In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) in Islam

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In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the
MercifulProphet Jesus (peace be upon him) in
Islam

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Objectives

• To learn what the muslims believe in about
  Prophet Isa (peace be upon him)
• To see some particular verses of HQ
• To see some verses of the HB
• To demonstrate the true spirit of Interfaith
  dialogue with love, afection tolerance
• To build bridges and set a precedent for joint
  study of Bible / Torah / Quran etc.

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Who are nearest to the Muslims ?

• "...And nearest among them in love to the
  believers wilt thou find those who say 'We are
  Christians' because among these are men devoted
  to learning and men who have renounced the world.
  And they are not arrogant." (The Holy Qurân 582)

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Jesus - His Titles

• Though Jesus is mentioned by name in twenty-five
  places in the Holy Qurân, he is also addressed
  with respect as Ibn Maryam, meaning "The son of
  Mary" and as the Maseeh (in Hebrew it is the
  Messiah), which is translated as "Christ". He is
  also known as Abdullah, "The servant of Allah"
  and as Rasul u Allah, the messenger of Allah.

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• He is spoken of as "The Word of God", as "The
  Spirit of God", as a "Sign of God", and numerous
  other epithets of honor spread over fifteen
  different chapters. The Holy Quran honors this
  mighty messenger of God, and the Muslims have not
  fallen short over the past fourteen hundred years
  in doing the same. There is not a single
  disparaging remark in the entire Quran to which
  even the most critical among the Christians can
  take exception.

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Muslims love Jesus and defend him

• Protested against painting Naked Jesus
• Against the movie Last temptation of Christ
• Prevent defamation of his name
• Never written a word against this person
• Make it an article of faith to believe in him

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• Islam definition, linguistic and religious.
• Articles of faith.
• The 'Five Pillars' of Islam.
• MARY (Peace Be Upon her).
• Isa (Jesus) (Peace Be Upon him)

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• Islam Submission.
• Islam
• It is the same truth that God revealed to all His
  prophets throughout history
• Submission to one God (ALLAH) in all aspects of
  life. Worshipping Allah based on his legislation
  that was revealed in divine revelation through
  the prophethood

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Articles of faith

• ALLAH the one and only GOD
• Messengers and the Prophets of Allah.
• Revelations and the Quran.
• The Angels.
• The Day of Judgment.
• Qadaa and Qadar.

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Messengers and the Prophets of Allah

• A Muslim believes in all the Messengers and
  Prophets of Allah without any discrimination.
• All messengers were mortals, human beings,
  endowed with Divine revelations and appointed by
  God to teach mankind

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Revelations and the Quran

• A Muslim believes in all scriptures and
  revelations of God, as they were complete and in
  their original versions
• The Quran is the sacred book of the Muslims. It
  is the last book of guidance from Allah, sent
  down to Muhammad (Pbuh), through the angel
  Jibraeel (Gabriel).
• Every word of it is the word of Allah. It has
  remained unchanged even to a dot over the past
  fourteen hundred years.
• The Quran deals with man and his ultimate goal in
  life. Its teachings cover all areas of this life
  and the life after death.

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The Day of Judgment

• This world as we know it will come to an end, and
  the dead will rise to stand for their final and
  fair trial
• Everything we do, say, make, intend and think are
  accounted for and kept in accurate records
• Absolute justice.

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Qadaa and Qadar

• Means the Timeless Knowledge of Allah and His
  power to plan and execute His plans
• It implies that everything on this earth
  originates from the one and only Creator who is
  also the Sustainer and the Sole Source of
  guidance
• Man should think, plan and make sound choices,
  but if things do not happen the way he wants, he
  should not lose faith and surrender himself to
  mental strains or shattering worries.

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Status of Human beings

• Man and woman are not a condemned race from birth
  to death, but dignified beings potentially
  capable of good and noble achievements.
• Every person is born FREE FROM SIN . When the
  person reaches the age of maturity and if he is
  sane, he becomes accountable for all his deeds
  and intentions
• Adam committed the first sin, but he prayed to
  Allah for pardon and Allah granted Adam pardon.
  (NO ORIGINAL SIN on every baby)

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Salvation

• A Muslim believes that man must work out his
  salvation through the guidance of Allah
• A person must combine faith and action, belief
  and practice.
• Faith without doing good deeds is as insufficient
  as doing good deeds without faith.
• Allah does not hold any person responsible until
  he has shown him the Right Way . If people do not
  know and have no way of knowing about Islam, they
  will not be responsible for failing to be Muslim.

