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HARUN YAHYA

mand, and will make religious moral values prevail over
the whole world. In effect, he will die only after he has re-

turned to Earth and lived until he reaches old age. (Allah
knows the truth.)
Still other people maintain that the Prophet Jesus
(pbuh) was saved from the unbelievers' trap but then died
at an unknown time. Not only does this claim lack any logi-
cal foundation, it also raises a number of unanswered ques-
tions to which these people offer no logical explanation.
Allah caused the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) to disappear sud-
denly while he was still alive. After this, nobody saw or
spoke to him ever again. This is an extraordinary situation.
If, as these people maintain, the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) had
lived for a while longer, surely some people would have
seen him or spoken to him. Yet we have no such informa-
tion that such a thing actually happened. Of course, it
would have been impossible for him to have lived without
moving among the people, speaking to anyone, or commu-
nicating his message, for doing so was the sole reason for
his creation and being sent to the Children of Israel.

As mentioned earlier, this situation is unique to the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh). The word tawaffaa is used only to de-
scribe his death. In addition, no other prophet was taught
the three Divine books: "I taught you the Book and Wisdom,
and the Torah and the Gospel" (Surat al-Ma’ida:110) or has
been described as: "He is a Sign of the Hour" (Surat az-
Zukhruf:61). Only the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) was raised to