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HARUN YAHYA

the meaning of death, then there can be no explanation for
Jesus (pbuh) being raised dead to Allah. Again, if the word is
being used in the sense of death, then there would be no mean-
ing to the good news of Jesus' (pbuh) being saved and purified
from the Jews. Moreover, Allah would have helped the Jews if
He had killed him. (Allah is surely beyond that.) Moreover,
how are we to understand Allah's trap in Surah Al
'Imran:54? For Allah to kill Jesus (pbuh) before the Jews would
not fit into His trap. The genuine trap is that Allah will raise
Jesus (pbuh) to His Presence while still alive, and Jesus (pbuh)
will descend in the End Times… 80
Similarly, in commenting on on Surat al-Ma’ida:117,
Hamdi Yazir of Elmali draws attention to the use of mu-
tawaffeeka in Surah Al 'Imran:55 and says that the word is
used in the same sense in both verses. Hamdi Yazir of
Elmali gives the following exposition in his commentary:

But when You took my soul, You took me from among
them and raised me. 81

In other words, the expression "You took me back"
refers not to his biological death; rather, it indicates that he
was raised to Allah's Presence in a state resembling sleep
and thereby removed from this dimension. (Allah knows
the truth.)
2.Some people misinterpret the tidings given in Surat
al-Ma’ida:116-117 and, as a result, fall into a number of er-

rors. However, when these verses are examined in the light
of the following verses and the interpretations of Islamic
scholars, the errors of such people are exposed. For example;