The Birth of Jesus Christ (a.s)
Notes
1 The speech made on January 5, 2006 to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ (AS). Translated from Irfan Iran, Collection of papers, No. 25 & [^26]: Collected by Dr. Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh, Haqiqat Publishing, PP. 5-20,
Tehran, Iran (2006).
2 Usūl al-Kāfī, translated by Haj Seyed Javad Mostafavi, P 323:
وُلِدَ النبِی(ص) لِاثْنَتَی عَشْرَة لَيلَة مَضَتْ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَبِيعٍ الْأَولِ …
3 Also about this date, an agreement has been reached now that, in fact, this day is occasioned by the birth of Mehr (Mithra); the god of ancient Iranians and after Constantine; the emperor of Roman empire who first was a follower of Mithraism, converted to Christianity, he designated this date in the 4th century AD as the birth date of Jesus Christ (AS).
4 Matthew 5: 39 & 40
5 The Quran, Al-Baqara (The cow),وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ يَا أُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ : 179
6 The Quran, Al-e-Imran (The family of Imran), وَالْكَاظِمِينَ الْغَيْظَ وَالْعَافِينَ عَنِ الناسِ وَاللّه يُحِب الْمُحْسِنِينَ : 134
7 The Quran, Ibrahim (Abraham), وَذَ كرْهُمْ بِأَيامِ اللّهِ : 5
8 The Quran, Al-e-Imran (The family of Imran)
إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ اللَّـهِ كَمَثَلِ آدَمَ خَلَقَهُ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ 59
9 The Quran, Joseph, 3,
نحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ
10 The word Mashiah (the Anointed one) literally means someone who is anointed by the sacred oil.
11 Matthew 22, P 19-[^21]:
12 The Quran, Al-Hadid (The Iron),
وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللَّـهِ: 27
13 من لا معاش له، لا معاد له
14 Kitab al-Kafi, Muhammad Ya‘qūb Kulaynī, corrected by Ali Akbar Qaffari, 4th edition, vol. 2, P 307, Dar-al- Kotob Islami Publishing-Morteza Ahmad Akhoondi, Qom, کادَ الفَقرُ اَن يَکونَ کُفر اً : 1986
15 The Quran, Al-Alaq (The Clot)
كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ ﴿٦﴾ أَن رَّآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ ﴿٧﴾
16 The Quran, Al-Baqara (The Cow),
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ ﴿٢٠١﴾
17 The Quran, At-Tin (The Fig),
وَالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ ﴿١﴾ وَطُورِ سِينِينَ ﴿٢﴾ وَهَـٰذَا الْبَلَدِ الْأَمِينِ ﴿٣﴾
هَلِ الّدينِ الّا الحُب؟ 18
19 Kitab al-Kafi, vol. 3, P 33
بنى الاسلام على خمس على الصلاة و الزكاة والصوم و الحج و الولاية و لم يناد بشى ء كما نودى بالولاية
20 Matthew, 22, P 35-[^40]:
21 The Quran, Al-Baqara (The Cow),إِنا لِلّهِ وَإِنا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ : 156
22 The Quran, Al-e-Imran (The family of Imran)
قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَىٰ كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ أَلَّا نَعْبُدَ إِلَّا اللَّـهَ وَلَا نُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا
23 The Quran, Al-Maeda (The Table),الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الإِسْلاَمَ دِينًا : 3
24 The Quran, Al-E-Imran (The family of Imran), وَاللّه عَزِيزٌ ذُو انتِقَامٍ : 4
25 The Quran, Az-Zumar (The troops), 53,
إِنَّ اللَّـهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا
26 سبقت رحمتي غضبي
27 John 8: 3-[^9]:
28 The Quran, Noah
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّارًا ﴿٢٦﴾
29 The Quran, Al-Maeda (The table), 116-118:
وَإِذْ قَالَ اللّه يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ أَأَنتَ قُلتَ لِلناسِ اتخِذُونِي وَأُميَ إِلَهَيْنِ مِن دُونِ اللّهِ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ مَا يَكُونُ لِي أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِحَ ق إِن كُنتُ قُلْتُه فَقَ د عَلِمْتَه تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ إِنكَ أَنتَ عَلامُ الْغُيُوبِ مَا قُلْتُ لَهُ م إِلا مَا أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ أَنِ اعْبُدُو اْ اللّه رَبي وَرَبكُمْ وَكُنتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا ما دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ فَلَ ما تَوَفيْتَنِي كُنتَ أَنتَ الرقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَنتَ عَلَى كُ ل شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ إِن تُعَ ذبْهُمْ فَإِنهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُ م فَإِنكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
30 The Quran, Al-Tawba (repentance), 113 &114:
مَا كَانَ لِلنبِ ي وَالذِينَ آمَنُو اْ أَن يَسْتَغْفِرُو اْ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُو اْ أُوْلِي قُرْبَى مِن بَعْدِ مَا تَبَينَ لَهُ م أَنهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِوَمَا كَانَ اسْتِغْفَارُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ إِلا عَن موْعِدَة وَعَدَهَا إِياه فَلَ ما تَبَينَ لَ هُ أَنه عَدُو لِلّهِ تَبَرأ مِنْهُ
31 Matthew 4: 1-[^11]:
32 Arabic: ( انشقاق القمر)
33 Khwāja Shamsu d-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī , known by his pen name Hāfez, was a Persian poet:
نگار من كه مكتب نرفت و خط ننوشت به غمزه مسأله آموز صد مدرس شد
34 لا فتی الا علیّ لا سيف الا ذوالفقار
35 Many years ago, it was possible for us to go to Jerusalem and in a trip along side with His Excellency Salih Ali Shah, we went there and saw that stone and the tomb in which Jesus was buried according to what Christians say, and we showed great respect. In effect, concerning what the Quran states, An-Nisa (the women), 157:
“They neither killed nor crucified Jesus”, it can be concluded that Jesus had never been there but because that place was in loving memory of His Excellency, we made a pilgrimage.