Hazrat Isa A.S.

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Re: Hazrat Isa A.S.

@kchughtai

In 3:144, It is stated that
“And Muhammad is only a Messenger. Verily, (all) Messengers have passed away before him. If then he die or be slain, will you turn back on your heels? And he who turns back on his heels shall not harm Allah at all. And Allah will certainly reward the grateful”
During the battle of ohad, a rumor was spread that the holy prophet (pbuh) has been martyred and this caused consternation in the ranks of the muslims. This verse refers to that very incident and says that the prophet (as) is just a messenger of Allah. There have been messengers before him and his case will not be different from the rest. It is stated that if the messenger (pbuh) dies or gets killed, this should not make the believers falter in their beliefs. Now pls note that ‘getting killed’ was not an option for the case of the holy prophet (pbuh). Why ? because 3:111 states,
“They cannot harm you save a slight hurt; and if they fight you, they shall show you their backs. Then they shall not be helped”.
And 5:67 “…And Allah will protect thee from people…”
In 3:144, the option of getting killed is mentioned in general terms for the holy prophet(pbuh) as being a messenger of Allah. Messengers pass away or leave this world by

1. Natural death
2. Getting killed i.e., being martyred.
   When the holy prophet (pbuh) passed away, hazrat umar(ra) stood up, drew his sword and said that ‘whoever will say that the prophet(pbuh) is dead, I will cut off his head. He(pbuh) has gone to his Lord and will come back and take care of the hypocrites’. When abu bakr(ra) came there. Kissed prophet’s forehead and said ‘….Allah will not bring two deaths on thee..’ then he addressed the muslims starting with the verse 3:144
   Hearing this verse, it became crystal clear to all including hazrat umar(ra) that the holy prophet(pbuh) indeed has passed away. Not a single soul raised any voice against this very fact or offered deliberations for instance, if Jesus (as) could have been alive why not the holy prophet (pbuh). This verse completely discouraged all sort of possibilities that were popping in the mind of Umar(ra) and other sahabas. Everyone accepted this painful fact that the holy prophet(pbuh) has passed away and will not come again.
   This was only possible because this verse leave no room for any sort of exception and made it clear that the holy messenger (pbuh) was a messenger of Allah and he has passed away like the messengers before him. There is no exception among the messengers in this case. They pass away from this world by death (natural or otherwise). No other option available or possible.

Peace kchughtai

You have missed out a lot from your discussion above. You make it seem that if I believe Isa (AS) cannot die …

No … For a surety prophets have died or been killed … And there is no chance I will turn on my heels … InshaAllah not under any notion … My choice to believe in the living state of Isa (AS) is because of very different reasons to why Sayyidina Umar (RA) chose to deny the death of RasoolAllah (SWT).

First of all we can see Umar(RA)'s situation was an emotional one … There was the holy body there in front of him. Yet he still denied the obvious … But also because it didn’t dawn on him about the verse.

I believe in the second coming of Isa(as) himself … And I totally agree with Sayyidina Abu Bakr (RA) that Allah (SWT) will not give his prophets death twice … So if Isa(as) is coming back he has not died yet.

This verse is addressed to the people who had emerged out of mushrik Arabia … So they would not lapse … Abu Bakr (ra) statement … Sealed the understanding of Tawheed. Allah never dies !

I cannot believe in the death of Isa(as) as a past event because the signs are yet to be fulfilled of when he will return.