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CONGRUITIES AND INCONGRUITIES BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN |
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The Qur'an has categorically denied the deity of Christ. According to Islam there is but one God without any precedent.
« O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His apostles. Say not "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah. Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.» (Surah 4/171)
« Christ the son of Mary was no more than an apostle; many were the apostles that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth make His signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth! Say: "O people of the Book! exceed not in your religion the bounds (of what is proper), trespassing beyond the truth, nor follow the vain desires of people who went wrong in times gone by,- who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from the even way.» (Surah 5/75,77)
The Israelites misinterpreted the Virgin's Immaculate Conception. They were loath to see God's miracle. The Christians, on the other hand, went to the extreme and identified Jesus with God. The expression often encountered in the Qur'an with reference to Jesus as, 'Jesus, son of Mary' is to stress that he is not the son of God.
« And (remember) her who guarded her chastity: We breathed into her of Our spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for all peoples. (Surah 21/91) This associates in the mind the creation of Adam The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him: "Be". And he was. »(Surah 3/59)
As Jesus also was created by God's fiat or word like in the case of Adam he came to be referred to as such. As one can see clearly from the verses, God Almighty created Jesus without a father, just like in the case of Adam.
Those who name Jesus, God, are in error.
Jesus Christ was a mere prophet. Just like her mother Mary, he also lived like human beings. To call Jesus, God, avails not. He has departed from this world. To leave God aside and adore him would be a blasphemy and will avail to nothing.
The Christians have made a gross error in taking Jesus as Son of God. He is only a prophet a servant of God. By so doing they indulged in excess in religion.
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