296 Jesus, Prophet of Islam
The Messiah would never be too proud to be a slave of
God, and neither would the angels who are near (to
God). And as for whoever is too proud to be His slave,
and is arrogant, He will gather them altogether to Him.
And as for those who believed and did good, He will
give them their reward in full, and increase it for them
out of His generosity - and as for those who were proud
and arrogant, He will punish them with a painful pun
ishment, and they will not find anyone to be their friend
or helper instead of God. (Qur'an 4: 171-173).And:Thosewhosay, 'Surely God is the Messiah, son of Mary,'
are certainly disbelievers. And the Messiah said: '0Tribe
of Israel, worship God, my Lord and your Lord. As for
whoever associates partners with God, surely God has
certainly forbidden him the Garden and his abode will
be the Fire -and for the wrong doers there will be no
helpers.' Those who say, 'Surely God is one of three in a
trinity,' are certainly disbelievers - for there is no god
except the One God. And if they do not desist from what
they are saying, a painful punishment will certainly
befall those ofthem whodisbelieve. Will they notrather
tum to God in repentance and seek His forgiveness? And
God is Forgiving, Compassionate. (Qur'an 5: 72-74).Jesus is also referred to in this passage from Surat al-Baqara, in
which God indicates that although sorne of His Messengers were
more blessed than others, this does not mean that they were not
human beings:
And of these Messengers We have made sorne to excel
others: among them are those to whom God spoke, and
among them are those whom He exalted in degree above
others; and We gave Jesus son of Mary clear signs and
strengthened him with the pure spirit (the angel
Gabriel). And if God had wanted, those who came after
them would not have fought with each other, after the
clear signs that had come to them -but they differed,.
and from among them were those who believed, andhttp://www.islamicbulletin.com