The angels shouted, “Get away!

The angels shouted, “Get away!” He said to them, “Who is his father?” They answered, “His case is like that of Adam.” Iblis said, “Verily, I will mislead four fifths of the people by him.” Allah, the mighty and magnificent, only wanted to make his affair as a sign and mark for it to be known by this that He has power over all things. Jesus stood as an authority ( hujjah ) when he was three years old.

When he reached seven years he spoke as a prophet and messenger, while he received revelation from Allah, the Exalted. When Allah commissioned him, He bestowed upon him light, knowledge and wisdom, and the knowledge of all the prophets before him, and He added to this the Gospel. He commissioned him to Jerusalem ( Bayt al-Maqdis ) for the children of Israel to invite them to His book and wisdom and to faith in Allah and His prophet.

According to Shi‘ite belief, if one denies Jesus the son of Mary (‘a), but confesses to all the other prophets, he is still not considered a believer. Jesus was noble, a worshipper, an ascetic, an itinerant, possessor of splendor, was loving to all the believers and excellent in his conduct with others.

His ring was engraved with two sayings he took from the Gospel, “Blessed is the servant because of whom Allah is remembered, and woe unto the servant because of whom Allah is forgotten.” His shariah (law) included tawhid (divine unity), ikhlas (purity), the dismissal of peers [for Allah], and the liberal uprightness of human nature.

He made lawful what is pure in it, and prohibited what is filthy, and He removes from them their burdens and the shackles that were upon them.[^1] His law included the prayer, alms, and also restricting marriage to one woman, for the sake of women’s affairs. Admonitions and parables were sent down to him in the Injil, but there was no law of retaliation ( qisas ) in it nor precepts of retribution ( ahkam al-hudud ), and no obligations for inheritance.

What was sent down to him was a mitigation of what was sent down to Moses in the Torah. Jesus commanded those with him who were believers and followed him that they believe in the law of the Torah, the laws of all prophets and the Injil .” The Christians differed among themselves about Jesus (‘a). Some of them said, the Eternal, the Mighty and Magnificent, is united with Christ, His son.

But the Eternal does not become non-eternal by this creature who is Jesus, and Jesus does not become eternal by the Eternal who is Allah.