Jesus(pbuh): Dead or Alive?
By: Nadeem Quraishi
The author of this page is NOT a Qadiani
This is not a Qadiani propaganda
Natural Death of Jesus(pbuh)
|
What Happened to Jesus(pbuh)
After The Incidence of Crucifixion?
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Is Jesus(pbuh) Alive?
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Proof of Death of Jesus(pbuh)
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Yet Another Proof
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Did Allah
Say Jesus(pbuh) Will Come Down?
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Are You Contradicting?
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The Great Dilemma
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Conflicting Hadith
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Interpretation of
Verse 4:159
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T
he accepted faith of most of the Muslims is that Jesus(pbuh)
is alive in the Heaven. According to them Jews wanted to kill
him on the cross and Allah raised him alive in the Heaven.
If you are one of the Muslims who believe in the faith
mentioned above, you need to read along the rest of the
discussion.
May I ask you: 'do you have evidence from the Quran to
support your conviction that Jesus(pbuh) is alive and that he
was raised alive?' Most probably you don’t have evidence. You
simply relied on an accepted opinion of the majority Muslims.
Quite a few of you will come up with evidence(s) and that
makes the entire discussion so much interesting.
I am trying to show you plenty of evidences from the Quran to
prove that Jesus(pbuh) is not alive -- he is dead and that he
was not raised alive in the Heaven. Unfortunately, this may
sound so much like a Qadiani propaganda. However, it is not a
Qadiani propaganda and the author of this text is not a Qadiani.
It is true that it was the Qadianis who for the first time
proclaimed that Jesus(pbuh) is not alive in the Heaven,
rather he died a natural death. Because originally it was a
Qadiani thought, believing in this judgment seems like you are
believing everything that the Qadianis proclaim. Then you fall
prey to the curse that you are no more a true Muslim! So, you
play safe and reject any and all opinions propounded by the
Qadianis.
Since the content of this discussion is vast,
I recommend you
save the file in a disk, or have a copy printed at this time.
A hard copy will be more convenient in analyzing the issues and
establishing your points for and against the debate.
I will show you how it is possible for traditional Muslims like you
and I to believe in his death yet not be a Qadiani or Ahmadiya.
I urge the readers to have an open mind and read through the
critique.
For ease of argument, before I unfold my points, I want to
declare the following:
That I believe there is no God but Allah, and
Muhammad(pbuh) is His Rasul.
That I believe Muhammad(pbuh) is the Last and the
Final Nabi. No Nabi can
come after
him. Period
.
In reaching my conclusion I laid down few cardinal rules to
follow. Let me see if you can follow the same rules with me:
I believe in Total Quran – its entire message and teaching.
I believe no verse in the Quran contradicts each other and
there is no abrogation
of verse(s). My understanding of the
Quran will not attempt to contradict its
message and
teaching.
I will not twist the meaning of verse(s) to reach a
conclusion. Wherever possible,
I will analyze and critique
both schools of thoughts and show various possibilities
of
the subject.
We Muslims believe various matter mentioned in the Bible. We
came to know of Adam, Jesus, Noah, Joseph, Moses and so
many other prophets from the Bible. We believe in them
because we find their reference in the Holy Quran. Believing in
any of these prophets do not necessarily make us Christians.
We came to know about creation of Adam from the Bible. We
believe in it because we find similar reference in the Holy Quran
also. Believing in creation of Adam did not make us Christian.
Similarly, it may appear that only Qadianis believe that
Jesus(pbuh) is dead. If we find proof of his death from the Holy
Quran, we must believe it. Believing in Jesus’(pbuh) death
would not make us Qadiani just as believing in creation of Adam
did not make us Christian.
Another argument for not believing in death of Jesus(pbuh) is
that most Muslims all over the world believe that he is alive in
Heaven. Can they be wrong? Just because an opinion is widely
accepted by the mass does not validate its authenticity. Billions
of Christians believe Jesus is Son of God, so the concept must
be correct, right? Wrong. Billions of Hindus and Buddhist believe
in their respective religion to be correct, that does not make
their religion correct or perfect. Again, we know Hindus and
Buddhist are wrong. Thus, if a notion is upheld by popular
opinion, such notion need not become absolute truth.
Natural Death of Jesus(pbuh)
Muslims all over the world uphold the Christian faith that
Jesus(pbuh) is alive. The whole foundation of the Christian faith
is rested on this concept and most Muslims overtly support their
viewpoint. Somehow the Christian concept has infiltrated in
Muslim faith long ago and now it seems it is part and parcel of
Islamic concept.
Muslims take the help of two sites from the Holy Quran to obtain
support for their viewpoint. The verses are 3:54 from
Surah Al-e
Imran
and 4:157-158 from
Surah An-Nisa’.
We will give you
correct translation of the verses, word for word, so that you can
get the point. It is a sad that many Muslims blame the correct
translation to be false and cite incorrect translations as
authentic. We will show you several examples of correct and
incorrect translations so that any sensible person can find out
the
true
picture.
Analysis of the verse 3:54 from
Surah Ale
Imran
In
the
verse 3:54
Allah
says:
3:54
Behold! Allah Said: "O Isa! I shall cause you to die and I
shall exalt
you towards me and I shall clear you of those
who reject Faith, and I
am going to make those who
follow you above those who reject Faith -
until the day of
Awakening. Then towards Me is your return, so that I
shall decide among you as to in which you used to differ.
They key words here are:
Ya Isa, inni mutawaffika wa
rafi’uka
ilaiya
Meaning: "O Isa! I shall cause you to die and I shall exalt you
towards me….."
Interpretation of the word
‘
wafat
’
:
The key word here is "wafat”. The most correct meaning of
"wafat" is death or take away soul. If soul is taken away from a
person, it is nothing but death. The problem arises with regards
to this verse, when Muslims refuse to interpret the meaning of
"wafat" as death. Irony is that all scholars who translated the
Holy Quran do agree "wafat" means death.
Each scholar
translated the word "wafat" as death in at least 20
different instances
in their translations. However, in this
particular verse, they interpreted the meaning as ‘take away’
and insinuate physical ascension. These translators did not
hesitate to twist the actual meaning of the word of Allah to
support Christian faith and to some extent weak Hadith narrated
by Wahab bin Munnabba, Kab Akbar and one isolated Hadith by
Abu Hurairaa.
While the Quran is the word of Allah, Hadith is word of a person.
Hadith is not the words of Allah. A person can err, Allah can
not err. That is why we often refer to some Hadith as Sahih
Hadith - i.e. True Hadith. Because some Hadith may not be
true. We don’t say the same thing about the Quran that some
of its verses are Sahih verse and some are doubtful! This fact
itself indicates that a few Hadith are not absolutely correct.
Hadith is the sayings of prophet Muhammad(pbuh), but the
prophet himself did not write down the Hadith. Several
generation after the death of the prophet, Hadith was compiled
by scholars. In this process hundreds of Hadith were rejected
as they appeared to be false. In the end when the scholars
agreed that a particular Hadith is correct, it was compiled into a
book.
