A Mortal - A Messenger of Allah; Jesus Son Of Mary And John: Part 02 Page 11

Delving deeper and taking a closer look at what is written:

Qur'an (5:75)

" The Messiah, son of Mary was no more than a messenger; many were the Messengers that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth (Ummuhu Siddeeqatun). They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth makes His Signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth!"

Qur'an. 5:75

Bible (Matthew. 11:18 -19)

"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil."

"The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children."

Matt. 11:18 -19

Commentary # 375 by A. Yusuf Ali:

"Now we begin the story of Jesus. As a prelude we have the birth of Mary and the parallel story of John the Baptist, Yahya the son of Zakariya. Yahya's mother Elizabeth was a cousin of Mary the mother of Jesus (Luke 1:36), and therefore John and Jesus were cousins by blood, and there was a spiritual cousinhood in their birth and career. Elizabeth was of the daughters of Aaron (Luke 1:5) of a priestly family which went back to Aaron the brother of Moses and son of Imran. Her husband Zakariya was actually a priest, and her cousin Mary was presumably also of a priestly family. By tradition Mary's mother was called Hannah (in Latin, Anna, and in English, Anne), and her father was called 'Imran. Hannah is therefore both a descendant of the priestly

Ponder

Important Words to Consider:

1.	Food		Check Qur'an 21:8 and 25:21.
2.	Woman		Check 19: 26 and John 2: 4

A Thought

Consider the Following:

a.	Referring to Mary as "a woman", why the Quran applied to her the term "*Ummuhu Siddeeqatun*?"
b.	Why was it habitual of Jesus to call his mother "woman" and not "mother".
	[Note: Jesus never addressed her as "Holy Mary Mother of god"]

Conclusion:

From Point 'b' above, it could be derived that:

1.	Jesus was a human being.
2.	So, in every respect - in form, in appearance and by nature.
3.	And so too, his mother Mary.
4.	Both were subject to the laws of nature.
5.	Mary was from a spiritual ancestry but all were mortals.