The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 43
PT. 16 MARYAM CH. 19 وَالسَّلامُ عَلَى يَوْمَ وُلِدْتُ وَيَوْمَ اَمُوتُ And peace was on me the. 34 day I was born, and peace there will be on me the day I shall die, and the day I shall be raised up to life again. '2178 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice and said unto him, blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked (Luke 11:27). "19:16. (5) The fifth thing that the Quran tells us about Jesus is that God had enjoined upon him Prayer and alms- giving. About this the Bible says as follows: And he withdrew himself into the wilderness and prayed (Luke 5:16). And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground (Luke 22:44). Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's (Matt. 22:21). (6) Last of all, Jesus has been described as being humble and blessed with success. In regard to this the Bible says: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls (Matt. 11:29). Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيَّا ass, and a colt the foal of an ass (Matt. 21:5). These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world (John 16:33). 2178. Commentary: The words, and peace there will be on me the day I shall die, show that Jesus did not die on the cross, for death on the cross, according to the Bible, is an accursed death (Deut. 21:23; Gal. 3:13). It cannot be said about a person who died an accursed death that he died a blessed and peaceful death. But the mere fact of a person being put on the cross or meeting a violent end does not conflict with the idea of peace and blessedness to which this verse refers. It is an accepted fact of history that the Prophet Yaḥyā was murdered while in jail but the words "peace was on him the day he died" have also been used about him in v. 16 above. So these words have been used about Jesus and Yahyā to show that both these Prophets succeeded in their missions, and a person who succeeds in his mission and whose work is carried on after his death and who is remembered with love and respect cannot be said to have suffered death 1957