سورة : An-Nisaa

(… يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ ) (They request from you a [legal] ruling. Say, “Allah gives you a ruling concerning one having neither descendants nor ascendants [as heirs].”…): The wording of the verse indicates that the question was about the Kalalah, that it means the crown that surrounds the head from all sides. This is why the Kalalah pertains to one who dies and leaves behind neither descendants, nor ascendants but has a sister, Allah (swt) states that she will have half of what he left and he inherits from her if she dies and has no child.

(… وَإِن كَانُوا إِخْوَةً رِّجَالًا وَنِسَاءً فَلِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الْأُنثَيَيْنِ …) (…. If there are both brothers and sisters, the male will have the share of two females..): if there are brothers and sisters, the male will have twice the share of the female. As mentioned at the beginning of this Surah that there are who claim that: Islam differentiated between male and female, and we say: There are more than thirty Islamic rulings regarding the distribution of shares for inheritances in which the woman takes the same amount as the man, even that the woman takes more than him, in this situation, the sister has the half and she is a woman. The issue must be looked at from all its aspects to realize that the woman has not been treated with justice in any Sharia or law in the world as has been in the Holy Qur’an and by Allah (swt), here is the plurality of inheritance in the plurality of inherited issues. In this case of this verse, when a man dies and leaves brothers and sisters, if the sisters are two, then they get the two thirds, and if she is one, then she gets half.

(… يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ أَن تَضِلُّوا …) (…Allah makes clear to you [His law], lest you go astray.…): Going astray means not to follow the right path, so Allah (swt) clarifies His Law and set limits to avoid falling in wrong decisions about inheritance.

(  وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ… ) (And Allah is Knowing of all things …): Realizing that Allah (swt) is All-Knowing and The Wise, so the humans shall follow His (swt) orders.

Meaning, those who believe and hold fast the Holy Quran, this light and guidance will be admitted to Allah’s mercy , His blessing and favour and more:

 وَالَّذِينَ اهْتَدَوْا زَادَهُمْ هُدًى وَآتَاهُمْ تَقْوَاهُمْ

(And those who are guided – He increases them in guidance and gives them their righteousness.) (Muhammad: 17)

Those will be guided to the straight path that leads to Paradise by Allah’s (swt) will.

 

The speech is now directed to all human beings, the previous heavenly messages have come to different separate regions and peoples, where there were no ways of communication or transportation, so no people know anything about another, one prophet descended here and another there, where the conditions are different and diseases are multiple, until the message of Islam has descended to the Prophet Muhammad (saws) to all people because humanity has come to its maturity and the scientific development has started, so the whole world has become as one spot, and the transportation routes are available between its parts, so the speech was directed to all people, as if Islam preceded the world.

(… قَدْ جَاءَكُم بُرْهَانٌ …) (…there has come to you a conclusive proof..): The conclusive proof is the miraculous indicative of the truthfulness of the one who has a Message from Allah (swt), so every Prophet came with a miracle indicating the sincerity of his message from Allah (swt), for example: For Noah (PBUH) it was the ark which was the miracle that saved those who got in it and drowned everyone who did not board it, Saleh’s (PBUH) miracle was the she-camel, Abraham (PBUH) was not burned by fire when he was thrown into it because Allah (swt) made it lose its characteristic, this was a miracle. Moses (PBUH), one of his miracles was the stick where he used to hit the stone and it exploded, and he hit the sea and it split open. Hence, the Messengers always came with a miracle to support their messages. Jesus (PBUH) used to revive the dead with the permission of Allah (swt), heal the blind and the lepers, and heal the sick. They all came with the proof and with them came the method: The Bible, The Torah, The Scriptures, The Psalms. These miracles ended at the death of the Prophet who was present at that time. As for the Messenger Muhammad (saws), the last Prophet, who said:

 “There is no Prophet after me.”[1]

So that he comes with an everlasting miracle; the Holy Quran.

(  وَأَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ نُورًا مُّبِينًا… ) (and We have sent down to you a clear light …): It is the light that shows the way to those who walk in darkness, In the Holy Quran we find in the miracle, evidence and proof, and it is immortal till the last day. Allah (swt) says:

 إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ

(Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur’an and indeed, We will be its guardian.) (Al-Hijr: 9)

[1] Sahih al-Bukhari: The Book of Prophets, Chapter of: What is reported about the Children of Israel, Hadith No. 3268.

Two images against each other: Those who believed and did righteous deeds, and those who disdained and were arrogant.

(… فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَيُوَفِّيهِمۡ أُجُورَهُمۡ وَيَزِيدُهُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦ ) (And as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, He will give them in full their rewards and grant them extra from His bounty. …): The reward is according to the work, but Allah (swt) will increase them His grace, which is above justice. The Prophet (saws) said:

“None of you will enter the Paradise by his deeds,” the companions said: “Even you, O’ the Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Not even I, except that Allah wraps me in Mercy”[1]

Allah’s bounty is a favour beyond justice. For justice is exactly according to deeds, the bounty is a mercy from Allah (swt). However, faith needs an evidence, which is a righteous deed, that is because no belief without righteous deeds. The Prophet (saws) said:

“Faith has over seventy branches, the most excellent of which is the declaration that there is no god but God, and the humblest of which is the removal of what is injurious from the road. And modesty is a branch of faith.”[2]

Even the removal of what injures people from the road is a branch of faith. The Prophet (saws) said:

“Your smiling in the face of your brother is charity”[3]

And said, as well:

“None amongst you believes (truly) until he loves for his brother” – or he said “for his neighbour” – “that which he loves for himself.”[4]

Also he (saws) said:

“He does not believe in me, whosoever sleep full at the night, while his neighbor is hungry, and he knows about that.[5]

Hence, there are a lot of elements of Faith as stated by the Prophet (saws) and all of them are achieved through the righteous deeds. Therefore, heart’s faith should be proved by the good deeds.

(… وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَنكَفُواْ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فَيُعَذِّبُهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا …) (…But as for those who disdained and were arrogant,…): That is because not worshiping Allah (swt) is a kind of arrogance.

(  فَيُعَذِّبُهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيّٗا وَلَا نَصِيرٗا … ) (.. He will punish them with a painful punishment, and they will not find for themselves besides Allāh any protector or helper …): On that day, they will not find any protector or supporter, on that specific day:

 يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ (34) وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ (35) وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ (36) لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

(On the Day a man will flee from his brother (35) And his mother and his father (36) And his wife and his children, (37) For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.) (Al-Issraa: 34-37)

Man in that horrible stand has neither a guardian nor a helper other than Allah (swt).

When Allah (swt)  speaks about the Jews and what they did with the Prophet Muhammad (saws) and what they did with Jesus (PBUH) as well as with Mary the chaste, and through what they are doing today of desecrating Al-Quds, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Resurrection, it becomes clear that they are throughout their long history, like germs that are pathogenic to humanity:

لُعِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَىٰ لِسَانِ دَاوُودَ وَعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا وَّكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ

(Cursed were those who disbelieved among the Children of Israel by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of Mary. That was because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.) (Al-Maida: 78)

They believe that they can falsify history, facts, and events and ignore the heavenly Messages by declaring Al-Quds as their capital, and we believe in the promise of Allah (swt):

 فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيرًا

(Then when the final promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the temple in Jerusalem, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.) (Al-Israa: 7)

[1] Musnad Ahmad: Musnad Abo Hurairah, Hadith No. 7473.

[2] Sahih Muslim: The Book of Faith, Hadith No. 35.

[3] Sunan at-Tirmidhi: The Book of Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives, Chapter: What Has Been Related About Various Kinds Of Good Deeds, Hadith No. 1956.

[4] Sahih al-Bukhari: The Book of Faith, Hadith No. 13.

[5] Al-Mu’jam al-Kabeer of Tabarani: Chapter of the Letter (Alif), Anas ibn Malik al-Ansari, Hadith No. 751.

The talk here is about servitude to Allah (swt), that the Christ, the angels, the Messengers and all creation are proud of being servants to Allah (swt)

Being slaves to Allah (swt), unlike slavery to humans, which is reprehensible to us. When Allah (swt) wants to honor His creation, He attributes slavery to him; because servitude to Allah (swt) is a gift, for Allah (swt) is Mighty and dispenses with the worship of His creation. Among the sayings that the Prophet (saws) relates from his Lord (saws) is that He said:

O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and will not attain benefitting Me so as to benefit Me. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as pious as the most pious heart of any one man of you, that would not increase My kingdom in anything. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as wicked as the most wicked heart of any one man of you, that would not decrease My kingdom in anything. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you to rise up in one place and make a request of Me, and were I to give everyone what he requested, that would not decrease what I have, any more that a needle decreases the sea if put into it. O My servants, it is but your deeds that I reckon up for you and then recompense you for, so let him who finds good, praise Allah, and let him who finds other than that, blame no one but himself.”[1]

The servitude to Allah (swt) is honour, when Allah (swt) wanted to honor the Prophet Muhammad (saws) He perfected the description of servitude to him:

 سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَسۡرَىٰ بِعَبۡدِهِۦ لَيۡلٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡأَقۡصَا ٱلَّذِي بَٰرَكۡنَا حَوۡلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَآۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡبَصِيرُ

(Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām to al-Masjid al-Aqṣā, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.) (Al-Issraa: 1)

Does not say (who took His messenger), or (His Prophet), nor does He say (who took Muhammad), rather says (who took His servant), because slavery to him (saws) is a great gift.

