ISA (JESUS)(ALAIHI
SALAM) - THE BIRTH OF PROPHET JESUS (ISA)
ASSEMBLED BY MALLAM ABBA
ABANA, KUBWA, ABUJA, NIGERIA
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Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala
Rasulillah. As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu
Praise
be to Allaah; we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah
from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides
will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can
guide. I bear witness
that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad (Sallalhu alaihi Wasalam) is His slave and Messenger.
MARY RECEIVES NEWS OF JESUS
MARY RECEIVES NEWS OF JESUS
While Mary was praying in the 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). Holy Quran Chapter Surah 19: 18-21.
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.
HOW LONG WAS MARYAM PREGNANT WITH ‘EESA (PEACE BE UPON
HIM)?
Question:
Was
the virgin Maryam pregnant with ‘Eesa (peace be upon him) for nine months? Or
when the angels came to her and told her to take refuge at the trunk of the
palm tree, did she give birth to him at that point?
Alhamdulillah!
Praise be to Allaah!
The
scholars differed as to how long Maryam was pregnant with ‘Eesa (peace be upon
him).
The
view of the majority is that it was nine months, as with all other humans.
‘Ikrimah
said: Eight months, and said: For that reason no child born at eight months’
gestation lives, so as to preserve the uniqueness of ‘Eesa.
It
was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas said: No sooner did she become pregnant but she
gave birth.
Ibn
Katheer said (3/117) concerning this report narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas:
This
is strange, and appears to have been taken from the apparent meaning of the
verses in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “So she
conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place (i.e. Bethlehem valley
about 4-6 miles from Jerusalem). And the pains of childbirth drove her to the
trunk of a date palm”[ Holy Quran Chapter Maryam 19:22]
The
particle fa (translated here as ‘and’), in Arabic, implies a succession of
events, but things follow one another at their own pace, as in the verse where
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “And indeed We created man
(Adam) out of an extract of clay (water and earth). Thereafter We made him (the
offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed drops of the male and female sexual
discharge and lodged it) in a safe lodging (womb of the woman). Then We made
the Nutfah into a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood), then We made the
clot into a little lump of flesh, then We made out of that little lump of flesh
bones” [Holy Quran Chapter al-Muminoon
23:12-14]
Here
the particle fa (translated as ‘then’) indicates succession at the appropriate
pace.
And
it is proven in al-Saheehayn (al-Bukhari and Muslim) that between each two
stages is a period of forty days [i.e., it remains a nutfah for forty days,
then a clot for forty days, then a lump of flesh for forty days].
And
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “See you not that Allaah
sends down water (rain) from the sky, and then the earth becomes green?”[ Holy Quran Chapter al-Hajj 22:63]
The
well-known view is the apparent meaning– and Allaah is able to do all things –
which is that she bore him as all other women bear their children. Hence when
the signs of pregnancy appeared on her, and there was with her in the mosque a
righteous man from among her relatives who worshipped in the temple with her,
who was called Yoosuf al-Najjaar. When he saw that her belly had become
swollen he found it strange. Then he decided to think well of her because of
what he knew of her innocence, honour, religious commitment and worship. Then
he thought about her situation, and he could not stop thinking about this
matter. So he said, speaking indirectly: “O Maryam, I am going to ask you about
something, so do not get alarmed.” She said, “What is it?” He said: “Has any
tree or plant ever grown without a seed? Has any child ever been born without a
father?” She said: “Yes, I understood what you are referring to. As for your
asking whether any tree or plant has ever grown without a seed, when Allaah
first created trees and plants He created them without seeds. And has any child
ever been born without a father? Allaah created Adam without either a father or
a mother.” So he believed her and left her alone.
When
Maryam felt that her people were accusing her, she withdrew to a far place,
i.e. far away from them, so that she would not see them and they would not see
her.
Muhammad
ibn Ishaaq said: When she became pregnant with him and her menses ceased, and
she experienced the discomforts that all pregnant women face, then no household
experienced what the household of Zakariyah experienced. Talk spread among the
Children of Israel and they said that the one who was responsible for this was
her companion Yoosuf because there was no one else in the church with her except
him. So she stayed away from people and put a screen between her and them so
that no one could see her and she could not see anyone. End quote from Ibn
Katheer.
And
Allaah knows best.
Sources: Islam Q&A; https://islamqa.info/en/45820
THE
BRITH OF JESUS
She had not gone far, when she was overtaken by the pains of
childbirth. She sat 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
She decided to return to the city. However, her fears also
returned. What was she going to tell the people? As if sharing his 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 has
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 if 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.
