Sacred Text · The Qur’an
Qur’an 5:17
Surah The Table (Al-Maaida) · verse 17
“They indeed have disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. Say: Who then can do aught against Allah, if He had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his mother and everyone on earth? Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. He createth what He will. And Allah is Able to do all things”
Qur’an 5:17 · Pickthall
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930), public domain, via tanzil.net. Reproduced in full; every reference checked against its source.
Christian comparison
How this connects to Jesus
This passage calls Jesus ‘the Messiah’ (al-Masih). Christians confess Jesus as Messiah too, and mean by it the anointed King and Saviour foretold by the Hebrew prophets, a fuller meaning of the same title.
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