(  وَمَن يَسۡتَنكِفۡ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَيَسۡتَكۡبِرۡ فَسَيَحۡشُرُهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِ جَمِيعٗا … ) (And whoever disdains His worship and is arrogant – He will gather them to Himself all together.…): No one can refuse to be gathered on that promised day:

 يَوۡمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٞ وَلَا بَنُونَ (88) إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبٖ سَلِيمٖ

(The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children (88) But only one who comes to Allāh with a sound heart.”) (Ash-Sju’ara: 88-89)

When Allah (swt) speaks about one of his prophets, or one of His messengers, He describes him as a servant, so complete servitude to Allah (swt) is the highest and noblest rank of Him (swt). And the most ever blessed of people are the ones who complete perfected the attribute of slavery to Allah (swt), and as we said: the action is always attributed to the doer, so it is not possible for me to attribute any action to Allah (swt) then to measure it against the actions of human beings.

[1] Sahih Muslim: The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship, Chapter of Forbidding the Oppression, Hadith No. 2577.

The religion of Islam is a religion of moderation that rejects exaggeration and extremism in rulings, and moderation does means to stand in the middle between truth and falsehood, moderation is ease in rulings so that the Prophet (saws) said:

“Beware! The extremists perished,” saying it three times.[1]

This verse is honoring the Prophet Issa (Jesus) PBUH. Islam states that he is a messenger of Allah (swt) and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul created at a command from Him. The Holy Quran as well states that his birth was by a miracle; that is without a father:

إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَمَۖ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

(Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allāh is like that of Adam. He created him from dust; then He said to him, “Be,” and he was.) (Ali-Imran: 59)

Allah (swt) has created Adam (PBUH) from none:

 مَّآ أَشۡهَدتُّهُمۡ خَلۡقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا خَلۡقَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ ٱلۡمُضِلِّينَ عَضُدٗا

(I did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselves, and I would not have taken the misguiders as assistants) (Al-Kahf: 51)

We did not witness the first creation, the creation of Adam (PBUH), who was created without a father and a mother, Allah (swt) created him from dust as stated in many verses in the Holy Qur’an, so when Allah (swt) speaks about the Prophet Jesus (PBUH), He gives an example of Adam (PBUH) whom we have not witnessed his creation, but when science developed, we recognized the reversal of the process of life, that is the death. When a person dies, the end is the opposite of the beginning; first, the soul comes out of him, and then his body hardens and becomes clay, and then dissolves into dust, Allah (swt) says:

مِنۡهَا خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمۡ وَمِنۡهَا نُخۡرِجُكُمۡ تَارَةً أُخۡرَىٰ

(From it [i.e., the earth] We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.) (Ta-ha: 55)

Allah (swt) says, as well:

 وَجَعَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ حَيٍّۚ أَفَلَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

(and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?) (Al-Anbiya: 30 )

With the progress of science, they found that sixty percent of the human body is water. Eighty percent of it is water in the blood, as well as in the muscles. As for the bones, it is twenty percent, and the brain is eighty-five percent. It has also been scientifically proven that the components of the earth from which we were created are the same as those of humans; oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, sulfur, calcium, phosphorous, potassium, sodium, iron, iodine and manganese…

However as mentioned, Allah (swt) says about Jesus (PBUH):

 إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَمَۖ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

(Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allāh is like that of Adam. He created him from dust; then He said to him, “Be,” and he was.) (Ali-Imran: 59)

(… إِنَّمَا ٱلۡمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ وَكَلِمَتُهُۥٓ أَلۡقَىٰهَآ إِلَىٰ مَرۡيَمَ وَرُوحٞ مِّنۡهُۖ…) (…The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allāh and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him.…): So there was the blow into Maryam’s garment through the angel Gabriel, and by the word (Be).

[1] Sahih Muslim: The Book of Knowledge, Hadith No. 2670.

Meaning, Muhammad (saws) has come to you with Islam, the religion which Allah (swt) decreed for His servants. Therefore, believe in what he has brought you and follow him, for this is better for you.

Otherwise, if you deny his Message and what he brought to you from your Lord, then your denial of that will not harm others but you. That is because Allah (swt), has all that is in the heavens and the earth, the possession and creating are for Him (swt), and your disbelief in what you disbelieved in His commands does not diminish in anything, and your disobedience would cause no diminution in His dominion and authority.

