Re: Details of interpreting verses from the Qur’an and obvious blunders
Peace Mr.Popat
I said mid-sentence, because you stopped half way through the ayat. The rest of the ayat provides the conditions of the clause of the verse and contextualises why previous prophets have been invoked and on what manner they are “like” Isa (AS) … They are like him not because they “came and went” in the same manner … They are like him (AS) because they ate food.
Yes, the translations/assumptions of previous prophets has been known and accepted by Muslims. Certain things like mechanisms of returning people like Elijah is neither here nor there for us. The commentators of the Bible said that Elijah was John the Baptist., but this is neither explicitly stated by Jesus in the Bible nor is it something that we need to accept.
My point in stating this is that there are a few examples of prophets that have said to have “gone” in this manner in traditions. It deals with your complaint about Isa (AS) being unique, but in fact I have no problem with this being unique to Isa (AS) … That is your contention not mine.
And no … I am not kidding.