He is confused about the meaning of this verse
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                I would like to know the commentary on the following verse (interpretation of the meaning): 

“(Remember) when the angels said: ‘O Maryam (Mary)! Verily, Allaah gives you the glad tidings of a Word [“Be!” — and he was! i.e. ‘Eesa (Jesus) the son of Maryam (Mary)] from Him, his name will be the Messiah ‘Eesa (Jesus), the son of Maryam (Mary), held in honour in this world and in the Hereafter, and will be one of those who are near to Allaah’”

[Aal ‘Imraan 3:45].  

Does the phrase “a word from Him” mean a spirit from Him, as the Christians claim?.
Praise be to Allah.
      May Allaah help us and you to do that which He loves and 
      which pleases Him. The difference between the guidance and true religion 
      that Allaah has revealed in His Book and what the Christians say about the 
      Prophet of Allaah ‘Eesa (Jesus – peace be upon him) is the difference 
      between faith and disbelief (kufr), between Tawheed and shirk, between 
      guidance and misguidance. It is the difference between darkness and light. 
      We ask Allaah to illuminate our hearts with Tawheed and faith in Him 
      alone. 

    It should be noted that if a person is confused about the 
    meaning of any ambiguous passage [al-mutashaabuh] in the Book of Allaah, he 
    must understand it in the light of the definitive passages [[al-muhkamaat], 
    which form the majority of this clear Book. That is the source to which 
    reference should be made in order to understand it, know its rulings and 
    learn its lessons. He should not counter one verse with another, or look for 
    contradictions in the revelation, or look for the ambiguous passages which 
    may cause confusion to him or to other people, ignoring the clear and 
    definitive passages. That is the way of the people of innovation and is 
    misguidance, may Allaah keep us and you safe and sound. Allaah says 
    (interpretation of the meaning): 
“It is He Who has sent 
    down to you (Muhammad) the Book (this Qur’aan). In it are Verses that are 
    entirely clear, they are the foundations of the Book [and those are the 
    Verses of Al-Ahkaam (commandments), Al-Faraa’id (obligatory duties) and 
    Al-Hudood (laws for the punishment of thieves, adulterers)]; and others not 
    entirely clear. So as for those in whose hearts there is a deviation (from 
    the truth) they follow that which is not entirely clear thereof, seeking 
    Al-Fitnah (polytheism and trials), and seeking for its hidden meanings, but 
    none knows its hidden meanings save Allaah. And those who are firmly 
    grounded in knowledge say: “We believe in it; the whole of it (clear and 
    unclear Verses) are from our Lord.” And none receive admonition except men 
    of understanding”

    [Aal ‘Imraan 3:7]

    The verse which you quoted does not support the Christian 
    view in any way whatsoever, rather this verse, when taken in context, 
    refutes the Christians and clearly demonstrates their misguidance and their 
    disbelief in the Lord of the Worlds.  

    Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): 
“This is a part of the 
    news of the Ghayb (Unseen, i.e. the news of the past nations of which you 
    have no knowledge) which We reveal to you (O Muhammad). You were not with 
    them, when they cast lots with their pens as to which of them should be 
    charged with the care of Maryam (Mary); nor were you with them when they 
    disputed. 
45. (Remember) when the 
    angels said: ‘O Maryam (Mary)! Verily, Allaah gives you the glad tidings of 
    a Word [“Be!” — and he was! i.e. ‘Eesa (Jesus) the son of Maryam (Mary)] 
    from Him, his name will be the Messiah ‘Eesa (Jesus), the son of Maryam 
    (Mary), held in honour in this world and in the Hereafter, and will be one 
    of those who are near to Allaah.
46. He will speak to the 
    people, in the cradle and in manhood, and he will be one of the righteous.’
47. She said: ‘O my Lord! 
    How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?’ He said: ‘So (it will 
    be) for Allaah creates what He wills. When He has decreed something, He says 
    to it only: “Be!” — and it is. 
48. And He (Allaah) will 
    teach him [‘Eesa (Jesus)] the Book and Al-Hikmah (i.e. the Sunnah, the 
    faultless speech of the Prophets, wisdom), (and) the Tawraat (Torah) and the 
    Injeel (Gospel).
49. And will make him 
    [‘Eesa (Jesus)] a Messenger to the Children of Israel (saying): “I have come 
    to you with a sign from your Lord, that I design for you out of clay, a 
    figure like that of a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by 
    Allaah’s Leave; and I heal him who was born blind, and the leper, and I 
    bring the dead to life by Allaah’s Leave. And I inform you of what you eat, 
    and what you store in your houses. Surely, therein is a sign for you, if you 
    believe.
50. And I have come 
    confirming that which was before me of the Tawraat (Torah), and to make 
    lawful to you part of what was forbidden to you, and I have come to you with 
    a proof from your Lord. So fear Allaah and obey me. 
51. Truly, Allaah is my 
    Lord and your Lord, so worship Him (Alone). This is the Straight Path”
[Aal ‘Imraan 3:44-51] 

    Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiah (may Allaah have mercy on him) 
    said: 

    This demonstrates in several ways that he was a created being 
    and was not as the Christians say.  

    For example, it clearly means that he was a created being, as 
    it says, “So (it will be) for Allaah creates what 
    He wills. When He has decreed something, He says to it only: “Be!” —and 
    it is”. As Allaah says elsewhere (interpretation 
    of the meaning): 

    “Verily, the likeness of ‘Eesa (Jesus) before Allaah is 
    the likeness of Adam. He created him from dust, then (He) said to him: “Be!” 
    — and he was”[Aal ‘Imraan 3:59]

    And Allaah says in Soorat Maryam (interpretation of the 
    meaning): 

    “Such is ‘Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary). (It is) a 
    statement of truth, about which they doubt (or dispute).

    It befits not (the Majesty of) Allaah that He should beget 
    a son [this refers to the slander of Christians against Allaah, by saying 
    that ‘Eesa (Jesus) is the son of Allaah]. Glorified (and Exalted) be He 
    (above all that they associate with Him). When He decrees a thing, He only 
    says to it: “Be!” and it is”

    [Maryam 19:35] 
And he said: His name is 
    the Messiah ‘Eesa ibn Maryam (Jesus son of Mary), so Allaah has told us that 
    he is the son of Maryam, and that he is held in honour in this world and in 
    the Hereafter, and will be one of those who are near to Allaah. All of these 
    are attributes of created beings. 
Maryam said: “How 
    shall I have a son…?” This shows that the Messiah, who is the Word, is 
    the son of Maryam, not the son of Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted. 
Allaah says in Soorat 
    al-Nisa’ (interpretation of the meaning): 
“O people of the 
    Scripture (Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, nor say 
    of Allaah aught but the truth. The Messiah ‘Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam 
    (Mary), was (no more than) a Messenger of Allaah and His Word, (“Be!” — and 
    he was) which He bestowed on Maryam (Mary) and a spirit (Rooh) created by 
    Him; so believe in Allaah and His Messengers. Say not: ‘Three (trinity)!’ 
    Cease! (it is) better for you. For Allaah is (the only) One Ilaah (God), 
    glory is to Him (Far Exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belongs all 
    that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allaah is 
    All‑Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs.
172. The Messiah will 
    never be proud to reject to be a slave of Allaah, nor the angels who are the 
    near (to Allaah). And whosoever rejects His worship and is proud, then He 
    will gather them all together unto Himself.
173. So, as for those 
    who believed (in the Oneness of Allaah — Islamic Monotheism) and did deeds 
    of righteousness, He will give them their (due) rewards — and more out of 
    His Bounty. But as for those who refused His worship and were proud, He will 
    punish them with a painful torment. And they will not find for themselves 
    besides Allaah any protector or helper”
[al-Nisa’ 4:171-173]
So Allaah forbids the 
    Christians to exaggerate concerning their religion or to say things about 
    Allaah that are not true, and He states that the Messiah ‘Eesa ibn Maryam is 
    a Messenger of Allaah and His Word which He bestowed upon Maryam, and a 
    spirit created by Him. He commands them to believe in Allaah and His 
    Messengers, and tells them that he (‘Eesa) is His Messenger. He forbids them 
    to say “Three” (i.e., trinity) and says: “Cease! (it is) better for you”. 
    This is a rejection of their doctrine concerning the Messiah which says that 
    “he is a true god from a true god, from the essence of his father.” 
Then He says: “glory 
    is to Him (Far Exalted is He) above having a son” – declaring Himself to 
    be far above having a son as the Christians say. Then He says: “To Him 
    belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth”, 
    telling us that all of that is His dominion, in which there is nothing of 
    His essence.  
Then He says: “The 
    Messiah will never be proud to reject to be a slave of Allaah, nor the 
    angels who are the near (to Allaah)” i.e., they will never deny that 
    they are slaves of Allaah, may He be blessed and exalted. After such a clear 
    statement, can anyone think that what is meant by “His Word” is that he is a 
    god and creator, or whatever such statements of kufr they make? 
