Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) (3)-200 M
Imran is the corruption of Amram, the Quranic name of the father of Moses.
Numbers 26:"9 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bore to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister"
1 A.L.M.
2> Allah! there is no god [Ilah] but He the Living the Self-Subsisting Eternal.
*** As can be figured from the above verse, Allah is not God but the name of a god.
Originally, this was the NAME of the supreme PAGAN god of the Ka'ba. Muhammad had no choice but to make it identified with the un-named
God of Israel, the One and Only God ***
3> It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step) in truth the Book confirming what went before it; and He sent down Law (Of Moses) [Tawrata] and the Gospel (of Jesus) [Injila] before this as a guide to mankind and He sent down the Criterion (of judgment between right and wrong).
#344 In some editions the break between verses 3 and 4 occurs here in the middle of the sentence, but in the edition of Hafiz Uthmqan, followed by the Egyptian Concordance Fath-ur-Rahman, the break occurs at the word Furqan. In verse-divisions our classicists have mainly folloved rhythm. As the word Furqan from this point of view is parallel to the word Intiqam, which ends the next verse. I have accepted the verse-division at Furqan as more in consonance with Quranic rhythm. It makes no real difference to the numbering of the verses,as there is only a question of whether one line should go into verse 3 or verse 4#
*** First of all, Muhammad NEVER received anything in writing from either Allah or Gabriel. His followers had to either memorise what he was allegedly 'inspired' with or had them recorded on different materials, at different times and places for a period of almost 23 years.
Second, Jesus did not receive the Gospels since they were written decades after his death.
The angel Gabriel is shown here to be either IGNORANT or a LIAR, which should be impossible if he were the angel of GOD but not impossible if he were SATAN or one of his messengers***
4> Then those who reject Faith in the Signs of Allah will suffer the severest penalty and Allah is Exalted in Might Lord of Retribution.
5> From Allah verily nothing is hidden on earth or in the heavens.
6> He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases. There is no god [Ilah] but He the Exalted in Might the Wise.
7 He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: in it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical seeking discord and searching for its hidden meanings but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah and those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord"; and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding.
*** Interminably, the Quranic verses mention the 'Book' being given to Muhammad which is of course contrary to the Muhammadan historical record.
The Quran, as a book, was only compiled AFTER the death of Muhammad.
In fact, Muhammad never had the chance to authorize a single authenticated Quran during his lifetime***
8 "Our Lord [Rabbina]!" (they say) "let not our hearts deviate now after Thou hast guided us but grant us mercy from Thine own Presence; for Thou art the Grantor of bounties without measure.
9> "Our Lord [Rabbina]! Thou art He that will gather mankind together against a day about which there is no doubt: for Allah never fails in His promise.
*** The concept of the 'Final Days' was stolen by Muhammad from the People of the Book since no such idea was conceived by the very primitive and simple religion of the Pagan Arabs ***
10> Those who reject faith neither their possessions nor their (numerous) progeny will avail them aught against Allah: they are themselves but fuel for the fire.
*** One should always keep in mind, that the Merciful and Compassionate Allah of Muhammad had already PRE-DESTINED many of his own creation, through no fault of their own, to suffer eternal tortures in his Hell ***
11> (Their plight will be) no better than that of the people of Pharaoh and their predecessors: they denied Our Signs and Allah called them to account for their sins. For Allah is strict in punishment.
12> Say to those who reject Faith: "Soon will ye be vanquished and gathered together to hell an evil bed indeed (to lie on)!
13 "There has already been for you a Sign in the two armies that met (in combat): one was fighting in the cause of Allah the other resisting Allah; these saw with their own eyes twice their number. But Allah doth support with His aid whom He pleaseth. In this is a warning for such as have eyes to see."
14 Fair in the eyes of men is the love of things they covet: women and sons; heaped-up hoards of gold and silver; horses branded (for blood and excellence); and (wealth of) cattle and well-tilled land. Such are the possessions of this world's life; but in nearness to Allah is the best of the goals (to return to).
