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Truly, the likeness of Jesus, his remarkable case, in Allah’s sight, is as Adam's likeness, as the case of Adam, whom Allahu ta’ālā created without father or mother: this is a comparison of one remarkable thing with another more remarkable, so that it convinces the disputer and establishes itself in one's mind more effectively. He created him, Adam, that is, his form, of dust, then said He to him, 'Be,', a human being, and he was; similarly, He said to Jesus, 'Be' - without a father - and he was.