Quoted
from the "ISLAM REVEALED"
JESUS
CHRIST ACCORDING TO ISLAM
JESUS
IS ALLAH’S MEDIATOR AND MESSIAH
In surat al-Zumar (The
Troops) 39:44, the Quran confines the work of intercession to Allah alone.
"Unto Allah belongeth all intercession. . ."Extraordinarily, the Quran
hints that intercession is also one of the privileges of the Messiah, as
in Surat al-Imran (The Family of ‘Imran) 3:45.
(And remember)
when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah giveth thee glad
tidings of a word from Him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary,
illustrious in the world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near
(unto Allah).
Messiah is the Hebrew
title for God's anointed Savior. "Christ" is the Greek equivalent.
"Almasseh" is the Arabic term. The Quran acknowledges Jesus of Nazareth
as the only Messiah of God.
Al Jalalan observed,
"Illustrious in the world by the ministry of prophecy and in the hereafter
by intercession and position and being one of those brought near unto Allah."
Badawi contended that "According to some, what was intended here was the
high place that Jesus was to have in Paradise. . . and in the Society of
Angels."
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