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1) 'Isa (عيسى)
This name appears 25 times in the Qur'an. Some scholars claim that it comes from the Syrian pronunciation of the Aramaic word for Jesus, which originally means: "The LORD saves" (Matthew 1:21); he delivers from disasters, diseases, distress, forthcoming wrath, sins and even death.
In his life, 'Isa fulfilled the full meaning of his original name. He opened the eyes of the blind without surgery, healed the lepers by his active word, gave life to the dead by his call, and drove out demons from the possessed. He who recognizes his original name, Jesus, can receive eternal power from it.
Qur'anic references to 'Isa: Suras al-Baqara 2:87, 136, 253; -- Al 'Imran 3:45, 52, 55, 59, 84; -- al-Nisa' 4:157, 163, 171; -- al-Ma'ida 5:46, 78, 110-116; -- al-An'am 6:85; -- Maryam 19:34; -- al-Ahzab 33:7; -- al-Shura 42:14; -- al-Zukhruf 43:63; -- al-Hadid 57:27; -- al-Saff 61:6, 14.