MARY
RECEIVES NEWS OF JESUS - QUR'ANIC
Allah the Exalted revealed: And mention in the Book (the
Qur'an, 0 Muhammad the story of) Mary, when she withdrew in seclusion from her
family to a place facing east. She placed a screen (to screen herself) from
them; then We sent to her Our Ruh (angel Gabriel), and he appeared before her
in the form of a man in all respects.
She said: "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)." Holy Quran Chapter Surah 19: 16-21
So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far
place (ie., Bethlehem valley, about four to six miles from Jerusalem). And the
pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said:
"Would that I had died before this, and had been forgotten and out of
sight!"
THE
BIRTH OF JESUS - QUR'ANIC
Then (the babe "Jesus" or
Gabriel) cried unto her from below her, saying: "Grieve not! Your Lord has
provided a water stream under you; and shake the trunk of palm tree to wards
you, it will let fall fresh ripe dates upon you. So eat and drink and be glad,
and if you see any human being, say. 'Verily! I have vowed a fast unto the Most
Beneficent (Allah) so I shall not speak to any human being this day. Holy Quran
Chapter Surah 22-26
MARY
AND JESUS RETURN TO THE CITY - QUR'ANIC
Then she brought him (the baby) to her people, carrying him.
They said: "0 Mary! Indeed you have brought a thing Fariyya (an unheard
mighty thing). 0 sister (i.e. the like) of Aaron (not the brother of Moses, but
he was another pious man at the time of Mary)! Your father was not a man who
used to commit adultery, nor was your mother an unchaste woman."
Then she pointed to him. They said: "How can we talk to
one who is a child in the cradle?"
He (Jesus) said: "Verily! I am a
slave of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet; And He has
made me blessed wheresoever I be, and has enjoined on me prayer, and Zakat, as
long as Ilive, and dutiful to my mother, and made me not arrogant, unblest. And
Salam (peace) be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I
shall be raised alive!" Holy Quran Chapter Surah 19: 27-33
Such is Jesus, son of Mary. (It is) a statement of truth,
about which they doubt (or dispute). It befits not (the Majesty of) Allah that
He should beget a son (this refers to the slander of Christians against Allah,
by saying that Jesus is the son of Allah). Glorified (and Exalted be He above
all that they associate with Him). When He decrees a thing. He only says to it,
"Be!" - and it is.
(Jesus said): 'And verily Allah is my Lord and your Lord. So
worship Him (Alone). That is the Straight Path. (Allah Religion of Islamic
Monotheism which He did ordain for all of His Prophets)."
ALLAH'S
MESSAGE ABOUT JESUS - QUR'ANIC
Then the sects differed (i.e., the Christians about Jesus),
so woe unto the disbelievers (those who gave false witness saying that Jesus is
the son of Allah) from the meeting of a great Day (i.e., the Day of
Resurrection, when they will be thrown in the blazing Fire).
How clearly will they (polytheists and
disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah) see and hear, the Day when they will
appear before Us! But the Zalimun (polytheists and wrongdoers) today are in
plain error. And warn them (0 Muhammad) of the Day of grief and regrets, when
the case has been decided, while (now) they are in a state of carelessness, and
they believe not. Holy Quran Chapter Surah 19: 34-39
SOME
STORIES ABOUT MARY'S PREGNANCY
It was said that Joseph the Carpenter was greatly surprised
when he knew the story, so he asked Mary: "Can a tree come to grow without
a seed?" She said: "Yes, the one which Allah created for the first
time." He asked her again: "Is it possible to bear a child without a
male partner?" She said: "Yes, Allah created Adam without male or
female!"
It was also said that, while pregnant,
Mary went one day to her aunt, who reported that she felt as if she was pregnant.
Mary in turn said that she, too, was feeling as if she was pregnant. Then her
aunt said: "I can see what is in my womb prostrating to what is in your
womb."
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 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 lectures 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 was 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 ease, 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
forget the time.
Jesus grew up to manhood. It was Sabbath, a day of complete
rest: no fire could be lit or extinguished, nor could females plait their hair.
Moses had commanded that Saturday be dedicated to the worship of Allah.
However, the wisdom behind the Sabbath and its spirit had gone, and only the
letter remained in the Jews, hearts. Also, they thought that the Sabbath was
kept in heaven, and that the People of Israel had been chosen by Allah only to
observe the Sabbath.
