The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 170
170 The commentary of al-Qa si dah In the same way, Sa‘ i d bin Al-Mu s ayyib, writes in his commentary of the same verse: ? ? %I4= )FG. tst rst ! 9 ; < C4 ? =. 0( Y Jesus was raised up at the age of 33 and his ascension took place at Baitul-Maqdas, Jerusalem. ( Fat h ul-Bay a n, vol. 2, p. 247, Tafs i r S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, under verse 56, Al-Maktabul-‘A s ariyyah, Beirut 1992) Whatever has been stated in these two commentaries is exactly from the Gospels. (Mark chapter 45; Luke chapter 24; and Acts chapter 1, verse 2) The writer of the commentary Fat h ul-Bay a n states that the ascension of Jesus as at the age of 33 is not verified by any saying of the Holy Prophet sa. He writes that Im a m Sh a m i has stated: ,0 6",: q 6 E " fI & D"L l"N "8O F /. ! 9 C4= /¡ ٗ% F 2 ¢ /K[ L %. : Ecq Im a m Ibni Qayyim is correct because this belief is of the Christians and in the h ad i th of the Holy Prophet sa it is clearly mentioned that Jesus was raised up in the age of 120. ( Fat h ul-Bay a n, vol. 2, p. 247, Tafs i r S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, under verse 56, Al- Maktabul-‘A s ariyyah, Beirut 1992) Our stance is that the h ad i th states that Jesus lived to be 120 years old at the same time the Holy Prophet sa stated that his age would be