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Mary the mother of Jesus and sister of mosesReader comment on item: Salman Rushdie and British Backbone Submitted by Sarah Idan (United States), Jun 23, 2010 at 03:44 The Qur'an mentions in Surah Maryam, Chapter 19 verses 27-28 "At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: 'O Mary! Truly an amazing thing hast thou brought! O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!'" [Al-Qur'an 19:27-28] Christian missionaries say that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) did not know the difference between Mary the mother of Jesus (pbuh) and Mariam the sister of Aaron (pbuh). The time span between both was more than a thousand years. In the Arabic construction of the sentence, sister is also considered as a descendant. Thus, when the people said to Mary, Ukhta Haroon i.e. 'sister of Aaron' it actually means descendant of Aaron (pbuh). 2. SON ALSO MEANS DESCENDANT It is mentioned in the Gospel of Mathew, Chapter 1 verse 1 "Jesus Christ, the son of David,....". [Mathew 1:1] Gospel of Luke Chapter 3, verse 23 "And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, ....." [Luke 3:23] The explanation of the phrase that Jesus (pbuh) was the son of David (pbuh), is that Jesus (pbuh) was a descendant of David (pbuh). 'Son', here means a descendant Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments". << Previous Comment Next Comment >> Reader comments (714) on this item |
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