CHAPTER 5: THEIR CLAIM REGARDING GOD’S APPEARANCE IN JESUS
They said, “That is why He appeared in Isa (Jesus, peace be upon him) bin Maryam (Mary), for man is the most exalted among the creations of God. That is why he spoke with people and they saw what they saw.”
it is said: If you claim He appeared in ‘Isa as He appeared in Ibrahim (Abraham, peace be upon him), Musa (Moses, peace be upon him), and Muhammad (peace be upon him) and as He appears in His Houses (mosques), which Allah has ordered to be raised (to be cleaned, and to be honored), in them His Name is glorified, His Light and Knowledge appears, His Names are mentioned, etc. then this happened to Christ and others.
The terms Immanentism and Unification are used to express a definite meaning. It is said that so and so are united when they agree on what they like and dislike and on what they support and oppose. When their purpose is united, it is said they are united and share unity between them. This does not mean that the entity of the one has united with the entity of the other like the unity of fire and iron, water and milk, or the soul and the body. The same applies to Immanentism.
It might be said, “There is nothing in the heart of so and so but Allah and he has nothing but Allah.” This means that he mentions Allah, tries to know Him, loves Him, fears Him, obeys Him, and so on.
It is said, “So and so has nothing but so and so,” when he speaks constantly of that person and of his merits more than others.
There are many examples but the speaker and the listener know that the entity of the one does not become immanent in the entity of the other, not to mention unifying with it. This is also said about the mirror when it faces the sun, it is said, “It has nothing in it but the sun,” which means that nothing appears in it except the sun.
But if by your statement you mean, “Appeared in Isa,” becoming immanent in him and uniting with Christ or with another, then this is a mere assertion with no evidence whatsoever to support it. Man being the most exalted among the creations of God is not enough reason for God to be immanent in him. This is not exclusive to Christ but evidence proves that Ibrahim (Abraham, peace be upon him) and Muhammad (peace be upon him) are better than ‘Isa (Jesus, peace be upon him), for Allah took them both as His closest ones. There can be no greater rank than this. So, if He chose to be immanent in the most exalted among His humans only for being the most exalted, He would have become immanent in the most exalted among that kind, which is Muhammad (peace be upon him).
They have no proof that the body taken from Maryam (Mary), according to their original story, is better than Al-Khalil (Ibrahim, the closest one) and Musa (Moses, peace be upon him).
If they said, “He did not commit a sin,” we say that Yahya (John, peace be upon him) also did not commit a sin. He who commits a sin and repents might be a better person than before and might be better than him who did not commit any. AI-Khalil and Musa (peace be upon them) are better than Yahya (peace be upon him).
They say, “That is why he spoke to people.”
The one who spoke to people was ‘Isa (Jesus, peace be upon him) bin Maryam (Mary). People only heard his voice and they did not hear any voice other than his. If a jinni becomes immanent in a person and talks through his tongue, it appears to the listeners that this voice is not human.
Christ gave the same message as the other messengers. If the words spoken by the human entity were from a jinn or an angel, it would have been clear and people would have known that they were not the words of a human being. How about if the speaker was the Lord of the universe? If this were true, it would have been clearer than the words of an angel or a jinni through a human being. Much clearer indeed!
The miracles which they saw from Christ (peace be upon him) were similar to those of other prophets. Others brought the dead to life and told about the unseen more than he did. The miracles of Musa (Moses, peace be upon him) are greater than those of ‘Isa (peace be upon him). The appearance of miracles at the hands of Christ supports his prophethood and his message as they also supported the prophethood of other prophets. The fact that they were prophets and messengers does not mean they were part of a godhood.
When the Antichrist claims godhood, the miracles which will appear at his hands will not prove his godhood, for the claim of godhood is impossible.
By: Sheikhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyah
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