'Ibn Maryam' As a Denigration of Jesus
- philhoraia
- Aug 13, 2024
- 4 min read
In quran Isa is called 'the son of Maryam' some 23 times. Now in the Bible and among Christians Jesus, called Isa in quran, is called 'the Son of God'. The author denigrated Jesus to the role of a mere messenger, although in one passage he shoots himself in the foot.
S 4:171 People of the Book, do not exceed in your religion nor say about Allah but the truth. The Messiah Isa Son Of Maryam is only Allah’s messenger and his word which he threw to Maryam and spirit from him. So believe in Allah and his messengers and do not say Three. Cease; it is better for you. Allah is only one god. Praise be to him that he should have a child! His is what is in the skies and what is on the Earth. And Allah was sufficient as an agent.
In the following verse the author says:
The Messiah will not disdain to be a slave of Lah’s nor the angels, the Muqarrabun. And those who disdain his worship and are arrogant, he gathers them to him, all.
For the author Isa is not a son but a slave.
Muslims will say that the Jews cast slurs on St Mary but in ancient Israel at least a man was not called 'the son of [X mother]' unless his mother was a widow or his father was unknown. In Islam, Maryam (supposedly St Mary) never married. Supposedly the talking baby story cleared Maryam (supposedly St Mary) of having been a slag.
There is a big question mark over the author's legitimacy, with his birth having apparently taken place four years after his alleged father's death. No other prophet, real or otherwise, in quran is named after his mother or even his father. Would Muslims be happy were the author, the 'generous messenger', to be referred to as the son of Aminah?
When speaking of the notion of Allah's having a child, the author uses the word walad, which suggests a physically begotten child, and not the word ibn (son). Elsewhere the author has no problem with referring to a traveller as a 'son of the road'.
Walad:
S 2:116 And they have said: Allah has taken a child. Praise be to him! Rather, his is what is in the skies and the Earth. All are obedient to him.
S 4:171 People of the Book, do not exceed in your religion nor say about Allah but the truth. The Messiah Isa Son Of Maryam is only Allah’s messenger and his word which he threw to Maryam and spirit from him. So believe in Allah and his messengers and do not say Three. Cease; it is better for you. Allah is only one god. Praise be to him that he should have a child! His is what is in the skies and what is on the Earth. And Allah was sufficient as an agent.
S 6:101 The originator of the skies and the Earth. How can he have a child when he has not had a girlfriend? And he created everything. And he is a knower of everything.
S 10:68 They have said: Allah has taken a child. Praise be to him! He is the rich. His is what is in the skies and what is on the Earth. You have no authority in this. Do you say about Allah what you do not know?
S 17:111 And say: Praise be to Lah who did not take a child and did not have a partner in the dominion and did not have a protector from vileness. And magnify him with takbir.
S 18:4 And to warn those who have said: Allah took a child.
S 19:35 It was not for Lah that he should take any child. Praise be to him! When he decides a matter he only says to it: Be and it is.
S 19:88 And they said: Al-Rahman has taken a child.
S 19:91 That they have invoked for Al-Rahman a child.
S 19:92 And it is not seemly for Al-Rahman to take a child.
S 21:26 And they said: Al-Rahman has taken a child. Praise be to him! Rather, honoured slaves.
S 23:91 Allah has taken no child nor was there any god with him. Then every god would have gone with what it had created and some would have been lofty over others. Praise be to Allah from what they ascribe!
S 25:2 The one whose is the rule of the skies and the Earth and has not taken a child nor has had a partner in the rule and created everything and made it an estimate.
S 39:4 Had Allah wanted to take a child he would have chosen from what he creates what he wills. Praise be to him! He is Allah, the one, the oppressing.
S 43:81 Say: If Al-Rahman had a child I would be the first of the worshippers.
S 72:3 And that he, exalted be our lord’s good luck, has not taken a girlfriend or a child.
'Taking', i.e adoption. An adopted child has of course been physically begotten. But of course an adopted child becomes the adoptive parents' son.
S 112:3 He did not beget nor was he begotten.
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