Al-Masih, Islamic term of Messiah

Jesus of Nazareth, who in the Islamic context, commonly called 'Isa al-Masih (Jesus Christ), almost always use this title for the entire period of His life, from birth until his ascension to heaven.

Titles for Jesus, the Messiah, called the 11 (eleven) times in the Koran, all contained in sura-sura sent down (revealed) in the city of Medina al-Munawwarah (called: Surah Madaniyyah), that reveals about Jesus with nature of the harder, more aggressive and more polemical, as compared with Sura-sura (letters) which is derived in the city of Mecca (Surah Makkiyyah).

In the Koran, the words "Masih" is nothing equivalent to this word, and there is no etymological information about this word. Of the 11 mention in the Koran, Nine verses directly connected with the "son of Mary", which attracts contained in Surah 9:30, that the term "al-Masih" were connected with the title "son of God", but within the framework of the rejection of people's opinions Christians that 'Isa al-Masih (Jesus Christ) was the son of God, then in verse-31 affirmed that the Messiah is the son of Mary. In the Koran, as al-Masih was not associated with the figure and the Messiah's mission as understood by Jews and Christians.

In the view of some Muslim commentators, the term "Masih" is associated with the ascetic life story of Jesus who always move around the place (a lot of stories circulating among the adherents of the Sufi). The term "Masih" is interpreted as a "wandering".

There is one interesting conversation that took place between Theodor Abu al-Qurra(dc 830), a leading Chalcedonian theologian with an anonymous Muslim scholar in the presence of the Caliph al-Ma'mun (let's say he was a Hashemite).
Abu Qurra: Tell me about the Messiah, is he created of something or not?
Hashemite: He is the Word of God and his Spirit.
Abu Qurra: The Word of God and his Spirit, are they delimited and described?
Hashemite: No.
Abu Qurra: Are they comprehensible?
Hashemite: No.
Abu Qurra: So tell me, is the Word of God Creator or create?
The Hashemite was troubled at once and became quiet. He could not say anything except “Creator”. The Caliph was astounded.

Al-Masih, as Kalimatullah (Word of God) and Rohullah (Spirit of God), are the titles of the exalted Jesus, in reference to Him as well as things that did not mean anything and was not significant for a Muslim. For a Muslim, the title Rasulullah "The Messenger" (Apostle of God) to Muhammad has a higher meaning and greater than the titles of Jesus, even a title for Jesus Rasullullah "Messenger of Allah" (Surah an-Nisa 171) also can not compare with the title "Rasulullah" for the Arab Prophet although the Qur'an itself acknowledges that the position of all the Prophet (Nabi) and the Messenger (Rasul, Apostle) is the same.