{"id":219,"date":"2015-02-25T23:01:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T23:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azmi.co\/cust\/ngba-wp\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2024-07-04T15:37:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:37:06","slug":"jesus-second-coming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=219","title":{"rendered":"Jesus-second coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the name of All\u0101h,
\n<\/span>the Beneficent, the Merciful.
\n<\/span>Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.
\n<\/span>DEDICATED TO
\n<\/span>All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High,
\n<\/span>Lord of the worlds
\n<\/span>AND TO
\n<\/span>Mohammad\u2013who brought the world
\n<\/span>to our feet and eternity to our arms.
\n<\/span>*<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus\u2019 Return\/Second Coming<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Christians are not only wandering in \u201cdarkness and misunderstanding\u201d and confusion as to who Jesus Christ was and his mission, Christians are also living in confusion as to Jesus\u2019 supposed \u201creturn\u201d and to whom.
\n<\/span>Whereas some Christians are yet scanning Jerusalem\u2019s sky for Jesus\u2019 descent, Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses infer that Jesus already came. (Shown later).<\/span><\/p>\n

Christians claim that Jesus will soon return to rule the world; but the Bible had foretold that Jesus \u201cshall rule my people Israel\u201d\u2013(Matthew 2:6).
\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0As Jesus did <\/span>NOT<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>rule his people in his first coming, then he can only do so in his alleged \u201csecond coming;\u201d and, significantly, the \u201cpeople of Israel,\u201d as stated in the quote, is <\/span>NOT<\/span> the whole world.
\n<\/span>(It is doubtful Jews would accept Jesus in his supposed coming, seeing that they do not believe in him, and are also expecting their own Messiah to come; instead, they might want to kill him again. They might even use the Christian\/ American-made \u2018patriot\u201d missile to stop him in mid-air).<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>According to the Bible, Jesus says: \u201cThat ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory<\/span>, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel\u201d\u2013(Matt. 19:28; also Rev. 7:4-8; 14:3-4).<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus sitting upon the \u201cthrone of glory\u201d is not to be taken to mean that Jesus will be judging the world while his followers will be judging the twelve tribes of Israel \u2013Jesus sitting on his throne of \u201cglory\u201d only means that he will be honored above the Jews. <\/span>As already noted in\u00a0<\/span>Jesus-only for Jews<\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Jesus\u2019 mission was restricted to the Jews. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 All<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>prophets will be sitting on \u201cthe throne of glory\u201d on the Day of Judgment when each one will be giving witness against his people as to the teaching he gave them compared to what they followed after his departure from the earth, as All\u0101h informs us in His Qur\u2019an: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd on the day when We raise up in every people<\/i> a witness against them, from among themselves<\/i>, and bring thee (Mohammad) as a witness against these (Muslims);\u201d \u201cAnd when All\u0101h will say: O Jesus, son of Mary, didst thou say to men, Take me and my mother for two gods besides All\u0101h? He will say: Glory be to Thee! It was not for me to say what I had no right to say\u2026I said to them naught save as Thou didst command me: Serve All\u0101h, my Lord and your Lord (comp. Mark 12:29);<\/i> and I was a witness of them so long as I was among them, but when Thou didst cause me to die Thou wast the Watcher over them. And Thou art witness of all things\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 16:89; 5:116-117). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Which Qur\u2019anic words finds consonance in Jesus\u2019 fore-warnings to his followers:
\n\u201cMany will say to me in that day (Day of Judgment), Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works? And then I will profess unto them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity<\/i>\u201d\u2013(Matt. 7:22-23).
