Do the Muslims Believe in Jesus (pbuh) and his Second Coming?

Question

Is belief in the existence of Prophet Jesus (pbuh) cardinal to Islamic faith?
Will he appear again at the end, and if so, what will be his purpose? Is there any other Prophet still alive?

Answer 1

Yes, Islam is the only non-Christian faith, which makes it an article of faith to believe in Jesus Christ (pbuh). No Muslim is a Muslim if he does not believe in Jesus Christ (pbuh). We believe that he was one of the mightiest Messengers of Allah (swt). We believe that he was the Messiah, translated ‘Christ’. We believe that he was born miraculously, without any male intervention, which many modern day Christians do not believe. We believe that he gave life to the dead with God’s permission. We believe that he healed those born blind and the lepers with God’s permission.



Allah says in the Qur'an regarding Jesus Christ (pbuh):



And remember Jesus the son of Mary said: "O Children of Israel! I am the Messenger of Allah (sent) to you…” (Surah Saff 61:6)



Infact Islam makes it an article of faith to believe not only in Jesus Christ (pbuh) but all the Messengers that preceded and followed him. By name only twenty-five Messengers are mentioned in the Qur'an. Allah instructs us in the Qur'an:



“O you who believe! believe in Allah and his Messenger and the scripture which He has sent to His Messenger and the scripture which He sent to those before (him). And who denies Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers and the Day of Judgment have gone far far astray.” (Al-Qur'an 4:136)



Thus belief in the Messengers, including Jesus (pbuh) is an important belief of Islam. Though Jesus (pbuh) is mentioned by name twenty-five times in the Qur'an, he is also referred with other respectable terms such as ‘Ibne Maryam’ - son of Mary; as ‘Masih’ – translated Christ, as ‘Rasulullah’ - Messenger of Allah, as ‘Abdullah’ – servant of Allah, as ‘a word of Allah’, as ‘a spirit proceeding from Allah’, as ‘a sign of Allah’ and numerous other epithets spread over fifteen different chapters of the Qur'an.



It is also true that the Muslims, on the authority of the Qur'an and the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) believe in the second coming of Jesus Christ (pbuh). He was the only Prophet of Allah who was raised up alive. Allah says:



‘…They said (in boast) "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary the Messenger of Allah"; but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them; and those who differ therein are full of doubts with no (certain) knowledge but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not. Nay Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.’(Al-Qur'an 4:157-158)



Allah mentions the second coming of Jesus Christ (pbuh) in the following verse of the Qur'an:



“And indeed, he (i.e. Jesus) will be (a sign for) knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.” (Al-Qur'an 43:61)



The reason why Jesus (pbuh) is the only Prophet of Allah who was raised up alive by Allah is because he was the only Prophet whose “followers” mistook him as God. They wrongly say that he claimed divinity. Thus he will come back again to this world to clarify all such misconceptions. Says Allah in the Qur'an:



‘And behold! Allah will say "O Jesus the son of Mary! did you say unto men worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah"? He will say: "Glory to You! never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing you would indeed have known it. You know what is in my heart though I know not what is in yours. For You know in full all that is hidden.’ (Al-Qur'an 5:116)



There are no less than seventy Ahadith that speak of the second coming of Jesus Christ (pbuh). In one of the Ahadith, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is reported to have said:



"By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, son of Mary (Jesus) will shortly descend amongst you people (Muslims) as a just ruler and will break the cross and kill the pig and abolish the Jizya (a tax taken from the non-Muslims who are in the protection of the Muslim government). Then there will be abundance of money and nobody will accept charitable gifts.” (Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 3. Hadith no. 425)



It should also be borne in mind that Jesus Christ (pbuh), in his second coming will not be coming with any new message or revelation. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is reported to have said:



"How will you be when the son of Mary (i.e. Jesus) descends amongst you and he will judge people by the Law of the Qur'an and not by the law of the Gospel”. (Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 4. Hadith No. 658)



Let’s now analyse the following words attributed to Jesus Christ (pbuh) in the Bible:



"Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” [The Bible, Mathew 7:22-24]



In the verses quoted above, Jesus (pbuh) said that in his second coming, he would ask the people to depart from him, to get away from him because he wouldn’t know them. Who are these people? The Muslims or the Hindus? The answer is neither Hindus nor Muslims but the Christians, because Muslims or Hindus do not claim to do “Miracles” in the name of Jesus Christ (pbuh) nor do they cast out devils in his name.



