Just like any other prophets before him, Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is also no God (Surely God is beyond that). Ascribing him as God or son of God is a grave error. Our Christian brothers and sisters should also understand the inward meaning of the passages in the Gospel.
First it should be noted that the lack of understanding the inward meaning is encountered in a variety of ways in Islam, in Judaism and also in Christianity. So this should not be considered as a matter about some Christians alone. However, here only this subject’s aspect related to Christians is described.
The ability to understand the inward meaning is important in terms of the errors some of our Christian brothers and sisters have fallen in. That is because the belief that has been held for years that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is the son of Allah (Surely Allah is beyond that) is a dangerously erroneous interpretation that occurs due to a lack of this understanding. The expression “son of Allah” in the Gospel is taken as its literal meaning without having properly thought of the deeper meaning it states.
In fact the word “son” here is an expression of spiritual closeness to Allah, love, election, and friendship. It is a quite deep expression Allah used for a servant of His whom He loved and chose.
This special expression is also a way of description used in the Torah. (Psalms 2: 7-12) Since some Christians interpret the word “son” in the Torah again literally, they cite the Torah as a reference for their false belief that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is Allah’s son (Surely Allah is beyond that). Yet the Jews know the true and deep meanings of these expressions in the Torah. They interpret these expressions and comtemplate their inward meaning and can understand that Allah has stressed His love for, protection over and closeness to His servant. Indeed, Jews oppose some Christians’ commentating on passages from the Torah literally and thus differently from their actual meanings.
Our Christian brothers and sisters must understand that with the word "son of Allah," not a physical meaning is implied (Surely Allah is beyond that), but instead a servant’s spiritual closeness to Him is emphasized. With this point of view of the inward expression, they will better realize a very different and deeper message deep inside this form of address.
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Humane features of Prophet Jesus (pbuh) as described in Gospel
All things have been given to me by my Lord. (Matthew 11:27)
I do exactly what God has commanded me [to do]. (Matthew 14:31)
The words I say to you are not just my own. (John 14:10)
I tell you the truth, the apostle can do nothing by himself. (John 5:19)
My teaching is not my own. It comes from Him Who sent me. (John 7:16)
My Lord, Who has given them to me, is greater than all. (John 10:29)
For I did not speak of my own accord, but God, Who sent me, told me what to say and how to say it. I know that His command leads to eternal life.So whatever I say is just what God has told me to say. (John 12:49-50)
Jesus knew that God had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God. (John 13:3)
… for I always do what pleases Him. (John 8:29)
By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but He Who sent me. (John 5:30)
When he [Jesus] was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and began to give it to them. (Luke 24:30)
Jesus, tired from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus asked her: "Will you give me a drink?"(John 4:6-7)
Jesus, tired from the journey, sat down by the well. (John 4:6)
Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed. (Matthew 26:39)
… looking up to heaven, he gave thanks. (Matthew 14:19)
After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. (Matthew 14:23)
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. (Mark 1:35)
After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray. (Mark 6:46)
Jesus said to his disciples: "Sit here while I pray." (Mark 14:32)
One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. (Luke, 6:12)
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. (Luke 11:1)
But I have prayed for you… that your faith may not fail. (Luke 22:32)
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