e, in dedication, what is within my womb. Receive Thou this from me; Thou hearest, and knowest. And when she gave birth to her she said, Lord, I have given birth to her, a female. (And God knew very well what she had given birth to; the male is not as the female.) And I have named her Mary, and commend her to Thee with her seed, to protect them from the accursed Satan.' S. 3:35-36 Arberry Allah protected Mary and Jesus from Satan in answer to the request of Marys mother. The Sura goes on to say about Mary: And when the angels said, 'Mary, God has chosen thee, and purified thee; He has chosen thee above all women. S. 3:42 Arberry Allah purified Mary, which implies that she was made sinless just as the following Muslim source claims: (And when the angels) i.e. Gabriel (said: O Mary! Lo! Allah hath chosen thee) with Islam and worship (and made thee pure) from disbelief, the association of partners with Allah and blemishes; it is also said this means: He has saved you from being killed, (and hath preferred you above (all) the women of creation) of your time by the birth of Jesus. (Tanwr al-Miqbs min Tafsr Ibn Abbs; online source; bold and underline emphasis ours) When we interpret the above text in light of Sura 3:36 and the hadiths then the conclusion is that Allah purified Mary and Jesus from the moment of their conceptions, which explains why Satan couldnt touch them. This also means that they were born sinless.
The birth of Muhammad was impure and unprotected from Satan This is unlike Muhammad and his household who had to be made pure and who came under the influence of Satan: And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance, and perform As-Salat (Iqamat as-Salat), and give Zakat and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah wishes only to remove ArRijs (evil deeds and sins, etc.) from you, O members of the family (of the Prophet SAW), and to purify you with a thorough purification. S. 33:33 Hilali-Khan Never did We send a Messenger or a Prophet before you, but; when he did recite the revelation or narrated or spoke, Shaitan (Satan) threw (some falsehood) in it. But Allah abolishes that which Shaitan (Satan) throws in. Then Allah establishes His Revelations. And Allah is All-Knower, All-Wise: That He (Allah) may make what is thrown in by Shaitan (Satan) a trial for those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy and disbelief) and whose hearts are hardened. And certainly, the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.) are in an opposition far-off (from the truth against Allah's Messenger and the believers). S. 22:52-53 Hilali-Khan According the two Jalals, this last passage was "revealed" concerning Muhammad reciting verses from Satan: And We did not send before you any messenger (rasul) - this is a prophet who has been commanded to deliver a Message - or prophet (nabi) - one who has not been commanded to deliver anything - but that when he recited [the scripture] Satan cast into his recitation, what is not from the Qur'an, but which those to whom he [the prophet] had been sent would find pleasing. The Prophet (s) had, during an assembly of the [men of] Quraysh, after reciting the [following verses from] surat al-Najm, Have you considered Lat and 'Uzza? And Manat, the third one? [53:19-20] added, as a result of Satan casting them onto his tongue without his [the Prophet's] being aware of it, [the following words]: 'those are the high-flying cranes (al-gharaniq al-'ula) and indeed their intercession is to be hoped for', and so they [the men of Quraysh] were thereby delighted. Gabriel, however, later informed him [the Prophet] of this that Satan had cast onto his tongue and he was grieved by it; but was [subsequently] comforted with this following verse that he might be reassured [of God's pleasure]: thereat God abrogates, nullifies, whatever Satan had cast, then God confirms His revelations. And God is Knower, of Satan's casting of that which has been mentioned, Wise, in His enabling him [Satan] to do such things, for He does whatever He wishes. (Tafsir al-Jalalayn; online source; bold emphasis ours) That He may make what Satan has cast a trial, a test, for those in whose hearts is a sickness, dissension and hypocrisy, and those whose hearts are hardened, namely, the idolaters, [hardened] against acceptance of the truth. For truly the evildoers, the disbelievers, are [steeped] in extreme defiance, [in] a protracted feud with the Prophet (s) and the believers, for his tongue uttered mention of their gods in a way that pleased them, and yet this was later nullified. (Source; bold emphasis ours) More on Muhammad being influenced by Satan later.
"Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go?  John 6:68-69 "But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you," Acts 3:14 "Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered," Acts 7:52 "And he said, The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth;" Acts 22:14 Did Jesus speak a false prophecy? As if the foregoing biblical distortions werent bad enough, Alhabeshi quotes Matthew 19:28 in order to accuse Jesus of making a false prophecy. Jesus, in that passage, addresses the twelve and tells them that in the age to come they will sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. The problem with this claim (or so Alhabeshi thinks) is that one of the twelve happened to be Judas who later betrayed Christ, thus falsifying what Jesus promised. The problem does not lie with Jesus, but with the authors ability to read carefully. We highlight the one specific part that the author apparently failed to see: "Then Peter said in reply, Lo, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?  Matthew 19:27-28 RSV Christs promise was conditioned on the apostles faithfulness in following him. Judas disqualified himself since he failed to follow Jesus faithfully. This becomes clearer from a similar promise Jesus made which is found in Luke: "And likewise the cup after supper, saying, This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. But behold the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table. For the Son of man goes as it has been determined; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed! And they began to question one another, which of them it was that would do this. A dispute also arose among them, which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. And he said to them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you; rather let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. For which is the greater, one who sits at table, or one who serves? Is it not the one who sits at table? But I am among you as one who serves. You are those who have continued with me in my trials; and I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel." Luke 22:20-30 RSV Christ promised that only those who continue with him in his trials would sit on thrones to judge Israel. That this promise did not include Judas specifically can be seen by what Jesus had just said regarding one of them betraying him. This means that since Judas was going to betray Christ Jesus was not including him in the promise.
St. Martin's Episcopal Church Worship Bulletin - November 4, 2012 - 10:15 a.m.
Alarm bells are ringing and red flags are flying for Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as she senses “impending doom” as the number of COVID-19 cases is on the rise amid a possible fourth wave, as the White House announced new actions.
An emotional Walensky's voice broke during a briefing on Monday, March 29 as she cautioned Americans not to get complacent as a new wave of the virus could hit the country.
“I’m (going to) lose the script and I’m going to reflect on the recurring feeling I have of impending doom,” she said from the White House. "We have so much to look forward to, so much promise and potential of where we are, and so much reason for hope. But right now I’m scared.
According to the CDC, the number of COVID-19 cases reported is on the rise