In spite of this we consider some Hadith to be true and some as
weak. Some Muslims even say that for one correct Hadith there
are thousands of false Hadith. This boils down to the fact that
there are few Hadith that are not true. Fact remains that Hadith
is a collection of words of a person, by persons. Please don't
misunderstand, I am not saying reject all Hadith.
My contention is that the position of the Quran is superior to
Hadith. Whenever a Hadith comes to contradict a Quranic
verse, the Quran must prevail, not the Hadith. But to most
Muslims, the argument is Hadith has to be correct no matter
what, because so many scholars unanimously certified that
those are Sahih or True!!! So to ratify a Hadith, let the Quran
become wrong or let one verse of the Quran contradict another
verse, who cares? Let Allah’s word be confusing and
contradictory, a Muslim is happy because to him Hadith is
absolute!!! What a shame!
In the verse 3:54, two conditions are stipulated about
Jesus(pbuh):
first,
Allah will cause his Death,
second,
he will be raised.
The second condition can not take place till the first condition is
met. In other words, before Jesus(pbuh) can be raised, first, he
must die. Let us see various translations of the same verse.
Correct translation
:
"O Isa! I shall cause you to die and I
shall exalt you towards me
…"
Yusuf Ali :
"O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself…"
Pickthall :
"O Jesus! Lo! I am gathering thee and causing thee to
ascend unto Me..."
Rashad Khalifa :
"O Jesus! I am terminating your life, raising you to Me….."
Mohammad
Sarwar :
He told Jesus, "I will save you from your enemies, raise
you to Myself..."
M. H. Shakir :
"O Isa! I am going to terminate the period of your stay (on
earth) and cause
you to ascend unto Me"
Al-Hilali & M.
Khan
"O 'Iesa (Jesus)! I will take you and raise you to Myself…."
Farooq-i-Azam
Malik:
"O Isa (
Jesus
)! I am going to recall you (
from your mission
)
and raise you up to Myself...."
Ahmed Ali:
"O Jesus! I will take you to Myself and exalt you….."
Critique: (
****Most Correct, *** Fairly Correct. **Incorrect,
*Grossly
incorrect
)
Yusuf Ali
: "take thee" is not the appropriate meaning of
"wafat". ‘Take thee’ may mean death in a literal sense but looks
like Yusuf Ali avoided the debate whether it was death or
physical rising. Thus, he left the issue with plenty of conjecture.
Elsewhere, wherever the word "wafat" was used in the Holy
Quran, Yusuf Ali translated the word as "take soul” ”die" or
"death". But in this case, he is in utter confusion.
Rating ***
Pickthall
: "Lo!" is an extra word interpolated in the Quran? "I
am gathering" is way off the closest meaning of "wafat". Allah
uses a future verb here, use of "I am" is grossly incorrect.
Similarly, "causing" is a present verb and is wrong. By using
"ascend" Pickthall is insinuating a physical rising rather
than exalt in honor.
Rating **
Rashad Khalifa
: Use of present verb” I am" is wrong.
Similarly,
"terminating"
and” rising"
are
present
verbs
and are wrong, however, use of terminating as meaning of
death is more accurate than 'collect' or 'recall'.
Rating ***
Mohammad Sarwar
: He left out the word "O Jesus" in the
translation. Here Allah addressed Jesus(pbuh) by name. To
translate the word as Allah told Jesus is inappropriate. "Save
you from the enemies” is extra word interpolated in the Quran!
Sarwar totally omitted the word "warafiuka" in his translation,
instead interpolated his own thoughts in the translation.
Rating
* or worse.
M.H. Shakir
: "terminate the period of your stay (on earth)" is
verbose. This could very well mean death, but when he added
‘on earth’ in parenthesis, his intention is obvious. He is not
referring to death. Rather, Shakir is clearly referring to
Jesus’(pbuh) tenure on the earth is over and now he is spending
the rest of his life in the outside of the earth.
Rating **
Al-Hilali & M. Khan
:
Translation is identical to that of Yusuf
Ali. "take you" is not the appropriate meaning of "wafat". ‘Take
you’ may mean death in a literary sense but looks like Hilali &
Khan avoided the debate whether it was death or physical
rising. Thus, he left the issue with plenty of conjecture.
Elsewhere, wherever the word "wafat" was used in the Holy
Quran, they translated the word as "die" or "death".
Rating ***
Farooq Malik
:
Strong denial to use 'death' as the meaning -
instead there is obvious suggestion that Jesus's mission is
temporarily stopped, to be resumed in future! Far too many
unwarranted words to justify his conditioned faith learned
during childhood or in heresy. Use of 'recall from your mission'
is nothing but clear suggestion that death did not occur.
Rating
*
Ahmed Ali
:
Utter confusion and awkward denial to use the
word 'death'. Ali admits that Jesus will be exalted in status but
confused about what happened prior to exaltation. First Jesus
will be taken to Allah and then exalted. Ali failed miserably in
translating the sentence as presented by Allah.
Rating *
From this analysis we can see how
these scholars have
changed the words of Allah according to their own will
and to support what they learned during their childhood
and now they are conditioned to think that way.
Some
have mistaken the correct use of verbs (Pickthall, Khalifa).
Some have omitted key words and interpolated fabricated
words (Pickthall, Sarwar, Malik) and passed it over as Allah’s
word! To derive a remote synonym for a word is one thing
(Yusuf Ali, Shakir, Al-Hilali & M. Khan. Malik) but to fabricate
additional words and omit key words are gross act of negligence
and corruption.
The most correct meaning of the word "wafat” is death.
Wherever in the Holy Quran the word "wafat" is used, all
these translators derived the meaning as
death
, except in
this verse 3:54, where they don’t see "wafat" as death!!!!
What is the problem here? Why are they contradicting the
meaning of 'wafat'? What stops them from translating the words
of Allah in its true context? They are seeing imaginary words
only to support heresy they learned during their childhood.
Here are some of the verses in the Holy Quran where Allah used
the word "wafat". The verses are 2:234, 2:240, 3:193, 4:15,
4:97, 6:61, 7:37, 7:126, 8:50, 10:46, 10:104, 12:101, 13:40,
16:28, 16:32, 16:70, 39:42, 40:67, 40:77, 47:27 etc.
In each
of the instances, all these scholars translated the word
"wafat" as death, or a word very close to death
but none
of them used a word to mean take away in alive condition. Let
us examine some of the verses and see how these translators
derived the meaning of "wafat” in these instances.
Verse 3:193
Yusuf Ali:
"…and
take
to Thyself our
souls
in the company of
the righteous"
Pickthall:
"…and make us
die
the death of the righteous."
Khalifa:
"….let us
die
as righteous believers"
Sarwar:
"…let us
die
with the righteous ones."
Shakir:
"….and make us
die
with the righteous."