Do not say that Allah (swt) has not guided me nor Has He shown me the right path so He (swt) will not forgive me, for those who have gone astray and committed wrong to themselves and to others because they disbelieved, Allah (swt) prevented His guidance from them but has not pushed them to misguidance. 

(… إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ) (Indeed, those who disbelieve …): Those who conceal the existence of Allah (swt). According to the linguistic definition and the Shar’i terminology of the Arabic word of (disbeliever): He is the person who has concealed the existence of Allah (swt), Who is the creator of humans and the universe.

(… إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ) (Indeed, those who disbelieve and avert [people] from the way of Allah …): They falled in two big sins:

  First: They concealed the fact of existence of Allah (swt).

 Second: They misled others because they averted the path of Allah (swt).

(  قَدْ ضَلُّوا ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًا … ) (have certainly gone far astray …): Misguidance reaches children, grandchildren, and future generations, so they have gone far astray, for they have not just disbelieved and concealed the existence of Allah (swt), but also misled others and prevented people from following the path of Allah (swt).

Because the Jews used to argue the Prophet (saws), Allah (swt) does not only say:

(Indeed, We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him.

 rather, says also: (And sufficient is Allah as Witness).

Allah (swt) witnesses that He (swt) revealed the Holy Quran to the Prophet (saws) via Jibril (PBUH).

(… وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ يَشْهَدُونَ …) (…and the angels bear witness …): That is, if you do not believe that Allah (swt) bears witness, then the angels bear witness. This is not the same as humans.

The mission of the messengers is to announce the good tidings to the people, warn them of punishment, and explain the way path to them. This is their duty and is the basis for the Messages of all the Messengers and Prophets.

(… لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى اللَّهِ حُجَّةٌ بَعْدَ الرُّسُلِ …) (…so that mankind will have no argument against Allah after the messengers …): No indictment except according to a Shar’i text.

Look at the greatness of the Holy Qur’an. Most of the descendants of the Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) are mentioned, but not Zacharia, Haroon as well is mentioned but not Mosa, and this may raise a question, as the message was for the Prophet Mosa (PBUH):

 قَالَ رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي (25) وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي (26) وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي (27) يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي (28) وَاجْعَل لِّي وَزِيرًا مِّنْ أَهْلِي (29) هَارُونَ أَخِي (30) اشْدُدْ بِهِ أَزْرِي (31) وَأَشْرِكْهُ فِي أَمْرِي (32) كَيْ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيرًا (33) وَنَذْكُرَكَ كَثِيرًا (34) إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا

([Moses] said, “My Lord, expand for me my breast [with assurance] (26) And ease for me my task (27) And untie the knot from my tongue (28) That they may understand my speech. (29) And appoint for me a minister from my family – (30) Aaron, my brother. (31) Increase through him my strength (32) And let him share my task (33) That we may exalt You much (34) And remember You much. (35) Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing.”) (Taha: 25-35)

But this verse gives us the answer:

(… وَرُسُلًا قَدْ قَصَصْنَاهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ ) (And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] to you before …): That is, Prophets we have mentioned before as Zacharia, not mentioned their names now.

 (… وَرُسُلًا لَّمْ نَقْصُصْهُمْ عَلَيْكَ …) (…and messengers about whom We have not related to you.…): Means, there are many Prophets whom Allah (swt) has not mentioned in the Holy Qur’an.

(  وَكَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسَىٰ تَكْلِيمًا … ) (And Allah spoke to Moses with [direct] speech …): Mosa (PBUH) received the revelation in two ways:

– Privately by angels.

– Directly from Allah (swt) and this was special for him among the rest of the other Prophets:

 إِذْ رَأَىٰ نَارًا فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ امْكُثُوا إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّي آتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوْ أَجِدُ عَلَى النَّارِ هُدًى (10) فَلَمَّا أَتَاهَا نُودِيَ يَا مُوسَىٰ (11) إِنِّي أَنَا رَبُّكَ فَاخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى وَأَنَا اخْتَرْتُكَ فَاسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَىٰ (13) إِنَّنِي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدْنِي وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِي (14) إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعَىٰ (15) فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ (16) وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ (17) قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ (18) قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَا مُوسَىٰ (19) فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ (20) قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا الْأُولَىٰ (21) وَاضْمُمْ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَاءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوءٍ آيَةً أُخْرَىٰ (22) لِنُرِيَكَ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا الْكُبْرَى (23) اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ  

