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15 crucifixion in a state of near death, and then secretly fled to Kashmir through India where he [ultimately] died. 13 The teachings of the Gospels—regardless of whether they have been accused of plagiarism—emphasize only the human faculties of forbearance and forgiveness, and dis- card the rest. Everyone can understand that nothing which has been given to mankind by Divine Omnipotence is without a purpose, and every human faculty has a func- tion. Just as forgiveness and forbearance is considered a great virtue at certain times and occasions, so is retalia- tion, revenge and retribution considered a commendable moral quality at other times and on other occasions. Nei- ther forgiveness, nor punishment is always desirable. This is what Allah teaches us in the Holy Quran: 13 Those, who call themselves Muslims and yet believe that Jesus as ascended to heaven in his physical body, utter an absurdity against the Holy Quran which affirms Jesus’ death in the verse * , and precludes the possibility of a man ascending to heaven in the verse **. How ignorant of them to hold a belief in contradiction to the Word of God! There can be no greater folly than to translate the word tawaff a as 'being lifted to heaven with one’s physical body'. Firstly, in no lexicon do we find the word tawaff a being translated as such. Moreover, since the verse speaks about the Day of Judgement, and this is what Jesus as will have to say for himself on that day, it follows that the Last Day will arrive but Jesus as will not have died, for he will have presented himself before God in his physical body before he could ever be made to suffer death. To misinterpret the Holy Quran thus is to surpass even the Jews in the art of interpolation! [Author] * …when Thou didst cause me to die…—Al -M a’ idah, 5:118 [Publishers] ** Say, my Allah is Holy, I am not but a human being and a Messenger of God. —Ban i Isr a’i l, 17:94 [Publishers]