Ali Ataie – Explanation of Qur’an 930 The Jews Say ‘Uzayr is the Son of God’
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Some Muslims to leave the Mila,
they can't solve them.
Education is key.
So when the Quran says Jesus is a
word from God.
Right?
Kali metum min Allah.
It is the angel who announces this to
Maryam alaihis salam.
So Jesus's title, word from God or word
of God is related to his miraculous birth.
So that's number 1. It has nothing to
do with his supposed
hypostatic or personal pre eternality.
And this is significant
because I would argue that the Quran here
is not borrowing a middle platonic term or
concept,
like the gospel of John apparently does. But
rather the Quran is continuing
the established
Jewish miracle birth
literary tradition.
The established
Jewish miracle birth literary tradition.
How
so? Well, in the book of Genesis 18/14,
Sarah laughs and says, how shall I have
a child when I am old
or in the Quran?
But what did the angels say to Sarah
in Genesis?
In the Torah,
is anything too hard for the lord?
Is anything too hard for the lord? But
that's English.
That's a translation.
In Hebrew, it says,
Literally, is any word
too hard for the Lord?
Davar means word, kalima.
In Greek, this is translated as not
logos.
But what does davar mean in the context
of Genesis?
It means an edict,
a matter, or a decree.
So what are the angels actually saying to
Sarah?
Is anything that God decrees? Is any affair
that God wills
too hard for him to do?
This is this is the meaning. In fact,
Wilhelm Jacenius in his famous, lexicon says that
one of the words in Arabic that is
equivalent in meaning to davar is amr,
as the angels say to Sarah in the
Quran. Do you wonder at the decree of
Allah?