Adam & Jesus

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Verse 3:59 tells us that, with Allah Almighty, Jesus was like Adam. They were alike in one respect; they were both born asexually. Both did not have a human father.

That is the plain interpretation of that Verse. But Allah had put a numerical code in the Qur'aan, perhaps completely unknown to the Arabs to whom the Qur'aan was revealed, to prove that the Holy Book was divine, and not man-made!

Adam occurs 25 times in the entire Qur'aan. Jesus (Aaeesa) also occurs 25 times therein!

Not only that!

Before Verse 3:59, Adam occurs 6 times in the Qur’aan, and so does Jesus occur 6 times! And after Verse 3:59, Adam occurs 18 times, and so does Jesus!!

I have verified this myself.

Besides Verse 3:59, in which both Adam and Jesus are mentioned, Adam is mentioned in Verses 2:31, 2:33, 2:34, 2:35, 2:37, 3:33, 5:27, 7:11, 7:19, 7:26, 7:27, 7:31, 7:35, 7:172, 17:61, 17:70, 18:50, 19:58, 20:115, 20:116, 20:117, 20:120, 20:121, & 36:60. Whereas, Jesus is mentioned in 2:87, 2:136, 2:253, 3:45, 3:52, 3:55, 3:84, 4:157, 4:163, 4:171, 5:46, 5:78, 5:110, 5:112, 5:114, 5:116, 6:85, 19:34, 33:7, 42:13, 43:63, 57:27, 61:6, & 61:14.

Imagine, this was done when there was no computer! There was not even paper then to write on! And the Qur'aan was revealed, in portions, during a long spell of 23 years!!! Could any man have inserted this utterly astonishing code? Surely, a human mind can even then deny divine authorship of the Qur'aan only under Satanic influence!

Mohammad Shafi 

Friday, the 10^th of September 2021.

 

Mankind

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Extract from Chapter 4 of QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir PART I:

1. Ya ayyuha alnnasu ittaqoo rabbakumu allathee khalaqakum min nafsin wahidatin wakhalaqa minha zawjaha wabaththa minhuma rijalan katheeran wanisaan waittaqoo Allaha allathee tasaaloona bihi waal-arhama inna Allaha kana AAalaykum raqeeban

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4:1. O mankind! Fear your Lord Who created you out of a single being and created there from its mate and, from the two, created many men and women and caused them to spread out. And fear Allah about Whom, and about the wombs, you make inquiries.¹ Allah does indeed keep a close watch over you all.

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1. People, in all ages, have wondered about their coming into existence. In due course they realise that their parents (wombs) are just instruments used. Then who is the real maker who used those instruments? Or is it that things just happen, with no real maker causing them to happen? But with their ever-increasing knowledge, the people have come to know that the universe at large and their bodies, are gems of creation, requiring a superhuman intelligence and superhuman creative abilities. Who is that superhuman creator and where is he? Is there one creator or many? And if there are many creators, how come the administration of the universe at large runs so smoothly? Questions like these arise in the human mind, and the Qur'aan gives the answers in detail. This Verse informs mankind how their One Creator and Sustainer spread them on earth, starting from one man. Although the parents are just instruments in the creation of their children, mankind is enjoined to give them, and especially the mother, due respect [Verse 31:14].

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 6^th of July 2018.

Khalifa

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

An excerpt from QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir, depicting the divine scene when Allah informs Angels of His intention to create Man:

30. Wa-ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikati innee jaAAilun fee al-ardi khaleefatan qaloo atajAAalu feeha man yufsidu feeha wayasfiku alddimaa wanahnu nusabbihu bihamdika wanuqaddisu laka qala innee aAAlamu ma la taAAlamoona

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30. And when your Lord said to the angels, "I am indeed going to establish a vicegerent^{22 to 25} on the earth", they said, "Will You establish therein those who would spread discord therein and shed blood? And we glorify You with praises, and sanctify You!" He (Allah) said, "I know that which you do not know."

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22. Khalifa is the word used in the original Arabic text and it is important to understand the divine meaning thereof. One of the dictionary meanings of this word is 'successor', but this meaning cannot be applied in the context here. Allah obviously wanted to make the first human, Adam, a Khalifa on the earth and so there is no question of his being a 'successor' there. Earlier to Adam being sent to the earth, Allah's was the only, and complete, sway over there, and it would be preposterous to think that Almighty Allah would appoint any 'successor' to Him, Himself!

23. It would therefore be most appropriate to take the other meaning viz. 'vicegerent' or, so to say, a viceroy acting as the Absolute Sovereign's deputy ruler in a specific region of the Sovereign's vast dominion and exercising some of His delegated powers to a limited extent.

24. And in Verse 35:39, the Qur'aan speaks of the entire mankind being made the Khalaif, or the vicegerents (in plural, that is), on the earth. This Verse and other Verses like 6:165, 7:74, 7:69 etc. go to show that it is not Adam only who had been made the Khalifa, but that human beings that came through his progeny to inhabit this earth so far and that would come in future, are all the Khalaif or Khulafa on this earth. In some translations, this plural word has been wrongly interpreted as 'successors'. All human beings are Allah's vicegerents on this earth. They are, in other words, His deputies, everyone having control over his/her respective little world (aalam).

25. But these little deputies tend to forget their real position and status. They forget that they are only deputies of their common Sovereign, the real Nourisher and Sustainer of all their little worlds (Rabb-il-aalameen). They forget that Allah is, as do Verses 6:165 and 10:14 explain, only testing them by the limited delegation of some of His powers to them. Allah is testing whether His deputies are exercising their delegated powers justly and fairly for constructive creation within the spheres of their little worlds, remembering all the while that they are answerable to their Sovereign for all their acts of omission and commission.

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Grant us the wisdom to deserve being Your Vicegerents on earth, Allah!

Mohammad Shafi 

Friday, the 13^th of January, 2017