1. The Holy and the Sinner
The sanctity of Jesus consists in His unspotted sinlessness.
The Catholic Encyclopedia
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The sanctity of Jesus in the Bible
He never sinned, and He never told a lie. 1 Peter 2:22
God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us. 2 Corinthians 5:21
And in Him there is no sin. 1 John 3:5
I know who you are – the Holy One of God. Mark 1:24
So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God. Luke 1:35
"Which of you convicts me of sin?" John 8:46
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The sanctity of Jesus in the Qur'an
He was pure from sin. Qur'an 19:19
قال إنما أنا رسلول ربك لهب لك غلًاما زكيا
ّماَ ماَ غ ِ مَّ ماَ ماَ ماَ ماَ لُ لُ ماَ كِّ غ ِ غ ِ ماَ ماَ ماَ غ ِ لُ ماَ ً ماَ غ ِ ًا
َما
He said: I am only a messenger of your Lord: That I will give you a pure* boy.
*Other translations: Righteous, holy, faultless, pure from sin.
In his Tafsir* (Interpretation), Al-Tabari used the term "Pure from sin"
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Tafsir Al-Tabari 164/18 تفسير الطبري
هلو الطاهر ًامن الذنلوب
He (Jesus) who is pure from sin.
2. *Tafsir al-Tabari (Arabic: )تفسير الطبرىis a classic Sunni tafsir by the Persian scholar
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (838-923)- Wikipedia
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He was held in honour. Qur'an 3:45
ال ماَسيح عيس ى ابن ًامريم وجيها ف ي الدنيا والخرة
ََيْم غ ِ لُ غ ِ ماَ َيْ لُ ماَ َيْ ماَ ماَ ماَ غ ِ ً غ ِ ُّ َيْ ماَ ماَ غ ِ ما
Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour* in this world and the Hereafter.
*Other translations: Worthy of regard, illustrious.
In his Tafsir* (Interpretation), Al-Razi wrote: Because He was faultless
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Tafsir Al-Razi 8/56 تفسير الرازى
أنه وجه ف ى الدنيا بسبب أنه كان ًامبرأ ًامن العيلوب
He (Jesus) was held in honour in this world because he was faultless.
*Tafsir al-Kabir (The Large Commentary, also known as Mafatih al-Ghayb, Keys to the
Unknown) is a classical Islamic Tafsir book, written by the well-known Persian Islamic
theologian and philosopher Muhammad ibn Umar Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149-1209). –
Wikipedia
And in his Tafsir* (Interpretation), Al-Qurtubi wrote: Because He was anointed with
sinlessness
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Tafsir Al-Qurtubi 89/4 تفسير القرطبى
إنما سم ي بذلك لنه ًامسح بالطهر ًامن الذنلوب
He (Jesus) was so called (Christ) because he was anointed with sinlessness.
*Tafsir al-Qurtubi (Arabic: )تفسير القرطبيis a famous Qur'an exegesis by the famous
classical scholar Al-Qurtubi. d.671H. – Wikipedia
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He was protected from Satan. Qur'an 3:36
3. ِ ماَم َيْ لُ ماَ ماَ َيْ ماَ ماَ غ ِغ ِ كِّ لُ غ ِ لُ ماَ غ ِ ماَ ماَ لُ كِّ مَّ ماَ ماَ غ ِ ماَ مَّ َيْ ماَ غ ِ مَّ غ ِ غ
س مَّيتها ًامريم وإن ي أعيذها بك وذريتها ًامن الشيطان الرجيم
I have named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and for her offspring
from Satan the outcast.
In his Tafsir* (Interpretation), Al-Qurtubi wrote: He was not touched by Satan
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Tafsir Al-Qurtubi 68/4 تفسير القرطبى
إن الشيطان ينخس جميع ولد آدم حت ى النبياء و الولياء إل ًامريم و ابنها
The satan touches every son of Adam even the prophets and the patriarchs with the
exception of Mary and her son.
