Draft:Verse 49 of Surah Al-Imran
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| Verse's Information | |
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| Sura | Surah Al-Imran (Qur'an 3) |
| Verse | 49 |
| Juz' | 3 |
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| Place of Revelation | Medina |
| Topic | The mission of Jesus (a) and his miracles |
| Related Verses | Qur'an 2:213 |
Qur'an 3:49 refers to the mission of Jesus (a) and his miracles.[1] This verse attributes acts such as raising the dead and healing the sick to Jesus (a) and is among the proofs used to establish the generative authority (wilaya takwiniyya) of prophets and saints.[2] Based on this verse, the human soul can, by divine permission, attain a power capable of performing extraordinary acts.[3]
The generative authority of the prophets, which is defined as being empowered by God to exercise control over the universe,[4] is agreed upon by Shi'a scholars.[5]
| “ | وَرَسُولًا إِلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنِّي قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِآيَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ أَنِّي أَخْلُقُ لَكُم مِّنَ الطِّينِ كَهَيْئَةِ الطَّيْرِ فَأَنفُخُ فِيهِ فَيَكُونُ طَيْرًا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَأُبْرِئُ الْأَكْمَهَ وَالْأَبْرَصَ وَأُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا تَأْكُلُونَ وَمَا تَدَّخِرُونَ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
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| “ | and [he will be] an apostle to the Children of Israel, [and he will declare,] “I have certainly brought you a sign from your Lord: I will create for you the form of a bird out of clay, then I will breathe into it, and it will become a bird by Allah’s leave. I heal the blind and the leper and I revive the dead by Allah’s leave. I will tell you what you have eaten and what you have stored in your houses. There is indeed a sign in that for you, should you be faithful.
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| — Qur'an 3:49 | ||
According to commentators, the repetition of the phrase "by God's permission" (bi-idhn Allah) in Qur'an 3:49 emphasizes that the generative authority of prophets and saints is dependent on divine permission and power, and this belief never implies likening them to God or committing polytheism.[6] In part of the verse, Jesus (a) speaks of his knowledge of the unseen (ilm al-ghayb) by informing people of what they eat and store in their houses, which is presented as evidence for the possibility of the knowledge of the unseen for righteous servants.[7]
The verse also introduces Jesus (a) as a messenger to the Children of Israel, which some take as evidence that the law (shari'a) of Jesus (a) was limited to the Children of Israel.[8] However, 'Allama Tabataba'i, citing Qur'an 2:213, considers the law of Jesus (a) to be universal.[9]
Notes
- ↑ Shāh-ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīmī, Tafsīr ithnā ʿasharī, 1363 Sh, vol. 2, p. 18.
- ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī et al., Tafsīr-i nimūna, 1386 Sh, vol. 2, p. 648.
- ↑ Subḥānī Tabrīzī, Wahhābīyyat, 1388 Sh, p. 319.
- ↑ Bādhelī et al., "Barrasī-yi intiqādī-yi shubuhāt-i al-Qaffārī dar muwājaha bā wilāyat-i takwīnī-yi aʾimma-yi aṭhār (ʿa)", p. 9.
- ↑ Ḥammūd, al-Fawāʾid al-bahiyya fī sharḥ ʿaqāʾid al-imāmiyya, 1421 AH, vol. 2, p. 117.
- ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī et al., Tafsīr-i nimūna, 1386 Sh, vol. 2, pp. 649-650.
- ↑ Sharīʿatī, "ʿIlm-i imāmān bi ghayb az manẓar-i Qurʾān bā taʾkīd bar dīdgāh-i ʿAllāma Ṭabāṭabāʾī (barrasī-yi āyāt-i 143-i Baqara wa 105-i Tawba)", p. 29.
- ↑ "Naẓariyya-ʾī dar bāra-yi maḥdūd būdan-i sharīʿat-i Ḥaḍrat-i Mūsā wa Ḥaḍrat-i Masīḥ bi Banī Isrāʾīl (1)", Comprehensive Humanities Portal.
- ↑ Mūsawī, Tarjuma-yi Tafsīr al-Mīzān, 1387 Sh, vol. 3, p. 310.
References
- Subḥānī, Jaʿfar, and Muḥammad Muḥammad Raḍāʾī, "Pazhūhishī dar bāb-i wilāyat-i takwīnī-yi insān az dīdgāh-i Qurʾān", Insān pazhūhish-i dīnī, Year 7, Autumn and Winter 1389 Sh, No. 24.
- Shāh-ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīmī, Ḥusayn, Tafsīr ithnā ʿasharī, Tehran, Mīqāt, 1363 Sh.
- Makārim Shīrāzī, Nāṣir, et al., Tafsīr-i nimūna, Tehran, Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, 1386 Sh.
- Bādhelī, Riḍā, et al., "Barrasī-yi intiqādī-yi shubuhāt-i al-Qaffārī dar muwājaha bā wilāyat-i takwīnī-yi aʾimma-yi aṭhār (ʿa)", in Majalla-yi taḥqīqāt-i kalāmī, Year 7, No. 27, Esfand 1398 Sh.
- Ḥammūd, Muḥammad Jamīl, al-Fawāʾid al-bahiyya fī sharḥ ʿaqāʾid al-imāmiyya, Beirut, Muʾassasat al-Aʿlamī li-l-Maṭbūʿāt, 1421 AH.
- Sharīʿatī, Ghulām Muḥammad, "ʿIlm-i imāmān bi ghayb az manẓar-i Qurʾān bā taʾkīd bar dīdgāh-i ʿAllāma Ṭabāṭabāʾī (barrasī-yi āyāt-i 143-i Baqara wa 105-i Tawba)", in Majalla-yi Qurʾānshinākht, Year 8, Spring and Summer 1394 Sh, No. 15.
- Mūsawī, Tarjuma-yi Tafsīr al-Mīzān, n.p., Management Center of Qom Seminary, 1387 Sh.
- "Naẓariyya-ʾī dar bāra-yi maḥdūd būdan-i sharīʿat-i Ḥaḍrat-i Mūsā wa Ḥaḍrat-i Masīḥ bi Banī Isrāʾīl (1)", Comprehensive Humanities Portal, Visited: Feb 4, 2024.