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Acceptance of Faith

• Islam ensures freedom to believe and forbids
  compulsion in religion (one of the oldest
  synagogues and one of the oldest churches in the
  world are in Muslim countries).

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The 'Five Pillars' of Islam

• Are the foundation of Muslim life.
• The first of which is a state of faith, the other
  four are major exercises of faith of which some
  are daily, some weekly, some monthly, some
  annually and some are required as a minimum once
  in a lifetime
• The five pillars of Islam are
• Faith or belief in the Oneness of God (Allah) and
  the finality of the Prophethood of Muhammad
  (pbuh)
• Establishment of the daily prayers
• Zakah
• Fasting and
• The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able.

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Iman or Faith

• "There is none worthy of worship except God
  (Allah) and Muhammad is the messenger of God."
  This declaration of faith is called the Shahadah.
• The Oneness of Allah is the rejection of any
  form of deity other than Allah.
• Muhammad is His Messenger is the acceptance of
  him being chosen by Allah to convey His message
  of Islam to all humanity and to deliver it from
  the darkness of ignorance into the light of
  belief in, and knowledge of, the Creator.

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Establishment of the daily prayers

• Salah the obligatory prayers that are performed
  five times a day, and are a direct link between
  the worshipper and God.
• Praying to the Creator on a daily basis is the
  best way to cultivate in a man a sound
  personality and to actualize his aspiration

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Zakah. The financial obligation upon Muslims

• Refers to the annual amount (2.5) in kind or
  coin which a Muslim with means must distribute
  among the rightful beneficiaries.
• Everything belongs to God, and that wealth is
  therefore held by human beings in trust.
• Zakah means both "purification" and "growth." Our
  possessions are purified by setting aside a
  proportion for those in need and for the society
  in general.
• Like the pruning of plants, this cuts back
  balances and encourages new growth.

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Zakah.contd

• purifies the contributor heart from selfishness
  and greed.
• purifies the heart of the recipient from envy,
  hatred and uneasiness and it fosters instead
  good-will and warm wishes for the contributors
• it frees society from class welfare, from ill
  feelings and distrust and from corruption.
• Islam does not hinder private enterprise or
  condemn private possession

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Fasting

• abstaining completely from eating, drinking,
  intimate sexual contacts and smoking from the
  break of dawn till sunset
• a method of self-purification and self-restraint.
  
• By cutting oneself from worldly comforts, even
  for a short time, a fasting person focuses on his
  or her purpose in life by constantly being aware
  of the presence of God. God states in the Qur'an
  "O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you
  as it was prescribed to those before you that you
  may learn self-restraint" (Surah 2183)

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Hajj or Pilgrimage

• It is a pilgrimage to Mecca, at least once in a
  lifetime and it is obligatory upon every Muslim
  male and female who is mentally, physically and
  financially fit.
• Peace is the dominant theme. Peace with Allah,
  with one's soul, with one another, with all
  living creatures. To disturb the peace of anyone
  or any creature in any shape or form is strictly
  prohibited.

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Hajj or Pilgrimagecontd

• Pilgrims wear special clothes simple garments
  that strip away distinctions of class and
  culture, so that all stand equal before God
• The rites of the hajj, which are of Abrahamic
  origin, include going around the Ka'bah seven
  times, and going seven times between the hills of
  Safa and Marwa as did Hagar (Hajir, Abraham's
  wife) during her search for water.

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MARY (PBUH)

• Mary's Birth
• The Birth of Mary - Qur'anic
• Zechariah Becomes Mary's Guardian
• Mary's High Status
• Mary's Sustenance - Qur'anic
• Mary's High Status Sayings of Muhammad (PBUH)

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Mary's Birth

• Prophet Zechariah's wife's sister had a daughter
  named Hannah. She was married to Imran, a leader
  of the Israelites
• She turned to the Lord of the heavens and the
  earth and pleaded with Him for a child. She would
  offer the child in the service of Allah's house,
  in the temple of Jerusalem. Allah granted her
  request.
• However, while she was pregnant her husband
  passed away. Hannah wept bitterly. Alas, 'Imran
  did not live to see their child for whom they had
  so longed. She gave birth to a girl (Mary).