Hilali
&
Khan:
"……and
make
us
die
in
the
state
of
righteousness…."
Farooq
Malik:
"…And make us
die
with the righteous."
Ahmed
Ali:
"…And grant us (the glory of)
death
with the just."
Verse 4:15
Yusuf Ali:
"…until
death
to claim them…."
Pickthall:
"…until
death
take them…."
Khalifa:
"…until they
die
,"
Sarwar:
"…until they
die
…"
Shakir:
"…. until death takes them away…"
Hilali
&
Khan:
"…until
death
comes to them…"
Farooq
Malik:
"…until they
die
..."
Ahmed
Ali:
"…until
death
..."
Verse 7:126
Yusuf Ali:
"…and
take
our
soul
unto thee as Muslims!"
Pickthall:
"…and make us
die
as men who have surrendered."
Khalifa:
"…And let us
die
as submitters."
Sarwar:
"…let us
die
Muslims (submitted to God)."
Shakir:
"…and cause us to
die
in submission."
Hilali
&
Khan:
"…And cause us to
die
as Muslims."
Farooq
Malik:
"…And cause us to
die
as Muslims."
Ahmed
Ali:
"…. that we may
die
submitting (to You)."
Verse 10:46
Yusuf Ali:
"…or We
take
thy
soul
…"
Pickthall:
"…cause thee to
die
,"
Khalifa:
"…or terminate your life…."
Sarwar:
"…or you
die
…"
Shakir:
"…. or cause you to
die
…."
Hilali
&
Khan:
"…. - or We cause you to
die
, - ….
Farooq
Malik:
"…Or cause you to
die
…."
Ahmed
Ali:
"…or
take
you to Our self,"
Verse 12:101
Yusuf Ali:
"…
take
Thou my
soul
(at
death
) as one submitting…"
Pickthall:
"… Make me to
die
Muslim (unto Thee), …"
Khalifa:
"…Let me
die
as submitter…"
Sarwar:
"…cause me to
die
as a Muslim…"
Shakir:
"…make me
die
a Muslim…."
Hilali
&
"…cause me to
die
as a Muslim…"
Khan:
Farooq
Malik:
"… make me
die
as a Muslim …"
Ahmed
Ali:
"…let me
die
submitting to You."
You many go ahead and verify the translations of all other
verses. If you do so, you will start discovering an emerging
corruption (pardon me) by all the scholars. They misguided you
by not translating a word correctly. Given all these facts, may
we conclude that Jesus(pbuh) must die first before he can be
raised?
Some Muslims say that ‘wafat’ here means death of Jesus(pbuh)
after his descent from the Heavens in the later years. Good
thing is that these Muslims do agree that 'wafat' means death!
Please note, the verse here clearly denotes his relationship with
his own people and not with any other people of the later days.
The people of the later days would admittedly be followers of
Muhammad(pbuh) and not of Jesus(pbuh). [Also see:
Did Allah
Say Jesus(pbuh) will Come Down?
]
Interpretation of the word
"rafa"
–
to
raise/to exalt
:
In the same verse 3:54 use of two words "wafat" and "rafa"
may have led you to a double jeopardy. On top of that you are
under constant influence of Christian doctrine. As a result, you
simply believe that Jesus(pbuh) did not die and instead was
raised alive in heaven. In doing so, you are actually believing
the Christian faith and failing to see the true teaching of the
Quran. Not only that, now you are making one verse of the
Quran contradict another.
The meaning of the word is ‘to raise’, ‘to exalt’. In order to
validate the Christian faith, first, you refuse to see ‘wafat’ as
death, and then interpret ‘rafa’ as physical ascension. When
these two incorrect interpretations are combined, you find that
Jesus(pbuh) was raised to the heaven.
Let us examine the use of the word ‘rafa’ in the Quran. The
word ‘rafa’ occurred many times in the Quran conveying a
meaning of spiritual honor and exaltation. Please note carefully
what Allah says in the verse. He is saying that
Jesus(pbuh)
will be raised towards
Him
and
not
towards
Heaven
.
So,
the question of Jesus(pbuh) being alive in the Heaven
can not arise, because he was not raised in the Heaven.
In the literal context even if we think that he was raised
bodily near Allah, question comes, where is Allah? Is He
ensconced somewhere in the sky, in Heaven or in a throne like a
king? Didn’t Allah say that He is omnipresent – in other words,
He is present everywhere? Would you say that Allah is confined
in a physical body towards which He raised Jesus(pbuh)? Please
answer, how can Jesus(pbuh) be raised to sky or Heaven when
Allah said he will be
raised towards Him
. And that Allah is
present everywhere (2:115); Allah is nearer to man than his
heart (8:24); Allah is nearer to man than his jugular vein
(50:16).
If that be true, then Jesus(pbuh) could not have been raised
physically and bodily in to the sky. If really, he was needed to
be raised bodily towards Allah, then he could very well stay in
Jerusalem, yet be near Allah - because Allah is present
everywhere and in Jerusalem too.
This drives home the true meaning of the word ‘rafa’ –
exalt in
honor and/or exalt in spiritual dignity
. This verse tells us
that while the Jews were planning to kill him, (he will not be
killed, rather) Allah will cause him to die a natural death and
sanctify him against the charges of the enemies. Once again,
please notice the sentence:
Ya Isa, inni mutawaffika WA
rafi’uka ilaiya…
that is ‘rafa’ will take place only after the
‘wafat’. ‘Rafa’ after death can not mean physical ascension, but
only exaltation in rank. This is more implied when the words ‘
I
shall clear you of those who reject Faith’
are present with it.
This shows that while Jews plotted heinous crime against him,
and brought him utter disgrace and condemned him as a cheat
and planned to put him to a shameful death on the cross etc.
Allah will instead save him and exalt him in honor and dignity.
Since the use of the word 'rafa' raised Jesus(pbuh) alive, the
use of the same word in case of other prophets must do the
same thing! Ask yourself, if you know of any other prophet who
was raised alive in the Heaven? None? What about Prophet
Idris(pbuh)? Regarding Idris(pbuh) Allah says in
Surah
Maryam
19:57 as:
And We raised him to an elevated state.
(WA
rafa’naa hu…)
. The use of ‘rafa’ here should prompt you to
declare that Allah raised Idris(pbuh) in alive condition in the
Heaven or at least to a place hanging high above. If we apply
the same logic, in case of Jesus(pbuh), use of the word 'rafa'
kept him alive for 2000 years; therefore, the same use of the
word 'rafa' in case of Idris(pbuh) must keep him alive for 2000
years or so. The problem now is about these two-alive people
in the Heaven – Jesus(pbuh) and Idris(pbuh). The Muslims
already made stories and speculations that Jesus(pbuh) will
descend from the Heaven in the later days, but what about
Idris(pbuh)? Has Idris(pbuh) come down already or when is he
going to descend or is he going to stay there perpetually?
The word ‘rafa’ was used in different places in the Quran to
mean spiritual honor and exaltation. Let us see some of the
examples:
Great Prophets like Muhammad(pbuh) are exalted.
