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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

die, in the sense in which we perceive death. Only for a
temporary period, the self leaves the body and remains in an-
other dimension. When we wake up, the self returns to the body. 4
Imam al-Qurtubi makes clear that there are three meanings to
the term wafat which is from the same root as tawaffa:the wafat of
death, the wafat of sleep, and last, the wafat of being raised up to God,
as in the case of Jesus.

2) Qatala: To Kill
The Qur'an uses qatala to mean "to kill," as in the following verse:

Pharaoh said: "Let me kill [aqtulu] Moses and let him call upon
his Lord! I am afraid that he may change your religion and bring
about corruption in the land." (Surah Ghafir, 40:26)
In Arabic, "let me kill Moses" is aqtulu Musa, a phrase that is de-
rived from the verb qatala. In another verse, the same word is used in the
following way:

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