Truth About The Crucifixion — Page 151
again. (Maryam, 19:31-34). Of these verses the first proves: 1) The corruption of Christian doctrine took place after the death of Jesus. 2) If Jesus were still alive, Christianity would still exist in its pure form. 3) Jesus will not appear a second time in this world, as he would then become aware of the mentioned corruption and could not, therefore, plead ignorance in front of God's judgment seat. The second verse equally proves that Jesus must have died and could not exist in heaven with his physical body. 1) If he was still alive, he would have to give alms in heaven, but who would need alms there? 2) If he would descend again to the earth alive, he would have to follow the Jewish prescriptions on both prayer and almsgiving - and could not be a follower of the Islamic Law. 3) Did his mother accompany him in his ascension? How could he otherwise behave like a dutiful son towards her? What happened at the event of the crucifixion? We will deal now in some detail with the verses that refer to the event that took place at the crucifixion and see what actually happened according to the simple and clear statement of the Quran. In doing this we deem it advisable to put the two texts parallel to each other as one explains the other: The Jews planned, and Allah And their saying: We did kill also planned, and Allah is the the Messiah, Jesus son of Best of planners. When Allah Mary, whereas they slew him 143