Further evidence of the existence of Jesus, and of Christ (The Word), Whom incarnated Jesus (The Word made flesh --
John 1:14) may be found in the Koran/Quran:-
Direct references to Jesus in the Koran/Quran (at least 65):-
Sura 2:87. We gave Moses The Book (The Torah) and followed him up with a succession of Apostles; We gave
Jesus the son of Mary Clear (Signs) and strengthened him with the Holy Spirit (Christ). Is it that whenever there comes to you an Apostle with what ye yourselves desire not, ye are puffed up with pride?- Some ye called impostors, and others ye slay!
Sura 2:136.
Say YE: "We believe in God, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes [of Israel],
and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) Prophets from their Lord: we make no difference between one and another of them*: and we yield our wills to God's Will (as they all said and did)."
*proving every real Muslim should give
EQUAL WEIGHT to The Law (given to Moses) and the Gospel (given to Jesus) as they do to the Koran/Quran.
Sura 2:253. Those Apostles We endowed with gifts, some above others: to one of them God spoke; others He raised to degrees (of honour);
to Jesus the son of Mary We gave clear (Signs), and re-inforced him with the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Christ). If God had so willed, succeeding generations would not have fought among each other, after clear (Signs) had come to them, but they (chose) to wrangle, some believing and others rejecting. If God had so willed, they would not have fought each other; but God fulfilleth His Plan.
Sura 3:3. It is He (God) Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Koran, confirming what went before it and
He sent down The Law (of Moses) and The Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent down The Criterion (of Judgment between right and wrong).
Sura 3:45. Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of The Word (
John 1:1-5) from Him:
he will be called Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to God.
Sura 3:46. He (Jesus) shall speak to the people in childhood (
Luke 2:40-47) and in maturity. And he shall be (of the company) of the righteous."
Sura 3:47. She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son (Jesus) when no man hath touched me?" He said: "Even so: God createth what He willeth: when He hath decreed a plan, He only saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!
Sura 3:48. And God will teach him (Jesus) The Book (Old Covenant) and Wisdom, The Law (The Torah) and The Gospel (
John 5:20),
Sura 3:49. And (appoint him -- Jesus) an Apostle to the Children of Israel, (with this message): "'I have come to you, with a Sign from your Lord, in that I make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by God's leave: and I heal those born blind, and the lepers, and I enliven the dead, by God's leave and I declare to you what ye eat, and what ye store in your houses. Surely therein is a Sign for you if ye did believe;
Sura 3:50. (I have come to you), to affirm The Law which was before me (
Matt. 5:17-20). And to make lawful to you part of what was (before) forbidden to you (
Eph. 2:15,
Col. 2:14); I have come to you with a Sign from your Lord. So fear God, and obey me.
Sura 3:51. It is God Who is my Lord and your Lord (
John 20:17) then worship Him. This is The Way that is Straight'."
Sura 3:52. When Jesus found Unbelief on their part he said: "Who will be My helpers to (the work of) God." Said the disciples: "We are God's helpers: we believe in God, and do thou bear witness that we are "True in Faith".
Sura 3:53. Our Lord! we believe in what Thou hast revealed, and we follow the Messenger (
John 1:14,
5:24); then write us down among those who bear witness (
Luke 24:48,
Acts 1:8,
2:32,
3:15,
5:32)."
Sura 3:55. Behold!
God said: "O Jesus! I will take thee
and raise thee to Myself and clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who follow thee
SUPERIOR to those who reject faith, to The Day of Resurrection: then shall ye all return unto Me, and I will judge between you of the matters wherein ye dispute.
Sura 3:59. The similitude of
Jesus (the human) before God is as that of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him: "Be": and he was.
Sura 3:84. Say: "We believe in God, and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob-Israel, and the (twelve) Tribes, and in (the Books) given to Moses,
Jesus, and the Prophets, from their Lord: we make no distinction between one and another among them, and to God do we bow our will."
Sura 4:157. That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ the son of Mary (Jesus), the Messenger of God";- but they killed Christ not, nor crucified Christ, but so it was made to appear to them (as they crucified the human body called Jesus, that Christ the spirit-being used -
Psalm 22;
Isaiah 52:13 to
54:1;
Zechariah 11:10-13;
Matthew 27), and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) Knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed Christ not:-
Sura 4:158. Nay,
GOD RAISED HIM (Jesus) UP UNTO HIMSELF and God is Exalted in Power, and in Wisdom;-
Sura 4:163. We have sent thee inspiration, as We sent it to Noah and the Messengers after him: We sent inspiration to Abraham; Ishmael; Isaac; Jacob-Israel and the (twelve) Tribes (of Israel); to Aaron; Job; Solomon son of David; Jonah;
Jesus; and to David We gave the Psalms (in the Old Covenant/Testament. Note well
Psalm 22).
