Isa (Jesus) — peace be upon him

Isa is Maryam’s son, the Messiah and Allah’s messenger and servant, given the Injil.

Isa is Maryam’s son, the Messiah and Allah’s messenger and servant, given the Injil.

Islam affirms his honour and prophethood without identifying him as God or God’s son. Miraculous creation, scripture and his mission to Bani Israel define him.

He is contemporary with Yahya and precedes Muhammad.

Bukhari states that no prophet came between Isa and Muhammad. The Quran supplies no calendar birth year, December date or named birth city.

He is sent to Bani Israel, confirms the Torah and announces a later messenger named Ahmad.

He calls people to worship Allah as his Lord and theirs, with divine authority for certain legal changes. The disciples respond as helpers.

In Al-Maidah he rejects worship of himself or his mother and affirms that he taught the commanded worship of Allah. His honoured messianic role does not claim worship; Torah and Ahmad connect him within prophetic continuity.

His mother is Maryam, and the Quran describes his birth without a human father.

The ascent hadith mentions maternal kinship with Yahya. The Quran names no wife or children; ibn Maryam preserves his maternal and distinctive birth identity.

Maryam’s purity and choosing are integral to his birth account. Her question about a child without a man receives the answer of divine creation. The infant’s speech addresses suspicion and affirms servanthood and prophethood, making ibn Maryam a central identity.

His signs include speech in infancy, healing and raising the dead.

The clay-bird sign is also described, repeatedly with Allah’s permission. The signs affirm his mission rather than independent divine power.

The Injil is his scripture, described as guidance and light.

He is taught scripture, wisdom, Torah and Injil. The named revelation is distinguished from the later history of textual collections.

His outline begins with annunciation, birth and speech in infancy.

Later passages describe signs, preaching, disciples and the request for a table of food. Divine favour and the response of faith connect these stages.

The Quran rejects his enemies’ claim to have killed and crucified him and states that Allah raised him.

Assigning an ordinary historical death year would contradict that account. Muslim reports his future descent, without a dated timetable or total lifespan.

Future descent does not inaugurate a new prophethood. Islamic interpretation understands him to act within Muhammad’s revealed order, consistent with final prophethood. The cited sources give no dated timetable or total age.

Principal Quranic references are grouped by biographical topic.

Identity and prophethood — Ali Imran 3:45; An-Nisa 4:171; Maryam 19:30; Al-Ahzab 33:7.

Era and setting — Maryam 19:16–36; As-Saff 61:6.

Mission and teaching — Ali Imran 3:49–51; Al-Maidah 5:72; As-Saff 61:6; Al-Maidah 5:116–117.

Family and descent — Ali Imran 3:45–47; Maryam 19:20–22; Ali Imran 3:42–47; Maryam 19:16–34.

Distinctions and signs — Ali Imran 3:49; Al-Maidah 5:110; Maryam 19:29–33.

Revelation, scripture and teaching — Al-Maidah 5:46; Al-Maidah 5:110; Ali Imran 3:48.

Biographical outline — Maryam 19:16–36; Ali Imran 3:52–55; Al-Maidah 5:111–115.

Lifespan and final period — An-Nisa 4:157–158; Maryam 19:33.

Related hadith summaries with collection references.

The narration describes Isa and Muhammad’s prophetic closeness and no prophet between them. — Sahih al-Bukhari 3443.

The hadith describes Isa’s future descent and just rule. — Sahih Muslim 155a.

The ascent narration describes Isa and Yahya in the second heaven. — Sahih Muslim 162a.