What Does the Qur'an Say About Jesus?

Before we deal with the question, I want to make it clear over four essential and principal facts that you should bare in mind about Jesus whose name the Qur’an mentioned as Masih Isa Ibnu Maryam. :
1-Muslims love Jesus.
2-Muslims Believe in Jesus.
3-Jesus was a Messenger of God.

4-No Muslim can claim to be Muslim if he/she does not believe in Jesus as one of the great Messengers of God.

Yes..They are definitely true.The Holy Qur’an speaks highly of Jesus may peace be upon him, and reports nothing negative about him. Take, for instance the following quotation from the Holy Qur’an where Allah says:

O people of the Book! Commit no excesses In your religion: nor say of Allah aught but the Truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) a Messenger of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from him: so believe In Allah and His Messengers...’’

(Qur’an4:171)
See also Qur’an 66:12
In the above verse, Jesus is called by several titles. He is the Messiah, the Messenger of Allah, a Word from Allah and a Spirit from Allah. Hence, it is so clear that Muslims do love Jesus as it is actually commanded by Allah the Almighty and obviously Muslims are ought to believe Jesus same like they have to believe in other Messengers of Allah. However, it is to be noted that Muslims do not share the same understanding with Christian with regard to the concept of Jesus as son of God. As it is clearly put in the Qur’an:

..For Allah is one Allah. glory be to Him: (far Exalted is He) above having a son. to Him belong all things In the heavens and on earth. and Enough is Allah As a disposer of affairs.

In fact, in another verse , it is clearly mentioned that:

To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things, and He hath full knowledge of all things.

(Qur’an 6:101)
This is supported by another verse where the Qur’an concludes that :

It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that He should beget a son. glory be to Him! when He determines a matter, He only says to it, "Be", and it is.

(Qur’an 19:35)
The Qur’an confirms that Jesus was born of a virgin. Meaning that, he was born without a father. Nevertheless, for Muslims it is not right to jump into conclusion that since Jesus had no father, then God must be his father. When the angel announced to Mary that she will bare a child, she said

“O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?

She received the following reply:

"Even so: Allah createth what He willeth: when He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!

” (Qur’an 3:47)

The similitude of Jesus before Allah is As that of Adam; He created Him from dust, then said to him: "Be". and He was.

(Qur’an 3:59)
Indeed, Allah is Great. He does not father children. He created everyone we know or we do not know from a man and a woman, but He created Adam from neither a man nor a woman. And He created Eve from a man, but not from a woman. Then as if to complete the picture, He created Jesus from a woman alone and not from a man. Here, it shows How Allah demonstrated His power to create in every way.
On the other hand, Muslims believe that Jesus was not an incarnation of God but he was merely a Messenger of God. Islam presents plain and simple Unity of God that is free from any mystical or mythological fancies. No creature could be God or share any divinity with God. Muslims worship Allah alone and He shares no divinity with any of his creation. This can be simply understood where it is mentioned in the Qur’an :

1. Say: He is Allah, the one and Only;
2. Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;
3. He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;
4. And there is none like unto Him.

In fact, even in the bible, Jesus said :

Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

(Mark 10:18)
Finally, it is to be borne in mind that, Muslims believe that Jesus taught only what he was commanded. Meaning that, he was commanded by Allah to spread the message of the Unity of Allah on earth. As a Messenger of Allah, Jesus knew that none in the heavens or the earth can approach Allah except as a slave.

Not one of the beings In the heavens and the earth but must come to ((Allah)) Most gracious As a servant.

(Qur’an 19:93)
AllahuA’lam(Allah knows Best)..

Reference:Comparative Religion:An Analytical Study Of Christianity and Islam by Muhammad Ameen Cave