Transland Journey.....A Change of Route

1...http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2012/05/transland-journey.html

2...http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2012/06/transland-journey-choice-of-vehicle.html

Woken up just now at 4am with a 'bloody' toothache. Did the tahajjud, to no avail. Still painful. Went down to the kitchen to take one more ultracet tablet [combination of tramal and paracetamol ] and decided maybe a spot of 'writing' would take the pain away.

Just 4 hours earlier finished 3rd discussion with Peng and Bab on Transland Journey, over roti canai and popia. Another Malay Collegian [ Anwar Ibrahim's classmate , ?class of 64], Mohd Faizal Ismail, from Merlbourne, joined the discussion. He had earlier in the year wanted me to do the Australian outback with him. That has to be postponed or brought forward to December this year.

For now, Kuala Lumpur - London,   via the SILK ROUTE, has to take priority for 2013.

Myanmar probably would not open up it's borders in time for our trip next year, so the Myanmar- Nepal- India route is out of question. We would attempt the 'old' Petronas Adventure Team route via Cambodia's Vientiane- Hanoi- XIan- Xinkiang route and crossover to the Russia's many  S'tans, then head for the Caspian Sea, entering Norway via Helsinki, then right on to London. Time frame ? 2 months. We do not want to miss the many World heritage places  peppered along the way.

To avoid extreme winter cold, we need to leave  early, perhaps on the 6th day of Eid next year in mid August. 


Peng , the most intellectual of us three will firm up on the route detail. Bab will look into visa issues and 'carnet de passage' for our vehicles. As for myself, I would need to make some friendly visits  and call old friends in Sime's Land Rover and UMW Toyota for some much needed friendly 'advice' and help.

Between us we decided we are not doing this transland journey with the ubiquitous 'Landcruiser' afterall. We are firm believers in change, 'the old giving place to the young upstrarts', so to speak. Young 'upstarts', like  Hilux and Land Rover Defender 110, also deserve a decent bite at fame. We will give the new 'Hilux' a chance and  at the same time we do not want to forget our most dependable Land Rover Defender as well. It is after all an icon and we,  despite all pretenses, ARE BRITISH. Only our bottoms are not white !


My other friend , Nadzru from Ranhill Apakahnamadiadah retorted the other day that 'we are a bunch of old semi- retarded boys scouts' !
On second thought, at 60 +, for all three of us, that is a nice compliment.
'Thank you Nadzru !'

The 'bloody' pain has disappeared already. Magic !

Time for subuh Prayer.




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grand pa and doc man,

I know you grand pa is a 'cherookee, landy stiff upper lip type' of man while doc man and myself are basically 'toyota cheapskate' people.

Doc man is still impressed with his prado 1997 even though it now lay rusting in his garage and repeated urge from yours truly to part with his Prado has so far failed. I want to redo his 1995 Prado for my Transland Journey. 

Myself, having gone thru Hilux double cab 2.5  turbodiesel auto for 6 years from 2005 , and now switched to a  new 'marhein' 2.5 diesel single cab Hilux, minus all the frills. My previous twin cab was OK but after only 5 years of usage mine started give funny sound every time when I engage the auto . 4 years and the auto start making this kind of sound is quite disconcerting. The undercarriage is also 'softy softy'. In the 3rd year, my mechanic outside Toyota had to replace the nut and bolt holding the shaft to the back axle joint. And I am no 4wd man thru and thru. Just the occasional jaunts in the forest of Gua Musang.

I am keeping my fingers cross with my new Single cab, working in my farm....no more auto for me though, at least not on my 4wd. Toyota does build Hilux for tough work but I would stay away from it's auto.It is not robust enough.

Having said that to be fair to Toyota, I did a fair 250k kilometres in 5 years on the previous one, one quarter of the mileage on hills and mud in 4wd mode.

This current single cab, just in 5 months covered 30k kilometres plying between KL and Gua Musang twice a month,  the rest mainly used in permanent 4wd mode ,25 days a month on the hills and in mud . Pretty hardy type of work I must say, but I am worried about the soft undercarriage.

I thot the single cab is spartan  but 4 weeks ago I test drive Sime's pick up Land Rover in PJ...it gave my Toyota an instant 'SUV'  status. Land Rover Defender is  really just not any man's transport. It is a 4wd truck in permanent 4wd mode with an attitude........certainly not for sissies.

