Editing Jesus in Islam (section)

=== Messianism ===
An alternative, more esoteric, interpretation is expounded by [[Messianism|Messianic]] [[Muslims]]<ref>{{cite journal|last= Travis|first= John|title= Messian Muslim Followers of Isa|journal= International Journal of Frontier Missions|year= 2000|volume= 17|issue= Spring|page= 54|url= http://www.ijfm.org/PDFs_IJFM/17_1_PDFs/Followers_of_Isa.pdf}}</ref> in the [[Sufism|Sufi]] and [[Ismailism|Isma'ili]] traditions so as to unite [[Islam]], [[Christianity]] and [[Judaism]] into a single religious [[Continuum (theory)|continuum]].<ref>{{cite web|last= Cumming|first= Joseph|title= Muslim Followers of Jesus?|url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/december/index.html|publisher= ChristianityToday|access-date= 20 November 2009}}</ref> Other Messianic Muslims hold a similar theological view regarding Jesus, without attempting to unite the religions.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=15-09-032-f|title= Touchstone Archives: Can Jesus Save Islam?|access-date= 17 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-medearis/muslims-who-follow-jesus_b_2436538.html|title= Muslims Who Follow Jesus|first1= Carl|last1= Medearis|website= [[HuffPost]]|date= 9 January 2013|access-date= 17 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2013/january-february/jesus-saves-religion-doesnt.html|title=Why Evangelicals Should Be Thankful for Muslim Insiders|date=15 January 2013 |access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref> Making use of the [[New Testament]]'s distinguishing between [[Jesus]], [[Son of Man]] (being the physical human Jesus), and [[Christ]], [[Son of God]] (being [[Holy Spirit#Islam|the Holy Spirit]] of God residing in the body of Jesus), [[the Holy Spirit]], being immortal and immaterial, is not subject to crucifixion – for it can never die, nor can it be touched by the earthly nails of the crucifixion, for it is a being of pure spirit. Thus, while the spirit of Christ avoided crucifixion by ascending unto God, the body that was Jesus was sacrificed on the cross, thereby bringing the [[Old Testament]] to final fulfillment. Thus Quranic passages on the death of Jesus affirm that while the [[Pharisees]] intended to destroy [[Jesus]] completely, they, in fact, succeeded only in killing [[Son of Man|the Son of Man]], being his {{transliteration|ar|nasut}} ('material being'). Meanwhile, [[the Son of God]], being his {{transliteration|ar|lahut}} ('spiritual being') remained alive and undying – because it is [[the Holy Spirit]].<ref>''Encyclopedia of Islam'', "Jesus" article. cf. L. Massignon, ''Le Christ dans les Évangiles selon Ghazali'', in REI, 1932, 523–36, who cites texts of the [[Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa]], a passage of [[Abu Hatim Ahmad ibn Hamdan al-Razi|Abu Hatim al-Razi]] (about 934), and another of the Isma'ili ''[[da'i]]'' [[Mu'ayyad fid-din al-Shirazi]] (1077).</ref>