Quran 3:45 (according to the translation of Sahih International) reads:
(start of verse)
[And mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allah gives you good tidings of a word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary - distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allah ].
(end of verse)I find this translation of this key verse of the Quran thoroughly delightful. To me it shows that it was indeed a Spirit from Allah = God who inspired Mohamed.
Not all translations make it so crystal clear, mind, so I get disheartened that some translations seem to obscure the truth enshrined in this verse. I'm happy, though, that in this translation here it is so clear that Jesus was announced by the inspiration given by God, by Allah, to Mohamed and that Mohamed bore witness to this testimony so well that it when the words are translated they bear this stamp of divine authenticity: The testimony clearly shows Jesus to be the Messiah, born to Mary "distinguished in this world and the Hereafter". To this the Apostles of Jesus, the Messiah, preached that although not every spirit of inspiration should be believed because some spirits have gone into the world which are not from God, not from Allah, yet those spirits which bear witness that Jesus is the Messiah and that He has come in the flesh that these spirits are indeed of God and are to be believed. So Christianity from its earliest times has given witness that proves that Mohamed too is God's (Allah's) prophet. Lets all of us, Christians and Muslims, love one another as surely as we are those who believe the testimony given to all of the true apostles and prophets from Jesus onwards (and eventually leading back to Jesus, the beginning and the end of our faith) that Jesus is the Messiah who will one day judge the living and the dead. Let us show each other and tell each other that we believe this testimony; then we can devote ourselves to love of each other with trust, in confidence that we love those He loves.
