it clear to those around them.
The
Qur‘aanic account of Jesus’ ministry confirms most[68] of his miracles
mentioned in the Bible and identifies some not mentioned in the Bible. For
example, the Qur‘aan informs that Jesus was a messenger of God from his birth, and
his first miracle was speaking as a child in the cradle. After Mary had given birth to Jesus, people
accused her of fornication. Instead of responding to their accusations, she
pointed to her newly born child:
فَأَشَارَتْ
إِلَيْهِ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مِنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا قَالَ
إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا
“[When] she pointed to him, they
asked, ‘How can we talk to a child in the cradle?’ He [Jesus] said: ‘Indeed, I
am a servant of Allaah. He gave me the scripture and made me a prophet.’ ”
Qur’aan,
(19):29-30
Among
his other miracles of bringing the dead back to life, healing lepers, and
making the blind see, the Qur‘aan records another miracle not mentioned in the
Bible. Prophet Jesus fashioned birds out
of clay, blew on them and they flew away, living birds. But the point which is
emphasized throughout the Qur‘aan is that whenever Jesus performed a miracle, he
informed the people that it was by God’s permission. He made it clear to his
followers that he was not doing the miracles by himself, in the same way that
the earlier Prophets made