Was The Virgin Mary Really Just A Slag?
Allaah (God) commanded angel Gabriel to blow through the neck of Maryam’s (Mary) garment, and this breath went down and by the will of Allaah entered her womb, so it became a soul that Allaah had created. Allaah has explained how He created ‘Jesus (peace be upon him), as He said (interpretation of the meaning): “And she who guarded her chastity [Virgin Maryam (Mary)], We breathed into (the sleeves of) her (shirt or garment) [through Our Rooh (spirit/breath) — Jibreel (Gabriel)]” [al-Anbiya’ 21:91] God sent angel Gabriel who is himself the Holy Spirit to Mary. Then Allaah explains that the Rooh (spirit/breath) reached her womb, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “And Maryam (Mary), the daughter of ‘Imraan who guarded her chastity. And We breathed into (the sleeve of her shirt or her garment) through Our Rooh (spirit/breath) [i.e. Jibreel (Gabriel)]”. [al-Tahreem 66:12] The verse (interpretation of the meaning): “(The angel) said: ‘I am only a messenger from your Lord, (to a
Allah only, has Free Will, He Wills whatever He likes and it will always happen as He wills. We have something called, “Free choice.” The difference is that what Allah “Wills” always happens and what we choose may or may not happen. We are not being judged on the outcome of things, we are being judged on our choices. This means that at the core of everything will always be our intentions. Whatever we intended, is what we will have the reward for. Each person will be judged according to what Allah gave them to work with, how they used it and what they intended to do with it. As regards the actual “Judgment Day” – Allah tells us that everything we are doing is being recorded and not a single tiny thing escapes from this record. Even an atom’s weight of good will be seen on the Day of Judgment and even a single atom’s weight of evil will be seen too. On That Day (of judgment) mankind will proceed in scattered groups and they will be shown their deeds. So whoever does good equal to the wei
Virgin births were a common theme in faith systems that predate Christianity. Krishna was born of the virgin Devaki Savior Dionysus was born of the virgin Semele. Buddha too was born of a virgin, The old Teutonic goddess Hertha was a virgin impregnated by the heavenly Spirit and bore a son. Scandinavian Frigga was impregnated by the All-Father Odin and bore Balder, the healer and savior of mankind. There are others. The concept was simply repeated and amended by the early church to suit there own story.
