Page 11 - The Prophet Jesus (as) will Return

INTRODUCTION

ike all the other prophets, the Prophet Jesus (as) is a cho-
sen slave of Allah whom Allah assigned to summon peo-
L ple to the true path. However, Allah has given the
Prophet Jesus (as) some attributes distinguishing him from other
prophets, the most important one being that he was raised up to
Allah and that he will come back to earth again.
Contrary to what most people believe, the Prophet Jesus
(as) was not crucified and killed nor did he die for any other rea-
son. The Qur'an tells us that they did not kill him and they did
not crucify him and that Allah raised him up to Him. Further-
more, the Qur'an acquaints us with some events from the life of
the Prophet Jesus (as) which have not yet happened. Thus, his
second coming to earth is a prerequisite for these events to hap-
pen. There is no doubt that the events related in the Qur'an will
certainly happen.
In addition we are told in a great many reliable hadiths1 of
the Prophet Muhammad (saas) that the Prophet Jesus (as) is alive
in the Sight of Allah and will return to earth, and that when he
does so he will rule with the Qur'an, be a means whereby the
Christian world turns to Islam, and will, together with Hazrat
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Mahdi (as) , make Islamic moral values prevail all over the
world. Great Islamic scholars are in agreement that the Prophet
Jesus (as) did not die and will return to earth. Despite this, how-
ever, some people assume that the Prophet Jesus (as) passed