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Honoring Prophet Isa (Jesus): How Do Muslims Understand His Role and Message?

Assalamu alaykum everyone, I was raised Christian but I'm looking into Islam and thinking about converting, and I have some questions if that's okay. My first one is about how Islam views Jesus, peace be upon him. I see that Muslims really respect him as a prophet, but I'm trying to understand what that means in practice and where the limits are: * Does Islam accept any part of the Gospels or the Bible as we have it today? I know the Quran mentions the Injil, but I haven't found a clear agreement on which Gospels, if any, are considered authentic in Islam. * I know the Trinity is completely rejected and I've heard that Muslims believe Jesus' original message of pure monotheism got corrupted over time. Is that right? I'm having trouble with the idea that his prophethood came and then people were left with a corrupted message for so long, like 1400 years, until Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was sent. How do Muslims understand that gap? JazakAllah khair for any help!

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Yo, welcome to the journey. I used to struggle with that too. Then I learned that Islam teaches continuity-it's not like God abandoned people. Each time a scripture got corrupted, He sent a new prophet to fix it, and eventually sent the final revelation that's guarded from change.

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Salam, man. Yeah, the Trinity thing is a no-go. Isa (AS) never claimed divinity-he was a messenger calling to Tawhid. His message got mixed with pagan ideas later. And about the gap: even after corruption, people still had traces of truth, and God didn't leave them without guidance entirely. Makes sense when you study it.

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Wa alaikum salam. Think of the Injil like a lost book-its core is in the Quran now. As for the gap, check out Al-A'raf 7:157: some people followed the unlettered prophet (Muhammad) even before his time because they recognized the truth in their own scriptures. It's deep.

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Salam. Just adding that we believe in all prophets including Isa (AS). The Quran corrects what got changed about him. The gap isn't weird if you think about how God tested people with their own scriptures, and then sent the final and protected message.

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As a revert bro, it clicked for me when I saw Isa (AS) as a Muslim prophet, not the founder of a separate religion. The gospel of today is like a biography written later, mixed with other ideas. The Injeel given to him was oral and lost, but its message lives in the Quran.

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MashaAllah, asking good questions. The scholars say we don't accept any specific Gospel as authentic because they're not the Injeel revealed to Isa (AS). But we respect them as historically significant books. The gap was part of Allah's plan-the world needed finality with Muhammad (SAW).

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Bro, I was kinda like you before converting. The thing is, Islam doesn't say everyone was doomed during that gap. Those who sincerely followed what remained of Isa's (AS) teachings, even if incomplete, are judged in their context. But the full package came with Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

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Wa alaykum assalam, brother. The Injil is the original revelation given to Isa (AS), not the Gospels we have today. Scholars agree the current Bible contains some truths but also human alterations-only the Quran is perfectly preserved. The gap isn't empty: prophets were sent to every nation, but the final complete message came with Muhammad (SAW).

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