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Why is it that Islam does not attribute sin to Isa (Jesus), who was immaculately conceived by Marium (Mary)?  In one narration, sins of several prophets are mentioned but nothing is mentioned of Jesus' sins.  Sin is not attributed to Isa as with other prophets [including Mohammed]

Islam holds Jesus (Arabic: `Isa) to have been a messenger and a prophet of God and the Messiah (The concept of prophecy in Islam is broader than Judaism and Christianity since Muslims distinguish between "messengers" and "prophets".  Unlike prophets, messengers are assured of success.  All messengers are prophets but not vice versa).  According to the Qur'an, he was one of God's (Arabic Allah's) most beloved messengers, a precursor to Muhammad, and was sent to guide the Children of Israel. 

Not only is the holiness of Marium and Isa well established in the Koran, but by analysis also is the existence of the Holy Trinity (three person in One God / Allah).  The usage of the word we, both capitalized (other than at the beginning of a sentence) and uncapitalized, exists over one thousand times.
        In the English language as used, at least in the United States, this contextual usage refers to God.  In Sura 2.34 this seems to be the only conclusion that can be drawn from the phrase, "We said to the angels."  Again in Sura 2:35 the concept continues, "We said, 'O Adam, live with your wife in Paradise, ...' "  This seems to be prevalent throughout the whole of the Koran, in part to be quoted.  This is substantively inconsistent with the position taken against the concept of three persons in One God.
        True Christians believe that there is only one God.  The same belief as in Islam.  Christianity sees even in the beginning of the Bible the phrase,

[Genesis 1:26f]  "Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground."
        ²⁷ God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them." 

• John 17:11 And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, while I am coming to you.  Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are.
• Jn. 17:20 "I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, ²¹ so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.
• Jn. 17:22 And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, ²³ I in them (through reception of the Holy Eucharist) and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me.

[Sura 2.34] And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam they did obeisance, but Iblis (did it not). He refused and he was proud, and he was one of the unbelievers. [2.35] And We said: O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the garden and eat from it a plenteous (food) wherever you wish and do not approach this tree, for then you will be of the unjust. [2.36] But the Shaitan made them both fall from it, and caused them to depart from that (state) in which they were; and We said: Get forth, some of you being the enemies of others, and there is for you in the earth an abode and a provision for a time.

[Sura 2.87] And most certainly We gave Musa (Moses) the Book and We sent apostles after him one after another; and We gave Isa, the son of Marium, clear arguments and strengthened him with the holy spirit, What! whenever then an apostle came to you with that which your souls did not desire, you were insolent so you called some liars and some you slew.

[SURA 2.253] We have made some of these apostles to excel the others among them are they to whom Allah spoke, and some of them He exalted by (many degrees of) rank; and We gave clear miracles to Isa son of Marium, and strengthened him with the holy spirit.

[SURA 3.36] So when she brought forth, she said: My Lord! Surely I have brought it forth a female and Allah knew best what she brought forth and the male is not like the female, and I have named it Marium, and I commend her and her offspring into Thy protection from the accursed Shaitan.

[Sura 3.42. And when the angels said: O Marium! surely Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the world.
[3.43] O Marium! keep to obedience to your Lord and humble yourself, and bow down with those who bow.

[Sura 3.45] When the angels said: O Marium, surely Allah gives you good news with a Word from Him (of one) whose name is the '. Messiah, Isa son of Marium, worthy of regard in this world and the hereafter and of those who are made near (to Allah).
[3.46] And he shall speak to the people when in the cradle and when of old age, and (he shall be) one of the good ones.
[3.47] She said: My Lord! when shall there be a son (born) to me, and man has not touched me? He said: Even so, Allah creates what He pleases; when He has decreed a matter, He only says to it, Be, and it is.

[SURA 4.171] O followers of the Book! do not exceed the limits in your religion, and do not speak (lies) against Allah, but (speak) the truth; the Messiah, Isa son of Marium is only an apostle of Allah and His Word which He communicated to Marium and a spirit from Him; believe therefore in Allah and His apostles, and say not, Three *. Desist, it is better for you; Allah is only one God; far be It from His glory that He should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His, and Allah is sufficient for a Protector.
        * If Allah is not three persons in One God, then why does Allah keep making reference to Himself as "We" and "Our"?
          It seems likely that Mohammed did not grasp the concept of Three Persons equals One God [One in the sense of being in full agreement in order to achieve their individual goals that could not otherwise be accomplished.].  This is a concept that caused serious problems in the early days of Christianity; for many this is still a question of concern.

