First off, the "Holy Spirit" is NOT another name for Gabriel. Period.
There is not a single verse in the entire Koran where it explicitly refers to Gabriel as the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is God.
The Holy Bible explicitly teaches this. Both the Old and New Testaments clearly teach that the Holy Spirit is an eternal divine “Person”, not a created entity like the angels.
The Old Testament clearly presents the Holy Spirit as God, having all the attributes of Deity and personhood.
Let’s look at what the OT has to say:
The Holy Spirit is Called God
THE SPIRIT OF JEHOVAH HAS SPOKEN BY ME, AND HIS WORD is on my tongue. THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAID, the Rock of Israel spoke to me: One ruling over man righteously, who rules in the fear of God, (2 Sam 23:2-3)
The Holy Spirit is the Creator
And the earth being without form and empty, and darkness on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moving gently on the face of the waters, (Gen 1:2)
The Spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. (Job 33:4)
The Holy Spirit is Omnipresent
And I shall come down and speak with you there; AND I WILL TAKE OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS UPON YOU, AND WILL PUT IT ON THEM; and they will bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone. (Num 11:17)
And Moses went out and spoke to the people the words of Jehovah and gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and caused them to stand around the tabernacle. And Jehovah came down in the cloud and spoke to him, AND TOOK OF THE SPIRIT WHICH WAS ON HIM, AND PUT IT ON THE SEVENTY MEN OF THE ELDERS. AND IT HAPPENED, AS THE SPIRIT RESTED ON THEM, that they prophesied, but they did not continue. And two of the men were left in the camp, the name of the one being Eldad, and the name of the second Medad; AND THE SPIRIT RESTED ON THEM, and they were among those written, but did not go out to the tabernacle. And they prophesied in the camp. (Num 11:24-26)
WHERE SHALL I GO FROM YOUR SPIRIT? Or where shall I flee from Your face? If I go up to Heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there! If I take the wings of the morning, dwelling in the uttermost part of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me; and Your right hand shall seize me. If I say: Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light around me. Even the darkness will not be dark from You, but the night shines as the day; as is the darkness, so is the light. (Psalm 139:7-12)
The Holy Spirit Manifests Personal Traits
AND THEY ANGERED HIM at The Waters of Provocation, and it went ill for Moses because of them; FOR THEY PROVOKED HIS SPIRIT, and he spoke rashly with his lips. (Psalm 106:32-33)
WHO HAS METED OUT THE SPIRIT OF JEHOVAH, or a man His counsel taught Him? (Isa 40:13)
BUT THEY REBELLED, AND PROVOKED HIS HOLY SPIRIT, so He was turned to be their enemy; He fought against them. (Isa 63:10)
AND THE SPIRIT LIFTED ME up and brought me to the eastern gate of the house of Jehovah, the gate which faces eastward. And, behold, at the opening of the gate were twenty five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. AND HE SAID TO ME, Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and advise wicked advice in this city, who say, It is not near, let us build houses; she is the pot, and we are the flesh. So prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man! AND THE SPIRIT OF JEHOVAH FELL ON ME and said to me, Speak, So says Jehovah: So you have said, house of Israel, for I Myself know the elevations of your spirit. (Eze 11:1-5)
But many years You had patience with them, and testified against them BY YOUR SPIRIT, by Your prophets. Yet they would not give ear. And You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. (Neh 9:30)
The Holy Spirit is Israel's Redeemer
Then His people remembered the days past of Moses and His people, saying, Where is He who brought us up from the sea with the shepherd of His flock. Where is HE WHO PUT HIS HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN HIM; who led them by Moses' right hand, with His glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make for Him an everlasting name? He led them through the deeps; like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble. As the cattle go down into the valley, so THE SPIRIT OF JEHOVAH CAUSED HIM TO REST; so You led Your people, to make a glorious name for Yourself. (Isa 63:11-14)
The Holy Spirit is the Author of the New Birth and the Cause of Regeneration
AND THE SPIRIT OF JEHOVAH will be powerful on you, and you will prophesy with them; AND YOU WILL BE TURNED INTO ANOTHER MAN. (1 Sam 10:6)
YOU SEND OUT YOUR SPIRIT, AND THEY ARE CREATED; AND YOU RENEW THE FACE OF THE EARTH. (Psalm 104:30)
Because the palace is forsaken; the crowd of the city is forsaken; mound and tower are instead caves, until forever; a joy of wild asses; pasture for flocks; UNTIL IS POURED OUT ON US THE SPIRIT FROM ON HIGH, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field; and the fruitful field is reckoned as a forest. (Isa 32:14-15)
