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on the contrary, he is alive." To say: "The chairman was not killed; he
is a man with a superior station in Allah's Presence" also leads to a

break in meaning in the sentence, for his having a high station in
Allah's Sight is no obstacle to his being killed. The term bal expresses
a contradiction between the preceding and the following words. In
other words, bal cancels out a previous statement. 14
Clearly, Almighty Allah confounded the unbelievers by
raising the Prophet Jesus (as) alive to His Presence. All of this
evidence shows that the Prophet Jesus (as) is still alive and will
return to Earth when Allah wills and Allah knows the truth.

Allah's Purification of the Prophet Jesus (as) of

the Unbelievers

One piece of information provided about the Prophet Jesus'
(as) ascension is that Allah will purify him of the unbelievers. It
is revealed in the Qur'an:
… raise you up [wa raafi'uka] to Me and purify [mutah-
hiruka] you of those who are unbelievers. And I will
place the people who follow you above those who are
unbelievers until the Day of Resurrection… (Surah Al
‘Imran, 55)
The root of mutahhiruka is tahara, meaning "being clean."
Islamic scholars regard this word as one proof that the Prophet

Jesus (as) was raised alive to Allah. According to them, the inter-
pretation of the verse is: "I am taking you, raising you to Me, and
removing you from this environment polluted by unbelievers and sin-
ners." (Zeki Saritoprak, Islam Inanci Acisindan Nuzul-i Isa Meselesi
[The Issue of the Second Coming of the Messiah from the Per-
spective of Islamic Belief], Izmir: Caglayan Publishings, 1997, p.