بسم
الله الرحمن
الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Jesus / Isaa (Peace Be Upon Him) – Dead or Alive?
by Irshad Mahmood - Director, Siraat-al-Mustaqeem Dawah Centre
Duaa
for Discussing the Critical Issues:
After all we are human being and may be wrong on some point, so we need to make a very special Duaa:
O
Allah! Guide us and help us. If I am wrong, O Allah! Correct me. If
others are
wrong, O Allah correct them. If we all are wrong, O Allah correct all
of us. AMEEN.
”Rabbi
Zidnee Aailmaa”. (O my Lord! Increase me in knowledge). Ref:
Al_Quraan_020.114
AMEEN.
”Rabbishrah
Lee Sadree Wayassir Lee Amree Wahlul AAuqdatan Min
Lisanee
Yafqahoo Qawlee”. (O my Lord! expand my breast; And ease my
task for me; And
loose the knot from my tongue; So they may understand what I say). Ref:
Al_Quraan_020.025 – 028)
AMEEN.
”Rabbana
Hab Lana Min Azwajina Wathurriyyatina Qurrata aAAyunin WajjAAalna
Lilmuttaqeena
imamaan”. (O our Lord! grant us in our wives and our
offspring the joy of our
eyes, and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous). Ref:
Al_Quraan_025.074.
AMEEN.
The main
reason why
we don’t understand the concept and the meaning of Quraan
could be as mentioned
in the Quraan as, “
… And yet ye study the Scripture? Will
ye not understand?” (Al_Quraan_002.044).
Some one's Death could be very SECRET (e.g. Solomon {Peace Be Upon Him}), it was secret till worm ate his staff:
Then when We decreed that he [Solomon {Peace Be Upon Him}] should die [mawt], nothing divulged his death [mawtihi] to them except the worm that ate his staff. (Al_Quraan_034.014)
Allah has
Perfected Islaam, No
more Miracle:
In
the Quraan Allah has told us that “… This day
I have PERFECTED your Religion for
you and COMPLETED My FAVOR unto you, and
have chosen for you as religion AL-ISLAAM”. (Al_Quraan_005.003)
If anything is completed, does it
NEED
any Additions or Subtractions or Alterations? The absolute answer to this is only and only NO. Therefore any
Hadeeth contradicting the Quraan, we are not supposed to accept and
those are NOT Authentic
Hadeeth. Since
Rasool Allah (Peace-Be-Upon-Him) already warned about the spreading of
Hadeeth and how to verify them. So We all must have
to follow that and a single proof
should be enough for this that there are some Poor Hadeeth and we need
to test
all of them according to the Quraan. The Quraan is the real Authentic Source, FREE from and ERROR or CONTRADICTION.
Ali (RA) narrated, Prophet Muhammad (Peace-Be-Upon-Him) said, there is NO DOUBT that, there will be Hadeeths coming after me, claiming that I have said those. So you MUST test each and every Hadeeth from the QURAAN. If it is really according to the QURAAN only then accept it otherwise reject it. (Sanan Dar Qatni, Vol-2, Book – Imrani Abee Musa, Matba Farooqi – 513)
Knowledge
of Future is with Allah only: Messenger did not
know when & where he would die:
Then, when We
decreed (Solomon’s Peace Be Upon Him) death, nothing showed them
his death except a little worm of the earth, which kept
(slowly) gnawing away at his staff: so when he fell down, the Jinns saw
plainly
that if they had known the unseen, they would Not have tarried in the
humiliating
Penalty (of their Task). (Al_Quraan_034.014)
Verily the
knowledge of the Hour is
with Allah (Alone). It is He Who knows rain, and He Who knows what is
in the
wombs. Nor does any one (including Messengers) know what it
is that he will earn
on tomorrow: nor does any one
(including Messengers) know in what land he is to
die. Verily with
Allah is full knowledge and He is acquainted
(with all things). (Al_Quraan_031.034)
Men ask thee concerning the Hour: say, The knowledge thereof is with Allah (alone): and what will make thee understand? Perchance the Hour is nigh. (Al_Quraan_033.063)
Say (O Muhammad (Peace-Be-Upon-Him), to the disbelievers): I say not unto you (that) I possess the treasures of Allah, nor that I have knowledge of the Unseen; and I say not unto you: Lo! I am an angel. I follow only that which is inspired in me. Say: Are the blind man and the seer equal? Will ye not then take thought? [Al_Quraan_006.050]
He it is Who has revealed the Book to you; some of its verses are clear revelations, they are the basis or fundamental (foundation) of the Book, and others are allegorical; then as for those in whose hearts there is perversity they follow the part of it which is allegorical, seeking to mislead and seeking to give it (their own) interpretation. but none knows its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in knowledge say: We believe in it, it is all from our Lord; and none do mind except those having understanding. (Al_Quraan_003.007)
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." (Mat. 24:29-30)
According the Quraan, on the day of Judgment / day of resurrection, the Moon and the Stars will be darkened and the Sun and the Moon will be joined together etc.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection ? But when sight is confounded, And the moon becomes dark, And the sun and the moon are brought together, Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to? By no means! there shall be no place of refuge! (Al_Quraan_075.006-011)
Also The angels will be all around, and eight
angles will, that Day, bear the Thorne of your Lord above them. (Al_Quraan_069.017)
So when the stars are made to lose their light, And when the heaven is rent asunder, And when the mountains are carried away as dust, And when the messengers are gathered at their appointed time, To what day is the doom fixed? To the day of decision. (Al_Quraan_077.008-013)
O' Muslim be not like those who divide their religion and breakup into sects.
