{"id":5506,"date":"2022-01-06T19:10:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T19:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=5506"},"modified":"2024-07-04T16:09:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T16:09:29","slug":"jesus-birth-in-bible-quran","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=5506","title":{"rendered":"JESUS BIRTH IN BIBLE & QUR’AN"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the name of All\u0101h,<\/span>
\n the Beneficent, the Merciful.<\/span>
\n Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.<\/span>
\n DEDICATED TO<\/span>
\n All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High,<\/span>
\n Lord of the worlds<\/span>
\n AND TO<\/span>
\n Mohammad\u2013who brought the world<\/span>
\n to our feet and eternity to our arms
\n<\/span>*<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 JESUS BIRTH
\nIN THE BIBLE & IN THE QUR’AN<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Jesus birth in the Bible
\n2. Jesus birth in the Qur’an
\n3. Jesus like Adam
\n4. God breathing of His Spirit
\n5. Jesus and Mary as signs of Allah
\n6. Jesus living to an old age
\n7. What became of Jesus post-“cross”?
\n8. Jesus “crucifixion”
\n9. Jesus death
\n10.Jesus “ascension”
\n11.Jesus return a Church myth
\n12. Dajjal
\n13. Who is a Muslim?
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1. JESUS BIRTH IN THE BIBLE:<\/span>
\n<\/span>Unless he was unawares of the manner of his birth \u2013which would be strange for God\/Son of God\u2013 there is no instance where Jesus claims to be of miraculous birth as proof of his mission. Neither did his mother made such a claim \u2013not even to save him from \u201ccrucifixion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Isaiah 7:14 says, \u201ca virgin shall CONCEIVE (conception is sperm and ovum), and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel\u201d. The correct translation of the Hebrew word halmah in the verse is \u201cyoung woman\u201d not \u201cvirgin\u201d.
\n<\/span>Paul taught Jesus had a human father
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 (a) \u201cTherefore (David) being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the FRUIT OF HIS LOINS, ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne\u201d\u2013(Acts 2:30);
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 (b) \u201cConcerning his Son Jesus Christ\u2026which was made of the SEED OF DAVID ACCORDING TO THE FLESH\u201d\u2013(Romans 1:3);
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 (c) \u201cRemember that Jesus Christ of the SEED OF DAVID\u201d\u2013(2 Timothy 2:8). And \u201cseed\u201d is sperm, and \u201caccording to the flesh\u201d is sexual intercourse.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 (John Dominic Crossan in his book The Essential Jesus\u2013Original Sayings and Earliest Images, Published by Harper San Francisco, p.34, shows a baptizing scene with John the Baptist with Jesus as a young child). (Jesus birth in the Qur\u2019an dealt with in chapter 2).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

That Jesus was NOT of virgin birth is also gleaned from the fact that the Messiah had to come from the House of Judah\/David\u2013(Matthew 1:1-6; Luke 1:27; 3:31-33; Revelation 22:16).
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 If Jesus was born through virgin birth he could not have been of the house of David because his mother, Mary, was of the lineage of Levi (Elizabeth and Mary were cousins)\u2013(Exodus 4:14; Luke 1:5, 34-36).
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Thus, If Jesus is the Messiah he could not be of virgin birth, and if Jesus was of virgin birth he could not be the Messiah.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 For Jesus to be of the House of David, Mary had to marry into the House of David; and give birth to Jesus for Jesus to be Messiah. Mary\u2019s \u201chusband\u201d Joseph was of the House of David\u2013(Matthew 1:16, 20; Luke 1:27).<\/span><\/p>\n

