for although Christ, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, brought the dead back to life, those whom Allah brought back to life through Moses were more numerous, including those who said:
“‘We will never believe you until we see Allah openly’—then the thunderbolt seized you.”
Allah then raised them after their death, as He said:
“Then We raised you after your death.”
There was also the man who was struck with part of the cow, and other instances. Several other prophets brought the dead back to life, and Christians acknowledge this.
As for turning the staff into a snake, this is greater than bringing a dead person back to life. The dead person had previously been alive, so life was restored to a place where it had already existed. But turning a piece of dry wood into a living creature that swallows staffs and ropes is a greater demonstration of power and a rarer occurrence: Allah brings the dead back to life, but He does not turn wood into snakes.
As for sending down the table from heaven, the manna and quails that descended daily upon the people of Moses, together with the water that gushed from the rock for them, were greater than that. A constant supply of sweet food or meat is finer in kind and greater in quantity than the olives, fish, and other things that were on the table.
I mentioned similar points to him, showing that singling Christ out for union with God and claiming divinity for him) has no basis. Everything else mentioned concerning him is either shared by him and other created beings, or shared by him and other prophets and messengers. Moreover, some messengers, such as Abraham and Moses, may have been more perfect in these respects than he was. As for