Muslims respect and revere Jesus (peace be upon him), they believe in and await his second coming. They consider him one of the greatest of God's messengers to mankind. A Muslim never refers to him simply as Jesus', but always adds the phrase "peace be upon him".

In fact, no Muslim is a Muslim if he or she does not believe in Jesus!  Islam makes it an article of faith for its adherents to believe in, love and honor Jesus (and all the prophets, as a pillar of faith in Islam).

The Quran confirms his virgin birth (a chapter of the Quran is entitled 'Mary') in her time, and Mary is considered the purest woman in all creation. The Quran describes the creation of Jesus as follows (interpretation of the meaning):

"Behold! the Angels said, `God has chosen you, and purified you, and chosen you above the women of all nations .... O Mary, God gives you glad tidings of a word from Him, whose name shall be the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, honored in this world and the Hereafter, and will be one of those who are near to God, and he shall speak to the people from his cradle and in maturity, and shall be of the righteous.' She said: `O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?' He said: `Even so; God creates what He wills. When He decrees a thing, He but says to it, "Be!" and it is." [Quran 3:42-47]

"..she (Mary) withdrew from her people to an eastern place; And screened herself off from them. Then WE sent OUR (Ruh) angel (Gabriel) to her and he appeared to her in the form of a man in all aspects. She said, `I seek refuge with the Gracious God from you if you indeed do fear HIM.' The angel said, `I am only a messenger of your Lord, that I may give you glad tidings of a righteous son.' She said, `How can I have a son when no man has touched me, neither have I been unchaste ?' The angel said, `Thus it shall be.' your Lord said, `It is easy for ME; and WE shall do so that WE may make him a Sign unto men, and a mercy from US, and it is a thing decreed.' So she conceived him, and withdrew with him to a remote place. And the pains of child-birth drove her unto the trunk of a palm-tree. She said, `O, would that I had died before this and had become a thing quite forgotten! Then he (Angel or Jesus) called her from beneath her, saying, `Grieve not. your Lord has placed a rivulet below you; `And shake towards yourself the trunk of the palm-tree; it will drop upon you fresh ripe dates; `So, eat and drink and cool thine eye. And if you see any man, say, `I have vowed a fast to the Gracious God; I will, therefore, not speak this day to any human being.'" [Quran 19:16-26]

Jesus (peace be upon him) was born miraculously through the same power which had brought Adam (peace be upon him) into being without a father:

"Truly, the likeness of Jesus unto God is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, and then said to him, `Be!' and he was." [Quran 3:59]

During his prophetic mission, Jesus (peace be upon him) was granted and performed many miracles. The Quran tells us that he said (interpretation of meaning):

"I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I make for you out of the clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it and it becomes a bird by God's leave. And I heal the blind and the lepers, and I raise the dead by God's leave, and I will inform you of what you eat and what you store up in your houses. Surely therein is a Sign for you, if you are believers." [Quran 3:49]

Other miracles include speaking soon after birth in defense of his mother's piety, when the Jews approached Mary and her infant Jesus to question her and inquire about the fatherless child:

".. Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said: "O Mary! truly you has committed a monstrous thing! O sister of Aaron! (i.e his sister in faith, righteousness and asceticism or it is a way of linguistic attribution in Arabic) your father was not a wicked man nor was your mother a harlot." Then she pointed to him. They said: "How should we speak to one who was a child in the cradle?" Jesus said: "I am a servant of God, He has given me revelation and has made me a prophet; and He has made me blessed wheresoever I be, and has enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live; (He) has made me dutiful to my mother, and not arrogant and graceless. And peace be upon me the day I was born, and peace be upon me the day I shall die, and the day I shall be raised up to life again.'" [Quran 19:27-34]

God's other gifts to him included healing the blind and the sick, reviving the dead, and, most importantly, the message he was carrying. These miracles were granted to him by God to establish him as a prophet. According to the Quran, he was not crucified, but only appeared so (1); instead, God saved him and raised him unto Heaven.

