The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 69
CH. 3 وَاَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّلحت for those who فَيُوَفِّيْهِمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَاللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الظَّلِمِينَ. will pay them their full rewards PT. 3 58. And as ĀL-E-‘IMRĀN believe and do good works, "He And Allah loves not the wrongdoers. ' 59. That is what We recite unto thee of the Signs and the wise Reminder. 347 ذلِكَ نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الْآيَتِ وَالذِّكْرِ الْحَكِيمِ إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَى عِنْدَ اللهِ كَمَثَلِ أَدَمَ خَلَقَهُ Surely, the case of Jesus. 60 منْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ. with Allah is like the case of Adam. He created him out of dust, then He said to him, 'Be!,' and he was. 348 347. Commentary: a4:174; 35:31; 39:11, 70. The story of Jesus, as narrated in the verse, is not a mere thing of the past. It is meant to shed new light on events that form the basis of the doctrines of a large section of humanity as well as to provide a lesson for the future. 348. Commentary: therefore, not be stretched too far. In the verse the word 'Adam' primarily stands for man, i. e. the sons of Adam generally. Jesus is thus declared to be like other mortals who have all been created from dust (40:68), and so there can be no divinity about him. If, however, the word 'Adam' be taken to refer to the progenitor of the human race, then the verse would be taken to point to the resemblance between Jesus and Adam in being born without the agency of a male parent. In this case, the fact that Jesus had a mother would not affect the likeness which, as stated above, need not be complete in all respects. The word (case) is used to express resemblance, which may be of different kind and different degrees. Sometimes, the thing likened is equal to that to which it is likened, sometimes the former is superior to the latter, and sometimes the latter is superior to the former. So it is not necessary that the thing likened to The words, then He said to him, another should be equal, or ever "Be" and he was, show that the similar, to the latter in all respects. command refers not to the birth of The likeness between Adam and Jesus (for the fact of his creation has Jesus referred to in this verse, may, | already been mentioned in the words 509