What do Muslims believe about Christianity's core claims, such as the Trinity and the crucifixion?

Islam honors Jesus (Isa, peace be upon him) as one of the greatest prophets and messengers of God, born miraculously to the Virgin Mary, who performed miracles by God's permission and delivered the Gospel (Injil). However, the Quran explicitly rejects the Christian doctrines of the Trinity and Jesus's divine sonship, insisting on strict, uncompromising monotheism: it instructs believers not to say 'Three,' calling it better for them to desist, and quotes Jesus himself denying that he ever told people to worship him or his mother as deities. Regarding the crucifixion, the Quran states that Jesus was not killed or crucified in the way it is commonly believed, but that it was made to appear so to those present, traditionally understood by most Muslim scholars to mean Jesus was saved from death on the cross and raised to God, though scholars have differed over precisely how this occurred and who, if anyone, appeared in his place. Muslims view these differences not as an attack on Jesus but as a correction preserving his status purely as a revered prophet rather than a divine figure.

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