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48 Prophet Jesus (pbuh): A Prophet, Not A Son, of God

When an example is made of the son of Mary, your people laugh up-
roariously. They retort: "Who is bbetter, then, our deities or him?" They
only say this to you for argument's sake. They are indeed a ddisputatious
people. (Surat az-Zukhruf: 57-58)

Despite mounting obstacles, the number of Prophet Jesus' (pbuh)
followers rose rapidly, especially among the poor. In order to put an end
to Prophet Jesus (pbuh) and his message, the local Roman administrators
and several Jewish religious leaders set a trap for Prophet Jesus (pbuh)

and eventually decided to crucify him. The Qur'an records our Lord's re-
sponse to this move:
They [the unbelievers] plotted and God plotted. But God is the best of
plotters. (Surah Al 'Imran: 54)

Just as our Lord saved Prophet Abraham (pbuh) from the fire, He
rescued Prophet Jesus (pbuh) from this trap by raising him to His pres-
ence:
And their saying: "We killed the Messiah, Jesus s son of Mary,
Messenger of God." They did not kill him and they did not crucify him,
but it was made to seem so to them. Those who argue about him are in
doubt about it. They have no real knowledge of it, just conjecture. But

they certainly did not kill him." (Surat an-Nisa': 157)
Clearly, those who sought to kill Prophet Jesus (pbuh) failed. As is
revealed in other verses of the Qur'an, Prophet Jesus (pbuh) did not die
but is alive in God's presence. God has revealed that He foiled the plot

against Prophet Jesus (pbuh), which serves as important evidence that
the prophet is alive in His presence. Our Lord foiled the plot intended to
kill Prophet Jesus (pbuh). The claims made by those who maintain that
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) was killed consist of nothing more than specula-
tion. The Romans, imagining that they were crucifying Prophet Jesus
(pbuh), actually crucified someone else. (For more details concerning his life