Christianity: an “Islamic” Outlook

True Islam and true Christianity both teach harmony, love and mercy. Many unfortunate events have taken place between these two great religions. Every historical episode should be assessed in light of its original circumstance. We are not just in an age of information but of mass communication. We can, God willing, evaluate our knowledge and seriously consider whether ongoing misunderstandings are based on conjecture or from confirmed Scripture.

Invitation to All Believers [3:64] Say, “O followers of the scripture, let us come to a logical agreement between us and you: that we shall not worship except GOD; that we never set up any idols besides Him, nor set up any human beings as lords beside GOD.” If they turn away, say, “Bear witness that we are submitters.”

At the outset, can we say that Christianity is divinely ordained?  Praise God, of course, we can. From the Quran, we learn that all religions which originate from the same Divine Source preached one and the same message. Only One Religion [42:13] He decreed for you the same religion decreed for Noah, and what we inspired to you,

and what we decreed for Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: “You shall uphold this one religion, and do not divide it.” [4:136] O you who believe, you shall believe in GOD and His messenger, and the scripture He has revealed through His messenger, and the scripture He has revealed before that. Anyone who refuses to believe in GOD, and His angels, and His scriptures, and His messengers, and the Last Day, has indeed strayed far astray

If we are fortunate enough, God willing, to meet Jesus in the Hereafter, he would be more proud of righteous Submitters that most of his so-called devout “followers” who deify him and do not adhere to what he stood for. [3:52] When Jesus sensed their disbelief, he said, “Who are my supporters towards GOD?” The disciples said, “We are GOD’s supporters; we believe in GOD, and bear witness that we are submitters.

God, be He glorified, is high above having any partners. We do not believe that Jesus is God or the son of God or one third of a holy Trinity. In fact, this is the furthest from his teachings. He never declared any of these beliefs and would have spurned these claims.

We do believe that Jesus was born of Virgin Birth and that his mother Mary was a saint. We may be asked, “How can someone born to a virgin not be divine?” An answer is in [3:59] The example of Jesus, as far as GOD is concerned, is the same as that of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him, “Be,” and he was.

The creation of a complete physical man with no parents would be more astounding than one who was born of a virgin. So, if believers don’t consider Adam to be divine then why should Jesus be divine?

Jesus was chosen by God to call to faith and righteousness. [5:75] The Messiah, son of Mary, is no more than a messenger like the messengers before him, and his mother was a saint. Both of them used to eat the food. Note how we explain the revelations for them, and note how they still deviate!

God has given Jesus a special status:

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