(8) Christians argue that in the Old Testament it is God...

(8) Christians argue that in the Old Testament it is God Himself Who is associated with the giving of sight to the blind. Thus, they conclude, that Jesus is god! The answer to this is that neither Jesus nor any other person can ever perform any miracle without the Leave of God and hence the miracles of Jesus are in fact the intervention of God through His selected servant, i.e. Jesus. 5.

Disclosing secrets The holy Quran narrates another miracle that Jesus performed with God`s permission, which is related to the scope of human knowledge. Jesus was informing people about those things which were secret to others other than them, such as what they ate at home and what they had hidden there. (10) Although the man in an ordinary manner has no access to the unseen, God chooses to unveil the secrets and the unseen to some of His servants.

“He (Allah alone is) the All-Knower of the unseen, and He reveals to none His unseen. Except to a Messenger whom He has chosen” (11). Jesus was a chosen Messenger of God and hence God revealed to him the secrets. 6. A table spread with food from heaven Prophet Jesus performed a miracle exclusively for his disciples when they were wandering with him on the earth preaching his teachings.

Once they ran out of food and asked Jesus: “Can your Lord send down to us a table spread with food from heaven?” Jesus, who was not sure about their intention, refused to perform the miracle and advised them: “Fear Allah if you are indeed believers.” They explained that they had no intention for this request but “To eat thereof and satisfy our hearts to be stronger in faith, and to know that you have indeed told the truth and that we ourselves be its witnesses”.

Once Jesus was assured of their sincere intention, he invoked to God saying: “O Allah, Our Lord! Send us from the heaven a table spread (with food) that there may be for us –for the first and the last of us- an Eid and a Sign from You; and provide us with sustenance, for You are the Best of sustains.” The fifth chapter of the Quran is named after this miracle ‘al-Ma’idah’ and its story is mentioned (12). The holy Quran, as in its usual style, does not mention the details of the story.

According to a Hadith from Imam Baqir (a.s), their heavenly food was bread and fish. NOTES: ______________________________ 1. Qur’an 15:29 2. Qur’an 3:49, 5:110 3. Qur’an 16:20 4. Qur’an 53:44 5. Qur’an 3:49 6. Qur’an John 11:1-44 7. 1 Kings 17: 2-24 8. Qur’an 3:49 9. Ex. 4:11 10. Qur’an 3:49 11.