Story of Prophet Isa

Isa (Jesus)

 Allah Declares He Has No Son

In many verses of the Glorious Qur'an Allah the Exalted denied the claim of the Christians that He

has a son.

A delegation from Nagran came to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). They began to talk about

their claim about the Trinity, which is that Allah is three in one, the Father, the Son, and the Holy

Spirit, with some disagreement among their sects. That is why Allah affirmed in many verses of

the Qur'an that Jesus is a slave of Allah, whom He molded in the womb of his mother like any

other of His creatures, and that He created him without a father, as He created Adam without a

father or a mother. Almighty Allah had chosen Isa to be one of his messengers to humanity.

The Birth of Mary - Quranic

Allah the Almighty said:

"Allah chose Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham and the family of Imran above the Alamin

(mankind and jinns)(of their times). Offspring, one of theo other, and Allah is All-Hearer,

All-Knower.

Remember when the wife of Imran said: "O my Lord! I have vowed to You what (the child that) is

in my womb to be dedicated for Your services (free from all worldly work; to serve Your Place of

worship), so accept this, from me. Verily, You are the All-Hearer, the All Knowing."

Then when she delivered her (child Mary), she said: "O my Lord! I have delivered a female

child," and Allah knew better what she delivered, - "and the male is not like the female, and I

have named her Mary, and I seek refuge with You (Allah) for her and for her offspring from

Satan, the outcast."

Mary Receives News of Jesus

While Mary was praying in her temple, an angel in the form of a man appeared before her. Filled

with terror, she tried to flee, praying:

"Verily! I seek refuge with the Most Beneficent (Allah) from you, if you do fear Allah."

The angel said: "I am only a Messenger from your Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a

righteous son."

She said: "How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, nor am I unchaste?"

He said: "So (it will be), your Lord said: "That is easy for me (Allah): And (We wish) to appoint

him as a sign to mankind and a mercy from Us (Allah), and it is a matter (already) decreed, (by

Allah).'" (Ch 19:18-21 Quran)

The Birth of Jesus

The angel's visit caused Mary great anxiety, which increased as the months went by. How could

she face giving birth to a child without having a husband? Later, she felt life kicking inside her.

With a heavy heart, she left the temple and went to Nazareth, the city in which she had been born

where she settled in a simple farm house to avoid the public.

But fear and anxiety did not leave her. She was from a noble and pious family. Her father had not

been an evil man nor was her mother an impure woman. How could she prevent tongues from

wagging about her honor?

After some months, she could not bear the mental strain any longer. Burdened with a heavy

womb, she left Nazareth, not knowing where to go to be away from this depressing atmosphere.

She had not gone far, when she was overtaken by the pains of childbirth. She saw down against a

dry palm tree, and here she gave birth to a son. Looking at her beautiful baby, she was hurt that

she had brought him into the world without a father. She exclaimed: "I wish I had died before this

happened and had vanished into nothingness!"

Suddenly, she heard a voice nearby: "Grieve not, your Lord has placed a rivulet below, and shake

the trunk of this tree, from which ripe dates will fall. So eat and drink and regain the strength you

have lost; and be of good cheer, for what you see is the power of Allah, Who made the dry palm

tree regain life, in order to provide food for you." For a while she was comforted by Allah's

miracle, for it was a sure sign of her innocence and purity.

Mary Returns to the City with Jesus

Mary decided to return to the city. However, her fears also returned. What was she going to tell

the people? As if sharinhis mother's worry, the baby began to speak: "If you meet any person say:

'I have vowed to fast for The Beneficent and may not speak to any human today.'" With this

miracle, Mary felt at ease.

As she had expected, her arrival in the city with a newborn baby in her arms aroused the curiosity

of the people. They scolded her: "This is a terrible sin that you have committed." She put her

finger to her lips and pointed to the child. They asked: "How can we speak to a newborn baby?"

To their total amazement, the child began to speak clearly: "I am Allah's servant. Allah has given

me the Book, and has made me a prophet, and has blessed me wherever I may be, and has

enjoined on me prayers and alms-giving as long as I live. Allah has made me dutiful towards she

who had borne me. He has not made me arrogant nor unblessed. Peace unto me the day I was

born, the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive."

Most of the people realized that the baby was unique, for it Allah wills something, He merely says

"Be" and it happens. Of course, there were some who regarded the baby's speech as a strange

trick, but at least Mary could now stay in Nazareth without being harassed.

Jesus Upsets the Jews

The Jewish priests felt this child Jesus was dangerous, for they felt that the people would turn

their worship to Allah the Almighty Alone, displacing the existing Jewish tenets. Consequently,

they would lose their authority over the people. Therefore, they kept the miracle of Jesus's speech

in infancy as a secret and accused Mary of a great misdeed.

