Truth About The Crucifixion — Page 148
a certain term. On this we shall let the Quran speak for itself in the following references: God said Go forth (Adam and Eve) some of you being enemies of others. And for you there is an abode on earth and a provision for a time. God said: Therein you shall live, and therein you shall die, and therefrom you shall be brought forth (al-A'raf 7:25-26). Have We (God) not made the earth vast enough to gather the living and the dead? (al-Mursalat 77:26-27). Say: The angel of death that has been put in charge over you will cause you to die: then to your Lord you will be brought back. (as-Sajdah 32:12). of And We cause that which We will to stay in the wombs for an appointed time, then We bring you forth as babes, then We rear you that you may attain to your age of full strength. And there are some you that are caused to die early, and there are others among you who reach extreme old age with the result that they know nothing after having had knowledge. (al-Hajj 22:6, vide also an-Nahl 16:71) Every soul shall taste of death. (al-Anbiya', 21:36) Have they not seen how many generations have We destroyed before them, and that they never return to them (Ya Sin, 36:32) And behind the dead is a barrier until the day when they shall be raised again. (al-Mu'minun, 23:101) A brief commentary on the foregoing verses may be helpful: The first two Quranic texts affirm that both life and death are 140