Who deserves to be Worshiped ?

You were the Observer over them, and You are, over all things, Witness. If You
should punish them—indeed they are Your slaves; but if You forgive them—indeed
it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. Allah will say: This is the day when
the truthful will benefit from their truthfulness. For them are gardens [in paradise]
beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allah being pleased with
them, and they with Him. That is the great attainment.} (Quran 5: 116-119)
It is clear that Jesus’ essence is different from Allah’s essence, so it is not logical
to say that Jesus is the son of Allah.
14.8 The prophethood of Jesus (pbuh)
The Islamic view of Jesus (pbuh) is a moderate one, as it lies between the two
extremes. The Jews rejected Jesus (pbuh) in his role as a prophet of Allah and called
him an impostor. The Christians, on the other hand, considered him to be the son of
God (Allah) and ‘God-incarnate’ in some cases; thus, they began worshipping him.
Islam considers Jesus (pbuh) to be one of the greatest prophets of Allah, Who has
said:
{The Messiah, son of Mary, was not but a messenger; [other] messengers have
passed on before him. And his mother was a supporter of truth. 41 They both used to
eat food. Look how We make clear to them the signs; then look how they are
deluded.} (Quran 5: 75)
14.9 The mission of Jesus (pbuh)
Now one might ask: what was the real mission of Jesus (pbuh) according to the
Quran?
The answer is that Jesus (pbuh) propagated the message of monotheism: worship
of Allah alone, as prescribed in the Gospels. He worked hard to propagate this
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Mary was a pious, virtuous woman who never claimed that she was the mother of God
or that her son was God.
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