The
Muslim belief in relation to Prophet Jesus is that he was not killed,
nor crucified; rather, he ascended into the Heavens by the will of God.
Allah, the Exalted, says:
“And
We did certainly give Moses the Torah and followed up after him with
messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and
supported him with the Pure Spirit. But is it [not] that every time a
messenger came to you, [O Children of Israel], with what your souls did
not desire, you were arrogant? And a party [of messengers] you denied
and another party you killed.” (Qur’an, Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:87)
God, the Exalted, also says:
“And
[We cursed them] for their breaking of the covenant and their disbelief
in the signs of Allah and their killing of the prophets without right
and their saying, "Our hearts are wrapped". Rather, Allah has sealed
them because of their disbelief, so they believe not, except for a few.
And [We cursed them] for their disbelief and their saying against Mary a
great slander, And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the
Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah." And they did
not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to
resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt
about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of
assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain. Rather, Allah raised
him to Himself. And ever is Allah Exalted in Might and Wise. And there
is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe
in Jesus before his death. And on the Day of Resurrection he will be
against them a witness.” (Qur’an, Surah An-Nisa’, 4:155-159)
Ibn Abbas
said: “When Allah decreed that Jesus ascend into the heavens, his
companions who were twelve in number came to him in his home, and they
saw that his head was dripping with water. Jesus asked them, “Who of you
would be transformed by God to appear as me and be killed in my place
and he shall receive the reward of the Heavenly Abode?” The youngest of
the group volunteered, but Jesus told him to sit down, but he
volunteered once again and Jesus chose him. He was made to appear as
Jesus and Jesus ascended into the heavens. The people came and captured
the one who appeared as Jesus and killed him by crucifixion. God, the
Exalted, says:
“And
the disbelievers planned, but Allah planned. And Allah is the best of
planners. [Mention] when Allah said, "O Jesus, indeed I will take you
and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and
make those who follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to
those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your
return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used
to differ. And as for those who disbelieved, I will punish them with a
severe punishment in this world and the Hereafter, and they will have no
helpers."But as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, He will
give them in full their rewards, and Allah does not like the
wrongdoers.” (Qur’an, Surah Al-‘Imran, 3:54-57)
Christians
later claimed that Jesus was killed to atone for the sins of mankind.
As Muslims, we believe that every one of us will stand before God to be
judged for what they have done. No one bears the sins of anyone else.
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