If God had will Mary to conceive without male intervention, it was not necessary for her to marry Joseph (or any other) to protect her good name against any scandal. Mary was a righteous person and if she had told her people that God had willed her to have a child through immaculate conception there was no reason her people should doubt her.
\n<\/span>The Israelites were no strangers to miracles. Not only did they accept the births of Isaac and John the Baptist to be of Divine intervention \u2013even Hannah seemed to have had \u201cvirgin births\u201d: \u201cAnd the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters\u201d(1 Samuel 2:21)\u2013<\/span> but the landscape of the Israelites\u2019 religious history is colored with \u201csigns\u201d from heaven: from Balaam\u2019s ass speaking to Balaam\u2013(Numbers 22:28, 30); to Moses transforming a stick into a serpent\u2013(Ex. 7:10); to Elijah ascending to heaven by a whirlwind \u2013(2 Kings 2:11).
\nAs Jesus says: \u201cExcept ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe\u201d\u2013(John 4:48). The Jews, seemingly, believed more in miracles than in Jesus. Thus, it was not necessary for Mary to marry Joseph to preserve her character.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus himself stated in unambiguous terms: \u201cI am the root and the offspring of David\u201d\u2013(Revelation 22:16). When the angels brought the news of Jesus\u2019 birth to Mary, the angel told her that God will give Jesus the throne of \u201chis father David\u201d\u2013(Luke 1:32).
\nTo emphasize:
\n<\/span>If Jesus is the Messiah he could not be<\/span> of virgin birth.
\n<\/span>If Jesus was of virgin birth <\/span>he could not be the Messiah.
\n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(According to Christians <\/span>Jesus-had s-x with his mother<\/a><\/span>).
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2.\u00a0 JESUS BIRTH IN THE QUR\u2019AN<\/span>
\n<\/span>Probably the most contentious issues among Muslims are the birth, ascension and return of Jesus. Even to the point that Muslims are labeling other Muslims as kafirs \u2013unbelievers.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Whether Jesus had a father or not, whether he is dead or is alive in heaven and would return are not articles of faith \u2013and no reason for division. Allah will make clear to us wherein we differ\u2013(Qur’an 16:92; 39: 46; 42:10. As All\u0101h will show us the truth of the matter in which we differ, why are Muslims battling one another?)
\n<\/span>This presentation is not to question the power of All\u0101h to create Jesus without a father, to raise him literally into the heavens and to return him to earth. This presentation is to investigate the correctness of the interpretations of materials on virgin birth, literal ascension and return of Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n

All\u0101h says Jesus is the Messiah\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:44). And as shown, if Jesus was of virgin birth he could not have been of the house of David because his mother, Mary, was not of the lineage of David but of the lineage of Levi\/Imran\u2013(Exodus 4:14; Luke 1:5, 34-36). Thus: If Jesus is the Messiah he could not be of virgin birth. And if Jesus was of virgin birth he could not be the Messiah.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Though the Qur\u2019an does not say that Jesus would be from the house of David, this teaching of the Bible is to be accepted. Muslims are required to believe in the Revelations given to prophets before the Qur\u2019an\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:83, and considering that this injunction was given some six hundred years after the birth of Jesus). Allah has revealed to us what not to believe, such as divinity of Jesus, inherited sin, vicarious atonement, \u201cchosen people\u201d to the exclusion of others, karma and reincarnation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary and Elizabeth were cousins \u2013Muhammad Ali has explained the terms \u201cwoman of Amran\u201d (Qur\u2019an 3:34) and \u201csister of Aaron\u201d (Qur\u2019an 19:27-28) in his translation of the Qur\u2019an, which can be viewed\/downloaded at www.muslim.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The other factor is the Annunciation\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:44-46). The angels tell Mary All\u0101h will give her a son; Mary replied: \u201cHow can I have a son and man has not touched me.\u201d To which \u201cHe said: \u201cEven so; All\u0101h creates WHAT He pleases. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, Be, and it is.\u201d
\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Significantly, is the \u201cHe\u201d in \u201cEven so; All\u0101h creates WHAT He pleases,\u201d referring to All\u0101h or to the angel who did the speaking? And are the words \u201cEven so; All\u0101h creates WHAT He pleases. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, Be, and it is,\u201d are these the words of All\u0101h speaking directly to Mary now, or, knowing the power of All\u0101h, are they the words of the Angel(s)?
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Notably, All\u0101h is only recounting what transpired between Mary and the Angels when they gave His message to her.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In any event, had Mary not protested, the words \u201cEven so; All\u0101h creates WHAT He pleases. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, Be, and it is.\u201d might not be present, and no assumption of virgin birth would be made. Allah is assuring Mary, as information only, that even if man has not touched her, that He is powerful to have her bear a son without a husband. And not that He was going to give her a son without a husband.
\nHowever:
\n<\/span>The statement, \u201cEven so; All\u0101h creates WHAT He pleases\u201d is to be understood against the Angels saying that All\u0101h will give Mary a son; it is not to be understood against Mary\u2019s objection \u201cHow can I have a son and man has not touched me.\u201d
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 The verse says Allah creates \u201cWHAT\u201d\u2013son or daughter\u2013 it did not say Allah creates \u201cHOW\u201d\u2013 with or without a man\/husband.<\/span><\/p>\n

