All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.
The meaning of ‘Eesa (Jesus) being the Word of God is that he came into existence by the Word of Allah "Be", as was stated by the interpreters of the Quran among the Salaf (righteous predecessors). Imaam Ahmad said, “It [i.e. the creation of ‘Eesa] was with the word that Allah sent down to Mary (Maryam) when He said to him: (Be) and ‘Eesa was (i.e. came to existence) with the word ‘Be’; Allah says (what means): {Indeed, the example of ‘Eesa to Allah is like that of Aadam (Adam). He created Him from dust; then He said to him, 'Be,' and he was.}” [Quran 3:59]
The meaning of ‘Jesus being ‘the Spirit of God’ is what Al-Baghawi said in his Tafseer:
“And he is a soul like all other souls, but Allah added it (attributed it) to Himself as an honor (for 'Eesa). It was also said, 'The Spirit was the blowing which Jibreel, may Allah exalt his mention, blew to the garment of Maryam and she became pregnant by Allah’s Will. The blowing was called spirit because it is a wind that comes out of a spirit, and Allah attributed it to Himself because it was with His Order.'
Therefore, Mary did not commit adultery and was not physically married to the Father or the Holy Spirit (Gabriel).
The creation of Christ, peace be upon him, was only a divine miracle
It is not mentioned in the Quran that ‘Eesa was created from dust; rather, the Quran mentioned that our father Aadam, may Allah exalt his mention, was created from dust (clay), or that Allah created the human being or the people in general from clay with the fact that their father Aadam was created from clay, as in the verse in which Allah says (what means): {It is He Who created you from clay and then decreed a term and a specified time [known] to Him; then [still] you are in dispute.} [Quran 6:2]
Allah also says (what means): {And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.} [Quran 23:12]
Allah further says (what means): {Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay.} [Quran 32:7]
As regards the saying of Allah in resembling ‘Eesa with Aadam: {Indeed, the example of ‘Eesa to Allah is like that of Aadam. He created Him from dust; then He said to him, "Be," and he was.} [Quran 3:59]; what is meant by the resemblance here is that He created him without a father, as Aadam was created without a father or mother.
Al-Qurtubi may Allaah have mercy upon him said, “The resemblance is that ‘Eesa was created without a father like Aadam, and not that ‘Eesa was created from dust. Indeed, something may be likened to something else even though there is a big difference between them if they have one same characteristic; Aadam was created from dust while ‘Eesa was not created from dust, so they are different in this regard, but Allah likened them because He created both of them without a father.”
Describing Eesa as Word of Allah and Spirit of Allah in Quran
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