What do Muslims think about Jesus (PBUH)?

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Muslims respect and venerate Jesus Christ. They consider him to be one
of God’s greatest messengers to humankind. The Qur’an re-affirms his
miraculous birth and his miraculous abilities. Furthermore, his mother
Mary is regarded as one of the most pure and exalted women of all
creation. As the Qur’an says:

“Behold! the angel said: ‘God has chosen you and purified you and has
chosen you above the women of all nations. O Mary! God gives you the
good news of a word from Him, whose name shall be Messiah, Jesus son
of Mary, honored in this world and the hereafter, and one of those
brought near to God” (3:42).

Islam regards its teachings to be a re-affirmation and culmination of
the teachings of previous monotheistic religions like Judaism and
Christianity. Hence, all Muslims believe in Moses and Jesus as
Prophets of God. Prophet Muhammad was commanded to recite in the
Qur’an:

“Say, we believe in God and that which was revealed unto us, and that
which was revealed unto Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob, and
the tribes and that which was entrusted unto Moses and Jesus and the
Prophets from their Lord We make no distinction between any of them
and unto Him we have submitted” (3:84).

A Muslim never refers to him simply as “Jesus”, but always adds the
phrase “upon him be peace.” The Qur’an confirms his virgin birth, and
an entire surah (chapter) of the Qur’an is entitled “Mary.” The Qur’an
describes the Annunciation as follows:

“She said: ‘O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched
me?’ He said: ‘Even so; God creates what He wills. When He decrees a
thing, He says to it, “Be!” and it is.’” (Qur’an 3:42-7)

Jesus was born miraculously through the same power that had brought
Adam into being without a father: “Truly the likeness of Jesus with
God is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust and then said
to him, ‘Be!’ and he was.” (Qur’an 3:59)

During his prophetic mission, Jesus performed many miracles. The
Qur’an tells us that he said: “I have come to you with a sign from
your Lord: I make for you out of clay, as it were, a figure of a bird,
and breathe into it and it becomes a bird by God’s leave. And I heal
the blind, and the lepers, and I raise the dead by God’s
leave.” (Qur’an 3:49)

Neither Muhammad nor Jesus came to change the basic doctrine of the
belief in One God, brought by earlier prophets, but to confirm and
renew it. In the Qur’an, Jesus is reported as saying that he came: “To
attest the law which was before me. And to make lawful to you part of
what was forbidden to you; I have come to you with a sign from your
Lord, so fear God and obey me.” (Qur’an 3:50)

Source: www.islamic-city.com/JesusInIslam/Jesus.htm