All\u0101h\u2019s decree is that it was His plan to send Jesus, not that Jesus would be fatherless. \u201cBe, and it is\u201d does not mean that the thing Allah decrees will manifest instantaneously or without a process; it only means that when Allah decrees a thing no one or nothing can thwart\/prevent it from coming into being.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 If All\u0101h created Jesus without a father, this would be in contradiction that Jesus is\/was the Messiah for, as noted above, the Messiah came from the house of David\/Judah whereas Mary was of the house of Levi\/Aaron.<\/span><\/p>\n

It may be asked, why would Allah send angels to Mary if Jesus was to be born with a father? Angels must have been sent to inform Mary that she would be given a son, which was what her mother, Hannah\/Anna, was expecting for herself\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:34-35). Also, it may be because of this son being the Messiah. (It could not be to forewarn Mary, because as “virgin” Mary would be astonished as to how she could be with child without having intimate relations; because then, as shown, Jesus could not be of the House of David, and Messiah).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In this announcement to Mary, Allah informs Mary that her son would be named \u201cthe Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:44).\u00a0 Allah named Jesus \u201cson of Mary.\u201d
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 The question that arises is why did All\u0101h named Jesus \u201cson of Mary\u201d if he was not of virgin birth?
\n<\/span>While the proper answer would be only All\u0101h knows; and anything else is speculation. Perhaps Jesus was named \u201cson of Mary because righteous people are referred to by their righteous lineage, as in the case of Mary\u2019s mother, Anna\/Hanna, being referred to as \u201cwoman of Imran\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:34), and Jesus being referred to as \u201cson of Mary\u201d is only an address of honor through his righteous mother; \u00a0or, as Jews had taken the prophet Ezra as son of God\u2013(Qur\u2019an 9:30)\u2013All\u0101h naming Jesus \u201cson of Mary\u201d was to put a check on Jews taking Jesus as \u201cson of God.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0But why \u201cson of Mary\u201d and not \u201cson\u201d of his father, i.e. \u201cson of\u00a0 Joseph.\u201d
\n<\/span>Jesus was named \u201cson of Mary\u201d and not \u201cson (of Joseph) seemingly because in Judaism children are joined by their mothers. Or, as noted above because people are referred to through their righteous lineage.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 It may be submitted that if Jesus was of virgin birth there would have been no need for All\u0101h to name him \u201cson of Mary;\u201d it would already be understood that since he was conceived without male association he could not have been given a father\u2019s name.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Also, All\u0101h not naming Jesus\u2019 father or naming Jesus after his father is no indication that Jesus was without a father. The names of the Prophet Mohammad\u2019s father and mother are not given in the Qur\u2019an, are we to assume that he had no father or mother?<\/span><\/p>\n

The remark of Mary\u2019s people in\u00a0 Qur\u2019an 19:27-28, about Mary bringing a strange thing and that her father \u201cwas not a wicked man, nor was thy mother an unchaste woman\u201d, though implying that Mary had a child out of wedlock, it is not a charge of sexual misconduct. Charge of sexual misconduct against Mary was made a hundred years later, in the \u201csecond century.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>If this was a charge of unchasteness, it is strange that Mary and\/or the one with her did not relate to their people the visit by the angels announcing the birth of Jesus \u2013miracles were not a novelty to the Jews\u2013 but instead the reply was given: \u201cHe said: I am indeed a servant of All\u0101h. He has given me the Book and made me a prophet\u201d\u2013(19:30): agreeably, not an appropriate response to a charge of adultery or unchasteness.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 That Mary\u2019s people did not charge her with adultery is evidenced by the Gospels themselves which regarded Jesus to be of legitimate birth: \u201cIs not this the carpenter\u2019s son?\u201d\u2013(Matthew 13:55); \u201cIs not this Joseph\u2019s son?\u201d\u2013(Luke 4:22). This also shows that they considered Jesus\u2019 birth to be of natural conception and not supernatural\/miraculous.<\/span><\/p>\n

