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Death of Jesus in Quran - 5 Evidences

Death of Jesus in Quran -

5 Evidences

Nadeem Quraishi

( I invite the readers to join me in investigating the matter of death ofJesus in the light of Quran. Take a copy of Quran in Arabic or anytranslation you may prefer and follow the debate. Quran requestspeople to ponder over its message (47:24). I sincerely, knowledgeblyand firmly believe and testify that there is no deity worthy ofworshipping except Allah, and Muhammad(pbuh) is His last messenger.Before some zealous reader declares kufur judgement on me,remember that I testified Kalimah. Only Allah knows who is correct andperfect with his Imaan, so please do not pronounce your verdict and do

not earn the wrath of Allah.

The Kalimah or Five-Pillars of Islam do not specifically recommend to

believe Jesus is either alive or dead. The definition of a person havingtaqwa (al-muttakin) as given in various places also do not recommend

to believe Jesus is alive or dead. So this factor is only secondary to yourfaith.

The reason for not believing in the death of Jesus is because originallyQadiani or Ahmadiyya groups propounded it. Let me assure you that Ihave no connection in whatsoever form with Qadiani or Ahmadiyya

groups. However, if I read the Quran and try to understand it in its truespirit, I find the Quran clearly says, again and again, that Jesus is dead.If I believe Jesus is dead, all I am doing is following the teachings of

the Qur'an. You can do the same, and still you will be a true Muslim byany means. It is a win-win situation. Brothers and sisters, please read

the arguments and see the true teachings of Qur'an.)

Majority Muslims all over the world believe that Jesus(pbh) is alive in theHeaven. The accepted faith is Jews wanted to kill him on the cross, instead

Allah raised him alive in the Heaven. This faith has been the subject of so muchinvestigation that a consensus is difficult to reach. Those who believe and those

who dont believe come up with various evidences to justify their point of view.This page is intended to show you plenty of evidences from Quran to prove thatJesus(pbh) is not alive -- he is dead and that he was not raised alive in the

Heaven. Yes, I know the evidences I will put forward will not be acceptable tomost readers, although all the evidences will be from Quran. I can provide at

least 25 evidences, but for ease of comprehending just five evidences maysuffice. The purpose is to raise interest in the reader's mind and let them


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investigate the issue in more detail.

Evidence #1:The verse in 3:55 Allah uses a word which means death or termination oflife. And the way the sentence is framed, it is evident that death will be be

ahead of raising. Let us read the verse before going any further:

3:55 Behold! Allah Said: "O Jesus! I shall cause you to die (wafat) and Ishall exalt you

towardsme and I shall clear you of those who rejects Faith, and I am

going tomake thosewho follow you above those who reject Faith - until the day

of

Resurrection. Thenunto Me is your return, so that I shall judge amongyou as

toin that wherein youused to differ.They key words here are : Ya Isa, inni mutawaffika wa rafiuka ilaiyaMeaning: "O Jesus! I shall cause you to die and I shall exalt you towardsme.."In order to fulfil the prophecy, first death will happen, second, he will beraised. Allah did not say He will raise Isa in any manner before his death. This

argument is based on the key word 'wafat'. The meaning of "wafat" is death, ortake away soul. If soul is taken away from a person, it is nothing butdeath. The problem arises when with regards to this verse, Muslims refuse to

interpret the meaning of "wafat" as death. Irony is that all scholars whotranslated the Holy Quran do agree "wafat" means death. They translated the

word "wafat" as death in at least 20 different instances. However, in thisparticular verse, they interpreted the meaning as take away and insinuatephysical ascension.Fact remains that the above verse states death must happen first beforeascension. If not, the verse is contradictory and false.

Evidence #2:Let us read a very crucial verse 21:34 regarding death of our beloved ProphetMuhammad(pbuh).


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21:34 We have not ordained abiding to any mortal before you (O Muhammad).What! Then, if

you die will they then be abiding?The first part of the verse raises the question that if Muhammad(pbuh) beingthe most prominent Rasul has to die, how can previous Rasuls remain alive?

