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Isa is the Messiah in Islam [3] [4] [better source needed] and is the called Īsā al-Masīḥ by Muslims. It is one of several titles of Isa, who is referred to as Masih or Al-Masih 11 times in the Quran. [note 2] It means 'the anointed', 'the traveller', or 'one who cures by caressing'. [3] [better source needed]
In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ, romanized: māšīaḥ; Greek: μεσσίας, messías; Arabic: مسيح, masīḥ; lit. 'anointed one') is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of mashiach, messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, [1][2] and in the Hebrew Bible, in ...
Masih. (title) al-Masīḥ (Arabic: المسيح) is the Arabic translation of the Hebrew title Māshīaḥ (מָשִׁיחַ, ' Messiah ') or the Greek title Khristós (Χριστός, ' Christ '), meaning "the anointed one". [1] It is the common word used by Arab Christians for 'Christ', a usage which was adopted by both Christians and ...
Muslim exegetes explain the use of the word masīh in the Quran as referring to Jesus' status as the one anointed by means of blessings and honors; or as the one who helped cure the sick, by anointing the eyes of the blind, for example. [92] Jesus also holds a description as both a word from God and a soul. [103]
'Anointed One'; Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ, romanized: Māšîah, lit. 'Mashiach'), the saviour and redeemer who would bring salvation to the Jewish people and mankind. "Christ" is the Greek translation of "Messiah", meaning "Anointed one". The role of the Christ, the Messiah in Christianity, originated from the concept of the messiah in Judaism.
Islam portal. v. t. e. The Mahdi (Arabic: ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, romanized: al-Mahdī, lit. 'the Guided', Persian: مهدی) is a figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the End of Times to rid the world of evil and injustice. He is said to be a descendant of Muhammad, who will appear shortly before Jesus.
Islamic view of the Trinity. A drawing of the phrase "There is no god except God." In Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity states that God is a single essence in which three distinct hypostases ("persons"): the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, exist consubstantially and co-eternally as a perichoresis. Islam considers the concept of any ...
Christology. Christ, [note 1] used by Christians as both a name and a title, unambiguously refers to Jesus. [5][6][7] It is also used as a title, in the reciprocal usage "Christ Jesus", meaning "the Messiah Jesus" or "Jesus the Anointed ", and independently as "the Christ". [8] The Pauline epistles, the earliest texts of the New Testament, [9 ...