Charge of adultery against Mary was made a century later. During Jesus\u2019 lifetime there was no suspicion as to the manner of his birth.<\/span> The Jews, as Khwaja Nazir Ahmad notes in his Jesus in Heaven on Earth<\/em>, held that Mary had intimate relations with one Pandera, a Roman soldier. However, as noted, this charge against Mary was made, not during the time of Jesus\u2019 birth, or lifetime, but a century later. \u00a0Jesus was given Divine status a hundred years after his birth. At which time the Pagans responded with the charge of illegitimate birth.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Khwaja Nazir Ahmad notes:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo long as the early Christians did not assert the virgin birth of Jesus, none of his contemporaries challenged his legitimacy. But the moment Jesus was raised to the pedestal of Godhead, the imaginations of the hagiographers had full scope to indulge in the most affecting or foolish fabrications accorded to their literary skill. In the second century<\/span> they attributed supernatural birth to Jesus. The Pagans retorted with the charge of illegitimacy. The Christian legendary cult has to thank itself for this calumny against Jesus and Mary. Josephus had provided the Pagans with a parallel\u2013(Josephus, Antiq; XVIII: 3-4) for he records that Mundus, a Roman knight, won Paulina, the chaste knight of a Roman noble, to his wishes by causing her to be invited by a priest of Isis into the temple of the goddess under a pretext that the god Anubis desired to embrace her. In the innocence of faith Paulina resigned herself and would perhaps have afterwards believed that she gave birth to the son of this god had not the intriguer, with bitter scorn, soon after disclosed to her the true state of affairs.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 The Pagans substituted Mary for Paulina and Joseph (for) Pandera, a soldier, for the Roman knight mentioned by Josephus.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 This calumny was taken up by the Jews of the second century,<\/span> and found a place in the Talmud. Jesus was then styled as ben Pandera. (i.e. son of Pandera). It is this calumny of which Celsus accuses Jews and which is referred to by Origen\u2013(Orig; C: Celsus, I:32) but of which the Jews of the time of Jesus were ignorant and innocent.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This calumny of 4:156 against Mary is referring to the charge of the second century when Jesus was given Divine status and the Jews responded with the charge of \u201cillegitimacy\u201d against Mary. \u00a0Thus, Qur\u2019an 4:156 refers to the charge of the second century. Whereas Mary\u2019s people\u2019s apprehension was during the time of Mary and Jesus, and not in the second century; and therefore could not be about adultery.
\nIf Mary\u2019s people had viewed her as being guilty of sexual misconduct, they would have stoned her, as the Jewish law required.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Allah said that He would clear Jesus of those who disbelieve\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:54). What was it that Allah would \u201cclear\u201d Jesus of?\u00a0 It was not about Jesus being of illegitimate birth. Jesus was charged with sedition. This is the charge that the Jews had \u201csought false witness against Jesus\u201d\u2013(Matt. 26:59-65; Luke 22:70-71). They \u2018disbelieved\u2019 in him\u2013(charging that \u201che made himself the \u201cSon of God\u201d\u2013John 19:7).
\n<\/span>If Jesus was born out of wedlock it would not have been his fault. A person does not have any say in how he\/she was conceived. In such a case it would not be Jesus who would need to be \u2018cleared,\u2019 but the parents would need clearing.<\/span><\/p>\n

