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God’s Promise:
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) Will Return
that everyone, including Prophet Jesus (pbuh), will return to Him.
Here, the expression is understood to mean their death. This may also
be a sign that Prophet Jesus (pbuh) will die at a time close to
Doomsday, after his second coming.
"There is not one of the People of the Book
who will not believe in him before he dies..."
In the Qur'an, we read that:
There is not one of the People of the Book who will not believe in
him before he dies; and on the Day of Resurrection he [Jesus] will
be a witness against them. (Surat An-Nisa’, 4:159)
The phrase "there is not one of the People of the Book who will
not believe in him before he dies" is very interesting. In Arabic, the
sentence reads as follows: Wa-in min ahli al-kitaabi illaa la yu'minanna
bihi qabla mawtihi.
Some scholars believe that the "him/it" in this verse refers to the
Qur'an instead of Jesus, and so understand it to mean that the People
of the Book will believe in the Qur'an before they die. However, it is
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