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"My Father and Your Father, My God and Your God" from the Biblical and Quranic Perspectives 
In the Gospel according to John, there is an important narration that tells us that when the grief stricken Mary Magdalene was standing outside of the empty tomb of her Teacher (Rabboni) Christ Jesus, she surprisingly heard her beloved Jesus calling her by her name. The bewildered Mary turned around and in her excitement clanged to her Teacher. Thereupon, Jesus cautioned Mary and said to her as under: Stop clinging to me; for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren (disciples), and say to them, 'I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.' (John 20: 17).Let us examine the above recorded crucial statement which is in the red print, from the Biblical as well as from the Qur'anic perspectives. THE BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVES "My Father and your Father" This phrase spoken by Jesus and recorded in the Bible clearly substantiates as well as establishes the fact that the term "Father" used by Jesus in the above statement was anything but to justify him proclaiming an exclusive relationship with the Heavenly Father. In other words, this unequivocally recorded verbatim authenticates that the relationship of Jesus with "his Father" was no different from the relationship of his disciples with the same entity as "their Father". It was not a specifically designated exclusive or unique relationship. The innovated conception of Jesus being the "begotten" son of the Father was developed in the fourth century. It was injected by Jerome into the Latin Bible to refute the claims made by Bishop Arius (d.336) and his associates that Father alone was really God and Jesus was made (created) and not begotten. (For more details please read Anchor Bible - Vol.29, The Gospel according to John (i), published by Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y, p. 13-14). Apostle John had recorded that Jesus was "of a single kind" (Unique). The reason being Jesus was born to a Virgin. The Qur'an upholds that concept and reveals in 3:47 that the conception of Jesus was by the Allah's Command (a Spoken Word). "My God and your God" The above phrase
spoken by Jesus and recorded in the Bible clearly substantiates and establishes
the fact that Jesus also **had**
a "God" and that "God of Jesus" was no other than the "God of his Disciples".
Bible records that Jesus often fell on his face and prayed to "his God".
It is fundamentally incorrect as well as illogical to propagate or believe
that the entity which prays and the entity that responds to such prayers
are One or they both are co-equal in Authority, Capability and Power.
THE QURANIC PERSPECTIVES "My Father and your Father" A question often asked by the readers of the Qur'an. Ques: Since Allah has no "Son", could Jesus - the righteous prophet of Allah, have ever addressed "God" as "Father" or as "my Father"? Answer: Since it is recorded
in the four Gospels there is a likely hood of Jesus (prophet Isa a.
s.), having addressed "God" as "my Father".
Translations of Qur'anic Verses by Abdullah Yusuf Ali: Say: "Praise be to Allah Who begets no son and has no partner in (His) dominion: nor (needs) He any to protect Him from humiliation: Yea magnify Him for His greatness and glory!" 17: 111"My God and your God" The following three verses from the Qur'an gives the clear picture that Jesus (Isa a.s.), did preach the worshiping of one and only God: And behold! Allah will say "O Jesus the son of Mary! didst thou say unto men 'worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah"? He will say: "Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing Thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart though I know not what is in Thine. INDEX 
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