17. SAYYIDUNA ‘ISA IN THE HEAVENS
When Sayyiduna ‘Isa proclaimed his Prophethood in front of Jews, they were already well-informed by virtue of Tawrah that Sayyiduna ‘Isa would overrule their religion. For this reason, Jews became his enemy. When Sayyiduna ‘Isa felt that Jews will remain rigid in their unbelief and they will kill him, he addressed the people and said:
Who are to be my helpers towards the religion of Almighty Allah?
About twelve or nineteen companions replied:
We are the helpers of the religion of Almighty Allah. We have brought faith unto Allah and you be a witness that we are Muslims.
The remaining Jews remained rigid in their unbelief and they conspired to assassinate Sayyiduna ‘Isa. They sent a person called ‘Tatyanoos’ to kill Sayyiduna ‘Isa in his home.
Meanwhile, Allah sent Sayyiduna Jibra`eel with a cloud to raise Sayyiduna ‘Isa towards the skies. His mother embraced him out of love and affection. Sayyiduna ‘Isa said to his mother, ‘O beloved mother, now we will meet on the Day of Judgement’ and the cloud lifted him up to the skies. This incident took place in Bayt-ul-Muqaddas in the blessed night of Shab-e-Qadr.
According to the research of ‘Allamah Jalaluddin Suyuti at that time the blessed age of Sayyiduna ‘Isa was 33 years and according to ‘Allamah Zurqaani at that time the
blessed age of Sayyiduna ‘Isa was 120 years. Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti also became of the same opinion in the later days of his life.
When Tatyanoos did not come out of the home of Sayyiduna ‘Isa for a long time, Jews invaded the home. Allah transformed Tatyanoos into the appearance of Sayyiduna ‘Isa. Jews killed Tatyanoos assuming him to be Sayyiduna ‘Isa . After this, when the family members of Tatyanoos observed his dead body carefully, only his face was identical to that of Sayyiduna ‘Isa’s while rest of his body was of his own. His family members inquired that if the killed person was ‘Isa then where was their Tatyanoos; and if that was Tatyanoos, where was ‘Isa. This issue sparked so much that civil war broke about among the Jews and consequently, a lot of Jews were killed. Allah has described this event in the Holy Quran as follows:
And the unbelievers conspired (to kill ‘Isa), and Allah covertly planned to destroy them; and Allah is the best of secret planners. Remember when Allah said, ‘O ‘Isa! I will keep you alive till your full age, and raise you towards Me, and purify you from the unbelievers and give your followers dominance over the unbelievers until the Day of Resurrection; then you will all return to Me, so I shall judge between you concerning the matter in which you dispute.’
After Sayyiduna ‘Isa’s ascension towards the Heavens, Sayyidatuna Maryam lived for 6 years and then passed away.
It is mentioned in Bukhari and Muslim that Sayyiduna ‘Isawill descend on earth close to the Day of Judgement and will follow the Shari’ah of our Prophet Muhammad Hewill kill Dajjaal and the pig, break the cross and after maintaining justice for seven years, he will pass away and will be buried in Madina-tul-Munawwarah under the Grand Green Dome.
Refuting the credo of the Christians, it has also been revealed in the Holy Quran:
And without doubt, they did not kill him. But, Allah raised him towards Himself; and Allah is Almighty, Wise.
In the preceding verse, it is said:
They did not slay him nor did they crucify him, but a duplicate was created for them.
To sum up, Sayyiduna ‘Isa was not killed by Jews but was ascended to the heavens by Allah . Anyone who believes that Sayyiduna ‘Isa was either killed or crucified as Christians believe; such person is an unbeliever as the Holy Quran mentions clearly that Sayyiduna ‘Isa was neither killed nor crucified.
Source: (QURANIC WONDERS) by ‘ABDUL MUSTAFA A’ZAMI.
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