Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 98
98. In other words, God was that they would die like all men. ever-living and not subject to death but that they could not escape it; that they had been called gods and sons of God, because they would establish justice in the world like Him and enforce His laws among the people and since thereby they would be manifesting God, they were therefore allegorically called gods and sons of God. Some people who hold that, the inner thoughts of the Prophets are the inspired word of. God call this book David's Book. But we regard it, according to the teachings of the Holy Quran, revelation of god the Supreme and we are of the view that David (peace be on him) was told by God the Great that Israelites were Gods or sons of God and that notwithstanding being gods and sons of God, they would be subject to death, that they will eat and clothe themselves; and that they had been called. God and His sons because they would establish equity in the world and enforce the ordinances of God the Great among mankind. Accordingly, David (peace be on him) pointed out to them that since God had applied to them His name and called them His sons, they should take stock of their deeds, do justice to the poor, lift the depressed, show mercy to the oppressed, forgive and overlook faults and cultivate in themselves divine attributes. . The above references show that when the Messiah (peace be on him) called himself 'Son of God', he did not mean to say that he believed it to be in the literal sense. For, on his own statements, he took himself to be the Son of God in the sense in which David (peace be on him) had called Israelites gods and sons of God. Similarly, the Bible has used the expressions, God, and sons of God, in respect of different people on several occasions. The Messiah (peace be on him) was, therefore, the Son of God in the same sense as the