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The Nature of Jesus Christ 1 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief The Nature of Jesus Christ 1 2022-10-15 432 Views Jesus Christ , The Messiah , Prophet Isa Many Muslim writers when writing about Jesus , inevitably deal with him in the negatives (as in ‘he is not the son of God’, etc.). The Muslims have spent a good deal of time debating these aspects of Jesus using Christian theology as a starting point.

Due to this, the Christian community really does not know what or who exactly Christ is in purely Islamic terms. A principal factor underlying this misapprehension is the fact that these two faiths take vastly different approaches to some of the most fundamental questions of religion. For example, the question of the essential nature of man, the nature of God, and how the redemption of man and his reconciliation with God is to be achieved.

The Islamic position on Jesus can never be understood through attempts to disprove the Christian claims concerning Jesus – this method will only give one a picture of what Jesus is not. Only by placing him within the theological context of Islam is it possible to gain some insight into Jesus. This paper will attempt to portray the Islamic view of man and God, and the position of Jesus within the Islamic worldview.

The point of departure, and the point of orientation, the point against which all things are measured in Islam, is God (who is One and Indivisible). The Qur’an says: “Say, He is God, the One and Only, The Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, Nor is He begotten, And there is none like unto Him.” (1) The foundation of Islamic belief then is the belief in the absolute oneness, unity, and uniqueness of God.

“God the Ultimate reality is One, and everything other than God comes from God and is related to Him. No true understanding of anything is possible unless the object in view is defined in relationship to the Divine. All things are centred on God.” (2) All other things seen or unseen are his signs (ayat) and act as witnesses to His existence. All things in the universe are manifestations of His, all are from Him. Man enjoys a very important role in this cosmos.

Although all things are made by God and identified with God in as much as their being created by Him, man is one who houses a part of God within him. In the Qur’an, God says He has breathed His spirit into man. “When thy Lord said unto the angels: lo!