\n<\/span>That this \u201cjudging\u201d by Jesus is in reference to the Hereafter is supported by Jesus\u2019 saying: \u201cMy kingdom is not of this world\u201d\u2013(John 18:36. <\/span>As per his own declaration, Jesus could not be judging the material world when his kingdom is not of the material world. <\/span><\/p>\n

That prophets will be giving evidence in matters relating to their respective people on the Day of Judgment is further noted in the Bible where a \u201cstone\u201d will give evidence:
\n\u201cAnd Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God\u201d\u2013(Joshua 24: 27). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Is Jesus really coming or did he already come? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Buddha, who preceded Jesus by five hundred years, also said that he will return to earth \u201cto restore the world to order and happiness.\u201d<\/span>1 \u00a0<\/span><\/sup>And Buddha, as far as is known, did not view non-Orientals as \u201cdogs\u201d and \u201cswine\u201d or spoke in parables so these non-Orientals would not understand and be forgiven; as Jesus considered non-Jews \u201cdogs\u201d and \u201cswine\u201d and spoke in parables so they would not understand and be forgiven\u2013(see\u00a0<\/span>Jesus-only for Jews<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It would seem hypocritical for Jesus to return to save those he considered \u201cdogs\u201d and \u201cswine\u201dand tried to keep out of heaven by speaking in parables\u2013(Matt. 7:6; 15:26; Mark 4:9-12).\u00a0(If Buddha and Jesus were to return to lord the world the two might have to battle for supremacy).
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Further, Lord Krishna, who also precedes Jesus, says in the Bhagavad-Gita (4:6-8): \u201cI still appear in every millennium…. Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice \u2026.To deliver the pious.\u201d
\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0And considering that their doctrines are contradictory \u2013Krishna teaching karma and reincarnation, and Jesus teaching resur-rection and judgment\u2013<\/span> they may have their own Armageddon for the souls of the people.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Regarding Jesus\u2019 dubious return to earth Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses infer in their book Mankind\u2019s Search For God,<\/i> (p. 353-354) that Jesus came in 1914 though his coming was an \u201cinvisible presence;\u201d they wrote: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cIn the investigation of God\u2019s Word, those Bible\u00a0students were keenly interested in the prophecies of the\u00a0Christian Greek Scriptures related to \u201cthe end of the\u00a0world\u201d and to Christ\u2019s \u201ccoming.\u201d (Matthew 24:3, KJ)<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>By turning to the Greek text, they discovered that\u00a0Christ\u2019s \u201ccoming\u201d was, in fact, a \u2018pa.rou.si\u2019a,\u2019<\/i> or\u00a0invisible presence<\/i>. Therefore, Christ had given his disciples information about the evidence of his invisible\u00a0presence in the time of the end, not a future visible\u00a0coming.<\/i> Along with this study, those students had a keen\u00a0desire to understand the Bible\u2019s chronology in relation to\u00a0Christ\u2019s presence. Without understanding all the details,\u00a0Russell (founder of the JW)<\/span><\/i> and his associates realized\u00a0that 1914 would be a crucial date in human history \u2026.There was a sense of urgency to the activity of those\u00a0Bible students prior to 1914. They believed that their\u00a0preaching activity would culminate in that year, and\u00a0therefore they felt they should expend every effort to\u00a0help others to know \u201cthis good news of the kingdom.\u201d\u201d
\n(If Christ came in 1914 he really brought \u201csword\u201d and\u00a0\u201cfire\u201d rather than \u201cpeace\u201d: \u201cThink not that I am come to\u00a0 send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a \u00a0 sword;\u201d<\/span>\u201cI am come to send fire on the earth;\u201d \u201cSuppose\u00a0ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you,\u00a0Nay; but rather division\u201d\u2013(Matt. 10:34; Luke 12:49, 51.\u00a0World War I produced a holocaust of carnage; not to mention World War II, and other wars on to this day<\/span>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Contrary to the Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses \u201cinvisible\u201d presence of Christ, Christ said: \u201cVerily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see<\/i> the Son of man coming in his kingdom\u2019\u2013(Matt.16:28.<\/span> Jesus here contradicts himself when he said, \u201cI go to my Father, and ye see me no more<\/i>\u201d\u2013John 16:10. Why then are Christians scanning the Jerusalem sky for Jesus?).
