Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 126
126. God gave them through some prophets the tiding that a virgin would give birth to a son, meaning that the promised one would be only half-Israelite and half non-Israelite. This was a warning pointing out that if the Jews persisted in turning a deaf ear to the teachings of the prophets, then in future another prophet would rise who would neither be an Israelite from his father's side nor from his mother's side. . The promise was fulfilled in the person of Jesus-he was born without a father, and since the generation is carried forward from the father's side, it served as a notice to the Jews that half the prophethood had been taken away from them. . They were thus told that the prophet sent at the time was not of the Jews from the father's side, and if they did not benefit by the admonition, the next prophet would be a non-Israelite, though of the stock of Abram. And so it came to pass. . Since Allah had made many promises to Abram (peace be on him) and would not brook depriving Jews of the benefits of these promises, without sufficient cause, He first sent prophets in succession. When Prophets came to the. Jews one after the other and they became entrenched in the belief that prophethood would not pass on to non-Israelites,. God the Almighty administered warnings through Prophets in such a manner that the Jews, given a small modicum of faith, could have come to their senses and to a realization that something was impending on account of their wickedness. . But they did not mend their ways and persisted in mischiefmongering. At last the Almighty God created the Messiah. without a father, as He had fore-warned and gave the Jews to understand, that half the prophethood had been taken away from them and that if they desisted not from their ways, the remaining half would also be taken away from them by way of punishment; that the prophet who had