I remember clearly when I first heard Qs 112:3 repeated, “He [Allah] begets not, nor is He begotten.” I was sitting on the front porch of our home in East Java, Indonesia. Several middle school children stopped and stared at me on their way home from school. With loud voices they shouted in Indonesian, “Allah tidak beranak dan tidak diperanakkan” (He begets not, nor is He begotten). Then they went on their way. Although that happened 45 years ago, it is still fresh in my memory.
Those children, and all Muslims, think statements like that are contrary to the Christian faith. But that is not true. Christians fully agree with Qs 112:3. A Christian also can happily state, “He begets not, nor is He begotten.” Nevertheless, God’s Holy Book still plainly teaches that Isa Al-Masih is the Son of God. Let me explain.
Symbolic and Literal Language are Not the Same
A person who hears the term “Arabia’s Child” certainly does not think Arabia gave birth to a child. He understands that the child is from Arabia. Another example is the phrase “key son.” It does not mean the key gave birth to a son. It means he is the most important son. This is symbolic language.
What does the statement, “Mohammad is God’s Beloved” mean? Does God have a marriage relationship with Mohammad, like a man with a woman? Certainly not! All Muslims understand that this statement is symbolic.
Therefore, how do we understand the holy verse found in the Injil: John 3:16? It says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
In this verse, “His one and only Son” is a figure of speech. It is like “son of Arabia,” meaning the person comes from Arabia. In this case, “God’s son” means He comes from God, even though he is not the biological son of God.
God Did Not Biologically Produce a Son
Nowhere does the holy Injil teach that God had a biological relationship with Mary resulting in the birth of a new god called Jesus Christ. Such statements are heresy and blasphemy! The Injil actually states, “The Holy Spirit will come on you (Mary), and the power of the Most High will overshadow you…” (Luke 1:35). The idea of God having a “biological son” is a misunderstanding of many Muslims. Those who understand it in this way have difficulty distinguishing between literal and figurative language.
The Bible has no teaching that contradicts “…there is only One God. He is too glorious to give birth to a son . . .” (Qs 4:171). Unfortunately, this Quranic statement does not distinguish between figurative and literal language.
If God Was Not Born – How Did He Come into the World?
When I lived in Indonesia I often asked my Muslim friends, “Can God enter the local soccer stadium?” They would answer, “God is All-Powerful. He can go wherever He wants.” I would ask again, “Can God enter our homes?” They would give the same answer. I finally asked, “Can God go into a virgin’s womb?” They had to answer, “God is All-Powerful. If He wants to go into a virgin’s womb, He can do so.”
Since God did not have a biological son, who is Isa Al-Masih? Isa is called “God’s Statement” or “God’s Word” (Kalimah Allah). God’s Word is eternal. His Word (Kalimah) originates in Heaven. The Word of God (Kalimah Allah) entered Mary’s womb and was born as a human being.
For 33 years on this earth, The Word of God (Kalimah Allah), who was born of Mary, was known by the name “Isa Al-Masih.”
The “Word of God” – Incarnated as a Human Being
In other words, the eternal, pre-existing Word of God became a human being through the process of birth. God was not birthed or born. He, who is Spirit, came from heaven to earth, temporarily clothed in a human body. “Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in a body, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory” (I Timothy 3:16).
The Kalimah Allah (Isa Al-Masih) willingly concealed His divine nature so that he could live in a sinful world. Isa did this so mankind could be made right before his Creator. “Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous” (Romans 5:19).
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1. Do Christians agree with Qs 112:3?
2. Does the Injil teach that God can have a son biologically?
3. How did Isa Al-Masih come to earth?
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If Isa Al-Masih is God, who entered into the womb of Mary? How insulting for God to be born through the womb of a woman. Is not God above all things?
God is not begotten. God is God, and Isa Al-Masih is a messenger of God!
