The Qur'an speaks in a special way about Jesus, his birth, his miracles, his ascension. Some scholars have, based on the Qur'anic sayings about Jesus, drawn the conclusion that the Qur'an does not deny and sometimes affirms specifically Christian beliefs about Jesus. This conclusion is rejected in this paper. The rejection is based on the Islamic view of God's relation and revelation to the world.
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