*** Repeatedly do the verses of the Quran glorify obedience and slavishness to Allah above life and wealth; above blood and family loyalties; above tribal affiliations and even above love of parents and siblings.
Muhammadan Islam is a belief system fit for a SLAVE MENTALITY:
No independent thinking and no original ideas
Always living in FEAR of Allah instead of LOVE of Allah
Prohibited of almost ALL the pleasures of LIFE on Earth with PROMISES of eternal pleasures, both CARNAL and SENSUAL, in DEATH fighting all UNBELIEVERS for the 'sake of Allah' ***
15> Say: shall I give you glad tidings of things far better than those? For the righteous are gardens in nearness to their Lord with rivers flowing beneath; therein is their eternal home; with companions pure (and holy) and the good pleasure of Allah. For in Allah's sight are (all) His servants.
16> (Namely) those who say: "Our Lord! we have indeed believed: forgive us then our sins and save us from the agony of the fire."
17 Those who show patience firmness and self-control; who are true (in word and deed); who worship devoutly; who spend (in the way of Allah); and who pray for forgiveness in the early
18> There is no god [Ilah] but He: that is the witness of Allah His angels and those endued with knowledge standing firm on justice. There is no god [Ilah] but He the Exalted in Power the Wise.
#Allah Himself speaks to us through His revelations (through angels) and through His Creation, for all Nature glorifies Allah. No thinking mind, if it only judges the matter fairly, can fail to find the same witness in his own heart and conscience. All this points to the Unity of Allah, His exalted nature, and His wisdom#
*** Just as Muhammad has the propensity to repeat his verses, I also have to repeat that this verse - like almost 90% of the Quranic verses - is plagiarised, plundered, pirated and/or perverted from the Bible and Scriptures and other religions.
The unwavering monotheistic Hebrew belief in the One and Only God is reflected in the often repeated verses of the Shema
Deut. 6:4 "Shema Yisrael, Adonai Elohenou, Adonai Ehad"
which is translated to:
"Hear O Israel, the Lord God, is One Lord".
This simple sentence is repeated by every Jew (whether observant or not) as a witness to his faith in the belief in the One and Only God.
Even in this case, the Shahada of the Jew can be made similar to that of the Muhammadans by pronouncing the following:
"La Ilah Illa al-Ilah, wa Mousa Kalimu^Ilah"
translated to:
"Hear O Israel, the Lord God, is One Lord and Moses is the one who spoke to Him"
This unwavering Hebrew belief in the One and Only God is reflected in the following copy cat verses of the Quran which constitute part of their Shahada/Testimony:
112: 1 Say: He is Allah the One and Only…***
18 There is no god but He: that is the witness of Allah His angels and those endued with knowledge standing firm on justice. There is no god but He the Exalted in Power the Wise.
19> The Religion before Allah is Islam (submission to His will): nor did the people of the Book dissent there from except through envy of each other after knowledge had come to them. But if any deny the Signs of Allah Allah is swift in calling to account.
20 So if they dispute with thee say: "I have submitted my whole self to Allah and so have those who follow me." And say to the people of the Book [Jews and Christians] and to those who are unlearned [ummyeen]: "Do ye (also) submit yourselves?" If they do they are in right guidance but if they turn back thy duty is to convey the Message; and in Allah's sight are (all) His servants.
#The People of the Book may be supposed to know something about the previous religious history of mankind. To them the appeal should be easy and intelligible, as all Religion is one, and it is only being renewed in Islam. But the appeal is also made to the Pagan Arabs, who are unlearned, and who can well be expected to follow the example of one of their own, who received divine enlightenment, and was able to bring new knowledge to them. A great many of both these classes did so. But the few who resisted Allah's grace, and actually threatened and persecuted those who believed, are told that Allah will look after His own.#
***The term 'unlearned/ummyeen' in the Quran means 'one without knowledge/ignorant of previous divine revelations' which does not imply 'illiteracy' - not able to read and write- especially since this term is invariably associated in contradistinction with the expression 'People of the Book' - a mark of learning.
