Eternal Words 3-Sura-'Al-i-'Imran Verse45
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(45)إِذْ قَالَتِ الْمَلَآئِكَةُ يَا مَرْيَمُ إِنَّ اللّهَ يُبَشِّرُكِ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنْهُ اسْمُهُ الْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَجِيهًا
فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ
45. " (Remember) when the angels said: ' O' Mary! Verily Allah gives you the glad tidings with a Word from Him whose name shall be Christ, Jesus, son of Mary; eminent in this world and the Hereafter, and of those nearest (to Allah)."
Commentary:
In the Qur'an, Jesus is nominated to /kalimah/ (word) which, in the Qur'anic texts, has been used in the sense of a 'creature'. One example is its application in Sura Al-Kahf, No. 18, Verse 109, where it says : "... the sea would surely be consumed before the words of my Lord are exhausted, ..." Here, 'words' has been rendered into 'creatures'.
The commendation ' held in honour in this world and the Hereafter ' has been used in the Qur'an only for Jesus (a.s.) and, thus, none else is qualified by it throughout the Qur'an.
Explanations:
1. The position of a woman elevates so high that Allah talks to her by the way of angels.
" (Remember) when the angels said: ' O' Mary! Verily Allah gives you the glad tidings with a word from Him ..."
2. Allah sometimes nominates His saints before their birth:
"... whose name shall be Christ, Jesus, ..."
3. Jesus (a.s.) is not a son of Allah but he is a creature of Allah:
"... a Word from Him..."
How can be the son of Allah the one who was borne from Mary and had passed the foetal course! "... son of Mary; ..."
4. A child is a bounty.
"...eminent in this world and the Hereafter, and of those nearest (to Allah)."
