Thursday, November 24, 2005

Jesus & Adam

«"The case of Jesus in the sight of God is the same as the case of Adam. He created him of dust and then said to him: 'Be,' and he was."»

The birth of Jesus is indeed amazing when compared to what is familiar to man. It is, however, far from amazing when it is compared with the creation of Adam, the father of the human race. The people of earlier revelations who debated and argued about Jesus's nature, because of his miraculous birth, and wove around him all sorts of legends and fantasies because he had no father, believed that Adam was created of dust, and that it was the breathing of a spirit from God into him which made him a human being. They did not, however, weave any similar legends around Adam as they did around Jesus. They did not claim that Adam had any Divine nature. Yet, the very element which made Adam a human being is the same one which caused Jesus to be born without a father: spirit from God was breathed into both Adam and Jesus. There was also the Divine command, "Be", to initiate whatever God wanted to initiate and cause to come into existence. We can, then, appreciate the simplicity of the creation of Jesus, Adam and all creatures. We find ourselves accepting it with ease and clarity. We indeed wonder why the birth of Jesus should lead to all these disputes and arguments when it took place according to God's law which applies to all creation. We can also appreciate the method of the Quran, the wise reminder, in addressing human nature with simple, realistic and natural logic which makes even the most complicated of matters appear to be so simple.

2 comments:

No no said...

You are exactly right in that Jesus was created just like Adam and those who believe that the manner of his birth was a sign that he was begotten by G_d have no knowledge of the history of the message of the prophets and the inventors of this myth minds were steeped in European mythology.

Gx said...

Here's a different twist, Isa (AS) and Ma Hawa (AS) have a common theme in their existence aswell. In that Isa (AS) came from a single women, and Ma Hawa came from a single Man !...which just continually shows Allah does not need to conform to "laws of science" to prove his power and his greatness. It also shows Isa (AS) existence was no more miraculous than Ma Hawa's existence.