Jesus's Ability to Debate

As Jesus (pbuh) grew, the signs of prophethood began to increase. He could tell his friends what

kind of supper waited for them at home and what they had hidden and where. When he was

twelve years old, he accompanied his mother to Jerusalem. There he wandered into the temple

and joined a crowd listening to the lecture of the Rabbis (Jewish priests). The audience were all

adults, but he was not afraid to sit with them. After listening intently, he asked questions and

expressed his opinion. The learned rabbis were disturbed by the boy's boldness and puzzled by the

questions he asked, for they were unable to answer him. They tried to silence him, but he ignored

their attempts and continued to express his views. Jesus became so involved in this exchange that

he forgot he as expected back home.

In the meantime, his mother went home, thinking that he might have gone back with relatives or

friends. When she arrived, she discovered that he was not there, so she returned to the city to

look for him. At last she found him in the temple, sitting among the learned, conversing with

them. He appeared to be quite at east, as if he had been doing this all his life. Mary got angry with

him for causing her worry. He tried to assure her that all the arguing and debating with the

learned had made him forgot the time.

Jesus Receives His Prophethood

Jesus observed that the visitors were much fewer than the priests. Yet the temple was full of

sheep and doves which were sold to the people to be offered as sacrifices. Every step in the

temple cost the visitor money. They worshipped nothing but money. In the temple, the Pharisees

and Sadducees acted as if it were a market place, and these two groups always disagreed on

everything. Jesus followed the scene with his eyes and observed that the poor people who could

not afford the price of the sheep or dove were swept away like flies by the Pharisees and

Saducees. Jesus was astonished. Why did the priests burn a lot of offerings inside the temple,

while thousands of poor people were hungry outside it?

On this blessed night, the two noble prophets John (pbuh) and Zakariyah (pbuh) died, killed by

the ruling authority. On the same night, the revelation descended upon Jesus (pbuh). Allah the

Exalted commanded him to begin his call to the children of Israel. To Jesus, the life of ease was

closed, and the page of worship and struggled was opened.

Those Worshipping Jesus and Allah's Questions to Jesus

The Day of the Table became one of the holy days for the disciples and followers of Jesus. Later

on, the disciples and followers forgot the real essence of the miracles, and so they worshipped

Jesus as a god.

Almighty Allah asserted:

"And remember when Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection): "O Jesus, son of Mary! Did

you say unto men: 'Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allah?'" He will say: "Glory

be to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right to say. Had I said such a thing, You would

surely have known it. You know what is in my inner self though I do not know what is in Yours,

truly, You, only You, are the All Knower of all that is hidden and unseen. Never did I say to them

aught except what You (Allah) did command me to say: 'Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord',

And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them, but when You took me up, You were

the Watcher over them, and You are a Witness to all things. (This is a great admonition and

warning to the Christians of the whole world). If you punish them, they are Your slaves, and if

You forgive them, Verily You, only You are the All Mighty, the All Wise."

Allah will say: "This is a Day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are

Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise) - they shall abide therein forever. Allah is pleased

with them and they with Him. That is the great success (Paradise). To Allah belongs the

dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is therein, and He is Able to do all things."

(Ch 5:116-120 Quran)

The Jews Plot to Kill Jesus

Jesus went on his mission until vice knew that its throne was threatening to fall. So the forces of

evil accused him of magic, infringement of the Mosaic Law, allegiance with the devil; and when

they saw that the poor people followed him, they began to scheme against him.

The Sanhedrin, the highest judicial and ecclesiastical council of the Jews, began to meet to plot

against Jesus. The plan took a new turn. When the Jews failed to stop Jesus' s call, they decided to

kill him. The chief priests held secret meetings to agree on the best way of getting rid of Jesus.

While they were in such a meeting, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, Judas Iscariot, went to

them and asked: "What will you give me if I deliver him to you?" Judas bargained with them until

they agreed to give him thirty pieces of silver known as shekels. The plot was laid for the capture

and murder of Jesus.

It was said that the high priest of the Jews tore his garment at the meeting, claiming that Jesus had

denied Judaism. The tearing of clothes at that time was a sign of disgust.

Refutation of the Christians Claim

Allah Disclaims Begetting Anyone - Surah 19, Almighty Allah refuted the claims of the Jews and

the Christians in many verses of the Glorious Qur'an.

And they say: "The Most Beneficent (Allah) has begotten a son (or offspring or children) (as the

Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say that He has begotten a son (Christ),

and the pagan Arabs say that he has begotten daughters (angels, etc.))."

Indeed you have brought forth (said) a terrible evil thing. Whereby the heavens are almost torn,

and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins, that they ascribe a son (or

offspring or children) to the Most Beneficent (Allah).

But it is not suitable for (the Majesty of ) the Most Beneficent (Allah) that He should beget a son

(or offspring or children). There is non in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most

Beneficent (Allah) as a slave. Verily, He knows each one of them, and has counted them a full

counting. And everyone of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection (without any

helper, or protector or defender). (Ch 19:88-95 Quran)

Allah the Exalted also declared:

"Yet, they join the jinns as partners in worship with Allah, though He has created them (the

jinns), and they attribute falsely without knowledge sons and daughters to Him. Be He Glorified!

And Exalted above (all) that they attribute to Him. He is the Originator of the heavens and the

earth. How can He have children when He has no wife? He created all things and He is the

All-Knower of everything.