"And when Jesus became conscious of their disbelief, he cried: Who will be my helpers in the cause of God? The disciples said: We will be God's helpers. We believe in God, and bear you witness that we have surrendered (unto Him). Our Lord! We believe in that which You have revealed and we follow him whom You have sent. Enroll us among those who witness (to the truth). And Jesus' enemies schemed and God also schemed, and God is the Best of schemers. And when God said' `O Jesus, I will take you and raise you to Myself and will clear you of the charges of those who disbelieve" [Quran 3:52-55]

"And for their (the Jews) disbelief and for their uttering against Mary a grave calumny; And because of their saying (in boast): We killed the Messiah Jesus son of Mary, God's messenger, but they killed him not nor crucified him, but (it / he) was appeared so to them, and those who differ therein are certainly in a state of doubt about it; they have no certain knowledge thereof, but only pursue a conjecture; for of a surety they killed him not. But God raised him up unto Himself. And God is Mighty, Wise." [Quran 4:156-158]

God Almighty sent down gospel (2) upon Jesus (pbuh), this original gospel revealed to Jesus (pbuh) was a message/revelation (initially transmitted by word of mouth) and Which has never been recorded, it wasn't a book some place. The bible actually refers to the translations (of trans. of trans.) of the collection of 'writing accounts' or 'narrations' of the life of Jesus (pbuh) which were written many years after the time of Jesus (pbuh), beside the other books of the N. & O. Testaments. It was only in the 2nd century that these 'accounts' got the nickname, gospels. The Church itself does not claim that the books or gospels of the Bible are the actual word of God, but His “inspiration” (his teachings) through the words of men. Their best claim on this, that Jesus himself was the 'gospel message' of God, and that such 'writing accounts' recorded his birth, ministry and departure, so they recorded Jesus life i.e. the 'gospel message'. However, even this claim is known to have serious problems: Firstly, there is No unbroken and absolutely dependable chains of transmission, to accurately trace them back to the claimed authors; also none of the Original writings (manuscripts) have survived and exist today (un-proved authenticity). Secondly, the disciples native tongue was Syriac or Aramaic, but most Greek-speaking authors heard these traditions in the Aramaic vernacular and committed them to writing in Greek, So, we have serious problem of the unreliability of translations and re-translations that affected the substance of the message, and imposed on it their established beliefs. Thirdly, there was an careless attitude towards such books at that time, So, It seems quite obvious that this status (inspiration) was given to these books only at a later stage; initially, they were neither considered as Divine, nor as canons of a new religion, but simply 'narrations'. Fourthly, Because of the theological motifs and presuppositions in the faith of the early church, it is difficult to write with certainty any authentic life of Jesus; In other words, there is no un-conjectural or certain proof for the attribution of today's whole 'Christianity' to Jesus Christ, rather, its Mainlines are constructed About Jesus Christ (by others' views), but Not From Jesus Christ. Fifthly, the Christian scholars admit the historical fact that there were, contemporary to the Gospels, many other gospels (20-300 gospel) in circulation and all were accepted by the different Churches of that time. The gospels used in Churches now (narrations/letters from what are claimed to be written by disciples or by those who had been companions of disciples) were only selected in the 4th century. Sixthly, all of the writings (manuscripts) in our possession date back to the time when there were already doctrinal and Christological debates within the early Church, So, they are in no way prove that they contain the correct interpretation of Jesus' mission. Seventhly, we cannot prove All what is narrated in these books without proving their validity, and we cannot prove their validity without proving their claims to be inspired which in turn depends, essentially, on All what is narrated in them; that beside the lack of reliable transmission and the lack of definitive external evidences (like the irrelevant prophecies and their fabricated fulfillment), So, it keeps you go around in circles without being able to base your reasoning on facts or to arrive at facts. Eighthly, Even experts on the text of these gospels believe that it has not remained safe from intentional and/or unintentional changes, additions and interpolations in the text. Ninthly, these accounts (gospels) cannot be expected to take their recorded events at face value especially as they have many mutually conflicting and contradicting reports for the same story. Finally, it has been proved by many Christian and Biblical scholars (yet millions of ordinary Christians are unaware) that the present Gospels -Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, as well as many other Gospels- were written by "Unknown" writers, and not the disciples, who used for their writings the names of those disciples "only to gain ecclesiastical recognition".