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Halaby,
Qs 3:47 says, “She said, “My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?” [The angel] said, “Such is Allah; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.” As you said, God is above all things. This means He is powerful and can do things as such, by His spirit (Qs 47:171).
Isa became human being because it was the only way He could live a perfect life in order to die as our sacrifice. If you would like to know more about the sacrifice of Isa, please go to: https://www.isaandislam.com/muslim-beliefs/hidden-meaning-in-the-eid-al-adha-sacrifice.html.
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How did God create heaven? From His Word. God created everything just by saying “the word.”
When God wants to create angel, He just says “be” & it is.
Unfortunately when God created Jesus, they made a new story, that Jesus is God. Actually you didn’t follow the Bible. You just made an assumption from the Bible.
You are not Christians, you are Paulians.
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Miller,
Even though we can’t find much about the creation of heaven in the Bible, we know that Heaven was created by God’s Word. God’s Word later descended to the earth in the form of a human being (Isa Al-Masih).
Isa Al-Masih is not a creation but God’s Word. He existed before the creation. Colossians 1:15 says, “He is the firstborn of all creation.” Later, the same passage says, “For by Him all things were created…all things were created by Him and for Him” (Colossians 1:16). For further information about Isa, you may go to: https://www.isaandislam.com/Isa-Al-Masih/is-isa-al-masih-really-a-manifestation-of-god.html.
I think “Paulians” are “Christians.” Paul was an apostle of Isa Al-Masih, and only He taught what Isa Al-Masih had taught. Paul interpreted Jesus’ teaching and walked in God’s ways. He wrote many books by the leading of the Holy Spirit and none of His teaching contradicts Jesus’ teachings.
Isa says, His disciples will do greater work that He did and so did Paul. “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father”(Injil, John 14:12).
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Qs 23:91, “In no way has Allah taken to Him any child, and in no way has there been with Him any god. Lo, for that each god would indeed have gone away with whatever he created, and some of them would indeed have exalted themselves over others….”
Here it says that Allah would not take any created child to associate with Himself as a God – “Nos-billah.” The practice of associating other gods, idols next to Allah is the sin called “Shirk”, which was done in pre-islamic Arabia, in Hinduism and animism, but certainly not in Christianity. This verse talks about a disastrous disunity and rivalry, had there been many gods, as in polytheism.
This in no way refers to Isa Al-Masih, because he was not equal to any child and in no way a separate god. He, the eternal, spiritual Word, came out of Allah himself in order to take on a perfect human nature. This is an entirely different concept. Does this make sense?
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Thank you for your comment. Your explanation makes sense. The Bible clearly taught that Isa who is God’s Word united with the Father God (Allah) who belongs the Word. “In the beginning was the Word [Isa], and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (Injil, John 1:1).
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God can create anything He wants except these two things:
1) God cannot create another God.
2) God cannot convert Himself into his creation.
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Dear Mosa,
Here are my answers:
1. It’s true that God can’t create another God. If God can create another God, there must be one God who is the most powerful above anything or anyone else. Isa is God’s Word (Kalimat Allah) who shares God’s deity. God’s Word is always be with God.
2. It’s true that God can’t become a creation. His nature is always as Creator, not as a creation. God sent His Word to be in the virgin Mary’s womb through the power of the Holy Spirit in order to become flesh like us.
Please go to this link to learn more about God’s Word who incarnated into flesh: https://www.isaandislam.com/isa-al-masih/why-muslims-cannot-deny-the-possibility-of-the-incarnation.html.
Thank you.
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The author of the above article wrote: ‘“Therefore, how do we understand the holy verse found in the Injil: John 3:16? It says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
In this verse, “His one and only Son” is a figure of speech. It is like “son of Arabia,” meaning the person comes from Arabia. In this case, “God’s son” means He comes from God, even though he is not the biological son of God.
It is true that being a son of God in the bible is figurative. So many people in the Bible are given this title apart from Jesus, therefore, the author has unknowingly confirmed Muslim claims that Jesus being the son of God simply means he was sent by God.