As already pointed out, during Jesus\u2019 time there was no question about the manner of his birth; because, as noted above, he was not given Divine status till in the \u201csecond century.\u201d
\n<\/span>Regarding the false charge against Jesus, Allah cleared Jesus of this false charge by having Pilate, perhaps through his wife, find \u201cno fault\u201d in Jesus, and \u201cno cause\u201d to put him to death\u2013(Matt. 27:19; Luke 23:14, 22). (And saved him from crucifixion, also). (Why Coptic Christians honor Pilate and his wife, later).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It may be asked why did Allah not give the name of the father of Jesus?
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 As Jews and Christians do not accept Mohammad as Prophet of God and the Qur\u2019an as Revelation from God, All\u0101h naming Jesus\u2019 father, it is doubtful Jews and Christians would believe.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Instead of the name of Jesus\u2019 father Allah has given us something more compelling and more definitive than the name of Jesus\u2019 father; He has given us a fact that no rational mind can deny. Allah has called us to reason, to self-deliberation (and even to self-incrimination of those who persist against reason):
\n<\/span>\u201cHow could He have a son\u00a0<\/span>when He has no consort\u201d? <\/span>(Qur\u2019an 6:102).
\n<\/span><\/span>Whoever Jesus\u2019 father is he could not be God. This effectively and categorically demolishes the Christian claim that Jesus is \u201cbegotten son\u201d\/\u201cson\u201d of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since there is no contradiction in the Qur\u2019an and since Allah named Jesus the Messiah, who must come from the House of David, the Annunciation of the birth of Jesus could not be taken to mean \u2018virgin birth.\u2019 Because this would then be in contradiction with Qur\u2019an 3:44, where Jesus is named the \u2018Messiah.\u2019
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Therefore verses about the Annunciation could not be taken to mean virgin birth or miraculous conception.<\/span><\/p>\n

3.JESUS LIKE ADAM:<\/span>
\n<\/span>Allah says: \u201cSurely the likeness of Jesus is with Allah as the likeness of Adam; He created him from dust, then said, Be, and he was\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:58. It is to be noted that all mortals are created from dust\u2013(Qur\u2019an 22:5; 30:20; 40:68).
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Allah\u2019s command \u201cBe\u201d is noted in Qur\u2019an 2:118; 3:58; 6:73; 16:40; 19:35; 36:82; 40:68. Allah\u2019s command \u201cBe, and it is\u201d, and that creation is like the twinkling of an eye\u2013(Qur\u2019an 54:50), does not mean that a thing materializes without a process.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBe, and it is\u201d only means that when Allah decrees a thing nothing can prevent it from manifesting. And a thing manifesting in the twinkling of an eye only means that in Allah\u2019s sight it is instantaneous, whereas to us mortals it takes time.
\n<\/span>For example, Allah tells us that a day of His is like a thousand of our years\u2013(Qur\u2019an 22:47).\u00a0 (Unless my math is flawed) a day of Allah would be 365,000 days for us. Since it took Jesus (and all mortals, generally) nine months or approximately 270 days from conception to birth, then in the sight of Allah, the time from our conception to birth occurs in only 0.00074 day(s), or 0.0178 hour, or 1.07 minute or 64 seconds, or, figuratively, in the twinkling of an eye.
\n<\/span>(A person of 70 years would have lived a mere one hour and forty minutes, in Allah\u2019s estimation).<\/span><\/p>\n

