Saad Tasleem – Jesus and Mary in Islam

			Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the miraculous prophet of God, son of the Virgin Mary, wait, Muslims
believe in Jesus as a prophet? If that's the case, then why do we disagree with what Christians
believe? Why do we not follow the teachings of the gospel if you believe that Jesus is a prophet
sent by God, in Islam, Jesus peace be upon him is considered one of the greatest prophets from God
has sent to convey his message to mankind and guide them to the right path. In the same manner as
Noah, Abraham, Moses, Muhammad, and the rest of the Prophets, peace be upon them all. The Miracle
began when God chose Jesus to be born to a mother without a father, by God's permission, just as He
		

			created Adam, without a father or a mother. God says in the Quran, the example of Jesus in the sight
of God is like the example of Adam. He created him from dust, and then said to him be, and he was,
his birth was the first in a series of miracles that God gave Him to invite people to the message of
Islam, by surrendering to the worship of God alone, just as the rest of the prophets did. He was not
the Son of God and he did not ask people to worship him. He was a mortal messenger of God, as were
the prophets who came before him, a messenger whose enemies conspired to crucify him. However, God
honored Jesus by raising Him to heaven and sparing him from crucifixion. He made another man appear
		

			in Jesus's likeness, and that man was crucified. Instead, we as Muslims contest the Christian
narrative asserting that Jesus is God or the son of God that was crucified, we say that he is a
messenger from God, who is not killed, more crucified, rather, he was raised by God unto himself. So
the question remains, why don't Muslims believe in the gospel? Actually, we do believe in the
gospel, as it was originally revealed to Jesus peace be upon him. However, that message was
corrupted over time, distorting Jesus's original message during the six centuries that followed his
ascension to Heaven. That distortion led people to claim that Jesus was God until the Quran came to
		

			present and forever preserve the truth.