Confessions of scholars about the divinity of Jesus
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful And when God said, “O Jesus, son of Mary, did you say to the people, ‘Take me and my mother as gods besides God?’” He said, “Glory be to You! It is not for me to say that which I have no right to. If I had said it, You knew it. You know what is within my soul, and I do not know what is within Your soul. Indeed, You are the Knower of the unseen.” (116) Surah Al-Ma’idah, Saadi’s interpretation {And when God said, “O Jesus, son of Mary, did you say to the people, ‘Take me and my mother as gods besides God?’” He said, “Glory be to You! It is not for me to say that which I have no right to. If I had said it, You knew it. You know what is within my soul, and I do not know what is within Your soul. Indeed, You are the Knower of the unseen.”} Jesus, son of Mary, did you say to the people, “Take me and my mother as two gods besides God?” This is a rebuke to the Christians who said: God is the third of three. So Go...