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The Birth of Mary - Qur'anic

• Allah the Almighty said Allah chose Adam, Noah,
  the family of Abraham and the family of Imran
  above the Alamin (mankind and jinns) (of their
  times). Offspring, one of the other, and Allah is
  the All-Hearer, All-Knower.
• (Remember) when the wife of Imran said "0 my
  Lord! I have vowed to You what (the child that)
  is in my womb to be dedicated for Your services
  (free from all worldly work to serve Your Place
  of worship), so accept this, from me. Verily, You
  are the All-Hearer, the All-Knowing."
• Then when she delivered her (child Mary), she
  said "0 my Lord! I have delivered a female
  child," - and Allah knew better what she
  delivered, - "and the male is not like the
  female, and I have named her Mary, and I seek
  refuge with You (Allah) for her and for her
  offspring from Satan, the outcast." Surah 3
  33-36

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Zechariah Becomes Mary's Guardian

• Hannah had a big problem in reference to her
  promise to Allah, for females were not accepted
  into the temple, and she was very worried. She
  wrapped the baby in a shawl and handed it over to
  the temple elders.
• This was a child of their late and beloved
  leader, and everyone was eager to take care of
  her. Zechariah said to the elders "I am the
  husband of her maternal aunt and her nearest
  relation in the temple therefore, I will be more
  mindful of her than all of you.
• As it was their custom to draw lots to solve
  disagreements, they followed this course. Each
  one was given a reed to throw into the river.
  They had agreed that whoever's reed remained
  afloat would be granted guardianship of the girl.
  All the reeds sank to the bottom except
  Zechariah's. With this sign, they all surrendered
  to the will of Allah and made him the guardian.

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Mary's High Status

• To ensure that no one had access to Mary,
  Zechariah built a separate room for her in the
  temple
• One day, he was surprised to find fresh fruit
  which was out of season in her room. As he was
  the only person who could enter her room, he
  asked her how the fruit got there. She replied
  that these provisions were from Allah, as He
  gives to whom He wills. Zechariah understood by
  this that Allah had raised Mary's status above
  that of other women.
• Thereafter, Zechariah spent more time with her,
  teaching and guiding her. Mary grew to be a
  devotee of Allah, glorifying Him day and night.

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Mary's High Status - Qur'anic

• So her Lord (Allah) accepted her with goodly
  acceptance. He made her grow in a good manner and
  put her under the care of Zechariah. Every time
  he entered Al-Mihrab (a praying place or a
  private room), he found her supplied with
  sustenance.
• He said "0 Mary! From where have you got this?"
• She said "From Allah. Verily, Allah provides
  sustenance to whom He wills, without limit."
  Surah 3 37

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Mary's High Status Sayings of Muhammad (PBUH)

• The Prophet Muhammad said The best of the
  world's women is Mary (in her lifetime), and the
  best of the world's women is Khadijah (in her
  lifetime).

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Isa (Jesus) (PBUH).

• Mary Receives News of Jesus 
• The Birth of Jesus
• Mary Returns to the City with Jesus 
• The Miracles of Jesus - Qur'anic
• Jesus's Abilities and Disciples - Qur'anic
• Jesus's Crucifixion - Bible Version
• Jesus's Crucifixion - Qur'anic

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Which is the only non-Christian religion that
makes it compulsory for its 1.3 billion
followers to believe in Jesus Christ (pbuh) ?
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Mary Receives News of Jesus, Qur'anic

• While Mary was praying in the temple, an angel in
  the form of a man appeared before her. Filled
  with terror, she tried to flee
• Allah the Exalted revealed And mention in the
  Book (the Qur'an, 0 Muhammad the story of) Mary,
  when she withdrew in seclusion from her family to
  a place facing east. She placed a screen (to
  screen herself) from them then We sent to her
  Our Ruh (angel Gabriel), and he appeared before
  her in the form of a man in all respects.
• She said "Verily! I seek refuge with the Most
  Beneficent (Allah) from you, if you do fear
  Allah."

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Mary Receives News of Jesus, Qur'anic contd

• (The angel) said "I am only a Messenger from
  your Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a
  righteous son."
• She said "How can I have a son, when no man has
  touched me, nor am I unchaste?"
• He said "So (it will be), your Lord said That
  is easy for me (Allah) And (We wish) to appoint
  him as a sign to mankind and a mercy from Us
  (Allah), and it is a matter (already) decreed,
  (by Allah). Surah 19 16-21

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The Birth of Jesus

• Mary left the temple and went to Nazarene, the
  city in which she had been born where she settled
  in a simple farm house to avoid the public
• After some months, she could not bear the mental
  strain any longer. Burdened with a heavy womb,
  she left Nazarene, not knowing where to go to be
  away from this depressing atmosphere.
• She had not gone far, when she was overtaken by
  the pains of childbirth.