Such is Allah, your Lord! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the

Creator of all things. So worship Him (Alone), and He is the Wakil (Trustee, Disposer of affairs,

Guardian etc.) over all tings.

No vision can grasp Him, but His Grasp is over all vision. He is the Most Subtle and Courteous,

Well-Acquainted with all things. (Ch 6:100-103 Quran)

Almighty Allah commanded:

"O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in you religion, nor

say of Allah aught but the truth. The Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, was (no more than ) a

Messenger of Allah and His Word, ("Be" - and he was) which He bestowed on Mary and a spirit

(Ruh) created by Him; so believe in Allah and His Messengers. Say not: "Three (trinity)!"

Cease! (It is ) better for you. For Allah is the only One Ilah (God), Glory be to Him (Far Exalted

is He) above having a son. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth.

And Allah is All Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs.

The Messiah will never be proud to reject to be a slave to Allah, nor the angels who are near (to

Allah). And whosoever rejects His worship and is proud, then He will gather them all together

unto Himself. So, as for those who believed (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism) and

did deeds of righteousness, He will give their (due) rewards, and more out of His Bounty. But as

for those who refuse His worship and were proud, He will punish them with a painful torment.

And they will not find for themselves besides Allah any protector or helper. (Ch 4:171-173

Quran)

Allah Disclaims Begetting Anyone

Allah the Almighty also revealed:

"Now ask them (O Muhammad): "Are there (only) daughters for your Lord and sons for them?"

Or did We create the angels females while they were witnesses?

Verily, it is of their falsehood that they (Quraish pagans) say: "Allah has begotten off-spring or

children (angels are the daughters of Allah)" And, verily, they are liars!

Has He (then) chosen daughters rather than sons? What is the matter with you? How do you

decide? Will you not then remember? Or is there for you a plain authority? Then bring your

Book if you are truthful!

And they have invented a kinship between Him and the jinns, but the jinn know well that they

have indeed to appear (before Him) (i.e. they will be brought for accounts).

Glorified be Allah! (He is free) from what they attribute unto Him! Except the slaves of Allah,

whom He chooses (for His Mercy i.e. true believers of Islamic Monotheism who do not attribute

false things unto Allah). (Ch 37:149-160 Quran)

And Almighty Allah declared:

"Surely, in disbelief are they who say that Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. Say (O

Muhammad): "Who then has the least power against Allah, if He were destroy the Messiah, son

of Mary, his mother, and all those who are on the earth together?" And to Allah belongs the

dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them. He creates what He wills.

And Allah is Able to do all things.

And (both) the Jews and Christians say; "We are the children of Allah and His loved ones." Say:

"Why then does He punish you for your sins?" Nay, you are but human beings, of those He has

created, He forgive whom He wills and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allah belongs the

dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and to Him is the return of

all.

O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Now has come to you Our Messenger

(Muhammad) making (things) clear unto you, after a break in (the series of ) Messengers, lest

you say: "there came unto us no bringer of glad tidings and no warner." But now has come unto

you a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. And Allah is Able to do all things. (Ch 5:17-19

Quran)

Allah the Exalted warned: Surely they have disbelieved who say: "Allah is the Messiah (Jesus),

son of Mary." But the Messiah (Jesus) said: "O Children of Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord and

your Lord." Verily, whosoever sets up partners in worship with Allah, then Allah has forbidden

Paradise for him, and the Fire will be his abode. And for the Zalimun (polytheists, and

wrong-doers) there are no helpers.

Surely, disbeliveers are those who said: "Allah is the third of the three (in a Trinity)." But there is

no Ilah (god) (none who has the right to be worshipped) but One Ilah (God- Allah). And if they

cease not from what they say, verily, a painful torment will befall the disbeliveers among them.

Will they not repent to Allah and ask His Forgiveness? For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

The Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary, was no more than a Messenger; many were the Messengers

that passed away before him. His mother (Mary) was a Siddiqah (she believed in the Words of

Allah, and His Books. They both used to eat food, as any other human being, while Allah does

not eat). Look how We made the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)

clear to them, yet look how they are deluded away from the truth. (Ch 5:72-75 Quran)

And Almighty Allah ordered: And say:

"All the praises and thanks be to Allah, Who has not begotten a son (nor an offspring), and Who

has no partner in His Dominion, nor He is low to have a Wali (helper, protector, or supporter).

And magnify Him with all the magnificence, (Allahu-Akbar, Allah is the Most Great)." (Ch

17:111 Quran)

The pagans once asked the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh): "To whom is your Lord related, His

original ancestors and His various branches of descendants?" It is also reported that the Jews said:

"We worship Ezra, the Son of Allah," and the Christians said: "Jesus is the Son of Allah," and the

Magians said: "We worship the sun and the moon," an the Pagans said: "We worship idols."

In response to all of them Allah revealed some of His attributes: Unity, Uniqueness, and other

substantives:

Say: (O Muhammad): "He is Allah, the One. Allah As-Samad (The Self- Sufficient Master,

Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). He begets not, nor was He begotten; and

there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him." (Ch 112:1-4 Quran)