JESUS
DOES NOT OBSERVE SABBATH
They made a hundred things unlawful on
Saturday even self-defense or calling a doctor to save a patient who was in bad
condition. This is how their life was branded by such hypocrisy. Although the
Pharisees were guardians of the law, they were ready to sell it when their
interests were involved so as to obtain personal gains. There was, for example,
a rule which prohibited a journey of more than one thousand yards on the
Sabbath day. What do we expect of the Pharisees in this case? The day before,
they transferred their food and drink from their homes two thousand yards away
and erected a temporary house so that from there they could travel a further
thousand yards on the Sabbath day.
Jesus was on his way to the temple.
Although it was the Sabbath, he reached out his hand to pick two pieces of
fruit to feed a hungry child. This was considered to be a violation of the
Sabbath law. He made a fire for the old women to keep themselves warm from the
freezing air. Another violation. He went to the temple and looked around. There
were twenty thousand Jewish priests registered there who earned their living
from the temple. The rooms of the temple were full of them.
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 and Zechariah died, killed by the ruling authority. On the same
night, the revelation descended upon Jesus . 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 struggle was opened.
Like an opposing force, the message of Jesus came to
denounce the practices of the Pharisees and Saducees and to reinforce the Law
of Moses. In the face of a materialistic age of luxury and worship of gold,
Jesus called his people to a nobler life by word and deed. This exemplary life
was the only way out of the wretchedness and diseases of his age.
Jesus's call, from the beginning, was marked by its complete
uprightness and piety. It appealed to the soul, the inner being, and not to a
closed system of rules laid down by society.
JESUS'S
MESSAGE
Jesus continued inviting the people to Almighty Allah. His
call was based on the principle that there is no mediation between the Creator
and His creatures. However, Jesus was in conflict with the Jews' superficial
interpretation of the Torah. He said that he did not come to abrogate the
Torah, but to complete it by going to the spirit of its substance to arrive at
its essence.
He made the Jews understand that the
Ten Commandments have more value than they imagined. For instance, the fifth
commandment does not only prohibit physical killing, but all forms of killing:
physical, psychological, or spiritual. And the sixth commandment does not
prohibit adultery only in the sense of unlawful physical contact between a man
and a woman, but also prohibits all forms of unlawful relations or acts that
might lead to adultery. The eye commits adultery when it looks at anything with
passion.
JESUS
DENOUNCES MATERIALISM
Jesus was therefore in confrontation with the materialistic
people. He told them to desist from hypocrisy, show and false praise. There was
no need to hoard wealth in this life. They should not preoccupy themselves with
the goods of this passing world; rather they must preoccupy themselves with the
affairs of the coming world because it would be everlasting.
Jesus told them that caring for this world is a sin, not fit
for pious worshipers. The disbelievers care for it because they do not know a
better way. As for the believers, they know that their sustenance is with
Allah, so they trust in Him and scorn this world. Jesus continued to invite
people to worship the Only Lord, Who is without partner, just as he invited
them to purify the heart and soul. His teaching annoyed the priests, for every
word of Jesus was a threat to them and their position, exposing their misdeeds.
The Roman occupiers had, at first, no intention of being
involved in this religious discord of the Jews because it was an internal
affair, and they saw that this dispute would distract the Jews from the
question of the occupation.
JEWISH
PRIESTS TRY TO EMBARRASS JESUS
However, the priests started to plot against Jesus. They
wanted to embarrass him and to prove that he had come to destroy the Mosaic
Law. The Mosaic Law provides that an adulteress be stoned to death. They
brought him a Jewish adulteress and asked Jesus: "Does not the law
stipulate the stoning of the adulteress?" Jesus answered: "Yes."
They said: "This woman is an adulteress." Jesus looked at the woman
and then at the priests. He knew that they were more sinful than she. They
agreed that she should be killed according to Mosaic Law, and they understood
that if he was going to apply Mosaic Law, he would be destroying his own rules
of forgiveness and mercy.
Jesus understood their plan. He smiled and assented:
"Whoever among you is sinless can stone her." His voice rose in the
middle of the Temple, making a new law on adultery, for the sinless to judge
sin. There was none eligible; no mortal can judge sin, only Allah the Most
Merciful.
As Jesus left the temple, the woman followed him. She took
out a bottle of perfume from her garments, knelt before his feet and washed
them with perfume and tears, and then dried his feet with her hair. Jesus
turned to the woman and told her to stand up, adding: "0 Lord, forgive her
sins." He let the priests understand that those who call people to
Almighty Allah are not executioners. His call was based on mercy for the
people, the aim of all divine calls. Jesus continued to pray to Allah for mercy
on his people and to teach his people to have mercy on one another and to
believe in Allah.
