Editing Jesus in Islam (section)

=== Sunni Islam ===
[[File:Jésus et Mahomet dans un manuscrit timouride (Collection Al Thani, Paris, detail).jpg|thumb|Jesus and Muhammad introduced by an angel in paradise. Timurid, 1466.]]

In {{transliteration|ar|Kitab al-Milal wa al-Nihal}}, [[al-Shahrastani]] ({{abbr|d.|died}} 1153), an influential Persian historian, historiographer, scholar, philosopher and theologian, records a portrayal of Jesus very close to the orthodox tenets while continuing the Islamic narrative:

{{blockquote|The Christians. (They are) the community ({{transliteration|ar|[[ummah|umma]]}}) of the Christ, Jesus, son of Mary (peace upon him). He is who was truly sent (as prophet; {{transliteration|ar|mab'uth}}) after Moses (peace upon him), and who was announced in the Torah. To him were (granted) manifest signs and notable evidences, such as the reviving of the dead and the curing of the blind and the leper. His very nature and innate disposition ({{transliteration|ar|[[fitra]]}}) are a perfect sign of his truthfulness; that is, his coming without previous seed and his speaking without prior teaching. For all the (other) prophets the arrival of their revelation was at (the age of) forty years, but revelation came to him when he was made to speak in the cradle, and revelation came to him when he conveyed (the divine message) at (the age of) thirty. The duration of his (prophetic) mission ({{transliteration|ar|[[da'wa]]}}) was three years and three months and three days.{{sfn|Watt|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=_qxlAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA68 68]}}}}