Jesus In Islam

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<b>Umm_Zachariah</b>,

If on one hand it was said he was Messiah and on the other hand that his father was Joseph

There is no dilemma for Christians at all. The term "Messiah" does not mean "one who will be born of a virgin." That may have been a prophecy ABOUT Him, but your point is that he could not be Messiah and have a father at the same time. Those 2 things do not have anything do with one another ESPECIALLY since WE KNOW that Joseph was NOT His biological father, because the apostles have related that fact to us.

Who could then blame people if they didn't believe in him if they were told that Messiah HAD a father, Joseph, as you are saying here?

This was not the only qualification, though. You cannot limit Jesus' signs to just this 1 thing.

And it also gives the impression to play a charade since it is all about fooling people to believe what is not true (that Joseph is the father) and to protect his mother, that Allah, SWT already is protecting?

In Christianity, ther is no need to protect Mary. It doesn't even come into play. Thus, there is no need for the story about Jesus talking in the cradle. Mary was engaged to Joseph, then Gabriel appeared to her telling her that she would become pregnant with the Messiah having never known a man, Joseph still marries her because the angel appears to him also and life goes on.


There's no charade involved. There's no fooling people since no one would have thought to question the matter in the first place.