02-04-2005, 09:46 PM
Bismillah,
Ronniv,
''So I am not denying Jesus' divinity.''
contra
''Son of man ...identifying a person as a human being.''
We better drop this subject.
''..reflects a Catholic belief that Mary was cleansed from all forms of sin''
So it is only CATHOLICS that share the Islamic belief of Mary's purity?
IF that is a condition for her virgin birth, does not Christianity teach that everyone, except Jesus, pbuh, is born sinful?
We better drop this subject too.
Just to also give a CLEAR picture of this, we can read in the Qur'an,
''When she was delivered, she said: "O my Lord! Behold! I am delivered of a female child!"- and Allah knew best what she brought forth- "And no wise is the male Like the female. I have named her Mary, and I commend her and her offspring to Thy protection
from the Evil One, the Rejected."
Right graciously did her Lord accept her: He made her grow in purity
and beauty: To the care of Zakariya was she assigned. Every time that he entered (Her) chamber to see her, He found her supplied with sustenance. He said: "O Mary! Whence (comes) this to you?" She said: "From Allah: for Allah Provides sustenance to whom He pleases without measure."
The Qur'an 3:36-37