Sura 4:171. O People of The Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: nor say of God aught but the Truth. Jesus the (human) son of Mary was (no more than) an Apostle of God; and
His Word (
John 1:14), which He bestowed on Mary's (human) son (Jesus); was a spirit-Being (Christ) proceeding from Him (making the human+Being called Jesus+Christ): so believe God and His Apostles. Say NOT "Trinity": DESIST: it will be better for you: for "I AM" is one God. Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a human son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on Earth. And enough is God as a Disposer of affairs.
Sura 5:19. In blasphemy indeed are those that say that "I AM" is Jesus the son of Mary. Say: "Who then hath the least power against "I AM", if His Will were to destroy Jesus the son of Mary, his mother, and all - every one that is on the Earth? For to God belongeth the Dominion of the heavens and the Earth, and all that is between. He createth what He pleaseth. For God hath power over all things."
Sura 5:49. And in their footsteps We sent Jesus the son of Mary, confirming The Law (The Torah) that had come before him: We sent him The Gospel: therein is Guidance and Light (
John 1:9), and confirmation of The Law that had come before him (
Matt. 5:17-20): a Guidance and a Warning to those who fear "I AM".
Sura 5:75. They do blaspheme who say: "("I AM") is Jesus the son of Mary." But said Christ: "O Children of Israel! Worship God, my Lord and your Lord." Whoever joins other gods with God,- "I AM" will forbid him The Garden, and The Fire will be his abode. There will for the wrong-doers be no one to help.
Sura 5:78. Jesus the son of Mary was no more than an Apostle; many were the Apostles that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food (i.e. they were human). See how "I AM" doth make His Signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth!
Sura 5:81. Curses were pronounced on those among the Children of Jacob-Israel who rejected Faith, by the tongues of David and of Jesus the son of Mary: because they disobeyed and persisted in Excesses.
Sura 5:113. Then will "I AM" say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favour to thee and to thy mother. Behold! I strengthened thee with the holy spirit (Christ), so that thou didst speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught thee The Book (The Torah and Prophets) and Wisdom, The Law (The Torah) and The Gospel and behold! Thou makest out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My leave, thou breathest into it, and it becometh a bird by My leave, and thou healest those born blind, and the lepers, by My leave. And behold! Thou bringest forth the dead by My leave. And behold! I did restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to) thee when thou didst show them the Clear Signs, and the Unbelievers among them said: 'This is nothing but sorcery.'
Sura 5:114. And behold! I inspired the Disciples to have faith in Me and My Messenger. They said, 'We have faith, and bear thou witness that we bow to "I AM" as those "True in Faith"'."
Sura 5:116. They said: "We only wish to eat thereof and satisfy our hearts, and to know that thou (Jesus) hast indeed told us the truth; and that we ourselves may be witnesses to the miracle."
Sura 5:115. Behold! The disciples, said: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Can thy Lord send down to us a table set (with viands) from heaven?" Said Jesus: "Fear "I AM", if ye have faith."
Sura 5:117. Said Jesus the son of Mary: "O "I AM" our Lord! Send us from heaven a Table set (with viands), that there may be for us - for the first and the last of us - a solemn festival and a Sign from Thee and provide for our sustenance, for Thou art the best Sustainer (of our needs)."
Sura 5:119. And behold! "I AM" will say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say unto men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of "I AM"?" He will say: "Glory to Thee!
NEVER could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, though I know not what is in Thine. For Thou knowest in full all that is hidden.
Sura 6:85. And Zacharias and John, and Jesus and Elijah: all in the ranks of the righteous:
Sura 6:122. Can he who was dead (Jesus --
Matt. 27:50-54,
Mark 15:37-39,
Luke 23:44-47,
John 19:30-42) to whom We gave life (
Matt. 28:5-10,
Mark 16:6-8,
Luke 24,
John 20), and a Light (
John 3:19-21,
John 8:3) with which he walks amongst men (Christ), be like him who is in the depths of darkness (Lucifer), from which he can never come out? Thus to those without Faith their own deeds seem pleasing.
Sura 9:30. The Jews call Ezra (the human son of Seraiah --
Ezra 7:1), a son of "I AM", and the Christians call Jesus (the human son of the virgin Mary) the Son of "I AM". That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they only imitate what the Unbelievers of old used to say. "I AM"'s Curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth!
Sura 9:31. They take their priests and their monks to be their lords in derogation of "I AM", and (they take as their Lord) Jesus the son of Mary; yet they were commanded (by him –
Sura 4:172) to worship only One God: there is no god but He. Praise and glory to Him: (far is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him).
Sura 19:19. He (Jesus) said: "Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to announce) to thee the gift of an
Holy son (Jesus)."
Sura 19:20. She said: "How shall I have a son (Jesus), seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?"
Sura 19:21. He said: "So (it will be): Thy Lord saith, 'That is easy for Me: and (We wish) to appoint him (Jesus) as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us': it is a matter (so) decreed (in Prophecy)."
Sura 19:22. So she conceived him (Jesus), and she retired with him to a remote place.
