Jesus, Prophet of Islam - The Islamic Bulletin

Jesus in Qur'an 291

me to say what 1 had no right to say! If1 ever said that,

then You would certainly know it. You know what is in

me, and 1 do not know what is in You -surely it is only

You Whoknows whatis hidden.1only told them what

You commanded me - to, "Worship God, IJlY Lord and

your Lord," and while 1 dwelt among them 1 was a

watcheroverthem, and whenYoutookme up, thenYou

werea Watcher over them-andYouwatchover every­

thing. If You punish them, then surely they are Your

slaves, and if You forgive them, then surely You are the

Mighty, the Wise.'

God will say, 'This is a Day when the truthful will bene­

fit from their truthfulness, for gardens underneath which

rivers flow will he theirs, dwelling there for ever - God

is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him ­

that is the great success.' The dominion of the heavens

and the earth and whatever is in them belongs to God ­

and He has power over everything. (Qur'an 5: 109-120).

Eisewhere in the Qur'an, God makes it perfectly c1ear that both
Jesus and Mary were only human beings:

The Messiah son of Mary was only a Messenger like the

Messengers who went before him and his mother was a

truthful woman and they both used to eat food. See how

We clarify the signs for them - and then see how they

make up lies! Say: 'Do you worship what does not have

any power to either harm or benefit you, instead of

God?' And it is God Who is the One Who Hears, the

One Who Knows. (Qur'an 5: 75-76).

Il follows that Jesus could not possibly be the 'son' of God:

And they say, 'God has chosen a son.' Glory be to Himl

Indeedwhatever is in the heavens and the earth is His.

Everything is subservient to Him, the Brioger into Being

of the heavens and the earth - and when He decrees a

matter, then all He says to it is 'Be!' and it is. (Qur'an 2:

116-117).