(see 7:157/8)***
21 As to those who deny the Signs of Allah and in defiance of right slay the Prophets and slay those who teach just dealing with mankind announce to them a grievous penalty.
# 364 Examples of the Prophets slain were: "the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar": Matt. xxiii. 35. Cf. Q. ii. 61. n. 75. Again, John the Baptist (Yahya, noble, chaste, a prophet, of the goodly company of the righteous. Q. iii. 39), was bound, imprisoned, and beheaded, and his head presented to a dancing harlot: Matt. xiv. 1-11.#
*** The Quran, in the verse above - as in 2:91 - accuses the 'Jews' of slaying the prophets with whom 'they' disagreed. The glaring errors in the above are three fold:
First, Abel's death at the hand of Cain occurred at the 'beginning of humanity' when there were no 'Jews'; unless the interpreter above does not consider the Arabs as part of humanity, since Cain was one of the 'fathers'.
Second, it accuses ALL 'Jews' past, present and future for a crime committed by some individuals who happen to be 'Jews' agaist fellow 'Jews' anyway.
Using the exact same 'logic', all Muhammadans should be held equally guilty for killing several of their caliphs; for killing Ali, Hassan, Hussain; for actually attacking and destroying both the Madina and the Ka'ba; etc., etc.
Third, the Quran itself confirms that guilt cannot be transferred from generation to generation. The innocent cannot morally or ethically be guilty for some one else's action.
None the less, the cult of Muhammad perpetuates hatred against others while totally ignoring the misdeeds and defects among its followers.
It is an irony that the reason given by Muhammadan theologians as to why the Quran refuses to accept the death of Jesus is because they believe it inconceivable that Allah would send a prophet to his death at the hands of human beings.
Yet, the verse above asserts just such events - that previous prophets were killed, which should not have happened - yet the hypocritical Muhammadans still condemn the Jews.
Prophets who stood against established authority had sometimes paid the ultimate price for such a challenge ***
22> They are those whose works will bear no fruit in this world and in the Hereafter nor will they have anyone to help.
23> Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who have been given a portion of the Book? They are invited to the Book of Allah to settle their dispute but a party of them turn back and decline (the arbitration).
# 366 A portion of the Book. I conceive that Allah's revelation as a whole throughout the ages is "The Book". The Law of Moses, and the Gospel of Jesus were portions of the Book. The Qur-an completes the revelation and is par excellence the Book of Allah. 367 The Commentators mention a particular incident when a dispute was submitted by the Jews for arbitration to the Holy Prophet. He appealed to the authority of their own books, but they tried to conceal and prevaricate. The general lesson is that the People of the Book should have been the first to welcome in Muhammad the living exponent of the Message of Allah as a whole, and some of them did so: but others turned away from guilty arrogance, relying on corrupted texts and doctrines forged out of their own fancies, though they were not conformable to reason and good sense#
*** The interpreter, as usual, arrogates to the Quran an unwarranted position superior to that of the Bible and the New Testament.
Although he is extremely well versed in both Books, none the less, as a Muhammadan, he has no choice but to contort the truth, falsify history as well as insult the adherents of both Books.
He cannot ever show which parts of these Books have been perverted by their followers and what for, but has the incredible affrontry of copying chapter and verse from the same allegedly 'doctored' Books to explain the Quranic verses without which endeavour, no reader would understand its meaning.
To cap it all, there is absolutely nothing in the Quran that the Bible and Rabbinic writings do not already have and on the authorities of both, the Quran is entirely founded.
It is a fact that no follower of Muhammad could possibly win a single argument vis a vis a learned Jew regarding the Bible ***
24> This because they say: "The fire shall not touch us but for a few numbered days"; for their forgeries deceive them as to their own religion.
*** The verse should be translated to "…their delusion [gharrahum] in their religion is unceasing [yaftarouna] ".
The word 'forgeries' should not have been deliberately added to distort the meaning of the verse***
25> But how (will they fare) when We gather them together against a day about which there is no doubt and each soul will be paid out just what it has earned without (favor or injustice)?