JESUS'S
BRINGS THE DEAD TO LIFE
Jesus continued his mission, aided by divine miracles. Some
Qur'anic commentators said that Jesus brought four people back from the dead: a
friend of his named Al-Azam, an old woman's son, and a woman's only daughter.
These three had died during his lifetime. When the Jews saw this they said:
"You only resurrect those who have died recently; perhaps they only fainted."
They asked him to bring back to life Sam the Ibn Noah.
When he asked them to show him his
grave, the people accompanied him there. Jesus invoked Allah the Exalted to
bring him back to life and behold, Sam the Ibn Noah came out from the grave
gray-haired. Jesus asked: "How did you get gray hair, when there was no
aging in your time?" He answered: "0, Spirit of Allah, I thought that
the Day of Resurrection had come; from the fear of that day my hair turned
gray."
THE
MIRACLES OF JESUS - QUR'ANIC
Allah the Almighty said: (Remember) when Allah will say (on
the Day of Resurrection): 'O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My Favor to you and
to your mother when I supported you with Ruh-ul-Qudus (Gabriel) so that you
spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity and when I taught you writing
Al-Hikmah (the power of understanding), the Torah and the Gospel; and when you
made out of the clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My Permission, and
you breathed into it, and it became a bird by My Permission, and you healed
those born blind, and the lepers by My Permission, and when you brought forth
the dead by My Permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from
you (when they resolved to kill you) since you came unto them with clear
proofs, and the disbelievers among them said: 'This is nothing but evident
magic.
And when I (Allah) put in the hearts of the disciples (of
Jesus) to believe in Me and My Messenger, they said: "We believe. And bear
witness that we are Muslims. " Holy Quran Chapter Surah 5: 110-111.
Almighty Allah also revealed: And He (Allah) will teach him (Jesus) the Book
and Al-Hikmah (i.e. the Sunna, the faultless speech of the Prophets, wisdom,
etc.), (and) the Torah and the Gospel.
JESUS'S
ABILITIES AND DISCIPLES - QUR'ANIC
And will make him (Jesus) a Messenger to the Children of
Israel (saying): "I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that I
design for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into
it, and it becomes a bird by Allah Leave; and I heal him who was born blind, and
the leper, and I bring the dead to life by Allah's leave. And I inform you of
what you eat, and what you store in your houses. Surely, therein is a sign for
you, if you believe. And I have come confirming that which was before me of the
Torah, and to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden to you, and I have
come to you with proof from your Lord. So fear Allah and obey me. Truly! Allah
is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him (Alone). This is the Straight
Path."
Then when Jesus came to know of their disbelief he said:
"Who will be my helpers in Allah's Cause?" The disciples said:
"We are the helpers of Allah; we believe in Allah, and bear witness that
we are Muslims (i.e. we submit to Allah)."
Our Lord! We believe in what You have sent down, and we
follow the Messenger (Jesus); so write us down among those who bear witness (to
the truth i.e. La ilaha ill Allah - none has the right to be worshiped but
Allah).
And they (disbelievers) plotted (to
kill Jesus), and Allah planned too. And Allah is the Best of the planners. Holy
Quran Chapter Surah 3: 48-54
ALLAH
SENDS THE DISCIPLES A FEAST
Jesus continued calling people to Almighty Allah and laying
down for them what might be called "the law of the Spirit." Once when
standing on a mountain surrounded by his disciples, Jesus saw that those who
believed in him were from among the poor, the wretched, and the downtrodden,
and their number was small.
Some of the miracles which Jesus performed had been
requested by his disciples, such as their wish for a "holy table" to
be sent down from heaven.
Allah the Exalted said: (Remember) when the disciples said:
"0 Jesus, son of Mary! Can your Lord send down to us a table spread (with
food) from heaven?" Jesus said: "Fear Allah, if you are indeed
believers." They said: "We wish to eat thereof and to be stronger in
Faith, and to know that you have indeed told us the truth and that we ourselves
be its witnesses."
Jesus, son of Mary, said: "0 Allah, our Lord! Send us
from heaven a table spread (with food) that there may be for us - for the first
and the last of us - a festival and a sign from You; and provide us sustenance,
for You are the Best of sustainers." Allah said: "I am going to send
it down unto you, but if any of you after that disbelieves, then I will punish
him with a torment such as Iha ye not inflicted on anyone among (all) the
Alamin (mankind and jinn)." Holy Quran Chapter Surah 5: 112-116
It was related that Jesus commanded his disciples to fast
for thirty days; at the end of it, they asked Jesus to bring food from heaven
to break their fast. Jesus prayed to Allah after his disciples had doubted
Allah's power. The great table came down between two clouds, one above and one
below, while the people watched. Jesus said: "0 Lord, make it a mercy and
not a cause of distress." So it fell between Jesus's hands, covered with a
napkin.