For I will take you from the nations and gather you out of all the lands and bring you into your land. Then I will sprinkle clean waters on you, and you shall be clean. I will cleanse you from all your defilement and from all your idols. And I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give to you a heart of flesh. AND I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall keep My judgments and do them. And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. And you shall be a people to Me, and I will be God to you. (Eze 36:24-28 )
The Holy Spirit Empowers and Distributes God's Gifts to Believers
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying: Behold, I have called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, to the tribe of Judah. AND I HAVE FILLED HIM WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN WISDOM, AND IN INTELLIGENCE, AND IN KNOWLEDGE, AND IN ALL WORKMANSHIP, to devise designs, to work in gold and in silver and in bronze, and in cutting of stones for finishings, and in carving of wood, to work in all workmanship. And behold! I have given with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of every wise-hearted one I have given wisdom; and they shall make all which I have commanded you: (Exo 31:1-6)
And Moses said to the sons of Israel, Behold! Jehovah has called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. AND HE HAS FILLED HIM WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD, IN WISDOM, IN INTELLIGENCE, AND IN KNOWLEDGE, AND IN ALL WORKMANSHIP, (Exo 35:30-31)
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM, for Moses had laid his hands on him. And the sons of Israel listened to him and did as Jehovah commanded Moses. (Deut 34:9)
The NT is also in agreement with the OT, and clearly teaches that the Holy Spirit is fully God, having all the attributes of Deity and personhood as evidenced here:
1. The Holy Spirit is called God. Acts 5:3-4
2. The Holy Spirit is called Lord/Jehovah. 2 Corinthians 3:17-18
3. The Holy Spirit is eternal. Hebrews 9:14
4. The Holy Spirit is Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent. John 14:16-17; Romans 8:11; 1 Corinthians 2:10-12, 3:16, 6:19, 12:7-14; Galatians 5:22-23
5. The Holy Spirit is a Person, having intellect, emotions and will. Luke 12:11-12; Acts 10:19-20; 11:12, 28; 13:2; 21:10-11, 28:25-27; Romans 5:5, 8:26-27, 15:30; 1 Corinthians 12:11; Ephesians 4:30; Hebrews 3:7-11, 10:15-17; Revelation 1:4; 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22; 14:13, 22:17
6. The Holy is the Author of the new birth and the Cause of regeneration. John 3:5-6, 7:37-39; Acts 2:1-4, 8:14-17, 10:44-48, 11:15-18; Galatians 5:25
These passages clearly prove that the Holy Spirit IS NOT the angel Gabriel.
Rather, THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD.
This is further proven by these passages:
And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin who had been betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And entering, the angel said to her, Hail, one having received grace! The Lord is with you. You are blessed among women! And seeing this, she was disturbed at his word, and considered what kind of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, Do not fear, Mary, for you have found favor from God. And behold! You will conceive in your womb and bear a Son, and you will call His name Jesus. (Luke 1:26-31)
This One will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob to the ages, and of His kingdom there will be no end. But Mary said to the angel, How will this be since I do not know a man? AND ANSWERING, THE ANGEL SAID TO HER, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL COME UPON YOU, AND THE POWER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL OVERSHADOW YOU, AND FOR THIS REASON THAT HOLY ONE BEING BORN OF YOU WILL BE CALLED SON OF GOD. (Luke 32-35)
The Angel Gabriel distinguishes between the Holy Spirit and himself, showing quite clearly that Gabriel and the Holy Spirit ARE NOT one and the same.
In light of the preceding points, it becomes rather impossible to prove from the Holy Bible that the Holy Spirit is the angel Gabriel.
Let’s look at these Koranic passages:
When/if your Lord said to the angels: "That I am creating (a) human/humans from black (foul mud) dry mud/clay smoothened/rotted." "So when/if I straightened him, and I BLEW IN HIM FROM MY SOUL/SPIRIT, so fall/land/come to him prostrating." (15:28-29)
Who bettered every thing He created it, and He started/began the human's/mankind's creation from mud/clay. Then He created/made his off spring/descendants from descendent/strain/gene/progeny from humiliated/degraded water. Then He straightened Him, AND HE BLEW IN HIM FROM HIS SOUL/SPIRIT, and He made/put for you the hearing/listening, and the eye sights/knowledge, and the hearts , little (is) what you thank/be grateful. (32:7-9)
When your Lord said to the angels: "That I am creating a human from mud/clay." "So if I straightened him, and I BLEW IN HIM FROM MY SOUL/SPIRIT, so fall/come to him prostrating." (38:71-72)
These passages indicate that after fashioning man, God presumably gave him life by breathing his Spirit into him, echoing Genesis 2:7.
This implies that, at least in these contexts, the Spirit is God’s life-giving Agent. This being the case, how can the Spirit be Gabriel without this implying that God used a finite creature to assist him in the creation of man?
