Editing Religious perspectives on Jesus (section)

==Islam==
{{main article|Jesus in Islam}}
{{See also|Jesus in Ahmadiyya Islam}}
In Islam, Jesus (''Isa'') is considered to be a [[Apostle (Islam)|messenger]] of God (''[[Allah]]'') and the Messiah (''[[Messiah#Islam|al-Masih]]'') who was sent to guide the [[Israelites|Descendants of Israel]] (''Bani Isra'il'') with a new scripture, the Gospel (''[[Injil]]'').<ref name="CEI">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D7tu12gt4JYC&pg=PA270 | title=Concise Encyclopedia of Islam | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield | last=Glassé | first=Cyril | year=2008 | pages=270–271 | isbn=978-0-7425-6296-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Islam|year=2003|first=John L. |last=Esposito |page= 158|publisher=Oxford University Press| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E324pQEEQQcC&pg=PA159 |isbn=978-0-19-975726-8}}</ref>

The [[Quran]] mentions Jesus by name 25 times—more often than [[Muhammad]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Aboul-Enein|first=Youssef H.|title=Militant Islamist Ideology: Understanding the Global Threat|year=2010|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=978-1-61251-015-6|page=20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tX3suVDTJz0C&pg=PA20}}</ref>—and emphasises that Jesus was a mortal human who, like all other prophets, had been divinely chosen to spread God's message.<ref name="comparative">{{cite book|title=Comparative Religious Ethics: A Narrative Approach|first1=Darrell J.|last1=Fasching|first2=Dell|last2=deChant|year=2001|pages=[https://archive.org/details/comparativerelig0000fasc/page/241 241, 274–275]|isbn=978-0-631-20125-0|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|url=https://archive.org/details/comparativerelig0000fasc/page/241}}</ref> Unlike Christian writings, the Quran does not describe Jesus as the [[son of God]], but as one of four major human [[Rasūl|messengers]] (out of many [[Prophets of Islam|prophets]]) sent by God throughout history to guide mankind.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mystical Dimensions of Islam|url=https://archive.org/details/mysticaldimensio00schi|url-access=registration|publisher=Chapel Hill:University of North Carolina Press|author=Annemarie Schimmel|date=1975|page=[https://archive.org/details/mysticaldimensio00schi/page/202 202]}}</ref> Jesus is said to have lived a life of piety and generosity, and abstained from eating flesh of swine.

Muslims also believe that Jesus received a Gospel from God, called the ''Injil''. However, Muslims hold that Jesus' original message was [[tahrif|lost or altered]] and that the Christian New Testament does not accurately represent God's original message to mankind.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor-last=Bockmuehl |editor-first= Markus N. A. |title=Quests for the historical Jesus |first=James C. |last=Paget |year=2001|encyclopedia= Cambridge companion to Jesus|publisher= Cambridge University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vSehrtQpcYcC&pg=PA183 |isbn=978-0-521-79678-1|page=183}}</ref>

Despite major differences, the Quran and New Testament overlap in other aspects of Jesus' life; both Muslims and Christians believe that Jesus was miraculously born without a human biological father by the will of God, and that his mother, Mary (''[[Mary in Islam|Maryam]]'' in Arabic), is among the most saintly, pious, chaste and virtuous women ever.<ref>Esposito, John. ''What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam''. New York: University Press, 2002. P31.</ref> The Quran also specifies that Jesus was able to perform [[miracle]]s&mdash;though only by the will of God&mdash;including being able to raise the dead, restore sight to the blind and cure lepers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Morgan|first=Diane|title=Essential Islam: A Comprehensive Guide to Belief and Practice|year=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-36025-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/essentialislamco0000morg/page/45 45]–46|url=https://archive.org/details/essentialislamco0000morg|url-access=registration}}</ref> One miracle attributed to Jesus in the Quran, but not in the New Testament, is his being able to speak at only a few days old, to defend his mother from accusations of [[adultery]].<ref>{{qref|19|27-33|b=y}}</ref> It also says that Jesus was a 'word' from God, since he was predicted to come in the [[Old Testament]].

Most Muslims believe that he was neither killed nor crucified, but that God made it appear so to his enemies. With the noteworthy exception of [[Ahmadi]] Muslims who believe that Jesus was indeed put on the cross, survived the crucifixion and was not lifted bodily to the heaven, the majority of Muslims believe that Jesus ascended bodily to heaven and is alive. Some Muslim scholars maintain that Jesus was indeed put up on the cross, but did not die on it; rather, he revived and then ascended bodily to heaven. Others say that it was actually [[Judas Iscariot]] who was mistakenly crucified by the Romans. Regardless, Muslims believe that Jesus is alive in [[heaven]] and will return to the world in the flesh to defeat the [[Antichrist]], once the world has become filled with sin, deception and injustice, and then live out the rest of his natural life.<ref name="CEI"/>

Islam rejects the [[Trinity|Trinitarian Christian]] view that Jesus was [[Incarnation (Christianity)|God incarnate]] or the son of God, that he was ever crucified or resurrected or that he ever [[Atonement in Christianity|atoned]] for the sins of mankind. The Quran says that Jesus himself, when asked by God if he said that people shall regard him and Mary as gods, will deny this.{{qref|5|116|b=y|s=y}}