No other religion in the world respects and dignifies Jesus as Islam does. The Qur'an confirms his virgin birth (a chapter of the Qur'an is entitled "Mary"), and Mary is considered to have been one of the purest women in all creation. The Qur'an describes Jesus' birth as follows:
"Behold!'
the Angel said, God has chosen you, and purified you, and chosen
you above the women of all nations. Mary, God gives you good news
of a word from Him, whose name shall be the Messiah, Jesus son
of Mary, honored in this world and in the Hereafter, and one of
those brought near to God. He shall speak to the people from his
cradle and in maturity, and he shall be of the righteous. She
said: "My Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched
me?'
He said: "Even so; God creates what He will. When He decrees
a thing,
He says to it, 'Be!' and it is." [3:42-47]
Muslims believe
that Jesus was born immaculately, and through the same power which
had brought Eve to life and Adam into being without a father or
a mother.
"Truly, the likeness of Jesus with God is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, and then said to him, 'Be!' and he was." [3:59]
During his prophetic mission, Jesus performed many miracles. The Qur'an tells us that he said:
"I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it and it becomes a bird by God's leave. And I heal the blind, and the lepers, and I raise the dead by God's leave." [3:49]
Muhammad and Jesus, as well as the other prophets, were sent to confirm the belief in one God. This is referred to in the Qur'an where Jesus is reported as saying that he came:"To attest the law which was before me, and to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden you; I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear God and obey me." [3:50]
Prophet Muhammad emphasized the importance of Jesus by saying:
"Whoever believes there is no god but Allah, alone without partner, that Muhammad is His messenger, that Jesus is a servant and messenger of God, His word breathed into Mary and a spirit emanating from Him, and that Paradise and Hell are true, shall be received by God into Heaven. [Bukhari]
Taken from www.islamtomorrow.com
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