Bismillah:
Quote:I've come to understand that Muslims believe that Jesus was a prophet of Allah just as Mohammed was a prophet of Allah.
If both are prophets ordained by Allah then they would carry the same message would they not?
If we compare between Muhammad pbuh and Jesus pbuh <b>IN ISLAM </b> you are not going to find any difference in their message except that Muhammad pbuh was the seal of all Prophets. But if you are going to compare between Muhammad pbuh and Jesus pbuh according to the status of Jesus in the Bible, the difference would be like <b>"chalk and cheese". </b> And you might get emotion too because I can show you some verses in the Bible where Jesus was considered to be a hypocrite, lair, disrespectful to his mother etc.. So this is <b>NOT OUR JESUS</b>.
Now let us see whether the information you have brought is correct or false.
Quote:1) <b>Jesus lived a sinless life (2 Corinthians 5:21).</b>
Allah himself refers to Muhammad as sinful (Sura 40:55, 48:1-2
).
Both of these great Prophets were sinless,
Firstly: your understanding of the word <b>SIN </b> as mentioned in the Qur’anic verse is totally wrong. Because there is a huge difference between the word khatee’ah, pl. khataayaa which means SINS. this is <b>impossible in the case of the Messengers </b> , however the word describing the mistakes of all Prophets was not KHATEE'AH. and i mean all of them including Muhammad pbuh. It is more correct to say mistakes, because <b>a mistake may be made unintentionally</b>, which is not the case when we use the term SIN.
Secondly: with regard to sins, <b>the Messengers, including Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), never committed any sin intentionally as an act of disobedience towards Allaah after receiving their Mission.</b>
Therefore, <b>Muhammad and Jesus peace be upon them both, were sinless.</b>
OK, i have to go out right now... will answer the rest of your points later today insh'Allah.
Salam
Wael.