(When he saw a fire and said to his family, “Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance.” (11) And when he came to it, he was called, “O Moses, (12) Indeed, I am your Lord, so remove your sandals. Indeed, you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa. (13) And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed [to you]. (14) Indeed, I am Allah. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance. (15) Indeed, the Hour is coming – I almost conceal it – so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives. (16) So do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish. (17) And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?” (18) He said, “It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses.” (19) [Allah] said, “Throw it down, O Moses.” (20) So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly. (21) [Allah] said, “Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition. (22) And draw in your hand to your side; it will come out white without disease – another sign, (23) That We may show you [some] of Our greater signs. (24) Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.”) (Taha: 10-24)

Revealing here refers to speech. And when we talk about Allah’s (swt) attributes, they do not share with humans, for example: Allah (swt) is Strong and you are strong but you do not say that your strength is like that of Allah (swt), you are alive and Allah (swt) is alive and does not die, but you will die, so do not say: I am alive like Allah (swt). So analogy is never permissible, we have always to say:

 لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ

(There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.) (Ash-Shura: 11)

Glory be to Allah (swt) that He has a partner or an equal or any similar in His words, Attributes and Actions. For example: if the mayor of the village prepares a table for the people, or the governor of the city or the minister prepares it, then the table will be attributed to the person who prepared it, then this is a governor and this is a minister… and it will differ according to the one who prepares it, so how about if you are talking about Allah (swt), Who combines the attributes of perfection and beauty that have no limits! Allah (swt) has always exonerated Him from analogy, so when He spoke, how did He speak? Did you speak the language? We speak through the tongue and through the voice, so does He speak through the voice! So that, we have to say: Glory be to Allah.

In the Quran, “We”, “I am”, “It is We who” …are used but “I am” is used specifically when there is a reference to Allah’s oneness.

(… إِنَّا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ ) (We have revealed to you …): The linguistic meaning of the Arabic word of “revelation” is to command secretly. As for the idiomatic meaning: To command secretly by the angels. Allah (swt) reveals to whomever He wills, He (swt) reveals to the Messengers through Jibril (PBUH), and reveals to inanimate objects and to the earth as well through the angels:

 بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا

(Because your Lord has commanded it.) (Az-Zalzalah: 5)

As well as concerning the bees, Allah (swt) says:

  وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى النَّحْلِ أَنِ اتَّخِذِي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ

(And your Lord inspired to the bee, “Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.) (An-Nahl: 68)

So we have to differentiate between the linguistic and the Islamic meanings, for example when we say “prayer”, linguistically it means the supplication whereas as an Islamic meaning it indicates the act of praying with its conditions and actions which have been described by the Prophet (saws).

On an occasion, Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him), entered upon Omar (may Allah be pleased with him), then Omar asked him: “O Hudhaifah, how are you this morning?” Hudhaifah said: “I love trial, and I hate the truth, and I pray without ablution, and I have on earth what is not for Allah In the sky.” Omar was astonished at this saying, then Imam Ali (May Allah honor his face) entered, and Omar said to him: “Oh, Abu Al-Hasan, listen to what Hudhayfah is saying.” And he was angry. Imam Ali said: “What do you say, Hudhaifah, to Umar?” He said: “He asked me: How are you this morning, Hudhaifah? I said: “I love trial. And I hate the truth and I pray without the ablution and I have on earth what does not belong to Allah in the heavens.” Then Ali laughed and said: “Take it easy, O Abu Hafs, take it easy, Omar.” Omar said to him: “What is this saying?” Ali said to him.: “He says that he loves trial, and Allah (swt) says:

 إِنَّمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَأَوْلَادُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عِندَهُ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ

(Your wealth and your children are but a trial, and Allah has with Him a great reward.) (At-Taghabun: 15)

And his saying: “I hate the truth” , death is truth and who is among us that does not hate death! And his saying “I pray without the ablution”, this is saying prayers for the Prophet (saws), and that “He has on earth what Allah does not have in heavens” , meaning he has a wife and children whereas Allah (swt) has none of them. So Omar (may Allah be pleased with him) laughed and said: “You are right abu al-Hassan, you rested my heart towards Hudhayfah”. This story is an example abut the difference between the linguistic and the Islamic idiomatic meanings.

(… كَمَا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ مِن بَعْدِهِ …) (…as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him …): There was a revelation to Adam (PBUH), yet Allah (swt) began with Noah (PBUH), and does not begin with Adam (PBUH) here because Adam (PBUH) existed before his nation, and Noah came to his nation when they were in a state of idolatry, polytheism and corruption, like all the other Prophets (PBUT), except Adam for his nation appeared after him; because he was the first person went down to earth, and after him the children came. Hence, look at the accuracy of the Holy Quran:

 أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ ۚ وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ غَيْرِ اللَّهِ لَوَجَدُوا فِيهِ اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا

(Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’an? If it had been from [any] other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction.) (An-Nisaa: 82)

If it has been written by a human, he would have started with Adam (PBUH), and not with Noah (PBUH).

