In the Gospel of Matthew (1) it is recorded: “Call no one on earth your father, for your Father is the One in heaven alone; and do not call anyone teacher, for your sole teacher is the Messiah.” (2)

Now, in their language the word “father” means the nurturing Lord. That is, do not say that your God and Lord is on earth; rather, He is in heaven. The Messiah therefore humbled himself to the station to which his Lord and Owner had assigned him—namely, that his utmost role is (3) to teach on earth, while their God is the One who is in heaven.

In the Gospel of Luke it is related that when he called upon God and He revived the woman’s son, the people exclaimed, “This is indeed a great prophet, and God has visited His people.” (4)

And in the Gospel of John the Messiah raised his voice in the house and said to the Jews: “You know me and you know whence I come; yet I have not come of myself. Rather, the Truth has sent me and you do not know Him. If I were to say that I do not know Him, I would be a liar like you. I do know—and you do not (5)—that I am from Him and that He has sent me.” (6) Thus he claimed nothing beyond what the other prophets had claimed. Still, the Trinitarians seized upon his words, “I am from Him,” and concluded: “True God from true God.”

In the Quran it is said: “a messenger from God” [Al-Bayyinah: 2]. Hud declared, “But I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds” [Al-A‘raf: 67]; and Salih said the same! Yet the nation of misguidance