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 at 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’)
