Brother psyah, if i continue to quote Quranic references here in support of His AS death....if you're a soul who is really in search of the truth, you will have no choice but to accept the truth. But then again, I really dont have to.. dying is natural, raising someone up in heaven is not , and hence requires evidence from Quran and hadith. Your analogy of someone dying after Muhammad PBUH and yet not be called a better person/prophet than Him is absurd. There is no logic whatsoever in it. You provided the example of sahabis getting born before holy prophet pbuh, and dying after it, but failed to see that they were born within the time frame of His SAW's prophethood. Esa AS living in 2000 years and theres no specific time of his arrivale makes one wonder thats He AS is immortal.
Peace Mr. Popat
I don't have a bad memory, your very first post does indeed present your argument for why you think Isa (AS) has died, so there is no need to have me chase you in circles. Let's stick to the topic shall we?
Putting my search for truth to question is another side topic. Admit that the verse you have provided does not mandate that any one who came before Muhammad (SAW) has to die before him and that will be enough for me. Since you cannot admit this we cannot move on, because it will be you who are not giving way to the obvious error you have presented.
The meaning as it is is about the promise of immortality ... and one cannot be called immortal if they live a long time. They can only be called immortal if their life cannot be measured in time or that they will not die. But to put conditions on this to say that every human being that came before Muhammad (SAW) died before him is a falsehood. I am not going to let this go and I trust you see me as a reasonable person, but I have done enough chasing now I want to break real ground so please comply.