Re: Isa (AS), Quran and his second coming:
Brother, when Quran clearly mentions (Ayah 4:159) that all people of book would believe on Isa (AS) before the death of Isa (AS), then why you want to assure me that it would not happen? Do you want me to believe you and reject Quran?
Please read my posts again. Throughout I wrote that Isa (AS) would die before judgment day, but before his death all people of the book (without exception) would believe on Isa (AS) and what he stood for. That is, Isa (AS) was not killed, nor put on cross (crucified), nor was he son of God, etc.
Read ayah 3:55 with open mind and you will get your answer clearly, that is, rejecters of faith mentioned are not present day Christians or Jews but kuffars. ![]()
Ayah 3:55 … Behold! Allah said: "O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who follow thee superior to those who reject faith, to the Day of Resurrection: Then shall ye all return unto me, and I will judge between you of the matters wherein ye dispute.
In above ayah Allah promises Isa (AS) that he will clear Isa (AS) from those who blaspheme … shows that a time would come (in future) when no one would do blaspheme regarding Isa (AS). To me, that mean no one would consider Isa (AS) son of God nor would they believe that Isa (AS) was killed or was put on cross (crucified). One can understand this ayah if one realises that after second appearance of Isa (AS), there would be no Christians to blaspheme about Isa (AS).
[Blaspheme = considering Isa (AS) son of God instead of prophet (AS), considering that Isa (AS) was killed, or considering that Isa (AS) was put on cross]
As for: I will make those who follow thee superior to those who reject faith, to the day of resurrection.
‘Who reject faith’ does not mean Christians or Jews, but it means Kuffars who would be present once Allah would clear Isa (AS) from all blaspheme. Thus, above statement is clear, that is, once Allah would clear Isa (AS) of blaspheme Allah would make those who would follow Isa (AS) superior to kuffars (rejecter of faith).
From my understanding, when Ayah 5:14 and 5:64 talks about to/till the day of judgment, it only means until last days. That is obvious, as when Isa (AS) would appear, it would be during those last days.
Are you trying to speculate what I believe and what I do not? Can you please stick to what I am saying what I believe without speculating?
To me, when Allah says ‘min Ahlil Kitab’ (in ayah 4:159) … it means, ‘all Ahle-Kitab’ that would be present on the occasion and does not mean all Ahle-kitab born from time of Adam (AS) to judgment day.
It is obvious, as there were Ahle-Kitab even before Isa (AS) was born and later Ahle-Kitab have varied beliefs regarding Isa (AS), so if one takes ‘each and every Ahle-kitab’ than ‘ayah’ would become illogical and untrue.