Sura 19:27. At length she brought the (babe - Jesus) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Mary! Truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!
Sura 19:29. But she pointed to the babe (Jesus). They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the crib?"
Sura 19:30. He (Jesus) said: "I am indeed a servant of "I AM": He hath given me
revelation and made me a Prophet;
Sura 19:31. And He hath made me (Jesus) blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Compassion as long as I live;
Sura 19:32. (He) hath made me (Jesus) kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable;
Sura 19:33. So Peace is on me (Jesus) the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)!"
Sura 19:34. Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary:
(it is) a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute.
Sura 19:35. It is not befitting to (the Majesty of) "I AM" that He should beget a (human) son (Jesus). Glory be to Him! When He determines a matter, He only says to it, "Be", and it is.
Sura 21:91. And (remember) her who guarded her chastity: We breathed into her of Our Spirit, and
We made her (Mary) and her son (Jesus) a Sign for ALL peoples.
Sura 23:50. And We made the son of Mary (Jesus) and his mother as a Sign: We gave them both shelter on high ground, affording rest and security and furnished with springs.
Sura 33:7. And remember We took from the Prophets their Covenant: as (We did) from thee: from Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus the son of Mary: We took from them a solemn Covenant:
Sura 42:13. The same religion has He established for you as that which He enjoined on Noah - the which We have sent by inspiration to thee - and that which We enjoined on Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: namely, that ye should remain steadfast in Religion (bonded obligation to "I AM"), and make
NO divisions therein (
Sura 6:159): to those who worship other things than "I AM", hard is The (Way) to which thou callest them. "I AM" chooses to Himself those whom He pleases, and guides to Himself those who turn (to Him).
Sura 43:58. And they say, "Are our gods best, or he (Jesus)?" This they set forth to thee, only by way of disputation: yea, they are a contentious people.
Sura 43:59. He was no more than a servant ("I came not to do mine own will, but the Will of Him that sent me" -
John 6:38): We granted Our favour (Christ) to him (
Sura 4:171), and We made him the Example to the Children of Israel (
John 14:6).
Sura 43:61.
And (Christ the Mahdi/Saviour) shall be a Sign (for the coming of) The Hour (of Judgment): therefore have no doubt about The (Hour), but follow ye Me: this is The Straight Way.
Sura 43:63. When Jesus came with Clear Signs, he said: "Now have I come to you with Wisdom, and in order to make clear to you some of the (points) on which ye dispute: therefore fear "I AM" and
obey me.
Sura 43:64. For "I AM", He is my (Jesus') Lord and your Lord (
John 20:17): so worship ye Him (
Matt. 5:48): this is The Straight Way (
Matt. 7:13-14)."
Sura 53:11. The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he (Jesus) saw (
John 14:6).
Sura 53:12. Will ye then dispute with him (Jesus) concerning what he saw (
John 8:33-36)?
Sura 53:13. For indeed he (Jesus) saw him at a second descent (
Mal. 4,
Matt. 24:27-34,
Sura 43:61),
Sura 53-14-16
Sura 53:14. Near the Lote-tree beyond which none may pass: (
Gen. 3:22-24)
Sura 53:15. Near it is The Garden of Life.
Sura 53:16. Behold, the Lote-tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable!) (Christ's Crown of Thorns was made from a Lote-tree –
Mark 15:17)
Sura 53:17. (His - Jesus') sight never swerved, nor did it go wrong (
2 Cor. 5:21,
1 Pet. 2:22)!
Sura 53:18. For truly did he (Jesus) see, of the Signs of his Lord, the Greatest (
John 14:28)!
Sura 57:27. Then, in their wake, We followed them up with (others of) Our Apostles: We sent after them Jesus the son of Mary, and bestowed on him The Gospel and We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him Compassion and Mercy. But the Monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them: (We commanded) only the seeking for the Good Pleasure of "I AM"; but, that they did not foster as they should have done. Yet We bestowed, on those among them who believed, their (due) reward, but many of them are rebellious transgressors.
Sura 61:6. And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: "O Children of Israel! I am the Apostle of "I AM" (sent) to you,
CONFIRMING The Law (which came) before me (the Torah -
Matt. 5:17-20), and giving Glad Tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be the Comforter (
John 16:7-15)." But when he came to them with Clear Signs, they said, "this is evident sorcery!"
Sura 61:14. O ye who believe! Be ye helpers of "I AM". As said Jesus the son of Mary to the Disciples, "Who will be my helpers to (the WORK of) "I AM"." Said the disciples, "We are "I AM"'s helpers!" Then a portion of the Children of Israel believed (- the House of Israel –
Matt.15:24), and a portion disbelieved (- the House of Jewdah/Judah –
Matt. 21:43): but We gave power to those who believed, against their enemies, and they became the ones that prevailed (
Revelation 11:5).
There are also many more references in the Koran/Quran to The Messiah/Christ (Son of God), and to His Role as God's Messenger.