43:32
…And We have raised some of them above others in
rank.
(
…WA
rafa’
na…
)
94:4
And We have exalted for you your mention
(
…WA rafa’
NA…
)
Prophet Ibrahim(pbuh) has been exalted by Allah.
6:84
…. We exalt in degrees whom We please
(
…narfa’u
darazaa…
)
Prophet
Idris(pbuh)
has
been
exalted
by
Allah.
19:57
And We raised him to an elevated state.
(
WA rafa’naa
hu…
)
Righteous servants of Allah are raised in degrees.
6:166
…and He raises some of you above the others in
degrees….
(
…WA
rafa’
aa
ba’dakum…
)
7:176
And had We wished We would invariably exalted him;
….
(
…rafa’naa
hu….
)
56:3
It will abase it will exalt
(
…rafi’aah…
)
All
good
deeds
are
raised
towards
Allah.
35:10
…all pure speech and all good deed, --He exalts it….
(
…yarfa’uhu. …
)
House of pious Muslims are raised high by Allah.
24:36
in (certain) houses which Allah has permitted to be
raised
up…
(
…an
turfa’a
WA
yuzkara…
)
From this discussion we see that no where the use of ‘rafa’
meant physical ascension. However, in 3:54 verse, you would
interpret physical ascension just to validate the Christian faith.
Whereas, if we honestly translate the word 'wafat' as death,
then 'rafa' after death cannot mean physical ascension, rather
exaltation in honor.
The tendency of Muslims is to destroy the teaching of the Quran
only to validate the Christian dogma. Believe it or not, many
Muslims approach the Quran like hypocrites – believe part of it
and reject part of it. Muslims don’t want to believe in the total
Quran. When this is pointed out to you, your defensive
answers are:
•
all Muslims believe Jesus(pbuh) was raised alive, so I also
believe it
(I don’t care what the Quran says);
•
if I believe Jesus(pbuh) was not raised alive, then I
become Qadiani, and I don't
want to be a Qadiani;
•
my forefathers believed Jesus(pbuh) was raised alive,
were they wrong? I would
rather follow my forefathers
(instead of following the teaching of Quran).
I faced similar dilemma when I was approaching the truth.
Eventually I was able to reconcile the verses of the Quran and
not make one verse contradict another. I was able to come out
of the influence of Christian faith in Islam and find out the true
meanings. At this time I don’t care what Qadianis say. My
identity is Muslim, my religion is Islam and I believe what Allah
and Rasul say.
My aim is not to blame you for believing in certain way. My aim
is to show you that you have been kept in darkness, away from
the truth. Unlike others, I am not jumping into conclusions by
force, rather I am trying to show you the true picture and
leaving the decision to yourself. With this let us revisit two
verses from
Surah Ale Imran
, 3:53-54.
3:53
And they made plots and Allah made His plans. And Allah
is the most Excellent
of
the
plan-makers.
3:54
Behold! Allah said: ‘O Isa! I shall cause you to die and I
shall exalt you towards me
and I
shall clear you of those
who reject Faith, and I am going to make those who
follow you
above those who reject Faith - until the day
of Awakening. Then towards
me is your
return
so that I
shall decide among you as to that in which you used to
differ.
In case of each prophets, Allah made plans against plots made
by oppressors. This is the practice of Allah to protect His
messengers at the time of aggression of enemies. Allah
protected Musa, Ibrahim, Yusuf, Lut, Muhammad (pbu them) to
name a few. In case of Jesus(pbuh) snatching him away from
the enemies and lifting him alive in the Heaven can not be called
a subtle and better plan of Allah when neither was it in the
power of Jews nor in the power of anybody to counter it. In fact
a better and subtle plan can be designed against another plan
when
it
is
contrived
in
a
parallel
manner.
Analysis of the verses 4:157-158 from
Surah
An-Nisa’
Verse 4:157-158 from
Surah An-Nisa'
are the other two verses
often analyzed to prove that Jesus(pbuh) did not die. Let us
examine to see if the contention is valid one or a corrupt
analysis.
In
the
verse
4:157-158,
Allah
says:
4:157
And (because of) their saying: "Surely, we have killed the
Masih, - ‘Isa, son of
Mar-yam"
the Rasul of Allah, and they
could not murder him, nor could they kill
him by
crucifixion,
but he was made to resemble to them. And
verily those who
differ regarding him are certainly in a
doubt about him. They have no knowledge
about it but are
merely following a
guess; and they could not kill him for
certain;
4:158
On the contrary, Allah exalted him towards Himself. And
Allah is Exalted in Power, most
Wise.
…
WA ma qataluhu yaqinan
(157).
Bal rafa’ahu-llahu ilaihi
….
(158)
The Jews always claimed that they killed the Masih, the son of
Maryam. Allah is telling Muhammad(pbuh) that although they
claimed that they killed the Masih, in reality they could not
murder him, nor could they kill him by crucifixion. Then again,
in the very same verse, Allah is telling that they could not kill
him for certain.
Two types of death are being discussed here (a) a general
murder (b) killing by crucifixion. The Jews wanted to cause
either of the two types of death to Jesus(pbuh). Allah assures
us that they failed to cause either type of death to him.
The
traditional Muslim faith is that since Jesus(pbuh) was not
murdered or killed by crucifixion, only possibility is that he is
alive somewhere!!!
Muslims totally ignore the fact that
Jesus(pbuh) could have died a natural death later on!
If
Jesus(pbuh) died a natural death, it is still valid that the
Jews could not (a) murder him or (b) kill him by
crucifixion.
Crucify
vs.
Kill
by
Crucifixion
:
Your strongest argument is that this verse clearly tells
"…. They
could not murder him, nor
could they
crucify
him…."
. I have
checked the translation of the word "
swalabu
" by Yusuf Ali,
Pickthall, Hilali & Khan, Rodwell, Sarwar, Khalifa and Shakir.
They all translated the word as "crucify" and not "kill by
crucifixion." I would not say they are wrong. To understand the
word 'crucify' you will have to apply your analytical mind.
The very intent of putting a person on the cross was to kill him
as an evil or a wretched person. On few occasion if a person did
not die on the cross, the Jews used to break his legs and hands
and leave him to die. Jews would make sure that if a person was
doomed for cross that person must die. Jews would not put a
person on the cross and later let him walk away. So the
meaning of crucifixion has an inherent sense of causing death
thereby. Webster dictionary defines the word "crucify" as "to put
to
death
by nailing or binding the hands and feet in a cross." In
case of Jesus(pbuh) if the scholars translate the word as
"crucify" they are not wrong. But if we interpret the meaning
that he was never ever hanged on the cross, then we are
missing the entire message. If we further say that Jehova or
someone else was hanged in his place, then we are really
messing up everything and failing to see the true message of
the Quran.