Continuing further, we are told in these verses, that Mary conceived Jesus by God’s Spirit:
And who remained chaste/(protected) her genital parts , so WE BLEW INTO HER FROM OUR SOUL/SPIRIT, and We made/created her and her son (as) an evidence/sign to the creations all together/(universes). (21:91)
And Mary Amran's daughter who remained chaste (protected) her genital parts between her legs, so WE BLEW IN IT FROM OUR SOUL/SPIRIT , and she confirmed/was truthful with her Lord's words/expressions, and His Books , and she was from the worshipping humbly (6:12)
We are also told that God’s Spirit appeared to Mary in the form of a man:
So she took from other than them a divider/protection, so WE SENT TO HER OUR SOUL/SPIRIT, SO HE SIMULATED/REPRESENTED TO HER (AS AN) UPRIGHT/AVERAGE HUMAN. (19:17)
These passages indicate that the Spirit is not a force but a divine personality.
The context of this last passage shows that the Spirit, which visibly appeared, is actually the very same Spirit referred to in 21:91 and 66:12:
She said: "That I, I seek protection by the merciful from you, if you were fearing and obeying." He said: "Truly I am your Lord's messenger to GRANT/PRESENT FOR YOU A PURE/RIGHTEOUS BOY." (19:18-19)
The Spirit says that he has come to GIVE Mary a son, implying that this is the one whom Allah breathed into Mary in order to create Jesus.
The claim that Gabriel breathed into Mary would logically make Gabriel the speaker in 21:91 and 66:12.
According to these passages the One speaking states that he will breathe his Spirit into Mary. Nowhere do the passages even hint to someone else being used to impregnate Mary.
Seeing that Muslims claim that the Koran is the word of Allah, implying that Allah is the One speaking here, logically makes Gabriel Allah!
This also means that Gabriel has a Spirit that he uses to create and impart life. This would therefore make Gabriel the Creator, since Muslims claim that Allah was the one who created Jesus by breathing his Spirit into Mary’s womb!
Otherwise the text would imply that Allah actually breathed Gabriel into both Mary and Adam since, as Muslims claim, the Spirit of Allah is actually Gabriel.
Furthermore, seeing that Muslims do not equate Gabriel with Allah inevitably leads to more than one Creator. Yet the Koran clearly states that there is no other Creator besides Allah.
Therefore, the only plausible explanation is that the Spirit of Allah is not the angel Gabriel.
Another verse supplying additional proof that the Spirit is not Gabriel is the following:
You will not find a nation believing by Allah and the Day the Last/Resurrection Day, they love/show affection (befriend) who angered Allah and His messenger, and even if they were their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their father's near relations/tribe, those Allah wrote/decreed in their hearts/minds the faith/belief, and HE SUPPORTED THEM WITH A SOUL/SPRIT FROM HIM, and He makes them enter/enters them treed gardens/paradises, the rivers/waterways flows from beneath it immortally/eternally in it, Allah accepted/approved of them, and409they accepted/approved of Him, those are Allah's group/party , is (it) not that Allah's group/party , they are the successful/winners? (58:22)
Believers are strengthened by a SOUL/SPIRIT from Him, i.e. a spirit from God. In order for the Spirit to be able to strengthen believers everywhere implies that the Spirit is omnipresent.
Yet only God is omnipresent which essentially means that the Spirit is God.
We see that the Spirit is of the divine essence, incomprehensible, omnipresent, personal, and the source of Life, qualities belonging to God alone.
These qualities clearly show that the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, the Faithful Spirit cannot be the angel Gabriel since Gabriel is neither omnipresent nor divine.
The Koran clearly demonstrates that the Holy Spirit IS NOT Gabriel.
There IS NOT a single verse in the entire Koran which states that Gabriel is the Holy Spirit or the Faithful Spirit, or even God’s Spirit.
