Re: Return of Hazrat Isa A.S.
Peace kchughtai
Isa (AS) made mention of the fact that he (AS) is not worthy of worship by stating his inability to know to the ghaib from what Allah (SWT) had not revealed to him (AS).
It has nothing to do with an alleged obliviousness to what happened on the Earth after he (AS) left. Rather in verse 117 he clearly states that he was witness over them i.e. responsible for them when he was amongst them - meaning both times for the second and first coming.
I mean let’s entertain the alternative … so this will be mentioned by Isa (AS) on the Day of Judgement … let consider Isa (AS) did not come again then and therefore any claimants to the second coming are fake. However if we then say that Masih will come again in the guise of another person then we need to ask which statements we have about Isa (AS) are applicable to the other claimants and which are only applicable to the first one Ibn Maryam (AS).
Also in the second coming he Isa (AS) according to hadith will unify the people on tawheed, break the cross and kill the swine - whatever that means … by doing these things his life in the second coming becomes a clear refutation of the previous beliefs about him … about the original Isa (AS) … but if we assume therefore that the second coming was not him but someone else then we are left in a dilemma because he is not recognised as being that Isa (AS) by the Jews, Christians and the majority of Muslims so what was the purpose of the second coming?
To maintain the balance of ideas that surround this whole topic it is essential we maintain the orthodox perspective otherwise we throw fundamental factors out of the window.
Linguisitcally in verse 117 taken that it is going to be a future event - then when Isa (AS) says “I was a witness over them whist I was among them” is not limited necessarily to a single visit …
On the flip side Isa (AS) did not make mention here that he did not know what happened - but rather when he was there he was witness to how he himself preached which means he was responsible for the their understandings when he was still there to confirm or reject them … and when he was gone … that Allah (SWT) would know full well who created the changes … Isa (AS) forewarned his nation to beware of wolves clad in sheep’s clothing and he gave them signs how to recognise the false prophets - i.e. Paul … in how he would preach a gospel other than the one Jesus (AS) brought … so he was not necessarily saying he did not know what they were doing, but he was saying that he was not in a position to do anything about what they were doing … and even if he (AS) did not know what they were doing during his time in the other world … then this is not evidence for or against the second coming.