From the Qur'an:
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- #4. Surah 3:45
- #7. Surah 3:59
- #14. Surah 6:110
7 3:59 The likeness of Jesus in Allah’s sight is that of Adam: He created him from dust, then said to him, “Be,” and he was.
14 6:110 When Allah will say, “O Jesus son of Mary, recall My favor upon you and upon your mother, how I supported you with the Holy Spirit. You spoke to the people from the crib, and in maturity. How I taught you the Scripture and wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel. And recall that you molded from clay the shape of a bird, by My leave, and then you breathed into it, and it became a bird, by My leave. And you healed the blind and the leprous, by My leave; and you revived the dead, by My leave. And recall that I restrained the Children of Israel from you when you brought them the clear miracles. But those who disbelieved among them said, `This is nothing but obvious sorcery.'“
Yes, I remember hearing some of this stuff... that it is possible that it came from apocryphal stories of Jesus... that he spoke from the crib and made clay birds come to life. But the Quran says that Jesus "revived" the dead? Baha'is don't believe that. So the NT and Quran, if the Baha'is are correct, were misleading people by saying that Jesus did bring people back to life. And, if he brought others to life, why couldn't he, through God, bring himself to life also?
I'd have absolutely no problem believing that none of it is true, but that's another problem I have with the Baha'is... if it's not true... If it never happened... If the body of Jesus died and stayed dead, then the stories in the gospels are a lie and a hoax. But, they can't say that, instead it's a "metaphor."