Refutation of the Divinity of Christ — Page 4
4 اَم ُحْيِسَمْلا ُنْبا َمَيْرَم اَّلِا ٌلْوُسَر١ۚ ْدَق ْتَلَخ ْنِم ِهِلْبَق ُلُسُّرلا١ؕ َو ٗهُّمُا ٌةَقْيِّدِص١ؕ اَناَك ِنٰلُكْاَي — َماَعَّطلا١ؕ ْرُظْنُا َفْيَك ُنِّيَبُن ُمُهَل ِتٰيٰاْلا َّمُث ْرُظْنا ىّٰنَا َنْوُكَفْؤُي 1 Part 6, S u rah al-M a ’idah, Ruk u ‘ 10 The Messiah, son of Mary, is only a Messenger; surely, Messengers like unto him have indeed passed away before him. And his mother is a truthful woman. They both used to eat food. See how We explain the Signs openly for the good of these people. Then see how they are turned away. The Quran, which is the Word of the Creator of human nature, draws the attention of man to the law of human nature not through some convoluted philosophical, intricately rational, and incomprehensible argument, but on the basis of daily witnessed proofs of the ways of God, awakening those with a perverted perception of the facts that the Messiah was a Messenger like the other Messengers who preceded him [and passed away]. He had a mother. They both used to eat food. And these three various aspects are such that no Christian can even deny. It is clear that only mortals suffer from these afflictions and characteristics and it is indeed these afflictions and characteristics that compel man to pursue the acquisition and securing of the wherewithal and the necessities for our physical existence. It is ver- ily this poverty and penury that points to man being His creation, being in need of Him, and being His servant. How true it is that the one in need of food is in need of the whole of creation! And Allah is absolutely Self-Sufficient and Independent of every need 1. S u rah al-M a ’idah, 5:76 [Publisher]