Doc man, what say you about Prado.?

grand pa, tell me more about the Defender 110, manual or auto....I am still open to Land Rover as our vehicle for our Transland Journey, especially Phase 2 and Phase 3, where we are doing the Mediterranean/Moroccan/ Libya /Tunisia/Algerian coastline countries followed by the Moscow/Siberia/Vladivostok phase. 

Probably need time to get used to it, the landy I mean, but the rating given by some motor 'analyst'  are quite disturbing........

At the end of the day, my question now is : when I do get down to doing it it, do I do it with a 'Jap wannabee' or do I do it with the 'Brits' ?.....England , my God !, played like a bunch of softy 'pondans' in the Euro.

They are just a bunch of overpaid miliionaires in football boots!

Or should I go back to  the safe option,what most people do it with : LANDCRUISER, the 1990's type I mean with few sophisticated electronics.

nik howk

Transland Journey : Choice of Vehicle

Peng and Bab,


Tentatively we have agreed that our transland journey would encompass 4 to 5 phases :


Phase 1
Kuala Lumpur London via Burma [ hopefully they open up their border by August 2013], India , Nepal, Pakistan [ a fast one thru Pakistan insayaallah !],,,thru to cross Kyber Pass to part of Southern China, on to Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia, Germany, Switzerland, France, Holland...and London.
We will go at pedestrian pace and probably 2 months would be enough.....[ Peng, you to check out on the National Geographic, on sights and views that are to be visited along the way]. Then garaged our vehicle somewhere in France.


Phase 2
[probably late 2013 or early 2014]
We do the Muslim Conquest route in the reverse order,
Andalusian Cordoba and Serville, cross over to Morocco, Tunisia, Libya [ Nato insyaallah would be  out of Libya by then and some semblance of peace prevail insyaallh after they have finished with the Libyans !], Algeria, Egypt, Syria [ same expectation ], and finally Turkey, ending in Istanbul.


Phase 3
[sometime in mid 2014]
From Turkey, we go to the Stan's, backtrack to Moscow and do the trans-Siberian across Russia up to Vladisvostok, Beijing, Hanoi Vientiane, Bangkok and finally KL.


Phase 4
Crossover by ferry to Medan, Sumatera and drive northward to Bandar Acheh and from there southward to Jakarta, Bali, Timor, and crossover to Darwin by ferry . Drive via Alice Spring down to Adelaide, Tasmania, crossover to Auckland, Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound, right down to Invercargill.


What have I missed ?
Africa from Cape Town to Egypt !
We need some armoury training with some Ak45....
If we are still around, yes Africa, why not.


Peng  and Bab, the million ringgit question is WHAT VEHICLE ?
I have already got my Hilux single cabin which I can co-drive with my son..
Bastamam suggested a landcruiser, an old secondhand for both of you.
I think a 4.2 litre one would be ideal but that would push up your diesel/petrol bill.
What about a 1997 Prado ?
Doc Man can perhaps give his experience with a Prado 1997......Doc Man , give us your input on your Prado please....and I am still waiting for you to say , " Yes , I will join you guys ! "


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doc man,

 you are a prado man. tell me more about this animalpower wise,driveability on slippery hills, mud terrain. maintainence and repair, spare parts availability, price,road tax

how to source a good one ,boleh bawa round dunia atau tidak ..at this age.

what is your recommendation.

i want a vehicle that is reliable, free of electronics, and decently cheap that if i have to leave it in a a desert somewhere or in nepal, i can leave it without feeling 'i am ' bleedings'

any recommendation.

if i use those older landcruiser with big cc like 4.2 litre or 4.7 litres how do i reduce their road tax.....someone told me can register as vintage car...10 % road tax

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Nik Howk,

You never give up with me Nik. I appreciate your effort.Actually I was about to agree to become crazy like you to go along for the test run to Bangkok.But, that seem to be just  a scout trip to you.

Prado is a good car, smooth suspension on normal road and off road. It is good for our old body musculature when it swing left & right. Plenty of space.

Petronas was using Prado on their Silk road run few years ago, amongst others. The series was shown on TV which I followed.Ample power for your purpose, good & proper selection of tyres. Don't aspect you to go through deep mud. Probably more on sandy stone slippery hills.

