Peace Kaiser,
Jesus(pbuh) was among the mightiest messengers of Allah but he was not any more than a Prophet of Allah. Actually, he himself says in the Bible that all he did was with the power of Allah, and for His will:
John5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
And the definition of a Muslim is 'one who submits his will to Allah's will'. Jesus(pbuh) was thus a Muslim. He also says in the Bible:
"My Father is greater than I."
[The Bible, John 14:28]
"My Father is greater than all."
[The Bible, John 10:29]
"…I with the finger of God cast out devils…."
[The Bible, Luke 11:20]
Jesus(pbuh) himself says in the Bible that he was 'sent' by God.
"… and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me."
[The Bible, John 14:24]
"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou has sent."
[The Bible, John 17:3]
Do you know what this means, that Jesus was sent from God?
Jesus proceeded from the Father and transcended to this world, that is why He was born of a virgin. He is not the product of two sex cells, He is NOT a human being like us. He God manifested as a son of man.
That is why Jesus calls Himself the Son of Man.
Also, Jesus cannot have his own will because God only has one will.
He never claims divinity in the Bible. In fact, consider this incident:
"And behold, one came and said unto him, ‘Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?’
And he said unto him, ‘Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.’ "
[The Bible, Mathew 19:16-17]
When will you learn that Jesus WAS good!
He was perfect in all ways, faultless, GOOD.
In a very subtle and humble way Jesus actually reveals Himself to be God.
He doesn't say that 'if you want to go to Paradise worship me', but he said 'keep God's commandments', i.e. submit your will to God's commands.
Matthew 15:24
But the woman came and bowed down in front of Jesus and worshipped him. She said, `Sir, help me.'
Mark 5:6
Jesus was still far from him, but when he saw Jesus he ran to him. He kneeled down in front of Jesus and worshipped him.
People worshipped Jesus, and Jesus let them worship Him.
Matthew 16:13-17
13When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"
14They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
15"But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?"
16Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
17Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven.
Jesus is very proud that Peter recognized Him as the Son of God.
John 6:40
For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."
John 3:31-36
31"The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33The man who has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. 35The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. 36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."
Jesus says that He is from heaven and that the Father gives all to Him and He is the way to salvation.
Note also that Jesus(pbuh) was a "man":
"Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know."
[The Bible, Acts 2:22]
Sure He was a man. He possessed two natures.
In fact in the Bible God says that there is no other God:
"I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour."
[The Bible, Isaiah 43:11]
So why do you say that Jesus(pbuh) is your saviour? He is your saviour only because he told you the true path, but some people distorted what he said.
"I am Lord, and there is none else, there is no God besides me."
[The Bible, Isaiah 45:5]
"I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me."
[The Bible, Isaiah 46:9]
Why are you telling me this? I only believe in one God. There is no god but God.
Sure other prophets could have prophesied his coming, and so did many of Prophet Muhammad(pbuh), and maybe of other prophets also, but that doesn't mean he is God (nauzubillah).
They talked about Him dying for our sins and ressurecting, and they talk about the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of God.
People strayed from the right path. They forgot God's message. This is the reason God sent so many prophets, or else only one would have been required.
I doubt so many peoples would have forgotten their holy Message.
If you were gievn something from God, you'd keep it well preserved.
The Quran and the Injeel were from the same source, i.e. Allah, so even though some portions of the Injeel were distorted, not all could have been, and so there are many similarities between the Quran and the Bible.
Not so since the Quran gives inferior teachings to the Gospels'.
The Gospel is the best revelation from God, not even yours can even come close to matching It.
Regarding the Hadith you quoted , I would like you to know the little background I know. In the 7th year of migration, the Holy Prophet sent letters to kings of neighbouring countries, inviting them to Islam. Some of them accepted Islam while some returned polite replies in the negative. When the letter was given to Khusrau, he tore the letter and insulted the Prophet. On that the Prophet said that his kingdom will be ruined. And it so happened that after some time Khusrau died. As for war against him, I have never read about it before. But I have read of many othe military expeditions and all of them were as self-defence against an attack by the enemy. So I am 100% certain that Khusrau must have declared war on the Muslims. Further, the Hadith does not explain the causes of the expedition in detail so you cannot assume that the military expedition was and 'aggressive' act.
Let me share with you a letter Omar sent to Khosrau that told him to surrender his empire to Islam or be fought. He was the only aggressor, not Persia. He was pressing war on the Persians.
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:nk ... rsia&hl=en
Khosrau was too busty fighting the Byzantines and vice versa.
The empires were not going to actively invade desolate Arabia and destroy the Muslims. Sorry but only the Muslims were the aggressors pressing war on Persia.
As for the Jizya, it is to be paid by non-Muslims living in a Muslim state. I live in cantonment area and I have to pay cantonment tax on water and electricity, and I'm sure there must be taxes on living in other areas also, so what's different?
What is a "cantonment area"?