Jesus, Prophet of Islam - The Islamic Bulletin

Jesus in Qur'an 295

It is not how it is for God to choose any son. - Glory be

to Him! -When He decrees a matter, then all He says to

it is 'Be!' and it is. (Qur'an 19: 35).

And:

o mankind, a simile is coined for you - so pay attention

to it: Surely those to whom you pray instead of God

could never create a Hy, even if they all tried together ­

andif the flytooksomethingfrom them, they could not

retrieve it from it: How weak are both the seeker and

the sought! (Qur'an 22: 73).

Thus it also follows that anyone who thinks - by virtue of Mary's
degree of perfection, and by virtue of the miraculous nature of the
immaculate conception - that Jesus can somehow be associated
with being God in any way is mistaken:

Thosewhosay,'SurelyGod is the Messiah, son of Mary,'

have indeed disbelieved. Say: ' And who would have

any power at all over God if He wished to destroy the

Messiah son of Mary, and his mother, and whoever is

on earth, all together? And dominion over the heavens

and the earth and what is between them belongs to God

• He creates what He wants -and God has power over
  everything. (Qur'an 5: 17).

It also follows that any concept of a Trinity is false:

o People of the Book, do not go to extremes in your

religion, and do not say anything about God except the

truth. Surely the Messiah Jesus son of Mary was a Mes­

senger of God, and His Word which He sent down into

Mary, and a Spirit from Him - so believe in God and

His Messengers, and do not say, "I'hree.' Stop it! (That

would be) better for you. Surely God is only One God!

Glory be to Him - far beyond His having a son -when

whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth

is His. And God is enough to look after il.