What is so great of Muhammad. They also reject the divinity of Christ.
2006-10-21 06:00:58 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
who said that .. they are BOTH the greatest of god's prophets peace be up on them .
2006-10-21 06:06:03 · answer #1 · answered by Alone 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Prophet Mohammad is considered the last Prophet. He received the last of the revelations from God, The Quran. He is the greatest since he is the last. Although he performed no miracles that are mentioned in the Quran, he did receive the Quran which, to Muslims, is the Miracle. Jesus on the other hand, performed many miracles, and his birth was also a miracle. He too received the word of God and he too delivered the message to the people he was assigned to. He is very special. So special that he is the Massiah who will return on the Last Day. So Muslim do believe all this.
But don't be confused. Jesus is not divine, his is the messenger of God like all others before him. It is God that makes all things possible, he can make Jesus to be born to the Virgin Mary also.
As far as Jessus being the Messiah, you need to understand that the word Messaih means one thing to the Jews and the Muslims, and quite another to the Christians. To the Christians, Messiah means, "Son of God". To the Jews, who by the way, invented the word, Messiah, it means someone who, with divine intervention from God, will be assigned a special task to fullfil at a certain time. That is what the Muslims believe also. The only difference is that Muslims beileve that Jesus was born through divine intervention from God, by a miracle to a virgin. That means he is the Messiah and he will return on the Last Day. Muslims also believe that Jesus did not die on the cross, it was simply made to appear that way. God took him back and he will return on the Last Day. Jews, on the other hand don't believe Jesus was born to a virgin, hence, no diviine interventon took place. So the Messiah will be someone else.
The source of the problem is that the Christians have the wrong menaing of the Messiah.
2006-10-24 20:23:58 · answer #2 · answered by Whatever 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is a cult derived from the Jewish tradition (that's why "The Holy Bible" the old and the new testament), and Islam is a cult derived from Christianity-that is why they respect Christ, and Moses but don't think of him to be as importan as the next prophet Muhammad. In judeochristian cosmogony you have one prophet before Chist, Moses. And he is not as important-for the Christians-as Christ, and Muhammad is next in line until the next cult derives from Islam It will never end!
As long as tere are peple who believe it such nonsenses as religions!
2006-10-21 13:13:44 · answer #3 · answered by Rozel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is not as RELEVANT to Muslems as Muhammad. The Koran clearly lists an order of authority that goes from Moses to David to Jesus and then to Muhammad. But much like Christians really only follow what Paul teaches, Muslims really only follow what Muhammad teaches.
2006-10-21 13:09:45 · answer #4 · answered by gee wiz 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jesus is considered one of the beloved prophets of Islam. However he is not considered the greatest, we love all the prophets equally!
You are right, we do not consider him god. or son of God.
2006-10-21 13:53:54 · answer #5 · answered by ATK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because muhammad invented himself to be the greatest prophet, bigger than Jesus and all Judeo-Christian prophets. He was creating a new religion and there had to be a Messiah, him. He offered nothing new, he had no miracles, he was 600 years too late, and when the people proved not to be gullible, he and his small band of impressionable poor folks took to force.
2006-10-21 13:08:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
To make it simple. Each Prophet was sent to the nation of his time, but Muhammed(peace be upon him) was sent to all of mankind till the end of time. He was the last and he came with the final revalation. He is our Prophet and we are of his nation.
2006-10-28 14:23:58 · answer #7 · answered by Umm Ali 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are confused and misguided.
Jesus was not greater than Muhammad (peace be upon them)
we reject the divinity of christ because we rejet polythiesm, and absurdity.
2006-10-21 13:09:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Cus then they'd be Christians.
The last prophet always gets to make a new religion. Look at Mormons, or Falun Gong.
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2006-10-21 13:07:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
the last prophet and coz Islam is the best religion
2006-10-21 13:12:37 · answer #10 · answered by to0omy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Have you read this book ?
What is your opinion, from the list below, provided by Spencer in his book?
The Truth About Muhammad
by Robert Spencer
Meet the real Muhammad:
Muhammad's bizarre reaction to his first "revelation": "I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself"
The heretical Christian who convinced Muhammad he was a prophet – and may have taught him his erroneous views of Christianity
Islamic borrowings from Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism – and Muhammad's enraged replies to charges that he borrowed material rather than received actual divine revelations
The "revelation" that allowed Muhammad to marry his beautiful daughter-in-law
The strange incident in Muhammad's life that makes it virtually impossible to prove rape in Islamic countries today
The real "Satanic Verses" incident (not the Salman Rushdie version): how Muhammad's attempt to win over his opponents ended with his saying he had been inspired not by God, but by Satan
How the Qur'an's teaching on warfare against unbelievers developed – with constant war to establish the hegemony of Islamic law as the last stage
The first year of the Muslim calendar: not when Muhammad was born or became a prophet, but when he became a warlord
How Muhammad used the graphic lure of Islamic Paradise to urge his warriors to fight furiously to extend his rule
"Kill every Jew who comes into your power": why Muhammad became so angry with both Jews and Christians – with disastrous consequences that are still playing out in the world today
The momentous command by Muhammad that led to good being identified with anything that benefited the Muslims, and evil with anything that harmed them --without reference to any larger moral standard
Muhammad's child bride – and the terrible consequences his marriage to a nine-year-old still has in the Islamic world
"This is the caravan of the Quraysh possessing wealth. It is likely that Allah may give it to you as booty": how Muhammad gave divine sanction to the Muslims' bloody raids
"War is deceit": the permission Muhammad gave his followers to lie in order to gain an advantage over their enemies
How Muhammad broke the principal treaty he entered into, again setting a pattern for Muslim states thereafter
Muhammad's commands to his followers to wage perpetual war against non-Muslims, including Jews and Christians
Muhammad on women's rights: women "are prisoners with you having no control of their persons"
"If justice is not to be found with me then where will you find it?" Why Muhammad still stands for Muslims as the supreme model for human behavior
"I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula, and will not leave any but Muslims" – and other statements by Muhammad that contemporary jihadists take very seriously
Islamic tolerance? The onerous tax burden and other discriminatory regulations mandated for non-Muslims under Islamic law
How Muhammad ordered the killing of apostates from Islam
The massacre of a Jewish tribe by Muhammad that was invoked by modern-day jihadists at the beginning of Israel's July 2006 operations against Hizballah in Lebanon
"Embrace Islam, and your lives and property will be safe": Muhammad's threatening letters to the rulers of the lands around Arabia
Muhammad's frequent avowals that the Muslims would overcome the empires bordering on Arabia and one day stand as masters of the world
"I have been made victorious with terror" – and other statements of Muhammad on his deathbed
Six steps that American leaders can and must take in order to protect our nation from Islamic jihad terrorism
2006-10-21 15:01:50 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