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First of all I would like to congradulate brother Iconoclast in his replies to you. He has been giving you concise and accurate answers.
A teacher who does not teach ... yes that is possible ... when teachers go on teachers training they are learning like students, in that instance they are not teaching.
Hopelessly corrupted logic*.
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The teacher will eventually go back to teaching, so he/she is still a teacher who is going to teach. Not a teacher who does not teach.
An alcoholic who does not drink ... yes that is possible ... when an alcoholic is attending his AA sessions or when he sleeps or when his money runs out he is not drinking.
But the alcoholic will still drink alcohol after he get's up or after he has some money. He's still going to drink. He's still an alcoholic unless he stops drinking for good. But then he won't be an alcoholic anymore. Once again, false logic.
An insane sane man ... yes even this is possible ... insanity is curable or at least show temporary lapses of normality and then they can flip back to insanity.
If the insane man is cured he won't be insane anymore. LOL You have to do better than that...I know you can.
But this is not the answer to your question about how a prophet can be a prophet and still not be undertaking prophetic duties.
This is simple because 'prophet' carries with it two distinctions these are:
1) The Title 2) The Role
The role of prophethood is complete and sealed off. The title of prophetship exists in all of the prophets of Allah (SWT). If any of them return they will still be given the respect and rank of prophets. In this respect not only Isa (AS) but Adam (AS), Nuh (AS), all the way to Muhammad (SAW) are all prophets. No one says they were prophets.
You're talking about Rasool (messenger) and Nabi (Prophet).
So Jesus still holds the title of a Prophet in Heaven. He is a Nabi, agree?
It is a very simple question, but you people are trying to deviate the attention from the question.
Jesus right now alive in the heaven, do you consider him to be a Prophet? Is he a Nabi. Yes or No?
If he has the title of a Nabi, he IS STILL a Nabi, no?
The way to think of it in your world of analogies is like a retirement. A retired doctor or General are still called Dr saab or General saab. I hope this clarifies our position and brings us closer in understanding.
But that's because the title is added to their names for good. If Dr. sahib dies it will be late Dr. X . And after te General dies he will be late General Y. When people will talk about them, they will say Mr. X was a Dr. And Mr. Y was a General. And not Mr. X IS a Dr. And Mr. Y IS a General. Get the point?
Have you ever heard someone saying Muhammad IS a Prophet. I always just hear people saying Muhammad (PBUH) WAS a Prophet.
People always use "IS" when they talk about the present, about right now. And "WAS" when they talk about the past. So when you say Jesus WAS a prophet, then you are taling about the past. And accordind to most muslims Jesus is still alive in the Heaven and still holds the title of a Prophet. It must be Jesus IS a Prophet then.
Lets talk about real sense and science. Tell me, what about the birth of Isa (a.s) without father ?
Parthenogenesis is possible according to science.
Yunus (a.s) "living" inside a fish ?
He "survived" inside a wale, not a fish.
Isa (a.s) bringing back dead to life ?
Metaphor?
You believe in resurrection?
That's what Hindus, Buddhist and even some Jews believe in. It's not a Muslim concept.
Iblees ? where is he ?
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