First §: MANY CHRISTIANS ARE unaware of the important role Jesus plays in Islam, or rather, that he is considered to be the last and most important prophet before Muḥammad’s appearance. Certainly, when reading the Qurʾanic accounts of Jesus and the numerous stories and poems composed around him, many of them will object to the fact that he is ‘only a prophet and not the Son of God for on this point the Quran is absolutely clear. When Sura 112 attests to the absolute unity and unicity of God who “begets not nor was He begotten,” other revelations are as outspoken; thus Sura 5:116 says: “It befits not Allah that He should take unto Himself a son. . . . “