You go for  good bargin price in 2nd  handshops in KL. A good mechanic have to test ride the car for you and hear & look at the engine. Who else, my confidence is my Ah Seng, the local kampung China man of Temangan.Road tax $1450, I think. Price about 20-30K, my guess. Go see mudah.com.

I have driven mine in flood water 2-3 ft of rushing water in Tanah Merah & Jeli, when I was caught in flash flood.

But there are some electronic, which can die! But you can carry spare board.I had a problem with electronic which control the idling speed, control or something. Had to be check by a computer. Per check about $60.00 at that time, 10-12 yrs ago.The original board cost >$4,000 from Toyota. But manage to get 2nd hand one for only $1,000 by my mechanic. 

Best still, went to radio shop in KB, brought both to compare, he repaired the faulty chip costing only $2.00. So, I carry the repaired one for spare. Parts to be carried with you can be easily by the mechanic, such as the front rod & ?? , the front bar, steering ?.. Tak ingat all the name.Kena buka buku to identify the part which need regular changing. Bearing, belts, spare alternator,  water pump, oil pump, filter, electronic ignition, carburetor, etc.

Your best choice, travel in style, no hassle about breakdown will be the double cab hilux. Get the Toyota UMW guys to supply you with two or three new Hilux. It is peanuts to them...compared to the exposure they can get from you guys. I magine, 3 years on the road, 3 or 4 'half crazy over 60 year olds' driving around the world. It has never been done in a  hilux. They will love it.

Go for the petrol one. Not many mechanic are well equip to handle diesel engine I think. Need to check the free availability of diesel everywhere.

The new one probably good suspension, comfortable for the body on rough terrain.

Or look around for a good secondhand twin cab hilux, few years old could bring down the price so much.Good point since the car in available everywhere in the world, so no problem with spares.The canopy at the back, custom made  from Thailand,  would give security to your things.If you guys prefer diesel,I would recommend  the new 3.0 litre turbo diesel hilux anytime rather than an old Prado.

 Ok le! Sound me if the boy scout route is still on the agenda.

Doc Azman

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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Doc Azman  and Nik Howk...


if I were to do the KL/Kayu Hitam/Bangkok, then any car will do as the highway is better than our North South Highway plus zero tolls on the Thai side.

As for choice of engines, for me the turbo diesel is preferable due to its  fuel efficiency, and economy, and due to less maintenance required. Diesel is commonly used by industries and available anywhere in the world. Malaysia has a peculiar law that discourages use of diesel engines due to the ignorance of its lawmakers in Parliament. Elsewhere in the world, diesel is the choice.
The planned trip is not an off road adventure as I see it. The expedition shall stick to roads and highways we often assume that our roads are the best in the world and that all other countries do not have paved/metaled roads, I would say no modifications to stock/standard vehicles may be necessary. Perhaps heavy duty dampers may be preferred. 

It does not matter if the vehicle is new or second hand and if you plan to fly back to Malaysia, the vehicles need not be abandoned but  can always be donated to charities, wherever you may want to end the trip.,, e.g. the Red Crecent Society or to some Palestinian farmers in The West Bank or Gaza.
Ha,ha,ha...thinking aloud!


Grand Pa


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Grand Pa,

Your discourse and comment on car engine is revealing.......you are very experienced.

why then a cherookee 4.0 in your heyday may I ask....what was the road tax like.??

from your comment I would expect you to be a landcruiser enthusiast,  or at least a Landy, unless your company was paying for the cherokeee. These Americans are guzzlers

Nik Howk,

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Nik Howk,

Funny?... I have rescued, using the Jeep,Toyota land cruisers, Isuzus and even a Suzuki Jeep in the jungles of Pahang. I even pulled a 5 ton lorry stuck in the sand on the beach in front of my house. The Jeeps are no joking matter.

 politics aside, you'd be surprised of the fuel economy. You see it is simple actually, the principle is that of power:weight ratio. The engine is a powerful 200hp pulling only a kerb weight of less than two metric tons. That is akin to 200 horses pulling a small cart. Not much energy required. On the other extreme, imagine the same cart is pulled by say 20 horses, that wold take alot of energy per horse.