***The reader must be, unfortunately, made aware repeatedly that Muhammadan Islam believes totally in the dogma of the PRE-DESTINATION of humanity - as well as every other event in the world - by Allah and hence, the concept of a final
Day of Judgement based upon 'JUSTICE' is impossible lacking any Free Will.
Every such verse in the Quran is totally irrelevant and meaningless under these dogmatic beliefs.
In fact, the following verse asserts yet again that Allah PRE-DESTINES human behaviour and life, and subsequently their reward or punishment thus negating their
FREE WILL ***
26> Say: "O Allah! Lord of Power (and Rule) thou givest Power to whom Thou pleasest and Thou strippest off power from whom Thou pleasest thou enduest with honor whom thou pleasest and thou bringest low whom Thou pleasest; in Thy hand is all Good. Verily over all things thou hast power.
27 > "Thou causest the Night to gain on the Day and Thou causest the Day to gain on the Night; Thou bringest the Living out of the Dead and thou bringest the Dead out of the Living; and Thou givest sustenance to whom Thou pleasest without measure."
3:28 Let not the believers take for friends or helpers unbelievers rather than believers; if any do that in nothing will there be help from Allah; except by way of precaution that ye may guard yourselves from them. But Allah cautions you (to remember) Himself for the final goal is to Allah.
*** In numerous very important verses, the Quran unambiguously discriminates against all human beings - the majority of this world - who do not believe in Allah or in
Allah & his messenger.
The message above is blatantly clear as racist, divisive, denigrating and hate mongering ***
29> Say: "Whether ye hide what is in your hearts or reveal it Allah knows it all. He knows what is in the heavens and what is on earth. And Allah has power over all things.
30> "On the day when every soul will be confronted with all the good it has done and all the evil it has done it will wish there were a great distance between it and its evil. But Allah cautions you (to remember) Himself. And Allah is full of kindness to those that serve Him.
31> Say: "If ye do love Allah follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you your sins for Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful."
32 Say: "Obey Allah and His Apostle"; but if they turn back Allah loveth not those who reject Faith.
33> Allah did choose Adam and Noah the family of Abraham and the family of Imran above all people.
*** Adam could not possibly have been a prophet since there was no humanity to 'convert' or convince in the One and Only God.
More over, Imran {Amram} was the father of Moses and Aharon and was NOT of a priestly family since the Israelite priesthood was started by Moses AFTER the Exodus and was based on Aharon and the Levites.
Imran was neither a prophet nor a leader to be put on the same pedestal as Noah and Abraham. The interpreter tries to do his best to cover up the fact that the Quranic verse is actually inappropriate and false in the context of the story{See 19:28 # 2481}.
The Quran has absolutely no concept of Time or Space; its stories, characters, events and dialogues transcend Time and 'travel' at will with total contempt and disregard to history or reality ***
34 Offspring one of the other; and Allah heareth and knoweth all things.
#374 The Prophets in the Jewish-Christian-Muslim Dispensation form one family literally. But the argument is wider. All men of faith form one family. If you love and obey Allah, love and obey His Messenger; your love, obedience and discipline will be the test of your Faith#
*** Historically, the prophets were neither of the same family nor even of the same lineage, but the interpreter has no choice but to use this 'contorted logic' to cover up the total historical and theological mess that Muhammad left to his followers and tries to untangle by any and all desperate means at his disposal.
He has the unenviable and impossible task of reconciling FACT with FICTION***
35> Behold! a woman of Imran said: "O my Lord! I do dedicate unto thee what is in my womb for Thy special service so accept this of me for Thou hearest and knowest all things."