Thus Muslims believe in Jesus Christ (pbuh) to be one of the mightiest Messengers of Allah and also believe in his second coming.

Answer 2

Well....there are some islamic end of the world prophecies....which include hte second coming of jesus......but god can end the world any second, so there isn't any requirement.

Islam's view is that the "anti-christ" will come. He is a person, but also a "way of thinking"....an idea......there is a 3rd thing, that i can't remember right now.

Anyways, there will be a war and jesus will descend from heaven on the day of the final battle during the morning prayers......the imam will offer to let jesus lead the prayer, but jesus will decline and follow the prayer. Afterwards he will kill the anti-christ.

Essentially his purpose is to die..... The koran says that jesus did not die on th cross, nor was he crucified....doesn't go beyond that.....
No muslim knows for sure what happened to jesus....most widely believied theory is that judas was given jesus's face.....also the romans didn't know what jesus looked like...they needed judas to tell them......started to side track

Back ot the point....islam says jesus never died, He was raised to heaven as a living being. (islam has stories of a few other prophets "visiting" heaven while still alive). It also says all people have to die.

He'll come back as a man, not a prophet...... and there are no other prophets "alive" besides him. After mohammad there was no other prophets....and i guess technically jesus is "alive"...although not on earth.

Answer 3

I am a muslim. I might be 13 but Im experienced. You have yourself tied up. The muslims do believe in Jesus PBUH. We just don't believe in him as the last prophet who was Mohammed PBUH. He indeed will come back in the end of time to fight the Dajjal (antichrist). The Dajjal himself will act and look like Jesus. Some will be fooled and some will remember that the Dajjal will be fake and Jesus PBUH is indeed going to come. Also, the prophet Muhammed PBUH knew what Jesus PBUH did because it was told to him either in the Koran or delivered by Allah's angel Jibril (Gabriel).

Answer 4

peace be upon you
Yes , Muslims believe that Jesus didn't die on the cross , but the God make the man who betrayed the Jesus in the shape of the jesus and he is who died on the cross , and the Jesus now in the sky alive ,and before the end of the world he will come back.
He will save us from God's enemies and and will show to the world the truth of Islam and it is the God's religion and with him the world will live in a great happiness and property.
No other prophets alive .
Mohammed was the last prophet and he died.

Answer 5

YES Muslims believe that Jesus was a prophet and that he will come back prior to the end of the world to lead Muslims against their enemy.

The only difference between Islam and Christianity about Jesus is, in Islam Jesus was just a prophet and messenger from God to preach people and invite them to worship God and that he was NOT the son of God but he was the son of Virgin Mary ONLY.

In Islam, we believe that the only reason why Christians say that Jesus is the son of God is because Mary had no husband, and when the Jews found out about her baby they started calling her names and accusing her of adultery so the Christians wanted to protect her reputation by saying that Jesus was the son of God.

Answer 6

The Muslims see the Master Jesus as a great world teacher but not as the one and only son of God ,in fact in the esoteric point of view is that Mohamed was a disciple of the man Jesus and is now a very highly advanced Master in his own right.

Answer 7

This is something I find intriguing myself,

Muslims believe that Jesus is an important prophet of God.

Yet if that is the case, why are they not christians, according to the Words Jesus spoke?

Answer 8

We believe in jesus as prophet and massenger and he will come back to lead the Islamic nation and the whole world.

Answer 9

Most Muslims believe that Jesus is alive in Heaven, and will return to Earth (To Damascus) to defeat the Dajjal (Antichrist).

Answer 10

They believe Jesus was just a man, a profit. They don't realize He is God.