02-04-2005, 08:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-04-2005, 08:51 PM by umm Zachariah.)
Bismillah
Ronniv,
If you BELIEVE that 'son of God' is a title, and that does not imply anything else, then that is what Islam teaches us. Even if the expression is not used in Islam.
Since this title is used for many others too Jacob, Solomon, David, even angels are called that, it make sense that the title has no divine meaning. Still the Islamic belief.
On the other hand he is also called 'son of man', and that implies NO immaculate
conception, which on the other hand goes totally against the Islamic belief. Islam teaches us that,
“When the angels said: ‘O Mary, indeed Allaah gives you glad tidings of a Word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary. He will be honored in this world and the next and will be of those close to Allaah.’ ”
Qur’an 3:45
“She said: ‘O my Lord, how can I have a son when no man has touched me?’ He said: ‘Even so—Allaah creates what He wishes. When He decrees something, He only has to say to it: “Be!” and it is.’ ” The Qur’an, 3:47
The Qur’an clarifies that Jesus’, pbuh, virgin birth did not change the state of his humanity. His creation was like the creation of Aadam, who had neither father nor mother.
“Surely, the example of Jesus, in Allaah’s sight, is like that of Aadam. He created him from dust and said: ‘Be!’ and he was.”
Qur’an, 3:59