Isa (AS), Quran and his second coming:

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Re: Isa (AS), Quran and his second coming:

@kchughtai

We believe the translation of 4:159 goes like this
“And there is none among the People of the Book but (continue to) believe in it before his death; and on the Day of
Resurrection, he(Jesus(as)) shall be a witness against them”

Now the two key parts where we differ are

1. his death - It pertains to each one of the people of the book. Another reading of ‘Mautihi’ is ‘Mautihim’
2. ‘bihi’ on it - Please refer to the verse i.e., 4:158. same thing has been highligted over here. the people of the book
   will keep believing in the false belief that Jesus(as) was killed by the Jews although this is based on a conjecture. They
   will face the truth on the Judgment day when Jesus(as) would be witness against them. Jesus(as) would be witness on them on
   the judgment day for their false belief that jesus(as) died the death of an accursed one and their rejection of the truth
   (Jews) and their swaying away from the origional teachings (Christians)
   Saying that people of the book must believe in Jesus before his death is quite ridiculous idea. When Islam has come and
   believing in prophet Muhammad(pbuh) ensures that one believes in all the prophets then why highlighting specifically Jesus
   to believe in. Moreover, it has no connection to the context as highlighted above.

Peace kchughtai

Our understanding of “must believe in him” from verse 4:159 comes from "must believe in him as per the opposite of verse 5:116 - which is therefore

that he is a true prophet who neither

asked for worship of himself
nor for his mother.

Also, the statement that your rendition makes is already proven false … because many of the people of the book become Muslim every day.