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HARUN YAHYA

other of you will be crucified [yuslabu]." (Surah Yusuf: 41)

They should be killed or crucified [yusallaboo]. (Surat al-
A'raf:124)
[Pharaoh said:] I will cut off your hands and feet alter-

nately and have you crucified on palm trunks [usalliban-
nakum]. (Surah Ta Ha:71)
I will cut off your alternate hands and feet, and I will cru-
cify every one of you. [usallibannakum] (Surat ash-
Shu'ara':49)

As the verses show, the words used to express Jesus'
(pbuh) situation are altogether different from those used to
describe the deaths of other prophets. Allah states that Jesus
(pbuh) was neither killed nor crucified, that a look-alike
was killed in his place, and that he was taken back (in other
words, that his soul and body were taken) and raised up to
His Presence. When talking of Jesus' (pbuh), in the
Qur'an Allah uses tawaffaa (to take the
soul), whereas when talking of the
other prophets, it uses qatala or
maata (and its derivatives) to mean
death in the conventional sense.
This information shows us yet
again that Jesus' (pbuh)

situation was extraor-
dinary.