Please look carefully at the verse. The question of "killing" is the
issue. In response to the claim by the Jews that they killed
Jesus(pbuh), Allah's reply is that (1) he was not killed or
murdered in the normal fashion (2) he was not killed by
crucifixion. This negates the possibility of Jews killing
Jesus(pbuh) in any manner whatsoever, supported by the very
last sentence of the same verse: "they could not kill him for
certain."
Invention
of
a
story
:
Although every attempt was done to prove that Jesus(pbuh)
evaded death and was raised alive, because of verse 3:54, the
Muslims could not prove conclusively that Jesus(pbuh) was
raised alive. So they took the refuge of verses 4:157-158 to
justify the belief. In order to substantiate the belief, now they
invented a rambling story that has no support from the Quran.
However, let us analyze the story.
According to the story, on the eve of actual crucifixion, a
different person's features became exactly like Jesus(pbuh). The
Jews mistook the other person (Jehova?) as actual Jesus(pbuh)
and hanged the wrong person on the cross. We don’t want to
go into the debate of how absurd it is for person's features to
get changed. Let us give the benefit of doubt by saying that the
other person's features did not change but to the Jews it
appeared so. They mistook the other person to be actual
Jesus(pbuh).
Regardless of whether this story is true or false, regardless of
whether Jesus(pbuh) was hanged on cross or not, fact remains
that he could not have been raised before his DEATH, as
testified by verse 3:54. If he was raised alive, then the verses
4:157-158 and 3:54 are in contradiction. The Muslim scholars
will never want you find out that their preaching are
contradictory and that they cannot conclusively reconcile these
and several other verses.
Let me show you an extreme case of corruption.
This
translation is of verse 4:157, done by Hilali & Khan and
published by the Saudi Government. They have placed Arabic
text by the side of the English translation. Any naïve reader
would think that the translation is representing the actual Arabic
wordings. A naïve reader may further think that the combination
of Hilali &Khan and Saudi Government must have produced
correct teaching. On the contrary, it is incorrect and corrupt.
You will be surprised to see the extent of manipulation. Let us
examine:
4:157Hilali & Khan :
"And because of their saying (in boast) "We
killed Messiah Isa
(Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary), the
Messenger of Allah," -but they killed him not, nor crucified
him, but the resemblance
of Isa (Jesus) was put over
another man
(and they killed that man)….
Please note carefully, Hilali & Khan translated the Arabic
WA lakin
subbiha lahum
as
"but the resemblance of Isa (Jesus) was put
over another man"
. In the actual Arabic where are the words "
of
Isa
" and "
another man
"? How dare Hilali & Khan put interpolated
words inside the translation and surreptitiously suggest that these
were "revealed text"? Did Allah reveal these words secretly to
them,
because
apparently
He
forgot
to
reveal
to
Muhammad(pbuh) (nauzubillah!!!!). Or do they mean that they
know better than Allah? Please note, Yusuf Ali, Pickthall, Shakir,
Rodwell, and many others did not go this extreme.
Only adamant and utterly corrupt people, including Hilali & Khan
may keep arguing that the translation is OK. Do I have to dig out
the their eyes to show that "
of Isa
" and "
another man
" is not in
there in the actual Arabic. They say this theory is based on some
Hadith or Islamic consensus or something! Well, then put those
interpolated and false words inside parenthesis, will you? Put all
the babble and fraudulent stories as commentary in the footnote
and not as translation. Don’t fool the Muslims with this notion that
all the junk and fabricated words are "revealed text". Suffice it
say at this time that Hilali & Khan's this translation is corrupt,
false and adulterated. This is just one example of how they are
cheating Muslims, and naïve Muslims are digesting the falsehood.
If we leave aside the stories and concentrate on understanding
the verse, we will see a different perspective. In the verse
4:157 please notice carefully, WA
lakin subbiha lahum
means
"
He was made to resemble to them
" or "
it was made to
resemble to them
" or "
a likeness of that was made for them
" or
"
a similitude was made for them
" -- not "someone was made to
resemble him". In the sentences, "
it” or
"
that” refers
to the
incident and not a person. So Jehova resembling Jesus(pbuh)
can not arise. It was Jesus(pbuh) who was made to "
resemble
"
to them. Resemble to the very issue in question here: likeness
or similitude of death. The issue is not Jesus(pbuh) resembling a
different person or a different person resembling Jesus(pbuh).
Jesus(pbuh) was set up on the cross and he was made (by
Allah) to resemble to them (as if he really died) by sending him
to a comatose or fainted state.
The Jews took a fainted or comatose Jesus(pbuh) as dead.
"
Verily those who differ regarding him are certainly in a doubt
about him
." The word "
differ
" here refers to those people who,
at that time and later on refuse the clarification given by Allah
that "
…. They could not murder him, nor could they crucify
him….
". It is also possible that they would differ with their
original contention that "
Surely we have killed the Masih - 'Isa
son of Maryam
". Question remains, why should there be
confusion if they really, positively and absolutely killed
Jesus(pbuh) by crucifixion? Remains of his body should have
been somewhere in Jerusalem to prove their contention.
However, based on the clarification given by Allah, based on the
fact that he lived till he had gray hairs (3:45, 5:40 - discussed
next), based on various happenings after the incidence of
crucifixion and in absence of any proof of his tomb in Jerusalem,
they were in doubt whether these people really killed
Jesus(pbuh) or not. This confusion among "those" people came
up because after the incidence of crucifixion, they may have
heard about Jesus(pbuh) talking, walking and mixing with his
disciples (openly or secretly).
If they really killed Jehova taking him to be Jesus(pbuh), then
his mortal remains, or tomb should have been somewhere in
Jerusalem. This tomb should have come to be recognized as the
tomb of Jesus(pbuh). In reality there is no tomb in Jerusalem
that was ever identified or can be identified (correctly or
otherwise) as the tomb of Jesus(pbuh).
In Summary
: The confusion arises because Allah said "…they
did not crucify him." What is important to understand is the
word means ‘to kill by crucifixion’. The reason Jews put a
person on the cross is to kill him according to their custom.
They would not put a person on the cross and later let him go
away. So, the word” crucify" has an inherent meaning of killing
by crucifixion. Killing by crucifixion was their intent, and with
this intent they did put him on the cross, however, they failed to
kill him.
Please read an interesting site about substitution theory:
Was
Jesus Substituted on the Cross?
Many Muslims say verse 4:159 indicates Jesus(pbuh) will come
back. If you think so, please read an interpretation of the verse
4:159:
Interpretation of Verse 4:159
.
What Happened to Jesus(pbuh) After
The Incidence of Crucifixion?
Evidences from the Bible and other authentic history tells us
that Jesus(pbuh) was tried on the cross when he was 32 years
old. For the sake of debate, if Allah did not raise him alive and if
he did not die on the cross, what happened to him thereafter?
Are there any evidence from the Quran? Trust me, there are
evidences.