Secondly the American engine is a "lazy" engine meaning it has longer stroke than the bore so the engine is a high torque,low revving engine meaning, its pulling power is very good and facilitates higher gear ratios. At 110km/hour, the rev counter shall only show the engine speed at around 200rpm. That is low engine speed by any standards and that translates to economy and engine life longevity. When travelling from Madinah to Makkah in aGMC,a distance of about 450km, the driver travelled consistently at 200km/h. The rev counter showed 300rpm. I took a pic of it but it is in my old computer . I think I already posted it in this egroup.Now, you drive your Japanese car at 1110 km/hour and note the engine revolution (rev counter). You tell me.

Thirdly, you go to a work shop where you can see the under carriage of your Jap car and compare to that of the JEEP or the Land Rover. You notice that the western makes are well endowed , The ball joints, the shafts, the rack ends the tie rods etc are all solidly built, wanting in the Japanese makes. Do not take my word for it. Make the visual comparison.

The Kuantan-KL fuel consumption was no more than that of a Proton Wira. Only the road tax was prohibitive, the product of a naive government policy.

Grand Pa

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Howk,

I had the privilege of meeting Mr Sharip this pm courtesy of Mat Ali Woerr.  Sharip had been participating in many long distance Petronas expedition, including Europe -Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya -Istanbul, as one of the official mechanics.

 Dia kata " bawak kereta biasa pun tak apa.  jalan semua bagus."

Peng

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Peng, 

I am already thinking beyond Kuala Lumpur- London. Besides that, Karakurom Highway is not a walk in the park. I am thinking of our phase 2 and 3 which could be tough. If you want it easy, just take a flight to London, rent a car and travel to your heart's content sleeping in caravan parks all across Europe.

Nik Howk

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Howk,

Taking a flight to europe and travel in a rented car? no sweat, you can do that twice a year.  No big deal

Are we meeting on 29th or 30th?  I am getting mixed signal here, as i am beginning to get mixed signal from howk!

salam, 

Peng

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Nick Howk,

No backing off.  We are all heading according to your plan.See you Friday June 29^th, 2012.

 Bab

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Peng and Bab,

NO !.....i am not backing off.

just my alter ego telling me to be just 60 and go easy...

but my bucket list is still 'boy scout'.....the transland journey is on.

if you are wondering why i am up at this hour..terbangun tadi with a start, sembahyang suboh at 5 am !!! ingat dah pagi...ingat sudah 'missed dia'....

that is being 60........nak tidur pun takut. takut2 bangun dah 'man rabbuka !'......[http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2010/11/ma-rabbukawho-is-your-lord.html ]

my childhood friend, nadzru said we are a bunch of overgrown 'boys scouts !';

ok we are, so what. we are proud to still be 'boy scouts' at 60, and not walking around with the help of a third leg......

the trip is on guys !!

anyone has any significant experience owning and driving the landrover defender ?
this is another vehicle we should consider especially for phase 2 and 3.

nik howk

the best single lecture i have heard this year..........

the best single lecture i have heard this year.....my god....even on islam,
come from 'mat salleh'.
a bearded 'mat salleh'
yusuf estes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5-1MqPLGLI&feature=related


related articles in the blog :
1. the core of the matter
http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2009/11/core-of-matter-yusuf-estes.html
2. why i came to islam...joshua evans
http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2010/10/joshua-evans-in-conversation.html
3. light
http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2010/06/light.html
4. yusuf estes on trinity
http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2010/11/yusuf-estes-on-trinity.html

Books....key concepts in the practice of SUFISM : M Fetthullah Gulen

Fethullah Gulen,(born 27 April 1941) is a Turkish author, thinker,educator, and Muslim scholar.  Written over 60 books and currently in self exile in USA.
Over the  recent KDYMM's long holiday weekend, I had a 'bite' of him in between swimming with the fishes and pondering over-mostly dead corals off Tioman Island. [ Some 20 years back Tioman was teeming with live corrals and turtles !  ]


Fethullah Gulen has not being known to belong to any  tarekat/ tassawwuf movement and his  Islamic views are ' mainstream ' conservative  but with a  'big dose' of sufi bent.
Let us 'delve into his mind' on one of  the many sufi concepts, known in Arabic as ' huzn' [ sadness or sorrow ] :


Sufis use the word 'huzn' [ sadness ] as the opposite of rejoicing and joy, and to express the pain one suffers while fulfilling his or her duties and realizing his or her ideals. Every perfected believer will continue to suffer this pain according to the degree of belief, and weave the tissue of life with the 'threads' of sadness on the 'loom' of time. In short, one will feel sadness until the spirit of the Muhammadan Truth is breathed in all corners of the world, the sighing of Muslims and other oppressed peoples ceases, and the Divine rules are practiced in the daily lives of people.


