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HARUN YAHYA

Allah states in the next verse that the Prophet Jesus
(pbuh) is a sign of the Day of Judgment:

He [Jesus] is a Sign of the Hour. Have no doubt about it,
but follow Me. This is a straight path. (Surat az-
Zukhruf:61)
The first meaning of this verse is that the Prophet Jesus
(pbuh) is a sign or a precondition of the Day of Judgment.
We can confidently say that this verse indicates his return,
because he lived six centuries before the Qur'an's revela-
tion. Therefore, we cannot consider his first life as a sign of
the Day of Judgment. Allah indicates in the verse that he
will return toward the End Times or, in other words, right

before the Day of Judgment. In that context, his return is a
sign of the Hour's imminent arrival.
Some say that the pronoun hu (he/it) in this expression
refers to the Qur'an. However, when one looks at other
verses, it appears that whenever hu stands for the Qur'an,
the Book is inevitably referred to in either the preceding or
following verse. Alternatively, other expressions show that
the Qur'an is the subject. Some of these verses are as fol-
lows:
No indeed! Truly it [the Qur'an] is a reminder, and whoever

wills pays heed to it. Inscribed on Honored Pages, exalted,
purified. (Surah 'Abasa:11-14)
When they are told: "Believe in what Allah has sent down,"
they say: "Our faith is in what was sent down to us," and
they reject anything beyond that, even though it [the