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God’s Promise:
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) Will Return

dence in the syntax or the succession of verses for this – "him" or "it" in
the second part also would refer to the Qur'an. To accept this, how-
ever, there should be an explicit verse confirming this view. However,
the commentator Ibn Juzayy does not mention the possibility of the
Qur'an being the "him" referred to, and Ibn Juzayy transmitted the
views of all the major commentators in his work.
When we examine the Qur'an's verses, we see that when the
same personal pronoun refers to the Qur'an, there is generally men-
tion of the Qur'an before or after that specific verse as in the cases of
27:77 and 26:192-96. If the Qur'an is not mentioned before, after, or in
the verse, saying that the pronoun refers to the Qur'an could be mis-
taken. The verse clearly speaks of the belief in Jesus and that he will be
a witness for those who believe.
Another point we need to make here has to do with the interpre-
tation of "before he dies." Some believe that this stands for the People
of the Book "having faith in Jesus before their own death."
According to this view, everyone from the People of the Book
will definitely believe in Jesus before he or she dies. But at
the time of Jesus, most of the Jews (who are members of the
People of the Book) not only refused to believe in him, but
also plotted his death. Then, believing him to be dead,
they continued to deny him. In general, the same
circumstances are true for the Jews of our own time,
as they do not recognize Jesus as a Prophet. As a re-
sult, millions of the People of the Book have
lived and died without ever believing in
Jesus. Therefore, the verse does not
speak of the death of this group, but rather
of the death of Jesus. In the end, the real-
ity revealed by the Qur'an is this:
"Before Jesus dies, all People of

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