Isais
the son of Mary (Maryam
[Peace be
upon her]),
in English he is known as Jesus.
Islam tells us that Jesusis
not the son of God, but was rather a miracle himself so that the
Children of Israel may give up their ways of ignorance and submit to the
oneness of God. Since the days of Moses
they had transgressed over and over despite seeing such great miracles,
so God as a last chance for them sent them Jesusas
a miracle, with a miracle birth, so that they may believe. Jesusperformed
amazing miracles by the power of Allah for his people, yet they plotted
and planned to kill him and rejected his message. Such was the
rebellious nature of the Children of Israel. Isawas
one of the three miracles of creation: Adam,
created without a father and a mother, Eve
[Peace be
upon her]
created
without a mother and finally Isa
created without a father.
Is Isa
dead?
There is no argument between any of the scholarly views in Islam, that
Isais alive. From
the various Hadith available this is very clear. Also in the Quran it is
clearly written:
Al-Quran,
Chapter 4 An-Nisaa, Verse 157-159
In
the Name of Allah, The Benevolent, The Merciful
That they said (in boast)
"We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary the Apostle of
Allah"; but they killed him not nor crucified him but so
it was made to appear to them and those who differ
therein are full of doubts with no (certain) knowledge
but only conjecture to follow for of a surety they
killed him not.
Nay Allah raised him up
unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power Wise.
And there is none of the
People of the Book but must believe in him before his
death; and on the Day of Judgment He will be a witness
against them.
We know that
Isawas lifted up
to heaven in body and in soul by Allah, and in his place either his
enemy or one of his dispels was made to look like him. So it was not Isawas
crucified.
Why Isa
and no other Prophet was chosen to return?
If we look
at the mission of Isawhen
he returns we can shed some light to this question. Firstly we already
know from Hadith that Isawill
not return in the capacity of a Prophet, but rather as a Muslim leader
to lead the Muslims out of their greatest trial. His mission will be
three fold:
1. He will
unite the people of the books - The Muslims, The Christians, The Jews
2. He will fight and kill the Dajjal (anti Christ)
3. He will lead the Muslims to safety against the Gog and Magog.
We already
know that the dajjal will appear before Isa,
thus the Muslims will be undergoing the greatest trial this Earth holds.
Their situation will be extremely terrible and it is in this time of
greatest need when the Muslims will be helpless, will Allah send Isato
help them. And it is here we may find the answer to our question:
Firstly he will denounce that he is the son of God, and will openly
Proclaim to the people to accept Islam and submit to God in Oneness.
By doing so he will unite the Christians, the Jews and the Muslims under
the banner of Islam, thus strengthening the ranks of the believers. Who
else could settle the dispute between the people of the book except Isa
himself? After all this whole dispute is about him, the Jews claim he
never came, the Christians claim he is the son of God, and the Muslims
claim he is the Prophet of God, who is right and who is wrong? Only Isa
can answer that question for the people on this Earth, and thus Allah
selected him to unite the people in their greatest hour of need.
Hadith
There are
various Hadith on the reappearance of Isa (Jesus)however
this lengthy Hadith gives a very good account of his life after he will
reappear.
Sahih
Muslim Hadith - Hadith 7015 Narrated by An-Nawwas ibn
Sam'an Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) mentioned of the
Dajjal one day. (a long narration of the dajjal has been edited out of
this hadith at this point to get to the related section about Isa)
At the time the Dajjal kills the man who recognized him and denied
believing in him, and brings him back to life, it will at this
very time that Allah will send Christ, son of Mary. He will descend at the
white minaret on the eastern side of Damascus, wearing two garments
lightly dyed with saffron and placing his hands on the wings of two
Angels. When he lowers his head, there will fall beads of perspiration
from his head, and when he raises it up, beads like pearls will scatter
from it. Every non-believer who smells the odor of his body will die and
his breath will reach as far as he is able to see. He will then search for
him (Dajjal) until he catches hold of him at the gate of Ludd and kills
him. Then a people whom Allah had protected will come to Jesus, son of
Mary, and he will wipe their faces and inform them of their ranks in
Paradise. It will be under such conditions that Allah will reveal to Jesus
these words: I have brought forth from among My servants such people
against whom none will be able to fight; you take these people safely to
Tur, and then Allah will send Gog and Magog and they will swarm down from
every slope. The first of them will pass the lake of Tiberias and drink
out of it. And when the last of them passes, he will say: There was once
water there. Jesus and his companions will then be besieged here (at Tur,
and they will be so hard pressed) that the head of the ox will be dearer
to them than one hundred dinars. Allah's Apostle
said,
Jesus and his companions will supplicate Allah, Who will send to them
insects (which will attack the necks of Gog and magog) and in the morning they would
perish as one single person. Allah's Apostle
said, Jesus
and his companions will then come down to Earth and they will not find on
Earth as much space as a single span that is not filled with putrefaction
and stench. Jesus and his companions
will then beseech Allah who will send birds whose necks would be like
those of Bactrian camels and they will carry them away and throw them
where Allah wills. Then Allah will send rain which no house of mud-bricks
or (tent of) camel-hair will keep out and it will wash the Earth until it
resembles a mirror. Then the Earth will be told to bring forth its fruit
and restore its blessing and, as a result thereof, there will grow (such a
big) pomegranate that a group of people will be able to eat it and seek
shelter under its skin, a dairy cow will give so much milk that a whole
party will be able to drink it. The milking camel will give such (a large
quantity of) milk that the whole tribe will be able to drink from it, and
the milking-sheep will give so much milk that the whole family will be
able to drink from it. At that time Allah will send a pleasant wind which
will soothe (people) even under their armpits. He will take the life of
every Muslim and only the wicked will survive who will commit adultery
like asses and the Last Hour would come to them.
Apart from
this the Prophet Mohammed
also told us that Isa
will marry and will also die a natural death on Earth and will be buried
on this Earth.
?
said,
Jesus