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Muslim,
The Christians are entitled to be called God’s adopted children through Isa Al-Masih. Whoever receives Isa as God and his Salvation, he is adopted as God’s son. ‘“… to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”‘ (Injil, Galatians 4:5-6).
Also, it’s not wrong to say that Isa was sent by God. Isa who is the Son of God was sent to redeem all mankind from sin’s penalty. He is both the Son of God and also a messenger of God.
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Yes, there are many figurative sons of God in the Bible, even you as a mere ‘slave’ can become a ‘son’ of Allah. However, in Islam and Christianity there is only One Messiah (Son of God):
Injil, Matthew 16:15-16:
“But who do you say I am?” Simon Peter spoke up, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
Now, for you as a true Muslim, to move up from a ‘slave ‘to a figurative ‘son’ of God, read this and its context in the Injiil, John 1: 10-13:
“He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.”
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Thank you for your comment. The Bible taught that anyone can become God’s son. But they must receive and believe in Isa Al-Masih as their Savior and the Son of God, in order to entitle the right. “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” (Injil, John 1:12). In other words, they will become the adopted children.
However, Isa is not the adopted Son. Because He is always with the Father God (Allah) and is united with Him. Further, as described in the article, the Son of God describes the relationship between Isa and Allah.
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Who is the first born of God according to the bible?
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Dear Faisal,
Thank you for your question. Isa is God’s first-born son (Injil, Colossians 1:15). The first born son signifies priority. In Greek, it’s “protokos”. In the culture of the Ancient Near East, it wasn’t necessarily the oldest child, but it referred to rank. “… For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross” (Injil, Colossians 1:15-21).
Blessings.
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Is Jesus is God? How can i get heaven? Please tell me the true way?
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Dear Feneti,
Thank you for your comment. The answer for your question is, yes, Isa is God (deity). The Torah stated “For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Prophet Isaiah 9:6).
His beloved apostle, Peter testified that Isa Al-Masih is God and Savior. “To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Injil, 2 Peter 1:1). Isa redeemed those who believed Him from sins’ penalty.
Isa himself testified, “I am the way, the truth, and life. No one can come to the Father, except through me” (Injil, John 14:6). Hence, this is the true way. There is no other way to come to the Father (Allah/ Father God), except through Isa Al-Masih.
In order to learn more about the better answer, please go to these links: https://www.isaandislam.com/isa-al-masih/why-muslims-cannot-deny-the-possibility-of-the-incarnation.html, https://www.isaandislam.com/isa-al-masih/nowhere-does-isa-al-masih-say-i-am-god-worship-me.html, and https://www.isaandislam.com/way-of-salvation/salvation-according-to-the-qur-an-and-the-injil.html.
Or if you have more questions, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
Blessings.
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1. If there are Christians agreeing with Quran 112:3, there are maybe few. Because nowadays Christians were made to believe that Jesus is the Originator of Creation.
2. The problem is, there is a verse in the book of John saying begotten Son of God, and majority of Christians were made to believe that Jesus is a biological Son of God.
3. I was a christian before but I read the Bible with keen understanding, applying logic standing to reason. Adam was created from clay, angels from light, jinns from smokeless fire. And Jesus was created by word, that’s how powerful is the Unseen Supreme Power.
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Dear Remco,
Thank you for your comment regarding the article. I’d like to reply to your comments as below:
1. Isa Al-Masih (Jesus) who is Kalimatullah is the Creator. All creations we created through Him. “For in him [Isa] all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him” (Injil, Colossians 1:16). All things have been created through Him and for Him. Therefore Isa is God. He shares deity with Allah.
2. The Bible clearly taught that Isa wasn’t born through biological man’s touch. Isa is not also biological son of God because God is Spirit. “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth” (Injil, John 4:24). If we go back to the original language, Greek, we would know that “only begotten” son doesn’t mean biological son, but “one and only”. In Greek, it’s monogenes. I wonder why do you translate it biological son of God?
