Son of God Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Islam== {{See also|Jesus in Islam|Tawhid|Shirk (Islam)}} In [[Islam]], Jesus is known as ''Īsā ibn Maryam'' ({{lang-ar|عيسى بن مريم|lit=Jesus, son of Mary}}), and is understood to be a [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|prophet and messenger]] of [[God in Islam|God]] ([[Allah]]) and ''[[Messiah#Islam|al-Masih]]'', the Arabic term for [[Messiah]] ([[Christ (title)|Christ]]), sent to guide the [[Israelites|Children of Israel]] (''banī isrā'īl'' in Arabic) with a new revelation, the ''[[Gospel in Islam|al-Injīl]]'' (Arabic for "[[the gospel]]").<ref>{{cite book|last=Glassé|first=Cyril|title=The new encyclopedia of Islam, with introduction by Huston Smith|year=2001|publisher=AltaMira Press|location=Walnut Creek, CA|isbn=978-0-7591-0190-6|page=239|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=focLrox-frUC&pg=PA240|edition=Édition révisée.}}</ref><ref name="Understanding Islam and Christianity: Beliefs That Separate Us and How to Talk About Them">{{cite book|last1=McDowell, Jim|first1=Josh|last2=Walker|first2=Jim|date=2002|title=Understanding Islam and Christianity: Beliefs That Separate Us and How to Talk About Them|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UfvgAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT12|location=Euguen, Oregon|publisher=Harvest House Publishers|page=12|isbn=978-0-7369-4991-0}}</ref><ref>[[The Oxford Dictionary of Islam]], p.158</ref> Islam rejects any kinship between God and any other being, including a son.<ref name="Surah An-Nisa 4:171">{{Cite web|url=https://quran.com/4/171|title=Surah An-Nisa [4:171]|website=Surah An-Nisa [4:171]|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quran.com/5/116|title=Surah Al-Ma'idah [5:116]|website=Surah Al-Ma'idah [5:116]|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref> Thus, rejecting the belief that Jesus is the begotten son of God, God himself<ref name="Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:72">{{Cite web|url=https://quran.com/5/72|title=Surah Al-Ma'idah [5:72]|website=Surah Al-Ma'idah [5:72]|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref> or another god.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quran.com/5/75|title=Surah Al-Ma'idah [5:75]|website=Surah Al-Ma'idah [5:75]|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref> As in Christianity, Islam believes Jesus had no earthly father. In Islam Jesus is believed to be born due to the command of God "be".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quran.com/3/59?translations=20|title=Surah Ali 'Imran [3:59]|website=Surah Ali 'Imran [3:59]|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref> God ordered<ref name="Surah An-Nisa 4:171"/> the angel [[Gabriel#Islam|Jibrīl]] (Gabriel) to "blow"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quran.com/21/91|title=Surah Al-Anbya [21:91]|website=Surah Al-Anbya [21:91]|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref> the soul of Jesus into [[Mary in Islam|Mary]]<ref>''Jesus: A Brief History'' by W. Barnes Tatum 2009 {{ISBN|1-4051-7019-0}} page 217</ref><ref>''The new encyclopedia of Islam'' by Cyril Glassé, Huston Smith 2003 {{ISBN|0-7591-0190-6}} page 86</ref> and so she gave birth to Jesus. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page