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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

We did not give them bodies that did not eat food, nor
were they immortal [khalideena]. (Surat al-Anbiya’, 21:8)

6) Salaba: To Crucify
Another word used in the Qur'an to relate death is salaba (to cru-
cify). This verb has various meanings (e.g., to hang, to crucify, to exe-
cute) and is used in the following ways:

They did not kill him and they did not crucify him [wa maa sala-
boohu]. (Surat An-Nisa’, 4:157)

[Joseph said:] "One of you will serve his lord with wine, the other of
you will be crucified [yuslabu]." (Surah Yusuf, 12:41)
They should be killed or crucified [yusallaboo]. (Surat al-Ma’ida,
5:33)

[Pharaoh said:] "I will cut off your alternate hands and feet, and then
I will crucify [la usallibannakum] every one of you." (Surat al-A‘raf,
7:124)
As the verses show, the words used to express Jesus' situation are
altogether different to those used to describe the deaths of the other
Prophets. God states that Jesus was neither killed nor crucified, that a
look-alike was killed in his place, and that he was taken back (in other
words that his soul was taken) and raised up to His presence. When
talking of Jesus', the Qur'an uses tawaffa (to take the soul) whereas when

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