{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/pro/jes03.htm","path":"isl/pro/jes03.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pro/jes03.htm","text":"In the interpretation of Al-`Askiri (PUH) as attributed to the prophet\n(PUH) that he said: O servants of God, when the people of Jesus asked him\nto reveal a table from heaven and he asked God to do so, God did say then:\nLo! I send it down for you. And whoso disbelieveth of you afterward, him\nsurely will I punish with a punishment wherewith I have not punished any\nof (My) creatures(Al-M\u00e2'idah:115). When it was revealed, those who\nhad the faith and their faith grew even stronger got saved, and those who\ndisbelieved then after God did mutate him either in the shape of a pig\nor a monkey or a cat or a bear or in the shape of birds and creatures of\nthe sea, and so until four hundred of them were mutated. It is mentioned\nthat the table that was revealed for Jesus had nine types of food that\nwere founded by the Will of God and they were not of the food of this life\nor the food of paradise, as it was mentioned, and it was one of the holiest\nmiracles for the prophets. The prince of believers (PUH) said in some of\nhis speeches: if you willed I shall talk about the Jesus of Mary, his pillow\nwas the stone and his clothes were the harshest and his food was the hunger\nand his light at night was the moon and his shadows in winter were the\neast and west of the lands, and his fruit were what the earth planted and\nhe had no wife to charm him nor a son that he would be sad for, nor money\nthat would grab his attention nor greed that would humiliate him, his own\ntransportation tool was his legs and his own servant was his own hands..etc.\nIn Irsh\u00e2d Al-Quloob (Guiding the Hearts) [a book's name] by Al-Daylami,\nit is mentioned that Jesus said: my servant is my hands and my own animal\nis my legs and my bed is the ground and my pillow is the stones and my\nwarmth in winter is the eastern of lands and my light at night is the moon\nand my food is the hunger and my motto is my fear and my clothes are made\nof wool and my fruit is what the earth planted for beasts, and so I sleep\nand I have nothing at all, and wake up and I have nothing, and there is\nno one on earth that is richer than I do. Apparently, the meaning of \"his\nfood is the hunger\" might be that he doesn't eat anything unless hunger\noccupied him totally and he had lust for food and so the hunger is his\nown food. The purpose of richness here is the richness of the soul and\nthe unnecessity for people, Al-Jaza'iri mentioned that.\nAs attributed to Al-S\u00e2diq (PUH) that he used to say: fear God\nand don't envy each other, for Jesus the son of Mary used to walk on the\nlands and he went out for some destination and there was a short man with\nhim and he used to stay a lot with him and when Jesus ended up to the sea\nhe said: by the name of God, by the truth that He had given, and then he\nwalked on the surface of the water, and then the short man said when he\nsaw that: by the name of God, by the truth He had given, and he walked\non the surface of water and catched Jesus and he wondered about himself\nand said: this is Jesus the Spirit of God walks on water and I do so too\nthen why he is preferred upon me? Then he was drowned in water and he asked\nfor help from Jesus and Jesus helped him out and said to him: what did\nyou say O short man? He answered: I said: this is Jesus the Spirit of God\nwalks on water and I do so too then why he is preferred upon me? and I\nwas amazed for myself, then Jesus said to him: you have put yourself in\na position that was not made for you so God hated you for what you said,\nso repent, and the man repented and God got him back to the position that\nGod had put him in before so fear God and don't envy each other.","title":"The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories: Jesus The So...","type":"page"}