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Islam teaches that parts of the [[Bible]] have been forgotten, misinterpreted, or distorted by Christians and Jews. Given this perspective, Islam views the Qur'an as corrective of Jewish and Christian scriptures.
Muslims do not hold the divinity of [[Jesus Christ]] and his unique salvific role. However, and the Quran teaches that Jesus is the Christ, the son teachings of Islam in this respect have been likened to a compound [[heresy]] composed of Mary, the Messenger elements of God. Further[[Arianism]], the Quran says that Jesus was given the Gospel as a Book from God[[Nestorianism]], and [[Docetism]] ("''...They did not kill him [Jesus came ] and they did not crucify him, but it was made to confirm the Torah, and also seem so to permit some of what was prohibited upon the sons of Israel for some reasonsthem... Muslims don't believe that Jesus was killed'" Qur'an, 4:157), but that God saved His beloved Messenger with some [[Pelagianism|Pelagian]] and lifted Jesus up to Himalso [[Monarchianism|Monarchianistic]] (i.e. The Quran teaches the Jesus the Christ is a Word from God, and a Messenger sent by Himanti-Trinitarian)] elements.
Muslims hold that Islam is essentially the same belief as that of all the messengers sent by God to mankind since [[Adam]], with the Qur'an (the one definitive text of the Muslim faith) codifying the final revelation of God. Islam views Judaism and Christianity as incomplete derivatives of the teachings of certain prophets—notably Abraham—and therefore acknowledges their Abrahamic roots, whilst the Qur'an calls them People of the Book.
According to the Quran Jesus is the Christ, the son of Mary, the Messenger of God. Further, that Jesus was given the Gospel as a Book from God, and Jesus came to confirm the Torah, and also to permit some of what was prohibited upon the sons of Israel for some reasons. Muslims don't believe that Jesus was killed, but that God saved His beloved Messenger and lifted Jesus up to Him. The Quran teaches the Jesus the Christ is a Word from God, and a Messenger sent by Him.
Islam has three primary branches of belief, based largely on a historical disagreement over the succession of authority after Muhammad's death. These are known as Sunni, Shi'ite, and Kharijite.
