Re: Details of interpreting verses from the Qur’an and obvious blunders
Peace Mughal1
You have asked a good question … But why have you asked this question too late? You don’t need to answer that … 
Now first of all there is contention about whether Isa (AS) is alive or not … That is already established … The orthodoxy of Islam is upon the opinion that Isa (AS) is alive … other groups such as your own and Mr.Popat’s is that he (AS) has died …
This had led on to the statement made by Mr.Popat that according to the Qur’an Isa (AS) has died … This needed verification so I asked him for it … It may be a common understanding that everyone dies … and we believe Isa (AS) will die as well, but we do not believe he has died yet … It therefore becomes necessary to determine from Qur’an if Isa (AS)'s death has been spoken about in the past tense … If it has not then there is room to allow the hadith that specifically say he is alive and will return … As shown throughout this thread there is a full grammatical basis to conclude that the death of Isa (AS) being already a case of the past at the time of revelation is inconclusive … which means there is room to allow the idea that he (AS) is alive …
This idea would be weak, because it is abnormal, but it is strengthened by the hadith and further strengthened with tradition that has been passed down from the authentic chains … To the extent that it has become 'aqeedah … because of the fitnah of people who came to contest this view … and as can be seen they you continue to arrive …
The Muslims accept the Sunnah if it does not CONTRADICT the Qur’an … a true contradiction is hard to establish for people who are not well versed in logic … they further cause fitnah by portraying half-baked seeming contradictions to the masses.
A true contradiction has to be called when there is no exception allowed and when the grammar is binding … because of the nature of the Qur’an it is quite difficult - nearly impossible to draw true contradictions with it … even with fabricated hadith … this is why there is reliance on tradition which is strengthened by cross-references of scholarly consensus … As a whole they are the best tools we have …
Like for example - if I say “He never used to play” and contrast it with “He played my drum” … some people will call that a contradiction but for many reasons it is not so … I don’t need to explain why … because I want to avoid blurred conversations … I hope this helps …