[SURA 5.17] Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely, Allah He is the Messiah*, son of Marium. Say: Who then could control anything as against Allah when He wished to destroy the Messiah son of Marium and his mother and all those on the earth?
        * Allah is not only Isa the Messiah, but is also Yahweh and the Holy Ghost, i.e., Three divine Persons comprising One God also referred to as the Godhead.  This does not signify a disagreement between Muslims and Christians, but is rather a different usage of terminology.

Note: Primacy of position is given to Yahweh (Termed God when used in the singular form) since His existence is necessary for the existence of Isa (Jesus).  The existence of both Yahweh and Isa is necessary for there to be reason for the existence (spiration) of the Holy Ghost.
        The foregoing should not be seen as to imply that eternal existence (without beginning or end) is not a condition of all three persons equally.  The term God or Allah would be meaningless if any one of the three persons did not exist.  There would be no intelligent life to give the term meaning, i.e., we would not have existence.
        The usage of the term God implies the existence of a relationship, a superior and an inferior.  Neither Isa nor the Holy Ghost is inferior to Yahweh.  Being different does not imply inferiority.

[SURA 5.75] The Messiah, son of Marium is but an apostle; apostles before him have indeed passed away; and his mother was a truthful woman; they both used to eat food*. See how We make the communications clear to them, then behold, how they are turned away.
        * The concept of food should not be limited to that which supplies human bodily nourishment.  The types of food that Yahweh and the Holy Ghost consume, while different in substance, is nonetheless their form of sustenance.  The form of one's existence determines the type of food needed to supply nourishment (Without food there is starvation or stagnation that would be equated with death, even though life remains.  This would be true for both God and man.).  A finite comparison can be related to the different types of food that cattle, lions, sea creatures, insects and plant life use for nourishment.

Marium
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[Sura 19.16] And mention Marium in the Book when she drew aside from her family to an eastern place;
[19.17] So she took a veil (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her Our spirit, and there appeared to her a well made man (In the Christian Gospel [Luke 1:26] this refers to the angel Gabriel.).
[19.18] She said: Surely I fly for refuge from you to the Beneficent God, if you are one guarding (against evil).
[19.19] He said: I am only a messenger of your Lord: That I will give you a pure boy.
[19.20] She said: When shall I have a boy and no mortal has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste?
[19.21] He said: Even so; your Lord says: It is easy to Me: and that We may make him a sign to men and a mercy from Us, and it is a matter which has been decreed.
[19.22] So she conceived him; then withdrew herself with him to a remote place. ...

[Sura 19.27] And she came to her people with him, carrying him (with her). They said: O Marium! surely you have done a strange thing.
[19.28] O sister of Haroun! your father was not a bad man, nor, was your mother an unchaste woman.
[19.29] But she pointed to him. They said: How should we speak to one who was a child in the cradle?
[19.30] He said: Surely I am a servant of Allah; He has given me the Book and made me a prophet;
[19.31] And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on me prayer and poorrate so long as I live;
[19.32] And dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me insolent, unblessed;
[19.33] And peace on me on the day I was born, and on the day I die, and on the day I am raised to life.  (Isa's original body returned to life after He had been murdered.)
[19.34] Such is Isa, son of Marium; (this is) the saying of truth about which they dispute.
[19.35] It beseems not Allah that He should take to Himself a ! son (A bodily form in which to experience human life and be best able to communicated with human forms made in His [their] image after His [their] likeness [Genesis 1:26f].  God (the Trinity) is not restricted to time as we understand it ( ¿It is probable that God can undo and rewrite time? ).  This early book of the Bible (Genesis) was written about 1,900 years before the time of Mohammed.), glory to be Him; when He has decreed a matter He only says to it "Be," and it is.

[Sura 19.40] Surely We inherit the earth and all those who are on it, and to Us they shall be returned.
[19.49] So when he withdrew from them and what they worshiped besides Allah, We gave to him Ishaq (Isaac) and Yaqoub (Jacob), and each one of them We made a prophet.
[19.50] And We granted to them of Our mercy, and We left (behind them) a truthful mention of eminence for them.
[19.51] And mention Musa in the Book; surely he was one purified, and he was an apostle, a prophet.
[19.52] And We called to him from the blessed side of the mountain, and We made him draw nigh, holding communion (with Us).
[19.53] And We gave to him out of Our mercy his brother Haroun a prophet.
[19.54] And mention Ismail in the Book; surely he was truthful in (his) promise, and he was an apostle, a prophet.
[19.55] And he enjoined on his family prayer and almsgiving, and was one in whom his Lord was well pleased.
[19.56] And mention Idris (Enoch) in the Book; surely he was a truthful man, a prophet,
[19.57] And We raised him high in Heaven.
[19.58] These are they on whom Allah bestowed favors, from among the prophets of the seed of Adam, and of those whom We carried with Nuh, and of the seed of Ibrahim and Israel, and of those whom We guided and chose; when the communications of the Beneficent God were recited to them, they fell down making obeisance and weeping.
[19.59] But there came after them an evil generation, who neglected prayers and followed and sensual desires, so they win meet perdition,
[19.60] Except such as repent and believe and do good, these shall enter the garden, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly in any way:
[19.61] The gardens of perpetuity which the Beneficent God has promised to His servants while unseen; surely His promise shall come to pass.
[19.62] They shall not hear therein any vain discourse, but only: Peace, and they shall have their sustenance therein morning and evening.
[19.63] This is the garden which We cause those of Our servants to inherit who guard (against evil).