#375 Now we begin the story of Jesus. As a prelude we have the birth of Mary and the parallel story of John the Baptist, Yahya the son of Zakariya. Yahya's mother Elisabeth was a cousin of Mary the mother of Jesus (Luke i. 36), and therefore John and Jesus were cousins by blood, and there was a spiritual cousinhood in their birth and career. Elisabeth was of the daughters of Aaron (Luke i. 5), of a priestly family which went back to Aaron the brother of Moses and son of Imran. Her husband Zakariya was actually a priest, and her cousin Mary was presumably also of a priestly family. By tradition Mary's mother was called Hannah (in Latin, Anna, and in English, Anne), and her father was called Imran. Hannah is therefore both a descendant of the priestly house of Imran and the wife of Imran,-"a woman of Imran" in a double sense 376 Muharrar = freed from all worldly affairs and specially dedicated to Allah's service. She expected a son, who was to be a special devotee, a miraculous son of the old age of his parents, but Allah gave her instead a daughter. But that daughter was Mary the mother of Jesus, the chosen one among the women: iii. 42#
*** This interpreter gives a series of serious and deliberate items of misinformation/disinformation:
Anna was not the mother of Mary nor was Imran her father, but were
Luke 2:36 " And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity".
Since the New Testament says that she was descended from the tribe of Asher, then neither she nor Mary could have been from the seed of Aharon - who was a Levite - whose father was not Imran as mentioned above but Amram.
Moreover, the New Testament works out the anscestry of Jesus only and not of either Mary or Elizabeth. The names of Mary's parents are not mentioned in any of the Gospels and only Luke alleges that Elizabeth is from the seed of Aaron who lived at least 1450 years earlier***
36> When she was delivered she said: "O my Lord! behold! I am delivered of a female child!" And Allah knew best what she brought forth, "and nowise is the male like the female. I have named her Mary [Mariam] and I commend her and her offspring to Thy protection from the Evil One the Rejected."
#377 The mother of Mary expected a male child. Was she disappointed that it was a female child? No, for she had Faith, and she knew that Allah's Plan was better than any wishes of hers. Mary was no ordinary girl: only Allah knew what it was that her mother brought forth. 378 The female child could not be devoted to Temple service under the Mosaic law, as she intended. But she was marked out for a special destiny as a miracle-child, to be the mother of the miracle-child Jesus. She was content to seek Allah's protection for her against all evil. There is a certain sense of pride in the girl on the part of the mother#
*** It should be noted that the Arabic name in the Quran is MARIAM and not MARY.
This translator - as well as all other translators of the Quran - deliberately falsified the Arabic version to make it fit the New Testament and hence cover up the Quranic incredible error.
Neither the Gospels nor the New Testament have this alleged story about
Miriam/ Mary's birth. Stories were later made up to to create the myth of her immaculate conception. The Quran re scripted these stories to suit ***
37> Right graciously did her Lord accept her: He made her grow in purity and beauty; to the care of Zakariya was she assigned. Every time that he entered (her) chamber to see her he found her supplied with sustenance. He said: "O Mary [Miriam] ! whence (comes) this to you?" She said: "From Allah: for Allah provides sustenance to whom He pleases without measure.
#379 Mary grew under Allah's special protection. Her sustenance, under which wemay include both her physical needs and her spiritual food, came from Allah, and her growth was indeed a "goodly growth" which I have tried to express in the Text by the words "purity and beauty". Some aprocryphal Christian writings say that she was brought up in the Temple to the age of twelve like a dove, and that she was fed by angels#
*** First and foremost, the Quranic verse does NOT mention the name MARY but MIRIAM which the Quran associates with the sister of Moses and Aaron.
This deliberate mistranslation and falsification is done to cover up one of the most terrible historical and theological mistakes made in the Quran.
The same interpreter who repeatedly alleges that the present New Testament is only a perversion of the 'original' does not ever hesitate to quote from it chapter and verse to explain the otherwise unfathomable Quranic verses. He repeats here also, the same plagiarizing, plundering, pirating and perverting that the Quran does to the Hebrew Bible. The New Testament does not mention any of the above.
Moreover, the interpreter should know very well that Mary, as a Jewess could not have known or accepted that Allah is God since the God of Israel has no name ***
38> There did Zakariya pray to his Lord saying: "O my Lord! grant unto me from Thee a progeny that is pure; for Thou art He that heareth prayer!"
