What Does the Quran Say About Jesus?
The Quran makes remarkable statements about Jesus — statements that, taken seriously, point far beyond the role of an ordinary prophet. Jesus in the Quran: born of a virgin by divine command (Surah Al-Imran 47); called "the Word of God" delivered to Mary (An-Nisa 171); called "a Spirit from Him" (An-Nisa 171); healed the blind and the leper and raised the dead by God's permission (Al-Ma'idah 110); sinless and pure (Maryam 19); raised to God (An-Nisa 158); and expected to return at the end of time. These extraordinary attributes given to Jesus alone — not to Muhammad, not to Moses, not to Abraham — demand an explanation.
"The Word of God" — What This Title Means
The Quran calls Jesus "a Word from Him" (kalimatun minhu — An-Nisa 171). No other prophet receives this title in the Quran. Muhammad is called "Messenger of God" and "Prophet" — never "Word of God." The Bible explains what this title means: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us." (John 1:1,14). The eternal Word of God — present with the Father before creation — took on human nature in Jesus. The Quran uses this title without fully explaining its depth; the Bible provides the complete explanation of what it means for Jesus to be the eternal Word of God.
"A Spirit from Him" — The Unique Title
The Quran calls Jesus "a spirit from Him" (roohun minhu — An-Nisa 171). This phrase points to a unique connection between Jesus and the very being of God — a connection no other prophet is said to share. The Bible explains: "God was manifest in the flesh." (1 Timothy 3:16). The incarnation — God taking on human nature in Jesus — explains why the Quran uses "spirit from Him" of Jesus alone. This title is not incidental. The Quran, without fully working out the implications, preserves a description of Jesus that points directly to what the Bible teaches about His divine nature.
Miracles That Only God Can Do
The Quran records Jesus raising the dead (Al-Ma'idah 110). Raising the dead is, in Scripture, an exclusively divine prerogative: "The Lord killeth, and maketh alive." (1 Samuel 2:6). When Jesus raised Lazarus (John 11), He spoke with divine authority: "Lazarus, come forth" — not "be raised by God's permission" but "come forth" as a direct command. The Quran itself records these miracles — miracles that the Bible presents as evidence of divine power. The Quran preserves the evidence for Jesus's divinity without drawing the full biblical conclusion.
The Sinlessness of Jesus
The Quran records that the angel announced to Mary a "righteous son" (ghulaman zakiyyan — Maryam 19 — literally, a pure/sinless child). Hadith tradition records that every human being is touched by Satan at birth except Jesus and Mary. Jesus's unique exemption from satanic touch at birth aligns with what the Bible teaches: He "knew no sin" (2 Corinthians 5:21) and was "holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners." (Hebrews 7:26). The Quran preserves the testimony to Jesus's unique sinlessness — which the Bible explains as the necessary prerequisite for His role as the perfect sacrifice for human sin.
Why Did the Quran Deny the Crucifixion?
Surah An-Nisa 157-158 states that the Jews did not kill Jesus but that "it was made to appear so to them." The Bible contradicts this directly — and so does independent historical testimony from Roman and Jewish sources who had every reason to confirm a death they themselves caused. The crucifixion of Jesus is one of the most historically documented events of the ancient world. The Quran's denial of the crucifixion, written six centuries after the event, contradicts not only Scripture but the unanimous ancient historical record. And denying the crucifixion means denying the atonement — the very mechanism by which sin is forgiven and humanity is reconciled to God.
The Return of Jesus — Not Muhammad
Islamic tradition teaches that Jesus, not Muhammad, will return at the end of time. This is striking: of all the prophets, why is it Jesus who returns? The biblical answer: because He left bodily (Acts 1:9-11) and promised to return in the same way (Acts 1:11). The return of Jesus is the completion of the story that His first coming began — the story of God entering human history in the person of His Son to save sinners and ultimately to consummate all things. Jesus's unique expected return — even within Islamic tradition — points to His unique status that transcends ordinary prophethood.
