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mass of material which is often confusingly offered us there. . Finally we might incidentally consult commentaries, mainly for the sake of curiosity, as we know only too well that commentators were only too prone to accept any fantastic story they gathered from Jewish or Christian sources. The modern trend in Islamic exegesis reveals a growing realization of the credulity of earlier commentators in accepting what is known as Jewish tales. Strangely enough this criticism has not yet in any great measure been directed against the heretic. Christian interpretation of the event of the crucifixion which is so obviously the source on which many commentators rely when they touch upon the simple account of this event found in the Quran. . All men are created mortal and are bound to die after a certain term. On this we shall let the Quran speak for itself in the following references:. God said: Go forth (Adam and Eve) some of you being enemies of others. And for you there is an abode on earth and a provision for a time. God said: Therein you shall live, and therein you shall die, and therefrom you shall be brought forth (7: 25-26). Have We (God) not made the earth vast enough to gather the living and the dead? (77: 26-27). . Say: The angel of death that has been put in charge over you will cause you to die: then to your Lord you will be brought back. (32:12). . And We cause that which We will to stay in the wombs for an appointed time, then We bring you forth as babes, then. We rear you that you may attain to your age of full strength. . And there are some of you that are caused to die early, and there are others among you who reach extreme old age with the result that they know nothing after having had knowledge. (22:6, vide also 16:71). Every soul shall taste of death. (21:36). Have they not seen how many generations have We destroyed before them, and that they never return to them (36:32). And behind the dead is a barrier until the day when they shall be raised again. (23:101). . A brief commentary on the foregoing verses may be helpful:. The first two Quranic texts affirm that both life and death are bound to be confined to this earth, the third text 110