In
Surah Ale Imran
, Allah says:
3:45
And he will speak to the people in the cradle and then of
gray-haired age
and
(he will be) one of the righteous
5:110
... you speak to the people in the cradle and in
old age
.....
23:50
... We sheltered them in a plateau having meadows and
springs.
Various commentators of the Quran do agree about the use of
words 'gray-haired age' and 'old age'. However, they contend
that old age refers to the time when he will descend from the
sky. As we can see from this discussion, Jesus(pbuh) was not
raised alive in the Heaven and he is dead. This gray hair age
must have happened while he was still living during his time,
some 2000 years ago. Then Allah also tells us that Jesus(pbuh)
was later on sheltered in a place full of meadows and springs.
These verses support other verses and we can further ascertain
that Jesus(pbuh) survived the incidence of crucifixion and lived
up to old age.
Is Jesus(pbuh) Alive?
All traditional Muslims join the Christians and declare that
Jesus(pbuh) is alive in Heaven. Muslims say that Allah raised
Jesus alive and placed him beside Himself. If that is true, then
today, his age is nearly 2,000 years!!! How is it possible for a
man to live that long? A Muslim will say, why not, if Allah
wishes, He can do anything. No doubt about it, yes, Allah is the
Almighty, and He has the capability to do anything. But the
question is will Allah do this? Will Allah break the rule of
nature? Will Allah break the same rule that He has set forth?
Let us investigate this issue here:
67:3
Who has created the seven heavens in harmony. You can
not
see
in
the
creation
of
the
Rahman
any
inconsistency. Then turn again the gaze. Do you see any
crack?
67:4
And then turn again the search once more, the eyesight will
return to you defeated,
while it
is fatigued.
There are several other verses where Allah says there is no
change in the course of Allah, that there is uniformity in the law
of
nature.
17:77
… And you will not find any change in Our course.
30:30
… there is no altering in the creation of Allah
33:62
… and you will not find any alteration in the course of Allah.
35:43
… But you will never find any change in the course of Allah
and you will never
find any shifting in the course of Allah.
48:23
the law of Allah which has been in operation from before,
and you will never find
any
change in the course of Allah.
Which law of Allah has been in operation since before? Is it just
the law of earth moving around the sun and movement of the
planets and nothing more? What would you say about the law of
birth, senescence and death? Don’t you agree that even birth
and death are laws of Allah? That flower bloom, wind blows, day
and night happen, sunrise and sunset—everything is in
accordance to the law of Allah. Then Allah testifies you will
never find any change in the course of Allah. Had there been a
change, don’t you think Allah would have specifically told us so?
If Jesus(pbuh) is alive in the Heaven, his age today is more than
2000 years!! How can he live that long defying rules and laws
set forth by Allah? Are we not making words of Allah contradict
when we say in case of Jesus(pbuh) Allah changed his law and
made him live that long? This brings us to the next question:
can a person live that long? Let us see what Allah has to say
about
it.
16:70
And Allah creates you, then He causes you to die; and
among you someone is caused
to return to the worst of the
age, resulting in his not knowing anything after knowledge.
Allah is truly all Knowing, most Capable.
22:5
… And of you is one who is caused to die, and among you is
one who is turned
back to
the worst part of life until he
does
not
know
anything
after
having
known...
36:68
And whomsoever We lengthen life, We reverse him in
constitution
These verses tell us that whoever lives too long, Allah returns
them as crippled and not knowing anything after knowledge.
This is more like a cycle of life. Birth --> Infancy --> Childhood -
-> Adulthood --> Old age. At very old age, a person reverts to a
state much like infancy, depending on assistance for almost
every daily routine: eating, bath, walking, toilet etc. As if Allah
reverts the person in constitution (36:68) and makes him
another infant. Like an infant, at this time he does not
remember things and has no knowledge of events around him
.
In this context, if Jesus(pbuh) is allowed to live that long, by
now he is so crippled and in the worst part of life that there is
no use of him to come back and do anything for Islam. In fact,
he cannot do anything worthwhile at that age.
Thus, you can see, when a Muslim denies the death of Jesus(pbuh) he
is putting so many verses of the Quran to contradict each other. Most
Muslims don’t realize that they are putting one verse to contradict
another. When it is pointed out to them, they get so alarmed that now
they try desperately to justify themselves. They successfully justify
themselves, however, in the process first they invent several ridiculous
stories, then they mutilate the translation to gain support for these
stories and then they approach the Quran like hypocrites – believe
part of it and reject part of it. They interpolate new words in
translation as if these were Allah’s words and refrain from correctly
translating a particular word. The Quran cannot support the stories
they invent. Rather these rambling stories contradict the Quran again
and again. It is sad that Muslims don’t want to believe in the total
Quran.
Proof of Death of Jesus(pbuh)
There are several convincing proofs in the Quran regarding death of all
living being and particularly all Rasuls. Most Muslim don’t like to pay
attention to this for various reasons, mainly due to fear of being
caught in double jeopardy regarding Jesus(pbuh) death. If one does
not believe in these verses and teachings, then he is in a way rejecting
part of the scripture and believing in those parts that suits him. Like a
hypocrite.
Let us begin with the verse from
Surah Ma'idah
where Allah says as
under:
5:75
The Messiah, son of Maryam, was none but a Rasul, surely
the Rasuls have passed away
before him. And his mother
was a truthful woman and they both
used
to
take food…
Among other things, this verse tells two things:
(1)
Jesus(pbuh)
was
only
a
Rasul,
(2)
Rasuls before him have passed away.
Based on this, we can interpret that since all Rasuls before
Jesus(pbuh) passed away, he too will pass away. Both you and I
agree to this, but the question is when he will pass away? I say he
passed away after spending his normal life, you say that he is alive
and eventually he will pass away when he will come back on the earth,
revive Islam and so on.
It is important to understand the meaning of
the words ‘passed away’. If you think ‘passed away’ do not mean
‘death’, then there must be other prophets who are alive. You must
specifically tell us which other prophet(s) before Jesus(pbuh) did not
die and living at that time. Since we know that all prophets before
Jesus(pbuh) are dead, the use of words ‘passed away’ clearly means
death.
If the above verse is not all convincing to you, let us explore another
verse from
Surah Ale Imran
. In the battle of Uhud, prophet
Muhammad(pbuh), leading the Muslim army, fell down injured. A
rumor spread that Prophet has been killed. The Muslims were in
despair and brokenhearted. At that moment, in order to instill
confidence and boost morale of the Muslim army, a revelation came
saying:
3:143
Muhammad is no more than a Rasul, surely the Rasuls
before him have already
passed away. If then he dies or be
killed, will you turn upon your heels?…
Among
other
things,
this
verse
tells
two
things:
(1)
Muhammad(pbuh)
was
only
a
Rasul,
(2)
Rasuls before him have passed away.
In the verse 5:75, we know that all Rasuls before Jesus(pbuh) died,
but right now based on this verse alone we are not sure about him.
