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The Nature of Jesus Christ 2 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief The Nature of Jesus Christ 2 2022-10-15 340 Views Jesus Christ , The Messiah In this part of the article titled “The Nature of Jesus Christ”, we shall continue with other relevant information on the personality of Jesus of Christ as a special creature of Allah.

Such men have been chosen to represent God in every way, they see through Him, hear through Him, walk, grasp, think, love … their every faculty has been captured and they have shackled themselves to the ‘robe of His Majesty’.

“My God I have fixed the fingers of my love to the ends of thy cords … My God these are the reins of my soul-I have bound them with the ties of Thy will.”(1) One who has achieved this proximity to God is known in Islamic terminology as ‘Insaan al-Kamil’ or the perfect (or perfected) man. It is in this context that Jesus must be viewed. He is called in the Qur’an, a sign (ayat) of God. The Prophets of God are generally all given this designation.

They are all (from Adam to Muhammad) signposts marking the path to God, each one addressing both the universal nature of man and the specific contingencies of his time. Jesus is a signpost who links man back to his original ancestor (Adam). The Qur’an says: “The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him: ‘Be’ and he was.” (2) So in the very act of his creation, a link is forged with the origins of mankind.

The Qur’an also says of Jesus: “The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, is the apostle of God, and His Word, which He projected unto Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from Him” (3) The “Word” is God’s creative Word (with which He also created Adam), and the “Spirit” is the Divine Spirit (which he also breathed into Adam).

Thus Jesus is created according to the mould of Adam – but he is as Adam was before the fall from Paradise before Adam was put into this world, where God’s presence is veiled and must be sought through signs. Thus Jesus, from the moment of his miraculous conception to the time he is taken up to God, is one who was “Insaan al-Kamil”. He has seen with the perfection of his inner eye the secrets of this Universe. When he tells the man of Paradise he has seen it, when he talks of God he knows Him.

His every word is spoken from knowledge. He sees and hears and moves through God. The Spirit of Allah is his guide.