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Unless \u201cSon of man\u201d in the above verse is some other than Jesus, these people would not be able to \u201csee\u201d<\/i> Jesus if his \u201ccoming\u201d would be \u201cinvisible.<\/i>\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Also, Jesus is here speaking to people in his own lifetime \u2013standing \u201chere.\u201d <\/i>It must be the \u201cmiracle of the ages\u201d that for two thousand years since Jesus\u2019 departure these \u201csome standing\u201d people are yet living, waiting for Jesus; and would \u201csee\u201d <\/i>him though he would be \u201cinvisible.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus had no knowledge if he was going to heaven. Jesus says \u201cIf <\/i>I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me\u201d\u2013(John 12:32).<\/span> For the man who is confident he is going to heaven it is queer Jesus should say \u201cIf<\/i>\u201d I be lifted up instead of \u2018after\u2019<\/i> I be lifted up or \u2018when\u2019 <\/i>I be lifted up. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Jesus told one of the thieves being crucified: <\/span>\u201cVerily I say unto thee, <\/span><\/span>TODAY <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>shalt thou be with me in paradise,\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u2013(Luke 23:43).<\/span><\/span> But not only was Jesus not killed\/crucified as proven in\u00a0<\/span>Jesus-inherited sin to ascension<\/a><\/span>,<\/span> Jesus did not go to paradise \u201cTo day\u201d<\/i>: <\/span>at least eight days after his alleged resurrection he was with his disciples\u2013(John 20:26); the Acts said Jesus ascended <\/span>FORTY DAYS AFTER<\/strong><\/span> the \u201cresurrection\u201d\u2013(Acts 1:3, 9).
\n<\/span>\u00a0 Thus, Jesus (the Christians\u2019 God and son of God) not only did not know \u201cif\u201d<\/i> he was going to heaven he did not even know when<\/i> he will be going. (Poor thief!)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0In fact, not only did Jesus not know \u201cif\u201d and \u201cwhen\u201d he will be going to heaven, but by his own pronouncement seems he was \u201cin danger of hell fire;\u201d he says: \u201cwhoever shall say Thou fool <\/i>shall be in danger of hell fire\u201d\u2013(Matt. 5:22);<\/span> yet he calls the Jews \u201cfools\u201d\u2013(Matt. 23:17, 19; Luke 24:25). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus says: \u201cI go to prepare a place for you. And if <\/i>I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself\u201d\u2013(John 14:2-3).<\/span> Here again, Jesus, like his uncertainty in going to heaven, is not certain \u201cif\u201d<\/i> he is going to prepare a place for his followers. And as Jesus has not yet returned, all those Christians who died and will die before his alleged return will not get taken. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 As to Jesus saying that if <\/i><\/strong>he be lifted up that he \u201cwill draw all men unto\u201d him. It is clear that in the two thousand years since Jesus is alleged to have gone to heaven and is sitting \u201con the right hand of God\u201d*<\/span> that he has not drawn \u201call men\u201d unto him; there are tens of millions of atheists and non-Christians the world over who have died or are still living who do not believe in him, or accept him as God or son of God or vicarious atoner. This would seem to suggest that, either Jesus did not utter those words or his words are not true or that he was not \u201clifted up from the earth.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>(Since Buddha is also believed to have ascended to heaven as well as Enoch and Elijah, then there are at least four\u00a0<\/i>individuals in heaven and possibly sitting \u201con the right hand of God\u201d\u2013Mark 16:19. Christian\u2019s\u00a0Heaven<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is BORING, anyway \u2013reading past-time stories and watching the lion eats grass like the cow<\/span>). <\/span><\/p>\n

Incidentally. In contrast to Jesus\u2019 uncertainty as to whether he is going to heaven and prepare a place for his followers and coming back.
\nThe Prophet Mohammad tells us clearly that All\u0101h has already prepared Gardens and mansions for us. All we need do is believe in All\u0101h and do good deeds and Paradise is ours \u2013as easy and simple as that; no<\/i> uncertain trip to heaven and back and no vague promises. <\/span>And the promise of All\u0101h is ever true\u2013(Qur\u2019an 19:60-61; 31:8-9; 39:20; 61:12).
\nMuslims have assurance of heaven\u2013(Qur\u2019an 4:124; 33:35; 36:56; 41:8; 43:70; 46:15-16; 52:17; 64:9).<\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, apart from <\/span>Jesus\u2019 uncertainty as to whether he is going to heaven and prepare a place for his followers and coming back. God did not send Jesus to the Black and the White and the Brown and the Yellow and the Red.
