The Manifestation of God’s Creative Power

The mention of “Indeed God is my Lord and your Lord…” after describing the miracles is an expression of servitude and devotion, so that no one would imagine that Jesus (a.s.) possesses the station of lordship. Jesus (a.s.) is only a manifestation of the “Creator” (Khāliq), “Former” (Muṣawwir), and “Life-Giver” (Muḥyī). Although he is the true immediate agent and perfect human through whom these miracles were manifested, the primary agent of all actions is God’s sacred essence.

God created humans from clay, and Jesus Christ (a.s.) is the manifestation of God’s creative power: God grants life through the breathing of spirit, and Jesus Christ (a.s.) performs the same act by God’s permission. Without God’s permission, all humans would not have the power to create even a fly: “Indeed those whom you invoke besides God will never create [even] a fly even if they all rallied to do so! And if a fly should take away something from them, they cannot recover that from it. Feeble is the seeker and the sought!”(447)

Those who could not comprehend these meanings claimed divinity for the angels and harbored thoughts of their lordship, engaging in their worship, while God considers the angels to be servants: “They say, ‘The All-beneficent has taken offsprings.’ Immaculate is He! Rather they are [His] honoured servants. They do not venture to speak ahead of Him, and they act by His command”(448)

Regarding Jesus Christ (a.s.), who was a manifestation of God’s lordship, they also claimed lordship. Therefore, the source of claiming lordship or being the son of God for Jesus (a.s.) was not only his birth without a father, but witnessing his extraordinary acts also contributed to this misconception.

The followers of Jesus possessed an excessive spirit of flexibility and inclination, which is why the notion of Jesus’s (a.s.) divinity and the “Trinity” (Tathlīth) easily took shape among them; unlike the followers of Moses (a.s.), who had a harsh spirit and considered his miracles to be “sorcery” (siḥr). In other words, in the valley of belief in the Origin and resurrection, Christians took the path of excess while Jews took the path of deficiency.