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The Birth of Jesus , Qur'anic

• So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him
  to a far place (i.e.., Bethlehem valley, about
  four to six miles from Jerusalem). And the pains
  of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm
  tree. She said "Would that I had died before
  this, and had been forgotten and out of sight!"

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The Birth of Jesus, Qur'anic

• Then (the baby "Jesus") cried unto her from below
  her, saying "Grieve not! Your Lord has provided
  a water stream under you and shake the trunk of
  palm tree towards you, it will let fall fresh
  ripe dates upon you. So eat and drink and be
  glad, and if you see any human being, say.
  'Verily! I have vowed a fast unto the Most
  Beneficent (Allah) so I shall not speak to any
  human being this day. Surah 19 22-26

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Mary Returns to the City with Jesus, Qur'anic

• The baby began to speak "If you meet any person
  say 'I have vowed to fast for The Beneficent and
  may not speak to any human today
• Then she brought him (the baby) to her people,
  carrying him. They said "0 Mary! Indeed you have
  brought a thing Fariyya (an unheard mighty
  thing). 0 sister of Aaron! Your father was not a
  man who used to commit adultery, nor was your
  mother an unchaste woman."

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Mary Returns to the City with Jesus, Qur'anic
contd.

• Then she pointed to him. They said "How can we
  talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"
• He (Jesus) said "Verily! I am a servant of
  Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me
  a Prophet And He has made me blessed whosesoever
  I be, and has enjoined on me prayer, and Zakat,
  as long as I live, and dutiful to my mother, and
  made me not arrogant, unblessed. And Salam
  (peace) be upon me the day I was born, and the
  day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!"
  Surah 19 27-33

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The Miracles of Jesus - Qur'anic

• Allah the Almighty said (Remember) when Allah
  will say (on the Day of Resurrection) 'O Jesus,
  son of Mary! Remember My Favor to you and to your
  mother when I supported you with Ruh-ul-Qudus
  (Gabriel) so that you spoke to the people in the
  cradle and in maturity and when I taught you
  writing Al-Hikmah (the power of understanding),
  the Torah and the Gospel and when you made out
  of the clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by
  My Permission, and you breathed into it, and it
  became a bird by My Permission, and you healed
  those born blind, and the lepers by My
  Permission, and when you brought forth the dead
  by My Permission

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The Miracles of Jesus - Qur'aniccontd

• and when I restrained the Children of Israel from
  you (when they resolved to kill you) since you
  came unto them with clear proofs, and the
  disbelievers among them said 'This is nothing
  but evident magic.
• And when I (Allah) put in the hearts of the
  disciples (of Jesus) to believe in Me and My
  Messenger, they said "We believe. And bear
  witness that we are Muslims. " Surah 5 110-111

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Jesus's Abilities and Disciples - Qur'anic

• Almighty Allah also revealed And He (Allah) will
  teach him (Jesus) the Book and Al-Hikmah (i.e.
  the Sunna, the faultless speech of the Prophets,
  wisdom, etc.), (and) the Torah and the Gospel.

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Jesus's Abilities and Disciples -
Qur'aniccontd

• And will make him (Jesus) a Messenger to the
  Children of Israel (saying) "I have come to you
  with a sign from your Lord, that I design for you
  out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird,
  and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by
  Allah Leave and I heal him who was born blind,
  and the leper, and I bring the dead to life by
  Allah's leave. And I inform you of what you eat,
  and what you store in your houses. Surely,
  therein is a sign for you, if you believe. And I
  have come confirming that which was before me of
  the Torah, and to make lawful to you part of what
  was forbidden to you, and I have come to you with
  proof from your Lord. So fear Allah and obey me.
  Truly! Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship
  Him (Alone). This is the Straight Path."