3. Isa Al-Masih is not a creation. It’s mentioned explicitly that Isa is God (Injil, John 1:1). Adam was a creation (Taurat, Genesis 2). You might see some similarities. Yet, there are also dissimilarities that you should think about.
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The New Testament was originally written in Greek. In Greek, there are two distinct meanings of a son.
The first meaning refers to “Teknon”; this refers to “male offspring who is sexually begotten”.
The second meaning is “Huios”. This means “same nature as’. So whenever “Son of God” is used in the New Testament in the original Greek version,the word “Huios” is used. Therefore when we say Jesus is the Son of God, we mean that He has same nature as God and He is 100% God. The word ‘one & only’ that appears in John 3:16 in Greek is ‘monogenes’ which denotes that Jesus is exactly the same nature, the one and only, as God.
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Galgallo Haro Boru,
Thank you for your comment. It gives us more understanding of who Isa Al-Masih is from the original meaning of Greek language of the Injil.
Blessings.
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The only way? God is All powerful All knowing that’s not the only way. Eid sacrifice is done in remembrance of Ibrahim sacrificingnhis son
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Aadish,
That’s God’s revelation and it’s beyond our thought. I guess you and I agree that we can’t fathom God’s mind and even His plan. So what we can do is to ask God to open our heart to understand what He revealed to us. By sending Isa Al-Masih to die is the proof of His love to all mankind. I’d like to invite you to learn further about God’s love to all mankind through this link: https://www.isaandislam.com/al-quran/al-fatiha-claims-allah-is-most-gracious-most-merciful.html.
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Salifu Adam,
If you say Isa Al-Masih (pbuh) is not God’s creation but God’s word, you are inconsistent. This is because every creation of God is God’s word. In any case, if Isa Al-Masih (pbuh) is only God’s word, how about Moses, Noah, etc.
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Adam,
Thanks for your thought above. God’s Word is not God’s creation. The Taurat and Injil taught that God’s Word is God. God’s Word incarnated into flesh named Isa Al-Masih. Here’s the explanation about who is God’s Word: https://www.isaandislam.com/muslim-beliefs/who-is-the-kalima-allah.html.
Blessings.
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I would like to know more about your assembly and possibly connect with you, and please assist us in our spiritual growth and it would be a blessing.
Looking forward to hear from you.
Be blessed,
Yours in Christ
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Blessings.
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This website just to manipulate Isa Al-Masih in Indonesia or Malaysia. They try to find fault in the Quran and compare it to the Injil which is the Bible.
I meet many of them in Indonesian, they try to fool the weak Muslim and make comparison study to the Quran, and bring back to the Injil and yet you still use symbol. I meet many people in our country praising your Isa Al-Masih. Please don’t compare the original Quran with the Injil translation.
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Ryan,
We are not doing like you have in your mind about us. What’s the benefit of doing so? Nothing. We are trying to reveal the truth as reveal in the Injil. Many Muslims have prejudice about the Injil and the Bible. The Bible can be tested and has a lot of times been tested by many scholars from different backgrounds. Yet, the Quran, no one can test it. The results is it’s not proven.
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Peace be with you. As far as I understand most Christians don’t agree with Qs 112:3. Rather, they believe that Jesus is God. Their belief in Trinity is something that Christians can not explain. Yours sincerely, Javad Mousavi
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Javad,
Christians and Muslims need to believe in what Allah says about Jesus’ deity.
Allah commands us to follow Jesus as the Light of Allah (John 8:12, Quran 5:46) & the Straight Way to Allah (John 14:6, Quran 43:61) because Jesus is the final Judge at Judgement Day (2 Timothy 4:1, Quran 43:61). Anyone who rejects Him will be punished forever (Revelation 20:15, Quran 3:55-56).
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