The Words Of Jesus (‘a) Divine Omnipotence

1. It is said that Jesus the son of Mary (‘a) was sitting and an old man was working with a small shovel tilling the earth. Jesus (‘a) said: “O Allah! Extract his desire from him.” The old man put down the small shovel and slept for an hour. Then Jesus (‘a) said: “O Allah! Return the desire to him.” Then he stood up and began to work. Jesus (‘a) asked him about it.
   He said: “When I was working my soul said to me: ‘How long will you work, being that you are an old man?’ Then I put down the small shovel and slept.’ Then my soul said to me: ‘By Allah! You have no alternative but to live as long as you remain.’ Then I stood up with my small shovel.” ¹
2. It is reported that Abu ‘Abd Allah Imam Sadiq said: “The Devil [iblis, the devil who tempted Adam and Eve. Cf. Qur’an 2:34; 7:11; 15:31; 38:74] said to Jesus the son of Mary: ‘Does your Lord have the power to put the earth into an egg without reducing the size of the earth or enlarging the egg?’ Then Jesus (‘a) said: ‘Woe unto you, for weakness is not attributed to Allah. Who is more powerful than He Who makes the earth subtle and makes the egg great?’ ²
3. It is reported that Imam Sadiq (‘a) said: “Iblis came to Jesus (‘a), then he said: ‘Do you not claim that you can revive the dead?’ Jesus said: ‘Yes.’ Iblis said: ‘Then throw yourself down from the top of the wall.’ Then Jesus said: ‘Woe unto you! Verily the servant does not try his Lord.’
   And Iblis said: ‘O Jesus! Can your Lord put the earth in an egg while the egg remains in its form?’ Then he said: ‘Verily impotence is not attributed to Allah, the Supreme, but what you said cannot be.’ ” ^{3 4}

References:

1. Bihar al-anwar, xiv, 329[↩]
2. Bihar al-anwar, iv, 142[↩]
3. Bihar al-anwar, xiv, 271[↩]
4. Words of the Word of God: Jesus Christ (a) Speaks through Shii Narrations, Mahdi Muntazir Qa’im and Muhammad Legenhausen[↩]

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