Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 171
171 now comes to a close. There are two things, which even you yourselves believe. Firstly, you believe that God caused Jesus as to be born without a father. Further, you claim that any- one who says that he was born with a father contradicts the law of God Almighty and denigrates this sign of God Almighty, which was manifested in his birth. Secondly, you accept that he was the last brick. This metaphor has been men- tioned in the Gospel in the parable of the vineyard where it is narrated that a landowner planted a vineyard and when the fruit drew near, he sent his servants, and so on and so forth; the parable goes on. This parable demonstrably establish- es that God did not view the Jews with favour and affection. Then, the third sign which proves that the Mosaic dispensation came to an end with the Messiah as was that their land was taken from them as well. Therefore, the birth of the Messiah, peace be upon him, without a father served as a sign post, as it were. From a family which was previously one and in which a succession of Prophets had continued to emerge throughout the ages, God gave rise to a second branch and thus laid a new foundation among the children of Ishmael as. I have alluded to the destruction of Jewish rule, because God had conferred upon this nation both prophethood and worldly rule. In any case, by causing Jesus as to be born without a father, God declared in essence that due to the evil actions of the Jews and on account of their temerity, their rejecting the Prophets and their hostility towards those commissioned by God Almighty, they had reached a state where they were no longer worthy of divine favour, but of God’s displeasure. As a sign that now their family of Prophets would come to an end, they were given a sign that no one from the children of Israel would father the Messiah; and by causing Jesus as to be born without a father, God intimated that in the future, prophethood would not continue among the children of Israel. A Shift in Prophethood Since this shift in prophethood was the result of God’s wrath, for this reason, worldly rule—another blessing that this nation had received along with prophet- hood—was lost to them as well. The underlying objective in my explanation is to highlight that on the one hand, we have the Mosaic dispensation, the final brick of which was the Messiah son of Mary, and by whose fatherless birth God announced that it was destined to come to an imminent end. Similarly, in accord- ance with His promise, God gave rise to a magnificent dispensation from among p. 155