What ‘Allaah’s Word’ Means, Used For Isa Ibn Maryam?
It Means: He Was Allaah’s Order,
Allaah’s Will!
By:
Shahid Bin Waheed شاهد
بن وحيد
بسم الله الرحمن
الرحيم
الحمدلله
رب العالمين والصلوة
والسلام على اشرف
الانبياء وسيدالمرسلين
نبينا محمد صل
ا لله عليه وعلى
آله واصحابه وازواجه
اجمعين - امابعد
All the praises and thanks
be to Allaah, Sustainer of the Universe, and blessing and salutation to be the
most distinguish of the Messengers and foremost among the Prophets, our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allaah
be on him and on his wives, children and Companions.
A
careful study of Glorious Qur’aan tells us that the word كلمة {Kalemah}
has been used with various meanings at
various places, which are as follows:
(1)
Word, (2) Decree or Sentence, (3) Order, Knowledge, His (Allaah’s) will, (4) As
an agreement, (5) Formula
1. In Ayaat 18:5 &
23:100 it is used as “Word.”
2. In Ayaat 6:115; 7:137; 9:40; 9:74; 10:19; 10:33; 10:96;
11:110; 11:119; 20:129; 37:171; 39:19; 39:71; 40:6; 42:14; 42:21; 43:28 &
48:26, it is used as Decree or Sentence.
3. In Ayaat 3:39, 3:45 & 4:171 it is used as Order, Knowledge, His will.
4. In Ayaah 3:64 it is used as Agreement.
5. In Ayaat 14:24 & 14:26, it is used as Formula.
فَنَادَتْهُ
الْمَلَائِكَةُ
وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ
يُصَلِّي فِي الْمِحْرَابِ
أَنَّ اللَّهَ
يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَى
مُصَدِّقًا بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنَ
اللَّهِ وَسَيِّدًا
وَحَصُورًا وَنَبِيًّا
مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in Al-Mihrâb (a praying place or a private room), (saying): "Allâh gives you glad tidings of Yahya, confirming (believing in) the word from Allâh (i.e. the creation of ‘Îsâ عليه السلام, the Word from Allâh ("Be!" - and he was!)), noble, keeping away from sexual relations with women, a Prophet, from among the righteous."
إِذْ قَالَتِ
الْمَلَائِكَةُ
يَا مَرْيَمُ إِنَّ
اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكِ
بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنْهُ اسْمُهُ
الْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى
ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ
وَجِيهًا فِي الدُّنْيَا
وَالْآخِرَةِ
وَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ
(Remember) when the angels said: "O Maryam! Verily, Allâh gives you the glad tidings of a Word ("Be!" - and he was! i.e. ‘Îsâ the son of Maryam) from Him, his name will be the Messiah ‘Îsâ, the son of Maryam, held in honor in this world and in the Hereafter, and will be one of those who are near to Allâh."
يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ
لَا تَغْلُوا فِي
دِينِكُمْ وَلَا
تَقُولُوا عَلَى
اللَّهِ إِلَّا
الْحَقَّ إِنَّمَا
الْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى
ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ
رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
وَكَلِمَتُهُ أَلْقَاهَا
إِلَى مَرْيَمَ
وَرُوحٌ مِنْهُ
فَآمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ
وَرُسُلِهِ وَلَا
تَقُولُوا ثَلَاثَةٌ
انْتَهُوا خَيْرًا
لَكُمْ إِنَّمَا
اللَّهُ إِلَهٌ
وَاحِدٌ سُبْحَانَهُ
أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ
وَلَدٌ لَهُ مَا
فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ
وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ
وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ
وَكِيلًا (171)
O people of the Scripture (Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, nor say of Allâh aught but the truth. The Messiah ‘Îsâ, son of Maryam, was (no more than) a Messenger of Allâh and His Word, ("Be!" - and he was) which He bestowed on Maryam and a spirit (Rûh) {1} created by Him; so believe in Allâh and His Messengers. Say not: "Three (trinity)!" Cease! (it is) better for you. For Allâh is (the only) One Ilâh (God), glory be to Him (Far Exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allâh is All-Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs. {2}
{1} (V.4:
171) Rûh-ullâh: According to the early religious scholars from among the
Companions of the Prophet صلى الله
عليه وسلم and their students and the Mujtahidûn,
there is a rule to distinguish between the two nouns in the genitive
construction: a) When one
of the two nouns is Allâh, and the other is a person or a thing, e.g. Allâh’s
House (Bait-ullâh); Allâh’s Messenger (Rasul-ullâh): Allâh’s slave (‘Abdullâh): Allâh’s spirit (Rûh-ullâh), the rule for the above words is that the second noun, e.g.,
house, messenger, slave, spirit is created by Allâh and is honorable in His
Sight, and similarly, Allâh’s spirit may be understood as the spirit of Allâh,
in fact it is a soul created by Allâh, i.e. ‘Îsâ. And it was His Word:
"Be!" -and he was. (i.e. ‘Îsâ was created like Adam). b) But when one of the two is Allâh
and the second is neither a person nor a thing, then it is not a created thing
but is a quality of Allâh e.g. Allâh’s Knowledge (‘Ilm-ullâh); Allâh’s Life (Hayât-ullâh); Allâh’s Statement (Kalâm-ullâh); Allâh’s Self (Dhat-ullâh).
{2} (V.4: 171) Narrated ‘Ubadah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "If anyone testifies that lâ ilâha illallâh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh Alone) Who has no partners, and that Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is His slave and His Messenger, and that ‘Îsâ عليه السلام is Allâh’s slave and His Messenger and His Word ("Be!" - and he was) which He bestowed on Maryam and a spirit (Rûh) created by Him, and that Paradise is the truth, and Hell is the truth - Allâh will admit him into Paradise with the deeds which he had done even if those deeds were few." (Junadah, the sub narrator said; "Ubâdah added: ‘Such a person can enter Paradise through any of its eight gates he likes.’ ") (Sahih Al Bukhâri, Vol. 4, Hadîth No. 644).
Thus,
in the above Ayaat {3:39, 45 & 4:171} Isa Ibn Maryam is Allaah’s Order and His Will,
as CREATED BEING and nothing more.