The key question: Who was Jesus of Nazareth?

Jesus' birth, death, and resurrection are the subject of many contradictory accounts. His followers claim that he is the "Seed of the Woman" (Targum Jonathan on Genesis 3:15 & Bukhari 63:163) and the New Adam (Qur’an 3:59). Contradictory accounts of his death—claiming he was crucified by the Romans (Matthew 27) or stoned to death by the Jews (Sanhedrin 43a)—suggest that he might have survived attempts to kill him, which could explain why some people claimed to see him 'in the flesh' later on. His brothers James and Simeon succeeded him as leaders of the Church of Jerusalem. If Jesus had died, the church would have likely disbanded.

Jesus might have also been married to Mary Magdalene, who may have been slandered like his mother, since the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) was forged. A 30-year-old rabbi like Jesus (John 1:38 & Luke 3:23) would not be single (Yevamot 63a & Kiddushin 29b) or keep close company with a female disciple who is not his wife or relative (Matthew 27:61). Mary, being married to Joseph the Carpenter, might have been perceived as claiming that her child was a miracle. This could explain why she wasn’t stoned for adultery.

Muhammad (Ish Hamudot in Daniel 9:23 & Qur’an 61:6) died in 632 (Tirmidhi 49:15 & Mishkat al-Masabih 29:99); that is, 600 years after Jesus (Bukhari 63:172) after migrating to Medina “the Menorah” (Ar. al-Munawarra) under Mt. Sela (Mishkat al-Masabih 29:14 & Isaiah 42) in 622 CE, known as the Hijra.

The Hijra, which marks the beginning of the Islamic (Hijri) calendar, took place during the reign of Heraclius: a type of antichrist like Antiochus IV (see, e.g., Secrets of R. Shimon b. Yohai) who, in 629 CE, declared that he would exterminate circumcised people, notably Jews and Arabs; see Bukhari 7:1 & Walter Kaegi, Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium (UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003) at 194.

Muhammad, for his part, predicted that he would fulfill the vision of Daniel (an-Nasa’i 25:92 & Daniel 7) and deliver the Holy Land from Roman (i.e., Western) occupation. The Hijra corresponds to 70 weeks of years (Daniel 9:24) after the Bar Kokhba revolt, which represents Judeans’ last stand against the Romans in 132 CE (Luke 21:24, Qur’an 17:4-8 & JT Berakhot 2:3:34), who subsequently called them “Palestinians”.

In 637 CE, the Second Caliph, ‘Umar I, delivered the Holy Land from the Romans. The Palestinians, as they were, correspondingly saw Islam as deliverance from the Romans and converted to Islam in masses; see OpenjusticeDotNet, “Was Jesus a Muslim?” (5 Jul 2025) Rumble <https://rumble.com/v6vrtvb-was-jesus-a-muslim.html>. Almost all of them are Muslims today.

The Qur’an claims to be the testimony of Gabriel (Qur’an 16:102 & 81:19-21) in the angelic tongue (Qur’an 16:103, Kiddushin 32b:5 & Bava Metzia 86b:16). Gabriel is the angel of the nation of Ishmael (Vayikra Rabbah 29:2, Genesis 16:11, 21:17, Riyad as-Salihin 18:60 & Qur’an 2:97-98) and the only witness to the annunciation according to the New Testament (Luke 1:26-38).