Refutation of the Divinity of Christ — Page 6
6 that he too is an embodiment of God. All the idol-worshipping nations of the world have forged the claim that their holy per- sonages were embodiments of God and that God Almighty had donned the mantle of humanity due to various reasons. It is worth impartially reflecting upon what distinctive superi- ority lies within the Messiah that should oblige us to believe that while Christ was an embodiment of God, the followers of other avatars were not true in their claims. The Quran says: اوُلاَق َذَخَّتا ُهّٰللا اًدَلَو ٗهَنٰحْبُس١ؕ َوُه ُّيِنَغْلا١ؕ ٗهَل اَم يِف ِتٰوٰمَّسلا َو اَم يِف ِضْرَاْلا١ؕ ْنِا ْمُكَدْنِع ْنِّم 1 Part 11, S u rah Y u nus, Ruk u ‘ 7 — ٍۭنٰطْلُس اَذٰهِب١ؕ َنْوُلْوُقَتَا ىَلَع ِهّٰللا اَم اَل َنْوُمَلْعَت They say, ‘Allah has taken unto Himself a son. ’ Holy is He! He is Self-Sufficient. To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. You have no proof for saying such a thing. Do you say against Allah what you know not? Those who believe the Messiah, peace be upon him, is an embod- iment of God have postulated two claims. First, that the Messiah was God and second that the Messiah was a man. What does that mean? That [means] the Messiah combined in himself both Divinity and humanity. The Messiah being a human being is, of course, a confirmed fact according to the sign given in the first and the second verse above, for the Messiah was simply a Messenger from amongst the Messengers. If he showed miracles, then the same type of miracles were also shown by Moses, Elijah, 1. S u rah Y u nus , 10:69 [Publisher]