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cepted from them as their religion … The People of the
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The Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) Death Will Occur

after His Second Coming
Another verse that points to the second coming is
Surah Maryam:33. The phrase the day I die provides very im-
portant information. This is revealed in: "Peace be upon me
the day I was born, the day I die, and the day I am raised up
again alive." (Surah Maryam:33)
The Arabic original for the day I die is amootu, which
stems from the word mawt, which is used elsewhere in the
Qur'an in the sense of biological death. In other verses refer-
ring to the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), tawaffaa, and not mawt, is
used for his death. The meaning of tawaffaa is not biological
death, but the taking of the soul in a kind of sleep.
Meanwhile, mawt expresses death in the familiar sense.
Therefore, in contrast to the other verses, this verse indi-

cates that the Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) death will take place
after his second coming.