Jesus in the Quran

Jesus taught no false worship, but only preached the unity of his Creator. On the Day of Judgement, God will question him; “Jesus, son of Mary, did you ever say to mankind: ‘Worship me and my mother as gods besides God?” Jesus will disclaim this, saying: “Glory be to You, how could I ever say that to which I have no right?” And he will add: “I only told them: ‘Serve God, my Lord and your Lord.” (Quran 5:117) The Quran also mentions the People of the Book, especially the Christians with great fondness: “The nearest of them in affection to the Muslims are those who say, ‘We are Christians. That is because there are priests and monks among them, and because they are free from pride.” (Quran 5:82) The Quran goes on to say: “There are among the People of the Book some who are upright, who recite God’s message throughout the night, and prostrate themselves (before Him). They believe in God and the Last Day, and enjoin the doing of what is right and forbid the doing of what is wrong, and vie with one another in doing good works. God knows the righteous.” (Quran 3:113–115) The Quran welcomes them to a common faith, saying: “People of the Book! Come to common terms which we and you hold in common: that we will worship only God, that we will associate none with Him, and that none of us shall take human beings as gods besides Him.” (Quran 3:64) □ Retribution here and now Uthman ibn Affan, the third caliph, said one day to his slave, “Once I twisted your ear. Now take your revenge.” The slave caught hold of Utham’s ear and the latter told him to twist it as hard as he could. “How good that retribution should be meted out in this world and not left to the next world,” said the Caliph.