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The Prophet said, "Whoever frees a Muslim slave, Allah will save all the parts of his body from the (Hell) Fire as he has freed
the body-parts of the slave." Said bin Marjana said that he narrated that Hadith to 'Ali bin Al-Husain and he freed his slave for
whom 'Abdullah bin Ja'far had offered him ten thousand Dirhams or one-thousand Dinars.
SMUG-SENSE:
18:104 - "Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were
acquiring good by their works?" 2449
2449 Many people have such a smug sense of self-righteousness that while they go on doing wrong, they think that they
are acquiring merit. So, in charity, all the elements that make for outward show or selfishness (as to get some worldly
advantage) nullify the deed of charity. In the same way hypocrites sometimes affect to be surprised that their declared
effort for somebody's good is not appreciated, when they are really seeking some hidden gain or false glory for
themselves. The sincere are only those who believe in their spiritual responsibility and act as in Allah's sight. (18.104)
31:18 – "And swell not thy cheek (for pride) at men nor walk in insolence through the earth; for
Allah loveth not any arrogant boaster. 3603
3603 The word "cheek" in English, too, means arrogance or effrontery, with a slightly different shade added, viz.: effrontery
from one in an inferior position to one in a superior position. The Arabic usage is wider, and includes smug selfsatisfaction
and a sense of lofty Superiority. (31.18)
SOLOMAN:
See under “Prophets”
SON OF GOD:
2:116 - They say: "Allah hath begotten a son"; Glory be to Him. Nay to Him belongs all that is in the
heavens and on earth; everything renders worship to Him. 119
119 It is a derogation from the glory of God - in fact it is blasphemy - to say that God begets sons, like a man or an animal.
The Christian doctrine is here emphatically repudiated. If words have any meaning, it would mean an attribution of
God of a material nature, and of the lower animal functions of sex. In a spiritual sense, we are all children of God.
And all Creation celebrates His glory. Verse 117 should be read with this to complete the argument. (2.116)
4:171 - O people of the Book! commit no excesses in your religion: nor say of Allah aught but truth.
Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an Apostle of Allah and His Word which He
bestowed on Mary and a Spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His Apostles.
Say not "Trinity": desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is One Allah: glory be to him: (for
Exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth.
And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs. 675676
675 Just as a foolish servant may go wrong by excess of zeal for his master, so in religion people's excesses may lead
them to blasphemy or a spirit the very opposite of religion. The Jewish excesses in the direction of formalism,
racialism, exclusiveness, and rejection of Christ Jesus have been denounced in many places. Here the Christian
attitude is condemned, which raises Jesus to an equality with Allah: in some cases venerates Mary almost to idolatry:
attributes a physical son to Allah: and invents the doctrine of the Trinity, opposed to all reason, which according to the
Athanasian Creed, unless a man believes, he is doomed to hell for ever. Let our Muslims also beware lest they fall
into excesses either in doctrine or in formalism. (4.171)
676 Christ's attributes are mentioned: (1) that he was the son of a woman, Mary, and therefore a man; (2) but a
messenger, a man with a mission from Allah, and therefore entitied to honour; (3) a Word bestowed on Mary, for he
was created by Allah's word "Be" (kun), and he was: iii. 59; (4) a spirit proceeding from Allah, but not Allah: his life and
his mission were more limited than in the case of some other Messengers, though we must pay equal honour to him
as a Prophet of Allah. The doctrines of Trinity, equality with Allah, and sonship, are repudiated as blasphemies. Allah
is independent of all needs and has no need of a son to manage His affairs. The Gospel of John (whoever wrote it)
has put in a great deal of Alexandrian and Gnostic mysticism round the doctrine of the Word (Greek, Logos), but it is
simply explained here. (4.171)
5:17 - In blasphemy indeed are those that say that Allah is Christ the son of Mary. Say: "Who then
hath the least power against Allah if His Will were to destroy Christ the son of Mary his mother
and all everyone that is on the earth? For to Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and
the earth and all that is between. He createth what He pleaseth. For Allah hath power over all
things." 717
717 The most honoured of the prophets of Allah are but men. All power belongs to Allah, and not to any man. Allah's
creation may take many forms, but because in any particular form it is different from what we see daily around us, it
does not cease to be Creation, or to be subject to the power of Allah. No creature can be God. (5.17)
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