Editing Jesus in Islam (section)

=== Other miracles ===
Many stories and narratives have been developed over the years about Jesus, containing certain inherent lessons or providing meaning due to the lack of detail in the Quran regarding Jesus. Some of these narratives are similar in nature to the [[New Testament]], while some portray Jesus in a very human manner.

Besides some detailed summaries of miracles of Jesus mentioned by Muslim writers over the centuries, from adulthood (like walking on water – also found in the Gospel – and causing loaves of bread to come from the ground),{{sfn|Parrinder|1965|p=78}} some other miracles from childhood include: explaining the Muslim creed fundamentals to a schoolmaster, revealing who the thieves were to a wealthy chief, filling empty jars of something to drink, providing food and wine for a tyrannical king while also proving to this king his power in raising a man from the dead, raising a child accidentally killed, and causing the garments from a single-colored vat to come out with various colors.<ref name="Leirvik 2010, p. 59-60"/>

==== Healing a royal official's son ====
{{Main|Healing the royal official's son}}

Al-Tabari ({{abbr|d.|died}} 923) reports a story of an adult Jesus' encounter with a certain king in the region and the healing of his son. The identity of the king is not mentioned while legend suggests [[Philip the Tetrarch]]. The corresponding Bible reference is "the royal official's son".{{sfn|Ayoub|1992|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=XCZaP4JLeKkC&pg=PA154 154]}}

====Greed and truth-telling====
A legendary story of a miracle by a young Jesus, used as a hard-learned lesson popularly found in Middle Eastern lore according to professor Ayoub, has to do with a Jewish man and loaves of bread. Although carrying a polemic tone, the lesson centers on greed with truth-telling woven into the narration. It is a story found often in children's books.{{sfn|Ayoub|1992|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=XCZaP4JLeKkC&pg=PA158 158]}}

==== Inherent wisdom ====
{{See also|Logos (Islamic)|Logos (Christianity)}}

Another legendary miracle story is one regarding Jesus' childhood wisdom. This legend, reported through al-Tabari from ibn Ishaq, talks about Mary sending Jesus to a religious school and the teacher being astonished to find Jesus already knowing the information being taught / discussed.<ref name="Leirvik 2010, p. 59-60"/>

==== Food in children's homes ====
Another story from al-Tabari tells of a young Jesus playing with the youths of his village and telling them what food their parents were preparing for them at home.<ref name="Leirvik 2010, p. 59-60"/>

According to the details of the narrative, some parents became annoyed and forbade their children to play with Jesus, suspecting he was a magician. As a result, the parents kept their children away from Jesus and gathered their children into a single house. One day, feeling lonely, Jesus went out looking for his friends, and coming upon this house he asked the parents where their children were. The parents lied, responding that the children were not there. After Jesus asks who, then, is in the house, the parents replied that there were [[Pig|swine]] inside. Jesus then says "Let them be swine!", with the parents then discovering that all the children had turned into swine.{{sfn|Ayoub|1992|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=XCZaP4JLeKkC&pg=PA145 145]}}

Over the centuries, Muslim writers have also referenced other miracles like casting out demons, having borrowed from some [[Heresy|heretical]] pre-Islamic sources, and from [[gospel canon|canonical]] sources as legends about Jesus were expanded.<ref name="Leirvik 2010, p. 59-60" />