How do Muslims view the divinity, miracles and resurrection of Jesus (as)?

Muslims honour Jesus (as) as a great prophet, but not as God. His signs took place by God’s command, and the accounts of his divinity and resurrection come from later sources that must be tested by the same standard as the stories of other religions.

How do we know what is told about Jesus (as)? The accounts of his divinity, his miracles and his resurrection come from Christian writings. Most of them were written after Jesus (as) had left Judea. And many of these teachings were not shared by the people he had instructed himself.

Everyone is free to believe what they hold to be true. But whoever claims great miracles for the founder of their religion must give the same right to others. Hindus tell of Krishna, Buddhists of the Buddha, and their stories are often far greater still. If every claim is simply accepted, the result is an endless dispute that no one can settle.

That is why one needs a standard that applies equally to all religions. Whoever finds such a standard and applies it honestly to Christianity as well as to Hinduism will find the answer to this question for themselves.

The Holy Qur’an applies a sober standard. Jesus (as) was a Messenger like those before him. He ate like every human being, and a being that needs food is not God. His signs took place by God’s command, as the second verse above says. And God caused him to die a natural death and granted him honour. The Holy Qur’an also confirms his birth without a father, but as an act of God’s creation, not as proof of divinity.

In this way Jesus (as) loses none of his dignity in Islam. He remains a beloved and honoured prophet. He is simply not turned into something he never claimed to be.