Where Did Jesus Die? — Page 69
Chapter Five—Recent Discovery: Shroud of Jesus 69 and become dry, as such no blood marks would have been left on the cloth. But the fact that the blood was absorbed in the cloth shows that Christ was alive when he was taken down from the cross. I may add here that this sensational discovery of the German sci- entists merely confirms what was stated by Holy Quran fourteen centuries ago. The Holy Quran declares that Jesus had not died on the cross: And their [ Jews’] saying, ‘We did kill the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah; whereas, they slew him not nor killed him by crucifixion, but he was made to appear to them like one crucified ; and those who dif- fer therein are certainly in a state of doubt about it, they have no definite knowledge thereof, but only follow a conjecture, and they did not convert this conjecture into a certainty. (The Holy Quran with English Translation by Maulvi Sher Ali, Rabwah, Chapter 4, verse 158. ) 1 1. This article was written by Miss Ulfat Qazi and published in the Review of Religions, June 1958. (Author)