The Origin of Jesus and John’s (a.s.) Creation

The system of cause and effect is among the established rational principles, and its specification leads to contradiction, because partial negation in demonstrative rulings contradicts its universal affirmation rather than specifying it, unlike what is common in transmitted and conventional rulings. The creation of Jesus and John (a.s.) without a cause is impossible; however, the cause is sometimes material and at other times apparently material. Although suggestion, good tidings, and similar factors can bring about unusual natural effects, the creation of John and Jesus was not of the type influenced by psychological suggestion, receiving good news, and the like, because the apparent meaning of the verse “So We answered his prayer, and gave him John, and remedied his wife [for him]” (21:90)(343) indicates that divine bestowal and God’s special grant were effective in John’s (a.s.) birth.

When John’s case is of the nature of divine bestowal rather than suggestion, the case of Jesus, which is superior, would be of the same kind, not of the type influenced by good news and suggestion. Therefore, attributing the birth of Christ (a.s.) to supernatural causes is more appropriate than attributing it to natural and suggestive factors.