Then in verse 3:143, we further come to know that all Rasuls before
Muhammad(pbuh) passed away. We already concluded ‘passed away’
in the verse 5:75 meant ‘death’. In this verse, the meaning of 'passed
away' is very clearly given by Allah as (a) he dies, (b) be killed. So by
'passing away' Allah meant death and killing and nothing else. Thus,
we can conclude that the use of the same word in verse 3:143 can not
mean anything different other than death. If Jesus(pbuh) was an
exception and did not pass away, Allah surely would have mentioned
it. It is not a small exception by any means.
These two verses are so convincing and unambiguous that
there should not be any doubt about his death!
But alas! Muslim
people have tremendous hesitation in accepting the words of Allah!
The verse conclusively proves that Jesus(pbuh) who arrived more than
600 years earlier to Muhammad(pbuh) has definitely passed away.
Remember, if you don’t believe the teaching of the verses, you are not
believing the total Quran. When the verse 3:143 was revealed, if the
Muslims had any knowledge that Jesus(pbuh) was still alive, they
would have raised a question.
Much later, when Prophet Muhammad(pbuh) actually died, it was hard
for Muslims to accept the sad news. Thinking that it was conspiracy of
the rumormongers, Hazrat Umar (r) drew his sword and declared that
whosoever would say that Muhammad(pbuh) was dead, he will behead
him. At this critical situation, Hazrat Abu Bakar arrived, seeing the
critical situation, he went into the hut of the Prophet and ascertained
the truth. Then he came out and recited the same verse from
Surah
Ale Imran
3:143 and further declared that whosoever wants to worship
Muhammad, let him know that he is dead, and whosoever wants to
worship Allah, let him know that Allah is all abiding.
This incidence conclusively proves that all the companions of the
Prophet and Caliphs knew that all Rasuls before Muhammad(pbuh) had
died. If the companions believed that Jesus(pbuh) was still alive, then
at least someone would have raised a point here.
If this is not enough, let us explore more verses. From verse 5:75
above, we already know that
"the Messiah, son of Maryam was none
but a Rasul…"
. Let us see what Allah tells about Rasuls in general.
In
Surah Al-Anbiya’ verse
21:7-8, Allah declares:
21:7
We did not send before you (O Muhammad(pbuh)) any but
man to whom We sent
revelations; therefore, you ask the
followers of the Reminder if you do not know
21:8
And We did not give them bodies not taking food and
neither are they abiding
Among other things, the important findings from these verses are:
(1)
All
Rasuls
were
human
beings
(2)
Their
mortal
bodies
sustained
on
food
(3)
They are all dead
The Quran categorically tells that all prophets were human being, they
were not superhuman or god. Because they were human beings,
whatever is natural to a human being has to apply to them as well. All
human being eat food for sustenance, so also all Rasuls were
dependent on food for sustenance of their physical bodies.
25:20
And We did not send before you any the Rasuls, but they
surely ate food and
walked
through the street.
Whatever applies to human being has to apply to Rasuls also.
Emphasis on such mundane thing like eating food and walking on
street suggest that there is nothing extraordinary in their lives. They
are just like any other human being. This is true about their life and
death. Once again, I must reiterate that if you don’t believe in the
death of Jesus(pbuh) you are putting all these verses to contradict
each other. Not only that, you are believing only part of the Quran
that suits you and rejecting other part that does not fit your notions
and Christian dogma.
Yet Another Proof
There is one verse in the Quran where Jesus(pbuh) summarizes his
relationship with his people.
The verse is from
Surah Ma’idah 5:116
-117.
5:116
And behold! Allah will say: ‘O Isa, son of Maryam was it you
who said to the
people
(-- the
Christians, especially the
Roman Catholic) "Take me and my
mother for
two deities
besides
Allah?" He will say: "Glory to be to You! It is not fit
for me to say
what is not
right for me (to
utter). If I had
said that, You would then
have known it indeed.
You know
what is in my mind,
while I do not know what is
in Your
mind. Surely you are
the great
Knower of hidden matter
5:117
"I did not say to them anything except about what You had
ordered me, namely,
"serve
Allah, my
Rabb and your Rabb"
and I was witness over them so long as I
was with them,
but when you
caused me to die
(wafat)
, You were
Watcher over
them.
And You are a
Witness over all things
This is another definite evidence of death of Jesus(pbuh). On the Day
of Judgment Allah will question Jesus(pbuh) whether he taught his
people to take him as a god. Jesus(pbuh) will reply that he did not
teach so, and he bears witness that during his lifetime his people did
not take him and his mother as gods besides Allah, but he does not
know what they did after his
death
.
We all know that Christians do regard Jesus as Son of God and Mary
as a goddess. If Jesus(pbuh) is alive, this should not have happened.
How to reconcile this verse? According to the verse, the Christians
were supposed to take Jesus and his mother as deities only after his
death
(wafat)
!! And his death is yet to happen!!!! The answer is
if this has to happen, then according to the verse Jesus(pbuh) must
have died. It is only after his death people accepted him and his
mother as god and goddess.
The key word here is ‘wafat’ - death.
Falamma tawaffai tani
- that is,
‘but when you caused me to die.’
Those who don’t want to believe in
the message, translate it saying that ‘when you took me away’ thereby
suggesting that when he was raised alive. Thus, when Jesus(pbuh)
was not with them physically, they started accepting him and his
mother as god and goddess.
This is yet another instance where the meaning of ‘wafat’ is not taken
in its true context. We already discussed above that the scholars and
translators of the Quran interpreted the meaning of the word ‘wafat’
as death but in one or two instances they twist the meaning and
suggest physical ascension. [See:
Interpretation of the word 'wafat'.
]
Did Allah Say Jesus(pbuh) Will Come Down?
Based on two different verses you believe Jesus(pbuh) was
raised bodily in Heaven. If that is so, he has to come down one
day. At least you believe he will come down one day.
Please
show me just one verse where Allah said He will send him
back.
The verse should be at least as clear and precise as the
those where Allah said Jesus(pbuh) will be raised. If you find
one, please e-mail me back. If you think verse 4:159 is THE
verse about his Second Coming, please read the following site
by the same author:
Interpretation of Verse 4:159
.
There is absolutely no verse in the entire Quran where directly
or indirectly Allah said anything about Jesus(pbuh) coming back
later days. Since Allah did not say anything about Jesus(pbuh)
coming back, where and how did you come up with the story?
Your contention is that Allah specifically said Jesus(pbuh) was
raised alive in the Heaven! My argument is in that case Allah
must specifically tell us when and where Jesus(pbuh) will come
down. Allah can not just leave the matter unanswered. It is a
serious matter. Allah can not leave such an important and
serious matter to be answered outside of the Quran by a Hadith
or Christian commentary or an Islamic Fatwa.
Brothers of Islam, please note here that in the Quran Allah has
spent plenty of time and space to narrate about Jesus(pbuh),
his birth, his mother Maryam, his childhood, his bringing up, his
death and so on. In case of few other prophets Allah has given
so much details. And then do you think Allah just forgot to
mention about his coming back, especially keeping him alive for
more
than
2000
years?
