Jesus in the Quran

give alms to the poor as long as I live, He has exhorted me to honour my mother and has rid me of vanity and wickedness. I was blessed on the day I was born, and blessed I shall be on the day of my death, and may peace be on me on the day when I am raised to life.” (Quran 19:30-33) When Jesus attained manhood, God bestowed upon him “scriptures and wisdom, along with the Torah and the Gospel.” (Quran 3:48) He was also given the power to perform a number of miracles, such as creating a bird out of clay; giving sight to the blind; healing a leper and raising the dead to life; he also had the wisdom to inform people what they eat and store up in their houses. The Quran also mentions the day when his disciples demanded that he bring down from the sky a table spread with good things. Jesus prayed for this, but warned them of God’s wrath, if they disbelieved in Him afterwards, His prayer was then answered and his disciples happily had their feast. Yet, despite these clear signs, the Israelites rejected him, accusing him of sorcery. They made clear their outright disbelief in him when he said to them, “I am sent forth from God to confirm the Torah already revealed, and to give news of a prophet that will come after me, whose name is Ahmad.” (Quran 61:6) (Ahmad is another name of the Prophet Muhammad, meaning “The Praised one”). They even tried to kill Jesus, but God saved him at the last minute by raising him up to the sky: “They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but they thought they did.” (Quran 4:157) The Quran further clarifies that his creation was no different from that of the first human being: “Jesus is like Adam in the sight of God. He created him of dust and then said to him: ‘Be’ and he was.” (Quran 3:59)