Some non-Muslims quote Qur’an 2: 87 and 2: 253 to say that Jesus Christ was unique in the sense that he was “the only one” inspired or strengthened by the Holy Spirit. Some also quote these verses to say that Muslims believe in the same concept of the Holy Spirit as Christians. For example in Q 2: 87 Allah says:
“We give Jesus the son of Mary clear signs and strengthened him with the Holy Sprit.”
You should note that the Arabic word translated here as Holy Spirit is ruh-al-qudus which is also translated as the ‘Spirit of holiness’, divine inspiration’, or ‘Holy inspiration’. This word recurs in the Qur’an in areas such as Qur’an 16: 2, 40: 12, 42: 52, 97: 4 etc. But you should also note that Qur’an 58:22 speaks of all believers as being strengthened by inspiration (ruh) from Him, and it is not peculiar to Jesus.
Other Qur’anic commentators interpret the term ruh al-qudus to mean Angel Jibril who brought this revelation or inspiration from Allah S.W.T. It is therefore an issue of interpretation based on the context of the Qur’an in which the term is used.
Some quote Qur’an 21: 91 where Allah S.W.T says about Mary (the mother of Jesus)
“We breathed into her of our Spirit”, and say that this is the evidence that Jesus was the most special of being or that it signifies that he (Jesus) was part of God as in the concept of Trinity.
The fact you should known is that the statement refers to creation of man in general as being from “My Spirit”. For instance Qur’an 15: 29, and 38:72 -
“Then I formed him (man). …And breathed into him my Spirit”.
And in Qur’an 32:9
“and thereupon He forms him fully and breathes into him of His Spirit”.
Furthermore, some quote Qur’an 3:183 where Allah S.W.T tells Prophet Muhammad S.A.W to say to the Jews. ‘There came to you messengers before me, with clear signs and even with what you ask for, why then did you kill them if you say the truth?” and from this use it as a support that Jesus was killed.
However, at the end of the Qur’an 2:87, it was made clear that not all the messengers were killed. The Jews killed many of the Prophets sent to them, as mentioned in the Bible (Matt 23:37), but there is no place in the Qur’an that indicates that Jesus was among those killed. On the contrary, Qur’an 4:157-158 states that they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it was made to appear to them (as so). The same goes for the issue of rising from dead, which Islam did not support.
The Muslims’ belief in Jesus, like all other Prophets, is that he was a God’s messenger, he was called to prophethood, chosen to accomplish a mission of inviting people to the way of God. Jesus, as far as Islam is concerned has fulfilled that mission of preaching the message to his people. He is not God, and neither is he part of God.
“We give Jesus the son of Mary clear signs and strengthened him with the Holy Sprit.”
You should note that the Arabic word translated here as Holy Spirit is ruh-al-qudus which is also translated as the ‘Spirit of holiness’, divine inspiration’, or ‘Holy inspiration’. This word recurs in the Qur’an in areas such as Qur’an 16: 2, 40: 12, 42: 52, 97: 4 etc. But you should also note that Qur’an 58:22 speaks of all believers as being strengthened by inspiration (ruh) from Him, and it is not peculiar to Jesus.
Other Qur’anic commentators interpret the term ruh al-qudus to mean Angel Jibril who brought this revelation or inspiration from Allah S.W.T. It is therefore an issue of interpretation based on the context of the Qur’an in which the term is used.
Some quote Qur’an 21: 91 where Allah S.W.T says about Mary (the mother of Jesus)
“We breathed into her of our Spirit”, and say that this is the evidence that Jesus was the most special of being or that it signifies that he (Jesus) was part of God as in the concept of Trinity.
The fact you should known is that the statement refers to creation of man in general as being from “My Spirit”. For instance Qur’an 15: 29, and 38:72 -
“Then I formed him (man). …And breathed into him my Spirit”.
And in Qur’an 32:9
“and thereupon He forms him fully and breathes into him of His Spirit”.
Furthermore, some quote Qur’an 3:183 where Allah S.W.T tells Prophet Muhammad S.A.W to say to the Jews. ‘There came to you messengers before me, with clear signs and even with what you ask for, why then did you kill them if you say the truth?” and from this use it as a support that Jesus was killed.
However, at the end of the Qur’an 2:87, it was made clear that not all the messengers were killed. The Jews killed many of the Prophets sent to them, as mentioned in the Bible (Matt 23:37), but there is no place in the Qur’an that indicates that Jesus was among those killed. On the contrary, Qur’an 4:157-158 states that they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it was made to appear to them (as so). The same goes for the issue of rising from dead, which Islam did not support.
The Muslims’ belief in Jesus, like all other Prophets, is that he was a God’s messenger, he was called to prophethood, chosen to accomplish a mission of inviting people to the way of God. Jesus, as far as Islam is concerned has fulfilled that mission of preaching the message to his people. He is not God, and neither is he part of God.