But for man, who would make mention of Me on My earth, and how could My attributes and My name have been revealed?
Ponder ye, and be not of them that are veiled and fast asleep.

He that wedded not (Jesus) found no place wherein to dwell or lay His head, by reason of that which the hands of the treacherous had wrought.

His sanctity consisteth not in that which ye believe or fancy, but rather in the things We possess.

Ask, that ye may apprehend His station which hath been exalted above the imaginings of all that dwell on earth.

Blessed are they who perceive it.
Does it not seem strange that Christian sects should have instituted the monastic life and celibacy for the clergy, in view of the facts that Christ chose married men for His disciples, and both He Himself and His apostles lived lives of active beneficence, in close association and familiar intercourse with the people?
In the Muhammadan Qur'an we read:-- To Jesus the son of Mary We gave the Gospel, and We put into the hearts of those who followed Him kindness and compassion: but as to the monastic life, they invented it themselves.