#380 The birth of Mary, the mother of Jesus, of John the Baptist, the precursor of Jesus, and of Jesus, the prophet of Israel, whom Israel rejected, occurred in that order chronologically, and are told in that order. They are all inter-connected. Zakariya prayed for no ordinary son. He and his wife were past the age of parenthood. Seeing the growth of Mary, he prayed for some child from Allah,- "from Thee, a progeny that is pure". To his surprise, he is given a son in the flesh, ushered in by a special Sign.#
*** The interpreter, who has studied both the Hebrew Bible and the Gospels, knows very well that there is no mention of Jesus or his alleged trial and tribulation in the tradition of the Jews.
All these stories are found only in the Gospels which were not written by witnesses to the events described there in. Hence, he is deceiving the readers by alleging that Israel rejected him***
39> While he was standing in prayer in the chamber the angels called unto him: "Allah doth give thee glad tidings of Yahya witnessing the truth of a Word from Allah and (be besides) noble chaste and a Prophet of the (goodly) company of the righteous."
#381 Notice: "a Word from Allah", not "the Word of Allah", the epithet that mystical Christianity uses for Jesus. As stated in iii. 59 below, Jesus was created by a miracle, by Allah's word "Be", and he was.#
*** The above account is - as usual in the Quran - different from the original in-
Luke 1:19" And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to show thee these glad tidings"
It was only one angel, Gabriel, who addressed Zakarias.
Yahya is the Quranic name of John the Baptist plagiarized from the Syriac (Arabic of the Christians).
Almost every Quranic version of the stories of the Hebrew Bible or the
New Testament have very little resemblance to their original versions among the traditions of the People of the Book.
These gross misrepresentations cast a giant shadow upon the alleged divine origin of the Quran and give the translators and interpreters nightmares in trying to explain away or gloss over these cataclysmic differences ***
40> He said: "O my Lord! how shall I have a son seeing I am very old and my wife is barren?" "Thus" was the answer "doth Allah accomplish what He willeth."
*** This is copied from
Luke 1:18 " And Zacharia said to the angel, by what shall I know and be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in age"***
41> He said: "O my Lord! give me a sign!" "Thy Sign" was the answer "shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three days but with signals. Then celebrate the praises of thy Lord again and again and glorify Him in the evening and in the morning."
*** This is from
Luke 1:20 " And lo, you will be and continue to be silent, and not be able to speak till the day when these things take place ...."
As can be seen, the Quranic version is yet again different from the original and since the angel in both cases is allegedly Gabriel, it reveals once again that either he is an utterly STUPID angel, a LIAR or that the Quranic version is UNTRUE ***
42> Behold! the angels said: "O Mary [Miriam]! Allah hath chosen thee and purified thee; chosen thee above the women of all nations
#382 Mary the mother of Jesus was unique, in that she gave birth to a son by a special miracle, without the intervention of the customary physical means. This of course does not mean that she was more than human, any more than that her son was more than human. She had as much need to pray to God as anyone else. The Christian dogma, in all sects except the Unitarian, holds that Jesus was God and the son of God. The worship of Mary became the practice in the Roman Catholic Church, which calls Mary the Mother of God. This seems to have been endorsed by the Council of Ephesus in 431, in the century before Muhammad was born to sweep way the corruptions of the Church of Christ. For 'alamin as meaning all nations, see iii. 96, n. 423.#
*** In no uncertain terms, the interpreter is obliterating, in one fell swoop, the beliefs of all Christians who assert that Jesus is God/Son of God and/or that Mary is the mother of God; their religion is extinguished and made null and void.
The Quranic version is, of course and as usual, completely at variance in story and concept to the original in the Gospels.
Once more, Muhammad's Quran 'creates' its own version of events the originals of which are only found in the Torah, the New Testament or in rabbinical writings***
43> "O Mary! worship thy Lord devoutly; prostrate thyself and bow down (in prayer) with those who bow down."