This sadness will continue until the journey through the intermediate world of the grave is completed, safe and sound, and the believer flies to the abode of eternal happiness and blessing without being detained by the Supreme Tribunal in the Hereafter. A believer's  sorrow will never stop until the meaning of : Praise be to God, Who has put grief away from us. Surely our Lord is All-Forgiving, Bountiful [ 35 : 34 ] becomes manifest.


Sorrow or sadness arises from an individual's perception of what it means to be human, and grows in proportion to the degree of insight and discernment possessed by one who is conscious of his or her humanity. It is a necessary, significant dynamic that causes a believer to turn to the Almighty and, perceiving the realities that cause sadness, seek refuge in Him and appeal to Him for help whenever he or she is helpless.


A believer aspires to the precious and valuable things, such as God's pleasure and eternal happiness, and therefore seeks to do a "very profitable business" with the limited means in a short span of time [his or her life]. The sorrows a believer experiences due to illness and pain, as well as various afflictions and misfortunes, resemble an effective medicine that wipes away one's sins and enables the eternalization of what is temporary, as well as the expansion of one's "drop-like' merit into an ocean. It can be said that a believer whose life has been spent in continous sadness resembles, to a certain degree, the prophets, for they also spent their lives in this state. How meaningful it is that the glory of mankind, upon him be peace and blessings, who spent his life in sorrow, is rightly described as the Prophet of Sorrow by Necib Fazil, the famous Turkish poet and writer......................


The truthful and confirmed one, upon him be peace and blessings, says that grief arising from worldly misfortune causes sins to be forgiven [kaffarah]. Based on this statement, one can see how valuable and meritorious are the sorrows arising from one's sins, from the fear and love of God., and pertaining to the Hereafter. Some feel sorrow because they do not perform their duties of worship as perfectly as they showed. They are ordinary believers.
Others, who are among the distinguished, are sad because they are drawn toward that which is other than God. Still others feel sad because, while they themselves feel to be always in God's presence and never forgot Him, they are also spending time amongst people in order to guide them to the Truth. They tremble with fear that they may upset the balance between always being with God and being in the company of people. These are the purified ones who are responsible for guiding the people.


The first prophet, Adam, upon him be peace, was the father of humanity and Prophets, and the Father of Sorrow. He began his worldly life with sorrow: the fall from Paradise, Paradise lost, separation from  God, and, theafter the heavy responsibility of Prophethood. He sighed with sorrow throughout his life. Prophet Noah, upon him be peace, found himself  enveloped by sorrow  when he became a Prophet. The waves of sorrow coming from the absolute unbelief of his people and their  impending chastisement by God appeared in his chest as the waves of ocean. A day came, and those waves caused oceans to swell so high that they covered mountains and caused the earth to sink in grief. Prophet Noah  became the Prophet of the Flood.


Prophet Abraham, upon him be peace, was as though programmed according to sorrow: sorrow arising from his struggle with Nimrod, being thrown into fire and living always surrounded by "fires", leaving his wife and son in a desolate valley, being ordered to sacrifice his son, and many other sacred sorrows pertaining to the inner dimensions of reality and meanings of events. All the other Prophets, such as Mosses, David, Solomon, Zachariah, John the Baptist, and Jesus, upon them be peace, experienced life as  a series of assemblage of sorrows, and lived it enveloped with sorrow. The Greatest of the Prophets and his followers tasted the greatest sorrows.


M Fethullah Gulen's Key Concepts In The Practice of SUFISM, published and distributed locally by Saba Islamic Media, is highly readable. If you guys do not mind getting away from the dry, 'seemingly safe' and 'sanitised' version of Salafi /Wahabi  'brand' of Islam, I dare say it is a good intro into the rather  controversial  and much maligned subject  of sufism/tassawwuf.




Related articles in the blog :
1. Happiness revisited,
http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2012/04/happiness-revisited.html
2. Of Spiritual Winter, Spring, &  Mahabbah....
http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2012/03/of-spiritual-winter-coming-of-spring.html
3. Alone In The Crowd
http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2011/11/alone-in-crowd-power-of-dzikr.html
4. On Life, Dying, & Life After Death..
http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2011/09/f-dying-death-and-life-after-death.html

Biblical Stories in the Qur'an [2]....Imran's Family

Jesus [ Isa ibnu Maryam ], Mary and Mary's family features hugely in the Holy Quran. A whole chapter was dedicated to Isa ibnu Maryam in Surah Mariam, and a significant part of Surah Al Imran [ Imran  was Mary's father ] alluded to the family of Imran.
Needless to say, in the entire 6600 plus ayats in the Holy Quran, Prophet Isa ibnu Maryam , peace be upon him, was mentioned  directly  in name some 14 time, while Prophet Muhammad [ pbuh ] mentioned only 5 times by name.
Prophet Musa [ pbuh ], well over 114 times ! Prophet Ibrahim , if I am not mistaken , well over 70 time.




Pickthal's translation of the Holy Quran,
surah al Imran [ family of Imran ], 3 : 33- 51




Lo! Allah preferred Adam and Noah and the Family of Abraham and the Family of 'Imran above (all His) creatures. (33) They were descendants one of another. Allah is Hearer, Knower. (34) (Remember) when the wife of 'Imran said: My Lord! I have vowed unto Thee that which is in my belly as a consecrated (offering). Accept it from me. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Hearer, the Knower! (35) And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I am delivered of a female - Allah knew best of what she was delivered - the male is not as the female; and lo! I have named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast. (36) And her Lord accepted her with full acceptance and vouchsafed to her a goodly growth; and made Zachariah her guardian. Whenever Zachariah went into the sanctuary where she was, he found that she had food. He said: O Mary! Whence cometh unto thee this (food)? She answered: It is from Allah. Allah giveth without stint to whom He will. (37) Then Zachariah prayed unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Bestow upon me of Thy bounty goodly offspring. Lo! Thou art the Hearer of Prayer. (38) And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary: Allah giveth thee glad tidings of (a son whose name is) John, (who cometh) to confirm a word from Allah lordly, chaste, a prophet of the righteous. (39) He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when age hath overtaken me already and my wife is barren? (The angel) answered: So (it will be). Allah doeth what He will. (40) He said: My Lord! Appoint a token for me. (The angel) said: The token unto thee (shall be) that thou shalt not speak unto mankind three days except by signs. Remember thy Lord much, and praise (Him) in the early hours of night and morning. (41) And when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah hath chosen thee and made thee pure, and hath preferred thee above (all) the women of creation. (42) O Mary! Be obedient to thy Lord, prostrate thyself and bow with those who bow (in worship). (43) This is of the tidings of things hidden. We reveal it unto thee (Muhammad). Thou wast not present with them when they threw their pens (to know) which of them should be the guardian of Mary, nor wast thou present with them when they quarrelled (thereupon). (44) (And remember) when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a word from him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, illustrious in the world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near (unto Allah). (45) He will speak unto mankind in his cradle and in his manhood, and he is of the righteous. (46) She said: My Lord! How can I have a child when no mortal hath touched me? He said: So (it will be). Allah createth what He will. If He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is. (47) And He will teach him the Scripture and wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel, (48)And will make him a messenger unto the Children of Israel, (saying): Lo! I come unto you with a sign from your Lord. Lo! I fashion for you out of clay the likeness of a bird, and I breathe into it and it is a bird, by Allah's leave. I heal him who was born blind, and the leper, and I raise the dead, by Allah's leave. And I announce unto you what ye eat and what ye store up in your houses. Lo! herein verily is a portent for you, if ye are to be believers. (49) And (I come) confirming that which was before me of the Torah, and to make lawful some of that which was forbidden unto you. I come unto you with a sign from your Lord, so keep your duty to Allah and obey me. (50) Lo! Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path. (51)




Lo! the likeness of Jesus with Allah is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, then He said unto him: Be! and he is. [ al Imran, 3 : 59 ]


footnote :

Jesus Christ was a revered prophet of God.
The divinity of Christ and the concept of TRINITY is a later day deviation, a Paulian deviation to attract the attention and recognition of the Romans, the only superpower of that time.