Is It Correct That Muslims Do Not Believe In Jesus Or Other Prophets?

A Muslim cannot be a Muslim if he or she does not believe in Jesus عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام. Muslims believe in Jesus عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام and in all of Almighty Allah’s Prophets عَلَیْھِمُ الصَّلٰوۃُوَالسَّلَام. It is a basic element of their faith to believe in all of His Prophets and Messengers عَلَیْھِمُ الصَّلٰوۃُوَالسَّلَام. Muslims respect and revere Jesus عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام and await his second coming. According to the Magnificent Quran, he was neither crucified nor killed but was raised into Heaven. Muslims consider Jesus عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام to be among the most prominent messengers of Allah Almighty عَزَّوَجَلَّ – but not God or the son of God. Jesus’ Honorable mother, Lady Mary رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْھَا is considered a virtuous and noble woman, and the Holy Quran tells us that Jesus عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام was born miraculously without any father:

إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَمَ ۖ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

The example of ‘Isa by Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ) is like that of Adam; He created him (Adam) from clay and then said to him, “Be” – and it thereupon happens! [Aal-e-‘Imran 3:59]

Many non-Muslims are surprised to find out that Islam considers, Jesus, the son of Mary, to be one of the greatest messengers of Almighty Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Muslims are taught to love Jesus عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام, and a person cannot be a Muslim without believing in the virgin birth and in the miracles of Jesus Christ عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام. Muslims believe these things about Jesus عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام not because of the Bible, but because the Glorious Quran states these things about him. However, Muslims always emphasize that the miracles of Jesus, and of all Prophets عَلَیْھِمُ الصَّلٰوۃُوَالسَّلَام, where only possible by “Allah’s permission and His Will.”

Muslims reject the idea that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, the Most Pure, has a son. The Glorious Quran stresses emphatically that Almighty Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ ‘does not have a son’.

It should be clarified that when Muslims criticize some of the teachings of Christianity, they are not attacking Jesus عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام. Christian’s doctrines such as the trinity and ‘Atonement’ are criticized by the Muslims simply because they did not originate from Jesus عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام. And when they evaluate the Bible they are not referring to ‘God’s word’ but to writings that are claimed to be God’s word.

Muslims believe that the book known today as the Bible only contains bits and pieces of God’s original messages, and that it has been tainted by human input and interpolations through numerous revisions and translations. Muslims believe the original Gospel was the words and teachings of Jesus عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام, not those of the disciples, Paul or other Church fathers who strongly influenced Christianity throughout history. Islam actually endorses Jesus عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام when it insists on the pure monotheism that Jesus عَلَیْھِمْ السَّلَام himself preached and followed.