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THE TRUTH ABOUT  JESUS
 
 byDr. Maneh Al-Johani
Quotations from the Holy Qur’an PREFACE  INTRODUCTION  MARY GLAD TIDINGS AND JESUS'S BIRTH  NOT THE SON OF GOD JESUS'S MISSION  JESUS RAISED TO HEAVEN  POINTS TO BE CONSIDEREDTHE POPE CONTRADICTS THE BIBLE  RELIGION VS. SCIENCE  EVIDENCES FOR THE QUR'ANIC ACCOUNT  REASONS HOLDING PEOPLE FROM ISLAM  ISLAM: THE NATURAL CALLFURTHER READINGS ON ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY  A LETTER FROM AN ENGLISH MUSLIM 
 
INTRODUCTIONWHY DO CHRISTIANS CLAIM THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD?
Quotations from the Holy Qur’an
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Say: 'O People of the Book, come to common terms as between us and you: that weworship none but God; that we associate not aught with Him; and do not some of ustake others as Lords, apart from God. And if they turn their backs, say: 'Bear witness thatwe are Muslims’. (3:64)
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They say, ‘God taken to Him a son.' Glory be to Him. He is all-sufficient; to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth; you have no authority for this. Do yousay concerning God what you do not know? (10:68)
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People of the Book! why do you disbelieve in God's signs, which you yourselveswitness? (3:70)
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People of the Book! why do you confound the truth with falsehood and conceal thetruth knowingly? (3:71)
Quotations from Hadith:
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Abu Hurairah reported Allah's Messenger (PBUH) as saying, "I am the nearest of kin toJesus, son of Mary, in this world and the next. The prophets are brothers, sons of onefather by co-wives. Their mothers are different but their religion is one. There has beenno prophet between us". (Bukhari and Muslim).
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Abu Hurairah reported Allah's Messenger (PBUH) as saying," By Him in whose handmy soul is, the son of Mary will soon descend among you as a just judge. He will break crosses, kill swine and abolish the jizya (a tax payable by a community which accepts the protection of a Muslim ruler but whose members do not embrace Islam), and wealth will pour forth to such an extent that no one will accept it, and one sajda (the position inMuslim’s prayer where the forehead is placed on the ground), will be better than theworld and what it contains". (Bukahri and Muslim).
 
PREFACE
The controversy about the personality of Jesus Christ is the major difference betweenIslam and Christianity. This difference keeps the followers of the two religions apart.Muslims look at Jesus Christ as a great Prophet of God and love and respect him as muchas they love and respect Abraham, Moses and Muhammad. Christians on the other hand
 
consider Jesus as God or son of God, a concept that Muslims cannot accept. Islamteaches that Jesus never made such a claim for himself. As a matter of fact all the cardinaldoctrines of Christianity that are rejected by Islam center around the personality of Jesus.Specifically these are:1. The Trinity2. The Divinity of Jesus3. The Divine Sonship of Christ4. Original Sin, and5. Atonement.It is clear that all these dogmas are the result of over-exhalting Jesus Christ above whatGod wants him to be. These differences focusing on the personality of Jesus haveovershadowed the many similarities between Christianity and Islam. Some examples arethe moral system and the emphasis on human principles. They have even over shadowedthe beliefs that Muslims associate with Jesus Christ such as the Virgin Birth of Jesus, being able to speak in the cradle, performing miracles, and the second coming of JesusChrist.The following two articles aim at presenting a true picture of Jesus in Islam andexplaining why the Christians deviated from his original teachings. The first article alsoindicates that many scholars and thinkers, who are still within the fold of Christianity, aregradually coming to agree with the Islamic points of view about Jesus, in many caseswithout realizing it. This corresponds to my conviction that the more scientific and biblical studies advance, the more they will agree with Islam. In other words, the Islamictruth is more evident with the passage of time. God in the Holy Quran hints to this in thefollowing verse:
We shall show 
 
them our signs in the horizons and in themselves, till it is clear 
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them that it is the truth. (41:53)
M.J.
 INTRODUCTION
The Islamic view of Jesus lies between two extremes. The Jews, who rejected Jesus as aProphet of God, called him an impostor. The Christians on the other hand, consider himto be the son of God and worship him as such. Islam considers Jesus as one of the greatProphets of God and respects him as much as Abraham, Moses and Muhammad. This isin conformity with the Islamic point of view of the oneness of God, the oneness of Divine
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