“His Word and a Spirit from Him”: The Superiority of Jesus

Question

The Holy Qur’an states: [ar]إِنَّمَا ٱلْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ وَكَلِمَتُهُۥٓ أَلْقَىٰهَآ إِلَىٰ مَرْيَمَ وَرُوحٌ مِّنْهُ[/ar] “The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, is only a messenger of Allah, His word which He cast to Mary, and a spirit from Him” (Surah al-Nisa’, 4:171). In this verse Jesus ﵇ is, firstly, called a “word” (kalima) — in the sense that Allah created him by saying “Be!” (kun), and “kun” is Allah’s creative word. Secondly, it is said of him that he is “a spirit from Him.

Answer

If this argument belongs to a Christian objector, it appears that he also accepts the Holy Qur’an and the noble hadith, and yet has raised this difficulty through a quasi-ijtihadi inference. In that case he ought to realise that, given the Prophet’s ﷺ own explanation and interpretation of the Holy Qur’an, and the narrations establishing that the Prophet ﷺ is the most excellent…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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