Another question for our Muslin responders…?

Question

I admit that I don’t know much about the Islam religion, but one thing that I do know is that it can not be ignored. Finding out more about it has been difficult because truly I haven’t found too many Muslins to be approachable enough to ask questions. I thought that this may be a good forum to ask.

Next question:

I understand that you consider Jesus to be a prophet, I also understand that you have your own text. How does your view of Jesus come into play? How does a Jew (which is my understanding of him) relate to him being a Muslin?

Please use tact when answering the question to ensure that the Christians don’t feel attacked by your response.

Answer 1

I didn't know you could question a fabric.

Answer 2

God says in the Qur'an that throughout the history of man, he has sent every nation its own warners or prophets -- whether they be Jewish, Native American, Asian, whatever.

Jesus is regarded as one of the prophets. While all prophets are simply prophets of God, Jesus is highly regarded in the Islamic faith as a very important prophet. He was the prophet before Muhammad. In the Qur'an God tells us that the sayings of Jesus were corrupted and changed (through time) and that Jesus was not crucified. A man similar to him was put in his place on the cross and Jesus was brought up to God. It is believed by Muslims based on Muhammad's sayings that Jesus "Messiah" will come back to Earth (since he never died) and he will battle the antichrist -- after which the entire world will become Muslim -- since everyone will witness him as a Muslim.

Muslims are not anti-Jew. One of the first things Prophet Muhammad did when he entered Medina was to sign a "Constituation" with the city which guaranteed Jews and Christians rights. Hope this helped.

I recommend www.whyislam.org This site should answer most of your questions. If not, they have a toll free number to answer more. Just be careful of non-Muslim websites misinterpreting and fabricating info. Look at all sides of an issue before you decide.

Answer 3

Ok. I just want to point one thing. the word "Jew" is not easily explicable. Because being Jewish is strictly speaking related not only
to some religious belief but also to some heredity and ethnicity.
A Jew can believe in JUDAISM and he might not. But a Christian
or Muslim must be a believer of Christianity or Islam. Tell me
if St.Peter was a Jew or a Christian? Infact, traditionally he was both--a Jewish Christian maybe, but those Jews who followed Orthodox Judaism might consider him as a heretic.
What about Abraham? He certainly was not a Jew because
Jews came later as the descendents of his son Issac--who himself was not a Jew!!! Abraham, Ishmael and Issac were Hebrews( an ethnic identity). Moses was an Israelite Levite and also Hebrew.
David was a Jew in the sense that he was the descendent of Judah. Jesus was a actually not a Jew. Because he didn't descent from his Father's side(He didn't have any biological father) but an
Israelite Levite(because Mary was descendent of Levi not Judah).
and in belief yes--Jesus was a Muslim(one who submit to the One
True God of Abraham).

Answer 4

Musli'm'

Jesus was a prophet. He 'powers' were granted to him by Allah(God) and he could only use them with His permission. He was not crucified but raised before that to heaven. He is still alive and will come near the Last Day and will battle the Anti-Christ and convert the whole world to Islam.

Also he was(is) NOT the son of God or any kind of divine being. And he was a Muslim, not a Jew...like all prophets before him.

Answer 5

I'm not a Muslim but have done lots of reading about this religion.

A "Muslim" has a conventional meaning, and a deeper, more universal meaning.

First meaning of Islam (conventional meaning):
Islam is the religious dispensation given to man through Muhammad (pbuh). Its book is the Holy Qur'an. Its house of worship is a mosque, in English, and masjid, in Arabic. They have their Prophet-Founder - Muhammad, their calendar - the hejira (and all their religious holidays in it), their holy book - the Qur'an, their sabbath - Friday, their law - Sharia law, and so on and so forth. The entirety of this religious dispensation is called Islam. Its followers are called Muslims.

Second meaning of Islam (deeper, universal meaning):
Islam is the religion of the submission to the will of God. That's it. Someone who practices Islam is a Muslim. A Muslim is a person who practices the religion of submission to the will of God. In the Qur'an, Abraham and Moses and Jesus were called Muslims. But wait a minute? Abraham and Moses and Jesus existed long before Muhammad, so how can they be Muslims? They are Muslims because they practiced and promulgated and guided people to the religion of the submission to the will of God. ALL religions of God are Islam, each in its own time and each for its own prescribed time, until the next Messenger comes along. "Islam" has a more universal definition than the first meaning, it's more than the religion brought through Muhammad. Yes it is the Muhammadan dispensation, but it's also more. It is EACH dispensation, when God appointed that for mankind. Before Jesus, the Muslims were the followers of Moses. Before Muhammad, the Muslims were the followers of Jesus. You see?

Being a Baha'i, we believe in another Messenger of God - Baha'u'llah - who came after Muhammad. So, in Baha'i belief, before Baha'u'llah, the Muslims were the followers of Muhammad. We also believe that we're the modern-day Muslims, being the followers of the present-day Messenger, being Baha'u'llah, pbuh.

Jesus (pbuh) was one of these beautiful Messengers of God. Since he obeyed the will of God, he was a Muslim. Since he promulgated the people to submit to God. to practice the religion of the submission to the will of God, he was a Muslilm. Both Jesus and Mary, mother of Jesus, hold very high esteem in Islam. Jesus was not divine, he was man, the Prophet-Founder of Christianity, (at the time) the new form of Islam, after Judaism.

I hope this helps, and that it wasn't as clear as mud, lol.

Answer 6

Your actual question is derogatory towards Muslims, you don't spare there feeling in any way but expect Muslims to spare christian feelings. If either side was working with religion they would be our Muslim brothers. Hate and jealousies are clouding peoples judgement those are things neither side should use in gods or Jesus name or anywhere near a church. I will pray for healing for both sides.

Answer 7

You know Adam didn't have a father or even a mother.
God created Adam from dust and gave from his sole to him. So can we say he was a son of God?
No, God creates all the creatures the way he knows! So we believe that Jesus didn't have a human father, actually He didn't have any father according to Quran. God created him this way to show people his strength.

Answer 8

I am not Muslem, but I think you should read these accounts of other religions and their perceptions of prophets like Jesus: www.neardeath.com/experiences/...

Jesus as a reincarnation of Adam
Jesus as a reincarnation of Melchizedek:
Jesus as a reincarnation of Joseph
Jesus as a reincarnation of Joshua
Jesus as a reincarnation of Buddha
Jesus as a reincarnation of Horus
Jesus as a reincarnation of Krishna
Jesus as a reincarnation of Mithra

Answer 9

okay we believe that Jesus was infact a jew, we just don't believe that he was the son of God. He was the son of virgin mary and that's all. That is all in the Quran.

Answer 10

please check you grammar.

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