Jesus was created, like Adam as a man, from the dust when God said, ‘Be’, and he was brought into existence (
Quran 3:59);
(3) Jesus performed miracles (
Quran 3:49);
(4) Jesus was not crucified but another man like him was killed in his place (
Quran 4:157).
It is informative to read the Quran to discern the differences between Jehovah and Allah. They are radical. See:
Is the God of Islam the same God as Elohim of the Christian Scriptures?
Oz
