The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 201
The Messiah and his Second Coming 201 prophecy had been fulfilled before the advent of Islām, inasmuch as God Almighty had subordinated the Jews to. Christians and Muslims, and they have continued in that condition of subordination for centuries. The verse cannot be construed to mean that such subordination will take place after Jesus returns from heaven. . Allah the Glorious quotes Jesus in the Holy Qur'ān as saying: 170 و أوْطَنِي بِالصَّلوة والزَّعُوةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيّاً و بَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي ). That is: 'God has enjoined upon me Prayer and almsgiving throughout my life and has made me dutiful towards my mother as long as I live'. . These commandments can obviously not be carried out in heaven. He who believes that Jesus was raised bodily to heaven will have to accept, according the above verse, that Jesus is still subject to all the commandments of the Torah and the Gospel, whereas this requirement cannot be fulfilled in heaven. It is also strange that, on the one hand, God Almighty should command Jesus to be dutiful to his mother throughout his life, but He should then separate him from her while he was still living; and that He should command him to give alms throughout his life, but should then convey him alive to a place where he cannot give alms himself nor can direct anyone else to do so; and that He should command him to observe Prayer, but should convey him far away from the company of the believers whose companionship was necessary for Prayer services. Did his bodily ascent to heaven have any other result than making him 170. Maryam, 19:32-33 [Publisher]