Rather ‘Eesa alone is 
    described as the Word because he was not created in the usual way in which 
    others are created, rather he was created in an extraordinary way: he was 
    created by the command of Allaah: “Be!” This is the Word in question; he was 
    not created by means of a male fertilizing a female, as is the usual way in 
    which Allaah creates human beings. 
The fact that ‘Eesa 
    (peace be upon him) is a Word from Allaah and a spirit created by Him, as is 
    indicated in the texts of the clear Revelation, does not mean that he is 
    part of Allaah who emerged from Him and is connected to His essence: 
    glorified and exalted be Allaah far about what the wrongdoers say. Rather 
    what it means is that he came from Allaah, as Allaah says (interpretation of 
    the meaning): 
“And has subjected to 
    you all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth; it is all as a 
    favour and kindness from Him”
[al-Jaathiyah 45:13] 
“And whatever of 
    blessings and good things you have, it is from Allaah”
    [al-Nahl 16:53] 
“Whatever of good 
    reaches you, is from Allaah, but whatever of evil befalls you, is from 
    yourself”
[al-Nisa’ 4:79]
And Allaah says 
    concerning our Prophet Muhammad  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon 
    him) (interpretation of the meaning): 
“Those who disbelieve 
    from among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and 
    Al‑Mushrikoon, were not going to leave (their disbelief) until there came to 
    them clear evidence.
2. A Messenger 
    (Muhammad) from Allaah, reciting (the Qur’aan) purified pages [purified from 
    Al‑Baatil (falsehood)]”
[al-Bayyinah 98:1-2]
These are all things 
    that come from Allaah, and they are all created. 
The phrase “a spirit 
    created by Him (or from Him)” is used only of the Messiah because he was 
    breathed into his mother by al-Rooh (Jibreel – peace be upon), and she 
    became pregnant with him from that breath. This is something other than his 
    rooh (soul) that he shares in common with the rest of mankind. He is 
    distinguished from them by the fact that his mother became pregnant with him 
    from this breathing in of the spirit, hence he is called a spirit from Him. 
    See Daqaa’iq al-Tafseer, 1/324 ff. 
Moreover these verses 
    clearly state that Allaah created him, and that Allaah creates whatever He 
    will; nothing is beyond Him in the heavens or on earth. And ‘Eesa himself 
    (peace be upon him) said that the signs and miracles that he brought were 
    from Allaah and happened by His leave, a sign to them of His Oneness. Then 
    the verses conclude with a clear statement of what is meant here, which is 
    the command to worship Allaah, the Lord of ‘Eesa and the Lord of those to 
    whom ‘Eesa was sent. This clearly indicates that what the Christians say 
    about ‘Eesa and his mother is false, and it plainly refutes their kufr and 
    misguidance. 
This verse also tells us 
    that ‘Eesa is a Word from Allaah, and it points to the meaning of that. This 
    is narrated in the Sunnah of the Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah 
    be upon him). Al-Bukhaari (3435) and Muslim (28) narrated from ‘Ubaadah (may 
    Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet  (peace and blessings of 
    Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever bears witness that there is no god except 
    Allaah alone, with no partner or associate, and that Muhammad is His slave 
    and Messenger, and that ‘Eesa is the slave of Allaah and His Messenger, His 
    Word that He bestowed upon Maryam and a spirit from Him, that Paradise is 
    true and Hell is true, Allaah will admit him to Paradise depending on his 
    deeds.” According to another version: “… that ‘Eesa is the slave of Allaah 
    and the son of His female slave.” 
Al-Qurtubi (may Allaah 
    have mercy on him) said: What this hadeeth aims at is to warn against what 
    the Christians fell into of misguidance concerning ‘Eesa and his mother. 
Another scholar said: 
    Mentioning ‘Eesa is a reference to the misguidance to the Christians, 
    because their belief in trinity is pure shirk. The same applies to the use 
    of the word “His slave”. Describing ‘Eesa as “His Messenger” is a reference 
    to the misguidance of the Jews because they deny that He was a Messenger and 
    they slandered him and likewise his mother, saying things of which they were 
    innocent. 
The words “son of His 
    female slave” are intended to honour him.