The Guiding Light — Page 41
S u rah al-Kahf, Chapter 18, Verses 1-11 41 modicum of sense or reason to support it. They were fully aware of the fact that the disciples of Jesus as and early Christians were strict monotheists and yet they departed from their pristine Faith. The later Christians, however, had with them the excellent Islamic teaching about the Unity of God, but they did not benefit by it, nor by the monotheistic beliefs of their own forebears. Without rhyme or reason they ascribed Godhead to a weak human being. The words, they speak naught but a lie , signify that Jesus as never taught such a foolish doctrine but later Christians themselves invented it and they are to blame for it. In fact, even the canonical Gospels lend no support to this blasphemous doctrine. No doubt the Bible has used the epithet “son of God” about Jesus as but so has it also done about several other persons. For instance in Exod. 4:22 we have, “Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my first born. ” See also Gen. 6:2, John 10:35, etc. y 7 ‾ = y è n = s ù Ó ì Ï ‚ ≈ t / y 7 | ¡ ø - ‾ Ρ # ’ n ? t ã ö Ν Ï δ Ì ≈ r O# u β Î ) ó Ο © 9 ( # θ ã Ζ Ï Β ÷ σ ã ƒ # x ‹ ≈ y γ Î / Ï ] ƒ Ï ‰ y ⇔ ø 9 $ # $ ¸ - y ™ r & ∩∪ [18:7] So haply thou wilt grieve thyself to death for sorrow after them if they believe not in this discourse.