(… وَالنَّبِيِّينَ مِن بَعْدِهِ …) (…and the prophets after him …): They are not identified; because there are many.

(… وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْأَسْبَاطِ وَعِيسَىٰ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُونُسَ وَهَارُونَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ …) (…And we revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, …): Ishmael and Isshaq are the sons of Ibrahim, then Ya’qub (Israel) came, the son of Isshaq and the father of Yusuf, then from the children of Ya’qub (al-Assbat) came Issa (Jesus), Yunus and Haroon (PBUT). Mosa (PBUH) is not mentioned here, some Prophets are mentioned who are the descenders of the Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH).

(  وَآتَيْنَا دَاوُودَ زَبُورًا … ) (and to David We gave the book [of Psalms]…): Why the Book of Dawood (PBUH) is mentioned rather than the Bible or the Torah ? Because it is the only one in which all the Prophets share, and there was no legislation for people in it, just a mention of Allah (swt), that is shared with all the heavenly messages without exception, as noted in this verse:

  وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِي الزَّبُورِ مِن بَعْدِ الذِّكْرِ أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِيَ الصَّالِحُونَ

(And We have already written in the book [of Psalms] after the [previous] mention that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.) (Al-Anbiyaa: 107)

When Dawood (PBUH) is mentioned, Allah (swt) mentions Muhammad (saws), that is why the Psalms came here at the end of the verse.

 

Here, the law of preserving possibilities is clear; not all of the Jews, since there are some who believed in the Prophet Muhammad (saws) as Abdullah ibn Salam and others.

But let us note an important matter that in this verse the syntax has been broken in the Arabic word of (establishers). As it is well known that the Holy Qur’an contains a rhetorical challenge to the polytheists of the Arabs at that time who were masters of the language and masters of poetry, so any break in the syntax immediately attract the attention, nonetheless none of them, the masters of the Arabic language, said: Why was the syntax broken?! Because they understood the meaning behind this break as follows:

• To pay the attention to a specific important issue which is the prayer.
• This is called in Arabic (Changing the syntax according to specialty); meaning, to specify the prayer because it is the pillar of religion, who performs it establishes the religion, because it includes all the pillars of Islam; in it there is the pilgrimage by directing to the Kaaba, and in it there is fasting from speech other than speaking by the Book of Allah (swt), and from food and drink, and in it is there is the zakat (alms) because zakat depends on the work, and the work requires time, and in the prayer a part of the time is deducted, and in it there are two testimonies.

Taking usury is forbidden because it is what a person obtains by exploiting the needs of others.

  وَأَحَلَّ اللَّهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبَا ۚ

(But Allah has permitted trade and has forbidden interest.) (Al-Baqara: 275)

Albeit of that, the Jews deal with interest.

(… وَأَكْلِهِمْ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالْبَاطِلِ …) (…, and their consuming of the people’s wealth unjustly …): Either through theft or through bribery and fraud, all these methods of fraud to consume money were used by the Jews, so they were forbidden from good things that used to be permissible for them.

So that, Allah (swt) has made good things lawful for them, but by their wrong doings and consuming usury and people’s wealth unjustly, He (swt) forbade them from good things that were made lawful for them.

(  وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا … ) (And we have prepared for the disbelievers among them a painful punishment …): In addition to making unlawful for them certain good foods, Allah (swt) prepared for them a severe punishment.

This verse refers to that the Jews are the ones who slandered, lied and disbelieved in Jesus (PBUH), and those who harmed the Virgin Mary with their words and actions are the Jews. They up to this moment are the source of evil in the world with what they are doing in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and by killing the Palestinian Muslim and Christian, and targeting Islam and Christianity; because they believe that they are the chosen people of Allah, and any others whoever are not in their rank according to Allah (swt). This superstructure racist, Zionist and Jewish, which made them through their ages and history in every place and nation and in every land, they are like the germs, infiltrating the bodies of these peoples. Allah (swt) says about them:

 لُعِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَىٰ لِسَانِ دَاوُودَ وَعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا وَّكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ

(Cursed were those who disbelieved among the Children of Israel by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of Mary. That was because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.) (Al-Maida: 78)

Surah “Maryam” mentions how Jesus (PBUH) relieved his mother’s heart and had spoken to them while he was in the cradle:

 فَنَادَاهَا مِن تَحْتِهَا أَلَّا تَحْزَنِي قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا (24) وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا (25) فَكُلِي وَاشْرَبِي وَقَرِّي عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنسِيًّا (26) فَأَتَتْ بِهِ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُ ۖ قَالُوا يَا مَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا (27) يَا أُخْتَ هَارُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ امْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا (28) فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا (29) قَالَ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا (30) وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوْصَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا (31) وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا (32) وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدتُّ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا (33) ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