\nJesus was a messenger sent by God wholly and solely \u00a0<\/span>only for Jews<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>And Jesus completed his mission as he declared:
\n\u201cI have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do<\/i>\u2013(John 17:4).
\n<\/span>As Jesus \u201cfinished\u201d his work there is no need for him to return.
\n<\/span>(Jesus\u2019 return is the imagination of the Church\/Christians based on ancient \u201cIranian mythology.\u201d See Jesus-1000-year rule<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0JESUS’ RETURN IN THE QUR’AN:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the angels said: O Mary,<\/span>
\nsurely Allah gives thee good news<\/span>
\nwith a word from Him (of one)<\/span>
\nwhose name is the Messiah, Jesus,<\/span>
\nson of Mary\u2026..<\/span>
\nAnd He (All\u0101h) will teach him the Book<\/span>
\nand the Wisdom and the Torah and<\/span>
\nthe Gospel:<\/span>
\nAnd (make him) a messenger to<\/span>
\nthe Children of Israel\u201d<\/span>
\n(Qur\u2019an 3:45-49)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when Jesus, son of Mary, said:<\/span>
\nO Children of Israel, surely I am the<\/span>
\nmessenger of Allah to you, verifying<\/span>
\nthat which is before me of the Torah<\/span>
\nand giving the good news of a<\/span>
\nMessenger who will come after me, his<\/span>
\nname being \u00c4hmad\u201d<\/span>
\n(Qur\u2019an 61:6)<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is greater All\u0101h or Jews?<\/span>
\nSince Allah is greater, and since All\u0101h sent Jesus to minister onto the Jews, no one can prevent Jesus from fulfilling this mission. And since Jesus completed his mission why must Jesus return to earth?<\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding Jesus\u2019 second coming, there are three verses of the Qur\u2019an that seem to give rise to this belief\u2013Qur\u2019an 4:158 and 159; and 43:61. And in which there are differences in translation between translators; these differences are shown in bold type<\/strong>; and those in agreement, in italics<\/em>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

First, Qur\u2019an 43:61
\n<\/u>\u00a0\u00a0 (Yusuf Ali) \u201cAnd (Jesus) shall be<\/strong><\/span> a sign (for the coming of) the Hour (of Judgment): Therefore have no doubt about the (Hour), but follow ye Me: this is a Straight Way<\/em>\u201d
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 (Muhammad Ali): And this (revelation) is<\/strong> <\/span>surely knowledge of the Hour, so have no doubt about it and follow me. This is the right path.\u201d
\n<\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 (Malik Ghulam Farid): \u201cBut, verily, he was <\/span><\/strong>a sign of the Hour. So entertain no it doubt about it, but follow me. This is the right path.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Which is the correct translation? Ghulam Farid states that \u201cthe pronoun \u201chu\u201d<\/em> in \u201cinna hu\u201d <\/em>(of the Arabic text) may refer either to Jesus or to the Qur\u2019an.\u201d But how to know which one the Qur\u2019an is referring to? To know what the verse is referring to, we have to investigate the subject matter of this section (section 6).<\/span><\/p>\n

Section 6 of chapter 43 begins with the verse: \u201cWhen (Jesus) the son of Mary is held up as an example<\/u><\/em>, behold, thy people raise a clamour thereat (in ridicule)!\u201d (Qur\u2019an 43:57).
\n<\/span>(Yusuf Ali. Ghulam Farid and Muhammad Ali are in agreement; except that the verse begins with \u201cAnd\u201d \u2013\u201cAnd when Jesus\u2026.is held up\u201d).
\n<\/span>While Jesus seems to be the subject of this section he is not<\/u><\/em><\/strong> the subject. He is only used as an example, as noted in the verse.<\/span>
\nFor, as the people opposed Jesus, similarly the Prophet Mohammad is opposed. And that the prophecies that Jesus made regarding the coming of another Comforter\/Ahmad\u2013(John 14:16; Qur\u2019an 61:6)\u2013and that the kingdom of God shall be taken from the Jews and given to another nation\u2013(Matt. 21:43)\u2013were now being manifested with the advent of the Prophet Mohammad and the Qur\u2019an; (that this was the Hour marking the end of prophethood to the Jews, so \u201cfollow me,(Mohammad), this is a straight way\u201d\u201343:61).
