Muhammad vs. Jesus

Muhammad and Jesus are both major figures in the religion they belong to. Their prophecy not only include similar concept- God and morals, they also underwent some struggles throughout their life devoting to spreading God’s words. While they were similar, they processed different experience and believe in God in different ways. Jesus’ life had been a miracle since he was born because his mother was a virgin. He started missionary at young age and performed many miracles throughout his life. Muhammad was different because he had always been a common man who was given mission to recite Allah’s words. Jesus was considered son of God and savior of all human beings who are sinful; Muhammad was thought to be the final prophet of God. As stated in the Profession of Faith in the Five Pillars, “there is no God but God, and Muhammad is the prophet.” People did not worship Muhammad but admired him, since he had undergone some dreadful experience to be able to recite God’s words directly. Both Muhammad’s and Jesus’ words were recorded and collected into books. Muhammad’s words were recorded at the time and it later became Qur’an. In contrast, Jesus’ words were recorded a lot after Jesus’ death by the four Gospels and collected into Bible. Although Islam and Christianity are fundamentally derived from the same origin and they both pray to the same God, the differences in between Muhammad and Jesus have had great influence on the development of the two religions.