Tarikh (al-Tabari) 312
The story of ʿĪsā b. Maryam (peace be upon him)
قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: مَا الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ وَأُمُّهُ صِدِّيقَةٌ قِيلَ: سُمِّيَ الْمَسِيحَ لِمَسْحِهِ الْأَرْضَ، وَهُوَ سِيَاحَتُهُ فِيهَا، وَفِرَارُهُ بِدِينِهِ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ فِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ ; لِشِدَّةِ تَكْذِيبِ الْيَهُودِ لَهُ، وَافْتِرَائِهِمْ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى أُمِّهِ، عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ. وَقِيلَ: لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ مَمْسُوحَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ.
Translation
✧ Allah, may He be exalted, said: The Messiah, son of Mary, was not but a messenger; [other] messengers have passed on before him. And his mother was a supporter of truth. It was said: He was called the Messiah (al-Masīḥ) because of his anointing (masḥ) of the earth, that is, his journeying through it and his fleeing with his religion from the trials of that time, due to the severity of the Jews' denial of him and their slander against him and his mother, peace be upon them both. It was also said: Because he had anointed feet.
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