The Internal Tension in the Quran's Picture of Jesus
The Quran's picture of Jesus creates a tension: it gives Him extraordinary, divine-level attributes (Word of God, Spirit from God, born of a virgin, raises the dead, sinless, raised to God, returning) while simultaneously denying His divinity. The Bible resolves this tension: Jesus is exactly who these attributes indicate — God manifest in the flesh (1 Timothy 3:16). The Quran preserves the evidence pointing to Jesus's divinity without drawing the biblical conclusion. But the honest reader who follows the evidence of the attributes the Quran itself preserves is led directly to the biblical conclusion: Jesus is Lord and God.
A Direct Invitation
The sincere Muslim who honours Jesus as the Quran portrays Him is invited to take the next step: read the Gospels and hear Jesus describe Himself. Read John 1, 8, 10, 14, and 17. Hear Jesus say "I am the resurrection and the life" (11:25). Hear Him say "I and the Father are one" (10:30). Hear Thomas call Him "my Lord and my God" (20:28) without correction from Jesus. The Jesus of the Gospels is larger and more magnificent than the Jesus of the Quran — but the Quran preserves enough of the evidence to point any honest reader toward Him. Come to Christ as He truly is. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." (Acts 16:31).
Closing — The Complete Jesus of Scripture
The Quran's Jesus is an extraordinary prophet — born of a virgin, raising the dead, sinless, raised to God, and expected to return. The Bible's Jesus is all of this and infinitely more: the eternal Word of God made flesh, the one Mediator between God and man, the perfect sacrifice for human sin, the risen Lord who conquered death, and the coming King who will rule eternally. The attributes that the Quran preserves about Jesus are the beginning of the story — the Bible tells it in its fullness. Come to the complete Jesus of Scripture — and find in Him the complete salvation, the complete forgiveness, and the complete eternal life that only He can give — now and for ever and ever. Amen and amen and amen! Hallelujah. All glory to God. Amen and amen. Glory to God in our Lord Jesus Christ, for ever and ever. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." (Acts 16:31).
John 14:6 — I Am the Way
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6). No prophet in any tradition has ever made this claim about himself. Moses said "hear what God says." Isaiah said "thus saith the LORD." Muhammad said "follow what was revealed to me." But Jesus said "I am the way" — not "I show you the way" but "I am it." This self-identification as the way, the truth, and the life is either the most presumptuous claim ever made by a human being, or it is true. The Quran's own preservation of Jesus's unique attributes — Word of God, Spirit from God, sinless, raising the dead — makes the presumptuous alternative increasingly implausible.
John 5:22-23 — The Father Honours the Son
"For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him." (John 5:22-23). Jesus teaches that honouring Him is equivalent to honouring the Father — and that failure to honour Him means failure to honour the Father. This is a claim to divine honour, not prophetic honour. Prophets point to God for honour; Jesus says that honouring Him and honouring the Father are inseparable. This claim — made by the sinless One whom the Quran itself honours — deserves serious engagement by every sincere seeker of truth.
The Question That Cannot Be Avoided
The Muslim who acknowledges the Quran's portrait of Jesus — Word of God, Spirit from God, born of a virgin, raising the dead, sinless, raised to God, returning — and who reads what Jesus said about Himself in the Gospels — faces a decision that cannot be indefinitely deferred: who is this Person? C.S. Lewis framed the choice clearly: Jesus is either a liar, a lunatic, or Lord. The Quran's own testimony eliminates "liar" (he was righteous and a true prophet) and "lunatic" (he performed miracles and spoke with divine authority). The only remaining option — which the Quran preserves the evidence for but does not reach — is Lord. Come to the Lord Jesus Christ. He is waiting. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." (Acts 16:31).
Acts 4:12 — No Other Name
"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12). This is the exclusive claim of Scripture: salvation comes through Jesus Christ alone. Not through any prophet, any religious system, or any accumulation of works — but through the personal name and the personal work of Jesus Christ. The God who created every human being, who placed eternity in every human heart, who sent His Son to live and die and rise — this God calls every person directly, personally, and immediately to trust His Son. The invitation is universal: "whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." (Revelation 22:17). "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." (Acts 16:31).
