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A Call for Unity

This part of the book will examine the Qur'anic evidence
for this. (For detailed information, see Harun Yahya, The
Glad Tidings of the Messiah (pbuh), Global Publishing,
[Istanbul: 2003].)
1. Those who sought to kill the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)
failed. Thus, their claim to have killed him is based only up-
on their assumption:

And [on account of] their saying: "We killed the
Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, Messenger of Allah." They
did not kill him and they did not crucify him; rather, it
was made to seem so to them. Those who argue about
him are in doubt about it. They have no real knowledge
of it, just conjecture. But they certainly did not kill him.
(Surat An-Nisa: 157)
2. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) did not die, but was taken
from the dimension of human existence to the Presence of
Allah:

Allah raised him [Jesus] up to Himself. Allah is
Almighty, All-Wise. (Surat An-Nisa: 158)
3. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is a sign for the Hour:
He [Jesus] is a sign of the Hour. Have no doubt about it.
But follow me. This is a straight path. (Surat Az-
Zukhruf: 61)
This verse signals the Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) return in the

End Times, because the Prophet Jesus(pbuh) lived approxi-
mately six centuries before the Qur'an's revelation. Therefore,
we cannot understand his first life as a sign of the Hour or, in
other words, a sign of the End Times. Given this interpreta-

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