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The famous Islamic scholar al-Ghumari stated that one
piece of wisdom here is that the Prophet Jesus' (pbuh)

speaking in the cradle and then in adulthood show that he
has a miraculous life. He wrote that just as the Prophet
Jesus' (pbuh) speaking as an infant is a miracle from Allah,
there has to be a miraculous aspect to his speaking as an
adult to people:
It is for a Divine purpose that our attention is drawn to
Jesus' (pbuh) speaking in the cradle and in adulthood. At
the same time, this indicates an extraordinary phenome-
non. Jesus (pbuh) was raised to the heavens (at a young
age). He disappeared for hundreds of years. He was
transported to a world in which the laws of corporeal
change do not apply. It is something extraordinary for
such a person to descend and speak to people. 72

Imam al-Suyuti drew attention to kahlaan in Surat al-
Ma'ida:110 when he stated: "This word expresses the fact
that he (Jesus [pbuh]) will descend from the heavens before
the Day of Judgment, because he was raised to the skies be-
fore attaining old age." In his Commentary, Imam al-Tabari
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gave the following explanation of these verses:
These statements [Surat al-Ma'ida:110] indicate that in
order to complete his lifespan and speak to people when