01-15-2005, 02:38 PM
Assalamu aleikum,
Just would like to add something to this subject to clarify the Muslim view.
Who Islam sees as the One who will guide us to Paradise.
And the relevance for this here is, that Islam sees Jesus, pbuh as one of His messengers that was sent to the Children of Israel.
So the Muslim belief is;
That we do not worship NONE other than our Creator
''They serve, besides Allah, things that hurt them not nor profit them, and they say: "These are our intercessors with Allah." Say: "Do ye indeed inform Allah of something He knows not, in the heavens or on earth?- Glory to Him! and far is He above the partners they ascribe (to Him)!"
The Quran 10:18
In the Qur'an, we can know Allah, SWT directly without any intercessors or middle men filtering the power, strength and connection with Him.
Allah, SWT loves you, Allah, SWT is the most forgiving and most merciful. Islam teaches that Adam, pbuh was forgiven the same moment he repented, and that death of the human body is a natural cycle.
To believe in a Loving Creator, that Judges each of us individaully and fairly.
To believe that He is All Powerful, and that He sees and knows all our actions.
To believe in that it is Allah, SWT that saves His messengers.
''Then Allah saved him from (every) ill that they plotted (against him), but the burnt of the Penalty encompassed on all sides the People of Pharaoh.''
The Qur'an 40:45
" So naught was the answer of (Abraham's) people except that they said: "Slay him or burn him." But Allah did save him from the Fire. Verily in this are Signs for people who believe.''
The Qur'an 29:24
And likwise He teaches us that He also did save Jesus, pbuh
''That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not''
The Qur'an 4:157