So, to conclude, as any Bible comprises two parts - the Old and New Testaments - ; Only in the New Testament is found some direct quotes of words spoken by Jesus Christ, thus, at most some of what Jesus (pbuh) uttered (and may be some other verses) could be considered as part of his original gospel, whereas the other parts of the New Testament are not. Those 'writing accounts' or 'books/gospels attributed to the apostles' contain (the basics of) the original gospel/message of Jesus (pbuh) in them somewhere.

Interestingly, most of what is written in the New Testament was authored by Paul (Jew of Tarsus), who never met Jesus (pbuh) in person, and one of the worst persecutors and killers of the early followers of Jesus (pbuh), but, suddenly, he claimed to be receiving 'visions' from Jesus after his departure. Through the apostle Barnabas he was accepted by the rest of the apostles. He decided to preach to the Gentiles (Non-Jews pagans). Paul found it at all but impossible to convince the Gentiles to accept the teaching of Jesus (pbuh). He continued to compromise with the pagan gentiles and simplify the religion of Jesus for them, molding it closer and closer to their established beliefs in order to make it more appealing to them. He gained more converts than the more strict and demanding original true faith. In the authority of his 'visions', he used extensive philosophy to spread his doctrines. Consequently, Paul was mostly responsible for elevating Jesus to the status of Son of God, formulating (or inventing) many concepts and doctrines such as the original sin, atonement, resurrection.. ect, So, he laid, with his followers of Gentiles and Jews, the groundwork for losing the true clear message in mythical dogmas. In the first centuries CE, Christianity split into innumerable fighting sects of countless divergent beliefs and countless gospels of varying degrees of authenticity. "... they too have abandoned a good part of that with which they were exhorted. So WE have caused enmity and hatred among them till the Day of Resurrection. And God will inform them of what they used to do" [Quran 5:14]. The books/gospels of the bible, were selected in 325 A.C., with the aid of the pagan Roman empire, during the Nicene Council in which the creed of "Trinity" was officially introduced for the first time ..

For details: Please refer to the Christianity section.

Neither Muhammad (peace be upon him), nor Jesus (peace be upon him), came to change the basic doctrine of the belief in one God, brought by earlier prophets, but to confirm and renew it. In the Quran Jesus (peace be upon him), is reported as saying that he came:

"To attest the law which was before me. And to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden you; I have come to you with a sign form your Lord, so fear God and obey me." [Quran  3:50]

And this what will be said on the Day of Judgment:

"And when God will say (namely unto Jesus on the Day of Judgment): O Jesus son of Mary! Did you say unto mankind: Take me and my mother for two gods beside God? He will say: God be glorified! It was not mine to utter that to which I had no right. If I used to say it, then YOU surely have known it. YOU know what is in my mind, and I know not what is in YOUR mind. Behold, YOU, only YOU are the Knower of Things Hidden. I said nothing to them except that which YOU did command me, (saying): Worship God, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I remained among them, but when YOU took me up, YOU was the Watcher over them, and YOU are Witness over all things. If YOU punish them, they are YOUR creatures; and if YOU forgive them, YOU are the Mighty, the Wise." [Quran 5:116,118]

(1) One interpretation of 'appeared so' in [Quran 4:157] that it was someone else who was made to look like him and was taken in his place (Judas the traitor in one opinion); another interpretation that they thought in their minds that they had done.
(2) The closest name to the word "Injeel" mentioned in the Quran.