And (O' Muslims) be not like those who became divided and disagreed after clear arguments had come to them, and these it is that shall have a grievous chastisement. On the day when (some) faces shall turn white and (some) faces shall turn black; then as to those whose faces turn black: Did you disbelieve after your believing? Taste therefore the chastisement because you disbelieved. (Al_Quraan_003.105-106)
Jesus / Isaa (Peace Be Upon Him) will be questioned
exactly like
all other prophets:
Even Rasool Allah (Peace-Be-Upon-Him) will be saying the same thing:
Then the
Messenger (Peace Be Upon Him) will say: "O my Lord! Truly my people
took this Quraan
for just foolish nonsense." (Al_Quraan_025.030)
Also All Prophets (Peace Be Upon Him) will be
saying the same
thing:
There
is none (not
a single one)
of the People
of the book (including
1.5 Billion
Muslims) but
must believe in him (as only
a Messenger
of Allah)
before
his (Jesus Peace Be Upon Him) death.
And on
the Day of Resurrection (NOT
Before),
he (Jesus Peace Be Upon Him) will be a
witness against them." (Al_Quraan_004.159)
First Proof:
The first proof that Jesus / Isaa (Peace Be
Upon Him) is NOT
Alive is this Ayaat itself, since it says that “on the Day of Resurrection (NOT
Before), he (Jesus Peace Be Upon Him) will be a
witness against them”,
if Jesus / Isaa (Peace Be Upon Him) comes second time in this world
then he will be
witness
in the world before the Day of Resurrection, which cannot be true
according to
the above mentioned Ayaat. The concept of Quraan cannot be wrong, BUT
our
pre-assumptions and our believe could be wrong.
Second Proof:
For the
second proof, we need to understand the
meaning of People of the Book (Scripture).
Jews
are the People of the Book, since they believe on the Torah, which is
one of
the Book of Allah.
Christian
are the People of the Book, since they believe on the Injeel (Bible),
which is
one of the Book of Allah.
Similarly Muslims are the
People of the Book, since they
believe on the Quraan, which is also one of the Book of Allah.
This is
also another proof that Jesus / Isaa (Peace Be Upon Him)
is not Alive, since in the above Ayaat it is mentioned that “none (not
a single one) of the People
of the book (including
1.5 Billion
Muslims) but must believe in him
(as only a Messenger
of Allah) before
his (Jesus Peace Be Upon Him) death“,
and Alhamdulillaah, around 1.5 Billion Muslims around the world believe
on
Jesus / Isaa (Peace Be Upon Him) as Messenger of Allah.
Third Proof:
For
the third proof, Allah said that he
will take away Jesus / Isaa (Peace Be Upon Him) and no where he
mentioned that he
will send
back Jesus / Isaa (Peace Be Upon Him) again for the second time,
instead He
mentioned that
what ever we are arguing about him (Peace Be Upon Him), He will tell us
on the day
of
Judgement and NOT
before.
Behold Allah said: O Jesus / Isaa (Peace Be
Upon Him) I
will take thee and raise thee to myself and clear thee (of the
falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who follow thee
superior to those who reject Faith, to the
day of resurrection
(not
before): then shall ye all return unto me, and I will
judge between you of the matters wherein ye dispute. (Al_Quraan_003.055)
Jesus / Isaa (Peace Be Upon Him) will be questioned
exactly like
all other prophets: Even Rasool Allah (Peace-Be-Upon-Him) will be
saying the same
thing: Then the
Messenger (Peace Be Upon Him) will say: "O my Lord! Truly my people
took this Quraan
for just foolish nonsense." (Al_Quraan_025.030)
Also All Prophets (Peace Be Upon Him) will be
saying the same
thing:
May
Allah UNITE all Muslims. AMEEN.