The True Story of Jesus — Page 16
as 16 There were many a rude remark from the people. Mary was deeply hurt but she did not say anything in reply. Instead she pointed towards Jesus as meaning that such a blessed child who was already showing signs of being in communion with God, could not have been the fruit of sin. At this they said, ‘How can we talk to one who is merely a child in the cradle?’; meaning that the boy was too young to give them a meaningful explanation. Jesus as told them, ‘I am a servant of Allah. He has given me the Book and has made me a Prophet; and He has made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and has enjoined upon me Prayer and almsgiving so long as I live; and has made me dutiful towards my mother, and has not made me arrogant and graceless. ’1 People were amazed to listen to such talk. It seemed that God had already informed Jesus as, perhaps in his dreams, of the spiritual heights he was to climb. Many children because of their love of God are shown such signs. We read another example of such a case in the Holy Quran. Joseph as, son of Jacob as, when he was yet a small child, was also shown such dreams regarding the high spiritual status he would achieve in the future. After listening to Jesus as some of the people were very impressed and stopped bothering Mary, while others thought that Mary had put all this into the child’s mind which he was just repeating in parrot-like fashion. Jesus as lived in Nazareth, a small secluded town amongst the hills of Galilee, the land of pastures, olive groves and vineyards. There is a veil of obscurity over the period from his childhood to 1. Holy Quran 19:30–33