Muslims kept Jesus alive in contrary to the obvious suggestion in theverse. However, same Muslims quickly come up with solutions. According tothem the issue here is that of immortality. Jesus was not granted immortality,he will reamin alive for 2000+ years and later on die sometime in 21st, 22nd or23rd century after his second coming!!! So the verse is valid either way.Well, there can be desperate argument by those who say Jesus is alive. If thisverse is viewed vis-a-vis 3:143, (see Evidence #4), all contention will come toan end.Let us see another verse 19:31 where Jesus(pbh) is saying as under:

19:31 . He has enjoined upon me Salat and Zakat so long as I live.If Jesus(pbh) is alive in the Heaven in his physical body, then he has been

performing Salat and paying Zakat. I am not keen to know if he is performingsalat but my question is who is enjoying Zakat paid by Jesus? Is he paying the

Zakat in the Heaven or to some one on the earth? I am sure you will agree thatZakat cannot be paid to Angels or to dead people. Zakat must be paid topeople on this earth. Those who keep him alive cannot come up with

convincing answers except for utterly illogical stories and ramblingexplanantions which I need not hear. Please apply your analytical mind and ask

yourself about Zakat paid by Jesus. Do you see that if Jesus is alive, then thisverse is somewhat irrational?

Evidence #3:Verse 4:157-158 are often referred to drive home that Jesus(pbh) was raisedalive in the Heaven. This is done mostly by resorting to manipulation andcorruption in translation. Let me show one example here:

This translation is of verse 4:157, done by Hilali & Khan and published by theSaudi Government. They have placed Arabic text by the side of the Englishtranslation. Any nave reader would think that the translation is representingthe actual Arabic wordings. A nave reader may further think that thecombination of Hilali & Khan and Saudi Government must have produced correctteaching. On the contrary, it is incorrect and extremely corrupt!


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4:157 Hilali & Khan : "And because of their saying (in boast) "We killedMessiah Isa

(Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary), the Messenger of Allah," -but they killedhim not, nor

crucified him, but the resemblance of Isa (Jesus) was put over anotherman (and

they killed that man).Please note carefully, Hilali & Khan translated the Arabic wa lakin subbihalahum as "but the resemblance of Isa (Jesus) was put over another man". In

the Arabic text given above, where are the words "of Isa" and "anotherman"? Surprisingly Hilali & Khan put interpolated words inside the translationsuggesting that these were "revealed text". This is noting but grosscorruption. Yusuf Ali, Pichthall, Shakir, Rodwell, and many others did notcommit such extreme corruption.Only adamant and corrupt people will keep arguing that the translation is OK.They say this theory is based on some Hadith or Islamic consensus orsomething! Well, then let them put those interpolated and false words insideparenthesis. Let them put all the meandering stories as commentary in thefootnote and not as translation. Why people like Hilali and Khan are tryingto fool the Muslims with this notion that all the junk and fabricated words are

"revealed text"? This is just one example of how 'scholarly persons' are cheatingMuslims, and nave Muslims are digesting the falsehood.If we leave aside the stories and concentrate on understanding the verse we willsee a different perspective. In the verse 4:157 please notice carefully, wa lakinsubbiha lahum means "He was made to resemble to them" or "it was made toresemble to them" or "a likenss of that was made for them" or "a similitudewas made for them" -- not "someone was made to resemble him". In thesentences, "it" or "that" refers to the incident and not a person. So Jehovaresembling Jesus(pbh) can not arise. It was Jesus(pbh) who was made to

"resemble" to them. Resemble to the very issue in question here: likeness orsimilitude of death. The issue is not Jesus(pbh) resembling a different person or

a different person resembling Jesus(pbh). Jesus(pbh) was set up on the crossand he was made (by Allah) to resemble to them (as if he really died) bysending him to a comatose or fainted state.Jesus(pbh) survived the incidence of crucifixion and lived up to gray haired age(3:45, 5:40). Later on he was sheltered in a land full of meadows and springs(23:50). This proves he was not raised at the time of crucifixion. It is importantto understand that if Jesus(pbh) was not killed or crucified, he still could die a


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natural death. There is no need to send him to the Heaven to save him fromenemies.If they really killed Jehova taking him to be Jesus(pbh), then his mortal remainsor tomb should have been somewhere in Jerusalem. This tomb should havecome to be recognized as the tomb of Jesus(pbh). In reality there is no tomb in

Jerusalem that was ever identified or can be identified (correctly or otherwise)as the tomb of Jesus(pbh).

