What Do Muslims Think About Jesus?

Muslims respect and revere Jesus, and await his Second Coming. They
consider him one of the greatest of God's Messengers to mankind. A Muslim
never refers to him simply as 'Jesus', but always adds the phrase 'upon him
be peace'. The Qur'an confirms his virgin birth (a chapter of the Qur'an is
entitled 'Mary'), and Mary is considered the purest woman in all creation.
The Qur'an describes the Annunciation as follows:
'Behold!' the Angel said, 'God has chosen you, and purified you, and chosen
you above the women of all nations. O Mary, God gives you good news of a
word from Him, whose name shall be the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary,
honored in this world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near to
God. He shall speak to the people from his cradle and in maturity, and shall
be of the righteous.'
She said: 'O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?'
He said: 'Even so; God creates what He will. When He decrees a thing, He
says to it, "Be!" and it is.' (Qur'an, 3:42-7)
Jesus was born miraculously through the same power which had brought
Adam into being without a father:
Truly, the likeness of Jesus with God is as the likeness of Adam. He created
him of dust, and then said to him, 'Be!' and he was. (3:59)
During his prophetic mission Jesus performed many miracles. The Qur'an
tells us that he said:
I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I make for you out of clay, as
it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it and it becomes a bird by
God's leave. And I heal the blind, and the lepers, and I raise the dead by
God's leave. (3:49)
Neither Muhammad nor Jesus came to change the basic doctrine of the belief
in One God, brought by earlier prophets, but to confirm and renew it. In the
Qur'an Jesus is reported as saying that he came:
To attest the law which was before me. And to make lawful to you part of
what was forbidden you; I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so
fear God and obey me. (3:50)
The Prophet Muhammad said:
Whoever believes there is no god but Allah, alone without partner, that
Muhammad is His messenger, that Jesus is the servant and messenger of
God, His word breathed into Mary and a spirit emanating from Him, and that
Paradise and Hell are true, shall be received by God into Heaven. (Hadith
from Bukhari)