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Answering Islam
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Jesus and Muhammad: Fifteen major differences
He never claimed divinity for himself. His mortality is a major reason why he objects so strenuously to the divinity and Sonship of Christ (Suras 3:58-60; 4:171; 5:72-75, 116; 9:30; 19:33-34). If Muhammad is the best and last prophet and messenger, then how can Jesus surpass him, as the eternal ...
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Apologetics Resource Center
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Jesus vs. Muhammad | Apologetics Resource Center
March 22, 2020 - But, how does Muhammad measure up? Was he free from all major sin? The evidence suggests that Muhammad did not lead an exemplary life. For instance, the Qur’an has Muhammad asking for forgiveness for his sins. Yet, it says Jesus was sinless (Suras 40:55; 48:2).
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Is Jesus Superior to Muhammad? - IslamOnline
May 22, 2024 - Numerous historians down through ... “superiority” but simply call Muhammad the final prophet of Allah. Claiming that Jesus is alive, using the four gospel writers as proofs, is just not evidence....
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Reasons for Jesus
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Jesus vs Muhammad: 33 Striking Differences | Reasons for Jesus
August 17, 2020 - By James Bishop| Many will be surprised at just how different Jesus and Muhammad really were as historical figures. Both have had a huge impact on the way many people choose to live their lives. Followers of Jesus espouse love and acceptance whereas Muhammad’s teaching is the reason behind ...
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Jesus and Muhammad compared
Jesus and Muhammad compared regarding prophecies, call, seal of prophets, missions, messages, titles, deaths, moral examples, violence, compassion, sacrifice, exploitation, miracles, etc.
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Exposing the "Muslim Jesus" | Catholic Answers Magazine
April 25, 2025 - Although I studied as much Hebrew as I could before my first trip to Israel, I ended up using it only at the Western Wall to tell people who mistook me for a lo...

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In Islam, Jesus (Arabic: عِيسَىٰ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ‎, romanized: ʿĪsā ibn Maryam, lit. 'Jesus, son of Mary'), referred to by the Arabic rendering of his name Isa, is believed to be the penultimate … Wikipedia

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1 day ago - In Islam, Jesus is believed to have been the precursor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. According to the Quran, the coming of Muhammad was predicted by Jesus in 61:6. Through this verse, early Arab Muslims claimed legitimacy for their new faith in the existing religious traditions and the alleged ...
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Answering Islam
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Jesus or Muhammad
Christians follow Christ, Muslims follow Muhammad. Both claimed to have been from God, but their teachings and actions contradict each other. Only one could have truly been from God · Jesus said that false prophets would come: Matthew 24:11 - "And many false prophets shall arise and shall ...
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CultureWatch
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Muhammad Versus Jesus - CultureWatch
January 6, 2020 - What are the differences between Jesus and Muhammad? The founder of Islam is revered by millions, but when we compare his life and teachings with…
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Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry
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A Comparison between Jesus and Muhammad | Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry
February 20, 2025 - There is no comparison between Jesus and Muhammad. Muhammad falls so far short that he cannot be held on any level remotely close to Jesus. Muhammad is clearly inferior to Christ. This information is also available in video form: “A Comparison Between Jesus and Muhammad”
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Comparison of Muhammad and Jesus
How does the life of Muhammad, through the eyes of a Muslim, compare to Jesus?
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Bible Reasons
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Jesus Vs Muhammad: (15 Important Differences To Know)
June 5, 2025 - Through the study of the biblical genealogy, we know Jesus’s lineage traces all the way back to Adam, making Him a Jew and a fulfiller of prophecy. He founded the Christian church by coming back as the Savior. ... Muhammad did not claim to be one with God or even a child of God.
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Historical Muhammad: The Good, Bad, Downright Ugly - Apologetics
May 22, 2022 - By David Wood With a superb script, unparalleled directing, and flawless acting, Sergio Leone’s The Good, … Historical Muhammad: The Good, Bad, Downright Ugly Read More »
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r/DebateReligion on Reddit: If Jesus was a prophet of Allah then Muhammad wasn’t and vice versa

Your thesis is guilty of an "either or-fallacy". You're concluding that either it's the same God, same laws OR it's different gods, different laws. But there's actually also a 3rd option, i.e., same God, different laws. The latter is the general Islamic position.. i.e., that different Messengers of the same God came with different laws suitable for their time/locale. That accounts for any differences in actions between any of the Messengers/Prophets. Btw, a lot of what you listed is also found in the Bible too including fighting, multiple wives, slavery, etc. It's not unique to just the Qur'an.

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Christianity and Islam - Wikipedia
1 week ago - It is founded on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and those who follow it are called Christians. Islam developed in the 7th century CE. It is founded on the teachings of Muhammad, as an expression of surrendering to the will of God.
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Truth For The World
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Jesus or Mohammed?
This tract looks to answer important questions such as: Is Islam the true way to God? Is Allah the true God? Is Mohamed the latest and greatest prophet? And is the Qu'ran a true revelation from God?
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r/DebateReligion on Reddit: [Muslims] Jesus' teachings contradict Muhammad

Before we can even address your question, you would first have to provide a source for what Jesus, may peace be upon him, said that is reliable and unaltered.