Revelation 22:13 — The First and the Last
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last." (Revelation 22:13). The risen, ascended Jesus Christ identifies Himself as "the first and the last" — the same title God uses of Himself in Isaiah 44:6: "I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God." If Jesus is "the first and the last," and God says there is no other "first and last beside me," then Jesus is God. The Quran preserves a Jesus who is uniquely exalted above all other prophets; the Bible reveals the full reason for that exaltation — He is God manifest in the flesh.
The Evidence the Quran Itself Provides
Six pieces of evidence for Jesus's unique nature that the Quran itself preserves: (1) Born of a virgin — no other prophet born this way in the Quran. (2) Called "the Word of God" — the only prophet so titled. (3) Called "a Spirit from Him" — the only prophet so described. (4) Raised the dead — the divine prerogative. (5) Sinless and pure — unique among all humans. (6) Expected to return at the end of time — the only prophet whose return is awaited. Every piece of evidence the Quran preserves about Jesus points beyond ordinary prophethood toward what the Bible explicitly teaches: God manifest in the flesh, the one Saviour of the world.
From the Quran's Evidence to the Bible's Conclusion
The honest seeker who takes the Quran's evidence about Jesus seriously — Word of God, Spirit from God, sinless, virgin-born, raising the dead — and who then reads what Jesus said about Himself in the four Gospels, will find a consistent picture: the Jesus of the Gospels is exactly the kind of Person the Quran's attributes point to. The evidence leads to the conclusion. The conclusion is not a departure from truth — it is the destination that all the Quran's evidence about Jesus points toward. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." (Acts 16:31).
A Final Appeal to the Sincere Muslim
You honour Jesus — the Quran teaches you to. You acknowledge His virgin birth, His miracles, His sinlessness, His ascension. Now take one more step: read what Jesus says about Himself in the Gospel of John. Read it prayerfully, with a sincere heart asking God to reveal truth. Many former Muslims have taken this step and found in Jesus Christ the complete answer to everything the Quran began to say about Him. The invitation is not to abandon seeking God — it is to find Him fully revealed in Jesus Christ, who said: "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father." (John 14:9). "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." (Acts 16:31).
Colossians 1:15-17 — Creator of All Things
"For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible... and he is before all things, and by him all things consist." (Colossians 1:16-17). Jesus Christ is the Creator and Sustainer of all things — "before all things" and the agent through whom all things hold together. The Quran's "Word of God" title points here: the word through which God creates (as in "Be!" and it is) is the same eternal Word who became flesh in Jesus. The creative Word of God, the sustaining Word of God, and the incarnate Word of God are one and the same Person — Jesus Christ.
The Completeness of the Gospel
Every question the Quran raises about Jesus finds its answer in the Gospel: Why was He born of a virgin? Because God was manifest in the flesh. Why does He bear the unique title "Word of God"? Because He is the eternal Word who was with God and was God. Why is He called "a Spirit from God"? Because in Him the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily. Why did He raise the dead? Because He is "the resurrection and the life." Why will He return? Because His story is not finished — He is the coming King. The Gospel does not contradict the Quran's evidence about Jesus; it completes it. Come to the Jesus the Bible fully reveals. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." (Acts 16:31). Every attribute the Quran preserves about Jesus points beyond ordinary prophethood to the full biblical revelation: He is Lord and God, the eternal Word made flesh, the only Saviour of humanity. The door to knowing Him personally and completely is open right now to every sincere seeker. Come to the Lord Jesus Christ in personal faith and receive the eternal life that only He can give.
## Let us Pray:
"Lord Jesus Christ — the Word of God made flesh, the Spirit sent from the Father, the one who raises the dead and gives eternal life — I come to You now in personal faith. I believe You died for my sins, were buried, and rose again. I receive You as my Lord and Saviour. Thank You for the complete salvation that only You — as God manifest in the flesh — can give. Amen."
«Glory to God in our Lord Jesus Christ, for ever and ever and ever. Amen.»
