Refuting the Delusion of the Divinity of the Messiah and Angels

Every being is submissive before its unique Creator. If there is a delusion of lordship (rubūbiyya) regarding any possible being, to refute such a false delusion, servitude to Him in the sacred realm of lordship is explicitly stated and emphasized. The declaration of the servitude of the Messiah is to remove the delusion of his divinity, which a group of Christians had become afflicted with as a result of their belief in the Messiah being the son of God or considering him one of the three gods of the Trinity, just as the declaration of the servitude of angels is to negate lordship from them, which a group of polytheists had accepted by considering them daughters of God. In such an atmosphere, not only is it explicitly stated that these are servants (bandagān) of God, but by saying “a servant of God” (ʿabdan lillāh) instead of “servant of God” (ʿabd Allāh) and expressing the implied preposition, the servitude of the Messiah as well as the angels is transparently emphasized, unlike the beginning of that personage’s birth where, since such necessity was not felt there, it was sufficient to say “Indeed I am a servant of God” (19:30) and did not say “I am a servant of God” (atī ʿabdu lillāh).