The Christians also say in their prayers, “A Saviour has been born to us.” (1)

Since they could not deny these passages, they resorted to various kinds of distortion.
• Some maintained that it is a spirit that descended upon the apostles.
• Others said it refers to fiery tongues that came down from heaven upon the disciples, through which they worked signs and wonders.
• Still others claimed that it is the Messiah himself, on the grounds that he appeared forty days after the crucifixion and rose from his grave.
• Another group declared, “We do not know what is meant by this Paraclete, nor can we determine its significance.”

Whoever reflects on the wording of the Gospel and its context will realize that interpreting the Paraclete as “the Spirit” is untenable; even less tenable is the claim that it is “the fiery tongues,” and still farther from the truth is the view that it is “the Messiah.” The Holy Spirit has always descended upon prophets and the righteous, both before and after Christ, and it is never described with the attributes mentioned here. The Exalted says:
“You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their clans. Those—He has inscribed faith upon their hearts and supported them with a spirit from Him.” [al-Mujādilah 58:22]

The Prophet ﷺ also said to Ḥassān ibn Thābit when he was composing satire against the idolaters, “O Allah…”