*Tafsir al-Qurtubi (Arabic: )تفسير القرطبيis a famous Qur'an exegesis by the famous
classical scholar Al-Qurtubi. d.671H. – Wikipedia
And in Sahih Muslim*: He was not pricked by Satan
http://hadith.al-islam.com/Page.aspx?pageid=192BookID=25PID=4435
Sahih Muslim 2366 صحيح مسلم
ًاما ًامن ًاملوللود يلولد إل نخسه الشيطان فيستهل صارخا ًامن نخسة الشيطان إل ابن ًامريم و أًامه
Muslim :: Book 30 : Hadith 5837
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: No
child is born but he is pricked by the satan and he begins to weep because of the
pricking of the satan except the son of Mary and his mother.
http://www.quranexplorer.com/Hadith/English/Hadith/muslim/030.5837.html
*Sahih Muslim (Arabic: )صحيح مسلمis one of the Six major collections of the hadith in
Sunni Islam, oral traditions relating to the words and deeds of the Islamic Prophet
Muhammad. – Wikipedia
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Muhammad the sinner, in the Qur'an
Muhammad must ask forgiveness of his sin. Qur'an 40:55
ِ ماَ َيْ غ ِ َيْ غ ِ مَّ ماَ َيْ ماَ مَّ ماَ ٌّ َيْ ماَ َيْ غ ِ ماََيْ غ ِ ماَ غ ِ ماَ ماَ ماَ كِّ َيْ غ ِ ماَ َيْ غ ِ ماَ كِّ ماَ غ ِ َيْ ماَ غ ِ كِّ ماَ غ َِيْ َيْ ماَ غ
فاصبر إن وعد الل حق واستغفر لذنبك وسبح بحمد ربك بالعش ي والبكار ِ غ
4. Then have patience (O Muhammad). Lo! the promise of Allah is true. And ask
forgiveness of thy sin, and hymn the praise of thy Lord at fall of night and in the
early hours.
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He must ask forgiveness of his sin .. again! Qur'an 47:19
ْماَ ماَ َيْ ماَ مَّ لُ ماَ غ ِ ماَ ماَ غ ِ مَّ مَّ ماَ َيْ ماَ َيْ غ ِ َيْ غ ِ ماَ غ ِ ماَ ماَ غ ِ َيْ لُ َيْ غ ِ غ ِ ماَ ماَ َيْ لُ َيْ غ ِ ماَ غ ِ ماَ مَّ ماَ َيْ ماَ لُ لُ ماَ ماَمَّ ماَ لُ َيْ ماَ ماَ َيْ ماَ لُ َي
فاعَيْلم أنه ل إله إل الل واستغفر لذنبك وللمؤًامنين والمؤًامنات والل يعلم ًامتقلبكم وًامثلواكم
ُل ُل
So know (O Muhammad) that there is no Allah save Allah, and ask forgiveness for
thy sin and for believing men and believing women.
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He must ask forgiveness of his past and futur sins! Qur'an 48:2
ً ِ غ ِ ماَ َيْ غ ِ ماَ ماَ ماَ مَّ ماَ ماَ ماَ مَّ ماَ غ ِ ماَ غ ِ ماَ ماَ ماَ ماَ ماَ مَّ ماَ ماَ لُ غ ِ مَّ غ ِ َيْ ماَ ماَ لُ ماَ ماَ َيْ ماَ ماَ ماَ َيْ غ ِ ماَ ماَ غ ِ ماَ ً ُّ َيْ ماَ غ
ليغفر لك الل ًاما تقدم ًامن ذنبك وًاما تأخر ويتم نعمته عليك ويهديك صراطا ًامستقيما ُل
That Allah may forgive thee of thy sin that which is past and that which is to come,
and may perfect His favour unto thee, and may guide thee on a right path,
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A hundred times a day! Sahih Muslim
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Sahih Muslim 2702 صحيح مسلم
و إن ي لستغفر الل ف ي اليلوم ًامائة ًامرة
Muslim :: Book 35 : Hadith 6522
..And I seek forgiveness from Allah a hundred times a day.