To restate. Allah says:\u00a0 \u201cSurely the likeness of Jesus is with Allah as the likeness of Adam; He created him from dust, then said, Be, and he was\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:58). (Adam taken to be the first man).
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 If Jesus\u2019 likeness with Adam is taken literally then it would not be applicable. For Adam had neither father nor mother; whereas Jesus had a mother (at least); and Adam was created out of literal dust whereas Jesus was created out of his mother\u2019s ovum (at least), and had to go through the process of fetal development and childbirth, (whereas Adam did not go through the process of fetal development).
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 If this verse is taken to mean that Jesus was created through a miracle then Jesus could not be the Messiah; because then he would not have a father; and could not have come through the house of David. And the Messiah was to come from the house of David.
\nIf Jesus was born though a miracle, it would be a contradiction of the statement that he was the Messiah. And there is no discrepancy in the Qur\u2019an.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Taking Adam to mean the first man). It is significant to note that Allah says that Jesus\/Adam was first created THEN He said \u201cBe, and he was.\u201d Creation, in the form of the sperm, takes place in the man, and conception, which is the combining of the sperm with the ovum, takes place in the woman. So a person is first created before he is conceived.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 This creation of Adam\/Jesus does not refer to the creation of the soul (of Adam\/Jesus); because Allah says that the likeness between them is that he created them from \u201cdust\u201d, and the soul is not created from \u201cdust.\u201d
\n<\/span>Allah\u2019s word is not dust either, to those who hold that Jesus was created literally through the word of All\u0101h. All\u0101h\u00a0 breathing into Mary of His spirit, as translated by Yusuf Ali\u2013Qur\u2019an 66:11\u2013is no argument for virgin birth, the \u201cspirit\u201d of God is not \u201cdust,\u201d nor is such breathing restricted to Mary: the Spirit of God is breathed into all mortals\u2013Qur\u2019an 32:9.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 However, the correct translation, as noted by Muhammad Ali, is that God breathed into him, Jesus, not Mary, of His Spirit, or His Inspiration; which is what the Qur\u2019an tells us, i.e. that God strengthened Jesus with the Holy Spirit\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:87).
\n<\/span>Jesus being like Adam, could only mean that Allah created them out of dust (Adam out of dust in the primary sense, and in the case of Jesus, dust in the secondary sense, as all things are created from dust) and then they were transformed into humans\u2013Adam, by God breathing of His spirit into him; and Jesus, through the process of fetal development, through which process he received the spirit of God, as all beings receive the spirit of God\u2013(Qur\u2019an 32:9).<\/span><\/p>\n

As noted, Allah\u2019s command \u201cBe, and it is\u201d only means that when He intends for a thing to happen, no one can prevent it from manifesting. In the case of Adam this \u201cBe, and it is\u201d refers to His intention to put a ruler on earth, as He informed the angels\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:30). And in the case of Jesus, this \u201cBe, and it is\u201d refers to His intention to send Jesus as messenger to the Jews; which was evident, not only at the annunciation to Mary, but seemingly even at the time Mary\u2019s mother was expecting a son, instead of a daughter\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:34-35).<\/span><\/p>\n

It may be advanced that Allah created Jesus from his mother\u2019s ovum, which is also dust in the secondary sense. While this is a viable point it is tempered by the force that Jesus could not then be the Messiah; because the Messiah came from the house of David; and his mother was not of the house of David but of the house of Imran\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:34).<\/span><\/p>\n

That Jesus had a father, is how the Prophet explained the birth of Jesus to the Christians of Najran, as noted by Khwaja Nazir Ahmad in his Jesus in Heaven on Earth<\/em>, (pp. 174-176, the occasion being the discussion between the Prophet and the Christians of Najran, the topic being the divinity of Jesus).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Says the noble Messenger of Allah:
\n<\/span>\u201cDon’t you know that Jesus was conceived by a woman<\/em><\/strong> just as any other woman conceives a child, then she \u00a0gave birth to him like every other woman gives birth to \u00a0a child, he was then reared up like other children, then he used to eat and drink and answer the calls of nature like other human beings?\u201d<\/span> (See <\/span>Christians of Najran & Prophet Mohammad<\/a><\/span>).
\n<\/span>Clearly, as the Prophet Mohammad is said to have pointed out, Jesus was conceived by a woman \u201cjust as any other woman conceives a child.\u201d\u00a0 And a woman conceives a child through the mixture of sperm and ovum \u2013mating. And as Jesus was conceived \u201cas any other woman conceives a child,\u201d Jesus could not be of \u201cvirgin\u201d birth, but had a father. And for Jesus to be the Messiah, Jesus had to have a father!
\n<\/span>As miracles were the precursor to belief\u2013(John 4:48), if Jesus was of virgin birth it is doubtful Jews would have rejected him.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. GOD BREATHING OF HIS SPIRIT:
\n<\/span>God breathing into Mary of His spirit, as translated by Yusuf Ali, (Qur\u2019an 66:11) is not restricted to Mary. The Spirit of God is breathed into all mortals\u2013(Qur\u2019an 32:9). However, the correct translation is that God breathed into him (Jesus) of His Spirit (or His Inspiration). Which is what the Qur\u2019an tells us i.e. that God strengthened Jesus with the Holy Spirit\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:87), and that He taught Jesus the Book and wisdom\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:47).<\/span><\/p>\n

