Surat Al-Imran, or the Family of Imran. (Surat 3 Ayat=Verse) Definitions: Ayat=Verse (59,79,81,85) 59. After a description of the high position which Jesus occupies as a prophet, we have a repudiation of the dogma that he was Allah, or the son of Allah, or anything more than a man. If it is said that he was born without a human father, Adam was also so born. Indeed Adam was born without either a human father or mother. As far as our physical bodies are concerned they are mere dust. In Allahs sight Jesus was as dust just as Adam was or humanity is. The greatness of Jesus arose from the divine command Be: for after that he was-more than dust - a great Prophet and teacher. 79. It is not in reason or in the nature of things that Allahs messenger should preach against Allah. Jesus came to preach and convey the true message of Allah. 81. Cf. ii. 63. n. 78. The argument is: You (People of the Book) are bound by your own oaths, sworn solemnly in the presence of your own Prophets. In the Old Testament as it now exits, Muhammad is foretold in Deut. xviii. 18: and the rise of the Arab nation in Isiah. xlii. 11. for Kedar was a son of Ismail and the name is used for the Arab nation: in the New Testament as it now exists. Muhammad is foretold in the Gospel of St. John. xiv.16, xv. 26, and xvi. 7: the future Comforter cannot be the Holy Spirit as understood by Christians, because the Holy Spirit already was present, helping and guiding Jesus. The Greek word translated Comforter is Paracletos, which is an easy corruption from Periclytos, which is almost a literal translation of Muhammad or Ahmad: see Q lxi. 6. Further, there were other Gospels that have perished, but of which traces still remain, which were even more specific in their reference to Muhammad; e.g., the Gospel of St. Barnabas, of which an Italian translation is extant in the State Library at Vienna. It was edited in 1907 with an English translation by Mr. Lonsdale and Laura Ragg. 85. The Muslim position is clear. The Muslim does not claim to have a religion peculiar to himself. Islam is not a sect or an ethnic religion. In its view all Religion is one, for the Truth is one. It was the religion preached by all the earlier Prophets. It was the truth taught by all the inspired Books. In essence it amounts to a consciousness of the Will and Plan of Allah and a joyful submission to that Will and Plan. If any one wants a religion other than that, he is false to his own nature, as he is false to Allahs Will and Plan. Such a one cannot expect guidance; for he has deliberately renounced guidance.
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