Jesus Christ in Christianity and IslamJesus as seen in Christianity and Islam, the sources are mainly the Bible, and Quran. |
"The angel went to her and said, "Greetings,
you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."
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"Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! Allah has
chosen you and purified you - chosen you above the women of all nations."
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"Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus." Luke 1:29-31
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"Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! Allah gives you glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honor in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to Allah"; Quran 3:45
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"How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?" The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God."
Luke 1:34-5
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"She said: "O my Lord! how shall I have a son when no man has touched me?" He said: "Even so: Allah creates what He wills: when He has decreed a Plan, He but says to it, 'Be,' and it is!" Quran 3:47
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"Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God." Luke 1:36-7
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"Praying: "O my Lord! Infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair of my head glistens with grey: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, in my prayer to You!...my wife is barren: so give me an heir as from Yourself, "(One that) will (truly) represent me, and represent the posterity of Jacob; and make him, O my Lord! one with whom You are well-pleased!" (His prayer was answered): "O Zakariya! We give you good news of a son: his name shall be Yahya... He said: "O my Lord! how shall I have a son, when my wife is barren and I have grown quite decrepit from old age?" He said: "So (it will be) : your Lord says, 'That is easy for Me: I indeed created you before, when you had been nothing!" Quran 19:4-9 |
"God created man in his own image, in the image of
God he created him; male and female he created them."
Genesis 1:27
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"The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam; He created
him from dust, then said to him: "Be": and he was."
Quran 3:59
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..."the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger"... Luke 1:6-7
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"So she conceived him, and she retired with him to
a remote place. And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of
a palm-tree: she cried (in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had died
before this! would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of
sight! But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree)
:"Do not grieve! for your Lord has provided a rivulet beneath you;
"And shake toward yourself the trunk of the palm-tree: it will let
fall fresh ripe dates upon you. "
Quran 19:22-5
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"So eat and drink and cool (your) eye. And if you
see any man, say, 'I have vowed a fast to (Allah) Most Gracious, and
this day I will not enter into any talk with any human being.' At
length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him
(in her arms). They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing you have
brought! "O sister of Aaron! your father was not a man of evil, nor
your mother an unchaste woman!" But she pointed to the babe. They
said: "how can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?" He said:
"I am indeed a servant of Allah: He has given me Revelation and made
me a prophet; "And He has made me blessed wheresoever I be, and has
enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live; "(He) has made
me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable."
Quran 19:26-32
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"They were all filled with awe and praised God,
"A great Prophet has appeared among us," they said. "God has come to
help his people." This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and
the surrounding country."
Luke 7:16-7;
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..."Jesus, the son of Mary, said: "O Children of Israel! I am the Messenger of Allah (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me"... Quran 61:6
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..."I have not come on my own; but he (God) sent me." John 8:42
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"O People of the Book! commit no
excesses in your religion: nor say of Allah anything but the truth.
Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) a Messenger of Allah,
and His Word"...
Quran 4:171
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"For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me." John 8:38
...This command I (Jesus) received from my Father.
John 10:18
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"And behold! Allah will say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Did
you say to men, 'worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah'?" He
(Jesus)
will say: "Glory to You! Never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I
said what is in my heart, though I do not know what is in Yours. For You know
in full all that is hidden. "Never said I to them anything except what You commanded me to say, to wit, 'Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord'; And I was a witness over them whilst I dwelt amongst them; when You took me up, You were the Watcher over them, and You are a Witness to all things." Quran 5:116-7
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"I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than
his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him."
John 13:16
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"He said: "I am indeed a servant of Allah: He has
given me Revelation and made me a prophet"...
Quran 19:30
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"On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus's
disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations
for you to eat the Passover?"
Mark 14:12
"When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve. While they were
reclining at the table eating, he said"...
Mark 14:17-8
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"Jesus the son of Mary said: "O Allah our Lord!
send us from heaven a Table set (with viands), that there may be for
us - for the first and the last of us - a solemn festival and a Sign
from You; and provide for our sustenance, for You are the best
Sustainer (of our needs)."
Quran 5:114
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"When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus
said to her, "Will you give me a drink?"
John 4:7
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..."Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and
woke him"...
Matthew 8:24-5
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"Allah! There is no god but He, - the living, the
Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep"...
Quran 2:255
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"On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he
was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived."
Luke 2:21
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"When all the people were being baptized (by John the
Baptist), Jesus was baptized too"...
Luke 3:21
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..."he, Jesus, was in the desert forty days, being tempted by Satan"...
Mark 1:13
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..."Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed."
Luke 5:16
...he (Jesus) fell with his face to the ground and prayed...
Matthew 26:39
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"Christ does not disdain to serve
and worship Allah, nor do the angels, those nearest (to Allah): those
who disdain His worship and are arrogant, - He will gather them all
together unto Himself to (answer)."
Quran 4:172
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..."for the Father is greater than I."
John 14:28
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..."You are the Exalted in power, the Wise."
Quran 5:118
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"No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only"...
John 1:18
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"No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all
vision: He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all
things."
Quran 6:103
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..."You have never heard his voice nor seen his form"...
John 5:37
..."I am God, and there is none like me"
Isaiah 46:9
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..."there is nothing whatever like unto Him"...
Quran 42:11
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"By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear"...
John 5:30
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"In blasphemy indeed are those that say that God is
Christ the son of Mary. Say: "Who then has the least power against
Allah, if His Will were to destroy Christ the son of Mary, his mother,
and all - every one that is on the earth? For to Allah belongs the
dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between"...
Quran 5:17
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