\n<\/span>\u00a0 The topic of this section is about the Qur\u2019anic revelation as noted by the italicized words in the above verse (43:61) in which the Prophet is commissioned to tell the disbelievers, \u201cfollow ye me; this is a straight way.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0(a) In Yusuf Ali\u2019s translation there is no correlation between \u2018Jesus shall be a Sign of the coming of the Hour\u2019<\/em> <\/span>and \u201cfollow ye me; this is a straight way\u2019<\/em>.<\/span><\/span>
\nThat \u201cJesus SHALL BE a Sign\u201d is speaking about the future, whereas \u201cfollow ye me; THIS IS a straight way\u201d<\/em> is speaking about the present. People cannot be expected to follow me (Mohammad) using a future event<\/em> (the return of Jesus) as proof of his mission.<\/span>
\n(b) But in Muhammad Ali\u2019s translation there is agreement between the statements that \u201cTHIS REVELATION is surely knowledge of the Hour\u201d<\/span> (when prophethood to the Jews would end, and which is now ended) so \u201cfollow me. THIS IS the right path.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\n(c) And also in Ghulam Farid\u2019s translation there is agreement between the statements that \u201che (Jesus) WAS a sign\u201d<\/span> (ending prophethood to the Jews) and \u201cfollow me<\/em> THIS IS the right path<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Secondly, Qur\u2019an 4:157-158
\n<\/u>Qur\u2019an 4:157 speaks about the Jews boasting of having killed Jesus. But Allah says \u201cthey killed him not, nor crucified him, But so it was made to appear to them. \u2026.\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ghulam Farid states:<\/span>
\n\u201cTwo different views prevailed among the Jews regarding Jesus\u2019 alleged death by Crucifixion. Some of them held that he was first killed and then his dead body was hung on the cross, while others are of the view that he was put to death by being fixed to the cross. The former view is reflected in The Acts 5:30\u2026The Qur\u2019an refutes both these views by saying, they slew him not, nor did they bring about his death on the cross.<\/em>\u00a0 The Qur\u2019an rejects the slaying of Jesus in any form, and then proceeds to deny the particular way of killing by hanging on the cross. It does not deny that Jesus was hung on the cross; it only denies his death on it.\u201d\u2013(Comm. 699).<\/span>
\nAnd Muhammad Ali notes:<\/span>
\n\u201cThe words ma salabu-hu<\/em> (of the Arabic text) do not negative Jesus\u2019 being nailed to the cross; they negative his having expired on the cross as a result of being nailed to it. Salb<\/em> is a well-known way of killing (T, LA). Salabu-hu <\/em>means he put him to death in a certain well-known manner (LL).\u201d\u2013(Comm. 645).<\/span><\/p>\n

To restate, Qur\u2019an 4:157 speaks about the Jews boasting of having killed Jesus. But Allah says \u201cthey killed him not, nor crucified him, But so it was made to appear to them. \u2026.\u201d.<\/span><\/span>
\nAnd verse 158 says: \u00a0<\/strong>\u201cGod RAISED him up unto Himself; and God is Exalted in Power, Wise\u201d<\/strong>\u2013<\/span>(Yusuf Ali translation).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Yusuf Ali translated the verse as: \u00a0<\/strong>\u201cGod RAISED him up unto Himself; and God is Exalted in Power, Wise.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
\nGhulam Farid translated the verse as: \u201cAllah EXALTED him to Himself. And Allah is Mighty, Wise.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\nMuhammad Ali translated it as: \u201cAllah EXALTED him in His presence. And Allah is ever Mighty, Wise.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Does Allah being \u201cMighty, Wise\u201d in reference to Him raising up Jesus bodily to Himself, or is it in reference to Him frustrating the plan of the Jews to kill\/crucify Jesus? And is Allah raising up Jesus a physical elevation or a spiritual elevation?<\/span>
\nGhulam Farid in his commentary on this verse states:<\/span>
\n\u201cThe Jews exultingly claimed to have killed Jesus on the cross and thus to have proved that his claim to be a Divine Prophet was not true. The verse along with the preceding one contains a strong refutation of the charge and clears him of the insinuated blemish and speaks of his spiritual elevation and of his having been honoured in the presence of God. There is absolutely no reference in the verse to his physical ascension to heaven<\/em>. It only says God exalted him towards Himself which clearly signifies a spiritual exaltation, because no fixed abode can be assigned to God.\u201d (Comm. 700. Emphasis added).<\/span><\/p>\n

