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prophet Isa (Jesus), son of Mary
{The
Messiah, son of Mariam is but a messenger; messengers before him have
indeed passed away; and his mother was a truthful woman}
(Al-Maeda: 75).
He is the
Messiah Isa, son of Mary, the last Children of Israel prophets.
His name is "Isa" the "Messiah". Also called son of Mary in
relation to his mother Mary daughter of (Imran), because he was born
without a father. In Hebrew, his name is "Joshua" meaning the
savior, and in the bible he is called Jesus.
He is a
servant and apostle of Allah (swt) and his word, which he communicated
to the Virgin Mary, the clean and chaste the one who guarded her
chastity {and she accepted the truth of the
words of her Lord and His books, and she was of, the obedient ones}(AT-Tahrim:
12). Her father was "Imran", a great man and a venerable scholar
of "the children of Israel" scholars, and his wife was the mother
of Mary.
Mary,
her birth and the guardianship:
Imran,
father of Mary, was a great man of the children of Israel. He has
gotten older along with a barren wife who did not beget a son to him.
She prayed to Allah that if He granted her a son, she would devote
this son to Allah's obedience and serve his sacred house. Allah
responded to her prayer and bestowed upon her Mary whom she called on
Allah to guard her and her chastity from Satan's temptations {So,
when she brought forth, she said: My Lord! Surely I have brought it
forth a female-- and Allah knew best what she brought forth-- and the
male is not like the female, and I have named it Mariam, and I commend
her and her offspring into Thy protection from the accursed Shaitan.}(Al-E-Imran:
36).
Imran died
and Mary was still a child. She needed some one to take care of her.
When her mother presented her to the temple's pastors, they differed
in opinion and then cast their lots. The draw was on Zakariya who
guaranteed her and took up a sanctury to her where no one enters to
except him.
The story
of Zakariya was similar to Imran's whose wife grew old and was
barren. So, he prayed to Allah to grant her a son so that she can
resume the mission, whom he used to communicate, and after he saw the
miracles as he entered on Mary, and the emergence of corruption among
his people. So, Allah (swt) responded to his prayers and gave good
news to him of a boy called "Yahya" {O
Zakariya! surely We give you good news of a boy whose name shall be
Yahya: We have not made before anyone his equal.}(Maryam:
7). This astonished Zakariya knowing that he is only an old man whose
wife is barren {He said: O my Lord! when shall I
have a son, and my wife is barren, and I myself have reached indeed
the extreme degree of old age?}(Maryam: 8)
Zakariya,
this virtuous believer, has directed Mary in a righteous worship
direction. But once as he entered the Sanctuary on her, he saw
something that astonished him. He found sustenance that he did not
bring to her. Therefore, this sustenance must have come from a certain
source, as Mary indicated {So her Lord accepted
her with a good acceptance and made her grow up a good growing, and
gave her into the charge of Zakariya; whenever Zakariya entered the
sanctuary to (see) her, he found with her food. He said: O Mariam!
whence comes this to you? She said: It is from Allah. Surely Allah
gives to whom He pleases without measure. }(Al-E-Imran:
37).
Mary:
the worship, the gospel of a (newborn) child:
Mary
was raised in the Sanctuary where she kept on worshipping until she
grew up to the age of a woman. There emerged on her the signs of
piety, chastity, and purity, and angels gave her the good news about
her purity, sincerity, and that she is being the lady of the women of
the world. The angels urged Mary to devote herself assiduously to
worshipping, kneeling, prostration and obedience {And
when the angels said: O Mariam! surely Allah has chosen you and
purified you and chosen you above the women of the world. O Mariam!
keep to obedience to your Lord and humble yourself, and bow down with
those who bow.}(Al-E-Imran:
42-43).
The
angels gave Mary the good news of a word. Not a word of some letters,
but a fully spirited word that represents the will of Allah (swt) in
creation. The is by the Divine Command "Be" that can turn a word
into a human being called "Isa" the son of Mary (a.s). The word
messiah means the blessed or the king just as interpreters of the Holy
Koran suggest: {When the angels said: O
Mariam, surely Allah gives you good news with a Word from Him (of one)
whose name is the '. Messiah, Isa son of Mariam}(
.Al-E-Imran: 45).
