JESUS (AS), SON OF MARYAM
(AS), IN THE QUR'AN
 In
this section, we will examine the details regarding the second
coming of Jesus (as) provided in the most reliable sources.
The first of these sources is definitely the Qur'an, the unaltered
Speech of Allah, as expressed in the Qur'an,
"No one can change His words." (Surat al-An'am 115),
and the second is the Sunnah of the Last Messenger of Allah,
Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. The Qur'an
provides detailed information about many stages of Jesus'
(as) life including his birth, his being raised to the presence
of Allah, his second coming and his death.
Jesus (as), who lived 2000 years ago, is a blessed
messenger of Allah. He is of high esteem both in this world
and the hereafter, as the Qur'an informs us. The true religion
brought by him remains today, albeit merely in name. That
is because, the original teaching communicated by Jesus (as)
is distorted today. The book Allah revealed to Jesus (as),
too, remains in our day only in name. Today, the original
text of this book is not available. Christian sources have
undergone various alterations and distortions. Consequently
today, it is unlikely that we can obtain true knowledge regarding
Jesus (as) from Christian sources.
The only sources from which we can have accurate
knowledge about Jesus (as) are the Qur'an, the book Allah
assures He will keep unchanged until the Day of Judgement,
and the Sunnah of His Messenger Muhammad (saas). In the Qur'an,
Allah gives an account of the birth and life of Jesus (as),
some incidents he met in his life, the people surrounding
him and many other subjects related to him. Furthermore, the
Qur'anic verses also inform us about the life of Maryam before
she gave birth to Jesus (as), how she became pregnant in a
miraculous way and the reactions of the people surrounding
her to this incident. Moreover, Allah gives the good tidings
that Jesus (as) will come to earth for a second time in the
end times. In this section, you will find some of the information
given in the Qur'an about Jesus (as).
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