My Muslim friends, this is about Jesus and John

John knew that he was born before Christ. That means that he was physically older than Christ, and his ministry started before Christ's; yet John testified that Christ was in existence before him. But there was no way for Jesus to be before John unless Jesus existed in eternity before time. Thus John confirmed the fact of Christ's deity.

John 1:30

 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’