Here are ALL the references to Gabriel in the Koran:
Say: "Who was an enemy to GABRIEL, so that he descended it on your heart/mind with Allah's permission, confirming to what (is) between his hands, and (a) guidance and a good news to the believers." Who was an enemy to Allah, and His angels, and His messengers, and GABRIEL, and Michael, so then Allah (is) an enemy to the disbelievers. (2:97-98 )
If you repent to Allah, so your hearts/minds had inclined/listened, and if they cooperated/supported each other on (against) him, so then Allah, He is his guardian/ally , and GABRIEL, and (the) correct/righteous (of) the believers, and the angels after that (are) a supporter/helper. (66:4)
Here are the Koranic references to the Spirit:
And We had given/brought Moses The Book and We sent from after him with the messengers, and Wegave/brought Jesus Mary's son, the evidences and We supported him with THE HOLY/SANCTIMONIOUS SOUL/SPIRIT, so if whenever a messenger came to you with what yourselves do not desire you become arrogant, so a group you denied and a group you kill. (2:87)
Those are the messengers, We preferred/favored/blessed some/part of them over some/part, from them who spoke/conversed/talked (with) Allah, and He rose some/part of them steps/stages/degrees. And We gave Jesus ,Mary's son, the evidences, and We supported him with THE HOLY/SANCTIMONIOUS SOUL/SPIRIT , and if Allah wanted/willed, those from after them would not (have) fought/killed each other from after the evidences came to them, and but they differed/disagreed/disputed, so from them who believed, and from them who disbelieved, and if Allah willed/wanted, they would not (have) fought/killed each other, and but Allah does/makes what He wants/wills/intends. (2:253)
When Allah said: "You Jesus Mary's son, remember My blessing on you and on your mother, when I supported you with the HOLY/SANCTIMONIOUS SOUL/SPIRIT, you speak/converse (to) the people in the crib/cradle and aged approximately between thirty to fifty years , and when I taught/instructed/informed you The Book , and the wisdom , and the Torah/Old Testament, and the New Testament/Bible, and when you create as a shape/form (of) the bird/birds with My permission, so you blow in it, so it will be flying/birds, with My permission, and you cure and heal the blind/born blind, and the leper with My permission, and when you bring out the deads with My permission, and when I prevented/stopped Israel's sons and daughters from you, when you came to them with the evidences, so those who disbelieved from them said: "That that (is) except clear/evident magic/sorcery." (5:110)
Say: "THE HOLY/SANCTIMONIOUS SOUL/SPRIT descended it from your Lord with the truth to affirm/strengthen those who believed, and guidance, and a good news to the Moslems/submitters/surrenderers." (16:102)
And that it truly is descent (from) Lord (of) the creations all together/(universes). THE SOUL/SPIRIT, the faithful/loyal, descended with it. (26:192-193)
Raiser/honourer (of) the steps/stages/degrees, (owner) of the throne, HE THROWS THE SOUL/SPIRIT FROM HIS ORDER/COMMAND on (to) whom He wills/wants from His worshippers/slaves to warn/give notice (of) the Meeting Day/Resurrection Day. (40:15)
These next three passages make a distinction between the angels (of which Gabriel is obviously one) and the Spirit:
THE ANGELS AND THE SOUL/SPIRIT ascend/climb to Him in a day/time its value/estimation/ measure was/is fifty thousand years. (70:4)
A DAY/TIME THE SOUL/SPIRIT AND THE ANGELS STAND (in) a row/arranged , they do not speak/talk ,except who the merciful permitted/allowed for him, and he said right/correct. (78:38 )
THE ANGELS DESCEND AND THE SOUL/SPIRIT in it, by their Lord's permission/pardon from every matter/affair. (97:4)
This again implicitly supports the position that Gabriel IS NOT the Spirit.
Had the Spirit been Gabriel there would be no need to distinguish him from the angels.
Now YOU can understand why the Koran claims that The SPIRIT of God is Jesus.
Also, how about going back to the beginning?
Please tell me why the Koran had to slavishly copy this story from the Holy Bible.
And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin who had been betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And entering, the angel said to her, Hail, one having received grace! The Lord is with you. You are blessed among women! And seeing this, she was disturbed at his word, and considered what kind of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, Do not fear, Mary, for you have found favor from God. And behold! You will conceive in your womb and bear a Son, and you will call His name Jesus. (Luke 1:26-31)
This One will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob to the ages, and of His kingdom there will be no end. But Mary said to the angel, How will this be since I do not know a man? AND ANSWERING, THE ANGEL SAID TO HER, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL COME UPON YOU, AND THE POWER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL OVERSHADOW YOU, AND FOR THIS REASON THAT HOLY ONE BEING BORN OF YOU WILL BE CALLED SON OF GOD. (Luke 32-35)
1) Jesus will be called the son of the most high.
2) Jesus will occupy the throne of His father David.
3) His kingdom will never end.
4) Jesus will be called the Son of God.
5) Last, but surely not least, the HOLY SPIRIT will come upon Mary.
It is clear for ALL to verify that the NT stated this story hundreds of years BEFORE the Koran decided that it also wanted a piece of the pie (apple pie!).
Key Points:
1) Gabriel visits Mary. Gabriel is an angel. Gabriel is NOT the Holy Spirit.
2) Gabriel informs Mary that the HOLY SPIRIT will come upon her. Again, Gabriel is NOT the Holy Spirit.
3) For this reason Jesus will be called the Son of God.
Can you see how the Koran messed up the original?
I think you can...