Prophet Isa (Jesus) was born without a father and his mother
was Hazrat Maryam (Mary). Hazrat Maryam’s mother had vowed to give away the
baby who will be born to serve Allah, thinking that it may be a boy, but
instead Hazrat Maryam was born but still she dedicated her to the house of
Allah. She had grown up and one day while she was alone, an angel appeared in
the shape of a man. Prophet Isa was mentioned 36 times in the Glorious Qur’an. The
story of the birth of Prophet Isa is described in Surah Maryam
Ayah 16 to 36 as follows:
Hazrat Maryam said, “Verily, I take refuge in the Beneficent
(Allah) from you! If you are God- fearing.”
He (the angel) said, “Verily, I am only a messenger from
your Lord that I bestow on you a pure son.”
She said, “How shall there be for me a son while no man
has touched me, neither have I been unchaste.”
He said, “‘So (it will be)’. Your Lord says: ’It is easy
for Me and that We will make him a Sign (Miracle) unto the people and a Mercy
from Us, and it is a matter decreed. So, she conceived him (Jesus) and withdrew
with him to a distant place. And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk
of ma palm tree. She said:’ Would I had
died ere this and had been a thing forgotten. Then (a voice) called out unto
her from beneath her: ‘Grieve not! Verily Your Lord has made a stream to flow
beneath you. And shake the trunk of palm-tree towards yourself. It will drop on
you fresh ripe dates. So, eat and drink and refresh your eye; and if you meet
any mortal, say: ‘Verily I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent (God), so never
shall I speak today with any human being. Then she brought the child to her
people, carrying him (in her arms). They said, “Verily you have done a very
indecent thing. O sister of Aaron! Your father was not a bad man, nor was your
mother an unchaste woman. Then Maryam pointed to him. They said, “How shall we
speak to one who is (yet) a child in the cradle? He (miraculously) said, “Verily
I am a servant of Allah; He has given me the Book and made me a prophet. And He
has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on me prayer and
almsgiving so long as I live. And (He has made me) kind to my mother, and He
has not made me arrogant unblessed. And peace be on me the day I was born, and
the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive. This is Jesus, son of
Maryam, a statement of truth, concerning which they doubt. It is not befitting
to Allah that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He decrees a thing,
He only says unto it: ‘Be’ and it ‘is’. And verily Allah is my Lord and your
Lord, so worship (only) Him. This is a straight path.
Some of the other places where Prophet Isa is mentioned are
as follows:
They said, “We murdered Jesus Christ, son of Maryam, the
Messenger of Allah, when, in fact, they could not have murdered him or
crucified him. They, in fact, murdered someone else by mistake. (4:157)
The similitude of Jesus before Allah is that of Adam; He
created him from dust, then said to him: ‘Be’ and he was. (3:59)
Christ the son of Maryam was no more than a Messenger.
His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See
how Allah does make signs clear to them; see in what way they are deluded away
from the truth. (5:75)
(Muslims), say, ‘We believe in Allah and what He has
revealed to us and to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, and their descendants and what
was revealed to Moses, Jesus, and the prophets from their Lord. We make no
distinction among them and to Allah we have submitted ourselves. (2:136)
He told Jesus, “I will save you from your enemies, raise
you to Myself, keep you clean from association with the unbelievers, and give
superiority to your followers over the unbelievers until the Day of Judgment.
On that day you will all return to me and I shall resolve your dispute.
Jesus, son of Maryam, said to the Israelites, I am the
Messenger of Allah sent to you. I confirm the Torah which is in existence and
give you the glad news of the coming of a Messenger who will come after me
named Ahmad. When this Messenger came to them with all the proofs (to support
his truthfulness), they said, “He is only a magician” (61:6)
Source: The Glorious Qur’an (Urdu translation) – Tafsir-e-Namoona
by Ayatollah Nasir Makarem Shirazi
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