The Quranic Jesus by Carlos A. Segovia

Author:Carlos A. Segovia
Language: deu
Format: epub
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2019-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

53:1 By the star when it goes down!

2 Your companion has not gone astray, nor has he erred,

3 nor does he speak whimfully.

4 [What he speaks] is an inspired inspiration.

5 One full of power has taught him,

6 one full of strength!

7 He rose while he was at the Highest Horizon,

8 then he drew near and came down –

9 he was two bow-lengths away or nearer

10 when he inspired his servant [with] what he inspired him [with].

11 His heart did not lie about what he saw! –

12 will you dispute with him about it?

13 Certainly he saw him at a second descent

14 by the Lote Tree in the Utmost Boundary,

15 close to the Garden of the Refuge,

16 when the Lote Tree was covered with what covers it;

17 his sight did not turn aside, nor did it [arrogantly] trespass [any limit].

18 Certainly he saw one of the greatest signs of his Lord.

The quranic prophet thus encounters God twice, first “at the Highest Horizon” (v. 7) and then “at a second descent” (v. 13) “by the Lote Tree in the Utmost Boundary” (v. 14). At first, the identity of “he” (vv. 7–10, 13) whom the prophet encounters is anything but clear: the referent in v. 5 (“one mighty in power”) is elusive, and the very same can be said of v. 9 (which mentions his astounding physical proportions without further qualifying him); as for vv. 10 and 18, they imply that the prophet – whose defence is undertaken again in vv. 2–12 – is his “servant,” while he is the prophet’s “Lord.” Cf. however the wording in v. 5 and vv. 1–2 in Sūrat al-Raḥmān (Q 55, “The Merciful”):

(D2.2) Q 55:1–4

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