JESUS IS A SERVANT

 He spake: Lo!  I am the slave of Allah.  He hath given me the Scripture and hath appointed me a Prophet, and hath made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and hath enjoined upon me prayer and almsgiving so long as I remain alive, and (hath made me) dutiful toward her who bore me, and hath not made me arrogant, unblest.

 In this phrase "slave of Allah," there are four points to note from the above Surat Maryam (Mary) 19:30-32.

 The first, that it does away with the erroneous belief of the Christians that ‘Isa (Jesus) is God.

 The second, if Christ, when He confessed His servitude was truthful in His statement then truly He was Allah's slave.  If He was lying, the power He used would not have been divine, but satanic, and both suppositions would render void His being a God.

 The third, that which was the pressing need for Him at that time was to remove the accusation of adultery from His mother Mary.  However, ‘Isa (Jesus) did not clearly deny that, but laid emphasis on the fact of His servitude as if He made the removal of the accusation that He was equal with Allah more important than removing the accusation from His mother.

 The fourth, the removal of this accusation from Allah assists the removal of the accusation from His mother, because Allah would not choose an adulteress to bear a child for this great and high position.

 Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high. . . . By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities.