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to the poor as long as I shall live. He has made me kind and dutiful towards my mother. He has rid me of arrogance and wickedness. I was blessed on the day I was born, and blessed I shall be on the day of my death; and may peace be upon me on the day when I shall be raised to life.” People were amazed to hear the little baby speak. But why should they be surprised? The Prophet Isa’s birth was a miracle. And Allah gave the Prophet Isa all power to perform many miracles during his life. The Quran says: “Such was Isa, son of Maryam.” He was a great prophet and he taught people how to love Allah. o Have you seen him who has taken his own desire to be his god? (The QURAN 25: 43) The Prophet once said,'Among all the deities besides God being worshipped under the sky, the most serious before God is that desire which is followed.' (AI-Mojam AI Kabir lit-Tabrani) It is a fact that the greatest object of worship is the ignoble desire of man.