stevecanuck
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3. The role of Jesus is a major point of contention between Islam and Christianity. The Qur'an makes it crystal clear in several verses that it's blasphemy to say Jesus is the son of God and/or God as part of the Trinity (I've honestly never understood the whole Trinity thing) :
2:116 - "They, (the People of the Book), have said that God has taken for Himself a son. He is too glorious to have a son."
4:171 - "People of the Book, go not beyond the bounds in your religion, and say not as to God but the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only the Messenger of God, ... and say not, 'Three.' ... God is only One God. Glory be to Him -- That He should have a son!"
5:17 - "They are unbelievers [kafara] who say, 'God is the Messiah, Mary's son."
5:72 - "They have certainly disbelieved [kafara] who say, 'Allah is the Messiah, the son of Mary.'"
5:75 - "The Messiah, son of Mary, was not but a messenger."
6:101 - "The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a child, when there is for Him no consort?"
9:30 - "The Jews say, 'Ezra is the Son of God'; the Christians say, 'The Messiah is the Son of God.' That is the utterance of their mouths, conforming with the unbelievers [kafaru] before them. God assail them! How they are perverted!"
9:31 - "They have taken their rabbis and their monks as lords apart from God, and the Messiah, Mary's son."
10:68 - "They say, 'God has taken to Him a son. ... you have no authority for this. What do you say concerning God that you know not?"
17:111 - "Praise be to Allah, who begets no son."
18:4 - "And to warn those who say, 'Allah has taken a son.'."
19:35 - "It is not for God to take a son."
21:26 - "They say:' 'The All-merciful has taken to Him a son.'."
23:91 - "Never did Allah take to Himself a son."
25:2 - "He hath chosen no son."
39:4 - "If Allah had intended to take a son, He could have chosen from what He creates whatever He willed."
43:59 - "Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor."
43:81 - "Say (O Muhammad): If the Beneficent One hath a son, then, I shall be first among the worshippers."
72:3 - "... our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son."
And the granddaddy of them all:
19:88-91 - "And they say, 'The All-merciful has taken unto Himself a son.' You have indeed advanced something hideous! Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins, That they ascribe a son (or offspring or children) to the Most Beneficent."
2:116 - "They, (the People of the Book), have said that God has taken for Himself a son. He is too glorious to have a son."
4:171 - "People of the Book, go not beyond the bounds in your religion, and say not as to God but the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only the Messenger of God, ... and say not, 'Three.' ... God is only One God. Glory be to Him -- That He should have a son!"
5:17 - "They are unbelievers [kafara] who say, 'God is the Messiah, Mary's son."
5:72 - "They have certainly disbelieved [kafara] who say, 'Allah is the Messiah, the son of Mary.'"
5:75 - "The Messiah, son of Mary, was not but a messenger."
6:101 - "The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a child, when there is for Him no consort?"
9:30 - "The Jews say, 'Ezra is the Son of God'; the Christians say, 'The Messiah is the Son of God.' That is the utterance of their mouths, conforming with the unbelievers [kafaru] before them. God assail them! How they are perverted!"
9:31 - "They have taken their rabbis and their monks as lords apart from God, and the Messiah, Mary's son."
10:68 - "They say, 'God has taken to Him a son. ... you have no authority for this. What do you say concerning God that you know not?"
17:111 - "Praise be to Allah, who begets no son."
18:4 - "And to warn those who say, 'Allah has taken a son.'."
19:35 - "It is not for God to take a son."
21:26 - "They say:' 'The All-merciful has taken to Him a son.'."
23:91 - "Never did Allah take to Himself a son."
25:2 - "He hath chosen no son."
39:4 - "If Allah had intended to take a son, He could have chosen from what He creates whatever He willed."
43:59 - "Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor."
43:81 - "Say (O Muhammad): If the Beneficent One hath a son, then, I shall be first among the worshippers."
72:3 - "... our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son."
And the granddaddy of them all:
19:88-91 - "And they say, 'The All-merciful has taken unto Himself a son.' You have indeed advanced something hideous! Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins, That they ascribe a son (or offspring or children) to the Most Beneficent."