http://www.quranexplorer.com/Hadith/English/Hadith/muslim/035.6522.html
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Invocations of a prophet. Sahih al-Bukhari
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Bukhari 6036 صحيح البخارى
5. عن النب ي صل ى الل عليه وسلم أنه كان يدعلو اللهم اغفر ل ي خطيئت ي وجهل ي وإسراف ي ف ي أًامري وًاما أنت أعلم به
ًامن ي اللهم اغفر ل ي هزل ي وجدي وخطاياي وعمدي وكل ذلك عندي
Bukhari :: Book 8 :: Volume 75 :: Hadith 408
The Prophet used to invoke Allah, saying, Allahumma ighfirli khati'ati wa jahli wa
israfi fi amri, wa ma anta a-'lamu bihi minni. Allahumma ighfirli hazali wa jiddi wa
khata'i wa amdi, wa kullu dhalika 'indi*
http://www.quranexplorer.com/Hadith/English/Hadith/bukhari/008.075.408.html
*Translating the translation!!!
Oh Allah, forgive me my sin and my ignorance and my excess in what you know of
me better than myself. Oh Allah, forgive me my badinage and my seriousness and
my fault.
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Cleansing Muhammad's heart. Qur'an 94:1-3
ماَ و وضعنا عنك وزرك ألم نشرح لك صدرك الذي أنق ماَ ظهرك
َماَ ماَ ماَ َيْ ماَ ماَ ماَ غ ِ َيْ ماَ ماَ ماَ ماَ َيْ ماَ َيْ ماَ َيْ ماَ ماَ ماَ َيْ ماَ مَّ غ ِ ماَ ماَض ماَ َيْ ما
Have We not opened your breast for you (O Muhammad) ? And removed from you
your burden, Which weighed down your back?
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The first successful open-heart surgery!
Cleansing Muhammad's heart again, and again, and again!
..and washed it with Zam-zam water.
Bukhari 342 صحيح البخارى
أن رسلول الل صل ى الل عليه وسلم قال فرج عن سقف بيت ي وأنا بمكة فنزل جبريل صل ى الل عليه وسلم ففرج
صدري ثم غسله بماء زًامزم
http://hadith.al-islam.com/Page.aspx?pageid=192BookID=24TOCID=244
Bukhari :: Book 1 :: Volume 8 :: Hadith 345
Allah's Apostle said, While I was at Mecca the roof of my house was opened and
Gabriel descended, opened my chest, and washed it with Zam-zam water.*
http://www.quranexplorer.com/Hadith/English/Hadith/bukhari/001.008.345.html
6. *From the well of Zamzam
The Well of Zamzam; (Arabic: )زمزمis a well located within the Masjid al-Haram in
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 20 m (66 ft) east of the Kaaba, the holiest place in Islam.
According to Islamic belief, it is a miraculously-generated source of water from God. –
Wikipedia
In May 2011, a BBC investigation found that Zamzam water taken from the Zamzam
Well contained arsenic levels three times the legal limit. – Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamzam_Well
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…and extracted my heart.
Sunan al-Tirmidhi 3346 سنن الترمزي
فأتيت بطست ًامن ذهب فيها ًاماء زًامزم فشرح صدري إل ى كذا وكذا ... فاستخرج قلب ي فغسل قلب ي بماء زًامزم ثم أعيد
ًامكانه
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A golden basin with Zam-zam water in it was brought to me, then he opened my
chest…and extracted my heart. Then he washed my heart with Zam-zam water and
put it back..
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One of them opened my chest.
Tafsir Al-Qurtubi 104/20 تفسير القرطبى
. جائن ى ًاملكان ف ى صلورة طائر ، ًامعهما ًاماء و ثلج ، فشرح أحدهما صدرى ، و فتح الخر بمنقاره فيه فغسله
Two angels in the shape of a bird came to me, they were carrying water and snow,
one of them opened my chest, the other one opened with his beak and washed it.
