The question of whether Jesus (peace be upon him) is God sits at the heart of one of history’s most consequential theological debates — and Islam, far from avoiding it, meets it directly with scripture, logic, and the clarity of pure monotheism. This episode of The Deen Show examines the Christian claim of Jesus’s divinity through the very Bible Christians cite, revealing that neither the language of “son of God,” nor a virgin birth, nor miraculous works point to anything other than a devoted Prophet sent by the One God. For those genuinely seeking spiritual truth and guidance, the evidence is not ambiguous — it has simply been obscured by centuries of mistranslation, theological invention, and the compounding of one unverified claim upon another.
What “Son of God” Really Means in the Biblical Tradition
The title “son of God” is routinely presented as the singular proof of Jesus’s unique divinity, yet a careful, honest reading of the same Bible reveals it is a metaphor of honour applied freely throughout scripture to righteous servants of God. Adam is called a son of God in Luke 3:38. Israel is described as God’s firstborn son in Exodus 4:22. Solomon is told, “I have chosen him to be my son” (1 Chronicles 28:6). Peacemakers are called sons of God in Matthew 5:9. In John 1:12, any believer is granted “power to become the sons of God.” The title, rooted in Semitic linguistic tradition, expresses devotion, closeness, and righteousness — not literal divine parentage. The Gospel of John, the primary text invoked to argue for Jesus’s divinity, is itself considered of disputed authorship even by Christian scholars, documented as contested since the second century CE. Even the Encyclopaedia Britannica describes it plainly as fabricated. Islam affirms what the untampered message of every Prophet taught: Allah is exalted infinitely above having a son, a wife, or any partner in His divinity.
- “Son of God” in Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic is an honorific for the righteous — not a claim of literal divine birth.
- Adam, Israel, Solomon, and peacemakers are all called sons of God in the very scriptures used to argue Jesus is uniquely divine.
- In John 20:17, Jesus himself makes no distinction between his own sonship and that of his disciples, saying: “I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”
- The Gospel of John — the most quoted source for trinitarian belief — is the most contested of the four Gospels, even among Christian theologians themselves.
“Jesus said, ‘Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them: I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'” — John 20:17
Logic, the Quran, and the Consistent Witness of the Prophets
The Quran answers the virgin birth argument with elegant precision: “Verily, the likeness of Jesus before Allah is the likeness of Adam. He created him from dust, then said to him: ‘Be!’ — and he was.” (Surah Al-Imran, 3:59). If having no earthly father is the criterion for divine status, then Adam — who had neither father nor mother — holds a far greater claim. This is not rhetoric; it is plain, logical reasoning. The Bible itself strengthens the case: Hebrews 7:1–3 describes Melchizedek, the high priest of Salem, as “without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days nor end of life” — yet no Christian worships Melchizedek as God. Jesus, by contrast, had a mother, was born in a stable, had a beginning, and reportedly an end. On the cross, he cried out in Aramaic — “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani” (Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34) — “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” He was calling to Allah, not speaking to himself. And when raising Lazarus, before the miracle, Jesus prayed openly to the One above him:
“I know that Thou hearest me always… I said it audibly that they may believe that Thou hast sent me… He that is sent is not greater than the one that sent him. I can of my own self do nothing.” — Jesus (peace be upon him), John 11 & John 5:30
These are not the words of God — they are the words of a Prophet, wholly dependent upon and devoted to the One God Who sent him. Even the word “hallelujah,” sung by angels in Revelation 19 and echoed in churches across the world, carries the Semitic root “Ya Allah” — O Allah, You alone are worthy of praise. Across languages, across prophetic traditions, across millennia, the message of tawhid — the absolute oneness of Allah — has never wavered. Islam does not ask its followers to abandon Jesus (peace be upon him); it asks them to honour him as he truly was: a noble Messenger, a miracle of divine power, and a servant who never once claimed to be God. For the heart seeking truth, spirituality grounded in reason, and faith that withstands honest scrutiny, the call of Islam is clear, ancient, and universal — there is no god but Allah, and all the Prophets came to deliver that one, undivided message.
