Saturday, March 26, 2011

Jesus Christ: The son of Mary from an Islamic Perspective

(image courtesy of OCF.org; original artwork from Serbian monastery Hilander, Mt. Athos)

Jesus Christ, known as Isa in Arabic (peace be upon him) was a miraculous figure in history and a figure of controversy as well. Here I present from various sources who documented the story and history of Jesus from the point of view of Islam and the Quran sent down by Allah (God):





The word "Jesus" is the Latinized name given to him after the Council of Nicaea. His name comes from the Old Semitic name "Eeshua" or "Eesa." This is based on the pronunciation of the letter known as "seen" or in Hebrew "sheen." The Jewish pronounce the word for "peace" as "Shalom;" whereas, the Arabic pronunciation would be "Salam." So we see how the name of "Eesa" can also be "Eeshua."

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