[Sura 19.66] And says man: What! when I am dead shall I truly be brought forth alive?
[19.67] Does not man remember that We created him before, when he was nothing?
[19.68] So by your Lord! We will most certainly gather them together and the Shaitans, then shall We certainly cause them to be present round hell on their knees.
[19.69] Then We will most certainly draw forth from every sect of them him who is most exorbitantly rebellious against the Beneficent God.
[19.70] Again We do certainly know best those who deserve most to be burned therein.
[19.71] And there is not one of you but shall come to it; this is an unavoidable decree of your Lord.
[19.72] And We will deliver those who guarded (against evil), and We will leave the unjust therein on their knees.
[19.73] And when Our clear communications are recited to them, those who disbelieve say to those who believe: Which of the two parties is best in abiding and best in assembly?
[19.74] And how many of the generations have We destroyed before them who were better in respect of goods and outward appearance!
[19.83] Do you not see that We have sent the Shaitans against the unbelievers, inciting them by incitement?
[19.84] Therefore be not in haste against them, We only number out to them a number (of days).
[19.85] The day on which We will gather those who guard (against evil) to the Beneficent God to receive honors
[19.86] And We will drive the guilty to hell thirsty
[19.87] They shall not control intercession, save he who has made a covenant with the Beneficent God.

[19.88] And they say: The Beneficent God has taken (to Himself) a son.
[19.89] Certainly you have made an abominable assertion
[19.90] The heavens may almost be rent thereat, and the earth cleave asunder, and the mountains fall down in pieces,
[19.91] That they ascribe a son to the Beneficent God.
[19.92] And it is not worthy of the Beneficent God that He should take (to Himself) a son  (Does this not constitute the passing of judgement upon God; what is worthy for Allah to do or not do.).

[66.12] And Marium, the daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her of Our inspiration and she accepted the truth of the words of her Lord and His books, and she was of, the obedient ones.

( Colorization, emphasis, italicizing and colored inserts added by editor.)       

        Published :  November 7, 2006 – by Father David C. Trosch

The Remnant, September 15, AD – 2006 Volume 39, Number 15
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Mark Alessio's... Catholic News Watch

A MIRACLE IN EPHESUS

On Sunday, August 20, 2006, as a result of the torrid heat and strong dry winds sweeping across Turkey, 23 enormous forest fires were reported at the same time along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The fires, which struck crowded tourist areas such as Bodrum and Antalya, eventually destroyed 1,200 hectares of forest.
        Situated upon the side of Bulbul Mountain (9 kilometers from the ancient Greek city of Ephesus) is the Panaya Kapulu, the "House (or Gate) of the Most Holy One," a small, two-room structure believed to have been the home of the Blessed Virgin Mary during Her sojourn to Ephesus with St. John. The physical details of this house and its location - set on a hill, rectangular in plan with a round back wall, apse and hearth, beside which ran a small stream- correspond to descriptions of Mary's residence in Ephesus written by the Catholic mystic, Ven. Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1820).
        Fully immersed in greenery, the House of Our Lady, today a shrine visited by both Catholic and Muslim pilgrims, risked going up in flames as fire spread upwards from the bottom of the hill, furiously burning everything in its path. But, the Virgin's house was spared when the roaring flames came to a miraculous halt just one meter (a little over three feet) short of the shrine.
        As reported by Asia News (Aug. 26, 2006), the extraordinary nature of the event was confirmed by an Italian Capuchin, Fr. Adriano Franchini, resident of Meryem Ana Evi (Mary's house) and superior of the Custody of Turkey:

        Yes, we had a rough time .... We feared the wind may change direction and we would be trapped; the speed with which the flames spread and advances among the pine trees was incredible. We had to escape quickly amid tears and desperate searching for relatives, but everyone was able to reach safety. When we came together down in Selcuk (a town at the foot of the hill), the first news that reached us from the helicopters, when they finally arrived, was really bad: everything is burning, nothing will be saved! Then there was a ray of optimism ... at last, towards the evening, there was the realization that the fire had been truly devastating, spreading across a large area and all around Meryem Ana and our homes, but the shrine and homes had remained intact!

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