5. JESUS AND MARY AS SIGNS OF ALLAH:<\/span>
\n<\/span>That the Qur’an refers to Jesus and his mother as a sign is no indication of virgin birth\u2013(Qur’an 23:50).\u00a0 If this is taken to mean \u2018virgin birth\u2019 then this would be a contradiction of Qur\u2019an 3:44 where Jesus is named \u2018Messiah\u2019. But there is no contradiction in the Qur\u2019an\u2013(4:82).
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 The Messiah must come from the house of David, who was a Jew \u2013being from the house of Judah; but his mother, Mary (as noted was a Levite) of the house of Amran\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:34).\u00a0 Therefore Jesus and Mary being \u201ca sign\u201d could not be taken to mean \u2018virgin birth\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus and his mother are referred to together as one sign \u2013\u201ca sign.\u201d They are not each a \u201csign.\u201d How are they both one sign?
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Miraculous conception and birth would, admittedly, seem to be \u201cone\u201d sign. But so is conception and birth within the ordinary.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 There are several which are referred to as Signs, for instance: all creation are Signs\u2013(Qur’an 42:29); Joseph and his brethren are Signs\u2013(Qur\u2019an 12:7); Noah\u2019s Ark is a Sign\u2013(Qur\u2019an 29:15); man and his mate is a Sign\u2013(Qur\u2019an 30:20-21).<\/span><\/p>\n

In Qur\u2019an 19:21 Jesus by himself is referred as \u201ca\u201d sign. His mother is not included with him. This verse reads (after Mary inquires how she could have a son when man has not touched her):
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cHe said: So (it will be). Thy Lord says: It is easy for me;<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and that We may make him a sign to men\u2026..\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Allah did not make \u201cthem\u201d a sign. If Jesus and Mary were \u201ca sign\u201d (one sign) through miraculous conception, then it is reasonable to expect that Allah would have referred to them as such when He sent His messenger to give Mary here (in the above verse) the news of the birth of Jesus.
\n<\/span>As noted above Jesus will be a sign; not his birth will be a sign.
\n<\/span>\u00a0 Jesus is a sign in that he was a prophet\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:48); the last of the Israelite prophets and the fore-runner of the Prophet Mohammad.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Mary was a sign in that she was chosen above all women to be given Divine revelation and to make manifest the Divine decree\/ word (of the birth of Jesus). Thus, it seems reasonable to conclude that Mary being given the news of bearing a pure son and this pure son issuing forth from that Divine decree together forms one sign \u2013\u201ca sign.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

6. JESUS LIVING TO AN OLD AGE:
\n<\/span>Jesus mission was to the \u201clost sheep of the house of Israel\u201d \u201cto seek and save\u201d them\u2013(Matthew 15:24; Luke 19:10). But there were only two of the Twelve Tribes of Israel in Palestine. The other ten Tribes were in the Kashmir\/Afghan region. Jesus\u2019 eighteen missing years from the Gospels (from 12-30) were spent ministering to these Tribes. As noted from Khwaja Nazir Ahmad in his book Jesus in Heaven on Earth:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe Gospels record Jesus age twelve in the temple. Then about age thirty at the river Jordan. That leaves approximately seventeen years unaccounted for. (In fact, it was some thirty years that was unaccounted for: his birth to twelve plus from twelve to thirty).
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 During those so-called lost years, the child \u201cincreased in wisdom and stature,\u201d as Luke wrote. But was it in the carpenter shop at Nazareth?
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 According to ancient Tibetan manuscripts, Jesus secretly withdrew from the home of Mary and Joseph at age thirteen.\u00a0 Young \u201cIssa\u201d joined a merchant caravan. Destination: India and the Himalayas.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 At Juggernaut, \u201cthe white priests of Brahma made him a joyous welcome.\u00a0 They taught him to read and understand the Vedas, to cure by aid of prayer, to teach, to explain the holy scriptures to the people, and to drive out evil spirits from the bodies of men.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n