Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 48
48 HAQIQATUL-WAHI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION to Heaven along with his physical body. In the next sentence there are these explicit words: لكِنْ شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ ! Meaning that the Jews did not succeed in killing [Jesus], but they were led to believe that they had killed him. 2 Was it really necessary that, in order to create this impression, another believer be crucified and thereby accursed, or that someo from among the Jews themselves be crucified, having been transformed to look like Hadrat 'Isā? In this [latter] scenario such a person could have readily escaped by claiming that he was indeed the enemy of Hadrat Isa and by providing the addresses and identities of his family. He could have said that ‘Īsā had used magic to make me look like him. How insane are these superstitious conjectures! Why don't they interpret [the verse[ : لَكِنْ شُبَّهَ لَهُمُ to mean that Hadrat Īsā did not die on the cross? On the contrary, he fell into a state of swoon. Thereafter, he regained consciousness within two or three days, and his wounds also healed with the use of marham-e-Isā [the ointment of Jesus], (which is still found in hundreds of medical texts and was prepared for Hadrat Īsā). It is also unfortunate that these people do not consider the context in which these verses were revealed. The Holy Quran was to be the 1. But he was made to appear to them like one crucified (Surah an-Nisā', 4:158). [Publisher] 2. It is noteworthy that Muslim interpreters of dreams take the sighting of Hadrat 'Isaas in a dream to mean escape from a misfortune and migration to another land or moving from one place to another; it is never interpreted as ascension to the heavens. See Ta'tīrul-Anām and other books on dream interpretation. This is something that can manifest the truth of the matter to the wise. (Author) 3. But he was made to appear to them like one crucified (Surah an-Nisā', 4:158). [Publisher]