(But he called her from below her, “Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream. (25) And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates. (26) So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, ‘Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.’ ” (27) Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented. (28) O sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste.” (29) So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?” (30) [Jesus] said, “Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet. (31) And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah as long as I remain alive (32) And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant. (33) And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive.” (34) That is Jesus, the son of Mary – the word of truth about which they are in dispute.) (Maryam: 24-34)

What honor in our Quran and Islam?! Then comes those who say: Islam rejects the others and spreads hatred towards them, and by these they cause problems in the Islamic-Christian relationship, this relation which the Holy Quran says about:

لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَدَاوَةً لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا ۖ وَلَتَجِدَنَّ أَقْرَبَهُم مَّوَدَّةً لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّا نَصَارَىٰ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا وَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

(You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers [to be] the Jews and those who associate others with Allah; and you will find the nearest of them in affection to the believers those who say, “We are Christians.” That is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant.) (Al-Maida: 82)

(… الَّذِينَ هَادُوا …) (…the Jews …): They were called so because they said:

 إِنَّا هُدْنَا إِلَيْكَ

(indeed, we have turned back to You.”) (Al-A’raf: 156)

That is their title is derived from the Arabic verb of (turned back: Hudna).

(… فَبِظُلْمٍ مِّنَ الَّذِينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ طَيِّبَاتٍ أُحِلَّتْ لَهُمْ ) (For wrongdoing on the part of the Jews, We made unlawful for them [certain] good foods which had been lawful to them, …): In the rules of jurisprudence, the origin in things is permissible except for what is mentioned in a text, and the forbidden is always few and the permissible is very much, for example, all food is permissible except for dead meat and pork, all drinks are permissible such as water and juice and … except for alcohol of all kinds, what is forbidden is one part and the rest is permissible, to get married is lawful whereas it is forbidden to fornicate, so the lawful deeds are very many, and when Allah (swt) forbids it is for reasons. As for the Jews specifically, Allah (swt) made unlawful for them certain good food as a punishment for their wrongdoing, so they wronged themselves by their unbelief and by killing the Prophets (PBUH).

(  وَبِصَدِّهِمْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَثِيرًا … ) (and for their averting from the way of Allah many [people],…): At all times since the time of Jesus Christ (PBUH), as well as during the reign of Zakaria (PBUH), and our Prophet Muhammad (saws), they have not just averted people from the way of Allah (swt) but rather they committed prohibitions and sins.

 

Hence, there is no one from the People of the Scripture but that will  believe in him (PBUH) before his death and will be a witness against them on the Day of Resurrection; for he will return and will descend, and this is what the Prophet (saws) stated in many Qudsi Hadiths, and that he (PBUH) will fill the earth with justice after it was filled with oppression. The Prophet (saws) said:

“The Hour will not be established until the son of Mary (i.e. Jesus) descends amongst you as a just ruler”[1]

And there are many narrations that mention that Jesus (PBUH) will descend next to the minaret of Christ in the Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. The Prophet (saws) said:

“..at this very time that Allah would send Jesus, son of Mary, and he will descend at the white minaret in the eastern side of Damascus wearing two garments lightly dyed with saffron and placing his hands on the wings of two Angels….”[2]

[1] Sahih al-Bukhari: Book of Oppressions, Chapter 32, Hadith No. 2344.

[2] Sahih Muslim, The Book of Tribulations and Portents of the Last Hour, Chapter 20, hadith No. 2937

The Holy Quran does not indicate that the Prophet Issa (PBUH) (Jesus Christ) has died, there is a miracle in his his birth, so it is natural for there to be a miracle about his death; as his birth was a miracle, and he was raised by a miracle, he was raised by the word: “Be” as he was born with: “Be.” For Muslims, this is part of our doctrine. However, Jesus Christ (PBUH) was raised to heaven, and this is an honor for him. Nonetheless, we live with our Christian brothers as equal citizens in rights and duties, but the important thing is that there is not any detraction from the state of Jesus Christ (PBUH), rather it is glorification, great honor for him that Allah (swt) has proven other than what the Jews have claimed about Mary the Chaste and said great slander. It has been proven that since Mary (PBUH) was a child she was a saint in the mihrab, and that she gave a birth without a husband, that is the angel Jibril (PBUH), breathed into her from the spirit of Allah (swt) so that was the great miraculous birth of Jesus (PBUH). We believe in Allah (swt) and the Holy Quran and everything that Allah (swt) states:

 وَمَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ اللَّهِ قِيلًا

(and who is more truthful than Allah in statement.) (An-Nisaa: 122)

The Muslim’s belief in regard of Jesus Christ (PBUH) is clear and we do not hide it from anyone, as well as it is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an, and everyone appreciates and respects what was revealed in the Book of Allah (swt).

(… وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ) (And [for] their saying, “Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.”…): And because of their disbelief and their saying that they have killed Jesus Christ (PBUH) the messenger of Allah (swt). Allah (swt) responds to the Jews with what they said and what they claimed of their killing and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ (PBUH). It is not our place here to argue with anyone or to transgress anyone’s beliefs, but we want to clarify the logic of faith. What we believe in is honoring and glorifying the Jesus Christ (PBUH); he was not crucified, and our belief says that another was made to resemble him to them, so they thought that he was killed or crucified, whereas Allah (swt) has raised him to heaven, Allah (swt) says:

 فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانتَبَذَتْ بِهِ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا (22) فَأَجَاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسْيًا مَّنسِيًّا (23) فَنَادَاهَا مِن تَحْتِهَا أَلَّا تَحْزَنِي قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا (24) وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا (25) فَكُلِي وَاشْرَبِي وَقَرِّي عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنسِيًّا (26) فَأَتَتْ بِهِ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُ ۖ قَالُوا يَا مَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا (27) يَا أُخْتَ هَارُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ امْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا (28) فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا (29) قَالَ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا (30) وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوْصَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا (31) وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا (32) وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدتُّ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا 

(So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place. (23) And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, “Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten.” (24) But he called her from below her, “Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream. (25) And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates. So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, ‘Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.’ ” (27) Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented. (28) O sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste.” (29) So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?” (30) [Jesus] said, “Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet. (31) And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah as long as I remain alive (32) And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant. (33) And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive.”) (Maryam: 22-33)

She conceived without a husband, for Allah (swt), who created Adam (PBUH) from dust without a father and a mother, is not difficult for Him to create a human being from a mother without a father:

 إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ آدَمَ ۖ خَلَقَهُ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ

(Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allah is like that of Adam. He created Him from dust; then He said to him, “Be,” and he was.) (Ali-Imran: 59)

We must make it clear to all people that what we have said is not a cause for disagreement and dispute. Disagreement does not spoil a friendly case. Allah (swt) says:

 لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ

(For you is your religion, and for me is my religion.”) (Al-Kafroon: 6)

We, at first, believe in Allah (swt) and after that we believe what He (swt) says, the basis for religiosity is the belief in Allah (swt).

(  مَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلَّا اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّ ۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًا … ) (They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain …): Doubt turned into assumption but actually they have not killed him (PBUH). We are as Muslims are required to honour him (PBUH), believe in him is inseparable from believing in Allah (swt), His angels, His Books and His Messengers:

 لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِ

(“We make no distinction between any of His messengers.”) (Al-Baqara: 285)

against Mary a great slander,)

The great slander is the great lie they invented about Mary the chaste when they accused her in her chastity and said about her what cannot be repeated or accepted. Mary the chaste had a very pure life, she has grown up in the prayer chamber before she conceived the Prophet Issa (PBUH):

 فَتَقَبَّلَهَا رَبُّهَا بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٍ وَأَنبَتَهَا نَبَاتًا حَسَنًا وَكَفَّلَهَا زَكَرِيَّا ۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا الْمِحْرَابَ
وَجَدَ عِندَهَا رِزْقًا ۖ قَالَ يَا مَرْيَمُ أَنَّىٰ لَكِ هَٰذَا ۖ قَالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

(So her Lord accepted her with good acceptance and caused her to grow in a good manner and put her in the care of Zechariah. Every time Zechariah entered upon her in the prayer chamber, he found with her provision. He said, “O Mary, from where is this [coming] to you?” She said, “It is from Allah. Indeed, Allah provides for whom He wills without account.”) (Ali-Imran: 37)

Since she was a child, this great bonoured child used to remember Allah (swt) in the prayer chamber, where she inspired the Prophet Zakaria (PBUH) a very important matter that Allah (swt) gives provision to whom He wills without account and without reasons:

 قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُن بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا (4) وَإِنِّي خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِيَ مِن وَرَائِي وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا (5) يَرِثُنِي وَيَرِثُ مِنْ آلِ يَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَاجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا

(He said, “My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy. (5) And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir (6) Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You].”) (Maryam: 4-6)

(… وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ ) (And [We cursed them] for their disbelief …): Because who says such things about Mary is indeed a disbeliever.