Answering Questions Through The Holy Qur'an: Is the story of the so-called “three wise men” in the Qur’an? Do Muslims believe in the “three wise men” / “three kings” / ”biblical Magi”?

Is the story of the so-called “three wise men” in the Qur’an? Do Muslims believe in the “three wise men” / “three kings” / ”biblical Magi”?

19:20 She said, "How can I have a son when no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?" 19:21 He said, "Thus; your Lord said, 'It is easy for Me, and so that We will make him a sign for mankind and a Mercy from Us. And it is a matter decreed.'" 19:22 So she conceived him (fahamalathu), and she withdrew with him to a remote place. 19:23 Then the pains of childbirth (l-makhadu) drove her to (the) trunk (of) the date-palm. She said, "O, I wish I (had) died before this and I was (in) oblivion, forgotten." … 19:26 So eat and drink and cool (your) eyes. And if you see any human being, then say, "Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Gracious a fast, so I will not speak today (to any) human being." 19:27 Then she came with him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, certainly, you have brought an amazing thing.

(There is no mention of “three wise men” in the Qur’an)(The word “Magi” denotes that they were followers of Zoroastrianism or Zoroaster. See the link below “who are the Magians?”. According to the Bible, they knew about Jesus and came to worship him; that’s in direct contradiction with the Qur’an and the Bible itself, because the Bible and the Qur’an say that Jesus was only sent to the Children of Israel, not to the whole mankind; and worshiping the creation is idolatry, so the authors of those lies were based on their false belief that they think that Jesus is God and that Jesus came to the whole mankind)(Christians say that they were “three” based on that they brought three gifts, but the number of Magi is not even mentioned in the Gospel. Some Christians actually think that they were twelve. Christians also invented that they were kings, based on Psalms 72:11, which they attributed to the story of Jesus. And the Gospel doesn’t even say that they were wise)(The root of “hamalat” (conceived) is “Ha-Miim-La”, and it means “bore it, carried it, bear a burden, become pregnant with or conceive a child, etc.”. So, she withdrew to a remote place (19:22) when she was pregnant. According to the Bible, the Magi came from the east to Jerusalem, to see Jesus, but Mary was in a remote place according to the Qur’an)(The root of “makhadu” (pains of childbirth) is “Miim-Kh-Dad”, and it means “extract or fetch out the butter from milk, shake or agitate vehemently, turn over or revolve a thing, etc.”. So, the meaning could imply that she gave birth in the date-palm (19:23), not in a house (Matthew 2:11). And she didn’t speak to any human being that day (19:26), so Magi or anyone couldn’t have known about Jesus)(The Bible is not a reliable source. See the article below “Is the Bible corrupted?”)(According to the historian of religion, Anders Hultgard, he concluded that the Gospel story of the Magi was influenced by an Iranian legend concerning magi and a star, which was connected with Persian beliefs in the rise of a star predicting the birth of a ruler and with myths describing the manifestation of a divine figure in fire and light)(Another point is that Iran / Persia was a Zoroastrian country, and remained so, during and after the time of Jesus; so, it seems that Persians did not know or expect a ruler to be born in Palestine. There were Christians in Persia but as a minority religion, before becoming a Muslim country)(Allah knows best)

4:172 Never would the Messiah disdain to be a slave of Allah nor the Angels near. And whoever disdains His worship and is arrogant, then He will gather them towards Him all together.

(Another point is that Matthew 2:1 and 2:6-8 say, about the story of the Magi, “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem … But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel. Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him”)(Notice that the current gospel does not say that Jesus asked people to be worshiped, but it is according to Matthew, and Magi’s theological beliefs)(And notice that Matthew 2:1-2 say that Jesus, “the king of the Jews”, was born in Bethlehem in Judea, while the earliest Gospel says that Jesus came from Nazareth, so the two accounts are contradictory, but, in fact, they are two different persons bearing the same name (Jesus); so, one Jesus, related to the story of the Magi, was born in Bethlehem, and another Jesus was born in Nazareth. The Qur’an confirms that Jesus the Messiah is from Nazareth, because the word “Christian” is literally translated as “Nazarene” (e.g. follower/s of the Nazarene). Matthew 2:2 says, “and asked, where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?”. So, Matthew 2:1-2 explicitly say that the one who was born in Bethlehem is the king of the Jews, rather than the one who was born in Nazareth. So, even if the story of the Magi were true, they met a Jesus other than Jesus the Messiah)(Who is the Jesus born in Bethlehem? There is a distinction in the Bible Itself between “Jesus, the son of Mary / the Messiah” and “Jesus Barabbas”. The Aramaic name “Barabbas” literally means “son of the father” (“father” referring to God). Ancient manuscripts of Matthew 27:16-17 mention the (complete) name “Jesus Barabbas”, instead of just “Barabbas”; (see the translations that are more faithful to the oldest sources: “New International Version” or “contemporary English Version”, or “Good News Translation”, or “Net Bible”). So, according to the Bible, Pilate, the governor of Judea, asked the crowd which prisoner was to be released “Jesus son of the father” (aka “Jesus Barabbas”), or “Jesus who is called the Messiah” (Matthew 27:17). So, the Gospel explicitly says that there are two characters bearing the same name (Jesus). And it seems that Christians mixed stories of two different characters; Jesus Barabbas blasphemed by bearing such a name “the son of father (referring to God)”, while Jesus the Messiah never said that he was the son of God, because the words “Barabbas / son of the father” and “Messiah / son of Mary” are used in Matthew 27:17 to distinguish one Jesus from the other)(Someone who claims to be the “king of the Jews”, he is going to have to lead the rebellion against Rome. Jesus Barabbas is the one who rebelled against Rome. The punishment for rebellion is crucifixion; so Jesus Barabbas was crucified, not Jesus the Messiah. A proof that Jesus Barabbas was the “king of the Jews”, while “Jesus the Messiah” had not such a title, is that (According to Matthew 27:11, the governor asked the one who was to be crucified: “are you the king of the Jews? You have said so, Jesus replied”. So, according to the context (Matthew 27:11-13), despite Jews wanted to crucify the Messiah, they took “the King of the Jews” instead, (the one from Bethlehem); Matthew 27:37 confirms that: “above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is Jesus, the king of the Jews”. On the other hand, “Acts 3:6, 4:10, 10:38” confirm that “Jesus of Nazareth” is the Messiah (aka anointed one), rather than the one from Bethlehem)(The “Jesus” who uses the term “my father” and so, in Matthew, is Jesus Barabbas (aka “Jesus son of the father))(Allah knows best)

19:26 So eat and drink and cool (your) eyes. And if you see any human being, then say, "Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Gracious a fast, so I will not speak today (to any) human being."

(The Qur’an confirms that Mary was virgin, and alone, when Jesus the Messiah (of Nazareth) was born. On the other hand, according to the Bible, the “parents” of Jesus “of Bethlehem” were present, when he was born; and other people were present, so it is a story well known because people witnessed it. But the (detailed) story of Mary, mother of Jesus the Messiah, could have not been known, unless it is revealed by God, because Mary might have not wanted it to be known. This interpretation might be supported by Verse 19:23, "O, I wish I (had) died before this and I was (in) oblivion, forgotten.")(So, the Christian account of the birth of Jesus is very different to that in Qur’an because it is the story of someone else)(Allah knows best)

See also: Who are the Majus / Majoos / Magians mentioned in the Qur’an (and in the Bible)?

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Is the story of the so-called “three wise men” in the Qur’an? Do Muslims believe in the “three wise men” / “three kings” / ”biblical Magi”?

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