An Invitation to Receive Divine Salvation — Accept The Lord Jesus Christ as Your Personal Saviour
Dear reader — if these words have touched your heart and you have recognised that you are a sinner in need of a Saviour, know that God is calling you to Himself in this very moment. You do not need a priest, or a human mediator, or a holy place, or rituals or works. The Lord Jesus Christ paid the full price on the cross, and the promise of God is certain and clear:
What saves you is not the words of this prayer — but the faith in your heart that the Lord Jesus Christ died for you and rose from the dead. But if you want to express your faith in sincere words, read this prayer with a humble heart as though you are speaking to the living God:
The Prayer of Salvation
"O Great, Holy, and Loving True God,
I come to You now with complete humility, confessing that I am a sinner. I have broken Your commandments many times in my thoughts, in my words, and in my deeds. I know that my sin deserves eternal death and eternal separation from You. I have no good work I can offer that is able to redeem my soul, and no righteousness of my own to cover my nakedness before Your holiness.
But I believe with all my heart in the testimony of Your Word that Your only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, died on the cross for my sins — bearing in my place the punishment I deserved. I believe that He was buried, and that He rose from the dead on the third day, alive and victorious over death and the grave, and that He is alive now unto the ages of ages.
In this blessed moment, I receive the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour. I trust in Him alone — not in my works, not in my religion, not in rituals or any person or angel or saint. On the Lord Jesus Christ alone, and on His precious blood shed on the cross, I build the hope of my eternal salvation.
I thank You, my Father, that You have now received me in the Lord Jesus Christ, and have forgiven all my sins, and have given me eternal life as a free gift by Your grace. I thank You that You have sent Your Holy Ghost to dwell in my heart, bearing witness to me that I have become Your child. Give me grace to know You more day by day, and to live the rest of my life for Your glory alone.
I pray all this in the name of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by the power of the Holy Ghost. Amen."
After You Have Prayed — What Now?
If you prayed this prayer from a truly believing heart, the greatest miracle in all your history has happened in this moment: you have passed from death to life, from darkness to light, from the kingdom of sin into the kingdom of the beloved Son of God. You have become a child of the living God, and God's own promise guarantees this to you in His trustworthy Word:
Notice the power of this promise: "gave he power" — a settled right, guaranteed, not a wish or a possibility. And notice "them that believe on his name" — not "those who performed great deeds," not "those who completed rituals," but simply "them that believe." You are now one of them — with absolute certainty.
Here are five simple steps to establish you in your new life with the Lord Jesus Christ:
First — Read the King James Bible every day. Begin with the Gospel of John, then continue through the rest of the New Testament, then the Psalms and Proverbs. God speaks to you through His Word as a father speaks with his son. Do not read quickly — read with meditation and prayer. "The holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation" (2 Timothy 3:15).
Second — Pray every day. Speak to God as a loving Father — not with memorised words, but with words from your heart. Share with Him your joys and sorrows and questions and fears. Prayer is the breathing of the Christian life. "Pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
Third — Join a Bible-believing church. Do not walk this road alone. Faith grows in the fellowship of believers, where the Word is preached faithfully and baptism and the Lord's Supper are practised according to the King James Bible. "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together" (Hebrews 10:25).
Fourth — Be baptised according to the King James Bible. Baptism is not a condition for salvation, but it is the first step of obedience after faith. It is a public declaration that you died with the Lord Jesus Christ and were buried with Him and rose with Him to a new life. "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved" (Mark 16:16) — faith first, then baptism as its natural fruit.
Fifth — Witness to others about the Lord Jesus Christ. What you have experienced of salvation and love cannot remain hidden. Begin with your family and friends. Tell them simply and honestly how the Lord Jesus Christ changed your life. "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you" (1 John 1:3).
And finally, remember always that your salvation is not built on your feelings or on any work you perform — but on the unchanging promise of God:
"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life."
— 1 John 5:13
Notice: "that ye may know" — not "that ye may hope," not "that ye may wish," not "that ye may wait in anxious fear." But that ye may know with complete, unshakeable certainty that you have eternal life. This is the difference between all the world's religions and the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ: religions say "work and perhaps you will be saved" — and the Word of God alone says: "believe and know that you are saved."
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"Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth." — Luke 15:10