Truth About The Crucifixion — Page 107
states that God has created angels that are especially commanded to execute His decree of death which must come for every human being. The two succeeding references give a more detailed description of the creation of life, its development through different higher and higher stages and its natural end in decrepitude and death. The three last quotations affirm that death is inevitable, also in the sense that there is absolutely no return to life on this earth, and that the coming life will be a new creation of God not belonging to our present system. . All prophets have died —. We did not bestow on the Messengers bodies that ate no food, nor were they to live for ever. (21:9). We granted not everlasting life to any human being before thee. If then thou shouldst die, shall they live on for ever? (21:35). Muhammad is only a Messenger. Verily, all Messengers have passed away before him. (3:145). The Messiah, son of Mary, was only a Messenger. All. Messengers have indeed passed away before him. His mother was a righteous woman. They both used to eat food. See, how We explain the signs for their benefit, and see, how they are turned away. (5:76). With this last verse we are already partly tackling the next question which particularly deals with the death of Jesus. . He is included of course in the category of both humans and Prophets, and so the question could be regarded as answered, but as some people tend to make him something special and outside the normal categories, we have to deal with it. . The natural death of Jesus Christ. From the relevant references we shall here exclude the two that deal with the crucifixion event, and shall deal with them later. (They are 3:55-56 and 4:158-159). . There are also other Quranic verses that prove to the satisfaction of any reasonable unbiassed person that Jesus lived a full life and died an honourable death at a good old age after having completed his mission as the Jewish Messiah. . Keep in mind when God will say to Jesus, son of Mary:. Didst thou say to people: Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah? and he will answer: Holy art Thou, I could never say that to which I had no right. If I had said 111