Jesus suddenly prostrated and his disciples with him. They
sensed a fragrance which they had never smelled before. Jesus said: 'The one
who is the most devout and most righteous may uncover the table, that we might
eat of it to thank Allah for it." They said: "0 Spirit of Allah, you
are the most deserving."
Jesus stood up, then performed ablution and prayed before
uncovering the table, and behold, there was a roasted fish. The disciples said:
"0 Spirit of Allah, is this the food of this world or of Paradise?"
Jesus said to his disciples: "Did not Allah forbid you to ask questions?
It is the divine power of Allah the Almighty Who said: 'Be,' and it was. It is
a sign from Almighty Allah warning of great punishment for unbelieving mortals
of the world. This is the kernel of the matter."
It is said that thousands of people partook of it, and yet
they never exhausted it. A further miracle was that the blind and lepers were
cured.
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.
ALLAH'S
QUESTIONS TO JESUS
Almighty Allah asserted: And (remember) when Allah will say
(on the Day of Resurrection): "0 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." Holy Quran Chapter Surah 5: 116-120, Jesus went on with
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
JEWS PLOT TO KILL JESUS
The Sanhedrin, the highest judicial and eclesiastical
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. The priests had no
authority to pass the death sentence at that time, so they convinced the Roman
governor that Jesus was plotting against the security of the Roman Empire and
urged him to take immediate action against him. The governor ordered that Jesus
be arrested.
THE
TORTURE OF JESUS
According to the Book of Matthew, Jesus was arrested and the
council of the high priests passed the death sentence upon him. Then, they
began insulting him, spitting on his face and kicking him.
It was the Roman custom for the
condemned to be flogged before they were executed. So Pilate, the Roman
governor, ordered that Jesus be flogged. The Mosaic Law stipulates forty
lashes, but the Romans had no limit, and they were brutal lashes. After that,
Jesus was handed to the soldiers for crucifixion. They took off his clothes and
kept them. They put a crown of thorns on his head to mock him. According to
custom he carried his cross on his back to increase his suffering.
JESUS'S
CRUCIFIXION - BIBLE VERSION
Finally, they reached a place called Golgotha, meaning the
Place of Skulls, outside the walls of Jerusalem. Instead of giving him a cup of
wine diluted with scent to help lessen the pain on the cross, the soldiers gave
Jesus a cup of vinegar diluted with gall. Then they crucified him and, as a
further mockery, two thieves with him. So it is written in the Bible. But the
faith of Islam came with views quite different from that of the extant gospels
with regards to both the end of Jesus and his nature.
JESUS'S
CRUCIFIXION - QUR'ANIC
The Glorious Qur'an affirms that Allah the Exalted did not
permit the people of Israel to kill Jesus or crucify him. What happened was
that Allah saved him from his enemies and raised him to heaven. They never
killed Jesus; they killed someone else.
Allah the Almighty declared: And because of their saying (in
boast), "We killed Messiah Jesus, son of Mary the Messenger of Allah,"
- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but the resemblance of Jesus was
put over another man (and they killed that man), and those who differ therein
are full of doubts. They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but
conjecture. For surely; they killed him not (i.e. Jesus, son of Mary): But
Allah raised him (Jesus) up (with his body and soul) unto Himself (and he is in
the heavens). And Allah is Ever All-Powerful, all- Wise.
And there is none of the people of the
Scripture (Jews and Christians), but must believe in him (Jesus, son of Mary as
only a Messenger of Allah and a human being), before his (Jesus or a Jew's or a
Christian's) death (at the time of the appearance of the angel of death). And
on the Day of Resurrection, he (Jesus) will be a witness against them. Holy
Quran Chapter Surah 4: 157-159. Almighty Allah also revealed: And (remember)
when Allah said: "0 Jesus! I will take you and raise you to Myself and
clear you (of the forged statement that Jesus is Allah son) of those who
disbelieve, and I will make those who follow you (Monotheists, who worship none
but Allah) superior to those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah, or
disbelieve in some of His Messengers, e.g. Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, etc., or in
His Holy Books, e.g. the Torah, the Gospel, the Qur'an) till the Day of
Resurrection. Then you will return to Me and I will judge between you in the
matters in which you used to dispute. Holy Quran Chapter Surah 3: 55.
REFERENCES
Sources: Islam Q&A; https://islamqa.info/en/45820
https://web.facebook.com/abba.abana/posts/1858147964401396
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