What Do Muslims Believe About Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) ?

Unknown to many people in the world today is the fact that Muslims believe in Jesus son of Mary (peace be upon him).

Muslims respect and revere Jesus (pbuh) and await his Second Coming. They consider him one of the greatest of God's messengers to mankind. A Muslim never refers to him simply as 'Jesus', but always adds the phrase 'upon him be peace'.
The Quran confirms his virgin birth (a chapter of the Quran is entitled 'Mary'), and Mary is considered the purest woman in all creation.
The Quran describes the Annunciation as follows:

'Behold!' the Angel said, 'God has chosen you, and purified you, and chosen you above the women of all nations. O Mary, God gives you good news of a word from Him, whose name shall be the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, honored in this world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near to God. He shall speak to the people from his cradle and in maturity, and shall be of the righteous.'She said: 'O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?' He said: 'Even so; God creates what He will. When He decrees a thing He says to it, "Be!" and it is.' (Quran, 3.42-7)

Jesus (pbuh) was born miraculously through the same power which had brought Adam (pbuh) into being without a father:

Truly, the likeness of Jesus with God is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, and then said to him, 'Be!' and he was. (3.59)

During his prophetic mission Jesus (pbuh) performed many miracles. The Quran tells us that he said:

'I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it and it becomes a bird by God's leave. And I heal the blind, and the lepers, and I raise the dead by God's leave.' (3.49)

Neither Muhammad (pbuh) nor Jesus (pbuh) came to change the basic doctrine of the belief in One God, brought by earlier prophets, but to confirm and renew it. In the Quran Jesus (pbuh) is reported as saying that he came:

'To attest the law which was before me. And to make lawful to you paff of what was forbidden you; I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear God and obey Me.' (3:5O)

The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said:

'Whoever believes there is no god but God, alone without partner, that Muhammad (pbuh) is His messenger, that Jesus is the servant and messenger of God, His word breathed into Mary and a spirit emanating from Him, and that Paradise and Hell are true, shall be received by God into Heaven.' (Recorded sayings of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh))

In fact the Quran and Hadith of the Muslims contain more sayings and stories of Jesus (pbuh) and Mary (pbuh) than in Christian traditions.

There are over 1 billion Muslims in the world today who testify that:

1. Jesus (pbuh) was one of the mightiest messengers of God
2. Jesus (pbuh) was the Messiah expected by the Jews
3. Jesus (pbuh) had a miraculous birth (No father only mother, Mary (pbuh) )
4. Jesus (pbuh) gave life to the dead with Gods permission
5. Jesus (pbuh) healed the blind with Gods permission
6. Jesus (pbuh) confirmed the laws brought by Moses (pbuh)
7. Jesus (pbuh) gave glad tidings of the last prophet to come after him (Muhammad (pbuh))
8. Jesus (pbuh) was raised into Heaven by God and Judas was crucified in his place
9. Jesus (pbuh) will return near the day of judgement to fill the world with justice and destroy the anti-christ (Dajjal)