Aside from these...

Aside from these, there are other narrations and hadiths attributed to the Prophet as well. Whereas, there is no such categorization in both the Old and the New Testament- in other words, Jesus Christ’s words, the stories, teachings and the divine words have all come together and they are not distinguishable. Anyhow, it is a sacred book and reading it is useful for us. The four Gospels existing at the moment are as narratives.

Four accounts of Christ’s (AS) life, which of course in all of them, Christ’s words have not been brought cohesively, mostly in story-telling style, though. The Quran has stories too, every word of which is a lesson and a reminder. For example, in the story of Joseph (AS), it states: “We tell you stories in a highly desirable fashion” 9 . What does***“a highly desirable fashion”*** of storytelling mean? Does it mean***“We”*** are story tellers? No, it does not.

“Highly desirable fashion” here means that “We” tell you stories every word of which can be a lesson for you. Here, the word “story” does not own the literal meaning. In other places, the Quran states that there were many other prophets whose stories “We” never read to you, meaning it was not necessary. Christ (AS) has a particular place from the historical point of view, too. The Jews also had been awaiting the Messiah.

The Messiah; as they say Mashiah10 , which is the term for their belief of The Promised. God had promised them that a Jewish king would come and gain mastery over the world.

Due to their ethnicity, breed and genetic heritage, the Sons-of-Israel tribe interprets everything based on its materialistic and worldly meaning, they thought that this king or sultan would be the same as David (AS) or Solomon (AS) who would also have the worldly kingdom and would rise via invasion and force, as they sometimes abuse this idea politically. In effect, the word Sultan had to be interpreted as the divine one, meaning someone who has a divine kingship.

Just like when we name the Holy Imams such as Imam Reza: Al-Sultan Ali, son of Musa (father of) Reza. Of course, if they (the Jews) had rallied to the Christ’s flag all together, they would have achieved that kingdom and superiority, in effect, the followers of Jesus Christ have been promised to have dominance over the others.

By followers, we Muslims also are certainly included, because we are following the one whose emergence had been annunciated by Jesus (AS) and His Excellency also had ordered us to follow him.