The Qualities of
Jesus
He was of human
nature, one personality
and not three,
and a Messenger of Allaah:
"O people
of the Scripture
(Jews and
Christians)! Do not exceed the
limits in your religion, nor say of Allaah aught but the truth.
The Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, was
(no more than)
a Messenger of
Allaah and His Word
("Be!"-and he was) which he bestowed on Mary and a
spirit (Rooh) created
by Him; so
believe in Allaah and His Messengers. Say
not: 'Three (trinity)! Cease! (It
is) better for
you. For Allaah
is (the only) One
Ilaah (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 on the earth. And
Allaah is All-Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs." (Qur'aan 4: 171)
"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 Siddeeqah (i.e. she believed in
the Words of Allaah and His Books).
They both used to eat
food (as any other human being, while Allaah does
not eat) Look
how We make the Aayaat (proofs,
evidences, verses, lessons,
signs, revelations, etc.) clear
to them, yet
look how they
are deluded away (from the truth)." (Qur'aan 5:75)
Although Jesus
is a Rooh (spirit)
from Allaah, this does
not mean that Jesus is an attribute of Allaah Himself.
Allaah called Gabriel Roohana
(Our Rooh i.e. Our Spirit) and we
know that Gabriel is a created angel, existing, and has his own created
qualities. Similarly Allaah says about
the heavens and the earth that:
"And has
subjected to you
all that is
in the heavens and
all that is
in the earth;
it is all
as a favor
and kindness from Allaah." (Qur'aan 45: 13)
Clearly, the
heavens and the
earth are part
of Allaah's creation and not part
of Allaah Himself or an attribute of Him. We
also read in
the Qur'aan: Allaah's Messenger, Allaah's House (referring
to the Ka’bah in Makkah),
etc.
The Messenger, the House, etc. are
like Allaah's Spirit, in the sense that
they are created
persons or things
that are honorable in
Allaah's Sight. However,
when one of the
two nouns is Allaah and the second is neither a person nor a thing,
then it is not a
created thing but
a quality of Allaah e.g. Allaah's Knowledge, Allaah's
Self, etc.
Therefore, Jesus
is not an
attribute of Allaah. In
fact Allaah declares that
those who believe
in Jesus as God
commit Kufr (disbelief):
"Surely, in
disbelief are they who say that Allaah is the Messiah, son of Mary! Say (O Muhammad, peace
upon him): "Who then has the least power against Allaah, if He were
to destroy the
Messiah son of
Mary, this mother, and all those who
are on the earth
together? And to Allaah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth,
and all that
is between them.
He creates what He
wills. And Allaah
is able to
do all things." (Qur'aan 5: 17)
The method of the creation of Jesus is
one of the Signs of Allaah showing His Great Ability of Creating as He Wills:
from a male and a female (ourselves); from a male without a female (Eve); from
a female without a male (Jesus), and from neither a male nor a female (Adam):
"And We made her
and her son (Jesus)
a sign for Al- 'Aalameen (mankind and jinns)."
(Qur'aan 21: 91)
Jesus has the honor of being a slave
of Allaah:
"The
Messiah will never
be proud to
reject to be a slave
to Allaah, nor the angels who are near (to Allaah). And whosoever rejects His
worship and is proud, then He will gather
them all together
unto Himself." (Qur'aan
4: 172)
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