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01-22-2005, 04:29 AM
Yahya Abdul Rahman - Jan 17, 2005
Christian groups many times make the declaration that "Muslims need Jesus in their lives." Yes, I get it from my Christian Mom all of the time. For example Mark Kosinski, an American evangelist who arrived in Aceh from Malaysia last week to help in the aftermath of the Tsunami disaster, said: 'These people need food but they also need Jesus. God is trying to awaken people and help them realize salvation is in Christ.'
There is only one problem - Muslims already have Jesus and he is a very important figure in their lives and belief system. The birth and life of Jesus is told in great detail in the Holy Quran and Muslims respect him as a prophet in a long line of prophets sent by God, a righteous servant of God, born of a virgin, performed many miracles with the permission of God and taught the same central message as all the prophets before him and prophet Muhammad after him, i.e. God is one and we should serve and worship him alone. Muslims also look forward to Jesus' return someday.
Check this link to read a brief outline of what Muslims say and believe about Jesus. http://www.soundvision.com/Info/Jesus/inIslam.asp
Muslims have the utmost respect for those who are Christians and have no interest in harming or hindering them in their beliefs about God and Jesus, but for Muslims to be told that they need Jesus in their lives is too late. As I stated, Muslims already have Jesus, he is a very dear to them as a prophet of God and the Quran clearly states:
"People of the Book (Jews and Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, and attribute to God nothing except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only a Messenger of God, and His command that He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in God and in His Messengers, and do not say: ‘God is a Trinity.' Give up this assertion; it would be better for you. God is indeed just One God. Far be it from His glory that He should have a son. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth. God is sufficient for a guardian" (Quran 4:171).
The Muslim belief about God can be summed up in the 112th Chapter of the Quran:
"Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him." (Quran 112)
The Muslim faith is not profound, complicated or mysterious belief system coming from some far off land. It is a simple message of unity. That God is one and beside Him there is no other. He sent a series of prophets - 25 of which are mentioned by name in the Quran - throughout history to remind humanity of that reality. They all taught the same exact central message. The names of the prophets mentioned are: Adam, Noah (Nuh), Abraham (Ibrahim), Ishmael (Isma'il), Isaac (Ishaq), Lot (Lut), Jacob (Yaqub), Joseph (Yusuf). Jethro (Shu'aib), Moses (Musa), David (Daud), Solomon (Sulaiman), Jonah (Yunus), Zechariah (Zakariya), John (Yahya), Jesus (Isa) and Muhammad
The Quran says:
"Say: We believe in Allah and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Isma’il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses, Jesus, and the Prophets, from their Lord: We make no distinction between one and another among them, and to Allah do we bow our will (in Islam)." (Quran 3:84)
Muslims say Peace be upon them all.
http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/needjesus.htm
Christian groups many times make the declaration that "Muslims need Jesus in their lives." Yes, I get it from my Christian Mom all of the time. For example Mark Kosinski, an American evangelist who arrived in Aceh from Malaysia last week to help in the aftermath of the Tsunami disaster, said: 'These people need food but they also need Jesus. God is trying to awaken people and help them realize salvation is in Christ.'
There is only one problem - Muslims already have Jesus and he is a very important figure in their lives and belief system. The birth and life of Jesus is told in great detail in the Holy Quran and Muslims respect him as a prophet in a long line of prophets sent by God, a righteous servant of God, born of a virgin, performed many miracles with the permission of God and taught the same central message as all the prophets before him and prophet Muhammad after him, i.e. God is one and we should serve and worship him alone. Muslims also look forward to Jesus' return someday.
Check this link to read a brief outline of what Muslims say and believe about Jesus. http://www.soundvision.com/Info/Jesus/inIslam.asp
Muslims have the utmost respect for those who are Christians and have no interest in harming or hindering them in their beliefs about God and Jesus, but for Muslims to be told that they need Jesus in their lives is too late. As I stated, Muslims already have Jesus, he is a very dear to them as a prophet of God and the Quran clearly states:
"People of the Book (Jews and Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, and attribute to God nothing except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only a Messenger of God, and His command that He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in God and in His Messengers, and do not say: ‘God is a Trinity.' Give up this assertion; it would be better for you. God is indeed just One God. Far be it from His glory that He should have a son. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth. God is sufficient for a guardian" (Quran 4:171).
The Muslim belief about God can be summed up in the 112th Chapter of the Quran:
"Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him." (Quran 112)
The Muslim faith is not profound, complicated or mysterious belief system coming from some far off land. It is a simple message of unity. That God is one and beside Him there is no other. He sent a series of prophets - 25 of which are mentioned by name in the Quran - throughout history to remind humanity of that reality. They all taught the same exact central message. The names of the prophets mentioned are: Adam, Noah (Nuh), Abraham (Ibrahim), Ishmael (Isma'il), Isaac (Ishaq), Lot (Lut), Jacob (Yaqub), Joseph (Yusuf). Jethro (Shu'aib), Moses (Musa), David (Daud), Solomon (Sulaiman), Jonah (Yunus), Zechariah (Zakariya), John (Yahya), Jesus (Isa) and Muhammad
The Quran says:
"Say: We believe in Allah and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Isma’il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses, Jesus, and the Prophets, from their Lord: We make no distinction between one and another among them, and to Allah do we bow our will (in Islam)." (Quran 3:84)
Muslims say Peace be upon them all.
http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/needjesus.htm