Mary
has endowed herself as a custodian to the temple, and she worshiped
Allah there in isolation. Once, as she was as such, Gabriel (a.s), the
angel, came to her in the form of a human, so as to feel at ease with
him. When she saw him she thought that he is a human who wants to harm
her, and she is chaste and pure {then We
sent to her Our spirit, and there appeared to her a well-made man.}(Maryam:
17). She started to move away fearing he may do harm to her especially
that she is in a place where there is no savior or helper. She said {She
said: "I seek refuge from thee to (Allah) Most Gracious: (come
not near) if thou dost fear Allah."}(Maryam:
18). The angel replied with calm and assurance {He
said: I am only a messenger of your Lord: That I will give you a pure
boy.}(Maryam: 18)
Mary
was astonished and surprised with what Gabriel is saying when he gave
good news to her about the boy since she is a virgin who has not yet
gotten married and who had never gone astray. She is the chaste virgin
who has never entered the realm of sins {He
said: Even so; your Lord says: It is easy to Me: and that We may make
him a sign to men and a mercy from Us, and it is a matter which has
been decreed.}(Maryam:
21)
Mary
conceived soon after Gabriel breathed into her. After this,
imaginations started to hover in her mind about what people might say
about this. She became confused and decided to seek isolation away
from people {So she conceived him; then
withdrew herself with him to a remote place.}(Maryam:
22)
{And
the throes (of childbirth) compelled her to betake herself to the
trunk of a palm tree.} She
found out that this a tough situation that she cannot put up with. She
raised a call for help after she felt fear, especially that people do
not realize the meaning of divine miracles. She thought that her
reputation in her society will be threatened and so will her dignity
and position {She said: Oh, would that I
had died before this, and had been a thing quite forgotten!}.
Gabriel came down to calm her down and assure to her that only Allah
(swt) is the guarantor to her and her sustenance. He signaled to her
to shake the trunk of the palm tree, which had no fruits on, so that
ripe dates would fall down on her, then she would eat with good
appetite and drink from a creek that was streaming underneath her {Then
(the child) called out to her from beneath her: Grieve not, surely
your Lord has made a stream to flow beneath you; And shake towards you
the trunk of the palm tree, it will drop on you fresh ripe dates: So
eat and drink and refresh the eye. Then if you see any mortal, say:
Surely I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent Allah, so I shall not
speak to any man today. }(Maryam:
24-26)
Then
Virgin Mary came out of her isolation after delivery. Her emergence
with the newborn was a surprise to all those who know her piety and
worship. They accused her, but she held fast to Gabriel's
instructions and kept silent. And She pointed at her newborn child to
talk to them, but their anger was heightened. But Isa (a.s.) reined in
their anger and talked to them about his mother. He absolved her from
the charges they imputed on her saying: {Surely
I am a servant of Allah; He has given me the Book and made me a
prophet; And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has
enjoined on me prayer and poor-rate so long as I live; And dutiful to
my mother, and He has not made me insolent, unblessed; And peace on me
on the day I was born, and on the day I die, and on the day I am
raised to life.}(Maryam:
30-33)
In
this way, Isa (a.s.) introduced himself to the people who denied his
mother's state. Despite that, there have been differences about the
story of his birth {Such is Isa, son of
Marium; (this is) the saying of truth about which they dispute.}
some people claimed that he was the son of Allah or that Allah has
taken him as a son in spite of the fact that Allah is Self-sufficient,
and does not need any one {It beseems not
Allah that He should take to Himself a son!}
(Maryam: 35).
Isa
(a.s.) confronted this opinion and called on people to worship Allah
and asserted servitude to Him {And surely
Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve Him;}.
So submit to Him and answer His commands and keep away from His
forbidding in all aspects of life in order to lay the foundations of
the right and to walk on the straight path {this
is the right path.}
(Maryam: 36).
The
disciples also had doubts about Isa; they also had great differences
about, who was crucified . Was he Isa the Messiah or Yahuza (the
Askhriot)? Because when Yahuza guided them to Isa's place, he asked
the Jews to enter ahead of them and there was no one in that place
except Isa (a.s). And when Allah threw resemblance (to Isa) upon him
and raised Isa to the heavens, the Jews entered and found only one
person (Yahuza), whom Allah cast resemblance to Isa upon . They said:
this is Isa, but where is our friend? And if he were our friend, then
where is Isa? So, they took him to be crucified while he was shouting
I am Yahuza, I am not Isa. But they were laughing at him while saying
"you are lying, you are Jesus (Isa)". So, they crucified him while
being in the midst of doubt, confusion, and differences.
The
Holy Koran responded to the Jews, just as it did to the Christians,
and indicated the right faith, which Muslims embrace, that is the
sound judgment in the issue of crucifixion and ransoming {And
their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Isa son of Mariam,
the messenger of Allah; and they did not kill him nor did they crucify
him, but it appeared to them so (like Isa) and most surely those who
differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge
respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not
for sure. Nay! Allah took him up to Himself; and Allah is
Mighty, Wise.}(AN-Nisa:
157-158).
What
is odd about the Christians is that they hold the view that Isa (a.s)
was crucified even though they believe in his divinity, in that he is
a son of God!
Sacrificing
for humanity:
They
say that the messiah (Isa) was crucified to save the children of Adam
from their sins and misdeeds!
What
is odd in this is that the People of the Book had disputes about Jesus
that went in both excessiveness and remissness. So the Jews claimed
the he was an illegitimate son because a son has to have a father and
Jesus had no father so he is an illegitimate son. On the other hand,
the Christians claimed that he is son of God, because he was created
from the soul of God, and the soul of God is part of God, therefore he
has to be a son of God. Both are wrong and aberrant. And the truth is
what the Holy Koran had stated that he is an apostle sent by Allah to
the children of Israel with right guidance evidences, and that his
mother is the chaste, the veracious, the pure, and the virgin who
guarded her chastity and was obedient .