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Royal Examiner
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VIEWPOINT: Jesus and Mohammed Compared - Royal Examiner
December 21, 2024 - In a recent column in the “Opinion” section of the Royal Examiner, Dr. James Finck, a professor of history at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO), took the time and effort to put forth some good information on the early days of Islam… a religion and ideology driving ...
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Stack Exchange
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protestantism - Why don’t Christians accept Muhammad as the true prophet? - Christianity Stack Exchange

I would like to take a more conciliatory approach to answer this question by starting with some common grounds that Islam has with Christianity about Jesus:

  1. That Jesus historically existed
  2. That Jesus was a true prophet sent by God, the God of Abraham
  3. That Jesus had the title "the anointed one" although understood differently in Islam as al-Masīḥ
  4. That Jesus has the title the Word (Logos) although understood differently in Islam as kalimat Allāh
  5. That Jesus was born without sin and remained without sin
  6. That Jesus was born to Mary as a result of virginal conception
  7. That Jesus performed miracles including raising people from the dead
  8. That Jesus had foreknowledge of what was hidden to others
  9. That Jesus is an important religious model, possessing the highest knowledge and intimacy with God
  10. That Jesus was raised up to heaven (although this is not unanimous among Islam scholars)
  11. That on the Day of Judgment (Yawm al-qiyāmah) Jesus will be witness against the wicked and destroy the anti-Christ (al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl)

But Islam denies the following Christian teachings about Jesus:

  1. That the 4 canonical gospels faithfully recorded the teaching of Jesus and about Jesus. Instead, Muslim scholars consider the true gospel, Injīl, to be lost or hopelessly corrupted in the form of the NT gospels we have today, thus consider information about Jesus in the Quran as more authoritative.
  2. That Jesus claimed to be the Son of God, with the full implications of what Jesus said to be understood in Christianity as,
    • being the second person of the Trinity and thus having pre-existence before conception
    • being fully divine yet fully human (i.e. Incarnation according to the Chalcedonian definition)
  3. That Jesus was crucified until he was truly dead on the cross (see journal articles on medical evidence and a 2021 review of medical views). Instead, Muslim scholars's view is more similar to Gnosticism or Docetism (see the 2009 School of Oriental and African Studies journal article The Muslim Jesus: Dead or alive?).
  4. That having truly died on the cross and buried in a cave tomb Jesus was raised from the dead on Resurrection Sunday. One interpretation of The Quran says that Jesus was not killed nor crucified but was instead raised to heaven alive. The Quran claims that people are only making assumptions about his crucifixion, and it was only made to appear so to them.
  5. That the Counselor/Advocate whom Jesus sent in John 14 and John 16 is the Holy Spirit. Instead Muslim scholars understand Jesus to mean Muhammad (pbuh) (see here, refuted here).
  6. That Jesus is present in Spirit in the world today (see What is the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives today?). Instead Muslim scholars understand Quran references to "Holy Spirit" (Rūḥ al-qudus) to refer to the angel Jibrīl (Gabriel) (pbuh). The Quraanic Exegesis article Who Is the Holy Spirit? concludes:

    So it is clear that Ruh al-Qudus here refers to Jibril… No one suggests that Ruh al-Qudus means the life of Allah ; nor is this indicated by the wording and this phrase is never used in that sense.” (Daqaiq al-Tafsir, part 2, p. 92)

Although Islamic prophet Muhammad (pbuh) spoke highly of Jesus as possibly greater than the OT prophets before him, and spoke highly of his mother Mary as well, all branches of Christianity cannot accept Muhammad (pbuh) on the same level as all canonized OT prophets and as the prophet Jesus himself because Muhammad (pbuh) denied that Jesus claimed to be the Son of God. Instead, Muhammad (pbuh) believed that Jesus, as a holy prophet sent by the true God, would never have "blasphemed" God by claiming to be God himself.

It's a pity that he probably got the wrong idea of the Trinity, thinking that Christians taught what we now call Tritheism (see Islamic view of the Trinity). Naturally, as Christians today ALSO denounce Tritheism as a denial of monotheism, this distorted view of the Trinity led him to exhort Christians to repent, such as in Quran Surah 5:116-118:

And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah ?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen. I said not to them except what You commanded me - to worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them, and You are, over all things, Witness. If You should punish them - indeed they are Your servants; but if You forgive them - indeed it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

CONCLUSION: Since Jesus's being the Son of God whose true death on the cross and who is present in spirit in our lives today are both so central to salvation, and since true faith has to be based on agreeing with this, there is no way that any Christian can accept Muhammad (pbuh) as a true prophet despite many things he taught in common.

Christians trust that the 4 canonized gospels are the only authentic ones, that the other NT letters and books give us trustworthy accounts of what Jesus taught, trustworthy understanding of who Jesus is, and trustworthy interpretation of the OT. No true prophet would teach truths contrary to the truths presented in the Christian Bible.

Sources

  1. University of Alberta Muslim Students' Association pamphlet Jesus: a Prophet of Islam
  2. Vox 2019 article Muslims love Jesus, too: 6 things you didn't know about Jesus in Islam
  3. U.S. Catholic magazine 2016 article What do Muslims think of Jesus?
  4. Christianity Today 2002 article Is the God of Muhammad the Father of Jesus
  5. Wikipedia article Jesus in Islam
  6. Wikipedia article Names and titles of Jesus in the Quran
  7. Wikipedia article Islamic views on Jesus' death
  8. Wikipedia article Second Coming - Islam
  9. Wikipedia article Messiah - Islam
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