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Jesus in Qur'an 289

The place where Jesus was bom is also mentioned in one other
passage in the Qur'an:

And We made a sign of the son of Mary and his mother,

and We gave them a place of refuge in a high place,

where there was safety and running water. (Qur'an23:50).

It is also said that this passage refers to the place where Mary and
Jesus took refuge after his birth, and after they had been forced to
leave Jerusalem and flee to Egypt, where they stayed during the
early part of Jesus's childhood. God knows best.
Iesus's childhood, his retum to [erusalem from Egypt with his
mother, and his early manhood, are not mentioned in the Qur'an,
but there are several references to what happened once he began
to call the Tribe of Israel to only worship God and to follow the
teachings of Moses which were in the Torah. The following pas­
sage, for example, refers to the response of the men who became
[esus's disciples:

oyou who believe, be God' helpers, just as when Jesus

son of Mary said to the disciples, 'Who will be my help­

ers for God?' and the disciples replied, 'We are God's

helpers.' And a party of the Tribe of Israel believed, and

a party disbelieved, and We strengthened those who

believed against their enemy, and so they became the

ones who prevailed. (Qur'an 61: 14).

The conflict between those who accepted Jesus and those who re­
jected him, peace be on him, often focused around his extraordi­
nary miracles, which he always attributed to God and not to him­
self. It is not surprising, in view of these miracles, that sorne of
those who accepted Jesus did so rather too enthusiastically, and in
so doing mistakenly considered him to be the 'son' of God, thereby
idolising him and making him an object of worship. God refers to
this misconception in the following passage from Surat al-Ma'ida,
which refers to God's questioning an His Messengers on the Last
Day:
On the Day when God will gather an the Messengers
together and will say, 'What was the response to you?'
they will say, 'We do not know - surely it is only Vou
Who knows what is hidden.'