[Mark (2:28) (4:41)
[Luke (9:56) (17:24) (8:8)
[John (3:13) (5:27) (13:31) (6:27)
There is even explicit mention of Jesus as a prophet. [Luke 7:11-17] when Jesus
performed miracles the people would say “a great prophet of God has arisen among
us”. All the evidence points to the irrefutable argument that Jesus was but a man.
The Islamic Doctrine regarding the Lordship of Allah.
It should be noted first that the Prophet of Islam Muhammad was sent to the Arabs
who worshipped idols and surrounding these Arabs were the Jews and the
Christians who had attributed to Allah things that are detracting of his lofty station.
In brief the Muslim belief regarding Allah can be surmised in the following
breakdown of His Oneness:
The three categories of Tawheed are commonly referred to by the following titles:
- Tawheed ar-Ruboobeeyah (lit. "Maintaining the Unity of Lordship")
- Tawheed al-Asmaa was-Sifaat (lit. "Maintaining the Unity of Allaah's Names and
Attributes") - Tawheed al-'Ebaadah (lit. "Maintaining the Unity of Allaah's Worship")
A simple but practical explanation is offered in one of the shorter chapters of the
Quran.
Surah Ikhlas (Holy Qur'an 112:1-4) is:
Say: He is Allah, the One and Only! Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not nor
is He begotten. And there is none like unto Him.
Surah Ikhlas is a very important Surah from the Holy Qur'an because it proclaims
the Oneness (Tawhid) and Absolute nature of Divine Essence. This concept is
presented in the first verse. The second verse declares that Allah is Eternal, i.e., He is
beyond the bounds of time and space that everyone relies on him and he relies on
none.. The third verse describes that Allah does not give birth nor is He is given
birth and the last verse declares that Allah is beyond comparison. Surah Ikhlas
directly supports the first declaration (shahadah) of Islam: "There is no god but
Allah". In this context, Islam is based on belief in one God (monotheism).
It rejects the notion that anyone is the begotten son of God as Allah has rejected for
Himself that he was begotten.
So in conclusion what the Christians and Jews attribute to God in terms of the things
that are unbefitting of Him to be described with, then Islam is far removed from