Prophet Jesus (pbuh) –God is beyond that- is basically because some
words of the Gospel are wrongly interpreted. (You can read the
detailsabout this subject from here and here .) The Prophet Jesus
(pbuh) surely carries the soul of God and surely God manifests in him.
However, the concept of "manifestation" has been misinterpreted by
some Christians for hundreds of years and turned into a false belief,
which holds that the Self of God manifestsin the Prophet Jesus (pbuh).
This is the main reason that today some Christians are mistaken about
this issue.
In order to avoid this indecent and false point of view, our Christian
brothers should understand what is meant with "manifestation" very
well:
God created the universefrom nothing and has absolute dominion over
it. Everything in the Earth and sky belongs to Him alone. God is
everywhere. All mothers and fathers are manifestations of God. All
children are manifestations of God. All butterflies, birds, trees,
roses and fruits are manifestations of God. The planets, suns and
giant universe are manifestations of God. The Presence of God is
manifested in many places and forms. This is the creative artistry of
God. God has the power to show His infinite might and power in the
manner He chooses in the entity He chooses. When God called for the
Prophet Moses (pbuh) through the bush, God has manifested in the bush.
God is not separate fromHis creations. All beings and everything in
the universe are images of Him. People can never see Almighty God in
person, but they are in constant contact with manifestations of Him. A
person is himself a manifestation of God. Almighty God pervades all
things in the universe. God reveals this truth in the Gospel:
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together . (Colossians 1:17)
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's Sight. Everything is
uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to Whom wemust give
account . (Hebrews 4:13)
God reveals the fact that He encompasses all places and all things in
the Qur'an as follows:
God, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is
notsubject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and the
earth belongs to Him. Who canintercede with Him except by His
permission? He knows what is before them andwhat is behind them
butthey cannot grasp any ofHis knowledge save what He wills. His
Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth and their preservation
does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent. (Surat
al-Baqara, 255)
God reveals His closenessto the manifestations of Him:
We created man and We know what his own self whispers to him. We are
nearer to him than his jugular vein. (Surah Qaf, 16)
Our Lord reveals how HisPresence pervades all places:
Both East and West belong to God, so wherever you turn, the Face of
God is there. Godis All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. (Surat al-Baqara,
115)
To claim that something is not a manifestation of God means calling
that a being independent fromGod and this is openly polytheism and
distortion of faith. This isthe same thing as claiming that God is not
infinite (God is beyond that). The infinite existence of God
encompasses all. There isno being independent of Him. God shows His
own existence in all things. Therefore, it is not possible to talk
about a being that is nota manifestation of God or that is independent
ofGod.
The Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) strong fear and love of God, superior moral
values, his exemplary behavior, the miracles bestowed on him by our
Lord and all the extraordinary attributes He was blessed with by God
are all special manifestationsof our Lord. He is a beloved servant of
God, a holy prophet who is anintense manifestation of His title of
ar-Rahman. The fact that he was someone who, by God's leave, displayed
the same moral values as theangels and behaved in a holy and superior
manner and the statements as "son of God" in the Gospel have taken the
love for the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) to a dangerous dimension in time.
Christians in question may be thinking that when they accept the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) as a holy servant and prophet of God and as a
manifestation of ourLord just like all His other manifestations, they
will be betraying him and they will harm the love they have for him.
However, this is notan expression of love. Love is not idolizing the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) (God is beyond that.) This is a serious
misconception, which results from not being able to understand love of
God. One has to take refuge with God from such an understanding. Love
is only directed at God Who is Creator and the Sole Owner of all
things. This is why the manifestations of our Lord are loved very
much. Our love for the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is asacred and great love,
which results from our love of God and the fact that we know the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is also a beautiful manifestation of God.
The fact that the ProphetJesus (pbuh) is a manifestation just like all
manifestations created by God would surely not decrease his value. He
is a beautiful and sincere servant of God and His beautiful Prophet
chosen by our Lord. It is more valuable and beautiful to love him with
this superior attribute, for the good pleasure of God. This is the
form of love that must be shown.
By God's leave, in the End Times that we are in,the Prophet Jesus
(pbuh)will come to earth again with all of his beauty and light, and
explain allof these truths to our Christian brothers and sisters
himself. In that time, all Christians will believe in him and in what
he tells by God's leave and all of these false beliefs will be
eradicated. Our purpose here is to be able to prepare an
environmentfor him before the coming of the Messiah (pbuh) and to
remind the importance of these facts to our Christian brothers and
sisters.
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And Allah Knows the Best!
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M NajimudeeN Bsc- INDIA
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