Evidence #4In the battle of Uhud, prophet Muhammad(pbuh), leading the Muslim army, felldown injured. A rumor spread that Prophet has been killed. The Muslims were indespair and broken-hearted. At that moment, in order to instill confidence andboost morale of the Muslim army, a revelation came saying:

3:144 Muhammad is no more than a messenger, surely the messengers

before him have alreadypassed away. If then he dies or be killed, will you turn back 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 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 word can not meananything different other than death. If Jesus(pbh) was an exception and did notpass away, Allah surely would have mentioned it. It is not a small exception byany means.Much later, when Prophet Mohammad(pbuh) actually died, it was hard forMuslims to accept the sad news. Thinking that it was conspiracy of therumormongers, Hazrat Umar (r) drew his sword and declared that whosoever

would say that Muhammad(pbuh) was dead, he will behead him. At this criticalsituation, 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 recitedthe same verse from Surah Al-e Imran 3:143 and further declared that

whosoever wants to worship Muhammad, let him know that he is dead, andwhosoever wants to worship Allah, let him know that Allah is all abiding.This incidence conclusively proves that all the companions of the Prophet andCaliphs knew that all Rasuls before Muhammad(pbuh) had died. If thecompanions believed that Jesus(pbh) was still alive, then at least someonewould have raised a point here. Also check outEvidence #2 once again.

Evidence #5:


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If Jesus(pbh) is alive in the Heaven, his age today is about 2000 years!! Howcan he live that long defying rules and laws set forth by Allah? Are we notmaking words of Allah contradict when we say in case of Jesus(pbh) Allahchanged his law and made him live that long? Can a person live that long? Letus see what Allah has to say about it.

16:70 And Allah creates you, then He causes you to die; and among youis

he who isbrought back to the worst of the age, so that he knows nothingafter knowledge. Allah is truly all Knowing, Powerful.

22:5 And among you there is he who dies, and among you is one who isturned

back to the worst stage of life until he does not know anything afterhaving known...

36:68 And whomsoever We cause to live long, We reverse him inconstitutionThese verses tell us that whoever lives too long, Allah returns them as crippledand not knowing anything after knowledge. This is more like a cycle of life. Birth-- Infancy -- Childhood -- Adulthood -- Old age. At very old age, a personreverts to a state much like infancy, depending on assistance for almost everydaily routine: eating, bath, walking, toilet etc. As if Allah reverts the person inconstitution (36:68) and makes him another infant. Like an infant, at this timehe does not remember things and has no knowledge of events around him.In this context, if Jesus(pbh) is allowed to live that long, by now he is socrippled 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 can not do anything worthwhile at thatage. If it is difficult to comprehend, then it is possible that the above verses arefalse.

The arguments above are not intended to agitate the readers in any manner.Rather the idea is to let them think independently and come up with bestsolution. There is absolutely no verse in the Qur-an that tells Jesus(pbh) willcome back in a later day. The second coming of Jesus(pbh) is largely based on


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a few Hadith. In order to validate the Hadith, most Muslims do not hesitate totwist the meaning of the Quran. To them the Hadith is absolute, and Quran issecondary! They would not express it, but their faith and action proves it. Theywould vehemently protect Hadith at the cost of Quran.If a reader refuses the validity of the arguments above, I have no problem. I

am responsible to Allah for my conduct and you are for yours. May I requestyou to read one or two sites listed below? Again, unless it fully convinces you,you need not believe everything . I am trying to arouse your rational thoughtprocess with my arguments. May Allah bless all of us and guide us in the rightpath.

http://www.freewebs.com/nadqur/evid.htm

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