![]() 5 Islam’s denial of Jesus’ death on the cross is a historical clam that is not historical Others say that a man pretended in Jesus’ presence but then went off and denounced him, whereupon God changed the man into a form similar to that of Jesus, and that he was seized and crucified. Then God told Jesus that He would raise him up to heaven, and so Jesus said to his disciples: “Who among you will agree to take a form similar to mine and die and be crucified and then go to paradise?” A man among them offered himself, so God changed him into a form resembling Jesus’ and he was killed and crucified. When God transformed those into monkeys and swine, the Jews took counsel to kill Jesus. There is a story that a group of Jews insulted Jesus and his mother, whereupon he appealed to God against them. ( Tafsir Ibn ‘Abbas, translated by Mokrane Guezzou) The commentator al-Baydawi (d.685/1282), a good example of classical Islamic interpretation, wrote of the crucifixion: (Allah was ever Mighty) in His vengeance against His enemies, (Wise) by granting triumph to his friends: He saved His Prophet and destroyed their man. (But Allah took him up unto Himself) in heaven. (They slew him not nor crucified, but it appeared so unto them) Allah made Tatianos look like Jesus and so they killed him instead of him (and lo! those who disagree concerning it) concerning his killing (are in doubt thereof) in doubt about his killing (they have no knowledge thereof save pursuit of a conjecture) not even conjecture (they slew him not for certain) i.e. (And because of their saying: We slew the Messiah Jesus son of Mary, Allah’s messenger) Allah destroyed their man Tatianos. (An-Nisa 4:157-158, Muhsin Khan) 3 4 Ibn ‘Abbas (d.68/687) a paternal cousin of Muhammad and esteemed by many Muslims as the “father of Quran commentary” and “the Ocean ” commented on Quran 4:157-158: And Allah is Ever All-Powerful, All-Wise. For surely they killed him not : 158But Allah raised him up (with his body and soul) unto Himself (and he is in the heavens). They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. #Quran verse about jesus not dying full2 Hundreds of millions of Muslims deny Jesus’ death on the cross The Quran claims about the crucifixion:ġ57And because of their saying (in boast), “We killed Messiah ‘Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), the Messenger of Allah,” - but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but the resemblance of ‘Iesa (Jesus) was put over another man (and they killed that man), and those who differ therein are full of doubts. The relationship between Christian belief and history is important because hundreds of millions of Muslims deny the historical event of Jesus’ death on the cross. Such was the Christianity of the primitive Church. “He loved me and gave Himself for me”–that is doctrine. “Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried”–that is history. ![]() ![]() ![]() The narration of the facts is history the narration of the facts with the meaning of the facts is doctrine. These two elements are always combined in the Christian message. And with the event went the meaning of the event and the setting forth of the event with the meaning of the event was doctrine. The world was to be redeemed through the proclamation of an event. The primitive Church was concerned not merely with what Jesus had said, but also, and primarily, with what Jesus had done. There is a connection between what Christians believe and what God has done in the world He created. The Christian J. عربى (Arabic ) Indonesia (Indonesian ) 中國傳統的) (Chinese (Traditional) ) Français (French ) Deutsch (German ) हिंदी (Hindi ) Türkçe (Turkish ) اردو (Urdu ) فارسی (Persian ) Christian belief about Jesus’ death on the cross is rooted in historyĬhristianity is rooted in God’s work in history. ![]()
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