Stories of the Prophets – Isa
(as) (Jesus): The true story of Jesus
Bismillah-hir Rahman-nir
Raheem )in the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful)
Isa
Prophet Isa (as) – commonly known as Jesus
– is one of the greatest Prophets and also one of most debated in the world.
The Jews did not accept him, the Christians have revered him and raised him to
a status which is the worst sin against Allah (committing shirk) and the
Muslims recognise Isa (as) as a true prophet of Allah.
He was born miraculously from Mary
(daughter of Imran), a chaste and God-fearing woman, one of the best women of
the whole of mankind. Prophet Isa (as) performed miracles, by the Will of Allah
but he was not crucified. He will return to the earth and fill it with justice
and peace and this is what we are now waiting for.
Here are snippets of the true story of
Jesus. The full story
Stories Of The Prophets By Ibn Kathir
The following are some snippets of the
Stories of the Prophets as written by the renowned scholar (masha’Allah), Ibn
Kathir and translated by Sheikh Muhammad Mustafa Geme’ah (Office of the Grand
Imam, Sheikh Al-Azhar). I hope you will find them beneficial, insha’Allah.
MARY RECEIVES NEWS OF JESUS
While Mary was praying in her temple, an
angel in the form of a man appeared before her. Filled with terror, she tried
to flee, praying:
“Verily! I seek refuge with the Most
Beneficent (Allah) from you, if you do fear Allah.” The angel said: “I am only
a Messenger from your Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a righteous son.”
She said: “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, nor am I
unchaste?” He said: “So (it will be), your Lord said: “That is easy for me
(Allah): And (We wish) to appoint him as a sign to mankind and a mercy from Us
(Allah), and it is a matter (already) decreed, (by Allah).'” (Ch 19:18-21 Quran)
THE MIRACLES OF JESUS
Allah the Almighty said:
“Remember when Allah will say (on the Day of
Resurrection): “O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My Favor to you and to your
mother when I supported you with Ruh-ul-Qudus (Gabriel) so that you spoke to
the people in the cradle and in maturity; and when I taught you writing, Al
Hikmah (the power of understanding), the Torah and the Gospel; and when you
made out of the clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My Permission, and
you breathed into it, and it became a bird by My Permission, and you healed
those born blind, and the lepers by My Permission, and when you brought forth
the dead by My Permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from
you (when they resolved to kill you) since you came unto them with clear
proofs, and the disbeliveers among them said: ‘This is nothing but evident
magic.'” And when I (Allah) put in their hearts of the disciples (of Jesus) to
believe in Me and My Messenger, they said: “We believe. And bear witness that
we are Muslims.” (Ch 5:110-111 Quran).
JESUS’ CRUCIFIXION
But the faith of Islam came with views
quite different from that of the extend gospels with regards to both the end of
Jesus and his nature. The Glorious Qur’an affirms that Allah the Exalted did
not permit the people of Israel to kill Jesus or crucify him. What happened was
that Allah saved him from his enemies and raised him to heaven. They never
killed Jesus, they killed someone else.
Allah the Almighty declared:
“And because of their saying (in boast), “We
killed Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah,” but they killed him
not, nor crucified him, but the resemblance of Jesus was put over another man
(and they killed that man) and those who differ therein are full of doubts.
They have no certain knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. For surely;
they killed him not (Jesus, son of Mary): But Allah raised him (Jesus) up (with
his body and soul) unto Himself (and
he is in the heavens). And Allah is Ever
All Powerful, All Wise.
And there is none of the people of the
Scripture (Jews & Christians), but must believe in him (Jesus, son of Mary,
as only a Messenger of Allah, and a human being0, before his (Jesus or a Jew’s
or a Christian’s ) death (at the time of the appearance of the angel of death).
And on the Day of Resurrection, he (Jesus) will be a witness against them. ( Ch
4:157-159 Quran)