The birth of Jesus Christ is described in two places of the Qur’ân - chapter 3 and chapter 19. Reading from the beginning of his birth, we come across the story of Mary, and the esteemed position which she occupies in the House of Islam, before the actual annunciation of the birth of Jesus is given:
"'Behold'! the angels said: 'O Mary! God hath chosen thee and purified thee, and chosen thee above the women of all nations" (3:42)
"Chosen thee above the women of all nations." Such an honor is not to be found given to Mary even in the Christian Bible! The verse continues:
"O Mary! Worship thy Lord devoutly: prostrate thyself, and bow down (in prayer) with those who bow down." (3:43)
Divine Revelation
What is the source of this beautiful and sublime recitation which, in its original Arabic, moves men to ecstasy and tears? Verse 44 below explains:
"This is part of the tidings, of the things unseen, which We reveal unto thee (O Muhammad!) by inspiration: Thou wasn’t not with them when they cast lots with arrows, as to which of them should be charged with the care of Mary: nor wasn’t thou with them when they disputed (the point)." (3:44)
Mary's Birth
The story is that the maternal grandmother of Jesus, Hannah, had hitherto been barren. She poured out her heart to God: If only God will grant her a child, she would surely dedicate such a child for the service of God in the temple.
God granted her prayer and Mary was born. Hannah was disappointed. She was yearning for a son, but instead she delivered a daughter; and in no way is the female like the male, for what she had in mind. What was she to do? She had made a vow to God. She waited for Mary to be big enough to fend for herself.
When the time came, Hannah took her darling daughter to the temple, to hand over for temple services. Every priest wanted to be the god-father of this child. They cast lots with arrows for her - like the tossing of the coin - head or tail?
Eventually she fell to the lot of Zakariya, but not without a dispute.
The Source of His Message
This was the story. But where did Muhammed, salla Allah u alihi wa sallam, get this knowledge from? He was an Ummi, Arabic for "unlettered". He did not low how to read or write. He is made by God Almighty to answer this very question in the verse above, by saying that it was all by divine inspiration. "No!", says the controversialist. "This is Mohammed’s own concoction. He copied his revelations from the Jews and Christians. He plagiarized it. He forged it."
Knowing full-well, and believing as we do, that the whole Qur’ân is the veritable Word of God, we will nevertheless agree, for the sake of argument, with the enemies of Muhammed, salla Allah u alihi wa sallam, for a moment, that he wrote it. We can now expect some cooperation from the unbelievers.
Ask him: "Have you any qualms in agreeing that Muhammed was an Arab?" Only an ignorant will hesitate to agree. In that case there is no sense in pursuing any discussion. Cut short the talk. Close the book!
With the man of reason, we proceed. "That this Arab, in the first instance, was addressing other Arabs. He was not talking to Indian Muslims, Chinese Muslims, or Nigerian Muslims. He was addressing his own people, the Arabs. Whether they agreed with him or not, he told them in the most sublime form, words that were seared into the hearts and minds of his listeners that Mary the mother of Jesus, a Jewess, was chosen above the women of all nations. Not his own mother, nor his wife nor his daughter, nor any other Arab woman, but a Jewess! Can one explain this? Because to everyone his own mother or wife, or daughters would come before other women.
Why would the prophet of Islam honor a woman from his opposition! and a Jewess at that! belonging to a race which had been looking down upon his people for three thousand years? Just as they still look down upon their Arab brethren today."
2007-08-31 00:19:29
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answered by Anonymous
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Jesus is the only begotten son of GOD; only begotten," means firstborn", or to "beget" " only first born " So Jesus was the very first born creation by GOD in the universe and everything after that was created for him and through him by his father Jehovah GODS Spirit. Spirit meaning "active force " Holy spirit meaning
" An active force by GOD " That's instrament was used by GOD through Jesus to creat the hevens and the earth and angles and all other things under the heavens. Jesus name means
" Helper of Jah " Jah being short for Jehovah Psalms 68:4
The reason why many Bibles throw out the word 'only begotten' is so the translators can teach the trinity doctrin. If God didn't have a first son then it's easy to teach that God is Jesus and Jesus is God.
But taking Gods name out of the bible leaves a perplexing chapter. That is
Psalms 110:1 where it says " the Lord said unto the lord, sit at my right hand and I will put my enimies at your feet. WHAT? is God talking to him self saying " self sit at my own right hand. I dont' think so?
It Should read Jehovah said to Jesus sit at my right hand and I will put my enemies before your feet. Sound a liittle better doesn't it? Translatores pull a lot of scriptures out and move them about to teach false doctrins you just have to know where to look for them. If you want more information I would be glade to send you some.
Sincerely yours Fred M. Hunter
2007-08-30 02:21:21
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answered by fmhguitars 4
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yes, Lord Jesus Christ is My KING and i am his Kingly Servants in his Kingdom of the Most Low, and i am the FellowHeirs of his Kingdom of Future King Charles and Queen Camilla
2014-07-10 22:00:41
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answered by Eterio Herrera 2
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