*** As is shown repeatedly in the Quran, its narrative jumps without any preliminaries from one subject to the next.
For example, Mary being a Jewess, was of course a 'Muslima' - Monotheist - who knew of God and did not need to be further reminded ***
44> This is part of the tidings of the things unseen which We reveal unto thee (O Apostle!) by inspiration; thou wast not with them when they cast lots with arrows as to which of them should be charged with the care of Mary[Mariam]; nor wast thou with them when they disputed (the point).
#383 Things unseen: mystic, spiritual. The whole story has a mystic meaning, and it would be unseemly to dispute or speculate about it. 384Literally, reeds : aqlam. For the Arab custom of casting lots with arrows, see ii. 219, n. 241. 385 Christian apocryphal writings mention the contention between the priests as to the honor of taking charge of Mary, and how it was decided by means of rods or reeds in favour of Zakariya#
*** In his usual desperation, the interpreter had to invent the above explanation to fit the Quranic verse since none of the Gospels ever mentioned this story ***
45> Behold! the angels said "O Mary [Miriam]! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus the son of Mary [Miriam] held in honor in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to Allah.
#386 Christ : Greek, Christos=anointed : kings and priests were anointed to symbolise consecration to their office. The Hebrew and Arabic form is Masih.387 Nearest to God : Muqarrabin. Cf. Q. lvi, 11. #
*** The Quran is again in error since his name was to be Jesus (Hebrew: Yeshou'a) only.
Christ is the (Latin) title given to him later on, which is the equivalent of the Hebrew (Moshiyah= Messiah) meaning Anointed.
The Arabic form (Masih, from Syriac) is only a rendition of the Hebrew since this word did not exist in the Arabic language before the New Testament became known in Arabia in the 4th century CE.
It is interesting that the Quran which is patriarchal and contrary to Arab tradition calls Jesus 'son of Mary' instead of son of Joseph.
The verse is also in error since although it is addressing Miriam herself, none the less told her that Jesus is also called 'son of Miriam', which is totally redundant.
This - as well as other verses to follow - shows Muhammad's complete lack of understanding the beliefs and traditions of the Christians***
3:46> "He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity and he shall be (of the company) of the righteous."
#388 The ministry of Jesus lasted only about three years, from 30 to 33 years of his age, when in the eyes of his enemies he was crucified. But the Gospel of Luke (ii. 46) describes him as disputing with the doctors in the Temple at the age of 12, and even earlier, as a child, he was "strong in spirit, filled with wisdom" (Luke ii. 40). Some apocyphal Gospels describe him as preaching from infancy#
*** Speaking in childhood is taken from Apocryphal Gospels especially
'Injil al Tufuliyah'.
Once more it should be made plain that the same interpreter - who denigrates and attacks both the 'Jews' and Christians for having 'perverted' their Books - is none the less indefatigable in using the very same allegedly adulterated Books as the only foundations and sources for explaining the otherwise unintelligible Quranic verses ***
47> She said: "O my Lord! how shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said: "Even so: Allah createth what He willeth; when He hath decreed a plan He but saith to it `Be' and it is!
#389 She was addressed by angels, who gave her Allah's message. In reply she speaks as to Allah. In reply, apparently an angel gives Allah's message.#
48> "And Allah will teach him the Book and Wisdom the Law and the Gospel.
*** The Quran - in true form and as usual - is in manifest error and is 'reciting' in hindsight since Jesus as a Jew had to know the Book and the Law.
He could not have known the Gospels as they were only written decades after his death ***
49> "And (appoint him) an Apostle to the Children of Israel (with this message): I have come to you with a sign from your Lord in that I make for you out of clay as it were the figure of a bird and breathe into it and it becomes a bird by Allah's leave; and I heal those born blind and the lepers and I quicken the dead by Allah's leave; and I declare to you what ye eat and what ye store in your houses. Surely therein is a Sign for you if ye did believe.
#390 This miracle of the clay birds is found in some of the apocryphal Gospels; those of curing the blind and the lepers and raising the dead are in the canonical Gospels. The origi