SURAH 19: MARYAM (Blessed Mary).

(Note for english readers: Surah in the Qur'an is like "book" in the Bible. Ayah (or Ayat) is like "verse" in the Bible. So, Surah and Ayah is Book and Verse.)

SURAH 19: MARYAM (Mary).

In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

^{Ayat 87} No one shall have the power of intercession, except one[6] who has received permission from Allah most gracious.

^{Ayat 88} They say: Allah most gracious has sired a son![7]

[6] Al-Kitab identifies only one person as having the power of intercession--Prophet 'Isa al-Masih [Jesus (Christ) - the Messiah; Messiah is Christos in Greek, hence Christ]. The Taurat [Old Testament Torah and Prophets] says prophetically that 'Isa "bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors" (Shaya 53:12 - Isaiah 53: [12]). The Injil [Gospel] plainly teaches that 'Isa "is also able to save completely those who draw near to Allah through him, seeing he lives forever to make intercession for them" (Hebrews 7:25).

[7] Astaghfirullah! It would be blasphemy for anyone to say that 'Isa, the chosen intercessor, is the physical son of Allah. The title "Son of God" describes a special spiritual relationship of 'Isa with Allah, but not a physical relationship.....

[See Gospel of John 1:1 . In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.

Compare this to: Surah 4 - Al-Nisa' THE WOMEN

سورة النساء

004.171 People of the Book, go not beyond the bounds in your religion, and say not as to God but the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was the Apostle of God, and His Word (wa kalimatuhu) that He committed to Mary, and a Spirit from Him (roohun minhu). So believe in God and His apostles, and say not, 'Three.' [1] Refrain; better is it for you. God is only One God. Glory be to Him -- That He should have a Son! To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth; God suffices for a guardian. S. 4:171]

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Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala (God from Elohim [Hebrew] glorified and exalted is He - Same in actual meaning as Lord God Almighty in English from Greek Kurios 'o Theos 'o Pantocrator) is the Father of 'Isa in the spiritual sense (same as Gospel of Luke 1:[35]) - but NOT physically like the false gods who in mythology came to earth and had physical relations with maidens. For instance: Krishna, the demonic Hindu deity who is an avatar of Vishnu and who came to earth and had physical relations with milk maids (something like Zeus in the West). Krishna as an avatar of Vishnu is akin to the condemned heresy of modalism in Christianity. Even more importantly, it is forbidden in both Islam and Christianity to claim that demons and evil spirits have any part in the being of 'Isa al-Maseeh (the Son) or Allah (the Father) or the Holy Spirit of Allah; the Holy Spirit is Ruh in Arabic, same as Ruach in Hebrew which is translated as Holy Spirit in the Old Testament of Christian Bibles, beginning here: Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit [Ruach] of God [Elohim] moved upon the face of the waters. Allah the true God in Arabic in the Qur'an and Arabic Christian Bibles, is from Elohim in Hebrew which means the same - the true God. False gods are condemned in the Qur'an and are in the classical Arabic of the Qur'an from the Hebrew root elah, which means the same - demons and false gods.

Notice in the above that the prophecy of Isaiah 53 is so demonstrative of ONLY one Person, 'Isa al-Maseeh, that Jews who witness to other Jews about Jesus Christ find it is one of the most convincing texts for bringing their fellow Jews to understanding that Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah who has already come at His incarnation and birth and will come again at His Parousia.

Finally, from a theological perspective, it is quite true that the Qur'an and the emphasis of the early witness of the Qur'an by God's apostles to the Arabs concentrated far more on the Unity of God rather than on the Triune existence of the Divinity. This is quite easy to understand when one considers the rife and base polytheism of the Arabian lands and people at that time. This is very comparable to the Christian translation of the shemah of Moses. Shemah Yisrael Yahweh Eloheuinu Yahweh echad, is actually Hear O Israel Yahweh Triune God is Yahweh Unity of the Triune God. Even in the New Testament, it is translated in a very flat fashion, for the important reason of not allowing ANY confusion with polytheism. See this from 'Isa al-Maseeh in the Injil of Mark:

Mark 12:29
And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one God.
No Muslim would have a problem with this, nor do Christians.
However the Christian Greek actually reads this way.

Hear “israel kurios ho theos hemon kurios heis estin” which is literally hear “Israel, Lord the God of us, [the] Lord is one [God]. It was the Rambam, Moses ben Maimon or Mūsā ibn Maymūn, aka Maimonides, who tried to change the Hebrew echad to iahid, which is a pagan monism making God an impersonal pantheistic node in the natural existence. Too far in either direction is wrong. In Islam the tawhid of Allah is exactly equivalent to the infinite existence of God which is uncreated and has no limit and still is transcendentally present in God's creation ubiquitously with all power and knowledge reigning over all of God's creation. This is exactly the same as the Christian confession of God.

In another place, 'Isa shows again, the propriety of praying to One God. He does this as the Son acknowledged as such by both Christians and Muslims.

As the only intercessor (Christian theology: Mediator) between God and men in both Christian faith and Islam, Jesus is the only one who has the authority to have us call upon God as Our Father.

Abā-nā

’abā-nā alladhī fī as-samāwāt-i,
li-ya-ta-qaddas-i asm-u-ka!
li-ya-’ti malakūt-u-ka!
li-takun ma-shī’at-u-ka ʽalā al-’arḍ-i kamā hīa fī as-samā’-i!
khubz-a-nā kafāf-a-nā ’a-ʽṭi-nā al-yawm-a!
wa-aghfir la-nā dhunūb-a-nā,
kamā na-ghfir-u naḥnu li-lmu-dhnib-ī-na ’ilay-nā!
wa-lā tu-dkhil-nā fī ta-jribat-in,
lakin najji-nā mina ash-shirrīr-i,
l’anna laka al-mulka wa-al-qūwaha wa-al-majda ’ilā al-’anadi.
’āmīn

Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done,
on Earth, as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

Please also see this.

Parousia of Jesus Christ Our Lord: Muslims and Christians both believe in the Resurrection and the Return of Christ and the Judgment