That Allah exalted Jesus in \u201cHis presence\u201d does not mean that Allah made Jesus equal with Him in power or in position, but that instead of him being made into a \u201ccurse\u201d Allah conferred\u00a0 honor onto him.<\/span>
\nIf Allah raised Jesus physically to \u201cHimself\u201d then Allah must be on a heaven lower<\/em> than Abraham; for, the Prophet Mohammad, on his Mi\u2019raj, is said to have met Jesus on a lower heaven than Abraham, who was said to be \u201con the sixth heaven\u201d\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 1, # 345. And Bokhari Vol. 4, # 640 notes that Jesus was on the third heaven. This would seem to mean, if All\u0101h raised Jesus literally to Himself, that Allah is on the third heaven. Unless He sent Jesus lower).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Thirdly, Qur\u2019an 4:159
\n<\/u>Qur\u2019an 4:159 states:\u00a0 <\/strong>\u201cAnd there is none of the People of the Book but MUST believe in HIM before HIS death; and on the day of Judgment he (Jesus) WILL be a witness AGAINST them (the People of the Book)\u201d<\/span> (Yusuf Ali translation).
\nMuhammad Ali translated the verse as:\u00a0 \u201cAnd there is none of the People of the Book but will believe in THIS (that Jesus was crucified\/accursed was divine\/of illegitimate birth) before HIS death; and on the day of Resurrection HE (Jesus) Will be a witness AGAINST them [the People of the Book].\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0(a) The first question is, who is the \u201cHIS\u201d referring to in the statement \u201cbefore HIS death\u201d\u2013is it referring to Jesus\u2019 death or the death of the People of the Book?<\/span>
\n(b) The second question is, which is the correct translation, is it that they \u201cmust believe in HIM (Jesus)\u201d, or that they \u201cwill believe in THIS (that Jesus was either crucified for inherited sin or died the death of an accursed, or that he was divine as Christians believe or of illegitimate birth as Jews believe)?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Regarding the first question, (a). If the People of the Book (Jews and Christians) MUST believe in Jesus (as him being only a messenger of God)<\/em> before HIS death, whether it be Jesus\u2019 death or their own, Jesus could not be a \u201cWITNESS AGAINST <\/strong>THEM\u201d seeing that they would have believed <\/em>in him.\u00a0 Jesus cannot be a witness AGAINST those who believe in him. If anything Jesus has to be a witness \u201cFOR\u201d them.<\/span>
\nAnd if the \u201cemphatic form \u201cmust believe\u201d\u201d (in Jesus) \u201cdenotes more a question of duty than of fact,\u201d it cannot be said that \u201cAND\u201d Jesus will be a witness \u201cAGAINST\u201d them; it should say \u201cOR\u201d Jesus will be a witness against \u2013meaning that they must believe in Jesus OR he will be a witness against them.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Qur\u2019an 5:116-117 Allah says that when He will ask Jesus if he taught people to take him and his mother as gods, Jesus will answer that he had no right to teach what he was not instructed to; \u201cand I was a witness of them so long as I was among them, but when Thou didst cause me to die Thou wast the Watcher over them.\u201d
\n<\/span>This statement by Jesus could not refer to Jesus\u2019 death after his alleged Second coming. If the Jews and Christians would have to accept him as only a messenger of All\u0101h after this alleged second coming there would be no question of Allah being a Watcher over the Jews and Christians after Jesus\u2019 death\u2013they would already be believers. Moreover, if this statement refers to Jesus\u2019 second coming it would imply that the Jews and the Christians would have reverted to their false beliefs a second time, even after Jesus returned to them and taught them the truth about himself, as being only a messenger.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Regarding the second question (b) as to which is the correct translation.\u00a0 It would seem that Muhammad Ali\u2019s translation is the correct one.\u00a0 For, both the Christians and the Jews believe in \u201cTHIS\u201d \u00a0\u2013that Jesus was either crucified, or \u201cis an accursed of God\u201d because he died from hanging\u2013(Deut 21:23); or that he is\u00a0 divine or of illegitimate birth.<\/span><\/span>
