Editing Jesus in Islam (section)

{{Short description|Penultimate prophet in Islam}}
{{Hatnote|In Islam, ''Isa'' refers to Jesus. For other uses, see [[Isa (disambiguation)]] and [[Isa (name)]].}}
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| honorific_prefix   = {{smaller|[[Prophets and messengers in Islam|Prophet]]}}
| name               = {{ubl|ʿĪsā|{{lang|ar|عِيسَىٰ}}|[[Jesus]]}}
| image              = Minaret of Jesus, Omayyad Mosque.jpg
| caption            = [[Umayyad Mosque#Minaret of Isa|Minaret of Jesus]] in [[Damascus]], [[Syria]]
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| birth_date         = {{circa}} 4 [[Before Common Era|BCE]]
| birth_place        = [[Herodian Kingdom of Judea]] or [[Judea (Roman province)|Judea]], [[Roman Empire]]
| disappeared_date   = {{circa}} 33 [[Common Era|CE]]
| disappeared_place  = [[Gethsemane]], [[Jerusalem in Islam|Jerusalem]], Judea, Roman Empire
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| known_for          = Being the [[Messiah]], prophet
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| predecessor        = [[John the Baptist in Islam|Yahya]] ([[John the Baptist]])
| successor          = [[Muhammad]]
| style              = 
| opponents          = [[Al-Masih ad-Dajjal]] (The False Messiah)
| parents            = [[Mary in Islam|Maryam]] (mother)
| relatives          = {{ubl|[[Zechariah in Islam|Zakariya]] (maternal grand uncle)|[[John the Baptist in Islam|Yahya]] (maternal uncle)}}
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In [[Islam]], '''[[Jesus]]''' ({{langx|ar|{{Script|Arab|عِيسَىٰ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ}}|lit=Jesus, son of [[Mary in Islam|Mary]]|translit=ʿĪsā ibn Maryam}}), referred to by the Arabic rendering of his name '''Isa''', is believed to be the penultimate [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|prophet and messenger]] of [[God in Islam|God]] and the [[Messiah in Islam|Messiah]] being the last of the messengers sent to the [[Israelites|Children of Israel]] ({{transliteration|ar|Banī Isra'īl}}) with a [[Islamic holy books|revelation]] called the {{transliteration|ar|[[Gospel in Islam|Injīl]]}} (Evangel or Gospel).

In the [[Quran]], Jesus is described as the Messiah ({{Langx|ar|المسيح|al-Masīḥ}}), [[Parthenogenesis|born of a virgin]], performing miracles, accompanied by his disciples, and rejected by the [[Jews|Jewish]] religious establishment; in contrast to the traditional [[Christianity|Christian]] narrative, however, he is stated neither to have been crucified, nor to have been [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrected]], rather, he is depicted as having been miraculously saved by God and as having ascended into heaven. The Quran places Jesus among the greatest prophets and mentions him with [[Names and titles of Jesus in the Quran|various titles]]. The prophethood of Jesus is preceded by that of [[John the Baptist in Islam|Yahya]] (John the Baptist) and succeeded by [[Muhammad in Islam|Muhammad]], the coming of latter of whom Jesus is reported in the Quran to have foretold under the name [[Ahmad]].

Christians view Jesus Christ as [[Incarnation (Christianity)|God incarnate]], the [[Son of God]] in human flesh, but the Quran denies the divinity of Jesus and his status as Son of God in several verses, and also says that Jesus Christ did not claim to be personally God nor the Son of God. Islam teaches that Jesus' original message was [[Tahrif|altered]] ({{transliteration|ar|taḥrīf}}) after his being raised alive. The [[Tawhid|monotheism]] ({{transliteration|ar|tawḥīd}}) of Jesus is emphasized in the Quran. Like all [[Prophets of Islam|prophets in Islam]], Jesus is also called a [[Muslims|Muslim]] (''lit. submitter [to [[God in Abrahamic religions|God]]]''), as he preached that his followers should adopt the '[[Sirat al-Mustaqim|straight path]]' ({{transliteration|ar|Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm}}). Jesus is attributed with a vast number of miracles in Islamic tradition.

In their views of [[Islamic eschatology#Isa (Jesus)|Islamic eschatology]], most accounts state that Jesus will return in the [[Second Coming#Islam|Second Coming]] to kill the {{transliteration|ar|[[Al-Masih ad-Dajjal]]}} ('The False Messiah'), after which the ancient tribe of [[Gog and Magog]] ({{transliteration|ar|Yaʾjūj Maʾjūj}}) will disperse. After God has got rid of them, Jesus will assume rulership of the world, establish peace and justice, and finally die a natural death and be buried alongside Muhammad in
the fourth reserved tomb of the [[Green Dome]] in [[Medina]].

The place where Jesus is believed to return, the [[Umayyad Mosque]] in [[Damascus]], is highly esteemed by Muslims as the [[Holiest sites in Islam|fourth holiest site of Islam]]. Jesus is widely venerated in [[Sufism]], with numerous ascetic and mystic literature written and recited about the most important historical Jewish Christian-Islamic prophet-messenger to these Abrahamic faiths.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}