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                                       HARUN YAHYA


                       In my view, a summary of this interpretation and belief is
                       as follows: The soul of Jesus (pbuh), described as a "word
                       from Allah" and reinforced with the "Purest Spirit", has
                       not yet been taken. His soul has not come to the hour of
                       death. "The Word" has not yet returned to Allah. He still
                       has work to do in this world. 36

                       As we have seen, this verse does not mean "death" in
                  the sense as it is generally used in English. The expression
                  in this verse reports that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) was
                  placed in a condition similar to sleep and then raised to
                  Allah's Presence. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) did not die, but
                  was merely removed from this dimension by His will.
                  (Allah knows the truth.)


                    An Explanation of Surat an-Nisa':157-158
                       Another verse that Allah states of the plotters' failure
                  to kill the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is Surat an-Nisa':157. This
                  verse needs to be examined together with the one immedi-
                  ately following it, for both of them reveal that the unbeliev-

                  ers did not kill or crucify the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), but were
                  made to think they did, and that he was raised to Allah's
                  Presence:
                       And [on account of] their saying: "We killed the Messiah
                       [qatalnaa], Jesus son of Maryam, messenger of Allah."
                       They did not kill him [maa qataloohu] and they did not cru-
                       cify him [maa salaboohu], but it was made to seem so to them
                       [shubbiha]. Those who argue about him are in doubt about it.
                       They have no real knowledge of it, just conjecture. But they
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