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45. " (Remember) when the angels said: ' O' Mary! Verily Allah gives you the glad tidings with a Word from Him whose name shall be Christ, Jesus, son of Mary; eminent in this world and the Hereafter, and of those nearest (to Allah)."

Commentary:

In the Qur'an, Jesus is nominated to /kalimah/ (word) which, in the Qur'anic texts, has been used in the sense of a 'creature'. One example is its application in Sura Al-Kahf, No. 18, Verse 109, where it says : "... the sea would surely be consumed before the words of my Lord are exhausted, ..." Here, 'words' has been rendered into 'creatures'.

The commendation ' held in honour in this world and the Hereafter ' has been used in the Qur'an only for Jesus (a.s.) and, thus, none else is qualified by it throughout the Qur'an.

Explanations:

1. The position of a woman elevates so high that Allah talks to her by the way of angels.

" (Remember) when the angels said: ' O' Mary! Verily Allah gives you the glad tidings with a word from Him ..."

2. Allah sometimes nominates His saints before their birth:

"... whose name shall be Christ, Jesus, ..."

3. Jesus (a.s.) is not a son of Allah but he is a creature of Allah:

"... a Word from Him..."

How can be the son of Allah the one who was borne from Mary and had passed the foetal course! "... son of Mary; ..."

4. A child is a bounty.

"...eminent in this world and the Hereafter, and of those nearest (to Allah)."