, in the Jordan region, and from that village the name “Christianity” was taken.

He said: Allah—exalted is His praise—also called Joseph a “lord.” David says in Psalm 105:

“Joseph was sold into slavery; they bound his feet with shackles, and iron pierced his soul, until his word proved true—the word of the Lord tested him. Then the king sent and released him, appointing him ruler over his people, a lord over his household, and one vested with authority over his servants.”

And Luke, at the close of his Gospel, relates:

“The Messiah—while he and Luke his disciple were walking along the road in sorrow—was met by Gabriel. He asked them, though they did not recognize him, ‘Why are you so downcast?’ They answered, ‘Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know what has happened there these past days concerning Jesus the Nazarene? He was a man, a prophet mighty in word and deed before God and before the people; they seized him and killed him’—that is how they themselves spoke about him.”