All Islám considers the Qur’án the Word of God. In this
sacred Book there are explicit texts which are not traditional, stating that Christ
was the Word of God, that He was the Spirit of God, that Jesus Christ came into
this world through the quickening breaths of the Holy Spirit and that Mary, His
mother, was holy and sanctified. In the Qur’án a whole chapter is devoted to
the story of Jesus. It records that in the time of His youth He worshiped God
in the temple at Jerusalem, that manna descended from heaven for His sustenance
and that He uttered words immediately after His birth. In brief, in the Qur’án
there is eulogy and commendation of Christ such as you do not find in the
Gospel. The Gospel does not record that the child Jesus spoke at birth or that
God caused sustenance to descend from heaven for Him, but in the Qur’án it is
repeatedly stated that God sent down manna day by day as food for Him.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, 16 June 1912, Central Congregational Church, New
York; ‘The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l-Bahá
during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912’)