Are you Contradicting?
Briefly speaking, let us find out who is contradicting. If you say
Jesus(pbuh) did not die, then you must admit the Quran is full
of contradiction. Whereas Allah clearly told us there is no
discrepancy between different verses:
4:82
Do they not then ponder over Quran? And had it been
from anyone except Allah, they
would surely have found
therein a great deal of discrepancy.
86:13-
14
Verily this (- the Qur-an) is a conclusive discourse, and it is
not a thing of joke.
Facts from the Quran
If you believe Jesus(pbuh)
is alive, then
All Rasuls before Muhammad(pbuh)
passed away (3:143)
This is a serious contradiction
Meaning of the word ‘wafat’ is death
in more than 20 different verses in
the Quran
Use of the word ‘wafat’ in 3:54 and
5:117 are serious exceptions and
contradictory.
Christians would regard Jesus(pbuh)
and his mother as God ONLY after
his death (wafat) (5:116)
The verse is contradictory since the
Christians have been considering
Jesus(pbuh) and his mother as god
for a long time.
Laws of Allah has been in operation
from before (48:23)
He has defied the law and put the
verse in contradiction
You will not find any alteration in the
course of Allah (33:62)
This is a serious alteration in the
course of Allah. A man is alive for
over 2000 years. The verse is
contradictory.
Several verses say there is no
inconsistency in the law of nature
and law of Allah (67:3-4; 17:77;
All these verses are in serious
contradiction - for no man can live
that long!!
30:30; 33:62; 35:43; 48:23)
Allah will first cause Jesus'(pbuh)
death and then raise him (3:54)
How did he get raised before his
death?
This
is
a
serious
contradiction.
Whomsoever Allah grants long life -
He reverts them to worst age and the
person forgets all the knowledge
(16:70)
By
now
Jesus(pbuh)
has
no
knowledge of anything at all. How
can he come back and do any good
for Islam?
All Rasuls before Muhammad(pbuh)
are no more abiding - or alive (21:8)
This verse is in serious contradiction.
Mortal bodies of all Rasuls sustained
on food (21:8).
Somebody must tell who is providing
food for Jesus(pbuh)
Whomsoever Allah grants long life,
He reverts them in constitution
(36:68)
Jesus(pbuh)
must
have
been
reverted in constitution - he is fragile,
crippled - dependent on others like
an infant.
There is no inconsistency in the
creation of Allah. The more we
search for inconsistency, the more
the eye will come back fatigued, but
we won't find any inconsistency
(67:3-4)
This
itself
is
the
biggest
inconsistency in the creation of Allah.
A man is living for 2000 years!! The
eyes are not fatigued yet, but we
seem
to
have
found
utter
incoherence in Allah's words!!!
It is up to you to summarily reject the arguments because it
appears like a Qadiani or Ahmadiya debate. Once again I am
reminding you, you don’t have to become a Qadiani or
Ahmadiya to believe in the total Quran. In order to reject the
Qadianis or Ahmadiyas, you are trying to burn your own house.
For one brief moment, can you leave the Qadianis alone and
think over the whole message. How come the way you
understand the Quran cannot justify two verses, how come they
way you understand the Quran is full of contradiction, how come
the Quran is full of so many mismatches?
Once again, I will request you, go back to the content of the
table
above,
and
first
justify
each
of
the
verse.
The Great Dilemma
I know in spite of all the discussion, it is extremely difficult for
you to come out and accept the truth. Deep inside something
is prohibiting you from accepting the logical discussion. Many of
you will say all these are wrong interpretation. Your mind will
prompt you to say these are falsification of the teaching of the
Quran. Please read again and tell me which part is false, where
did I misguide you, where is the forgery. There is no forgery.
That is why I requested you to have a hard copy of the page
handy so that you can go back again and again to check each
analysis.
There are other sites mentioned at the bottom of the
screen, please read those topics too.
Please think about it
: If you do not believe that Jesus(pbuh)
is dead, then you must come up with concrete evidences from
the Quran and only from the Quran. You must conclusively
reconcile all the verses that I mentioned in my discussion.
Please don’t say such and such scholar told that he is alive!!!!
Please don’t say such and such book clearly tells that he is
alive!!!! Please don’t say such and such Fatwa testifies that
Jesus(pbuh) is alive!!!! To validate the words of these scholars,
are you going to shatter the words of Allah? Please don’t give
greater value to a man-made book over that of divine scripture.
Please have courage to accept the truth. It has nothing to do
with Qadianism. You are not converting in to Qadiani faith.
This is not a Qadiani propaganda.
Last of all, what about the prophecy that Jesus(pbuh) will come
back to the earth in the later days and revive Islam? After the
above discussion, we can conclude that a dead person can not
come back no matter what. This is against the principle of
Islam. The Original Jesus(pbuh) - the prophet can not and will
not come back in the later days. Period. However, in fulfillment
of various prophecies, it is possible for another person to come
Jesus's spirit and do something for Islam. This is outside the
scope of current debate.
Conflicting
Hadith
:
Many readers responded back with several Hadith narrating
Jesus(pbuh) will come back and do something. The readers are
unable to discard those Hadith or justify their validity.
If we take the literal meaning, then these Hadith fails to satisfy
the common sense. However, most of these Hadith may be
interpreted in allegorical sense and not in their literal sense.
A few absurdities are:
Jesus will fight with a sword
(in 21st
century or later! Come on, give me a break.);
Jesus will land on
the Minaret
(why not on the ground); Jesus
will kill a swine and
break a cross
(what purpose will it serve, or does it mean one
swine and one cross is standing in the way of Islam? Or will he
kill all the swine in the world and break all the crosses, a
formidable job indeed.);
Jesus will end the jijya
(where is jijya
practiced today, is it in Syria? Then why not stop it before his
advent, so that his mission will be easier. Does it mean he will
confine his mission only to Syria? What about the fiscal policies
of the rest of the countries, will he interfere with them?).
The Dajjal is viewed by many as an individual. Jesus is
supposed to kill the Dajjal. The attributes of Dajjal-the
individual fail to satisfy any reasoning. Quran is not very clear
about Dajjal (Gog and Magog). Dajjal will be faster than cloud,
he will command barren land to grow vegetables, on his
command milch animals will produce abundant milk, he will
occupy most peoples house, he will command the sky and rain
would fall, his followers will live in abundance etc. statements
are probably NOT referring to an individual, rather a
government, a superpower or may be a system. It could very
well be America. Please recollect all the attributes of Dajjal and
see if you can find likeness with what is happening in America
and what the government practices there. Many scholars
indicated similar notion. They think Dajjal would not be a
singular individual, rather a superpower government or
country. I leave this debate up to you.
The purpose of the website is not to discuss the Dajjal rather
drive
home
this
point
that
Jesus(pbuh)
is
dead.
Jazakumullahu Khayran
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