Logos

The vocabulary "word" has been used twenty-eight times in the Holy Quran, and several meanings are mentioned for it in the available interpretations, including the rule and promise of divine and the word of tawhid; one of which is Jesus (AS). Three verses are referred to Jesus (AS) as "the word of God". The commentators have ascribed various purposes for assigning this name to him, including his development and creation by the word "Be". In the New Testament, he is also called "word" or "logos". Among the gospels, the Gospel of John signifies Jesus Christ (AS) into the divine sight and creativity after His interpretation which is in line with the current trinity belief in Christians. While this view is completely different from the Quranic view about "the word of Allah”; the perception of the “word” is not the same in the gospels before John, but it is close to the Holy Quran's view.

The exegeses mention various meanings for the word of "kalimah" including divine sentence and promise, the word of tawhid, etc. From among the verses, three occurrences of the word are accompanied with the word Allah (kalimatullah). Exegetes explain it in different notions such as "the act of creation by him (jesus) because of the word "kun" (be created)".Also in the New Testament, Jesus is called “kalimah” or “Logos”. John, after mentioning Jesus as the “word”, gives him a divine and creative aspect which is of the common trinity belief among Christians. While this idea is completely different from the Quranic point of view. The concept of “kalimah” in the Gospels before John, is closer to the Quranic interpretation and highlights the Quranic conception of this term.

Logos (λογος) is one of the significant concepts in most of the philosophical and religious schools. This notion is noticed in the ancient Greek philosophy, Old Testament, and among the Jewish Filon and Christianity. In Christianity, Jesus (A.S.) and Logos are taken as identical. On the other hand, the “word” Logos is called God. With respect to this issue, in the first place there is willy-nilly a similarity between the two religions of Christianity and Islam concerning Logos/Word. However, the Muslim exegetes, in the verses that refer to Jesus (A.S.) as Word, have interpreted it as kun (be) and have repudiated him of any divine and eternal attributes. However, Logos in Christianity is always presumed to be eternal and divine and this is one of the major and fundamental discrepancies in Christianity and Islam concerning Logos/Word.