\nAnd as All\u0101h, God, tells us that both these views are false beliefs, then and only then can Jesus be \u201cWITNESS AGAINST THEM\u201d (the Jews and the Christians for their false beliefs \u2013the former going to one extreme of making him divine and the latter going the opposite extreme and making him illegitimate).<\/span><\/p>\n

That Jesus would return to \u201cbreak the cross, kill the pig and abolish the Jizya tax\u201d\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 3, # 656. And then what \u2013all will become believers and there would be no more evil? \u00a0So All\u0101h will send His prophet to be a pig-killer (?).<\/span><\/span>
\nThe pig is a scavenger; and if Jesus kill the pigs then the earth would have one less \u201ccleaner.\u201d Would Jesus be able to kill all the pigs in every place? If killing the pig is a metaphor then \u201ccross\u201d and \u201cjizya\u201d in the hadith would also be metaphorical. What is metaphorical \u201cjizya\u201d and how is it abolished?<\/span>
\nIf killing the pig and breaking the cross are metaphors (meaning to expose uncleanness and falsehood in religion), the Prophet Mohammad did this 1400 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding Jesus abolishing the \u201cJizya,\u201d the explanatory note to this saying of the Prophet\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 3, # 656)\u2013says:<\/span>
\n\u201cThe Jizya (which) is a tax imposed on non-Muslims who would keep their own religion rather than embrace Islam, will not be accepted by Jesus (peace be on him), but all people will be required to embrace Islam and there will be no other alternative.\u201d<\/span>
\nIf \u201call people will be required to embrace Islam and there will be no other alternative,\u201d this would be compulsion. But Allah says that there is no compulsion in religion\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:256; 6:107; 9:6; 10:99-100; 17:7; 18: 6, 29; 42:15; 50:45; 76:3; 109:1-6); and in 10:99 He says: \u201cAnd if thy Lord had pleased, all those who are in the earth would have believed. Wilt thou then force men till they are believers?\u201d
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus can not abolish the jizya,<\/em> which is a law of Allah, when there might be those among the Jews and Christians in a Muslim state who would not believe him to be Jesus. The Qur\u2019anic law is for all time.<\/span>
\nMalik Ghulam Farid notes in his Qur\u2019anic comm. 424: \u201cThe fact cannot be denied that Jesus is dead.\u00a0 The Holy Prophet is reported to have said, \u201cHad Moses and Jesus now been alive, they would have found themselves forced to follow me\u201d (Kathir). He even fixed the age of Jesus at 120 years (\u2018Ummal). The Qur\u2019an, in as many as 30 verses, has completely demolished the absurd belief of the physical ascension of Jesus to, and his supposed life in, heaven.\u201d<\/span>
\nEqually significant, the Prophet Mohammad is reported to have said in his Sermon on the Mount that after him NO prophet will come.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Whether from the Bible or Qur\u2019an, there is NO return or second coming of Jesus.<\/span>
\nMohammad is the only world Prophet!<\/span>
\nMohammad having brought \u201call truth\u201d which will abide with us \u201cforever,\u201d no prophet, old or new, is needed. After Mohammad there is the Resurrection and Judgment!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Even if Jesus was to return yet this would not make him Divine or vicarious atoner.<\/span>
\n(For Jesus being like Adam; God breathing of His Spirit into Mary; Jesus and Mary as signs of All\u0101h; Jesus living to an old age; \u00a0Jesus\u2019 Crucifixion; Jesus’ death; Jesus’ ascension; see\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Jesus birth in Bible & Qur\u2019an<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n1. In his book The Sources of Christianity<\/em>, Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din notes 48 similarities between Buddha and Jesus, including their both being of Virgin-birth; birth announced by a star; visited by wise men; life threatened by a king; temptation; transfiguration; return to earth; Alpha and Omega; etc; pp.62-70.<\/span><\/p>\n

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