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THE PROPHET JESUS (AS) WILL RETURN
The word mawt which comes from the same root as mata (to
die) appears in other verses to do with the deaths of prophets:

... She said, "Oh if only I had died (mittu) before this
time and was something discarded and forgotten!"
(Surah Maryam: 23)
We did not give any human being before you immor-
tality (khuld). And if you die (mitta), will they then be
immortal? (Surat al-Anbiya': 34)

"He Who will cause my death (yumeetunee), then give
me life." (Surat ash-Shu'ara': 81)

5) KHALID: IMMORTAL

Another word that appears in some verses without directly
meaning "to die" or "to kill" but which means "immortality" is
khalid. The meaning of the word khalid suggests something
along the lines of being permanent, for example, in Surat al-
Anbiya:
We did not give them bodies which did not eat food, nor
were they immortal (khalideena). (Surat al-Anbiya': 8)

6) SALABA: TO CRUCIFY

One of the words used in the Qur'an when speaking of the
death of prophets and others is the verb salaba (to crucify). The
verb carries meanings such as "to crucify, hang, and execute".
The verb is used in the following verses:
... They did not kill him and they did not crucify him
(wa ma salaboohu)... (Surat an-Nisa': 157)

... (Joseph said,) One of you will serve his lord with