A friend had a thoughtful comment. He is right that Isaiah 40–48 includes messages of Israel’s return from Babylon and mentions Cyrus (Koresh) as God’s instrument in chapters 44–45.
“So how will it be when We gather them for a Day in which there is no doubt, and every soul will be repaid in full for what it earned — and they will not be wronged.”
— Qur’an 3:25
In his controversial work, Christoph Luxenberg attempts to reinterpret various Qur’anic passages by proposing Syriac-Aramaic linguistic roots and alternative readings based on early Arabic script lacking diacritics. On pages 134–135 of his book, he offers a speculative re-reading of Surah Al-Jinn 72:19, proposing a Christological layer hidden beneath the traditional Islamic interpretation.
Qur’an 9:30 is one of the most debated verses in Islamic scripture:
“The Jews say, ‘ʿUzayr is the son of God,’ and the Christians say, ‘The Messiah is the son of God.’ That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before. May God destroy them; how they are deluded.”