Do Muslims Believe Jesus is the Messiah?

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Do Muslims believe Jesus is the Messiah?
Summary of results from source one
In the Quran, the mention of Jesus has been found around 25 times. The name of Jesus
has been transformed into Isa in the Holy Quran. In Quran, it has also been mentioned that Jesus
Christ was born from Virgin Mary. Therefore, Jesus Christ has been highly honored in the
current and next world to be precise (Farina). Muslims were of the opinion that Jesus Christ was
a prophet who delivered special messages to be conveyed to all the people. This special message
was considered as injil in Quran whereas it is Gospel in the Bible. The Muslims believed that this
message was conveyed in Torah and this message would also be conveyed in the coming times
by Prophet Muhammad (Farina). Thus it is very clear that Jesus Christ played a unique role in
the Muslim faith of that time. The Quran has also said that Jesus Christ taken into heaven before
actual death occurred to him. According to some Christian texts, it is quite clear that Jesus Christ
will return on Judgment Day to punish ad-dajjal or all impostors. Muslim do not believe Jesus to
be a savior or ‘messiah’ as they do not have faith in original sin (Farina).
Summary of results from source two
The second source also describes the belief of Muslims about the existence of Jesus
Christ. Quran has depicted Christ and hold him in high honor (Cbn.com). The name Jesus has
not been used in Quran to describe him. Rather Isa has been used to depict what He was and
what he had done for human beings and divinity. Many times he has been called ‘Al-Masih’ or
Messiah that means savior in form of human. On the other hand several terms have been applied
to Jesus Christ stating him as the Word of God’ or ‘the Word of Truth’. He is also considered as