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They laid me on my back and ripped open my belly.
7. السيرة النبوية لنبن هشام Biography of the Prophet by Ibn Hisham
فخرجت أنا وأبلوه نحلوه ، فلوجدناه قائما ًامنتقعا وجهه . قالت : فالتزًامته والتزًامه أبلوه ، فقلنا له : ًاما لك يا بن ي ، قال
: جاءن ي رجلن عليهما ثياب بيض ، فأضجعان ي وشقا بطن ي ، فالتمسا ) فيه ( شيئا ل أدري ًاما هلو . قالت : فرجعنا
. ) به ( إل ى خبائنا
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)Biography of the Prophet by Ibn Hisham p.60 (pdf
We ran towards him and found him standing up with a livid face. We took hold of
him and asked him what was the matter. He said,Two men in while raiment came
and threw me down and open up my belly and searched therein for I know not what
.(Cf. Sura 94.1.). So we took him back to our tent
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.The portion of Satan
مسند أحمد 55631 Musnad Ahmad
أن رسلول الل صل ى الل عليه وسلم أتاه جبريل عليه السلم وهلو يلعب ًامع الغلمان فأخذه فصرعه فشق عن قلبه
فاستخرج ًامنه علقة فقال هذا حظ الشيطان ًامنك ثم غسله ف ي طست ًامن ذهب بماء زًامزم ثم لًامه وأعاده ف ي ًامكانه
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Gabriel came to him.. opened up his heart and removed a clot from it saying this is
the portion of satan in you. Then he put his heart into a golden tray and washed it
.with Zam-zam water
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.And he said: pull out the hatred and the envy
مسند أحمد 25702 Musnad Ahmad
إن ي لف ي صحراء ابن عشر سنين وأشهر وإذا بكلم فلوق رأس ي وإذا رجل يقلول لرجل أهلو هلو قال نعم فاستقبلن ي
بلوجلوه لم أرها لخلق قط وأرواح لم أجدها ًامن خلق قط وثياب لم أرها عل ى أحد قط فأقبل إل ي يمشيان حت ى أخذ كل
واحد ًامنهما بعضدي ل أجد لحدهما ًامسا فقال أحدهما لصاحبه أضجعه فأضجعان ي بل قصر ول هصر وقال أحدهما
لصاحبه افلق صدره فهلوى أحدهما إل ى صدري ففلقها فيما أرى بل دم ول وجع فقال له أخرج الغل والحسد فأخرج
شيئا كهيئة العلقة ثم نبذها فطرحها
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8. I was ten years old…One of them opened up my chest, I saw no blood and I felt no
pain. And he said: pull out the hatred and the envy, so he extracted something like a
leech/clot of blood and threw it away.
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Cleansing Muhammad's heart ... again!
Sahih Ibn Habaan p.2953 - 14/242 صحيح ابن حبان
ولما أراد الل جل وعل السراء به أًامر جبريل بشق صدره ثانيا وأخرج قلبه فغسله
When Allah wanted him for the Night Journey, he asked Gabriel to open his chest
again and wash his heart.
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No wonder he was not sure of his own salvation.
Paradise? Not so sure.
Musnad Ahmad 7430 مسند أحمد
قال رسلول الل صل ى الل عليه وسلم ل يدخل أحدكم الجنة بعمله قاللوا ول أنت يا رسلول الل قال ول أنا إل أن يتغمدن ي
الل ًامنه برحمة وفضل ووضع يده عل ى رأسه
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Muhammad said: None of you enters paradise through his own work. They said:
Not even you O Allah's Apostle? He said: Not even me, unless Allah bestows on me
his compassion..
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Which of you convicts me of sin? John 8:46
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The Holy or the Sinner
Who would you follow?
You are free to choose but remember... with freedom comes responsibility.