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Jesus's Abilities and Disciples - Qur'aniccontd

• Then when Jesus came to know of their disbelief
  he said "Who will be my helpers in Allah's
  Cause?" The disciples said "We are the helpers
  of Allah we believe in Allah, and bear witness
  that we are Muslims (i.e. we submit to Allah)."
• Our Lord! We believe in what You have sent down,
  and we follow the Messenger (Jesus) so write us
  down among those who bear witness (to the truth
  i.e. La ilaha ill Allah - none has the right to
  be worshiped but Allah).
• And they (disbelievers) plotted (to kill Jesus),
  and Allah planned too. And Allah is the Best of
  the planners. Surah 3 48-54

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Jesus's Crucifixion - Bible Version

• Finally, they reached a place called Golgotha,
  meaning the Place of Skulls, outside the walls of
  Jerusalem. Instead of giving him a cup of wine
  diluted with scent to help lessen the pain on the
  cross, the soldiers gave Jesus a cup of vinegar
  diluted with gall. Then they crucified him and,
  as a further mockery, two thieves with him.

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Jesus's Crucifixion - Qur'anic

• But the faith of Islam came with views quite
  different from that of the extinct gospels with
  regards to both the end of Jesus and his nature.
• The Glorious Qur'an affirms that Allah the
  Exalted did not permit the people of Israel to
  kill Jesus or crucify him. What happened was that
  Allah saved him from his enemies and raised him
  to heaven. They never killed Jesus they killed
  someone else.

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Jesus's Crucifixion - Qur'aniccontd

• Allah the Almighty declared And because of their
  saying (in boast), "We killed Messiah Jesus, son
  of Mary the Messenger of Allah," - but they
  killed him not, nor crucified him, but the
  resemblance of Jesus was put over another man
  (and they killed that man), and those who differ
  therein are full of doubts. They have no
  (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but
  conjecture. For surely they killed him not (i.e.
  Jesus, son of Mary) But Allah raised him (Jesus)
  up (with his body and soul) unto Himself (and he
  is in the heavens). And Allah is Ever
  All-Powerful, all- Wise. Surah 4 157-158

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• Comment - At the end of the debate -
  "Christianity and Islam" - which appeared on the
  SABC-TV program "Cross Questions" on Sunday 5th
  June 1983, the Chairman, Mr. Bill Chalmers
  commented "I think it can be said from this
  discussion that there is, at present, somewhat
  more accommodation on the Islamic side for the
  founder of Christianity than there is on the
  Christian side for the founder of Islam. What the
  significance of that is, we leave it to you, the
  viewer, to determine, but I do think you will
  agree that it is a good thing that we are talking
  together."

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Comment on Sura Maryam

• There is a Chapter in the Holy Qurân, named
  Surat Maryam "Chapter Mary", named in honor of
  Mary the mother of Jesus Christ, peace and
  blessings of Allah be upon him again, such an
  honor is not to be found given to Mary in the
  Christian Bible. Out of the 66 books of the
  Protestants and 73 of the Roman Catholics, not
  one is named after Mary or her son. You will find
  books named after Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,
  Peter, Paul and two score more obscure names, but
  not a single one is that of Mary!
• If Muhammed, salla Allah u alihi wa sallam, was
  the author of the Holy Qurân, then he would not
  have failed to include in it with Mary, the
  mother of Jesus, his own mother Aamina, his dear
  wife Khadija, or his beloved daughter Fatimah.
  But No! No! This can never be. The Qurân is not
  his handiwork!.

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Jesus Defended

• Muhammed, salla Allah u alihi wa sallam, the
  Messenger of God, is made to absolve Jesus from
  the false charges and calumnies of his enemies.
• "And He (God Almighty) hath made me (Jesus) kind
  to my mother, and not overbearing or unblest"
  (1931).

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Gospel of St.John

• "And the third day there was a marriage in Cana
  of Galilee and the mother of Jesus was there
  And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to
  the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the
  mother of Jesus saith unto him, they have no
  wine. Jesus saith unto her, 'Woman, what have I
  to do with thee?

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"Mother" or "Woman"?

• According to St. John, in the fourth verse above,
  describing the marriage feast at Cana, we are
  told that Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him,
  behaved insolently towards his mother. He calls
  her "woman," and to rub more salt into the wound
  he is made to say "what have I to do with thee?"
  What connection is there between you and me, or
  what have I got to do with you? Could he have
  forgotten that this very "woman" had carried him
  for nine months, and perhaps suckled him for 2
  years, and had borne endless insults and injuries
  on account of him? Is she not his mother? Is
  there no word in his language for "mother"?

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Discussion Time 30 mins.

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  Corrections, anything goes !

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